List of WordGirl characters

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The following is a list of characters in the PBS Kids' series WordGirl.[1][2]


Main characters[edit]

WordGirl/Becky Botsford[edit]

Voiced by: Dannah Feinglass


Becky, who is age 10½, spends her time reading, going to school, decorating her dollhouse, collecting unicorns and trying to hide her secret identity. Her lone setbacks are that she is not good at dancing, and she struggles with art but she is a great singer.

No one is aware of WordGirl's true identity with the exception of

  • Captain Huggy Face (who gets mad when TJ says things about him)
  • Bampy Botsford (Becky's grandfather)
  • the Narrator who, of course, gets to see everything.
  • Scoops Ming, who finds out in "Invasion of the Bunny Lovers".

Despite obvious similarities, only a few others have made the connection

  • Two-Brains finds out in "Dr. Two-Brains Forgets" and tells WordGirl/Becky’s family, but they all forget when they are hit with his amnesia ray, which was redirected toward a mirror by TJ thanks to his WordGirl boomerang and hits everyone but WordGirl and Captain Huggy Face.
  • Scoops realizes that Becky doubles as WordGirl when she runs into him, forgetting that she is still wearing the WordGirl cape; Scoops observes that she’s also worn the costume frequently, having chosen WordGirl as her Halloween costume. However, his suspicions dissipate when Becky painstakingly misdefines a word in the episode "Vocab Bee". This will be reversed in "Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers".
  • Her parents begin to make the connection in "Becky's Birthday", but just when they are about to figure it out, Captain Huggy Face (a.k.a. Bob) distracts them by getting wrapped up in party decorations.
  • In some short episodes, Tobey thinks Becky is WordGirl and tries to destroy her house with a robot, but Captain Huggy Face, disguised as WordGirl, shows up and Becky picks him up and destroys the robot. Also in "By Jove, You've Wrecked My Robots", Tobey realizes Becky's identity by her shoes. She, however, outsmarts him using a WordGirl doll.
  • In the episode "Big's Big Bounce", Becky knew the definition of the word "boost" and Mr. Big becomes suspicious for a while.
  • Becky's mailman noticed her super-speed in answering the door, super-strength in lifting the heavy package containing her massive dollhouse, and also looked in through the window and saw her flying. He appears to intentionally ignore this even though this is clear proof she is WordGirl.



Captain Huggy Face/Bob[edit]

Voiced by: James Adomian

WordGirl’s sidekick is a monkey from Lexicon, who was responsible for crashing their spacecraft. On the planet Lexicon he was once a pilot of the Lexicon Air Force. Huggy Face has no superpowers (hence the reason that sometimes he has to take the bus because he cannot fly) and loves to eat almost anything, even the dreaded Beans à la Botsford (although he hates the repulsive Chicken Liver Fricassee and beef bouillon the Butcher conjured once). People often insult him by either saying his name wrong or calling him the wrong animal, most often Granny May. An example is "Tobey or Consequences" in which Tobey's babysitter calls him an "aardvark in tights" and has been called a dog or other animal. Huggy is a surprisingly competent sidekick and can do martial arts, especially kung fu. His symbol, on the chest of his costume, is a thunderbolt. As Bob, he is the Botsford family pet, played by James Adomian at script readings. He has been called a hedgehog, (flying) rabbit, koala, wombat, rat, bear, aardvark, ferret, otter, llama, a hairy kid, and probably others.

The Narrator[edit]

Voiced by: Chris Parnell


The Botsford family[edit]

Tim Botsford[edit]

Becky’s adoptive and cheerful father encourages Becky to be supportive of her family, although he’s quite indecisive and has been called weird. In one episode, he goes to the store and buys a large amount of Tiny Big merchandise. He makes “Beans à la Botsford,” which only Bob (Captain Huggy Face) will eat. In "The Two Brains Boogie", Mr. Botsford was shown to be master at boogieing and even had a video starring him on how to do so. Tim Botsford and his wife greatly enjoy money-saving, and have been shown to designate an entire evening to looking for coupons. It is also revealed that he has a favorite tie named "Murray", which was taken by Mr. Big, who really liked it and took the cravat for himself. (Thanks to WordGirl, he later gets the tie back.) Ryan Raddatz, who also serves as one of the show's writers, voices Mr. Botsford.

