Odd Squad
Olive and Otto in Shmumberland
Season 1 Episode 39 | 26m 11sVideo has Audio Description, Closed Captions
Olive and Otto get zapped into a comic book.
When Olive and Otto get zapped into a comic book, Olive must use her knowledge of the comic book to escape.
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Odd Squad
Olive and Otto in Shmumberland
Season 1 Episode 39 | 26m 11sVideo has Audio Description, Closed Captions
When Olive and Otto get zapped into a comic book, Olive must use her knowledge of the comic book to escape.
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My name is Agent Olive.
This is my partner, Agent Otto.
This is a vase...or a face.
But back to Otto and me.
We work for an organization run by kids that investigates anything strange, weird, and, especially, odd.
Our job is to put things right again.
(theme music) (Otto screaming) (roaring) - Squishinating!
- (Olive): Who do we work for?
We work for Odd Squad.
- Olive and Otto in Shmumberland.
- Good evening, sir.
We heard something odd was happening?
- Yeah!
Watch this.
I wish I had a basketball.
(bang) - Whoa!
- See?
- Question: Did you happen to purchase a lamp recently?
- Actually, as a matter of fact, I did!
(Middle Eastern music playing) - Yup, that's a magic lamp.
It grants you three wishes.
- And since you wished for a basketball, you only have two left.
- Oh, no, no, no.
I already wished for these here sneakers.
- So you only have one wish left.
Use it wisely.
- What?
Oh, man!
I wish you guys told me that this morning!
- Good morning, sir.
We heard something odd was happening.
- Oh, man!
(chirping) (snickering) - You're really enjoying that file!
- Hmm?
Oh, I love work!
- Hold on... (Olive humming nervously) - HEY!
- What is this?
- Give it back!
Shmumberman Vs Dr. Soup?
I haven't read this one yet.
Is it good?
- So good!
On page 18, Shmumberman breaks into a peanut butter castle.
See?
And then two pages later, on page 20, he discovers that-- - LA LA LA LA!
I don't want you to spoil it for me.
Except, why are you hiding it?
- (quietly): Ms. O doesn't like Shmumberman.
- What?
Why?
- I'll tell you why!
(slurping) Because whenever a new comic comes out, everyone stops working -- like Olive's doing right now.
- But Ms. O, you and Shmumberman are so alike!
You both love juice, you both can lift up cars-- - We are nothing alike!
GRR!
Hand it over so I can throw it out.
- You can't do that, I haven't read it yet!
- And I've only read it 96 times!
- Here, here, I'll use my put-away-inator.
- Or my save-it- for-later-inator.
- Wait, don't use those gadgets at the same time!
...Or that'll happen.
- AHH!
- Hey, this is just like the time we fell into the board game.
- Yeah, yeah.
- AHH!
(banging) (groaning) - Look -- it's the Shmumbermobile and the Shmumbercopter and the Shmumberbicycle built for two!
- Whoa, a statue of Shmumbly the butler!
- I'm a real person.
(gasping) - What's...going on?
- Partner, look in the Shmumbermirror.
- I...
I think we're inside...the comic book.
- (together): BEST DAY EVER!
WOO-HOO!
YEAH!
- This is awesome!
(Odd Squad ringtone playing) Gopher Olive.
- Olive?
- Ms. O?
Otto and I got sucked into the comic book.
- I know.
I'm watching you right now.
Are you OK?
- Um, better than OK. We met Shmumbly the butler, Otto's riding the Shmumbershark... (honky tonk music playing) - Yee-haw!
- I can't wait to meet Shmumberman!
- Not going to happen.
- Why not?
- Because he's out here with me.
- It's true!
Mm... What a strange, round world this is!
- Hang on, agents.
I'll get Oscar to fix this.
OSCAR!
- Agent Orrzack, you're not Oscar.
- No, ma'am, but you told me if you ever yelled "OSCAR!"
to remind you that he's out of the office this week.
He took his yo-yo show on the road.
- Behold my next trick, ha ha!
(rock music blaring) (crowd roaring) Hey, thank you!
Heh... - Argh!
But if Oscar's not here, how do we fix this?
