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* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: Ms. O mentions that if people are not able to count down, there will be no rockets blasting off, no races starting, and definitely no rocket races.
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* KidsDrivingCars: Parodied, as the "car" Olive drives is an actual toy car that doesn't go very fast [[RealityEnsues and eventually needs repairs after being driven a long distance.]] Once the repairs are made, she ends up ''backing the car up'' before driving forward.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: At the end of the ColdOpen, Olive tells Otto that he has a guy named Bob in his head. While it's possible that [[OrificeInvasion Bob is inside Otto's body in a similar manner as Gerard,]] it's also possible that Olive is implying he suffers from [[https://www.webmd.com/schizophrenia/auditory-hallucinations#1 auditory hallucinations, which is caused by, among other things, mental illnesses such as schizophrenia or PTSD.]]
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* UltimateAuthorityMayor: Mayor Mackelmore is a very dim bulb who is presented as little more than a YesMan to Ms. O. However, this may be a case of EarlyInstallmentWeirdness -- later episodes, such as "A Case of the Sing-Alongs", show that he does do mayoral duties, and becomes at very real risk of getting overthrown from his position.
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* UltimateAuthorityMayor: Mayor Mackelmore is a very dim bulb who is presented as little more than a YesMan to Ms. O. However, this may be a case of EarlyInstallmentWeirdness -- later episodes, such as [[Recap/OddSquadS1E7ACaseOfTheSingAlongsMsOUhOh "A Case of the Sing-Alongs", Sing-Alongs"]], show that he does do mayoral duties, and becomes at very real risk of getting overthrown from his position.
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* {{Atlantis}}: Olive has "discovering the lost city of Atlantis" as one of her resolutions.
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* EarAche: Despite Olive yelling directly into the ColdOpen client's ear, she doesn't react in the slightest.
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** Also, Mayor Mackelmore.
* BadNewsGoodNews: The "There Is No Good News" variant is used after Dr. O examines Olive.
--> '''Dr. O:''' You want the good news or bad news?
--> '''Otto:''' Bad news.
--> '''Dr. O:''' The bad news is there's no good news.
--> '''Olive and Otto:''' ''(in unison) [[BigWhat WHAT?!]]''
--> '''Dr. O:''' Olive is definitely the countdown crook.
* ContinuityNod: Song #66 on DJ K-berg's Top 100 Songs countdown is "Probably", sung by [[Recap/OddSquadS1E2SoundcheckDoubleTrouble Soundcheck.]]
* EarAche: Despite Olive yelling directly into the ColdOpen client's ear, she doesn't react in the slightest.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: At the end of the ColdOpen, Olive tells Otto that he has a guy named Bob in his head. While it's possible that [[OrificeInvasion Bob is inside Otto's body in a similar manner as Gerard,]] it's also possible that Olive is implying he suffers from [[https://www.webmd.com/schizophrenia/auditory-hallucinations#1 auditory hallucinations, which is caused by, among other things, mental illnesses such as schizophrenia or PTSD.]]
* HiddenDepths: It's shown that Olive is a very handy mechanic when it comes to toy cars (the organization's preferred vehicular transportation), and has years of experience fixing such cars under her belt.
* HolidayEpisode: The episode takes place on [[NewYearHasCome New Year's Eve.]]
* BadNewsGoodNews: The "There Is No Good News" variant is used after Dr. O examines Olive.
--> '''Dr. O:''' You want the good news or bad news?
--> '''Otto:''' Bad news.
--> '''Dr. O:''' The bad news is there's no good news.
--> '''Olive and Otto:''' ''(in unison) [[BigWhat WHAT?!]]''
--> '''Dr. O:''' Olive is definitely the countdown crook.
* ContinuityNod: Song #66 on DJ K-berg's Top 100 Songs countdown is "Probably", sung by [[Recap/OddSquadS1E2SoundcheckDoubleTrouble Soundcheck.]]