Sally Botsford[edit]


TJ Botsford[edit]

Tim and Sally’s 7-year-old biological child. Having an older sister annoys him, but he idolizes WordGirl and constantly babbles about her. This obsession with WordGirl is a bit unnerving to his sister, because he is also the president of WordGirl’s fan club and does not allow his sister (as Becky) to attend meetings. Voice acting veteran Tom Kenny provides TJ's voice. TJ, in the episode "WordGirl and Bobble Boy", makes WordGirl bobbleheads and sells them in all of her battles in the episode.

Bampy Botsford[edit]

Becky and TJ's grandfather, and Tim's father, first appearing in the episode "Bampy Battles Bots." He likes vegetable stews and is one of the very few people to know Becky's secret identity, telling Becky after a fight with one of Tobey's robots, "Good flyin' back there, kiddo." Flashbacks show him defeating an independently-produced 50-foot-tall robot with a screwdriver and whiskers. Although his family does not believe it at first, they know it after he defeated Tobey's second look-alike robot. He is voiced by Tim Conway.

Supporting characters[edit]

Todd "Scoops" Ming[edit]

The reporter for Woodview Elementary School's newspaper The Daily Rag, voiced by Ryan Raddatz. His dream of working for The Big City Times came true to cover a story of Granny May in "Bonkers for Bingo" when he was hired by the paper's editor, Woodward Bernstein (punning off the last names of legendary Washington Post Watergate investigative reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein); he still has a long way to go, though. Even Becky, who has a secret crush on him, agrees that his articles can be rather dull. The oblivious Scoops has a high opinion of himself and does not hesitate to take credit for anything he might possibly have had to do with, such as the time he told the story in "Becky and the Bard" in the role of The Wall when the cast was absent from the theatre at Woodview Elementary. He is desperate to know WordGirl’s secret identity and is constantly on the scene. His known family members are his parents and his grandfather, who are the rivals of The Botsfords. In one episode, he learns WordGirl's secret identity and intends on publishing the news, but his plan backfires when Becky purposefully misdefines a word to make him believe she can't be WordGirl for such a big vocabulary mistake. In "Invasion of the Bunny Lovers", he realizes Becky is Wordgirl when they are the only two people in the town who have not been mind-controlled by Mr. Big and Dr. Two-Brains, forcing her to fly him out of danger. He chooses not to publish an article exposing the fact because he understands that keeping Wordgirl's identity secret is more important. Scoops is friends with Becky's best friend Violet and despite his constant obsession with his newspaper business, seems to be able to sit back and relax with her, and in the episode "Cherish Is the Word", he asked her to be his valentine.

Violet Heaslip[edit]


Bill the Grocery Store Manager[edit]

A terrible communicator voiced by Mike O′Connell who is always trying to find people willing to work at the store. He has been known to try to hire villains when they come to rob him. His name was revealed in "Chuck the Evil Sandwich Making Guy" on his name tag and he will often fire workers for very slight reasons. In the episode "Caper or Plastic", he then later reveal his secret identity known as the Masked Bagger, when he puts the eggs on top of the bag and said, "the eggs always goes on top".


A pompous and rude English man (who is voiced by H. Jon Benjamin) and is the owner and operator of Ye Olde Fancy Schmancy Jewelry Shoppe. In the episode "Thorn in the Sidekick", Reginald is shown to be allergic to barbecue sauce. He doesn't seem to take superheroes (or even children) seriously. He is also shown to think very highly of himself, going so far as to make himself a hero who can lift a 200-pound weight while writing a concerto, fly, and do karate.

Exposition Guy[edit]

A man who always goes to the wrong place - usually wherever WordGirl happens to be - thinking it is the police station. He has mistaken many places for the police station, screaming all the while and not recognizing his own wife (“Oh, I thought you looked familiar...”). He would report any kind of trouble even though some are not crimes. This is considered as a running gag throughout the series, so much so that WordGirl herself in "The Masked Meat Marauder" stated to millionaire Edith van Hoosinghaus that "Sometimes we need help getting to the next scene." Chris Parnell voices the somewhat confused citizen.


