Episodes
Season 1 (2008–2009)
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| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Vocabulary words | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1a | 1a | "Martha Speaks" | express, discuss, mumble, exclaim, shout, speak, jabber, talk, whisper, communicate | September 1, 2008 | |
When Helen feeds Martha alphabet soup, the letters somehow go to Martha's brain as she develops her ability to talk. | |||||
| 1b | 1b | "Martha Gives Advice" | persuade, defend, encourage, groan, advice, disagree, agree, suggest, offer, plead, sigh, opinion | September 1, 2008 | |
Helen tries to take Carolina's advice. Meanwhile, Martha becomes the new host of a radio advice show. | |||||
| 2a | 2a | "Martha and Skits" | exceptional, stupendous, unique, specialize, extraordinary, one of a kind, excellent, perfect, super | September 2, 2008 | |
The family gets a new puppy named Skits. | |||||
| 2b | 2b | "Martha Plays a Part" | talent, expert, knack, gift, outstanding, superb, terrific, fantastic, practice, perform, cue, play | September 2, 2008 | |
Helen is miserable after Martha volunteers her for a part in the school play. | |||||
| 3a | 3a | "Martha Takes the Cake" | innocent, guilty, biased, witness, evidence, judge, jury, trial, prove, true, truth | September 3, 2008 | |
Ronald thinks Martha is responsible for ruining Alice's birthday cake, so Martha proclaims her innocence. | |||||
| 3b | 3b | "Codename: Martha" | suspicious, accomplice, plotting, proof, expression, fishy, partner, planning, positive | September 3, 2008 | |
Martha, Helen, and T.D. uncover a plot to rob the local jewelry store. | |||||
| 4a | 4a | "Martha to the Rescue" | rescue, courageous, danger, protect, hero, save, strong, harm, escape, trouble | September 4, 2008 | |
Martha is inspired by her favorite show, "Courageous Collie Carlo." | |||||
| 4b | 4b | "Martha Camps Out" | honorary, brave, earn, merit badge, frightened, helpful, guard, scared, afraid | September 4, 2008 | |
When Helen and Alice plan to go camping, Ronald tries to warn them about Big Minnie. | |||||
| 5a | 5a | "Down on the Farm" | chores, herd, pasture, responsibility, task, toil, job, tired, rise | September 5, 2008 | |
Martha volunteers to help with chores while she visits T.D.'s grandpa CK's farm. | |||||
| 5b | 5b | "Martha Runs Away" | success, appreciate, opportunity, promote, employ, manage, hire, work, boss trouble | September 5, 2008 | |
When Helen blames Martha for a mess Skits made, Martha feels unappreciated and decides to run away. | |||||
| 6a | 6a | "Martha Blah Blah" | limit, add, subtract, reduce, diminish, few, greater, higher, more, less | September 8, 2008 | |
Granny Flo decides to cut costs at the soup factory. | |||||
| 6b | 6b | "Skits Behaves" | improve, progress, expand, behave, develop, better, misbehave, grow, manners, learn | September 8, 2008 | |
When Skits has grown up, his rambunctious behavior has really gotten out of hand. | |||||
| 7a | 7a | "Martha and the Canine Caper" | distressed, blame, confess, conceal, shame, rob, crime, punish, suspect, honest, hurt | September 9, 2008 | |
Martha inadvertently helps some stray dogs rob Karl the butcher. | |||||
| 7b | 7b | "Perfectly Martha" | train, imperfect, obedient, disobedient, misbehave, wild, good, bad, sneaky, secret | September 9, 2008 | |
Martha thinks there's something bad about the Perfect Pup Institute. | |||||
| 8a | 8a | "Firedog Martha" | reality, fantasy, fiction, imagine, tale, dispatcher, story, real, fact, pretend, actually | September 10, 2008 | |
Martha wants to be a Firedog Freddie, just like her favorite book. | |||||
| 8b | 8b | "Martha's Pickle" | bizarre, odd, normal, farfetched, rumor, unusual, weird, wacky, ordinary, strange, report | September 10, 2008 | |
Everyone must figure out how to defeat the aliens, before turning into pickles. | |||||
| 9a | 9a | "The Dog Who Came to Dinner" | jealous, visitor, privileges, envy, demanding, houseguest, welcome, rude, polite, manners | September 11, 2008 | |
Helen agrees to take care of Mrs. Clusky's dog while Martha can't wait to welcome their houseguest. | |||||
| 9b | 9b | "Martha Calling" | allow, forbid, permit, restrict, problem, guest, rules, invite, vacation | September 11, 2008 | |
Martha wins a trip to the Come–On–Inn from a radio call–in show. | |||||
| 10a | 10a | "Oh, Nooo!" | deceive, honest, dishonest, mislead, popular, trust, believe, fooling, right, wrong, advertise | September 12, 2008 | |
Granny Flo's Alphabet Soup is taking a licking from the competition, Oodles of Os. | |||||
| 10b | 10b | "Bye Martha" | deny, admit, claim, false, translate, switch, mistake, trick, fraud | September 12, 2008 | |
Nefarious con artist Weaselgraft plans to kidnap Martha. | |||||
| 11a | 11a | "Martha Walks the Dog" | annoy, beware, insult, pleasant, unpleasant, bully, mean, loud, tough, naughty | September 15, 2008 | |
When a new mean dog comes to town, Helen and Martha have to keep the dog calm. | |||||
| 11b | 11b | "Martha's Got Talent" | coax, compliment, flatter, tempt, praise, tongue twister, care, friendly, practice, treat | September 15, 2008 | |
Weaselgraft invites Martha to a talent show. | |||||
| 12a | 12a | "Martha the Hero Maker" | thrilling, hero, villain, astonish, humongous, boring, exciting, adventure, incredible, amazing, dull | September 16, 2008 | |
Truman, T.D., and Helen help Martha write a story. | |||||
| 12b | 12b | "Starstruck Martha" | ecstatic, embarrass, enthusiastic, eager, reputation, fear, excited, glad, upset, fan | September 16, 2008 | |
Martha is convinced when she hears Courageous Collie Carlo. | |||||
