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** Olive gives Oksana a non-verbal example of this trope when the latter asks, in all seriousness, if the now-restored-to-humanity Oscar is going to be cut into four equal pieces.
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%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
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--> '''Ms. O:''' Umm...that one was a stretch.
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--> '''Ms. O:''' [[LampshadeHanging Umm...that one was a stretch.]]
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* GoldTooth: Olive sports one in the beginning stages of her transformation.
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* NiceHat: Olive develops one on her head that she doesn't know is on her head to begin with up until Otto points it out to her.
** Odie also has a vast collection of hats in his lab.
** Odie also has a vast collection of hats in his lab.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: If there is ''any'' episode in the series that takes the crown for being the most dark, it's this one, simply for the sheer amount of things that happen to Oscar while he is turned into a couch. Whoo ''boy,'' where to begin...
** Owen sits on Oscar and gets food all over him, and even manages to tear a hole in him.
** Oksana bedazzles him with jewels and uses him as a bed, up to and including ''sleeping on him.''
** Ms. O finds out that there's a couch in Headquarters, and after listening to various complaints, decides to ''nearly murder Oscar by sawing him into pieces.''
** When Oscar is turned back to normal, Oksana asks if the option is still on the table to ''cut him into pieces with the same saw Ms. O was going to use.''
** There was a video on Website/{{YouTube}} that had captions relaying what Oscar might have said (or at least thought) the entire episode as all of this was happening to him. While the video has since been taken down by Creator/PBSKids themselves (just for being a full rip of the episode, but with captions on it), it was '''''horrifying''''' to see what Oscar might have thought, or said, if he were able to.
** Owen sits on Oscar and gets food all over him, and even manages to tear a hole in him.
** Oksana bedazzles him with jewels and uses him as a bed, up to and including ''sleeping on him.''
** Ms. O finds out that there's a couch in Headquarters, and after listening to various complaints, decides to ''nearly murder Oscar by sawing him into pieces.''
** When Oscar is turned back to normal, Oksana asks if the option is still on the table to ''cut him into pieces with the same saw Ms. O was going to use.''
** There was a video on Website/{{YouTube}} that had captions relaying what Oscar might have said (or at least thought) the entire episode as all of this was happening to him. While the video has since been taken down by Creator/PBSKids themselves (just for being a full rip of the episode, but with captions on it), it was '''''horrifying''''' to see what Oscar might have thought, or said, if he were able to.
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%% * GettingCrapPastTheRadar: GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If there is ''any'' episode you are reading this in the series that takes future, please check the crown for being trope page to make sure your example fits the most dark, it's this one, simply for the sheer amount of things that happen to Oscar while he is turned into a couch. Whoo ''boy,'' where to begin...
** Owen sits on Oscar and gets food all over him, and even manages to tear a hole in him.
** Oksana bedazzles him with jewels and uses him as a bed, up to and including ''sleeping on him.''
** Ms. O finds out that there's a couch in Headquarters, and after listening to various complaints, decides to ''nearly murder Oscar by sawing him into pieces.''
** When Oscar is turned back to normal, Oksana asks if the option is still on the table to ''cut him into pieces with the same saw Ms. O was going to use.''
** There was a video on Website/{{YouTube}} that had captions relaying what Oscar might have said (or at least thought) the entire episode as all of this was happening to him. While the video has since been taken down by Creator/PBSKids themselves (just for being a full rip of the episode, but with captions on it), it was '''''horrifying''''' to see what Oscar might have thought, or said, if he were able to.current definition.
** Owen sits on Oscar and gets food all over him, and even manages to tear a hole in him.
** Oksana bedazzles him with jewels and uses him as a bed, up to and including ''sleeping on him.''
** Ms. O finds out that there's a couch in Headquarters, and after listening to various complaints, decides to ''nearly murder Oscar by sawing him into pieces.''
** When Oscar is turned back to normal, Oksana asks if the option is still on the table to ''cut him into pieces with the same saw Ms. O was going to use.''
** There was a video on Website/{{YouTube}} that had captions relaying what Oscar might have said (or at least thought) the entire episode as all of this was happening to him. While the video has since been taken down by Creator/PBSKids themselves (just for being a full rip of the episode, but with captions on it), it was '''''horrifying''''' to see what Oscar might have thought, or said, if he were able to.
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* [[invoked]] {{Adorkable}}: Barring Oscar, who is this trope by nature, all of the Lab Directors fall under this, and each have their own quirks -- O'Quincy is a GibberingGenius but a NiceGuy, Odelia is ThePrankster who has a kind heart and is willing to help out, and Odie is also a NiceGuy who forgives Oscar when he apologizes for stealing his hairstyles.
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* {{Adorkable}}: Barring Oscar, who is this trope by nature, all of the Lab Directors fall under this, and each have their own quirks -- O'Quincy is a GibberingGenius but a NiceGuy, Odelia is ThePrankster who has a kind heart and is willing to help out, and Odie is also a NiceGuy who forgives Oscar when he apologizes for stealing his hairstyles.
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* [[invoked]] {{Adorkable}}: Barring Oscar, who is this trope by nature, all of the Lab Directors fall under this, and each have their own quirks -- O'Quincy is a GibberingGenius but a NiceGuy, Odelia is ThePrankster who has a kind heart and is willing to help out, and Odie is also a NiceGuy who forgives Oscar when he apologizes for stealing his hairstyles.
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* TimeToMove: Parodied with Otto and Olive moving the couch along a narrow hallway. Naturally, HilarityEnsues when both agents complain about it, even more so when Otto manages to create what is implied to be a big rip in it.
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* TimeToMove: Parodied with Otto and Olive moving the couch along a narrow hallway. Naturally, HilarityEnsues when both agents complain about it, even more so when Otto manages to create what is implied to be a big rip in it.the couch.
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* OnlyGoodPeopleMayPass: Oscar took extra security measures to protect the Un-Couch-inator due to it being a powerful gadget that, if it fell into the wrong hands, would cause destruction. Said security measures include hypnotizing three agents into remembering the passcode to unlock the briefcase that contains it, which also prevents them from telling any random agent the passcode unless said agent knows how to get them to fess up (clap your hands two times and say "Couch alert").
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* OnlyGoodPeopleMayPass: Oscar took extra security measures to protect the Un-Couch-inator due to it being a powerful gadget that, if it fell into the wrong hands, would cause destruction. Said security measures include hypnotizing three agents into remembering the passcode to unlock the briefcase that contains it, which also prevents them from telling any random agent the passcode unless said agent knows how to get them to fess up (clap your hands two times and say "Couch "couch alert").
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* ThisIsMyChair: Quite a few people claim Oscar-as-a-couch as theirs, including Owen and Oksana. They, along with O'Callaghan, all make complaints to Ms. O about why they should get a couch, while Olive and Otto figure out the final number in the passcode. Eventually, Ms. O decides to end the argument by splitting it in four pieces.
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* ThisIsMyChair: Quite a few people claim Oscar-as-a-couch as theirs, including Owen and Oksana. They, along with O'Callaghan, all make complaints to Ms. O about why they should get a couch, while Olive and Otto figure out the final number in the passcode. Eventually, Ms. O decides to end the argument by splitting it in four pieces.pieces, but doesn't get very far before Otto turns Oscar back to normal.
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* StealthHiBye: Debbie pulls this twice with Olive and Otto in the ColdOpen, using her issue of reappearing outside whenever she enters a customer's house. The second time, however, she reveals that she came out the back door and scared the partner pair that way.
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* StealthHiBye: Debbie pulls this twice with Olive and Otto in the ColdOpen, using her issue of reappearing outside whenever she enters a customer's house. The second time, however, she reveals that she came out the back side door and scared the partner pair that way.
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--> '''Olive:''' I'll go find out the numbers, you guard the couch. ''(runs off)''
--> '''Otto:''' What do you mean, "guard the couch"? It's a ''couch,'' where's it gonna go? ''(muttering)'' Olive...
--> ''(turns around to find the couch gone)''
--> '''Otto:''' What do you mean, "guard the couch"? It's a ''couch,'' where's it gonna go? ''(muttering)'' Olive...
--> ''(turns around to find the couch gone)''
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--> '''Olive:''' I'll go find out the numbers, you guard the couch. ''(runs off)''
''[runs off]''
--> '''Otto:''' What do you mean, "guard the couch"? It's a ''couch,'' where's it gonna go?''(muttering)'' ''[muttering]'' Olive...
-->''(turns ''[turns around to find the couch gone)''gone]''
--> '''Otto:''' What do you mean, "guard the couch"? It's a ''couch,'' where's it gonna go?
-->
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--> '''Olive:''' Good news: I got one number. Just two more left to open the briefcase. ''(starts to run off)''
--> '''Otto:''' Whoawhoawhoawhoawhoa! ''(Olive comes back)'' This time, ''I'm'' going to get the numbers, and ''you're'' staying here, to guard the couch. Trust me, it's...it's way harder than it looks. ''(he walks away)''
--> '''Olive:''' What do you ''mean,'' "way harder"? ''(sighs)''
--> ''(turns around to find the couch, you guessed it, gone)''
--> '''Olive:''' [[OhCrap Oh no.]] Oscar? ''(looks around the lab)'' ''Couch?''
--> '''Otto:''' Whoawhoawhoawhoawhoa! ''(Olive comes back)'' This time, ''I'm'' going to get the numbers, and ''you're'' staying here, to guard the couch. Trust me, it's...it's way harder than it looks. ''(he walks away)''
--> '''Olive:''' What do you ''mean,'' "way harder"? ''(sighs)''
--> ''(turns around to find the couch, you guessed it, gone)''
--> '''Olive:''' [[OhCrap Oh no.]] Oscar? ''(looks around the lab)'' ''Couch?''
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--> '''Olive:''' Good news: I got one number. Just two more left to open the briefcase. ''(starts ''[starts to run off)''
off]''
--> '''Otto:''' Whoawhoawhoawhoawhoa!''(Olive ''[Olive comes back)'' back]'' This time, ''I'm'' going to get the numbers, and ''you're'' staying here, to guard the couch. Trust me, it's...it's way harder than it looks. ''(he ''[he walks away)''
away]''
--> '''Olive:''' What do you ''mean,'' "way harder"?''(sighs)''
''[sighs]''
-->''(turns ''[turns around to find the couch, you guessed it, gone)''
gone]''
--> '''Olive:''' [[OhCrap Oh no.]] Oscar?''(looks ''[looks around the lab)'' lab]'' ''Couch?''
--> '''Otto:''' Whoawhoawhoawhoawhoa!
--> '''Olive:''' What do you ''mean,'' "way harder"?
