WordGirl (season 1)

Tobey or Consequences: A babysitter has been assigned to watch over Tobey. Unknown to her however, he and WordGirl get into a battle of words in the city on a real-live match of the game show called "Crash or Pie".

Vocab words: Enormous, Bicker

Main villain(s): Theodore "Tobey" McCallister III

Special guest star: Jill Talley as the babysitter

High-Fat Robbery: The Butcher is making free barbecues to divert the security guards and employees from whatever place he robs! Meanwhile, WordGirl discovers the Butcher's weakness: tofu.

Vocab words: Impressive, Diversion

Main villain(s): The Butcher

You Can't Crush City Hall: Chuck the Evil Sandwich-Making Guy is threatening to crush City Hall with his giant sandwich press! Will WordGirl be able to stop him by guessing his secret code-word? Or will she and the rest of the city be forced to meet his demands?

Vocab words: Doomed, Dash

Main villain(s): Chuck the Evil Sandwich Making Guy

Two-Brain Highway: Dr Two-Brains escapes from prison and targets four events holding rare cheese!

Vocab words: Coincidence, Guarantee

Main villain(s): Dr. Two-Brains

Coupon Madness: Granny May goes on a crime spree by using her coupon printing press to get things for free! It is up to WordGirl to track her down and foil her plan.

Vocab words: Squint, Coupon

Main villain(s): Granny May

When Life Gives You Potatoes...: Dr Two-Brains has escaped from prison again! WordGirl must find him before he perfects his latest weapon…a ray that can turn gold into cheese! (Luckily, he has so far only succeeded in turning gold into potato salad.)

Vocab words: Transformation, Glum

Main villain(s): Dr. Two-Brains

Jerky Jerk: While Becky/WordGirl is on a school field trip to the museum, the Butcher tries to steal the ancient "Beef Jerky of Supreme Power" artifact on display there, but he has trouble snatching it due to his supreme clumsiness.

Vocab words: Clumsy, Supreme

Main villain(s): The Butcher

Becky's Birthday: While Becky's parents are planning a surprise birthday party for her, WordGirl and Captain Huggyface must battle an expanding energy monster with an appetite for electricity.

Vocab words: Appetite, Expand

Main villain(s): Energy Monster, Dr. Two-Brains (no crime committed except stealing cheese)

Chuck!: When Chuck the Evil Sandwich-Making Guy is trying to steal gold instead of sandwiches, which is confusing to everyone else, WordGirl must decide which is a bigger threat to the city: Chuck's crimes, or Mr. Botsford's strange-smelling traditional family recipe.

Vocab words: Traditional, Confusing

Main villain(s): Chuck the Evil Sandwich Making Guy

Down With Word Up: Granny May tricks the townspeople into turning against WordGirl - providing a cover for her latest crime spree. WordGirl must save the town and turn the public opinion back to her side.

Vocab words: Deceive, Idolize

Main villain(s): Granny May

Book Ends: When WordGirl accuses Tobey of being too predictable with his crimes, he responds by using his robots to hold town’s newest library hostage! The only way she’s can save is if she faces off against Tobey in a game of winner-take-all dodge ball.

Vocab words: Destroy, Predictable

Main villain(s): Theodore "Tobey" McCallister III

Mr. Big: Mr. Big, a slick purple-masked business man up to no good, decides to introduce a new product: "The Thing" which is a product that does "stuff". WordGirl must figure out his secret motive and save the city.

Vocab words: Vague, Specific

Main villain(s): Mr. Big

Super-Grounded: Becky is grounded by her dad for not cleaning her room; when she sends Captain Huggy Face in WordGirl's place to battle the Butcher, he feels like WordGirl doesn't think he's a powerful and dangerous villain.

Vocab words: Disappointed, Preposterous

Main villain(s): The Butcher

Mouse Army: Dr. Two-Brains has created an army of super-smart mice - but they've become so smart that they won’t obey their master! WordGirl and Two-Brains must team up to save the city before the mice take over.

Vocab words: Depend, Stampede

Main villain(s): Dr. Two-Brains

The Birthday Girl: WordGirl meets Eileen, a spoiled brat who enlarges herself when she doesn't get her way by saying "mine". When Captain Huggy Face is kidnapped by Eileen, WordGirl’s only hope is to team up with Violet help to save him.

