Original airdate: June 7th, 2014
Fortune Crookie: A new, mysterious object claims to know the future. This part's associated vocabulary words are "predict" and "enthrall".
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Crime: The Botsfords hunt for an ingredient. This part's associated vocabulary words are "concoction" and "elusive".
"Fortune Crookie" contains the following tropes:
- Beat Them at Their Own Game: Becky beats Seymour by using a Phony Psychic of her own in the form of "the Great Chimpini" to draw him out.
- Captain Obvious: Most of the "predictions" made by Seymour Orlando Smooth's obelisk are just obvious facts that were inevitably going to happen anyway, such as saying the school cafeteria will serve chocolate milk when they always serve chocolate milk, and saying that tomorrow will be Tuesday, even though the day after Monday is always Tuesday.
- "Eureka!" Moment: The narrator asking who could've predicted a star like Seymour would fall on such hard times gives Seymour the idea for his fortune-telling scam.
- Even Evil Has Standards: Played for laughs. When Seymour demands the townspeople give him their clothes in exchange for more predictions, he tells them that they don't have to give him their pants, because "that would be weird."
- Fortune Teller: In order to counter Seymour's own fortune-telling scam, Becky has Bob dress up as "the Great Chimpini".
- Hand Rubbing: Seymour does this as the townspeople leave for the bank so they can give him more of their money.
- Look Behind You: After his attempt at blinding them with a Twinkle Smile fails, Seymour resorts to this to get away from the angry mob wanting their money back. It works, including on WordGirl.
- The Monolith: The scene where the sun rises on Seymour's obelisk is a reference to the famous monolith scene from 2001: A Space Odyssey.
- Phony Psychic: Seymour Smooth's latest scam is making incredibly obvious future predictions through an obelisk he set up, and then charging them for more predictions.
- Pun-Based Title: The title is a pun on the words "fortune cookie" and "crook".
- Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: After falling on hard times Seymour has been unable to buy the products to maintain his Twinkle Smile, leaving it crooked and yellowed.
- Twinkle Smile: Subverted. Seymour tries to use this to escape from the angry crowd, but it doesn't work due to him being unable to afford whitener lately.
- We Are Experiencing Technical Difficulties: The TV cuts to a technical difficulties screen after Seymour's attempts at getting random strangers in the street to give him money fail miserably and his "show" is promptly cancelled.
"Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Crime" contains the following tropes:
- Added Alliterative Appeal: The herb both Becky and Dr. Two-Brains is searching for is called "bold Botsford basil".
- Affectionate Gesture to the Head: WordGirl teasingly pats Dr. Two-Brains on the head after capturing him at the end of the episode.
- Bears Are Bad News:
- Invoked. Becky tries to get Mr. Botsford to not enter the forest by mentioning there could be bears, and later in the episode she escapes from Dr. Two-Brains' henchmen by pretending there is one nearby with the help of Bob.
- Subverted when an actual bear shows up. It acts threatening at first, but turns out to be quite reasonable.
- Big Damn Heroes: Just when WordGirl prepares to give Dr. Two-Brains the bold Botsford basil in exchange for Captain HuggyFace's freedom, Mr. Botsford shows up and knocks out the henchmen holding Captain HuggyFace hostage.
- Buffy Speak: Dr. Two-Brains' henchman calls the dish Two-Brains is planning to make his "cheesy soup thingy". Understandable, considering how long the actual name is.
- Furry Reminder: Being a monkey, Bob easily scales a tree while putting on his Captain HuggyFace costume at the same time. He then proceeds to scare Dr. Two-Brains' henchmen by hiding and making creepy monkey noises.
- Hostage for MacGuffin: After Captain HuggyFace gets captured by Dr. Two-Brains' henchmen, Two-Brains offers to trade him for the basil WordGirl picked. Captain HuggyFace gets offended by how long it takes her to make her decision.
- Mass "Oh, Crap!": The characters have one of these when a bear shows up while they're fighting over the bold Botsford basil.
- Riddle Me This: The map to the bold Botsford basil has a number of riddles and trivia questions ensuring that only someone who knows details about Jebediah Botsford can find it.
- Shaped Like Itself: The dish Dr. Two-Brains is planning to make is called "cheesy cheddar cheese casserole with cheese con queso". Unsurprisingly, "con queso" means "with cheese".
- Tempting Fate: Subverted. When Becky expresses worry about bears to get her dad to leave the forest, as she's concerned he'll run into Dr. Two-Brains, he assures her that the forest is "perfectly safe and bear free". Then he hears a twig snap and immediately thinks it's a bear. However, it turns out to be Dr. Two-Brains and his henchmen.
- With Catlike Tread: The Energy Monster finds out that it's difficult to sneak away from WordGirl when you're bigger than the buildings you're trying to hide behind.
