Characters / WordGirl

The character sheet for the "unsmall" cast of the PBS cartoon, WordGirl.

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The Heroes

WordGirl / Becky Botsford

Word up!

"I wasn't born on this planet, but this is my home now. And if you think you're just gonna come down here and take it over... well, you're gonna have to go through me to do it!"

Voiced by: Dannah Phirman

The main protagonist of the show, if the title didn't tip you off. She is from the planet Lexicon but crashed to Earth as a baby, where she was adopted by the Botsfords. As the 10-year-old (later 11-year-old) superheroine WordGirl, she defends Fair City with her superpowers and exceptional vocabulary.

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• '60s Hair: She wears her hair in a flip to match the show's Retro Universe aesthetic.
• Achilles' Heel: She is hopeless at art, poetry, music, singing, dancing... and Lexonite.
• Alien Among Us: She is an alien from planet Lexicon.
• All Girls Like Ponies: She is a major fan of "The Pretty Princess and Magic Pony Power Hour", she has a collection of porcelain unicorns and even a unicorn poster on her bedroom wall.
• Alliterative Name: Becky Botsford. No surprise there considering her similarities to Superman.
• Ambiguously Brown: Justified, since that's what the creator of the show was really shooting for. Interestingly enough, her adoptive family is a different shade of ambiguous brown.
• Badass Adorable: As powerful a superhero as she is, she's still a little girl who loves ponies and other cute girly things.
• Batman Can Breathe in Space: She can breathe just fine in space.
• Being Good Sucks: Becky frequently misses fun events in her life because of her crime fighting. It even leads her to wish that WordGirl didn't exist in "A World Without WordGirl".
• Berserk Button:
  • WordGirl can't stand it when words are used incorrectly. Especially on purpose.
  • Improper diction is a major pet peeve of hers. She quickly loses her patience with Eileen due to the latter's Elmuh Fudd Syndwome.
  • She gets enraged every time someone breaks her favorite unicorn, Angel Face.
  • Do not keep her from watching "The Pretty Princess and Magic Pony Power Hour" if you know what's good for you.
• Brainy Brunette: WordGirl knows the definition of every word that exists.
• By the Power of Grayskull!: Whenever she transforms into WordGirl, she cries out "Word up!"
• Calling Your Attacks: She does this frequently with "Monkey Throw!"
• Chest Insignia: A star inside a pentagon.
• Clark Kenting: She doesn't wear a mask or change her voice, yet no one connects Becky Botsford and WordGirl together. In "WordGirl Makes a Mistake," Becky tells both Mr. Botsford and T.J. her origin story and they don't believe her.
• Crazy-Prepared: WordGirl and Huggy have 999 different emergency plans.
• Cuteness Proximity: To kittens, unicorns, and other stereotypical cute things.
• Early Installment Character-Design Difference: In the earliest "Amazing Colossal Adventures of WordGirl" shorts, she has a noticeable bust. Subsequent shorts and the series make her more obviously prepubescent by giving her a flat chest.
• Enemy Mine: Has her moments of teaming up with her enemies to take down other foes. She once even lampshaded one of the said instances herself.
• Expy: Her origin and powers are very similar to that of Supergirl.
• Failure Heroine: Miss Power seems to consider her this; while trying to Break Her By Talking, she tells her she thinks she's a loser plus a failure. She's wrong.
• Flanderization: Her arrogance seems to be at a premium in Season 3.
• Flying Brick: She has Flight, Super-Strength, and Nigh-Invulnerability, among other powers that don't seem to be tied to her extensive vocabulary.
• Happily Adopted: While being the only member of her family who seems to remember that she's adopted, Becky shows no inclination to find her real parents. It's also easy for the viewers to forget she's adopted (aside from the opening theme singing she's "from the planet Lexicon") since it's rarely mentioned and she's very close to her family.
• Heart Is an Awesome Power: Her vocabulary.
• Hero with Bad Publicity: Despite being adored throughout Fair City, she sometimes becomes a pariah after the city gets tricked by the villains such as in "Down with Word Up", "Swap Meat", "Tiny Big", "I Think I'm a Clone Now", "Bonkers for Bingo", "Wrong Side of the Law", "Crime in the Key of V", and "Royally Framed".
• Human Aliens: Looks like an ordinary human being despite her alien origins. The only exception is her lack of visible ears.
• Insecure Protagonist, Arrogant Antagonist: Inverted when it comes to her and Chuck. Becky is rather prideful and arrogant, and Chuck can get disappointed with himself and is more humble.
• Insufferable Genius: When it comes to vocabulary, she prides herself on defining it correctly.
• Invisible Anatomy: It seems Lexiconians like WordGirl don't have ears to go with their humanoid appearance and yet one of her powers is Super-Hearing.
• Kid Hero: She's 12 years old and goes around defending the city as a superheroine although this gets deconstructed as she sometimes finds that Being Good Sucks and sees the superheroing as a job rather than her real self. It's almost lucky that the only time something happens while Becky is at school is when the scheme itself is at the school.
• Kryptonite Factor: Lexonite, a mineral from her home planet and a parody of kryptonite. It takes away her powers, drains her energy, and makes her misuse and mispronounce words.
• Little Miss Badass: The fact she isn't even twelve yet doesn't stop her from being a powerful superheroine.
• Living with the Villain: Despite being The Heroine, she goes to the same school as Tobey and Victoria.
• Oblivious to Love: Her awareness of Tobey's crush fluctuates from episode to episode.
• Only Sane Woman: Is often annoyed at how dumb the townspeople frequently are.
• Paper-Thin Disguise: Her superheroine outfit doesn't cover her face at all, making it blatantly obvious that Becky and WordGirl are the same person.
• Protagonist Title: She's The Heroine and she's got her name in the title.
• Red Is Heroic: Her superheroine suit is mostly red in color.
• Secret Identity: Keeps her heroine side a secret from everyone, even from her adoptive family.
• Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness: Rather subverted, since Becky has a great vocabulary, but seems to prefer being understood rather than showing off. One episode even has her telling a villain it's more important to use the "right" word than the biggest.
• Speaks Fluent Animal: WordGirl can understand Captain HuggyFace perfectly well and isn't the only primate she's able to so as in "World's Best Dad", she can translate General Smoochington's gorilla noises to her dad.
• Strong as They Need to Be: Sometimes, she can lift and punch out giant robots and twist metal girders into scrap while other times, she can be restrained by ordinary people or objects. Justified, as she mentions in one episode that she holds back deliberately for dramatic effect.
• Superheroes Wear Capes: A superheroine who wears a yellow cape.
• Superpower Lottery: Besides her vocabulary, she has the ability to fly, pick up objects that are much heavier than she is, and hear sounds from far away, among others.
• Super-Breath: Miss Power teaches her how to do this.
• Super-Hearing: She can hear people talking from miles away which often sends her into action as WordGirl when she hears anybody who needs help. This is kind of Ironic given she doesn't have visible ears.
• Super-Strength: She's picked up objects much bigger than she is on several occasions, and at one point during a public TV broadcast to all villains in Fair City she makes her point not to be disturbed for the next few hours by casually twisting a metal girder into knots.
• Terrible Artist: She cannot create good artwork to save Fair City.
• Tomboy and Girly Girl: The Tomboy to Violet's Girly Girl. Although Becky has her own feminine hobbies and interests, she's more action-oriented than Violet.
• Up, Up and Away!: Her standard flight pose.
• Weaksauce Weakness: WordGirl isn't so much defeated by a cute little kitten, but rather easily distracted by one. She also compensates for her language abilities by completely lacking competence in art, poetry, and dance.
• Willfully Weak: It's rare for her to use her full power.

Captain Huggyface / Bob

An intelligent chimpanzee from space who once famously served in the Lexicon Air Force, but after a mishap in space ended up on Earth with an infant WordGirl. He was then adopted into the Botsford family as their pet and fights alongside WordGirl as her loyal sidekick.

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• Ace Pilot: Is the only one to ever pilot WordGirl's spaceship hideout, which is technically his ship.
• Alien Among Us: He came from Lexicon like WordGirl
• Apes in Space: He's a chimp, from space.
• Badass Adorable: He's a cute little monkey but also a crime fighter.
• Big Eater: He's able to eat the entire contents of the Meat Dimension, where the Butcher's meat powers come from. An entire dimension.
• Blue Is Heroic: He wears a blue shirt as part of his superhero outfit.
• Butt-Monkey: Not as bad as The Amazing Rope Guy, but he's usually the Botsford who finds himself at the end of most jokes, usually poking fun at the fact that he's a monkey or not nearly as powerful as WordGirl.
• Civilized Animal: Is seen walking around casually as Bob and as Huggy. He even attends Becky's school.
• Depending on the Writer: Just what exactly he's capable of varies between episodes with some episodes having him capable of taking out Fair City's number #1 villain and his hired help or The Butcher all by himself while other times have him unable to handle Leslie, Beatrice, or even an unarmed Tobey.
• Dude, Where's My Respect?: Absolutely no one gets his name right, or even his species right, constantly being referred to as a hairy man, a chipmunk, an otter, an ocelot, or even a hamster. Even WordGirl forgets about Huggy now and then when flying off, forcing him to catch the bus home. One episode shows that WordGirl has left Huggy after battle multiple times in places like an abandoned lair with a laser beam about to go off, deep in the ocean, or in the arctic with some yetis. And for most of that episode WordGirl abandons Huggy in the outskirts of town and completely forgets about him for the entire day while he's fleeing for his life from an upset Chuck. On top of that, no villain takes him seriously as a crime fighter, usually scoffing at or dismissing him when he arrives alone. Even Chuck, who has no self-esteem, thinks a fight with Huggy will be an easy win for him.
• The Engineer: Can be seen tinkering around the ship, and has even built his own tube slide exit on it.
• Formally-Named Pet: As Captain HuggyFace. As Bob not so much.
• The Good Captain: He is the captain of the ship that brought Becky to Earth.
• Hypercompetent Sidekick: While just how competent a crime fighter he is depends on the writing, he has shown that he is fairly competent as a hero on his own when needed.
• Intellectual Animal: Is very intelligent for a chimp, and while WordGirl has more book smarts than him, it's made pretty clear that he's the emotionally mature one of the pair.
• Killer Rabbit: While he may look like a harmless civilized chimp, he's able to beat The Butcher, Two-Brains, and his henchmen all on his own.
• Morality Pet: On those rare times WordGirl does something wrong out of selfishness or rage, Huggy is usually the one to set her straight.
• Non-Human Sidekick: Well, technically neither of them is human, to begin with (WordGirl is a human alien), but still.
• Paper-Thin Disguise: It should be pretty obvious that he's Captain HuggyFace. Then again, no one seems to pay attention to him as Bob ''or'' Captain HuggyFace.
• Secret-Keeper: The only one who knows of Becky's identity as WordGirl.
• Sidekick: He's WordGirl's sidekick, though he likes to consider his and WordGirl's work a team effort.
• Silent Snarker: Usually sighs or rolls his eyes when Becky does something he finds silly or disapproves of.
• Speech-Impaired Animal: Sorta. He squeaks and makes typical monkey noises, but he is clearly communicating. However, only Becky can understand him.
• Strong as They Need to Be: Some episodes like "Book Ends" have Captain HuggyFace strong enough to take out multiple of Tobey's robots, and in "Mr. Big", he's even strong enough to overpower WordGirl, but other episodes, like "By Jove, You've Wrecked My Robot!", have him unable to take out even one of Tobey's robots or even get beaten by a non-super-powered Lady Redundant Woman.
• True Companions: Has been with Becky since the very beginning, sacrificing his life as an air force pilot to look after her on Earth, doing his best to make sure Becky's happy and safe. Likewise, Becky usually goes to Bob when she needs advice, and he's the only person (or monkey) she trusts with her secret identity.
• Tuft of Head Fur: He has a few tufts that stick out above his forehead.
• Undying Loyalty: No matter how bad the odds may be, if WordGirl is ever in any kind of danger he'll gladly sacrifice himself for her cause.
• The Unintelligible: He can only be understood by Becky. However, TJ appears to have an understanding of his "language" in "The Homerun King", and Violet does too in "The Fill-In".

The Narrator

Voiced by: Chris Parnell

The Narrator of the story can freely interact with the characters. He is biased toward the heroes, so he often assists them by giving advice, like telling WordGirl where to find the villain she's after.

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• First-Person Smartass: The Narrator refers to himself in the first person, and often offers his own (usually unsolicited) opinion on what's happening. Once, when Two-Brains is humiliating Tobey, he joins in.
  Two-Brains: We all know you're just stalling because you have a silly schoolboy crush on [WordGirl]!
  Tobey: Wh- I do not!
  Narrator: Do too, do too!
  Tobey: You stay out of this!
• Interactive Narrator: He talks to characters all the time. In "Have Snob, Will Travel", WordGirl tries directly asking the Narrator where The Butcher went since after all, she knows that he knows. The Narrator refuses because, after all, there are formal (one of the featured words) rules that they're supposed to follow regarding this sort of thing. WordGirl manages to get the one-up on him anyway.
• The Omniscient: He can see everything at once and even read minds, but the level of his omniscience varies according to the plot.

The Villains

All

The antagonists that battle WordGirl daily.

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• Even Evil Has Standards: One of the rules is that they can't mind control each other without permission.
• Evil Is One Big, Happy Family: Despite their differences, they have shown to care for each other as a whole and occasionally band together under a common cause. They also even do this when a villain steps out of line, like Miss Question in Where Have All the Villains Gone? and Mr. Big in Mr. Big's Mini-Golf. The most notable example is when every single one of Wordgirl's villains, (minus Amazing Rope Guy) joins forces to stop Miss Power.
• Out of Focus: Due to there being too many villains to focus on in one season, some of them get this depending on the season.

Main Villains and Henchmen

Doctor Two-Brains / Professor Steven Boxleitner

Fair City's #1 Villain

Voiced by: Tom Kenny

He used to be a benevolent scientist who assisted WordGirl, but a Freak Lab Accident merged his brain with that of an evil lab mouse, turning him into an unhinged scientist whose only goals in life are to eat cheese and to cause as much destruction as possible.