Vocab words: Generous, Exaggerate

Main villain(s): Eileen the Birthday Girl

Special guest star: Pamela Adlon: Eileen aka The Birthday Girl

Granny-Sitter: Granny May answers an ad to be the Botsford's new babysitter - so she can have an alibi for her latest crime: to steal a golden race car! But she didn't plan on babysitting WordGirl!

Vocab words: Investigate, Accelerate

Main villain(s): Granny May

Tobey's Masterpiece: After Tobey fails to paint a masterpiece in art class, he orders one of his robots to destroy the city! But Tobey's robot turns out to be a great artist in its own right.

Vocab words: Masterpiece, Gasp

Main villain(s): Theodore "Tobey" McCallister III

Chuck the Nice Pencil-Selling Guy: Chuck, freed from jail, tries to go straight by working in an office - but when he finds out his new boss doesn’t like sandwiches, he snaps and takes him captive. WordGirl must broker a compromise to save the day.

Vocab words: Stubborn, Compromise

Main villain(s): Chuck the Evil Sandwich Making Guy

Special guest star: Peter Graves as Mr. Callaghan
Note: This is Peter Graves' final television role before his death in 2010.

Shrinkin' in the Ray: Dr. Two-Brains invents a Shrinkinator in order to shrink large amounts of cheese, making it easier for him to steal. After he accidentally shrinks Scoops and Bill the grocery store manager, WordGirl must put a stop to his cheese shrinking crimes with the Shrinkinator - which is hard to do, as she gets shrunk as well! The problem is, shrinking objects is easy, but restoring them to their original size is much, much more difficult.

Vocab words: Increase, Decrease

Main villain(s): Dr. Two-Brains

Department Store Tobey: Interrupting the Botsford family's shoe shopping trip, Tobey tries - as usual - to impress WordGirl with his giant robots. However, many of the robots appear to be malfunctioning.

Vocab words: Malfunction, Clever

Main villain(s): Theodore "Tobey" McCallister III

Mr. Big's Big Plan: Mr. Big and Leslie are back, and this time, Mr. Big is running for mayor. Mr. Big says he's reformed, and makes false promises to the townspeople in order to steal the election. WordGirl must find out his evil plan and save the city before Mr. Big wins the election and takes over.

Vocab words: Decide, Opponent

Main villain(s): Mr. Big

Vocab Bee: Becky/WordGirl enters a vocabulary bee, but finds herself only to be distracted by The Butcher's imperfect plot to rob the bank. Meanwhile, as she continues to sneak away from the Vocab Bee to see what the Butcher is up to, Todd "Scoops" Ming, the school reporter, is growing suspicious of her.

Vocab words: Perfect, Suspicious

Main villain(s): The Butcher

Special guest star: Kevin McDonald as the judge

Chuck E. Sneeze: WordGirl has a contagious cold, but she must put a stop to Chuck's latest evil scheme before resting up. Chuck tries to avoid getting sick, but ends up catching WordGirl's cold when she accidentally sneezes on him.

Vocab words: Avoid, Contagious

Main villain(s): Chuck the Evil Sandwich Making Guy

Note: The title of the episode is a reference of Chuck E. Cheese's.

Swap Meat: Becky/WordGirl and her friend Violet visit an art gallery, only to find the notorious Butcher auctioning off rare and magnificent works of art, previously thought to have been lost for many years. WordGirl and Captain Huggyface must figure out how the Butcher is pulling off his scheme to auction off forgeries of these famous lost works of magnificent art.

Vocab words: Forgery, Magnificent

Main villain(s): The Butcher

Special guest star: A.D. Miles as the Auctioneer & Police Commissioner Watson

Granny's Goodtime All Cure Spritzer: Granny May sells phony bottles of youth-restoring spritzer, claiming that just one spray will give anyone the strength to escape her cocoons of yarn. Will WordGirl and Captain Huggyface prove this is a hoax?

Vocab words: Hoax, Potent

Main villain(s): Granny May

Mecha-Mouse: Dr. Two-Brains builds a mechanical mouse muscle suit, which he plans to use for robbing the annual 2-for-1 festival. Now that Two-Brains has become much stronger, WordGirl and Captain Huggyface must find a way to defeat his Mecha-Mouse.

