02x02 - Back to the Past/Odd Squad Needs You

[bunniefuu]

Coming up next on Odd Squad.

Just sent you a message about my new lab assistant.

Oona, meet Olympia and Otis.

Why are we over here and over there?

OTIS: We zapped into the future!

OLYMPIA: My name is Agent Olympia.

This is my partner, Agent Otis.

This is the missing piece of the puzzle.

But back to Otis and me.

We work for an organization run by kids

that investigates anything strange,

weird,

and especially odd.

Our job is to put things right again.

(Screams)

♪

(Makes siren noise)

♪

Hurry Olympia!

I'm coming, Ms. O.

♪

OLYMPIA: Who do we work for?

We work for Odd Squad.

Thanks for coming, Odd Squad.

What seems to be the problem, Ma'am?

I'm trying to copy this flyer

to spread the word about the office bowling party tonight.

But watch what happens...

[sigh]

[whirring]

BOTH: Whoa!

[whirring]

It's been happening all day!

And if I don't put these flyers up,

no one will come to the party!

- Email? - Not a fan.

Why don't you have the party here?

You've got everything you need.

You're right!

Thanks, Odd Squad!

Happy to help. Have a great day.

[loud zaps]

Hey, Karen. Just grabbin' a coffee.

[whirring]

Toner's low.

Hello? Oscar?

Howdy-do!

- You're not Oscar. - Neither are you!

Phew. And I was worried

we wouldn't have anything in common.

- Where's Osc- - Hey guys!

Just sent you a message about my new lab assistant--

which you can now ignore.

Oona, meet Olympia and Otis.

- Nice to meet you. - Hi.

Pleasure is all mine.

By the way Oscar,

I was cleaning the back room and found a lamp...

Oh, and also this weird gadget.

Careful! That's the Day-Inator.

It's sort of a time machine.

BOTH: Sort of?

Sort of?

Urgh, too slow.

It can zap you to any day this year.

Yikes. I'll put it back--

Hoo boy. For a sec, I thought it was going to fall

and accidentally zap us somewhere in time.

I should not hold this any more.

Oscar, catch! Ah!

[loud zap]

What happened?

Seems the same.

Except for that.

That wasn't broken a second ago...

Another question,

why are we over here and over there?

Duck!

Where?

No, get down.

I think the Day-Inator zapped us into the future.

How do you know we're forward in time and not back?

Today is my first day at Odd Squad.

If we were in the past, I wouldn't be here yet.

Good thinking, Oona.

OONA: And that's why cows don't wear pants!

[laughter]

I made you guys laugh!

Wow, I am really fitting in here.

Hey, look! Another Day-Inator.

Great. So now all you have to do is

zap us back to the day we came from.

Yeah, that's not how the Day-Inator works.

I need to know what today is

to figure out when to zap us back.

We need to figure out what today's date is, right?

I know someone who's always helpful. Me!

So I'll go talk to myself.

No. You can't come in contact with yourself.

Right.

Or it will cause a timetastrophe.

First, time will warp in on itself,

and finally the Time Sheep will come-

Actually, the Time Sharks.

The Time Sharks are in charge now.

You see...

...The Time Sheep were the guardians of the Timescape.

But they were overthrown by the Time Sharks...

They came by land, and by air!

I know what you're thinking:

The Time Sheep had a way better navy.

So how could they lose? True, but --

OTIS: Um, Oscar?

Oh, hey, Otis. [chuckles]

Can we focus on how to fix this for now?

Yeah, sure. To the Calendar Room!

Huh. I expected something more.

Hey man, not everything can be the Volcano Room.

Now, the Day-Inator can only zap us

within the year.

So we must be in one of these months.

OONA: We just need to figure out what day it is.

And since March st was my first day on the job,

March st is the day we have to get back to.

Right, and we know we're in the future.

So we must be somewhere between

March nd and December st.

So we can take out January and February.

OTIS: That's still leaves whole months.

Why don't the four of us just run off

and never tell anyone what happened?

Other option, we split up and look for clues

to figure out what day it is.

Good idea, Oona.

But remember, you can't see

or talk to any of your future selves

otherwise you'll cause a-

ALL: Time-tastrophe.

Time-tastrophe.

Too slow again.

- It's Orchid, hide! - I'm bigger!

Wait, Oscar said we can't talk to ourselves,

but we can talk to other people.

This'll be easy. C'mon.

Orchid, we need to know what month and day it is.

Sure. Can you help me open this jar first?

[loud bang]

Burn!

♪ La, la, la, la.

At least it didn't get you in the face.

Which reminds me, can you help me open this other jar?

Orchid, please leave.

Okay, whatever.

Come on.

Wait, hold up!

Great, my snowballs are still here.

- What? - And so are my leaves!

I'm sorry, I don't see how this helps us.

