History WhatAnIdiot / OddSquad

'''You'd expect:''' For Olive and Otto to keep following the manual, and not try to get it out of the way so quickly.

'''Instead:''' Olive assumes that they can get it done faster by pouring the entire cup of water on the plant.

'''As a result:''' [[NiceJobBreakingItHero The plant grows out of control and nearly destroys headquarters.]]

'''Bonus idiot points:''' Olive's usually the ''smart'' one in the duo.

!!In General

Even secret agent kids [[DarthWiki/WhatAnIdiot aren't immune to stupidity]].

* The villains of the show love to commit odd crimes around the city hoping not to get caught by Odd Squad **'''You'd expect:''', the villains would go in a random order and cover their tracks,

** '''Instead:''' When Todd threw the museum in the air, Olive manages to catch the museum, but fails to stop Todd. **'''As a result:''' The Shapeshifter changed into a getaway jetpack, and Todd got away, but for some reason, none of the agents even cared about it.

** '''You'd expect:''' Since he's infamously clumsy with various gadgets, he'd take additional precautions and leave a gadget that could reverse the effects nearby and easily accessible for safekeeping.
** '''Instead:''' He locks the reversal gadget away with a three-number code, so when he accidentally zaps himself with the couch gadget, Olive and Otto need to go through a tricky process to figure out how to unlock the lock.

* Oscar the Couch: Hey Oscar, when you leave out a gadget that can transform you or someone else into a couch, maybe locking away the only gadget that can reverse those effects isn't the smartest idea. Olive even calls him out on this.

* The villains of the show love to commit odd crimes around the city hoping not to get caught by Odd Squad '''You'd expect:''', the villains would go in a random order and cover their tracks, '''Instead''', the always travel in specific patterns. '''As a result''', The Odd Squad agents always figure out the pattern and catch the villains. [[note]]Mathematical Note: There is no thing as "the next number of a series", only more and less complex patterns, as e.g. "Negative Town" shows - Olympia and Otis have -5, -10 and predict -15, as in -5, but it's -20, as in *2.[[/note]]

* Disorder in the Court: Odd Todd and the Shapeshifter have just been exposed for shrinking the town museum framing Olive for it, and Todd leaves Olive with a choice between catching the shrunken town museum and letting him get away, or catching Todd and letting the museum land with a rough thud. '''You'd expect:''' Since there were multiple agents in the room, Ms. O would sent one of the agents to capture Todd, and another to catch the town museum before it falls. '''Instead:''' When Todd threw the museum in the air, Olive manages to catch the museum, but fails to stop Todd. '''As a result:''' The Shapeshifter changed into a getaway jetpack, and Todd got away, but for some reason, none of the agents even cared about it.

* The villains of the show love to commit odd crimes around the city hoping not to get caught by Odd Squad '''You'd expect:''', the villains would go in a random order and cover their tracks, '''Instead''', the always travel in specific patterns. '''As a result''', The Odd Squad agents always figure out the pattern and catch the villains. [[note]]Mathematical Note: There is no thing as "the next number of a series", only more and less complex patterns, as e.g. "Negative Town" shows - Olympia have -5, -10 and predict -15, as in -5, but it's -20, as in *2.[[/note]]

* The villains of the show love to commit odd crimes around the city hoping not to get caught by Odd Squad '''You'd expect:''', the villains would go in a random order and cover their tracks, '''Instead''', the always travel in specific patterns. '''As a result''', The Odd Squad agents always figure out the pattern and catch the villains.

--> '''Otto:''' [[LampshadeHanging That sounds like something]] ''[[LampshadeHanging I]]'' [[LampshadeHanging would say!]]

* The villains of the show love to commit odd crimes around the city hoping not to get caught by Odd Squad '''You'd expect:''', the villains would go in a random order and cover their tracks, '''Instead''', the always travel in specific patterns. '''As a result''', The Odd Squad agents, always figure out the pattern and catch the villains.

** World Turned Odd: When Olympia, Otis and Oona accidently altered the day Oprah became a Ms. O, there's a moment of idiocy when Oprah looks at [[SixIsNine an upside-down 6, and assumed it was 9 Green Street,]] (rather than 6 Green Street-where she was supposed to go.) Any smart person would find it peculiar that there would be a 9 Green Street on the even-numbered side of the street. If Oprah had noticed that the other buildings on that side where even-numbered, or at least realized a 9 is an upside-down 6. She could've still became a Ms. O, but instead, it took someone pointing this out personally for her to realize this.
** Odds and Ends: Sure Big O, give the [[spoiler: false]] [[TheDitz ditz]] control of Odd Squad just because he gave you an action figure. You had hundreds of other worthy candidates, but no, you went with the kid who had never solved any cases within his job.