- Coming up next on Odd Squad... - What did you say your name is?
- Oscar. - You were a tube operator?
- Oh, yeah. Squishinating!
- How many jobs did you have? - OK, I had a lot more jobs.
- What are you doing, new guy? - I don't think I like this job.
My name is Agent Olive.
This is my partner, Agent Otto.
This is yellow and blue together.
But back to Otto 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.
(theme music)
(Otto screaming)
(roaring)
- Squishinating!
- (Olive): Who do we work for?
We work for Odd Squad.
-Hey, Oscar. What are you making?
- An unbasket-of-yarninator.
- What's it for? - No idea.
I just build what comes to mind and it sort of works out.
- Oscar, Oscar, help!
- That was fast. Usually there's about a one or two-day lag.
(buzzing) (popping)
-Thanks, Oscar. - No problem.
Now, what can I do you for?
- Oh, yeah -- do you have any more toothbrushinators?
- Uh, yeah, I've got about of them.
Right next to that photo of me as a tube operator.
- Wait, what? - Ah, you're wondering how I counted those toothbrushinators
so fast -- you see, I used a little thing called estimation.
Estimation is a fast and easy way to count things
that you don't really need to be too accurate about.
- Uh, no, no. Not that. You used to be a tube operator?
- Oh, yeah. It was before you joined the squad.
I remember it like it was yesterday.
- ...Oh,
I think your story's over there. - Oh, thanks!
I remember it like it was yesterday...
♪♪♪
- Oscar, send us to the park.
- Oh, hey, guys! Preparing to squishinate...
(hissing) Squishinating!
(slamming)
Sorry, I'm... Preparing to squishinate!
(hissing) Squishinating!
(slamming) - Huh?
- Know what? We'll just go in the other tubes.
- Great idea. Preparing to squishinate...
Squishinating!
Uh... I... Don't worry, I got this.
(beeps) (yelling) - Yay, bubbles!
- Uh, that's the cleaning system. Uh, no...
(frantically pushing buttons) (slamming)
Whoops... (Hawaiian guitar riff)
Not again! Ah, this must be it.
(button beeping) AHH...
- Heh, at least someone went somewhere.
(Oscar's scream fading away) - Yeah.
- So after that, you became a scientist. - No.
Ms. O gave me one last chance at being a tube operator.
- Uh, no... (frantically pushing buttons)
(bubbling) (Hawaiian guitar riff)
AHH...
- It did not go well.
So after that, I moved to security.
(muffled music playing)
- What are you doing, new guy?
- Oh, hey, Owen! Things are quiet, so I figured I'd just fix this gadget.
- Things are not quiet!
(alarms blaring) - Uh-oh...
- Bring up the thermal imaging! - Uh...
- It's this one. - Ah!
(beeping) - The flying fish escaped!
- I'll lock the doors. You tell me about how many got loose.
- OK.
- Uh, , , ...
- What are you doing? - Counting how many flying fish there are.
- We don't have time to count flying fish!
- I thought you asked me to count how many there were?
- I asked about how many. I don't need an exact count,
so you can use estimation. - Esti-what? - Estimation!
- It's a quick and easy way when you just need to get close to the answer.
Watch.
How many fish do you see in that cluster?
- Uh, , ,
, ....
- Now find other clusters that are about the same size and count by s.
- OK, so that's there,
and then , , ,
, , uh...
About flying fish! - See? Way faster than counting.
- Yeah. - If you take out the part where I had to explain estimation,
which probably took more time than counting one by one,
but hey -- live and learn.
- Why do we need to know how many fish there are, anyways?
- So I know how many worms we need. - Huh...
- It's go Owen time!
- I don't think I like this job.
- And then you became a scientist.
- And then I became a scientist! Heh, heh...
(clearing throat) - Are you sure you didn't have any other jobs?
- OK, I had a lot more jobs -- like an Odd Squad lifeguard.
(blowing whistle) (balls clattering)
Uh-oh... Hey, can somebody get my whistle?
I don't know how to swim!
