WORDWORLD LORE (an existential nightmare)

[@AthenaPOfficial]

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[@dragonhunter2343]

Dear God you wouldn't. I heard Wow Wow Wubzee at the end there and the theme IMMEDIATELY came to my mind. Have you considered shows like Fetch! or Wonder Pets? I would watch those

[@pink-pixie9603]

OK OK MY IDEA FOR WHERE THE WORDS COME FROM All words come from their own world, and are especially summoned to the Word world for their specific use. So all ants would be on ant world, robots on robot world, and so on.

[@-MariotAndVoid-]

Another great lore video! I love these so much, one thing i wanna ask: have you thought about Wild Kratts for one of these videos? Some (kinda?) weird stuff happens in that show- Also, love the outro song!

[@mikesilva3868]

😎cool

[@carlbrown1000]

Have you done a lore video on Caillou?

[@BinglesP]

5:58 So the rules are all “guidelines” that are never consistent? This really IS a show about learning English!

[@AGoofyJester]

Indeed

[@drewo.127]

As an English speaker, I can confirm!🤣🤣🤣

[@wingedkatgirl]

I remember my parents making my sister watch the “bed” episode several times to help get her b’s and d’s straight 😂

[@princess_tamia_25]

This is so smart!!

[@jahniyahbullard5983]

that a good idea as a young kid I couldn't tell my small b's and d's apart still can't😅😅

[@cardsagainstlithium]

that is the only episode i vividly remember

[@heather1084]

@@cardsagainstlithium ive watched every episode several times

[@strykerlindsey-b4o]

you mean lowercase?@@jahniyahbullard5983

[@nateclone3828]

I explicitly remember one specific episode where the duck had to fix up a spider web, and for w and e he goes on these big adventures to find them, but for the letter B he just goes to dog's giant pre-established pile of letters in his house and grabs it. And you can very explicitly see many ws and es in the shot. Why duck didn't just start at the word pile I will never know

[@chrisrockett5897]

The plot demanded it ig?

[@infiniteplanes5775]

I haven’t see. The show in years, but from what I remember Duck was like that a lot

[@liamwhite3522]

adhd mood, honestly.I know where this W is, i know where E is... fuck, gotta go to the pile of every letter for the B.

[@EvanRichardson2002]

I no joke watched that episode before watching this

[@jstarstudios7110]

As previously established, Duck is an idiot

[@jonascox7834]

You should do one for Wild Kratts. As an animal lover it was my jam, but looking back the concept was insane. The premise was their suits could give them abilities just like the animals featured in the show, but they had to touch the animal to scan its DNA first to activate the powers. So they had to touch hippos and tigers before they could do anything lol Also the villains were wacky and insane even including a Cruella DeVil and Fabio knockoffs duo.

[@A.S._Trunks]

Literally just Ben 10 without the aliens lol.

[@Emily12471]

​@@A.S._Trunksyou're saying that like its a bad thing

[@LostTapesImpressiveT]

​@@A.S._Trunks More like Diet Animorphs. Still cool though

[@alexisb3829]

Yes!

[@Soulraven2735]

@@LostTapesImpressiveT You ever think about the fact that Ben 10 is an Animorph: His powers come from alien technology that allow him to transform into different species of animals using their stored DNA, but is restricted by a time limit.

[@daniboy4153]

So glad to see this being covered cause this was a big part of my childhood.

[@Rose-yx6jq]

This is one of the most relatable video series use I too like to overanalyze children's media.

[@daniboy4153]

@@Rose-yx6jq Same

[@kadenator05]

I remember watching this show when I was a kid

[@thememeqween]

I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE TO WATCH THIS SHOW

[@stopbeingsosad]

Same bro

[@LadyGameProfessor]

As a parent, I have literally been joking for YEARS how much I needed to see a film theory about the horrifying canon of Word World. Thank you!!

[@kitkatkitty582]

For years I've been convinced Bear and Sheep are dating and that has not changed to this day

[@lintheartist]

REAL

[@tylerthompson7461]

They are in love and I even shipped them as a child

[@kkaimerra]

I too, shipped them (unknowingly) as a child. I still do honestly.

[@asackboyplush6508]

Yeah ok I can see that

[@The1stPurpleCat]

I cannot believe I’m not the only one!!!! Ok, actually, I can believe I’m not the only one. I’m actually more surprised that I had this many queer ships as a child and yet never knew what “gay” was until my parents told me to be homophobic. Thankfully, I’m out of my “homophobic phase” as i realize it makes no sense to be homophobic and that I am also gay.

[@Wailerman]

I legit was gonna say "dude, why isn't Shark part of the main cast?" glad you agree

[@allycat0136]

I was CONVINCED that Word World didn’t exist for a part of my life because nobody else had any recollection of it existing. I’m so glad to see it getting the hype it deserves!

[@ultrakeen894]

Dude, same! I wasn't completely sure if this show actually existed before this video

[@tylerthompson7461]

This show and wow wow wubzey were my shows that I was convinced they did not exist

[@manicbeyond]

​@@tylerthompson7461 Legit thought both these shows were figments of my imagination. Nobody knew what the fuck wordworld was, and honestly, wow wow wubzey I never watched, but I named my very first toy Wubzey and I have no idea where I'd gotten that.

