Summertime
Also known as: Heat Wave, Crime Wave
- Studio
- Scholastic, Soup2Nuts
Synopsis
On the hottest day of the summer, Granny May uses her air-conditioned jetpack/suit of armor to go on a crime spree- and WG and CHF just might be too darn hot to stop her.
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, Curator, Ms. Libri, Security Guards
Credits
Directing
- Director
- David SanAngelo
Producing
- Producer
- Danielle Gillis (Associate Producer)
- Supervising Producer
- David Trexler
- Executive Producers
- Deborah Forte, Dorothea Gillim
Writing
- Writer
- Peggy Nicoll, Will Shepard
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 #1, Curator), Robin Reed (Ms. Libri)
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: Swelter, Opportunity.
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.
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.