How to Interrogate a Unicorn 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...

Sir, we heard something odd was happening.

It's OK, you can tell us what it is.

HE SIGHS

Whenever I speak, this happens...

CANNED LAUGHTER

Laughter?

Didn't even say anything funny!

CANNED LAUGHTER

We don't have a gadget to fix it.

But I do have these.

-Better?

-I can't hear a thing that you say! Thanks, Odd Squad!

CANNED LAUGHTER

-SHOUTING:

-No problem! Have a good day!

Stick it here!

-You asked to see us, Ms O?

-Yes.

A unicorn, a robot and a mummy walked into a library.

I love this joke.

It's not a joke! It's a disaster.

Characters are escaping from their books at the library! Look.

SCREAMING AND YELLING

-TV:

-Please! This is a library!

Please! Would you...

I need you to figure out how and why

this happened and put a stop to it.

If you can't, the library will have to be closed.

For ever!

-BOTH: What? No! Say it isn't so!

-Shhh! Library voices.

BOTH: (What? No! Say it isn't so!)

(Better?)

(Better. Now, get back to work!)

(Yes, sorry, Ms O.)

Agents have already rounded up their creatures

and put them in the interrogation rooms.

There are thousands of books in the library.

-Why did only these three escape?

-Yeah.

And why a robot, unicorn and mummy?

They have nothing to do with each other.

Maybe they do. But we just can't see it yet.

We should ask them some questions to get some more info.

Yeah, and they can be the same questions.

And we can use a chart to keep track of the answers.

So when we get the same answer, that's what they have in common.

Good thinking, partner.

-I got the unicorn!

-Mummy! Obviously.

-But what about robot?

-Hmmm.

CREAKING SOUND

-Oscar!

-Oh, ah...

-Hey, guys!

-Can we lock you in a tiny room with a robot?

I've been waiting my whole life for someone to ask me that question!

Then you're in.

You stay right there, Mr Planty. I'll be right back.

I've got my eyes on you.

Here are the questions. Good luck, everyone.

Mr Unicorn. UNICORN WHINNIES

Question number one.

Where do you live?

BEEP-WHIZZ-BEEP

Why, I hear it's beautiful this time of year.

Where do you live?

Rarrrrr!

-Can you spell that for me?

-Rar...

-Mm-hm.

-..Rar...

-Mm-hm.

-..Rar...

-Where do you live?

-Neigh!

BOINK!

UNICORN GRUNTS AND SPLUTTERS

So that's how you want to play this, huh?

Well, I can play tough, too.

Question number two.

-What's your favourite food?

-WHIZZ-BANG!

-Mine too!

-WHIZZ-BANG-BEEP!

I could go for some of that right now, actually.

Word on the street is you like rainbows.

UNICORN GRUNTS

It'd be a shame if something happened to THIS rainbow.

SNORT!

So, I'll ask you again.

Where do you live?

Neigh!

That's not an answer!

So, what's your favourite food?

Rah-rah-grrr-rarr!

I can't understand you!

I think a bandage is stuck in your mouth.

Here, let me just get that for you.

Oh, no. Oh, no. Oh, no, oh, no...

OLIVE SIGHS OK.

I'm not the bad guy here. I'm on your side.

UNICORN GRUNTS

Just let me help you.

I'm going to put this pencil

on the table.

Then we'll see what happens, OK?

UNICORN NEIGHS

One...

..two...

UNICORN NEIGHS

You've done a good thing here today.

UNICORN NEIGHS

So did you guys get your answers?

Yep.

Turns out it was way easier than I thought.

Time to go to the Math Room.

WHIR

-Nailed it!

-Greetings, agents!

Math Room, please make a chart with the characters along the top

and the questions on the side.

Generating chart.

DING

Man, I feel like I know these guys from somewhere.

Remember, if the chart shows that they all said the same answer,

that's what they have in common.

Question one. Where do you live?

Unicorn said, "The magical land of Far Farnia."

Robot said, "Galaxon Seven."

Mummy said, "Pyramid."

BUZZER

That's not it.

Question two. What's your favourite food?

Unicorn said, "Carrot."

Robot said, "Carrot!"

Mummy said, "Caramel corn."

BUZZER

Question three. Who wrote the book you came from?

Unicorn said, "W. W. Williams."

"W. W. Williams!"

"W. W. Williams!"

DING DING DING

That's what they have in common!

Looks like we need to pay Ms Williams a visit.

-Hey, uh, you need any backup?

-I think we can handle it.

OK, right, cos, you know, I've got lots of exciting

lab stuff to do in the lab, like make a sandwich.

Ham or salami? It doesn't really matter.

I mean, I think I'm going to have a ham sandwich, but, um...

OK then.

SQUEAL

So you know how

when you read a really good book it's like the characters come to life?

Well, your books are so good

that your characters are really coming to life.

I had no idea that was happening.

Does that mean I can't write my books any more?

Of course you can. It just means you have to wear this from now on.

Oh.

MOBILE PHONE RINGS

Go for Olive.

Olive, it's Mr Fonts, from the library.

I found another character that left his book.

I am Elfosio, the greatest sorcerer who ever lived!

Oh, the greatest!

You were trapped in that janitor's closet for four days, OK?

Can you not just... Hello?

Um, Odd Squad, I didn't write a book with a sorcerer.

Mr Fonts, got to go.

But you had to!

Characters are coming out of the books that you wrote,

and that's what they have in common.

Sorry. I didn't.

-Could you excuse us for a second, ma'am?

-Mm.

-Thank you.

So we were wrong. We don't know what they have in common.

Wait! If it's not the writer, then maybe it's the reader.

Keep talking, I'm listening.

-The reader is the one with the overactive imagination.

-Mm-hm.

So characters are coming out of every book he or she reads.

So we have to find the person that read the unicorn book,

the robot book, the mummy book, and this new book about the sorcerer.

Let's go.

Ma'am, I'm going to need the helmet back.

So that's why that clock never worked. Oh, dear.

MOO

There are so many books and people,

I made this chart to organise everything.

Now, lots of people read one of the books,

some people read two or three books,

but only one person read all four books.

Agent Oscar!

He's the one with the overactive imagination?

-We need to find him, now.

-Oh, that's easy.

He's right over there, reading the wonderful Wizard of Oz.

But that book starts with a tornado!

Yeah. Oh, no!

BOTH: Oscar! Put that book down!

Oh. Hey, guys.

ALL: Whoa!

Whoa, no! There goes the non-fiction section!

How do we stop it?

I don't know!

Argh!

Do not fret! I've got this.

Excelsior!

Wow!

-I'm so reading that guy's book.

-Me too.

TRUMPETING

Good work, agents. All the characters are back in their books.

And, Oscar,

you only need to wear that thing when you're reading.

Oh, I know.

I just really like it.

It's tingly!

Miss O, could you read us a story?

Oh, I'll read you a story.

The end! Now get back to work!

Ha-ha-ha!