HELLO WORDGIRLIES!
My name is Qsue! I am a 22 year old trans guy who got into the Wordgirl series around early 2022. It got fairly popular on tiktok and after seeing some silly edits and fun cosplays, I decided to give it a shot! And to my surprise, the show was actually funny and I just fell in love.
So I created a little website for my small obsession which is now NEW and IMPROVED! This time I'm actually planning on adding some type of content to it since posting my own fanart and fanfiction to it is a bit intimidating for now, I'll still do a amautar character wiki and reviews!
I know this is pretty silly and lame but isn't that's what fandom is for? At the very least, I hope you have a fun time here!
Characters
Wordgirl / Becky Botsford
Wordgirl is the titular character of the 2007 series, Wordgirl. 
She is essentially superman if he was little girl with a super vocabulary.
Born on the planet Lexicon, Wordgirl had accidently 
wandered onto a spaceship, piloted by Captian Huggyface. The surprise of her being there caused them to crash onto Earth where she was adopted by Tim and Sally Botsford. Two origin stories exist for Wordgirl one in the show's bible where she was found reading a newspaper on the Botsford's step and one in the show, itself, where she and Huggy were both found in the woods by the couple.
Although why Becky had decided to become a superhero is never stated, we do know sometime later she had claimed her 'Wordgirl' identity and had started using her powers to protect the citizens of Fair City!
Captain Huggyface / Bob
Captain Huggyface also known as Bob Botsford is Wordgirl's pet/monkey sidekick.
Despite of or even before his crash on earth, Captain Huggyface was considered to be the best pilot in the galaxy. In the show, Captain Huggyface is shown to have human-level intellegince as well as super-hearing. And although he may not be as strong as Wordgirl, Huggyface still provides excellent help and fighting ablility when it comes to stopping crime!
Episode Reviews:
Season 1 Episode 1A
“Tobey or Consequences” is a fun introduction to Wordgirl. It’s well paced while having perfectly placed jokes! We are introduced to Tobey first in the show, and funnily enough, built up to be a rather creepy/formidable villain as the episode starts with a slow and low eerie vibe which adds a fun contrast when we get to see him actually meet Wordgirl!
Where he starts to act like a dorky kid trying to act “cool” in front of his crush inside of this “scary villain” he was built up to be. What I also really like is that it’s easy to tell that this show doesn’t take itself too seriously at all making it a lighthearted, easy watch.
The built up of Tobey doesn’t hold much weight. Which is purposely reinforced from the darkened hallway that holds pictures of his genius accomplishments where he looks like a startled cat in every single photo. To Claire McCallister acting super casual about the massive amount of back-up remotes to disable his robots and gadgets like “yeah, he’s just a boy this is normal”.
Then later in the episode with Wordgirl, we see her miraculously NOT exposing herself as a superhero. As she says out loud in front of her dad, “Guess, we better follow him!” or blatantly super speeding/flying away when he turns around for a millisecond.
The way the writers immediately eliminate any possible for stress or conflict for what would normally serious weight on a show is astounding and adds so much to the humor! I believe this a wonderful introduction to the show as it presents itself as an animated comedy first before an edu-tainment series.
Season 1 Episode 1B
“High-Fat Robbery” introduces us to two new characters, a Todd “Scoops” Ming, an elementary news reporter and a new villain called The Butcher. This episode runs a bit slower yet keeps the same amount of comedic detail like its partnered episode. From Becky helping Captain HuggyFace fix his costume to biting judgment from the jewelry store-owner, Reginald. Not to mention the running gag that followed Becky’s beginning quote of “Who reads the Daily Rag outside of Elementary School?” with at least one adult in each scene reading the Daily Rag, including the Butcher, himself.
It also begins the trend of having a word being defined and explained, unlike it’s usual two words minimum this episode has only one to begin. They give a thorough definition as well as an example. The mysterious build-up of the Butcher is fun, but feels unnecessary and makes the episode a bit more sloggish than its predecessor, The Amazing Colossal Adventures of Wordgirl. Of course, with the shorts having a stricter time constraint its basically required to be snappier, yet this episode follows the shorts very similarly with the added element of The Butcher’s barbecue diversion and the newpaper gag. He first goes to the bank then the jewelry store yet the shorts have a stronger introduction to the banker, the jewelry store-owner, and even the Butcher himself seemingly being more threatening!
If this episode was going to be re-hashing the Butcher’s introduction, it’d be a lot stronger if it was more one to one the shorts, showing the butchering of words to be more exaggerated and the slow introduction to Huggy’s crime-stopping appetite. Otherwise, despite the Butcher being a fun, entertaining villain, his introduction in the official series falls short compared to the strong start of “Tobey or Consequences”.
