WordGirl season 7
WordGirl | |
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Season 7 | |
No. of episodes | 13 |
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Original network | PBS Kids |
Original release | August 4, 2014 February 20, 2015 | –
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The seventh season of the animated series WordGirl was originally broadcast on PBS Kids in the United States between August 4, 2014 and February 20, 2015. The seventh season contained 13 episodes (25 segments).[1]
Cast
[edit]Cast | Characters |
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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 |
Cree Summer | Granny May |
Fred Stoller | Chuck the Evil Sandwich Making Guy |
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 |
Maria Bamford | Violet Heaslip, Sally Botsford, Leslie, Johnson, Loretta-Sanchez Johnson |
H. Jon Benjamin | Reginald the Jewelry Store Clerk, Invisi-Bill |
Jeffrey Tambor | Mr. Big |
John C. McGinley | The Whammer |
Ryan Raddatz | Todd "Scoops" Ming, Tim Botsford. |
Jack D. Ferraiolo | The Butcher |
James Adomian | Bob/Captain Huggy Face, Chip Von Dumor, Harry Kempel, Hal Hardbargain |
Larry Murphy | The Amazing Rope Guy, African-American Cop, Anthony the News Reporter |
Grey DeLisle | Lady Redundant Woman, Ms. Question |
Pamela Adlon | Eileen aka The Birthday Girl |
Episodes
[edit]No. overall | No. in season | Title [2] | Vocab words | Written by | Villains | May I Have a Word? | Original air date [1][3] | Prod. code |
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105 | 1 | "Kid Math" | Calculate, Equal/Equation Reproduce, Hint | Eric Ledgin Justin Shanes | Dr. Two-Brains | Elegant | August 4, 2014 | 712 |
Kid Math, a new kid superhero from the planet Hexagon, but it even happens that Dr. Two-Brains gets away with his plan to turn the entire city into a city. Becky is trying to teach Rex what it means to become a superhero, not just defeating villains. Meanwhile, Kid Math and WordGirl fight into shape in time to stop Dr. Two-Brains' next snack. | ||||||||
106a | 2a | "A Few Words from WordGirl" | Dawdle, Inspiration | Kevin Pederson | Dr. Two-Brains | Apprehend | August 5, 2014 | 708A |
The school is gearing up for Inspiration Day, since WordGirl's heroic actions always uplift the town's citizens, the Principal asks WordGirl to make the keynote speech at the event. She agrees but immediately begins to feel the pressure. People are expecting a lot from her speech, and even though she can always be counted on to provide a word's definition. | ||||||||
106b | 2b | "Ears to You" | Original, Laughable | Will Shepard | Mr. Big | Apprehend (bonus round) | August 5, 2014 | 708B |
Mr. Big is up to his mind-control tricks once again, this time through the use of some ultra adorable Squishy Bunny Ears. When Becky sees the Ears for sale, turns out, Mr. Botsford does, and as soon as he puts them on, he causes a citywide craze. People start buying up all of Mr. Big's Squishy Bunny Ears. | ||||||||
107a | 3a | "El Queso Mysterioso" | Illusion, Influence | John N. Huss | Dr. Two-Brains | Collection | August 6, 2014 | 711A |
It's the day of the Magical Magicians Convention, and the entire Botsford family is excited to go and see their favorite magician and perform live, El Mysterioso. Everyone except Becky, she goes to the Pretty Princess book signing across the street. But Mr. Botsford emphasizes how important it is that they spend the day as a family. In the middle of the convention, Becky's super hearing picks up the sound of Dr. Two-Brains' evil cackle from across the city. Note: El Queso Misterioso means "The Mysterious Cheese" in Spanish. | ||||||||
107b | 3b | "Putt with Honor" | Concentrate, Tournament | Jayne Hamil | Eileen the Birthday Girl | Collection (bonus round) | August 6, 2014 | 711B |
TJ Botsford is mere hours away from winning the local mini golf tournament and getting his picture on Patrick Needlemeyer's Miniature Golf Super Universe Wall of Fame (which is only the biggest deal ever). When Becky catches Eileen cheating she knows she has to stop her. | ||||||||
108a | 4a | "It's Your Party and I'll Cry If I Want To" | Rampage, Sensitive | Tom Martin | Theodore "Tobey" MacCallister III | Doze | August 7, 2014 | 701A |
Becky discovers that Violet and Scoops were invited to Katy's birthday party while she wasn't on her invite list. However, Tobey sends his robots out on a citywide rampage, destroying everything in their path. | ||||||||
108b | 4b | "Becky's Bad-itude" | Juvenile, Lack | Jayne Hamil | Dr. Two-Brains | Doze (bonus round) | August 7, 2014 | 701B |