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• Absent-Minded Professor: As Prof. Boxleitner. It's what changed him into Dr. Two-Brains!
• Absurd Phobia: Cats, which makes sense since he's part mouse, as well as clowns and spiders to a lesser extent.
• Affably Evil: Often has very positive interactions with WordGirl including stopping in the middle of an evil speech to allow her to explain words, complimenting her on various things, teaming up with her temporarily, and even giving her advice on life issues. Occasionally they reminisce about their past friendship, most notably in "A Game of Cat and Mouse" and "Showdown in the Secret Spaceship Hideout".
• Big Bad: He's without a doubt the main antagonist of the entire series.
• Body and Host: It's been explored in the show that Dr. Two-Brains, Steven Boxleitner, and Squeaky all exist within one body with Dr. Two-Brains usually at the front. In "Mouse Brain Take-Over", he allows Squeaky to be in control of the body which causes him to be far more evil and ruthless than usual.
• Body Horror: Squeaky's brain is not actually inside Doctor Two-Brains' head but just hanging on the side of his head. He even regularly touches it with no ill effect on him.
• Brainy Brunette: When he was still Professor Boxleitner.
• Child Hater: Somewhat. Specifically WordGirl and Tobey.
• Comfort Food: Cheese, most notably in "The Ballad of Steve McClean" and "A Game of Cat And Mouse".
• Complexity Addiction: The entire episode, "A Simple Plan", revolves around his inability to make one — he just cannot help himself and adds more and more steps.
• Deadpan Snarker: Has a sarcastic and witty sense of humor.
• Does Not Like Spam: Goat cheese is the only kind of cheese he hates.
• Dr. Brainpart: Dr. Two-Brains has two brains merged into one.
• Einstein Hair: After becoming Dr. Two-Brains.
• Even Evil Has Standards:
  • He is against causing extreme pain to others.
  • He's against stealing from other villains, as he considers it uncreative and shameful.
  • Even he doesn't approve of Miss Power, the trash-talking supervillainess introduced in "The Rise of Miss Power".
• Evil Laugh: And a great one at that.
• Evil Sounds Raspy: His voice got noticeably raspier after he became Two-Brains, and even more so when Squeaky was in charge of his body.
• Exactly What It Says on the Tin: He's a doctor and he has two brains.
• Expy:
  • Of Dr. Conners/Lizard from Spider-Man.
  • His role in the show and certain mannerisms are similar to that of the Joker from Batman.
  • He shares the two (or three!) personalities in one body thing with Two-Face, also from Batman.
• Face–Heel Turn: From a kind-hearted professor to an evil scientist whose only interest outside eating cheese is to harm society so much that they see him as the biggest threat in a city filled with psychos in costumes running around.
• Fish Eyes: Happens whenever he has a particularly evil laughing session.
• From Nobody to Nightmare: Was just a normal scientist until the awful experiment of reading Squeaky's mind went wrong.
• Fusion Dance: Squeaky and Steven. It remains unclear who has how much control over what, though it's obvious and has even been stated outright that both personalities are present in Two-Brains.
• G-Rated Drug: His apparent cheese addiction. He seems to go through serious withdrawal in "A Simple Plan".
• Gollum Made Me Do It: Squeaky does this sometimes, like this example from "When Life Gives You Potatoes...".
  Henchman: Stop running, stop!
  Dr. Two-Brains: I can't help it! Mouse brain makes me run!
  ::: The episode where WordGirl and Two-Brains swap minds has the mouse brain do this to WordGirl, while Two-Brains acts more heroically in her body.
• Helium Speech: When taken over by Squeaky.
• Helpless Good Side: Professor Boxleitner. When he and Squeaky first merged after the lab accident, he was still capable of calling out to WordGirl and trying to fight against the mouse brain. However, he was quickly subject to a Split-Personality Takeover and has never been seen as himself since, although it is implied in a few episodes that at least part of his personality still exists inside Dr. Two-Brains.
• Idiosyncrazy: Cheese and mice.
• I Just Want to Be Special: Mentions in "When Life Gives You Potatoes..." that he doesn't want to be seen as some "ordinary, run-of-the-mill criminal".
• It's What I Do: Usually responds with this when people call him out on his overly complex plans or how ridiculous his obsession with cheese can get.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: It's complicated seeing he was once a good person as Steven Boxleiter capable of compassion and used to be WordGirl's friend until that fateful incident that merged his brain with his evil pet mouse Squeaky to become the nefarious supervillain Dr. Two-Brains. His treatment of his henchmen best exemplifies this since he can be rude and dismissive of the two but shows he does care and tries his best to be a decent boss in addition to his attitude towards WordGirl either treating her as a friend like old times sake or being perfectly down with straight-up murdering her. This fluctuating behaviour is because on certain days, Steven's personality is more in charge of Two-Brains than Squeaky and henceforth more friendliness and lighthearted banter in contrast to the other days where vice-versa happens and his sadism and ruthlessness are dialed up according to Word of God.
• Labcoat of Science and Medicine: He's a Mad Scientist so of course he wears a lab coat.
• Large Ham: Tom Kenny's performance as Dr. Two-Brains is very bombastic and Joker-esque.
• Lean and Mean: He's pretty thin and pretty mean.
• Leitmotif: An organ fugue.
• Little Bit Beastly: A borderline example. Due to his brain being fused with a mouse's, he has albino coloring, whiskers, a super sense of smell, and can chew through solid steel. Now and then he will be drawn with mouse-like teeth, especially when about to bite into a piece of cheese.
• Loss of Identity: Steven Boxleitner gets this when his mind merges with that of a vicious lab mouse and he becomes the evil Doctor Two-Brains.
• Mad Scientist: Both as Steven and moreso as Dr. Two-Brains.
• Nice Mice: Inverted, it's the mouse brain that turned him bad.
• Purely Aesthetic Glasses: If he is wearing an outfit that involves glasses, he usually puts a pair on his brain too.
• Red Eyes, Take Warning: When turned into Dr. Two-Brains, both his iris and sclera were turned red.
• Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: Sensitive Guy to The Butcher and Manly Man to Chuck.
• Speaks Fluent Animal: His brain merged with Squeaky giving him the ability to speak to mice.
• Team Dad: Even though he is WordGirl's nemesis. Before his lab accident, Steven seemed to be somewhat of a mentor to her, and even as Two-Brains, he often shows signs of this trope. For example, in the episode "A Few Words From WordGirl", he gives her fatherly advice when she can't think of a good speech for Inspiration Day. ("You're WordGirl! Your actions inspire people more than anything you could say.") He also acts this way towards Tobey in "Mousezilla", saying he's been following Tobey's career and addressing him as "Tobey, my lad", and being proud of his robotic expertise... at least until they start bickering over how to fight WordGirl.
• They Call Me MISTER Tibbs!: He always makes it a point that he's not Two-Brains; he's Dr. Two-Brains. ...Even when WordGirl actually addresses him as such.
  WordGirl: Hold it right there, Dr. Two-Brains!
  Dr. Two-Brains: That's Dr. Two-Brains!
  WordGirl: (beat) Um, that's what I just said?
• Trademark Favorite Food: Cheese, of course. A lot of his plans involve stealing cheese or inventing gadgets that turn things into cheese. Sometimes his plans involve turning valuable objects such as diamonds or gold into cheese, prompting WordGirl to ask why he doesn't just use the money to buy cheese in the first place. In "Seize the Cheese!", he even goes as far as to tell his henchman he likes cheese, and only cheese when asked to go apple picking.
• Two Beings, One Body: Steven and Squeaky are two distinct individuals fused into one to make the eccentricly evil Dr. Two-Brains.
• Villainous Glutton: Don't let his thin physique fool you, this guy has eaten entire buildings worth of cheese and was still ready to eat more. Even before their two brains merged he seemed obsessed with food (but not limited to cheese). He's also a villain.
• Villains Out Shopping:
  • "Becky's Birthday" reveals that when he's not committing crimes to steal cheese, he's going out to a store to legally buy crackers (even though he could easily buy the cheese too).
  • He and his henchmen are initially seen chilling and watching television in "Don't Mess with the Best", with this trope even being lampshaded.
• Vocal Evolution: His voice (quite fittingly) gets sneakier and raspier in comparison to his original appearances in The Amazing Colossal Adventures of WordGirl.
• Was Once a Man: He was human as Steven Boxleitner until the experiment on Squeaky went haywire and he became half-mouse as a result.
• We Used to Be Friends: WordGirl and Dr. Boxleitner used to be friends before he transformed into the evil Dr. Two Brains.
• White Hair, Black Heart: An evil man with white hair.
• Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Terrified of cats, due to being part mouse. This is his downfall in a few episodes.
• Wild Hair: He did say he sported the dry look...
• Willing Channeler: Allows the mouse brain to take over his personality at times, causing his front teeth to grow longer, his hair to get disheveled, and his eyes to be more wild than usual. Not to mention he gains an appropriately squeaky voice as well.
• Would Hurt a Child: Has no problem with going after WordGirl, though she does have superhuman powers. He also has no issue with letting a group of royally pissed-off supervillains attack an unarmed Victoria Best because she stole their things.

Charlie and Meatloaf

Voiced by: Chris Parnell (Meatloaf)

Doctor Two-Brains's bumbling henchmen who always screw everything up for him. The tall, silent one is named Charlie, while the short, talkative one has no known name (although one episode gave him the nickname "Meatloaf").

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• Bumbling Henchmen Duo: They are a pair of incompetent men who mess stuff up for their boss.
• Even Evil Has Standards: Charlie and Meatloaf are horrified about the idea of getting rid of WordGirl forever in "Mouse Brain Take-Over" and “Don’t Mess With The Best”.
• Evil Minions: To Dr. Two-Brains.
• Literal-Minded: They will do almost anything Two-Brains tells them to, though perhaps a bit too literally. For example, when Two-Brains tells them to obey the next person to wear his lab coat while he is gone in "Crime Takes a Holiday" and Glen - by a series of occurrences - gets his lab coat, they disobey further orders from their real boss in favor of obeying Glen.
• No Name Given: The short henchman who does all the talking ironically has no known name. One episode gave him the nickname "Meatloaf" (after his mom's meatloaf), but this was never brought up again.
• Silent Partner: Charlie, the larger of the two, never speaks out loud, with Meatloaf doing all of the talking for him.
• Simpleton Voice: The one who can talk has a really deep voice.
• Voice for the Voiceless: "Meatloaf", the unnamed henchman with the beanie, always speaks for the mute Charlie.
• The Voiceless: Charlie. Overlaps with the earlier Silent Partner.

Theodore "Tobey" McCallister III

The Boy Genius

Voiced by: Patton Oswalt

A genius 10-year-old boy who terrorizes the city with giant robots. He also has an obsessive crush on WordGirl.

