03x03 - Portalandia/Slides and Ladders

[bunniefuu]

Coming up next on Odd Squad...

This plant doesn't grow in Japan.

Looks like we need to bring it back to where it came from.

But this plant is from the th dimension.

We'll have to open a dimensional portal.

[screaming]

Orla, get us out of here!

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[Opal] My name is Agent Opal.

These are my partners, Omar, Orla and Oswald.

This is us wearing mustaches.

We travel the world investigating anything strange,

weird, and especially odd.

Our job is to put things right again.

[screaming]

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[cheering]

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[balloons popping]

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[all] Shields up!

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[Opal] Who do we work for?

We work for Odd Squad.

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[Opal] Portalandia.

[agents cheering]

-Whoo! -[party horns blowing]

We did it! We completed our first official mission as OSMU.

Sorry, OS-who?

OSMU. It stands for Odd Squad Mobile Unit.

Ooh! We should make t-shirts.

There's no time for the making of this

thing you call "t-shirts".

We have more missions to solve.

When do you think we'll get our next one?

[computer] Agents, you have an incoming call

from the Big O.

-Oh, makes sense. -[Agent Opal] Oh!

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There you four are.

Something very odd has happened in Tokyo, Japan.

[beeping]

And the local agents are busy fighting a giant sea monster,

so you'll have to handle this one.

We're on it, Big O.

Well, what are you waiting for?

Go!

Inputting coordinates for Tokyo.

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[computer] Now arriving in Tokyo, Japan.

[Oswald] It's beautiful!

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Ah, Japan.

A country of great noble warrior history.

[speaking Japanese]

Uh, just a moment, ma'am.

We don't speak Japanese,

but we do have a Translator-inator.

[bang]

Thank you for coming so quickly.

It is we who thank you for this opportunity

to test our bravery, strength, and fearless resolve.

Now show us your oddness!

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A plant?

This plant doesn't grow in Japan.

It's a geranium ordinarium.

Leaving it here could have disastrous consequences.

Sounds like we need to bring it back to where it came from.

That is our exciting mission?

To deliver a plant?

Yes, but this plant is from the th dimension.

Which means we'll have to open the dimensional portal.

How do we do that?

Fire gadgets?

Do backflips?

Summon dragons?!

With this dimensional portal kit and instruction manual.

We're in the land of warriors

and you wish to consult a manual?

We Odd Squad agents have no need of such thing.

Allow me!

-Woah! -Wait!

Please don't take this the wrong way, but,

you have a tendency to rush through things.

State one time where I have rushed things.

On our first mission, the one we just solved in Berlin, you--

Can you hurry up with this story? It is taking forever.

-Step one-- -[Orla groans]

I shall prepare for action

with some strenuous training exercises.

Take parts B through G and fling into the air.

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Step two: Remove shape from box.

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Step three: Fit the shapes inside the rectangle

so there are no gaps and they don't overlap.

But how do we fit a square inside a rectangle?

They're not even the same shape.

You can combine shapes to make other shapes.

So, maybe we can put two squares together and make a rectangle.

[both] It's a rectangle!

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And maybe if we keep combining squares,

it'll fill the rectangle with no overlap

and no spaces between.

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It fits!

Let's fill in the rest of it.

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There!

Pretty exciting, eh, Orla?

It is a rectangle.

Onto step four: Get a rope.

While I go do that, you guys work on step five.

-Hm... -Step five:

Place the portal on/off button

in the correct position.

Where do you think it goes?

That seems like a good spot.

[all yelling]

What happened?

Where's Opal and Oswald?

I pressed the button, just as the instructions instructed.

There were still more steps

including tying this rope around ourselves

so we wouldn't get sucked into the th dimension!

[gadget ringing]

-I am Orla. -[Oswald] I know!

We're calling you from the th dimension.

-Have you delivered the plant? -[Opal] Yes.

But what we didn't know is that in the th dimension

it turns into...

[thumping]

-[both] A giant plant! -[screaming]

You gotta get us out of here!

Woah!

Woah!

We must build another portal.

We need to go see the Portal Master.

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This is the fabled Portal Master?

The Portal Master,

that's your store for all your portal supply needs

and other stuff.

It rhymes in Japanese.

Portals to other worlds...