* EarAche: Despite Olive yelling directly into the ColdOpen client's ear, she doesn't react in the slightest.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: At the end of the ColdOpen, Olive tells Otto that he has a guy named Bob in his head. While it's possible that [[OrificeInvasion Bob is inside Otto's body in a similar manner as Gerard,]] it's also possible that Olive is implying he suffers from [[https://www.webmd.com/schizophrenia/auditory-hallucinations#1 auditory hallucinations, which is caused by, among other things, mental illnesses such as schizophrenia or PTSD.]]
* HiddenDepths: It's shown that Olive is a very handy mechanic when it comes to toy cars (the organization's preferred vehicular transportation), and has years of experience fixing such cars under her belt.
* HolidayEpisode: The episode takes place on [[NewYearHasCome New Year's Eve.]]
* KidsDrivingCars: Parodied, as the "car" Olive drives is an actual toy car that doesn't go very fast [[RealityEnsues and eventually needs repairs after being driven a long distance.]] Once the repairs are made, she ends up ''backing the car up'' before driving forward.
* KnewItAllAlong: DJ K-berg remarks that she knew Olive was the countdown crook, before she quickly backtracks and says she didn't.
* LongList: Olive's 100 resolutions are on one that manages to reach the floor.
* KnewItAllAlong: DJ K-berg remarks that she knew Olive was the countdown crook, before she quickly backtracks and says she didn't.
* LongList: Olive's 100 resolutions are on one that manages to reach the floor.
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* OneManBand: Gerard. He only knows one tune, but he's talented at playing it.
* OrificeInvasion: Gerard, a OneManBand, lives in a woman's ear and plays the same tune over and over, which causes the woman to repeat it. He's not only an [[StealthPun ear]] [[EarWorm worm,]] he ''creates'' an ear worm!
* ShownTheirWork: Commandeering? [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commandeering It's a real practice]] done by police and military forces.
* StereotypeFlip: When the toy car Olive is driving breaks down, she ends up fixing the car herself with Otto handing her tools, as opposed to the other way around. In RealLife, there aren't many female mechanics, as the field is dominated by men.
* TheyDontMakeThemLikeTheyUsedTo: Olive says this in response to her kiddie car needing repairs.
* UltimateAuthorityMayor: Mayor Mackelmore is a very dim bulb who is presented as little more than a YesMan to Ms. O. However, this may be a case of EarlyInstallmentWeirdness -- later episodes, such as "A Case of the Sing-Alongs", show that he does do mayoral duties, and becomes at very real risk of getting overthrown from his position.
* WhenTheClockStrikesTwelve: Olive states that she has to get the rest of her resolutions completed by midnight. Similarly, she and Otto must also find and apprehend the "countdown crook" before midnight so Ms. O can count down the new year.
* OrificeInvasion: Gerard, a OneManBand, lives in a woman's ear and plays the same tune over and over, which causes the woman to repeat it. He's not only an [[StealthPun ear]] [[EarWorm worm,]] he ''creates'' an ear worm!
* ShownTheirWork: Commandeering? [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commandeering It's a real practice]] done by police and military forces.
* StereotypeFlip: When the toy car Olive is driving breaks down, she ends up fixing the car herself with Otto handing her tools, as opposed to the other way around. In RealLife, there aren't many female mechanics, as the field is dominated by men.
* TheyDontMakeThemLikeTheyUsedTo: Olive says this in response to her kiddie car needing repairs.
* UltimateAuthorityMayor: Mayor Mackelmore is a very dim bulb who is presented as little more than a YesMan to Ms. O. However, this may be a case of EarlyInstallmentWeirdness -- later episodes, such as "A Case of the Sing-Alongs", show that he does do mayoral duties, and becomes at very real risk of getting overthrown from his position.
* WhenTheClockStrikesTwelve: Olive states that she has to get the rest of her resolutions completed by midnight. Similarly, she and Otto must also find and apprehend the "countdown crook" before midnight so Ms. O can count down the new year.
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* NewYearsResolution: The episode revolves around Olive attempting to get all of her New Year's resolutions crossed off before midnight. However, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero she ends up causing the ''entire town'' to be prevented from counting down in the process.]]