[@elainad6728]

I loved it and it was amazing!

[@HeyThatsMe3]

@@manicbeyond i realized a lot of kids of the era didn't watch a lot of PBS Kids or Universal Kids which is where it aired. I've realized this as many had never seen many shows my son and I grew up on. I didn't have cable growing up and neither did I when I had my son.

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

We like to say languages like Russian, Polish, Basque, and Mandarin are complicated, but this shows that even the English language can be complicated. Like how those learning the language see words like tear, present and live and think it's pronounced one way when it can be pronounced two ways depending on the meaning. Or the varieties of the language when a word can mean something innocent in one English-speaking country but something very different in another. And Veronica Taylor isn't just the OG Ash Ketchum! She was also the OG Delia Ketchum, May, April in the 2003 TMNT series, the 4Kids dub voice of Nico from One Piece, and Sailor Pluto from Sailor Moon!

[@winglessfairy564]

Are you kidding? English is one of the most complicated languages out there in general! Like, it makes absolutely no sense and has so many rules that can be excused given the moment

[@foxbuns]

English is well-known as one of the most difficult to learn due to pulling entire words from so many other languages.

[@gggthsb]

I disagree, English imo is one of the easiest languages to learn. Nearly every language has those words with more than one meaning (in German for example 'umfahren' means both to drive around something and drive something over, depending on context and emphasis) or irregular verbs, but the grammar of the English language is way easier than a lot of other languages worldwide. Asian countries make differences in language depending on who you talk with, an elder, a teacher, child, a friend etc., most languages have articles (again in German 'der die das' and all of their conjugations depending on the gender of the subject you are talking about), differently gendered words and the grammar is way more complicated. I think it does depend on what language you start from, but English isn't a very hard language to learn when you compare it to others. Also the 'it means something different in different English speaking countries' well you have that with German in Germany, Austria and Switzerland or Spanish in Spain or for example Mexico. No language is just easy but I don't think in a contest of 'what is the hardest language to learn' English would score that high 🤷

[@thegrandxbunny2073]

Imagine if Wordgirl got her hands on these letters.

[@a-s-greig]

She's not a very good singer. But. B - A - Z - O - O - K - A

[@AlphaPizzadog]

wordgirl goes to word world and singlehandedly creates a renaissance (so would a dictionary tho tbh)

[@thegrandxbunny2073]

@@AlphaPizzadog Just imagine the Word Friends worshipping Becky.

[@heather1084]

@@thegrandxbunny2073 What the Duck

[@michaelperkins6905]

INFINITE POWA!!!!

[@loganmiller7827]

The concept of this world fascinated me as a child and I remember asking my parents tons of questions about the lore as if they would have any idea what the answers were lol. I remember once I realized they only ever made nouns that they should have called it Noun Town. Idk I always wanted to go in to Dog's letter pit and see what I could make and I feel like I liked to theorize about potential designs of words and characters in the world. I regularly questioned the animation gag of them appearing one letter at a time and really wanted to see what would happen if they truly came apart. You can some how break apart water or the night sky, why are bears or frogs immune to this? Also, one last question that burned in child me's brain, if you broke apart someone's house, what would happen to the things inside? Are they just stored inside the letters somehow?

[@AlphaPizzadog]

to be fair, they don't really need to build adjectives when all they need to do is think the specifics and it all gets sorted out automatically

[@lynashmcmash4427]

Maybe the house would break into parts like roof, wall, and floor?

[@BluffsCastle]

One thing I always wondered is if you could make verbs and adjectives in WordWorld. Also, what would happen if they made a human?

[@ThefifthBishopofGord]

What if someone spelt the word god? Would they get a dog or a god?

[@BluffsCastle]

@@ThefifthBishopofGord Dog is god. That’s why he has all those letters

[@chrisrockett5897]

Santa apparently exists in the verse but we don't know if he's human or what because he was just a silhouette.

[@InvasionAnimation]

If the 100 is anything to go by, humans would find a way to destroy everything!

[@the_demon149]

I think if you spelled verbs, then you would be forced to do the verb you touch. Like if you spelled run and the touched the word, you’d have to run for a short while, I think. And if it was an adjective, it would happen to you (For example, if you made the word red and touched it, you’d turn red.) but that begs the question: can you force someone to kill someone else? Can you completely change your appearance so you don’t get charged with enslavement and murder?

