Narrator: Listen for the words, employee, and, doppelganger.
(The camera is zooming in on Becky/WordGirl's school, and then inside the office of Ace Reporter, Scoops.)
Narrator: One afternoon in the office of The Daily Rag's Ace Report-er........Yikes.
(The door falls down to the ground. Becky and Bob look very angry at Scoops.)
Scoops: Oh. Hi, Becky. Strong kick you've got there.
Becky: (Frustratingly) WHAT IS THIS?
(Becky throws the newspaper she has in her hand at Scoops.)
Scoops: It's a newspaper.
Becky: How could you write such a horrible thing about WordGirl?
Scoops: Horrible thing? The whole article is about how wonderful WordGirl is and how the whole city adores her.
Becky: Well what about THIS? (She points angrily at WordGirl on the newspaper.)
Scoops: WordGirl Often Gets Tricked by the Villains but in the End, She is Always Triumphant. And......
Becky: (Scoffs) WordGirl does not often get tricked by the Villains!
Scoops: (Curiously) Uuuuuuhhhh, yes, she does.
Becky: (Angrily) Name me one time WordGirl got tricked.
Scoops: A week ago, WordGirl got trapped in the Giant Metal Mouse by Dr. Two-Brains.
Becky: Okay, okay, that was....
Scoops: And the next day, WordGirl was tricked by Granny May into joining her Book Club, but then sprayed her with a book rigged with Granny May Perfume.
Becky: Uh, okay, sure, but that.....
Scoops: And then yesterday, WordGirl was fooled by Chuck the Evil Sandwich-Making Guy. (He stares at Becky dreamily.) You know how many times that's happened?
Becky: Ummmmmm, 3?
Scoops: (Cheerfully): 50! Chuck even had a banner made to commemorate it.
Becky: So that's what he wanted the picture for.
Scoops: Listen, Becky, I'm not sure why you're so upset, (Scoops points to the newspaper while talking to Becky.) but I stand by my story.
Becky: Well, um, just because you have facts, and some pictures, duh, doesn't make you any...(Bob starts to squeak.) I have to go. (Becky walks away.)
Scoops: (To Becky) Bye. (To Bob) Huh, what was her problem?
Becky: I CAN STILL HEAR YOU!
Scoops: That's because I don't have a door! Anymore!
Narrator: A little later.....
WordGirl: (Angrily, to Captain Huggy Face) Can you believe Scoops?
Captain Huggy Face: (squeaks)
WordGirl: Yeah, I know it was true, but I can tell you one thing: My days of getting tricked are over!
(C.H.F. squeaks while looking down from the building and points at something.)
WordGirl: You said it! I wonder what they're doing to cause such a racket. (Curiously) Hey, wait a second.
(The camera is on a hat vendor that looks just like Mr. Big.)
WordGirl: That hat vendor looks a lot like........(W.G. and C.H.F. fly to him.) MR. BIG!
Hat Vendor: Excuse me.
WordGirl: (Angrily) Don't excuse me ME! Wait, was that, yeah, no, that's right. Hmmmmmm.....lemme guess, Mind Control Hats?
Hat Vendor: I'm sorry, but you must have me mistaken for someone else. My name is Mr. Birg. Not Mr. Big.
WordGirl: And how would you spell that?
Mr. Birg: B-I-R-G. Birg.
WordGirl: So basically Mr. Big with an r thrown in?
Mr. Birg: Uh-huh.
WordGirl: (starts to laugh) You think you can fool me into thinking that you're not Mr. Big?
Mr. Birg: But, I'm not.
WordGirl: (flying over to him) So, I'm supposed to believe that you and Mr. Big look exactly alike, huh? That you two are doppelgangers who just happen to live in the same city?
Mr. Birg: Um, doppel-
WordGirl: Do I look like someone who's easily fooled, huh? Do I?
Mr. Birg: Fooled-
(WordGirl picks up one of the bunny hats.)
WordGirl: And I suppose these hats aren't secretly Mind Control devices either, huh?
Mr. Birg: M-m-m-mind control?
WordGirl: Are you just going to repeat everything I say?
Mr. Birg: Repeat everything you say?
WordGirl: Listen, Big.
Mr. Birg: Birg.
WordGirl: I don't know who you think you're fooling, but you are not going to get away with this!
Mr. Birg: I assure you, I'm not trying to "get away" with anything. I'm just an employee. I was hired to come down here to the park and give away these hats for free. Inspect one if you don't believe me.
WordGirl: (Angrily) Thank you, I will! (She observes the bunny hat.) Just a hat, a regular old hat.
Mr. Birg: Yes, I told you. Now, if you'll excuse me, WordGirl, I need to get on with my job.
WordGirl: Fine, but I'll be keeping an eye on you, TWO EYES!
(She and Huggy fly away.)
(WordGirl and Huggy are on a boat in the next scene.)
WordGirl: (Gasps) AHA! I l knew it! Huggy, this is it! (She realizes it's a hot dog.) Oh, lunch. Oh, wait! He's pulling out.....mustard, oh. Stand down, Huggy.
