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* GossipEvolution: The rumour spread in the crowd watching the Queen of Barbronia turns from "[=WordGirl=] wears an astronaut suit when she's around old people because she's afraid of catching their cooties" to "[=WordGirl=]'s going to knit a pair of booties for Granny May and make her wear them on her spacewalk".
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* GossipEvolution: The rumour rumor spread in the crowd watching the Queen of Barbronia turns from "[=WordGirl=] wears an astronaut suit when she's around old people because she's afraid of catching their cooties" to "[=WordGirl=]'s going to knit a pair of booties for Granny May and make her wear them on her spacewalk".
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* DeathGlare: [=WordGirl=] and Captain [=HuggyFace=] shoot one towards Granny May once she turns the duo into pariahs.
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* EasilyCondemned: The citizens (with the exception of TJ) are quick to believe Granny May's false claims about [=WordGirl=] attacking her and turn on the young heroine.
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* HeroWithBadPublicity: This is the first time in the series where [=WordGirl=] is made into a pariah by one of the villains.
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* ArgumentOfContradictions: Granny May and Mr. Botsford do this after she once again pretends that [=WordGirl=] pushed her, with Mr. Botsford pointing out that he clearly saw that she didn't.
* CrocodileTears: Granny May does this as part of her WoundedGazelleGambit after [=WordGirl=] "pushes" her.
* DartboardOfHate: Discussed. The townspeople gossip that [=WordGirl=] has a picture of Granny May on her dartboard.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: TJ's song for [=WordGirl=] at the end doesn't have much in the way of lyrical variety.
-->'''TJ:''' ''[singing]'' [=WordGirl=], with your awesome powers, you're the awesomest girl! [=WordGirl=], you're awesome and pretty and awesome too!
* ForeignQueasine: Apparently, they put hot sauce in tea in Barbronia.
* GilliganCut: As she's being escorted away from [=WordGirl=], Granny May claims that she's not going to make a big deal out of being "pushed". Cut to her in a wheelchair telling a large mob of people about how [=WordGirl=] viciously attacked her.
* GlassShatteringSound: Exaggerated. The narrator's singing at the end of the episode breaks ''City Hall's stone dome roof''.
* GossipEvolution: The rumour spread in the crowd watching the Queen of Barbronia turns from "[=WordGirl=] wears an astronaut suit when she's around old people because she's afraid of catching their cooties" to "[=WordGirl=]'s going to knit a pair of booties for Granny May and make her wear them on her spacewalk".
* CrocodileTears: Granny May does this as part of her WoundedGazelleGambit after [=WordGirl=] "pushes" her.
* DartboardOfHate: Discussed. The townspeople gossip that [=WordGirl=] has a picture of Granny May on her dartboard.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: TJ's song for [=WordGirl=] at the end doesn't have much in the way of lyrical variety.
-->'''TJ:''' ''[singing]'' [=WordGirl=], with your awesome powers, you're the awesomest girl! [=WordGirl=], you're awesome and pretty and awesome too!
* ForeignQueasine: Apparently, they put hot sauce in tea in Barbronia.
* GilliganCut: As she's being escorted away from [=WordGirl=], Granny May claims that she's not going to make a big deal out of being "pushed". Cut to her in a wheelchair telling a large mob of people about how [=WordGirl=] viciously attacked her.
* GlassShatteringSound: Exaggerated. The narrator's singing at the end of the episode breaks ''City Hall's stone dome roof''.
* GossipEvolution: The rumour spread in the crowd watching the Queen of Barbronia turns from "[=WordGirl=] wears an astronaut suit when she's around old people because she's afraid of catching their cooties" to "[=WordGirl=]'s going to knit a pair of booties for Granny May and make her wear them on her spacewalk".
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* LookBehindYou: Granny May steals the Queen of Barbronia's crown by pointing and claiming to see [=WordGirl=] and Captain [=HuggyFace=], distracting the crowd and the Queen.
* OnlySaneMan: TJ is the only person who doesn't buy Granny May's claims that [=WordGirl=] is a bad person, pointing out the many times [=WordGirl=] has saved the city before.
* OwMyBodyPart: After claiming that [=WordGirl=] pushed her, Granny May wails that her leg and ''hair'' hurt.
* ReplacedWithReplica: Granny May replaces the tiara on display at the jewellery shop and the Queen of Barbronia's crown with an identical copies to steal them.
* TotemPoleTrench: [=WordGirl=] and Captain [=HuggyFace=] employ this trick, along with a big hat to get close to Granny May while they're [[HeroWithBadPublicity Heroes With Bad Publicity]].
