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* BreatherEpisode: Along with "Substitute Agents", it's a relatively low-stakes episode before the three-part SeasonFinale.
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* BreatherEpisode: Along with "Substitute Agents", it's a relatively low-stakes episode before the three-part SeasonFinale.mid-SeasonFinale.
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* LongTitle: The title of the episode is certainly a mouthful, and is the longest episode title to date.
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* OffModel: Before the first {{Flashback}} begins, Opal is seen standing with Oswald and Omar opposite of Orla. When the {{Flashback}} ends, she is suddenly standing next to Orla, with no explanation given.
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** For the final challenge, Osmond and Orla must place the lighter of two gems into the center of the pedestal, and if the wrong one is chosen, Headquarters will be destroyed and crumble to the ground. While that obviously doesn't happen in this episode, [[Recap/OddSquadS3E2OddBeginningsPartTwo "Odd Beginnings: Part 2"]] ''did'' have Headquarters crumble, making this a [[invoked]] FunnyAneurysmMoment.
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** For the final challenge, Osmond and Orla must place the lighter of two gems into the center of the pedestal, and if the wrong one is chosen, Headquarters will be destroyed and crumble to the ground. While that obviously doesn't happen in this episode, [[Recap/OddSquadS3E2OddBeginningsPartTwo "Odd Beginnings: Part 2"]] ''did'' have Headquarters crumble, making this a [[invoked]] FunnyAneurysmMoment.HarsherInHindsight.
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* PuzzlementAboutPayment: Played with. When Oxley excitedly says that it's "another day, another dollar", Olanda reminds him that they don't get paid. While this could be PlayedForLaughs per RuleOfFunny like Olympia's and Oona's exchange in [[Recap/OddSquadS2E7OlympiasDayOtissDay "Olympia's Day"]], like all other instances and implications of Odd Squad agents getting paid, this episode leaves the question of if Odd Squad agents really ''do'' get paid, and how they stay financially afloat, unanswered.
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* AbsenteeActor: The Big O doesn't appear in this episode.
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* WorldOfCardboardSpeech: The pizza parlor owner gives Olanda and Oxley a few words of encouragement when they figure that they aren't good enough to be agents.
--> '''Owner:''' Hey. I may not know anything about your situation, but I know this. People told me I couldn't put jellybeans on pizza, or socks inside a panzerotti. But I'm here to tell you: you can do anything you put your mind to, when you do it your own way. ''[sniffs]'' I think I smell socks burning.
--> '''Owner:''' Hey. I may not know anything about your situation, but I know this. People told me I couldn't put jellybeans on pizza, or socks inside a panzerotti. But I'm here to tell you: you can do anything you put your mind to, when you do it your own way. ''[sniffs]'' I think I smell socks burning.
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* ContinuityNod: The BGM that plays at the end of the episode when the Main 4 eat jellybeans is "Goin' to the 80s", the same track that was featured in the {{Montage}} of Olympia, Otis and Oona taking on more retro designs in ''World Turned Odd.''
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* ContinuityNod: The BGM that plays at the end of the episode when the Main 4 eat jellybeans is "Goin' to the 80s", the same track that was featured in the {{Montage}} of Olympia, Otis and Oona taking on more retro designs in ''World ''[[Film/OddSquadWorldTurnedOdd World Turned Odd.'']]''
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* {{Expy}}: The Ms. O of Orla's Headquarters appears to be a more ancient (and arguably older) version of Oprah, having the same love of juice (only with water that has lemon and mango in it, since juice wasn't a thing back in olden times) and an identical voice. She also has a similar bun as Oprah's, only in a donut shape similar to Orla's rather than a small tight bun.
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* {{Expy}}: The Ms. O of Orla's Headquarters appears to be a more ancient (and arguably older) version of Oprah, having the same love of juice (only with water that has lemon and mango in it, since juice wasn't a thing back in olden times) and an identical voice. She also has a similar bun as Oprah's, only in a donut shape similar to Orla's rather than a small tight bun.
