09x06 - A Sticky Situation / Eight Legs vs. Two-Brains

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♪ Word up, it's wordgirl ♪

♪ Word up, it's wordgirl ♪

♪ Flying at the speed of sound,
vocabulary that astounds ♪

♪ From the planet lexicon,
watch out, villains ♪

♪ Here she comes ♪

♪ Faced with a catastrophe,
we need the living dictionary ♪

♪ Her superior intellect
keeps the crime world in check ♪

♪ Go, girl ♪

♪ Huggy face is by her side ♪

♪ Vocabulary a mile wide ♪

♪ She'll make sure
that crime won't pay ♪

♪ Then throw some mighty
words your way ♪

♪ Word up, it's wordgirl ♪

♪ Word up ♪

♪ From the planet lexicon ♪

♪ Watch out, villains ♪

♪ Here she comes ♪

♪ Wordgirl ♪

Listen for the words

Adhesive and precious.

Narrator:
ah, the botsford house--

A peaceful, loving home

Where brother and sister
becky and tj botsford

Always play nice.

"Pretty princess
magic pony power hour"!

"Real-life
shark wrestlers"!

Ok, they're fighting.

Pretty princess.

Shark wrestlers!

Princess!

Shark--whoa!

[Crash]

Oh, no!

Mom's precious
figurine!

The glass snowman!
The glass penguin!

Huh.

When mom gets home,
we'll be grounded for life.

Woman: and in local news,

A big congratulations
to stan sandpaper,

Owner of standy's
hardware store,

Who's getting married
this afternoon.

The hardware store
will close early today,

So if you broke something
valuable and need glue

Or some other strong adhesive
to put it back together,

Better get over there fast!

That's the news--
the oddly specific news.

Ooh, I got it!
I know what
we should do.

Go to the hardware store
and get glue?

Yeah,
that's pretty obvious.

Come on, bob.

I'll make sure the pieces
stay safe and...

The sharks get wrestled.

[Crowd cheering]

Next.

Ooh! I'm next.

Oh! Sorry. I'm old.

Huh!
It's granny may.

I wonder if she's
up to something.

I'd like to return a power drill
I bought yesterday.

Ma'am, are you
sure that's
from this store?

It doesn't look
very familiar to me.

This is the one I purchased.

I'm sure of it.

I'm just an old woman,

A sweet, kind, gentle
old woman.

You know what?

It was probably
some kind of
mistake on our end.

You know
what they say--

The customer
is always right.

Hmm...something's fishy.

Oh, thank you, dear.

Heh heh heh heh!

Ahem. And now
I've got to go.

I have several other
returns to make.

Toodles!

Next.

What can
I get y'all?

I need a strong adhesive

For a broken snowman thing
that looks a lot like a penguin.

Well, I got
just the thing--

Strong enough
to put together

The most broken
penguin-looking
snowman thing.

It's from our
new line of oddly
specific adhesives.

Thanks!

Hey, is this the drill

That sweet old woman
just returned?

It sure is.
Between you and me,

I think she was
a little confused,

But she's just
a cute little
old lady.

Not like she's some
evil super-villain,

So I'll let it go.

Whew...

Let it go,
stan sandpaper.

Bob, I think I know
what granny may did.

[Eee eee]

She bought a drill,
then returned a fake one

So she could keep
the drill and get
the money back.

That means she
didn't pay any money
for the drill.

[Ooh ooh!]

That's right!

She did say she had
other returns to make.

More like other
crimes to commit.

Word--
[eeh!]

Huh? That's right--
the figurines.

Ok. We'll fly home,
give tj the glue,

Then go find granny may
and be home in time for dinner.

Word up!

Narrator:
moments later...

Becky: tj,
I got the glue!

Huh! Wordgirl!

In my house?

Wordgirl?
What are you--oh.

Whoops. I'm still
dressed as--i mean,

I'm always dressed
as wordgirl

Because that's
who I am.

What are you
doing here?

Uh, your sister--

Becky is her name,
I think?

She asked me to come here

To give you this
adhesive that she bought.

Adhesive?

What does that
mean, wordgirl?

I'm giving you
a chance to
define a word.

I know
you love that.

Oh. Thanks. Huh...

