One of the show's biggest strengths is undeniably its humor.
Saturday Night Live and
Family Guy veterans writing while skimping on
Gallows Humor or swearing has resulted in some
very amusing jokes and comedic situations that get plenty laughs from
people of all ages.
- In "Monkey-Robot Showdown" Mr. Botsford explains Becky how he got to become the referee at the big checkers championship: "The mayor said I could do it, if I agreed to provide my own whistle and get out of his office!"
- Chuck throwing a fit when his mother interrupts him watching his program, "Dollars for Dollars", a game show where "contestants trade dollars for other dollars."
- The attempts to find the right name for a half-pegasus, half unicorn creature.
Violet: Pega-corn-a-uni-corni-un!
- Mr. Big's I Wanna Date Your Money music video
. - "Leslie! Make me a sandwich. That is your mission."
- Tobey is absolutely elated to discover Two-Brains is scared of an "itty bitty kitty cat", even using the tail of his mecha mouse to scoop up the cat and wave it around in front of his face. The singsong way he meows at the cringing doctor is both childishly petty and hilarious.
Tobey, singing: When Doctor Two-Brains, he sees a kitty cat, he goes "Eep!"
- Two-Brains responds in kind by poking more fun at Tobey's (really obvious) crush on WordGirl, even going so far as to mockingly sing "Love, love, love, love!" to the tune of the wedding march.
- "The only ice cream we want is the ice cream of justice! That sounded better in my head!"
- In a meta sense, Dr Two-Brains—who is voiced by Tom Kenny—being really underwhelmed when he hears the voice of Steve McClean... also voiced by Tom Kenny.
- "UNCLE LARRY'S SUPERLATIVE WAREHOUSE!"
- Everything the Narrator has ever said.
- He seems to have it in for Tobey, often engaging in petty taunting. For example, when Tobey insists loudly he does NOT love WordGirl, the narrator chimes in with a childish "Do to, do to, do to!"
- Two-Brains getting attacked from behind in "WordGirl and Dr. Two-Brains, Part 2" by Huggyface and being left on the ground with his butt in the air and his eyes pointing different directions.
- WordGirl is usually a Nice Girl and a fair superheroine towards the villains, but whenever something ticks her off, it's both hilarious and threatening coming from her. An excellent example of this is in "The Straw That Broke Two-Brains' Back" when Becky doesn't want to be interrupted from watching her show and thus she briefly dons the WorldGirl persona to go on TV and interrupt the program for an Intimidation Demonstration that consists in her effortlessly bending and crushing an I-beam giving a clear message to any villain who thinks of committing crimes in the next few hours. The Butcher sees that and immediately closes the door to stay inside. As some fans have joked, Becky COULD easily murder all her villains in one go... she just chooses not to.
- Huggy's calling card in "Coupon Madness":
- Chuck's entire plan and how it plays out in "Chuck the Nice Pencil-Selling Guy". He tries to turn over a new leaf and work legitimately... except, as it turns out, his new boss hates sandwiches. So he snaps, kidnaps said boss, sticks him in a tank, and threatens to bury him in goo unless he tries a sandwich. Except he put the button that was supposed to pour said goop in the tank with his victim, so said victim offers to press the button for him. And whenever the boss rejects a sandwich, Chuck tosses it into the crowd that had gathered to watch this happen, which only draws more people to the area because there's free food being given out.
- From "Field Day Fun with Robo-Tobey":
Mrs. Ripley: Are you ready to have FUN!?
Kids: Yeah!
Mrs. Ripley: Are you ready to WIN PRIZES!?
Kids: Yeah!
Mrs. Ripley: Are you ready to exercise in the spirit of healthy competition with the goal of raising class unity and generating a cohesive community built in trust in ourselves and respect for others!?
Kids: [silence]
Scoops: Yeah!
- Becky's attempt at singing and dancing in "Tiny Big".
- "Chuck's Brother":
WordGirl: But you shouldn't be envious of Brent. Just because Brent is popular and successful, that doesn't mean you're not popular and successful in your own way.
