Odd Squad (TV series)

Description

Characters

Main

• Agent Olive : Referred to as a longtime employee of the Odd Squad, Olive began season one of the series adapting to working with and training her new partner, Otto. Olive is usually calm, brisk and serious. She has a morbid fear of pies, which she acquired after saving her organization's building from a pie-related disaster caused by her former partner, Todd. In the season one finale, Olive departs the series along with her partner, Otto, to run a different Odd Squad precinct as Ms. O.
• Agent Otto : Olive's partner and, in the first episode, the newest employee of the organization. In contrast to his partner's more serious demeanor and personality, he is a more lenient, laid-back employee. Despite his lack of experience with his job, Otto frequently uncovers the facts needed to solve the case at hand, even doing so in the absence of his more experienced partner. In the season finale, Otto departs the series to run another Odd Squad office as Mr. O with his partner, Olive.
• Big O : Known as "Ms. O" in the first two seasons, she is a very strict boss. She has the tendency to yell and is often seen sipping a juice box. Despite appearing younger than most of the agents, Ms. O's tenure at the precinct and her actual age remains a mystery. In-show, it is revealed that her actual name is "Oprah." In the season two finale, Ms. O is promoted to the rank of Big O, the leader of the entire Odd Squad organization. She is the only main Odd Squad character to appear in all seasons.
• Agent Oscar : Oscar was the precinct's head scientist, in charge of the laboratory. Other employees go to him for technical solutions to their problems. Oscar is depicted as being very intelligent and having a quirky and goofy personality. He departed from the series in the Season 2 episode "Oscar Strikes Back," where he became the president of the organization's science division after the former president was dismissed for misconduct.
• Agent Olympia : Introduced in the first episode of season two, Olympia joins the series to fill in the opening left by the departure of Olive in the season one finale. She was given early graduation from the organization's training academy. She is depicted as being very social and outgoing and having a generally happy and carefree personality.
• Agent Otis : As was the case with Agent Olympia, Agent Otis was introduced at the start of season two, brought in to fill the opening left by the departure of Otto in the season one finale. Unlike his partner, he has a more serious and socially-reserved personality. There are no records of him attending the organization's academy, but he is depicted as being the more seasoned member of the new team. He has a fear of ducks, revealed in the season two finale to be related to the fact he was once part of a family of villainous ducks. Ms. O took pity on Otis and trained him herself to become an Odd Squad agent.
• Agent Oona : Initially Oscar's assistant, she takes up his position after his departure. Like her predecessor, she is depicted as having a quirky personality.
• Agent Opal : Originally stationed at a precinct in the Arctic with Omar, she is competitive with a strong desire to be working on cases important to combating oddness, viewing herself as the leader of OSMU.
• Agent Omar : Originally stationed in the Arctic with Opal, he is known to value friendship and connection with his fellow agents, often attempting to mediate or calm the waters among his team, though his tendency to do so can sometimes distract him from the mission at hand.
• Agent Oswald : Prior to being assigned to the Odd Squad Mobile Unit, Oswald worked as the only employee of the Odd Squad museum in New York City. Having spent the entirety of his career behind a desk, he is often excited to jump into tasks or cases.
• Agent Orla : Orla joins the Odd Squad Mobile Unit after having spent 400 years in isolation at an ancient Odd Squad headquarters protecting the powerful 44-leaf clover. Because of her separation from society-at-large and her history standing guard, she is often unfamiliar with modern inventions and has a tendency to react to situations quickly and without forethought.

