Odd Squad

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Cast and characters

Main

• Agent Olive : Referred to as a longtime employee of the Odd Squad, Olive began season one of the series adapting to working with and training her new partner, Otto. Olive is usually calm, brisk and serious. She has a morbid fear of pies, which she acquired after saving her organization's building from a pie-related disaster caused by her former partner, Todd. In the season one finale, Olive departs the series along with her partner, Otto, to run a different Odd Squad precinct as Ms. O.
• Agent Otto : Olive's partner and, in the first episode, the newest employee of the organization. In contrast to his partner's more serious demeanor and personality, he is a more lenient, laid-back employee. Despite his lack of experience with his job, Otto frequently uncovers the facts needed to solve the case at hand, even doing so in the absence of his more experienced partner. In the season finale, Otto departs the series to run another Odd Squad precinct as Mr. O with Olive as his partner.
• Big O : Known as "Ms. O" in the first two seasons, she is a very strict boss. She tends to yell and is often seen sipping a juice box. Despite appearing younger than most of the agents, Ms. O's tenure at the precinct and her actual age remain a mystery. In-show, it is revealed that her actual name is "Oprah." In the season two finale, Ms. O is promoted to the rank of Big O, the leader of the entire Odd Squad organization. She leaves the show after the Season 3 episode "Odd Off The Press" due to traveling to outer space, appointing Orpita, an agent-in-training, as the Little O to replace her.
• Agent Oscar : Oscar was the precinct's head scientist, in charge of the laboratory. Other employees go to him for technical solutions to their problems. Oscar is depicted as being very intelligent and having a quirky and goofy personality. He leaves the show after the Season 2 episode "Oscar Strikes Back," where he becomes the president of the organization's science division after the former president is dismissed for misconduct. He appoints Agent Oona to take over for him.
• Agent Olympia : Introduced in the first episode of season two, Olympia joins the series to fill in the opening left by the departure of Olive in the season one finale. She was given early graduation from the organization's training academy. She is depicted as being very sociable and outgoing and having a generally happy and carefree personality.
• Agent Otis : Like Olympia, Otis was introduced at the start of season two, brought in to fill the opening left by the departure of Otto in the season one finale. Unlike his partner, he has a more serious and socially reserved personality. There are no records of him attending the organization's academy, but he is depicted as being the more seasoned member of the new team. He has a fear of ducks, revealed in the season two finale to be related to the fact he was once part of a family of villainous ducks. Ms. O took pity on Otis and trained him herself to become an Odd Squad agent.
• Agent Oona : Initially Oscar's assistant, she takes up his position after his departure. Like Oscar, she is depicted as having a quirky personality.
• Agent Opal : Originally stationed at a precinct in the Arctic with Omar, she is competitive with a strong desire to be working on cases important to combating oddness, viewing herself as the leader of OSMU. Opal's sister, Olizabeth, is The Shadow. She departed the series after the Season 3 episode "End of the Road" because she is staying with Olizabeth to fix the damage done in Australia.
• Agent Omar : Originally stationed in the Arctic with Opal, he is known to value friendship and connection with his fellow agents, often attempting to mediate or calm the waters among his team, although his tendency to do so can sometimes distract him from the mission at hand.
• Agent Oswald : Before being assigned to the Odd Squad Mobile Unit, Oswald worked as the only employee of the Odd Squad museum in New York City. Having spent his entire career behind a desk, he is often excited to jump into tasks or cases.
• Agent Orla : Orla joins the Odd Squad Mobile Unit after being isolated for 400 years at an ancient Odd Squad headquarters protecting the powerful 44-leaf clover. Because of her separation from society at large and her history standing guard, she is often unfamiliar with modern inventions and has a tendency to react to situations quickly and without forethought.
• Agent Osmeralda : Appearing as Esmeralda Kim in early season 3, she often showed up desiring to help but stating she was too busy with various hobbies such as karate or music instrument practice. In "Odd Off the Press," having finally cleared up her schedule, she is brought in to fill the opening left by the departure of Opal. She brings her out-of-the-box thinking skills to the team.
• Little O : Formerly Big O's assistant, she takes a position as a substitute for Big O as the head of Odd Squad at the end of "Odd Off the Press."
• Agent Ozzie : An agent at an Odd Squad precinct in the United Kingdom.
• Agent Orli : An agent who lives and works in Niagara Falls and is called to the United Kingdom Odd Squad precinct to assist in stemming the rising oddness rates.
• Captain O : The head of an Odd Squad precinct in the United Kingdom.
• Agent Onom : A scientist at an Odd Squad precinct in the United Kingdom.

