03x22 - Box Trot/O for a Day

[bunniefuu]

[Opal]Coming up next on Odd Squad...

This is the box that The Shadow

used to take the villains' odd powers away.

To the van, then.

Black Hole, here we come!

We're getting our powers back.

[rousing theme]

[Orla] My name is Agent Orla.

These are my partners, Oswald, Omar and Osmerelda,

and this is a slice of pie.

[gear clicking]

We travel the world investigating

anything strange, weird, and especially odd.

Our job is to put things right again.

[beam zapping]

*

Huh?

*

Woohoo!

*

[screaming]

[hissing]

[Orla]Who do we work for?

We work for Odd Squad.

[Osmerelda]Box Trot.

[paper furling]

Hi, there. Can I get anything for you?

Please bring us your finest secondjabin.

It is a sweet vinegar beverage?

We don't have that.

Four waters will be fine.

There you four are.

Uh, Little O, why are you meeting us here?

It's a nice day, thought I'd try something new.

Also, you need to deal with this.

[tinkling]

[gasping]

I'm still new here.

What am I gasping at?

This is the box that the Shadow,

who's actually Opal's sister,

used to take the villains' odd powers away.

Cool. I'll gasp at that.

[gasping]

So why is the box that holds a bunch of villain powers here?

It's too dangerous to keep the box at headquarters any longer.

Did someone try to steal it?

Way worse.

[upbeat music]

[cheering]

The good news is there's a black hole

on the other side of town.

I want you to throw the box in there,

so it's gone forever.

And I'll be here

working on this pineapple juice.

To the van, then.

I do not enjoy being out in the open

where villains may spot us.

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Meet me on the far side of town.

We're getting our powers back.

Once again, evil will rise.

[man] What?

Uh, yeast.

Yeast, yeast will rise.

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Monsieur Papier Mache, Star Wipe,

thank you both for coming.

It's not like we were busy.

We don't have villain powers anymore.

[beam zapping weakly]

The Mobile Unit is transporting a box

containing our powers to a black hole

where it will be gone forever.

-Oh! -Unless we steal it from them.

But how do we get onto a moving van?

[tinkling]

Without my powers, I'm just a party decorator.

And I'm just a DJ.

We may not have our powers anymore,

but I know someone who still does.

[zapping]

[cheering]

It's me! The Form Changer!

Oh, too heavy, cramping! Let go!

Oh, oh.

[grunting]

How does this get us on ze van?

Not only can I change myself,

I can also change other objects,

like that rock over there!

[beam zapping]

-[clucking] -[Papier Mache] A chicken!

-[all laughing] -Incroyable!

How does a-- how does a chicken help us?

[whooshing]

Black hole, here we come!

High five, Orla!

My hand's over here.

You're making this high five rather difficult for me.

I always use my left hand for high fiving.

Easiest way to remember?

Aim for my watch hand.

Uh oh, Van Computer, stop!

-[break screeching] -[chicken clucking]

Look at that, it's a chicken crossing the road.

Just like the joke.

I've never heard this "joke."

It's great, you're going to love it.

Why did the chicken cross the road?

[Orla] I do not know. Why?

[Omar] To get to the other side.

That joke is not funny.

The chicken obviously crossed the road to attend to business.

Keep looking, the box has got to be in here somewhere.

[Orla] If you want to hear a true joke,

I will get my Ye Olde Joke Book from my desk.

Quick, hide!

[dramatic music]

[footsteps]

Ah, here it is.

Wait one tiny little notch on the sundial.

Something seems off.

There used to be a tablet on my desk.

[faint rustling]

Quickly, let us check the Super Safe Room

where we are keeping the box of villain powers.

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Everything's fine, see?

The box is in the Super Safe Room.

It must be one of these.

-[loud car horns] -[yelling]

Lock the door, quick!

Well, it's obvious we can't just keep opening doors.

This van has hundreds of rooms, look.

-[beeping] -It could be any one of those.

Which is why we need to find the attributes

of ze Super Safe Room.

An attribute helps you tell an object apart

from other similar-looking objects.

So, if we can find out

the Super Safe Room door's attributes,

then we can narrow down the options.

But how?!

We can't just go in there and ask the agents.

We can.

If we look like this.

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[all] Whoa!