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• Accent Slip-Up: An interesting case as whenever Tobey is in trouble and faces the wrath of his mother, he sheepishly speaks to her in an American accent as opposed to his RP British one. However, Word of God explains Tobey isn't a Fake Brit and the latter accent is genuine, it's just that he regresses to the former accent in fear (Namely his mother) out of habit.
• Amazon Chaser: Possibly. His lovestruck reaction when WordGirl starts destroying his robots in "Tobey or Consequences" implies that her battle prowess is one of the many things he finds attractive about her.
• Apathetic Student: He has shades of this, at least:
  • While Tobey apparently puts enough effort into schoolwork for Miss Davis to think "he's a gifted boy", she also suggests he's more interested in robotics than schoolwork.
  • Played for Laughs in "Guess Who's Coming to Thanksgiving Dinner" when he pretends his controller to his robots is a radio when it clearly isn't. Complete with him pretending it's playing a song, despite it being obvious he's singing a made-up song while he's coming up with the lyrics as he goes along. Granted that case zigzags between this trope and Blatant Lies as it did convince the Botsford family members, sans Becky and Huggy.
• Belligerent Sexual Tension: His "rivalry" with Becky is a one-sided example, considering "By Jove, You've Wrecked My Robot!" implies he may have a crush on her too.
• Blatant Lies: Whenever Tobey is caught by his mother controlling his robots causing trouble, he tries using an excuse to get himself out of trouble. However, his mother doesn't buy it.
• Book Smart: A discussed variant in "Mobot Knows Best" as Miss Davis states he's a great student.
• Break the Haughty: He has an inflated view of himself, not that the writers seem to agree.
• Child Prodigy: He can build giant city-destroying robots, and he's only 10.
• Contrasting Sequel Antagonist: He's the first villain in this franchise who's a child and the only one to crush on WordGirl. Also, while most villains usually get thrown in jail when defeated, he often (albeit not always) is taken away by his angry mommy.
• Deadpan Snarker: Not as dry as Reginald, but he's pretty close. For example, his response to some of his fellow students admiring the cabin his robot built-in "Robo-Camping".
  Ryder: That cabin looks so comfortable!
  Johnson: And you didn't even have to do any work!
  Tobey: Well, congratulations, you're both capable of stating the obvious.
• Disappeared Dad: You can use one hand to count how many times his father is mentioned and/or seen. And you can do it even if you don't have fingers or hands.
• Enfant Terrible: You can use two hands to count how old he is, but it takes more than that to count how much destruction he's caused.
• Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: Despite him being a villain, he seems to genuinely care for his mother.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: A recurring part of Tobey's character is that, although he won't admit it, he clearly adores WordGirl. While his love for her is... in a sense... creepy, he doesn't seem to view it as such.
• Everyone Has Standards: Possibly Played for Laughs but even he, a Smug Snake who loves his Evil Gloating, was annoyed in "Mobot Knows Best" when Becky interrupts a speech so she could define the word "communicate". Yes, that really happened.
• Evil Brit: Oddly Played With. Tobey is shown to be conniving, destruction-causing, and (generally) condescending and typically speaks with an upper-class British Accent but for some unexplained reason, there are times^note The link contains spoilers in which he's talking to his mother and he starts speaking in an American Accent. It's made even stranger by the fact Word of God says his British accent is genuine.
• Evil Counterpart: To Becky. Both are Child Prodigies gifted with incredible intellect and talent, one in robotics and the other in the English language, but Tobey uses his gifts for more selfish, villainous needs while Becky uses hers more selflessly as a hero.
• Evil Genius: It's what he's best at after all.
• Evil Is Petty: For instance, not only does he steal a book in "Princess Triana and the Ogre of Castlebum", he does it so he can have the satisfaction of knowing what happens in it before anyone else can. Made more egregious when he tries to spoil it for WordGirl, who didn't want to be spoiled. Granted, this trope is justified as he's just ten-years-old.
• Evil Laugh: Although he often tries to be calm, Tobey can still let out some villainous laughter when in the mood.
• Evil Nerd: Don't let his glasses and sweater vest fool you - he may not be strong, but the robots he builds to aid in his schemes sure are.
• Fantasy-Forbidding Mother: To his mother, his interest in robotics is a no-no.
• Fatal Flaw: He's got a few.
  • His ego is pretty big, and he'll usually throw a robotic fit if he feels like he's been insulted.
  • He's pretty insecure behind his ego, and if you shake him enough to get at his insecurities he'll fall apart (though WordGirl considers doing this too low for her liking).
  • He tends to overlook certain minor details, which on occasion come back to bite him.
  • He can get distracted by his love for WordGirl.
  • His mother.
• Fatherly Scientist: A very downplayed example since he, being a villain, lacks the nurturing attitude associated with the trope. However, he does occasionally treat his robots a bit like his children. In "Have You Seen the Remote?", he scolds a misbehaving robot that he "raised [it] better than that", and in "Guess Who's Coming to Thanksgiving Dinner" he outright calls himself their daddy.
• Four Eyes, Zero Soul: He sports Nerd Glasses and is one of the villains.
• Gadgeteer Genius: It's the only reason why he's a threat to the city though his cunningness certainly helps. If he didn't have this ability, he'd just be known as that weird kid with anger issues and not the weird kid with anger issues and his giant robot army.
• Geek Physiques: He's absolutely terrible at athletics. In "Department Store Tobey", he fails to throw some crumpled-up papers further than about a foot.
• Genius Sweet Tooth: 10-year-old prodigy. Adores sweets.
• Heel–Face Turn: Invokes one in "Tobey Goes Good". He puts on a convincing enough display that he even convinces Becky that he may have truly turned over a new leaf. But because he didn't actually try to better himself, the facade falls apart the moment he feels slighted.
• Insufferable Genius: He's VERY proud of his intellect, and usually boasts to anyone who'll listen.
• Jerkass: When not terrorizing the city he's usually being haughty, petty, and self-entitled.
• Leitmotif: A conceited and devious piano-bassoon melody.
• Little Miss Snarker: Gender-flipped. He's ten years old and has his snarky moments.
  Becky: I think you're being an unfair candidate.
  Tobey: Boo hoo that hurts my feelings.
• Living with the Villain: He unknowingly goes to school with WordGirl, despite being one of the (many) baddies she faces. He also attends school with Victoria.
• Love Makes You Evil: While not his main motive there are occasions when Tobey threatens to destroy the city just so he can spend time with WordGirl.
• Loves My Alter Ego: He treats Becky as just another citizen, or as something of a rival. Most of the time, he addresses her with casual disdain. However, "By Jove, You've Wrecked My Robot!" implies that Tobey may actually have a crush on Becky, too. While trying to get her to admit her secret identity, he lets himself slip:
  Tobey: You both have the same hairstyle! And color! The same sparkling smile. The same ruby lips! The same... [realizes Becky is staring at him] I realize I've said too much.
• Making a Spectacle of Yourself: While he normally just wears a plain pair of Nerd Glasses, his work outfit includes a pair of welding goggles with one red lens and one blue.
• Mister Big: He's smaller than most of his robots, and is still their boss (though they do occasionally disobey him).
• Momma's Boy: After being defeated, he usually gets taken away by his mother, who grabs him by the ear. Over the course of the series, her ability to tell where her son is at any given time became more and more exaggerated and ridiculous, to the point that one episode has her dropping out of a tree in the middle of a national park to haul him back home. He actually seems to be somewhat afraid of her. The mere mention of her name is sometimes enough to make him jump and look around in terror. In "The Rise of Miss Power", Miss Power picks up on this right away and encourages WordGirl to make fun of him for it, which they both promptly do to the point where he has a Heroic BSoD.
• Narcissist: While not as bad as Victoria Best, his ego is pretty big (though semi-justified as he is a boy genius), and any time his ego is struck he usually doesn't take it well.
• Nerd Glasses: And a big pair at that.
• Not So Above It All: While usually calm and collected, he'll throw a fit if his ego takes a hit. He also tends to drop the calm facade when he's excited or in the company of WordGirl.
• Only Known By His Nickname: He's typically referred to as just Tobey instead of Theodore MccCallister III (his full name).
• Robot Master: His specialty is building robots, especially of the giant variety.
• Rooting for the Empire: An implied, In-Universe example. One episode reveals he has a Monster Fangirl who adores him. And, no, there's no (In-Universe) Draco in Leather Pants either; she's clearly aware he's a villain. The fact there's a plushie of him also suggests there may be other people in Fair City who feel the same.
• Small Name, Big Ego:
  • He tells his entire art class in "Tobey's Masterpiece" that he'll easily be the greatest artist there. And when everyone there is instructed to paint a bowl of fruit, he says he should be done in hardly any time. He additionally brags it'll be a masterpiece and, even when he gets a rude awakening, he still claims he's "good at everything".
  • Tobey states in "A Vote for Becky" that he's an exceptional candidate for class president despite not knowing what changes he should make to the school and he was only running so he could finally impress WordGirl. Yet, he still claims he's the best candidate, though that likely was just to help him convince the other students to vote for him.
• Smart People Speak the Queen's English: He's a highly intelligent Gadgeteer Genius Child Prodigy and the only Evil Brit in WordGirl's large rogues' gallery.
• Smug Snake: Yes, he is a calculating Child Prodigy. However, he's condescending (usually), prone to Villainous Breakdowns, and is too overconfident and egotistical for his own good. Becky once even lampshaded the "Smug" part.
• Sore Loser: In "Tobey or Consequences", he admits to being this after losing "Crash or Pie", and tries to activate all his robots to wreak havoc anyway. He's not any more graceful a winner either.
• Stalker with a Crush: At first. In the earlier seasons, he has little to no respect for WordGirl's boundaries. Hell, the very first episode has him declaring that once he can prove he's smarter than her, she'll be all his. And the robotic suit he tricks Johnson into giving her in "Go Gadget Go" is rigged so that once she's trapped inside, he can literally control her actions... ew. However, by the end of the show, he thankfully seems to have grown out of this. At the end of "It's Your Party And I'll Cry If I Want To", since he had a change of heart and didn't destroy Katie's birthday party, WordGirl agrees with his suggestion that they get some ice cream. Later, in "The Robot Problem", when she has to go to Tobey for help defeating a robot, she declares that they make a pretty good team, to which he replies enthusiastically before catching himself. They also treat each other more like frenemies at this point than outright rivals.
• Terrible Artist: He's a horrendous artist according to "Tobey's Masterpiece". Becky even lampshades it.
• Trademark Favorite Food: Not to the extent of Two-Brains and cheese, but he is very fond of ice cream.
• Verbal Tic: From Season 2 onward, the word "robot" is pronounced "robit".
• Villain Has a Point: While he's no saint himself, Tobey does have his moments of making valid points. It's even a Plot Point in "Trustworthy Tobey" that he was telling the truth when he said he returned Becky's book to her.
• Villainous Breakdown: That Smug Snake act of his is prone to breaking whenever things aren't going his way. This happens to him so frequently that WordGirl even predicted this trope in one episode. Another time she even mocked him for the fact he wasn't having one.
• Villainous Crush: Tobey rather obviously has a thing for WordGirl, though she continually rebuffs his affections.
• Villain Respect: Although she constantly rebuts his feelings and foils his schemes, he does seem to respect WordGirl. In "The Robot Problem" he even calls her "practically [his] equal", which says a lot considering his massive ego.
• Vocal Dissonance: Although he is ten years old, he is clearly voiced by an adult.
• Wingding Eyes: Need some proof he's in love with WordGirl? A few times hearts have appeared in his eyes when around her.

Chuck the Evil Sandwich-Making Guy

Yes, his head is a sandwich.

Voiced by: Fred Stoller

A big guy with a sandwich for a head and a general obsession with sandwiches. He lives in his mother's basement and plays video games, only committing crimes because he's angry at something/someone, or in an attempt to be cool.

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• Affably Evil: He's mainly soft-spoken, timid, and friendly to WordGirl but he's still a villain. He does go out of his way to make sure WordGirl doesn't get hurt such as asking her if she's allergic to peanut butter before shooting her with it.
• Ambiguously Human: No one's exactly sure just what Chuck is, as he's mostly human, but his head is a sandwich. Apparently, he's sensitive about it.
• Apologizes a Lot: Despite being a villain, he tries his best to be humble.
• Atrocious Alias: Some other names he considered were "Destructo the Destroyer", "Amazo the Amazing Guy Who's Evil but Not Really That Bad When You Get to Know Him", "Handsome Eddie", and "The Handsome Panther".
• Basement-Dweller: He tried to move out once, but got homesick when he realized his mother wasn't there to kiss his booboos or tuck him in. Sleeps in a bunkbed with tons of stuffed animals and has pin-ups of sandwiches on the walls.
• Berserk Button: Mainly people mocking sandwiches or simply saying they don't like them, but there are many small things that cause him to go berserk and try to crush something, like someone calling his sandwich repulsive, his mother interrupting him while he is doing "evil things", not having a hairnet that fits his head correctly, etc.
• Big Brother Instinct: Well, little brother, but mess with Brent and he'll make sure you pay. Just ask Mr. Big.
• Buffy Speak: His name speaks for itself.
• Disappeared Dad: Chuck and Brent have different fathers; both are missing.
• Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: Yes, he does.
• Even Evil Has Standards: He asks WordGirl if she's allergic to peanut butter before shooting her with it.
• Exactly What It Says on the Tin
• Expy: A possible one of D-list Batman villain Condiment King.
• Fat and Proud: Has a very high opinion of his looks and calls himself handsome quite often.
• Fat Bastard: Is obese and one of the villains.
• Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: The foolish one.
• Green-Eyed Monster: Towards his brother, Brent, who's more liked and rich, while he's less liked and lives with his mother still.
• Hair-Trigger Temper: The main reason he can't become a member of society is that his immediate instinct upon hearing something that offends him or hurts his feeling is to flip his shit.
• Half-Human Hybrid: Appears to be the case, judging from what we've seen of his mother - her having ears and Chuck/Brent not - she appears to be human.
• Harmless Villain: Subverted, as he's tied with the Butcher for Fair City's #2 most feared criminal (behind Dr. Two-Brains), though he can come off as this on occasion.
• Hidden Depths: If the kitten costume he makes for the Butcher in "Kitty Cat Criminals" is any indication, he's proficient with a sewing machine.
• Idiosyncrazy: Sandwiches and anything to do with sandwiches.
• Improbable Weapon User: Uses a ray gun that fires ketchup, mustard, and relish, but occasionally switches it up with olive oil, honey mustard, ranch dressing, or peanut butter.
  • He also has a giant panini press that he uses to crush buildings slowly.
• I Work Alone: Tells the Whammer he's a "lone wolf" when the Whammer offers to be his sidekick.
• Leitmotif: A childishly whimsical yet sinister music box jingle. Also one of the only character leitmotif completely available.
• Momma's Boy: He's a neurotic man-child who still lives in his mother's basement. He makes her sandwiches, watches her stories with her, and does chores such as mowing the lawn. His mother refers to him as "Chucky-boo", "Chuckleberry", "Chucky-buttons", and if he is in trouble, "Charles!"
• Nerd Glasses: Wears a big ol' pair of these when not wearing his goggles, and in flashbacks of him as a kid.
• Non-Human Head: Chuck's head is a sandwich, befitting of a villain whose motif is sandwiches.
• Not-So-Harmless Villain: Without a WordGirl to stop him, he would be ruling the city, as evidenced by "A World Without WordGirl".
• Plant Hair: Lettuce.
• Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: Sensitive Guy to Dr. Two-Brains, The Butcher, and The Whammer's Manly Men.
  • With Brent, he's the Manly.
• Shared Family Quirks: The entire family seems to have a deep obsession with sandwiches; they eat them for Thanksgiving dinner (with stuffing) and Chuck and Brent get sandwiches in their Christmas stockings.
• Shy Finger-Twiddling: Tends to perform this during awkward or nervous moments.
• Siblings in Crime: His brother Brent becomes his evil sidekick for a couple of episodes, although Chuck can't stand how organized Brent is.
• Successful Sibling Syndrome: His older brother invented Crustless Bread and is now famous for it. Chuck lives in his mom's basement and is in and out of jail.
• Vague Age: A flashback in "Caper or Plastic" shows he was a young-looking child when Becky's parents were young(er) adults, so he's probably no more than ten years older than Becky—this puts him in his early twenties at the youngest, but lack of context plus his Manchild tendencies muddle things a bit.
• Verbal Tic: "Oh, I don't know, what's the word...?" Always forgetting the word he wants to use.

Granny May

Voiced by: Cree Summer, Wanda Sykes (The Amazing Colossal Adventures of WordGirl)

A villainess who poses as a sweet, deaf old lady but who in actuality is a master thief who specializes in fooling others and convincing everyone to turn against WordGirl.

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• Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: She poses as a kind, harmless old lady who's hard of hearing. She even lampshades this trope herself in "The Rise of Miss Power".
• Character Catchphrase: "Boop!", usually when using her yarn attack.
• Con Artist: When she's not robbing and stealing outright, she's doing things like tricking people into taking ridiculous coupons or buying useless cure-alls.
• Cool Old Lady: Is there any argument that her robotic, jet-propelled, air-conditioned super suit is not cool?
• Evil Old Folks: She's a senior citizen who loves to con people out of their money.
• Fun with Acronyms: The initials of her real name spell out "Gem" - Grandolyn Edna May.
• Granny Classic: Uses this as part of her charade, complete with knitting needles, perfume, and being hard of hearing.
• His Name Really Is "Barkeep": "Granny" sounds like a title but it's really an abbreviation of her first name, Grandolyn.
• Idiosyncrazy: Averted, especially when compared to a lot of the other villains. She just tries to steal things.
• Like Mother, Unlike Daughter: Granny May's mother is much kinder and sweeter than her, and disapproves of her daughter's villainous ways.
• Manipulative Bitch: She loves using her "harmless old lady" facade to turn people against WordGirl.
• Master Actress: She's great at manipulating other people into thinking she's a "harmless old lady".
• Obfuscating Disability: She regularly pretends to be hard of hearing. She's even been called out for this.
• Only Known By Her Nickname: Although she's typically referred to as Granny May, her real name is Gwendolyn Edna May.
• Powered Armor: She has a metallic suit she sometimes uses to fly around in the sky.
• Team Rocket Wins: This is typically one of those "good triumphs over evil" shows, though she does manage to succeed with stealing some dough in "Gift Pony".
• Villain with Good Publicity: Only because she looks helpless and sweet. In "Down with Word Up", she plays this trope almost to the hilt when pulling a Wounded Gazelle Gambit.

The Butcher

Voiced by: Jack D. Ferraiolo

A large man who dresses like a butcher and has power over meat, which includes conjuring it up and telekinetically controlling it.

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• Affably Evil: He's actually pretty nice.
• The Butcher: His main shtick, though not nearly as Ax-Crazy as the usual examples of this trope. In one episode, "The Baker" and "The Candlestick Maker" are added to the mix.
• Calling Your Attacks: He works really hard on them.
• Cut Lex Luthor a Check: He could be rich if he just sold his meat at an affordable price.
• Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: Say what you will of their treatment of one another, it's been made pretty clear that The Butcher really does love his dad.
• Even Evil Has Standards: He tries to be considerate of readers in the library.
• Exactly What It Says on the Tin: He's literally a butcher.
• Food-Based Superpowers: The Butcher is capable of creating and firing meat out of thin air using his hands.
• Friendly Enemy: He even lampshades it in "Meat My Dad", commenting that except for fighting, he and WordGirl get along pretty well.
• Heart Is an Awesome Power: His meat constructs are often strong enough to restrain WordGirl. She usually relies on Captain Huggyface to eat through them.
• Idiosyncrazy: Meat.
• Large Ham: Well, yes, quite literally. And he likes to yell.
• Like Father, Like Son: He only does what he does out of admiration for his father, a man who raised him from birth to believe Bad Is Good and Good Is Bad.
• Love at First Sight: With Dupey. Interestingly, he's indifferent to her template, Lady Redundant Woman, and vice versa.
• Malaproper: Often butchers the English language when he talks.
• Meaningful Name: He's the "Butcher" because a butcher deals with meat, and he can summon any meat with his bare hands, and the "Butcher" because butchering something is spoiling it by dealing with very severely, and he is a criminal who spoils the days of people.
• No Name Given: The other eponymous characters in "The Butcher, The Baker, and The Candlestick Maker" are old friends of his, and refer to him as though Butcher is his actual name. His father calls him Junior, implying he shares his real name with his father. Unfortunately, we never learn his real name either.
• Perma-Stubble: And it's beautiful.
• Pocket Dimension: Where his meat comes from. He trapped Word Girl and Huggy in there once.
• Steath Pun: Like his namesake, he often butchers the pronunciation of certain words, not just meat.
• Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: Manly Man to Chuck and Dr. Two-Brains' Sensitive Guys.
• Starter Villain: He is the very first villain that WordGirl fights in the shorts. After that, he becomes a recurring villain in the series.
• Weaksauce Weakness: Tofu.
• "Well Done, Son" Guy: All the Butcher wants is some sort of positive acknowledgment from his father Kid Potato.

