History Recap / OddSquadS3E28WelcomeToOddSquad

'''Airdate:''' October 28, 2021 [[note]]Creator/{{CBBC}} premiere of Part 1[[/note]], October 29, 2021 [[note]]CBBC premiere of Part 2[[/note]], December 31, 2021 [[note]]Limited viewing as part of Creator/PBSKids Family Night[[/note]]

* EarlyBirdRelease: The clips of Omar, Osmerelda and Oswald transforming into different outfits appears to be from upcoming episodes. It's also the only new footage in the entirety of the commercial.

* SeriesContinuityError: Boy howdy, where do we begin...
** The section of the commercial where Orpita talks about the many departments at Odd Squad.
*** The Creature Care department is simply referred to as "Creatures".
*** The Food and Beverage department is referred to as "Kitchen Services".
*** The Task Force department is misnamed "Internal Investigations". [[note]]Although it was referred to as such in the ''Odd Squad Agent's Handbook'', it is considered LooseCanon.[[/note]]
*** The Maintenance/Transportation department is just referred to as "Tube Lobby Operators", with no mention of any agents who work in the Maintenance section of the department.
*** Similarly, the Athletics and Conflict Resolution department is simply named "Athletics", and ignores the "Conflict Resolution" part entirely.
*** The commercial neglects to mention that there are over ''twenty'' different departments of Odd Squad, more than the ones that are presented.
*** Contrary to what the commercial advertises, Odd Squad Directors are part of their own separate department (Management), and it seems to imply that such a department doesn't exist.

* CurseCutShort: Subverted. Orpita begins to read the final line of the script, but stops after saying "Join Odd-", shoots a look at Oppola and the sound operator, and outright refuses to read it aloud. At first glance, one would think that the line is something inappropriate, but instead, the line is "Join Odd Squad, where heroes never fail to save the day", which Orpita states is deceptive because Odd Squad agents ''do'' fail from time to time.

* BadBadActing: Averted. Unlike Oprah, who is terrible at acting and is explicitly referred to as a nightmare to work with, Orpita is a skilled voice artist and the problems she creates for Oppala and the sound operator are perfectly justified because she's not helping out with the commercial willingly and she has a bigger issue on her hands that they fail to realize due to SkewedPriorities.
* BaitAndSwitch: Oppala tells the Mobile Unit and Orpita that they can take five...but she means ''seconds,'' not minutes.
* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: The Mobile Unit, Orpita, Oppala and the sound operator are all able to breathe fine in space despite not wearing any spacesuits or wearing any helmets. This once again [[{{Retcon}} retcons]] ''Film/OddSquadTheMovie'', where Olive, Otto, Olympia and Otis were shown going into space wearing spacesuits and could breathe fine due to the windows being rolled up tight.

** When Oppala talks about the script she made, she mentions the section where Orpita talks about how Odd Squad deals with odd problems, such as [[Recap/OddSquadS1E11HowToInterrogateAUnicornTheBriefcase having a pie for a head.]]
* CurseCutShort: Subverted. Orpita begins to read the final line of the script, but stops after saying "Join Odd-", shoots a look at Oppala and the sound operator, and outright refuses to read it aloud. At first glance, one would think that the line is something inappropriate, but instead, the line is "Join Odd Squad, where heroes never fail to save the day", which Orpita states is deceptive because Odd Squad agents ''do'' fail from time to time.

* {{Determinator}}: Oppala is very determined to film the video and get it sent to Oprah in space.

--> '''Oppala:''' So the world won't end now?

* EurekaMoment: A consistent RunningGag in the episode is Oppala lamenting about her script for the commercial and inadvertently giving the Little O an idea for how the Mobile Unit can figure out what type of Sandbeast they're dealing with.

* InstantlyProvenWrong: Oppala expresses her delight at Orpita's agreement to film a commercial for Odd Squad. Orpita is quick to tell her that she didn't agree -- Oppala simply barged in and forced her to make one.

--> ''[Oppala and the sound operator approach her, ready to film again]''

** When Oppala states that she's running out of time to send the new commercial to Oprah in space, she remarks that the current commercial isn't bad and shows it to the Mobile Unit. Everyone then immediately protests against sending it to her.
* InvincibleHero: The slogan of "[[TheGoodGuysAlwaysWin the heroes never fail to save the day]]" is used as a selling point by Oppala to get kids to apply to Odd Squad. Orpita refuses to read it as it's written on the script because it's misleading -- [[AvertedTrope Odd Squad agents do fail from time to time.]] This is backed up by the Mobile Unit running into the van and Omar telling Orpita that they failed to capture the Sandbeast.
* LiteralMetaphor: Oppala tells the Little O that kids look up to her...or down upon her, according to how tall or short they are.

* NoNeedForNames: The sound operator helping Oppala doesn't have a name. According to him, he doesn't see the point in giving himself one.

* PoorCommunicationKills: Just as Oppala hands the SD card to the agent about to head into space, the sound operator asks if it's a bad time to mention that the space pod is nonfunctional, explaining that he got it from the Odd Squad Museum of Natural Odd and that the "agent" isn't employed with Odd Squad and is a kid he found on the playground.

* ResignedToTheCall: The Little O doesn't have the time to film a commercial and initially turns down Oppala's offer, but the Audio/Visual agent forces her hand and she is forced to clear her schedule so she can provide a voiceover for the commercial, much to her chagrin.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Defied by Oppala, who frequently hinders the Little O's attempts to leave so she can help the Mobile Unit deal with the Sandbeast. Eventually she's successful in leaving, but Oppala and the sound operator just drag their equipment to the Mobile Unit's van to continue their work.