Scoops: Hey, WordGirl!
(WordGirl gasps.)
Scoops: So, what are you up to? (He also gasps.) That guy over there looks a lot like---(he gasps again.) That's Mr. Big, isn't it? You're trying to take him down, aren't you? I'm the first on the scene of a major crime story!
WordGirl: (happily) Uh, n-now put your pen down. There's no crime here.
Scoops: What do you mean no crime?
WordGirl: Yet. Plus, I'm not even sure if that's actually Mr. Big.
Scoops: What was that?
WordGirl: (a little louder) I'm not sure that's really Mr. Big.
Scoops: Well, who is it then?
WordGirl: I don't know! I think it is Mr. Big, but he says his name is Mr. Birg, but I think it's Mr. Big in a fake mustache.
Scoops: But you're not sure.
WordGirl: No.
Scoops: Hmmmm.
WordGirl: (Turns around and looks at Scoops) What - what are you writing?
Scoops: Nothing. (To himself) I'm pretty sure WordGirl has been.....
WordGirl: Oh, I better get back to watching Mr.-- oh, uh, where'd he go?
Scoops: (Finishing his Crime Story title) .....tricked again!
WordGirl: (Angrily) That shouldn't count! He didn't trick me! Because you distracted me! (Suddenly getting angrier) I mean, I was fully focused and then -- GAH! (To Huggy, still angry) Come on, Huggy!
(WordGirl grabs Huggy and then they fly away)
(They stop flying and quickly notice Mr. Birg.)
WordGirl: (Pointing at Mr. Birg) GOTCHA! What do you have to say for yourself now?
Mr. Birg: Uh, hello?
WordGirl: (Determined; pointing at Mr. Big's Headquarters) That is Mr. Big's headquarters you're walking out of!
Mr. Birg: Uh-um..... (the camera zooms out and is showing the tall headquarters building)
WordGirl: So, you're Mr. BIG!
Mr. Birg: (Kindly) Birg, with an r. Sorry.
WordGirl: Wah, and I suppose that box is full of more hats, hmmm?
Mr. Birg: Hmm...yes.
(Huggy shrugs his shoulders.)
WordGirl: (Puzzled) Oh, uh, ok.
(Mr. Birg surprisingly picks up the hat box and walks away.)
Scoops: Whew, did I stumble onto a story that proves the thing I thought was true.
WordGirl: (Angrily) Err! Word up!
(WordGirl and Huggy fly up and around the building.)
Narrator: A little later.....
(A man at the park is happily trying on a bunny hat. WordGirl looks at him sternly, and she is thinking that the hat he tried on could be a mind control hat. Also, Mrs. Botsford tries one on and looks very happy. Finally, WordGirl starts to get angry.)
WordGirl: Ok! That's it! Game's over! WHAT ARE YOU UP TO, MR. BIG?
Mr. Birg: I am not Mr. Big, I am just an employee! You do know what an employee is, don't you?
WordGirl: Yes. It's a person who works for another person or company. So?
Mr. Birg: That's right! And that's what I am, a proud employee who works for an employer, my boss, now will you please, leave me alone?
WordGirl: Well, if you're just an employee, then who is your boss?
Mr. Birg: (Pointing at someone on the bridge) He is.
(The camera zooms in on Mr. Big.)
Mr. Big: Hello, WordGirl!
WordGirl: (Surprised) Mr. Big! (Looking at Mr. Birg) So you were telling the truth!
Mr. Birg: Told you.
WordGirl: (To Mr. Big): So you somehow managed to find your doppelganger and hired him as an employee?
Mr. Big: "Doppel" what now?
WordGirl: Doppelganger. It means someone who looks soooo much like another person that it's almost like they're twins. (Deep in thought) Even though, they're not actually twins.
Mr. Big: Well, then, yes, I found my doppelganger, hired him as my employee, then, (pointing at WordGirl) tricked you.
WordGirl: Uh, no. There was no "tricking" going on here, since Mr. Birg was telling the truth, and I was, uh....
Mr. Big: (Laughing) I tricked you.
WordGirl: Ohh. Fine.
Scoops: (Deep in thought) Hmm. WordGirl indeed was tricked.
WordGirl: Now, you mind telling me why?
Mr. Big: (Happily) Beeeeeehold!
(Leslie takes off the covering of what appears to be a statue of Mr. Big holding up a giant bunny head.)
WordGirl: Wow. Tacky.
Mr. Big: YES! It's not just an amazingly handsome statue. Oh, (kind of cackling) no! It's also a mind control device!
WordGirl: (Angry) I knew you were up to something! I was not tricked!
Mr. Big: Uh, seem a little...obsessed about the whole "tricking" thing.
WordGirl: Fine.
Mr. Big: (Interrupting WordGirl) Doesn't matter though because I win. YEA-AH!
(The device in Mr. Big's hand scans his face and it starts speaking to him.)
Device: Good morning, Mr. Big.
(Mr. Big cackles.)