Lady Redundant Woman / Beatrice Bixby

Voiced by: Amanda Plummer (first appearance), Grey DeLisle

Beatrice Bixby works in a copy shop and is bitterly jealous of the star employee, Dave. She obsessively cleans and maintains a copy machine, doting on it like it's her child. After curiously pressing a mysterious Big Red Button on the machine, she becomes Lady Redundant Woman and wreaks havoc.

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• Achilles' Heel: She needs to touch her nose to use her powers. Also, she can't use her powers if her ink supply runs low or if her ink cartridges are removed.
• All Girls Like Ponies: She can be seen watching "The Pretty Princess and Magic Pony Power Hour".
• Alliterative Name: Fittingly enough for her theme, the letter "B" appears thrice in her name.
• Art Initiates Life: By eating or looking at an image, she can bring it to life.
• Berserk Button:
  • Dave receiving praise. And Dave period.
  • Messing with her beloved copy machine.
  • If someone claims copies are no good compared to originals.
  • Whenever she gets cut in line. Repeatedly.
• Dark Action Girl: She's able to beat the crap out of Captain Huggyface while her powers are disabled.
• Demoted to Extra: Lacks any speaking or major roles in Seasons 6 and 8.
• Department of Redundancy Department: She constantly repeats herself in different ways. For example: "You are beaten, defeated, vanquished!" or "Hi, hello, aloha." This also extends to her crimes, as she tends to steal multiple things that are extremely similar to each other (such as a couch, sofa, and futon). Even her villain name "Lady Redundant Woman" is redundant since "lady" and "woman" are both words to describe a woman.
• Doppelgänger Attack: Basically all of her attacks.
• Easily Forgiven: Whenever she's released from jail, Dave gives her job back.
• Evil Is Petty: She's very bitter and spiteful towards her Benevolent Boss Dave out of jealousy and minor faults.
• Green-Eyed Monster: For Dave.
• Idiosyncrazy: Copying machines and redundancy.
• Inner Monologue: Whenever she's Beatrice, she will sometimes talk to herself whenever she's annoyed or feels slighted, complete with the background fading out of focus during her thoughts.
• The Insomniac: Implied, as she is the only character with lines and dark circles under her eyes.
• Kill It with Water: Her clones are made of ink and paper, and thus will dissolve if they touch water.
• Me's a Crowd: Her copies turn into paper when destroyed, and she can make them disappear if she feels like it.
• Self-Duplication: She has this power.
• Single-Minded Twins: Though not twins, and inverted by the presence of Dupey in "The Young And The Meatless", her clones frequently exhibit identical movements as their original, while saying the exact same thing. This is likely just a case of reducing animation and voice acting costs, even though it doesn't make sense for LRW's copies to know exactly what she's going to say, how she's going to say it, and how she's going to move while saying it when she does. They only have their own personalities (such as Dupey) when it's needed for the plot.

Mr. Big / Shelly Smalls

BUNNIES!

Voiced by: Jeffrey Tambor

A smug, childish, and greedy businessman out to line his pockets with even more money than he already has. He usually relies on mind control devices to achieve his goals, though on occasion has tried other means with little success.

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• Alliterative Name: His real name, Shelly Smalls, repeats the letter "S".
• Berserk Button: DO NOT gloat about how much richer or bigger you are than him. He won't take it well.
• Beware the Silly Ones: He's a big ol' goof who's childishly obsessed with bunnies, but manage to piss him off, and your mind and free will forcibly become his new plaything.
• Child Hater: Isn't fond of children, though he tries to be friendly to them in public.
• Corrupt Corporate Executive: Is the head of his business but also actively goes out of his way to do immoral deeds to get richer.
• Con Artist: Not as bad as Seymour, but some of his schemes include using mind control to force people to buy his bogus products.
• Cuteness Proximity: For squishy things, mainly bunnies.
• Dick Dastardly Stops to Cheat: Could've carried out his scheme in "Ears to You" very legitimately, but throws in mind control just for the hell of it. This is even lampshaded by Mr. Big himself.
  WordGirl: Now why would you try that...?
  Mr. Big: Hey, you can't get to the end of a Mr. Big story and not have any mind control.
• Domino Mask: Is never seen without it, even on vacation.
• Embarrassing First Name: Possibly an issue for him, as his real name is revealed to be Shelly Smalls in "Truth, Revision, and the Lexiconian Way".
• Evil Has a Bad Sense of Humor: Leslie has stated outright that Mr. Big has no sense of humor, though this is more out of not understanding the concept of a set-up and punchline rather than being a cold-hearted felon.
• Evil Is Hammy: He chews up the scenery like no other villain, though his hamminess is balanced by Leslie's monotone and dull attitude.
• Evil Is Petty: Took over the minds of everyone on Earth once, just because his neighbor borrowed his casserole dish for a little too long.
• Greed: He's already rich, as he's the head of a multi-million company, and could live very comfortably. He does what he does because he wants more money, and that's it. He also takes time out of every day to count his money, an activity he looks forward to.
• Green and Mean: He's a scheming, greedy businessman who sports some green. His mind-controlled victims also sport green eyes.
• Malaproper: He explains that he only ever took business classes.
• Manchild: He's one of the most powerful villains but he's childishly petty, whines and throws tantrums if he's in a bad mood or loses, and is very attached to bunnies.
• Mass Hypnosis: Most of his schemes and episodes featuring him involve this.
• Mind Control: It's in his business plan.
• Mind-Control Device: His main weapon. He uses them so much that WordGirl gets genuinely confused when he appears to not have a mind control device in "Mr. Big's Big Plan".
• Outlaw Couple: With Leslie, although rather than a romantic partner, she's his overworked, underpaid, and underappreciated assistant.
• The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: In "Big Business", he more or less admits that his company doesn't actually do anything besides his mind control schemes.
• Real Men Wear Pink: He has a love for squishy bunny toys. Sometimes they factor into his evil schemes, like in "Invasion of the Bunny Lovers".
• Screw the Rules, I Have Money!: Doesn't care to do anything legally cause he's richer than anyone.
• Sharp-Dressed Man: The guy cleans up nicely.
• Un Evil Laugh: Compared to the other villains, Mr Big's laugh is usually awkward and clunky.
• Unfortunate Names: With a name like "Shelly Smalls", it's no wonder he insists on being called "Mr. Big".
• Villainous Friendship: With Leslie, who is someone he's shown he absolutely needs. Also with Two-Brains.
• Villain with Good Publicity: He's basically the Lex Luthor of WordGirl.

Leslie

Voiced by: Maria Bamford

Mr. Big's personal assistant, who does most of the heavy lifting in his schemes.

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• All Girls Like Ponies: She is a fan of "The Pretty Princess and Magic Pony Power Hour".
• Apathetic Clerk: So apathetic in fact that her voice is completely monotone even when she's happy.
• Beleaguered Assistant: Sometimes expresses that her greatest wish is for Mr. Big to notice her.
• Berserk Button: Getting the name or details of "The Pretty Princess and Magic Pony Power Hour" wrong.
• Cannot Convey Sarcasm: Due to her monotone voice, it is sometimes hard for characters to tell whether or not she's being sarcastic. Even she has a hard time figuring it out at times.
  Leslie: Brilliant as usual, sir.
  Mr. Big: Thank you, Les— Wait... are you being sarcastic?
  Leslie: [Beat] I can't tell anymore, sir.
• Characterization Marches On: She isn't as much of a snarker and doesn't speak in a monotone in "Mr. Big".
• Dark Action Girl: She knows karate and was a gymnast, and can fight evenly with Captain Huggyface.
• Deadpan Snarker: The only state of mind she ever seems to be in, Leslie always has a scathing remark ready for her boss.
• Domino Mask: Starts wearing one in "Leslie Makes It Big".
• The Dragon: To Mr. Big.
• Emotionless Girl: She even laughs in monotone. The emotion she is most likely to ever express is annoyance.
• Evil Minions: To Mr. Big.
• Hypercompetent Sidekick: To Mr. Big.
• Lady in a Power Suit: She wears a red pantsuit.
• Not-So-Harmless Villain: In "Leslie Makes It Big", everyone assumes she can't possibly be a threat without Mr. Big to guide her. She proves them all wrong.
• Outlaw Couple: With Mr. Big.
• Plucky Office Girl: She's much better at coming up with effective plans than Mr. Big, but he rarely ever takes her suggestions.
• Punch-Clock Villain: She doesn't seem to care that much whether or not Mr. Big's plans succeed. After all, she does this because it's her job, not because she wants to. Although she does have quite a bit of fun with villainy when she tries it on her own in "Leslie Makes It Big".
• Secretary of Evil: Besides the many other things she does for him, she's also the secretary at Mr. Big's company.
• Took a Level in Badass: Becomes even more dangerous in "Leslie Makes It Big".
• Un Evil Laugh: Given her monotone nature, it's even worse than her boss's.
• Vocal Evolution: As mentioned above, she didn't speak in monotone in her early appearances, as her characterization hadn't been fully decided on yet.

The Coach's School for Evil Villains and Arch-Enemies

The Coach

First Appearance: "Sidekicked to the Curb" (S1 E18b)

Voiced by: Ned Bellamy

A devious man with no superpowers of his own but instead manipulates other villains into committing crimes for him.

One recurring scam of his is a villain night school, which produced Invisi-Bill and Big Left Hand Guy (As well as Ms. Question though she didn't graduate).

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• Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: He acts nice to his "students" in order to manipulate them, but only acts that way to get what he wants.
• Demoted to Extra: With the exception of one episode in Season 6, he's a minor background character who never talks after Season 2.
• Hypocrite: Ms. Question flunks the Coach's Villain School because she doesn't have superpowers, despite the Coach not having any of his own either.
• Jerkass: Is an unlikeable man.
• Lack of Empathy: How did Coach respond to Ms. Question getting shocked by lightning? Telling her to keep it down.
• Out of Focus: He only has major roles in three seasons. For the majority of his screentime in the show, he's in the background with no relevance to the plot.
• Vocal Evolution: His voice in "The Robot Problem" is higher-pitched than his previous one, possibly because he hasn't been voiced in a long time.
• Would Hurt a Child: Or steal one's robot blueprints, then attack him using the said robot.

The Whammer

First Appearance: "Thorn in the Sidekick" (S1 E16a)

Voiced by: John C. McGinley

A muscle-bound man with the power to make powerful sonic booms by bringing his fists together. He inserts the word "wham" or variations thereof at least once into each sentence such as "Wow, that was so whammer!" no matter how nonsensical.

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• Absurd Phobia: The episode "Silence of the Whams" reveals The Whammer is afraid of bubbles. This is because bubbles are the only things he cannot wham.
• Boisterous Bruiser: You'd be hard-pressed to find a more bombastic character on the show.
• Crunchtastic: His tendency to use the word "wham" tends to lead to adjectives like this ("whammin'" being a particular favorite of his).
• Demoted to Extra: Lacks any speaking or major roles in Season 8.
• Dumb Muscle: Whatever he lacks in brains, he definitely makes up for it in his strength.
• Gale-Force Sound: Powerful enough to shatter rock and send WordGirl flying. It can also cancel out Victoria Best's Magic Music.
• Horny Vikings: He doesn't claim to be a Viking, but he does wear the helmet.
• Large Ham: Wham!
• Logical Weakness: He needs to bring his fists together to create his shockwaves so keeping his arms apart or tying them up would render him powerless.
• No Indoor Voice: He always speaks at a level that's almost yelling.
• No Sense of Personal Space: Often annoys fellow villains this way, especially Chuck.
• Not-So-Harmless Villain: He may be an idiot, but there's no denying that he's one of the most powerful characters in the series. In "Crime In The Key Of V", he easily reduces the city to rubble.
• Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: Manly Man to Chuck's Sensitive Guy.
• Super-Strength: He can wham the entire city into rubble easily.
• Strange Minds Think Alike: In "The Power of Whamship", he and the similarly ditzy and loud Invisi-Bill team up. They have the time of their life, and even accept their arrest with a smile, as they'll get to be roommates in jail.
• Verbal Tic: The word "wham".
• Villains Out Shopping: Towards the end of "As Something as Something", he's playing basketball with a couple of cops and Big Left Hand Guy.

Ms. Question

First Appearance: "Villain School" (S1 E23b)

Voiced by: Grey DeLisle

A woman obsessed with questions. She always speaks in the form of a question and uses confusion and chaos to get away with her crimes. After being struck by lightning, she gained the ability to make her foes temporarily forget everything, even who they are.

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• Astonishingly Appropriate Appearance: A subtle example as the curls in her hair look like question marks.
• Berserk Button: The phrase "No questions asked".
• Bizarrchitecture: "Seeds of Doubt" reveals that her lair resembles an M.C. Escher painting.
• Confusion Fu: Her power is literally to cause confusion. Aside from that, she tries to confuse the people she robs by asking them a rapid series of confusing questions.
• The Dog Bites Back: In "Who Is Ms. Question?", she gets kicked out of Villain School for not having superpowers (despite the Coach not having any of his own either. Once she gains her amnesia powers, she tests her new abilities on the Coach first.
• Early-Installment Weirdness: In "Who Is Ms. Question?", characters affected by Ms. Question's amnesia beam would have their heads turn into giant question marks. In later episodes, they instead get small question marks that circle their head.
• Easy Amnesia: Can fire a beam that gives whoever it hits temporary amnesia.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: She gets in a relationship with Brent, and genuinely seems to love him.
• Expy: Her costume and obsession with questions are taken from the Riddler.
• Food-Based Superpowers: "Seeds of Doubt" reveals that Ms. Question can fire her question beams at food, causing anyone who eats it to get amnesia as if they were hit by the beam directly.
• From Nobody to Nightmare: She started out as a small-time crook and failed supervillain graduate with no powers. Then, in "Who is Ms. Question?", she gained the power of confusion and became a recurring, credible threat.
• Glory Seeker: "Ms. Question's Riddle Rampage" reveals that her criminal behavior is largely motivated by a desire to become famous (implied to be because of her former status as a small-time criminal).
• Idiosyncrazy: Questions, confusion.
• Laser-Guided Amnesia: Ms. Question is able to control which memories are blocked out by her beam. In "Questionable Behavior", she takes advantage of this to get people to tell her their deepest, darkest secrets.
• Lightning Can Do Anything: She got her confusion-inducing and Sky Surfing abilities after being struck by a bolt of lightning from a question mark-shaped cloud which got lampshaded by the Narrator.
  Narrator: Don't worry kids. That's not dangerous lightning, it's just strong enough to cause superpowers.
• Leitmotif: A parody of the Jeopardy! thinking music and her power is usually signified by bell clanging.
• Sigil Spam: After gaining her powers, she fires her confusion beam through her question mark chest insignia which shoots out question marks that leave question marks swirling around her victims' heads and rides a giant question mark (also from her insignia) for a quick getaway. Her hair even has Quirky Curls in the shape of question marks.
• Sky Surfing: She rides on a giant question mark.
• Strange-Syntax Speaker: Does she speak entirely in questions? Yes, she does (with a few exceptions, such as when she's answering someone else's question).
• What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?: Originally, Ms. Question was just a villain-in-training at the Coach's old villain school who only talked in questions and had no other "powers" of any kind.

