Mouse Army

Mouse Army

November 23, 2007 TV Episode WordGirl

Studio
Scholastic, Soup2Nuts

Synopsis

Dr. 2-Brains has created an army of super-smart mice- but they've become too smart. WordGirl must step in and save the city before the mice take over.

Characters

Becky Botsford/WordGirl, Captain Huggy Face, Violet Heaslip, Tim Botsford, Sally Botsford, TJ Botsford, Todd "Scoops" Ming, Announcer, Professor Steven Boxleitner/Professor Two-Brains, The Butcher, Theodore MacCallister III/Tobey, Chuck the Evil Sandwich Making Guy, Granny May, Mr. Big, Beatrice Bixby/Lady Redundant Woman, The Whammer, Grocery Store Manager, Reginald, Robber, Security Guard, Curator

Credits

Directing

Director
David SanAngelo

Producing

Producer
Danielle Gillis (Associate Producer)
Supervising Producer
David Trexler
Executive Producers
Deborah Forte, Dorothea Gillim

Voices

Voice
Dannah Feinglass (Becky Botsford/WordGirl), Maria Bamford (Violet Heaslip, Sally Botsford), Ryan Raddatz (Tim Botsford), Tom Kenny (TJ Botsford, Professor Steven Boxleitner/Professor Two-Brains), Chris Parnell (Announcer), Jack Ferraiolo (The Butcher), Patton Oswalt (Theodore MacCallister III/Tobey), Fred Stoller (Chuck the Evil Sandwich Making Guy), Wanda Sykes (Granny May), Mike O'Connell (Grocery Store Manager), H. Jon Benjamin (Reginald), James Adomian (Robber, Security Guard, Curator)

Editing

Editor
Evan Sussman

Crew

Creator
Dorothea Gillim
Storyboard Artists
Joe Apel, Eric Brown
Voiceover Recordist
Jay Fisher
Visual Effects
Evan Sussman
Background Designer
Steve Young
Executive in Charge of Production
John Lynn
Production Executive
Jessica Wollman
Post-Production Executive
Eric Black

Production notes

Episode Vocabulary Words: Depend, Stampede.

Follow the everyday life and superhero adventures of WordGirl as she fights crime and enriches vocabulary usage, all in a day's work. Disguised as mild-mannered fifth-grader Becky Botsford, WordGirl arrived on planet Earth when she and monkey sidekick Captain Huggy Face crashed their spaceship. In classic superhero form, WordGirl possesses superhero strength with the added benefit of a colossal vocabulary. WordGirl has a family and friends who have no idea of her secret identity. As WordGirl, she battles and prevails over evil (albeit ridiculous and comical) villains.

Each episode introduces four new vocabulary words and reinforces their meaning in a variety of contexts throughout the episode. The vocabulary itself is not necessarily a plot point. The show teaches new vocabulary words to children in a variety of fun and interesting contexts. WordGirl is a superhero spoof, so storylines are funny takes of familiar stories from that genre.

WordGirl enriches young audiences' vocabulary, closes the gap for those who don't grow up in language-rich environments, instills a love of language, and fosters better reading comprehension.

Only a superhero like WordGirl, endowed with power punches and dictionary strength, can put the word-wrenching scoundrels back in their place, proving once again that crime doesn't pay... but knowing the right word for the right moment is priceless.

Each 30-minute episode consists of two cartoons.