[@kusuossecretgf5401]

As someone who doesn't have english as their first language, this cartoon helped me a lot as a child and I never thought I'd hear about it years later lol

[@fallenstar4383]

The one show that taught me how to speak is smurfs the old cartoon

[@ramenresistance1547]

Even when I was watching this show as a little kid I always thought Sheep and Bear were dating. I also definitely thought frog and duck were dating too

[@a-s-greig]

Pig and Ant were probably the closest pair I saw

[@heather1084]

@@a-s-greig Sheep and Bear as well mainly both are female so their lesbians

[@heather1084]

They are Pig and ant and Frog and Duck are Gay

[@suicideshy451]

I saw frog and duck as extremely close too like I wouldn't had be surprised if they kissed when I was little

[@nunyabiznuss3040]

​@@suicideshy451the only characters I've seen kiss in this how is sheep and frog and from seemed to like it... I also saw them ice-skating together... so I thought they were dating

[@A113-p9e]

Here’s other shows to possibly look over one day: - Toopy & Binoo - Miss Spider’s Sunny Patch Friends - George Shrinks - Peep and the Big Wide World - Babar - Bear in the Big Blue House - Little Bear - Ruby Gloom - Harry & his Bucket Full of Dinosaurs - Max & Ruby - Zoboomafoo - Clifford the Big Red Dog - Magic School Bus

[@jellymcmichaels4240]

What about "The Numberjacks" or "The Creature Cases"?

[@ajzeg01]

I second Miss Spider

[@paulajones3856]

Or Elmo’s World, a segment from Sesame Street? There’s a scene where Elmo is a squirrel in his fish’s imagination

[@alicebthegachaweirdo8378]

Is “Miss Spider’s sunny patch friends” that show with the yellow spider with all the kids?

[@jellymcmichaels4240]

​@@alicebthegachaweirdo8378Yep!

[@osbob1983]

Part of me thinks that the audience is just represented because someone, at some point, spelled out "Y O U" and that created our insight into this world- just an everpresent figure who exists for no reason other than to bear witness to shenanigans. Also this feels like Typoman Jr, which is a nifty concept tbh

[@maxiwaxipads]

If there’s a god in the WordWorld universe, perhaps they’re the reason why using things like S to multiply multiple of the same things is because they moderate its usage. You may play god, but you are not a god.

[@a-s-greig]

"...And Super-YOU, with the power to HELP."

[@karenbonds264]

@@a-s-greig Oh, I remember that! It felt great to be an active character in the show! ...Until the dog replaced us...

[@____thecommenter1569]

​@@a-s-greig used to feel really cheated by that "OH so you guys get powers and literal MAGIC. But my job is just help, what the heck Wyatt!!

[@____thecommenter1569]

This comment is making me feel really existential over a PBS kids show

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

So the opening riff of the Word World theme song is based off Entrance of the Gladiators. The history regarding that piece is quite funny! So it was composed by Julius Fučík and was originally called Grande Marche Chromatique (before changing it to Entry of the Gladiators because of his interest in the description of the gladiators in the novel Quo Vadis). It was created as a new military march during his time as bandmaster in the Austro-Hungarian Army to show the might of the Austro-Hungarians....the Empire dissolved as the result of its humiliating defeat in WWI and the march is now associated with the circus. The irony is strong with this one. Julius left a piece that has stood the test of time...just not the kind of legacy that he was hoping for. If American politics had a theme, it would definitely be this one

[@SaintSentry]

My only experience with the show was being laid up in a hospital bed as a teen and it playing on the TV. Thought I hallucinated it.

[@chungo.]

Oh wow same

[@creation1233]

Dang that is a horrible way to experience this show.

[@heather1084]

I have always watched this show i had a huge crush on Duck

[@cloudy28]

Also something about non-letter things: In Season 1 episode 2A, "There's an Ant in Every Giant", Pig while playing hide & seek crashed into a pot, a pan, and a shelf, and they broke into their respective letters despite not being visually made of letters

[@minaminasstudios8492]

I guess this confirms that even the NON LETTER objects are also made of LETTERS!!!!

[@mariagiron3793]

You. Are. Pure. Genius.

[@bigmacintosh1766]

Crab is a character that sings with Shark and Duck about eating healthy. The Word world wiki page says he has a Jamaican accent, but if you hear his voice in the show, he sounds more hispanic/Latino.

[@a-s-greig]

Interestingly enough, Columbus reached Jamaica on his second voyage in 1494; it had a Spanish settlement on it by 1509, and was administered by Spain until ceded to Great Britain in 1655 as part of the Treaty of Madrid. Perhaps he's just speaking in an older Jamaican accent than we thought?

[@roobusmcscroobus]

​@@a-s-greig Well, crabs are pretty fucking old

[@jellymcmichaels4240]

Well, not everything on wikis are accurate...

[@marvelouslee4427]

My cousin reminded me of Word World at a New Years dinner this year and I had such a visceral existential crisis that I ceased breathing for a solid 30 seconds

[@normanclatcher]

Incidentally, that's exactly long enough to start the chant and spell a seven-letter word, such as "oxygen."

[@torterratortellini6641]

What do you mean?

[@multiplemysteries5242]

Dude this video is summoning memories from DEEP within my subconscious. Seeing the word "rope" spelled out again was a _trip_

[@awesomefox555]

Yes I saw this and my memory just cracked the fuck open

[@Screamingcryingvisibllyshaking]

YEAH I completely forgot that this show existed u til I watched this video

[@Shuichisaihara5499]

Question. How on their crazy reality WOULD a rope look like?

