WordGirl (season 3)

WordGirl (season 3)
Country of origin United States
No. of episodes 26
Broadcast
Original channel PBS Kids
Original run September 7, 2010 – June 11, 2012

The third season of the animated series WordGirl was originally broadcast on PBS in the United States from September 7, 2010 to June 11, 2012.

Episodes

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531"Bummertime / The Homerun King"September 7, 2010301

Bummertime: It's the last day of summer, and Becky just wants to read her favorite book in the hammock and play outside with her friends... but Tobey and his latest robot creation, Chronos, are getting in the way. She has to figure out how to stop crime and still enjoy her last day of vacation.
Vocab words: Prolong, Aggravated
Main villain(s): Theodore “Tobey” MacCallister III


The Homerun King: When TJ hits a home run during his baseball game that foils a crime he becomes The Home Run King, the city's latest superhero. But when he starts to fight real crimes and gets in over his head, WordGirl has to step in and save the day.
Vocab words: Extraordinary, Fortunate(ly)
Main villain(s): Dr. Two-Brains


May I Have a Word?: Collection
542"Granny and Clyde / Too Loud Crew"September 13, 2010302

Granny and Clyde: Granny May cons Mr. Botsford into using him as her getaway driver as she goes on a citywide crime spree. WordGirl must find a way to turn Granny May in to the cops without putting her dad behind bars.
Vocab words: Injury, Spreee
Main villain(s): Granny May
Note: The title of the episode is the reference of Bonnie and Clyde.


Too Loud Crew: The Butcher and the Whammer unexpectedly team up and things get a little noisy. What happens when they both want to be the leader, not the sidekick? Will WordGirl be able to stop their crimes and restore the city streets to a quieter place to be?
Vocab words: Considerate, Manual
Main villain(s): The Butcher & The Whammer


May I Have a Word?: Doze
553"The Invisi-Bill Hand / Birthday Town"September 14, 2010303

The Invisi-Bill Hand: When Invisi-Bill and Big Left Hand Guy team up, Invisi-Bill quickly becomes jealous when he doesn't get any publicity for being the true villain that he is. WordGirl uses his need for fame to trick him into revealing himself.
Vocab words: Conceal, Acknowledge
Main villain(s): Invisi-Bill & Big Left Hand Guy


Birthday Town: At "Mr. Big's Birthday-Time All-the-Time Party Supply Store" all of the parents are going crazy! They think every day is their child's birthday. WordGirl has to find a way to shut off Mr. Big's mind control device and get the Birthday Girl to stop being so greedy.
Vocab words: Mimic, Hoopla
Main villain(s): Mr. Big & Eileen


May I Have a Word?: Elegant
564"The Pretty Princess and Mr. Big Power Hour / Clean Up in Aisle Eleven"September 15, 2010304

The Pretty Princess and Mr. Big Power Hour: WordGirl's wildest dream has come true: she's part of an episode of Pretty Princess. It seems like the perfect situation until we realize the villainous Mr. Big is behind this scheme. WordGirl must escape the grips of Mr. Big's remote control in order to save the city.
Vocab words: Dupe, Hoist
Main villain(s): Mr. Big


Clean Up in Aisle Eleven: Bob agrees to be a substitute WordGirl for a ribbon cutting ceremony at the grocery store while Becky participates in the debate club. When Lady Redundant Woman and her clones stage a heist that's beyond Huggy's control, Becky must choose between the debate club and her quest for justice.
Vocab words: Debate, Substitute
Main villain(s): Lady Redundant Woman


May I Have a Word?: Shatter
575"When Chuck's Mom Is Away / That's Entertainment"September 16, 2010305

When Chuck's Mom Is Away: When Two-Brains catches wind of the fact that Chuck is home alone he invites all of the villains to his house. WordGirl makes a surprise appearance at the villain gathering only to discover that she is surrounded by her most dangerous foes. In an effort to preserve his house, Chuck teams up with WordGirl to stop the other villains in their tracks.
Vocab words: Reckless, Immaculate
Main villain(s): Dr. Two-Brains and more villains


