Oscar of All Trades Odd Squad

My name is Agent Olive. This is my partner, Agent Otto.

This is my lucky pencil.

But back to Otto and me, we work for an organisation run by kids

that investigates anything strange, weird and especially odd.

Our job is to put things right again.

Who do we work for? We work for...

Hey, Oscar. What are you making?

An unbasket-of-yarn-inator.

-What's it for?

-No idea.

I just kind of build what comes to mind and it sort of works out.

Oscar, Oscar, help!

That's fast. Usually, there's about a one or two day lag.

Thanks, Oscar.

No problem. Now, what can I do you for?

Oh, yeah. Do you have any more toothbrush-inators?

Er, yeah. I've got about 20 of them.

-Right next to that photo of me as a tube operator.

-Wait, what?!

Ah, you're wondering how I counted those toothbrush-inators so fast.

You see, I use 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.

Er, 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.

Squishinating.

Sorry, I...

Preparing to squishinate.

Squishinating.

-Huh?!

-We'll just go in the other tubes.

-Great idea.

Preparing to squishinate.

Squishinating.

-Don't worry, I got this.

-MACHINE BEEPS

-WIND BLAST

-Argh!

-Bubbles!

Er... That's the cleaning system. Er... No.

TUBES BLAST

Whoops.

Not again. Ah, this must be it.

Argh!

Ha. At least someone went somewhere.

Yeah.

So, after that, you became a scientist.

No. Ms O gave me one last chance of being a tube operator.

Er, no...

BEEPING AND HISSING

Argh!

It did not go well. So, after that, I moved to security.

MUSIC PLAYS ON HEADPHONES

-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!

-ALARM SOUNDS

-Uh-oh.

-Bring up the thermal imaging.

Er...

-It's this one.

-Ah.

The flying fish escaped. I'll lock the doors.

You tell me about how many got loose.

OK.

Er... One, two, three...

-What are you doing?!

-Counting how many flying fish there are.

We don't have time to count flying fish!

But 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.

-Esta-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?

-Er...

One, two, three, four, five.

Now, find other clusters that are about the same size

and count by fives.

OK, so that's five there and then...

10, 15, 20,

25, 30.

About 30 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!

Hm. Ha.

Are you sure you didn't have any other jobs?

OK, I had a lot more jobs. Like an Odd Squad lifeguard.

BLOWS WHISTLE

-SPLASH

-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, the day after that.

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 repairman.'

Oh.

Er, guys? I'm stuck again!

'And then I worked with Oksana.'

Kitchen assistant Oscar reporting for duty!

If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen.

I...can't take the heat.

I can.

I was even an Odd Squad greeter.

Hey, guys. Welcome back to headquarters.

Ever need any help, you can ask me.

Keep on keeping on!

New guy!

Oh. Hey, Owen. I think I finally found my place here.

You let a bunch of villains into headquarters!

Oh, now that we've been spotted, some getaway music!

DRAMATIC GETAWAY MUSIC PLAYS

Looks like it's Go Owen time.

Go-gain!

Argh!

MOUTHS

How many jobs did you have?

Every time I got fired, I got a participation ribbon. So let's see.

I see one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine,

ten, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15,

16, 17, 18, 19, 20 ribbons in that cluster.

And there are one, two, three clusters.

So, if I count by 20s, that's 20, 40, 60.

Ha-ha!

Yeah, I got fired from about 60 jobs.

Wow!

Yep. Finally, Ms O gave me one last chance.

Listen up, assistant. This ship is coming in to the harbour today.

Ooh, what is that?

It's a boat that takes away my empty juice boxes and brings new ones.

I've 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?

-Assistant.

I'm going to make a few phone calls.

One, two, three, four, five, six,

seven, eight, nine, ten.

-You have about 100.

-What?!

-You have about 100 juice boxes.

-You didn't count what's the other trash cans.

-I didn't need to.

You see, there are ten juice boxes in this trash can

and the other cans look like they have about the same amount,

so I estimated and counted by tens -

10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60,

70, 80, 90, 100.

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 Oklan.

-Er... 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.

(Ow).

-I'm sorry, Oopher.

-Er, 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.

If that's even a thing.

Great. I need you to fix my unpicnic-inator before you leave.

I need you to fix my TV dinner-inator.

-Wait! I broke my dig-inator.

-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 potato-inator for three years.

This is not my skill set.

-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 ever 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.

-Er...Oscar.

-Maybe if I yell it, I'll remember it easier.

OSCAR!

That's better.

But wait. What about the girl that works in the gift shop?

Meh. We'll make her a doctor.

Here's your change.

What's next?

# Is there a doctor in the house? Yeah, Dr O

# Is there a doctor in the house? Yeah, Dr O

# Is there a doctor in the house? Yeah, Dr 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 baby-sitter.

Dr Pickle, 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?

# Call maybe a vet? Grocery store? A pet store?

# Is there a doctor in the house? Yeah, Dr O

# Is there a doctor in the house? Yeah, Dr O

# Is there a doctor in the house? Yeah, Dr O

# And she's a specialist in everything that you don't know! #

What's next?