oddsquad

[opening theme]
Ronnie: Thanks for coming, Odd Squad.
Olive: What seems to be the problem, Ronnie?
Ronnie: Well, my brother Donnie and I were playing street hockey, and he scored a goal, so we high-fived, but then... he never stopped.
[odd noise]
Donnie: Hey, Olive. Hey, Otto.
Otto: Not to worry, we have an Un-High-Five-inator.
[ding]
Otto: Boom.
[gadget zap]
Donnie: Thanks, Odd Squad!
Olive: You bet. Have a good day.
[tube entrance noise]
Ronnie: Alright, Donnie, let's get back to that game, huh?
Donnie: You know it, bro.
[odd noise]
Donnie: I can't move.
Ronnie: Me either.
Ronnie and Donnie: Odd Squad!
[music]
Instructor O: [sighs] What did we learn from this?
Olympia: [whimpers]
Instructor O: Olympia.
Olympia: When you zap someone with an Un-High-Five-inator, it doesn't protect against Chest-Bump-itis.
Instructor O: Correct.
Olympia: It doesn't protect against hiccups either, guys. Just a heads-up.
[school bell]
Instructor O: Thank you! Alright, remember, quiz next week on how to interrogate a unicorn! Also, your blobs are due! Obed, I'm talking to you.
[agents chattering]
Instructor O: Olympia, see me after class.
Olympia: Is there a problem, Instructor O?
Instructor O: You're on track to be an agent this summer, correct?
Olympia: Yeah, I mean, not that I'm counting the days, 74, or the hours, one-thousand-seven-hundred-and sixty-
Instructor O: It's not happening!
Olympia: What?! But I've gotten straight O's on every test. I can identify any gadget-
Instructor O: I'm not making you an agent this summer, because I'm making you one right now.
[silence]
Instructor O: I don't think I've ever seen you not talking.
Olympia: Me neither. How? Why?
Instructor O: Agents Olive and Otto are leaving to run their own Odd Squad, so there's an opening in Precinct 13579. Ms. O picked you.
Olympia: Are you saying I'm the new Olive?
Instructor O: Technically, you're the new Otto, also, you're the last to know.
Olympia: What do you mean, "last to know"?
[applause and cheering]
Instructor O: Congratulations.
Olympia: Are you sure I'm ready? Yes, I've studied every single Odd Squad case since the beginning of time, but what about before time began?!
Instructor O: You're ready. O'Flanaranahanahan, prepare to squish-inate.
[beep]
[loud siren]
Instructor O: Whoa, not that one! This one.
[beep]
[music]
Olympia: Wait! You didn't say who my new partner's gonna be.
Instructor O: You'll meet him when you get there.
Olympia: Aha! I can tell it's gonna be a boy because you said him.
Olympia: I wonder what he's gonna be like--
[beep]
[boing]
Instructor O: Do you wanna be transferred?
Oscar: Squish-inating.
[beep]
[bang]
[boing]
[instrumental music]
Oscar: What do we do now, Ms. O? I mean, Olive and Otto were... the best agents we had.
Ms. O: True, but I've got two new agents who seem like they're up for the job. Incoming!
[beep]
[tube noise]
Ms. O: There you two are. Something very odd has happened.
Olympia: Whoa, I'm really here, in Odd Squad.
Ms. O: Not for long. Prepare to squish-inate.
Olympia: [stammers] But- but- but-
Ms. O: I need you to report to an office downtown.
Olympia: What- what- we haven't even met!
Otis: The name's Otis.
Ms. O: And she's Olympia.
Oscar: Hey guys, I'm Oscar, heh.
Ms. O: Now you've met. Squish-inating!
[boing]
[boing]
[music]
[tube exit noise]
[tube exit noise]
Olympia: Hey. We, uh, didn't really get a chance to talk back there. [inhale] So I'm Olympia. Speed stats: 11 years old, first pet: guinea pig, favorite color: all of them--
Otis: Duck!
Olympia: What happened?
Otis: I don't like ducks.
Duck: [quacks]
Olympia: This is great! We're learning about each other. Secret handshake.