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* ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder: Dr. O says this while responding to Ms. O regarding Olive's cure, which would become her {{Catchphrase}} later on.
--> '''Ms. O:''' We don't ''have'' two weeks! I have to be on stage ''tonight!''
--> '''Dr. O:''' I'm a ''doctor,'' Ms. O, not a ''party planner!''
--> ''(Ms. O clears her throat meaningfully)''
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--> '''Ms. O:''' We don't ''have'' two weeks! I have to be on stage ''tonight!''
--> '''Dr. O:''' I'm a ''doctor,'' Ms. O, not a ''party planner!''
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* MediumAwareness: Olive remarks that she's going to speed through her resolutions with the BGM and the numbers in the background. She even [[BreakingTheFourthWall breaks the fourth wall]] more than once during the {{Montage}}.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Olive quotes this trope nearly verbatim when Otto informs her that she is the "countdown crook".
* NewYearsResolution: The episode revolves around Olive attempting to get all of her New Year's resolutions crossed off before midnight. However, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero she ends up causing the ''entire town'' to be prevented from counting down in the process.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Olive quotes this trope nearly verbatim when Otto informs her that she is the "countdown crook".
* NewYearsResolution: The episode revolves around Olive attempting to get all of her New Year's resolutions crossed off before midnight. However, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero she ends up causing the ''entire town'' to be prevented from counting down in the process.]]
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'''''Party of 5, 4, 3, 2, 1'''''
'''Airdates:''' November 28, 2014 [[note]] PBS Kids premiere[[/note]], January 22, 2015 [[note]] TVO Kids premiere[[/note]], January 31, 2015 [[note]] ICI Radio-Canada premiere[[/note]]
When people in town can no longer count down, Olive and Otto must uncover who is causing the problem and why, so Ms. O can count down the new year.
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* KarmaHoudini: Olive never faces any repercussions for preventing the town from counting down. [[JustifiedTrope Justified,]] as it wasn't intentional on her part.
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'''''Party of 5, 4, 3, 2, 1'''''
'''Airdates:''' November 28, 2014 [[note]] PBS Kids premiere[[/note]], January 22, 2015 [[note]] TVO Kids premiere[[/note]], January 31, 2015 [[note]] ICI Radio-Canada premiere[[/note]]
When people in town can no longer count down, Olive and Otto must uncover who is causing the problem and why, so Ms. O can count down the new year.
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* KarmaHoudini: Olive never faces any repercussions for preventing the town from counting down. [[JustifiedTrope Justified,]] as it wasn't intentional on her part.
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* SynchronousEpisodes: It was revealed on Odd Squad's Facebook page that this episode is the sister episode of "Switch Your Partner Round and Round", which has the same story but pits Olive and Otto against each other along with their respective partners, in a WhatIf situation.
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* AssumedWin: Ms. O declares Oren and Olaf the winners of the competition, with Otto beginning to protest before Olive stops him and [[AvertedTrope says it's not]] [[Worth It worth it.]] As a result, the Director sends the winning partner pair to Blobsylvania...before revealing that she knows Olive and Otto were really the ones who caught the entire blob, declaring ''them'' the winners instead.
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* AssumedWin: Ms. O declares Oren and Olaf the winners of the competition, with Otto beginning to protest before Olive stops him and [[AvertedTrope says it's not]] [[Worth It [[WorthIt worth it.]] As a result, the Director sends the winning partner pair to Blobsylvania...before revealing that she knows Olive and Otto were really the ones who caught the entire blob, declaring ''them'' the winners instead.
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: Olive and Otto do this twice each.
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* EleventyZillion: [[BlatantLies Oren remarks that he and Olaf solved a "gazillion" cases that morning.]] Olive is quick to point out that isn't a real number. She later uses "gazillion" to describe how many blobs are in Blobsylvania.
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: Olive and Otto do this twice each.
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* EleventyZillion: [[BlatantLies Oren remarks that he and Olaf solved a "gazillion" cases that morning.]] Olive is quick to point out that isn't a real number. [[BrickJoke She later uses "gazillion" to describe how many blobs are in Blobsylvania.]]