  Recurring

Odd Squad employees

• Dr. O : The precinct's resident medical employee who assists others with medical-related problems. She is known for her eccentric behavior and frequently says things that make no sense; often her dialogue references popular science-fiction series like Star Trek or Doctor Who. It is revealed in-show that she was once a worker in the Odd Squad gift shop, but became a doctor when the gift shop was shut down. After the original Dr. O leaves to work as a doctor in space, she is replaced with a new male doctor who previously worked in another department.
• Agent Obfusco : An Odd Squad agent and cross-cultural expert who speaks in obscure riddles, a characteristic intended to teach viewers how to understand word problems. He is eccentric and difficult for the other agents to understand, which leads them to try and avoid working with him.
• Agent Ocean : The precinct's director of the 'Creature Room', which houses many bizarre creatures and plants which Odd Squad agents may need to know about. Ocean has a laid-back and easy-going personality.
• Agent Octavia : Agent Oz's partner. It was noted in an episode that she is one of the precinct's best employees. She is usually looking for her partner because he is invisible.
• Oksana : The precinct's sole resident cook. She has a deadpan and sarcastic personality.
• Agent Olaf : Agent Oren's partner. Olaf is happy-go-lucky but tends to appear 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. He has an unusual obsession with potatoes. Later on in the series, it is revealed that he is a werewolf.
• Agent Orchid : One of the younger agents. She tends to be extremely stubborn and is often sarcastic and difficult as well as cunning and manipulative. She enjoys calling others "Sherman."
• Agent Oren : Agent Olaf's partner. Oren is depicted as snarky and arrogant. Oren and his partner have an ongoing rivalry with Olive and Otto. Oren has an unusual fear of pancakes and dreams of becoming an Odd Squad director and running his own precinct.
• Other Olympia : Ms. O's old assistant. After defeating a villain, she became an agent alongside her partner Ozric. Her name used to be Olympia until she and Agent Olympia had a "name off" in the episode Other Olympia. Her name was later changed to Odal.
• Agent Owen : The head of the precinct's Security department, in charge of defending against intruders and other vital protective measures of the surrounding town, the squad and its employees. He is frequently seen going on break.
• Agent Orson : One of the baby agents, he is an excellent driver and was frequent winner of the precinct's employee of the month award until he was found to have rigged the results. In the season two finale, Agent Orson is promoted to Mr. O after the former Ms. O is promoted to the rank of Big O.
• Agent Ozlyn : Worker in the Security Department.
• Agent Ozric : Ozric used to be an assistant who worked for Ms. O at Odd Squad. After defeating a villain, he became an agent alongside her partner Olympia.
• Agent Olly : A former doctor who now assists Oksana with maintaining the building's break room and cafeteria.
• Agent Xavier from Odd Squad's Department X Special Task Force who oversee the agency's work, enforce rules and have the power to temporarily shut Odd Squad down.
• Agent Xena Agent Xavier's partner.

  Others

• Delivery Debbie : A pizzeria owner who has appeared in numerous episodes and played a key part in the series movie, Odd Squad: The Movie. Her arch rival is Delivery Doug who specializes in the sale of egg-salad sandwiches.
• Polly Graph : A girl who runs a stand selling hot chocolate or lemonade, depending on the season, outside her house. Employees of the local 'Odd Squad' precinct frequently patronize her stand. She is very fond of graphs and has just the right visual representation to deal with the situation at hand. While she is not an agent, she offers data to employees who visit her stand. On occasion, she assists with cases and internal business within the organization.
• Soundcheck : A fictitious and satirical boy band made up of Tony D., Danny T., Ringo, and Johnny J., and is well liked by most all the precinct employees. Songs by the group include Take Away Four, The Force of Gravity and Up, Down, Left, Right. Sound Check as a group appears on the album Odd Squad: Stop the Music.
• Rivka : The caretaker for the unseen Baby Genius. Agents meet with them in a dark alley, and have to give gifts that amuse Baby Genius, to get their help.

  Villains

• Agent Ohlm : A seemingly slow-witted agent who briefly served as a partner for Agent Otto, later on partnering with Agent Orchid when Otto and Olive depart the precinct. Ohlm is best known for his unpredictability, causing confusion, and getting lost. In the season two finale, it's revealed that Ohlm is in reality a clever, intelligent, calculating individual, but played at being dumb in order to destroy Odd Squad out of spite for not immediately being the Big O.
• Fladam : A villain with glasses capable of transforming anything into a two-dimensional form.
• Noisemaker : A villain who wants to fill the world with odd noises. He wears a variety of instruments all over his body that make sounds whenever he moves.
• Odd Todd : Previously Olive's partner, Todd was fired for misconduct and began to pursue villainy, taking the name of 'Odd Todd'. A recurring villain in the first season, he was outsmarted by Agent Otto and renounced villainy for other interests. In the second season, he takes up gardening and has been seen providing assistance to the precinct's employees; he briefly returns as a villain in an alternate timeline in "World Turned Odd." In the season two finale, he is running a center to help other villains reform. Early in the first season before Todd was introduced, a running gag was that the number 43, his badge number, was hidden in various places for viewers to find.
• Puppetmaster : A villainess who not only turns people into Muppet-based puppets, but also plays with sock puppets she presumably makes. She has long hair styled in an updo.
• Shapeshifter : A villain who can transform anything or anyone, including herself, into a different object or person. A younger version of Shapeshifter is seen in the movie produced to accompany the series.
• Tiny Dancer : A villain that makes inanimate objects dance on command.
• Freeze Ray Ray : A villain who can Freeze anything or anyone, including himself, using his left hand encased in his case.
• Jamie Jam: A villain who likes jam up the city. She likes to stress the difference between jams and jellies.
• Kooky Clown
• Jelly Bean Joe
• The Shadow: A villain named by Opal.
• Brutus: The Shadow's assistant

  Episode list

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