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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The Guardian of the Rocks seems to hint at a romantic relationship with Opal and the Van Computer, as he asks how long the two of them have been partners, followed by Opal's breathy, surprised "Well!" as Oswald performs a JawDrop. (Of course, since Opal is a human and Van Computer is a BenevolentAI, it won't happen, but the implications are still there.) It also hints at some ShipTease between Opal and Oswald.
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'''''Into the Odd Woods'''''
'''Airdate:''' March 2, 2020 [[note]] PBS Kids premiere[[/note]]
Agent Omar gets a case of "Clownitosis", and Opal and Oswald must go into the Odd Woods in São Paulo, Brazil to collect ingredients for an antidote.
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!!Tropes:
* AerithAndBob: All of the clowns Omar addresses have bizarre names like Wing-Ding and Bozo...except the last one, who's named Tim.
* AmbiguousTimePeriod: Averted -- this episode reveals that it's been a few months since the Mobile Unit was formed.
* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: Opal and Oswald encounter a giant baby while searching for ingredients.
* BadlyBatteredBabysitter: Orla is repeatedly attacked by pies while trying to get Omar under control. When hit by one, Omar takes the chance to make his escape, with Orla in hot pursuit shortly after the shock wears off.
* BlatantLies: Opal asks Omar what happened that caused him to get Clown-itosis. A FlashbackCut shows Omar saying his thanks to a group of clowns for giving him a ride, and when it cuts back to the present, he tells her that he has no idea how he got it.
* BreatherEpisode: Along with "The Void", it's a lighthearted episode before the WhamEpisode "Slow Your Roll", which marks the debut of the BigBad of the season, and also marks the halfway point.
* ButtMonkey: Poor Orla is put through the wringer in this episode.
* CallBack: Opal mentions that Omar might have [[Recap/OddSquadS2E8AndThenTheyWerePuppiesACaseOfTheSillies "a case of the Sillies"]].
* CharacterFocus: The episode swaps focus between Omar and Oswald. In the former's case, he has Clown-itosis, and needs to be cured of it before he leaves the Mobile Unit to join the circus forever. Meanwhile, the latter is struggling to deal with Van Computer (in a compact form for easy traveling) being relied on for everything, and is hurt over Opal's repeated dismissals to rely on his book to find the ingredients to cure Omar.
* ClownCar: Omar gets a ride from a group of clowns traveling in one of these. This is what causes him to get Clown-itosis.
* CompressedVice: It's implied that Oswald has a bit of a hatred for computers and other high-tech machines, preferring to use his old-fashioned books to get the job done. He has never shown such a hatred in past or subsequent episodes, but considering he is a {{Bookworm}}, it's fitting.
* CrazyPrepared: Oswald just so happens to have a Clown-to-English dictionary on hand. Unfortunately, Orla books it to chase after Omar before he can relay the message to her.
** Not only that, but he also has a ''Baby''-to-English dictionary on him as well.
* TheEasyWayOrTheHardWay: Orla has a variant -- she tells Omar that they can do this the easy way, or the ''silly'' way.
* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: The Odd Woods is indicated in Sao Paulo by yellow sparkles.
* ExactEavesdropping: The Guardian of the Rocks overhears Opal and Oswald's conversation about tasting rocks to find the correct one, in order to deliver the episode's {{Aesop}}.
* FindTheCure: This episode is one of many in a trend of "Find the ingredients for a cure" episodes.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The Guardian of the Rocks seems to hint at a romantic relationship with Opal and the Van Computer, as he asks how long the two of them have been partners, followed by Opal's breathy, surprised "Well!" as Oswald performs a JawDrop. (Of course, since Opal is a human and Van Computer is a BenevolentAI, it won't happen, but the implications are still there.) It also hints at some ShipTease between Opal and Oswald.
* GreatBigBookOfEverything: As it turns out, the van is equipped with a Medical book that Oswald uses to diagnose Omar.
* ICantHearYou: Opal tells Orla this while on the phone with her. As it turns out, Orla got another PieInTheFace, hence why her voice is muffled on the other end of the line.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: Orla throws the pie at Omar, and it lands with ''incredible'' accuracy.
* {{Irony}}: The thing that Orla has been hit with is the very same thing that is needed to cure Omar: a pie.