You see, when it's not winter,

I keep snowballs in the freezer.

And when it's not fall, I keep leaves in the fridge.

So if you have both snowballs and leave inside,

that means they're not outside,

which means it can't be fall or winter.

Bingo!

I think that's a really fun game,

but we should probably focus on the mission.

[bleats]

Fall starts in September

and goes through October and November.

So we can get rid of those months.

And winter starts in December.

So that leaves March, April,

May, June, July and August.

That's still six months. Or half a year.

- The best half. - You think?

Yeah, because, I mean, May is Hamburger Month

and, like, c'mon!

End of discussion.

Sure.

Ugh, I can't get this stuff off me.

Agents!

We just started spring cleaning.

- You're a mess! - Sorry, Ms. O.

Hey, we all make mistakes.

At the end of the day, we're all on the same team.

Let's shake on it.

[loud zap]

Gotcha! [laughs]

[strange noises]

(voice echoes) What's going on?

Our future selves! Run!

- What happened to you? - Long story.

You guys almost saw yourselves, didn't you?

How did you-

The world was starting to get all wonky.

Oscar and I have great news,

it's definitely not fall or winter.

Wait... Fall or winter.

Otis, remember what Ms. O said out there?

Spring cleaning!

She said Spring Cleaning just started!

So if it's spring,

we can get rid of June, July, and August,

because those are summer months.

But that still leaves March, April, and May.

No, no, no.

Ms. O said Spring Cleaning just started,

and as we all know,

Spring Cleaning starts in April!

Oh yeah, you guys are new here, I forgot.

It starts in April. Trust me.

That means we can get rid of March and May.

So the day we're in, right now,

is one of these days in April.

Maybe we just guess?

No! You can't guess.

A foolish scientist named Ogglethorpe once guessed.

She guessed wrong, and fell through the Timescape.

She landed outside a farm in upstate Vermont

which was under the control of the Time Koala Bears --

OTIS: Oscar!

Oh, hey, guys. I'm back.

Point is, no guessing.

Maybe we should go look for more clues.

Can we stop for lunch first?

Lunch!

The break room serves a lunch special every day of the week.

Let's go!

I'll bring April!

Wait! If you bring the calendar,

then it's not really the Calendar Room anymore.

- Pencil room. - I'm glad I hired you.

Coast is clear. Go, go, go!

Hot doggity dog.

Odd Squad serves hot dogs on Fridays.

...Which means today has to be a Friday.

And Fridays in April are-

April st, April th, th, nd, and th.

Uh oh, our future selves must be nearby.

Run!

[tense music]

Hot doggity dog.

Why is everything still turning weird?

Because here you come!

[tense music]

[tense music]

It's you! That way, go, go, go!

[tense music]

Ah! We're everywhere.

We're so busy!

[tense music]

The Time-Tastrophe is happening!

I'm not going down with an empty stomach.

[squeak]

ALL: A squeaky toy?

Urgh.

You know, I'm glad there will be no future

if the future is filled with pranks.

What?

Today has been nothing but a joke.

Glitter jars, hand buzzers, and now fake hot dogs.

Jokes?

People play jokes on each other on April Fools Day.

That's April first.

April first is a Friday.

That's what today is!

It's getting worse.

Wait Oona-- Are you sure?

I've never been more sure of anything in my life.

Actually there was this one time in Paris-

Never mind, just zap us.

[loud bang]

- Oops. Sorry. - Didn't see you there.

[loud zap]

- It worked! - We did it!

- So happy to be back. - Good job, Oona.

High five!

[loud crash]

- Oh... - Oh...

So that's how that broke.

♪ (Fanfare)

♪ (Fanfare)

♪ (Fanfare)

OSCAR: Welcome to Headquarters - The Games Room.

Greetings, Agents. Got time in between cases?

Why not head down to the Odd Squad games room.

It features lots of odd games, like blob billiards...

super miniature golf...

...or my favorite, foot-ball.

There are also classes.

On March fourth, Agent Olaf is teaching underwater tennis.

(Shouting, cheering muffled by water)

When is March fourth?

It's easy to tell with a calendar.

There it is - the first Wednesday of the month.

You like bologna? Do you like hats?

Then you'll love bologna hat-making classes,

taught by Agent Obfusco.

(Sniff) Nutritious...

...and fashionable.

♪ (Lively country)

Bologna hat-making class happens on weekends,

so every Saturday and Sunday.

And I teach cheese wrestling every Thursday.

C'mere...

This is a feisty one!

So every Thursday would be March fifth,

twelfth, nineteenth, and twenty-six.

Finally, be sure to join us on the last day of the month,

Tuesday the st...

...for soccer!

...with dinosaurs.

(Roar)

Thanks for coming, Odd Squad.

What seems to be the problem, sir?