That's Entertainment: The Energy Monster's latest prison break interrupts the Botsford's family television time. While Tim, Sally, and TJ brainstorm new forms of entertainment, WordGirl hunts down the Energy Monster and returns him to his prison cell.
Vocab words: Entertainment, Persistent
Main villain(s): Energy Monster


May I Have a Word?: Smudge
586"Victoria Best / Showdown at the Secret Spaceship Hideout"October 11, 2010306

Victoria Best: New student (and brand-new villain) Victoria Best wins all but one of the trophies at the school assembly. She just has to be the best at everything! When Becky’s trophy goes missing, WordGirl and Captain Huggy Face come up with a contest to thwart Victoria’s evil trophy stealing plans.
Vocab words: Trophy, Boast
Main villain(s): Victoria Best


Showdown at the Secret Spaceship Hideout: During the latest encounter between WordGirl and Dr. Two Brains, Two-Brains accidentally hits himself and his henchmen with a snooze-inator. When they awaken from their slumber, they find themselves in WordGirl’s secret spaceship hideout. WordGirl must battle them for control of the weapon and her secret hideout.
Vocab words: Frolic, Procrastinate
Main villain(s): Dr. Two-Brains


May I Have a Word?: Binoculars
597"Captain Tangent / Chuck and Brent Ride Again"November 8, 2010307

Captain Tangent: Becky and her family go out to dinner at Blackbeard’s Buffet, where they encounter a new villain Captain Tangent – a teenage pirate with a magnetic hook, a talking parrot, and a tendency to ramble. It’s up to WordGirl to stop him from stealing all the doubloons, er, coins in the city.
Vocab words: Valuable, Tangent
Main villain(s): Captain Tangent


Chuck and Brent Ride Again: Chuck the Evil Sandwich-Making Guy’s famous brother Brent the Handsome Successful Everyone-Loves-Him Sandwich-Making Guy is in a slump; he’s lost his confidence. Chuck happily takes him under his wing and tries to make Brent his new evil sidekick. On a routine robbery at the sub shop, Brent gets sidetracked by owner Reuben Grinder who wants to talk about innovations in sandwich-making.
Vocab words: Confidence, Zest
Main villain(s): Chuck the Evil Sandwich Making Guy


May I Have a Word?: Imitate
608"Bend It Like Becky / Questionable Behavior"January 3, 2011308

Bend It Like Becky: Becky's new soccer team, the Butterfly Unicorn Laser Gorillas and Dr. Two-Brains clash on the soccer field when they both realize they booked it for the same day. The two teams must play a winner-take-all soccer match to determine who gets control of the field.
Vocab words: Ricochet, Dismay(ed)
Main villain(s): Dr. Two-Brains
Note: The title of the episode is the reference of Bend It Like Beckham.


Questionable Behavior: Ms. Question's powers are at all an-time high now that she's discovered she can get people to tell her their deepest, darkest secrets. Ms. Question will be able to blackmail everyone in the city – including "Wordgirl"! Our favorite superhero and her monkey sidekick must stop Ms. Question by giving her a taste of her own medicine.
Vocab words: Fluster, Confess
Main villain(s): Ms. Question


May I Have a Word?: Bewilder
619"Cherish is the Word / Granny's Intuition"February 8, 2011309

Cherish is the Word: It's Valentine's Day, and Becky is determined to give Scoops a Valentine this year. But with Victoria Best stealing Valentines, and Tobey causing a little chaos of his own, things might get difficult.
Vocab words: Flee, Cherish
Main villain(s): Tobey & Victoria Best


Granny's Intuition: When Granny May stops a series of crimes, and claims it's due to her intuition, WordGirl knows the villain hasn't changed her ways. But what could she be after?
Vocab words: Intuition, Charming
Main villain(s): Granny May


May I Have a Word?: Perspire
6210"The Straw That Broke Two Brains' Back / Nocan the Evil Ingredient Finding Guy"April 1, 2011310

