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The Worst Episodes of WordGirl

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Worst episode
S5E4 Hard-Learned Money / Gift Pony
3.221 votes
Top season
Season 8
8.7avg
Binge time
1d 21h
228 episodes

Seasons8

Episode Rankings

  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    WordGirl Season 5 Episode 4 - Hard-Learned Money / Gift Pony
    3.2/10(21 votes)
    S5:E4

    The Learnerer learns to be an efficient criminal from Amazing Rope Guy; Becky feels woozy from a gemstone brooch given to her by Violet.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. WordGirl Season 5 Episode 8 - Plain Old Mischief Makers / House Arrest
    3.6/10(16 votes)
    S5:E8

    WordGirl battles Big Left Hand Guy and InvisiBill, who are plotting a major heist; Becky whiles away the time waiting on Chuck.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. WordGirl Season 5 Episode 3 - The Good, the Bad, and the Chucky / Granny's Pet Plan
    3.7/10(16 votes)
    S5:E3

    Chuck's plan of selling grilled cheese sandwiches is upended by Dr. Two-Brains; Granny May appears to have given up crime in favor of knitting scarves for pets.

    Director:Unknown
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  4. WordGirl Season 5 Episode 1 - Seize the Cheese / Ms. Question's Riddle Rampage!
    3.8/10(17 votes)
    S5:E1

    The Season 5 premiere finds Dr. Two-Brains plotting to seize cheese while picking apples with his henchmen; and Ms. Question creating a tollbooth that makes citizens answer riddles or become stuck in traffic.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. WordGirl Season 3 Episode 10 - Cherish Is The Word/Granny's Intuition
    3.7/10(15 votes)
    S3:E10

    Cherish is the Word - It's Valentines Day! All of the kids at school are making special valentines to share with their special friends. But when Victoria Best runs off with all of the cards, will she ruin Valentine's Day for everyone? It's up to WordGirl to swoop in and save the day. Granny's Intuition - According to the local news Granny May seems to be figuring out who's been committing the latest crime sprees that are sweeping the city. When Granny May chalks it up to her intuition, WordGirl has a hunch that this villain hasn't changed her ways.

    Director:Unknown
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  6. WordGirl Season 5 Episode 2 - The Meaty Dimension / The Case of the Copied Mrs. Botsford
    3.9/10(17 votes)
    S5:E2

    The Butcher plots to trap WordGirl and Huggy in a portal where he stores meat; LRW creates copies of city officials, including Mrs. Botsford, and has them do her dirty work.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. WordGirl Season 5 Episode 7 - Hello New Year, Goodbye Moon / Art in the Park
    3.9/10(16 votes)
    S5:E7

    Hello New Year, Goodbye Moon: It's New Years Eve! While the Botsfords celebrate with the greatest party ever, Dr. Two Brains is planning to turn the moon into cheese. Will the new year begin with Two Brains acting on his resolution to feast on a cheesy moon, or will WordGirl be able to stop him in time? / Art in the Park: Becky agrees to help out Violet with her poetry/painting/music performance. Meanwhile, Mr. Big has turned into a self-help guru, touting a good kind of mind control. Can Becky help out her best friend while finding out the truth behind Mr. Big's big ruse?

    Director:Unknown
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  9. WordGirl Season 6 Episode 4 - High-Five Sandwich / The Robot Problem
    3.9/10(16 votes)
    S6:E4

    A trendy new sandwich upsets Chuck; WordGirl and Tobey join forces when potato-fueled robots attack the city.

    Director:Unknown
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  10. WordGirl Season 5 Episode 10 - Best Fan Club Meeting Ever / Day at the Museum
    3.7/10(14 votes)
    S5:E10

    Day at the Museum: Scoops takes Becky, Bob, and Violet to the museum to find inspiration for his news story for The Big City Times. When they hear a rumor about a haunted treasure, the team goes on a search - with The Butcher right behind! Can Scoops, Becky, Bob, and Violet find the treasure, evade The Butcher, and do it all in time for Scoops to keep his deadline? / Best Fan Club Meeting Ever: TJ plans a meeting to divulge a secret about WordGirl to International WordGirl Fan Club members. However, when Tobey finds out that a secret about his love/nemesis will be revealed, he crashes the meeting with an eavesdropping robot and threatens to destroy the clubhouse. WordGirl has to spring into action to save the clubhouse and her fans!

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  11. WordGirl Season 3 Episode 13 - A Better Mousetrap, Parts 1&2
    4.0/10(15 votes)
    S3:E13

    WordGirl is interviewed on a TV show about her victories over Dr. Two Brains, who then takes over the studio in an attempt to make the interview WordGirl's last one.

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  12. WordGirl Season 4 Episode 12 - WordBot / Mount Rushhere
    4.2/10(17 votes)
    S4:E12

    Tobey builds a robot replica of WordGirl that he names WordBot; all the grown-ups go missing.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. WordGirl Season 5 Episode 13 - Father's Day Dance-a-thon / Big Is Botsford's Boss
    4.2/10(16 votes)
    S5:E13

    Father's Day Dance-a-thon: It's Father's Day and the Butcher has big plans to mark the occasion. With Becky busy boogieing non-stop at the Father's Day Dance-a-thon, it's up to Captain Huggy Face to play the hero. But when WordGirl's trusty sidekick joins forces with the Butcher, will WordGirl be able to save the day - and help her father win the big trophy? / Big is Botsford's Boss: Mr. Big decides to give all the citizens of the City a yo-yo to make up for the many times he tricked them and stole from them. WordGirl knows that Mr. Big must have something evil planned. Can she stop his scheme in time or will Mr. Big's yo-yos get her all tied up in knots?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. WordGirl Season 3 Episode 8 - Bend it like Becky/Questionable Behavior
    4.3/10(17 votes)
    S3:E8