Invisi-Bill

First Appearance: Who is Ms Question? (S2 E18a)

Voiced by: H. Jon Benjamin

A man with the power to turn invisible at will. His constant need for attention often ends up ruining every crime he's a part of.

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• Ambiguously Gay: Invisi-Bill is extremely close to his partner in crime Big Left Hand Guy and it's implied he lives with him in the latter's studio apartment. This is especially apparent when Invisi-Bill vents his frustrations about Big Left leaving him behind or not giving him enough attention like an underappreciated boyfriend in "The Invisi-Bill Hand" or often hugging him and holding his hand in "Plain Old Mischief Makers". Let's not forget his flamboyant dress-sense.
• Attention Whore: He even stated he needs attention which is made obvious by him constantly declaring his name and intentions out loud without prompt. While it seems to have Invisibility as a superpower does not help his case, Invisi-Bill loves rapidly disappearing and reappearing like a hyperactive kid with a lightswitch to make it more flashy.
• Awesome Anachronistic Apparel: Even for the Retro Universe setting of the show, Invisi-Bill's late Victorian-century-styled suit with an ascot stands out amongst the more timeless outfits and outlandish villain costumes though given his personality, it makes sense that he wants to stand out.
• Demoted to Extra: He doesn't get any speaking or major episodes in seasons 4 and 8.
• The Ditz: The fact that he once tried to call a taxi while invisible says it all.
• Early-Installment Weirdness: When he first uses his powers onscreen, Invisi-Bill noticeably fades away instead of suddenly vanishing like how he reappears from the second time onwards.
• Invisibility: He isn't called Invisi-Bill for nothing so naturally, turning invisible is his main shtick...
• Invisibility with Drawbacks: ...However, it does come with a catch as he's incapable of turning the stuff he stole invisible and thus has to ditch them if he wants to escape unnoticed, defeating the purpose of his thievery in the first place. The same goes for additional accessories or disguises since only his regular outfit and glasses count as a part of himself and humorously leaving behind a hat and mustache or jewelry suspended in midair.
• Hidden Depths: On rare occasions, he lowers his happy-go-lucky attitude to show a more vulnerable side when he gets ignored or left behind, proclaiming he needs attention and wishes to be acknowledged. It's also shown in "Plain Old Mischief Makers" that he's more literate and a better reader than Big Left Hand Guy despite his ditzy Manchild self.
• Keet: He's lively, hyper and almost seems too nice to be a villain.
• Logical Weakness: While he's able to make himself as well as his clothes and glasses invisible, Invisi-Bill is unable to make anything else invisible so he has to ditch whatever stolen goods he has on hand to remain undetected if he doesn't want to be a floating loot bag, jewelry or monkey that gets easily caught.
• Minion with an F in Evil: Along with Big Left Hand Guy.
• Nerd Glasses: He's a dorky guy who wears glasses.
• No Indoor Voice: Likes to yell things at the top of his lungs, especially his own name.
• Power Stereotype Flip: Characters with Invisibility are commonly portrayed as quiet, shy, and asocial. Invisi-Bill is the exact opposite: loud, energetic, and a social butterfly.
• Punny Name: His supervillain name is a Portmanteau of the words "Invisible" (His power) and "Bill" (His real name) to make "Invisi-Bill".
• Remember the New Guy?: Unlike the rest of the school, Invisi-Bill is introduced in season 2 at the graduation ceremony as opposed to the previous season at its foundation and yet is treated as if he was always there to the point he replaces Timmy Tim-Bo from the original student trio.
• Signature Sound Effect: An echoey pop sound that gets reversed whenever he turns on and off his Invisibility, usually in rapid-fire motion.
• Stealth Hi/Bye: Though more "Hi/Bye" than "Stealth" from repeatedly vanishing into thin air with a lively "Goodbye!", only to reappear with an equally joyful "Hello!" shortly after as a habit.
• Teleport Spam: Invisi-Bill's power isn't Teleportation but he might as well be from how frequently he turns off and on his Invisibility combined with his boundless energy letting him change places absurdly fast to sell the illusion.
• Third-Person Person: Refers to himself this way as he loves hearing his own name that much.
• Villain Team-Up: He's notable for never going solo and instead teams up with other baddies from the Coach's Villain School in all his appearances. His partnerships include Big Left Hand Guy in "The Invisi-Bill Hand" and "Plain Old Mischief Makers", Ms. Question in "A Questionable Pair" and The Whammer in "The Power of Whamship".
• Verbal Tic: His own name as well as "YAY!"
• With Catlike Tread: The Irony of having Invisibility is that Invisi-Bill can't be stealthy to save his life because of (a) his bombastic, attention-seeking personality rendering anything sneaky pointless and (b) only his clothes and glasses disappear alongside himself so he has to drop the stolen goods for a clean getaway from WordGirl.

Big Left Hand Guy

First Appearance: Villain School (S1 E23b)

Voiced by: Mike O'Connell

A man with a big left hand. He tends to use his large hand to hail one of the few cabs of Fair City to escape after committing a crime.

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• Affably Evil: He's a criminal yet is polite and well-mannered.
• Affectionate Nickname: Endearingly called "Big-Left" by Invisi-Bill and "BLHG" that one time.
• Demoted to Extra: Lacks any speaking or major roles after Season 5.
• Does Not Know His Own Strength: Played for Laughs. When Invisi-Bill puts up his hand for a high five, Big Left ends up slamming him into the ground by accident. Twice.
• Exactly What It Says on the Tin: He's a guy with a really big left hand.
• Mundane Utility: Big Left Hand Guy is capable of using his big left hand to perform feats of Super-Strength... but he mainly uses it to hail taxi cabs which WordGirl lampshades.
• Only Sane Man: Out of the graduates, he's the most normal and rational villain who plays off the goofier ones like Ms. Question, Timmy Tim-Bo and especially Invisi-Bill.
• Straight Man: Invisi-Bill's hyperactive, happy-go-lucky personality often plays off Big Left Hand Guy's seriousness.
• Perma-Stubble: He has stubble on his face.
• Villains Out Shopping: While in prison in "As Something as Something", Big Left Hand Guy is seen playing basketball with The Whammer and two cops.

Timmy Tim-Bo

First Appearance: Villain School (S1 E23b)

Voiced by: James Adomian

A powerless villain who can sleep for extended periods of time. He is a member of the Villain Society who helps keep an eye on unsuccessful Mischief Makers.

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• Abnormal Allergy: He's deadly allergic to butter which means he can't have a slice of The Whammer's freshly-baked butter stick pie, seriously bumming him out.
• Demoted to Extra: After his debut in season 1, Timmy doesn't have any major episodes onwards and is relegated to the occasional non-speaking cameos with Invisi-Bill taking up his spot in The Coach's Villain School after he dropped out.
• Lazy Bum: He claims napping for long stretches of time is his superpower and the only reason why he's even a villain in the first place is because he got fired from his pizzeria job for falling asleep too much.
• Repetitive Name: Whoever thought Timmy Tim-Bo was ever a good supervillain name?
• Surfer Dude: Talks in this tone.

Other Villains

Brent the Handsome Successful Everybody-Loves-Him Sandwich Making Guy

First Appearance: "Chuck's Brother" (S2 E11b)

Voiced by: Tom Kenny

Chuck's older brother, who is a popular and successful businessman. He also has a sandwich-shaped head. Though he is a legit worker and has no malicious tendencies, he briefly agrees to be Chuck's sidekick.

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• Always Someone Better: For Chuck though Brent admits that his brother is better at video games.
• Big Brother Instinct: Defends Chuck even when Chuck tries to break Brent's relationship with his new girlfriend.
• Buffy Speak: Yes that's his full name.
• Chick Magnet: Women swoon whenever he passes by.
• Disappeared Dad: Chuck and Brent have different fathers; both are missing.
• Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: The responsible one.
• Inventor of the Mundane: He invented "Crustless Bread"... which we find out in a later episode is literally just bread with the crust cut off.
• Momma's Boy: She likes him better than Chuck, who is resentful of this fact.
• Non-Human Head: He has a sandwich for a head, just like Chuck.
• Parental Favoritism: Totally driven home in "Who Wants to Get Rid of WordGirl?", where Chuck is on TV and waves to his mother, who waves back briefly, only to pull out a photo of Brent to admire instead.
• Plant Hair: Lettuce, similar to Chuck's hair.
• Relationship Upgrade: With Ms. Question in the later seasons.
• Shared Family Quirks: The entire family seems to have a deep obsession with sandwiches; they eat them for Thanksgiving dinner (with stuffing) and Chuck and Brent get sandwiches in their Christmas stockings.
• Siblings in Crime: Becomes Chuck's sidekick, although his organizational skills drive Chuck insane.

Kid Potato

First Appearance: "Meat My Dad" (S2 E16b)

Voiced by: Edward Asner

The Butcher's father, who has power over potatoes.

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• Amazingly Embarrassing Parent: When he teams up with his son.
• Calling Your Attacks: Just like his son.
• Card-Carrying Villain: Similar to Dr. Evil, he insists on doing stereotypical villain actions.
• Heart Is an Awesome Power: Similar to his son, his potato constructs are strong enough to restrain WordGirl.
• Idiosyncrazy: Potatoes.
• No Name Given: We don't know his name, we can guess that the Butcher shares the same first name as him since Kid Potato calls him "Junior".

Seymour Orlando Smooth

First Appearance: "Answer All My Questions and Win Stuff" (S2 E7b)

Voiced by: Daran Norris

A man who pretends to be a game show host to scam contestants out of their cash and valuables.

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• Alliterative Name: Seymour Smooth.
• Always Someone Better: He kidnaps Beau Handsome and tries to upstage him, due to being jealous that Handsome can host two game shows a day. Later on, Handsome is shown to be the better emcee, and can even outshine Seymour's Twinkle Smile.
• Chain Pain: Wields chains made of fool's gold.
• Character Catchphrase: Usually says "Zing!" whenever flashing his bright teeth.
• Con Artist: His raison d'être. Literally, anytime you see this guy, he's trying to con you in one way or another.
• Disappeared Dad: Although he mentions his mother in a couple of episodes, we're never given any details regarding his father.
• Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: Implied Trope. While he's shown to be a con artist, "Tell Her What She's Won!" and "Wishful Thinking" suggest he's also on friendly terms with his mother or at least doesn't look down on her.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: He's fine with sharing stolen stuff with his brothers in "Win a Shiny New Car" and "Seymour ... Right After This". When going Screw This, I'm Out of Here! in the foremost episode, and despite them screwing up his plan, he waits for them to get in a car with him instead of just abandoning them.
• Even Evil Has Standards: Generally frowns upon mind-controlling other villains or stealing their things (though he did try to steal other villains' ideas in one episode). Isn't too fond of murderous intergalactic dictators either.
• Greed: Conning people into giving him dough is his specialty.
• Improbable Weapon User: He can flick hair gel, which hardens like cement.
• Leitmotif: Although not exclusive to his character, Seymour's presence is usually accompanied by blaring Game Show music with trumpets and high-pitched piano music.
• Nobody Touches the Hair: Screw up his hair, and he won't hesitate to fight you.
• No Celebrities Were Harmed: Seymour Orlando Smooth.
• Out of Focus: Is absent in Seasons 1 and 7 and doesn't talk in Seasons 3 and 5. Coincidentally, these are all odd-numbered seasons.
• The Rival: With Beau Handsome.
• Siblings in Crime: Several instances have his brothers help him carry out an Evil Plan.
• Surrounded by Idiots: His brothers. They don't even know the answer to 1 + 1.
• Smarmy Host: Seymour is a smug, narcissistic game show host who's obssesses with his own appearance and fights with hair gel and gold chains. That he rigs his games against his contestants is the icing on the cake.
• Smug Snake: Seymour can be pretty arrogant at times, and doesn't always think his plans through, or stop to understand his opponents' tactics.
• Twinkle Smile: It's so bright it can blind people. It's actually a set of false teeth.
• "World's Best" Character: In his mind, at least, he's the world's greatest emcee.

The Learnerer

First Appearance: "The Learnerer" (S4 E10a)

Voiced by: "Weird Al" Yankovic

A man who can learn anything and devise counter-measures after observing it once. He has a habit of using suffixes twice. For example: "Learnerer" and "adaptinging".

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• Adaptive Ability: His super suit adapts according to his analysis of his opponents.
• Ambiguously Human: His long cone-shaped head is odd even for WordGirl standards.
• Awesomeness by Analysis: Once he sees something, he learns it and adapts to it.
• Barrier Warrior: His suit can create an energy shield that can stop even Wordgirl.
• Beware the Silly Ones: He may be an odd man voiced by "Weird Al" Yankovic, but his Adaptive Ability allows him to counter nearly anything Wordgirl throws at him.
• Expy: Of Taskmaster from Marvel Comics in addition to his suit being similar to the original outfit of DC Comic's Calculator.
• Graceful Loser: After being defeated in his last appearance, he shows no signs of a Villainous Breakdown.
• In a Single Bound: He can jump very high using energy springs from his suit.
• Insistent Terminology: Believes his way of speaking to be the correct way, and gets annoyed at people who speak normally.
• Leitmotif: A techno beat.
• It Only Works Once: Attacks and tactics used on him the first time don't work again after he learns them.
• Smug Snake: After learning how to anticipate all of WordGirl's attacks he becomes so confident that he thinks that Captain Huggy Face is not worth learning from, no prizes for guessing who comes up with a plan to defeat him.
• Troll: He enjoys driving WordGirl nuts with his way of speaking.
• Verbal Tic: He has a tendency toward repeatinging suffixes.

Hal Hardbargain

First Appearance: "Word (Hicc)Up!" (S4 E2b)

Voiced by: James Adomian

A Cyborg who runs "Hal's Villains Supply Shop", the #1 spot for evil gadgets. He'll do anything to make a quick buck.