- No rush on this side, I shall enjoy having many adventures in your world, learning life lessons -- perhaps falling in love.
ARGH!
Unh... (suit beeping and whirring) (groaning) (sparks snapping) - What's happening?
- I don't know!
An alarm in his suit went off and he fell down.
- It's because Shmumberman comes from the lost planet of Fruitlantis.
It has a fruit juice core.
- Ugh, you're fan too?
- Oh, yeah!
- Give it to me straight, Orrzack.
- Shmumberman needs juice to survive.
- Preferably apple!
(slurping) - Olive and Otto, I need you to get out of the comic so I can get juice boy back in before he drinks all my juice.
- Professor Straw could help.
- Professor what?
- Professor Straw is the scientist that's always building stuff for Shmumberman.
Maybe she could build a machine to zap us out and zap Shmumberman back in.
- Good thinking, partner.
We're on it, Ms. O.
- No autographs!
Back to work!
Shoo!
Shoo!
Orrzack, help me get juice boy to my office.
- Your office?
This is the day I've been waiting for!
The day you ask me to move in to your office and help you run Odd Squad!
- What?
That's not what I'm... Just grab his legs.
Hmm!
He's way lighter than I thought.
- It's because his bones are made out of bendy straws.
- Ugh!
That's just gross.
- Are you thinking what I'm thinking?
- (together): To the Shmumbermobile!
(spy movie music playing) (engine revving) (tires squealing) (clanging) OW!
- What happened?
- Comic book rules -- you can't leave the page you're on.
- Then why did you let us do the whole, "To the Shmumbermobile!"
- You were so excited.
I didn't want to ruin it.
- How are we supposed to get to the page with Professor Straw?
- Partner, there's a number on the bottom of each page.
Maybe we can get to the page we want using... the change-a-number-inator.
- Why have I never seen that gadget before?
- It's kind of boring.
Right now, we're on page 1, but Professor Straw doesn't show up until, um, the last page of the comic, page 30.
It's actually this really great scene where the whole story just comes together-- - Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
Spoiler alert!
I haven't read the comic yet, remember?
- Sorry.
We need to get to page 30 and we're at page 1 now, so that means we need to do addition.
- So how many numbers do we have to add to get from 1 to 30?
- Shmumbly, do you have a number line?
- We call it a Shmumbleline, but yes -- same dealio.
(beeping) - (Olive): Right now, we're at 1 and we have to get to here, 30.
- So there are 1, 2, 3... ...27, 28, 29.
So we have to add 29 to get to 30.
(buzzing) - WHOA!
- (gasping): Look, page 30!
It worked!
- Yeah!
Wait...
But where's the professor?
- Hiding behind this side table.
One move, and I'll turn you both into juice!
- NO!
No, we're good guys!
We're from a different world where your world is just a comic book!
- Don't make me laugh.
Ha ha ha!
...Argh!
I'm so angry you made me laugh!
- It's true!
I can prove it because I read the comic book and I know, um, uh... Oh!
You invented that Juicetron 6000 today.
And, um, uh... Oh!
Earlier this morning, you discovered Shmumberman's secret identity is-- - Don't say it!
- What?
That Shmumberman is really mild-mannered Julian Buckley?
- Aw, man!
- He hasn't read the comic yet.
- Ooh, so he doesn't know about the explosion on the Shmumberville blimp that created a robot villain named Restitution?
- ♪ La la la la la la La la la la la ♪ ♪ La la la la la la La la la la la ♪ - Oh...
Sorry.
Anyway, you've convinced me.
What can I do for you?
- We need you to build a machine to zap us back to our world and zap Shmumberman back into the comic.
- Not a problem!
In fact, I already have one.
- Seriously?
- Really?
- Of course.
Let me just get some Shmumbertonium to power this puppy up.
(gasping) Oh, no!
- You're out of Shmumbertonium?
- No -- carrot sticks.
I like to snack while I work.
I keep my Shmumbertonium in here... (gasping) Oh, no!
Then I'm also out of Shmumbertonium!
Without it, I can't send you back.
- Hmm... Maybe we can get some.
- How?