Um, an adhesive
is something sticky

That you can use to put
two things together--

Like glue, for instance.

You need an adhesive because

You and your amazing
sister becky

Broke your mom's
precious figurine.

So, here.

Ooh, thanks.

And where
is my amazing
sister becky?

I need her help
putting this thing
back together.

Becky? Uh, she's, uh...

You know, tj,
just this once,

I'll help you fix
this figurine myself.

Really? Wow!

Wordgirl
and tj botsford,

On a mission
against time!

You're making me
nervous here.

Will they succeed?

Who knows?

After all, the odds
are against them.

Not helping.

But together,

They might...
Just...do it.

Done!

Great. Let me see.

Whoa!

Hey, wordgirl,
where'd you go?

Where'd I go?
Where'd you go?

I hear you,
but I can't see you.

Huh! Are you invisible?

Oh...

Look at
the mirror, tj.

Aah!

We must have gotten
some of the glue on us.

We're stuck together!

Cool!

I mean, darn.

So inconvenient,
right?

That is right.

I have to go
find granny may

Before she continues
her crime spree.

What'll we do, huggy?

I can't take off
my costume,

Or he'll find out I'm--

You know I can
hear you, right?

I'm, like, inches
from your face.

Oh. Yeah. Uh...

Close your ears
for a second.

Sure.
[Humming]

In my regular clothes,

Tj will recognize me
as you-know-who.

[Eee ooh]

Well, don't say it
out loud!

[Eee eee ooh]

Ooh, good idea!

Ok! You can stop!

♪ The adventures
of wordgirl
and tj, pow! ♪

Give me your shirt
so we can get unstuck.

No, wordgirl.
I can't,

Because my mom
is going to
be home soon,

And if she thinks
I broke her figurine
and lost a shirt,

She'll be
really mad!

But can't you just--

Yeah, so I don't
think that's
going to work,

So we'll have to
figure out something
else that involves

Us staying
stuck together
for a while.

We'll have to
figure this out

After I stop granny may.

You mean after we
stop granny may.

Tj style, word up!

Oh, man! Wordgirl
coming to my house,

Getting stuck
to wordgirl,

Flying on wordgirl--

This is the greatest
day of my life!

We should get
another monkey

And glue him
to captain huggy face.

Then we'll all match.
Wouldn't that be cool?

[Aahh!]

Ok, ok. Not cool.

Why don't we
stop chatting and
just keep an eye out

For an old lady
going into a store?

Oh, you mean
like granny may

Going into
that radio store?

Huh!
Granny may!

I found her!
I helped!

Pfft.
Beginner's luck.

So you want a
refund for the radio
you bought here,

Which you're
saying is...this.

Exactly, my dear.

It works just fine.

[Imitates static]

♪ Everybody please be nice
to old people ♪

♪ Yah dah dah dah,
dah-dah, dah dah-dah dah ♪

♪ Boop ♪

[Imitates static]

See?

I'm going to
give you a refund

Because I'm
closing early

And I don't have time to
work this out right now.

I'm actually getting
married this afternoon.

Oh, yes!

To that precious
stan sandpaper.

I wish you the best.

You've both been so kind
to this old woman.

Toodles!

Not so fast!

Wordgirl?
Wordgirl!

And tj girl--
I mean, boy.

Shh!

I know exactly what you're
up to, granny may,

And it ends here.

Whatever do you mean?

You're buying items,
then pretending to

Return those items
to get your money back,

But you're not returning
the real items.

You're just
returning junk.

Boop!

[Eee!]

Hey!

Uh! Will you stop
moving so much?

She's going to
get away!

Smell...
Too much perfume.

[Coughing]

[Thud]

Oh, I guess you're a
little tied up right now.

Ha ha ha ha!

See you later,
wordgirl!

Whoo hoo!

Ha ha ha!

Wait!

Hey! Oh...

Great. She's probably
halfway home by now.

Huh! Home by now!

Oh, no. Come on!

Ohh...

I know it seems like

This would have
a funny story

Behind it, m...
Mrs. Botsford,

But it's actually
pretty boring.

Mm-hmm?

Ok, ok, I can't
hide it anymore!

Anymore?
We just started!

