Season 3: 2010 – 2011[]
Season 3 of Martha Speaks premiered on October 11, 2010 with the two-part episode "The Martha Show" and concluded on October 3, 2011 with "Alice Covers Up" and "Carolina Picks a Lily". The season has 15 episodes (30 segments), bringing the show's overall episode total to 70 episodes (140 segments). This season is actually the second part of season two in production time.
# | Original airdate | Title | Plot | Vocabulary words |
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56/3-1 | October 11, 2010 | The Martha Show |
Part 1: Martha has been offered a chance to host a children's TV show with her friends; thus the gang tries to agree on the perfect kids' show. Part 2: Having your own kids' show is more complicated than Martha expected; but then she comes up with a whale of a show, starring the Bookbots. But is her new partner — or TV — ready for it? |
genre, drama, educational, merchandise, style, comedy, co-star, medical, program, watch, script, pilot, imaginative, suspense, depict, duo, viewers, children, piracy, whale |
57/3-2 | October 12, 2010 | Martha's Millions | When Carolina reads about a dog inheriting millions, she's appalled as what could a dog do with all that money? Martha discovers that it isn't who spends it, but how you spend it, that matters most. | inherit, wealthy, greedy, generous, fortune, will, buy, spend, stingy, give |
Carolina's Gifted | Everyone is excited for Carolina's birthday, everyone, that is, except Carolina. She still hasn't used her gift certificate from last year's birthday, and it is going to expire the following night. She and Helen rush to the store to pick out the perfect gift. | gift certificate, expire, purchase, splurge, redeem, squirrel away, save, cash, pay/paid, pick | ||
58/3-3 | October 13, 2010 | Truman's Mad | When Truman sends away for a science kit, he dreams about all the new inventions he will create. But can reality really live up to his big dreams? | explore, theory, analyze, outcome, effect, note, lab, kit, finding, magnet |
Dog for a Day | TD thinks dogs have it easy with no school, no homework, no schedule, etc. but Martha begs to differ. When the two decide to switch roles for a day, they discover that life isn't always easy, and that they should wear the shoes of others. | hypothesis, experiment, conclusion, compare, result, human, canine, science, easy, hard | ||
59/3-4 | October 14, 2010 | Martha: Deadline Doggie | When Martha begins to sniff out leads for Carolina's paper, the news is not fit to print. Can Martha redeem herself before she puts the paper out of business? | article, deadline, eavesdrop, gossip, private, type, read, tip, paper, surprise |
It's the Giant Pumpkin, Martha | With The Ronald Report as her new competition, Carolina needs stories, big stories, to keep her paper afloat. But then she finds a story that's stranger than she bargained for. | fabricate, source, exaggerate, reliable, anonymous, retract, reporter, lie, record, ton, pounds | ||
60/3-5 | October 15, 2010 | The Dog Did It | Martha shares the Great Oral History of Dogs with Helen, TD, and Truman. According to Martha, dogs gave humans lots of stuff: fire, philosophy, physics, art, and even language. Could this explain why Shakespeare's hero is named Hamlet? | primitive, civilization, prehistoric, ancient, philosopher, origin, stone, fire, caveman, history |
Martha Out West | The gang has borrowed a video camera from the library so they can film their very own Wild West production. They each tell their versions, featuring pioneers, outlaws, and...strawberry milkshakes? | pioneer, frontier, founded, outlaw, property, western, mayor, sheriff, town, settle | ||
61/3-6 | October 25, 2010 | T.D.'s Magic | TD has found the best birthday gift of all time for his cousin CD: He's going to put on a magic show at his party. He wants to really "wow" the crowd, so the bigger the trick, the better. But what happens when his magic gets out of control? | feat, rational, vanish, illusion, dubious, disappear, magic, appear, explanation, powers |
Scaredy Cat | To escape a storm, the kids and dogs retreat into the Boxwood's house. TD, Alice, and Helen decide to tell spooky stories to pass the time; but as spooky things start happening in the house, they wonder if their stories might be a little too real. | silhouette, unexpected, nightmare, phantom, ominous, scare, dark, windy, rainy, night | ||
62/3-7 | February 21, 2011 | The Opera Contest | An opera contest is taking place. But before you know it, the kids have cooked up their own ideas of what an opera should be. | opera, soprano, bass, quartet, accomplish, scene, rhyme, costume, stage, prop(s) |
Maestro Martha | Bad guys Pablum and Weaselgraft have a plan to freeze people at a charity concert by using the power of music. Very strange music - so can Martha turn down the volume on their evil scheming before it's too late? | orchestra, symphony, conduct(or)(ing), percussion, composition, trumpet, string, maestro, gong, usher | ||
63/3-8 | February 7, 2011 | Myth Me? | On a rainy, boring day, the gang decides to re-enact Greek myths. | myth, legend, moral, reflection, fate, point, ending, setting, over, Greek |
