The Mighty B! ''The Mighty B!'' (stylized in all caps) is an American animated television series created by Amy Poehler, Cynthia True, and Erik Wiese for Nickelodeon. The series centers on Bessie Higgenbottom, an ambitious Honeybee girl scout who believes sh ...

'' is an American children's

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co-created by

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for

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. The series centers on Bessie Higgenbottom, an ambitious Honeybee scout that believes she will become a

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called the Mighty B if she collects every Honeybee

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. Bessie lives in

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with her single mother Hilary, brother Ben, and dog Happy. The series was picked up for a pilot in early 2006 under the name of ''Super Scout''. The series premiered on Saturday, April 26, 2008, which was the morning after Poehler's film ''

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'' had premiered. In September 2008, the show was renewed for a second season with 20 episodes. Brown Johnson, president of animation at Nickelodeon, called the show a "break-out hit" that "complements and strengthens" the Saturday morning line-up. The second season premiered on September 21, 2009. ''The Mighty B!'' and its crew have been nominated six

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s, with so far no wins. The show has also been nominated for two

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s, winning one for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation. The show has also been nominated one

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and one Golden Reel Award. Many titles of the episodes of the series are parodies of particular media. Examples include "Sleepless in San Francisco" (based on the 1993 film ''

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'') and Dirty Happy (based on

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's 1971 film ''

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'', which even includes references quotes from the movie).

Series overview

Episodes

Season 1 (2008–09)

Season 2 (2009–11)

DVD releases

References

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External links

List of episodes
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