-->
--> '''Olive:''' [[OhCrap Oh no.]] Oscar?
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* DisapprovingLook: Otto delivers quite a few of these throughout the episode, combined with [[DeathGlare a few Death Glares]] -- [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/oddsquad/images/a/a5/Screenshot_2020-06-28_30%282%29.png/revision/latest?cb=20200628233226 once towards Olive]] when she [[TemptingFate tempts fate]] by saying how thieving agents can be, [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/oddsquad/images/8/83/Screenshot_2020-06-28_30%283%29.png/revision/latest?cb=20200628234747 another towards Owen]] when he attempts to steal Oscar's briefcase (along with Olive, who also gives one), and [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/oddsquad/images/f/f3/Screen_shot_2016-05-21_at_2.53.19_PM.png/revision/latest?cb=20160522004629 one to Oscar]] when he explains how he put the Un-Couch-inator in a briefcase.
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* DisapprovingLook: Otto delivers quite a few of these throughout the episode, combined with [[DeathGlare a few Death Glares]] -- [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/oddsquad/images/a/a5/Screenshot_2020-06-28_30%282%29.png/revision/latest?cb=20200628233226 once one towards Olive]] when she [[TemptingFate tempts fate]] by saying how thieving agents can be, [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/oddsquad/images/8/83/Screenshot_2020-06-28_30%283%29.png/revision/latest?cb=20200628234747 another towards Owen]] when he attempts to steal Oscar's briefcase (along with Olive, who also gives one), and [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/oddsquad/images/f/f3/Screen_shot_2016-05-21_at_2.53.19_PM.png/revision/latest?cb=20160522004629 one to Oscar]] when he explains how he put the Un-Couch-inator in a briefcase.
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* DraggedByTheCollar: Oscar yanks Olive and Otto closer to him by their shoulders.
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* DraggedByTheCollar: Oscar yanks Olive and Otto closer to him by their shoulders.shoulders shortly after he zaps himself with the Couch-inator.
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** Ms. O finds out that there's a couch in Headquarters, and after listening to various complaints, decides to '''''nearly murder Oscar by sawing him into pieces.'''''
** When Oscar is turned back to normal, Oksana asks if the option is still on the table to '''''cut him in half with the same saw Ms. O was going to use.'''''
** When Oscar is turned back to normal, Oksana asks if the option is still on the table to '''''cut him in half with the same saw Ms. O was going to use.'''''
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** Ms. O finds out that there's a couch in Headquarters, and after listening to various complaints, decides to '''''nearly ''nearly murder Oscar by sawing him into pieces.'''''
''
** When Oscar is turned back to normal, Oksana asks if the option is still on the table to'''''cut ''cut him in half into pieces with the same saw Ms. O was going to use.'''''''
** When Oscar is turned back to normal, Oksana asks if the option is still on the table to
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--> '''Olive:''' Maybe it would make ''more'' sense to lock up the gadget that ''turns'' you into the thing...instead of the gadget that ''fixes you!!''
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--> '''Olive:''' Maybe it would make ''more'' sense to lock up the gadget that ''turns'' you into the thing...instead of the gadget that ''fixes you!!''you!''
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* DoYouWantToHaggle: Otto bargains with Owen in order to get the couch back. The agent offers to clean Owen's security monitors for a week, then Owen drives up the price ''insanely'' high by putting down 18 years. Otto brings it back down by offering to clean the monitors for 2 weeks, which Owen agrees to.
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* DoYouWantToHaggle: Otto bargains with Owen in order to get the couch back. The agent offers to clean Owen's security monitors for a week, then Owen drives up the price ''insanely'' high by putting down offering 18 years. Otto brings it back down by offering to clean the monitors for 2 weeks, which Owen agrees to.
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"This is not the is'' '''''not''''' ''the way I thought today was gonna go."'']]
* BecauseISaidSo: The exchange between Olive and Oksana in regards to Oscar-as-a-couch goes like this.
--> '''Olive:''' That's not your couch.
--> '''Oksana:''' Yes it is. You can tell it is because I have it.
--> '''Olive:''' But ''I'' need it because-
--> ''[Oksana goes back to applying gems to the couch]''
--> '''Olive:''' Because I just need it!
* BeyondTheImpossible: Orchid somehow manages to take Otto's socks off of his feet and out of his shoes without even ''touching the shoes themselves.'' Not only that, but she somehow manages to ''place Otto's glasses on his face without even touching them.'' Otto even asks her how she does the former before she [[HandWave Hand Waves]] it with "Relax, I already gave you back your glasses."
* BigNo: Olive and Otto give one in unison when Ms. O declares that the couch be thrown out.
* BlatantLies: Olive lies to Ms. O about who the couch belongs to by saying that it belongs in the lab. Cue Owen becoming upset that the Scientists now get a couch, instead of Security agents.
* BungledHypnotism: While Olive and Otto are able to hypnotize Dr. O and Orchid with ease by following Oscar's instructions, they don't know how to ''undo'' the hypnosis, as Oscar didn't tell them. As a result, both of them resort to clapping their hands two times and saying "uncouch alert", which ends up working.
* ContinuityNod: Word problems are used as the mathematical {{Aesop}} [[Recap/OddSquadS1E12BestSeatsInTheHouseAgentObfusco again.]]
** [[Recap/OddSquadS1E11HowToInterrogateAUnicornTheBriefcase Yet another character]] is revealed to wear glasses -- and like with Ms. O, Otto is never seen wearing glasses at any point during the show.
** Otto [[Recap/OddSquadS1E14TheJackiesInvasionOfTheBodySwitchers once again]] attempts to reassure Orchid that everything is okay after a scary situation occurs. However, this time it turns out to be a subversion, as Otto tells Orchid that she helped him out, and for once, she's glad to be reassured.
* DelayedReaction: Otto passes Orchid in the Trophy Room and greets her. A second later, he realizes that Orchid is the agent he's looking for.
* DidntSeeThatComing: Otto remarks that having Oscar turn into a couch was ''not'' how he thought the day was going to go for him.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Oscar has an Un-Couch-inator gadget that can turn him back to normal. The only thing preventing him from using it is the fact that it's locked inside of a briefcase that requires a passcode to open it, which he's forgotten. Olive [[LampshadeHanging hangs a lampshade]] on the trope by [[WhatTheHellHero rightfully chewing Oscar out.]]
--> '''Olive:''' Maybe it would make ''more'' sense to lock up the gadget that ''turns'' you into the thing...instead of the gadget that ''fixes you!!''
* DisapprovingLook: Otto delivers quite a few of these throughout the episode, combined with [[DeathGlare a few Death Glares]] -- [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/oddsquad/images/a/a5/Screenshot_2020-06-28_30%282%29.png/revision/latest?cb=20200628233226 once towards Olive]] when she [[TemptingFate tempts fate]] by saying how thieving agents can be, [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/oddsquad/images/8/83/Screenshot_2020-06-28_30%283%29.png/revision/latest?cb=20200628234747 another towards Owen]] when he attempts to steal Oscar's briefcase (along with Olive, who also gives one), and [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/oddsquad/images/f/f3/Screen_shot_2016-05-21_at_2.53.19_PM.png/revision/latest?cb=20160522004629 one to Oscar]] when he explains how he put the Un-Couch-inator in a briefcase.
* DistinctionWithoutADifference: This exchange ensues between the Main 3 (bar Ms. O) right after the ColdOpen.
--> '''Oscar:''' Hey guys, so we got a couple new gadgets for you, uh, here's the Snow-Go-Away-inator, and here's the Snow-Disappear-inator-
--> '''Otto:''' Wait! [[LampshadeHanging Aren't those two the same thing?]]
--> '''Oscar:''' [[RapidFireNo No-no-no-no-no-no-no-no.]] This one ''[the Snow-Disappear-inator]'' has a handle.
--> ''[Olive gives an exhausted, snark-filled DisapprovingLook]''
* DoYouWantToHaggle: Otto bargains with Owen in order to get the couch back. The agent offers to clean Owen's security monitors for a week, then Owen drives up the price ''insanely'' high by putting down 18 years. Otto brings it back down by offering to clean the monitors for 2 weeks, which Owen agrees to.
* DraggedByTheCollar: Oscar yanks Olive and Otto closer to him by their shoulders.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Otto may be a BigEater, but when it comes to other people's messy eating habits, he's not too fond of them.
--> '''Owen:''' Just watch out for the gum.
--> ''[Otto slowly pries his hand off of the couch as it's covered in chewed gum]''
--> '''Otto:''' ''(groans in disgust)''
* FacialDialogue: This episode has some of the most high-quality face expressions to date, especially amongst the Main 4. For example, take [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/oddsquad/images/7/77/Screenshot_2020-06-28_30%281%29.png/revision/latest?cb=20200628191342 this expression]] of Otto reacting in horror to Oscar's gradual transformation, whereas in most episodes, [[WildTake Wild Takes]] aren't usually his thing (the last time he pulled a WildTake was back in [[Recap/OddSquadS1E24TrainingDay "Training Day")]].
* GemEncrusted: Oksana is shown applying gems to the couch in order to "make it more me." Similarly, the wrench she's using to do so is also bedazzled with gems. When Oscar turns back to normal at the end of the episode, the gems are stuck on one half of his body.
--> '''Olive:''' That's not your couch.
--> '''Oksana:''' Yes it is. You can tell it is because I have it.
--> '''Olive:''' But ''I'' need it because-
--> ''[Oksana goes back to applying gems to the couch]''
--> '''Olive:''' Because I just need it!
* BeyondTheImpossible: Orchid somehow manages to take Otto's socks off of his feet and out of his shoes without even ''touching the shoes themselves.'' Not only that, but she somehow manages to ''place Otto's glasses on his face without even touching them.'' Otto even asks her how she does the former before she [[HandWave Hand Waves]] it with "Relax, I already gave you back your glasses."
* BigNo: Olive and Otto give one in unison when Ms. O declares that the couch be thrown out.
* BlatantLies: Olive lies to Ms. O about who the couch belongs to by saying that it belongs in the lab. Cue Owen becoming upset that the Scientists now get a couch, instead of Security agents.
* BungledHypnotism: While Olive and Otto are able to hypnotize Dr. O and Orchid with ease by following Oscar's instructions, they don't know how to ''undo'' the hypnosis, as Oscar didn't tell them. As a result, both of them resort to clapping their hands two times and saying "uncouch alert", which ends up working.
* ContinuityNod: Word problems are used as the mathematical {{Aesop}} [[Recap/OddSquadS1E12BestSeatsInTheHouseAgentObfusco again.]]