* ItTastesLikeFeet: Inverted. Opal and Oswald have to find a rock that tastes like a banana split with a cherry on top. Opal is very uncomfortable with licking every single rock, even if they ''have'' been washed every hour, on the hour, while Oswald picks up a rock, licks it, and remarks how it tastes minty.
* JabbaTableManners: Omar's way of eating pies involves him thrusting ''his entire face'' into the pie, which Orla takes disgust to.
* LetsSplitUpGang: This episode has the Main 4 split up into new pairings: Opal with Oswald, and Orla with Omar.
* LittleNo: Orla gives one to Omar that is laced with TranquilFury when he offers her some of the pie that cured him.
* MeaningfulName: Make no mistake -- while Opal and Oswald don't know why where they go for their last ingredient is known as Baby Bamboo Growth, they soon see ''[[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever exactly]]'' [[FearlessInfant why.]]
* MustMakeHerLaugh: He doesn't ''actively'' try to make Orla laugh, but nonetheless, Orla dedicates herself to keeping him well-behaved and under control because no clown has ever made her laugh. By the end of the episode, when Omar is cured, she doesn't laugh even once.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Omar, ever TheDitz, is revealed to have gotten ''himself'' infected with Clown-itosis by hitching a ride with a group of clowns.
* NonIronicClown: Omar becomes one of these as his Clown-itosis progresses.
* NoSenseOfHumor: Orla doesn't find a clown's antics to be funny in any way. Even after Omar is cured and begins laughing after receiving a PieInTheFace, Orla just looks at him dead-on and asks him what's so funny. Her teammates find it funny, but ''she'' doesn't.
--> '''Orla:''' I will never understand clowns.
* TheNoseKnows: Oswald uses his sense of smell to find an odd pumpkin that smells like freshly-washed socks.
* PieInTheFace: Omar frequently hits Orla with these. Naturally, she doesn't find it funny in the slightest, mostly because a clown has never made her laugh.
--> '''Orla:''' The Clown-itosis has gotten stronger...smarter... ''[tasting the pie filling]'' Sugarier. ''But still not funny!!'' '''''HALT!!'''''
** Omar later gets on the receiving end of this when Orla throws the cure at him.
* ReallyFondOfSleeping: The Guardian of the Rocks sleeps a lot due to having no visitors at his Mystical Rock Garden -- for ''57 years,'' as it turns out.
* RhymesOnADime: According to Oswald, Clown-itosis "starts in your noses, and spreads to your toes-es".
* RiddleMeThis: The Guardian of the Rocks has Opal and Omar answer his "impossible riddle" in order to retrieve the rock they need. Said riddle is easy, as the answer to it happens to be "a rock".
* RuleOfThree: Done ''Literature/GoldilocksAndTheThreeBears''-style when Opal checks odd pumpkins and weighs rocks.
* TheRunaway: It's stated that Omar will become a Circus Runaway if the Clown-itosis gets worse.
* ScaryJackInTheBox: Subverted. Orla approaches a large jack-in-the-box sitting in the middle of the hallway, believing that Omar, a NonIronicClown, is inside. When turning the lever, "Pop Goes the Weasel" doesn't play -- instead, it's a silly upbeat BGM track in the show that plays, and when the box opens, Omar isn't found to be inside, but rather, he performs a StealthHiBye, honking his horn before delivering another PieInTheFace to Orla.
* SickEpisode: The episode revolves primarily around Omar coming down with a case of Clown-itosis after having helped a group of clowns out. While Orla tries to keep him under wraps so he won't join the circus, Opal and Oswald go on a hunt for the ingredients to concoct an antidote to cure him.
* SpiritualSuccessor: To [[Recap/OddSquadS2E8AndThenTheyWerePuppiesACaseOfTheSillies "A Case of the Sillies"]], as both episodes have a FindTheCure plot involving a character descending into silliness while others go to look for ingredients for the antidote. Opal even mentions the episode title verbatim when diagnosing Omar.
* StealthHiBye: Omar does this when Oswald explains to her that Omar will run away and join the circus if his illness progresses. And then ''Orla'' does it, appearing on the agents' other side.
