Odd Squad (TV series)

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Odd Squad
The Odd Squad Logo.
The Official Shield of the Odd Squad
Also known as ODD SQUAD
Genre Educational, comedy
Created by Tim McKeon
Adam Peltzman
Written by Tim McKeon
Directed by Various
Starring Dalila Bela
Filip Geljo
Millie Davis
Sean Michael Kyer
Opening theme Odd Squad theme
Ending theme Odd Squad theme
Composer(s) Paul Buckley
Country of origin Canada
United States
South Korea
Australia
Original language(s) English
Korean
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 40 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) J.J. Johnson
Tim McKeon
Blair Powers
Paul Siefken
Producer(s) Matthew J.R. Bishop
Georgina Lopez
Production location(s) Toronto, Ontario
Editor(s) Jennifer Essex-Chew
Courtney Goldman
Christopher Minns
Running time Approx. 15 mins
Production company(s) The Fred Rogers Company
Sinking Ship Entertainment
Distributor PBS
Release
Original network TVOKids (Canada)
Ici Radio-Canada Télé (Canada)
PBS Kids (U.S.)
Picture format HD
Audio format Stereo
First shown in November 26, 2014 (USA) (Canada)
Original release November 26, 2014 (2014-11-26) –
present
Chronology
Preceded by None
Followed by None
Related shows Peg + Cat
Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood
External links
Odd Squad website

Odd Squad (Stylized as ODD SQUAD) is a Canadian/American children's live action television series that premiered on TVOKids in Canada and PBS Kids in the United States on November 26, 2014, both on the same day. The series is created by Tim McKeon and Adam Peltzman and is co-produced by The Fred Rogers Company and Sinking Ship Entertainment in association with TVOKids and Ici Radio-Canada Télé. The series features young agents who use indirect reasoning and math to solve and investigate strange happenings in their town. This is commonly in the form of satire—or other comedic archetypes—and is used to teach the audience math and math-related topics. In the UK it airs on CBBC.[1] In Latin America it airs on Discovery Kids.

Series overview

Season Episodes Season premiere Season finale Year filmed Season DVD
1 40 November 26, 2014 May 30, 2016 2013-2014
2 25[2] June 20, 2016 TBA 2015

Characters

Main characters

  • Ms. O / Agent Oprah (Millie Davis) - Head of Odd Squad, the stern Ms. O leads the organization with an iron fist. Whenever something goes wrong, she has the tendency to yell and is frequently seen sipping a juice box. Despite appearing younger than most of the agents, Ms. O has worked for Odd Squad since the 1870s, and her actual age remains a mystery (which she usually tells the agents to not question about it). Before she was Ms. O, she worked as an Odd Squad field agent, and became Ms. O by passing a test set up by the previous Ms. O in 1983. Her first name is Oprah.
  • Agent Olive (Dalila Bela) - A veteran agent of Odd Squad, Olive is adapting to working with and training her new partner, rookie agent Otto. Olive is usually calm, brisk, and serious, unless the subject turns to her favorite basketball team, the Bears. She has a morbid fear of pies, which she acquired after saving Odd Squad HQ from a pie-related disaster. As of season 2 Olive works at another odd squad as Ms. O.
  • Agent Otto (Filip Geljo) - Olive's partner, the newest Odd Squad agent. He turned ten in the first episode. The fun-loving Otto acts as a comic foil to Olive's straight-man demeanor, frequently annoying her. Although a rookie, Otto frequently uncovers the facts needed to solve the case at hand, even doing so in Olive's absence, proving his worth as an agent. As of season 2 Otto works at another odd squad as Mr. O.
  • Agent Oscar (Sean Michael Kyer) - Odd Squad's resident scientist and gadgeteer, Oscar is a quirky though incredibly knowledgeable genius who spends most of his time at Odd Squad Headquarters tinkering with gadgets in his lab. Olive and Otto go to him for technical solutions to their problems. Oscar has a goofy side, delivering his zany scientific rants with a generous dose of hand gestures and vocal sound effects.
  • Math Room / Carol (voiced by T.J. McGibbon) - The virtual-space construct which Odd Squad agents can retreat to the room by twisting their badges when they need to visualize mathematical problems. When transport is initiated, they start to spin and sometimes get to the Math Room dizzy. The Math Room is inhabited by sentient origami papers with a unified personality and hive mind. The origami can unfold to visualize numbers, charts, and instant replays as instructed by agents. The Math Room also goes by Carol, and is addressed as such by Ms. O. The Math Room was originally invented by Ms. O before she joined Odd Squad in the 1800s.
  • Agent Otis - A new veteran agent of Odd Squad for Season 2. Serious, rough around the edges, fiercely loyal, agent of few words. Otis is the man of action, who recently transferred to Ms. O’s squad. Where he was before his transfer is anyone’s guess. Unlike his partner, Otis plays things close to the vest. Just because he doesn’t share his feelings, however, doesn’t mean he doesn’t care. There seems to be a lot beneath the surface with Otis and he is constantly surprising his partner with special skills and knowledge and interests, like his intense love of kittens and fear of ducks.
  • Agent Olympia - Otis' partner, the newest Odd Squad agent for Season 2. Olympia is a recent grad from Odd Squad Academy. Smart and easily excitable, but never annoying. Olympia is a fan girl who is passionate about Odd Squad and loves to come to work each day. Open and friendly, Olympia will tell you her life story as soon as you meet her, whether you want to hear it or not. Olympia is a die-hard optimist and believes in everyone and everything.