Becky and I
were arguing,

And I dove for the
remote and broke your
favorite figurine,

And becky went to the
store, and wordgirl
brought me this adhesive,

Which means glue,
by the way.

I know what it means.

And we spilled the glue,
and this happened.

Just don't be mad at
wordgirl or becky,

Because this whole
thing is my fault.

I even let
granny may get away.

Tj, I understand--

Well, everything except
for that last part--

And I'm glad
you told the truth.

That was really
nice of you, tj.

But you didn't have to go
to all that trouble.

I can get
another figurine.

In fact, I bought
one just like it

To give stan sandpaper
as a wedding gift.

See? Not so
precious, after all.

And what
does "precious"
mean, again?

"Precious" means very
important and valuable,

Something special
that you love.

Tj, you thought
this figurine

Was precious to your mom,

But apparently, there are
many others just like it,

And this whole thing
could have been avoided.

That's exactly right.

It's the exact same
penguin snowman we have.

Both: oh, a penguin
snowman!

Maybe I'm looking at this
situation the wrong way.

After all, two heads are
better than one. Right?

You bet!

Tj, let's go stop
granny may together!

I thought you'd never ask.

Ok! Great!

I have no idea
what's happening,

But I'm being supportive.

[Crash]

Well, I don't think

That's the car
we sold you.

I have a bill
of sale right here.

Are you going to
cheat an old lady?

Wordgirl:
I think you mean,

Is an old lady
going to cheat you?

Huh! What?

Wait a minute.

Where's wordgirl?

Tj: oh, I think
she went that way.

Stop it!

What's going on?

She's right
behind you.

Oh, did I say
right behind you?

I meant right
behind me.

[Eee]

No!

We did it!

Great job, tj!

Hey, can I
keep this car?

That depends. Does
your garage have

High-powered
glue remover?

Of course we do.

Our mechanics
accidentally glue things

Together all the time.

See?

Narrator: and so,
it all works out,

And wordgirl is
once again able

To get out of
a sticky situation.

Get it? Sticky,
like an adhesive?

Man, this is a fun job.

Help me keep it
by joining us next time

For another amazing,
incredible,

Perfectly precious episode
of "wordgirl."

♪ Wordgirl ♪

Hello. I'm beau handsome,

And this is...

"May I have a word?"

As usual, the player
who correctly defines

Today's featured word
will win a fabulous prize.

Let's play...

"May I have a word?"

Yes, you may.

Today's featured word
is scamper.

To give you a clue, here are
some clips from "wordgirl"

That show the meaning
of the word.

[Bell dings]

Emily, go ahead.

"Scamper" means
"to run or move quickly

Or lightly," like in
that last clip,

Where dr. Two-brains' mice
are scampering away,

Carrying him on
a wheel of cheese.

Congratulations!
You are today's winner.

Huggy, show her
what she's won.

[Applause]

An official wordgirl
super-duper,

Super-charged superball!

Audience: ooh!

Aah!

Ok. Ahem. That's it
for today's--

Aah!

As I was saying, that's--

Whoa!

That's it
for today's episode.

See you next time on...

"May I have a word?"

♪ Wordgirl ♪

Today's words are

Volunteer and habitat.

Narrator: ah, it's another
safe and pleasant day in--

Aah! A spider!

Hello again,

My darling two-eyed,
two-legged h*m* sapiens.

That means "people."

Ha ha ha ha.

I see you've all been
taking good care

Of shaggy the tarantula.

Did you know
that shaggy here

Is older than
most of you?

And with
the proper care,

He can live to be
up to years old.

Oooohh...

Unfortunately, this is
shaggy's last weekend

With your class.

Awww!

On monday,
I take him back

To the tarantula farm,
where he's free

To roam around in
his natural habitat.

I know I won't miss
that creepy-crawly thing.

Ughhh...

Why? What's not
to like about him?

Well...he's a spider.

So...

Oh, I forgot.

You're afraid of
cute little creatures

That are times
smaller than you.

And the lucky student
who gets to take

The spider home for
its last weekend is...

Becky botsford.

Gah!

Ohh!

Violet, take my turn.
Please, please, please!

Sure, becky.
I'd love to.

