WordGirl (season 3) facts for kids

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.
Vocab words: Prolong, Aggravated
Main villain(s): Theodore "Tobey" MacCallister III

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.
Vocab words: Extraordinary, Fortunate(ly)
Main villain(s): Dr. Two-Brains

Granny and Clyde: Mr. Botsford, WordGirl's father, becomes an unwitting getaway driver for Granny May.
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: Two criminals, The Butcher and The Whammer, team up and attempt to outdo each other to prove they are not the sidekick.
Vocab words: Considerate, Manual
Main villain(s): The Butcher & The Whammer

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.
Vocab words: Conceal, Acknowledge
Main villain(s): Invisi-Bill & Big Left Hand Guy

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.
Vocab words: Mimic, Hoopla
Main villain(s): Mr. Big & Eileen

The Pretty Princess and Mr. Big Power Hour: WorldGirl gets to be featured in an episode of "Pretty Princess", but this is part of an evil plot by Mr. Big.
Vocab words: Dupe, Hoist
Main villain(s): 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.
Vocab words: Debate, Substitute
Main villain(s): Lady Redundant Woman

When Chuck’s Mom Is Away...: 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.
Vocab words: Reckless, Immaculate
Main villain(s): Dr. Two-Brains and more villains

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.
Vocab words: Entertainment, Persistent
Main villain(s): Energy Monster

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.
Vocab words: Trophy, Boast
Main villain(s): Victoria Best

Special Guest Star: Kirsten Schaal

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.
Vocab words: Frolic, Procrastinate
Main villain(s): Dr. Two-Brains

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

Special Guest Star: John Henson as 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

Special Guest Star: Nick Kroll as Reuben Grinder

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 an all-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

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

Special Guest Star: Tim Conway as Bampy Botsford

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

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

Special Guest Star: Kirsten Schaal as 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

Special Guest Star: Danielle Schneider as Loretta Sanchez-Johnson and Matt Besser as Rex the Reporter

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

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

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.

Special Guest Star: Ed Asner as Kid Potato

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

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

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