WordGirl (season 3)
| WordGirl (season 3) | |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Release | |
| Original network | PBS Kids |
| Original release | September 7, 2010 – July 8, 2011 |
| Season chronology | |
The third season of the animated series WordGirl was originally broadcast on PBS in the United States from September 7, 2010 to July 8, 2011.
Episodes
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title[1] | Original airdate[2] | Production code[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | 1 | "Bummertime" "The Homerun King" | September 7, 2010 | 301 |
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Bummertime: On the last day of her summer vacation, Becky tries to read her book in peace but is interrupted by Tobey and his new robot Chronos. The Homerun King: TJ becomes a superhero named The Home Run King when he manages to prevent a crime during a game of baseball. He begins to get into trouble and needs help from WorldGirl to stop crime. May I Have a Word?: Collection | ||||
| 54 | 2 | "Granny and Clyde" "Too Loud Crew" | September 13, 2010 | 302 |
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Granny and Clyde: Mr. Botsford, WordGirl's father, becomes an unwitting getaway driver for Granny May. Too Loud Crew: Two criminals, The Butcher and The Whammer, team up and attempt to outdo each other to prove they are not the sidekick. May I Have a Word?: Doze | ||||
| 55 | 3 | "The Invisi-Bill Hand" "Birthday Town" | September 14, 2010 | 303 |
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The Invisi-Bill Hand: Invisi-Bill and Big Left Hand Guy begin to work together, but the former becomes jealous for the attention Big Left Hand Guy is receiving. WordGirl attempts to use this fact to defeat the criminals. Birthday Town: Mr. Big uses a machine to control the minds of parents, so they believe every day is their child's birthday and purchase goods at his shop. May I Have a Word?: Elegant | ||||
| 56 | 4 | "The Pretty Princess and Mr. Big Power Hour" "Clean Up in Aisle Eleven" | September 15, 2010 | 304 |
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The Pretty Princess and Mr. Big Power Hour: WorldGirl gets to feature in an episode of "Pretty Princess", but this is part of an evil plot by Mr. Big. Clean Up in Aisle Eleven: Becky is at a debate club so Bob pretends to be WorldGirl at the opening of a grocery store. Lady Redundant Woman and her clones cause Becky to abandon the debate club to fight crime. May I Have a Word?: Shatter | ||||
| 57 | 5 | "Risky Chuckness[2]" "That's Entertainment" | September 16, 2010 | 305 |
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Risky Chuckness: Dr. Two-Brains discovers that Chuck is in his house alone and tells all the villains to visit Chuck's home. Chuck joins forces with WordGirl to defeat the other criminals. That's Entertainment: Energy Monster escapes from prison, interrupting the Botsfords while watching the television; WordGirl tries to find and arrest the Energy Monster while the rest of the family explore different forms of entertainment. May I Have a Word?: Smudge | ||||
| 58 | 6 | "Victoria Best" "Showdown at the Secret Spaceship Hideout" | October 11, 2010 | 306 |
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Victoria Best: Victoria Best arrives at school and wins almost every award in an assembly. Becky's trophy is stolen and WordGirl and Captain Huggy Face start a contest to try to get her trophy back. Showdown at the Secret Spaceship Hideout: Dr. Two-Brains accidentally sends himself and his assistants to sleep with a machine when trying to fight WordGirl; they wake up in WordGirl's spaceshis. WordGirl has to fight them to get control of the machine that sends people to sleep, as well as her spaceship. May I Have a Word?: Binoculars | ||||
| 59 | 7 | "Captain Tangent" "Chuck and Brent Ride Again" | November 8, 2010 | 307 |
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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. 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. May I Have a Word?: Imitate | ||||
| 60 | 8 | "Bend It Like Becky" "Questionable Behavior" | January 3, 2011 | 308 |
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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. 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. May I Have a Word?: Bewilder | ||||
| 61 | 9 | "Bampy Battles Bots" "Truth, Revision, and the Lexicon Way" | January 17, 2011 | 311 |
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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. Truth, Revision, and the Lexicon Way: Mr. Big takes control of the school newspaper and threatens to reveal WordGirl's secret identity. May I Have a Word?: | ||||
| 62 | 10 | "Cherish is the Word" "Granny's Intuition" | February 8, 2011 | 310 |
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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. 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? May I Have a Word?: Perspire | ||||
| 63 | 11 | "Nocan the Evil Ingredient Finding Guy" "The Straw That Broke Two Brains' Back" | April 1, 2011 | 309 |
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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... 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. May I Have a Word?: Strenuous | ||||
| 64 | 12 | "Meat-Life Crisis" "Mobot Knows Best" | May 6, 2011 | 312 |
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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. Mobot Knows Best: Tobey creates a robot to substitute for his mother on parent-teacher conference day. May I Have a Word?: | ||||
| 65 | 13 | "A Better Mousetrap" (Part 1 & 2) | July 8, 2011 | 313 |
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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. 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. May I Have a Word?: Elegant | ||||
References
- ↑ "WordGirl - Episode Descriptions - Season 3". PBSKids.com. Archived from the original on May 19, 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
- 1 2 3 "KET - WordGirl - All Episodes". ket.org. Kentucky Educational Television. Archived from the original on April 7, 2015. Retrieved July 9, 2015.