I can change into any agent and go ask questions

about the Super Safe Room door's attributes,

but I can only change into someone once.

[fingers snapping]

So you can't change into Orla anymore?

No, but I can change into Omar--

Stop! No more changes

until we get one of them out of the bullpen.

And I know just how to do it.

[whooshing]

[low dramatic music]

Is that freshly baked bread?

Chef Oksa must be baking today.

Excuse me, while I investigate.

Yes!

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Nice work, Chef Oksa.

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[fingers snapping]

[whispering] Time to get down to business.

Perhaps if the chicken was crossing something weird,

like a taco, that would be, at least somewhat, amusing.

You know, I was thinking that we should change

the colour of the Super Safe Room door.

Why? I love that it's red.

Sold. Let's keep it red.

*

Something does not make sense.

In addition to your "jokes."

[fingers snapping]

I found the Super Safe Room door's attribute.

It's red.

See, that's much better.

There are only red doors.

That's still too many.

We need another attribute.

Which means we've got to get another agent

out of the bullpen so that Form Changer

can work her magic.

[both] We got this.

[soft beeping]

Hey, do you hear that?

That beeping sound.

It's driving me crazy.

Nope. I don't hear it.

It's coming from the hallway.

How is nobody hearing this?

[rhythmic beeping]

It's getting faster.

[rhythmic beeping continues]

Almost rhythmic.

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Nice!

The Maintenance Department took my dance ball suggestion.

Haha, yeah!

This is the best day ever.

Oh yeah, dancing.

Hi door, hi other door.

[finger snapping]

[cackling]

Ah, you know what?

I'm not a fan of doors, and do you know why?

-I promise you, I do not. -They're boring.

Take the Super Safe Room door for example,

I mean, total snooze fest.

A red door? Ugh.

Well, it has a horizontal stripe.

Yes! How could I forget?

I do love those uppy-downy stripes.

No, those are vertical.

The easiest way to remember is to think of a horizon,

which goes from side to side,

and horizon also sounds like horizontal.

Gotta go.

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[whooshing]

I found another attribute.

The door has a horizontal stripe on it.

[beeping]

We're down to doors.

Better!

But not good enough.

Oswald and Omar have still not returned.

That seems strange.

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Agreed.

Well, I'll go find them. High five!

Osmerelda, your high five technique is strange,

but my best high five hand has always been my left hand.

Remember, left hand, the one with the watch.

If you insist upon it,

I shall implant into my memory ball.

[slamming]

I have no idea how to get another agent out of the--

[Osmerelda] Oswald, Omar...

where are you?

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-[scrambling] Easy. -Great.

[snapping]

*

-Hi! -You found Omar and Oswald?

Uh, no, I, uh--

you've been talking to everyone about the Super Safe Room door,

and I kind of feel left out.

There is not much to discuss.

It is a red door with a horizontal stripe

and an even number on it.

Uh, yes, great talk.

[slamming]

Door has another attribute!

It has an even number on it.

[Papier] An even number?

It's a number than can be divided into two equal parts.

Like how six can be divided into two groups each

with three in them, so six is an even number.

Wow!

These things really are handy.

Calling up the even numbered doors.

[beeping]

This door has a four on it, an even number,

that's the Super Safe Room door!

-It's on the top floor! -Yeah!

[whooshing]

Found them!

Nice work, Osmerelda. High five.

Remember, aim for my watch hand.

[gasping]

By the hand of Osmerelda!

[slow smacking]

The Osmerelda I high fived used her right hand.

Something odd is afoot.

[alarm blaring]

[all] Villains!

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[cackling]

You're too late to save the box, Odd Squad,

but you're just in time to watch us get our powers back.

[all] Uh-oh.

[snickering]

Well, what are you waiting for?

Just want to take a second to appreciate my hands

before they turn back into bread.

Makes sense.

I'll miss making music when I'm a villain again.

I guess my party decorating business is over too.

Maybe it doesn't have to be.

Yeah, maybe you guys don't have to be villains.

You can have normal lives.

And do the things you love.

We could start a party planning business together.

And I can be your first customer!

Today is my birthday!

[all squealing]

[all cheering]

[cheers fading]

Phew, we finally get to throw this box into the black hole.

I know I'm new,

but is it weird if we go to Form Changer's birthday party?