[@synodicseason]

i agree man when i saw the chalkboard rocket heading to the moon my jaw dropped

[@BrainSpyroTheDragoness]

22:52 genuinely references the GoAnimate fandom in a nutshell. Also, I loved this show when I was a kid! Glad to see it covered.

[@SimplyKiki2009]

FOR REAL

[@lemonberryconda]

Wordworld was one of the foundations of my TV viewing experience....and seeing it from one of the most iconic "This children's show is absolutely nuts" content creators there is makes me happy. Amazing work as always, you're so dedicated to your research and this is no doubt a good form of conservation for these shows, some of which will undoubtedly end up Thanos Snapped by their networks.

[@Numbabu]

It’s crazy that so many people remember this show fondly, or at all, cause seeing the clips shown here connected a loose wire I didn’t know my brain had and now I have access to forbidden knowledge my mind tried to repress.

[@a-s-greig]

@@Numbabu or more accurately, didn't think was useful.

[@Numbabu]

@@a-s-greig my brain is hiding things from me intentionally, this is the single most important piece of information I ever knew

[@mosapunk]

Embarrassing thing to admit here, when I was a child watching the show, I saw sheep and my -neuron brain literally said "Damn, why is she hot?"

[@normanclatcher]

Personality and voice counts for a lot. Got an interest in sweet girls who stammer, or theater kids who get very into character? Either or both fits Sheep to a T.

[@heather1084]

Dont feel bad to me Duck is hot in my opinion

[@liamcastro9896]

Bro got turned on by LETTERS

[@jonathanalvarado2165]

​@@liamcastro9896 she probably got turned on by the letter "P" at the bottom of Sheep 😅

[@quangamershyguyyz7166]

Dude. I freakin loved this show as a kid! Word World was my jam, what an underrated gem!

[@unripetheberrby6283]

Same 😊

[@indiaaltman5161]

bro same! Word World was my twin sister and my morning routine

[@eerielakeerie]

i watched this show a lot when i was a little kid and it bored me so bad, so when when i was a teenager babysitting my little sister i made it a game to over-question all of the logic and lore with her. i guess it was my way of making it more entertaining for myself, and gave me something to complain about without ruining her enjoyment or coming across as mean and negative. it worked a little too well, though, because then she started doing it at daycare and suddenly there was a handful of tiny cynical children in her daycare class💀

[@a-s-greig]

👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@pageturner2958]

45 episodes? That surprised me. I expected that there were more because I watched this so much as a kid. Also, if I had a nickle for every pbs kids show that had a character with an allergy to peaches, I would have two nickles, which isn't a lot, but it is weird that it happened twice.

[@chrisrockett5897]

Lemme guess: Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood?

[@pageturner2958]

@@chrisrockett5897 Oh, someone with the same insane amount of knowledge of shows meant for elementary school kids?

[@hhh1234h]

I thought there were around at least 200 episodes of cyber chase but then I saw a 100th episode special which is crazy. PBS kids shows managed to play an episode 5x a week but I rarely got that constant rerun feeling

[@Flowermations]

@@chrisrockett5897 Daniel Tiger kinda made me uneasy because of the stiff animation as a kid, also him going up to the camera and doing a Bear & The Big Blue House.

[@genericname2747]

​@@hhh1234h I thought there were 10 episodes, and it got canceled early

[@A_Sterling_Rose]

9:40 Word World WoRd GiRl?!?! AU where Word Girl takes over the world and whips out humanity to make the Earth in her image. A world that will value words.

[@xx_robotkrew_xx1446]

OH NO I REMEMBER THIS SHOW. I am impressed that you keep. Finding. These repressed. Memories. This show has been pushed back to the deepest parts of my mind where it couldn’t see the light of my memory, until this moment. I always found this show disturbing, even though I only remember fragments of it from when I was probably still in preschool

[@themaskedinc.786]

I love how Athena is just in this endless loop of talking about old kid shows for a half hour for views, it's working but-

[@a-s-greig]

-eventually, she's going to run out of material. **nods sadly.**

[@omnipotentmage]

​@@a-s-greigI mean she's only 16 lore videos in I'm pretty sure it would take a while before she ran out of material

[@Lionfire42]

I would love to see Athena tackle the equally word-heavy Electric Company show.

[@a-s-greig]

Could parlay that in or out of a video about other lesser-known Lin-Manuel Miranda projects.

[@zombae.]

The only reason I even remember that show was bc of some flash game on the pbs site

[@amandahealey2216]

@@a-s-greig Wait... what?

[@a-s-greig]

@@amandahealey2216 I'm actually kinda sorry you had to find out this way, but this isn't a Bonus Track from Hamilton: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZm3iKiEZbx2q5Y

[@AlphaPizzadog]

UnDanny is literally the Chidi Anagonye song *sung by his actor* and like replace Danny with Chidi and it probably actually works a bit better

[@maxiwaxipads]

My only memory of WordWorld was struggling on the PBS website trying to spell the word BALLOON. I just struggled so hard on this word and even now I gave BALLOON an extra L before fixing it..

[@jellymcmichaels4240]

Same, except I would always misspell "axe" as "ax"...😅

[@girlweird833]

I'm so glad you are covering PBS Kids shows. You're doing what I wish I could if I had an active KZbin channel.

