Tj Knows Becky is Wordgirl Theory
I wasn’t planning on posting this theory, because the evidence is shaky, but @pi-romantic said they were interested to hear my thoughts, so I’ll share! Besides, even if there’s not much to stand on, my family fluff loving brain wants this to be true ;P
Before I begin, I want to take a moment to talk about the change in dynamics between Tj and both Becky and Wordgirl. I recently noted that the relationship between Becky and Tj was very different in earlier seasons than later seasons. In the beginning, they had a very stereotypical tv sibling relationship where they were always annoyed with each other, while later episodes they had a more realistic relationship: they get on each other’s nerves, but they still care for each other. And changes weren’t only between Tj and Becky, but Tj and Wordgirl as well. Earlier seasons it was pretty clear he had a crush on her, while later in the series, I feel it grew to be more of a fanboy dynamic, where he idolized her, but maybe didn’t necessarily have a crush on her. I bring all this up to explain why Tj’s reaction to finding out his sister is Wordgirl didn’t result in the same reaction as that of in the episode “Two Brains Forgets.” It’s because the dynamic between him and both her egos are very different at this point in the series that it was at that point.
Now that I’ve got that out of the way, when did Tj figure this out? I believe it hit him and/or he started to get suspicious in “All that Chazz”
“All that Chazz” focuses on Tj idolizing a new kid, because he has a crush on him, Chazz. At the beginning of the episode, Tj tells Becky that he thinks Wordgirl is the coolest person ever, however, Tj starts pretending he doesn’t believe this when Chazz states that Wordgirl is uncool. After a while, Wordgirl, getting frustrated, goes to Tj and says, “Tj, may i remind you that just this morning you told me you thought Wordgirl was the coolest person?!” and Tj says, “Yeah but…wait, I didn’t tell you, I told my sister Becky….”
This is far from the first time she’s slipped up like this, nor is it the first time she’s slipped up in front of her family, but to me, this one was different. Usually, it’s something like her accidentally saying “mom” or “dad” or saying “our parents” instead of “your parents” etc. Those can be fixed easily. She usually just pretends she said something else and acts like it never happened and no one’s the wiser. After all, they’re minor mistakes and they could have heard her wrong or she could have had a tongue-tied moment and got her words mixed up.
But this is a very specific error that’s hard to recover from. She did recover from it, saying “Right! Yes, I knew that..uh, but you see, um, she told me what you said. So there! Ha, yes, makes sense!” and personally I think this is one of her best excuses for having known something she shouldn’t (although her delivery was terrible). But here’s the thing: there’s no taking back what she said. It was clear as day, and the start and ends of her recovery were very awkward. That doesn’t exactly make the comment seem any less suspicious, and it appears Tj thinks so too, as after she answers, he has a very perplexed look on his face. I think at this moment it’s starting to click.
Within the episode, there’s not much else to prove he has any clue, but watching the rest of the episode with this idea in mind admittedly makes it a little more interesting.
I did, however, find a moment from another episode after “All that Chazz” that supports this theory. In the episode “Granny’s Corner,” Granny May gets on tv to tell people things like “Go visit the bank tomorrow for cake and dolphins!” While the Botsford family is questioning Granny May’s actions, Tim says “In my opinion, trying to deceive people on purpose is just as bad as not telling the truth.” Later, after stopping Granny May’s scheme, Wordgirl recites this exact quote to the news reporters. She then zips home just in time to witness Tj and Tim saying, “it’s like she was here!” Tj then dramatically says “I know what’s going on here!” He takes a suspenseful pause, and then casually says “super hearing!” This would normally be just a fun joke…except Tj specifically looks at Becky when he says this, with a smile that to me looks caring and like he’s covering for her. And while not necessarily evidence itself, I’d also like to point out that making Becky panic by saying “I know what’s going on here!” in the most dramatic way possible, only to casually brush it aside is a very sibling thing to do and totally something Tj would do.
Now this isn’t evidence, but I’d like to imagine that in “Emergency Plan #999,” Tj was studying all Wordgirl’s battle moves to help her because he was maybe thinking “I’m not only Wordgirl’s number one fan, but I’m her brother. Shouldn’t I be doing something to help her?”
Also if we assume Tj does know in this episode, it makes the following joke sssssoooooo much funnier:
Tj: Worddgirl, what’s a stunt again?
Wordgirl: a stunt is an amazing or impressive feat. It’s something tricky you do to impress people
Tj: my know-it-all sister keeps using that word
Maybe I’ll find more evidence later, but for now, this is all I got.
If Tj did figure it out, would you have been interested in that plot development? Also, if he knew and was hiding that fact from Becky, there probably would have eventually been an episode that revolved around Becky finding out Tj knew, how do you think that episode would have gone?
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