* EleventyZillion: [[BlatantLies Oren remarks that he and Olaf solved a "gazillion" cases that morning.]] Olive is quick to point out that isn't a real number. [[BrickJoke She later uses "gazillion" to describe how many blobs are in Blobsylvania.]]
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* WeAreStrugglingTogether: Olive and Otto, and Oren and Olaf, all want to capture the blob. However, it quickly turns into competition, with both pairs of partners competing to see who caught the biggest amount of blob. In a BaitAndSwitch
* WorthIt: Otto remarks that getting blob boogers on him is disgusting, but worth it just to rub it in Oren's and Olaf's faces.
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* WeAreStrugglingTogether: Olive and Otto, and Oren and Olaf, all want to capture the blob. However, it quickly turns into competition, with both pairs of partners competing to see who caught the biggest amount of blob. In a BaitAndSwitch
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* WorthIt: Otto remarks that getting blobboogers snot on him is disgusting, but worth it just to rub it the victory in Oren's and Olaf's faces.faces.
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'''''Blob on the Job'''''
'''Airdates:''' November 28, 2014 [[note]]PBS Kids premiere[[/note]], January 22, 2015 [[note]]TVO Kids premiere[[/note]], January 24, 2015 [[note]]ICI Radio-Canada premiere[[/note]]
When a blob gets loose in Odd Squad headquarters, Olive and Otto compete against rival agents Oren and Olaf to catch it first.
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* ArtisticLicensePhysics: Olive is able to somehow fit her ''entire body'' into a drawer of a filing cabinet.
* AssumedWin: Ms. O declares Oren and Olaf the winners of the competition, with Otto beginning to protest before Olive stops him and [[AvertedTrope says it's not]] [[Worth It worth it.]] As a result, the Director sends the winning partner pair to Blobsylvania...before revealing that she knows Olive and Otto were really the ones who caught the entire blob, declaring ''them'' the winners instead.
* BaitAndSwitchSentiment: Olive gets one of these in when finding the last quart of the blob.
--> '''Olive:''' Otto, you're a genius! I know where the blob is.
--> '''Otto:''' Well, where is it?
--> '''Olive:''' It's right... ''(she points to Otto's chest)'' ...here.
--> '''Otto:''' You're right! All we have to do is look inside our hearts!
--> '''Olive:''' ''(soft chuckle)'' No! It's on your suit!
* BigNo: Oscar gives one upon seeing that the blob escaped.
* BlobMonster: The titular blob, which doesn't have eyes, a nose, a mouth or any limbs, but can sense the presence of others. [[NoseNuggets And spews snot at people.]]
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Olive and Otto do this twice each.
* EleventyZillion: [[BlatantLies Oren remarks that he and Olaf solved a "gazillion" cases that morning.]] Olive is quick to point out that isn't a real number. She later uses "gazillion" to describe how many blobs are in Blobsylvania.
* FailedASpotCheck: Olive and Otto fail to notice the rumbling noise of the ColdOpen client's house, nor see her house skyrocket into the air. It's made even more painfully obvious when [[JerkassHasAPoint Oren points out that they came back from another failed case,]] only for Olive to retort that they solved it.
* FlashbackCut: One is used to show how the blob escaped its container.
* HiddenDepths: Olaf may be a person that surpasses even Otto's level of being a {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, but he can also have intelligent moments, as shown when he explains that there's one more quart of blob left to catch. It manages to leave everyone, especially Olive and Otto, in StunnedSilence.
* InsaneTrollLogic: Oren believes that "gazillion" is a real number, just because Olaf says it is.
* ItsALongStory: Parodied and [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] when Oscar states this verbatim and recites how the blob escaped via FlashbackCut, only for said flashback to last not even ten seconds.
--> '''Oscar:''' Huh. I guess that story wasn't...''so'' long.