Recurring

Odd Squad employees

• Dr. O : The precinct's resident medical employee who assists others with medical-related problems. She's known for her eccentric behavior and frequently says nonsensical stuff; often her dialogue references popular science-fiction series like Star Trek or Doctor Who. It is revealed in-show that she was once a worker in the Odd Squad gift shop, but became a doctor when the gift shop was shut down. After the original Dr. O leaves to work as a doctor in space, she is replaced with a new male doctor who previously worked in another department.
• Agent Obfusco : An Odd Squad agent and cross-cultural expert who speaks in obscure riddles, a characteristic intended to teach viewers how to understand word problems. He is eccentric and difficult for the other agents to understand, which leads them to try to avoid working with him.
• Agent Ocean : The precinct's director of the 'Creature Room,' which houses many bizarre creatures and plants which Odd Squad agents may need to know about. Ocean has a laid-back and easy-going personality.
• Agent Octavia : Agent Oz's partner. It was noted in an episode that she is one of the precinct's best employees. She is usually looking for her partner because he is invisible.
• Agent O'Donahue : Ms. O's partner after Olga went to the odd side. He was Ms. O's partner up until the 1980s when he and Oprah failed to solve a case featuring a mysterious villain Equal Evan. He then quit, but returned 30 years later to help his partner finally solve the case. Now he pretends to be retired while secretly solving cases undercover for Ms. O.
• Oksana : The precinct's sole resident cook. She has a deadpan and sarcastic personality.
• Agent Olaf : Agent Oren's partner. Olaf is happy-go-lucky but tends to be simple-minded. Despite this, he has displayed moments of intelligence, often to the shock and amazement of his fellow agents. He shares Oren's penchant for laziness. He dreams of becoming a dentist. He has an unusual potato obsession. Later on in the series, it is revealed that he is a werewolf.
• Agent Orchid : One of the younger agents. She tends to be extremely stubborn and is often sarcastic and difficult as well as cunning and manipulative. She enjoys calling others "Sherman."
• Agent Oren : Agent Olaf's partner. Oren is depicted as snarky and arrogant. Oren and his partner have an ongoing rivalry with Olive and Otto. Oren has an unusual fear of pancakes and dreams of becoming an Odd Squad director and running his own precinct.
• Other Olympia : Ms. O's old assistant. After defeating a villain, she became an agent alongside her partner Ozric. Her name used to be Olympia until she and Agent Olympia had a "name off" in the episode Other Olympia. Her name was later changed to Odal.
• Agent Owen : The head of the precinct's Security department, in charge of defending against intruders and other vital protective measures of the surrounding town, the squad and its employees. He is frequently seen going on break.
• Agent Orson : One of the baby agents, he is an excellent driver and was frequent winner of the precinct's employee of the month award until he was found to have rigged the results. In the season two finale, Agent Orson is promoted to Mr. O after the former Ms. O is promoted to the rank of Big O.
• Agent Ozlyn : Worker in the Security Department.
• Agent Olly : A former doctor who now assists Oksana with maintaining the building's break room and cafeteria.
• Agent Xavier : An agent from Odd Squad's Department X Special Task Force who oversee the agency's work, enforce rules and have the power to temporarily shut Odd Squad down.
• Agent Xena : Agent Xavier's partner.
• Agent Orwell A security agent at an Odd Squad precinct in the United Kingdom.
• Agent Osgood The cook of an Odd Squad precinct in the United Kingdom.
• Agent Opie The new agent of the Department of Help after Ozzie becomes an agent.

