WordGirl (season 4)

The fourth season of the animated series WordGirl was originally broadcast on PBS in the United States from September 5, 2011 to June 11, 2012.

WordGirl
Season 4
Country of originUnited States
No. of episodes13
Release
Original networkPBS Kids
Original releaseSeptember 5, 2011 (2011-09-05) 
June 11, 2012 (2012-06-11)
Season chronology

Cast

Dannah Phirman: Becky Botsford/Wordgirl, Claire McCallister, Chuck's Mom, Edith Von Hoosinghaus, Pretty Princess.

Chris Parnell: Narrator, Henchmen #1, Museum Security Guard, Exposition Guy.

James Adomian: Bob/Captain Huggy Face, Chip Von Dumor, Harry Kempel, Hal Hardbargain.

Jack D. Ferraiolo: The Butcher.

Fred Stoller: Chuck the Evil Sandwich Making Guy.

Cree Summer: Granny May.

Patton Oswalt: Theodore “Tobey” McCallister the Third, Robots.

Tom Kenny: Dr. Two-Brains, TJ Botsford, Warden Chalmers, Brent the Handsome Successful Everyone Loves Him Sandwich Making Guy.

Jeffrey Tambor: Mr. Big.

John C. McGinley: The Whammer.

Maria Bamford: Violet Heaslip, Sally Botsford, Leslie, Mrs. Best.

Grey DeLisle: Lady Redundant Woman, Ms. Question.

Pamela Adlon: Eileen aka The Birthday Girl.

Ryan Raddatz: Todd “Scoops” Ming, Tim Botsford.

Larry Murphy: The Amazing Rope Guy, Gold Store Dealer, Soccer Referee, Mr. Best, Used Car Salesman, Anthony the News Reporter.

Jen Cohn: Female Bank Teller.

Daran Norris: Seymour Orlando Smooth, Nocan the Contrarian.

Ron Lynch: The Mayor.

H. Jon Benjamin: Reginald the Jewelry Store Clerk, Invisi-Bill.

Amy Sedaris: Mrs. Davis.

Mike O’Connell: Grocery Store Manager, Big Left Hand Guy.

Episodes

No. in
series
No. in
season
Title[1] Original airdate[2] Production
code[2]
661"Sonny Days with a Chance of Showers"
"Seymour ... Right After This"
September 5, 2011 (2011-09-05)401

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

Special Guest Star: Al Roker as Sonny Days


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?: Shatter
672"The Fill-In"
"Word (Hicc)Up!"
October 10, 2011 (2011-10-10)402

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?: Smudge
683"Mouse Brain Take-Over"
"Leslie Makes It Big"
October 11, 2011 (2011-10-11)403

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


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


May I Have a Word?: Binoculars
694"Chuck with a Sidekick of Brent"
"Yarn-4-Gold"
October 12, 2011 (2011-10-12)404

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

Special Guest Star: Tim Conway as Bampy Botsford


May I Have a Word?: Imitate
705"Whammer Anniversary"
"Rat Trap"
October 13, 2011 (2011-10-13)405

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?: Bewilder
716"WordGirl and Bobbleboy"
"Crime in the Key of V"
October 14, 2011 (2011-10-14)406

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

Special Guest Star: Kristen Schaal as Victoria Best


May I Have a Word?: Strenuous
727"Where Have All the Villains Gone?"
"Captain Tangent Returns"
November 14, 2011 (2011-11-14)407

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

Special Guest Star: John Henson as Captain Tangent


May I Have a Word?: Perspire
738"A World Without WordGirl"December 16, 2011 (2011-12-16)413

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


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?: Binoculars
749"Have Snob, Will Travel"
"Tobey's Playground Calamity"
January 16, 2012 (2012-01-16)408

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
7510"The Learnerer"
"Mr. Big's Dinner and a Scam"
March 23, 2012 (2012-03-23)410

The Learnerer: A new villain called The Learnerer steals a giant diamond. And its up to Wordgirl and Huggy to stop him.
Vocab words: Suffix, Misjudge
Main villain(s): The Learnerer

Special Guest Star: "Weird Al" Yankovic as 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
7611"The Birthday Girl's Monstrous Gift"
"Hal the Haggler"
April 16, 2012 (2012-04-16)409

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?: Doze
7712"Wordbot"
"Mount Rush Here"
May 21, 2012 (2012-05-21)411

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 Rush Here: 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
7813"Road Rage, Anger, and Fury"
"By Jove, You've Wrecked My Robots!"
June 11, 2012 (2012-06-11)412

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

References

  1. "WordGirl - Episode Descriptions - Season 4". PBSKids.com. Archived from the original on May 19, 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
  2. "KET - WordGirl - All Episodes". ket.org. Kentucky Educational Television. Archived from the original on April 7, 2015. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
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