Portals inside your own mind...

A-ha! Dimensional portals.

This way!

[speaks Japanese]

Did you find everything you needed?

Indeed we did.

[gadget ringing]

I am Orla.

Good news! We're no longer being chased

by a giant, evil plant.

Bad news is we're being chased by flying sharks who sing opera!

[both] Hurry!

[screaming]

[opera singing]

We must go.

Can I interest you in the store loyalty program?

It's buy one portal, get your next portal free.

Oh, that actually sounds like a good deal.

We have no time for deals.

Bravery awaits.

Come on.

[whispering] Sorry.

Now all we have to do is fit the shapes into it and bingo.

Hark!

This kit is filled with triangles instead of squares.

There's no way these shapes will fit together

without gaps in between.

Hang on. You can combine two triangles to make a square

by flipping one of them so the point is down.

And if we arrange the squares the right way,

we can fill in the rectangle with no overlap and no gaps.

Let us do this!

A little later...

Ah, done.

Now onward ho!

Wait, Orla, we need to slow down

and take time to review the steps.

[beep]

[Omar screaming]

[gadget ringing]

I am Orla.

You were supposed to wait for me to grab onto the rope.

Oh, they have giant butterflies here.

You have a lot to learn.

-[lasers pewing] -[all] Run!

Orla, get us out of here!

[Opal yelling]

To the Portal Master.

Well, well, well.

Look who should have signed up for the Portal Club!

I have no time for this.

My friends are in danger so let me make my purchase and be done.

But can I interest you in a shatter-proof case

for your new portal kit?

I have no need for such things.

[glass shattering]

Now would you like to join?

Yes, I shall join the Portal Club.

Uh, I don't have a driver's license.

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Let us do this!

What have I here, squares or triangles?

Ah, triangle and...

eight-sided octagons?

There's no way these shapes can fit together.

[gadget ringing]

I am Orla.

Orla, what's happening?

I must return to the portal store for yet another kit.

[all] What?!

Just use the kit you have.

The pieces inside are all wrong.

They do not fit together without gaps or overlap.

-[lasers pewing] -[all yell]

Orla, if I know two things about the Portal Master,

they never give you the wrong pieces

and their -meatball lunch special

is a great and excellent value!

[all yelling]

But I do not know how to do it.

You can do this!

You may be a brave, strong warrior,

but your most powerful muscle is your brain!

Technically, your brain is an organ.

Just slow down and take the time

to think through the problem.

You'll solve it!

Hurry!

-[lasers pewing] -[all yelling]

[sighing]

I must do this.

If only I had someone to yell heroic commands at.

[gasps] I know!

I shall imagine another me.

[zap]

[both] Let us do this!

Perhaps if you move the shapes around

we can find a pattern here.

Excellent point, Orla.

I can fill in the gaps on the edges of the triangles,

but what of the square gaps in between the octagons?

A square is made up of two triangles.

Just use the triangles to fill in the rest of the gaps.

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I knew I would not let me down!

I knew that as well.

[both] Farewell!

[zap]

I like her.

-[laser pewing] -[all yell]

[opera singing]

What are you doing?!

Calculating how much time we have

before we become their lunch!

Carry the one...

[whooshing]

Grab hold!

On three, we shall jump.

One, two, three!

[all] Ahh!

[all panting]

Thanks for saving us, Orla.

No, thank you.

From now on, I shall take the time

to think things through and--

Uh, maybe hold that thought.

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Perfect situation to react without thinking?

-[all] Yes! -Charge!

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[Opal] Slides and Ladders.

[grunting in exertion]

Oh, don't mind me, guys.

Just setting up for my Odd Podcast interview.

Oh, I love that podcast!

It's where agents get interviewed about something

they know a lot about.

But what subject will you speak of?

The OSMU van,

the most exciting technology to ever come out of Odd Squad.

Uh, we've been here, like, a week.

You sure you know enough about it?

Oh, I know everything about it.

I know there's the equipment room,

the lab, and the break room.

-Uh-huh. -What about the other floors?

The van has other floors?

Sure, what did you think the rope ladder was for?

I thought that was for decoration.

No, in the van you don't use stairs to go up,

-you use rope ladders. -How many other floors

are we talking about here?

.

