Becky Botsford

WordGirl (whose real name is **Becky Botsford**) is the main protagonist and heroine of the series of the same name, and is voiced by Dannah Phirman. and Candi Milo in the website version. Her secret identity is a mild-mannered fifth-grader, but whenever evil arises, she instantly becomes WordGirl by placing her hand to her chest and exclaiming, "Word Up!".

Her trademark insignia consists of a red star imposed on a golden shield. She seems to have a fondness for maroon, as both her WordGirl and Becky forms wear it.

WordGirl is extremely popular in Fair City, which she protects, and there has been much merchandising and celebrating of the heroine. She has even received many (over 200) keys to the city.

## Biography

She was born on the planet Lexicon, and as an infant accidentally wandered onto a spaceship, which was piloted by Captain Huggyface. While he was driving the spaceship, WordGirl woke and startled him, making them hit an asteroid and forcing him to crash land on Earth in order to save the both of them. However, neither of them have tried to return to Lexicon since.

WordGirl was then adopted by Tim and Sally Botsford, who at that point had no children of their own (though later they had their own kid, T.J. Botsford, who would be her brother), and she was given the name "Becky." Captain Huggyface was also "adopted" as a pet and given the name "Bob." The downed spaceship remained in the same spot and would then be used as WordGirl's secret hideout.

She grew up in a normal life, though she displayed her keen intelligence at an early age - she was found on the Botsford's doorstep as a baby reading their newspaper (even though in one flashback, she was found in the woods). Sooner or later, she took up the identity of WordGirl. She has the entire dictionary memorized and is able to define any given word at a moment's notice.

## Powers & Abilities

* **Supernatural Intellect:** Despite her young age, Becky possess a vast intellect, as she outsmarts others with genius intellect, has knowledge in robotics, as well as a comprehensive Vocabulary as she has a handful of meanings on her dictionary memorized and is able to define any given word at a moment's notice. She knows most hieroglyphics as well.
* **Lexiconian Physiology:** Usually, like all Lexiconians, Becky is able to perform different inhuman feats.
	+ **Super-Hearing:** WordGirl often hears alarms or screaming people from across the city because her hearing is sensitive enough to hear any sound at any volume or pitch. With skill and concentration, she can block out ambient sounds to focus on a specific source or frequency.
	+ **Enhanced Vision:** WordGirl's vision processes the entire electromagnetic spectrum as well as allowing vast control over selective perception and focus.
	+ **Flight:** WordGirl is able to manipulate graviton particles to defy the forces of gravity and achieve flight. This ranges from hovering to moving in any posture, in any direction.
	+ **Supernatural Speed:** WordGirl can fly at supersonic speeds, She commonly uses her speed to appear and disappear faster than people can notice, as well as to somehow change in or out of her suit in seconds. She also has the ability of speed reading.
		- **Supernatural Reflexes:** WordGirl's reflexes are so fast, she can respond to attacks within seconds.
	+ **Supernatural Strength:** WordGirl's strength is enhanced while not limitless, the extent of her super strength is undetermined; making her among the strongest terrestrial beings, allowing her lift or press objects or structures that are larger than herself, such as planes or ships.
	+ **Cold Breath:** WordGirl is able to create hurricane force winds by exhaling air from her lungs. She can chill the air as it leaves her lungs to freeze targets. She can also rewind the process to pull larger volumes of air or vapor into her lungs.
	+ **Invulnerability:** Due to the interaction of her dense molecular structure and fully charged bio-electric aura, WordGirl is high-invulnerable to extreme energy forces. Although she can still catch colds and hiccups.
	+ **Supersonic Scream:** WordGirl can unleash a highly destructive stream of ecto-energy from her vocal cords and mouth.
	+ **Oxygen Independency:** As Lexiconians, both WordGirl and Huggy do not need oxygen to breathe in space or underwater.
	+ **Fourth-Wall Knowledge**: She knows that she and her world is fictional, can communicate with the invisible narrator to see what happens next, track down villains, or usually talk to him, and at end of the story/episode she poses in mid-flight and even looks/waves in our direction.

## Trivia

* On the official WordGirl website, it used to state on WordGirl's profile that when she was an infant, she was found on the Botsford's front steps reading their newspaper. However, in the episode "WordGirl Makes a Mistake", while telling Mr. Botsford and TJ she's WordGirl, she says the Botsfords found her in the woods with Huggy.
* By age 2 she was completing crossword puzzles
* In addition to the English dictionary, she knows most hieroglyphics as well.
* She celebrates another birthday in the season three episode, "A World Without WordGirl" (which aired December 2011). The cake in this episode has 11 candles, and occurs after episode 11, making her 11 years old past this point. This does not appear in the series, but a year later, she turns 12.
	+ She celebrates another birthday in the season three episode, "A World Without WordGirl" (which aired December 2011). The cake in this episode has 11 candles, and occurs after episode 11, making her 11 years old past this point. This does not appear in the series, but a year later, she turns 12.
* WordGirl has been said to be an affectionate parody of Superman, due to them both having similar powers, coming to Earth as infants, and being vulnerable to radioactive fragments from their homeworld.
* As Becky Botsford, she attends Woodview Elementary and has a few friends. Her closest friends include Violet Heaslip and Todd "Scoops" Ming (whom She had a crush on) . Akin to her relationship with her as WordGirl, Becky finds a rival in Tobey McCallister III , who tries to outdo her (as well as everyone else) constantly in events such as Field Day or elections. In season three, her newest rival is Victoria Best, a girl who is "the best at everything she does" according to her parents. Becky's intelligence is astonishing for a ten-and-a-half year-old girl, but her skills do not go into every field. While she has an excellent vocabulary, is well-read, and enjoys geography, she’s a poor artist, can’t dance and can’t sing. She also isn’t very good at charades (see the episode "Meat with a Side of Cute" for reference). She’s a huge fan of "The Pretty Princess and Magic Pony Power Hour" TV show as well as the *Princess Triana* books, even dressing up as the Pretty Princess for Halloween in the episode "Tobey's Tricks and Treats". Becky also has a great love for unicorns and has a big collection of them in her room. One of these, named Angelface, gets broken a number of times throughout the series, much to her anger.

## Gallery

as WordGirlBecky in her pajamas.Baby Becky.