* TheVoiceless: Omar becomes this as the Clown-itosis progresses and he starts turning into an actual clown. He doesn't speak until after he's turned back to normal.
* TranquilFury: Oswald slips into this when the Van Computer creates a compact version of itself, and when Opal relies on it to weigh rocks.
--> '''Opal:''' This thing is totally portable!
--> '''Oswald:''' ''[through gritted teeth]'' ''Just...super.''
* TrillingRrrs: The Guardian of the Rocks does this a lot when saying "rock".
* WildTake: Oswald gets one when he finds out that the Van Computer can produce a compact form of itself for on-the-go traveling.
* WorldBuilding: The Odd Woods, located in Sao Paulo, Brazil, is introduced. It has oddly-colored pumpkins, oddly-colored sticks, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking a giant baby]] in a place known as Baby Bamboo Growth. It also has the Mystical Rock Garden, guarded by the Guardian of the Rocks.
* WorldTour: Opal and Omar go to Sao Paulo, Brazil, where the Odd Woods is located.
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'''''Into the Odd Woods'''''
'''Airdate:''' March 2, 2020 [[note]] PBS Kids premiere[[/note]]
Agent Omar gets a case of "Clownitosis", and Opal and Oswald must go into the Odd Woods in São Paulo, Brazil to collect ingredients for an antidote.
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!!Tropes:
* AerithAndBob: All of the clowns Omar addresses have bizarre names like Wing-Ding and Bozo...except the last one, who's named Tim.
* AmbiguousTimePeriod: Averted -- this episode reveals that it's been a few months since the Mobile Unit was formed.
* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: Opal and Oswald encounter a giant baby while searching for ingredients.
* BadlyBatteredBabysitter: Orla is repeatedly attacked by pies while trying to get Omar under control. When hit by one, Omar takes the chance to make his escape, with Orla in hot pursuit shortly after the shock wears off.
* BlatantLies: Opal asks Omar what happened that caused him to get Clown-itosis. A FlashbackCut shows Omar saying his thanks to a group of clowns for giving him a ride, and when it cuts back to the present, he tells her that he has no idea how he got it.
* BreatherEpisode: Along with "The Void", it's a lighthearted episode before the WhamEpisode "Slow Your Roll", which marks the debut of the BigBad of the season, and also marks the halfway point.
* ButtMonkey: Poor Orla is put through the wringer in this episode.
* CallBack: Opal mentions that Omar might have [[Recap/OddSquadS2E8AndThenTheyWerePuppiesACaseOfTheSillies "a case of the Sillies"]].
* CharacterFocus: The episode swaps focus between Omar and Oswald. In the former's case, he has Clown-itosis, and needs to be cured of it before he leaves the Mobile Unit to join the circus forever. Meanwhile, the latter is struggling to deal with Van Computer (in a compact form for easy traveling) being relied on for everything, and is hurt over Opal's repeated dismissals to rely on his book to find the ingredients to cure Omar.
* ClownCar: Omar gets a ride from a group of clowns traveling in one of these. This is what causes him to get Clown-itosis.
* CompressedVice: It's implied that Oswald has a bit of a hatred for computers and other high-tech machines, preferring to use his old-fashioned books to get the job done. He has never shown such a hatred in past or subsequent episodes, but considering he is a {{Bookworm}}, it's fitting.
* CrazyPrepared: Oswald just so happens to have a Clown-to-English dictionary on hand. Unfortunately, Orla books it to chase after Omar before he can relay the message to her.
** Not only that, but he also has a ''Baby''-to-English dictionary on him as well.
* TheEasyWayOrTheHardWay: Orla has a variant -- she tells Omar that they can do this the easy way, or the ''silly'' way.
* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: The Odd Woods is indicated in Sao Paulo by yellow sparkles.
* ExactEavesdropping: The Guardian of the Rocks overhears Opal and Oswald's conversation about tasting rocks to find the correct one, in order to deliver the episode's {{Aesop}}.
* FindTheCure: This episode is one of many in a trend of "Find the ingredients for a cure" episodes.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The Guardian of the Rocks seems to hint at a romantic relationship with Opal and the Van Computer, as he asks how long the two of them have been partners, followed by Opal's breathy, surprised "Well!" as Oswald performs a JawDrop. (Of course, since Opal is a human and Van Computer is a BenevolentAI, it won't happen, but the implications are still there.) It also hints at some ShipTease between Opal and Oswald.