Please tell me you said eight or seven.

.

That I know of.

Uh...

Uh, it is okay to not know everything

about this van, Oswald.

No, it is not,

when the agent in charge of the podcast

expects you to know everything.

Why is it called lacrosse?

I have no idea.

This interview is over, Sherman!

-[groaning] -Poor kid.

[Oswald grunting]

It's okay, guys,

I totally got this.

Orchid won't be here until after lunch,

which gives me enough time

to learn everything about the van.

[grunting]

Huh, cheese room. Okay.

Cake room? Yum.

Cheesecake room.

Makes sense.

Bubbles?

What could be in there?

Huh, bubbles, of course.

[gadget ringing]

Oh!

Oswald speaking.

Orchid is here.

[Oswald] What?

My last interview ended early because

baby agent Orson needed a nap.

Talk about unprofessional.

You'd better hurry, Oswald.

Okay.

I just need a little help finding my way back.

[Opal] You're lost?

[Oswald] Yes.

Okay, okay.

Describe your surroundings to me

and I'll use the van manual

to figure out which floor you're on.

[Oswald] Well...

I passed the cheese room,

then I passed the cake room,

-then I passed-- -You're on the third floor.

So, to get to the main floor,

or floor zero,

you need to take a slide.

[Oswald] A slide? I'm confused.

[Opal] The van uses slides and ladders

to go up or down a certain amount of floors.

For example, a two ladder goes up two floors.

A six slide goes down six floors.

It's pretty wild looking.

So, how many floors do I need to go down?

Let's take a look.

So, you're on floor three

and you need to get to floor zero.

So, you need to go down

one, two, three floors.

So, you'll need a three slide.

And there's a three slide in the...

-spaghetti room! -[Oswald] Got it.

Keep Orchid busy,

I'm on my way.

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If Oswald isn't here in seconds--

Orchid, hi!

I'm Agent Opal.

I'm gonna call you Sherman.

Now where's Oswald?

Not here yet, which is good.

How is that good?

Because...

that gives us more time to take

the OSMU van safety test!

Right, guys?

Yeah, the safety test.

Fine.

Let's just get this over with.

Here we go!

Uh...

Question one, the van is surrounded by laser chickens.

Do you...

A, leave the van?

B, stay in the van?

C, call for help?

D, none of the above?

E, true?

F, false?

Hopefully Oswald is close.

[Opal] ...Cry.

Uh!

I'm here. Uh...

Wait!

I'm still not on the main floor?

Uh...

But I took a three slide from the spaghetti room,

just like Opal said.

I have to find another slide.

Paint room? No.

Beach room? No, I forgot my sunscreen.

And cave room.

There's no harm in checking.

-[growling] -There's harm in checking!

[growling]

[panting]

[exhaling]

[sighing]

[gasping]

Excuse me, what floor am I on?

Also, who are you?

I'm Omalda, and I'm with the OSMU maintenance crew.

The van has a maintenance crew?

Yep, I'm here once a week.

Hey, maybe you can help me.

I need to get back to the main floor right away.

I'm doing an Odd Podcast

where I talk about everything there is to know about the van.

You sure you should be doing that interview?

You didn't even know I existed a second ago.

Yep, I'm sure.

So, I was on floor three,

so now what floor am I on?

You're on floor negative two.

Floor negative two?! What does that even mean?

The van has floors underneath the main floor.

Look.

Here's the main floor, or floor zero,

and here's floor negative two, which is where we are.

You went from floor three to floor negative two,

so you must have gone down

one, two, three, four, five.

Five floors down,

which means you took a five slide.

But Opal said the three slide was in the spaghetti room.

From the looks of it,

you went through the linguine room.

There's a difference?

Linguine is flat pasta

and spaghetti is circular.

Linguine also works better--

Okay!

If I'm on floor negative two

and I need to get back to floor zero

I need a ladder that'll take me up two floors.

I need a two ladder.

Yep, just like this two ladder here,

except it's out of service.

There has to be another way up.

There's a rope ladder around the--

Perfect, thank you.

Good luck with the interview!

I think he's gonna need it.

I heard that!

Not helping.

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X, scream.

Y, run.

Or, Z, scream and run.

Choose wisely.

'Tis not easy.