| 13a | 13a | "Martha in Charge" | remedy, recover, recuperate, cure, medicine, hoarse, rest, well, sick | September 17, 2008 | |
When Helen ends up with laryngitis, Martha tries to take care of the patient. | |||||
| 13b | 13b | "Truman and the Deep Blue Sea" | dread, nauseous, overcome, persevere, seasick, ill, quit, queasy, sick, shaky | September 17, 2008 | |
Alice invites the gang to go whale watching, but Truman realizes that he'll end up getting seasick. | |||||
| 14a | 14a | "Escape from Flea Island" | cooperate, consensus, government, law, supervise, agree, lead, in charge, rule, team | September 18, 2008 | |
When Carolina outdoes Tiffany on the science project, she organizes an expedition with TD, Truman, and Martha to gather "exotic" plants. Note: Helen is absent in this episode. | |||||
| 14b | 14b | "No Dogs Allowed" | campaign, debate, elect, influence, issue, choose, decide, lose, vote, win, club | September 18, 2008 | |
When Tiffany wants to make Helen's treehouse into a girls' clubhouse, the girls hold an election. | |||||
| 15 | 15 | "Ain't Nothin' But a Pound Dog" | abandon, deserted, neglected, overlooked, fortunate, alone, forgot, harsh, lonely, tough, rough, adopt, affection, devoted, embrace, loyal, adore, belong, care, dream, hope | September 19, 2008 | |
Part 1: Martha loses her collar and ends up in the animal shelter. Part 2: When Martha's family comes to rescue her, she can't leave her shelter friends behind. Martha, Helen, and TD help each other to find families for the pound pooches. | |||||
| 16a | 16a | "Raiders of the Lost Art" | apologize, dilemma, forgive, miserable, regret, mistake, solve, sorry, swap, unhappy | October 13, 2008 | |
When TD accidentally passes in the wrong drawing in art class, he and Helen must switch the drawings. | |||||
| 16b | 16b | "Martha Says it with Flowers" | considerate, delightful, thoughtful, sincere, inconsiderate, kind, lovely, nice, sweet | October 13, 2008 | |
Martha plans to give a special gift for Grandma's birthday. | |||||
| 17a | 17a | "Martha Doesn't Speak Monkey!" | directions, retrieves, instructions, follow, lead, inside, behind, under, on top, in front, find | October 14, 2008 | |
Martha must help Professor Monkey find the bookstore before Beppo turns in her banana suit. | |||||
| 17b | 17b | "Martha and Truman Get Lost" | track, trail, misplace, locate, search, lost, found, missing, near, far, around | October 14, 2008 | |
Truman needs Martha to help him find what he lost at Dog Head Lake. | |||||
| 18a | 18a | "Martha Gets Spooked" | eerie, explain, gullible, logical, impossible, creepy, ghost, haunted, unlikely, spook | October 31, 2008 | |
Martha has to go to the haunted house to protect Helen. | |||||
| 18b | 18b | "Martha Changes Her Luck" | jinx, superstitious, curse, coincidence, reason, luck, chance, accident, fluke, doomed | October 31, 2008 | |
When Martha has bad luck, Helen tries to explain that all the accidents are just coincidence. | |||||
| 19 | 19 | "Martha Runs the Store" | escape, entrance, flee, stuck, trapped, hurry, closed, inside, open, outside, avoid, capture, distract, exit, intruder, catch, door, get away, guard, hide | November 26, 2008 | |
Part 1: Skits and Martha are feeling desperate while they're waiting for Helen. Part 2: Martha and Skits end up getting locked inside at the department store. | |||||
| 20a | 20a | "Best in Show" | competition, contest, champion, rival, victory, beat, enter, lose, prize, win | November 28, 2008 | |
When Carolina decides to enter her dog François in the dog show, Helen has to enter Martha too. | |||||
| 20b | 20b | "Truman on the Ball" | achievement, attempt, concentrate, effort, patient, throw, catch, toss, lesson | November 28, 2008 | |
Truman has trouble catching the ball before a softball game. | |||||
| 21a | 21a | "Martha Sings" | instrument, musician, vocalist, recording, tempo, melody, sing, song, music, hear, sound | January 2, 2009 | |
When Martha wakes up singing, Helen takes her to the vet. | |||||
| 21b | 21b | "T.D. Makes the Band" | lyrics, audience, rhythm, inspiration, encore, band, beat, hit, concert, catchy | January 2, 2009 | |
When TD wants to write a better song, he recruits the gang to join his band to write a hit song. | |||||
| 22a | 22a | "Itchy Martha" | device, contraption, devise, invent, variation, helmet, gadget, machine, idea, cone | February 13, 2009 | |
Martha has to wear a cone on her head to keep her away from scratching. | |||||
| 22b | 22b | "Martha and the Thief of Hearts" | craft, personalized, design, exquisite, original, draw, create, supplies, materials, decorate | February 13, 2009 | |
The gang decides to make homemade valentines for each other until their affectionate mood disappears. | |||||
| 23a | 23a | "Alice Twinkle Toes" | awkward, balance, clumsy, graceful, coordinated, athlete, dancer, klutz, stumble, beautiful | February 16, 2009 | |
Alice sees a performance of the ballet so that way she could take ballet lessons. | |||||
| 23b | 23b | "Martha Fails the Course" | agility, flexible, nimble, challenge, course, speed, smooth, quick, move, fall | February 16, 2009 | |
When Martha sees a dog agility course on TV, her dream becomes a nightmare. | |||||
| 24a | 24a | "There Goes the Neighborhood" | discriminate, prejudice, territory, tolerate, socialize, sociable, buddy, pal, greet, ignore | February 17, 2009 | |
The gang knows kittens are not to be tolerated. | |||||
| 24b | 24b | "Ice Scream" | aversion, disgust, peer pressure, prefer, narrow–minded, against, choice, dislike, flavor, like | February 17, 2009 | |
Alice is shocked to discover that Truman has never eaten ice cream. | |||||
