# Martha Speaks season 3

The third season of the animated series Martha Speaks was originally broadcast on PBS Kids in the United States between October 11, 2010 and October 3, 2011. The third season contained 15 episodes (29 segments).

## Episodes

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Vocabulary words | Original air date |
| 56 | 1 | "The Martha Show" | genre, drama, educational, merchandise, style, comedy, co-star, medical, program, watch, script, pilot, imaginative, suspense, depict, duo, viewers, children, pirate, whale | October 11, 2010 (2010-10-11) |
| Part 1: Martha has been offered a chance to host a children's TV show with her friends! The gang tries to agree on the perfect kids' show.Part 2: Having your own kids' show is more complicated than Martha expected. Our talking dog comes up with a whale of a show, starring the Bookbots. But is her new partner — or TV — ready for it? |||||
| 57a | 2a | "Martha's Millions" | inherit, wealthy, greedy, generous, fortune, will, buy, spend, stingy, give | October 12, 2010 (2010-10-12) |
| When Carolina reads about a dog inheriting millions, she's appalled. What could a dog do with all that money? Martha discovers that it isn't who spends it, but how you spend it, that matters most. |||||
| 57b | 2b | "Carolina's Gifted" | gift certificate, expire, purchase, splurge, redeem, squirrel away, save, cash, pay/paid, pick | October 12, 2010 (2010-10-12) |
| Everyone is excited for Carolina's birthday, everyone, that is, except Carolina. She still has not used her gift certificate from last year's birthday, and it is going to expire the following night. She and Helen rush to the store to pick out the perfect gift. |||||
| 58a | 3a | "Truman's Mad" | explore, theory, analyze, outcome, effect, note, lab, kit, finding, magnet | October 13, 2010 (2010-10-13) |
| When Truman sends away for a science kit, he dreams about all the new inventions he will create. But can reality really live up to his big dreams? |||||
| 58b | 3b | "Dog for a Day" | hypothesis, experiment, conclusion, compare, result, human, canine, science, easy, hard | October 13, 2010 (2010-10-13) |
| TD thinks dogs have it easy — no school, no homework, no schedule — but Martha begs to differ. When the two decide to switch roles for a day, they discover that life can be surprisingly tough in someone else's shoes (or tail). |||||
| 59a | 4a | "Martha: Deadline Doggie" | article, deadline, eavesdrop, gossip, private, type, read, tip, paper, surprise | October 14, 2010 (2010-10-14) |
| When Martha begins to sniff out leads for Carolina's paper, the news is not fit to print. Can Martha redeem herself before she puts the paper out of business? |||||
| 59b | 4b | "It's the Giant Pumpkin, Martha" | fabricate, source, exaggerate, reliable, anonymous, retract, reporter, lie, record, ton, pounds | October 14, 2010 (2010-10-14) |
| With The Ronald Report as her new competition, Carolina needs stories, big stories, to keep her paper afloat. But then she finds a story that's stranger than she bargained for. |||||
| 60a | 5a | "The Dog Did It" | primitive, civilization, prehistoric, ancient, philosopher, origin, stone, fire, caveman, history | October 15, 2010 (2010-10-15) |
| Martha shares the Great Oral History of Dogs with Helen, TD, and Truman. According to Martha, dogs contributed much to humanity: fire, philosophy, physics, art, and even language. Could this explain why Shakespeare's hero is named Hamlet? |||||
| 60b | 5b | "Martha Out West" | pioneer, frontier, founded, outlaw, property, western, mayor, sheriff, town, settle | October 15, 2010 (2010-10-15) |
| The gang has borrowed a video camera from the library so they can film their very own Wild West production. They each tell their versions, featuring pioneers, outlaws, and ... strawberry milkshakes? |||||
| 61a | 6a | "T.D.'s Magic" | feat, rational, vanish, illusion, dubious, disappear, magic, appear, explanation, powers | October 25, 2010 (2010-10-25) |
| TD has found the best birthday gift of all time for his cousin CD: He's going to put on a magic show at his party. He wants to really "wow" the crowd, so the bigger the trick, the better. But what happens when his magic gets out of control? |||||
| 61b | 6b | "Scaredy Cat" | silhouette, unexpected, nightmare, phantom, ominous, scare, dark, windy, rainy, night | October 25, 2010 (2010-10-25) |
| To escape a storm, the kids and dogs retreat into the Boxwood's house. TD, Alice, and Helen decide to tell spooky stories to pass the time. But as spooky things start happening in the house, they wonder if their stories might be a little too real. |||||
| 62a | 7a | "The Opera Contest" | opera, soprano, bass, quartet, accomplish, scene, rhyme, costume, stage, prop(s) | February 21, 2011 (2011-02-21) |
| An opera contest! Sounds boring! But before you know it, the kids have cooked up their own ideas of what an opera should be. |||||
| 62b | 7b | "Maestro Martha" | orchestra, symphony, conduct(or)(ing), percussion, composition, trumpet, string, maestro, gong, usher | February 21, 2011 (2011-02-21) |
| Bad guys Pablum and Weaselgraft have a plan to freeze people at a charity concert by using the power of very strange music. Can Martha turn down the volume on their evil scheming before it's too late? |||||
| 63a | 8a | "Skits and Mr. Scruffles" | occupied, companion, lonesome, disappoint, imaginary, bored, lonely, twice, play(ed)(ing), fun | February 22, 2011 (2011-02-22) |
| Everyone's too busy to play with Skits. While he's moping around the neighborhood, he meets Milo, a lonesome newcomer who just moved to Wagstaff City. The two bond, but when they tell their respective families about their new companion, no one believes they're real. |||||