Well, I'm trying to take a sip of this delicious orange juice,

but I just brushed my teeth!

Sir, I know that tastes gross,

but I don't see how that's odd.

Guys, I just brushed my teeth.

Yeah...

That's not the kind of thing we deal with.

Bear with me, I'm gonna try to take a sip.

Check this out.

(Laughs) Yeah!

Disgusting!

BOTH: Ohh...

Not a problem sir, we have a solution.

Orange flavored toothpaste. That way, it'll taste the same.

Gee, thanks Odd Squad.

Happy to help, have a great day.

(Giggles)

Ah, no!

Ah, victory!

Hey Oscar, returning a couple gadgets.

Oh, no, no, no. I'm not touching those.

Then how do we return them?

I'm training my new assistant, Oona to do it.

Oona!

Returning!

I think she's really working out.

Great news, people.

Head office asked me to make a commercial,

to get kids to join Odd Squad.

I need your help, Oscar.

Actually, I'm just in the middle of training Oona

so I can't do it.

How about tomorrow?

(Sharp inhale)

Ooh...

(Sharp inhale)

Tomorrow's rough, too.

OTIS: I can film the commercial.

It'll be like a little movie. I love movies.

Since when?

I talk about it all the time.

I like movies.

- What? - Nothing.

Great, meet you in my office.

Otis, what have you done?

I'm helping.

They ask Ms. O for a commercial every year.

I don't tell her, but I just film it myself.

How do you film a Ms. O commercial

without Ms. O?

OSCAR: Odd Squad needs you, join today.

Ms. O is not easy to work with.

You can't boss the boss.

If I can handle celery, I can handle her.

It's hard to chew.

I agree, not about the celery.

The movie.

I can set up a screening

so you can show your masterpiece to the whole squad.

Yeah, I dunno about that.

This guy and his thank-you's.

How long does this commercial have to be?

Half a minute.

So, one minute equal seconds half is seconds, easy.

So, you're really going through with this, aren't you?

Alright, Oona, it's go time.

Ready, boss!

Where are you going?

I'm just going inside my bunker.

I'll come out when this is all over.

If there's anything left. See you.

Hey, Otis.

I heard about the commercial,

want me to record the sound for you?

Thanks, Orchid, that would be great.

I should be the one that's saying thanks.

You just gave me a front row seat to this train wreck.

OSCAR: Great, we're here.

We should probably have some lunch.

You know, calm the old nerves.

What do we have?

Let's see here.

We've got beans, we've got beans.

Oh, this.

Beans.

Oscar, did you only stock beans?

Hey, did you come here for a fancy meal?

Or did you come here to live?

(Sighs)

You know you need unique New York,

you know you need unique New York.

Okay, Ms. O, ready to start?

Ready when you are.

And action.

At Odd Squad, we're an organization run by kids

that investigates any strange,

weird, and especially odd...

OTIS: Cut!

Ms. O, where are you going?

It felt more natural to go to the juice bar.

Like something I'd do.

No problem, but please tell me,

so I can follow you with the camera.

Okay, hey, you're the director.

I'm here to help.

I'm going to start here this time.

Alright, perfect, yeah.

And action.

Walk to camera.

At Odd Squad, we're an org...

And cut!

Ms. O, can I talk to Orchid for a second?

Sure. Okay.

(Whispers) That was horrible.

I'm lucky if I can use five seconds of that.

You need seconds.

Right, so all I have to do is count back five from

to figure out how much more video I need

to finish the commercial.

Ooh, fancy-shmancy!

Orchid, you have one of these, too.

Don't tell me how to live my life.

So this number line goes from zero to .

We already have five seconds,

so if we count backwards,

that's , , , , .

That means, we only need more seconds.

Okay, Ms. O. Ms. O?

I want to film in the creature room.

It's better in there.

Choo choo! Kaboom!

You were right, Otis.

This was a way better idea to film in here.

It was your idea.

That you inspired.

Can we get to work, people?

Alright, Ms. O, just tell us how great the creature room is.

Alright? And action.

At Odd Squad, we have our very own creature room.

Boo ya!

Ahh!

Sound was no good on that. I heard screaming.

Ms. O, what are you doing?

I thought it would be better to show,

rather than tell.

(Screams)

Let's go!

(Bleats)

- I win again. - Oh.

It's been a while,

maybe it's safe to come out.

Oona, no, no!

(Screaming and roaring)

(Screams)

Alright, Ms. O. New plan.

Dr. O is going to ask you a few questions.

Dr. O, keep it simple.

I'm a doctor, everything is simple.

And action!

OTIS: Oh, uh...okay, yeah.

So, just go ahead and ask.

(Clears throat)

Okay...

Doctor O, ask her what it's like to work at Odd Squad.

Ms. O, what's it like to work at Odd Squad?

(Inaudible whisper)

Good answer.