| 25a | 25a | "Nurse Martha" | examine, observe, research, symptom, vaccine, test, treat, checkup, veterinarian, healthy | February 18, 2009 | |
Martha gets a job as the vet's assistant but she must need her linguistic skills. | |||||
| 25b | 25b | "T.D. Gets the Scoop" | inspect, information, investigate, scoop, uncover, news, story, headline, cover, print | February 18, 2009 | |
Carolina is writing a newspaper and she needs to enlist the gang to track down the news. | |||||
| 26a | 26a | "Skits Under the Weather" | storm, thunder, lightning, shower, precipitation, hail, wet, downpour, rainfall, drizzle | March 16, 2009 [1] | |
Skits tries to outrun the storm, but he soon discovers that all roads somehow lead back home. | |||||
| 26b | 26b | "Martha the Weather Dog" | forecast, temperature, meteorologist, predict, weather, sunny, shower, snow, rain, cloudy, lightning | March 16, 2009 [2] | |
Martha wants to be a weather dog and she's thrilled that she'll be able to change the weather. | |||||
| 27a | 27a | "Martha in the Doghouse" | architect, blueprint, construction, shelter, model, build, building, tools, sketch, porch | March 17, 2009 [3] | |
Helen and the gang team up to design a doghouse for Martha. | |||||
| 27b | 27b | "Martha Models" | apparel, measurement, outfit, pattern, style, sew, fit, hem, model, fashion | March 17, 2009 [4] | |
Carolina and Helen design outfits for Martha and Skits for a parade. | |||||
| 28a | 28a | "T.D. and Martha Gopher Broke" | agriculture, burrow, crop, pest, produce, farm, gnaw, plants, trap, underground | March 18, 2009 [5] | |
Martha spends the weekend at CK's farm with TD and TD's dad, to keep a gopher away from the crops. | |||||
| 28b | 28b | "T.D. and the Steak Tree" | bloom, blossom, harvest, sprout, trend, branch, bud, grow, plant, pick | March 18, 2009 [6] | |
TD gets shocked when Weaselgraft and Pablum buy a steak tree. | |||||
| 29a | 29a | "Virtually Martha" | deleted, attach, email, folder, file, computer, send, desktop, laptop, icon | March 19, 2009 [7] | |
Martha accidentally gets zapped inside Alice's laptop. | |||||
| 29b | 29b | "Martha vs. Robot" | command, function, manual, mechanical, program, robot, charge, fetch, alive, button | March 19, 2009 [8] | |
Alice's family gets a robotic pet called Dynamo. | |||||
| 30a | 30a | "Helen's All Thumbs" | addict, obsessed, preoccupied, monitor, restraint, hooked, quit, level, rid, break | March 20, 2009 [9] | |
When Helen becomes addicted to a video game, she becomes completely preoccupied. | |||||
| 30b | 30b | "Martha's Dirty Habit" | habit, weakness, urge, crave, drive, want, stop, desire, need, irresistible | March 20, 2009 [10] | |
Martha's habit gets her in trouble and the family decides they need to put her desire to dig to good use. | |||||
| 31a | 31a | "Martha Bakes" | recipe, ingredients, from scratch, blend, beat, mix, pour, bake, oven, stir | April 6, 2009 [11] | |
When Helen loses the art competition, her mom decides to bake her a cake to cheer her up but Martha and Skits decide to take over. | |||||
| 31b | 31b | "Martha Makes Scents" | combine, concoct, dissolve, separate, extract, spritz, drop, spray, fragrance, perfume, strong | April 6, 2009 [12] | |
Martha thinks TD's dad should invent a perfume. | |||||
| 32a | 32a | "Martha the Witness" | accuse, testify, defendant, plaintiff, mistrial, objection, describe, answer, question, explain, accident | April 7, 2009 [13] | |
Martha witnesses an accident that destroyed Mrs. Demson's lawn furniture, so Mrs. Demson must get Martha to appear as her witness in court. | |||||
| 32b | 32b | "Martha Takes a Stand" | right, compromise, principle, resolve, option, fair, unfair, give in, freedom, civilized, demand | April 7, 2009 [14] | |
Martha smells bad and she makes a stand. | |||||
| 33a | 33a | "Martha Goes to School" | attendance, substitute, attention, behavior, report, teacher, lesson, student, school, homework | April 8, 2009 [15] | |
Martha gets a job as a substitute teacher for Helen's class. | |||||
| 33b | 33b | "T.D. and the Light Bulb of Doom" | assignment, inventor, discover, biography, subject, chapter, study, project, class, grade | April 8, 2009 [16] | |
TD has to do a report as he watches the "Harry Blotter, Boy Wizard". | |||||
| 34a | 34a | "Martha Treads the Boards" | tradition, custom, culture, generation, annual, family, different, community, theater, marry | April 9, 2009 [17] | |
During a theater production, Helen's parents get trapped in their dressing room. | |||||
| 34b | 34b | "Martha's Pack" | family tree, ancestors, descendant, pack, relatives, wolf, sister, brother, cousin, daughter | April 9, 2009 [18] | |
When Helen leaves Martha off her family tree, Martha decides to make her own pack. | |||||
| 35a | 35a | "Martha Smells" | aroma, fragrance, scent, stench, reek, smell, stink, whiff, odor | April 10, 2009 [19] | |
Martha is secretly trapped inside Pablum and Weaselgraft's hideout, so Helen and TD follow her scent map and uncover it. | |||||
| 35b | 35b | "Martha Hears" | blaring, clanging, creak, rumble, audio, noise, listen, siren, bell, ears | April 10, 2009 [20] | |
Martha is still trapped in Weaselgraft and Pablum's lair as she leads Helen and TD to their hideout by describing what she hears. | |||||
| 36a | 36a | "Martha's Worst Best Day" | exactly, correct, offend, reverse, contrary, opposite, meant, top, backwards, bottom | July 13, 2009 | |
Martha is offended while Truman figures out that she's saying the exact reverse. | |||||
| 36b | 36b | "Truman's Brother" | sibling, common, similar, contrast, identical, together, alike, twins, both, only | July 13, 2009 | |
Helen and Alice bet Truman and TD that they can't keep the brother thing up because they do not exactly have a lot in common. | |||||