- Earlier in the comic, Shmumberman goes into a Shmumbertonium factory.
- What page was it on?
- Uh...
I don't remember exactly!
Halfway through.
- We need another number line.
- Hey!
Don't draw on it!
This is a collector's edition.
- Seriously?
- (sighing): If you must.
- Right now, we're at the end of the comic -- page 30.
And way down there is the beginning -- page 1.
- Halfway is here -- page 15.
- So, how do we get from page 30 to here?
- The number 15 is smaller than the number 30, so we want to do subtraction.
So start at 30 and take away...15, which makes sense, because it's exactly half.
So if you add 15 plus 15 to get 30... - ...subtracting 15 from 30 will get you 15 again.
So...what are we doing again?
- Minus 15.
See you soon, Professor.
- Call me Mandy.
And, you know, if you could grab me some carrot sticks too, that would be great.
(beeping) (whirring) - (both): WHOA!
(banging) - I cannot get used to that!
Phew!
Finally -- page 15.
- Let's get the Shmumbertonium.
- There's none left.
- (both): AHH!
- Dr. Soup stole it.
- Argh, that's right!
Dr. Soup stole it by disguising himself as a robot and-- - Hello!
Still haven't read the comic yet.
- But...if there's no Shmumbertonium, we can't power Professor Straw's machine and we can't zap Shmumberman back in here... - ...or zap ourselves out!
We'll be trapped in the comic forever!
- (sighing): Welcome to my world.
- To be continued... (fanfare playing) (roaring) - Odd Squad Training Video Number 18: How to Feed the Odd Squad Hamster.
- Greetings, Agents.
We have many pets at Odd Squad, but one of my favorite furry friends is this little hamster right here.
The important thing is how we feed these little guys.
Feed it too little, and this happens... (steam hissing) Feed him to much, and this happens.
So to avoid any further mistakes, let's review how to feed this little guy.
Every day, he eats 10 bologna sandwiches.
This morning, he had 3 bologna sandwiches and this agent here is on afternoon feeding duty.
She has to figure out how many sandwiches to feed the little guy to get him to 10.
If she doesn't get it right, things go bad...fast.
But how do you figure out which number goes in the blank?
It's tricky, because usually, the blank goes after the equation after the equals sign, but in this case it's in the middle.
But not to worry.
If you can add a number to 3 to get it to 10, then you can subtract 3 from 10 to get the same number.
So let's see, 10 minus 1, 2, 3 equals...7.
So this agent has to feed this little guy 7 bologna sandwiches.
One more thing to keep in mind when you feed the Odd Squad hamster is to never, ever, under any circumstance look it directly into the eye.
If you do, you'll explode... ...then reappear.
And explode... ...and then reappear.
And then explode...and then reappear.
And...you get the idea.
- There you are!
Something very odd has happened.
Yes, I'm talking to you, with the loveable laugh!
Take a look at this.
Here at Odd Squad, we care for all kinds of odd creatures.
When they get big, we let them go.
Join Odd Squad at pbskids.org to help our creatures grow up strong.
Odd Squad needs you!
- And now, the rest of the story.
- It's over.
Without Shmumbertonium, we'll never zap out of the comic or get Shmumberman back home.
- At least Ms. O is able to keep Shmumberman going in the real world.
She has so many juice boxes she'll never run out.
I know because I just said that it seems like she will run out now, but trust me, she'll never run out.
- Where are the juice boxes!
- My first day of running Odd Squad is not going well.
- You are not running-- - Need... ...juice!
- I got this.
HI-YA!
Drink!
- Mm... Heart can't take the pulp!
- Use your teeth as a strainer, man!
(beeping and whirring) - You saved him!
- For now.
I need you to get all the available fruit up here.
- You got it, Ms. O!
Or is that confusing now, because I'm a Ms. O, too?
- You are not a Ms. O!
- You're right!
I should go by Mr. O.
(beeping) - Hurry, Olive and Otto!
- Argh!
If only we'd gotten the Shmumbertonium before Dr. Soup stole it!
- Wait!
What if we stole it back?
- Impossible.
He destroys it in his evil lair on page 21.