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* {{Expy}}: The Ms. O of Orla's Headquarters appears to be a more ancient (and arguably older) version of Oprah, having the same love of juice (only with water that has lemon and mango in it, since juice wasn't a thing back in olden times), an identical voice, and a similar hairstyle (her hairstyle is similar to Orla's in the present day, while Oprah wears a PrimAndProperBun).
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* {{Expy}}: The Ms. O of Orla's Headquarters appears to be a more ancient (and arguably older) version of Oprah, having the same love of juice (only with water that has lemon and mango in it, since juice wasn't a thing back in olden times), times) and an identical voice, and voice. She also has a similar hairstyle (her hairstyle is bun as Oprah's, only in a donut shape similar to Orla's in the present day, while Oprah wears rather than a PrimAndProperBun).small tight bun.
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* BreatherEpisode: Along with "Substitute Agents", it's a relatively low-stakes episode before the four-part SeasonFinale.
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* BreatherEpisode: Along with "Substitute Agents", it's a relatively low-stakes episode before the four-part three-part SeasonFinale.
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* BreatherEpisode: Along with "The Weight of the World Depends on Orla", it's a relatively low-stakes episode before the four-part SeasonFinale.
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* BreatherEpisode: Along with "The Weight of the World Depends on Orla", it's a relatively low-stakes episode before the four-part three-part SeasonFinale.
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* BondVillainStupidity: Oxley traps himself and Olanda by sheer accident, leaving them caught in a net. While Sue Venir has every ample opportunity to put them out of commission like she did with the Mobile Unit agents, she doesn't even bother and instead sets her sights on what she was originally going to attack: a bakery. When they corner her a second time, she decides to attack them instead of the gym (which was what the was originally aiming for).
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* BondVillainStupidity: Oxley traps himself and Olanda by sheer accident, leaving them caught in a net. While Sue Venir has every ample opportunity to put them out of commission like she did with the Mobile Unit agents, she doesn't even bother and instead sets her sights on what she was originally going to attack: a bakery. When they corner her a second time, she decides to attack them instead of the gym (which was what the she was originally aiming for).
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* HereWeGoAgain: To celebrate their victory, Oxley decides to take a picture. Unfortunately for the Main 4 and Olanda, he uses Sue Venir' camera, which turns them into a snowglobe souvenir.
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* HereWeGoAgain: To celebrate their victory, Oxley decides to take a picture. Unfortunately for the Main 4 and Olanda, he uses Sue Venir' Venir's camera, which turns them into a snowglobe souvenir.
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* GenderEqualEnsemble: The last four agents to compete are two females (Orla and Oriana) and two males (Osmond and Ogelvie).
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* GenderEqualEnsemble: The last four agents to compete are two females (Orla and Oriana) and two males (Osmond and Ogelvie).Ogilvy).
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* InstantlyProvenWrong: As soon as Ogelvie turns the red key, he begins saying that he was right about it being the heaviest. Milliseconds later, a trap door opens underneath him and he plummets downwards.
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* InstantlyProvenWrong: As soon as Ogelvie Ogilvy turns the red key, he begins saying that he was right about it being the heaviest. Milliseconds later, a trap door opens underneath him and he plummets downwards.
* [[invoked]] RoleReprise: Dustin Redshaw reprises his role as Jellybean Joe in this episode.
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When the Mobile Unit becomes trapped in a lifelike snowglobe souvenir by a villainess named Suevenir, Oxley and Olanda must work together to free them before the agents become permanently turned into plastic figurines.
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When the Mobile Unit becomes trapped in a lifelike snowglobe souvenir by a villainess named Suevenir, Sue Venir, Oxley and Olanda must work together to free them before the agents become permanently turned into plastic figurines.
* [[invoked]] ActingForTwo: Hattie Kragten, Isaac Kragten's sister, plays Olanda and also serves as the voice of the Van Computer. She also previously played the Professor O seen in [[Recap/OddSquadS2E35OddsAndEnds "Odds and Ends"]].