Supporting characters

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Agents and citizens

  • Baby Genius - A mysterious infant whom the Odd Squad agents bargain with for solutions to otherwise unsolvable problems. Baby Genius is never shown onscreen, only his black leather pram pushed by his inconsistently-accented Russian nanny. Baby Genius cannot speak, so his nanny, Rivka (Meghan Allen), interprets for him. The agents are terrified of him for an unspecified reason.
  • The Baker (Aisha Alfa) - A recurring character in many Odd Squad episodes, the Baker runs a bakery in town and frequently requests the help of Odd Squad in solving problems around her shop.
  • Delivery Debbie (Ashley Botting) - A local caterer who delivers pizza. After Debbie contracts a case of "the Doubles," three duplicates of herself appear. She turns to Odd Squad for help, but later decides to keep her doubles around to help her with her pizza business.
  • Delivery Doug (Ali Hassan) - Debbie's chief business competition who runs a take-out egg sandwich business. Eventually, he merges his business with Delivery Debbie's.
  • Mayor Macklemore (Seán Cullen) - Mayor of the city. It is mentioned he used to be in a high-school singing group called The Thirties. He once told Ms. O to do the New Year's Countdown.
  • Dr. O (Peyton Kennedy) The head doctor of Odd Squad. She's known for her eccentric behavior and frequently says things that make no sense, whilst frequently reminding the agents "I'm a doctor!" in a manner reminiscent of Star Trek's Dr. McCoy.
  • O'Brian (Kyle Harrison Breitkopf) - A tube operator (engineer who runs the tube system Odd Squad agents use for transportation). Can be frequently heard calling out his catch phrase "Squishinating!" as he preps the agents for tube transport. In another reference to Star Trek (this time to Transporter Chief O'Brien), all the tube system agents have Irish surnames. O'Brian has a tendency to hold petty grudges, and has been know to deny tube access to agents who offend him.
  • O'Callaghan (David Webster) - A tube system operator with bright red hair which looks like a wig.
  • O'Connor - Helps Oscar on interstitial odd reports and instructional videos. He says everything excitedly. Most of his dialogue is "Yeah!" or "Comin' at'cha!"
  • Agent O'Donahue - Ms. O's old partner. He retired after he and Oprah failed to solve an ongoing case. After leaving Odd Squad, he worked as a fisherman, until Ms. O required his help in catching the perpetrating villain, Equal Evan.
  • O'Donnell (Amariah Faulkner) - A particularly bright and cheerful tube system engineer who wears her red hair in pigtails.
  • O'Duffey - A tube operator responsible for the Headquarters security code.
  • O'Malley (Jack Fulton) - Another agent who works running the tube system.
  • Agent Obfusco (Jaeden J. Noel) - An Odd Squad agent and cross-cultural expert who speaks in obscure riddles. He's difficult for the other agents to understand, and extremely peculiar, even for an organization named Odd Squad, so the other agents try to avoid working with him. He has a sister named Obfuscolina who is even odder and is hard for even him to understand.