Chuck the Evil Sandwich-Making Guy: Really? How am I successful?
[Beat] WordGirl: Uh, see you caught me by surprise there...
- "The Young and the Meatless":
- The Butcher's word mispronunciations are always amusing, but the best ones have to be when he actually says a different word instead, completely changing the meaning of his statement. The best example would have to be in "Granny's Book Club". After Granny catches WordGirl and brings her and Huggy to the Villain Association to prove she doesn't have to retire, he proclaims "Now she doesn't have to respire!" WordGirl's deadpan correction and definition of "respire" just makes it even better.
- "The Homerun King":
- In "Victoria Best", Victoria's parents, upon seeing that she's "won" the trophy for Best Reader after all, decide to boast about their daughter. From their rooftop with a megaphone.
- From "Bend it Like Becky":
Dr. Two-Brains: [getting his picture taken] Cheese! Photo please! How's it look?...Wow, that's good, put that one on a mousepad. [suddenly lurches toward Becky, laughing maniacally] MOUSEPAD!!!
- Later, before the soccer match starts, Dr. Two-Brains reaches out for a handshake with "Coach" Botsford. Only to pettily pull his hand back before contact.
- In "A Better Mousetrap", Dr. Two-Brains does some sort of victory dance while moving his back and revealing some weird noodle-like body with his butt in the air.
- In "Seymour... Right After This", Seymour keeps delaying to reveal the winning number, driving Mr. and Mrs. Botsford crazy. And they always show the "Salad To Go" commercial.
- "Leslie Makes It Big":
- All the villains congratulate Leslie and line up to high-five her. When she gets to Amazing-Rope-Guy, she leaves him hanging.
- When Leslie boasts that WordGirl cannot possibly figure out her scheme, she figures it out right away.
- Mr. Big getting distracted by a giant stuffed bunny.
- In "The Meaty Dimension", Violet getting very serious in painting WordGirl and Captain Huggyface.
- In "Road Rage Anger and Fury" when Becky sneaks out as Wordgirl, leaving a new inflatable robot of herself with Bob. However, Becky didn't program the robot for conversation. Also, there's only one button on the remote that Bob has, so it just t ends up saying strange things in Becky's voice that end up creeping out T.J.
T.J: Is everything alright, Becky? You seem kind of...strange...
(Bob frantically pushes the remote, but causes a jumble of strange sentences)
Beckatron: HAHA! I Love unicorns! That cloud looks like a porcupine! Did somebody order a pizza?
(Bob slowly facepalms)
T.J: Mom! Becky's scaring me!
- In "Granny's Pet Plan", the old man and the little girl keep poking at Violet after Granny May accuse her of being the thief.
- In "Gift Pony":
Becky, smiling: Now, shall we run for our lives?
Violet: *
nods*
Beat.
Both, running: AAAAAAAAAA-
- From "House Arrest": Chuck having a conversation with Becky and WordGirl at the same time.
- From "Monkey Business": Becky almost realizes she forgot Huggy at the last battle many times, but the last time she realizes she forgot to get the mail!
- In the episode "Victoria is the Best... WordGirl?", when WordGirl and Captain Huggyface arrive at Victoria's house, she tries to use her signature hypnotic recorder on them, but they've come prepared with earmuffs. Victoria counters by hooking her recorder up to a guitar amplifier, which (somehow) lets her play the recorder at a super high volume, knocking WordGirl and Huggyface back.
- In "Whammer Anniversary" TJ compares WordGirl to a plushie of her, and she has a random Temporary Bulk Change to match the stuffed physique of the doll.
- This gem from "Highway to Havarti":
WordGirl: Stop right there, Dr. Two-Brains! You can kiss your cheesy plan
GOUDA-bye! [She chuckles at her own joke, while Captain Huggyface shakes his head] Dr. Two-Brains:
Ha, ha, ha, that is the funniest joke I've ever heard... You know that puns are the lowest form of comedy?
WordGirl: Really? I heard sarcasm was...
Dr. Two-Brains: Uhhh, then it MUST be true, 'cause you're the greatest genius ever to walk the Earth!
