WordGirl is an American children's educational animated television series produced by the Soup2Nuts animation unit of Scholastic Entertainment for PBS Kids. The show began as a series of shorts entitled The Amazing Colossal Adventures of WordGirl that premiered on PBS Kids Go! on November 10, 2006, usually shown at the end of Maya & Miguel; the segment was then spun off into a new thirty-minute episodic series that premiered on September 3, 2007 on most PBS member stations. All four full-episode seasons each have twenty-six episodes, while the preceding series of shorts had the most is thirty.
The show is rated TV-Y7
The show was created for children ages 7 to 9, despite this, the rating suggests that the show is suitable for ages 7 and up.
Cast[]
- Dannah Phirman as Beckey Botsford/Claire McAlester/Chuck's Mom/Edith Von Hoosinghaus/ Female Police Officers/Pretty Princess
- Chris Parnell as Narrator/Henchmen #1/Museum Security Guard/Exposition Guy/David Driscoll/ Mazo-Racer Driver
- Tom Kenny as Dr. Two Brains/TJ Botsford
- Cree Summer as Granny May
- Patton Oswalt as Tobey McAlester III, Robots
- Fred Stoller as Chuck the Evil Sandwich Making Guy
- Jack D. Ferraiolo as The Butcher
- Pamela Adlon as The Birthday Girl
- Maria Bamford as Voliet/Sally Botsford/Leslie/Energy Monster
- Candi Milo as Becky Botsford (website version)/Ms. Champlain (Season 9)
- Ryan Raddatz as Todd Ming, Tim Botsford
- James Adomian as Bob/Candlestick Maker/Timmy-Tim Bo/Raul Demiglasse/Hunter Throboad
- Grey Griffin as Beatrice Bixby/Lady Redundand Woman/Ms. Question/Mrs. Ripley
- Jill Talley as Tobey's babysitter, Supervillain Reporter
- Daran Norris as Seymour Orlando Smooth, Nocan the Contrarian
- Orlando Brown as Tommy
- Kristen Schaal as Victoria Best/Mrs. Best
- Jeffrey Tambor as Mr. Big/Mr. Birg
- John C. McGinley as The Whammer
- H. Jon Benjamin as Invisi-Bill/Reginald the Jewelry Store Clerk/Museum Curator
- Mike O' Conell as Bill the Grocery Store Manager/Used Car Salesman/Jon the Guard
- Larry Murphy as Amazing Rope Guy/Mr. Best/Dave/Principal/Male Bank Teller/Reporter Anthony
- Ron Lynch as The Mayor
- Amy Sadaris as Miss Davis/Rhyme
- John Morris Henson as Captain Tangent
- Ed Asner as Kid Potato
- Danielle Schneider as Reporter Loret-Sanchez Johnson
- Jen Cohn as Ms. Champlain (Seasons 1-8)/Rich Old Lady/Famale Bank Tellers
- Amanda Plummer as Beatrice Bixby/Lady Redundant Woman (1st Time)
- Jim Gaffigan as Mr. Dudley
- Jane Lynch as Miss Power
- William Mapother as Guy Rich
- Kelly Miyahara as Emily
- "Weird Al" Yankovic as Learnerer
Theme Song[]
WORDGIRL WordGirl Theme Song PBS KIDS
the main WordGirl intro