I volunteer to
take shaggy home

So becky does
not have to.

That's a great
idea, violet,

Because I'm not sure I'd
be able to do a good job.

I'm too busy.

I'm sorry, becky.

Violet can't
volunteer for you.

Observing the spider
over the weekend

Is a part of
a class assignment,

And everyone else
has had a turn,

So there's no
getting out of it.

Whee.

The assignment is to observe
shaggy the tarantula

Over the weekend

And complete drawings
of him in his habitat.

Gross!

There's nothing to be
sacred of, becky.

Just think of him like
a shaggy little dog,

With extra legs.

Ha ha ha ha ha...

Well, good-bye.

Narrator: later...

How am I supposed
to fight crime

And take care of
a scary tarantula?

[Eee ooh]

He's probably
planning his escape

From that habitat
as we speak!

[Echoing]
ha ha ha ha ha!

Huh! Sounds
like trouble.

I guess shaggy is
coming with us, bob.

Uh, how about you
carry him first?

No backsies!

[Eep!]

Word up!

Narrator:
meanwhile, at a farm

Near the outskirts of town,

Dr. Two-brains and his
henchmen are up to--

A little
to the right.

No, not that right;
your other right.

Uh...huh?

Narrator: well, I'm sure
they're up to something evil.

Ok, ok. Stop.

Now squeeze!

Ahem!

What are you doing
to that cow?

Isn't it obvious?

[Moo]

Not so obvious.

I'm using my cheese ray
to turn its milk

Into delicious, scrumptious,

Gooey, runny, stretchy
nacho cheese!

[Crunch]

Ooh! How is it?

Mmm! Delicious.

Ooh! Give me one.

Mmm! Tasty.

Oh, these are
going to be big.

We're going to make a lot
of money off of these.

Want one?

Uhh...

What, are you scared of
cows or something?

Uh, no.

I'm fine. Can we get
back to the whole

Me stopping
your diabolical
plan thing?

Uh, fine.
If you insist.

Ohh!

Yee!

Aah!

Oh, no!

Huh!

Aah!
Aah!

Ohh!

Is that what
I think it is?

A giant tarantula?

Yes!

Ooh! And you're just
carrying it around?

I didn't have
a choice!

I'm going to get you--

Oh, man, I can't
even look at it.

Hey, charlie's got
a really big foot.

He could step on it.

No! Don't
step on it!

I think it bit me! It bit me!
I think it bit me!

Was it crawling
on me?

I feel like it was
crawling on me.

[Eee ooh]

Oh! Thanks,
captain huggy face.

What do you say we
pick this up later?

Yeah.
Let's reschedule.

I need to go home
and take a shower.

[Moo]

Narrator: later that weekend,
after several showers

And two hours
of zen meditation,

Becky realizes that
fighting crime,

Spider-sitting
a giant tarantula,

And completing her class
assignment all at the same time

Is actually just as
difficult as it sounds,

And also that her brother tj

Has probably never
cleaned his room.

Whoa, tj!

Your habitat is almost
as scary as shaggy.

Thank you. I'm glad
you like my habitat.

I don't know what the
word "habitat" means.

Oh. A habitat
is the place

Where an animal
normally lives.

Shaggy's natural habitat
is the desert.

Well, for now,
it's this travel container.

And your habitat is here--

A pigpen, which is
also a pig's habitat.

If you think my room
is so gross,

Why don't you go back
to your own habitat?

Because if shaggy
escapes in my room,

I'll never be able
to go in there again.

Can I please
do my tarantula
assignment in here?

Oh! So you're still
scared of spiders?

I wouldn't say scared.

They just make me
uncomfortable.

Well, you shouldn't be
creeped out by them.

Spiders are our friends.

I find that
hard to believe.

It's true. They're
an important part

Of our natural
habitat.

Really?

Think about it.

A tarantula will
go after insects,

And some can even
take down a mouse,

But humans aren't
their enemies.

Take down a mouse?

That gives me an idea.

[Echoing]
ha ha ha ha ha!

And just in time!

Thanks for
all the info, tj,

But I forgot that
I volunteered to help
at the farmers market.

Got to go!

Narrator: meanwhile,
at the local farmers market,

Dr. Two-brains' evil
nacho cheese scheme

Is well underway.