| 37a | 37a | "Here's Martha!" | interview, conversation, understand, interpret, comprehend, chat, thoughts, think, mind, know | July 14, 2009 | |
Martha hosts a TV show to understand what animals are saying. | |||||
| 37b | 37b | "Dog Fight" | quarrel, bicker, negotiate, barter, truce, selfish, fight, share, take a turn, trade | July 14, 2009 | |
Martha and Skits don't want to share their new dog toy. | |||||
| 38a | 38a | "Therapy Dog" | therapy, patient, cheer, relief, treatment, hospital, rash, pain, doctor, nurse | July 15, 2009 | |
Martha becomes a hospital therapy dog, spreading cheer among the patients. | |||||
| 38b | 38b | "Martha's Duck Trouble" | mend, heal, fake, mood, spirits, feel, worse, glum, down, low | July 15, 2009 | |
Ralph has settled in at Martha's house but it feels like he's taking over. | |||||
| 39a | 39a | "Truman's Secret" | appearance, self–conscious, mortified, flaw, vain, picture, horrible, barber, photo, haircut | July 16, 2009 | |
Truman is hiding in the garage but he is afraid to reveal his secret. | |||||
| 39b | 39b | "Skits Monkeys Around" | phase, temporary, outgrow, imitate, mature, copy, same, babyish, younger | July 16, 2009 | |
Skits loves to watch Malcolm (the blue monkey on TV) and he wants to be him. | |||||
| 40a | 40a | "What's Bothering Bob?" | anxious, serene, provoke, disturb, bother, calm, settle down, relax, awful, quiet | July 17, 2009 | |
Bob gets off his chain and chases Truman all over town. | |||||
| 40b | 40b | "Martha Spins a Tale" | irritating, soothing, comfortable, cozy, sweltering, scratchy, cool, lumpy, bumpy, hot | July 17, 2009 | |
Martha tells Jake a story about Goldi–Martha, Skits Hatter, and Little Red Riding Helen. | |||||
Season 2 (2009–2010)
| It has been suggested that this article be split into a new article titled Martha Speaks season 2 . (discuss) (November 2024) |
A total of 30 episodes (60 segments) were produced for season 2, with 15 episodes making up season 2 in terms of broadcast order.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Vocabulary words | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41a | 1a | "Martha's Chair" | antique, donate, upholstery, profit, valuable, furniture, worth, worthless, rich, cost, clean | September 14, 2009 | |
Martha's family gives Martha a new dog bed for her birthday. | |||||
| 41b | 1b | "T.D. the Pack Rat" | worthless, rubbish, clutter, salvage, priceless, perspective, garbage, junk, collect, keep, sell | September 14, 2009 | |
When T.D. has too much junk, T.D.'s mom suggests he can keep everything he has. | |||||
| 42a | 2a | "Painting for Peanuts" | realistic, easel, participate, abstract, portrait, painting, artwork, brushes, course, sculpture, pose | September 15, 2009 | |
Helen and T.D. volunteer for an animal painting class to try and save it. | |||||
| 42b | 2b | "Martha's No Dummy" | pantomime, routine, rehearse, ventriloquist, entertain, host, show, old-fashioned, star, act | September 15, 2009 | |
Granny Flo is hosting a variety show. | |||||
| 43 | 3 | "Martha Puts Out the Lights" | petition, illegal, cause, picket, goal, ban, protest, sign, ask, on strike, purpose, signature, unite, majority, prohibit, fireworks, summer, write, support | September 16, 2009 | |
Part 1: Mrs. Demson tries to get people to sign a petition to ban fireworks. Part 2: Helen and her friends are devastated about the fireworks ban as Martha realizes that she helped Mrs. Demson ruin their fun. | |||||
| 44a | 4a | "The Penguin Always Rings Twice" | mystery, clue, culprit, hunch, motive, first, second, next, last, after | September 17, 2009 | |
Martha and Skits are determined to prove Jeffy's innocence. | |||||
| 44b | 4b | "The Martha Code" | code, decipher, message, gibberish, arbitrary, break, unbreakable, crack, secret, key, figure out | September 17, 2009 | |
After Martha accidentally eats a secret code, she's lost and leaves Helen coded phone messages. | |||||
| 45a | 5a | "Martha in the Hold" | cargo, passenger, turbulence, taxi, arrive, depart, travel, suitcase, flight, trip, take off | September 18, 2009 | |
Martha doesn't want to be left behind when the family goes on vacation to Montana. | |||||
| 45b | 5b | "Get Along, Little Dogies!" | vacation, stampede, lodging, sightseeing, cattle drive, scenery, wagon, cowboy, camp, outdoors, tour | September 18, 2009 | |
Martha is excited to go on a cattle drive. | |||||
| 46 | 6 | "Martha in the White House" | neighborhood, national, volunteer, recommend, community, nominate, president, white house, leader, country, mission, function, appoint, advise, representative, cabinet, aide, serve, official, secretary | February 15, 2010 | |
Part 1: Martha becomes the new president of the White House. Part 2: One of the president's aides heard about Martha's speaking ability and he needs her to report to the White House. | |||||
| 47a | 7a | "The Jakey Express" | schedule, delivery, funicular, delay, transportation. flag down, lift, early, late, traffic, on time | February 16, 2010 | |
While being stuck in traffic, Helen's father tells the story of the day Jake was born. | |||||
| 47b | 7b | "Martha, Sled Dog" | serum, sled, vehicle, transform, accelerate, glide, hitch, steer, haul, brake | February 16, 2010 | |
Truman tells Martha the story of Balto, the heroic Alaskan sled dog. | |||||
| 48a | 8a | "Paws and Effect" | discard, litter, thoughtless, debris, recycle, careless, trash, important, broke, injured | February 17, 2010 | |
When Martha gets a piece of glass in her paw, everyone realizes that littering hurts more than the environment. | |||||
