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Also known as Word Girl

WordGirl is an American animated superhero children's television series produced by the Soup2Nuts animation unit of Scholastic Entertainment for PBS Kids. The series began as a series of shorts entitled The Amazing Colossal Adventures of WordGirl that premiered on PBS Kids Go! on November 10, 2006, usually shown at the end of Maya & Miguel; the segment was then spun off into a thirty-minute episodic series that aired from September 3, 2007, to August 7, 2015. The series of shorts consisted of thirty episodes, with 128 episodes and a special in the full half-hour series. WordGirl creator Doroth

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WordGirl title card.png
Television.alt_name
The Amazing Colossal Adventures of WordGirl
Television.creator
Dorothea Gillim
Television.director
Steve Young
Television.creative_director
David SanAngelo
Television.endtheme
"Word Up, It's WordGirl!" (instrumental)
Television.composer
Eggplant Productions Inc.
Television.country
United States
Television.language
English
Television.num_seasons
8
Television.num_episodes
128 (248 segments)
Television.list_episodes
List of WordGirl episodes
Television.runtime
26–27 minutes
Television.last_aired
(shorts)
Television.last_aired2
(series)

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Wikidata facts

Country of origin
United States
Original language
English language
Distribution format
video on demand
Official website
pbskids.org/wordgirl
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number of episodes
130
number of seasons
8
distributed by
Netflix
original broadcaster
PBS Kids Go!
start time
2007-09-03
end time
2015-08-07
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Encyclopedic overview

16 sections
Contents
  • Premise
  • Series overview
  • Characters
  • Main characters
  • Supporting characters
  • Villains
  • Other characters
  • Voice cast
  • Development
  • Format
  • Website
  • Comics
  • Awards
  • Reception
  • References
  • External links

WordGirl is an American animated superhero children's television series produced by the Soup2Nuts animation unit of Scholastic Entertainment for PBS Kids. The series began as a series of shorts entitled The Amazing Colossal Adventures of WordGirl that premiered on PBS Kids Go! on November 10, 2006, usually shown at the end of Maya & Miguel; the segment was then spun off into a thirty-minute episodic series that aired from September 3, 2007, to August 7, 2015. The series of shorts consisted of thirty episodes, with 128 episodes and a special in the full half-hour series. WordGirl creator Dorothea Gillim felt that most children's animation "underestimated [children's] sense of humor" and hoped to create a more intellectual show for young audiences.

By June 2014, many PBS stations had stopped airing WordGirl, opting to air more popular series throughout the summer. However, new episodes continued to air on select stations, with streaming options on the PBS Kids website and video app. The series ended with the two-part episode "Rhyme and Reason", which was released on August 7, 2015.

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