Well, they're not technically villains any more.

And it sounds like they're having a party in our van.

[funky music]

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[triumphant music]

[m*llitary drumming]

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[jackalope roars]

[Big O]Odd Squad Training Video #,

Know Your Team.

Greetings! Agent Oswald here.

The rest of my team is here too,

but they can't say hi,

because they're in ba-aa-ad shape.

Get it?

Ba-aa-ad shape, because they've turned into baby goats.

I make jokes when I'm nervous.

Fortunately, I can turn Opal, Omar and Orla

back into humans with this,

an Animal-to-Human-inator gadget,

but first, I need to figure out which goat is which agent.

This shouldn't be too hard.

Opal, which one of you is Opal?

Say "I'm Opal" if your name is Opal.

Write down your name.

[bleating]

If you're Omar, come to me.

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This is going to be harder than I thought.

But, I have an idea.

I can figure out which goat is which agent by using

process of elimination, that means getting rid

of incorrect answers to find the correct answers,

and to do that,

I can use the information I know about my team.

For example, I know Orla doesn't like pizza.

[twinkling]

Who's hungry?

-[bleating] -Aha!

These two goats clearly like pizza,

so they can't be Orla,

and by process of elimination,

I know the white goat is Orla.

I made them personalized sweaters to tell them apart.

I also knit when I'm nervous.

Next, I know Opal doesn't like Disco music.

-[disco funk playing] -[goats bleating]

This grey goat likes music,

and this white-brown goat doesn't.

So, the grey goat must be Omar,

and by process of elimination,

I know the only goat left is Opal.

There are no other possibilities.

Woohoo, yeah!

Here we go.

[beam zapping]

[all] Phew!

How long were we baby goats?

Long enough for me to paint this.

I also paint when I'm nervous.

[Little O]O for a Day.

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Hole in one.

[Van Computer]Agents, you have an incoming call

from the Little O.

There you four are.

Something very odd has happened.

Your cactus grew hair?

He actually just got it cut, but thank you for noticing.

Agents, you are needed at the Odd Squad headquarters

in Seattle, Washington, USA.

Mr. O there ate some odd mustard,

turned into a creature and ran off into the woods.

The woods? That's not so bad.

Remember when he went to the Odd Woods

-in Sao Paulo, Brazil? -Mm-hm.

[screaming] These are the Even Odder Woods!

The two of you will head into the odd wood,

while the other two fill in for him at Seattle HQ.

Well, since I worked in the Arctic headquarters

and Orla worked in the Ancient Ruins,

I think the two of us should be the ones to fill in for Mr. O.

-Can't argue with that. -[Oswald] Sounds good. Great.

Here's the creature Mr. O turned into.

[beeping]

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Aww!

I mean, aah! Scary, very scary.

You want to do it?

[cactus] Well, what are you waiting for? Go!

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[engine zooming]

[Orla] Look at that view onto our very own Odd Squad.

-Is this not the life, Omar? -Sure is.

Filling in for Mr. O has been a very carefree job, so far.

-Hello, there. -Ah, a person!

How may we assist you?

My name is Agent Office Supplies.

I'm in charge of ordering office supplies.

Seems appropriate.

Makes sense.

Since you're the substitute Mr. O and Miss O,

I need a decision from you.

Would you like to order more pens, or more pencils?

Why not order both?

Not enough money.

We spent too much on hamster food this month.

Our pet hamster likes the fancy stuff.

Well, doesn't seem like a big deal either way.

Let us go with pencils.

-You're the bosses. -[beeping]

Now back to relaxing.

[deep exhaling]

On behalf of the entire medical department,

I'd like to say it's been an honour

working with you, but regretfully,

we must resign.

-What? -You're quitting?

Asking us to write with pencils is an insult.

-How? -Everything you write

can be erased.

By giving us pencils,

you clearly don't think we'll get it right the first time.

Then we shall order pens instead.

-Got it. -[beeping]

Great.

[paper ripping]

We'll get back to work now.

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-[sighing] -That was close.

We nearly lost a whole department.

[throat clearing]

On behalf of the entire security department,

I'm sad to say, bye.

Now you're quitting over a pen?

Absolutely.

With a pen, there's no room for error.

Can you imagine what kind of pressure that puts on a person?