** [[Recap/OddSquadS1E11HowToInterrogateAUnicornTheBriefcase Yet another character]] is revealed to wear glasses -- and like with Ms. O, Otto is never seen wearing glasses at any point during the show.
** Otto [[Recap/OddSquadS1E14TheJackiesInvasionOfTheBodySwitchers once again]] attempts to reassure Orchid that everything is okay after a scary situation occurs. However, this time it turns out to be a subversion, as Otto tells Orchid that she helped him out, and for once, she's glad to be reassured.
* DelayedReaction: Otto passes Orchid in the Trophy Room and greets her. A second later, he realizes that Orchid is the agent he's looking for.
* DidntSeeThatComing: Otto remarks that having Oscar turn into a couch was ''not'' how he thought the day was going to go for him.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Oscar has an Un-Couch-inator gadget that can turn him back to normal. The only thing preventing him from using it is the fact that it's locked inside of a briefcase that requires a passcode to open it, which he's forgotten. Olive [[LampshadeHanging hangs a lampshade]] on the trope by [[WhatTheHellHero rightfully chewing Oscar out.]]
--> '''Olive:''' Maybe it would make ''more'' sense to lock up the gadget that ''turns'' you into the thing...instead of the gadget that ''fixes you!!''
* DisapprovingLook: Otto delivers quite a few of these throughout the episode, combined with [[DeathGlare a few Death Glares]] -- [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/oddsquad/images/a/a5/Screenshot_2020-06-28_30%282%29.png/revision/latest?cb=20200628233226 once towards Olive]] when she [[TemptingFate tempts fate]] by saying how thieving agents can be, [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/oddsquad/images/8/83/Screenshot_2020-06-28_30%283%29.png/revision/latest?cb=20200628234747 another towards Owen]] when he attempts to steal Oscar's briefcase (along with Olive, who also gives one), and [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/oddsquad/images/f/f3/Screen_shot_2016-05-21_at_2.53.19_PM.png/revision/latest?cb=20160522004629 one to Oscar]] when he explains how he put the Un-Couch-inator in a briefcase.
* DistinctionWithoutADifference: This exchange ensues between the Main 3 (bar Ms. O) right after the ColdOpen.
--> '''Oscar:''' Hey guys, so we got a couple new gadgets for you, uh, here's the Snow-Go-Away-inator, and here's the Snow-Disappear-inator-
--> '''Otto:''' Wait! [[LampshadeHanging Aren't those two the same thing?]]
--> '''Oscar:''' [[RapidFireNo No-no-no-no-no-no-no-no.]] This one ''[the Snow-Disappear-inator]'' has a handle.
--> ''[Olive gives an exhausted, snark-filled DisapprovingLook]''
* DoYouWantToHaggle: Otto bargains with Owen in order to get the couch back. The agent offers to clean Owen's security monitors for a week, then Owen drives up the price ''insanely'' high by putting down 18 years. Otto brings it back down by offering to clean the monitors for 2 weeks, which Owen agrees to.
* DraggedByTheCollar: Oscar yanks Olive and Otto closer to him by their shoulders.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Otto may be a BigEater, but when it comes to other people's messy eating habits, he's not too fond of them.
--> '''Owen:''' Just watch out for the gum.
--> ''[Otto slowly pries his hand off of the couch as it's covered in chewed gum]''
--> '''Otto:''' ''(groans in disgust)''
* FacialDialogue: This episode has some of the most high-quality face expressions to date, especially amongst the Main 4. For example, take [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/oddsquad/images/7/77/Screenshot_2020-06-28_30%281%29.png/revision/latest?cb=20200628191342 this expression]] of Otto reacting in horror to Oscar's gradual transformation, whereas in most episodes, [[WildTake Wild Takes]] aren't usually his thing (the last time he pulled a WildTake was back in [[Recap/OddSquadS1E24TrainingDay "Training Day")]].
* GemEncrusted: Oksana is shown applying gems to the couch in order to "make it more me." Similarly, the wrench she's using to do so is also bedazzled with gems. When Oscar turns back to normal at the end of the episode, the gems are stuck on one half of his body.
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** Ms. O finds out that there's a couch in Headquarters and proceeds to '''''nearly murder Oscar by sawing him in half.'''''
** When Oscar is turned back to normal, Oksana asks to '''''cut him in half with the same saw Ms. O was going to use.'''''
** When Oscar is turned back to normal, Oksana asks to '''''cut him in half with the same saw Ms. O was going to use.'''''
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** Ms. O finds out that there's a couch in Headquarters Headquarters, and proceeds after listening to various complaints, decides to '''''nearly murder Oscar by sawing him in half.into pieces.'''''
** When Oscar is turned back to normal, Oksana asks if the option is still on the table to '''''cut him in half with the same saw Ms. O was going to use.'''''
** When Oscar is turned back to normal, Oksana asks if the option is still on the table to '''''cut him in half with the same saw Ms. O was going to use.'''''
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* ThisIsMyChair: Quite a few people claim Oscar-as-a-couch as theirs, including Owen and Oksana.
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* GottaHaveItGonnaStealIt: Owen and Oksana end up stealing the couch right from under Otto and Olive's noses, respectively (they are unaware the couch is actually Oscar). When confronted about stealing it, they explain that their departments don't allow them to get a couch, and think that because Olive and Otto are of a higher ranking than them, they get to have a couch (O'Callaghan doesn't steal the couch, but has the same complaint). Eventually, Ms. O resigns to attempting to first get rid of it, then cut it into four pieces.
* HiddenDepths: Oscar is revealed to be quite skilled at [[MindManipulation hypnotism,]] having hypnotized Dr. O, Orchid and Obfusco into remembering the three numbers in the passcode to unlock the briefcase. Similarly, Olive and Otto show themselves to be quite apt at sending Dr. O and Orchid into respective trances, simply by clapping their hands twice and saying "couch alert" (Otto in particular gains the knowledge to clap twice to have a hypnotized agent repeat themselves).
--> '''Otto:''' You can ''hypnotize'' people?
--> '''Oscar:''' Yeah!
--> '''Otto:''' ''(whispers in amazement)'' That is so cool.
** Beneath her EmotionlessGirl exterior, Oksana reveals that she has [[RhymesOnADime a thing for bling.]]
* HisNameIs: A non-lethal variant -- Oscar turns into a couch just before he can tell Olive and Otto why Ms. O shouldn't find out about the incident. Unfortunately for him, Ms. O ''does'' end up finding out...but it's only because she realizes there's a couch in Headquarters, not because she realizes the couch is Oscar.
* HypnoFool: Averted; neither Olive nor Otto become hypnotized themselves from Dr. O or Orchid.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Ms. O confronts Olive and Otto about bringing a couch into Headquarters and remarks that no one gets a couch...yet she has two couches in her ''very own office,'' as well as other comfortable seating.
* InsaneTrollLogic: Oksana believes that her making food falls under the realms of science, security...and tube-operating.
--> '''Ms. O:''' Umm...that one was a stretch.
* IResembleThatRemark: Olive remarks that [[TemptingFate people will take anything in HQ if it's not nailed down.]] As Otto helps her move the couch, Owen attempts to take the briefcase containing the Un-Couch-inator gadget.
* IronButtMonkey: Oscar endures a ''lot'' throughout the episode, and yet is still standing when he's turned back to normal. [[KarmaHoudini Ms. O doesn't even]] ''[[KarmaHoudini bother]]'' [[KarmaHoudini to punish him because she can see what he's had to go through.]]
* LastSecondWordSwap: Olive begins to tell Dr. O what Oscar turned into, but manages to catch herself just in time and disregards the sentence.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Oscar accidentally presses a button on the Couch-inator that he is showing to Olive and Otto, which gradually turns him into a couch and kickstarts the plot of the episode.
** Owen and Oksana are also guilty of this trope for what they do to Oscar while he's a couch.
** Olive and Otto manage to rip Oscar-as-a-couch while guiding him through a narrow hallway.
* OffscreenRealityWarp: This occurs numerous times throughout the episode, more notably when the camera cuts away from Oksana lying on Oscar-as-a-couch while Olive gives her RousingSpeech (with the camera cutting to a close-up of Olive at one point), only for the agent to turn around less than ''five seconds later'' to find that Oksana has pulled out the hideaway bed and is already covered in a blanket.
* OhCrap: Quite a few throughout the episode, with two of the most notable being Oscar accidentally zapping himself with the Couch-inator, and Olive and Otto giving looks of horror when they manage to rip Oscar-as-a-couch.
* OnlyGoodPeopleMayPass: Oscar took extra security measures to protect the Un-Couch-inator due to it being a powerful gadget that, if it fell into the wrong hands, would cause destruction. Said security measures include hypnotizing three agents into remembering the passcode to unlock the briefcase that contains it, which also prevents them from telling any random agent the passcode unless said agent knows how to get them to fess up (clap your hands two times and say "Couch alert").
* ThePigPen: Owen is an absolute slob when it comes to eating on a couch. It becomes even worse when one realizes the couch is actually ''Oscar.''
* PlayingDoctor: Subverted by Dr. O, who claims that she's doing this with a patient, then says that she's not playing doctor because she's an actual doctor.
* PrimAndProperBun: Olive sports one of these while dressed as a cafeteria worker.
* PurelyAestheticGlasses: Otto has a pair that Orchid gives back to him -- however, throughout his time on the show, he is never shown wearing glasses, or even having any sort of vision problem.
* RousingSpeech: Olive gives a short one when trying to convince Oksana to hand over the couch.
--> '''Oksana:''' I see. You think agents deserve a couch more than the cafeteria workers? Or should I say worker? There's really just one of me.
--> '''Olive:''' ''No!'' That's not what I mean. ''[turns and dramatically walks towards the camera]'' Every department is important. We're all part of one big family, working together. ''[sighs and begins to turn around]'' Can you- '''''AAAH!!'''''
* ShipTease: There is a ''ton'' of it to be found with Owen and Oksana and how they treat Oscar-as-a-couch. It's somewhat justified by the fact that they are unaware that the couch they are using happens to be Oscar.
* StealthHiBye: Debbie pulls this twice with Olive and Otto in the ColdOpen, using her issue of reappearing outside whenever she enters a customer's house. The second time, however, she reveals that she came out the back door and scared the partner pair that way.
* StolenByStayingStill: Played with. The couch is stolen by both Owen and Oksana right as Olive and Otto aren't looking, and the selective camera angles make it seem as though the couch simply disappeared. However, the partner pair find that the couch hasn't gone very far -- Owen has it set up in the Security control room (which is right next to the lab), and Oksana has it set up in the Breakroom.
* TakeThat: The episode makes a subtle dig at those who like pineapple on pizza, as the house Debbie is entering is a "No Hawaiian Pizza Zone", meaning it kicks her out the second she enters it. Once the pizza is turned into a cheese pizza, she's able to go inside and deliver it to the customer.