* GreatBigBookOfEverything: As it turns out, the van is equipped with a Medical book that Oswald uses to diagnose Omar.
* ICantHearYou: Opal tells Orla this while on the phone with her. As it turns out, Orla got another PieInTheFace, hence why her voice is muffled on the other end of the line.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: Orla throws the pie at Omar, and it lands with ''incredible'' accuracy.
* {{Irony}}: The thing that Orla has been hit with is the very same thing that is needed to cure Omar: a pie.
* ItTastesLikeFeet: Inverted. Opal and Oswald have to find a rock that tastes like a banana split with a cherry on top. Opal is very uncomfortable with licking every single rock, even if they ''have'' been washed every hour, on the hour, while Oswald picks up a rock, licks it, and remarks how it tastes minty.
* JabbaTableManners: Omar's way of eating pies involves him thrusting ''his entire face'' into the pie, which Orla takes disgust to.
* LetsSplitUpGang: This episode has the Main 4 split up into new pairings: Opal with Oswald, and Orla with Omar.
* LittleNo: Orla gives one to Omar that is laced with TranquilFury when he offers her some of the pie that cured him.
* MeaningfulName: Make no mistake -- while Opal and Oswald don't know why where they go for their last ingredient is known as Baby Bamboo Growth, they soon see ''[[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever exactly]]'' [[FearlessInfant why.]]
* MustMakeHerLaugh: He doesn't ''actively'' try to make Orla laugh, but nonetheless, Orla dedicates herself to keeping him well-behaved and under control because no clown has ever made her laugh. By the end of the episode, when Omar is cured, she doesn't laugh even once.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Omar, ever TheDitz, is revealed to have gotten ''himself'' infected with Clown-itosis by hitching a ride with a group of clowns.
* NonIronicClown: Omar becomes one of these as his Clown-itosis progresses.
* NoSenseOfHumor: Orla doesn't find a clown's antics to be funny in any way. Even after Omar is cured and begins laughing after receiving a PieInTheFace, Orla just looks at him dead-on and asks him what's so funny. Her teammates find it funny, but ''she'' doesn't.
--> '''Orla:''' I will never understand clowns.
* TheNoseKnows: Oswald uses his sense of smell to find an odd pumpkin that smells like freshly-washed socks.
* PieInTheFace: Omar frequently hits Orla with these. Naturally, she doesn't find it funny in the slightest, mostly because a clown has never made her laugh.
--> '''Orla:''' The Clown-itosis has gotten stronger...smarter... ''[tasting the pie filling]'' Sugarier. ''But still not funny!!'' '''''HALT!!'''''
** Omar later gets on the receiving end of this when Orla throws the cure at him.
* ReallyFondOfSleeping: The Guardian of the Rocks sleeps a lot due to having no visitors at his Mystical Rock Garden -- for ''57 years,'' as it turns out.
* RhymesOnADime: According to Oswald, Clown-itosis "starts in your noses, and spreads to your toes-es".
* RiddleMeThis: The Guardian of the Rocks has Opal and Omar answer his "impossible riddle" in order to retrieve the rock they need. Said riddle is easy, as the answer to it happens to be "a rock".
* RuleOfThree: Done ''Literature/GoldilocksAndTheThreeBears''-style when Opal checks odd pumpkins and weighs rocks.
* TheRunaway: It's stated that Omar will become a Circus Runaway if the Clown-itosis gets worse.
* ScaryJackInTheBox: Subverted. Orla approaches a large jack-in-the-box sitting in the middle of the hallway, believing that Omar, a NonIronicClown, is inside. When turning the lever, "Pop Goes the Weasel" doesn't play -- instead, it's a silly upbeat BGM track in the show that plays, and when the box opens, Omar isn't found to be inside, but rather, he performs a StealthHiBye, honking his horn before delivering another PieInTheFace to Orla.
* SickEpisode: The episode revolves primarily around Omar coming down with a case of Clown-itosis after having helped a group of clowns out. While Orla tries to keep him under wraps so he won't join the circus, Opal and Oswald go on a hunt for the ingredients to concoct an antidote to cure him.