    Bend it Like Becky - Becky's new soccer team, the Butterfly Unicorn Laser Gorillas and Dr. Two-Brains clash on the soccer field when they both realize they booked it for the same day. The two teams must play a winner-take-all soccer match to determine who gets control of the field. Questionable Behavior - Ms. Question's powers are at all an-time high now that she's discovered she can get people to tell her their deepest, darkest secrets. Ms. Question will be able to blackmail everyone in the city - including WordGirl! Our favorite superhero and her monkey sidekick must stop Ms. Question by giving her a taste of her own medicine.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. WordGirl Season 2 Episode 18 - Who Is Ms. Question / Lunch Lady Chuck
    4.3/10(15 votes)
    S2:E18

    Who's Ms.Question?: Is asking question a superpower? The Coach certainly doesn't think so when he eliminates Ms. Question from Villain School. When lightning strikes WordGirl has going to have to dodge more than just questions in order to stop her./Lunch Lady Chuck:Rather than spend his time in jail, Chuck is recruited to serve in the cafeteria at Becky's school. Chuck wows the students with superb sandwiches but things turn ugly when people request non-sandwich related lunches. Irritated by the lack of sandwich appreciation, Chuck returns to his evil ways forcing WordGirl to bring him to justice.

    Director:Unknown
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  16. WordGirl Season 4 Episode 10 - The Learnerer / Mr. Big's Dinner and a Scam
    4.6/10(17 votes)
    S4:E10

    The Learnerer steals a giant diamond; Mr. Big employs mind control to make sure his dinner-theater show is a success.

    Director:Unknown
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  17. WordGirl Season 5 Episode 5 - Scary with a Side of Butter / Talent Show Tobey
    4.6/10(17 votes)
    S5:E5

    Bampy Botsford panics the city with the tale of the evil giant artichoke; Tobey tricks WordGirl into performing his poetry at the talent show.

    Director:Unknown
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  18. WordGirl Season 3 Episode 9 - Bampy Battles Bots/Truth, Revision, and the Lexicon Way
    4.8/10(18 votes)
    S3:E9

    The Botsfords couldn't be more excited to have Bampy, Becky and TJ's grandfather, visit! Becky is thrilled to see him until he tells her that he used to fight robots better than WordGirl. When Tobey invents the ultimate invincible robot, will Bampy be able to help WordGirl save the day? Mr. Big tries a new form of mind control by taking over the school's newspaper, the "Daily Rag". With his misleading articles and city-wide contests, Mr. Big threatens to reveal WordGirl's secret identity.

    Director:Unknown
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  19. WordGirl Season 2 Episode 6 - Highway to Hararti / Tiny Big
    4.9/10(20 votes)
    S2:E6

    Mr. Big creates a teen idol, Tiny Big, to part people from their money. Then Becky's family vacation is upended when she learns that Dr. Two-Brains is plotting a heist at the International Cheese Exposition.

    Director:Unknown
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  20. WordGirl Season 4 Episode 4 - Chuck with a Sidekick of Brent / Yarn-4-Gold
    4.9/10(19 votes)
    S4:E4

    Chuck teams with his brother Brent and tries to turn the city into a giant sandwich; Bampy helps WordGirl stop Granny May's latest plot: exchanging gold jewelry for purple yarn.

    Director:Unknown
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  21. WordGirl Season 4 Episode 5 - Whammer Anniversary / Rat Trap
    4.9/10(19 votes)
    S4:E5

    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; Dr. Two-Brains forces Hal Hardbargain to create a ray that turns superheroes into cheese.

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  22. WordGirl Season 5 Episode 9 - Monkey Business / Say It Again, Eileen
    4.4/10(12 votes)
    S5:E9

    Capt. Huggy Face faces an overzealous Chuck; WordGirl tries to stop Eileen from becoming the Birthday Girl prior to a bake sale.

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  23. WordGirl Season 4 Episode 3 - Mouse Brain Take-Over / Leslie Makes it Big
    4.8/10(17 votes)
    S4:E3

    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; 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.

    Director:Unknown
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  24. WordGirl Season 3 Episode 1 - Bummertime/The Homerun King
    4.8/10(16 votes)
    S3:E1

    In the Season 3 opener, Becky's plans for the last day of summer vacation are stymied by Tobey and his latest robot creation, Chronos. Later, TJ is anointed a superhero after his home run foils a crime during a baseball game. But when he takes the accolades too much to heart and sets out to fight real crimes, it's up to WordGirl to bail him out.

    Director:Unknown
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  25. WordGirl Season 4 Episode 1 - Sonny Days with a Chance of Showers / Seymour...Right After This
    4.8/10(16 votes)
    S4:E1

    In the Season 4 opener, Birthday Girl kidnaps meteorologist Sonny Days and demands that he announce her birthday on TV. Later, Becky suspects Seymour Smooth is up to no good when he delays announcing his new show's winning ticket numbers.

    Director:Unknown
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  26. WordGirl Season 4 Episode 2 - The Fill-In / Word (Hicc) up!
    4.9/10(17 votes)
    S4:E2

    Dr. Two-Brains has big plans when the Butcher fills in for one of Two-Brains' henchmen; WordGirl battles the hiccups while Chuck tries to get his condiment ray fixed by Hal Hardbargain.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Hard-Learned Money / Gift Pony" is the worst rated episode of WordGirl. It scored 3.2/10 from 21 votes. Written and directed by Unknown, it aired on September 13, 2012. This episode scored 0.4 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Plain Old Mischief Makers / House Arrest".

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