* TemptingFate: Otto and Olive both do this twice, making remarks about the couch just before it's stolen.
--> '''Olive:''' I'll go find out the numbers, you guard the couch. ''(runs off)''
--> '''Otto:''' What do you mean, "guard the couch"? It's a ''couch,'' where's it gonna go? ''(muttering)'' Olive...
--> ''(turns around to find the couch gone)''
--> '''Otto:''' Oh ''no!''
--> '''Olive:''' Good news: I got one number. Just two more left to open the briefcase. ''(starts to run off)''
--> '''Otto:''' Whoawhoawhoawhoawhoa! ''(Olive comes back)'' This time, ''I'm'' going to get the numbers, and ''you're'' staying here, to guard the couch. Trust me, it's...it's way harder than it looks. ''(he walks away)''
--> '''Olive:''' What do you ''mean,'' "way harder"? ''(sighs)''
--> ''(turns around to find the couch, you guessed it, gone)''
--> '''Olive:''' [[OhCrap Oh no.]] Oscar? ''(looks around the lab)'' ''Couch?''
* ThisIsMyChair: Quite a few people claim Oscar-as-a-couch as theirs, including Owen and Oksana. They, along with O'Callaghan, all make complaints to Ms. O about why they should get a couch, while Olive and Otto figure out the final number in the passcode. Eventually, Ms. O decides to end the argument by splitting it in four pieces.
* TimeToMove: Parodied with Otto and Olive moving the couch along a narrow hallway. Naturally, HilarityEnsues when both agents complain about it, even more so when Otto manages to create what is implied to be a big rip in it.
--> '''Otto:''' Are you even ''lifting'' at your end?
--> '''Olive:''' Of ''course'' I am!
* WagerSlave: Oksana lets Olive have the couch ''if'' she takes her place as the sole Odd Squad cafeteria worker and does the dishes while Oksana gets a well-deserved nap. The agent is fine with the deal...[[ThisIsGonnaSuck until she sees just how high the pile of dirty dishes is.]]
* WeHaveWaysOfMakingYouTalk: Dr. O refuses to tell Olive the first number in the passcode to open the briefcase and denies any knowledge of it. What does Olive do in response? She immediately hypnotizes Dr. O by using the instructions Oscar taught her: clapping her hands twice and saying "couch alert".
* WhatTheHellHero: Olive and Otto unleash a ''hell'' of a lot of this on Oscar for not only locking the Un-Couch-inator gadget inside of a briefcase, but for forgetting the passcode to open said briefcase.
** Olive also has a moment of this when Otto accidentally rips the couch.
* WhatWereYouThinking: Olive has this reaction when she finds out that Oscar hid the number within a word problem that he gave to Dr. O.
* YouAreTooLate: Olive and Otto manage to just barely miss Obfusco, whom they need to obtain the final number in the passcode. Regardless, they still manage to figure out the number on their own and successfully open the briefcase.
* HiddenDepths: Oscar is revealed to be quite skilled at [[MindManipulation hypnotism,]] having hypnotized Dr. O, Orchid and Obfusco into remembering the three numbers in the passcode to unlock the briefcase. Similarly, Olive and Otto show themselves to be quite apt at sending Dr. O and Orchid into respective trances, simply by clapping their hands twice and saying "couch alert" (Otto in particular gains the knowledge to clap twice to have a hypnotized agent repeat themselves).
--> '''Otto:''' You can ''hypnotize'' people?
--> '''Oscar:''' Yeah!
--> '''Otto:''' ''(whispers in amazement)'' That is so cool.
** Beneath her EmotionlessGirl exterior, Oksana reveals that she has [[RhymesOnADime a thing for bling.]]
* HisNameIs: A non-lethal variant -- Oscar turns into a couch just before he can tell Olive and Otto why Ms. O shouldn't find out about the incident. Unfortunately for him, Ms. O ''does'' end up finding out...but it's only because she realizes there's a couch in Headquarters, not because she realizes the couch is Oscar.
* HypnoFool: Averted; neither Olive nor Otto become hypnotized themselves from Dr. O or Orchid.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Ms. O confronts Olive and Otto about bringing a couch into Headquarters and remarks that no one gets a couch...yet she has two couches in her ''very own office,'' as well as other comfortable seating.
* InsaneTrollLogic: Oksana believes that her making food falls under the realms of science, security...and tube-operating.
--> '''Ms. O:''' Umm...that one was a stretch.
* IResembleThatRemark: Olive remarks that [[TemptingFate people will take anything in HQ if it's not nailed down.]] As Otto helps her move the couch, Owen attempts to take the briefcase containing the Un-Couch-inator gadget.
* IronButtMonkey: Oscar endures a ''lot'' throughout the episode, and yet is still standing when he's turned back to normal. [[KarmaHoudini Ms. O doesn't even]] ''[[KarmaHoudini bother]]'' [[KarmaHoudini to punish him because she can see what he's had to go through.]]
* LastSecondWordSwap: Olive begins to tell Dr. O what Oscar turned into, but manages to catch herself just in time and disregards the sentence.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Oscar accidentally presses a button on the Couch-inator that he is showing to Olive and Otto, which gradually turns him into a couch and kickstarts the plot of the episode.
** Owen and Oksana are also guilty of this trope for what they do to Oscar while he's a couch.
** Olive and Otto manage to rip Oscar-as-a-couch while guiding him through a narrow hallway.
* OffscreenRealityWarp: This occurs numerous times throughout the episode, more notably when the camera cuts away from Oksana lying on Oscar-as-a-couch while Olive gives her RousingSpeech (with the camera cutting to a close-up of Olive at one point), only for the agent to turn around less than ''five seconds later'' to find that Oksana has pulled out the hideaway bed and is already covered in a blanket.
* OhCrap: Quite a few throughout the episode, with two of the most notable being Oscar accidentally zapping himself with the Couch-inator, and Olive and Otto giving looks of horror when they manage to rip Oscar-as-a-couch.
* OnlyGoodPeopleMayPass: Oscar took extra security measures to protect the Un-Couch-inator due to it being a powerful gadget that, if it fell into the wrong hands, would cause destruction. Said security measures include hypnotizing three agents into remembering the passcode to unlock the briefcase that contains it, which also prevents them from telling any random agent the passcode unless said agent knows how to get them to fess up (clap your hands two times and say "Couch alert").
* ThePigPen: Owen is an absolute slob when it comes to eating on a couch. It becomes even worse when one realizes the couch is actually ''Oscar.''
* PlayingDoctor: Subverted by Dr. O, who claims that she's doing this with a patient, then says that she's not playing doctor because she's an actual doctor.
* PrimAndProperBun: Olive sports one of these while dressed as a cafeteria worker.
* PurelyAestheticGlasses: Otto has a pair that Orchid gives back to him -- however, throughout his time on the show, he is never shown wearing glasses, or even having any sort of vision problem.
* RousingSpeech: Olive gives a short one when trying to convince Oksana to hand over the couch.
--> '''Oksana:''' I see. You think agents deserve a couch more than the cafeteria workers? Or should I say worker? There's really just one of me.
--> '''Olive:''' ''No!'' That's not what I mean. ''[turns and dramatically walks towards the camera]'' Every department is important. We're all part of one big family, working together. ''[sighs and begins to turn around]'' Can you- '''''AAAH!!'''''
* ShipTease: There is a ''ton'' of it to be found with Owen and Oksana and how they treat Oscar-as-a-couch. It's somewhat justified by the fact that they are unaware that the couch they are using happens to be Oscar.
* StealthHiBye: Debbie pulls this twice with Olive and Otto in the ColdOpen, using her issue of reappearing outside whenever she enters a customer's house. The second time, however, she reveals that she came out the back door and scared the partner pair that way.
* StolenByStayingStill: Played with. The couch is stolen by both Owen and Oksana right as Olive and Otto aren't looking, and the selective camera angles make it seem as though the couch simply disappeared. However, the partner pair find that the couch hasn't gone very far -- Owen has it set up in the Security control room (which is right next to the lab), and Oksana has it set up in the Breakroom.
* TakeThat: The episode makes a subtle dig at those who like pineapple on pizza, as the house Debbie is entering is a "No Hawaiian Pizza Zone", meaning it kicks her out the second she enters it. Once the pizza is turned into a cheese pizza, she's able to go inside and deliver it to the customer.
* TemptingFate: Otto and Olive both do this twice, making remarks about the couch just before it's stolen.
--> '''Olive:''' I'll go find out the numbers, you guard the couch. ''(runs off)''
--> '''Otto:''' What do you mean, "guard the couch"? It's a ''couch,'' where's it gonna go? ''(muttering)'' Olive...
--> ''(turns around to find the couch gone)''
--> '''Otto:''' Oh ''no!''
--> '''Olive:''' Good news: I got one number. Just two more left to open the briefcase. ''(starts to run off)''
--> '''Otto:''' Whoawhoawhoawhoawhoa! ''(Olive comes back)'' This time, ''I'm'' going to get the numbers, and ''you're'' staying here, to guard the couch. Trust me, it's...it's way harder than it looks. ''(he walks away)''
--> '''Olive:''' What do you ''mean,'' "way harder"? ''(sighs)''
--> ''(turns around to find the couch, you guessed it, gone)''
--> '''Olive:''' [[OhCrap Oh no.]] Oscar? ''(looks around the lab)'' ''Couch?''
* ThisIsMyChair: Quite a few people claim Oscar-as-a-couch as theirs, including Owen and Oksana. They, along with O'Callaghan, all make complaints to Ms. O about why they should get a couch, while Olive and Otto figure out the final number in the passcode. Eventually, Ms. O decides to end the argument by splitting it in four pieces.
* TimeToMove: Parodied with Otto and Olive moving the couch along a narrow hallway. Naturally, HilarityEnsues when both agents complain about it, even more so when Otto manages to create what is implied to be a big rip in it.
--> '''Otto:''' Are you even ''lifting'' at your end?
--> '''Olive:''' Of ''course'' I am!
* WagerSlave: Oksana lets Olive have the couch ''if'' she takes her place as the sole Odd Squad cafeteria worker and does the dishes while Oksana gets a well-deserved nap. The agent is fine with the deal...[[ThisIsGonnaSuck until she sees just how high the pile of dirty dishes is.]]
* WeHaveWaysOfMakingYouTalk: Dr. O refuses to tell Olive the first number in the passcode to open the briefcase and denies any knowledge of it. What does Olive do in response? She immediately hypnotizes Dr. O by using the instructions Oscar taught her: clapping her hands twice and saying "couch alert".