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• Alliterative Name: Hal Hardbargain.
• Arms Dealer: Many of the villain's weapons, such as Chuck's sandwich crusher, were invented by Hal.
• Cyborg: He has a mechanical right arm, as well as a mechanical eyepatch.
• Deadpan Snarker: When he's not putting on a friendly act for his clients, he's usually this.
• Faux Affably Evil: He acts chummy toward his customers, but he's really just trying to butter them up so they'll be more willing to buy.
• Gadgeteer Genius: He builds all the gadgets that he sells himself.
• Greed: Hal will use any trick in the book to squeeze more money out of his customers, from emotional manipulation to outright deception.
• Honest John's Dealership: Even though Hal charges a pretty penny for his gadgets, they tend to break down easily—which leads to his clients taking the gadgets back to him for repairs, spending even more money.
• Meaningful Name: "Hardbargain" is a rather appropriate name for a shady, greedy salesman.
• No Honor Among Thieves: Unlike most other WordGirl villains, who tend to get along with each other and have a code of honor, Hal is perfectly willing to con his fellow villains if it will yield a profit.
• Out of Focus: He had major roles in three episodes of Season 4 but afterwards, he rarely appears except for one episode of Season 6.
• Perma-Stubble: It adds to his shifty appearance.
• Playing Both Sides: On multiple occasions, Hal has helped both WordGirl and the Villain of the Week as part of a scheme. In "Rat Trap", he sells inventions to Dr. Two-Brains, then tells WordGirl about Two-Brains's plans so she'll show up to confiscate the machine, thus forcing him to buy more things from Hal. In "Hal the Haggler", he sells weapons to both WordGirl and Granny May that counteract each other's, which starts a Lensman Arms Race between the two that Hal profits off.
• Slimeball: He's motivated purely by self-interest, uses underhanded tactics to gain a profit, and will gladly turn against the other villains if it means he'll make more money.
• The Storyteller: He often rambles about villains who used to come to his store, much to his customers' annoyance.
• Welcome to Evil Mart: He runs "Hal's Villains Supply Shop", a store for villains to obtain gadgets and props for their evil schemes. In one episode, he temporarily converted it into a "Superhero Supply Shop" in order to sell items to WordGirl (as part of a Get-Rich-Quick Scheme, natch).

Victoria Best

First Appearance: "Victoria Best" (S3 E6a)

Voiced by: Kristen Schaal

A child prodigy whose parents expect her to be the best at everything she does.

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• Abusive Parents: See Moving the Goalposts.
• Alpha Bitch: While she certainly acts the part by being snobby, no one really likes her.
• Ambiguously Human: She's a completely normal girl. With laser eyes. That is genetic.
• Annoying Laugh: Not her normal laugh, but her spiteful laugh that she has to force.
  Ha! Ha! Haaaaa!
• Berserk Button: Telling her she's not the best or saying that someone other than her is the best at something.
• Character Catchphrase
  • "I'm THE BEST!"
  • "VB, in!", a clear Shout-Out to Ryan Seacrest's sign-off in American Idol.
  • "Eyes on the prize."
• Even Evil Has Standards: In "Don't Mess with the Best", using weapons she stole from other villains, she defeats WordGirl. But when Dr. Two-Brains tells her she has to finish her off completely, she can't bring herself to do it.
• Extracurricular Enthusiast: A negative example. She's forced by her parents to be "the best" at every activity. She's genuinely good at all of them, and flaunts her overachieving, but is a bratty, egotistical, and narcissistic jerk and a Sore Loser.
• Evil Counterpart: The members of her family are oddly similar to Becky's in appearance; along with her parents she has a younger brother and an intelligent pet. And when you think about it, Becky's and Victoria's personalities have quite a few comparisons: they are both very competitive, excel in whatever they do, and are particularly arrogant. The only difference is the side they fight on. They also both wear sweater-and-skirt-based outfits.
• Evil Genius: A Child Prodigy and Enfant Terrible.
• Eye Beams: They pull whatever they hit into her hands: great for stealing or collecting.
• Freudian Excuse: The reason why she acts the way she does is because her Abusive Parents pressure her to be perfect.
• Glowing Eyes of Doom/Red Eyes, Take Warning: Along with her parents.
• It's All About Me: She constantly claims she is the best at everything and doesn't care what the others think about her bragging.
• Leitmotif: A harpsichord ditty.
• Light Is Not Good: She might be a blonde girl with a somewhat angelic theme, but she is still an Evil Genius who gets in WordGirl's way.
• Living with the Villain: She, an Enfant Terrible, goes to the same school as WordGirl.
• Meaningful Name: Her last name is "Best", and her first name is derived from "victorious"—fitting for a master of many skills (and a narcissist).
• Mind-Control Music: One of her many talents is her recorder-playing skills. She can play her recorder so well that anyone who hears it falls into a trance.
• Moving the Goalposts: Victoria's parents are never happy with anything she does, acting like she's a failure even when she's just done something amazing. They always complain that she isn't doing better, or achieving more. They do this to a completely unrealistic extent, for example wondering why she can't just magically develop superpowers better than WordGirl's.
• Mind Control: Via playing her recorder. She can't control people per se, but her music freezes them in place while she goes about her business stealing their stuff, and then makes them forget about it afterward.
• The Nicknamer: Heh. Beckface...
• Randomly Gifted: While her mind control powers are explained by her being a talented recorder player, there's no given explanation for her eye beams.
• School Uniforms are the New Black: She dresses as she goes to a private school.
• Second Place Is for Losers: She always has to be first place. Second place isn't good enough.
• Small Name, Big Ego: Although Victoria believes she's the greatest at everything, that simply isn't true. Tobey, of all characters, once even called her out on this when she stated that she was better than WordGirl.
• Sore Loser: She doesn't take it well when she doesn't win, and neither do her parents.
• Un Evil Laugh: She's good at several things, but pulling off effective Evil Laughs? Not so much.
• Villain: Exit, Stage Left: Often leaves with "V Best, out!"
• "Well Done, Daughter!" Girl: Many of her actions add up to hoping to make her Abusive Parents proud of her to no avail.

General Smoochington

First Appearance: "Crime in the Key of V" (S4 E6b)

The pet and sidekick of Victoria Best. He is a lowland western gorilla and Huggy's evil counterpart.

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• Apathetic Citizens: One of the least emotional and expressive characters.
• Dude, Where's My Respect?: Doesn't get much respect from Victoria and has never won anything because of her.
• Evil Counterpart: To Huggy given that he's the sidekick of WordGirl's evil counterpart.

Nocan the Contrarian

First Appearance: "Nocan the Contrarian" (S2 E17a)

Voiced by: Daran Norris

A barbarian warrior from the faraway land of Contraria. He speaks and acts in opposites, similar to Bizarro from Superman.

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• BFS: He has a giant sword that can create earthquakes when it strikes the ground.
• Commander Contrarian: His entire theme is doing the opposite of what anyone tells him to do.
• Cool Boat: Sails a Viking longship.
• Deflector Shields: Can generate them with his sword.
• Expy: Is a parody of Conan the Barbarian.
• Good Is Bad And Bad Is Good: How he's defeated. If you say something along the lines of "I want my electric bill raised", he'll scream, "No, lower!" and when they ask him to stay, he leaves.
• Irony: He gets confused by Opposite Day.
• Large Ham: No! SMALL HAM! Nocaaaaaaaaan!
• Leitmotif: Triumphant trumpet music, usually whenever plants his sword in the ground.
• Punctuated! For! Emphasis!: He often does this as part of his Large Ham tendencies.
• Punny Name: Based on Conan the Barbarian's name. The first two consonants of his name are reversed to make "Nocan", similar to the phrase "no-can-do". And, of course, he's a "contrarian" instead of a "barbarian".
• Reverse Psychology: Anything you say to him, he'll take it as the exact opposite of the message you were trying to get across.
• Super-Strength: As mentioned below.
• Sword Plant: He's so strong that doing this triggers earthquakes.
• Walking Shirtless Scene: His armor barely covers his chest, leaving his nipples in full view at all times.
• Well-Intentioned Extremist: In "Opposite Day", he's just trying to replace the sail of his boat so he can get home. The only reason he's even an antagonist is because A: he's trying to steal the sail, and B: the sail in question is a valuable golden one. WordGirl even helps him out at the end of the episode by getting him a trampoline to use as a replacement sail.

Birthday Girl / Eileen

First Appearance: "The Birthday Girl" (S1 E8a)

Voiced by: Pamela Adlon

A greedy little girl who thinks every day is her birthday. She demands that anyone she meets give her whatever she wants. If she is refused, she will throw a tantrum and grow into a hulking green behemoth.

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• Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever: When she can't get the "birthday gifts" she wants, she grows in size to the point of being a literal huge threat to the city.
• Berserk Button: She wants things her way, and if you don't let her, you will be sorry.
• Character Catchphrase: "MINE! MINE! MINE!"
• Demoted to Extra: Lacks any speaking or major roles in Season 6 and 8.
• Elmuh Fudd Syndwome: It's a bit subtle, but she talks like this, probably to play a Fake Cutie role.
• Even Evil Has Standards:
  • She is usually calmed down by doing something generous, like wishing a girl happy birthday or releasing Mrs. Botsford after kidnapping her briefly.
  • She sometimes allies with the other villains for a greater good, like stopping Miss Question from escaping after she captures all the villains and drives them out of Fair City, and partakes in the fight against Miss Power with the other villains, hoisting up Kid Potato so he could attack Power.
• Expy: Of The Incredible Hulk and Giganta. Like these characters, she turns giant when she gets angry.
• Evil Redhead: Though she tends to be more bratty than outright malicious, either way, she's one of the villains and has red hair.
• Fluffy Tamer: Eventually becomes the Energy Monster's master.
• Greed: If she wants something, she'll get it, and if she doesn't get it, bad things happen.
• Hair-Trigger Temper: When she doesn't get what she wants.
• Hulking Out: Her transformation reverses if she does something generous.
• It's All About Me: Her top priority is getting her way. After all, today's her birthday.
• Leitmotif: An ominous and immature piano tune.
• Sizeshifter: Grows bigger and greener as she gets angrier.
• Spoiled Brat: As put by the Mayor in one episode, it's cheaper to buy her as many toys as she wants than to let her destroy the town. Other than that, she thinks every day is her birthday and will use that to get whatever she wants.
• Super-Strength: When she has grown in size to the point of being an Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever.
• Troll: Purposefully mimics Becky's every move in one episode just because it's her birthday.

Captain Tangent and Oscar

First Appearance: "Captain Tangent" (S3 E7a)

Voiced by: John Henson

Captain Tangent is an annoying waiter who is prone to telling boring stories and then going off on even more boring tangents. He becomes a pirate-themed criminal after discovering his power. His sidekick is a talking parrot named Oscar.

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• Everyone Has Standards: Thinks Invisi-Bill is annoying even for him and has Oscar fly him away when he comes next to him in "The Power of Whamship."
• Eyepatch of Power: Going with the pirate theme.
• Fatal Flaw: His Motor Mouth trait has gotten him fired and constantly losing to Wordgirl.
• Hook Hand: He wears a hook hand as part of his pirate schtick.
• Motor Mouth: He rambles on and on about his experiences, much to everyone's dismay.
• Pirate: He's a pirate-themed criminal.
• A Pirate 400 Years Too Late: Subverted—he's not a real pirate, but a waiter at a pirate themed restaurant. Then it's Double Subverted when he becomes a criminal, making him an actual pirate.
• Pirate Parrot: His assistant, Oscar.
• Selective Magnetism: Which works on any metal, even gold.
• Talk Like a Pirate: His faked pirate accent.

Amazing Rope Guy

First Appearance: "Mr. Big's Big Plan" (S1 E10a)

Voiced by: Larry Murphy

A villain who's less of a villain and more of a fumbling, comic relief character.

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• Butt-Monkey: He gets no respect from anyone.
• A Day in the Limelight: He's usually a gag character but he gets promoted to Villain of the Week in "Oh, What a Tangled Rope You Tie, Amazing Rope Guy".
• Deadpan Snarker: Can be this sometimes.
  (WordGirl ties up Amazing Rope Guy)
  Amazing Rope Guy: Aw, darn.
  WordGirl: And you won't be getting out either! I used the Pegasus! The strongest knot-
  Amazing Rope Guy: (impersonating WordGirl mockingly) -in the world! Yeah, I know, I've heard of it! My whole thing's ropes, remember?
• Demoted to Extra: Lacks any speaking or major roles in Season 6 and 8.
• Giftedly Bad: He was once hired as an entertainer at Becky's school, doing rope tricks. The kids were not impressed.
• Hidden Depths:
  • He can make great dioramas.
  • He's so good at impressions that the only time he had any success as a villain was when he used his mimicry skills to impersonate other villains.
• Idiosyncrazy: Rope.
• Laughably Evil: Probably the most prominent in the series, which is saying a lot considering that the other villains include the likes of Chuck (who, while successful at his job, does not give that impression), Invisi-Bill, and Big Left Hand Guy.
• Mundane Made Awesome: The only things he's good at are impersonations and tying knots.
• Non-Indicative Name: He's... really not that amazing.
• Not-So-Harmless Villain: He once got an episode where he pulled off several successful heists by impersonating other supervillains, using their reputations to make his victims surrender without a fight.
• Paper-Thin Disguise: His villain disguises in "Oh, What a Tangled Rope You Tie, Amazing Rope Guy" aren't exactly the best, but they still manage to fool most of the city.

Energy Monster / Maria

First Appearance: "Becky's Birthday" (S1 E4b)

Voiced by: Maria Bamford (Dinner or Consequences)

Born from a freak accident at an energy plant, the Energy Monster is a giant monster made of static electricity. She tries to consume electricity in order to further increase her size. She is normally unable to speak, but one episode temporarily gave her speech, revealing that she is a girl named Maria.