Vocab words: Identical, Astonished

Main villain(s): Dr. Two-Brains

Princess Triana & the Ogre of Castlebum: Tobey and Becky are both devoted fans of the Princess Triana book series. But when Tobey arrives late to the midnight release of the newest book, "Princess Triana & the Ogre of Castlebum", he finds that the line is far too long. Unwilling to wait in the back of the line, Tobey plots to steal a copy of the book before it gets released. Using his robots, he attacks the armored van containing the books, snatches a copy, and spitefully tries to reveal the ending to WordGirl before she gets a chance to read it.

Vocab words: Reveal, Devotion

Main villain(s): Theodore "Tobey" McCallister III

Heat Wave, Crime Wave: On a sweltering summer day, Granny May uses the heat wave as an opportunity to go on a crime spree using her air-conditioned jetpack/suit of armor. The sweltering heat wave just may be too intense for WordGirl; and if she doesn't stop Granny May in time, her family will leave for the water park without her!

Vocab words: Swelter, Opportunity

Main villain(s): Granny May

Note: The episode was formerly titled Summertime!

Meat with a Side of Cute: The Butcher enlists an adorable kitten named Li'l Mittens as his ally, hoping to conquer WordGirl with cuteness. WordGirl and Huggyface are distracted by the kitten every time they attempt to stop the Butcher's crimes. But when the kitten runs off, the Butcher is frantically trying to find him.

Vocab words: Frantic, Adorable

Main villain(s): The Butcher

Special guest star: Stephanie Sheh as Li'l Mitten

Mr. Big Words: Mr. Big creates a new mind-control ray that makes everyone use complicated vocabulary words. Meanwhile, his assistant Leslie skydives into the city to attach his "Word Sucker" microphones to every building to record WordGirl's clarifying definitions. Soon WordGirl is forced to clarify more words than ever. She proceeds to help the confused townspeople clarify until she finds out what Mr. Big is up to.

Vocab words: Clarify, Proceed

Main villain(s): Mr. Big

Thorn in the Sidekick: Chuck the Evil Sandwich-Making Guy gains a sidekick called The Whammer, a supervillain who creates sonic waves by smashing his fists together and uses the word "wham" at the most inopportune moments. However, The Whammer is obnoxious and exasperating, and acts more like a boss to Chuck, rather than a sidekick. WordGirl must save the town (and Chuck) from being whammed by The Whammer.

Vocab words: Sidekick, Exasperated

Main villain(s): Chuck, The Whammer

Crime Takes a Holiday: A super-fan named Glen Furlblam seems to be the replacement for Dr. Two-Brains while he goes on vacation. But Glen's incompetence as a villain and constant gloating makes it easy for WordGirl to track him down and put a stop to the foolish antics he calls crimes.

Vocab words: Replacement, Gloat

Main villain(s): Glen Furlblam

Special guest star: Brian Posehn as Glen Furlblam

Two-Brains Forgets: Dr. Two-Brains discovers WordGirl's secret identity! And when he comes over to her house to let her family know, they’re in for quite a surprise on finding out that WordGirl and Huggy are members of the family! 

Vocab words: Quarrel, Identity

Main villain(s): Dr. Two-Brains

Banned on the Run: Mr. Big finally cheats his way to becoming the town mayor by having him and Leslie disguise themselves, and then have Leslie use his mind-control ray to force the current town mayor into giving him complete control of the city. As a result, WordGirl and Captain Huggy Face are banned from the city. As Becky and Bob, the heroes must restore order to the town.

Vocab words: Banned, Restore

Main villain(s): Mr. Big

Have You Seen the Remote?: Tobey's mother "accidentally" sells his master remote and it ends up in the hands of Johnson, who presents it to TJ, the president of the International WordGirl Fanclub. When TJ starts arbitrarily pressing buttons, robots begin behaving strangely, wrecking various buildings and areas as they go. WordGirl and Huggy find Tobey, who explains the situation, and since WordGirl doesn't know what the remote looks like, she suggests they work together to find it. WordGirl asks Tobey if he has a tracking device for the remote, which he does, but he hides it in his back pocket saying he has never herd of a "tr-a-cking device." In their search, Tobey slyly suggests that they should search the library and museum. At the library, he finds WordGirl's favorite dictionary and at the museum, he views her favorite painting. They even get ice cream in the park. WordGirl actually seems to enjoy this dream date of Tobey's.