* WhatTheHellHero: Olive and Otto unleash a ''hell'' of a lot of this on Oscar for not only locking the Un-Couch-inator gadget inside of a briefcase, but for forgetting the passcode to open said briefcase.
** Olive also has a moment of this when Otto accidentally rips the couch.
* WhatWereYouThinking: Olive has this reaction when she finds out that Oscar hid the number within a word problem that he gave to Dr. O.
* YouAreTooLate: Olive and Otto manage to just barely miss Obfusco, whom they need to obtain the final number in the passcode. Regardless, they still manage to figure out the number on their own and successfully open the briefcase.
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'''''Oscar the Couch'''''
'''Airdates:''' January 4, 2016 [[note]] PBS Kids premiere[[/note]], May 23, 2015 [[note]] TVO Kids premiere[[/note]], June 14, 2015 [[note]] ICI Radio Canada premiere[[/note]]
When Oscar accidentally turns himself into a couch, Olive and Otto try to turn him back before Ms. O finds out.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: If there is ''any'' episode in the series that takes the crown for being the most dark, it's this one, simply for the sheer amount of things that happen to Oscar while he is turned into a couch. Whoo ''boy,'' where to begin...
** Owen sits on Oscar and gets food all over him, and even manages to tear a hole in him.
** Oksana bedazzles him with jewels and uses him as a bed, up to and including ''sleeping on him.''
** Ms. O finds out that there's a couch in Headquarters and proceeds to '''''nearly murder Oscar by sawing him in half.'''''
** When Oscar is turned back to normal, Oksana asks to '''''cut him in half with the same saw Ms. O was going to use.'''''
** There was a video on Website/{{YouTube}} that had captions relaying what Oscar might have said (or at least thought) the entire episode as all of this was happening to him. While the video has since been taken down by Creator/PBSKids themselves (just for being a full rip of the episode, but with captions on it), it was '''''horrifying''''' to see what Oscar might have thought, or said, if he were able to.
* ThisIsMyChair: Quite a few people claim Oscar-as-a-couch as theirs, including Owen and Oksana.
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'''''Oscar the Couch'''''
'''Airdates:''' January 4, 2016 [[note]] PBS Kids premiere[[/note]], May 23, 2015 [[note]] TVO Kids premiere[[/note]], June 14, 2015 [[note]] ICI Radio Canada premiere[[/note]]
When Oscar accidentally turns himself into a couch, Olive and Otto try to turn him back before Ms. O finds out.
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!!Tropes:
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: If there is ''any'' episode in the series that takes the crown for being the most dark, it's this one, simply for the sheer amount of things that happen to Oscar while he is turned into a couch. Whoo ''boy,'' where to begin...
** Owen sits on Oscar and gets food all over him, and even manages to tear a hole in him.
** Oksana bedazzles him with jewels and uses him as a bed, up to and including ''sleeping on him.''
** Ms. O finds out that there's a couch in Headquarters and proceeds to '''''nearly murder Oscar by sawing him in half.'''''
** When Oscar is turned back to normal, Oksana asks to '''''cut him in half with the same saw Ms. O was going to use.'''''
** There was a video on Website/{{YouTube}} that had captions relaying what Oscar might have said (or at least thought) the entire episode as all of this was happening to him. While the video has since been taken down by Creator/PBSKids themselves (just for being a full rip of the episode, but with captions on it), it was '''''horrifying''''' to see what Oscar might have thought, or said, if he were able to.
* ThisIsMyChair: Quite a few people claim Oscar-as-a-couch as theirs, including Owen and Oksana.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Otto may be a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} and a guy with a positive attitude, but when his partner is the one in danger, [[LetsGetDangerous he's not afraid to get serious.]] [[TranquilFury And]] [[OhMyGods Sheila]] ''[[TranquilFury help you]]'' [[TranquilFury if you distract him,]] especially if it's a RaceAgainstTheClock.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Otto may be a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} and a guy with a positive attitude, but when his partner is the one in danger, [[LetsGetDangerous he's not afraid to get serious.]] [[TranquilFury And]] [[OhMyGods Sheila]] And God]] ''[[TranquilFury help you]]'' [[TranquilFury if you distract him,]] especially if it's a RaceAgainstTheClock.
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* Odelia visited Oscar's lab in [[Recap/OddSquadS1E30NoIfsAndsOrRobotsWorstFirstDayEver "Worst First Day Ever"]]. Now, Oscar visits hers.
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* DiagnosisFromDrBadass: Oscar is the one who diagnoses Olive with Pirate-itis, despite him not working in the Medical field. Dr. O later confirms the diagnosis herself.
* DisapprovingLook: When Oscar begins stumbling over his answer of whether he can cure Olive, he begins to dash off the wrong way to the lab. Otto's response is a head-shake and some pursed lips in annoyance, while Olive shoots him a look that screams more "I'm tired of your antics" than anything else.
* DisapprovingLook: When Oscar begins stumbling over his answer of whether he can cure Olive, he begins to dash off the wrong way to the lab. Otto's response is a head-shake and some pursed lips in annoyance, while Olive shoots him a look that screams more "I'm tired of your antics" than anything else.
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* DiagnosisFromDrBadass: Oscar is the one who diagnoses Olive with Pirate-itis, despite him not working in the Medical field. Dr. O later confirms the diagnosis herself.
field.
* DisapprovingLook: When Oscar begins stumbling over his answer of whether he can cure Olive, he begins to dash off the wrong way to the lab. Otto's response is a head-shake and some pursed lips in annoyance, while Olive shootshim the Lab Director a look that screams more "I'm tired of your antics" than anything else.
* DisapprovingLook: When Oscar begins stumbling over his answer of whether he can cure Olive, he begins to dash off the wrong way to the lab. Otto's response is a head-shake and some pursed lips in annoyance, while Olive shoots
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* EnergyBall: The Un-Pirate-inator fires these at whomever or whatever the user aims for. If they don't hit the intended target, they explode.
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* TheExitIsThatWay: When Oscar tells Olive and Otto to come with him to the lab, he begins to dash off...towards the other end of the bullpen, ''away'' from the lab. A few seconds later, he comes back, sheepishly points out that the lab is in the other direction, and the trio begin heading there.
* EyepatchofPower: Olive gets one over her left eye from the Pirate-itis strain.
* EyepatchofPower: Olive gets one over her left eye from the Pirate-itis strain.
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* TheExitIsThatWay: When Oscar tells Olive and Otto to come with him to the lab, he begins to dash off...towards the other end of the bullpen, ''away'' from the lab. A few seconds later, he comes back, sheepishly points out that the lab is in the other direction, and heads over there with the trio begin heading there.
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* FootBathTreatment: Parodied with Olive soaking her feet in not warm water, but ''[[ItMakesSenseInContext gravy.]]''
* FriendshipMoment: Throughout the episode, Otto shows how far he's willing to go in helping Olive be cured of her Pirate-itis, to the point where he refuses to laugh at any of Odelia's pranks (where normally, he ''would'' laugh).
* FriendshipMoment: Throughout the episode, Otto shows how far he's willing to go in helping Olive be cured of her Pirate-itis, to the point where he refuses to laugh at any of Odelia's pranks (where normally, he ''would'' laugh).
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* FootBathTreatment: Parodied with Olive soaking her feet in not in warm water, but ''[[ItMakesSenseInContext gravy.]]''
* FriendshipMoment: Throughout the episode, Otto shows just how far he's willing to goin helping to curing Olive be cured of her Pirate-itis, to the point where he refuses begs Oscar to laugh at any of Odelia's pranks (where normally, he ''would'' laugh).face [[TheDreaded Odie]] in order to get the last part needed for the Un-Pirate-inator needed to turn her back to normal.
* FriendshipMoment: Throughout the episode, Otto shows just how far he's willing to go
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* HiddenDepths: Odelia is apparently a [[ThePrankster prankster]] and loves to pull practical jokes on her co-workers, but also knows when to be serious.
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* HiddenDepths: Odelia Odelia, who was seen in [[Recap/OddSquadS1E30NoIfsAndsOrRobotsWorstFirstDayEver "Worst First Day Ever"]] as a helpful, friendly, and more experienced figure to Ori, is apparently shown in this episode to be a [[ThePrankster prankster]] and prankster]], who loves to pull practical jokes on her co-workers, but also knows when to be serious.
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--> '''Dr. O:''' You want me to slow down Olive's Pirate-itis? [[{{Catchphrase}} I'm a doctor,]] [[{{ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder not a miracle worker.]]
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--> '''Dr. O:''' You want me to slow down Olive's Pirate-itis? [[{{Catchphrase}} I'm a doctor,]] [[{{ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder [[ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder not a miracle worker.]]
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* InstantIllness: Played with. It's implied that Pirate-itis is a fast-moving disease, and the Main 3 seek Dr. O's help in slowing it down. However, Olive doesn't become nearly-full pirate until the climax of the episode, and even then, her pinky finger refuses to succumb to it.
* InsultFriendlyFire: When Oscar asks Odie if he has a rectangular prism part to complete the Un-Pirate-inator, Odie remarks that he does, but not for "that pirate". Olive then arrives in the lab as the Pirate-itis reaches its final stages of contamination as Otto explains to Odie that the "pirate" he's referring to is his partner. Odie then clarifies he wasn't talking about Olive -- he was referring to Oscar.
* InsultFriendlyFire: When Oscar asks Odie if he has a rectangular prism part to complete the Un-Pirate-inator, Odie remarks that he does, but not for "that pirate". Olive then arrives in the lab as the Pirate-itis reaches its final stages of contamination as Otto explains to Odie that the "pirate" he's referring to is his partner. Odie then clarifies he wasn't talking about Olive -- he was referring to Oscar.
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* InstantIllness: Played with. It's implied that Pirate-itis is a fast-moving disease, and the Main 3 seek Dr. O's help in slowing it down. However, Olive doesn't become a nearly-full pirate until the climax of the episode, and even then, her pinky finger refuses to succumb to it.
* InsultFriendlyFire: When Oscar asks Odie if he has a rectangular prism part to complete the Un-Pirate-inator, Odie remarks that he does, but not for "that pirate". Olive then arrives in the lab as the Pirate-itis reaches its final stages ofcontamination as contamination. Otto explains to Odie that the "pirate" he's referring to is his partner. Odie then clarifies he wasn't talking about Olive -- he was referring to Oscar.talking about Oscar, who stole his hairstyle designs.
* InsultFriendlyFire: When Oscar asks Odie if he has a rectangular prism part to complete the Un-Pirate-inator, Odie remarks that he does, but not for "that pirate". Olive then arrives in the lab as the Pirate-itis reaches its final stages of
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* MessyHair: Odie gets some as a result of the large sheet that fell on him during the battle, which ends up becoming his new original hairstyle, much to Oscar's chagrin.