  • Agent Octavia (Julia Lalonde) - Agent Oz's partner. It was noted in an episode that she is one of Ms. O's best agents. She is usually looking for her partner, the invisible Agent Oz.
  • Oksana (Madeleine Barbeau) - Odd Squad's resident cook, who prepares all the meals by herself. She has a deadpan manner.
  • Agent Olaf (Eshaan Buadwal) - Agent Oren's partner. Olaf is happy-go-lucky and jovial in nature, but tends to be very simple-minded. Despite this, he has shown to have moments of intelligence, often to the shock and amazement of his fellow agents. He shares Oren's penchant for laziness. He dreams of becoming a dentist and fears not becoming one. He loves potatoes.
  • Agent Orchid (Michela Luci) - One of the younger agents. She tends to be extremely stubborn.
  • Agent Oren (Brendan Heard) - Agent Olaf's partner. Snarky and arrogant, Oren and his partner have an ongoing rivalry with Olive and Otto. Unlike their industrious rivals, Oren likes to weasel his way out of work whenever possible. Oren likes to brag and considers himself Odd Squad's best agent. Oren has a fear of pancakes and dreams of becoming director of Odd Squad. He didn't appear with Olaf in either "Reindeer Games" or "Rise of the Hydraclops".
  • Agent Ori (Samuel Faraci) - New agent. He tends to run off into dangerous places and is always up to trouble. Not to be confused with Agent Oren.
  • Agent Orson (Landon and Logan Rowan) - The youngest Odd Squad agent, Orson is a baby, whose primary job is handling paperwork and answering the phone.
  • Agent Owen (Christian Distefano) - The head of Odd Squad security.
  • Agent Oz (Carson Reaume) - Agent Octavia's partner. On one mission, he accidentally turned himself irreversibly invisible by misfiring a gadget (while looking down its barrel). He still works at Odd Squad, and is among the top agents, although it's hard for his partner to keep tabs on him.
  • Polly Graph (Ava Preston) - A girl who runs a stand selling hot chocolate or lemonade, depending on the season, outside her house. Odd Squad agents frequently patronize her stand. She's very fond of graphs and always has just the right visual representation to deal with the situation at hand.

Villains

  • Odd Todd (Joshua Kilimnik) - Arch-villain of the series, Odd Todd is an Agent-turned-odd. Olive's ex-partner, he was the most brilliant agent the Squad had ever seen, until he was fired, unleashed a Pienado and became the villain Odd Todd.
  • Tommy Two-sie (Sharjil Rasool) - A local character who likes to have two of everything. He frequently gets blamed for crimes he didn't commit and runs away from Odd Squad when confronted, even when he's innocent. He wears two hats, two shirts, two watches, and two pairs of pants held up by two belts.
  • Fladam (Martin Roach) - Turns objects and people into two-dimensional things.
  • Shapeshifter (Laura Landauer) -


Episode list

Season 1 (2014–16)

