The BEST episodes of WordGirl season 1

Every episode of WordGirl season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of WordGirl season 1!

WordGirl follows the everyday life and superhero adventures of WordGirl as she fights crime and enriches vocabulary usage. Disguised as mild-mannered fifth grader Becky Botsford, WordGirl possesses superhero strength with the added benefit of a colossal vocabulary. She is joined in her adventures by a monkey sidekick named Captain Huggy Face. Each episode introduces up to four new vocabulary words in an engaging, humorous way. WordGirl is a superhero spoof so the storylines are funny tales of familiar stories from that genre. For children 6 to 8 years old.

Last Updated: 2/5/2024Network: PBSStatus: Ended
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Granny-Sitter
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10.00
1 votes

#1 - Granny-Sitter

Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 12/28/2007

Granny May finds an alibi for her next crime when she responds to a wanted ad for a babysitter. But the children she must babysit turn out to be Becky/WordGirl Botsford and her brother TJ. Becky must investigate as WordGirl in order to stop Granny May from stealing the Mazo-Racer (a solid gold-plated race car which accelerates from 0 to 105 miles per hour). Vocabulary Words: Investigate Accelerate

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High-Fat Robbery
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9.40
5 votes

#2 - High-Fat Robbery

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/3/2007

The Butcher is hosting free barbecues as diversions to help him carry out his crimes; WordGirl takes him down, after discovering his meaty powers are neutralized by tofu! Vocab words: Impressive, Diversion

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Two-Brain Highway
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9.00
3 votes

#3 - Two-Brain Highway

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/14/2007

Dr. Two-Brains escapes a life-sized prison maze that the warden guarantees is escape-proof. Coincidentally, during the same week, many different cheese events occur in town. WordGirl and Captain Huggy Face aim to stop Two-Brains before he steals all the rare cheese in the city, but by one strange coincidence after another, Two-Brains continues to elude capture. Vocabulary Words: Coincidence Guarantee

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You Can't Crush City Hall
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8.80
5 votes

#4 - You Can't Crush City Hall

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/14/2007

The city seems to be doomed when Chuck the Evil Sandwich Making Guy invents a way to demolish City Hall by crushing it with his Giant Sandwich Press. WordGirl must find out Chuck's secret password to stop the crushing machine before time runs out. Meanwhile, Captain Huggyface dashes off to District Attorny Botsford's office to find Chuck's file in order to find a clue about the password. Vocabulary Words: Doomed Dash

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Chuck E. Sneeze
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8.50
2 votes

#5 - Chuck E. Sneeze

Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 4/11/2008

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. Vocabulary Words: Avoid Contagious

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Tobey or Consequences
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8.09
11 votes

#6 - Tobey or Consequences

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/3/2007

While Tobey has a babysitter, WordGirl and Tobey get into a battle of words on a real-live match of the game show "Crash or Pie." Vocabulary Words: Enormous, Bicker

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Jerky Jerk
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7.67
3 votes

#7 - Jerky Jerk

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/28/2007

When Becky/WordGirl goes on a 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. Vocabulary Words: Clumsy Supreme

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Princess Triana and The Ogre of Castlebum
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7.00
1 votes

#8 - Princess Triana and The Ogre of Castlebum

Season 1 - Episode 27 - Aired 4/25/2008

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. Vocabulary Words: Reveal Devotion

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Dr. Three-Brains
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7.00
1 votes

#9 - Dr. Three-Brains

Season 1 - Episode 52 - Aired 1/2/2009

Glen Furlblam has escaped from jail, and this time he's posing as Dr. Three-Brains. He 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

Bongo Rock
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7.00
1 votes

#10 - Bongo Rock

Season 1 - Episode 51 - Aired 1/2/2009

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

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Return of the Reprise of Lady Redundant Woman
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7.00
1 votes

#11 - Return of the Reprise of Lady Redundant Woman

Season 1 - Episode 47 - Aired 11/28/2008

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

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Villain School
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7.00
1 votes

#12 - Villain School

Season 1 - Episode 46 - Aired 11/3/2008

The Coach has a new trio of arch enemies and villains. When he sent them to the whistle museum, the trio couldn't steal Michelangelo's Whistle because WordGirl caught them. Then, the Whammer came with them, then succeeded. Vocabulary Words: Novice Legendary

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Mousezilla
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7.00
1 votes