* TheAlcatraz: The snowglobe that the Main 4 are trapped in is inescapable, which isn't helped by the fact that, due to their shrunken states, they have no gadgets on them that they can use to break free, and their CuteButCacophonic voices don't leave so much as a ''crack'' in it.
* ArtificialHuman: The Main 4 begin turning into plastic figurines as they're stuck inside of the snowglobe. While it initially appears to be a horrific fate that none of them want to face, Oswald and Orla come to accept it in time.
* BizarreTasteInFood: One man runs a pizza parlor that has jellybeans and socks as pizza toppings.
* BondVillainStupidity: Oxley traps himself and Olanda by sheer accident, leaving them caught in a net. While Sue Venir has every ample opportunity to put them out of commission like she did with the Mobile Unit agents, she doesn't even bother and instead sets her sights on what she was originally going to attack: a bakery. When they corner her a second time, she decides to attack them instead of the gym (which was what the was originally aiming for).
* TheAlcatraz: The snowglobe that the Main 4 are trapped in is inescapable, which isn't helped by the fact that, due to their shrunken states, they have no gadgets on them that they can use to break free, and their CuteButCacophonic voices don't leave so much as a ''crack'' in it.
* ArtificialHuman: The Main 4 begin turning into plastic figurines as they're stuck inside of the snowglobe. While it initially appears to be a horrific fate that none of them want to face, Oswald and Orla come to accept it in time.
* BizarreTasteInFood: One man runs a pizza parlor that has jellybeans and socks as pizza toppings.
* BondVillainStupidity: Oxley traps himself and Olanda by sheer accident, leaving them caught in a net. While Sue Venir has every ample opportunity to put them out of commission like she did with the Mobile Unit agents, she doesn't even bother and instead sets her sights on what she was originally going to attack: a bakery. When they corner her a second time, she decides to attack them instead of the gym (which was what the was originally aiming for).
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Omar, who loves souvenirs, becomes trapped in one by a villainess that he inadvertently hired to make him and his teammates a custom souvenir.
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* CallBack: [[FictionalSocialNetwork Oddstagram]] makes an appearance again, after having last been seen back in [[Recap/OddSquadS3E1OddBeginningsPartOne the first part of the season premiere.]] And just like in that episode, it's exploited and used by a villain.
** Predictions are used as the mathematical {{Aesop}} again, after having been seen in Season 1's [[Recap/OddSquadS1E23SoundcheckPartDeuxJinx "Soundcheck Part Deux"]] and Season 2's [[Recap/OddSquadS2E15OIsForOppositeAgentOksanasKitchenNightmares "O is For Opposite"]]. Tally marks are also used as another aesop after being featured in past episodes such as [[Recap/OddSquadS1E28CaptainFunSwitchYourPartnerRoundAndRound "Captain Fun"]].
* {{Catchphrase}}: A RunningGag for Oxley is him commenting on various things Mobile Unit agents would use as catchphrases. First he comes up with "it's agenting time", then Olanda comes up with "let's roll".
* CollectorOfTheStrange: Although she doesn't necessarily collect them for her own use, Sue Venir (true to her PunnyName) turns people and places into souvenir snowglobes.
* CuteButCacophonic: Yes, the Main 4 are usually this by nature. However, it's very telling that they have enough lung power in them to continue to scream even while Olanda and Oxley are watching security footage of what happened to them, and while they're trapped in a snowglobe.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The hat that Oxley is shown wearing when he and Olanda arrive at the pizza parlor bears a bit of a resemblance to the "pussyhat", a symbol of the feminism movement popularized by the annual Women's March event back in 2017 that is still used as a symbol today to represent women's rights and political resistance. The fact that Oxley (a young boy) is shown wearing the hat and not Olanda (a young girl), as well as Olanda showing dislike for the hat (which somewhat mirrors controversy about the hat not being inclusive for transgender women and nonbinary people), makes one wonder how this scene got past Creator/PBSKids censors, considering that they aren't overtly political (aside from Election Day-based episodes, games, etcetera).
