03x31 - Why Did the Chicken Cross the Dimension?/Off the Clock

[bunniefuu]

My name is Agent Orla.

These are my partners, Oswald, Omar, and Osmerelda.

This is a wolf in sheep's clothing.

We travel the world investigating

anything strange, weird,

and especially odd.

Our job is to put things right again.

♪

[zapping]

Huh?

♪

Woo!

♪

[screaming]

[creature hissing]

Who do we work for?

We work for Odd Squad.

Why Did The Chicken Cross The Dimension?

[Osmerelda] Wow...

Austria is beautiful.

These mountains remind me of my oldest friend, Goldie.

Aw!

[speaking German]

[screaming]

That was German for "“there you four are!"”

Little O, why'd you call us here?

Something very odd has happened.

Take a look at this.

[chick peeping]

-Aww! -Adorable.

It's a baby laser chicken.

[all] What?!

A portal opened on the Kitzsteinhorn Mountain

and this cutie escaped.

I need you to return it before the portal closes.

Can't the local Odd Squad do it?

No, they're all taking a strudel class today.

What is a "strudel"?

It's a delicious baked good with a pastry on the outside

and a fruity filling on the inside.

Basically the best thing since sliced bread.

-You slice your bread? -Yeah.

I sent a map to the van computer that will

tell you where the portal is and how to get there.

Good luck! And remember,

these things can laser throughanything.

♪ La, la, la

Let us go.

Van computer, activate thrusters for flying.

[van computer] Activating thrusters.

[laser zapping]

[all shouting]

Thrusters broken. I can no longer fly.

I don't think this baby laser chicken likes loud noises.

Omar and I will take it to the creature containment room,

where it's quiet and it can't destroy things.

And since we can't fly, Orla and I will figure out

a way to drive to the portal.

Come on.

♪

This is the strangest-looking map I have ever seen,

with all kinds of different colors and squiggly lines.

It's a topographic map.

"“Topography"” means the features of an area,

like this map is showing physical features of the land.

I am hearing many strange words that I do not understand.

"“Topography"” means physical features,

like mountains, rivers, and valleys.

How do you know all this?

I belong to a map club.

It's like a book club, but we talk about maps.

So you can tell us how to read it?

Yep. There was a member who came into Map Club

to explain it all.

[barking]

Come to think of it, he was kind of hard to understand.

This is bad.

We have to drive a baby laser chicken

all the way to the portal before the end of the day,

and we can't read this complicated map.

We can, and we shall.

Look.

-[beeping] -This red dot is where we are,

and this blue dot is at the other side

of Kitzsteinhorn Mountain, right where the portal is.

So we just have to get from here... to there.

It's a direct road straight ahead.

Exactly.

Well, I guess there's only one thing left to do.

-Set course straight towards-- -Make strudel!

You know what? We set a course for

Kitzsteinhorn Mountain, then we make strudel.

See? Nice and quiet in here.

No loud noises to scare the baby.

[cell phone ringtone playing]

-[zapping] -[screaming]

[Osmerelda] Turn off your phone!

-[zapping] -[exclaiming]

[hushed] We need to calm it down!

I have an idea.

What idea could you possibly--

[gentle strumming]

A harp?

One of my favorite things about the harp is its ability--

Sorry to interrupt, but the baby laser chicken is gone.

Uh-oh.

[Orla] Is it ready yet?

Patience. Orla. You can't rush a good strudel.

[van computer]Van has come to a complete stop.

We have encountered a small problem.

[doors hissing]

Technically, it is a large problem.

[both] Uh-oh.

I do not remember seeing a mountain

on Little O's funny-looking map.

Actually, there was.

I forgot that's what these squiggly lines and colors mean

on the topographical map.

You learned that in Map Club?

No, this was from alien aerobics class.

[uptempo music]

Anyways, on a flat topographic map,

the lines and colors tell you how high the land features are.

You mean the elevation?

