WordGirl season 4

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WordGirl
Season 4
No. of episodes13 (25 segments)
Release
Original network PBS Kids Go!
Original releaseSeptember 5, 2011 (2011-09-05) 
June 11, 2012 (2012-06-11)
Season chronology
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Season 5
List of episodes

The fourth season of the animated series WordGirl was originally broadcast on PBS Kids Go! in the United States from September 5, 2011 to June 11, 2012. The fourth season contained 13 episodes (25 segments).

Cast

CastCharacters
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
James Adomian Bob/Captain Huggy Face, Chip Von Dumor, Harry Kempel, Hal Hardbargain
Jack D. FerraioloThe Butcher
Fred Stoller Chuck the Evil Sandwich Making Guy
Cree Summer Granny May
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
Jeffrey Tambor Mr. Big
John C. McGinley The Whammer
Maria Bamford Violet Heaslip, Sally Botsford, Leslie, Mrs. Best
Grey DeLisle Lady Redundant Woman, Ms. Question
Pamela Adlon Eileen aka The Birthday Girl
Ryan RaddatzTodd "Scoops" Ming, Tim Botsford
Larry Murphy The Amazing Rope Guy, Gold Store Dealer, Soccer Referee, Mr. Best, Used Car Salesman, Anthony the News Reporter
Jen CohnFemale Bank Teller
Daran Norris Seymour Orlando Smooth, Nocan the Contrarian
Ron Lynch The Mayor
H. Jon Benjamin Reginald the Jewelry Store Clerk, Invisi-Bill
Amy Sedaris Mrs. Davis
Mike O'ConnellGrocery Store Manager, Big Left Hand Guy

Episodes

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title [1] Vocab wordsWritten byVillainsMay I Have a Word?Original air date [2] Prod.
code [2]
66a1a"Sonny Days with a Chance of Showers"Precipitation, MeteorologistCarla FilishaEileen the Birthday GirlShatterSeptember 5, 2011 (2011-09-05)401A

The Birthday Girl kidnaps meteorologist Sonny Days and demands that he announce her birthday on TV.

Special Guest Star: Al Roker as Sonny Days
66b1b"Seymour ... Right After This"Delay, CaptivatedScott Ganz and Andrew SamsonSeymour Orlando SmoothShatter (bonus round)September 5, 2011 (2011-09-05)401B
Becky suspects Seymour Smooth is up to no good when he delays announcing his new show's winning ticket numbers.
67a2a"The Fill-In"Surrender, TemporaryJack FerraioloDr. Two-Brains and The ButcherSmudgeOctober 10, 2011 (2011-10-10)402A
Dr. Two-Brains has big plans when the Butcher fills in for one of Two-Brains' henchmen.
67b2b"Word (Hicc)Up!"Remedy, GlitchJohn N. HussChuck the Evil Sandwich Making Guy and Hal HardbargainSmudge (bonus round)October 10, 2011 (2011-10-10)402B
Becky suspects Seymour Smooth is up to no good when he delays announcing his new show's winning ticket numbers.
68a3a"Mouse Brain Take-Over"Abandon, DilemmaJack FerraioloDr. Two-BrainsBinocularsOctober 11, 2011 (2011-10-11)403A
WordGirl learns that Dr. Two-Brains is on an all-out cheese rampage just as she's about to give a tour of her secret hideout to the winner of the WordGirl Synonym Contest.
68b3b"Leslie Makes It Big"Ridiculous, AssumeSergio CilliMr. Big & LeslieBinoculars (bonus round)October 11, 2011 (2011-10-11)403B
Mr. Big is arrested, leaving it to his assistant, Leslie, to carry out their latest evil plan: building the world's most powerful mind-control device.
69a4a"Chuck with a Sidekick of Brent"Accomplish, ScheduleCarla FilishaChuck the Evil Sandwich Making GuyImitateOctober 12, 2011 (2011-10-12)404A
Chuck teams with his brother Brent and tries to turn the city into a giant sandwich.
69b4b"Yarn-4-Gold"Rubbish, SwapRyan RaddatzRyan RaddatzImitate (bonus round)October 12, 2011 (2011-10-12)404B

Bampy helps WordGirl stop Granny May's latest plot: exchanging gold jewelry for purple yarn.

Special Guest Star: Tim Conway as Bampy Botsford
70a5a"Whammer Anniversary"Glimpse, OccasionTom Martin and Rick GroelThe WhammerBewilderOctober 13, 2011 (2011-10-13)405A
Becky babysits TJ while Mr. and Mrs. Botsford celebrate their anniversary at an ice-cream parlor that just happens to be the target of the Whammer's wrath.
70b5b"Rat Trap"Confiscate, WhizEric LedginDr. Two-Brains and Hal HardbargainBewilder (bonus round)October 13, 2011 (2011-10-13)405B
Dr. Two-Brains forces Hal Hardbargain to create a ray that turns superheroes into cheese.
71a6a"WordGirl and Bobbleboy"Bobble, SouvenirRyan RaddatzFirst Energy Monster, then Chuck the Evil Sandwich Making Guy, and finally Dr. Two-BrainsStrenuousOctober 14, 2011 (2011-10-14)406A
TJ makes and sells WordGirl bobblehead dolls which makes WordGirl distracted when it comes to the attacks by the Energy Monster, Chuck the Evil Sandwich Making Guy, and Dr. Two-Brains.
71b6b"Crime in the Key of V"Exceptional, MeddleScott Ganz and Andrew SamsonVictoria BestStrenuous (bonus round)October 14, 2011 (2011-10-14)406B

Villainous Victoria Best sets out to be the best superhero in the city in order to force WordGirl into retirement.

