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WordGirl

2007–2015 · 8 seasons

A bright, silly superhero cartoon that makes vocabulary lessons feel like a game, with goofy villains and quick jokes.

Created by: Dorothea Gillim
Genres: Animation, Action & adventure, Kids
Starring: Jeffrey Tambor, Cree Summer, Patton Oswalt

Overview: Disguised as mild-mannered fifth-grader Becky Botsford, WordGirl arrived on Earth when she and her monkey sidekick Captain Huggy Face crashed their spaceship. Now they fight crime and defend the town from a plethora of madcap villains and scoundrels, while at the same time enriching viewers' vocabulary usage.

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Created by: Dorothea Gillim
Genres: Animation, Action & adventure, Kids
Starring: Jeffrey Tambor, Cree Summer, Patton Oswalt

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Tone: lightstrength 3 of 3
whimsicalstrength 3 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
friendship
family
education
justice
Places: big city
school
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: kids
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	6
Horror	0
Humour	8
Realism	2
Romance	0
Tension	3
Darkness	1
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	2

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Genres: animation, action & adventure, kids, family
Created by: Dorothea Gillim
Written by: Eric Shaw, Carla Filisha, John N. Huss, Tom Martin
Starring: Jeffrey Tambor, Cree Summer, Patton Oswalt, Grey DeLisle, Carlos Alazraqui, Mr. Lawrence, Dannah Feinglass Phirman, Tom Kenny
Length: 8 seasons, 235 episodes, 12 min each
Network: PBS
Languages: English

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