Monkey vs. Robot
Also known as: Monkey-Robot Showdown
- Studio
- Scholastic, Soup2Nuts
Synopsis
The city is hosting the Big Checker Championship, and Bob has to face off against Tobey's Robot, the Checkmate 3000! When Tobey puts the pressure on to win, his robot snaps, and WordGirl and Captain Huggy Face must team up to stop Checkmate from destroying the city.
Characters
Hunter Throbheart, Sad Nightclub Owner, Mrs. Botsford, BabyViolet, Violet, Lead Driver, Becky Botsford/WordGirl, Mr. Dudley, Tobey, Robot, Cab Driver, Mr. Botsford, Todd "Scoops" Ming, Crowd Member, Newscasters, Audience Members
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
- James Adomian (Hunter Throbheart, Sad Nightclub Owner), Maria Bamford (Mrs. Botsford, BabyViolet, Violet), Matt Besser (Newcaster 1, Lead Driver), Dannah Feinglass (Becky Botsford/WordGirl, Audience Member 2), Jim Gaffigan (Mr. Dudley), Patton Oswalt (Tobey, Robot), Chris Parnell (The Narrator), Cab Driver, Ryan Raddatz (Mr. Botsford, Todd "Scoops" Ming), Danielle Schneider (Newscaster 2, Crowd Member)
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
Companies and other credits
- Voice: Audience Member 1)
Production notes
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.
Vocab words: Champion, Vanquish.
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.
Vocab words: Champion, Vanquish.