| 48b | 8b | "The Trouble with Teddy" | hazardous, ingest, environment, poisonous, pesticide, rotten, spoil, safe, dangerous, gross | February 17, 2010 | |
A dog named Teddy is sick and Martha is called in to consult, even she can't diagnose the patient. | |||||
| 49a | 9a | "¿Qué Pasa, Martha?" | pronounce, bilingual, recite, memorize | February 18, 2010 | |
Alice is nervous about doing an oral report in Spanish. | |||||
| 49b | 9b | "T.D. Is Talking Dog" | enunciate, language, linguist, vocabulary | February 18, 2010 | |
Inspired by an old Tarzan-style movie, T.D. decides to learn animal languages and become an animal linguist. | |||||
| 50a | 10a | "Dogs in Space" | solar system, orbit, planet, star | February 19, 2010 | |
Mrs. Clusky asks the class to present projects on the solar system, but T.D. finds himself distracted by comic books. | |||||
| 50b | 10b | "Dogs from Space" | universe, humane, invasion, extraterrestrial, astronomy, astronaut, asteroid, alien, world, creature | February 19, 2010 | |
Inspired by T.D.'s comic about the "Planet of the Dogs", Martha has a dream as an alien space dog. | |||||
| 51a | 11a | "Skits on Ice" | risky, thaw, solid, freeze, frozen, defrost, ice, cold, melt, puck, hockey, thin | April 12, 2010 | |
Helen tells the story of how puppy Skits chased a puck onto thin ice, and how quick thinking by Martha saved the day. | |||||
| 51b | 11b | "Martha's Steamed!" | emergency, scorching, parched, sizzling, broiling, panting, sweat, heat, thirsty, page | April 12, 2010 | |
Helen and Martha discover a dog locked in a car during a hot day. | |||||
| 52 | 12 | "Martha's Life in Crime" | autobiography, possible, yearn, promise, narrate, flashback, tell, back then, now, recall, before, reminiscing, background, aspire, sequence, time, past, wish, happened, when | May 10, 2010 | |
Part 1: Martha tells the story of her puppy days in the animal shelter and her excitement of finding a family. Part 2: Martha's new owner turns out to have unsavory plans for her. | |||||
| 53a | 13a | "Martha Plays Favorites" | include, exclude, notice, snub, replace, favorite, special, touchy, cute, cuddly | May 11, 2010 [21] | |
Truman is worried that his mom has been busy taking care of the babies at her daycare. | |||||
| 53b | 13b | "Martha and the Doggie Lover" | sensitive, aggressive, delicate, aggravate, out of control, shy, gentle, choke, careful, tame | May 11, 2010 [22] | |
Martha teach C.D. how to take care of dogs. | |||||
| 54a | 14a | "Martha and the One Thousand Fleas" | charity, contribute, fundraiser, salesman, benefit, funds, grand finale, money, owe, raise | May 13, 2010 | |
Helen is shocked to find that the cookies she was supposed to sell for the school fundraiser was eaten. | |||||
| 54b | 14b | "Nice and Crabby" | complain, disposition, cruel, personality, amiable, grumpy, crabby, lovable, cranky, cheerful | May 13, 2010 | |
When Mrs. Demson is suddenly nice, Martha sets out to get to the bottom of the mystery. | |||||
| 55 | 15 | "Martha: Secret Agent Dog" | secret agent, service, formula, surveillance, defeat, safe, steal, spy, chief, warn, trespass, self-destruct, invisible, scheme, mastermind, disguise, combination, crook, hideout | May 14, 2010 | |
Part 1: Martha is on a super secret mission to find out who's trying to steal the formula for Granny's soup. Part 2: Martha uses disguises and gadgets to hound the evil soup thieves. | |||||
Season 3 (2010–2011)
| It has been suggested that this article be split into a new article titled Martha Speaks season 3 . (discuss) (November 2024) |
This season is actually the second half of season 2 in terms of production order.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Vocabulary words | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56 | 1 | "The Martha Show" | genre, drama, educational, merchandise, style, comedy, co-star, medical, program, watch, script, pilot, imaginative, suspense, depict, duo, viewers, children, pirate, whale | October 11, 2010 | |
Martha becomes a host on "The Martha Show". | |||||
| 57a | 2a | "Martha's Millions" | inherit, wealthy, greedy, generous, fortune, will, buy, spend, stingy, give | October 12, 2010 | |
Carolina reads about a dog inheriting millions. | |||||
| 57b | 2b | "Carolina's Gifted" | gift certificate, expire, purchase, splurge, redeem, squirrel away, save, cash, pay/paid, pick | October 12, 2010 | |
Carolina has not used her gift certificate from last year's birthday, so she and Helen try to get the perfect gift before her birthday. | |||||
| 58a | 3a | "Truman's Mad" | explore, theory, analyze, outcome, effect, note, lab, kit, finding, magnet | October 13, 2010 | |
When Truman sends away for a science kit, he dreams about all the new inventions he will create. | |||||
| 58b | 3b | "Dog for a Day" | hypothesis, experiment, conclusion, compare, result, human, canine, science, easy, hard | October 13, 2010 | |
When TD and Martha decide to switch roles for a day, they discover that life can be surprisingly tough. | |||||
| 59a | 4a | "Martha: Deadline Doggie" | article, deadline, eavesdrop, gossip, private, type, read, tip, paper, surprise | October 14, 2010 | |
Martha begins to sniff out leads for Carolina's paper but the news is not fit to print. | |||||
| 59b | 4b | "It's the Giant Pumpkin, Martha" | fabricate, source, exaggerate, reliable, anonymous, retract, reporter, lie, record, ton, pounds | October 14, 2010 | |
With The Ronald Report as her new competition, Carolina needs stories, big stories, to keep her paper afloat. | |||||
| 60a | 5a | "The Dog Did It" | primitive, civilization, prehistoric, ancient, philosopher, origin, stone, fire, caveman, history | October 15, 2010 | |