Vocab words: President, Baffling

Main villain(s): Theodore "Tobey" McCallister III

Sidekicked to the Curb: When the Whammer decides he wants to be his own boss, he signs up for the Coach's motivational help program. But has he just become a pawn in the Coach's evil plot? WordGirl must face the Whammer once and for all and catch the finale of her favorite TV show.

Vocab words: Motivate, Finale

Main villain(s): The Whammer & The Coach

Special guest star: Ned Bellamy as the Coach

Lady Redundant Woman: An employee woman named Beatrice Bixby hates a nice employee named Dave because she wanted to be named manager of the local copy shop where they work. Then one day, when she finds a hidden button in a photocopier and press it, she becomes Lady Redundant Woman who can create clones of herself and starts a heist on redundant items.

Vocab words: Perplexed, Redundant

Main villain(s): Lady Redundant Woman

Special guest star: Amanda Plummer as Lady Redundant Woman

A Game of Cat and Mouse: This time, nothing can stop Dr. Two-Brains from his weakness, with his hair dyer ray that transforms from hair gel into cream cheese. WordGirl teams up with the newest resident of Two-Brain's old science lab, Professor Tubing, to find Dr. Two-Brains' weakness: cats.

Vocab words: Texture, Weakness

Main villain(s): Dr. Two-Brains

Special guest star: Stephen Root as Professor Robert Tubing

The Masked Meat Marauder: While the Botsfords and the Mings compete in charity car washing, the Butcher battles his new rival called The Masked Meat Marauder, a Mexican-like meat villain with a French accent and more powerful powers than the Butcher since his meat attacks include flavor in them. WordGirl must stop the two meat-wielding villains and put an end to their crime spree in time to assist her family in the car washing competition.

Vocab words: Rival, Morale

Main villain(s): The Butcher, The Masked Meat Marauder

Special guest star: Elliott Gould as The Masked Meat Marauder

Sandwich World: Tired of using his mother's basement as an evil lair, Chuck decides to construct a secret hideaway of his own. Thus, he builds "Sandwich World", a zany sandwich theme park. Will WordGirl and Captain Huggyface find their way through this theme park? And will Chuck be strong enough to avoid getting homesick?

Vocab words: Compliment, Lair

Main villain(s): Chuck the Evil Sandwich Making Guy

Violet Superhero: One moonlight night, after a strange paint-splattering accident, Violet Heaslip believes she has become a superhero called "The Framer". Violet assumes she has the power to capture villains and tie them up simply by holding up her picture frame in front of them, closing her eyes, and reciting her catchphrase. The Framer seems to have replaced WordGirl when battling The Amazing Rope Guy, Granny May, and Dr. Two-Brains. However, her "superpowers" aren't much help for WordGirl, whom she constantly confides in. But The Framer soon comes to assist her when The Butcher attacks.

Vocab words: Catchphrase, Confide

Main villain(s): The Butcher

Big Business: When Mr. Big's personal assistant Leslie tells Mr. Big that they own the second biggest building, and that the Welrose building is the biggest building in their city, Mr. Big sabotages Businesspaloozafest in an attempt to gain control over the building. As Becky Botsford (a.k.a. WordGirl) and her family are looking at Suzy P. Snugglestein's factory of cuteness, Mr. Big puts on a big spectacle, impressing many townspeople with utter gibberish, which they consider to be brilliant. WordGirl goes on the case to stop him from cheating and speaking gibberish, but when Leslie activates another mind-control ray at the final judging of the contest for the best business on WordGirl, The Mayor, and Mrs. Botsford, it is up to Captain Huggyface to save them.

Vocab words: Gibberish, Brilliant

Main villain(s): Mr. Big

The Handsome Panther: Tired of the same old sandwich-related crimes, Chuck the Evil Sandwich-Making Guy develops a new persona: The Handsome Panther, who's ferocious, and even has his own theme song, while at Becky's house, Mr. Botsford is coming up with a design for Bob's new monkey home. She and Captain Huggyface go off to battle the Panther, as he goes to steal a sandwich recipe, and he still continues using the same old sandwich-related weapons. Will Chuck's new identity throw off WordGirl?