Current villains[edit]

The Butcher[edit]

A criminal with the ability to call almost any meat of meat product into existence. He has the strange habit of mixing up words (such as saying “sunbeam” instead of “supreme,” or “robbify” instead of “robbery”) or even whole phrases (“So, WordGirl, we meet again for the first time!”). This is a play on his name, as he tends to "butcher" the English language. The Butcher’s powers are nullified by tofu, but can also be rendered inoperative by low self-esteem and a lack of enthusiasm and excitement. In the episode "Meat with a Side of Cute", after tiring of being defeated by WordGirl, the Butcher chooses a very unlikely ally to help him out, a kitten named Li'l Mittens who was previously known as "Meathook". Because WordGirl has a love for cute animals, she was powerless against The Butcher and the kitten. After the Butcher was arrested, he left Lil’ Mittens to a little girl. He also defined a word in one episode, "Meat My Dad". Jack D. Ferraiolo, who was the series' head writer for its first season and co-developed the program with creator Dorthea Gilliam, gives his voice to the meat man.

The Baker and the Candlestick Maker[edit]


The Baker appears in season 2 running a normal business. Eileen wanted his birthday cake in "Earth Day Girl", but the Baker said, "Hold on, is your name Earth? No, so it isn't your cake." In "Wham Up!", he appears again when the Whammer is looking for a job. He fired the Whammer because the cake he was helping make was supposed to say "Happy Birthday Kevin",(a pun on his actor's name) not "Happy wham day Whammer." The Candlestick Maker has yet to appear again.

Kid Potato[edit]


Li'l Mittens[edit]


Dr. Two-Brains[edit]

Dr. Two-Brains is the result of a laboratory experiment fusing the brain of Professor Steven Boxleitner a kind-hearted but distracted scientist who wrote the book Superheroes and You: A Practical Guide, with the brain of Squeaky, a vicious albino mouse. While testing a machine that would allow Dr. Boxleitener to read a rodent's mind, Squeaky pressed a button marked "Holy Cow! Don't Press This Button!!!"Button, causing their brains to fuse, and the external mouse part, located on the left side of his head, glows with a greenish light and pulsates sometimes. He is now out to steal all the cheese in the city akin to Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, sometimes having to buy crackers as we learned in "Becky's Birthday" to eat with the purloined cheese. WordGirl was good friends with him before he became a super villain, and once encouraged him to fight the mouse brain’s control on him. Dr. Two-Brains seems to know all of the vocabulary words so far, and has even introduced and defined quite a few. In the episode “Mouse Army,” Dr. Two-Brains temporarily teamed up with WordGirl to stop an army of super-intelligent mice he had created. In the end he betrayed her, but whether this was part of his plan or if his mouse brain took control is never clearly determined. During the battle against Steve McClean, WordGirl and Two-Brains battled the villain independently. Because of the mouse brain, just like any rodent, he is afraid of cats, as first seen the episode “Crime Takes a Holiday”, and also in "A Game of Cat and Mouse"; additionally, in "Where's Huggy?", we learned that he has a mouse orchestra and loves kids' puzzle books, especially those with mazes in them. He is also revealed in the episode "Two Brains' Quartet" to be a really good barbershop quartet singer. Even though Two-Brains is not friends with WordGirl, he still keeps some sort of affection for the girl in a couple of episodes. For example, offering her a comb in the episode "Becky's Birthday" and also giving her a wink in "Dr. Three Brains". Whenever they get the chance, they seem to reminisce about their friendship as well, like in the episode "Showdown at the Super Secret Spaceship Hideout", where they mention the book he wrote when he was Steven Boxleitner. He seems willing to do anything to accomplish his goals, including teaming up with rival villains Tobey and Mr. Big. He is arguably the most clever of the villains, and due to the personal relationship he and WordGirl had, this possibly makes him the archenemy of WordGirl, a fact he said he was proud of. Tom Kenny provides the voice for Dr. Two-Brains.