TD's Myth Take | TD isn't satisfied with any Greek myth, so he decides to write his own version. With the help of Martha and Truman, he puts on a performance that exceeds everyone's expectations... | version, alter, revis(e)(ing), adaptation, dramatize, change, fix, perfect, plot, nymph | ||
64/3-9 | February 22, 2011 | Skits and Mr. Scruffles | Everyone's too busy to play with Skits. While he's moping around the neighborhood, he meets Milo, a lonesome newcomer who just moved to Wagstaff City. The two bond, but when they tell their respective families about their new companion, no one believes they're real. | occupied, companion, lonesome, disappoint, imaginary, bored, lonely, twice, play(ed)(ing), fun |
Brave Truman | Truman is afraid to try out his new sled on the town's steepest, scariest, lumpiest hill. His friends are convinced that Truman is braver than he seems. Is he? | panic, reaction, terrify(ed)(ing), phobia, reassur(e)(ing), height(s), worr(y)(ied), dizzy, steep, tall | ||
65/3-10 | February 23, 2011 | Martha Acts Up | Mrs. Boxwood offers Martha a part in Alice in Wonderland, and Martha is thrilled at her new chance to become a star of the stage. But when Martha finds out what she's cast as, she's horrified. | character(s), motivat(e)(ation), portray(s), psychology, instinct(ual), part, actors, play, line(s), show |
Ronald is in | When Ronald finds a book on psychology, he becomes the expert on everyone's "problems." Is his cure worse than the complaint? | attitude, diagnose(is)(ed)(ing), emulate(ing), mimic(ing), mental, borrow, worried, used book(s), yogurt | ||
66/3-11 | February 24, 2011 | Patrol Dog Martha | Martha wishes she could help solve crimes like Rascal the police dog, but when officer O'Reilly lets Martha fill in while Rascal is away, Martha smells a rat. Can she convince them that there's something rotten in the rutabaga? | patrol, citation, smuggle, secur(e)(ity), officer, police, freeze, beat, cop |
The Crooning Crook Caper | Helen wishes she could be a kid detective just like her favorite book character, Curious Crystal, but when Helen and Martha find a business card for "The Whistler" with "You've been warned" written on the back, they think their career as super sleuths has begun. | paper, detective, camouflage, pursu(e)(it), stakeout, footprint, monocle, criminal, notebook, handwriting | ||
68/3-13 | April 22, 2011 | Wagstaff Races | Wagstaff City's environmental club is having a "Go Green Go-Cart Race," fueled by renewable energy. Using solar power, the wind, and pond scum, the gang gathers at the starting line. Who will win the trophy, and most importantly, how? | energy, solar, alternative, convert, generate, cart, (re)use, green, power, parts |
The Missing Metal Mystery | Who's been stealing things from the local junkyard? When Detective TD announces the identity of his main suspect, everyone is shocked. | waste, pollut(e)(ing)(tion), landfill, biodegradable, aluminum, copper, metal(s), trophy, sleepwalking | ||
69/3-14 | June 27, 2011 | Martha's Slumber Party of the Weird | The gang is camping out. The tent is pitched, they've played a hundred hands of Go Fish, and they've even eaten all the s'mores — but they still aren't tired. When TD suggests they tell science fiction stories, no one expects this story to end as it does: to be continued! | science fiction, data, unpredictable, foresee(able), unforeseen, feline(s), gather(ing), mysterious, peculiar, vine |
Return to Martha's Slumber Party of the Weird | A shadow on the outside of the tent inspires still more stories. With humans shrinking to the size of ants, and ants growing to the size of humans, everyone has something to contribute. | miniature(ize), enormous, magnify(ing), improbable, scientist, ray, puny, huge, giant, mini | ||
70/3-15 | June 29, 2011 | The Long, Rotten Summer | For TD, summer always goes by too quickly, so he decides to spend this summer in the only place where the days never end: school. But is sitting alone in an empty classroom the best way to spend summer? | moment(s), endless, infinite, eternal, interrupt, minute, hour, day, tomorrow, never, forever |
The Case of the Shattered Vase | Helen watched a horror movie; thus, she has nightmares about something under her bed. Martha helps her understand that things are not always what they seem. | instant, perception, transpire(d), occur(ed), review(ing), crash, touch(ing), second, events, vase | ||
67/3-12 | October 3, 2011 | Alice Covers Up | A pool party tales place where everyone is going, including Alice... until she uses a dye that taints her skin orange. | (self)confiden(t)(ce), complexion, timid, outgoing, bashful, color, sort, brand, fair/fair-skinned, dye |
Carolina Picks A Lily | Carolina adopts a new puppy, and she's so excited. It matches her purse! But when the gang points out the pup won't stay pocketbook-sized for long (check out those paws!), she regrets her impulsive adoption. Will they be able to find a home for Lily? | shallow, temperament, vicious, impulsive, foster, hypoallergenic, sweet, type, breed, kind, nasty |
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