Others

• Delivery Debbie : A pizzeria owner who has appeared in numerous episodes and played a key part in the series movie, Odd Squad: The Movie. Her archrival is Delivery Doug who specializes in the sale of egg-salad sandwiches.
• Delivery Doug : Delivery Debbie's ex-rival, owner of Delivery Doug's Egg Salad Sandwiches, and co-founder of Doug and Debbie's Egg-Salad Pizzeria. On the contrary to Debbie's restaurant, Doug used to run his business in his mother's basement and uses his Eggmobile to get around. He now lives and operates his business in the Arctic, where he has two locations.
• Polly Graph : A girl who runs a stand selling hot chocolate or lemonade, depending on the season, outside her house. Employees of the local 'Odd Squad' precinct frequently patronize her stand. She is very fond of graphs and has just the right visual representation to deal with the situation at hand. While she is not an agent, she offers data to employees who visit her stand. On occasion, she assists with cases and internal business within the organization.
• Soundcheck : A satirical boy band made up of Tony D., Danny T., Ringo, and Johnny J., and is well liked by most of the precinct employees. Songs by the group include Take Away Four, ''The Force of Gravity and Up, Down, Left, Right. Sound Check as a group appears on the album Odd Squad: Stop the Music.
• Rivka : The caretaker for the unseen Baby Genius, a mysterious infant who the Odd Squad agents bargain with for solutions to otherwise unsolvable problems. Agents meet with them in a dark alley, and have to give gifts'' that amuse Baby Genius, to get their help.
• The Baker : - A recurring character in many Odd Squad episodes, the Baker runs a bakery in town and frequently requests the help of the Odd Squad in solving problems around her shop.
• Mayor Macklemore : - Mayor of the city where precinct 13579 is located.

Antagonists

• Agent Ohlm : A slow-witted agent who briefly served as a partner for Agent Otto, he later partners with Agent Orchid when Otto and Olive depart the precinct. Ohlm is best known for his unpredictability, causing confusion and getting lost. In the season two finale, it's revealed that Ohlm is in reality a clever, intelligent, calculating individual, but pretended to be dumb in order to destroy Odd Squad out of spite for not immediately being the Big O.
• Fladam : A villain with glasses capable of transforming anything into a two-dimensional form.
• Noisemaker : A villain who wants to fill the world with odd noises. He wears a variety of instruments all over his body that make sounds whenever he moves.
• Odd Todd : Previously Olive's partner, Todd was fired for misconduct and began to pursue villainy, taking the name of 'Odd Todd'. A recurring villain in the first season, he was outsmarted by Agent Otto and renounced villainy for other interests. In the second season, he takes up gardening and has been seen providing assistance to the precinct's employees; he briefly returns as a villain in an alternate timeline in "World Turned Odd." In the season two finale, he is running a center to help other villains reform. Early in the first season before Todd was introduced, a running gag was that the number 43, his badge number, was hidden in various places for viewers to find.
• President Obbs : The former president of the Odd Squad Scientists. After an attempt to mind control all scientists and take over the world, he was fired. Agent Oscar then took over his role as the president of the Odd Squad Scientists.
• Shapeshifter : A villain who can transform anything or anyone, including herself, into a different object or person. A younger version of Shapeshifter is seen in the movie produced to accompany the series. In Season 3, she has a twin sister named The Form Changer.
• Tiny Dancer : A villain that makes inanimate objects dance on command.
• Freeze Ray Ray : A villain who can freeze anything or anyone, including himself, using his left hand encased in his case.
• Jamie Jam : A villain who likes to jam up the city. She likes to stress the difference between jams and jellies.
• Kooky Clown : A villain who wants to destroy Odd Squad so that the world would be more kooky.
• Jelly Bean Joe a villain who covers the city in things like feathers or pudding if you don't guess how many jellybeans are in his jar
• The Shadow : A villain who causes oddness for the Odd Squad Mobile Unit. Her real name is revealed to be Olizabeth in "Follow the Leader." She is Agent Opal's sister.
• Brutus : The Shadow's assistant.
• The Square Squire : A villain who only like things that are square.

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