* SpiritualSuccessor: To [[Recap/OddSquadS2E8AndThenTheyWerePuppiesACaseOfTheSillies "A Case of the Sillies"]], as both episodes have a FindTheCure plot involving a character descending into silliness while others go to look for ingredients for the antidote. Opal even mentions the episode title verbatim when diagnosing Omar.
* StealthHiBye: Omar does this when Oswald explains to her that Omar will run away and join the circus if his illness progresses. And then ''Orla'' does it, appearing on the agents' other side.
* TheVoiceless: Omar becomes this as the Clown-itosis progresses and he starts turning into an actual clown. He doesn't speak until after he's turned back to normal.
* TranquilFury: Oswald slips into this when the Van Computer creates a compact version of itself, and when Opal relies on it to weigh rocks.
--> '''Opal:''' This thing is totally portable!
--> '''Oswald:''' ''[through gritted teeth]'' ''Just...super.''
* TrillingRrrs: The Guardian of the Rocks does this a lot when saying "rock".
* WildTake: Oswald gets one when he finds out that the Van Computer can produce a compact form of itself for on-the-go traveling.
* WorldBuilding: The Odd Woods, located in Sao Paulo, Brazil, is introduced. It has oddly-colored pumpkins, oddly-colored sticks, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking a giant baby]] in a place known as Baby Bamboo Growth. It also has the Mystical Rock Garden, guarded by the Guardian of the Rocks.
* WorldTour: Opal and Omar go to Sao Paulo, Brazil, where the Odd Woods is located.
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'''''The Void'''''
'''Airdate:''' March 2, 2020 [[note]]PBS Kids premiere[[/note]]
The Big O sends OSMU to investigate an odd tunnel; however, while doing so, Omar gets trapped in a void.
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!!Tropes:
* ActuallyAGoodIdea: Averted. None of the Main 3 find Omar's idea of driving a van through the tunnel to be any good.
* BearHug: Subverted. The swelling BGM as Omar and the rest of the agents emerge from the void with the van and he steps out makes one think that he's going to hug the Main 4. Instead, he simply exchanges high-fives with them.
* BlankWhiteVoid: Omar finds himself in one of these, which is ripe with fog. Not only is he stuck in it (after driving through the tunnel exit multiple times, only to end up back where he started), but so are other agents from the Maine Odd Squad precinct who went through the odd tunnel and got stuck.
* BrickJoke: At the beginning of the episode, Omar ends up accidentally deploying the airbags when he tries to pull up the agents who disappeared the odd tunnel. The end of the episode has the Maine agents doing the same thing.
* BringHelpBack: A variant -- in the time it took for the Main 3 to set up a rescue tent to find Omar, they apparently got some Maine agents to search the area for oddness.
* BreatherEpisode: Along with "Into the Odd Woods", it's a fairly lighthearted episode before the WhamEpisode "Slow Your Roll", which marks the halfway point of the season and also marks [[BigBad The Shadow's]] debut.
* CharacterFocus: This episode is the first one in the season to focus on Omar.
* CompanyCrossReferences: As part of his Spanish lesson, Omar watches a scene from ''Playdate'' where Mac and Sammy communicate in Spanish. ''Playdate'' and ''Odd Squad'' are both produced by Sinking Ship Entertainment. Doubles as an ActorAllusion subversion, as Millie Davis played Molly in ''Playdate,'' but doesn't appear in this episode.
* ContinuityNod: Omar brings up how Orla is 500, which is continuity that carries over from [[Recap/OddSquadS3E5OrlasBirthdayJeremy "Orla's Birthday"]].
** The Mr. O of the Maine Odd Squad precinct isn't the [[Recap/OddSquadS2E31OtherOlympiaTotalZeroes first Director]] to know how to weld. In his case, he's never done it before, but he manages to pull it off well.
* DistinctionWithoutADifference: When Omar finds Oneta at his door, they have this exchange.
--> '''Omar:''' Hang on. I recognize you! You're one of the missing agents the Big O sent us to find!
--> '''Oneta:''' And now you're stuck here too.
