WordGirl (lost pitch pilot of PBS Kids educational animated series; existence unconfirmed; 2005)

The final show's title card.

Status: Existence Unconfirmed

WordGirl is an educational animated series created by Dorothea Gillim that ran on PBS Kids as a short series from 2006-2007 under the title The Amazing Colossal Adventures of WordGirl and as a full series from 2007-2015. The show's about a young girl name Becky who was secretly born on the fictional planet of Lexicon and was adopted into a family on earth, she also changes into the superhero WordGirl along with her friend, a chimpanzee name Captain Huggy Face that was a pilot on the planet's Air Force division. Throughout the series, the 2 use their powers to keep their adoptive home safe.

Pitch Pilot

In 2005, series animator Amy MacDonald uploaded early concept art of the characters from a promotional bible all with slightly different designs (and a detailed description of who they are) to her portfolio, on there she mentioned that the artwork was used to help pitch the show to PBS at a pilot stage. This has speculated that an early pilot for the series was developed and pitch the show to the network.

Status

So far no footage or any other material from the pilot has resurfaced as the only mentioning comes from the portfolio, it's unknown if MacDonald meant there was an actual animated pilot or the artwork was just made for the pitch bible. As of 2023 no other information is available.

Gallery

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  An early poster featuring Becky (as WordGirl) and Captain Huggy Face.

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  Another early design for Becky.

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  Early design for Violet.

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  Early design for Todd.

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  Early design for T.J..

See Also

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• Bookworm Bunch (partially found interstitials from PBS Kids channel block; 2000-2001)
• PBS Kids (partially lost schedule bumpers and interstitial material of TV channel block; 1999-present)
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• Someday School (partially found PBS Kids channel block; 1998-2000)

PBS

• Adventures with Kanga Roddy (partially lost PBS children's series; 1998-2000)
• Backyard Safari (partially found PBS children's educational series; 1997)
• Barney & Friends "Season 9" (partially found alternative version of PBS children's series; 2004-2005)
• Christmastime with Mister Rogers (found holiday TV special; 1977)
• Lamb Chop's Play-Along (partially lost PBS children's puppet series; 1992-1995)
• Mister Rogers' Neighborhood "Mister Rogers Talks About Conflict" (found episode arc of PBS children's educational series; 1983)
• The Puzzle Place (partially found PBS puppet series; 1994-1998)
• Reading Rainbow (found Johnny Kemp opening sequence for PBS children's educational series; 1999)
• Shining Time Station (found season one intro of PBS series; 1989-1990)
• Storytime (found PBS children's reading series; 1992-1998)
• Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego? "Auld Lang Gone" (non-existent episode of PBS children's game show; 1992)
• Zoom (found pilot of revival of 1972 PBS children's series; 1995)
• Zoom (partially lost revival of PBS children's series; 1999-2005)

PBS Kids

• The Charlie Horse Music Pizza (partially lost PBS Kids "Lamb Chop's Play-Along" spin-off series; 1998-1999)
• Curious George (lost test pilot of PBS Kids animated series based on books; existence unconfirmed; 2004/2005)
• Cyberchase "The Poddleville Case" (found test pilot of PBS Kids educational animated series; 1999)
• Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood (lost pitch pilot of PBS Kids animated musical series; 2006-2008)
• Dragon Tales "One Small Step for Cassie" and "Circle of Friends" (lost pilots of PBS Kids animated series; 1999)
• The Good Night Show with Melanie/Leo (partially found PBS Kids Sprout series; 2005-2006)
• The Good Night Show with Nina & Star (partially found PBS Kids Sprout series; 2006-2017)
• Jet Propulsion (partially found pitch pilot of "Ready Jet Go!" PBS Kids CGI-animated series; 2013)
• Kratts' Creatures (found PBS children's educational series; 1996)
• Make Way for Noddy (partially found PBS Kids version of British children's TV series; 2005)
• Molly of Denali (partially found pitch pilot of PBS Kids animated series; 2018)
• Nature Cat (lost pitch pilot of PBS Kids educational animated series; early 2010s)
• Peg + Cat (partially lost pitch pilot of PBS Kids educational animated series; 2011)
• Preschool Musical... On a Stick (partially lost PBS Kids Sprout "High School Musical" parody; 2008)
• Seven Little Monsters (found episodes of PBS Kids animated series; 2000-2004)
• Space Race (partially found PBS Kids web series; 2011)
• Super Why! (partially found British dub of PBS Kids CGI animated series; late 2000s-2010s)
• What's The Big Idea? (partially found pitch pilot of "Sid The Science Kid" PBS Kids CGI animated series; 2007)
• WordWorld (found test pilot of PBS Kids CGI animated educational series; 2005)