Dr. Two-Brains’ henchmen[edit]


Glen Furlblam[edit]


Mr. Big[edit]

Head chief, boss and CEO of self-titled Mr. Big Industries (born under the moniker of Shelly Smalls), this businessman who uses mind-control to get what he usually wants (it's part of his company's mission statement) invented The Thing and the Mega-Thing — cubic objects that do absolutely nothing. Despite their uselessness, they fly off the shelves, thanks to a mind-control device that causes people to purchase them. His sidekick and constant companions are his squishy toy rabbit and his assistant, Leslie, to whom he confides his most dastardly plans. (But in the episode "WordGirl Makes a Mistake", he did not tell Leslie his evil plan because he was embarrassed by the fact that this particular plan is to get a casserole dish he wants from a neighbor who borrowed it from him.) Mr. Big tried to become mayor twice, but failed because of WordGirl. Other Big Industries products include Mr. Big's Big Book of Big Words (a dictionary), the Wordsucker (a microphone), the Hero Sucker (a giant vacuum) and a "walking talking WordGirl doll" that does the opposite of the real superheroine, like using the word "strategery" instead of "strategy" and enables them (via mind control) to buy useless spinoff products such as "glow-in-the-dark" suntan lotion. Mr. Big uses yoga while working and miniature golf as two forms of relaxation. It was also revealed in the episode "Big's Big Bounce" that he has a dislike of kids - especially the city scout troop. He also complains in a couple of episodes that he "didn't go to any fancy word college and only took business classes" as an excuse of not getting all the words right and once tried to use a mind control ray on the Moon because he wanted his casserole dish back that was borrowed by a neighbor (not realizing that it was returned). It is revealed in the episode "Tiny Big" that he was once the lead singer of a band called "Rockaroni". He also stated that he did magic tricks as a child. Veteran character actor Jeffrey Tambor voices Mr. Big.



Tiny Big[edit]


Mr. Birg[edit]

Mr. Birg, is the former employee and Doppelganger of Mr. Big.

Granny May[edit]


Eugene May[edit]

An oversized 10-year old timid boy and Granny May's grandson. He was only a villain in Granny May's short episodes, when he helped Granny May steal money & jewelery.

Great Granny May[edit]


Theodore “Tobey” MacCallister III[edit]

Ten-year-old villain Tobey McCallister is introduced to the series as a genius in robotics with a false British accent and is known for creating his own armies of robots, which he often sets loose on the city threatening to destroy it in secret attempts to win attention from WordGirl. He has an obsessive crush on her, keeping a doll of her on his bed and a scrapbook decorated with hearts; and usually demands that if he beats her, she tell him her secret identity or go out for ice cream with him. One of his main objectives is to prove/discover that she reciprocates his feelings or at least get her to admit she likes him; something that is occasionally hinted at. His mother is aware of her child’s intelligence and usually grounds him for his antics or takes away his "robot privileges"; apprehending him at the end of most episodes by grabbing a hold of his ear, to which Tobey normally drops his accent. Tobey is more reckless and mischievous than evil, as his ulterior motives revolve around his crush on WordGirl and a need for power to make up for a suspected hidden lack of self-assurance despite his cocky, superfluous facade. Despite Tobey's cleverness and bright mind, his grades are poor due to lack of interest in his studies. He possesses no skills as far as athletic abilities go and it is shown in various episodes that he is a poor dodgeball player. In attempts to prove that he is good at everything, Tobey goes as far as to have a robotic duplicate of himself participate in a field day contest in "Field Day Fun with Robo-Tobey", only to be disqualified when the ruse was revealed. During a flashback in "Monkey-Robot Showdown", Tobey was shown to have been in a checkers match with Violet that resulted in a loss, thus resulting in Tobey's refusal to participate in checkers competitions and instead a robot to do so for him, which is another example hinting at his lack of self-confidence. Besides his giant robots, Tobey has built other various inventions including Mousezilla, a collaborative project between himself and Dr. Two Brains. Comic/actor Patton Oswalt voices Tobey.