The Straw That Broke Two Brains' Back: Becky is tired of always having to forfeit her recreation time in order to fight crime, so when Two Brains decides to cut into her Pretty Princess documentary, she's in no mood for his antics.
Vocab words: Recreation, Abrupt
Main villain(s): Dr. Two-Brains


Nocan the Evil Ingredient Finding Guy: After Chuck defeats WordGirl and escapes with a sandwich trophy, he hears on the radio that a sandwich competition is taking place in the city park. He decides to get Nocan the Contrarian to enter the contest in his place while he tells him what to do through a microphone, but Nocan has a tendency to do the opposite of whatever he's asked...
Vocab words: Scrumptious, Apprentice
Main villain(s): Chuck & Nocan


May I Have a Word?: Strenuous
6311"Bampy Battles Bots / Truth, Revision, and the Lexicon Way"January 17, 2011311

Bampy Battles Bots: The Botsford family meets Becky and TJ's grandfather, Bampy. While Claire McCallister pulls Tobey's ear, TJ plays with the new screwdriver.
Vocab words: Invincible, Fiction(al)
Main villain(s): Theodore Tobey MacCalister lll


Truth, Revision, and the Lexicon Way: Mr. Big takes control of the school newspaper and threatens to reveal WordGirl's secret identity.
Vocab words: Revise/Revision, Mislead(ing)
Main villain(s): Mr. Big


May I Have a Word?:
6412"Meat-Life Crisis / Mobot Knows Best"May 6, 2011312

Meat-Life Crisis: The Butcher apparently gives up his nefarious ways when he goes to work with his dad, Kid Potato, as a food vendor at the ballpark.
Vocab words: Mope, Vendor
Main villain(s): The Butcher & Kid Potato
Note: The ballpark is parody of Fenway Park.


Mobot Knows Best: Tobey creates a robot to substitute for his mother on parent-teacher conference day.
Vocab words: Peeved, Communicate
Main villain(s): Theodore Tobey MacCalister lll


May I Have a Word?:
6513"A Better Mousetrap"July 8, 2011313

A Better Mousetrap: Part 1: WordGirl gets the chance to be on Scoops' very own talk show. During this segment, WordGirl and Scoops reminisce over the various skirmishes WordGirl has had with Dr. Two Brains. The segment ends in a cliffhanger when Dr. Two Brains himself uses his goop ray to take over the show.
Vocab words: Reminisce, Skirmish
Main villain(s): Dr. Two-Brains


A Better Mousetrap: Part 2: Doctor Two-Brains takes control and gains back his dignity by humilitating Wordgirl. He shows several clips of her and Captain Huggyface being defeated, but WordGirl counters it, stating that they are all cliffhangers. Two-Brains and his henchmen continue to irk Wordgirl, but while they're busy laughing she takes the opportunity to take back the show.
Vocab words: Cliffhanger, Irk
Main villain(s): Dr. Two-Brains


May I Have a Word?: Elegant
6614"Sonny Days with a Chance of Showers / Seymour ... Right After This"September 5, 2011314

Sonny Days with a Chance of Showers: Birthday Girl kidnaps meteorologist Sonny Days and demands that he announce her birthday on TV.
Vocab words: Precipitation, Meteorologist
Main villain(s): Eileen the birthday girl


Seymour ... Right After This: Becky suspects Seymour Smooth is up to no good when he delays announcing his new show's winning ticket numbers.
Vocab words: Delay, Captivated
Main villain(s): Seymour Orlando Smooth


May I Have a Word?:
6715"The Fill-In / Word (Hicc)Up!"October 10, 2011315

The Fill-In: Dr. Two-Brains has big plans when the Butcher fills in for one of Two-Brains' henchmen.
Vocab words: Surrender, Temporary
Main villain(s): Dr. Two-Brains & The Butcher


Word (Hicc)Up!: WordGirl battles the hiccups while Chuck tries to get his condiment ray fixed by Hal Hardbargain.
Vocab words: Remedy, Glitch
Main villain(s): Chuck & Hal Hardbargain


