Word Girl: Department Store Tobey

Summary: Tobey and Becky (Word Girl) run into each other at a department store.  Tobey reveals to Becky his plan to destroy the city.  Tobey built several robots that he programmed to carry out his plan.   Word Girl stops the robots and saves the day.

Theme: none

Bad/Hurtful language: none

Violence: Word Girl destroys Tobey’s robots.

Spirituality/Religion: none

Morality/Ethics: Becky lies to her dad on several occasions.  She says she is going to a hat club meeting when she is really going to meet Tobey.  She also lies to hide her Word Girl identity.  She also lies about why she was gone so long when she leaves her dad to become Word Girl.

Sexuality: none

Educational value: Vocabulary words: malfunction, clever.

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Cyberchase: Totally Rad

Summary: The Hacker goes to Radopolis (a planet of skaters) and takes the throne from King Dudeicus.  The Hacker outlaws skating, which makes the residents unhappy.  The Cyberchase kids challenge Hacker to a skate-off.   If the kids win, Hacker must leave Radopolis.  Hacker keeps changing the dimensions of the skate-off field, which makes it harder for the kids to compete.  The kids eventually realize that while Hacker’s changes keep the perimeter the same distance, the area inside of the perimeter is smaller.   With this knowledge they are able to adjust, turn the tables on Hacker’s team, and win the skate-off.

Theme:  The kids use geometry to help them win the skate-off.

Bad/Hurtful Language: The Hacker calls Digit a silly looking turkey.  He also calls his sidekicks pathetic.  He also calls Inez a “tiny tot,” which make her angry.

Violence: none

Spirituality/Religion: none

Morality/Ethics: The Hacker steals the throne away from the rightful king.  Hacker is an unkind king.

Sexuality: none

Educational Value: The episode explains rectangles and that  the perimeter around may remain constant while the area of the rectangle changes.

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Word Girl: Jerky Jerk

Summary: The local museum has a new exhibit, the beef jerky of supreme power.  This necklace allows anyone with meat powers to become supremely powerful.  The Butcher, who has meat powers, steals the necklace.  When the Butcher returns to the museum to steal the matching bacon earrings, he is thwarted by Word Girl and Captain Huggy Face.

Theme: none

Bad/Hurtful language: none

Violence: The Butcher attacks people by shooting meat out of his hands.

Spirituality/Religion: none

Morality/Ethics: The Butcher steals to gain more power.

Sexuality: none

Educational value: Vocabulary words: clumsy, supreme, devour.

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Word Girl: Becky’s Birthday

Summary: Becky’s parents are setting up a surprise birthday party for her.  Becky (who is also Word Girl) finds out about the party.  However, before she can return home for her party, she must stop the energy monster from destroying the town.  Word Girl does stop the energy monster and is able to return home and enjoy her surprise party.

Theme: none

Bad/Hurtful language: none

Violence: none

Spirituality/Religion: none

Morality/Ethics: none

Sexuality: none

Educational value: Vocabulary words: appetite, expand, and flabbergasted.

Word World: Happy Birthday Dog

Summary: Dog’s friends are planning a surprise birthday party for him.  Dog is sad because he can’t find his friends.  He doesn’t know that they are all away getting things for the party.  Dog is surprised when he returns home to his own surprise party.

Theme: none

Bad/Hurtful Language: none

Violence: none

Spirituality/Religion: none

Morality/Ethics: Dog’s friends successfully pull off the surprise party without lying to Dog.

Sexuality: none

Educational Value: The viewer is taught to spell the words HAT and CAKE.  (In Word World, words are always spelled out in all capital letters).

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