I worked in concessions. Roasted nuts, roasted nuts!
Get 'em while they're hot! Fresh today and tomorrow
and the day after that, ha ha! Fresh every day, probably.
I don't know. That one's free, it's on the floor! Five-second rule!
Then I was an air conditioner repair man.
Whoa... Guys? I'm stuck again!
For a while, I just drove a Segway around.
And then I worked with Oksana.
- Kitchen assistant Oscar reporting for duty! Ha ha!
- (quietly): If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen.
(ominous violin)
- I...can't take the heat.
- I can.
- I was even an Odd Squad greeter.
Ha! Hey, guys, welcome back to Headquarters!
If you need any help, you can come and ask me.
Keep on keeping on! - New guy!
- Oh, hey, Owen! Think I've finally found my place here.
- You let a bunch of villains into Headquarters!
- Oh, now that we've been spotted...
...some getaway music! (thriller movie music playing)
- Looks like it's go Owen time.
Ga-again!
(screaming)
- How many jobs did you have?
- Well, every time I got fired, I got a participation ribbon --
so let's see.
I see , , , , ,
, , , , ,
, , , , ,
, , , , ribbons in that cluster,
and there are , , clusters,
so if I count by s,
that's , , ! Ha ha...
Yeah, I got fired from about jobs.
- Wow. - Yup.
Finally, Ms. O gave me one last chance.
- Listen up, assistant! This ship is coming into the harbor today.
(beeping) - Ugh!
What is that? - It's a boat that takes away my empty juice boxes
and brings new ones. I have a feeling
we're going to talk about this a lot more in the future,
but for now,
I need you to tell me how many juice boxes I drank today,
so I can tell the boat what to expect.
- Wait, this is just today? - Are you an assistant or a judge?
- Uh, assistant. - I'm going to make a few phone calls.
- , , , , ,
, , , , .
You have about . - What?
- You have about juice boxes.
- But you didn't count what's in the other trash cans.
- I didn't need to. You see, there were juice boxes
in this trash can, and the other cans look like they have about the same amount,
so I estimated and counted by s.
, , , ,
, , , , , !
You see, I might be off by a juice box or two,
but you said you wanted to know about how many juice boxes there were, not an exact count.
- What did you say your name was again? - Oscar.
- I'm impressed, Agent Oquin. - Uh, that's not my name--
- NOW CHAIR ME!
Ow...
- I'm fired, aren't I?
- Oh, yeah.
- So that was it. I packed my bags
and said goodbye to Odd Squad forever.
(snapping) Ow...
- I'm sorry, Oother. - Uh, Oscar.
- There's just no other departments left for you to work in.
- I understand, Ms. O. Thanks for the opportunity.
- Oscar, wait!
- Owen, my old friend! Don't be sad.
I'm sure I'll find my place in this world.
Maybe reading audio books -- professionally!
Heh! If that's even a thing...
- Great! I need you to fix
my unpicnicinator before you leave.
- I need you to fix my TV-get-outinator. - Wait, I broke my diginator!
- EVERYONE, STOP! What is happening?
- It's so unfair! We have to build and fix our own gadgets
and solve cases!
Olaf's been working on a potatoinator
for three years.
- This is not my skillset.
- So, Oscar's been helping us out.
- Yeah. I sort of have a knack for it. - And you like it?
- Of course! I wish I could do it all day.
- Maybe you can. - Wait,
you would make a job just for me?
But where would I work? - Nobody really goes in the gift shop.
Who knows? If it works here, maybe you can set up labs in other Odd Squads.
- Welcome back, Agent Omar. - Heh... Uh...
Oscar. Heh...
- Maybe if I yell it, I'll remember easier.
OSCAR!
That's better. - But wait,
what about the girl that works in the gift shop?
- Enh, we'll make her a doctor.
- Here's your change. WHAT'S NEXT?