Mr. Big: (Surprisingly stares at Huggy) Wha-ah, wha? Oh, why does this never work on you?
WordGirl: (Pounding her head, just like C.H.F.) Modified, the old helmets. So, what are you using mind control for this time?
Mr. Big: Yes, well, I'm going to use it to make everyone in the city my employee! They will all work, for me! Then, I want everyone in the world to dress like me, and put on a mask because I want to see what the world would look like if everyone was my, DOPPELGANGER!
WordGirl: Really?
Mr. Big: Yes, well, it's what I want. And Mr. Big always gets what he wants!
(Huggy starts to tackle Mr. Big, but he is suddenly snatched by Leslie.)
(Leslie fights Huggy, and Mr. Big cackles again.)
WordGirl: NOT THIS TIME! Kiss your mind control device goodbye!
Mr. Big: Kiss my force field hello, WordGirl!
(The device's sound alters and WordGirl suddenly bumps into the device's green surroundings and slips.)
WordGirl: Oof!
Mr. Birg: Um, excuse me, what is going on here?
Mr. Big: Well, I'm--wait, why aren't you under mind control?
Mr. Birg: Mind Control?
Mr. Big: Oh no! The force field is blocking the mind control! Well, (shockingly) mind control!
(He smiles nervously as the mind control starts to go down on Mr. Birg.)
WordGirl: (starting to fight) Hiiii...
Mr. Big: (interrupting Mr. Big) Force field!
WordGirl: Oof!
Mr. Big: Mind control! (To WordGirl) Force field!
WordGirl: Oof!
Mr. Big: Mind--
WordGirl: STOP! Uh, seems like we're stuck here.
Mr. Big: Yes. So what do you suggest?
WordGirl: (determiningly) Monkey Distraction.
(Huggy lets go from and adjusts Leslie and he starts to get into the action.)
WordGirl: Go, Huggy!
(Huggy snatches the mind control remote from Mr. Big's hand and Leslie runs, but she is waving her hands out because she is not able to see.)
(Huggy presses the red button on the remote wickedly.)
WordGirl: AHA! (Noticing that the "Monkey Distraction" plan didn't work) Oh.
Mr. Big: Ha ha ha ha ha!
(Huggy keeps pressing the red button on the remote over and over, but he is nervous that the mind controlling won't stop.)
Mr. Big: The controls have a very special lock on it, one that scans my face! The only person that can unlock it is....moi! Or someone who looks exactly, like moi! So there! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
WordGirl: You mean like, a doppelganger?
Mr. Big: (continues laughing, then realizes the word WordGirl just said) Oh.
WordGirl: (happily) Just think, Mr. Birg. With one simple act, you can win the hearts and minds of a very grateful city!
Mr. Big: Hearts? Minds? Oh, bah! Child's play, my friend, child's play! What you want is power! And you have the power to be equal to MR. BIG! Think about that!
WordGirl: Oh please, he'll always be your boss! You'll always be his employee! He'll never treat you like an equal!
Mr. Big: (deep in thought) Well, that's....true, I mean, who are we kidding, I don't have any equals! (He cackles.) No, but I mean, we'll-we'll be, we'll be-- we'll be very close.
(Mr. Birg walks away in shame.)
(Leslie bumps into Mr. Big, bringing him down to the ground.)
(Huggy hold up the remote to Mr. Birg, and Mr. Birg presses the red button.)
Device: (scans face, then lights down) Good morning, Mr. Big. I like your mustache.
(The mind control stops and everyone is blank and silent for a moment.)
WordGirl: ALRIGHT!
Mr. Big: Aw, man.
(WordGirl flies over to catch Huggy, and she is holding him in front of Mr. Birg. She shakes his hand.)
(Scoops comes up to WordGirl shaking Mr. Birg's hand and captures a picture.)
WordGirl: Well, Scoops, looks like you were right after all. Mr. Big--
Scoops: (cheerfully) That was amazing, WordGirl! You were onto Mr. Birg the whole time, even though Mr. Birg was a decoy, (pointing at Mr. Big and Leslie, being apprehended by the police) and Mr. Big was using him to distract you. You knew something was up, even though Mr. Big thought he had distracted you. He did distract you. But then, he didn't! You fooled him, by making him think he fooled you! RIGHT?
WordGirl: Um, what?
Scoops: Of course! Oh man, maybe Becky was right, maybe I have to think of WordGirl in a totally different way.
WordGirl: Uh, okay, but, to be honest, he kinda did trick--
(Huggy and Mr. Birg nod side to side, meaning that Mr. Big didn't really trick anyone.)
WordGirl: Uh......yeah. Should probably stop talking while I'm ahead, huh?
Narrator: And so, once again, WordGirl stops Mr. Big's doppelganger employee from taking over the city! Join us next time for another scintillating episode of........WordGirl! WordGirl!
(The episodes ends with Mr. Birg holding out his hands in front of WordGirl and C.H.F., and with both WordGirl and C.H.F. having confused looks on their faces. Finally, both C.H.F. and WordGirl fly away.)