Vocab words: Ferocious, Design

Main villain(s): Chuck (as the Handsome Panther)

The Butcher, the Baker, and the Candlestick Maker: The Butcher and his old friends, The Baker, and The Candlestick Maker, try to relive their past of pulling silly pranks. Meanwhile, Becky "WordGirl" Botsford is working on acquiring the perfect birthday cake for her finicky father; but when she shows up on the scene, can the Butcher resist his evil ways?

Vocab words: Finicky, Trio

Main villain(s): The Butcher

Special guest star: Kevin McDonald as the Baker

Mousezilla: Team Botsford competes against Team Heaslip in the citywide scavenger hunt. Dr. Two-Brains and Tobey have collaborated to create a Mousezilla robot to attack the city and steal all its cheese. Will WordGirl be able to defeat Mousezilla and help her family in their quest to win the scavenger hunt?

Vocab words: Collaborate, Quest

Main villain(s): Theodore "Tobey" McCallister III, Dr. Two-Brains

Villain School: The Coach invites The Whammer to speak at his new school for Evil Villains and Arch Enemies in an attempt to inspire villains. WordGirl battles this new pack of troublemakers to thwart their first assignment: stealing the legendary "Michelangelo's Whistle", while Captain Huggyface is still a novice at a battle plan.

Vocab words: Novice, Legendary

Main villain(s): The Coach, The Whammer, Novice villains (Timmy Tim-Bo, Big Left Hand Guy, and Ms. Question)

Special guest stars: Ned Bellamy as The Coach and Grey DeLisle as Ms. Question.

Return of the Reprise of Lady Redundant Woman: Lady Redundant Woman has escaped from jail and is on a mission to be crowned the belle of the Triple Dip Ball. WordGirl must stop her and her copies before all of the elegant dresses, fancy necklaces and stylish shoes in the city are stolen.

Vocab words: Elegant, Incognito

Main villain(s): Lady Redundant Woman
Note: Amanda Plummer does not reprise her role of Lady Redundant Woman. Instead, Grey DeLisle starts voicing her here.

A Simple Plan: After a slew of failed (and complicated) robberies, Dr. Two-Brains decides to go back to basics and simply steal cheese from the grocery store. But he can't resist when the Mayor hosts "The Most Amazing Cheese Stunt In History". He builds an anti-gravity device called "the anti-gravity evil launchinator" and the "super-gravity evil launchinator" to make the stuff fly.

Vocab words: Hideous, Complicated

Main villain(s): Dr. Two-Brains

Granny Mayor: Granny May uses her wily ways to become the Mayor's Senior Aide. WordGirl must help the Mayor see past her "nice old lady" act in order to stop him from signing laws which actually help villains commit more crimes.

Vocab words: Masquerade, Appreciate

Main villain(s): Granny May

Tobey Goes Good: In order to win WordGirl's heart, Tobey enters "The Young Inventors Challenge and Friendly Competition." He nearly has WordGirl convinced that he's given up his evil ways, until he loses the competition and his cool. In a fit of fury, he tries to destroy the stage, and WordGirl.

Vocab words: Demonstrate, Mumble

Main villain(s): Theodore "Tobey" McCallister III

Special guest star: Chris Williams as the Judge

Bongo Rock: Chuck disables the security cameras and ties up the guards at City Hall in what he thinks is the ultimate show of villainous power. But little does he know that Mr. Big is behind his latest crimes. WordGirl and Captain Huggyface must prove that they are mightier than these two villains combined.

Vocab words: Ponder, Mighty

Main villain(s): Chuck, Mr. Big

Dr. Three-Brains: Glen Furlblam has escaped from jail. This time, he's posing as Dr. Three-Brains by having two brains strapped to his head. Dr. Three-Brains steals Dr. Two-Brains' turn-out-light-inator and he's on a mission to outdo his evil idol. WordGirl works with Dr. Two-Brains to anticipate Glen's next cheesy crime.

Vocab words: Outdo, Unexpected

Main villain(s): Glen Furlblam (as Dr. Three-Brains)

Special guest star: Brian Posehn as Glen Furlblam