I was so upset, I had to put the comic down.
- But what if we zap to the page right before he destroys it?
Then we can steal it back!
- So, right before page 21 would be...page 20!
- We're on page 15 now.
The number 20 is bigger than 15.
- So that means it's an addition problem.
- To get from 15 to 20, we add 16, 17, 18, 18, 20.
Plus 5!
(beeping) - Wait!
Take me with you!
I've been trapped on this one comic page my whole life.
- Mm, I don't know... - I can help you!
I have special skills.
For example, I like food.
- Me too!
You're in.
- That's not exactly a special skill-- - (all): WHOA!
- Whoa!
So this is what daytime looks like.
- (Olive): There's the Shmumbertonium!
- Halt!
- What's with everyone hiding behind side tables?
- Move aside, Dr. Soup.
- That's Dr. Soup to you.
- Didn't I say "doctor"?
- SILENCE!
How dare you try to steal what I rightfully stole!
I haven't been this upset since my sidekick Spoonboy turned against me-- - Can't... Can't hear you!
Can't hear you!
Can you all just stop with the giving stuff away?
- What?
- He hasn't read the comic yet.
- Really?
- Yup.
- Look: I want to be really real with you for a minute.
It drives me crazy when people spoil stuff for me and I wanted to say that I'm sorry, from the deepest part of the soup can that is my heart.
- I appreciate that.
Thanks.
- You're welcome.
NOW EAT CHOWDER!
- AHH!
- Wow!
- Don't hide -- I hate it when they hide!
Move to your left -- perfect!
(Odd Squad ring tone) - Gopher Olive.
- Olive, it's me.
Quit hiding behind that Queen Anne Chinoiserie lowboy table and get that Shmumbertonium!
- OK, Ms. O.
(rhythmic banging) Um, what is that noise in the background?
- (keeping time): Squeeze!
...Squeeze!
...Squeeze!
...Squeeze!
- That would be Orrzack not drumming fast enough.
- My name is Mr. O now.
- No, it's not.
- We're on it, Ms. O.
- Got another cup ready!
- Not too fast.
- Mmm... Fruit punch -- my favorite!
- Of course it's your favorite -- it's the best flavor there is.
- You know, the best part of drinking juice isn't even the juice part; it's the part right before you drink.
- When you imagine the juice hitting your mouth.
- It's like... - (together): Anything is possible.
- Maybe you guys aren't so different after all.
- Don't you have a drum to bang?
- Squeeze!
(chirping) - (Dr. Soup): YES!
HA HA HA HA!
- I don't know what's worse -- that he's splatting soup everywhere, or that he's terrible at rapping!
- Soup, there it is!
Soup, there it is!
(cackling) - We'll never get the Shmumbertonium!
- Olive, Otto -- you've given me such a gift by showing me a different page of the comic.
As thanks, I will stop Dr. Soup.
- How?
- By using my special skill.
- Ahh!
(swallowing aggressively) - How... How is this possible?
- Mm... (indistinct mumbling) - (Otto): Well, then -- I have a new hero.
(sighing with satisfaction) - AH!
You've defeated me with your incredible appetite!
(cheering) - Nice job, partner!
- Ha ha!
Thanks for the emotional support, guys!
- Alright, partner.
Let's get this back to Professor Straw and use the change-a- number-inator to go home.
- Ugh!
Problem: it's jammed with soup.
- Mm, butternut squash!
- But how are we supposed to get back to Professor Straw on page 30?
- Maybe my special skill can help... ...again.
(slurping loudly) - Oh... - Eww... - Ms. O, can I talk to you about our desk?
- Orrzack, it is my desk.
- You're right, I should move my own furniture in here.
(groaning) - (sighing): We've run out of fruit to squeeze.
- Really?
- Well, we have pomegranates, but no one could figure out how to open them.
- You ran out of fruit, didn't you?
- No, that's ridiculous!
We have plenty of fruit, right over-- He's upset because there's nowhere to put all the fruit.
Heh heh!
- You don't like when they add sugar to the juice -- don't add sugar to the truth.
- We're running a bit low.
- I just wish I could have shown you my world.
It was fruit-tastic.