Martha shares the Great Oral History of Dogs with Helen, TD, and Truman. | |||||
| 60b | 5b | "Martha Out West" | pioneer, frontier, founded, outlaw, property, western, mayor, sheriff, town, settle | October 15, 2010 | |
The gang has borrowed a video camera from the library so they can film their very own Wild West production. | |||||
| 61a | 6a | "T.D.'s Magic" | feat, rational, vanish, illusion, dubious, disappear, magic, appear, explanation, powers | October 25, 2010 | |
TD has found the best birthday gift of all time for his cousin CD: He's going to put on a magic show at his party. | |||||
| 61b | 6b | "Scaredy Cat" | silhouette, unexpected, nightmare, phantom, ominous, scare, dark, windy, rainy, night | October 25, 2010 | |
Everyone heads to Boxwood's house during a storm. | |||||
| 62a | 7a | "The Opera Contest" | opera, soprano, bass, quartet, accomplish, scene, rhyme, costume, stage, prop(s) | February 21, 2011 | |
The kids have come up with their own ideas of what an opera should be. | |||||
| 62b | 7b | "Maestro Martha" | orchestra, symphony, conduct(or)(ing), percussion, composition, trumpet, string, maestro, gong, usher | February 21, 2011 | |
Pablum and Weaselgraft have a plan to freeze people at a charity concert. | |||||
| 63a | 8a | "Skits and Mr. Scruffles" | occupied, companion, lonesome, disappoint, imaginary, bored, lonely, twice, play(ed)(ing), fun | February 22, 2011 | |
Skits meets Milo, a lonesome newcomer who just moved to Wagstaff City. | |||||
| 63b | 8b | "Brave Truman" | panic, reaction, terrify(ed)(ing), phobia, reassur(e)(ing), height(s), worr(y)(ied), dizzy, steep, tall | February 22, 2011 | |
Truman is afraid to try out his new sled but his friends are convinced that Truman is braver than he seems. Is he? | |||||
| 64a | 9a | "Martha Acts Up" | character(s), motivat(e)(ation), portray(s), psychology, instinct(ual), part, actors, play, line(s), show | February 23, 2011 | |
Martha is excited when she becomes a star of "Alice in Wonderland" | |||||
| 64b | 9b | "Ronald Is In" | attitude, diagnose(is)(ed)(ing), emulate(ing), mimic(ing), mental, borrow, worried, used book(s), yogurt | February 23, 2011 | |
When Ronald finds a book on psychology, he becomes the expert on everyone's "problems." | |||||
| 65a | 10a | "Patrol Dog Martha" | patrol, citation, smuggle, secur(e)(ity), officer, police, freeze, beat, cop | February 24, 2011 | |
Martha wishes she can be a police dog like Rascal. | |||||
| 65b | 10b | "The Crooning Crook Caper" | paper, detective, camouflage, pursu(e)(it), stakeout, footprint, monocle, criminal, notebook, handwriting | February 24, 2011 | |
Helen wishes she could be a kid detective just like her favorite book character, Curious Crystal. | |||||
| 66a | 11a | "Myth Me?" | myth, legend, moral, reflection, fate, point, ending, setting, over, Greek | February 25, 2011 | |
The gang acts out Greek myths during a rainy day. | |||||
| 66b | 11b | "TD's Myth Take" | version, alter, revis(e)(ing), adaptation, dramatize, change, fix, perfect, plot, nymph | February 25, 2011 | |
TD isn't satisfied with any Greek myth, so he decides to write his own version. | |||||
| 67a | 12a | "Wagstaff Races" | energy, solar, alternative, convert, generate, cart, (re)use, green, power, parts | April 22, 2011 | |
Wagstaff City's environmental club is having a "Go Green Go-Cart Race," fueled by renewable energy. | |||||
| 67b | 12b | "The Missing Metal Mystery" | waste, pollut(e)(ing)(tion), landfill, biodegradable, aluminum, copper, metal(s), trophy, sleepwalking | April 22, 2011 | |
When Detective TD announces the identity of his main suspect, everyone is shocked. | |||||
| 68a | 13a | "Martha's Slumber Party of the Weird" | science fiction, data, unpredictable, foresee(able), unforeseen, feline(s), gather(ing), mysterious, peculiar, vine | June 27, 2011 | |
As the gang is camping out, TD suggests they tell science fiction stories. | |||||
| 68b | 13b | "Return to Martha's Slumber Party of the Weird" | miniature(ize), enormous, magnify(ing), improbable, scientist, ray, puny, huge, giant, mini | June 27, 2011 | |
A shadow on the outside of the tent inspires still more stories. | |||||
| 69a | 14a | "The Long, Rotten Summer" | moment(s), endless, infinite, eternal, interrupt, minute, hour, day, tomorrow, never, forever | July 1, 2011 | |
TD wants to spend his summer at school. | |||||
| 69b | 14b | "The Case of the Shattered Vase" | instant, perception, transpire(d), occur(ed), review(ing), crash, touch(ing), second, events, vase | July 1, 2011 | |
Helen has a nightmare from a horror movie she watched. | |||||
| 70a | 15a | "Alice Covers Up" | (self)confiden(t)(ce), complexion, timid, outgoing, bashful, color, sort, brand, fair/fair-skinned, dye | October 3, 2011 | |
During a pool party, Alice is shocked while dying her skin orange. | |||||
| 70b | 15b | "Carolina Picks a Lily" | shallow, temperament, vicious, impulsive, foster, hypoallergenic, sweet, type, breed, kind, nasty | October 3, 2011 | |
Carolina adopts a new puppy named Lily, | |||||
Season 4 (2012–2013)
| It has been suggested that this article be split into a new article titled Martha Speaks season 4 . (discuss) (November 2024) |
The fourth season began with "Cora! Cora! Cora!" and "Cora Encore!", both of which guest star Jon Hamm and Jennifer Westfeldt, and concluded with "Martha's Market" and "Bye Bye, Burger Boy". This was the first season to feature guest stars, with others including Jennifer Garner ("Too Many Marthas"), poet laureate Billy Collins ("Billy Collins Speaks"), and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson ("Eyes on the Skies"). This season is actually season 3 in terms of production order.