- ♪♪ Is there a doctor in the house ♪ - ♪ Yeah, Doctor O. ♪
- ♪ Is there a doctor in the house - Yeah, Doctor O. ♪
- ♪ Is there a doctor in the house - Yeah, Doctor O. ♪
- ♪ And she's a specialist in everything that you don't know ♪
- I'm a doctor, not a juice box! I'm a doctor, not a babysitter.
Dr. Pick-pick-pick-pickle. I'm a doctor. Don't worry, I'll do the talking.
Did someone call for a doctor? I have a lab coat.
I don't have time for this. You're cured!
- ♪ You need stethoscopes - Call Dr. O. ♪
- ♪ You need tongue depressors - Call Dr. O. ♪
- ♪ You need antiseptic ointment - Call Dr. O. ♪
- ♪ You need cat food ♪ You could call, maybe, a vet? - Grocery store? Pet store?
- ♪ Is there a doctor in the house ♪
- ♪ Yeah, Doctor O. ♪
- ♪ Is there a doctor in the house - Yeah, Doctor O. ♪
- ♪ Is there a doctor in the house - Yeah, Doctor O. ♪
- ♪ And she's a specialist in everything that you don't know ♪ - WHAT'S NEXT?
♪♪♪
- Greetings, agents. Here in the ball room we discuss top-secret missions.
If you ever find yourself here, everything you need is just at your fingertips.
We've got paper. And we've got pens.
We've even got our own professional note taker.
Thank you, Mrs. Letovsky.
In order to keep the top-secret missions we discuss here
extra secret, we change the balls daily.
Now, if you're ever asked to do this, you're gonna need to know how many balls are in here.
Now, you could count them one by one, but that would take a really long time.
Another way of doing it is to find out about how many balls are in here.
It's also called estimating.
Here's how you do it. There are about balls in this cluster.
Now, how many clusters of this size would you need
to cover the top layer of this room?
clusters. So if we have clusters,
each with balls, that's s.
So that means there are approximately , balls in the top layer of the ball room.
But that's just the top layer. How many layers deep is it?
I see...
,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,.
SO I would estimate there are , balls in the ball room.
Another interesting fact: each ball's flavored.
Green is watermelon, red is cherry,
and yellow is banana cream pie. That's Mrs. Letovsky's favorite.
(moistening with breath)
- OLIVE! OTTO! IN YOUR OFFICE!
- Wait, did she say in our office?
- Yes. There you two are.
Something very odd has happened. This is Mrs. Kansas.
(blowing nose loudly)
Whenever you're ready, ma'am.
- The problem is my son. - Milton?
- No, Bradley!
He made this board game called Swamps N' Gators,
and now he won't stop playing it!
- That doesn't sound very odd.
- Oh, no, no, no. It's the way he's playing it.
- Hmm... We should come to your house and see this game.
- Oh... Now?
- Mm-hmm. - But I have relatives coming,
we're getting the carpets cleaned, and I have a book club
at... at... Could you come by in, say, three weeks?
- Sure. - No problem!
(chirping) (doorbell ringing)
- Has it been three weeks already?
- Yup. - Because, if I could have an extra day and a half...
- Ma'am! Please. - OK...
This is my son.
Bradley?
This is Olive and Otto from Odd Squad.
- Odd Squad? There is NOTHING odd going on here, OK,
I just built this machine to zap me in and out of this board game
I put in here! OK, now that I say that out loud,
I can see how somebody might interpret that as odd--
- And dangerous. - And awesome!
- Thank you, Otto! At least somebody appreciates
that I never play outside. It's called Swamps N' Gators.
Hey, let me show you how much fun it is!
(whirring and zapping)
- (together): Whoa!
- Otto, I have a feeling
we're not in the Kansas living room anymore.
- Hey, guys! - Brad, what did you do?
- You said it looked like fun! - No, you said that.
- Well, somebody said it. - This has gone way to far!
I'm going to make dinner! - Dinner?
At a time like this? - I know, it's kinda weird, eh?
Mom likes to cook when she gets nervous. This one time,
I zapped our dog into the board game -- we had Thanksgiving dinner for a week!