The answer is Q,

activate laser chicken shield.

-How did you-- -Now where is Oswald?

Not here, which is good,

because it gives us time

for your graduation ceremony.

But I took the rope ladder just like Omalda said.

And I'm still not on the main floor.

[gasping] Rope ladder? Yes!

-Hey. -Uh, how did you get here?

Am I on the same floor as before?

Nope, I finished my work, then came here,

to the negative one floor.

I'm on floor negative one now?

What do I do?

Maybe not a podcast about the van.

Can you just tell me how I got here?

You were on floor negative two

and now you're on floor negative one.

So, you only went up one floor,

which means you took a one ladder.

You ran off before I could even tell you

that it wouldn't get you to the main floor.

So, how do I get there now?

You need a one ladder, like this one.

Unfortunately, it's out of service.

There has to be another ladder on this floor

to get me upstairs!

There absolutely is.

-Yes! -Except it's a four ladder,

which will take you way past where you need to be.

[gadget ringing]

Hello.

We're almost done with Orchid's graduation ceremony.

Graduation?

[drumroll]

[fanfare]

As soon as cake is served Orchid is going to leave.

I'm sorry.

[Oswald] Thanks for trying, Opal.

[sighing heavily]

Guess I'll never live my dream of being on the Odd Podcast.

Hey, look on the bright side.

You're still covered in linguine.

I mean, I prefer spaghetti, texture-wise.

Spaghetti! That's it.

[gadget beeping]

We're on negative one,

so if I take the four ladder up from this floor

it'll take me up one, two, three, four floors,

up to floor three.

But you need to get to floor zero.

Yeah, but the spaghetti room on floor three

has a three slide which I was supposed

to take in the first place,

which will take me down one, two, three floors

to the main floor.

It's a long way to go.

I don't know if you'll make it.

You know what?

I probably won't,

but I have to try.

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Uh...

Uh!

[panting]

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To the spaghetti room!

[yelling battle cry]

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Now, let's get a picture of you throwing your hat into the air.

No. More. Pictures.

I'm leaving

and tell Oswald that he will never be--

I'm here! [Oswald panting]

I'm here! I made it!

Oh, finally!

Are you ready to do your interview now, Sherman?

Absolutely not.

[Opal, Omar & Orla] What?!

I'm sorry, Orchid.

I don't know everything about the van,

but I do know someone who does.

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The OSMU van has and a half rooms.

-And can you name them? -Yes.

There's the pillow room, the chalk room,

the rubber duck room,

-the science room... -She's good, Sherman.

Nice work.

[Omalda] ...The plant room...

Very impressive, Oswald, even though it means

you didn't get to do the interview yourself.

Oh, I'm totally getting interviewed after this.

I'm getting interviewed on

how to make friends with a caveman.

[caveman grunting]

♪

[both grunting]

[Omalda] ...The pirate room, the ship room...

♪

...The rock room...

[Oswald] Welcome to Odd Squad: A Guide to Your Gadgets.

Behold the Shrinkinator.

It is the number one cure of giant dogitis.

But that's not at all!

Seriously, that's not all.

Flip the Shrinkinator over

and it could also make waffles.

The Shrinkinator also has a motion sensor!

Which, it-- it doesn't work.

This has been a helpful guide to the Shrinkinator.

Remember, knowledge is power.

Power is gadgets.

And gadgets is gadgets.

[Opal] Odd Squad.

Teaming Up with Teamwork Together as a Team.

Hi, Opal here,

member of the Odd Squad Mobile Unit.

Before this, I was an agent

at the Odd Squad Arctic Headquarters.

Now, I'm with OSMU and it's the best

because we're an elite team of agents.

[whispering] But it's not like I would ever

say that out loud to people.

Member of an elite team of agents.

We're an elite team of agents!

We're an elite team of agents.

Oh, come on.

That was, like, three times.

We're an elite team of agents.

We're an elite team of agents.

We're an elite team of agents--

Okay, so it's something I say,

but only because we solve a lot of cases.

But if quality, efficiency,

and success is what you want,

then call OSMU

because we're an elite team of--

Oh...

Yeah, I hear it now.

Yup, I do say that a lot.

[Opal] Odd Squad.

Teams Working with Teams Together as a Team Together.

I think that was it.

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