* TheDragAlong: Olanda doesn't want to be a Mobile Unit agent and is much happier being a Maintenance worker who doesn't get into much danger. Of course, she ends up putting herself right into the face of danger when the Main 4 are out of commission.
* ExcellentJudgeOfCharacter: Orla is handed a flyer by Omar that describes Sue Venir's souvenir business, that says one can "preserve their memories in plastic" with their own "lifelike snowglobe". She then hands it to Opal to read, and she immediately begins to get a GutFeeling that the whole situation feels weird. As it turns out, Sue Venir -- whom Omar hired to make him and the rest of the Main 4 a snowglobe souvenir -- is a villainess who has the ability to turn people into souvenirs and trap them inside, as they slowly turn into plastic.
** Omar himself [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter inverts the trope]] -- he was the one that hired Sue Venir in the first place.
* FacialMarkings: Sue Venir has a white stripe running down her nose.
* ForgotHeWasARobot: This episode depicts the Van Computer as having a few human traits, such as a throat, and going on breaks at work. While it has displayed human traits in past episodes, they are very few and far between, so it's likely that this was a slip-up on the writers' end. Oxley even [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] the fact that the Van Computer takes breaks.
--> '''Oxley:''' You take ''breaks?''
--> '''Van Computer:''' Even computers with no feet like to put their feet up.
* HadTheSillyThingInReverse: Oxley goes to use the Net-inator on Sue Venir to trap her, but he holds it the wrong way, and ends up trapping him and Olanda instead.
** Averted for the second time he goes to use the gadget. He has it the right way 'round, but accidentally fires at a waiter working at the pizza parlor due to him scaring the Food and Beverage worker.
--> '''Oxley:''' Whoops, wrong person.
--> '''Olanda:''' But right direction. So that's something.
* {{Hammerspace}}: This episode seems to imply that the hammerspace commonly seen in the world of the show is tied to clothing, and not to characters' spines or backs, as Orla -- wearing a sweater instead of her usual suit -- reaches behind her back for a gadget to break herself free of the snowglobe prison, comes up empty, and laments about the sweater having no gadgets.
* HawaiianShirtedTourist: Sue Venir is a villainous tourist who wears very tacky clothing, such as socks with sandals, a red-and-white striped shirt, and a fanny pack, among other things. Her schtick is to turn things and people into snowglobe souvenirs.
* HereWeGoAgain: To celebrate their victory, Oxley decides to take a picture. Unfortunately for the Main 4 and Olanda, he uses Sue Venir' camera, which turns them into a snowglobe souvenir.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Omar, who loves souvenirs, becomes trapped in one by a villainess that he inadvertently hired to make him and his teammates a custom souvenir. While he's surprised at first and wants to break free, his {{Pollyanna}} nature allows him to be joyful that he's stuck inside of a souvenir, and he briefly abandons all semblance of wanting to escape.
* HomemadeSweaterFromHell: The Main 4 are all seen wearing these so they can have their picture taken to be made into a custom souvenir, at Omar's suggestion. Oswald's and Orla's are easily the worst of the bunch, and leave something to be desired.
* IdiotBall: Oxley grips it briefly at the end of the episode, when he decides to use Sue Venir's camera to take a picture of the Mobile Unit and Olanda. Naturally, it traps all of them into yet another snowglobe souvenir, and they begin to protest and yell at him as he has a sudden realization.
--> '''Oxley:''' Uh-oh, I see what I did there.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Sue Venir uses a bulky camera as a weapon -- once she points it at a victim and presses the right button, it turns them into a souvenir.
* ImprovisedArmour: Oxley's Juice-Box-inator allows him to create a shield made out of juice boxes that will protect him and Olanda as she goes to attack Sue Venir.
* IncredibleShrinkingMan: All of the Main 4 become miniature when Sue Venir attacks them. This, along with being trapped in a snowglobe and having their cries for help muffled, leaves them out of commission, with only Oxley and Olanda around to save them. Apart from that, neither the Food and Beverage worker nor the Maintenance worker can understand what they're saying.