Right!

Each line indicates a change in elevation, or height.

Oh! So the closer the lines are to each other,

the steeper the area is. Plus, the colors help us see

where it's lower or higher.

[instructor] Woo! Feel that burn! Go, go, go, go!

In D topographic maps like this one,

differences in elevations, or heights,

are shown using colored rings.

But in a model, you can actually see the differences?

Exactly! And I happen to have one here.

See? The green area on the D map

are the really small hills and valleys on this model.

Yellow is for bigger hills, orange is for mountains,

and red is for steep mountain peaks.

So even though we thought we could drive straight

to the portal, we actually would have to drive up

and over the mountains, which is much harder to do.

Right. So the easier route is actually around the mountain,

where the elevation is lower.

Van computer, set a new course for around the mountain.

[van computer] Setting new course.

I will be coming around the mountain.

Our strudel awaits!

[whirring]

I don't see it anywhere.

Well, if you were a baby laser chicken, where would you be?

Taking flying lessons.

I refuse to believe chickens can't fly.

[chick chirping]

There it is! Remember, we have to stay calm.

We can't scare it again.

How are we supposed to calmly lure it back

to the creature containment room?

Well, that's a baby.

What do babies like?

Lullabies?

I don't know any lullabies.

Just make one up. Follow my lead.

♪ Gumdrops, lollipops, pumpkin pies... ♪

♪ Hamburgers, hot dogs, ketchup and fries ♪

-[zapping] -[screaming]

-It doesn't like lullabies! -Run!

[Oswald] Ooh, I'm gonna take a picture of this.

Wise decision.

Take a photo of the strudel in case you become

violently ill and need to show the doctor what you ate.

No, I'm putting it online.

...Modern times are confusing.

[van computer] The van has stopped.

We have encountered another problem.

-What now? [van computer]You might want

to step outside for this one.

♪

'Tis nothing but mountains as far as the eye can see!

There's no way we could drive around this.

-[ogre] Odd Squad? -[both exclaiming]

...Logan the Ogre?

Oswald, you know this strange purple man?

Ogre! It's right in the name.

Hmm.

Logan's a friend of Odd Squad.

Yep! Once I helped Olive and Otto find an antidote

when a weird plant sprayed Ms. O.

Hee-hee-hee! Classic.

It was.

So, I overheard you guys talking,

and I got some good news.

I can totally help you get around this mountain.

-That's great! -Yes, it is.

And if we leave now, we can do it in days. , tops.

...What?

We do not have days to spare.

Yeah, the portal to the laser chicken dimension

closes at the end of the day!

I do have another way.

I could just slingshot the two of you

right over the mountain, no big whoop.

-No! -Yes!

That's way too dangerous!

Hold on. Do you guys not have unbreakable bones like me?

Let's head back to the van to see

if the topographic map has any clues.

Seriously, I can't break 'em.

♪

[chirping]

[Osmerelda] What do we do now?

We know lullabies won't cheer it up.

We need to try something else.

Funky jazz dance?

You literally just read my mind.

[funky jazz music]

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[chick peeping]

[exhaling]

[both] Yes!

How's everything going?

Not good. We have to drive over this gigantic mountain range,

but the portal is closing soon.

Only one option remains.

We must laser-proof our bodies

and raise this baby chicken as our own.

We shall be legends.

...Legend! Yes!

I remember something else about topographical maps.

From your alien aerobics class?

No, from my Yelling Club.

[amplified] All the information you need

to read a map is in the legend!

I'm still not sure why you attend these clubs,

or what a "“legend"” is.

I've done these clubs because

there's more to life than just work.

And a legend tells you what the symbols and colors

on the map represent. Look!

Based on the information we have about colors

and heights-- or elevations-- we know that red and orange

represent the highest elevations,

and yellow and green represent the lowest elevations.

So we need to find a path to the portal

that's yellow or green, because it's easier to travel

on the lower elevations, or heights.