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* MessyHair: Odie gets some a head of it as a result of the large sheet that fell on him during the battle, which ends up becoming his new original hairstyle, much to Oscar's chagrin.
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* PirateGirl: Olive eventually ends up as one after gradually undergoing pirate-related transformations throughout the episode due to Pirate-itis. She is surprisingly athletic and gives Oscar a hard time with his aiming of the gadget, and the only thing that gets her to stay completely still is her pinky finger, which hasn't been affected by the disease.
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* PirateGirl: Olive eventually ends up as one after gradually undergoing pirate-related transformations throughout the episode due to Pirate-itis. She is surprisingly athletic and gives Oscar a hard time with his aiming of the gadget, Un-Pirate-inator, and the only thing that gets her to stay completely still is her pinky finger, which hasn't been affected by the disease.
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* PolkaDotDisease: Downplayed; Olive has a black spot on the side of her face as a result of Pirate-itis.
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* PolkaDotDisease: Downplayed; Olive has a sole black spot on the side of her face as a result of Pirate-itis.
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* TheReveal: All of those hairstyles Oscar has had in past episodes? They aren't originally his -- they were Odie's ideas. And Odie isn't one bit happy about it.
* SickEpisode: The episode centers around Olive, who has caught a strain of Pirate-itis from a pirate she helped to cross the street. Oscar and Otto have to work together and go to various Odd Squad precincts' laboratories to retrieve the three parts needed for the gadget that will be able to turn her back.
* SickEpisode: The episode centers around Olive, who has caught a strain of Pirate-itis from a pirate she helped to cross the street. Oscar and Otto have to work together and go to various Odd Squad precincts' laboratories to retrieve the three parts needed for the gadget that will be able to turn her back.
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* TheReveal: All of those hairstyles Oscar has had in past episodes? They aren't originally his -- they were Odie's ideas. And Odie himself isn't one bit happy about it.
Oscar stealing his hairstyle designs.
* SickEpisode: The episode centers around Olive, who has caught a strain of Pirate-itis from a pirate she helped to cross the street. Oscar and Otto have to work together and go to various Odd Squad precincts'laboratories labs to retrieve the three parts needed for the gadget that will be able to turn her back.
* SickEpisode: The episode centers around Olive, who has caught a strain of Pirate-itis from a pirate she helped to cross the street. Oscar and Otto have to work together and go to various Odd Squad precincts'
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* SuperCellReception: The badge phones apparently have reception in the tubes, and an agent can answer them with ease while in TubeTravel.
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* SuperCellReception: The badge phones apparently have reception in the tubes, and an agent agents can answer them with ease while in using TubeTravel.
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* TemptingFate: Dr. O reassures Olive that as long as a parrot doesn't appear on her shoulder, then she'll be fine for the time being. The ''second'' the medic turns around, a parrot suddenly appears on Olive's shoulder.
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* TemptingFate: Dr. O reassures Olive that as long as a parrot doesn't appear on her shoulder, then she'll be fine for the time being. The ''second'' the medic turns around, a parrot macaw suddenly appears on Olive's shoulder.
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** The precinct where Odie works at in particular appears to be based somewhere in Russia, if the Soundcheck poster in Russian language and the tube operator with a Russian name is any indication. However, it's not stated ''where,'' exactly.
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** The precinct where Odie works at in particular appears to be based somewhere in Russia, if the Russian Soundcheck poster in Russian language and the tube operator with a Russian name is any indication. However, it's not stated ''where,'' ''where'' in Russia it's located, exactly.
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* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Like with the balls of [[Recap/OddSquadS1E13LifeOfOBrianWhateverHappenedToAgentOz O'Brian]] (yellow) and [[Recap/OddSquadS1E12BestSeatsInTheHouseAgentObfusco Ms. O]] (purple), Oscar has a different-colored ball than Otto's to match his department: green.
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* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Like with the balls of [[Recap/OddSquadS1E13LifeOfOBrianWhateverHappenedToAgentOz O'Brian]] (yellow) and [[Recap/OddSquadS1E12BestSeatsInTheHouseAgentObfusco Ms. O]] (purple), Oscar has a different-colored ball than Otto's when riding in the tubes to match his department: green.
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* ClingyCostume: All of the clothes Olive wears (bar her usual uniform, natch) cannot be taken off.
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* ClingyCostume: All of the clothes Olive wears (bar her usual uniform, natch) while turning into a pirate cannot be taken off.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Otto may be a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} and a guy with a positive attitude, but when his partner is the one in danger, [[LetsGetDangerous it's time to get serious.]] [[TranquilFury And]] [[OhMyGods Sheila]] ''[[TranquilFury help you]]'' [[TranquilFury if you distract him,]] especially if it's a RaceAgainstTheClock.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Otto may be a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} and a guy with a positive attitude, but when his partner is the one in danger, [[LetsGetDangerous it's time he's not afraid to get serious.]] [[TranquilFury And]] [[OhMyGods Sheila]] ''[[TranquilFury help you]]'' [[TranquilFury if you distract him,]] especially if it's a RaceAgainstTheClock.
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of Captain Olive...]]]]
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* AnythingButThat: Oscar begins doing a RapidFireNo and refuses to see Odie when Odelia suggests he and Oscar go there next to retrieve the final part. Otto begs him to do it for Olive, and he caves.
* BaitAndSwitchAccusation: Odie says with contempt that Oscar stole all of his beautiful designs. Otto is quick to angrily confront Oscar about stealing his gadget designs. Odie then reveals that he was referring to the other Lab Director stealing his ''hair'' designs.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Otto may be a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} and a guy with a positive attitude, but when his partner is the one in danger, [[LetsGetDangerous it's time to get serious.]] [[TranquilFury And]] [[OhMyGods Sheila]] ''[[TranquilFury help you]]'' [[TranquilFury if you distract him,]] especially if it's a RaceAgainstTheClock.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Otto may be a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} and a guy with a positive attitude, but when his partner is the one in danger, [[LetsGetDangerous it's time to get serious.]] [[TranquilFury And]] [[OhMyGods Sheila]] ''[[TranquilFury help you]]'' [[TranquilFury if you distract him,]] especially if it's a RaceAgainstTheClock.
* Odelia visited Oscar's lab in [[Recap/OddSquadS1E30NoIfsAndsOrRobotsWorstFirstDayEver "Worst First Day Ever"]]. Now, Oscar visits hers.
** When Odie is flipping through the various hairstyles he and Oscar have had over the years, one is shown of Oscar's curly-haired afro seen in [[Recap/OddSquadS1E10TheTroubleWithCentigurpsTotallyOddSquad "The Trouble With Centigurps"]], which Odie also apparently had.
* CoolSword: Olive wields one as part of her transformation into a PirateGirl due to Pirate-itis.
** When Odie is flipping through the various hairstyles he and Oscar have had over the years, one is shown of Oscar's curly-haired afro seen in [[Recap/OddSquadS1E10TheTroubleWithCentigurpsTotallyOddSquad "The Trouble With Centigurps"]], which Odie also apparently had.
* CoolSword: Olive wields one as part of her transformation into a PirateGirl due to Pirate-itis.
* DodgeTheBullet: Olive manages to dodge the [[EnergyBall Energy Balls]] fired by Oscar and his Un-Pirate-inator with ease by performing acrobatic moves. She then ascends to the upper floor by cutting a clothesline and using it as a rope, dodging the shots that Oscar throws there. Not even Otto intercepting her gets her to stay still, as she quickly cuts another clothesline and swings back down, causing a large sheet hanging on it to fall on Oscar and stun him for a few moments. Eventually, Olive's pinky finger fighting the Pirate-itis is what gets her to stay still long enough for Oscar to launch another attack, turning her back to normal.
* TheDreaded: Odie is this to Oscar, whom he describes as "difficult to work with". It isn't until the climax of the episode that we see why.
* DrivenByEnvy: It's revealed that Oscar is envious of Odie -- specificially, his hairstyles, all of which he's stolen over the years. Even after Odie gets a new (accidental) hairstyle, Oscar immediately becomes envious of it and mutters under his breath that he has to have it.
* ElectricJoybuzzer: Odelia uses this as a prank on Oscar.
* EnergyBall: The Un-Pirate-inator fires these at whomever or whatever the user aims for. If they don't hit the intended target, they explode.
* EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry: During the final stages of her transformation into a PirateGirl, Olive is shown wearing rings on each of her fingers, save her right pinky, which hasn't been infected with the Pirate-itis strain yet.
* TheDreaded: Odie is this to Oscar, whom he describes as "difficult to work with". It isn't until the climax of the episode that we see why.
* DrivenByEnvy: It's revealed that Oscar is envious of Odie -- specificially, his hairstyles, all of which he's stolen over the years. Even after Odie gets a new (accidental) hairstyle, Oscar immediately becomes envious of it and mutters under his breath that he has to have it.
* ElectricJoybuzzer: Odelia uses this as a prank on Oscar.
* EnergyBall: The Un-Pirate-inator fires these at whomever or whatever the user aims for. If they don't hit the intended target, they explode.
* EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry: During the final stages of her transformation into a PirateGirl, Olive is shown wearing rings on each of her fingers, save her right pinky, which hasn't been infected with the Pirate-itis strain yet.
* FauxtivationalPoster: The classic "hang in there" cat poster is shown inside the tube lobby of the second precinct Otto and Oscar visit, only without text.
* FriendshipMoment: Throughout the episode, Otto shows how far he's willing to go in helping Olive be cured of her Pirate-itis, to the point where he refuses to laugh at any of Odelia's pranks (where normally, he ''would'' laugh).
* IJustWantToBeYou: Oscar reveals that the reason he stole Odie's hairstyle ideas was because he wanted to be more like him. At the end of the episode, the Lab Director is struck with envy when he sees Odie's new hairstyle, which is inadvertently caused by a bedsheet falling on him and him struggling to get it off.
* ImprobableHairstyleSequence: A variant occurs with Odie flipping through various designs that he and Oscar have had over the years, which culminates to the present day, when both of them have nearly the same hairstyle.
* InsultFriendlyFire: When Oscar asks Odie if he has a rectangular prism part to complete the Un-Pirate-inator, Odie remarks that he does, but not for "that pirate". Olive then arrives in the lab as the Pirate-itis reaches its final stages of contamination as Otto explains to Odie that the "pirate" he's referring to is his partner. Odie then clarifies he wasn't talking about Olive -- he was referring to Oscar.
