Transcript for Victoria is the Best...WordGirl?[]
(Scene: Wrestling-style match-up portraits of WordGirl and the Energy Monster are shown.)
Narrator: It's WordGirl versus the Energy Monster in a fight for the ages!
(The scene cuts to an aquarium, where the Energy Monster is attacking WordGirl with lightning, while fishing from the electric eel tank at the same time. The eels ignore the bait, to her dismay.)
WordGirl: Huggy, initiate emergency plan #421!
(Captain Huggy Face goes stiff and falls off WordGirl.)
WordGirl: Oh no! Huggy is for some strange reason suddenly frozen! How unexpected and interesting! (While the Energy monster is distracted, WordGirl flies over to the penguin exhibit.) Hey, big guy! (The Energy Monster looks over to her. WordGirl grabs a hose.) Thirsty?! Hyah! (She fires the hose. When the Energy Monster is hit by the blast of water, she screams and shrinks. Captain Huggy Face catches her as she falls towards the eel tank. Scoops is revealed to have been watching the battle.)
Scoops: Great work, WordGirl! Mind if I get some pictures for my next article?
WordGirl: (looks over at Captain Huggy Face, who's still holding the Energy Monster) I've got to run, Scoops, but feel free to-- (reconsiders) Oh, maybe just a few. (makes a few poses) Like this? How about this? This is tough. (Scoops snaps a few pictures. Captain Huggy Face squeaks in protest.) Okay, I really need to go now! See ya!
Scoops: (waves her goodbye before changing his mind) WordGirl! Just a few more shots! (The shot zooms out to reveal that he's now alone in the aquarium.)
(Scene: Victoria Best is at music school, holding her recorder and talking to her teacher.)
Victoria: Of course I'm the best recorder player you've ever taught! I'm Victoria Best! The word "best" is right in the name! (walks off) Silly music teacher...
(WordGirl and Captain Huggy Face fly by carrying the Energy Monster. Scoops is following them, snapping pictures as he goes. From his perspective, he sees WordGirl rounding a corner and then Victoria coming out from the same corner. He gasps. Victoria just looks at him in annoyance and keeps walking.)
Scoops: Did I just see what I think I saw? Is WordGirl's secret identity really... (The camera zooms in on his face.) Victoria Best?!
(The camera zooms back out to reveal him in school, with Becky standing next to him.)
Scoops: Becky! You've got to see this! (hands her the pictures he took) I think I may have figured out WordGirl's secret identity! Look at these pictures. What if WordGirl is really Victoria Best?!
Becky: (laughs) Scoops, there is no way Victoria Best is WordGirl. (gives him back the pictures)
Scoops: But look! WordGirl rounded the corner, and then all of a sudden, Victoria Best was standing right there!
Becky: Yeah, I think that was just a coincidence.
Scoops: Well, there's only one way to find out the truth. (runs over to Victoria in front of her locker) Oh, Victoria! (holds up the picture of Victoria) Can you confirm that this is you in this picture?
Victoria: That's me. Don't I look fabulous?
Scoops: Victoria Best, are you, in fact... (clears his throat) really WordGirl? (holds up the two pictures)
Victoria: Am I really WordGirl?
Scoops: The city's greatest, most amazing, and best superhero? Or are you just a normal, average person like the rest of us?
Victoria: (scoffs) Hmm... That is me in that picture... Yes. That's me. You figured it out. I am really WordGirl.
Scoops: (gasps) I can't believe this is happening!
Becky: It's not happening! Victoria is fibbing! She's not WordGirl!
Victoria: Yes I am! I am WordGirl, and I've been protecting the city all this time. Phew! Has it been hard keeping this secret so long! But I'm glad it's out, so I can finally soak up the admiration from my adoring fans. (A bunch of students pop out.) The autograph line starts here. Let's keep it orderly, people. No pushing. (writing autographs) "Best wishes, Vicky B." You're welcome. "Stay strong. Victoria Best."
Scoops: (writing in his notepad) "Victoria Best admits she's WordGirl!" This is going to be the greatest article yet!
Becky: Everybody, Victoria Best is not really WordGirl! I mean, isn't it obvious that she's totally fibbing, you guys? (She laughs. The students ignore her.) You guys?!
Victoria: I love you. Sort of.
(A newspaper with Scoops's article about Victoria covers the screen. The scene cuts to the Botsford residence, where Mr. Botsford and TJ are reading the article at the breakfast table.)
Mr. Botsford: People have been wondering about WordGirl's secret identity for years!
