User blog comment:KerrytheBrony/New Possible Story: WordGirl Wikistuck/@comment-24185308-20131119002722/@comment-27242792-20131119031441

Please don't swear here, this is a site where kids go on.

The show is actually good compared to other PBS KIDS shows, because WordGirl doesn't exploit any of the childish stereotypes that the other shows use. Such as, childish voices, simple animation, incorporating educational concepts in a "forced" way, etc.

WordGirl has none of that. The voice acting is at least decent, if not very good. The animation is also pretty smooth and natural, unlike the "jerky" or overexaggerated animation present in the preschool PBS shows. The vocabulary concepts fit right into the plot, rather than the plot being written in a way just so the words can be utilized.

The episode plots can actually be at least somewhat interesting to people above the intended age of the show. It actually involves fighting crime in a reasonable way. There is no deus ex machina; meaning problems are not solved at the last minute. Each of WordGirl's victories are always carefully planned.

The characters are also pretty well designed, characteristically and physically. I think WordGirl's outfit is actually pretty good. We also have some insight into her personality: she likes princesses and ponies, but has some tomboyish sides to her, so she's not too girly. In fact, nearly all the main character girls aren't really, stereotypically girly. I say stereotypically because Violet can be percieved as girly, but in a rather good way.

Which brings me to the next point: stereotypes. You'll see a lot of kids' shows nowadays with girls liking princesses and ponies and dolls and tea parties, etc. And boys favoring cars and other vehicles and dinosaurs and robots. You won't find those in WordGirl. Not even with most of the background characters.

Violet enjoys art and painting; Scoops (a boy) enjoys writing, especially for a newspaper; Tobey enjoys robots, yes, but enjoys them in a villainish, evil genius way, rather than boys' robots that can do anything they imagine. Tobey's robots are simple and limited in power, which removes most of the stereotypes on them. Eileen, however, displays all of the girl stereotypes in the book. But she's a villain, so I guess it's okay?

Well, a lot of the background characters are dumber than splat, but no one really cares about background characters.

All the characters are at a decent age; the main kids are around 10-11. Not like 6-7. Characters 6-7 will cause people to lose interest quite quickly.

WordGirl actually has a decent backstory on why she has her superpowers. She was born on the planet Lexicon. When she was a baby, she crawled on Captain Huggy Face's ship and it crash-landed on Earth. She grew up with the Botsfords, her current adoptive parents. While this story may have some flaws, it's actually pretty believable.

The WordGirl fandom enjoys shipping pairings, such as WordGirlxTobey, ScoopsxViolet, etc. Another thing: There is actually clear evidence of crushes in the show. This is likely to jump-start fans that enjoy shipping.

There are also fanfictions that have spawned around WordGirl. The characters are interesting to write about; there are shippings, there are several headcanons surrounding the show, such as: what it's like on Lexicon, or WordGirl's early childhood. These are all factors in getting fans to do fanworks.

Excuse me if this is way too detailed of an explanation; I sometimes get carried away with this ^_^' I have a word for you: Good luck finding some episodes. :( They're pretty rare. I suggest going on KidsTube, they have WordGirl episodes there.