We could go this way.

It's all yellow around this side of the mountain.

That's our best route.

If we leave right now,

we can still make it before the portal closes!

-I hate to be that guy, but-- -What are you doing here?

I smelled strudel, then I ate strudel.

Then I laid an egg, which I aptly named "“Strudel."”

Hi, I'm Logan the Ogre.

[both] Hi.

Anyways, driving through that yellow pathway is impossible.

It's the Valley of the Yodeling Pretzels.

So salty... and so loud.

[both] Did you say "loud"?

And salty.

-Start driving. -We have an idea.

-[rustic folk music] -[yodeling]

[yelling] Pretzel!

-[zapping] -[both] It's working!

-[zapping] -Yeah!

[Logan laughing]

We're almost there! Keep blasting!

[zapping]

[cheering]

[Osmerelda] Okay, little friend.

Time to go back to your family.

-[chirping] -That's it.

[heartfelt music]

[portal whooshing]

-That was incredible. - [Osmerelda] Indeed.

I'm just sorry you never got to try a piece of that strudel.

I made more strudel!

[all cheering]

[triumphant music]

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[roaring]

[Oona] Odd Squad training video #:

♪ Getting around headquarters! ♪

Howdy do, agents!

I'd like to introduce you to Agent Owen, head of security.

Hi, I'm Agent Owen, head of security.

Right. So, uh, what's the quickest way

to the video game room?

Easy. Here's a map of headquarters.

Whoa, headquarters is huge.

Right now, we're here.

It's like we're looking at ourselves from above.

The video game room is on the next floor,

and the tubes are over here.

Okay, seems simple enough. We just--

Well, it's not.

Because the tubes don't go to the video game room.

You have to use the stairs.

Okay. Um, where are the stairs?

[Owen] Right here.

Easy. So I just walk a straight line

from the lab to the stairs.

Yep, that will be the fastest.

Okay, great. And that concludes this--

-But I wouldn't recommend it. -Why?

Because if the blob is loose, it totally blocks that route.

It's okay, because I just walk this way

and turn at the fire hydrant.

Nice. The fire hydrant is a landmark.

Doesn't move, and it's easy to spot.

Good way to figure out where you are.

-Okay, great. -Here's the thing, though.

I call that "Owen's hallway," so only Owen can use it.

But there's no other way to the stairs.

Yeah! That's how I get the video game room all to myself.

You can't stay there.

Fine!

...This concludes our training video.

There you are! Something very odd has happened.

Yes, I'm talking to you, the master of Pig Latin.

Ake-ay ook-lat at is-stay.

-Now take a look at this. -[beep]

Odd Squad agents have turned into puppies!

Help us turn them back into humans.

Go to pbskids.org to get started.

Odd Squad needs you!

[Little O] Off the Clock.

[humming]

What is all this about, young Oswald?

Well I'm doing final preparations for--

drum-roll please.

[drum-roll]

...Whoa. The annual gathering of the past and present

Library Museum People.

Last year, my rival Octavius hosted it.

Impressive gathering, Octavius.

[whispered] And you'll never be able to top it.

[whispered cackling]

Luckily, I've been planning to top it for an entire year,

and it's all happening in a couple hours.

[rapid ticking & whirring]

Whoa. What's happening?

[Osmerelda] Looks like there's something wrong

-with your clock. -[beeping]

And the microwave clock.

[van computer]Agents, you have an incoming call

from the Little O.

[whirring]

There you four are.

Something very odd has happened.

Does it have anything to do with our broken clocks?

Ding ding!

Something is wrong with the Odd Squad Timekeeper.

[beep]

She's responsible for keeping time for the whole world,

but now that she's not doing her job,

nobody knows what time it is.

[beep]

People are eating dinner for breakfast.

Planes aren't taking off because

they have no idea when to!

And I slept in because my alarm clock was all messed up.

I still can't believe I took that selfie

while I was sleeping.