Also this season, Christina Crivici has departed as the role as Alice Boxwood and has been replaced by Michelle Creber. Alex Ferris, Madeleine Peters and Cedric Payne (the voices of T.D. Kennelly and Milo Lee, Helen Lorraine, and Truman Oatley) all had noticeable voice maturations, but continued to voice their respective characters.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Vocabulary words | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71a | 1a | "Cora! Cora! Cora!" | admire, reunite, ambition, famous, audition | February 20, 2012 | |
When Helen's family friend Kit Luntayne is upset, she had to leave her lovable dog, Cora, at home while she travels with her acting troupe. | |||||
| 71b | 1b | "Cora Encore!" | stash, bold, chaos, actor/actress, understudy | February 20, 2012 | |
Confusion ensues as Martha and Ham cross paths with a troupe of circus dogs who all look exactly like Cora. | |||||
| 72a | 2a | "Billy Collins Speaks" | poem, poet, prose, imposter, metaphor(ically) | April 2, 2012 | |
Billy Collins writes great poems about dogs. | |||||
| 72b | 2b | "Milo's Reading Buddy" | fluent, struggle, apprehensive, interject, nervous | April 2, 2012 | |
While Milo reads, T.D. helps him find a Reading Buddy. | |||||
| 73a | 3a | "Verb Dog, When Action Calls!" | verb, ambulate, elevate, descend, (un)petrify | April 3, 2012 | |
Martha becomes Verb Dog! Using her unique superpower to control people with verbs, Martha defends the town from evil. | |||||
| 73b | 3b | "Martha's Adverb Adventure" | sloppily, instantly, immediately, completely, adverb | April 3, 2012 | |
Weaselgraft and Pablum have a new invention, The Adverbalizer activates adverbs. | |||||
| 74 | 4 | "Return of the Bookbots: The Case of the Missing Words" | noun, remove, term, insert, announce(r), oath, adjective, define, modify, weightless | April 4, 2012 | |
Part 1: The Bookbots are faced with a new nemesis: The Announcer. Armed with the power to bring nouns from books to life, the Announcer is wreaking havoc on Wagstaff City. Part 2: The Bookbots have discovered a secret weapon: adjectives. Equipped with this new linguistic leverage, our heroes may just be able to save their beloved city from their phonological foe. | |||||
| 75a | 5a | "Eyes on the Skies" | telescope, seminar, identify, curious, astrophysicist, presentation | June 15, 2012 | |
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, is holding a seminar at the library. | |||||
| 75b | 5b | "Camp Truman" | activity, hike, forage, nature, grueling. | June 15, 2012 | |
Milo is excited to go to Camp Winnetka this summer but Truman discovers that Camp Winnetka is closing. | |||||
| 76a | 6a | "Monkeyshines Martha" | relieve, genius, unwind, cherish, pressure | July 23, 2012 | |
When Helen's hefty schoolwork load leaves her, Martha finds a friend in Professor Monkey. | |||||
| 76b | 6b | "Dog Daze" | empathy, sympathy, mannerisms, characteristics, point of view | July 23, 2012 | |
When Carolina gets sick, she ends up waking up as a dog. | |||||
| 77 | 7 | "Martha's Thanksgiving" | reunion, torcher, prepare, organize, trace, quest, assemble, connect, memory, recognize, arrange | November 19, 2012 | |
When Martha learns that Helen's extended family will be coming for Thanksgiving, she decides to search for her own long-lost canine siblings. | |||||
| 78a | 8a | "Bulldozer Versus Dinosaur!" | match, force, equal, contend(er), clash | February 1, 2013 | |
TD uses a time machine to bring a dinosaur back from the late Cretaceous period. | |||||
| 78b | 8b | "Carolina Tackles Football" | pass, tackle, fumble, huddle, intercept(ion) | February 1, 2013 | |
The gang is shocked to discover a fanatical coach. | |||||
| 79a | 9a | "Too Many Marthas" | number, diva, solo, aria, a capella | February 4, 2013 | |
When Martha is asked to sing at an animal rescue fundraiser, she gets mixed up with another dog. | |||||
| 79b | 9b | "Too Much Martha" | weight, portion, restrict, nutrition, balanced diet | February 4, 2013 | |
Martha's vet says that Martha needs to lose some weight, so the family resolves to help Martha to maintain a balanced diet. | |||||
| 80a | 10a | "Martha's Market" | market, stock, inventory, display, order | April 5, 2013 | |
Martha tries to run Tio Jorge's market. | |||||
| 80b | 10b | "Bye Bye Burger Boy" | business, customer, commercial, advertisement, market(ing) | April 5, 2013 | |
Burger Boy, the gang's favorite childhood restaurant, is going out of business. | |||||
Season 5 (2013)
| It has been suggested that this article be split into a new article titled Martha Speaks season 5 . (discuss) (November 2024) |
This season is actually season 4 in terms of production order.
Also in this season, Alex Ferris has departed from the roles of T.D. Kennelly and Milo Lee (due to noticeable voice maturations from the previous season) and has been replaced with Valin Shinyei and Trevor Lim, respectively. Ashlyn Drummond has also replaced Michelle Creber as the voice of Alice Boxwood. Kenan Thompson guest stars in the episode "Stanley Saves the Day".
