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* CombatPragmatist: Kid Math, even moreso early on as lampshaded by a confused Dr. Two-Brains.
-->'''Dr. Two-Brains:''' What is this guy's deal? I'm in a middle of a crime and he just storms in, doesn't say anything witty or challenging, just starts with the fighting! What is that?
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[=WordGirl=] meets a new, maths-based superhero.

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[=WordGirl=] meets a new, maths-based math-based superhero.



* AppliedMathematics: As is appropriate for the episode's guest hero, the recap that starts off the second half of the episode has Kid Math + [=WordGirl=] and Captain [=HuggyFace=] + Dr. Two-Brains = [=WordGirl=] and Captain [=HuggyFace=] in a cage.

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* AppliedMathematics: As is appropriate for the episode's guest hero, the recap that starts off the second half of the episode has Kid Math + [=WordGirl=] and Captain [=HuggyFace=] + Dr. Two-Brains = [=WordGirl=] and Captain [=HuggyFace=] in a cage.
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* ObliviousToHints: Kid Math. When Becky enunciates and winks in an attempt to remind him to act like a regular kid, he just asks what she's doing with her eye. Then adds that she can help her if something's wrong with it, since he's a superhero.

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* ObliviousToHints: Kid Math. When Becky enunciates and winks in an attempt to remind him to act like a regular kid, he just asks what she's doing with her eye. Then adds that she he can help her if something's wrong with it, it since he's a superhero.

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* AppliedMathematics: As is appropriate for the episode's guest hero, the recap that starts off the second half of the episode has Kid Math + [=WordGirl=] and Captain [=HuggyFace=] + Dr. Two-Brains = [=WordGirl=] and Captain [=HuggyFace=] in a cage.



* BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame: Parodied. While the heroes are brainstorming ideas on how to defeat Dr. Two-Brains, Rex suggests turning the city into cheese ''first'' to beat the villain at his own game. Becky can only sigh in response.



* {{Facepalm}}: [=WordGirl=] does this when Kid Math misapplies his "secret identity" lesson and introduces himself as "Rex" while in his Kid Math persona.

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[=WordGirl=] does this when Kid Math misapplies his "secret identity" lesson and introduces himself as "Rex" while in his Kid Math persona.persona.
** Bob does it when Rex immediately freezes up while trying to think of an excuse to get him and Becky out of art class.


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* IfMyCalculationsAreCorrect: Kid Math has a rather unimpressive take on this trope.
-->'''Kid Math:''' We stopped phase one of Dr. Two-Brains' evil plan. According to my calculations, that leaves one more phase to stop!
* ImagineSpot: When Rex suggests that he and Becky stop Dr. Two-Brains by tearing down the city before turning it into cheese, he has one of Kid Math, [=WordGirl=], and Captain [=HuggyFace=] standing in a ruined city looking over their "handiwork" while Dr. Two-Brains and his henchmen look dumbfounded.


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* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Somehow, Rex is even ''worse'' at concealing his secret identity than Becky, as can be seen when he tries to blend in with the school children.
-->'''Rex:''' Hello there, Earth kids! I'm sure not Kid Math at all!
* TakeAThirdOption: Dr. Two-Brains tries to impose a SadisticChoice on [=WordGirl=] by escaping as his henchmen threaten the city with his cheese ray, meaning that she has to choose between taking him to justice and saving the city. Kid Math points out that since there are two superheroes present, they can just split up, with one stopping Two-Brains while the other stops the henchmen.

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* AccidentalMisnaming: On their third meeting, Dr. Two-Brains finds himself unable to remember Kid Math's name and guesses it to be "Arithmetic Lad".
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: According to Kid Math, Hexagon is home to the smartest people and the tastiest raisins in the universe.
* {{Birdcaged}}: At the Ray Amplifier Emporium, Dr. Two-Brains' henchmen trap [=WordGirl=], Captain [=HuggyFace=], and Kid Math in oversized birdcages made of energy. Turns out the store merged with the Giant Cage Outlet.



* {{Facepalm}}: [=WordGirl=] does this when Kid Math misapplies his "secret identity" lesson and introduces himself as "Rex" while in his Kid Math persona.



* StunnedSilence: [=WordGirl=], Captain [=HuggyFace=] and the villains present react this way to Kid Math's sudden and bombastic introduction in the middle of [=WordGirl=]'s battle with Dr. Two-Brains.

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* StunnedSilence: [=WordGirl=], HandGagging: Captain [=HuggyFace=] and the villains present react does this way to stop Kid Math's sudden and bombastic introduction Math from blurting out his secret identity while the three are confronting Dr. Two-Brains on his blimp.
* {{Idiosyncrazy}}: Discussed. When trying to figure out a plan to defeat Dr. Two-Brains, Kid Math asks Becky if he's "a villain who has a thing", to which she replies
in the middle of [=WordGirl=]'s battle with affirmative.
* LiteralMinded: When [=WordGirl=] finds out that Kid Math is from a planet just across the solar system from her own, she excitedly asks, "What are the odds?". Kid Math replies that they're 3,476,543 to 1.
* LookBehindYou: When [=WordGirl=] arrives at the Ray Amplifier Emporium, she finds Kid Math already captured by
Dr. Two-Brains. When she questions how this happened, Dr. Two-Brains explains that he just had to point and go, "Hey, what's that?", which Kid Math fell for completely. He even falls for it a ''second'' time even after Dr. Two-Brains mocked him for falling for it the first time.
* ObliviousToHints: Kid Math. When Becky enunciates and winks in an attempt to remind him to act like a regular kid, he just asks what she's doing with her eye. Then adds that she can help her if something's wrong with it, since he's a superhero.
* SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud:
** Kid Math yells "Woosh!" as he flies across the playground.
** Dr. Two-Brains goes "Pow!" when his henchmen drop a cage on the heroes from above.
* SeverelySpecializedStore: The Ray Amplifier Emporium, where Dr. Two-Brains gets, you guessed it, an amplifier for his latest ray. It's later revealed that the store also merged with the Giant Cage Outlet. One guess what ''that'' one sells.
* StunnedSilence: [=WordGirl=], Captain [=HuggyFace=], and the villains present react this way to Kid Math's sudden and bombastic introduction in the middle of [=WordGirl=]'s battle with Dr. Two-Brains.
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: When [=WordGirl=] sees that she and Kid Math are about to be hit by a cheese tower Dr. Two-Brains was able to kick down due to the superheroes being busy talking, she just sighs in response.
* YouHaveGOTToBeKiddingMe: Downplayed. When Becky asks Kid Math how he knew she's [=WordGirl=], he just [[ClarkKenting looks her over for a second]] and asks if she's serious.
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'''Original airdate:''' August 4th, 2014

[=WordGirl=] meets a new, maths-based superhero.

The episode's associated vocabulary words are "calculate" and "equation" for part one, and "reproduce" and "hint" for part two.

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!!"Kid Math" contains the following tropes:
* ExtraLongEpisode: This is one of the episodes with a single story all the way through, instead of the normal two shorts format.
* FingerWag: Dr. Two-Brains does this when [=WordGirl=] asks what his plan is, telling her that's for him to know and for her to (preferably not) find out.
* StunnedSilence: [=WordGirl=], Captain [=HuggyFace=] and the villains present react this way to Kid Math's sudden and bombastic introduction in the middle of [=WordGirl=]'s battle with Dr. Two-Brains.
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