[slapping]
Otis: We just met, how can we have a secret handshake?
Olympia: I thought we'd just sort of kind of find it. So, do you have any other fears? How about special talents?
Otis: None worth mentioning. Come on.
Olympia: [sighs]
Duck: [quacks]
Otis: There.
Hopkins: Yes, here. Odd Squad, please, I need your help. I just started floating for no reason.
Olympia: Whoa. Floating people. Maybe we should lasso him.
[stretching noise]
Olympia: Wait. Should we take a picture of our first case now, or more in the middle, or after we solve it?
Otis: I've got this.
[music]
Otis: Hand.
Olympia: How is that a talent not worth mentioning?
Oscar: Well, guess it's back to my la- what happened to the lab? What happened to everything?
Ms. O: We had to clean up after the showdown with Odd Todd. So I decided to make some improvements.
Oscar: But, that was like 10 minutes ago.
Ms. O: I'm upset it took that long, too.
Oscar: Hmm.
Ms. O: Something's...different about you.
Oscar: Oh yeah, this new Make-You-Older-inator went off, heh-heh. I like the new voice, though. So, new headquarters, huh?
Ms. O: Yep. There's a Task Force room, office for Coach O, and I hired a chef from town to make the Breakroom more fun.
Party Pam: Eat my food and I'll make you a balloon! Woo hoo! [laughing]
Ms. O: I might have gone too fun. What I'm most excited about is...
[pause]
Ms. O: The Creature Room. Which is where we're gonna go right now.
Oscar: Okay.
Ms. O: Can you find someone to run it?
Oscar: Aah, I can run this. I've sort of got a special little bit of a knack for taking care of creatures. Like this little guy.
[squirting noise]
Oscar: Aah!
[roaring]
[bang]
Oscar: [yell] [grunts] I'll find someone to run this immediately.
Hopkins: Oh, thank you, Odd Squad.
Dentist: Odd Squad!
Hopkins: Is that me screaming? I sound so far away.
Dentist and Marie: Odd Squad!
Otis: [groans] There's more floaters.
Dentist and Marie: Odd Squad!
Olympia: This is great.
Otis: You're happy the problem got worse?
Olympia: Yuh-huh. We don't know what's causing people to float, right? Now that there are three people floating, we can ask all of them the same questions, and-
Otis: Got it. And if they have the same answer to a question, that's what they have in common.
Olympia: I wanted to say that, but yes. And the best part is we can take all that information, all that data, and put it into a chart!
Otis: That's the best part?
Olympia: [sighs] You're right. The best part is the moment before you make the chart. Ooh, the anticipation. [giggling]
Otis: All right, we gathered the data, and now...
Olympia: Behold, the chartening.
[beep]
Olympia: All right. The people are along the side, and the questions are along the top.
Otis: Question one: where were you when you started floating? The dentist said, "At the dentist's office."
[beep]
[zap]
Otis: Crossing guard said, "On the street."
[beep]
[zap]
Otis: And the businessman said, "In his office."
[beep]
[zap]
[error beep]
Otis: No matches. Question two.
Olympia: Actually, maybe I can do that and you can zap it, just to keep it fairsies. You're gonna love it. Question two: what time was it when you started floating? Dentist said 12:00.
[beep]
[zap]
Olympia: See? Told you you'd love it. Crossing guard. Also said 12:00, the same.
[beep]
[zap]
Olympia: And businessman said 9:00.
[beep]
[zap]
[error beep]
Otis: Only two out of three. Not good enough.
Hopkins: Does it bother anyone that they haven't asked us our names?
Dentist: My name is Dentist, so I'm good.
Marie: I'm Marie, but I pronounce it "Crossing Guard".
Hopkins: Oh. What?
Otis: They have nothing in common.
Olympia: You know, this is better we didn't solve it. The harder the struggle, the more glorious the triumph. There's a light at the end of the tunnel. Throw me to the wolves and I'll return leading the pack!
Otis: I'm gonna go ask more questions.
Olympia: Okay, sure!
Oscar: [laughs softly]
Dr. O: Oscar? My name is Dr. O. I met you several times. We solved a case together last year.