[@bunnyfrosting1744]

I’d subscribe and watch if you did make videos! Could always benefit from following fellow PBS lovers

[@jstarstudios7110]

Hey, to become active you've just gotta post! Your first viewers can be supportive friends and family...and also me! I am investing One subscription, and promise to share your videos with others if I like them!

[@winglessfairy564]

13:24 She ATE that omg

[@jorgerosado2087]

Suprised you didn’t mention my 2 biggest pet peeves: 1- the intro. Dog just… makes some of his friends. Dog IS God backwards after all, AND he’s the only Word Friend to never speak. He definitely has some powers we never see. 2- The O Paradox Ok. S1E1a- Runaway O Plot is simple: Sheep shakes box, O escapes, Sheep, Bear and Dog chase it, and they perform the sacred ritual. My gripe is what’s inside: more O’s. Where did they go? Do they cease to exist? Can you use different letters to spell the same BOX? Is this like a Schrödinger’s Cat thing where the contents both exist and don’t exist? This has bothered me FOR. YEARS. Even with the added lore in this vid, I still have no clue. I will never be free of this eternal torment. Anyways banger video

[@SethsterFilms]

I think Dog IS the narrator. that's why he doesn't speak, he just does it telepathically and nobody realizes it's dog cause he's a ''normal'' dog

[@ChillPillWill]

For whatever reason, Frog and Duck’s dynamic always reminded me of Lightning McQueen and Mater

[@jellymcmichaels4240]

Great, now I can't unsee it...

[@jamisonisme5457]

This show helped me find the difference between bs and ds when writing, I still use that to this day

[@a-s-greig]

Many adults still struggle with this. Good job.

[@royalblanket]

Not me thinking this somehow meant the difference between bullshit and dipshit

[@ExtremeWreck]

@@royalblanket Or Nintendo Broadcast Satellaview & Nintendo Dual Screen

[@reubendensmore4648]

I used to watch Word World in Kindergarten, and I thought it was amazing being able to build whatever you want just by slapping letters together. I also think Dog is the most powerful character in the show besides maybe the narrator because you could just take the letters for house and spawn an identical looking house with another pool of words. Finally, I had a dream once where the narrator is physically seen. The dream was a non-existent episode where the narrator takes the characters to see a movie, only they try to stay hidden while watching to avoid getting caught without paying for tickets or something like that. He was portrayed as a human giant, in which he is seen as a giant pair of feet next to the characters (similar to the kindly giant from Maggie and the Ferocious Beast). There was also a quick shot of his face, in which he looked like a disfigured Mr. Meaty character, so yeah... Can't wait to see what's in store for Wow Wow Wubzy.

[@purplepitbullpuppy5669]

I watched the French version of this and Super Why back when I was studying French because I wanted to know how they would be dubbed, and Super Why does to the same thing French Word World does. They say the words/phrases in English before repeating them in French.

[@miguelbianchi968]

I'm Brazilian, and this happens with almost all cartoons that involve writing in English Some curious cases are Wordgirl, who only taught us words in Portuguese (which is the language spoken in Brazil) and Dora, who teaches us English instead of Spanish (probably because Portuguese and Spanish are similar languages ​​with many identical words and false cognates, so it would be very complicated to make a cartoon in Portuguese teaching Spanish)

[@purplepitbullpuppy5669]

​@@miguelbianchi968 No matter in what dub, Dora always teaches English. But Handy Manny seems to teach Spanish still. Dubbing in children's shows is VERY fascinating lol.

[@aubreyh1930]

@@miguelbianchi968it’s wild to me that shows in other langurs also teach English, I assumed it’d be whatever language it was dubbed to. But I guess that’d be a lot of extra animation (especially for this show)

[@miguelbianchi968]

@@aubreyh1930 Not only animation, but it would also have to have things with a different story, for example, in the episode where Ant becomes a giant it would not make sense in Portuguese, since ant in Portuguese is "formiga" and giant is "gigante"

[@thereel1_real]

“Without W’s, all they’re taking is L’s.”

[@dragonhunter2343]

God this unlocked a repressed core memory for me. This show was, in fact a show and I did watch it. There was also Little Einsteins, Wonder Pets, Team Umi Zumi, and Dragon Tales. God I watched a lot of shows.

[@StrawberryMoonlights]

Yes she should do a review of wonder pets

[@imnotcrazy7108]

Yes

[@genericname2747]

This is sewious

[@lavatix2826]

Team Umi Freaking Zumi, god that’s was my childhood

[@artism9780]

Signing Time or Baby Einstein as well.

[@kevinlighten11]

Can we talk about how Athena slayed this look?? The hair that spells hair?! Period

[@sapphanimates]

AAAAGH, bro you just hit me right in the nostalgia. I grew up along side this show, and when I saw this in my notification my heart skipped a beat. THANK YOU! Also I agree that Frog is incredibly fruity, and has a lot of chemistry with the other characters, Duck especially. I think deep down little me thought they were a little more than friends...