May I Have a Word?:
6816"Mouse Brain Take-Over / Leslie Makes It Big"October 11, 2011316

Mouse Brain Take-Over: WordGirl learns that Dr. Two-Brains is on an all-out cheese rampage just as she's about to give a tour of her secret hideout to the winner of the WordGirl Synonym Contest.
Vocab words: Abandon, Dilemma
Main villain(s): Dr. Two-Brains


Leslie Makes It Big: Mr. Big is arrested, leaving it to his assistant, Leslie, to carry out their latest evil plan: building the world's most powerful mind-control device.
Vocab words: Ridiculous, Assume
Main villain(s): Mr. Big & Leslie


May I Have a Word?: Binoculars
6917"Chuck with a Sidekick of Brent / Yarn-4-Gold"October 12, 2011317

Chuck with a Sidekick of Brent: Chuck teams with his brother Brent and tries to turn the city into a giant sandwich.
Vocab words: Accomplish, Schedule
Main villain(s): Chuck the Evil Sandwich Making Guy


Yarn-4-Gold: Bampy helps WordGirl stop Granny May's latest plot: exchanging gold jewelry for purple yarn.
Vocab words: Rubbish, Swap
Main villain(s): Granny May


May I Have a Word?:
7018"Whammer Anniversary / Rat Trap"October 13, 2011318

Whammer Anniversary: Becky babysits TJ while Mr. and Mrs. Botsford celebrate their anniversary at an ice-cream parlor that just happens to be the target of the Whammer's wrath.
Vocab words: Glimpse, Occasion
Main villain(s): The Whammer


Rat Trap: Dr. Two-Brains forces Hal Hardbargain to create a ray that turns superheroes into cheese.
Vocab words: Confiscate, Whiz
Main villain(s): Dr. Two-Brains & Hal Hardbargain


May I Have a Word?:
7119"Where Have All the Villains Gone? / Captain Tangent Returns"November 14, 2011319

Where Have All the Villains Gone?: Ms. Question devises a devious plan to get rid of WordGirl: eliminate all of the city's villains so WordGirl is no longer needed.
Vocab words: Eliminate, Entire
Main villain(s): Ms. Question


Captain Tangent Returns: Scoops joins Capt. Tangent's pirate crew in order to write a newspaper article about them.
Vocab words: Vessel, Publish
Main villain(s): Captain Tangent


May I Have a Word?: Perspire
7220"WordGirl and Bobbleboy / Crime in the Key of V"October 14, 2011320

WordGirl and Bobbleboy: TJ makes and sells WordGirl bobblehead dolls which makes WordGirl distracted.
Vocab words: Bobble, Souvenir
Main villain(s): First Energy monster, then Chuck, and finally Dr. Two-Brains


Crime in the Key of V: Villainous Victoria Best sets out to be the best superhero in the city in order to force WordGirl into retirement.
Vocab words: Exceptional, Meddle
Main villain(s): Victoria Best


May I Have a Word?:
7321"Have Snob, Will Travel / Tobey's Playground Calamity"January 16, 2012321

Have Snob, Will Travel: The Butcher kidnaps Reginald the jeweler in order to use his expertise to plan his next heist.
Vocab words: Formal, Fret
Main villain(s): The Butcher


Tobey's Playground Calamity: Ms. Davis holds a recycling contest to raise funds for a new playground after the old one is decimated by villains.
Vocab words: Dedicate, Calamity
Main villain(s): Theodore Tobey MacCalister lll


May I Have a Word?: Collection
7422"The Birthday Girl's Monstrous Gift / Hal the Haggler"April 16, 2012322

The Birthday Girl's Monstrous Gift: A carnival is endangered by the Energy Monster.
Vocab words: Guzzle, Monstrous
Main villain(s): Energy Monster & Eileen the birthday girl


Hal the Haggler: WordGirl battles Granny May, who's plotting to steal Cleopatra's bed from a museum.
Vocab words: Defend, Haggle
Main villain(s): Granny May & Hal Hardbargain