Claire McCallister[edit]

Tobey's mother (voiced by Dannah Phirman) works at the district attorney's office with Becky's mother and is shown to be a genius like her son; she possesses a homing device and a remote to stop his robots though most often is unaware of his schemes until after they are thwarted. For the most part her only appearances are towards the end of episodes, to ground him or take away his robot privileges, usually grabbing him by the ear. In occasional episodes however Tobey and his mother appear in scenes together for such events as celebrating the holidays and are shown to have a good side to their relationship. No references are made to Tobey's father and it is unknown whether he plays a role in his son's life or not. Throughout the show, she is always seen scowling and has never smiled.

Checkmate 3000[edit]





Artsy is one of Tobey's robots that is considerably artistic and creative. It seems to have somewhat of a personality, unlike Tobey's other robots. When told to destroy buildings by Tobey, he just starts painting, much to Tobey's angry dismay ("You went against my commands again!").

Chuck the Evil Sandwich Making Guy[edit]

A supervillain who definitely does not have a way with words or evil at all, hence his name. He lives in his mother’s basement, except for the time he created a new lair away from her residence in "Sandwich World", only to go back after feeling lonely. His main weapons are squirt bottles of condiments such as ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise, honey mustard, pickle relish, honey butter, barbecue sauce, and olive oil. Determined to prove to the world how important his sandwich powers are, he often commits small robberies for no real reason other than to show how “evil” he is. Chuck has tried to come up with better names for himself, such as “Destructo the Destroyer,” “Amazo the Amazing Guy Who’s Evil But Not Really That Bad When You Get to Know Him,” "Chuck the Nice Pencil (and Rubberband) Selling Guy" or “Handsome Eddie”. Chuck also has a tendency to forget vocabulary words a few seconds after they’ve been spoken. In the episode "The Handsome Panther", he made a panther costume and renamed himself and Chuck's Friend name Sammy Sub. It is also revealed that if WordGirl had never existed that Chuck would keep getting better at his crimes until he would eventually take over the city and force the other villains to work for him, while making the citizens eat nothing but sandwiches. Fred Stoller voices Chuck.

His Mother[edit]


Brent the Handsome Successful Everybody-Loves-Him Sandwich Making Guy[edit]

Chuck's more famous and successful brother, voiced by Tom Kenny, is the inventor of crustless bread and came to the city to accept The Golden Sandwich Award, which made Chuck jealous. Brent, however envies some opportunities Chuck had, such as living in his mom's basement and getting to play video games (Chuck's high score is 9).

The Birthday Girl (Eileen)[edit]

This ten-year-old girl attempts to acquire the things she wants by using a falsely-polite manner, big eyes, and a lisping voice, along with the statement "Today is my birthday!" If those methods don’t work, she becomes selfish and at times cruel by simply yelling “Mine, MINE, MINE!”, growing in height and turning a deeper shade of green with each yell (possible reference either to the expression "Green with Envy" or The Incredible Hulk), until the owner of the coveted item hands it over in fear. The only way to reverse Eileen’s transformation is to persuade her to give away something she values. (This was a trick discovered by Violet in the "Birthday Girl" episode; when as a giant Eileen holds WordGirl and Captain Huggy Face hostage, Violet declares Eileen one of her "bestest fwiend in the whole wide wode." In gratitude, Eileen hands over her prized necklace [after Violet tells her that "bestest fwiends give each otho pwevwents"], and her greed-induced metamorphosis is reversed, rescuing WordGirl and Captain Huggy Face.) However, this event did not make Eileen turn away completely from her selfish ways. In the two-part episode "The Wrong Side of the Law", she tricks Police Commissioner Watson into thinking WordGirl stole Pretty Princess figurines from the Pretty Princess Magical Pony Store that were on loan from Ye Olde Fancy Schmantsy Jewelry Shoppe. Eileen, voiced by Pamela Adlon, also greatly annoys Becky because she has a slight lisp when she speaks that makes her sound like a baby (she is also greatly immature) and uses “w” in words instead of "l" or "r" (e.g., "I wearned my wesson", "Today's my biwthday!", "What do bestest fwiends do?" etc.)