--> '''Omar:''' We're not ''stuck,'' we just haven't figured a way out yet.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Downplayed. [[TheDitz Omar]] doesn't [[KidsDrivingCars drive the van,]] as it's a self-driving vehicle, but he is completely clueless as to what the various buttons do in it. He presses a button that he thinks will conjure up images of the agents who went through the odd tunnel and got stuck, and ends up deploying the airbags instead.
* FailureMontage: Omar and Oneta learn to rollerskate, and have an incredibly difficult time doing so initially. They end up getting the hang of it when they have room to move around freely.
* GratuitousSpanish: While trying to learn Spanish, Omar recites a few Spanish phrases. Since no translations are provided (Creator/PBSKids' closed-captioning simply reads it as "Omar speaking Spanish" or something along those lines), it's hard to tell most of what he's saying unless you're fluent in the language.
* HadTheSillyThingInReverse: Orla points her Odd-o-meter gadget at the tunnel and says that the readings appear to be normal. Opal then tells her that she's holding the gadget upside down, and when she turns it right side up again, the readings become off the charts.
* HeroicBSOD: Omar has one of these when his multiple attempts to get out of the void fail. He doesn't understand why he's stuck in the void with his teammates on the other side of the tunnel, he doesn't understand how to get out, and he remarks on how he's not cut out to be an agent, unclipping his badge and resting it against a screen with clocks from different worldwide time zones. It's only when he sets his badge down that he realizes that he missed an attribute shared among those stuck in the void: the badge numbers are odd numbers instead of even numbers.
* HiddenDepths: Unlike the rest of the Main 4, Omar can't rollerskate -- and on that note, neither can Oneta.
* InnocentBlueEyes: Oswald has these, making him one of two main characters in the show overall to not have brown eyes (the first being Otis, who also has blue eyes).
* InnocentlyInsensitive: When Omar begins to beat himself up over not being able to escape the void, he says that he doesn't understand how he ended up in the void to begin with. Van Computer begins to play back the audio clip of him assuring the Main 4 that the van can handle going through the odd tunnel. He stops the playback before it can get very far. It's [[JustifiedTrope justified]] by the fact that Van Computer is an AI and doesn't understand what Omar is going through.
* InsaneTrollLogic: Omar wants to drive the van through the tunnel, simply because the van can fly, so it ''certainly'' can handle a tunnel. (Spoiler alert: it cannot.)
* LadyLooksLikeADude: Oneta has short hair and, at first listen, sounds like a man who has a feminine-sounding voice. The only tip-off that she's female is her name.
* NumberTwo: It's very subtle, but the Dr. O working at the Maine precinct appears to be this to Mr. O, as she imitates the Big O (with a sock puppet) to make the new badge numbers official.
* OminousKnocking: As Omar is lamenting about how he learned to speak Spanish and is still stuck in the void, he hears loud banging at the door. Omar worriedly asks about the source of the noise, and the Van Computer tells him that it might be a void monster, which doesn't ease his worries. Eventually, he makes his way to the door and finds that it's a Security agent from the Maine Odd Squad precinct named Oneta, who is amiable towards him and comes to befriend him as the episode goes on.
** It later happens when Oneta and Omar practice rollerskating and become still stuck in the void together -- they hear a loud banging from outside, and it turns out to be the rest of the missing Maine Odd Squad agents.
* ShipTease: There's a bit of it to be found with Omar and Oneta roller-skating together, especially when they hold hands and spin in circles around each other.
* SuddenlyBilingual: Opal, Oswald and Orla are all revealed to be able to speak Spanish in this episode, when none of them had shown any signs of being multilingual before. For Orla in particular, it's more confusing, since she speaks in YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe and wouldn't know Spanish since she lived in the Amazon for most of her life.
** Omar averts the trope entirely, as he is shown learning Spanish instead of revealing that he's suddenly fluent in the language.
* TemptingFate: "You guys won't regret this!" says Omar, moments before he becomes stranded in the void while the other Mobile Unit agents emerge from the other side of the tunnel unscathed, followed by Orla saying, "[[InstantlyProvenWrong I]] ''[[InstantlyProvenWrong immediately]]'' [[InstantlyProvenWrong regret this.]]"
* ThinkingOutLoud: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] at one point by the Van Computer when Omar is discussing with it how to escape from the void.
--> '''Van Computer:''' I am glad I am here so you don't have to talk to yourself.