And why do you want kids to join?

(Inaudible whisper)

Another great answer.

You getting any of this?

Ms. O, we need to be able to hear you.

Sorry, that's between me and my doctor.

Well, this was fun. What's next?

I think we got two seconds from this interview.

We need more seconds to finish the commercial.

We got two seconds from this interview.

So, that's , ,

and three seconds from the creature room.

ORCHID: , , .

That means, we still need more seconds of video.

You look old and tired.

I admit, this commercial wasn't the best idea.

Don't sell yourself short, it was a terrible idea.

MS. O: You know what this show needs?

More action, follow me.

Go, go, go!

We're on the move.

hours later...

Otis, you're wonderful behind camera.

You took the camera from me, and ran away with it.

Only because of your great directing.

- Can you give us a moment? - Sure.

We've got ten seconds in the cave.

, , , , ,

, , , , .

Then we filmed three seconds of Ms. O and the lumberjack.

Nine, eight, seven.

And two seconds on the Savannah,

which brings us to six, five.

We just need five more seconds.

But, look at Ms. O.

(Snoring)

I can work with this.

(Falsetto) Thanks for letting me, Ms. O

show you around.

Remember, Odd Squad needs you.

Join today.

How's that, Orchid?

Solid.

You like the commercial?

I was talking about my muscles,

they got pretty big from holding this equipment.

♪ La la la la la

You watch, I'm gonna fix it all in editing.

more hours later...

Here it is guys, the masterpiece,

from my partner, Mister Movie Man!

I'm just gonna push play.

At Odd Squad, we're an organization run by kids.

Ms. O, what's it like to work at Odd Squad?

It's really good.

And that is a custard fruit tart.

I thought it'd be better to show.

(Roars)

(Slowed down) Show!

Odd Squad needs you. You getting this?

Show! Show! Show! Show! Show!

(Record scratching)

What?

Odd Squad needs you!

(Makes siren sounds)

Odd Squad needs you!

♪

Odd Squad needs you!

♪

Odd Squad needs you!

(Screams)

Join today.

Odd Squad needs you. And you. And you. And you.

(Repeating "You")

(Grunts) Otis!

That doesn't tell anyone anything about Odd Squad.

Ms. O, it was really hard to...

This commercial was supposed to show that

Odd Squad is a place where kids come together.

Support each other, learn from one another,

it's a place that runs on teamwork,

where everyone is equal, and everyone belongs.

It's a place

where kids save the day, every day.

And we need kids to join today!

And cut.

seconds exactly.

You know, with the title and credits.

Wait, you tricked me?

You know how to handle your actors.

Well done, director.

Otis, I'm so proud, you made a movie!

Actually, it's a commercial

that will air on basic cable.

Still, cue the fireworks!

(All cheer)

Hmm, it's been a really long time.

I'm pretty sure it's safe.

(Fireworks and loud music)

Nope, still not safe.

♪

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OSCAR: Odd Squad Training Video Number -

How to Deal with a Puffer Plant.

The first step to dealing with a puffer plant

is don't let it puff on you.

(Puff)

(Coughing)

If this does occur,

some things will happen over the next one minute.

At exactly seconds,

you'll only be able to talk Cow.

(Mooing)

(Mooing)

When the timer hits seconds,

you'll turn purple,

(Moo)

...grow a lion's tail,

(Unhappy mooing)

...and a beard.

(Mooing)

Oh-ho-ho.

Thirty seconds left to go.

Twenty-nine, twenty-eight, twenty-seven...

(Clock ticking)

(Moo)

I wish I could tell you that things get easier from now on,

but at exactly seconds,

you'll grow bear claws...

And another beard...

while still mooing like a cow.

(Anxious mooing)

Not to worry.

When the timer reaches seconds,

everything'll go back to normal.

And that is when you'll turn into a chicken.

(Clucks)

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Hi, my name is Agent Orchid.

I've been working with the squad for five years.

I like dinosaurs.

(Roars) I love you too.

I make friends really easily.

Orchid, we need to know what month and day it is.

Sure! Can you help me open this jar first?

(Loud bang)

Burn!

No matter what happens,

I always stay calm.

(Scream)

Sound was no good on that.

I heard screaming.

What's the hardest part about working at Odd Squad?

Figuring out if who I am as a person

is a result of the way I was born

or if my personality is primarily

influenced by the outside world.

What I do know

is I build a mean sandcastle.

Boom!

CHILD: Welcome to Odd Squad,

♪ A Guide to Your Gadgets

Behold, the Toast-Inator. It makes toast!

So...that's pretty much it.

You push that button, and guess what -

It makes toast.

Toast-Inator!

How 'bout those graphics, huh?

How are we doing on time?

Oh, good.

Knowledge is power, power is gadgets,

and gadgets is toast!

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