[@joshualeespiny7172]

I legit learned how to spell the word 'giant' by watching this show as a wee lad

[@UJEvans]

I used to think their sentience was contained in their first letter/head. I mean, if I took the D from Dog and used it to make a dove, would the creature once known as Dog begin to see through the eyes of a bird?

[@BinglesP]

22:48 There are a LOT of videos like this, where people(the low-budget type accounts that usually have stuff like Go!Animate or slideshows for videos) have their “reactions” to typically cartoon-related news that are clips from other, usually not-related-to-that-same-show cartoon clips. I’ve never seen a channel like this point those out before, so this was surprising to me.

[@jaxtheoverlord6959]

I'm not sure if this ruins or heals my childhood but either way I love this series so much

[@rushingwater2.0]

This show and Ms Spider’s Sunny Patch were staples of kindergarten for me I forgot about all the inconsistencies though, I just loved how Ant was tiny and strong

[@PrincessCelestia19]

3:16 I'm listening to this video why'll driving home. That little chant you did had me wheezing 🤣

[@thealpacaofsupport258]

17:31 Yeah, these kind of shows sometimes are dubbed in our languages but become Learning english shows For example, here in latin america, Dora teaches english rather than spanish, Word World was about learning english spelling, and that kind of stuff In some other shows, the dubbing teams do their best to be able to addapt the language leasons in our language rather than english language, but of course because of this some scenes and jokes aren't understandable, specially since the intended viewers are kids who barely know spanish itself since they are so young lol I have memories of both learning english words in this show and learning vocabulary from Martha Speaks

[@FlameHeart3063]

Could you do one on Fetch: With Ruff Ruffman? I feel like it's one of those shows that would have some questionable logics and child safety violations of...some kind lol

[@akillafantasy6461]

22:45 when there was a long pause i hickuped so aggressively my dinner came back up and it scared me xD

[@novaisales]

I’m supposed to be writing an essay but Athena P posted and I have priorities

[@goatmom2980]

I've done the same many times. No regrets.

[@lethalinjection145]

15:41 duck got that nonbinary slay

[@mariagiron3793]

The Only Way We Could Know is to Ask the PBS Kids Twitter Account if Any Characters in Their Shows Are LGBTQ+, I Guess.

[@purple_is_a_creative_color]

I like how she says "Summoning"every time 1 of the word people come back to life

[@desmondb2044]

10:50 maybe an invisible link between the letters is formed when the creatures are put together. Intention may very well be a part of it too

[@JamboreeBlackberry]

WordWorld fucking slapped when I was little I love the meme at 13:57

[@Portal_hopper]

I just realized her tattoos change with the lore she's covering and I love it!

[@thomasawl]

Tbh in like 2017 i just binged kids Netflix series for no reason, its nice to see some of the more insane ones get covered. BTW, I recommend robot trains. Its first season is worryingly dark for a show that was made to sell kids toys. Edit: holy crap i just remembered animal mechanicals.

[@Ana36377]

Everyone in my class was obsessed with Animal Mechanicals when it aired. I actually remember one of my best friends drawing Animal Mechanicals fan art in her notebook (mouse and unicorn specifically). Good god it was a weird show, but we all loved it.

[@anonomooose]

12:15 ok so what if someone uses say, ant’s ‘a’ to make an apple, then eats it. Would ant then be dead? Or is it a demon summoning thing, where their consciousness is ripped from one set of letters into another set when someone puts the letters together?

[@servantofwrath7370]

Day I don't know of me commenting to hopefully get Athena to review Octonauts or Dino Dan, why? Because I'm dedicated. Wild Kratts too, Chris was an absolute SNACK.

[@jaschabull2365]

I had a stint on TV tropes, and I recall reading on the "Heterosexual Life Partners" page that the characters don't necessarily have to be heterosexual to count, they just have to be a platonic same-sex pair (as opposed to "Platonic Life Partners", which is the co-ed equivalent).

[@leedaniel365]

holy SHOOT i thought this show was a fever dream brought on by chemotherapy and pain meds when i was a kid in the hospital with leukemia... I'm gonna go rewatch-binge this now.

[@ChalkyLoki]

I vividly remember the “Giant” episode and only that one, but talking about Duck causing the drought brought back a memory I haven’t recalled for a LONG time!

[@gutsmasterson2488]

Some days I do think of the existential horror of this children’s show. Then I drink some water.

[@a-s-greig]

It's all gucci until you have an IRL "W" shortage.

[@Jollyinha]

Word World helped me with learning english as a kid, so this show has a special place in my heart. The opening song wasn't even dubbed, they just left it in english as it was, and child me thought that was super cool (I live in a non-english speaking country, if that isn't obvious lol)

[@littlemoni2312]

This is the show that showed up in one of my first nightmares as a child and for that I will forever cherish it

[@a-s-greig]

For science, would you kindly elaborate on the details of this Word World-related childhood nightmare of yours?

[@littlemoni2312]

For science? Absolutely While trying to watch Word World in my dream, I was also dreaming (dream-ception) about getting chased in a Target by a large orange man

[@cherrybubs]

I'm so glad that one of the tv shows I loved as a kid is being covered but also glad because this show's whole plot/world confused me so so SO much as a kid and I've been waiting for someone to cover over how confusing the world is!