Lady Redundant Woman[edit]

A former copy-shop employee, also known as Beatrice Bixby, who aspires to become the owner of the copy shop currently run by a kind man named Dave. A job-site accident merged her with a copier and transformed her into “Lady Redundant Woman." By touching her nose, she can duplicate herself, one of which named "Dupey", falls in love with The Butcher in "The Young and the Meatless", that is part of forming an army that she sends to do her bidding. The number that she can create is limited by the amount of ink she has, and if she happens to run out of ink, her copies fade away quickly by vanishing in a burst of copy paper or if defeated by WordGirl. She also possesses the power to create evil copies of other people if she consumes a picture of that person, as she did when she created an evil copy of WordGirl. She normally repeats words over in many forms akin to a thesaurus. Amanda Plummer provided the villainess' voice in her debut episode, and Grey DeLisle took over afterwards. In a recent episode, she seems to be able to just look at a picture or painting and create a copy. However, a drawback to it is the fact that any pictures she copies comes to life.


Dave (voiced by Larry Murphy) is the manager of the Copy Shop. Despite Lady Redundant Woman (Beatrice)'s dislike of him, he is nice to her, just as he is to everyone. Beatrice wishes to become manager of the copy shop and to get rid of Dave for life. Dave has appeared in "Lady Redundant Woman", "I Think I'm a Clone Now", "Wham UP!", and "Lady Redundant Woman Gets the Blues".

Evil Malicious WordGirl Copy[edit]

The clone was created when Lady Redundant Woman consumed a picture of WordGirl and copied her. The malicious WordGirl has all of the real WordGirl's powers and speaks redundantly like its creator. Lady Redundant Woman used her to steal all the thesauruses in the city, making the people hate her. However, WordGirl was able to dispose of her copy, had the thesauruses returned, and gained back their trust. The differences between the two WordGirls were their streaks of energy when they fly (WordGirl's streak of energy was yellow, while the clone's was green), and their voices: while WordGirl spoke normally, the evil clone spoke only in a robot-like monotone.



Royal Dandy[edit]


The Whammer[edit]


The Coach[edit]



Only seen so far in "Who is Ms. Question?", "The Invisi-Bill Hand", and "Plain Old Mischief Makers", Invisi-Bill (voiced by H. Jon Benjamin) is a graduate from the Coach's school that can turn invisible when he wants. The Coach stated that his name suited him perfectly, being a play on the word "invisible", and the fact that his first name is Bill.

Big Left Hand Guy[edit]


Ms. Question[edit]


In one episode, she tries to steal the 'Question Mark of Socrates', a pin worn by the philosopher in Ancient Greece. In addition to that, she gives all her commentary in the form of questions; however, her mother wished that she went to pastry school instead. In the episode "Seeds of Doubt", she is able to create the title product by changing poppy seeds on a bagel. When eaten, these seeds make the eater ask constant questions and be very unsure of themselves. In the same episode, she also seems to be very offended whenever someone says, "No questions asked". Her lair is also seen in this episode; it is filled with question mark covered items. A few of these include a question mark shaped lounge chair, antenna TV (with the antenna bent in the shape of a question mark) and a question mark covered lamp. The room itself has sideways doors and upside-down staircases, presumably to make visitors ask questions about it. In the episode "The People vs. Ms. Question," she is taken to court by WordGirl, after stealing an ice cream cone from Bob a.k.a. Captain Huggy Face, stealing a woman's purse and stealing a car off Fast Eddie's used car dealership.


The Masked Meat Marauder[edit]


The Amazing Rope Guy[edit]


Energy Monster (Maria)[edit]

The energy monster or Maria as she prefers to be called, was accidentally created at an energy plant when a ball of electricity expanded and took shape after employees threw soda and sandwiches at it during an experiment and resulting overload of energy. This Energy Monster expands in size when it absorbs electricity. It usually appears when WordGirl intends to do something else like celebrate her birthday or go to a movie. When the Energy Monster runs out of energy or is defeated, she either shrinks into a tiny creature, is pushed into water, or gets burnt out. She appears in the episodes "Becky's Birthday", "The Pretty Princess Premiere," ," and "Becky and the Bard", the latter of which shows that she likes things that sparkle. In "The Birthday Girl's Monstrous Gift", Eileen the Birthday Girl trades the dramatic man a snack bar with the Energy Monster in a glass jar and treats it like a pet. In "Dinner or Consequences", Dr. Two Brains invented a special helmet that connects it to the cheese ray, but it actually uses the ability to talk, and then reveals the Energy Monster is a "girl" and she prefers to called her Maria. The energy monster is a reference to the friction monster from The Ripping Friends.

