Tobey McCallister III

Theodore Tobey McAlister III is a villain-type character in WordGirl. He is aproximately Becky Botsford's (AKA WordGirl) age and attends the same elementary school. He is a boy genius that specializes in building robots. His robots seem to be mostly for destructive purposes, but they have shown a wide array of abilities, such as food-making, cabin-building, checker-playing, painting, competing in athletic events, etc. At first WordGirl simply knew his name from the label on the bottom of one of the destructive robots' feet, which she found after she destroyed them. Later when she returned home, Tobey (whose mother works with Sally Botsford at the district attorney's office) was at her home for a scheduled "playdate." Tobey noticed that Becky was in posession of his lost remote, and when he voiced this fact the two children deduced the other's villainous and heroic identities respectively (though Becky denied being WordGirl.) To try to prove Becky was WordGirl, he snatched his remote back and summoned one of his giant typical-style robots and gave her a limited amount of time to either stop the robot or have her house destroyed. Becky employed a backup plan, in which Bob dressed as WordGirl and, while Tobey was distracted with the decoy, she destroyed the robot. Tobey decided that Becky was not likely WordGirl, and the two have been in a sort of rivalry since. Tobey has a large crush on WordGirl--though he would never admit it to anyone else and has argued more than once to the contrary--and often concocts plans simply to impress her or win her heart. He posesses a scrapbook with WordGirl news clippings and other miscellanea.

Tobey's mother is the only authority he dreads, and when she is made aware of his mischevious deeds she often takes him by the ear and leads him away to be punished, ignoring any excuses he may give. When his mother's imminent wrath is seen, it is the only time Tobey drops his affected accent.