Play Date

"Play Date" is one of the original Wordgirl shorts from the series ''The Amazing Colossal Adventures of Wordgirl. ''It is two minutes long, and introduced the character of Theodore "Tobey" McCalister.

Plot
The short begins with Wordgirl fighting a large robot in the city. After destroying it, she notices the name "Tobey" underneath the robot's foot, as well as a nearby remote someone had left behind with the letters "TTM" inscribed on the back. Wordgirl puzzles over the owner of the remote, but is unable to figure out who it could be.

Back at her home as Becky Botsford, her mother has set up a "play date" for her with the son of a woman she works with at the District Attorney's office. Theodore seems nice enough at first glance, but then turns out to be an wicked young boy who calls the Botsfords "imbeciles" because they have a television and breaks TJ's Wordgirl doll. When he spots Becky with the remote she found, he orders her to return it to him, revealing he is Tobey. This leads the two children to deduce one another's heroic and villainous identities respectively, ending the short on a cliffhanger.

Trivia

 * This is the first mention (and appearance) of Tobey.
 * This is the first time we hear about Mrs. Botsford's profession as District Attorney.