Nerdy Birdie!

Nerdy Birdie! (renamed The Bird Word) is a Canadian-American animated sitcom produced by DHX Media and Saban Brands. It debuted on Nickelodeon on March 26, 2013, and YTV on April 20, 2013.

The series revolves around a Canadian teenage owl whose family moves to the United States.

On May 1, 2018, Saban sold its current products to Hasbro, which includes The Bird Word.

Broadcast

 * Nickelodeon (Canada, United States, France, Australia, China, India, Japan)
 * CITV (UK)
 * Teletoon (Canada; 2013)

The Dowse family

 * "Nerdy" Leonardo Gregory "Birdie" Dowse (voiced by Evan Fong/VanossGaming) is a kid who tries to live the life in America.
 * Mom Dowse (voiced by Stacey DePass) is Birdie's cheerful mother. She is a professional cook.
 * Dad Dowse (voiced by Sean Cullen) is Birdie's busy father who always has the time being busy on the computer.
 * Alex Dowse (voiced by Bryn McAuley) is Birdie's bossy sister.
 * Sandra Dowse (voiced by Sunni Westbrook) is the twin sister of Fred Dowse.
 * Fred Dowse (voiced by Kyle Breitkopf) is the twin brother of Sandra Dowse.
 * Bud Dowse (voiced by Mark Edwards) is Birdie's brother who's also an inventor.
 * Pets:
 * Pinky is the pet dog.
 * Albert is the pet cat.
 * Fluffy is the pet fish.

Birdie's friends

 * Butch "Flames" Bills (voiced by Michael Cera)
 * Frank and Frankie Win (voiced by Brian Froud and Katie Crown) are fraternal twins and best friends of Birdie.
 * Donny Shoewell (voiced by Colin Dean) is a nervous boy in the school.
 * Greg Gillman (voiced by Samuel Vincent) is the bully who becomes friends with Birdie.
 * Popstar Princess Pixel (voiced by Kazumi Evans) is America's famous popstar.

Villians

 * Benson Bills (voiced by Gage Munroe) is Birdie's enemy.
 * Queen Bossy (voiced by Julie Lemieux) is the bossy teacher of Birdie's.

Additional voices

 * Travis Turner
 * Ian Hanlin
 * Rebecca Husain
 * Sabrina Pitre
 * Ian James Corlett
 * Lee Tockar
 * Tabitha St. Germain
 * Cathy Weseluck
 * Alessandro Juliani
 * Kathleen Barr
 * Ashleigh Ball
 * Brian Drummond
 * Matt Hill
 * Trevor Devall
 * Britt Irvin
 * Jason Simpson
 * Peter Kelamis
 * Mark Hildreth
 * Andrew Francis
 * Ty Olsson
 * Garry Chalk
 * Adrian Petriw
 * Shannon Chan-Kent
 * Samuel Vincent
 * Giles Panton
 * Doron Bell Jr.
 * Vincent Tong
 * Ron Halder
 * Gabe Khouth
 * Alan Marriott

Guest voices

 * Will Arnett
 * Jason Bateman
 * Kristen Bell
 * Peter Dinklage
 * Josh Gad
 * Bill Hader
 * Anna Kendrick
 * Seth MacFarlane
 * Keegan-Michael Key
 * Jordan Peele
 * Taylor Swift
 * Alan Tudyk

Season One (2013-2014)

 * 1) Birdie Goes America - Birdie Dowse is just your average nerd. But when his family move from Canmore, Alberta to Goodwater, Alabama, nothing will be the same.
 * 2) The Cookie Chatters - The siblings fight over a box of cookies.
 * 3) Break and Loss (and a Beanbag Toss) - Alex, Flames and Birdie break Mom's perfect picture.
 * 4) My Roommate, a Squirrel - A squirrel refuses to leave the house.
 * 5) Boredom - The kids use their imaginations on a rainy day.
 * 6) Sister Knows Best - Alex is forced to become nice for an entire day.
 * 7) Dragons, Dragons, and More Dragons - A board game leads to a big adventure.
 * 8) The Crew’s Cruise - Saturday mornings, the best place to watch cartoons. But when Birdie, Flames and the Wins accidentally set aboard a cruise trip, they must find a way back home.
 * 9) Random Nerd - Bud and Birdie switch bodies.
 * 10) Pups Never Lie - Frank and Frankie adopt homeless pets.
 * 11) Keeping it Heal - Benson breaks his back.
 * 12) Magic Backpack: Birdie behelms a magical backpack whose ability is to pull out random objects.
 * 13) One Regular Boy on One Regular Day - Flames becomes "normal" after seeing his doctor.
 * 14) S.O.D.A. (Serious Organization of Dangerous Activities) - The teachers make up new rules and become a fun-stopping team.
 * 15) Freaks Beware! - The gang encounter new foes called the Freaks.
 * 16) By the Rules - Mom and Dad set up house rules so that their kids would stop having fun.
 * 17) The Win Twins Go Infinity (…and Beyond!) - The Win twins compete at the Big Fat School Games.
 * 18) Boys’ Day Out - The boys have a fun Saturday...but things don't go as planned.
 * 19) Duck Dangerous the Dangerous Duck - The kids encounter a duck whose job is to keep children safe.
 * 20) Nerd-itis - The family has a bad case of bird flu.
 * 21) Fat Boy and Little Man - Flames becomes fat after eating too much junk food.
 * 22) Twist the Time - Birdie tries to undo an embarrassing moment, but changes the course of the timeline.
 * 23) I Ain’t Allergic to Oranges - The Wins discover they're allergic to oranges.
 * 24) Sixteen Little Things - Ned isn't ready to become 16.
 * 25) All the Goodwater - Fresh air and clean water are ruined by a new evildoer.
 * 26) Badwater (Season Finale) - Goodwater becomes an apocalyptic wasteland, and chances are Birdie's friends might miss him if he goes back to Canada on his birthday.

