Hal Hardbargain is a gruff gadget supplier and owner of Hal's Villains Supply Shop/Super Heroes Supply Shop. He has a mechanical arm and an electronic eye patch over one eye.
History [ ] His first appearance is in the episode "Word (Hicc)Up! ". In this episode, he swindles Chuck the Evil Sandwich Making Guy by selling malfunctioning rays and supplies. The only villains known to be at his store are, of course, Chuck, Dr. Two-Brains , and Granny May .
He also appears to have a wife, as told in "Word (Hicc)Up!", although it is still not quite clear. He tells constant stories about unknown villains, though he claims they are from another city. He also built Chuck's crusher.
Hal also appears in the movie The Rise of Miss Power Colonel Giggle Cheeks arm wrestle, with Giggle Cheeks winning.
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Season 4 Sonny Days with a Chance of Showers
Seymour... Right After This
The Fill-In
Word (Hicc)Up!
Mouse Brain Take-Over
Leslie Makes It Big
Chuck with a Sidekick of Brent
Yarn-4-Gold
Whammer Anniversary
Rat Trap
WordGirl and Bobbleboy
Crime in the Key of V
Where Have All the Villains Gone?
Captain Tangent Returns
A World Without WordGirl
Have Snob, Will Travel
Tobey's Playground Calamity
The Learnerer
Mr. Big's Dinner and a Scam
The Birthday Girl's Monstrous Gift
Hal the Haggler
Wordbot
Mount Rushhere
Road Rage, Anger, and Fury
By Jove, You've Wrecked My Robot
Season 5 Seize the Cheese
Ms. Question's Riddle Rampage
The Meaty Dimension
The Case of the Copied Mrs. Botsford
The Good, The Bad, And The Chucky
Granny's Pet Plan
Hard-Learned Money
Gift Pony
Scary with a Side of Butter
Talent Show Tobey
Don't Mess with the Best
Peanut Butter Battles
Hello New Year, Goodbye Moon
Art in the Park
Plain Old Mischief Makers
House Arrest
Monkey Business
Say it Again, Eileen
Best Fan Club Meeting Ever
Day at the Museum
Who's Your Granny?
Win a Day with WordGirl
Dinner or Consequences
Father's Day Dance-a-thon
Big is Botsford's Boss
Season 6 Who Wants to Get Rid of WordGirl?
The Talented Mr. Birg
One Last Sandwich
Caper or Plastic?
Tell Her What She's Won!
Victoria is the Best...WordGirl?
High-Five Sandwich
The Robot Problem
Of Two Minds
Yes Monkey
The Rise of Miss Power
Invasion of the Bunny Lovers
Big and Brent
Silence of the Whams
Dr. Two Brains, Mr. Cheese
Kitty Cat Criminals
A Questionable Pair
All That Chazz
Fortune Crookie
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Crime
Go Gadget Go
Emergency Plan 999
Season 8 Patch Game
Girls Day Out Throws Chuck
A Sticky Situation
Eight Legs Vs. Two-Brains
World's Best Dad
The Good Old, Bad Old Days
What Would WordGirl Do
Granny's Corner
Pineapple of My Eye
Big Baby
Staycation
Dr. No-Voice
Trustworthy Tobey
The Tooth Hurts
Time-Out with Two-Brains
Dr. WordGirl-Brains
Becky Knows Best
As Something as Something
The Ordinary, Extraordinary Botsfords
The Penny, the Pony, and the Pirate
Tim Botsford: Neighborhood Assistant
Set Sail for the Bake Sale
The Best of the Bests
Art's Parts
Rhyme and Reason
Gallery [ ] Trivia [ ] His mechanical eye and his name, Hal, may be a reference to the HAL 9000 computer system from Arthur C. Clarke's Space Odyssey series.
Hal can also be compared to the detective character Inspector Gadget from the popular franchise of the same name, as they are both human-cyborgs affiliated with gadgets. References [ ]