- Don't you talk like that!
Here's a dirty rag I used to clean up a juice spill earlier today.
- Mm... Pineapple?
- You bet your straws.
- Yeah.
- Open up these empty juiceboxes, people!
I want every last drop!
Hang on, juice boy!
Hang on!
- Anything?
- The best I could do was get soup of number 3, number 1, and the plus sign.
- Argh -- but that's not enough!
We're on page 20.
Professor Straw is all the way on page 30.
But what if we pressed 3 a bunch of times to get to 30?
- Will plus 3 get us to 30?
- We're on 20 now, so we just count by 3s.
23, 26, 29... - ARGH!
It doesn't work!
- But look -- we also have a plus 1, and 29 plus 1 is... - (together): ...30!
- Let's go.
- No!
I've seen more of the comic book than I ever imagined possible.
Now that Dr. Soup is defeated, I will stay here and turn his evil lair into a place of peace and justice.
- Plus, I've eaten so much soup, I kind of need a nap.
- But we don't even know your name.
- That's because I don't have one.
it's just "Shmumbertonium factory worker".
- Not any more.
From now on, your name is hero.
- Hugo?
I love it!
- No, no, no, I said "hero, because you were-- - It's not important.
Let's go.
(beeping) (whirring) - Hugo... Yeah!
- Whoa!
- Where are you, Shmumberman?
- Don't worry, Commissioner -- we're getting him back.
- Page 23!
Keep pushing!
(beeping and whirring) - I'll just...
I'll just be here, then.
(humming tunelessly) - Hit it again!
Hit it again!
(beeping and whirring) - Whoa!
(Carribean music playing) - What is this?
- Oh... That's right.
It's an advertisement for juice boxes.
- Meh...
I preferred the robot fight.
- Alright, page 29.
So to get to page 30, I just have to press plus 1!
- Whoa!
- Yeah!
Nice.
- We made it!
Page 30!
Wahoo!
- So...no carrot sticks?
Oh, never mind.
Let's just do this Shmumbertonium thing.
- There's...no juice left.
(Shmumberman groaning) (dinging) - Don't worry, here comes backup.
(whirring) - Juicetron 6000!
- By the power of Shmumber!
You must be Olive and Otto.
Thanks for your help.
- He knows our names!
- And thank you to, Ms. O.
- Glad to have you back, juice boy.
- So, you guys seem to be getting along.
- Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a comic book to get back to... ...with my sidekick.
- What?
- Told you I wanted to show you my world.
Would you do me the honor?
- Under one condition: you are the sidekick.
- Deal.
(clucking) - Whoa!
Ms. O and Shmumberman just stopped a runaway train with pineapple juice.
- ARGH!
Stop talking!
I haven't read it yet.
- OLIVE!
OTTO!
IN MY OFFICE -- NOW!
- We don't have to pay attention to him, do we?
- Nope.
- That's cool.
Just... ...get up here whenever you have a chance.
Anybody got a key to this?
- I joined because your shadow should look like you, not a kangaroo.
- I joined because you should sit on chairs, they shouldn't sit on you.
- I joined because when you throw something away, it should stay away.
(spitting sound) (sighing) - We are... - We are... - We are... - We are Odd Squad.
Since the beginning of time -- and we're talking way back -- we've been fighting odd.
In our spare time, we also like to draw pictures of ourselves.
We really like this one.
- There's no case too big, no case too small, at Odd Squad, we do it all.
And yes, that is flying broccoli.
Join Odd Squad at pbskids.org and you'll get top-notch training in the secrets of Odd Squad.
You'll meet all of our odd creatures and help us care for them so they grow up strong.
You'll also become an expert in capturing pink, fuzzy centigurps.
You can also watch Odd Squad cases.
Look, Puppet Master!
I know you turned six people into puppets.
Two of them were my agents.
- You've got a lot of nerve!
- Look at my arms!
How am I supposed to work like this?
MMM!
(sighing) - Join today.
Odd Squad needs you.
And I need a dog -- a big one.
Aw, hello!
Well?
What are you waiting for?
GO!
Not you.
You can stay.
[ ♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] [laughing]
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