* MaliciousMisnaming: Oren refers to Otto as "Oo-too" when they come face-to-face for the first time. Otto corrects him.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: While Oren and Olaf did manage to catch some of the blob, they are still sent to [[{{Uberwald}} Blobsylvania]] due to the fact that [[PlagiarismInFiction they stole the completed blob - which was rightfully Olive and Otto's - and passed it off as catching the blob to be their own doing.]]
* PassThePopcorn: Both Olive and Otto munch on popcorn as they watch Oren and Olaf count blobs in Blobsylvania.
* PiggybackCute: Subverted for both pairs of partners. In the case of Oren and Olaf, it isn't portrayed as romantic. However, while Otto giving Olive a piggyback ride may seem like ShipTease, she rides him for comedic effect rather than for romantic reasons, to the point where Otto could be a human SapientSteed (right down to Olive giving repeated "hyah's" and slapping him on the shoulder).
* RedAlert: This episode introduces Code Ruby, which is used to indicate that a blob has escaped.
* RememberTheNewGuy: Oren and Olaf have never been seen or mentioned prior to this episode, but Olive and Otto fully recognize them as rivals.
* SarcasticClapping: Oren does this in order to distract Olive and Otto and have Olaf steal their captured blob. It actually ends up working, [[LaserGuidedKarma but it backfires on both Oren and Olaf spectacularly.]]
* SitcomArchNemesis: Both Oren and Olaf serve as these to Olive and Otto. They antagonize and bully them, but aren't out-and-out villainous.
* SoMuchForStealth: Subverted. While the blob does stop moving and look up as though sensing Olive and Otto, the latter still manages to capture it before it can react.
* StockSoundEffect: Surprisingly averted in the case of Ms. O's airhorn, which doesn't make a typical airhorn noise and actually sounds like she's using it.
* TemptingFate: As Olive and Otto are leaving the ColdOpen client's house, Olive remarks that fixing the issue was "easier than I thought." Not a second later, the client's house begins taking off like a rocket into the sky.
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: The first thing Olive utters out upon seeing Oren and Olaf in the tube lobby is a despaired "Oh no..."
* TooImportantToWalk: Oren riding Olaf, as well as Olive riding Otto, could potentially be seen this way.
* {{Uberwald}}: Blobsylvania, which, as the name suggests, is full of blobs.
* WeAreStrugglingTogether: Olive and Otto, and Oren and Olaf, all want to capture the blob. However, it quickly turns into competition, with both pairs of partners competing to see who caught the biggest amount of blob. In a BaitAndSwitch
* WorthIt: Otto remarks that getting blob boogers on him is disgusting, but worth it just to rub it in Oren's and Olaf's faces.
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'''''Blob on the Job'''''
'''Airdates:''' November 28, 2014 [[note]]PBS Kids premiere[[/note]], January 22, 2015 [[note]]TVO Kids premiere[[/note]], January 24, 2015 [[note]]ICI Radio-Canada premiere[[/note]]
When a blob gets loose in Odd Squad headquarters, Olive and Otto compete against rival agents Oren and Olaf to catch it first.
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!!Tropes:
* ArtisticLicensePhysics: Olive is able to somehow fit her ''entire body'' into a drawer of a filing cabinet.
* AssumedWin: Ms. O declares Oren and Olaf the winners of the competition, with Otto beginning to protest before Olive stops him and [[AvertedTrope says it's not]] [[Worth It worth it.]] As a result, the Director sends the winning partner pair to Blobsylvania...before revealing that she knows Olive and Otto were really the ones who caught the entire blob, declaring ''them'' the winners instead.
* BaitAndSwitchSentiment: Olive gets one of these in when finding the last quart of the blob.
--> '''Olive:''' Otto, you're a genius! I know where the blob is.
--> '''Otto:''' Well, where is it?
--> '''Olive:''' It's right... ''(she points to Otto's chest)'' ...here.
--> '''Otto:''' You're right! All we have to do is look inside our hearts!
--> '''Olive:''' ''(soft chuckle)'' No! It's on your suit!
* BigNo: Oscar gives one upon seeing that the blob escaped.