Oscar: Yeah, I know.
Dr. O: Good. That'll save us some time. I heard you're interviewing people to run the Creature Room. I want in.
Oscar: But I thought you were happy being a doctor.
Dr. O: Of course I am, I'm a doctor. But I want to help pick the new person.
Oscar: Why?
Dr. O: Let me paint you a picture. Actually, there's no time. I'll just use these. The person running the Creature Room forgets to lock a cage. A creature gets loose and pours itself a glass of water. It spills some water. I slip on the water. I get hurt, and I can't do my job. So yeah, I care about who runs the Creature Room.
Oscar: Okay.
Olympia: I can't believe there's no matches.
Otis: Hang on. All three people were eating when they started floating. The dentist had a sandwich [ding], the crossing guard had a salad [ding], and the businessman had a bagel with cream cheese. [ding]
Olympia: Those are all different foods. Plus, they ate in different places. And the crossing guard and the dentist ate at a different time than the businessman.
Hopkins: The name is Hopkins. Or Joe, anything to make me feel more like a human being.
Otis: I still think there's something here.
Olympia: There's nothing. It's over.
[beep]
[gadget zap]
Olympia: We failed our first case.
Otis: Whoa, whoa, whoa. What happened to leading wolves and lights at the end of the tunnels?
Olympia: We've been in the tunnel for days. There's no light, just the wolf.
Otis: So we go back to headquarters and ask for help.
Olympia: We shouldn't need help. We're agents. We should be able to do this ourselves, but we can't. I can't. I knew I wasn't ready.
Otis: What are you saying?
Olympia: I'm saying I don't deserve to wear this.
[fabric ripping]
Otis: So you're going to a...party instead?
Olympia: Oh. This was supposed to be my celebration outfit when we solved our first case.
[rustling]
Olympia: I'm going back to the Academy.
Otis: This is worse than a duck.
Jackalope: To be continued...
Jackalope: And now the rest of the story.
Agents: [chattering]
Oscar: And then I just sort of squish them together like that.
Ms. O: What's going on in here?
Oscar: Oh, hey, Ms. O. So I was going to do the creature duty interviews by myself, but as it turns out, it, uh, affects a lot of different people.
Dr. O: Yeah.
Oren: Yeah, like me, because my partner is a creature!
Olaf: Potato!
Ms. O: Wait, Olaf is a werewolf?
Oren: The signs were there all along.
[ska music]
[repeated howling]
Dr. O: Yeah, that makes sense now.
Oscar: I guess, yeah.
Party Pam: Did someone say they were hungry?
Dr. O: Uh, no, not even close.
Party Pam: Well, eat my food and I'll make you a balloon!
[agents murmuring unsurely]
Ms. O: Um...you people sort out this Creature Room thing. [to Party Pam] You, come with me.
Party Pam: All right.
[agents murmuring]
Olaf: [sniffing]
[brushing]
Party Pam: I don't get it, Ms. O. Maybe I need to try different kinds of food.
Ms. O: Or maybe it's because you're yelling in people's faces.
Party Pam: [chuckle] I'm not so sure.
Ms. O: Trust me, I've been there. If you're always yelling, that's all people think you do, and they don't see that there's a lot more to your character.
Party Pam: I get it. [threateningly] Eat my food, and I'll make you a balloon.
Ms. O: Um, creepy whisper isn't any better, but thank you. And you can keep the balloon.
Party Pam: Oh. [chuckling] Like you have a choice. [chuckling]
[people chattering]
[people chattering]
Otis: Olympia, listen to me. You can't give up. You've tried so hard, and you're just gonna leave it all back and go back to the Academy like it's-
Duffy: Whoa whoa, guys, get these floaters out of here!
Olympia: O'Duffy, please. We're just bringing them to the containment room and then Otis can find a new partner.
O'Duffy: You looking for a new partner? 'Cause I'm looking for a change.
Otis: No, I don't want a new partner. [to Olympia] I want you to be my partner.
Olympia: Why? You obviously don't like me. You barely talk to me.
Otis: I've said more words to you than anyone in my life. You just don't notice because you say more words than most people do in their entire lives.