* TrainingMontage: One is shown of Omar learning Spanish with the Van Computer.
* VagueAge: Averted for Opal and Oswald -- this episode reveals that they're both 10 years old.
* WhatTheHellHero: Both Opal and Oswald give Omar this when he accidentally initiates the airbags to deploy.
* WorldBuilding: Following the North Carolina precinct, this episode introduces an Odd Squad precinct for the state of Maine.
** Odd Squad Directors are revealed to have the ability to change an agent's badge number if they see fit, although the Big O must be present to make it official. They can also be the officiant of weddings on a boat.
* WorldTour: The Main 4 visit Newport, Maine to investigate an odd tunnel comprising of the eponymous void.
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[[caption-width-right:350:This might be the most kid-friendly version of [[Main/TheVoid The Void]] you'll ever see.]]
'''''The Void'''''
'''Airdate:''' March 2, 2020 [[note]]PBS Kids premiere[[/note]]
The Big O sends OSMU to investigate an odd tunnel; however, while doing so, Omar gets trapped in a void.
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!!Tropes:
* ActuallyAGoodIdea: Averted. None of the Main 3 find Omar's idea of driving a van through the tunnel to be any good.
* BearHug: Subverted. The swelling BGM as Omar and the rest of the agents emerge from the void with the van and he steps out makes one think that he's going to hug the Main 4. Instead, he simply exchanges high-fives with them.
* BlankWhiteVoid: Omar finds himself in one of these, which is ripe with fog. Not only is he stuck in it (after driving through the tunnel exit multiple times, only to end up back where he started), but so are other agents from the Maine Odd Squad precinct who went through the odd tunnel and got stuck.
* BrickJoke: At the beginning of the episode, Omar ends up accidentally deploying the airbags when he tries to pull up the agents who disappeared the odd tunnel. The end of the episode has the Maine agents doing the same thing.
* BringHelpBack: A variant -- in the time it took for the Main 3 to set up a rescue tent to find Omar, they apparently got some Maine agents to search the area for oddness.
* BreatherEpisode: Along with "Into the Odd Woods", it's a fairly lighthearted episode before the WhamEpisode "Slow Your Roll", which marks the halfway point of the season and also marks [[BigBad The Shadow's]] debut.
* CharacterFocus: This episode is the first one in the season to focus on Omar.
* CompanyCrossReferences: As part of his Spanish lesson, Omar watches a scene from ''Playdate'' where Mac and Sammy communicate in Spanish. ''Playdate'' and ''Odd Squad'' are both produced by Sinking Ship Entertainment. Doubles as an ActorAllusion subversion, as Millie Davis played Molly in ''Playdate,'' but doesn't appear in this episode.
* ContinuityNod: Omar brings up how Orla is 500, which is continuity that carries over from [[Recap/OddSquadS3E5OrlasBirthdayJeremy "Orla's Birthday"]].
** The Mr. O of the Maine Odd Squad precinct isn't the [[Recap/OddSquadS2E31OtherOlympiaTotalZeroes first Director]] to know how to weld. In his case, he's never done it before, but he manages to pull it off well.
* DistinctionWithoutADifference: When Omar finds Oneta at his door, they have this exchange.
--> '''Omar:''' Hang on. I recognize you! You're one of the missing agents the Big O sent us to find!
--> '''Oneta:''' And now you're stuck here too.
--> '''Omar:''' We're not ''stuck,'' we just haven't figured a way out yet.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Downplayed. [[TheDitz Omar]] doesn't [[KidsDrivingCars drive the van,]] as it's a self-driving vehicle, but he is completely clueless as to what the various buttons do in it. He presses a button that he thinks will conjure up images of the agents who went through the odd tunnel and got stuck, and ends up deploying the airbags instead.
* FailureMontage: Omar and Oneta learn to rollerskate, and have an incredibly difficult time doing so initially. They end up getting the hang of it when they have room to move around freely.
* GratuitousSpanish: While trying to learn Spanish, Omar recites a few Spanish phrases. Since no translations are provided (Creator/PBSKids' closed-captioning simply reads it as "Omar speaking Spanish" or something along those lines), it's hard to tell most of what he's saying unless you're fluent in the language.