Becky feels bored watching Vanilly and Billy, a pair of outer space rock 'n roll ninjas, they're the stars of the most popular TV show at school, and anybody has tickets to their concert. Thanks to Mr. Botsford, Becky has tickets and straight to The Squishy Funbots Rollerama. At the concert, Becky feels embarrassed, tries to mention her, but when Dr. Two-Brains crashes the Funbots concert. | ||||||||
109a | 5a | "First One to Win Wins" | Victor, Fuming | Douglas Reid | The Butcher | Bewilder | August 8, 2014 | 702A |
At the Botsford house, TJ has turned everything into an impossible competition, causing Becky to grow more and more frustrated every time she loses. When the Butcher steals Mrs. Von Hoosinghaus' prize poodle, she is eager to suit up as WordGirl and finally claim victory. | ||||||||
109b | 5b | "A Little Bigger WordGirl" | Adjust, Elongate | Eric Ledgin | Dr. Two-Brains | Bewilder (bonus round) | August 8, 2014 | 702B |
When Dr. Two-Brains is about to shrink and capture WordGirl, she is able to change the size of a mouse, his plan backfires, and WordGirl becomes bigger, not smaller. Though her bigger size allows her to break free from Dr. Two-Brains, she quickly realizes that she can no longer control her superpowers. | ||||||||
110a | 6a | "Guess Who's Coming to Thanksgiving Dinner" | Grateful, Reluctant | Eric Ledgin | Theodore "Tobey" MacCallister III | Doze | November 26, 2014 | 709A |
After an unfortunate turn of events at the grocery store, Tobey and his mother, Claire McCallister, become the guests of honor at the Botsford's Thanksgiving dinner. Becky is less than thrilled to be sharing a table with one of her secret nemeses, Tobey is spending Thanksgiving with WordGirl. | ||||||||
110b | 6b | "Judging Butcher" | Appreciate ††, Lyrics | Dan Milledge | The Butcher | Doze (bonus round) | November 26, 2014 | 709B |
Becky's best friend Violet may be great at drawing and painting, but when it comes to singing, she just says it isn't her forte. But when Violet tells Becky that she is going to audition for The City's Got Too Much Talent, Becky doesn't have the heart to tell her it isn't a good idea. To make things even worse, the show has a new judge: The Butcher. Instead of slinging sausages at WordGirl and Huggy, the Butcher is running eager contestants through a verbal meat grinder. †† - This is the second episode that uses this word, (The first was episode 25). | ||||||||
111a | 7a | "A Curious Case of Curiosity" | Privacy, Interrogate | Kevin Pederson | Ms. Question | Collection | December 3, 2014 | 703A |
111b | 7b | "There's No V in Team" | Swipe, Triumph | Andrew Samson | Victoria Best | Collection (bonus round) | December 3, 2014 | 703B |
112a | 8a | "Sparkling Clean" | Shirk, Unruly | Eric Ledgin | N/A | Elegant | December 5, 2014 | 704A |
Note: This is the first and only segment that doesn't include any villains. | ||||||||
112b | 8b | "The Smile Collector" | Unique, Repulsive | Ethan Banville | Chuck the Evil Sandwich Making Guy | Elegant (bonus round) | December 5, 2014 | 704B |
113a | 9a | "My Dad, My Teacher, My Dad, My Teacher" | Faculty, Expect | Jayne Hamil | The Butcher and Kid Potato | Imitate | December 17, 2014 | 705A |
113b | 9b | "The Power of Whamship" | Collaborate †, Solo | Eric Ledgin | The Whammer and Invisi-Bill | Imitate (bonus round) | December 17, 2014 | 705B |
† - This is the second episode that uses this word, (The first was episode 23). | ||||||||
114a | 10a | "Royally Framed" | Vain, Knickknack | Craig Carlisle | Lady Redundant Woman and Royal Dandy | Wedged | January 12, 2015 | 713A |
114b | 10b | "WordGirl vs. Tobey vs. the Dentist" | Appointment, Cavity | Ryan and Steve Young | Theodore "Tobey" MacCallister III | Wedged (bonus round) | January 12, 2015 | 713B |
115a | 11a | "Accordion to Tradition" | Hesitate, Select | Tom Martin | Granny May | Bewilder | January 16, 2015 | 710A |
115b | 11b | "Can't Touch This" | Property, Tinker | Amy Mass | The Whammer | Bewilder (bonus round) | January 16, 2015 | 710B |
116a | 12a | "Backyard Camping" | Portable, Farfetched | Guy Toubes | Energy Monster | Perspire | February 6, 2015 | 706A |
116b | 12b | "Castle! Dungeon! Fortress! So?" | Absorbed, Include | Danielle Koenig | Chuck the Evil Sandwich Making Guy | Perspire (bonus round) | February 6, 2015 | 706B |
117a | 13a | "News Girl" | Expose, Details | Ben Zelevansky | Energy Monster | Binoculars | February 20, 2015 | 707A |
117b | 13b | "Diorama Drama: The Scene of the Crime" | Confront, Diorama | Douglas Reid | The Amazing Rope Guy | Binoculars (bonus round) | February 20, 2015 | 707B |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "WordGirl".
- ^ "WordGirl - Episode Descriptions - Season 7". PBSKids.com. Archived from the original on May 19, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
- ^ "KET - WordGirl - All Episodes". ket.org. Kentucky Educational Television. Archived from the original on April 7, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2015.