* SkewedPriorities: Oppala is more concerned with filming a commercial than the fact that a Sandbeast is roaming around town and covering places in sand.
* SpheroidDropship: Oppala and the sound operator have prepared one for the astronaut to deliver the video to Oprah in space. However, it turns out to be fake.
* TheStoic: The sound operator that helps Oppala out expresses no emotion because he's lost all hope for the world. The only single shred of hope he has is the lie that the space pod is real and that it can go to space, and the girl using it is actually a real agent. When his hope for humanity has been restored, he admits the truth.

* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Orpita's general reaction every time she's forced to provide voiceover for the commercial. Perhaps the best example of this comes when Oppala drops a bigger script that's quite a few pages thick onto Orpita's desk (thicker than the initial two-page script), and all she can give in response is an "Ohhh boy."
* [[invoked]] ThrowItIn: In-universe. Orpita doesn't rely on the script for the ending of the commercial and comes up with it completely on her own, which Oppala and the sound operator decide to include in the final product.

* WhatIsThisFeeling: The sound operator has never felt actual emotion before, and upon seeing the joy that the Mobile Unit, the Little O, and Oppala are sharing, he puts his hand to his heart and asks if this is what human emotion feels like. The Little O nods, and he says that they have restored his hope for the world.

* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Every time the Little O gets a EurekaMoment, Oppala gives a "Seriously?" in response.

* TheEeyore: The nameless sound operator is cynical and pessimistic, primarily because he has no hope for the world.

* CurseCutShort: Subverted. Orpita begins to read the final line of the script, but stops after saying "Join Odd Squad", shoots a look at Oppala and the sound operator, and outright refuses to read it aloud. At first glance, one would think that the line consists of something inappropriate, but instead the line is the slogan "Where heroes never fail to save the day", which Orpita states is deceptive because Odd Squad agents ''do'' fail from time to time.

* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: The Mobile Unit, Orpita, Oppala and the sound operator are all able to breathe fine in space despite not wearing any spacesuits or wearing any helmets, which once again [[{{Retcon}} retcons]]
* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: Orpita encourages kids who are serious, silly, or "seri-silly-ous".

* ContinuityCavalcade: Footage in numerous episodes from all three seasons is used in the commercial.

* ProductPlacement: Played with. The commercial seen in the episode, and by extension the episode itself, appears to basically be just one long entire commercial for the ''show'' called ''Odd Squad'' and not the organization of the same name, since it goes on for far longer than a commercial on TV would [[note]]For reference, the commercial that Otis films in "Odd Squad Needs You" is 30 seconds long and is meant to confirm the existence of the promos of the same name shown in-universe as interstitials between episodes[[/note]] and Creator/PBSKids doesn't usually have overly long promos. Whether this was actually the episode's intent or not, though, is unknown.

* SkewedPriorities: Oppala is more concerned with filming a commercial than the fact that a Sandbeast is is roaming around town and covering places in sand.

[[caption-width-right:350:"This is the worst script I've ever read and I've only been here for 13 episodes. Who is this 'Mark De Angelis' and 'Adam Peltzman'?"]]

* ContinuityNod: [[Recap/OddSquadS3E21OddOffThePress Once again,]] Olive and Otis are referred to as "[[OnlySandMan serious]]" agents while Otto and Olympia are referred to as the "[[ThePollyanna silly]]" agents, with footage from episodes used to represent those aspects of their personalities.

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[[caption-width-right:350:"Dear Odd Squad Mobile Unit, it is our pleasure to announce that ''Odd Squad'' has been renewed for 13 more episodes...and to celebrate, everyone gets a pay raise."]]

* CallBack: It's not the [[Recap/OddSquadS2E2BackToThePastOddSquadNeedsYou first time]] a head agent of Odd Squad has been tasked with filming a training video. However, the problems that occur aren't solely Orpita's fault.

* ContinuityNod: In the training video, a scene from "[[Recap/OddSquadS3E6TheThrillOfTheFaceRaisingTheBar Raising the Bar]]" of an agent in the Mail Department handing mail to an airborne Mobile Unit is shown.

'''Airdate:''' October 29, 2021 [[note]]Creator/{{CBBC}} premiere of Part 1[[/note]], November 1, 2021 [[note]]CBBC premiere of Part 2[[/note]], December 31, 2021 [[note]]Limited viewing as part of Creator/PBSKids Family Night[[/note]]

'''Airdate:''' December 31, 2021 [[note]]Limited viewing as part of Creator/PBSKids Family Night[[/note]], October 29, 2021 [[note]]Creator/{{CBBC}} premiere of Part 1[[/note]], November 1, 2021 [[note]]CBBC premiere of Part 2[[/note]]

'''Airdate:''' December 31, 2021 [[note]]Limited viewing as part of Creator/PBSKids Family Night[[/note]], October 29, 2021 [[note]]Creator/{{CBBC}} premiere, first part[[/note]], November 1, 2021 [[note]]CBBC premiere, second part[[/note]]

[[caption-width-right:350:"Dear Odd Squad Mobile Unit, it is our pleasure to announce that ''Odd Squad'' has been renewed for 13 more episodes...and to celebrate, everyone will receive a pay raise."]]