Episode # Title American Premiere (PBS Kids) Canadian Premiere (TVO Kids) French Canadian Premiere (Radio-Canada) United Kingdom Premiere (CBBC)
1 Zero Effect/Bad Luck Bears November 26, 2014 January 3, 2015 June 22, 2015/June 23, 2015
2 Soundcheck/Double Trouble November 26, 2014 January 10, 2015 June 24, 2015/June 25, 2015
3 My Better Half/The Confalones November 27, 2014 January 24, 2015 July 2, 2015/June 26, 2015
4 Blob on the Job/Party of 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 November 28, 2014 January 31, 2015 June 29, 2015/July 3, 2015
5 Reindeer Games December 1, 2014
6 Oscar and the Oscarbots/Picture Day December 2, 2014 February 7, 2015 July 6, 2015/July 7, 2015[3]
7 A Case of the Sing Alongs/Ms. O Uh Oh December 3, 2014 February 14, 2015 July 8, 2015[4]/July 9, 2015[5]
8 Crime at Shapely Manor December 4, 2014 January 17, 2015 June 30, 2015/July 1, 2015
9 Skip Day/The Great Grinaldi December 5, 2014 February 21, 2015 July 10, 2015[6]/July 13, 2015[7]
10 The Trouble with Centigurps/Totally Odd Squad December 8, 2014 February 28, 2015 July 14, 2015[8]/July 15, 2015[9]
11 How to Interrogate a Unicorn/The Briefcase December 9, 2014 March 7, 2015 July 16, 2015[10]/July 17, 2015[11]
12 Best Seats in the House/Agent Obfusco December 10, 2014 March 14, 2015 July 20, 2015[12]/July 21, 2015[13]
13 Life of O'Brian/Whatever Happened to Agent Oz? December 19, 2014 March 22, 2015 July 22, 2015[14]/July 23, 2015[15]
14 The Jackies/Invasion of the Body Switchers December 26, 2014 March 29, 2015 September 18, 2015[16]/September 21, 2015[17]
15 The Odd Antidote/The One That Got Away January 5, 2015 April 5, 2015 September 22, 2015[18]/September 23, 2015[19]
16 Odd Outbreak/The Perfect Lunch January 12, 2015 April 12, 2015 September 24, 2015[20]/September 25, 2015[21]
17 Rise of the Hydraclops/O is Not for Old January 19, 2015 April 19, 2015
18 Dance Like Nobody's Watching/Recipe for Disaster January 19, 2015 April 26, 2015
19 Hold the Door/Flatastrophe January 20, 2015 May 3, 2015
20 Puppet Show/Mystic Egg Pizza January 21, 2015 May 10, 2015
21 6:00 to 6:05 January 22, 2015 May 17, 2015
22 The Potato Ultimato/A Fistful of Fruit Juice March 31, 2015 May 24, 2015
23 Soundcheck Part Deux/Jinx April 1, 2015 May 31, 2015
24 Training Day May 25, 2015 June 28, 2015
25 Trading Places/Bad Lemonade May 26, 2015 July 5, 2015
26 Robert Plant/Game Time May 27, 2015 June 7, 2015
27 The O Games May 28, 2015 July 12, 2015
28 Captain Fun/Switch Your Partner Round and Round May 29, 2015 July 19, 2015
29 Trials and Tubulations September 1, 2015 June 21, 2015
30 No Ifs, Ands, or Robots/Worst First Day Ever September 2, 2015 July 26, 2015
31 Undercover Olive October 12, 2015 August 2, 2015
32 Not So Splash/By The Book October 13, 2015 August 9, 2015
33 O vs. The Ballcano/Assistant's Creed November 26, 2015 August 16, 2015
34 Now You Don't See Me/Moustache Confidential November 26, 2015 August 23, 2015
35 The Curious Case of Pirate-Itis/Oscar The Couch January 4, 2016 June 14, 2015
36 There Might Be Dragons/Dawn of the Read January 19, 2016 September 20, 2015
37 Oscar of All Trades/Swamps 'N' Gators January 20, 2016 September 13, 2015
38 Olive and Otto in Schmumberland February 16, 2016 September 27, 2015
39 Disorder in the Court February 17, 2016 September 29, 2015 August 30, 2015
40 O is Not For Over May 30, 2016[22] December 8, 2015 October 4, 2015

Season 2 (2016)

Odd Squad has been renewed for a second season, scheduled to begin airing episode 1 with O is Not For Over.[23]

1 First Day June 20, 2016 TBA TBA
2 Back to the Past/Odd Squad Needs You TBA TBA
3 Mid-Day in the Garden of Good and Odd/Failure to Lunch TBA TBA
4 The O Team/Show Me the Money TBA TBA

Guests

References

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External links

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