* HadTheSillyThingInReverse: Orla points her Odd-o-meter gadget at the tunnel and says that the readings appear to be normal. Opal then tells her that she's holding the gadget upside down, and when she turns it right side up again, the readings become off the charts.
* HeroicBSOD: Omar has one of these when his multiple attempts to get out of the void fail. He doesn't understand why he's stuck in the void with his teammates on the other side of the tunnel, he doesn't understand how to get out, and he remarks on how he's not cut out to be an agent, unclipping his badge and resting it against a screen with clocks from different worldwide time zones. It's only when he sets his badge down that he realizes that he missed an attribute shared among those stuck in the void: the badge numbers are odd numbers instead of even numbers.
* HiddenDepths: Unlike the rest of the Main 4, Omar can't rollerskate -- and on that note, neither can Oneta.
* InnocentBlueEyes: Oswald has these, making him one of two main characters in the show overall to not have brown eyes (the first being Otis, who also has blue eyes).
* InnocentlyInsensitive: When Omar begins to beat himself up over not being able to escape the void, he says that he doesn't understand how he ended up in the void to begin with. Van Computer begins to play back the audio clip of him assuring the Main 4 that the van can handle going through the odd tunnel. He stops the playback before it can get very far. It's [[JustifiedTrope justified]] by the fact that Van Computer is an AI and doesn't understand what Omar is going through.
* InsaneTrollLogic: Omar wants to drive the van through the tunnel, simply because the van can fly, so it ''certainly'' can handle a tunnel. (Spoiler alert: it cannot.)
* LadyLooksLikeADude: Oneta has short hair and, at first listen, sounds like a man who has a feminine-sounding voice. The only tip-off that she's female is her name.
* NumberTwo: It's very subtle, but the Dr. O working at the Maine precinct appears to be this to Mr. O, as she imitates the Big O (with a sock puppet) to make the new badge numbers official.
* OminousKnocking: As Omar is lamenting about how he learned to speak Spanish and is still stuck in the void, he hears loud banging at the door. Omar worriedly asks about the source of the noise, and the Van Computer tells him that it might be a void monster, which doesn't ease his worries. Eventually, he makes his way to the door and finds that it's a Security agent from the Maine Odd Squad precinct named Oneta, who is amiable towards him and comes to befriend him as the episode goes on.
** It later happens when Oneta and Omar practice rollerskating and become still stuck in the void together -- they hear a loud banging from outside, and it turns out to be the rest of the missing Maine Odd Squad agents.
* ShipTease: There's a bit of it to be found with Omar and Oneta roller-skating together, especially when they hold hands and spin in circles around each other.
* SuddenlyBilingual: Opal, Oswald and Orla are all revealed to be able to speak Spanish in this episode, when none of them had shown any signs of being multilingual before. For Orla in particular, it's more confusing, since she speaks in YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe and wouldn't know Spanish since she lived in the Amazon for most of her life.
** Omar averts the trope entirely, as he is shown learning Spanish instead of revealing that he's suddenly fluent in the language.
* TemptingFate: "You guys won't regret this!" says Omar, moments before he becomes stranded in the void while the other Mobile Unit agents emerge from the other side of the tunnel unscathed, followed by Orla saying, "[[InstantlyProvenWrong I]] ''[[InstantlyProvenWrong immediately]]'' [[InstantlyProvenWrong regret this.]]"
* ThinkingOutLoud: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] at one point by the Van Computer when Omar is discussing with it how to escape from the void.
--> '''Van Computer:''' I am glad I am here so you don't have to talk to yourself.
* TrainingMontage: One is shown of Omar learning Spanish with the Van Computer.
* VagueAge: Averted for Opal and Oswald -- this episode reveals that they're both 10 years old.
* WhatTheHellHero: Both Opal and Oswald give Omar this when he accidentally initiates the airbags to deploy.
* WorldBuilding: Following the North Carolina precinct, this episode introduces an Odd Squad precinct for the state of Maine.
** Odd Squad Directors are revealed to have the ability to change an agent's badge number if they see fit, although the Big O must be present to make it official. They can also be the officiant of weddings on a boat.
* WorldTour: The Main 4 visit Newport, Maine to investigate an odd tunnel comprising of the eponymous void.
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