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• Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy: One of Maria's tangents in "Dinner or Consequences" reveals that she believes herself to be WordGirl's most dangerous opponents, as she starts listing all of the other villains that she thinks are weaker than her.
• Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever: She towers above the city at her largest sizes.
• Chemistry Can Do Anything: Parodied. The Energy Monster originated as an expanding ball of electricity at a power plant, which gained sentience after the workers poured an experimental serum, gamma rays, and soda on it.
• Energy Being: The Energy Monster is made of pure electricity.
• Evil Is Angular: The Monster has a very angular design reminiscent of a cartoon lightning bolt.
• Exactly What It Says on the Tin: The Energy Monster is... well, a monster made of energy. Though it should be noted that this is just what other characters call her—the monster is actually named Maria.
• Female Monster Surprise: "Dinner or Consequences" reveals that the Energy Monster is female, and her preferred name is "Maria". Unlike her speech, this reveal actually sticks for the rest of the series, as she's consistently referred to as "her" in future episodes.
• Genki Girl: When she gains the ability to speak, she's revealed to have a very upbeat and energetic personality.
• Impossibly Graceful Giant: She has human-like agility even at her largest sizes. Justified, as being an Energy Being means she would have no mass to slow her down.
• Incredible Shrinking Man: The Energy Monster will shrink if she expels too much electricity to attack, gets doused with water, or is used as a battery to power something. In every episode she's in, she gets defeated by being shrunken down to a tiny, harmless size.
• It Can Think: In her earlier appearances, the Energy Monster appears to be a simple-minded creature. She first shows signs of intelligence in "That's Entertainment", where she gets into a power plant by disguising herself as an engineer. "Dinner or Consequences" reveals that, with the right equipment, she can communicate in fluent English.
• Kaiju: Most of her episodes feature her growing enormous and going on a rampage in the city.
• Kill It with Water: As a being of pure electricity, the Energy Monster is naturally weak to water.
• Make My Monster Grow: The Energy Monster grows in size by consuming electricity, eventually reaching Kaiju sizes once she eats enough.
• Motor Mouth: Once the normally voiceless Monster gains the ability to speak, she really uses it to her advantage. Her constant talking ends up annoying Two-Brains so much that he sabotages his own plan by spraying her with water just to get her to shut up.
• Personality Powers: She's a being of pure electricity, so it's no surprise that her true personality is highly energetic and hyperactive.
• Samus Is a Girl: Before The Reveal that the Energy Monster is female, she was believed to be a male, with both the characters and the official website referring to her as such.
• Shock and Awe: Since she's literally made of electricity, touching her is a great way to get yourself electrocuted. She can also fire lightning to attack.
• Small Role, Big Impact: In "A World Without WordGirl", the Energy Monster only has a short amount of screen time, but she kicks off the episode's conflict by overcharging the Botsfords' oven, giving Becky's birthday cake wish-granting powers.
• The Speechless: The Energy Monster can only speak in distorted electric roars. The one exception is "Dinner or Consequences", where Dr. Two-Brains's power helmet translates its roars into English, which the Monster revels in.
• Suddenly Speaking: In "Dinner or Consequences", Dr. Two-Brains puts a helmet on the Energy Monster to power his machine, which has the side effect of allowing her to talk. Sadly, the helmet is destroyed by the end of the episode, taking away her speech once again.
• Tuckerization: An In-Universe example. Maria named herself after her favorite character from a movie. In real life, she shares the same name as her voice actress, Maria Bamford.
• Villainous Glutton: Her only goal is to continuously consume energy so she can keep getting bigger.

Doctor Three-Brains / Glen Furlbalm

First Appearance: "Crime Takes a Holiday" (S1 E16b)

Voiced by: Brian Posehn

Dr. Two-Brains's self-proclaimed number-one fan. After being rejected as the doctor's temporary replacement, he devoted his life to trying to outdo his idol.

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• Ascended Fanboy: He tries to become this, after getting an offer to become Dr. Two-Brains's substitute while he's on vacation. When he gets rejected, he changes his goal to outright replace him.
• Broken Pedestal: He lost his respect for Dr. Two-Brains after being rejected as his replacement. Unlike most cases of this trope, it doesn't serve to make him sympathetic, instead showcasing how petty and entitled he is.
• Cheap Costume: His "Dr. Three-Brains" ensemble is just his regular outfit, with the addition of two rubber brains duct-taped to his head.
• Creative Sterility: His attempts to outdo Dr. Two-Brains's crimes basically amount to committing the exact same crimes, but slightly altered. For example, instead of stealing the world's largest cheesecake, he places a single strawberry on top so he can steal the world's largest strawberry cheesecake. Even his codename is absurdly uncreative—instead of coming up with an original identity, he calls himself "Dr. Three-Brains".
• Demoted to Extra: He only had two major roles in Season 1. After that, he was restricted to silent cameos.
• Entitled Bastard: He felt entitled to be Two-Brains's substitute just because he was the Doctor's self-proclaimed "biggest fan". Making this even worse is that he isn't nearly as knowledgable about the Doctor as he thinks he is, and all of his own evil plans are comically ineffective.
• Evil Is Petty: His entire motivation for wanting to usurp Dr. Two-Brains is that he got rejected by him once.
• Evil Nerd: He's a Dr. Two-Brains fanboy who has a stereotypical geeky appearance.
• Harmless Villain: Despite claiming to be a better and smarter villain than Two-Brains, none of his plans are very good; they include building a statue of Dr. Two-Brains out of paste and setting up fake discount signs to buy cheese at a low price. The only time he remotely posed a threat was when he banked off Two-Brains's work in "Doctor Three-Brains".
• I'm Your Biggest Fan: Of Dr. Two-Brains, though this admiration quickly turns bitter.
• Know-Nothing Know-It-All: Even though he says he knows everything about Dr. Two-Brains, his impersonation of the latter is severely lacking; he has to be corrected on what "gloating" means during his Evil Gloating, and doesn't even know what fondue is.
• Not Good with Rejection: Glen's rivalry with Dr. Two-Brains started because the latter rejected his application as a temporary replacement.
• Paper-Thin Disguise: His Dr. Two-Brains disguise consists of nothing but a stolen lab coat and a cheap rubber mask. Needless to say, WordGirl is not fooled.
• Superior Successor: He wants to be this to Dr. Two-Brains, though he isn't very good at it.
• Small Name, Big Ego: Despite fancying himself as a super-genius and a superior villain to Dr. Two-Brains, Glen is a total wuss who can't develop an original idea to save his life.

Raul Demiglasse

First Appearance: "The Stew, The Proud" (S2 E10b)

Voiced by: James Adomian

A very popular television chef, known for his catchphrase "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen!" Supposedly, his beef stew is so good, it makes people cry.

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• Evil Counterpart: Evilier in this case. Compared to the Butcher, he has no redeeming qualities about him.
• Feet of Clay: He isn't the master chef he claims to be—his famous beef stew is actually pre-made canned food, and he uses onions to make his contestants cry.
• Jerkass: Enjoys making people cry and is a fraud.
• Kick the Dog: His show involves contestants comparing their homemade cooking to his, and crying if their food tastes worse.
• Onion Tears: He uses freshly chopped onions to make people cry, claiming that it's because of his amazing cooking.
• Punny Name: His surname is a reference to demi-glace, a French brown sauce.

Steve McClean

First Appearance: "The Ballad of Steve McClean" (S2 E8b)

Voiced by: Tom Kenny

A snazzy, mustached villain whose trademark is a quick, clean getaway.

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• Always Someone Better: Repeatedly outdoes Dr. Two-Brains's crimes in his self-titled episode, making the latter extremely jealous.
• Badass Normal: Steve has no superpowers, but he manages to pull off a multitude of heists and become Fair City's most wanted criminal in a matter of days, all while staying one step ahead of WordGirl.
• Calling Card: He leaves one at his first heist at the grocery store.
  "Another quick getaway by Steve McClean. Making the world a cleaner place, one crime at a time."
• Demoted to Extra: His only major appearance is in "The Ballad of Steve McClean", with him only getting cameos afterward.
• Escape Artist: He specializes in making snazzy, untraceable getaways.
• Idiosyncrazy: Cleanliness. He always cleans up the crime scene before escaping and often steals cleaning supplies to do so.
• Mr. Fanservice: He's about as close to this trope as you can get on a PBS Kids show, being a well-groomed and fashionable young man with a ton of in-universe Fangirls.
• Neat Freak: His gimmick is to clean up the crime scene before making a getaway. This turns out to be his undoing, as Two-Brains manages to trap him by blocking the exit of the grocery store with melted cheese.
• Punny Name: His name is a reference to Steve McQueen.
• The Quiet One: Only speaks in the end of his debut episode.
• Unknown Rival: To Dr. Two-Brains.
• Villain in a White Suit: It's actually a white custodian outfit, but the way he wears is definitely indicative of this trope.
• Villain with Good Publicity: His charming looks and daring escapes make him very popular with the city's populace, even though he's a known thief.
• Vocal Dissonance: When he finally speaks at the end of the episode, he's revealed to have a nasally, nerdy voice, contrasting with his stylish appearance. Dr. Two-Brains is not impressed.
• Weaksauce Weakness: He's extremely perturbed by messes. He's eventually caught when Dr. Two-Brains covers the floor of the grocery store in melted cheese, causing Steve to get distracted cleaning it up.

One-Shot Villains

WordBot

First Appearance: "WordBot" (S4 E12a)

Voiced by: Dannah Phirman

A robot created by Tobey in WordGirl's image and programmed to be devoted to him. She has all of WordGirl's abilities but is slightly more powerful.

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• Weaksauce Weakness: She runs on a vulnerable battery pack.
• Yandere: As WordGirl explains to Tobey, "devotion" can quickly become "jealousy". This doesn't go well for him when he starts paying more attention to the real WordGirl than to WordBot, who doesn't appreciate this.

Royal Dandy

First Appearance: "Lady Redundant Woman Gets the Blues" (S2 E24b)

Voiced by: Sergio Cilli

A prince or nobleman from a painting whom Lady Redundant Woman brought to life. He is very greedy and obnoxious, but he calls Lady Redundant Woman "mom" and claims he is her son. He goes on a rampage of mischief and destruction throughout Fair City. He makes the mistake of breaking the copy machine. Lady Redundant Woman angrily destroys him.

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• Art Attacker: He can spray blue paint from his hands.
• Cool Horse: He rides around on a horse which was brought to life from another painting.
• Greed: He demanded that Lady Redundant Woman make a horse copy for him from a painting. In fact, 'greedy' was the vocabulary word of his episode.
• Jerkass: Goes without saying that Royal Dandy is an unlikable Spoiled Brat, and it's a testament that his "horsie" runs off.
• Killed Off for Real: In the penultimate episode, "Art's Parts", the painting of him is destroyed by the Learnerer's art analyzer machine.
• Nobody Touches the Hair: Despite taking it better than Seymour, Royal Dandy still doesn't like his hair being screwed up, as shown in "Royally Framed".
• Royal Brat: He's entitled and whines when he doesn't get what he wants.
• Smug Snake: Has an ego that rivals Seymour's (who's an example of this trope himself) and is even less able to back it up.
• Spoiled Brat: Well, he's the copy of a painting of a prince and he's even more demanding. He'll whine when he doesn't get his way and goes on a rampage because he doesn't get what he wants.

Dupey

First Appearance: "The Young and the Meatless" (S2 E16a)

Voiced by: Grey DeLisle

One of Lady Redundant Woman's copies, who gained free will and started dating the Butcher, abandoning her mistress. The Butcher gave her a name, and he can easily tell her apart from the original.However, she dumps him and flees the city on a bus. However, she keeps a photo of him and seems to pine for him.

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• Love at First Sight: With the Butcher. Interestingly, the original hates him and vice versa.
• Meaningful Name: "Dupey" is short of "duplicate" which is what she is.
• Put on a Bus: Literally. At the end of "The Young and the Meatless", she gets on a bus and leaves.
• The Quiet One: She's not as talkative as LRW.

Evil Malicious WordGirl

First Appearance: "I Think I'm a Clone Now" (S2 E7a)

Voiced by: Dannah Phirman

An evil copy of WordGirl that Lady Redundant Woman creates from a picture of her.

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• Card-Carrying Villain: When your name is literally "Evil Malicious Worgirl", this is a requirement.
• Department of Redundancy Department: Just like her "mom", she has a habit of being redundant, such as saying she is "WordGirl, a girl of words", and that she's bad, evil, and malicious.
• Evil Knockoff: She's a bad, evil, and malicious copy of WordGirl.
• Killed Off for Real: Via sprinkler.
• Kill It with Water: She died after a sprinkler sprinkled water on her.

Rhyme and Reason

First Appearance: "Rhyme and Reason" (S8 E13)

Voiced by: Amy Sedaris (Rhyme) and Tyler Labine (Reason)

A criminal duo who appeared in the final episode. Reason is an ordinary criminal who steals reasonable things, while Rhyme is a superpowered nutjob who steals things that rhyme with whatever Reason is stealing.

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• Ambiguously Human: Rhyme doesn't look any different from a normal human, but unlike her partner Reason, she has superpowers like super speed, super strength, and ice breath.
• Boring, but Practical: Reason lacks the idiosyncrasies of the other villains, instead simply stealing whatever is most convenient for him. Rhyme, on the other hand...
• Break-Up/Make-Up Scenario: Their arc in their titular episode, which directly parallels Becky's breakup with Violet. Reason ends his friendship with Rhyme over a disagreement on how to commit crimes. However, when Rhyme starts causing chaos without Reason, he talks out his differences with her, and they get back together.
• Childhood Friends: Implied. The two have been best friends for 15 years, and don't look any older than their 20s.
• Cloudcuckoolander's Minder: Without Reason's guidance, Rhyme is unable to focus on anything, with her crimes eventually devolving into random chaos.
• Combo Platter Powers: Rhyme has Super-Strength, Super-Speed, and Ice Breath.
• Final Boss: They are the final villains of the series overall.
• Friendship Trinket: A pair of matching necklaces shaped like peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Reason throws away his necklace after he breaks off their friendship, and she returns it to him once they patch things up.
• Goggles Do Nothing: Reason wears a pair of goggles that don't seem to serve any purpose. In fact, he spend most of the episode with the lenses retracted.
• Last Episode, New Character: They are new characters that appear in the final episode of the series.
• Least Rhymable Word: They're defeated when Violet tricks Rhyme into trying to come up with a rhyme for "purple", which neither she nor Reason are able to do.
• Meaningful Name: Rhyme is obssessed with rhyming and stealing things that rhyme, while Reason is a Cloudcuckoolander's Minder who keeps Rhyme in check. Together, their names reference the phrase "no rhyme or reason", AKA something that doesn't make sense.
• More Deadly Than the Male: Reason's an ordinary human without any special abilities, while Rhyme possesses a mix of super speed, super strength, and ice breath.
• Not Quite Flight: Rhyme can use her Super-Speed to "fly" via momentum from jumping off objects at high speed, including ramps she makes with her freeze breath.
• Plot Parallel: Their friendship troubles mirror that of Violet and Becky's after Violet finds out about Becky's secret identity.
• Rhymes on a Dime: Rhyme always tries to rhyme her sentences with Reason's. Without him, she is unable to come up with rhymes on her own. She also tries to steal things that rhyme with what Reason steals (such as gold bars and old cars).
• Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl: Reason, as his name would imply, is the one responsible for keeping the manic, superpowered Rhyme grounded in reality.
• Stupid Evil: Rhyme's commitment to the "rhyming crime" gimmick always causes them to get caught to the point where Reason (temporarily) ends their friendship over it. When they get back together, Rhyme agrees to stop trying to steal rhyming things though she still Rhymes on a Dime.
• Super-Breath: Rhyme can freeze objects and people with her ice breath.
• Tiny Guy, Huge Girl: The female Rhyme is much taller than the male Reason.
• Ungrateful Bastard: How do they thank WordGirl for getting their friendship back together again? By attacking her.
• Vague Age: They claim to have been childhood friends for 15 years, and they clearly look like adults, but we never find out what their age actually is.
• Weaksauce Weakness: After revamping their friendship, they're so committed to their rhyming gimmick that they're genuinely stumped when Violet says "purple", giving Wordgirl enough time to break free and defeat them.

Miss Power

First Appearance: "The Rise of Miss Power" (S6 E6)

Voiced by: Jane Lynch

A new supervillainess introduced in the four-part special "The Rise of Miss Power". She comes to Earth pretending to be a superheroine and takes WordGirl under her wing, while secretly preparing to take over and not really caring about the city's wellbeing.

