Kid Potato

"Say hello to Kid Potato!" — Kid Potato in "Meat My Dad"

Kid Potato
Name	Kid Potato
Gender	Male
Age	Elderly
Occupation	Villain (retired) Ballpark vendor (briefly)
Alignment	Evil
Homeland	Fair City
Race	Human
Family	The Butcher (son) Unnamed Wife
Abilities	Summoning and shooting potato products
Voice Actor	Ed Asner

Kid Potato is a minor villain in WordGirl. He was voiced by veteran actor Ed Asner. He's the father of The Butcher, and is a very old-fashioned kind of super-villain, even insisting that his son wears a mask. He uses potato-type attacks, similar to the varying meat abilities his son possesses.

His first appearance is in the episode "Meat My Dad", where he wants his son to be just like him, and even join up with him to make a "dream team" called "Meat and Potatoes."

He criticizes his son's posture, costume, relationship and dealings with WordGirl, and other such trifles. Unfortunately, The Butcher doesn't agree with most of his father's views, and does not want to team up and wear the costume his father wants him to wear. However, he is guilt-tripped into it, but at their first robbery (at the Ye Olde Fancy-Shmancy Jewelry Store) he rebels and tells his father to stop badgering him. WordGirl apprehends the two, and they later reconcile their differences, as seen with the two of them playing catch with a potato in the prison yard.

Kid Potato later returns in the episode "Meat-Life Crisis", where he retires being a supervillain for a while and becomes a vendor at a ballpark. When The Butcher comes to live with him after he loses his meat powers, Kid Potato convinces his son to become a vendor with him. It boosts The Butcher's morale and he is able to sell lots of food with his meat attacks, but when the vending boss only pays The Butcher a minimum wage, he returns to his old, evil ways. Kid Potato goes back into supervillain business to help his son, but they're both defeated by WordGirl.

In the episode "The Meaty Dimension", it's revealed that Kid Potato wrote a book teaching The Butcher about his meat powers and how to use them.

Catchphrases

• MASHED POTATO SKIDOO!
• POTATO PIE POW!
• SPUDAROO SPATOO!

Appearances

Season 2
WordGirl Theme Song:		Absent
End credits:		Absent
1a. "A Vote for Becky":	Absent	1b. "Class Act":	Absent
2a. "The Two Brains Boogie":	Absent	2b. "Field Day Fun with Robo-Tobey":	Absent
3a. "Slumber Party Pooper":	Absent	3b. "Line Lessons with Lady Redundant Woman":	Absent
4a. "Mr. Big's Dolls and Dollars":	Absent	4b. "Great Granny May":	Absent
5a. "Theme Park WHAMpage":	Absent	5b. "Chuck Makes a Buck":	Absent
6a. "Highway to Havarti":	Absent	6b. "Tiny Big":	Absent
7a. "I Think I'm a Clone Now":	Absent	7b. "Answer All My Questions and Win Stuff":	Absent
8a. "Bonkers for Bingo":	Absent	8b. "The Ballad of Steve McClean":	Absent
9a. "Pretty Princess Premiere":	Absent	9b. "Where's Huggy?":	Absent
10a. "Robo-Camping":	Absent	10b. "The Stew, The Proud":	Absent
11a. "Who Wants Candy?":	Absent	11b. "Chuck's Brother":	Absent
12a. "Becky and the Bard":	Absent	12b. "Monkey-Robot Showdown":	Absent
13a. "The Wrong Side of the Law, Part 1":	Absent	13b. "The Wrong Side of the Law, Part 2":	Absent
14a. "Two Brains' Quartet":	Absent	14b. "Big's Big Bounce":	Absent
15a. "The Young and the Meatless":	Absent	15b. "Mr. Big's Mini-Golf":	Absent
16a. "Nocan the Contrarian":	Absent	16b. "Meat My Dad":	Appears
17a. "Tobey's Tricks and Treats":	Absent	17b. "Escape Wham":	Absent
18a. "Who is Ms. Question?":	Absent	18b. "Lunch Lady Chuck":	Absent
19a. "Oh, Holiday Cheese":	Absent	19b. "Ch-ch-ch-Change Day":	Absent
20a. "WordGirl Makes a Mistake, Part 1":	Absent	20b. "WordGirl Makes a Mistake, Part 2":	Absent
21a. "Earth Day Girl":	Absent	21b. "A Hero, A Thief, A Store, and Its Owner":	Absent
22a. "Opposite Day":	Absent	22b. "Granny's Book Club":	Absent
23a. "Wham Up":	Absent	23b. "Seeds of Doubt":	Absent
24a. "Wishful Thinking":	Absent	24b. "Lady Redundant Woman Gets the Blues":	Absent
25a. "Win a Shiny New Car":	Absent	25b. "The People vs. Ms. Question":	Absent
26a. "Oh, What a Tangled Rope You Tie, Amazing Rope Guy":	Absent	26b. "Kids Action News":	Absent