- Brad, we don't have time for this right now. Tell us how to get out of here.
- Oh, it's easy. The square you're on is both
start and finish. You just go around the entire board
and land on that square again and you're home free!
- Oh... But I can't move from this square!
- Yeah, it's a board game.
You have to roll dice to move. Come on!
- Oh, oh... - Are you saying we have to play
this entire game to get out?
That's awesome!
- That's the spirit, Otto! Now, just make sure you guys finish before
the timer runs out, so you don't get trapped in there forever.
- (both): WHAT? - I said, Make sure you
finish the board game before the timer runs out,
so you don't get trapped in there forever!
- Brad, why on earth would you make a game that does that?
- I had to make it challenging!
Maybe next time get stuck in a game called Easy Peasy,
where you just roll the dice and then you win!
Oh, that sounds fun, let's go over to Brad's house to play Easy Peasy! Come on!
- He makes a good point. - Thank you, Otto. Now you guys,
you better get rolling. - Come on, ! Come on!
, , ... (whooshing sound)
Hey, why is there a mosquito on this square?
- Oh, that's Mosquito Alley! You guys are gonna love it.
(mosquitoes buzzing)
- I don't love it! Olive, roll! Quick!
- Rolling.
- OK, this die has dots on one side and dots
on the other side, and I know that plus is .
And this die looks just like the other die, so it's the same.
. And plus equals... (whooshing sound)
...!
- Oh, bonus square, bonus square! Pick a card, any card!
I'm just joking, take the one the gator gives you. - Gator?
"Dance with the gator."
(upbeat jazz playing) - OK, that's kind of cool.
- This is so unfair. (sighing)
Come on, big numbers!
- (Olive): Look how the dots are laid out, it'll help you remember!
- Hmm. Three dots
are on a diagonal line -- that's easy to remember,
and this die has less dot, which is . plus
is ...
- Wow, the music is really loud here!
- I KNOW! AWESOME, HUH?
- Olive, you know we're trying to get out of this thing, right?
- See you later.
(music stops)
Grab a bonus card, partner.
- "Plus one".
- Oh, that's a great card! - Did you get a haircut?
- Oh, I see. Just 'cause you're stuck in a board game,
everybody else's life has to be put on hold. OK.
- Brad, what does this plus one card do?
- Ooh, you can use it to go an extra square
at any time. Like, if you used it now,
you could go to another mosquito alley!
- No, no, no. I'll save it for later.
- My roll.
(upbeat jazz playing)
"Play badminton with the gator."
- Tropical storm -- oh, no!
(driving rain falling) UGH!
- "Have tea with the gator."
- "Wrestle a gator."
(squawking) - This game is awesome.
(spitting)
- You're not the one that had to drink swamp water.
- Look, there's the end square! We only need to move
, , , , !
We need to roll a five.
- Come on, five, come on, five!
and . But that's only...
...! Vines?
- Yeah, vines -- there's vines everywhere. - Oh, vines!
- Maybe I should have called this Vines N' Gators.
I like vines. "Vines". "Vines".
Did you ever say a word so much that it just, like,
doesn't sound like a word anymore? "Vines", "vines"...
"Vin-es", "vines", vines-vines-vines!
- Olive, please roll so I can get out of this thing.
- You bet, partner.
Come on, five, come on, five!
- Olive, the dots on that die are in a diagonal line.
That's a three. - You remembered! I'm impressed.
Three on that die and two on this one --
plus equals...
...! (loud whooshing)
- Olive? - WOO-HOO! I won the game!
- Great job, Olive! - Great game, Brad!
I like that it's strategy but also luck.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah. - Instead of teleporting--
- Guys! I'm still stuck in here! - (together): Sorry!
- I'm running out of time! - Otto, you can do it!
You just need to roll a , , to get out.
- Come on, three, come on, three!
and !
That equals...!
Oh, no! I went too far! What do I do?
- You definitely can't go backwards.
- Are you saying Otto has to play the entire game again to get out?
- You say that like it's not
the most amazing thing ever! Did you see the mosquito alleys?