TJ: And all this time...
Mr. Botsford: ...Victoria Best has been...
Both: WordGirl!
TJ: This is the biggest news ever!
Becky: More like the biggest fib ever!
Mr. Botsford: I know that if my daughter was WordGirl, I'd be the proudest dad in the whole wide world.
Becky: Okay, enough! You guys, Victoria is not WordGirl!
TJ: Look at the proof, Becky!
Becky: Ugh! This is so frustrating! You guys are wrong! The article is wrong! And nobody will believe me!
Mr. Botsford: But Becky, these two photos show WordGirl turning into Victoria, clear as day!
Becky: You think that's what they show, but you're mistaken.
TJ: Huh?
Becky: (groans) If you're mistaken, it means you're wrong about something. You think something is one way, but it's actually another. And you are mistaken in thinking that Victoria Best is WordGirl, because she's not! I a-- (Bob stops her.) I am... going to my room!
(Scene: Becky's room. Becky and Bob are sitting on the bed, with Bob talking to Becky.)
Becky: Yeah, I guess it's important to keep WordGirl's real identity a secret. I don't want villains showing up at my front door day and night. How can I prove to everyone that Victoria isn't really WordGirl? (thinks for a moment, then gets an idea) That's it! If people see Victoria and WordGirl in the same place, standing side by side, it will prove that they're two different people! (slaps her forehead) Why didn't I think of this before?!
Narrator: Now you're talking!
Becky: I'm a genius! (Bob snaps his fingers.)
(Scene: The Botsford treehouse. Victoria is reclining on a cushion and being fed grapes by Johnson as he and TJ are listening to her speak.)
Narrator: Later, in the headquarters of the WordGirl International Fan Club...
Victoria: And in conclusion, that's why I throw myself into danger on a daily basis: to protect the citizens of my fair city, but also to prove, without a doubt, that I am (screams) the best! (normal tone) Thank you. Thank you. (reaches for more grapes)
TJ: Thank you, WordGirl! I mean, Victoria. I can honestly say that that was the best lecture we've ever had here at the WordGirl Fan Club. Get it? Best?
Victoria: That's my name, please wear it out! (She laughs. TJ and Johnson laugh with her, TJ exaggeratedly so.)
TJ: (while laughing) Stop it! Stop it! (Victoria and Johnson stop laughing. He clears his throat. Victoria wordlessly eats another grape.) Okay. Now if you don't mind, I'd like to open up the floor for questions from our esteemed members. I'll go first.
Scoops: (from off-screen) Victoria, Victoria! (He's clinging to the ladder and looking into the treehouse.) Scoops Ming, "Big City Times". Big-time fan. Can you transform for us right now? (TJ gasps in excitement.)
Victoria: Well... (WordGirl zooms by behind her.) Whoa! Um, sure I can transform! Watch this! (She starts leaving the treehouse and climbs onto General Smoochington.) Word up! (General Smoochington drops out of view just before WordGirl and Captain Huggy Face enter the treehouse. TJ and Johnson scream in delight.)
Scoops: That was amazing!
WordGirl: Where'd she go?! Where's Victoria?!
Scoops: (laughs) Nice try, WordGirl! We all know that YOU are Victoria, but thanks for showing us that transformation.
WordGirl: Okay, fan club members, you've got to listen to me. Victoria is not WordGirl! She fibbed when she said that! That is a fib!
TJ: A fib?
WordGirl: Right. If someone fibs, it means they told a lie or something that isn't true. Victoria said she's WordGirl, but actually she is NOT WordGirl!
Scoops: Well, now I think YOU'RE fibbing!
WordGirl: I'm not fibbing! I'm telling the truth!
TJ: Okay, I see what you're doing! Victoria here wants us all to keep wondering if she really is WordGirl. She wants to keep the mystery alive!
WordGirl: Ugh! This is so frustrating! (zooms off with Captain Huggy Face)
(Scene: The Best residence.)
Narrator: Moments later at Victoria's house...
WordGirl: (zooms in through the door) Okay, Victoria. Time for your fib to be finished.
(Victoria is playing the piano. WordGirl lunges for her, but she ducks out of the way.)
WordGirl: Get back here! Ugh!
Victoria: (laughs and runs to the sofa) I'm the best at running away!
WordGirl: (zooms after her) Looks like we've got you cornered.
Victoria: How about a little hypnotically lovely music? (takes out her recorder and plays it)
WordGirl: Nice try, Victoria! (She and Captain Huggy Face are now wearing earmuffs.) See? It's really not that loud!