Season Two (2014-2015)

 * 1) Boys’ R Us - The boys have a day off...with Frankie and Alex joining on the fun.
 * 2) Attack of the Nerds: A Halloween Special - Birdie's friends turn into...FREAKS!
 * 3) Desertin’ n’ Nerdin’: Birdie and Bud get lost in the desert...Until they are saved!
 * 4) Game and Fortune - Greg and Donny compete to see who gets the highest score.
 * 5) Birdie’s Lazy Legs - Birdie relaxes and takes a swing at the internet.
 * 6) It’s Our Christmas Pleasure - Pinky hides the Christmas presents from the Dowses.
 * 7) When They Go Rough, They Go Soft - Biff and Buff discover a little sinking feeling.
 * 8) (Dis)agreements and Arguments - Frankie and Frank have a little dispute just before the Big Fat GamerCon XXVI would begin.
 * 9) When You Fish Upon A Star - Fishing with dad isn't as what you'd normally expect for Birdie.
 * 10) The Crazy Dude - Birdie tries to prove that he's cool.
 * 11) Sweet S.O.D.A. - The S.O.D.A. team return—to plot revenge on the whole town!
 * 12) Lie Another Day - Telling the truth means trouble for Donny and Greg.
 * 13) No See, No Do - Birdie loses his glasses.
 * 14) Dang! The New Nerd’s In Town - The new kid named Wyldflower is shy because she thinks her new friends would laugh at her pink hair.
 * 15) Reality Bites - Flames tries to make an awesome video.
 * 16) Positive Thinking - Flames becomes smart.
 * 17) A Nerdy Meltdown - Donny and Greg have a major meltdown.
 * 18) Ruffin' It- Birdie tries to roughin' things up with Pinky, the family's pet guard dog.
 * 19) Fashions Don’t Do Makeup - Alex tries desperately to change the hair of Popstar Princess Pixel.
 * 20) My Butt Buddy - Flames injures his rear, and the gang make it more comfortable for him.
 * 21) The Nerd Word - What's it like if you're the one who has a special move?
 * 22) Goof Off - The Annual Goodwater Goof-Off has many of Goodwater's goofiest goons getting gratefully grand.
 * 23) The Nerd Is Inside Ya - Flames tries to solve a math equation.
 * 24) Goodwater Day - Birdie is overwhelmed that the town's water is polluted.
 * 25) Animal Behavior - Things go out of hand when a monkey heads into the house.
 * 26) The Summer Starts Now! (Season Finale)

Season Three (2015-2016)

 * 1) Popstar Nerd - Popstar Princess Pixel returns to Goodwater...and Birdie is in L-O-V-E.
 * 2) Nerd Time Crime
 * 3) Dojo Donuts
 * 4) II Cool IV School - Birdie's dad butts him out when he fails to solve a quiz and has to attend school.
 * 5) Freaks vs. Nerds: The Maximum Super-Mecha Kaiju Flow-Go Super-Sized Robot Episode - The Nerd Birds rival with the Neat Freaks...This time with giant robots!
 * 6) Journey to the Center of the Nerd - When the Freaks take control of Frankie, the Nerd Birds take a fantastic voyage inside her body.
 * 7) The Good, the Bad and the Nerd
 * 8) The Glasses Don’t Make the Nerd - Frankie must prove that she's officially a nerd.
 * 9) Little Do Frank and Frankie Know...
 * 10) Big Is Better, Small Is Not
 * 11) Saints of Canada - Birdie recalls back where he hanged out with his old friends from Canada.
 * 12) King of Mount Marshmallow - The boys camp out at Mount Marshmallow
 * 13) Donny and Greg Do Nothing - Donny and Greg are stuck in another dimension alongside a van.
 * 14) From Dumb to Smart - Frank becomes smarter and abandons his friends as a result.
 * 15) Plain Nerd Bird
 * 16) The Bacon-Nator - Bud creates an invention that would make any food taste like bacon. But there's also side effects.
 * 17) Hope to Say Hello
 * 18) Confessions of a Teenage Nerd - Pixel learns that she is a nerd on the inside.
 * 19) Dawn of the Nerd - Wrestling professional Donny competes with sumo wrestlers.
 * 20) A Nerd’s Greed for Gold (Flames and Misfortune in other countries) - It's St. Patrick's Day, and Greg has good luck all around him. The others, not so much.
 * 21) A Man or a Nerd? - Birdie proves that he is a "manly nerd"
 * 22) Good vs. Great - Birdie's baseball team is rivaled with baseball robo-rookies from another planet.
 * 23) Felt Like I’m Five
 * 24) Buddy Be Gone - Birdie and Flames spend a weekend apart.
 * 25) Respect-A-Pal
 * 26) Banana Montana (Season Finale) - Pixel is rivaled by an old foe.