[@iraxme7918]

I loved the shipping section a little too much. Also the end song is just *chef’s kiss*

[@jellyhappening1458]

14:30 dude got so obsessed with World Word lore she forgot moon phases

[@AthenaPOfficial]

THE NEW MOON WOULD STILL SPELL OUT MOON IN WOULD JUST BE BLACK!!!! CMON NOW 😤 (I just came up with that now and I most definitely did forget about it while filming but uhhhh shhh shhhh)

[@heather1084]

@@AthenaPOfficial umm one thing i also gotta point out is in two episodes s1e3b The birds and s1e4b Duck's Family Reunion we see Duck bathing twice how that happened i dont really know

[@caitlinabbott7895]

0:16 "I've been in the hills, feeling like a popstar- What I'm saying is 'I look like Post Malone'-" 1:18 "-Ant is a very small character, NO PUN INTENDED!-" 2:06 "Ant's main characteristic is... What Ant's known for is... Listen, he's friends with Pig, alright?-" 3:12 "Can you imagine having a chant for something you do everyday?" "It's time to feed my cats!" "It's time to get some gas!" "It's time to take a crap!" 5:41 "I don't want to see those letters get into the wrong hands, you know what I mean?" "One. Million. Subscribers!" (Singing) "I'm so lucky lucky-" 7:35 "What happens with plural words?!" "I'm SO glad you asked!-" 8:11 "Not to brag, but yeah. I do already know how to spell 3 letter words-" 8:39 "But instead of coins, it's a material the creates you, your friends, everything you eat and everything you interact with! ...wait a second-" 9:07 "What if I just wanted eggs to eat? Would it just be intention? When I put together E G G and it would just be intention? When I spell out 'Omlette' and we don't question where the- where what I'm eating is coming from? Like what- what would I DO!?-" 9:40 "What could that stand for? Willy Wonka? Walter White? Word World!?-" 10:00 "I will never body shame you, unless you're made up of letters that when disassembled render you unconscious...or DEAD?" 11:12 "We're looking for the remains of our friend Platypus" "I found his P P!" "This is a CRIME SCENE! Have some RESPECT!" (Slowly holds up 2 Ps) 11:47 "And when he was summoned he was immediately put to work because they had to get rid of all the peaches in the area because Pig is allergic to peaches. Wait? Pig is allergic to peaches???-" 12:28 "So letters are magical building blocks with stored potential that can not be harnessed until they are put in a word. That is the only basic truth of this universe that hasn't changed-" (X!) "Season 3, episode 4b the letter X announces itself like it's a Pokemon. This is the ONLY LETTER that's done this. Why is it speaking!? Why couldn't they give me ONE THING to hold onto!? WH-!?" 13:20 "The branding was VERY on the nose, but why are you gonna sing at me (sings) 'It's a beautiful world!' Don't lie, it's NOT! I am DESPERATELY tryna find a parallel to real life, what can I even compare this to? What are we just as obsessed with here on Earth? Money? Power? I don't know-" 13:39 "-where they read. On the radio. IS THAT NOT JUST AN AUDIO BOOK!?!-" 14:12 "And is it ethical to create life just to keep them in the SMALLEST BOWL I've ever seen? Sheep, what are you doing?!" 15:50 "Can't believe Word World would KILL the anti-woke mob, and I have no choice but to stan officially" 16:07 "Who would've thought that Wordgirl and Word World would have some similarities! And that only I! Master of the most USELESS information, would be able to point it out!-" 16:27 "SCREW YOU SCRIPT WRITING ATHENA I NAILED THAT!!!-" 16:48 "So there's nothing natural about this disaster, Duck is just a STUPID, PROBLEMATIC IDIOT! Next episode he starts a forest fire! That was a joke-" 19:15 "- Frog has chemistry with EVERY character!-" 19:31 "Stop S L U T shaming the word friends!" 20:19 "But Frog is out here BALLING and I'm tired of us pretending he's NOT!-" 21:30 "Did YOU subscribe yet!?" (Awkward silence) 22:40 "It's not a fun theory by any means, but I can't think of anything else that makes sense. Can YOU!?" (Awkward silence) 23:49 Learning how to S P E L L Is easy when we all TRAVEL TO HELL Rip apart your friends For the letters you need We didn't think about it When we were only 3 Money and power Don't mean a thing In Word World (Word World) All we have to be scared of is Reality bending magic The sheep forces us To play pretend Pig eats all our food Then says it's cause we're friends When will this nightmare End ("Wow Wow Wubzy lore in 2 weeks, let's GOOOOO!-")

[@minaminasstudios8492]

3:13 That’s my favorite part! Her chant is stuck in my head! XD

[@ToonKid4]

2:51 IMPLIES THAT THE WORDFRIENDS CAN FART, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CONFIRMED

[@blockeontheleafeon]

This show was my childhood! Glad to see it return in 2023.