[To his goons] Cheese her! I mean—
SEIZE HER!!! - In "Chuck With A Sidekick Of Brent" Chuck gets fed up with Brent and decides to fire him from being his sidekick, what follows is a hilariously awkward yet oddly grounded Brooklyn Rage from Chuck as he does it:
Brent: But Chuck, y-you're doing so well with me as your sidekick, I keep you organized and scheduled, you
need me!
Chuck: SAYS YOU! I'm gonna take this city down with my biggest crime evah, and I'm gonna do it alone! Without schedules and without "chaaarts" and "graaaphs", but FIRST...! I'm gonna play, some video games!
[Grabs a game cartridge making a mess and walks away offscreen as Brent tears up] Brent, have you seen dah joystick...?
Brent: Oh, I can't talk to you, I'm "fired"!
Chuck: You're hired for dah finding the joystick.
Brent: It's on the table.
Chuck:
Alright, thanks, you're fired.
Brent: Aw...
- In "Guess Who's Coming For Thanksgiving" to avoid being caught, Tobey is forced to pretend that the remote control of his robots is just a radio by "turning it on" and impersonating a radio singer. Just... just watch.
- Something similar happens in "A Sticky Situation." Granny May is trying to return a fake radio to a radio store. To prove it works, she "turns it on" and impersonates a radio speaker.
Granny May: *imitates static noise* Everybody please be nice to oooold people! Ya da da da da da da da da daaaaaaa. Boop! See?
- "The Rise of Miss Power":
- Just when we think Mr. Botsford Took a Level in Badass and is about to save the day... we find that he's still dumb and he just did something totally useless.
- To clarify: we are shown a montage of gathered items that could feasibly be used to break Sally out of jail, like a really long ladder, a rock pick, and climbing rope, to name a few. This seems to be building up to a daring escape heist... until Tim offers to trade all of his "cool stuff" to the prison guard in return for Sally's return. The guard doesn't go for it.
- Amazing-Rope-Guy failing to escape during the mass prison breakout.
- Exposition Guy constantly finding WordGirl and Miss Power, even when they try hiding in the sky.
- In "A Few Words from WordGirl", WordGirl wants to fight Dr. Two-Brains so she'll have an excuse not to make a speech she feels unprepared for, leading her to say this in complete seriousness:
WordGirl: But there's still time for you to save me, so I hope you'll do the right thing and commit a crime.
- The plot of "The Good Old, Bad Old Days" has the Butcher rely on a book written by retired, senile villain duo Blue Blazer and Razzmatazz. The Butcher ends up turning himself in because the book wasn't finished. Then he gets to meet the authors:
WordGirl: I don't think you should write a book on how to defeat superheroes.
The Butcher: And the ending stinks!
- In episode "The Pretty Princess and Mr. Big Power Hour", after Mr. Big explains his plan to mind-control WordGirl using her favorite show, Leslie expresses her thoughts in her usual, monotone voice:
- From "Who is Ms. Question?":
WordGirl: To inquire is to look for information or to ask questions. You inquire a lot. In fact, if you wanted, you could change your name to "Ms. Inquire"!
[WordGirl laughs while Huggyface jumps off her back, frowning] Ms. Question: Is that supposed to be funny?
WordGirl: [sheepishly] Yeah...
- "Don't Mess With the Best":
- WordGirl playing her new favorite "game"—dropping Huggyface from a tall height, flying laps around the world, and catching him before he hits the ground.
- The ending:
The Narrator: The next time you're looking to defeat boredom, tune in for the unstoppable excitement of...
Victoria: The Victoria Best Show!
The Narrator: Sorry, but it's still called
WordGirl!
Victoria: We'll see about that.
I've got talks with PBS.
- "Kids Action News":
- From the short "Play Date", an inversion of Biting-the-Hand Humor:
Tobey: Ah, television. Only a family of imbeciles have a television.
Becky: Whoa, we're not imbeciles!
Tobey: And how would you know?
Becky: "Imbecile" is another word for "idiot". We're not idiots. We only watch
PBS.