Season Four (2016-2017)

 * 1) Goose Go Loose
 * 2) Just Sea Me - Donny fears of going to the sea.
 * 3) Lil’ Nerd
 * 4) Close Encounters of the Nerd Kind
 * 5) Brainy to Beat the Bird
 * 6) Internet Nerd
 * 7) L-ICE-nce to Drive,
 * 8) Chili Doug / The Two Gregs
 * 9) Get Cra-Z!
 * 10) Orange S.O.D.A.
 * 11) The Nerd Generation
 * 12) Das Nerd
 * 13) Pot Wheels
 * 14) I Likey Mikey
 * 15) Nerd Burger
 * 16) Ice Popstar - Pixel returns with a chance at ice skating.
 * 17) Tastes Like Nerd
 * 18) Fizz Frizz
 * 19) Black-n-Yellow - Everything stings when bees go savage on Bee Day.
 * 20) Kick It To The Max
 * 21) Nerd’s Best Friend
 * 22) The Snack-n-Stack Hack - Someone stole all the snacks from the Snack-n-Stack. This is a big mystery for Birdie....
 * 23) When Good Things Get Bad
 * Oh, Boy, Oh, My!
 * 1) To Love or Not to Love
 * 2) Birdie's Fourth of July Special (Season Finale)- Birdie learns all about the exploits of the Fourth of July.

Season Five (2017-2018)

 * 1) What's the Buzz, Birdie?
 * 2) Nerd Birds of a Feather
 * 3) Showdown at St. Sherman's
 * 4) Roadies!
 * 5) You Can't Spell Fraction Without Action
 * 6) Under the Knees of a Bird
 * 7) One Flu Over the Canadian Nest
 * 8) It's Not Easy Being Flames
 * 9) Elementary, My Dear Birdie
 * 10) Blind Ties
 * 11) Make It Pretty
 * 12) Holobird
 * 13) Legends of the Meat-Mutton Mellow
 * 14) When a Bird Gives You Apples, Make Apple Juice
 * 15) Teeth Are Forever
 * 16) Dude, Where's My Nerd?
 * 17) Work the Attitude, Dude
 * 18) Knot the Best Time - Birdie
 * 19) Easy Cheesy
 * 20) The Last Uni-Tron
 * 21) Lawn Gone Dog
 * 22) Don't Do, Dance
 * 23) The Lousy Lunch
 * 24) Cupcake Escapade/Goodwater News at 5
 * 25) The Penultimate Episode Where You Don't Get to Know Any Secrets Until the Next Episode (This Is the Second-to-Last Episode, Right?) - It's almost summer, and Birdie is ready for school to let out. The only problem is, he gets stuck in a time loop.
 * 26) Graduation Anticipation (or, The Grand Finale Episode Where All Secrets Will Be Revealed...Really!) (Series Finale) -

Home media
DVDs are released through Lionsgate.
 * The Big Move (released October 21, 2013)
 * Episodes: Birdie Goes America, S.O.D.A., Keeping It Heal, I Ain't Allergic to Oranges, Nerd-itis, Boys' Day Out
 * Special Features: Printables, Meet Birdie and Friends featurette, bonus Power Rangers Megaforce, Digimon Fusion, and Julius Jr. episodes
 * Discover Your Inner Boy! (released April 8, 2014)
 * Episodes: Boys' R Us, Boredom, Dragons, Dragons and More Dragons, Twist the Time, Magic Backpack, Duck Dangerous the Dangerous Duck
 * Special Features: Meet the Parents and Teachers, bonus Power Rangers Super Megaforce episode
 * A FREAKY Halloween (released November 21, 2014)
 * Episodes: Attack of the Nerds - A Halloween Special, Freaks Beware!, Random Nerd, Fat Boy and Little Man, When They Go Rough, They Go Soft, (Dis)agreements and Arguments
 * Special Feature: Bonus Power Rangers Super Megaforce episode
 * Frank and Frankie's Super Best Win Twin Bits! (released December 3, 2016)
 * Episodes: The Win Twins Go Infinity (…and Beyond!), Pups Never Lie, Little Do Frank and Frankie Know..., (Dis)agreements and Arguments, I Ain't Allergic to Oranges, Dojo Donuts

Movie

 * Nerdy Birdie: The Post-Graduation Movie - Summer's just begun, and Birdie and the gang are having a great time. But there's one difference: Professor Abraham threatens to ruin Goodwater by having safety robots everywhere. Join Birdie, Frank, Frankie, Donny, and Greg Gillman on a super-sized quest to find true heart in friendship, freedom, and best of all, themselves.