That's terrible news for my party.

Oswald, how can you be thinking of your party

at a time like this?

Well, if there's no way to tell time,

the guests won't know what time to show up to my party!

...Also, the world might fall into complete chaos.

I'm not sure which one is worse, but we should hurry.

Well, what are you waiting for? Go!

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[girl] Hello, Mobile Unit.

Welcome to the Timekeeper's Headquarters.

I'm her assistant, Olaya,

and this is the clock that keeps time for the world.

[whirring & sparking]

Whoa!

Yeah. It's totally busted.

So without that clock,

no other clock in the world works?

Correct, and only the Timekeeper herself

knows how to fix it.

Where is this keeper of time?

Doing magic tricks.

[rings clinking]

She bought that top hat online.

Unfortunately, it had a magician's curse on it.

Even worse, she lost her receipt,

so it's non-refundable.

So as long as she wears the hat,

she won't do anything other than magic tricks?

Yes. And before you ask,

I already tried taking the hat off.

[grunting]

[zapping]

Before I explain how to cure magician-itis,

I need two of you to keep an eye on the Timekeeper.

Why are you so worried about keeping an eye on the magician?

[poof]

...Now I understand.

Young Osmerelda and I will find the Timekeeper.

Onward!

Come with me.

♪

This book contains an antidote.

It is made up of four ingredients.

I already got the first two:

freshly-squeezed orange juice,

and ink from the mystical Fountain Pen of Youth.

[both] Whoa!

Problem is, the antidote requires

the first two ingredients to be stirred together

for exactly five seconds.

But without any way to tell time,

we don't know how long that is.

Just count five seconds out loud.

, , , , .

That's too fast, Omar. It should be:

one old library... two old--

[Olaya] That's the problem!

Counting out loud isn't accurate.

-We're doomed! -[Omar] Wait.

If we have an activity we know takes five seconds exactly,

we can use the activity as a timer.

I can say the Library Museum Person oath,

which takes exactly five seconds to recite.

While I was planning for my party,

I timed everything in the itinerary.

Preparing the ingredients.

♪

[liquid sloshing]

Preparing to stir.

It is with great honor and sense of duty

that I vow to protect and shelve.

It's glowing! That means it worked!

[both] Yes!

The next ingredient we need is a single drop of wizard sweat.

-How are we supposed to get-- -I know exactly where.

-Let's go. -Okay.

♪

Everything's been chaos without time.

How am I supposed to know when to turn someone into a frog?

-Should I just know? -[Omar] That's why we're here.

But in order to fix the clock,

we'll need a drop of your sweat.

That's gonna be a problem.

I only sweat when I do my online aerobics class.

But without time, I don't know when that is.

We can help with that!

-[uptempo music] -Lift the one, one and two.

Now cast your spell, three and four.

[both] Go, go, go, go, go!

-Feel the burn! -[zapping]

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Keep those knees high!

Up, up, up-- wait!

I see something.

Hold still!

Just gotta get the sweat...

[gasps] Got it!

[all cheering]

-Great job! -Thank you!

Gotta go!

Wait, I-- I thought we were friends!

There she is.

Hey! We would really love to see a magic trick.

Pick a card, any card.

[jaunty piano music]

♪

Ta-da!

[Orla] 'Tis my card! The queen of hearts.

And now, for my next trick...

I shall disappear.

[groaning]

[both] We got the wizard sweat!

Great work. Once we add it to our mixture,

I need to stir the antidote for seconds exactly.

I know! I can sign the alphabet in exactly seconds.

What? You never time yourself signing the alphabet?

I'm ready to stir.

[tense music]

A, B, C, D, E, F, G,

H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q,

R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, and Z.

♪

[all] Yes!

The last ingredient we need is a loganberry.

-How are we supposed to-- -I know exactly where.

Let's go.

Without time, I've been all out of sorts.