- (Otto and Olive): It's not! Look at the timer!
- Oh! Oh, boy. OK. Ah... Now I feel bad about going out and getting my haircut.
- (sighing): Otto, now that I'm out of the game, you can just keep rolling.
So roll like you've never rolled before!
Otto, just look at how they're laid out. This die has four dots,
and this die looks just like the four die but with one more dot in the middle.
And you know that plus is .
- And plus equals...
...! - Nice one, partner!
Roll again!
- Come on, big numbers!
plus is...!
(loud buzzing) Swamp bees!
plus is...!
AH! Swamp butterflies?
- Oh, that's kinda nice, no? - Mm...
- plus is...!
Bonus card!
"Go back three spaces." (whooshing)
AH! Swamp bees and swamp butterflies!
(yowling) - Otto!
- Otto, you're only four spaces away from the end. You need to roll a four!
- Please be a four, please be a four!
... - (Olive): Plus...
...! - It's !
Aw, so close! I just need to roll a one!
...But I can't roll a one, because I have two dice.
- OTTO! THE TIMER!
- I have a plus one card!
- BY THE POWER OF ONE!
- (whispering): Just say "plus one" for it to work.
- Plus one. ...Whoa! (whooshing)
- (together): YES! WE DID IT! - Aw, amazing!
You guys want to be zapped into this board game next?
- NO! - Are you guys hungry?
- Yes!
- Will your friend be staying too?
- (Bradley): Gary! (upbeat jazz playing)
♪♪♪
(roaring)
- Greetings, Agents. Here at Odd Squad,
we have many pets, but one of my favorites is this little goldfish right here.
I like to call him "Sir Fishalot" -- ha ha!
But what's really important is that he's fed the right amount
of food every day. Feed him too little, and this happens.
Yowza!
Feed him too much, and this happens.
What you can't tell here
is that he's also yelling really loud. So, to avoid any further mistakes,
let's review how much this little guy eats.
Every day, he eats a total of eggplants.
This morning, I fed him ,
and this agent here is on afternoon feeding duty.
She has to figure out how many more eggplants to feed him to get him to .
A quick way of doing this is to use a number line.
Here's the number , and to get ,
we count these little tick marks, which each stand for .
, , , , , .
more eggplants to get to ! Heh...
The word "more" often means use addition.
But wait! Before you feed him,
remember that today is Wednesday.
On Wednesdays, he also eats meatballs.
How many meatballs, you ask?
Five less than the total amount of eggplants.
The word "less" often means using subtraction.
You can use a number line to figure it out.
Here's what eggplants looks like,...
And we need to find out less, so we subtract .
, , ,,
is . meatballs
for Sir Fishalot! One more thing to keep in mind when feeding
the Odd Squad goldfish is to never, ever,
under any circumstance look him directly into the eye.
If you do, you will explode.
Just kidding -- he will. (boom)
And reappear...and explode. (boom)
And reappear...and explode. (boom)
- As you can see, it makes it a lot more challenging to feed him.
- Start now? Oh, OK.
Hi! My name's Agent Ooctavia --
I mean, "Octavia". Blegh!
I've been at Odd Squad for three years --
I mean, four years. I... Can we start over?
"My name is Octavia. I've been here for four years."
One of my best qualities is that I'm always calm, cool and collected.
- OCTAVIA! - AH! What did I do, am I fired?
That's not good! One thing you might be blinterested --
I mean, interested in...
One thing is my partner, Oz, is invisible.
(blowing nose)
If I'm known for one thing around here,
it's my awesome shadow puppets. Rock!
Beach ball! Cantaloupe!
This is Ogent Actavia signing off.
Can we just restart the whole thing?
(old videogame music playing)
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01x36 - Oscar of All Trades/Swamps N' Gators
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Series follows the exploits of Odd Squad, an organization run entirely by children, that solves peculiar problems using math skills.
Series follows the exploits of Odd Squad, an organization run entirely by children, that solves peculiar problems using math skills.