#13 - Mousezilla

Season 1 - Episode 45 - Aired 11/3/2008

When Tobey and Dr. Two-Brains team up, they create a new robot called "Mouse-Zilla" which Dr. Two-Brains immediately named. Tobey gets jealous for the robot to steal cheese and Dr. Two-Brains gets jealous for destroying buildings. Vocabulary Words: Collaborate Quest

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The Butcher, the Baker, and the Candlestick Maker
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7.00
1 votes

#14 - The Butcher, the Baker, and the Candlestick Maker

Season 1 - Episode 44 - Aired 10/13/2008

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 Tim Botsford; but when she shows up on the scene, can the Butcher resist his evil ways? Vocabulary Words: Finicky Trio

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The Handsome Panther
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7.00
1 votes

#15 - The Handsome Panther

Season 1 - Episode 43 - Aired 10/13/2008

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. At Becky's house, Tim Botsford is coming up with a design for Bob Botsford's new monkey home. WordGirl 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 and allow him to escape? Vocabulary Words: Ferocious Design

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A Game of Cat and Mouse
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7.00
1 votes

#16 - A Game of Cat and Mouse

Season 1 - Episode 38 - Aired 7/23/2008

When doing some spring-cleaning, Dr. Two-Brains finds one of his forgotten gadgets, a device that is called "the hairgel to cream cheese inator" that turns hair gel into cream cheese. In spite of that, WordGirl teams up with Professor Tubing, the new resident of Dr. Boxleitner's old laboratory. WordGirl must find out Dr. Two-Brains' weakness and put a stop to his cheese thefts before he ruins the hairstyles of everyone in the city. Vocabulary Words: Texture Weakness

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Lady Redundant Woman
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7.00
1 votes

#17 - Lady Redundant Woman

Season 1 - Episode 37 - Aired 7/23/2008

An employee woman named Beatrice Bixby, who hates a nice employee man named Dave, because she wanted to be named manager of the local copy shop where she works. Then one day, when she found a hidden button in a photocopier and press it, she becomes Lady Redundant Woman. Vocabulary Words: Perplexed Redundant

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Heat Wave, Crime Wave
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7.00
1 votes

#18 - Heat Wave, Crime Wave

Season 1 - Episode 28 - Aired 4/25/2008

In 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! Vocabulary Words: Swelter Oppurtunity

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Granny's Good Time All-Cure Spritzer
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7.00
1 votes

#19 - Granny's Good Time All-Cure Spritzer

Season 1 - Episode 25 - Aired 4/18/2008

In Granny's Goodtime All-Cure Spritzer WordGirl must put a stop to Granny May's latest con game - selling phony bottles of 'all-cure' spritzer that restores youth. Vocabulary Words: Hoax Potent

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Swap Meat
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7.00
1 votes

#20 - Swap Meat

Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 4/11/2008

Becky 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. Vocabulary Words: Forgery Magnificent

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Department Store Tobey
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7.00
1 votes

#21 - Department Store Tobey

Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/15/2008

In Department Store Tobey, Tobey, who's still grounded, is forced to go with his mother to the department store. There he plots to destroy the city with his robots again and tries to impress WordGirl using clever riddles, but his plan backfires when the robots start malfunctioning. Vocabulary Words: Malfunction Clever

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Mr. Big's Big Plan
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7.00
1 votes

#22 - Mr. Big's Big Plan

Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/18/2008

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. Vocabulary Words: Decide Opponent

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Tobey's Masterpiece
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7.00
1 votes

#23 - Tobey's Masterpiece

Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/21/2007

In Tobey's Masterpiece, Tobey builds an artistic robot to aid him in art class, but when the robot gains more praise than its creator, he calls in a super robot, his masterpiece, to reek havoc on the city. Will WordGirl be able to take it down? Vocabulary Words: Masterpiece Gasp

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When Life Gives You Potatoes...
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7.00
1 votes

#24 - When Life Gives You Potatoes...

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/21/2007

Dr. Two Brains escapes from prison and develops a weapon that transforms gold into potato salad, and another that transforms potato salad into cheese. Vocabulary Words: Glum Transformation

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Coupon Madness
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7.00
1 votes

#25 - Coupon Madness

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/21/2007

WordGirl faces off against Granny May who prints fake coupons to get things for free. Vocabulary Words: Squint Bargain

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