Victoria: (blinks) Oh, yeah? (ducks out of the way of Captain Huggy Face and reappears next to a loudspeaker, with her recorder plugged in) Well, what if I turn up the volume?! (She plays the recorder. The loud music knocks WordGirl and Captain Huggy Face back.) That'll do, notes. That'll do.
(The heroic duo is shown to have crashed into a wall and knocked down a pile of trophies.)
Victoria: I'm the best. (uses her eye beams to pin WordGirl and Captain Huggy Face to the wall with trophies)
WordGirl: (grunts) Can't... wiggle... free...
Victoria: Oh, how nice of you two to stick around! Get it?
WordGirl: What do you plan on doing with us, Victoria?
Victoria: Nothing. That's the whole point. I'll keep my two newest trophies on the shelf where they belong while I go soak up the city's love for being their best superhero!
WordGirl: But you can't really fight crime!
Victoria: We know that, but nobody else does. And there's nothing more fun than everyone thinking you're the best! (The doorbell rings.) Oh! That must be one of my many admirers. (She walks off as General Smoochington shows up to guard her prisoners.)
(Victoria opens the door. An old man is outside.)
Victoria: Hello. Did you come for an autograph?
Old Man: Victoria, there's trouble at the bank!
Victoria: And... this affects me how?
Old Man: We need help!
(Meanwhile, WordGirl manages to pull her leg free.)
Victoria: Um... Would you settle for an autograph?
Old Man: Please help us! (Victoria slams the door in his face.)
WordGirl: Victoria, you've got to untie us so we can stop--
Victoria: No can do, WordGirl. It's just one little crime. The city can manage without you. (The doorbell rings again.) Oh, busy day! Excuse me. (She opens the door. TJ is outside.) Oh, TJ! You've come to invite me to another WordGirl Fan Club meeting!
TJ: No! Chuck the Evil Sandwich Guy is stealing all the mustard from the grocery store! You have to stop him!
Victoria: Yeah, sorry. Not gonna happen. (closes the door) Got a lot on my schedule today, TJ.
WordGirl: How long do you think you can keep this up?!
Victoria: I can keep telling people to go away all day. I'm the best at telling people to go away all day. (The doorbell rings again.) Oh! Let's try it again! (She opens the door. It's Dr. Two-Brains.) AAH! What are you doing here?!
Dr. Two-Brains: What am I doing here?! Where have you been?! I've been waiting to battle you in the park for the last hour! Turning the trees into cheese is no fun without a little push-back! Now change into WordGirl, let's do this!
Victoria: Oh! Um, sounds great? I can't wait...?
Dr. Two-Brains: Meet me in the park, and bring the monkey. Do your job, will you?!
Victoria: (closes the door) What, now even the villains are showing up? Everybody knows I'm the best!
WordGirl: Not the best at tying people up! (She and Captain Huggy Face have freed themselves.)
Victoria: No way!
(WonderGirl and Captain Huggy Face take off. Victoria takes out her recorder, but WordGirl grabs her arm before she can play it.)
Victoria: This is so not the best!
WordGirl: Thanks! Now it's time to clear my name! Step one, catch the crooks!
(WordGirl takes off and stops The Butcher and Chuck the Evil Sandwich-Making Guy, both of whom are in the process of robbery, and Dr. Two-Brains, who is waiting boredly in the park.)
WordGirl: Step two, get some indisputable evidence that... (She poses with Victoria as Captain Huggy Face takes a picture. The scene cuts to Scoops holding up a newspaper to Becky at school.)
Scoops: "WordGirl and Victoria Best are not the same person!"
Becky: Good headline. Gets right to the point.
Scoops: Turns out I was mistaken when I thought Victoria was WordGirl. I guess WordGirl's secret identity is still a secret.
Becky: (stiltedly) Yeah! I wonder who she is!
Scoops: (also stiltedly) Me too! (normally) Why are you talking like that?
Victoria: (surrounded by admiring students holding newspapers) Okay, I admit it. I'm not really WordGirl. That was a fib. But you have to admit, I had everybody fooled, so that was pretty much the best fib ever! (autographs a newspaper) In fact, I would say I might be the best fibber in the world! The best fibber, the best fibs, the best everything!
Narrator: And so, with Victoria's fib exposed and our hero's mistaken identity all cleared up, all is well in the city! Join us next time for another exciting episode of WordGirl! (Victoria shows up on the school roof, soaking up attention. WordGirl shows up and glares at her, and Victoria huffs.)