Perhaps, we should go back to ordering pencils then.

-No prob. -[beeping]

Pencils, again?

We quit, again.

Well, if you order pens, we quit.

There is a fair way to work this out.

I shall release these Settle-an-Argument Scorpions--

Or...

we can have a vote.

How do you do that?

We ask everyone in this precinct

if they want pens or pencils.

If the person says pens, then pens get one vote.

If the person says pencils, then pencils get one vote.

Interesting, so we add up the votes

and whoever has the most will be the winner.

-Sounds fair. -We agree to that.

Wait, can I wear a hat while I vote?

[both] Yes.

I'm in.

[whooshing]

Little O said this is the last place

Seattle Mr. O was spotted.

So then, all we have to do is hold out this creature food,

so that when the creature goes to eat it,

you'll spray the antidote into his mouth.

-[twinkling] -Tada!

-[growling] -[gasping]

Aah! Are you scared?

Who, me? Nah.

Me neither!

-[creature growling] -[screaming]

Oh no, why'd he run away?

The creature that Mr. O turned into,

it's called a Fearly.

It's afraid of fear.

So, as long as we're scared,

he won't come anywhere near us.

Exactly, which means we'll never catch it

because I am terrified.

Me too.

But...

I think I know somewhere we can fix that.

Follow me.

What? Wait up.

We've spoken to everyone at your precinct,

and everyone has had the chance to vote.

So, who won? Pens or pencils?

First, we have to add up the votes.

What are all those line thingies?

Those are tally marks.

Each line represents one vote

and each group of lines represents five votes.

It is easier to count in groups of five.

Watch.

, , , .

votes for pens, and , , ,

, , , , --

votes for pencils.

That means pencils win.

-Yes! -Fair's fair.

Hopefully the rest of the day will be smooth sailing.

Would you rather order blank paper or lined paper?

And we can't order both?

Nope, we spent too much money on a solid

gold water dish for our pet hamster.

He's fussy and has expensive taste.

Do either of you have a paper preference?

[both] Nope.

Then we shall go with blank paper.

-Works for me. -[beeping]

The Science Department quits.

We can't work with blank paper.

With no lines, there are no rules.

Oh, that's okay.

We can just go with lined paper instead.

-Got it. -[beeping]

*

Hey, nobody ran in and quit.

Looks like we're cool.

Wait!

[heaving]

*

-We quit. -[panting]

Sorry, had to stop to tie my shoe.

The Creature department can't work with lined paper.

They're no freedom.

Well, blank papers's too unruly.

Well, lined paper is hard to draw on!

[both] Another vote.

Just a little further.

Once we get there, we won't be afraid of the creature anymore.

So, are we looking for some kind of odd place

that makes you brave?

Or some kind of magic armour, or some kind of--

No time to explain!

-Why? -Because of that!

[screaming]

*

[panting]

[sinister music]

[both] Giant, glowing bats!

-[screaming] -[Oswald] There's so many!

[bells tinkling]

Uh oh, flying tricycles!

[screaming]

Okay, everyone in this precinct had a chance

to vote for either lined paper or blank paper.

Let us see which choice got the most votes.

Lined paper got , , ,

, , , , --

votes.

And blank paper got , , ,

, , , , .

Also votes.

Uh-oh, they have a tie.

-A tie? -What do we do?

Obviously we must release the tie-breaking scorpions.

Does anyone have any ideas that do not involve scorpions?

Usually, in the event of a tie, Mr. O will vote.

So, as substitute Os,

you could vote and break the tie.

Excellent.

Omar and I will vote

and everything will return back to normal.

And we shall go with...

-lined paper. -Blank paper.

Hey, you guys voted for two different things.

So that means one more vote for each category.

and .

So, the tie still isn't broken.

Hold on.

All Orla and I have to do is change one of our votes,

then one kind of paper will have the most.

Exactly.

Change yours.

-Me? -Yes.

Lined paper is like a prison with your words

locked between the lines.

And blank paper is pretty much chaos and you expect--

[overlapping shouting]

This is a nightmare.

[both panting]

Oswald, we made it!

Wait. We're right back where we started.

So, we did all those terrifying things for nothing?

Not exactly. How do you feel?

Well, upset, dirty, tired, hungry--

But, not scared?

Not as scared as I was going through that scary forest.