Olympia: Yeah, I can see that.
Otis: You're smart, you know about Odd Squad. If you could just get over this and get back to work-
Olympia: Get over what, the fact that I failed?
Party Pam: I know what'll cheer you up! Eat my food, and I'll make you a balloon.
Dentist and Marie: [yelling]
Hopkins: Floating, floating. Thank you.
Party Pam: See? Medium-sized voice.
Hopkins: Odd Squad, do not listen to her. She will not give you a balloon.
Dentist: Yeah, I didn't get my balloon.
Marie: Me neither.
Otis: Wait, you all know her?
Hopkins: Yeah. She delivered me breakfast.
Dentist: Yeah, she delivered me lunch.
Marie: She delivered me lunch, too. A salad. It wasn't the best I'd ever had, but it wasn't the worst.
Olympia: Otis, you were right. It did have to do with the food.
[tap tap]
[watch activation noise]
Olympia: It didn't matter that they ate in different places, because all the food is delivered by- by- I'm sorry, I don't know your name.
Party Pam: Oh, Party Pam.
Olympia: Party Pam is what they have in common!
[whirring]
[ding]
Hopkins, Dentist, and Marie: [murmuring in agreement]
Party Pam: And for the record, I never said I'd give you a balloon, I said I'd make you a balloon.
Otis: Are you saying your food makes people into balloons?
Party Pam: I feel like I've been really clear about this.
Hopkins, Dentist, and Marie: [overlapping disagreement]
Olympia: People, people, it's okay! Now that we know what caused this, we can fix you. [to Otis] I can't wait to tell Ms. O we solved our first case.
O'Duffy: Oh, she's not here. She went to the park for her lunch break.
Party Pam: With one of my sandwiches. Another satisfied customer.
Otis: You gave her a sandwich.
Party Pam: Yes.
Otis: That makes you float.
Party Pam: Yes.
Otis: And now she's outside where there are no ceilings.
Party Pam: I wanna say no, but the answer is yes.
Otis: O'Duffy, send us to the park.
Olympia: Pam?
Party Pam: Oh. Okay.
O'Duffy: Preparing to squish-inate!
Olympia: One day I'll get to see headquarters.
O'Duffy: Squish-inating!
[beep]
[bang]
[bang]
[boing]
[boing]
O'Duffy: So, how's the sandwich business? I could use a change.
Party Pam: It's really bad.
O'Duffy: I'm still interested.
Party Pam: Great. [stammers] It's really bad.
[tube exit noise]
[tube exit noise]
Olympia: There!
Ms. O: Help! I do not like being out of control.
Olympia: Do that jumping thing and catch her!
Otis: What?
Olympia: You know that jumping thing you did to get the businessman down?
Otis: There's nothing high enough to jump on.
Olympia: Then how do we save her?
Otis: I don't know!
Olympia: Okay, what do we have? We have gadgets, we have really good positive attitudes... I have a sandwich from that lady!
Otis: You can eat that-
Olympia: And float up-
Otis: To get Ms. O!
Olympia: [groans] But then I'll float away, too.
Otis: Not if you're tied down.
[stretching noise]
Otis: Yes.
Otis: Ready?
Olympia: Ready.
Otis: I think you have to keep-
Olympia: [with mouth full] Yeah, yeah. I'll eat more. [shouting]
Ms. O: I can see space! I think it's expanding!
Olympia: Otis, I'm going to miss her!
Ms. O: Hurry, Olympia! Flock of pigeons!
[pigeons cooing]
Olympia: I'm coming, Ms. O!
Otis: C'mon, c'mon.
Olympia: Gotcha.
Otis: Yes!
Party Pam: This hundred-pound pound cake should make you heavier. Assistant?
Ms. O: O'Duffy?
O'Duffy: I'm just trying to find my place in the world.
Party Pam: Just make sure you eat it nice and-
Olympia and Ms. O: [screams]
Party Pam: Slow.
Ms. O: I'd like to have a word with you.
Otis: You all right?
Olympia: Yeah, I'm just... sorry I gave up before.