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• Beware the Superman: She thinks that her power gives her the right to be the city's dictator.
• Blood Knight: A female example, or at least has shades of being one; she outright tells all the villains who were teaming up in hopes of defeating her to Bring It and she's enjoying herself during much of the fight.
• Brutal Honesty: She often has zero issues speaking her mind.
  Exposition Guy: Help! Tobey's robots are rampaging through the city! Wait, is this...
  Miss Power: No [this] isn't the police station, look around you and use your brain.
• The Bully: She specializes in using cruel words to hurt others.
• Character Catchphrase: When she flies, she shouts, "Power up, up, and away!"
• The Corrupter: While training WordGirl, she brings out the worst in her, and soon everyone else, turning them into bullies like her.
• Deadpan Snarker: She has moments of making snarky comments while dissing other characters. Unlike some cases, it's unlikely this trope is supposed to make her funny, though.
  Miss Power: [To WordGirl] Ok, I think that was a ridiculously horrible speech and I think your name should be WeakGirl!
• Drunk with Power: As her name suggests. She nearly corrupts WordGirl as well.
• Emotion Eater: She draws strength from negative emotions like feeling upset or uncertain. If everyone is happy and confident, she loses her powers.
• Evil Counterpart: She's WordGirl if she was cruel and decided her powers give her the right to take control instead of merely protecting others.
• Evil Is Angular: It's fitting that she, the biggest threat in the show's entire villain lineup, has a character design made almost entirely of triangles.
• Evil Is Deathly Cold: Ice breath is one of her superpowers and she's one of the evilest characters in this series.
• Hate Sink: Cruel, remorselessly arrogant, deceitful, and bullying. Yeah, that'll do it. It says a lot that not only do the other villains not hold a candle to her level of evil but they all team up against her.
• Hiding Behind Your Bangs: Of the deception/concealment type. She has a reptilian eye under her bangs.
• Human Aliens: She looks like a human, but when her visor is removed, she has a reptilian eye.
• Hypocrite: She has no problems being rude to everybody she meets, but after Reginald is impolite, she berates him for it.
  Miss Power: Are you serious?!?! We saved your precious little store, you should be thanking us!

• Karma Houdini: Being the darkest adversary Word Girl has ever faced in the entire series, she is also the only villain who doesn't get incarcerated after her defeat. Instead, she vows revenge and flees away off into space... and is never seen, heard, nor mentioned again afterwards.
• Knight of Cerebus: Completely outclasses WordGirl in power, is much smarter and more serious than the other villains, and nearly takes over the world. It is implied that she doesn't know what the word "triumphant" means though.
• Knight Templar: Probably the only villain to genuinely believe what they do is good.
• Lack of Empathy: If you're not named Miss Power, then don't be surprised if she doesn't truly care about your feelings.
• Laughably Evil: The only villain in the show who averts this. While the other villains are comical and even polite to WordGirl at times, Miss Power is truly evil and taken seriously.
• Light Is Not Good: Wears white, but is a villainess.
• Satanic Archetype: Or at least the closest a series like this can get to one. Miss Power is a case Light Is Not Good who comes to Earth pretending to be heroic, but is actually planning on taking it over. She gives WordGirl constant false encouragement and pretends to be a helpful mentor to her, but is really corrupting her and only views her as a means to her goal, tempting her with benefits like more time for herself and Sparkle Toes.
• Screw the Rules, I Have Supernatural Powers!: See Beware the Superman.
• Smug Super: You can thank her superpowers as to why she's arrogant and believes she can do whatever she damn well pleases.
• Superpower Lottery: She has all of WordGirl's powers (Flight, Super-Speed, Super-Strength, Super-Senses, Nigh-Invulnerability), along with Eye Beams, Ice Breath (which she teaches WordGirl how to use), and possibly more.
• Take Over the City: She eventually tries to take over Fair City, although it appears to be part of her conquest of Earth.
• Take Over the World: She seeks to become Earth's ruler.
• Today, X. Tomorrow, the World!: She seems to want to start her conquest of Earth with Fair City.
• Two-Faced: One-half of her face has a lizard eye.
• Vile Villain, Saccharine Show: By far the darkest villain in the show. She almost killed Dr. Two-Brains with her laser eyes and nearly took over Fair City.
• Villainous Breakdown: Once WordGirl finally gets the better of her, she Rage Quits, fleeing Earth while ranting that if she leaves of her own volition, then it doesn't count as losing.
• Would Hurt a Child:
  • She gives WordGirl quite the beating when the latter starts rebelling against her.
  • When she dumps all the villains in prison after taking over, Tobey can be seen languishing in his own cell. She leaves a ten-year-old in a concrete cell for hours. In addition, this is one of the only times Tobey is ever seen in jail - unlike the other villains, he isn't used to this.
  • During the Curb-Stomp Battle Tobey attempts to step on Miss Power using a robot, but she simply stops the robot's foot with her strength and pushes it away, causing it to lose balance. Had it not been for Charlie and 'Meatloaf' he, along with Sally Botsford would've been seriously injured or killed.
  • Although they only make cameos, Victoria and Eileen also partake in the final battle against Miss Power, implying that they also had to break out of prison after Miss Power placed them there.
    • One thing's for sure though, Miss Power had no issue tying Eileen up in cables.
• Yellow Eyes of Sneakiness: A downplayed variant. Miss Power has one yellow eye and she's a sly manipulator.

Citizens

Tim Botsford

Voiced by: Ryan Raddatz

Becky's adoptive father. He's a stay-at-home dad with bizarre mannerisms and is completely oblivious to his various blunders, as well as to his daughter's secret identity.

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• Amazingly Embarrassing Parent: He can be pretty goofy at times.
• Bumbling Dad: He loves his children, but he's also a rather dim-witted man who doesn't recognize that his daughter is WordGirl, despite it being rather obvious.
• The Ditz: He’s a pretty oblivious man.
• Fun Personified: He's jovial, excitable, and loves to have fun with his kids.
• House Husband: He seems to be a stay-at-home dad, while Mrs. Botsford is a district attorney.
• Muggle Foster Parents: The Botsfords are ordinary humans and have no idea of Becky's secret identity. When they do (temporarily) find out in "Two-Brains Forgets", while shocked at first, they're extremely proud of her.
  Tim: Look, Sally, it's our little girl as WordGirl. Hi, honey!
• Parental Obliviousness: He and his wife both completely miss all signs of Becky having superpowers.
• Picky Eater: In "The Butcher, The Baker, and The Candlestick Maker", a subplot involves Becky desperately trying to obtain a very weird type of birthday cake for him.
• Speaks Fluent Animal: "Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Crime" reveals that he can speak bear. He took a few classes in college.

Sally Botsford

Voiced by: Maria Bamford

Becky's adoptive mother. She's a district attorney who prosecutes criminals.

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• Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: She's able to rally every villain in the city, leading them to break out of prison and rampage through the streets to fight Miss Power. And of course, she leads the charge herself, standing on the head of one of Tobey's robots.
  Mrs. Botsford: It's time to show this Miss Power why the rest of the city can't stand you guys!
• Cute, but Cacophonic: Her voice can get very screechy when she's excited.
• Genius Ditz: She's usually only slightly less goofy and out-of-it than her husband, but the first time we see her in the courtroom, she proves terrifyingly competent and composed, not letting control of the trial of Granny May slip for a second and refusing to fall for the sort of tricks she'd likely buy in her home life. She wins the trial, of course.
• Let's Get Dangerous!: She's defeated quite a few villains on her own.
• Muggle Foster Parents: The Botsfords are ordinary humans and have no idea of Becky's secret identity. When they do (temporarily) find out in "Two-Brains Forgets", while shocked at first, they're extremely proud of her.
  Tim: Look, Sally, it's our little girl as WordGirl. Hi, honey!
• Parental Obliviousness: She and her husband both completely miss all signs of Becky having superpowers.

TJ Botsford

Voiced by: Tom Kenny

Becky's adoptive brother. He can't stand Becky but is ironically WordGirl's biggest fan.

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• Fanboy: He's WordGirl's biggest fan. He's created a fan club dedicated to her and gets overjoyed seeing her in his presence.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He's an Annoying Younger Sibling to Becky, but he's truly supportive of WordGirl and will help out when the time calls for it.
• Loves My Alter Ego: As he's oblivious to the fact Becky and WordGirl are one and the same, he has a crush on WordGirl while constantly annoying Becky. In one episode where the Botsfords find out Becky is WordGirl, he is mortified and throws away his WordGirl merchandise. He can't get over the fact that someone he looks up to and admires is someone he cares little about. He even refuses to help her when the entire family is captured by Dr. Two-Brains. In the end, their memories of Becky as WordGirl are erased and he doesn't know why his WordGirl stuff is on the floor.
• Undying Loyalty: In "Down with Word Up!", he is the only citizen to not turn against WordGirl, as he holds up a pro-WordGirl picket sign. However, this is later subverted in "I Think I'm A Clone Now" when he believes that WordGirl is causing trouble when it was really a clone created by Lady Redundant Woman.
• Vocal Dissonance: Despite being 7-8 years old, his voice sounds much older.

Violet Heaslip

Voiced by: Maria Bamford

Becky's best friend. She's a talented artist and poet and has a tenuous grasp on reality.

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• All Girls Like Ponies: She's a fan of "The Pretty Princess and Magic Pony Power Hour" and is fond of pegasi.
• Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!: She can be very easily distracted.
• Cloudcuckoolander: She doesn't have the greatest grasp on reality or what's going on around her.
• Dreadful Musician: She is oblivious to the fact that she's tone-deaf.
• Dumb Blonde: She's of average intelligence, but she can come off as loopy and blind to most things at times.
• Girlish Pigtails: She had these when she was younger.
• Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: Violet is a very good-natured and gentle girl, and she has blonde hair.
• Morality Pet: Birthday Girl considers Violet her best friend, and Violet can calm her down.
• Rhymes on a Dime: She's very fond of poetry, and in "Day At The Museum" she has a lot of fun with the rhyming puzzle clues she finds on the cave walls, at one point insisting that one clue has to be fake because it doesn't rhyme (she's right).
• Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl: Energetic Girl to Scoops.
• Secret-Keeper: Becomes this in the Grand Finale when she decides to keep Becky's secret identity as WordGirl as a personal secret between them.
• Shrinking Violet: She tends to be pretty shy and nearly always whispers anything she says. Bonus points for her name actually being Violet.
• Tomboy and Girly Girl: Girly Girl to Becky's Tomboy. Violet's more tender and less likely to get her hands dirty than Becky.
• Vocal Evolution: Later on in the show, her voice becomes lower. Compare her Season 1 voice to her Season 8 voice.

Todd "Scoops" Ming

Voiced by: Ryan Raddatz

A boy who runs the school newspaper, and the object of Becky's affections.

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• Bad "Bad Acting": He can't act to save his life, even Reading the Stage Directions Out Loud, leading to him being cast as a prop in the school play.
• Character Development After learning that Becky is Wordgirl, he comes to terms that he can't expose her privacy to the world just for a story. This comes into play when he's the one who has to teach Rose about keeping Becky's secret.
• Going for the Big Scoop: Regularly finds himself caught up in Wordgirl's battles while trying to get a report.
• In-Series Nickname: His actual name is Todd, while his nickname is Scoops.
• Oblivious to Love: Is completely blind to Becky's affections for him.
• Press Hat: He works for the school newspaper and is rarely seen without his press hat.
• Real Men Wear Pink: Collects unicorn toys.
• Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl: Savvy Guy to Violet.
• Secret Chaser: He always tries to find out WordGirl's secret identity.
• Secret-Keeper: He becomes this when he eventually figures out WordGirl's secret identity in "Invasion of the Bunny Lovers".
• School Newspaper Newshound: His school newspaper might as well be a regular commercial newspaper with how widespread it is.
• Small Name, Big Ego: Fancies himself an awesome writer, but even Becky (who's in love with him) admits that his articles are somewhat dull.

Chuck's Mother

Voiced by: Dannah Phirman

Chuck and Brent's mysterious, naggy, and New York-accented mother who is only ever seen from behind or with her face obscured. Loves both of her children, but tends to favor Brent.

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• Does Not Like Spam: Hates pineapples. "Pineapple of My Eye" is all about Chuck trying to crush every pineapple in the city for her birthday present. She's thrilled when he goes through with it, saying it's the best birthday present she's ever received... after the hammock Brent got her, of course.
• The Faceless: We see every part of her body except her face throughout the series. Occasionally we see her from the front, but her face is covered by blinds or a door frame.
• Housewife: Though no husband is present, she is permanently in an apron and oven mitts, even in flashbacks to when Chuck was very young.
• Glamorous Single Mother: The upstairs of her home is immaculate and nicely decorated; she appears to have no trouble supporting herself and Chuck while also giving him an evil villain allowance.
• Mama Didn't Raise No Criminal: Averted. She doesn't seem to care much that Chuck (and later Brent) are criminals.
• My Beloved Smother: Doesn't allow Chuck to do much on his own and goes so far as to iron his socks for him. Chuck either loves the attention of his mom or hates her for it, depending on his mood.
• Neat Freak: Demands Chuck keeps the house immaculate while she is gone; Chuck is scared enough of what will happen if he doesn't that he goes up against every other villain in the show at the same time to keep his house clean.
• Shared Family Quirks: The entire family seems to have a deep obsession with sandwiches; they eat them for Thanksgiving dinner (with stuffing) and Chuck and Brent get sandwiches in their Christmas stockings.
• Unnamed Parent: Not even "Mrs. Sandwich-Making Guy", just "Chuck's mom".

Exposition Guy

Voiced by: Chris Parnell

A man with no real purpose besides moving the plot along by running up screaming for help, alerting WordGirl to a crime or disaster. He constantly mistakes random places for the police station. According to "Scary with a Side of Butter", he sets his watch ahead so he can be the first to panic.

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• Break the Cutie: He's so annoying that Miss Power snaps and yells at him for being so stupid, causing him to cry.
• Character Catchphrase: "Heeeeelp! [insert villain here] is [insert villainous activity]! Wait... Is this the police station?"
• The Ditz: Is so scatterbrained that he doesn't even recognize his own wife.
• Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": A Mr. Exposition called Exposition Guy.
• Mr. Exposition: It’s pretty much what his entire role amounts to.
• Narrating the Obvious: He's literally the personification of this trope, showing up wherever Becky is, whenever anything of importance is going on, confused and thinking it's the police station. He does it at the start of "WordGirl Makes a Mistake, Part 2" after WordGirl has already been captured. It gets him tossed into the trap with WordGirl.
• No Sense of Direction: He's the definition of this.
• Plot Device: Is actually called this by WordGirl and the Narrator.

Warden Chalmers

Voiced by: Tom Kenny

The warden of the local prison who wears a large cowboy hat that he often threatens to eat.

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• Character Catchphrase: "If X doesn't happen, I'll eat my hat!" Which he often does.
• Clothes-Eating Wager: His catchphrase. Luckily some of his hats are made of meat.
• Departmentof Redundancy Department: Though not to the extent of Lady Redundant Woman, he is prone to saying things like, "We can use this rock-climbing rope that I brought for rock climbing!"
• Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": While his name is mentioned at least once, he's usually just called "the warden".
• Extreme Omnivore: Often eats his own hat, although he does mention not enjoying it.

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