* BlobMonster: The titular blob, which doesn't have eyes, a nose, a mouth or any limbs, but can sense the presence of others. [[NoseNuggets And spews snot at people.]]
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Olive and Otto do this twice each.
* EleventyZillion: [[BlatantLies Oren remarks that he and Olaf solved a "gazillion" cases that morning.]] Olive is quick to point out that isn't a real number. She later uses "gazillion" to describe how many blobs are in Blobsylvania.
* FailedASpotCheck: Olive and Otto fail to notice the rumbling noise of the ColdOpen client's house, nor see her house skyrocket into the air. It's made even more painfully obvious when [[JerkassHasAPoint Oren points out that they came back from another failed case,]] only for Olive to retort that they solved it.
* FlashbackCut: One is used to show how the blob escaped its container.
* HiddenDepths: Olaf may be a person that surpasses even Otto's level of being a {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, but he can also have intelligent moments, as shown when he explains that there's one more quart of blob left to catch. It manages to leave everyone, especially Olive and Otto, in StunnedSilence.
* InsaneTrollLogic: Oren believes that "gazillion" is a real number, just because Olaf says it is.
* ItsALongStory: Parodied and [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] when Oscar states this verbatim and recites how the blob escaped via FlashbackCut, only for said flashback to last not even ten seconds.
--> '''Oscar:''' Huh. I guess that story wasn't...''so'' long.
* MaliciousMisnaming: Oren refers to Otto as "Oo-too" when they come face-to-face for the first time. Otto corrects him.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: While Oren and Olaf did manage to catch some of the blob, they are still sent to [[{{Uberwald}} Blobsylvania]] due to the fact that [[PlagiarismInFiction they stole the completed blob - which was rightfully Olive and Otto's - and passed it off as catching the blob to be their own doing.]]
* PassThePopcorn: Both Olive and Otto munch on popcorn as they watch Oren and Olaf count blobs in Blobsylvania.
* PiggybackCute: Subverted for both pairs of partners. In the case of Oren and Olaf, it isn't portrayed as romantic. However, while Otto giving Olive a piggyback ride may seem like ShipTease, she rides him for comedic effect rather than for romantic reasons, to the point where Otto could be a human SapientSteed (right down to Olive giving repeated "hyah's" and slapping him on the shoulder).
* RedAlert: This episode introduces Code Ruby, which is used to indicate that a blob has escaped.
* RememberTheNewGuy: Oren and Olaf have never been seen or mentioned prior to this episode, but Olive and Otto fully recognize them as rivals.
* SarcasticClapping: Oren does this in order to distract Olive and Otto and have Olaf steal their captured blob. It actually ends up working, [[LaserGuidedKarma but it backfires on both Oren and Olaf spectacularly.]]
* SitcomArchNemesis: Both Oren and Olaf serve as these to Olive and Otto. They antagonize and bully them, but aren't out-and-out villainous.
* SoMuchForStealth: Subverted. While the blob does stop moving and look up as though sensing Olive and Otto, the latter still manages to capture it before it can react.
* StockSoundEffect: Surprisingly averted in the case of Ms. O's airhorn, which doesn't make a typical airhorn noise and actually sounds like she's using it.
* TemptingFate: As Olive and Otto are leaving the ColdOpen client's house, Olive remarks that fixing the issue was "easier than I thought." Not a second later, the client's house begins taking off like a rocket into the sky.
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: The first thing Olive utters out upon seeing Oren and Olaf in the tube lobby is a despaired "Oh no..."
* TooImportantToWalk: Oren riding Olaf, as well as Olive riding Otto, could potentially be seen this way.
* {{Uberwald}}: Blobsylvania, which, as the name suggests, is full of blobs.
* WeAreStrugglingTogether: Olive and Otto, and Oren and Olaf, all want to capture the blob. However, it quickly turns into competition, with both pairs of partners competing to see who caught the biggest amount of blob. In a BaitAndSwitch
* WorthIt: Otto remarks that getting blob boogers on him is disgusting, but worth it just to rub it in Oren's and Olaf's faces.