| 63b | 8b | "Brave Truman" | panic, reaction, terrify(ed)(ing), phobia, reassur(e)(ing), height(s), worr(y)(ied), dizzy, steep, tall | February 22, 2011 (2011-02-22) |
| Truman is afraid to try out his new sled on the town's steepest, scariest, lumpiest hill. His friends are convinced that Truman is braver than he seems. Is he? |||||
| 64a | 9a | "Martha Acts Up" | character(s), motivat(e)(ation), portray(s), psychology, instinct(ual), part, actors, play, line(s), show | February 23, 2011 (2011-02-23) |
| Mrs. Boxwood offers Martha a part in Alice in Wonderland, and Martha is thrilled at her new chance to become a star of the stage. But when Martha finds out what she's cast as, she's horrified. |||||
| 64b | 9b | "Ronald Is In" | attitude, diagnose(is)(ed)(ing), emulate(ing), mimic(ing), mental, borrow, worried, used book(s), yogurt | February 23, 2011 (2011-02-23) |
| When Ronald finds a book on psychology, he becomes the expert on everyone's "problems." |||||
| 65a | 10a | "Patrol Dog Martha" | patrol, citation, smuggle, secur(e)(ity), officer, police, freeze, beat, cop | February 24, 2011 (2011-02-24) |
| Martha wishes she could help solve crimes like Rascal the police dog, and she's in luck! Officer O'Reilly lets Martha fill in while Rascal is away. Out patrolling, Martha smells a rat. Can she convince them that there's something rotten in the rutabaga? |||||
| 65b | 10b | "The Crooning Crook Caper" | paper, detective, camouflage, pursu(e)(it), stakeout, footprint, monocle, criminal, notebook, handwriting | February 24, 2011 (2011-02-24) |
| Helen wishes she could be a kid detective just like her favorite book character, Curious Crystal. When Helen and Martha find a business card for "The Whistler" with "You've been warned" written on the back, they think their career as super sleuths has begun. |||||
| 66a | 11a | "Myth Me?" | myth, legend, moral, reflection, fate, point, ending, setting, over, Greek | February 25, 2011 (2011-02-25) |
| On a rainy, boring day, the gang does what everybody does on a rainy day: act out Greek myths! And, as always, they are really better with dogs! |||||
| 66b | 11b | "TD's Myth Take" | version, alter, revis(e)(ing), adaptation, dramatize, change, fix, perfect, plot, nymph | February 25, 2011 (2011-02-25) |
| TD isn't satisfied with any Greek myth, so he decides to write his own version. With the help of Martha and Truman, he puts on a performance that exceeds everyone's expectations ... |||||
| 67a | 12a | "Wagstaff Races" | energy, solar, alternative, convert, generate, cart, (re)use, green, power, parts | April 22, 2011 (2011-04-22) |
| Wagstaff City's environmental club is having a "Go Green Go-Cart Race," fueled by renewable energy. Using sun, wind, and pond scum, the gang gathers at the starting line. Who will win the trophy, and most importantly, how? |||||
| 67b | 12b | "The Missing Metal Mystery" | waste, pollut(e)(ing)(tion), landfill, biodegradable, aluminum, copper, metal(s), trophy, sleepwalking | April 22, 2011 (2011-04-22) |
| Who has been stealing things from the local junkyard? When Detective TD announces the identity of his main suspect, everyone is shocked. |||||
| 68a | 13a | "Martha's Slumber Party of the Weird" | science fiction, data, unpredictable, foresee(able), unforeseen, feline(s), gather(ing), mysterious, peculiar, vine | June 27, 2011 (2011-06-27) |
| The gang is camping out. The tent is pitched, they have played a hundred hands of Go Fish, and they've even eaten all the s'mores — but they still aren't tired. When TD suggests they tell science fiction stories, no one expects this story to end as it does: to be continued! |||||
| 68b | 13b | "Return to Martha's Slumber Party of the Weird" | miniature(ize), enormous, magnify(ing), improbable, scientist, ray, puny, huge, giant, mini | June 27, 2011 (2011-06-27) |
| A shadow on the outside of the tent inspires still more stories. With humans shrinking to the size of ants, and ants growing to the size of humans, everyone has something to contribute. |||||
| 69a | 14a | "The Long, Rotten Summer" | moment(s), endless, infinite, eternal, interrupt, minute, hour, day, tomorrow, never, forever | July 1, 2011 (2011-07-01) |
| For TD, summer always goes by too quickly, so he decides to spend this summer in the only place where the days never end: school. But is sitting alone in an empty classroom the best way to spend summer? |||||
| 69b | 14b | "The Case of the Shattered Vase" | instant, perception, transpire(d), occur(ed), review(ing), crash, touch(ing), second, events, vase | July 1, 2011 (2011-07-01) |
| Helen watched a horror movie right before she went to sleep; thus she has nightmares. Martha helps her understand that things are not always what they seem. |||||
| 70a | 15a | "Alice Covers Up" | (self)confiden(t)(ce), complexion, timid, outgoing, bashful, color, sort, brand, fair/fair-skinned, dye | October 3, 2011 (2011-10-03) |
| Everyone is going to a pool party, including Alice. However, a side effect of a sunscreen she was using dyes her skin orange, embarrassing her. |||||
| 70b | 15b | "Carolina Picks A Lily" | shallow, temperament, vicious, impulsive, foster, hypoallergenic, sweet, type, breed, kind, nasty | October 3, 2011 (2011-10-03) |
| Carolina adopts a new puppy, and she is so excited as the puppy's size matches her purse! But when the gang points out the pup will not stay pocketbook-sized for long, she regrets her impulsive adoption. Thus, they need to be able to find a home for Lily. |||||