* MessyHair: Odie gets some as a result of the large sheet that fell on him during the battle, which ends up becoming his new original hairstyle, much to Oscar's chagrin.
** Odie also has a vast collection of hats in his lab.
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* OutOfCharacterMoment: Otto, who is normally regarded as fun-loving, doesn't enjoy the pranks that Odelia pulls on him.
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* OutOfCharacterMoment: Otto, who is normally regarded as fun-loving, doesn't enjoy the pranks that Odelia pulls on him.him or Oscar. However, he does say that she likes her for being a prankster.
** He later has another moment when he promptly breaks up the reuniting hug between Oscar and Odie -- normally, Otto would be glad to see a touching friendship being rebuilt.
** He later has another moment when he promptly breaks up the reuniting hug between Oscar and Odie -- normally, Otto would be glad to see a touching friendship being rebuilt.
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* PirateParrot: Olive has one of the scarlet macaw species that suddenly appears on her shoulder -- and she is ''not'' happy about it.
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* PirateParrot: Olive has one of the scarlet macaw species that suddenly appears on her shoulder -- and she is ''not'' happy about it.it.
* PlagiarismInFiction: Oscar has stolen Odie's hairstyle designs for years and has never once had an original hairstyle, which is the main reason behind their feud. Oscar is well aware of what he's done, and has avoided Odie up to this point because of it. Similarly, Odie is aware of the thefts and refuses to help out Oscar and Otto. Oscar eventually reveals that the reason behind it was because he wanted to be more like Odie, and the two eventually make up, with Odie apologizing for doubting Oscar.
* PlagiarismInFiction: Oscar has stolen Odie's hairstyle designs for years and has never once had an original hairstyle, which is the main reason behind their feud. Oscar is well aware of what he's done, and has avoided Odie up to this point because of it. Similarly, Odie is aware of the thefts and refuses to help out Oscar and Otto. Oscar eventually reveals that the reason behind it was because he wanted to be more like Odie, and the two eventually make up, with Odie apologizing for doubting Oscar.
** Later on, Odie also remarks that "not every Odd Squad has fancy washing machines" when Otto asks him why there are clothes and sheets hanging everywhere. (Precinct 13579 does have its own washer and dryer, and the short exchange was likely put in in an attempt to avert the trope.)
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* TranquilFury: ''Otto,'' of all people, is furious with Odelia for her pranks, and comes very close to snapping at her when she gives him a gadget that squirts him in the face with water.
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* TranquilFury: ''Otto,'' of all people, is furious with Odelia for her pranks, and comes very ''very'' close to snapping at her when she gives asks him to hold onto a gadget that squirts him in the face with water.
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* WorldBuilding: This episode introduces other precincts' labs, and the Lab Directors who run them.
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** The precinct where Odie works at in particular appears to be based somewhere in Russia, if the Soundcheck poster in Russian language and the tube operator with a Russian name is any indication. However, it's not stated ''where,'' exactly.
* WorldBuilding: This episode introduces a few otherprecincts' precincts, their labs, and the Lab Directors who run them.them.
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[Music/TheLonelyIsland This is the tale,\\
of Captain Olive...]]]]
'''''The Curious Case of Pirate-itis'''''
'''Airdates:''' October 5, 2015 / January 4, 2016 [[note]]PBS Kids premiere; aired early on October 5 as Part 3 of "Odd Squad: Against the Odds"[[/note]], May 23, 2015 [[note]]TVO Kids premiere[[/note]], June 14, 2015 [[note]]ICI Radio Canada premiere[[/note]]
When Olive turns into a pirate, Otto and Oscar must travel to different Odd Squad Lab offices to get the gadget that will turn her back to normal before she becomes a pirate forever.
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!!Tropes:
* {{Adorkable}}: Barring Oscar, who is this trope by nature, all of the Lab Directors fall under this, and each have their own quirks -- O'Quincy is a GibberingGenius but a NiceGuy, Odelia is ThePrankster who has a kind heart and is willing to help out, and Odie is also a NiceGuy who forgives Oscar when he apologizes for stealing his hairstyles.
* AesopAmnesia: Olive doesn't remember what a rectangular prism is from [[Recap/OddSquadS1E30NoIfsAndsOrRobotsWorstFirstDayEver the last time]] it was a mathematical {{Aesop}}. Nor does she remember the {{Aesop}} of 3-dimensional objects she taught to Otto in [[Recap/OddSquadS1E19HoldTheDoorFlatastrophe "Flatastrophe"]]. In the case of the former, Otto even uses a tissue box to help demonstrate the 3 dimensions -- the ''exact same tool'' Olive used in "No Ifs, Ands, or Robots".
* AffectionateNickname: O'Quincy invokes the trope, as he believes people call him the "Favor Captain" because he's willing to do favors for people. Judging by his actions, however, a lot of people probably don't refer to him as such. The trope is later played straight when the Lab Director recites a story of how someone wanted to call him "Super Fun Man".
* APirate400YearsTooLate: The pirate that Olive helps cross the street, and Olive herself, both fall under this. Although this ''is'' Odd Squad, so a pirate in the show's universe wouldn't look too out of place.
* ByNoIMeanYes: Olive asks Oscar if he has a gadget to cure her. He starts to say yes, and then he immediately backtracks.
--> '''Olive:''' ''Please'' tell me you have a gadget to fix this.
--> '''Oscar:''' Oh, yeah, sure! Kind of, not...really- no.
* ClingyCostume: All of the clothes Olive wears (bar her usual uniform, natch) cannot be taken off.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Like with the balls of [[Recap/OddSquadS1E13LifeOfOBrianWhateverHappenedToAgentOz O'Brian]] (yellow) and [[Recap/OddSquadS1E12BestSeatsInTheHouseAgentObfusco Ms. O]] (purple), Oscar has a different-colored ball than Otto's to match his department: green.
* ContinuityNod: Otto remembers how [[Recap/OddSquadS1E5ReindeerGames Odd Squad has offices and precincts worldwide.]]
** Dr. O does the same "remind him of who I am" bit that she did with Otto in [[Recap/OddSquadS1E9SkipDayTheGreatGrinaldi "Skip Day"]].
* DiagnosisFromDrBadass: Oscar is the one who diagnoses Olive with Pirate-itis, despite him not working in the Medical field. Dr. O later confirms the diagnosis herself.
* DisapprovingLook: When Oscar begins stumbling over his answer of whether he can cure Olive, he begins to dash off the wrong way to the lab. Otto's response is a head-shake and some pursed lips in annoyance, while Olive shoots him a look that screams more "I'm tired of your antics" than anything else.
* DismantledMacGuffin: The goal of both Oscar and Otto throughout the episode is to find the three remaining pieces to the Un-Pirate-inator, which will turn Olive back to normal. The pieces are found in three different Odd Squad precincts, specifically their labs.
* TheExitIsThatWay: When Oscar tells Olive and Otto to come with him to the lab, he begins to dash off...towards the other end of the bullpen, ''away'' from the lab. A few seconds later, he comes back, sheepishly points out that the lab is in the other direction, and the trio begin heading there.
* EyepatchofPower: Olive gets one over her left eye from the Pirate-itis strain.
* FootBathTreatment: Parodied with Olive soaking her feet in not warm water, but ''[[ItMakesSenseInContext gravy.]]''
* GibberingGenius: O'Quincy, whoo ''boy.'' He is the Lab Director of another precinct's lab who has no problem with talking your ear off. Oscar can't even get a word in edgewise up until he and Otto [[SayMyName shout the Lab Director's name,]] at which point he snaps out of his ramble and greets them properly. When he starts up again after handing Oscar and Otto the sphere they need, the duo are quick to make his escape, and once he notices they're gone, he continues talking.
* GirlsWithMoustaches: Olive develops a SeadogBeard at one point, along with a thin black mustache.
* GoldTooth: Olive sports one in the beginning stages of her transformation.
* HiddenDepths: Odelia is apparently a [[ThePrankster prankster]] and loves to pull practical jokes on her co-workers, but also knows when to be serious.
* ImmediateSelfContradiction: Dr. O does this to herself when the Main 3 head to her office to have her slow down Olive's Pirate-itis.
--> '''Dr. O:''' You want me to slow down Olive's Pirate-itis? [[{{Catchphrase}} I'm a doctor,]] [[{{ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder not a miracle worker.]]
--> '''Oscar:''' So you can't do it?
--> '''Dr. O:''' Of course I can, [[{{Catchphrase}} I'm a doctor.]]
* InstantIllness: Played with. It's implied that Pirate-itis is a fast-moving disease, and the Main 3 seek Dr. O's help in slowing it down. However, Olive doesn't become nearly-full pirate until the climax of the episode, and even then, her pinky finger refuses to succumb to it.
* LiteraryAllusionTitle: The episode's title is a reference to ''Literature/TheCuriousIncidentOfTheDogInTheNightTime'', which in turn is a reference to ''Silver Blaze,'' one of Franchise/SherlockHolmes' plays.
* NiceHat: Olive develops one on her head that she doesn't know is on her head to begin with up until Otto points it out to her.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Olive helps a pirate cross the street for seemingly no reason other than just to be nice. As a result, she contracts Pirate-itis, a disease wherein the infected person slowly begins to turn into a pirate over time.
* OutOfCharacterMoment: Otto, who is normally regarded as fun-loving, doesn't enjoy the pranks that Odelia pulls on him.
* PirateGirl: Olive eventually ends up as one after gradually undergoing pirate-related transformations throughout the episode due to Pirate-itis. She is surprisingly athletic and gives Oscar a hard time with his aiming of the gadget, and the only thing that gets her to stay completely still is her pinky finger, which hasn't been affected by the disease.
* PirateParrot: Olive has one of the scarlet macaw species that suddenly appears on her shoulder -- and she is ''not'' happy about it.
* PolkaDotDisease: Downplayed; Olive has a black spot on the side of her face as a result of Pirate-itis.
* [[invoked]] RecycledSet: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in-universe by Otto, who remarks that the first Headquarters he and Oscar visit looks like their own. Oscar remarks that it's not the same; it's different, because it has a poster of a car and some airplanes taped to one of the walls of the tube lobby (which the main HQ doesn't have).
* TheReveal: All of those hairstyles Oscar has had in past episodes? They aren't originally his -- they were Odie's ideas. And Odie isn't one bit happy about it.
* SickEpisode: The episode centers around Olive, who has caught a strain of Pirate-itis from a pirate she helped to cross the street. Oscar and Otto have to work together and go to various Odd Squad precincts' laboratories to retrieve the three parts needed for the gadget that will be able to turn her back.
* {{Somethingitis}}: Pirate-itis as a name definitely falls under this, but it's far from a fake disease.
