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Nocan the Contrarian is a villain on WordGirl who always says the direct opposite (the contrary) of what anyone else might say. As his name implies, he is a parody of Conan the Barbarian.

History[]

In his debut episode on the same day that Tim Botsford wins the Mayor for a Day competition and has just entered his position, Nocan arrives on his ship from the far land of Contraria and declares he will make himself king. He does the next best thing by taking Tim's position as mayor, and when the people of the city come to him to try to get things approved, they get the opposite of what they want (for example: a man that wants help on his taxes had them raised rather than lowered.); WordGirl battles him and figures out his contrary ways, exploiting them to get what the people really want, as well as making him leave (by asking him to stay, the contrary villain is inspired to leave.); After this display of reverse psychology, Tim is allowed to resume his "mayor for a day" position, and WordGirl repairs the damage done by Nocan the Contrarian.

While Becky is celebrating Opposite Day, Nocan is sailing to his homeland of Contraria until he accidentally rips through his sail. He then decides to get a new one at Fair City. The one he decides to steal is the Golden Sail. But he is interrupted by Becky's friends, who are also celebrating Opposite Day, and keep on doing the opposite what he's telling them to do. Nocan begs for WordGirl to help, promising that he'll leave Fair City. Upon her instructions, Nocan gives the opposite of his commands and the kids leaves him alone. In order to solve his problem of getting home, WordGirl gives Nocan a trampoline as a replacement for his sail.

In the episode "Nocan the Evil Ingredient Finding Guy", Chuck hires Nocan to be his apprentice at the city's sandwich-making contest. Nocan was confused to why he was asked to help him, but Chuck explains because of other villains being unavailable at the time or Chuck's personal reasons. The contest's prize is a huge sandwich trophy and a year's supply of bread. Nocan agrees, on the condition that he gets half of his reward of the bread. Chuck gives Nocan instructions through a microphone on how to make the sandwich. But Nocan keeps doing the opposite of what he's told to do, causing Chuck to fire him and cause chaos with his sandwich-crusher. During the mess, a perfect sandwich happens to be made. Nocan claims credit for it, winning the year's supply of bread, making Chuck furious. Wordgirl then brings Chuck to jail, and Nocan returns to Contraria with all the bread.

Nocan the Contrarian also appears in "The Rise of Miss Power", holding down Colonel Giggle Cheeks, alongside Victoria Best and General Smoochington, Big Left Hand Guy, and The Whammer.


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Y| Appearance
N| No appearance
S| Nonspeaking Appearance
M| Mentioned, No appearance
| Not filled


Season Episode
1a 1b 2a 2b 3a 3b 4a 4b 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b 10a 10b 11a 11b 12a 12b 13a 13b 14a 14b 15a 15b 16a 16b 17a 17b 18a 18b 19a 19b 20a 20b 21a 21b 22a 22b 23a 23b 24a 24b 25a 25b 26a 26b
Season 2 A Vote For Becky Class Act The Two Brains Boogie Field Day Fun with Robo-Tobey Slumber Party Pooper Line Lessons with Lady Redundant Woman Mr. Big's Dolls and Dollars Great Granny May (episode) Theme Park WHAMpage Chuck Makes a Buck Highway to Havarti Tiny Big (episode) I Think I'm a Clone Now Answer All My Questions and Win Stuff Bonkers for Bingo The Ballad of Steve McClean Pretty Princess Premiere Where's Huggy? Robo-Camping The Stew, The Proud Who Wants Candy? Chuck's Brother Becky and the Bard Monkey-Robot Showdown The Wrong Side of the Law Two Brains' Quartet Big's Big Bounce The Young and the Meatless Mr. Big's Mini-Golf Nocan the Contrarian (episode) Meat My Dad Tobey's Tricks and Treats Escape Wham Who is Ms. Question? Lunch Lady Chuck Oh, Holiday Cheese Ch-ch-ch-Change Day WordGirl Makes a Mistake Earth Day Girl A Hero, A Thief, A Store, and Its Owner Opposite Day Granny's Book Club Wham Up Seeds of Doubt Wishful Thinking Lady Redundant Woman Gets the Blues Win a Shiny New Car The People vs. Ms. Question Oh, What a Tangled Rope You Tie, Amazing Rope Guy Kids Action News
Season 3 Bummertime The Home Run King Granny and Clyde Too Loud Crew The Invisi-Bill Hand Birthday Town The Pretty Princess and Mr. Big Power Hour Clean Up in Aisle Eleven When Chuck's Mom Is Away... That's Entertainment Victoria Best (episode) Showdown at the Secret Spaceship Hideout Captain Tangent Chuck and Brent Ride Again Bend It Like Becky Questionable Behavior Bampy Battles Bots Truth, Revision, and the Lexicon Way Cherish is the Word Granny's Intuition The Straw That Broke Two Brains' Back Nocan the Evil Ingredient Finding Guy Meat-Life Crisis Mobot Knows Best A Better Mousetrap
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 (episode) 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 (Episode) 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 7 Kid Math (episode) A Few Words From WordGirl Ears To You El Queso Mysterioso Putt With Honor It's Your Party and I'll Cry if I Want To Becky's Bad-itude First One to Win Wins A Little Bigger WordGirl Guess Who's Coming To Thanksgiving Dinner Judging Butcher A Curious Case of Curiosity There's No V in Team Sparkling Clean The Smile Collector My Dad, My Teacher, My Dad, My Teacher The Power of Whamship Royally Framed WordGirl vs. Tobey vs. The Dentist Accordion Tradition Can't Touch This Backyard Camping Castle! Dungeon! Fortress! So? News Girl Diorama Drama: The Scene of the Crime
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


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Trivia[]

  • His name parodies Conan the Barbarian, as well as being a pun on "No can do" and "contrary", since he contradicts everything that's said to him, and replies with the opposite.
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