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Vocabulary words | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 81a | 1a | "Puppy Skits" | paleontologist, era, age, past | June 24, 2013 | |
Martha begins to remember how Skits, when he was a puppy, was adopted by T.D. | |||||
| 81b | 1b | "Dinosaurs in Trouble!" | fund, fossil, archeologist | June 24, 2013 | |
Milo and Truman visit the museum to save the fossil exhibit. | |||||
| 82a | 2a | "The Puppy Tooth Fairy" | anticipation, dejected, determined, exhausted, concerned | June 25, 2013 | |
Martha and Skits both decide to be the tooth fairies for puppies. | |||||
| 82b | 2b | "Martha's Blue Period" | morose, pitiful, blue, mope(ing), sentimental | June 25, 2013 | |
Martha becomes depressed after Helen leaves for art camp. | |||||
| 83a | 3a | "The Puppy Show" | gist, brainstorm, concept, situation, introduce | June 26, 2013 | |
TV producer Laslo Huckey wants Martha and the gang to come up with a new TV series for puppies. | |||||
| 83b | 3b | "Never Forget to Remember" | certain, specific, sure, detail, previous(ly) | June 26, 2013 | |
Everyone wants to play kick-up but the ball is missing, so the gang tries to remember who had the ball last. | |||||
| 84a | 4a | "Martha's Puppy" | demonstrate, skill, pupil, regress, example | June 27, 2013 | |
Martha thinks that adding another puppy to the family would be a good idea, but the family disagrees so she teaches Jake how to be her puppy. | |||||
| 84b | 4b | "The Cheating Chum Caper" | quiz, cheat(ing), chum, cram, tutor | June 27, 2013 | |
After T.D. aces a quiz, Helen becomes convinced that he cheated, so she becomes Heroic Helen again to find out the truth. | |||||
| 85a | 5a | "Stanley Saves the Day" | athletic, scrawny, lanky, muscular, burly | November 11, 2013 | |
The gang and Truman's cousin Stanley try to prevent Louie Kablooey and Jimmy Gimmie from robbing the jewelry store again. | |||||
| 85b | 5b | "Milo Goes for Gold" | stamina, coordination, dexterity, endurance, swift | November 11, 2013 | |
Milo thinks of new games so he can win at something. | |||||
| 86a | 6a | "Mouse Patrol" | predicament, solution, obstacle, exterminat(e)(tor), invade | November 12, 2013 | |
Martha makes friends of mice that she's supposed to get rid of. | |||||
| 86b | 6b | "The Big Knockover" | incident, alibi, responsible, leash law, assum(e)(ption), nocturnal | November 12, 2013 | |
When garbage cans across the city are being knocked over, Mrs. Dempson tries to propose a leash law. | |||||
| 87a | 7a | "My Mother the Dog" | responsible, authentic, accurat(e)(cy), impersonat(e)(ion) | November 13, 2013 | |
Martha becomes adept at impersonating Helen's mom. | |||||
| 87b | 7b | "Martha's Must-Have" | bogus, phony, artificial, cheap, expensive | November 13, 2013 | |
Martha obsesses over a special collar that she believes makes people give canines food. | |||||
| 88a | 8a | "The Return of Ralph" | stay, remain, migrat(e)(ion), pause | November 14, 2013 | |
Ralph the duck returns to the household after the Lorraines buy an HDTV. | |||||
| 88b | 8b | "Little Bo's Sheep" | halt, persistent, route, dawdle | November 14, 2013 | |
Martha and Helen help a border collie herd an easily distracted sheep to attend the herding festival. | |||||
Season 6 (2014)
| It has been suggested that this article be split into a new article titled Martha Speaks season 6 . (discuss) (November 2024) |
This season is actually season 5 in terms of production order.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Vocabulary words | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 89a | 1a | "T.D. Gives a Report" | apathetic, averse, avid, eliminate, indifferent, passionate | March 31, 2014 | |
T.D. has his report that was assigned by Mrs. Clusky. | |||||
| 89b | 1b | "Martha's Canine Cleaners" | destroy, mess, ruin, spotless, tear | March 31, 2014 | |
Martha and Skits both try to help Milo's puppy Lily fix the torn pillow. | |||||
| 90a | 2a | "April Fools" | convince, dupe, ploy, prank, ruse | April 1, 2014 | |
T.D. has been pranking his friends a lot. | |||||
| 90b | 2b | "Bully for You!" | harass, intimidate, pick(ing) on, reluctant, tease | April 1, 2014 | |
Martha and Skits meet with a bully dog named Jaws. | |||||
| 91a | 3a | "Bookbots 3: Fit Fights Fat" | fitness, in shape, lazy, sluggish, strength | May 14, 2014 | |
Bookbots are back and they try to exercise before stopping a suspicious villain. | |||||
| 91b | 3b | "Grandpa Bernie Cleans" | achey, elderly, mobility, vigor, youthful | May 14, 2014 | |
Helen, T.D, Martha, and Skits help Grandpa Bernie to clean his garage. | |||||
| 92a | 4a | "Thou Callest Me a Dog" | dialogue, director, monologue, producer, soliloquy | June 16, 2014 | |
Tis a consummation devoutly to be wished and achieved when Martha swallows Hamlet. | |||||
| 92b | 4b | "Martha's Paper Chase" | confirm, feature, integrity, topic, verify | June 16, 2014 | |
Carolina needs a headline while Senior Canine Reporter Martha confirms and writes a front page: the whereabouts of Big Minnie. | |||||
| 93a | 5a | "Alice Tells a Story" | comprehend, digress, edit, order, tangent | June 17, 2014 | |
Alice tells the story of how she got Nelson. | |||||
| 93b | 5b | "Pirates and Princess" | narrative, recap, scenario, summary, theme | June 17, 2014 | |
Princesses Carolina, Alice and Helen needeth a castle while Skipper Truman and First Mate T.D. are scouring the land for a ship. | |||||
| 94a | 6a | "Tomato, You Say" | image, indicate, insignia, remind, symbol | June 18, 2014 | |
Helen wants to know why T.D. has a tomato on his shirt. | |||||
| 94b | 6b | "Martha Questions" | convey, inquire, period, punctuation, question mark | June 18, 2014 | |
Martha is speaking in questions. | |||||
| 95a | 7a | "Martha's Sweater" | dignify, fib, hideous, loathe, undignify | November 17, 2014 | |
Martha sets out to prove that no sweater can withstand the rugged lifestyle of a dog. | |||||
| 95b | 7b | "The Mystery of the Missing Dinosaur" | absorbing, appealing, fascinating, intriguing, rendezvous | November 17, 2014 | |
T.D. is pulled into a mystery that even he couldn't dream up. | |||||
| 96a | 8a | "Martha's Holiday Surprise" | attack, comfort, nourish, secure, snuggle | November 18, 2014 | |
Martha and Skits trample into the snow-capped city to rescue the endangered cat and her young cat. | |||||
| 96b | 8b | "We're Powerless!" | blackout, chill, discomfort, shiver, starve | November 18, 2014 | |
A blackout renders Helen, T.D., and Truman incapable of playing their favorite video game. | |||||