Season 3
WordGirl Theme Song:		Absent
End credits:		Absent
1a. "Bummertime":	Absent	1b. "The Home Run King":	Absent
2a. "Granny and Clyde":	Absent	2b. "Too Loud Crew":	Absent
3a. "The Invisi-Bill Hand":	Absent	3b. "Birthday Town":	Absent
4a. "The Pretty Princess and Mr. Big Power Hour":	Absent	4b. "Clean Up in Aisle Eleven":	Absent
5a. "When Chuck's Mom Is Away...":	Absent	5b. "That's Entertainment":	Absent
6a. "Victoria Best":	Absent	6b. "Showdown at the Secret Spaceship Hideout":	Absent
7a. "Captain Tangent":	Absent	7b. "Chuck and Brent Ride Again":	Absent
8a. "Bend It Like Becky":	Absent	8b. "Questionable Behavior":	Absent
9a. "Bampy Battles Bots":	Absent	9b. "Truth, Revision, and the Lexicon Way":	Absent
10a. "Cherish is the Word":	Absent	10b. "Granny's Intuition":	Absent
11a. "The Straw That Broke Two Brains' Back":	Absent	11b. "Nocan the Evil Ingredient Finding Guy":	Absent
12a. "Meat-Life Crisis":	Appears	12b. "Mobot Knows Best":	Absent
13a. "A Better Mousetrap, Part 1":	Absent	13b. "A Better Mousetrap, Part 2":	Absent

Season 4
WordGirl Theme Song:		Absent
End credits:		Absent
1a. "Sonny Days with a Chance of Showers":	Absent	1b. "Seymour... Right After This":	Absent
2a. "The Fill-In":	Absent	2b. "Word (Hicc)Up!":	Absent
3a. "Mouse Brain Take-Over":	Absent	3b. "Leslie Makes It Big":	Absent
4a. "Chuck with a Sidekick of Brent":	Background	4b. "Yarn-4-Gold":	Absent
5a. "Whammer Anniversary":	Absent	5b. "Rat Trap":	Absent
6a. "WordGirl and Bobbleboy":	Absent	6b. "Crime in the Key of V":	Absent
7a. "Where Have All the Villains Gone?":	Absent	7b. "Captain Tangent Returns":	Absent
8a. "A World Without WordGirl, Part 1":	Absent	8b. "A World Without WordGirl, Part 2":	Absent
9a. "Have Snob, Will Travel":	Absent	9b. "Tobey's Playground Calamity":	Absent
10a. "The Learnerer":	Absent	10b. "Mr. Big's Dinner and a Scam":	Absent
11a. "The Birthday Girl's Monstrous Gift":	Absent	11b. "Hal the Haggler":	Absent
12a. "Wordbot":	Absent	12b. "Mount Rushhere":	Absent
13a. "Road Rage, Anger, and Fury":	Absent	13b. "By Jove, You've Wrecked My Robot":	Absent

Season 5
WordGirl Theme Song:		Absent
End credits:		Absent
1a. "Seize the Cheese":	Absent	1b. "Ms. Question's Riddle Rampage":	Absent
2a. "The Meaty Dimension":	Mentioned	2b. "The Case of the Copied Mrs. Botsford":	Absent
3a. "The Good, The Bad, And The Chucky":	Absent	3b. "Granny's Pet Plan":	Absent
4a. "Hard-Learned Money":	Absent	4b. "Gift Pony":	Absent
5a. "Scary with a Side of Butter":	Absent	5b. "Talent Show Tobey":	Absent
6a. "Don't Mess with the Best":	Absent	6b. "Peanut Butter Battles":	Absent
7a. "Hello New Year, Goodbye Moon":	Absent	7b. "Art in the Park":	Absent
8a. "Plain Old Mischief Makers":	Absent	8b. "House Arrest":	Absent
9a. "Monkey Business":	Background	9b. "Say it Again, Eileen":	Absent
10a. "Best Fan Club Meeting Ever":	Absent	10b. "Day at the Museum":	Absent
11a. "Who's Your Granny?":	Absent	11b. "Win a Day with WordGirl":	Absent
12a. "Dinner or Consequences, Part 1":	Absent	12b. "Dinner or Consequences, Part 2":	Absent
13a. "Father's Day Dance-a-thon":	Background	13b. "Big is Botsford's Boss":	Absent

Season 6
WordGirl Theme Song:		Absent
End credits:		Absent
1a. "Who Wants to Get Rid of WordGirl?":	Absent	1b. "The Talented Mr. Birg":	Absent
2a. "One Last Sandwich":	Absent	2b. "Caper or Plastic?":	Absent
3a. "Tell Her What She's Won!":	Absent	3b. "Victoria is the Best... WordGirl?":	Absent
4a. "High-Five Sandwich":	Absent	4b. "The Robot Problem":	Absent
5a. "Of Two Minds":	Absent	5b. "Yes Monkey":	Absent
6a. "The Rise of Miss Power, Part 1":	Absent	6b. "The Rise of Miss Power, Part 2":	Absent
7a. "The Rise of Miss Power, Part 3":	Absent	7b. "The Rise of Miss Power, Part 4":	Background
8a. "Invasion of the Bunny Lovers, Part 1":	Absent	8b. "Invasion of the Bunny Lovers, Part 2":	Absent
9a. "Big and Brent":	Absent	9b. "Silence of the Whams":	Absent
10a. "Dr. Two Brains, Mr. Cheese":	Absent	10b. "Kitty Cat Criminals":	Absent
11a. "A Questionable Pair":	Absent	11b. "All That Chazz":	Absent
12a. "Fortune Crookie":	Absent	12b. "Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Crime":	Absent
13a. "Go Gadget Go":	Absent	13b. "Emergency Plan 999":	Absent

Season 7
WordGirl Theme Song:		Absent
End credits:		Absent
1a. "Kid Math: Part 1":	Absent	1b. "Kid Math: Part 2":	Absent
2a. "A Few Words From WordGirl":	Absent	2b. "Ears To You":	Absent
3a. "El Queso Mysterioso":	Absent	3b. "Putt With Honor":	Absent
4a. "It's Your Party and I'll Cry if I Want To":	Absent	4b. "Becky's Bad-itude":	Absent
5a. "First One to Win Wins":	Absent	5b. "A Little Bigger WordGirl":	Absent
6a. "Guess Who's Coming to Thanksgiving Dinner":	Absent	6b. "Judging Butcher":	Absent
7a. "A Curious Case of Curiosity":	Absent	7b. "There's No V in Team":	Absent
8a. "Sparkling Clean":	Absent	8b. "The Smile Collector":	Absent
9a. "My Dad, My Teacher, My Dad, My Teacher":	Appears	9b. "The Power of Whamship":	Absent
10a. "Royally Framed":	Absent	10b. "WordGirl vs. Tobey vs. The Dentist":	Absent
11a. "Accordion Tradition":	Absent	11b. "Can't Touch This":	Absent
12a. "Backyard Camping":	Absent	12b. "Castle! Dungeon! Fortress! So?":	Absent
13a. "News Girl":	Absent	13b. "Diorama Drama: The Scene of the Crime":	Absent

Season 8
WordGirl Theme Song:		Absent
End credits:		Absent
1a. "Patch Game":	Absent	1b. "Girls Day Out Throws Chuck":	Absent
2a. "A Sticky Situation":	Absent	2b. "Eight Legs Vs. Two-Brains":	Absent
3a. "World's Best Dad":	Absent	3b. "The Good Old, Bad Old Days":	Background
4a. "What Would WordGirl Do":	Absent	4b. "Granny's Corner":	Absent
5a. "Pineapple of My Eye":	Absent	5b. "Big Baby":	Absent
6a. "Staycation":	Absent	6b. "Dr. No-Voice":	Absent
7a. "Trustworthy Tobey":	Absent	7b. "The Tooth Hurts":	Absent
8a. "Time-Out with Two-Brains":	Absent	8b. "Dr. WordGirl-Brains":	Absent
9a. "Becky Knows Best":	Background	9b. "As Something as Something":	Absent
10a. "The Ordinary, Extraordinary Botsfords":	Absent	10b. "The Penny, the Pony, and the Pirate":	Absent
11a. "Tim Botsford: Neighborhood Assistant":	Absent	11b. "Set Sail for the Bake Sale":	Absent
12a. "The Best of the Bests":	Absent	12b. "Art's Parts":	Absent
13a. "Rhyme and Reason, Part 1":	Absent	13b. "Rhyme and Reason, Part 2":	Absent

Gallery

Kid Potato in promotional art for Season 2 villains