I mean, when's an ogre supposed to shed his skin

if he doesn't know what time it is?

We're working on fixing the clocks right now, Logan.

But first, we need a berry from the loganberry tree.

Yeah, that's gonna be a problem.

There's an evil scarecrow guarding the tree.

[sighing]

In fairness, I did hire her.

I'm not afraid of a scarecrow.

-Ha! -[shouting]

[chuckling]

How are we supposed to get her away from there?

If I knew what time the circus show started in town,

I could take her there. She loves to watch juggling.

We could work with that!

Omar, you and Logan juggle to distract the scarecrow

while I sneak around to the back of the tree

to take a berry.

Okay, Omar, go ahead and juggle.

I thought you were gonna juggle.

I don't know how. But if it's helpful,

I'm more than happy to lay a few eggs for you to juggle.

Please don't. I'll just use these.

[ding]

[cheery circus music]

I think I'm getting the hang of this.

♪

Ha, ha!

-[exclaiming] -Whoa!

She's not pleased. We have to go bigger.

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I got it! Let's go!

[Omar] Okay, just give me one second.

Big finish!

♪

[hushed] Okay, this time we ask to see a trick,

then we pull out our net-inator gadgets to catch her.

Hi! We would love to see another magic trick.

If the magic arts are what you seek,

come a little bit closer and take a peek.

[mystical music]

[gasping]

[both] Net-inator.

[ding]

...The queen of hearts?

[sighing]

I think it's time to use magic to outsmart the magician.

[whoosh]

Follow me.

[both] We got the loganberry!

The last ingredient!

Now I need to stir for seconds exactly.

I don't know anything that takes me exactly seconds.

Neither do I.

We caught the Timekeeper by combining these

colored handkerchiefs into a rope.

Combining. That's it!

We can combine all our activities.

I'm not sure I follow.

We need to mix this antidote for exactly seconds.

Omar's sign language alphabet takes seconds,

and my Library Museum Person oath takes seconds.

And + ...

, , , , .

seconds.

We still need , , , .

Four more seconds.

My favorite flute riff is seconds!

So we need something that's exactly one more second,

since + is .

It takes me exactly one second to say "ham."

...'Tis a long story.

So if we each perform our activity in a row,

it'll take seconds!

Ready to stir?

♪

It is with great honor and sense of duty

that I vow to protect and shelve.

A, B, C, D, E, F, G,

H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P,

Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, and Z.

[cheery flute riff]

Ham!

It worked. The antidote is done!

♪

[poof]

-We did it! -[all cheering]

[whirring & sparking]

[cheering]

And just in time for my party.

It must have taken you a really long time to plan all this.

To be honest, most of it came together last minute.

Ham!

-[cheering] -[shushing]

[whispering] Sorry.

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

Behold the portal-inator, gadget number classified.

The portal-inator creates portals into other worlds.

Goat World- so dangerous.

Think Ice Cream World looks fun?

Think again.

Weirdly enough,

Danger World, totally safe.

Oona went there last spring with her friend Shelly.

Looks like good times!

Remember, knowledge is power,

power is gadgets, and gadgets is sunshine.

[Little O] Odd Squad: Teaming Up With Teamwork

Together as a Team.

Hi! My name is Little O, and the Big O put me in charge

of all of Odd Squad while she's in space.

Before the Big O left, she gave me two pieces of advice:

one, get to the Odd Squad cafeteria early on Tuesdays

because they never make enough lasagna for everyone.

Mmm! Great advice.

Mmm.

Her second piece of advice:

"“run Odd Squad your own way,"”

and so I did.

There you four are.

There you four are!

There you four are.

Big O also said that?

Well I bet Big O never did action-packed stuff like this.

You're lucky I like jumping out of airplanes.

Whee!

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Oh. Big O did stuff like that too?

I bet she could turn her body bright neon pink, too.

...No?

Woo-hoo!

Odd Squad: Teams Working With Teams

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

[heroic music]

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