Nachos!
Get your delicious
nachos here.

We made it with a ray
that we zapped at a cow.

Wordgirl! I knew you'd
show up sooner or later.

Might I interest you in
some delicious nachos?

This isn't your
usual bad-guy stuff.

What's the deal?

Hey, these ray-g*ns don't
pay for themselves,

And nachos are a very hot
snack item right now.

Sure you
don't want one?

[Eee eee]

All right,
this has gone on

Long enough,
two-brains.

That cow
didn't volunteer

To help you do this.

You can't just steal
helpless animals
from their habitats

And use them
in your evil plans.

Unhand that cow!

I'm sorry, miss,

But you're disturbing
the paying customers.

I'm going to have to
ask that you leave.

Whoa!

[Moo]

Hey!
That's my cow!

Not anymore.

Now, huggy!

Yipe!

[Moo]

Ha ha
ha ha ha ha!

[Eep!]

[Moo]

Huh!

Oh, no,
he's back! Whoa!

Aah! What's that
thing doing here?

Meet my new
sidekick--shaggy.

[Eee ooo]

Right.
New assistant sidekick.

Uh...i just remembered
that charlie and I

Volunteered to help
my friend move today.

What do you mean,
you volunteered?

The word
"volunteer" means

"To offer your help
to someone who needs it."

Oh, you mean the way
my henchmen volunteer

To do my laundry
every week.

No. You force us
to do that.

I always volunteer to help
the citizens of the city

By putting an end
to your cheesy plans.

Oh.

So you volunteer
to fight crime?

Hmm. I always thought the
city had you on salary.

Go figure.

Anyway, that's
very nice of you guys

To help out a friend,
but what about me?

We've been planning this
nacho cheese thing for ages!

Sorry, boss, but you
know how it is.

I have a truck.

You have a truck?

[Honk honk]

Ahem.

Oh, oh!
Make it stop.

Make it go away!
Don't come any closer!

Aah!

It's not even
doing anything.

Narrator: it looks like
dr. Two-brains is stuck

Between a rock and a huge,
hairy, -legged spider.

Ok, you win!

Call it off!
I surrender!

Just take it away!

Oh, please...

Ok, ok. Here you go,
little buddy.

Back in your habitat.

Whoo! I used
to be scared, too,

But the more
you know about them,

The less scary they get.

Yah!

High , shaggy!

Uh, I mean...high ?

Narrator: as becky's time
with shaggy draws to an end,

They prepare to give their
tear-filled good-byes.

Eww!

I'm going to
miss you, shaggy,

Old buddy, old pal.

We sure have been
through a lot.

Wow, becky!
You and shaggy

Really hit it off.

Excellent. Another friend
has been caught

In shaggy's web of
wonder and affection.

Ha ha ha ha.
Ha ha ha ha.

Ha ha ha ha.

Hmm.

Well,
I never thought
I'd say this,

But I love
that tarantula.

Well, maybe not
love, but I
can touch him.

Maybe you'll have your own
pet tarantula one day?

Yeah...no.

But who knows?

If he ever comes
back to visit,

I might
even volunteer
to watch him.

You never know when
a giant tarantula

Might come in handy.

Narrator: and so once again,

Wordgirl and her
new -legged friend

Have saved the day

By volunteering their
crime-fighting services

To a city in need

And returning a stolen cow
to its natural habitat.

Yes, everything is back
to normal...for now.

Tune in next time for

Another exciting
adventure of "wordgirl"!

[Hiss...]

♪ Wordgirl ♪

Hello. I'm beau handsome,

And this is
the bonus round of...

"May I have a word?"

Our returning champion
will have a chance to play

For even greater prizes
on the bonus round.

Emily, you correctly
defined the word "scamper."

Ready to play
the bonus round?

Yes, sir.

Great! Take a look
at these pictures

And tell me which one shows
the definition for scamper.

Emily.

Number one.

In that picture,
the learnerer

Is scampering
toward a mansion,

Running lightly
and quickly so he
doesn't get caught.

That's correct,

Which means you're
our bonus round winner.

Show her what
she's won, huggy.

[Applause]

More official
wordgirl super-duper

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