Otis: But then you un-gave up and figured out the answer and saved Ms. O.
Olympia: But I still quit! It's not what Olive would've done, or Otto.
Otis: Hey! Too loud. Hey, I don't know them, okay? But I know that not everything's always perfect and easy the first time. You try your best, and if you need help from someone else, so what? It doesn't make you a bad agent. It makes you a good agent because you can work with other people. And can we please stop talking about feelings?
Olympia: Yeah.
Otis: So we partners or what?
Olympia: Does this answer your question?
[fabric ripping]
Otis: No.
Olympia: I was gonna join the Scouts if the Academy didn't work out. I'll just, um, get a new suit, back at headquarters. [nervous chuckling]
Dr. O: And your name is...
Ohlm: Ohlm.
Dr. O: Why would you like to run the Creature Room?
Ohlm: [with mouth full] Well, I have a lot of experience with creatures. Like, my friend knows a guy [crunch] with a dog.
Oscar: Uh, no. What about actual creatures?
Ohlm: [with mouth full] Like a cat.
Dr. O: No, we mean creatures with horns and weird eyes and antennae.
Ohlm: [with mouth full] Like a fish.
Dr. O: Who's next?!
Owen: I thought you and Oscar were doing this together.
Dr. O: He's getting more snacks. Ohlm ate them all. Very impressive application, Owen.
Owen: Thanks.
Dr. O: You know your way around headquarters, you know all the safety protocols, and you have creature experience.
Owen: Big time.
Dr. O: If we offered you the job, how soon could you start?
Owen: In about 100 years.
Dr. O: We need someone today.
Owen: I could move some stuff around. Maybe start in 98 years.
Dr. O: That still won't work.
Owen: Hey, we tried.
Dr. O: Who's next?!
Dr. O: What makes you think you'd do a good job running the Creature Room?
Orchid: What makes you think you'd do a good job running this interview?
Dr. O: What?
Orchid: Have you ever interviewed people before today?
Dr. O: No, but I'm a doctor-
Orchid: Carting out that old excuse again, huh?
Oscar: Well, then, Orchid, maybe we could-
Orchid: Hey. Who's the one asking the questions, me, or you two?
Dr. O: Us two?
Orchid: Wrong answer, again.
Oscar: What's happening?
Orchid: What's happening is this interview is over. Who's next?
Oscar: Hey there, um, I'm Oscar and this is Dr. O.
Ocean: Doctor who?
Dr. O: Different person. And your name is...
Ocean: Ocean. Like the ocean.
Dr. O: Okay. Mr. Ocean, why would you like to run the Creature Room?
Ocean: Well, I've always had a way with creatures, like this lil' guy.
[screeching]
[rushing fire, screeching]
Oscar: Whoa! That looks pretty dangerous.
Ocean: Super dangerous, dude. But watch this.
[ukulele playing]
Dr. O: Impressive.
Ocean: I appreciate the feedback.
Oscar: All right, so, uh, we'll get back to you after, you know, we interview the other people and...
Dr. O: Oscar, there's no one else.
Oscar: Huh?
Dr. O: Everyone else is part of the interviewing team.
Olaf: [howls]
Ocean: Whoa, that dude is furry.
Oscar: Well, um, congratulations, you got the job!
Ocean: Oh yeah!
[ukulele playing]
[agents cheering]
Ms. O: Not a bad first day, you two. Go get settled at your desks.
Olympia: Wait, we actually get to see the inside of headquarters?
Ms. O: Things are quiet, for now. But don't worry. Something very odd will happen soon, I'm sure. Well, what are you waiting for? Go! I still let myself have one yell per day.
[whooshing]
Otis: Partner, we have arrived.
[slapping]
Olympia: We found our secret handshake.
Otis: That was an accident.
Olympia: [stammers] No, that was a sign that we are perfect partners, admit it! Do it!
Oscar: Ms. O, I was pulling files and I found Olympia, but there's no record of Otis going to the Academy.
Ms. O: That's because Otis didn't go to the Academy.
Oscar: Then... where did he come from?
O'Duffy: Sounds like you could use a private investigator. I'm still looking for a change.
[credits]