Seymour Orlando Smooth[edit]


Steve McClean[edit]


Raul Demiglasse[edit]

This TV chef, who hosts "If You Can't Stand the Heat, Get Out of the Kitchen" (whose last line is his catchphrase) is challenged by The Butcher to a cooking showdown in "The Stew, the Proud" just as Becky is about to have her perfect record on returning books to the library ruined. However, WordGirl and Captain Huggy Face expose him as a fraud for using Tex Connelly's Beef Stew in a Can as he claimed that his beef stew was an original recipe, and forcing their opponents to cry as he threw raw onions in their face. James Adomian voices the crazed cooker.

Guy Rich[edit]


Nocan the Contrarian[edit]


Victoria Best[edit]

Victoria is a student in Becky's class at Woodview Elementary School. As this child prodigy's name implies, her parents taught her to be the best at what she does. After winning every school trophy, except for the best reader's trophy (which Becky won), she plots to steal it because she believes she deserves to win them all. She even often shouts "I'm THE BEST!", along with "The best, out!" when she leaves. She seems incredibly spoiled, wearing the family uniform of a sweater vest with a trophy insignia, and is the only child on the show with earrings, shaped like blue ribbons. It seems that she is not really evil, but is encouraged by her parents to do evil, like steal trophies from other people with their names on it. She also has a pet poodle who can play chess and a younger brother who can play chess and the piano at the same time.

It is shown that Victoria's eyes glow red, and red beams of light shoot from them and can pick up items. She's very pretty and it is shown that boys are smitten with her at first sight. Even Scoops was enamored with her in her first episode, though by her second one, he had seen enough of her true colors. It is also shown that she can speak Spanish, is a gymnast, collects bugs, plays the recorder, and does many other things. On the note of recorder-playing, she can play so well that she can hypnotize others. Her voice is provided by Kristen Schaal.

Victoria's parents[edit]

Victoria Best's parents (Voiced by Larry Murphy(Father) and Kristen Schaal(Mother)) are very strict with Victoria. They often tell her that she must be the best and are very disappointed when they find out that Victoria is not the best at something. They often pressure her so much to the point where Vicky feels obligated to satisfy their expectations, which may explain Victoria's behavior. They had speaking roles in "Victoria Best" and "Crime in the Key of V".

It was revealed in "Don't Mess with the Best" that they even expect their daughter to be better than WordGirl. They are easily similar to the Botsfords and Emily's family.

Captain Tangent[edit]


He is consistently looking for "doubloons", which are old gold coins. He gained his powers when he found the treasure of No-Beard, and got a curse giving him his magnetic hook and his bird the ability to talk. He seems to have a lot of knowledge about almost anything from wood to the invention of ballet slipper, but it's unknown if it was true.

Miss Power[edit]


The Learnerer[edit]

The Learnerer is voiced by "Weird Al" Yankovic. This new villain annoys WordGirl with his constant misuse of suffixes (ex; his name is "Learnerer" instead of "Learner"). He has the ability to see things once and then learn them immediately, and can program his yellow suit to get past those obstacles. The Learnerer first appeared as a cameo in "The Rise of Miss Power" in the scene when Miss Power pulls and tries to get Dr. Two Brains zapped, where he was one of the villains tied up with Invisi-Bill and Steve McClean by Miss Power. He later officially appeared in his self-titled episode, "The Learnerer", where he attempts to steal the Diamond Brain of Santa Tortuga from Ms. Edith van Hoosinghaus. As is shown in the episode, he is very agile and stealthy, and his eyes can move all the way around his head. When WordGirl arrived to recover the diamond, she was powerless against The Learnerer because he had been studying her every move. Unfortunately, he had failed to learn the moves of Captain Huggy Face, stating that he was "not worth worryinging about." The Learnerer was defeated by Huggy when the sidekick monkey kicked him off of a slide and into a paddy wagon.