Special Guest Star: Kristen Schaal as Victoria Best
72a7a"Where Have All the Villains Gone?"Eliminate, EntireCarla FilishaMs. QuestionPerspireNovember 14, 2011 (2011-11-14)407A
Ms. Question devises a devious plan to get rid of WordGirl–eliminate all of the city's villains so WordGirl is no longer needed.
72b7b"Captain Tangent Returns"Vessel, PublishJohn N. HussCaptain TangentPerspire (bonus round)November 14, 2011 (2011-11-14)407B

Scoops joins Captain Tangent's pirate crew in order to write a newspaper article about them.

Special Guest Star: John Henson as Captain Tangent
738"A World Without WordGirl"Obligation, Antsy
Enchanted, Unusual
Scott Ganz and Andrew Samson
Ryan Raddatz
Chuck the Evil Sandwich Making Guy, The Butcher, Dr. Two-Brains, and Energy MonsterBinocularsDecember 16, 2011 (2011-12-16)413
Today is Becky's birthday, and her parents have planned her "the greatest party EVER!" Becky is extremely excited and antsy to start partying. What's first in store is an enormous Pretty Princess bouncy castle, which Becky wants to jump in right away. However, she picks up with her super hearing a robbery at a sandwich shop. Bob hears it too, and reminds her of her obligation to protect the city. Reluctantly, Becky transforms into WordGirl and flies to the shop, where she finds Chuck robbing it. Chuck says that he wants people to eat only sandwiches made by him, and doesn't want anyone else to make them. After some complaining from both people and a definition of "antsy", WordGirl ties up Chuck and tells the shop owner to keep an eye on him until the police arrive.
After a brief summary about the previous episode, Becky is still trying to figure out about the changes in the city. She starts by asking her parents what they put in the cake, and after getting no helpful response, she looks at the empty cake mix box. Confused by the "Warning: If electrified, cake may become enchanted" label, she finally realizes that this was probably a birthday joke, "getting Chuck to pretend he's the king of the city". Seeing her parents confused by her remark, Becky realizes that it's not a joke, and the cake really was enchanted. Wanting to investigate, she makes an excuse to leave with Bob. She sees that all the shops are sandwich shops and that there are statues of Chuck everywhere. One suddenly makes an announcement that "it's time for Sandwich Talk", and hearing this, a couple of citizens start replacing certain words with sandwich-related words, such as "I really mayonnaise your coat" or "It was a bargain at mustard dollars and ketchupy-ketchup cents". Peeved by such nonsense, Becky stands up to correct them.
74a9a"Have Snob, Will Travel"Formal, FretJack FerraioloThe ButcherCollectionJanuary 16, 2012 (2012-01-16)408A
The Butcher kidnaps Reginald the jeweler in order to use his expertise to plan his next heist.
74b9b"Tobey's Playground Calamity"Dedicate, CalamitySergio Cilli and Tom MartinTheodore "Tobey" MacCalister IIICollection (bonus round)January 16, 2012 (2012-01-16)408B
Ms. Davis holds a recycling contest to raise funds for a new playground after the old one is decimated by villains.
75a10a"The Learnerer"Suffix, MisjudgeJack FerraioloThe LearnererElegantMarch 23, 2012 (2012-03-23)410A

A new villain called The Learnerer steals a giant diamond. And it's up to WordGirl and Huggy to stop him.

Special Guest Star: "Weird Al" Yankovic as the Learnerer
75b10b"Mr. Big's Dinner and a Scam"Embellish, LeeryJayne HamilMr. BigElegant (bonus round)March 23, 2012 (2012-03-23)410B
Mr. Big employs mind control to make sure his dinner-theater show is a success.
76a11a"The Birthday Girl's Monstrous Gift"Guzzle, MonstrousDouglas ReidEnergy Monster and Eileen the Birthday GirlDozeApril 16, 2012 (2012-04-16)409A
A carnival is endangered by the Energy Monster. She must also contend with the Birthday Girl.
76b11b"Hal the Haggler"Defend, HaggleSergio Cilli and Kevin PetersenGranny May and Hal HardbargainDoze (bonus round)April 16, 2012 (2012-04-16)409B
WordGirl battles Granny May who's plotting to steal Cleopatra's bed from a museum.
77a12a"WordBot"Devoted, BackfireRick GroelTheodore "Tobey" MacCalister III and WordBotShatterMay 21, 2012 (2012-05-21)411A
Tobey is determined to get WordGirl back for constantly destroying his robots, so he builds a robot clone of WordGirl named WordBot. But when the robot gets jealous of the fact that Tobey is speaking mostly to WordGirl herself, and turns on its creator, WordGirl and Tobey are forced to team up to fight back.
77b12b"Mount Rush Here"Advantage, TributeAdam F. Goldberg and Chris BishopMr. BigShatter (bonus round)May 21, 2012 (2012-05-21)411B
When all the adults go missing in Fair City, the kids are taking advantage of a parent-free world. But when it starts to take a toll on them, WordGirl discovers that Mr. Big is using a mind-control device to make all the adults build a tribute in his honor. WordGirl is able to destroy the machine and save the adults.
78a13a"Road Rage, Anger, and Fury"Obstacle, RantRyan RaddatzLady Redundant WomanSmudgeJune 11, 2012 (2012-06-11)412A
Lady Redundant Woman uses nefarious means to circumvent the city's congested traffic.
78b13b"By Jove, You've Wrecked My Robots!"Savvy, RealizeJack FerraioloTheodore "Tobey" MacCalister IIISmudge (bonus round)June 11, 2012 (2012-06-11)412B

Tobey brings a board game about evil robots to Becky's house in hopes of exposing WordGirl's true identity.

Note: Tobey's board game is a parody of Battleship .

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