Season 7 • Episode 26
LatestDisguised as mild-mannered fifth-grader Becky Botsford, WordGirl arrived on Earth when she and her monkey sidekick Captain Huggy Face crashed their spaceship. Now they fight crime and defend the town from a plethora of madcap villains and scoundrels, while at the same time enriching viewers' vocabulary usage.
Writing
Puns so aggressively clever they should be illegal.
Production
Somehow made 'dictionary' a viable superpower origin story.
Creator
Dorothea Gillim
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Creator Dorothea Gillim specifically wanted a girl superhero whose power was intelligence, not magic or punching, making WordGirl one of PBS's most deliberately feminist animated leads.
The show's villain The Butcher famously sparked debate about whether his meat-based puns were genius or deeply unsettling—PBS received actual letters.
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