* OnlySaneMan: TJ is the only person who doesn't buy Granny May's claims that [=WordGirl=] is a bad person, pointing out the many times [=WordGirl=] has saved the city before.
* OwMyBodyPart: After claiming that [=WordGirl=] pushed her, Granny May wails that her leg and ''hair'' hurt.
* ReplacedWithReplica: Granny May replaces the tiara on display at the jewellery shop and the Queen of Barbronia's crown with an identical copies to steal them.
* TotemPoleTrench: [=WordGirl=] and Captain [=HuggyFace=] employ this trick, along with a big hat to get close to Granny May while they're [[HeroWithBadPublicity Heroes With Bad Publicity]].
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* DoomyDoomsOfDoom: Chuck traps [=WordGirl=] and Captain [=HuggyFace=] in his Evil Breadmaker of Doom.
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* OnlyOneFindsItFun: Being the BigEater he is, Bob is the only one who actually enjoys Mr. Botsford's Beans a la Botsford.
* PokeThePoodle: According to Chuck, doing things like walking outside without shoes on a hot day or using hand soap to wash his face makes him "evil" and "out of control".
* RunningGag: Exposition Guy keeps looking for the police station at increasingly ridiculous places; first the grocery store, then the Botsford residence, then ''his own house''.
* TastesBetterThanItLooks: Subverted. Mr. Botsford assures Becky that Beans a la Botsford is this, but he's proven wrong when he actually tries it himself.
* PokeThePoodle: According to Chuck, doing things like walking outside without shoes on a hot day or using hand soap to wash his face makes him "evil" and "out of control".
* RunningGag: Exposition Guy keeps looking for the police station at increasingly ridiculous places; first the grocery store, then the Botsford residence, then ''his own house''.
* TastesBetterThanItLooks: Subverted. Mr. Botsford assures Becky that Beans a la Botsford is this, but he's proven wrong when he actually tries it himself.
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* InsultBackfire: When TJ tells Becky that [=WordGirl=]'s "awesome" and she's "not awesome", she's just unimpressed with his lame insult and starts offering synonyms. When he tells her that she's "totally regular", she just replies that it's better than his last one.
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* ChangeTheUncomfortableSubject: When her dad jokes that Becky is like his personal little [=WordGirl=], Becky nervously changes the subject by asking him about the recipe he's planning to make.
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* ChangeTheUncomfortableSubject: When Becky does this twice in the episode to get her dad jokes that Becky is like his personal little [=WordGirl=], Becky nervously changes the subject by asking him to stop talking about her being similar to [=WordGirl=].
* ExpectingSomeoneTaller: When [=WordGirl=] comes to save therecipe he's planning to make.gold store from being robbed by Chuck, the owner remarks that she's shorter than he thought. She responds that she looks taller on TV.
* ExpectingSomeoneTaller: When [=WordGirl=] comes to save the
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* INeedToGoIronMyDog: When she's trying to get away from her dad so she can turn into [=WordGirl=] and stop Chuck, Becky tells him that she needs to "go to the yarn store to get some yarn for a yarn project".
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'''Original airdate:''' October 5th, 2007
'''Chuck!:''' Chuck the Evil Sandwich-Making guy tries to get the people he's robbing to stop giving him sandwich-related things. This part's associated vocabulary words are "traditional" and "confusing".
'''Down With Word Up:''' Granny May feigns injury to turn the townspeople against [=WordGirl=]. This part's associated vocabulary words are "idolize" and "deceive".
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!!"Chuck!" contains the following tropes:
* ChangeTheUncomfortableSubject: When her dad jokes that Becky is like his personal little [=WordGirl=], Becky nervously changes the subject by asking him about the recipe he's planning to make.
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!!"Down With Word Up" contains the following tropes:
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Granny May pulls this when she manages to deceive the citizens (except T.J.) into thinking [=WordGirl=] is a [[HeroWithBadPublicity cold-hearted menace]] who hurts elderly people.
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'''Chuck!:''' Chuck the Evil Sandwich-Making guy tries to get the people he's robbing to stop giving him sandwich-related things. This part's associated vocabulary words are "traditional" and "confusing".
'''Down With Word Up:''' Granny May feigns injury to turn the townspeople against [=WordGirl=]. This part's associated vocabulary words are "idolize" and "deceive".
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!!"Chuck!" contains the following tropes:
* ChangeTheUncomfortableSubject: When her dad jokes that Becky is like his personal little [=WordGirl=], Becky nervously changes the subject by asking him about the recipe he's planning to make.
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!!"Down With Word Up" contains the following tropes:
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Granny May pulls this when she manages to deceive the citizens (except T.J.) into thinking [=WordGirl=] is a [[HeroWithBadPublicity cold-hearted menace]] who hurts elderly people.
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