Crime at Shapely Manor Part 1 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 Odd Squad.

It was a dark and stormy night.

My partner and I were called to solve an odd crime at an odd place.

-With even odder people.

-Welcome to Shapely Manor.

You must be Agents Olive and Otto. May I take your coats and umbrella?

-Wow. Is this whole place yours?

-Oh, dear me, no. I am simply the butler.

-And I'm the maid.

-We live in the basement.

-Well, underneath the basement. But we have a lamp.

-Oh, and what a lamp.

-Sometimes it works.

-Sometimes?

-Yes.

-Something wrong?

-No.

-No. Nothing at all, it's fine.

-Very well.

Follow me.

One second it was here and another second it was not here.

-Maybe you need a new...

-People in uniform.

Odd Squad. Finally, you've arrived.

Remember those odd people I mentioned? This is Lord Rectangle.

Owner of Shapely Manor.

He got rich when he invited the ice cream sandwich.

There's nothing he loves more than rectangles.

If it has four straight corners and four L shaped sides,

it's a rectangle. And he had to have it.

This is Professor Square.

He teaches at Shapely University.

Squares are a type of rectangle except their sides are equal.

It's my favourite shape. That will be on the test.

She is one of the most famous clothing designers in the world.

Her trademark is three straight corners and three straight sides.

-Her name, Miss Stanerpleat.

-But I changed it to "Triangle".

Finally, General Pentagon.

He's the Army's only five pentagon general.

He loves anything with five sides.

We'll put our supplies here, here, here, here and here.

But General, the river we need to cross is all the way over there.

It's so beautiful.

"I needed to find out exactly what happened here tonight."

Lord Rectangle, could you tell me exactly what happened here tonight?

I certainly can.

I invited my friends over to celebrate my birthday because

it's my birthday.

Happy birthday!

Was there a cake? I love cake.

There was a cake

until one of them stole it.

What are you saying? Not an acceptable...

WHISTLES

Maybe you should walk us through the events of the evening.

Gladly.

I like to start all of my parties by showing off

some of the incredibly fancy things I own.

The rare Red Farmhouse painting.

ALL: Oh.

Look at the rectangular frame.

ALL: Oh.

Now, this way, please.

The even rarer Flat Diamond.

ALL: Ooh.

But I particularly like the big rectangle thingy

that it's standing on.

ALL: Oh.

It's good, isn't it?

Next, it was time for dinner.

We were going to have pizza

but because it's my birthday

I decided to have cake first.

Cake before pizza?

You are the smartest man I've ever met.

Please continue.

And then...

# Every day's a happy day

# When it is your birthday. #

"They turned out the lights so I could blow out the candles..."

And now the blowing.

"..but when they came back on

"the cake was gone."

Oh! My cake! My cake!

"And all of my so-called friends were acting very odd indeed."

Weren't you sitting over there? You weren't anywhere near there.

Your cap seems to be in a sideways position.

It does that in the, er,

in the wind.

And now I may never see my precious cake again.

Oh, he's crying again.

Unbelievable.

Really, it's just a cake.

Lord Rectangle, would you happen to have a photo of this cake?

Of course. I take photos of all my cakes. Butler!

Why do you want to see the cake?

Three guests who each love a different type of shape.

-If we know the cake's shape...

-We know who stole it.

Exactly.

Thank you.

And the cake thief is...

Oh, no.

This cake has many different shapes.

Look.

A triangle, a square and a pentagon.

That means...

Anyone could have done it.

Well, it certainly seems like an unsolvable mystery to me.

Good night, everyone.

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

We're all staying here until we solve this mystery.

All of you. CRASH

I'm so sorry. I'll pay for it.

How much did it cost?

It was priceless, sir.

Oh.

Phew.

Lord Rectangle, can we look around the manor for clues?

Of course. Maid! The map.

Thank you.

This is not a small house.

-OK, we should probably split up.

-So...

You can go ahead. This might take a while.

HELPFUL CHATTERING

You guys can take it. Thank you very much.

The Red Farmhouse painting

is missing a farmhouse.

-Professor Square.

-Olive!

-You're not trying to sneak out are you?

-No.

I was just looking for a place to practise my square dancing.

-You know, take your partner by the hand.

-Professor Square!

-What?

-Are you being straight with me?

Dosey doe.

Fine. I admit I snuck away when the lights went out

but I was only looking for a place to finish my book.

So good and so square.

If you ask me, it was the general.

He looked very suspicious when the lights went out.

Think about it. Think about it.

Man, this place is so fancy.

Wait a minute.

The Flat Diamond.

It's missing.

This is getting older by the...

Mr Pentagon.

It's General Pentagon.

I didn't fight for five years in the Shape Wars

to be called "Mr". You got it?

They're going to try to pin this whole thing on me

just because I looked nervous before the lights went out.

But I didn't do it.

Then why did you look nervous?

Because I realised right before dinner that I hadn't washed my hands,

which is why I ran away when the lights went out.

Look, I've got my own special pentagon soap.

See? Five sides. One, two, three, four, five.

-Clean hands seem very important to you.

-They are,

which is why I didn't do it.

Now, Miss Triangle on the other hand.

I heard her stomach grumbling before dinner,

which means she was hungry.

Maybe hungry enough to eat a whole cake.

Think about it.

Think ab...

-There's no doorway behind me, is there?

-No.

I didn't think so.

-Oh!

-Oh, come on.

How are you all so sneaky?

Well, you've got to be, darling, to run with this crowd.

A bunch of tricksters, the whole lot.

Sounds like you don't care for them very much.

I didn't steal the cake if that's what you're saying.

I mean, sure, I ran out when it went dark

but it was only to grab a slice of pizza.

Three sides of deliciousness.

Who could resist?

Besides,

who eats cake before pizza?

That's just gross.

Think about it.

-Any luck?

-Nope.

It just gets more and more confusing.

This surely is shaping up to be one odd night.

It certainly is.

Get it? I said shaping up

-because there's a bunch of shapes all over the place.

-Hold the puns.

Is that your muddy footprint?

That's not my footprint.

Ew!

It's frosting!

-From a cake.

-Really?

You're right.

This is the break we've been looking for.

CHATTERING

Attention. Attention!

We know who stole Lord Rectangle's birthday cake.

-Oh, thank goodness.

-And,

we're going to tell you exactly how they did it.

Ah, son,

please don't play the piano.

Sorry.

To be continued.