May I Have a Word?:
7523"The Learnerer / Mr. Big's Dinner and a Scam"March 23, 2012323

The Learnerer: The Learnerer steals a giant diamond.
Vocab words: Suffix, Misjudge
Main villain(s): The Learnerer


Mr. Big's Dinner and a Scam: Mr. Big employs mind control to make sure his dinner-theater show is a success.
Vocab words: Embellish, Leery
Main villain(s): Mr. Big


May I Have a Word?: Elegant
7624"Wordbot / Mount Rushhere"May 21, 2012324

Wordbot: Tobey is determined to get WordGirl back for constantly destroying his robots, so he builds a robot clone of Word Girl, named WordBot. But when the robot gets jealous of the fact that Tobey is speaking mostly to WordGirl herself, and turns on its creator, WordGirl and Tobey are forced to team up to fight back.
Vocab words: Devoted, Backfire
Main villain(s): Theodore Tobey MacCalister lll


Mount Rushhere: When all the adults go missing in Fair City, the kids are taking advantage of a parent-free world. But when it starts to take a toll on them, WordGirl discovers that Mr. Big is using a mind-control device to make all the adults build a tribute in his honor. Will Word Girl be able to destroy the machine and save the adults?
Vocab words: Advantage, Tribute
Main villain(s): Mr. Big


May I Have a Word?: Shatter
7725"Road Rage, Anger, and Fury / By Jove, You've Wrecked My Robots"June 11, 2012325

Road Rage, Anger, and Fury: Lady Redundant Woman uses nefarious means to circumvent the city's congested traffic.
Vocab words: Obstacle, Rant
Main villain(s): Lady Redundant Woman


By Jove, You've Wrecked My Robots: Tobey brings a board game about evil robots to Becky's house in hopes of exposing WordGirl's true identity.
Vocab words: Savvy, Realize
Main villain(s): Theodore Tobey MacCalister lll
Note: Tobey's board game is the parody of Battleship.


May I Have a Word?: Smudge
7826"A World Without WordGirl"December 16, 2011326

A World Without WordGirl: Part 1: Today is Becky's birthday, and her parents have planned her "the greatest party EVER!" Becky is extremely excited and antsy to start partying. What's first in store is an enormous Pretty Princess bouncy castle, which Becky wants to jump in right away. However, she picks up with her super hearing a robbery at a sandwich shop. Bob hears it too, and reminds her of her obligation to protect the city. Reluctantly, Becky transforms into WordGirl and flies to the shop, where she finds Chuck robbing it. Chuck says that he wants people to eat only sandwiches made by him, and doesn't want anyone else to make them. After some complaining from both people and a definition of "antsy", WordGirl ties up Chuck and tells the shop owner to keep an eye on him until the police arrive.
Vocab words: Obligation, Antsy
Main villain(s): First Chuck, The Butcher, & Dr. Two-Brains, Then Energy Monster


A World Without WordGirl: Part 2: After a brief summary about the previous episode, Becky is still trying to figure out about the changes in the city. She starts by asking her parents what they put in the cake, and after getting no helpful response, she looks at the empty cake mix box. Confused by the "Warning: If electrified, cake may become enchanted" label, she finally realizes that this was probably a birthday joke, "getting Chuck to pretend he's the king of the city". Seeing her parents confused by her remark, Becky realizes that it's not a joke, and the cake really was enchanted. Wanting to investigate, she makes an excuse to leave with Bob. She sees that all the shops are sandwich shops and that there are statues of Chuck everywhere. One suddenly makes an announcement that "it's time for Sandwich Talk", and hearing this, a couple of citizens start replacing certain words with sandwich-related words, such as "I really mayonnaise your coat" or "It was a bargain at mustard dollars and ketchupy-ketchup cents". Peeved by such nonsense, Becky stands up to correct them.
Vocab words: Enchanted, Unusual
Main villain(s): Chuck the Evil Sandwich Making Guy


May I Have a Word?: