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| Name | Seymour Orlando Smooth |
| Gender | Male |
| Age | Adult |
| Occupation | Game show host Con artist |
| Alignment | Evil |
| Homeland | Fair City |
| Race | Human |
| Family | Unnamed Mother Harry Kempel (brother) Chip Von Dumor (brother) |
| Abilities | Blinding White Smile Game Show Host-Strength Hair Gel Binding Fool's Gold Chains Charisma Manipulation |
| Voice Actor | Daran Norris |
Seymour Orlando Smooth is a villain in WordGirl, known as a crooked conman game show host.
Most of Seymour's crimes consist of hosting a scam game show to con innocent contestants out of their money and/or valuables, though he has broken away from this every now and then.
Personality[]
Hello, handsome
Seymour is a egotistical, scheming, self-absorbed, devious character who's only interest are to scam other out of their hard earned money and making sure he looks his best. He's self-centered to the point that he's been seen fondling over a poster of himself. He was also 100% willing to fight Nocan the Contrarian with nothing more than a microphone simply because Nocan had ruined his hair, and became bitter and jealous when he heard that Beau Handsome was a more popular game show host than him and began to scheme against him. As a crooked game show host, he has little issue with cheating and blatantly stealing from others as he's practically made it his living, and was crafty enough to get away with doing so for a while. It wasn't till WordGirl caught on to his behavior that his career had turned for the worst. Even when he had become dirt poor he still thought highly of himself, as his last resort was to sell his old things at ridiculously high prices simply because they were his things, of course this didn't work and he had to resort to creating another scam to build himself back up (which also didn't work).
Despite this, he has shown on rare occasions that he's not a completely terrible person, such as in "Win a Shiny New Car?" he was willing to share his stolen riches with his brothers. Even when they had completely blown his scheme and he clearly could've left without them, he still stopped and tried to save them from going to prison. He seems to be on good terms with his mother as well as he seemed fairly proud of his mother's cupcake recipe and properly credited her when said cupcakes received praise. He also seems to be on decent terms with the rest of the villains in the show. In "Who Wants to Get Rid of WordGirl?", he seemed to put in a genuine effort to be friendly and patient with them. However, it was later revealed he was only doing this for their ideas on how to eliminate WordGirl, though they seemed to have forgiven him later as he joined up with them to get revenge on Victoria Best in "Don't Mess with the Best". He also was willing to fight Miss Power (an intergalactic dictator who proved herself more powerful than WordGirl) for the freedom of the earth, along with the other villains and eventually fought alongside WordGirl herself.
While on stage, he does attempt to wear a more pleasant facade, acting generally more approachable, energetic, and less self-absorbed much like a regular game show host would, though it's still very easy to see through his facade, as he has moments where he doesn't try to hide the fact that he's scamming his contestants. Luckily for him, most of his contestants don't catch on until it's too late.
Biography[]
Seymour made his debut in "Answer All My Questions and Win Stuff" where he was hosting a game show of the same name, with the tag line "Where the contestant is you!" He distributed answer sheets to every citizen in Fair City, allowing them to play along from home while he asked questions on air.
Later, Seymour tricks people into giving him money for things when he can't afford to buy in "Wishful Thinking", and uses his own dimwitted brothers, Chip and Harry, to answer difficult questions in "Who Wants to Win a Shiny New Car?". He uses his dazzling TV show host smile and super strength hair gel to fight WordGirl, a weapon called Fools' Gold that victims must escape from, and the "Wheel of Wonderful Stuff", which is used to trap WordGirl and Captain Huggy Face, making them extremely dizzy when spun. However, they escape in his first appearance and surprise him after he makes a fool of himself by using one of his diamond rings, which is the weakness of said wheel. He appears again in "Seymour... Right After This" where he purposely kept everyone on edge on who was going to win. In "Tell Her What She's Won", Seymour has kidnapped Beau Handsome and takes over his game show as a host, renaming it "May I Have Your Money? where he steals money from Tommy, Phil, and Emily. He tries to beat WordGirl with trap questions and has Captain Huggy Face stop all the cupcakes from dropping on the floor, at the end changing the rules of the game to have to allow them to drop.
Abilities[]
- Silver Tongue: He can talk himself out of any given situation. Being a professional con artist, he's even been able to con WordGirl on occasion.
- Pearly White Teeth: His smile is so bright that it can cause anyone to go temporarily blind. He usually uses this when his scheme has been exposed, and he needs to make his escape.
- Enhanced Strength: While he may not seem like it, he is able to sword fight Nocan the Contrarian with a thin microphone and is more than a match for him.
- Fool's Gold: Can fire chains of fool's gold from his sleeve, which is strong enough to temporarily keep WordGirl at bay.
- Hair Gel: Can whip hair gel straight out of his hair to attack anyone, his hair gel has been shown to be strong enough to temporarily hold down WordGirl.
Game Shows that Seymour has hosted[]
- "Answer All My Questions and Win Stuff"
- "Wishful Thinking"
- "Who Wants to Win a Shiny New Car?"
- "Who Wants to Win an Enormous Amount of Money?"
- "Who Wants to Get Rid of WordGirl?"
- "May I Have Your Money?"
- "Who Wants to Give Me Money to Save My Career?"
- "As Something As Something"
Appearances[]
| 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": | Absent | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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": | Absent | 9b. "As Something as Something": | Appears | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Trivia[]
- He is voiced by Daran Norris who's known for his voice work on The Fairly OddParents as well as voicing Nocan the Contrarian. He became the second voice actor from The Fairly OddParents after Grey DeLisle.
- He has his own brand of teeth whitener which he uses regularly, and is what keeps his teeth bright enough to hold WordGirl at bay.
- It is implied that he has a soft spot for his family, though he's not above calling his brothers out for their idiocy.
- It was revealed in "Don't Mess with the Best" that his teeth are in fact dentures.
- Even when not emceeing a game show he still speaks as if he were, using one liners and corny puns. He even goes as far as carrying around his microphone when speaking, though he usually breaks this when frustrated, angry, or excited.