Hal Hardbargain[edit]

A gruff gadget supplier and owner of his villain's supply store. He has a mechanical arm with a claw and an electronic eye patch over one eye. He is also WordGirl's biggest fan.

Hal's name and his mechanical eye, may be a reference to the HAL 9000 computer system from Arthur C. Clarke's Space Odyssey series.

Former villains[edit]

The Masked Bagger[edit]

A former super villain who had committed crimes with a help of his secret weapon known as the bag blaster, and stole most of the stuff from the jewelry store and the museum. He was secretly identified by the grocery store manager.

“May I Have a Word” characters[edit]


Beau Handsome[edit]








She is seen always smiling and is a constant annoyance to Tommy since she talks nearly non-stop about WordGirl and Captain Huggy Face. She always refers Beau "Mr. Handsome." She sometimes appears in the actual WordGirl stories, but with her hair in a ponytail. Kelly Miyahara portrays the character.

Minor characters[edit]

Professor James Doohickey[edit]


Prof. Robert Tubing[edit]


Police Commissioner Watson[edit]


The Mayor[edit]


Warden Chalmers[edit]


Edith van Hoosinghaus[edit]


Mr. Callihan[edit]

Chuck's boss in "Chuck the Nice Pencil Selling Guy", he was held hostage because of his dislike of sandwiches (except for grilled cheese, which he didn't know was a sandwich). However, when Chuck misplaced a button that released a slime-like substance on the inside of the vat that held him, he was nice enough to goop himself while being held hostage. The late Peter Graves provided his voice.

Reuben Grinder[edit]

The owner of the Edible Edibles sandwich shop (voiced by Nick Kroll), who was being robbed by Chuck in "Chuck Makes a Buck". Mr. Grinder employs Chuck thanks to WordGirl as the store's spokesperson/mascot due to his sandwich face, and he becomes popular. However, in a falling out at his store on sandwich making for the annual Fancy People's Annual Awards Dinner, Chuck quits and turns the floor at the ballroom into the bottom half of a sandwich in which Reginald states that "the upper crust [of the sandwich] is going to crush the upper crust [the fancy people]". His name comes from two forms of sandwiches: the Reuben and the Grinder, a toasted hero sandwich. He and Brent later went into business together selling Peanut butter bread and Jelly bread.

Mrs. Ripley[edit]

This hyperactive gym teacher works at Woodview Elementary made her debut in "Field Day Fun with Robo-Tobey"; she also is the scout troop leader for Troop 865 and is voiced by Grey DeLisle.

Ms. Libri[edit]

She runs Fair City's bookstore, and is voiced by Robin Reed. Her name is the Latin word for "book".

Ms. Dewey[edit]




Mr. Dudley[edit]


Zachary Zany[edit]

The inventor of "Choco-sandals" who led a tour of his chocolate factory in "Who Wants Candy?", voiced by Matt Besser. His attitude is poor, and serves as a parody on Willy Wonka. He says it's not his real name though, something that marketing came up with.

Hunter Throbheart[edit]



TJ's friend.


Chazz is a minor character on Wordgirl. He only appears on "All that Chazz". He is voiced by Bendon Small

Ms. Champlain[edit]


Bank Teller[edit]

A bank teller with a New York accent, she is often being robbed by villains. She is voiced by Jen Cohn in most of her episodes, but in "Granny Mayor", she is voiced by Maria Bamford and doesn't have a New York accent.

Ms. Davis[edit]

A teacher the Woodview Elementary School, she is Becky, Scoops, Violet, Tobey and Victoria's fifth/sixth grade Teacher in Season 3, helps run the debate club, and in the episode "Cleanup on Aisle Eleven", decided after both Becky and Todd wanted a unicorn or an armadillo as the debate club's mascot on a magic turtle instead. Amy Sedaris voices the teacher.

See also[edit]


  1. ^ PBS Kids Parents and Teachers page
  2. ^ "Scholastic Media Renews WordGirl For 26 More Episodes". News. 2008-06-10. 
  3. ^ "Word Knowledge is Power for WordGirl". Animation World Magazine. Animation World Network. p. 2. 

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