* SuperCellReception: The badge phones apparently have reception in the tubes, and an agent can answer them with ease while in TubeTravel.
* TalkLikeAPirate: Olive talks like this early on as part of her transformation into a PirateGirl. It proves troublesome to Dr. O when she attempts to look inside the agent's mouth using a tongue depressor, since she can only say "arrr" instead of "aaah".
* TemptingFate: Dr. O reassures Olive that as long as a parrot doesn't appear on her shoulder, then she'll be fine for the time being. The ''second'' the medic turns around, a parrot suddenly appears on Olive's shoulder.
--> '''Olive:''' ''(panicked)'' Oh...you mean like this one?
* TranquilFury: ''Otto,'' of all people, is furious with Odelia for her pranks, and comes very close to snapping at her when she gives him a gadget that squirts him in the face with water.
* TyphoidMary: Played with; while Olive does contract Pirate-itis from a pirate and has the disease, and while she does show gradual symptoms, she doesn't spread it to Otto, Oscar, Dr. O, or Odie.
* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: While the primary HQ of Odd Squad, and by extension the show, is based in UsefulNotes/{{Toronto}}, it's never stated where the other precincts Otto and Oscar visit are located. [[invoked]] [[RecycledSet All three of them look like the Toronto precinct, however]] -- and for good reason (it would be very expensive to rebuild three different laboratories from scratch, and/or the crew didn't want to go to the effort to do so).
* WorldBuilding: This episode introduces other precincts' labs, and the Lab Directors who run them.
[[caption-width-right:350:[[Music/TheLonelyIsland This is the tale,\\
of Captain Olive...]]]]
'''''The Curious Case of Pirate-itis'''''
'''Airdates:''' October 5, 2015 / January 4, 2016 [[note]]PBS Kids premiere; aired early on October 5 as Part 3 of "Odd Squad: Against the Odds"[[/note]], May 23, 2015 [[note]]TVO Kids premiere[[/note]], June 14, 2015 [[note]]ICI Radio Canada premiere[[/note]]
When Olive turns into a pirate, Otto and Oscar must travel to different Odd Squad Lab offices to get the gadget that will turn her back to normal before she becomes a pirate forever.
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!!Tropes:
* {{Adorkable}}: Barring Oscar, who is this trope by nature, all of the Lab Directors fall under this, and each have their own quirks -- O'Quincy is a GibberingGenius but a NiceGuy, Odelia is ThePrankster who has a kind heart and is willing to help out, and Odie is also a NiceGuy who forgives Oscar when he apologizes for stealing his hairstyles.
* AesopAmnesia: Olive doesn't remember what a rectangular prism is from [[Recap/OddSquadS1E30NoIfsAndsOrRobotsWorstFirstDayEver the last time]] it was a mathematical {{Aesop}}. Nor does she remember the {{Aesop}} of 3-dimensional objects she taught to Otto in [[Recap/OddSquadS1E19HoldTheDoorFlatastrophe "Flatastrophe"]]. In the case of the former, Otto even uses a tissue box to help demonstrate the 3 dimensions -- the ''exact same tool'' Olive used in "No Ifs, Ands, or Robots".
* AffectionateNickname: O'Quincy invokes the trope, as he believes people call him the "Favor Captain" because he's willing to do favors for people. Judging by his actions, however, a lot of people probably don't refer to him as such. The trope is later played straight when the Lab Director recites a story of how someone wanted to call him "Super Fun Man".
* APirate400YearsTooLate: The pirate that Olive helps cross the street, and Olive herself, both fall under this. Although this ''is'' Odd Squad, so a pirate in the show's universe wouldn't look too out of place.
* ByNoIMeanYes: Olive asks Oscar if he has a gadget to cure her. He starts to say yes, and then he immediately backtracks.
--> '''Olive:''' ''Please'' tell me you have a gadget to fix this.
--> '''Oscar:''' Oh, yeah, sure! Kind of, not...really- no.
* ClingyCostume: All of the clothes Olive wears (bar her usual uniform, natch) cannot be taken off.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Like with the balls of [[Recap/OddSquadS1E13LifeOfOBrianWhateverHappenedToAgentOz O'Brian]] (yellow) and [[Recap/OddSquadS1E12BestSeatsInTheHouseAgentObfusco Ms. O]] (purple), Oscar has a different-colored ball than Otto's to match his department: green.
* ContinuityNod: Otto remembers how [[Recap/OddSquadS1E5ReindeerGames Odd Squad has offices and precincts worldwide.]]
** Dr. O does the same "remind him of who I am" bit that she did with Otto in [[Recap/OddSquadS1E9SkipDayTheGreatGrinaldi "Skip Day"]].
* DiagnosisFromDrBadass: Oscar is the one who diagnoses Olive with Pirate-itis, despite him not working in the Medical field. Dr. O later confirms the diagnosis herself.
* DisapprovingLook: When Oscar begins stumbling over his answer of whether he can cure Olive, he begins to dash off the wrong way to the lab. Otto's response is a head-shake and some pursed lips in annoyance, while Olive shoots him a look that screams more "I'm tired of your antics" than anything else.
* DismantledMacGuffin: The goal of both Oscar and Otto throughout the episode is to find the three remaining pieces to the Un-Pirate-inator, which will turn Olive back to normal. The pieces are found in three different Odd Squad precincts, specifically their labs.
* TheExitIsThatWay: When Oscar tells Olive and Otto to come with him to the lab, he begins to dash off...towards the other end of the bullpen, ''away'' from the lab. A few seconds later, he comes back, sheepishly points out that the lab is in the other direction, and the trio begin heading there.
* EyepatchofPower: Olive gets one over her left eye from the Pirate-itis strain.
* FootBathTreatment: Parodied with Olive soaking her feet in not warm water, but ''[[ItMakesSenseInContext gravy.]]''
* GibberingGenius: O'Quincy, whoo ''boy.'' He is the Lab Director of another precinct's lab who has no problem with talking your ear off. Oscar can't even get a word in edgewise up until he and Otto [[SayMyName shout the Lab Director's name,]] at which point he snaps out of his ramble and greets them properly. When he starts up again after handing Oscar and Otto the sphere they need, the duo are quick to make his escape, and once he notices they're gone, he continues talking.
* GirlsWithMoustaches: Olive develops a SeadogBeard at one point, along with a thin black mustache.
* GoldTooth: Olive sports one in the beginning stages of her transformation.
* HiddenDepths: Odelia is apparently a [[ThePrankster prankster]] and loves to pull practical jokes on her co-workers, but also knows when to be serious.
* ImmediateSelfContradiction: Dr. O does this to herself when the Main 3 head to her office to have her slow down Olive's Pirate-itis.
--> '''Dr. O:''' You want me to slow down Olive's Pirate-itis? [[{{Catchphrase}} I'm a doctor,]] [[{{ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder not a miracle worker.]]
--> '''Oscar:''' So you can't do it?
--> '''Dr. O:''' Of course I can, [[{{Catchphrase}} I'm a doctor.]]
* InstantIllness: Played with. It's implied that Pirate-itis is a fast-moving disease, and the Main 3 seek Dr. O's help in slowing it down. However, Olive doesn't become nearly-full pirate until the climax of the episode, and even then, her pinky finger refuses to succumb to it.
* LiteraryAllusionTitle: The episode's title is a reference to ''Literature/TheCuriousIncidentOfTheDogInTheNightTime'', which in turn is a reference to ''Silver Blaze,'' one of Franchise/SherlockHolmes' plays.
* NiceHat: Olive develops one on her head that she doesn't know is on her head to begin with up until Otto points it out to her.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Olive helps a pirate cross the street for seemingly no reason other than just to be nice. As a result, she contracts Pirate-itis, a disease wherein the infected person slowly begins to turn into a pirate over time.
* OutOfCharacterMoment: Otto, who is normally regarded as fun-loving, doesn't enjoy the pranks that Odelia pulls on him.
* PirateGirl: Olive eventually ends up as one after gradually undergoing pirate-related transformations throughout the episode due to Pirate-itis. She is surprisingly athletic and gives Oscar a hard time with his aiming of the gadget, and the only thing that gets her to stay completely still is her pinky finger, which hasn't been affected by the disease.
* PirateParrot: Olive has one of the scarlet macaw species that suddenly appears on her shoulder -- and she is ''not'' happy about it.
* PolkaDotDisease: Downplayed; Olive has a black spot on the side of her face as a result of Pirate-itis.
* [[invoked]] RecycledSet: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in-universe by Otto, who remarks that the first Headquarters he and Oscar visit looks like their own. Oscar remarks that it's not the same; it's different, because it has a poster of a car and some airplanes taped to one of the walls of the tube lobby (which the main HQ doesn't have).
* TheReveal: All of those hairstyles Oscar has had in past episodes? They aren't originally his -- they were Odie's ideas. And Odie isn't one bit happy about it.
* SickEpisode: The episode centers around Olive, who has caught a strain of Pirate-itis from a pirate she helped to cross the street. Oscar and Otto have to work together and go to various Odd Squad precincts' laboratories to retrieve the three parts needed for the gadget that will be able to turn her back.
* {{Somethingitis}}: Pirate-itis as a name definitely falls under this, but it's far from a fake disease.
* SuperCellReception: The badge phones apparently have reception in the tubes, and an agent can answer them with ease while in TubeTravel.
* TalkLikeAPirate: Olive talks like this early on as part of her transformation into a PirateGirl. It proves troublesome to Dr. O when she attempts to look inside the agent's mouth using a tongue depressor, since she can only say "arrr" instead of "aaah".
* TemptingFate: Dr. O reassures Olive that as long as a parrot doesn't appear on her shoulder, then she'll be fine for the time being. The ''second'' the medic turns around, a parrot suddenly appears on Olive's shoulder.
--> '''Olive:''' ''(panicked)'' Oh...you mean like this one?
* TranquilFury: ''Otto,'' of all people, is furious with Odelia for her pranks, and comes very close to snapping at her when she gives him a gadget that squirts him in the face with water.
* TyphoidMary: Played with; while Olive does contract Pirate-itis from a pirate and has the disease, and while she does show gradual symptoms, she doesn't spread it to Otto, Oscar, Dr. O, or Odie.
* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: While the primary HQ of Odd Squad, and by extension the show, is based in UsefulNotes/{{Toronto}}, it's never stated where the other precincts Otto and Oscar visit are located. [[invoked]] [[RecycledSet All three of them look like the Toronto precinct, however]] -- and for good reason (it would be very expensive to rebuild three different laboratories from scratch, and/or the crew didn't want to go to the effort to do so).
* WorldBuilding: This episode introduces other precincts' labs, and the Lab Directors who run them.