Just like playing the flute.

That doesn't make any sense to me.

I used to be really scared to play the flute

in front of my flute teacher,

but after I played the flute in front of people,

playing in front of my flute teacher

didn't seem as scary anymore.

You mean, by doing all that scary stuff in the forest,

we won't be scared of the creature anymore?

That's my working theory, yeah.

[growling]

Now I get to test it.

[low growling]

[both] Here we go.

[growling]

Hey, it's working.

-I don't feel as scared. -Me neither.

[monster chomping]

[hissing]

Whoa, thank you!

*

[both] Yes!

We did it!

[overlapping arguing]

-We want blank! -We want lined.

I didn't think I cared, but now I want lined.

And I want blank!

*

What's going on here?

Mr. O, we need you to break a tied vote

so that everyone will return to work.

Which would you rather,

lined paper or blank paper?

*

Hm...

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Hm.

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Hm...

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Hm.

*

Hm.

Hm.

Hm.

*

-Lined! -Yes!

[all exhaling in relief]

-Fair is fair. -No hard feelings.

Thank you for all your help today, agents.

I hope it wasn't too tough.

We thought being the boss would be easy.

But every decision we made led to madness.

Hey, at least you learned something, right?

I did too, and I'd like to tell you about it in song!

[show tunes playing]

* I learned to be a creature in the woods for a while *

* But I'm the same old, same old O *

* I learned that being terrifying wasn't my style *

* So I'm the same old, same old O *

* I know running amok in nature seems like a treat *

* But running an office puts more spring in my feet *

*

Hey, check out my feet!

* Now I'm same old, same old, same old, same old *

* Blazer wearing, paper pushing, not intimidating O *

-Yeah! -[all clapping]

[dramatic m*llitary drumming]

[badge clicking]

I joined because birds should fly,

not organize your closet.

I joined because flowers should grow when you water them,

not throw you a surprise birthday party.

I joined because five should come after four,

not after I sneeze.

-[sneezing] -[tinkling]

Oh.

We are...

-We are... -We are...

Odd Squad.

[Little O]Since the beginning of time,

and also forward in time,

we've been fighting odd.

*

In our spare time,

we also like to draw pictures of ourselves.

We really like this one.

*

There's no case too big.

*

No case too small.

*

At Odd Squad, we do it all.

*

Yes, that is a zebra selling lemonade.

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Join Odd Squad at pbskids.org

and you can get top-notch training, including...

how to overcome odd when your gadgets are broken

and what to do when your high-tech van

turns into a giant snail.

We'll show you how to use giant jelly beans

to reach new heights and get ahead.

*

But wait, there's more.

Odd Squad will also teach you when to go fast,

and when to slow down and smell the odd.

[engine roaring]

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You can also watch Odd Squad cases.

[beams zapping]

[villains cackling]

[all] Odd Squad, Odd Squad, stop right there!

You're going to stop us?

[laughing]

[all] Oh yeah.

[beams zapping]

[dramatic music]

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Join today.

Odd Squad needs you!

And I need to make a wish.

Well, what are you waiting for? Go!

[Oswald]Welcome to Odd Squad. A guide to your gadgets!

Behold the Toast-inator.

It makes toast.

So, that's pretty much it.

Push that button, and guess what?

It makes toast.

Toastinator.

How about those graphics, huh?

How are we doing on time?

Oh good.

Knowledge is power, power is gadgets,

and gadgets is toast.

[Osmerelda]Odd Squad. Teaming Up with Teamwork

Together as a Team.

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I am Agent Orla,

former guardian of the th Leaf Clover

and eldest member of the Odd Squad Mobile Unit.

I am years old,

but you probably could not tell because I am so good

at blending in with the modern society.

What is this internet you speak of?

Do you mind if we take a taxi?

We have no need of a motorized chariot.

Whoever catches the most scorpions

-is the leader-- -No, no, no!

Perhaps it did take me a little time to adjust,

but I am still the same agent as ever,

running towards adventure and leaping into action!

Although, I must admit that these year old bones

do not run and leap the same way as they used to.

Wellward ho!

*

So sad.

You should have seen me move when I was .

[Osmerelda]Odd Squad. Teams Working with Teams

Together as a Team Together. I think that was it.

[epic action music]

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