[@elitettelbach4247]

I remember I really enjoyed watching Word World even though it came out after I was already past the target demo. There are definitely some strange aspects of the lore, so thanks for exploring them with us. Also, your makeup is so on point as always!

[@gloomiiii]

i can confirm that the frog has chemistry with everyone, i was simping for him as a kid.

[@WOKEchair]

I'm going to attempt to make some solid rules for this contradictory universe: 1. Letters are indestructible, words aren't. 2. Letters are *almost* always not conscious, some just are for some reason. 3. Intent works but descriptors are preferred. 4. Narrator is a god that can be heard if it wants to be. 5. Capitalization doesn't matter but appears to be used for young beings more. I think that's the stuff that is worth a rule.

[@michielbrand4127]

Harmonising at the end was F I R E. Fire.

[@frogking6416]

Yes bringing in the deepest of childhood memory shows. Speaking of which anyone remember Maya and Miguel

[@unripetheberrby6283]

Omg I do!! My mum liked it too

[@YakkoWarnerTower]

I remember watching Maya and Miguel a couple times when that "PBS Kids Go!" block with Arthur, Cyberchase and WordGirl was a thing that theme song was catchy lol.

[@hihi-kv8kv]

I have a couple of muddled memories of this show, but it was just them spelling things and the words materializing. I remember thinking it was so satisfying to watch.

[@pinkyoshigaming3551]

17:53 About that episode... The bugs couldn't tell the letters b and d apart, but since they're three-dimensional. if you flip one around, it's identical to the other... How's that work?

[@a-s-greig]

...In the most benign way I can say this, I regret reading that question.

[@rmt3589]

16:08 YAS!!!!!!!! I was thinking of the Wordgirl Narrator. We gotta stop sharing a braincell, otherwise my yelling in excitement is gonna wake the dead again.

[@TheLocalPot8to]

This video put me in existential crisis, and now I want a video covering Sid, the science kid

[@Sapphire_Kitty]

Seeing this video being uploaded makes me really happy. It was a show my dad really liked to watch years back after an injury and was home all day. He passed away just a few months ago so it just made me happy.

[@zodiacgalaxy]

I would love for you to cover wild kratts, it was a gigantic part of my childhood and it would be awesome for it to be covered

[@P1kaTwo]

11:38 “Thanks, cuz.” 😏

[@dragonballrobloxmaker7215]

Is nobody gonna talk about how these characters are made of the same material as the fragile objects they create...this means with one wrong move or trip, they could temporary cease to exist and have their body parts used by other individuals

[@a-s-greig]

They cease to be body parts when you cease to be a word. 😏

[@yellowstickers394]

Omg, I used to love this show. I remember trying to convince my mom that WordWorld was more educational than school, so therefore I should stay home and watch it all day.

[@perrilewis180]

I remember this vaguely because I've only seen this show when I was sick. Also this feels like the planet Lexicon where Wordgirl is from controls this planet. This is their colony.

[@jkattack2640]

11:27 obviously the GOAT is singleton

[@dravenhuffman]

The word friends being the narrator's toys makes sense with the inconsistencies

[@Coy-Lol]

when I was a child I always thought that they looked very edible and I always wanted to eat them lmao

[@alirosekitty]

HAVEN'T WATCHED VIDEO YET, BUT THIS WAS LITERALLY THE SHOW THAT HELPED ME BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY SPEAK AND READ AT A VERY YOUNG AGE, PROBABLY WOULD'VE TAKEN MUCH LONGER IT IF WASN'T FOR WORD WORLD!

[@CemeterySoup]

Some show lore ideas. Bob the Builder: machines that talk but also a scarecrow? Teletubbies: what the heck even are they. The Big Comfy Couch: clown world. Caillou: this kid is the antichrist. Thomas the Tank Engine: talking trains, planes, and automobiles, you only live to be useful. The Magic School Bus: in space no one can hear you scream. Lazy Town: whats with all these puppet people?

[@jellymcmichaels4240]

Ooh, LazyTown would be a good idea...

[@lilac_reed]

I always lowkey shipped sheep and bear, and I feel like I can't be alone there

[@a-s-greig]

I see them more as just gals being pals, but now I'm remembering that the "wooly bear" exists (technically a kind of caterpillar) and I think that's an unreasonably cute ship name.

[@kalmeio_17]

Ngl, same. I was one of those kids that thought they would be *really* *really* close friends and are adorable together. (Unfortunately homophobia is a thing. 🙄) I finally realized that I shipped them before I realized what shipping was. 🫢

[@the_goofiest_whajje]

Same here, I just thought they were perfect for each other.

[@Nickimaraj2009]

I see frog and duck or robot as a ship to

[@snapslingpeavine1371]

"So letters are magical building blocks with stored potential that cannot be harnessed until they are put in a word." Genuinely the best description of any fictional process of any cartoon I’ve heard. Very eloquent.😂

[@sleepy1.O]

5:30 I think it's a thought process really. what they want specifically will come to them when they put it together. But sometimes it has to be put together, because if you think of car you could just get a car. If you say race car it's a race car, which is faster than a car

[@BladerKev]

5:44 I died!