* InescapableNet: Olanda manages to capture and defeat Sue Venir using a [[ImprovisedWeapon rope ladder she builds out of tools that she has on her as a Maintenance worker.]]
* InstantlyProvenWrong: When Olanda tells Oxley that she doesn't like the danger that comes with being a Mobile Unit agent, Oxley tells her that there's no danger. When they step into the van, the Van Computer's alarm is going off, with it repeating "Danger, danger, danger".
--> '''Oxley:''' Okay, maybe there's a ''little'' danger.
* KidsDrivingCars: Played with. The van is mostly a self-driving vehicle with little manual input required, but regardless, Olanda and Oxley manage to get the hang of flying it within a short timespan, whereas it took other agents longer to figure out how it worked (like Omar).
* LiteralMinded: Oxley tells Olanda that if it makes her feel any better, he does have one gadget on him: the Juice-Box-inator. Olanda bluntly tells him that doesn't make her feel better.
** When Oswald translates his lip-reading for Orla ("be quiet"), she tells him that they can't be quiet now.
** Predictions are used as the mathematical {{Aesop}} again, after having been seen in Season 1's [[Recap/OddSquadS1E23SoundcheckPartDeuxJinx "Soundcheck Part Deux"]] and Season 2's [[Recap/OddSquadS2E15OIsForOppositeAgentOksanasKitchenNightmares "O is For Opposite"]]. Tally marks are also used as another aesop after being featured in past episodes such as [[Recap/OddSquadS1E28CaptainFunSwitchYourPartnerRoundAndRound "Captain Fun"]].
* {{Catchphrase}}: A RunningGag for Oxley is him commenting on various things Mobile Unit agents would use as catchphrases. First he comes up with "it's agenting time", then Olanda comes up with "let's roll".
* CollectorOfTheStrange: Although she doesn't necessarily collect them for her own use, Sue Venir (true to her PunnyName) turns people and places into souvenir snowglobes.
* CuteButCacophonic: Yes, the Main 4 are usually this by nature. However, it's very telling that they have enough lung power in them to continue to scream even while Olanda and Oxley are watching security footage of what happened to them, and while they're trapped in a snowglobe.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The hat that Oxley is shown wearing when he and Olanda arrive at the pizza parlor bears a bit of a resemblance to the "pussyhat", a symbol of the feminism movement popularized by the annual Women's March event back in 2017 that is still used as a symbol today to represent women's rights and political resistance. The fact that Oxley (a young boy) is shown wearing the hat and not Olanda (a young girl), as well as Olanda showing dislike for the hat (which somewhat mirrors controversy about the hat not being inclusive for transgender women and nonbinary people), makes one wonder how this scene got past Creator/PBSKids censors, considering that they aren't overtly political (aside from Election Day-based episodes, games, etcetera).
* TheDragAlong: Olanda doesn't want to be a Mobile Unit agent and is much happier being a Maintenance worker who doesn't get into much danger. Of course, she ends up putting herself right into the face of danger when the Main 4 are out of commission.
* ExcellentJudgeOfCharacter: Orla is handed a flyer by Omar that describes Sue Venir's souvenir business, that says one can "preserve their memories in plastic" with their own "lifelike snowglobe". She then hands it to Opal to read, and she immediately begins to get a GutFeeling that the whole situation feels weird. As it turns out, Sue Venir -- whom Omar hired to make him and the rest of the Main 4 a snowglobe souvenir -- is a villainess who has the ability to turn people into souvenirs and trap them inside, as they slowly turn into plastic.
** Omar himself [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter inverts the trope]] -- he was the one that hired Sue Venir in the first place.
* FacialMarkings: Sue Venir has a white stripe running down her nose.
* ForgotHeWasARobot: This episode depicts the Van Computer as having a few human traits, such as a throat, and going on breaks at work. While it has displayed human traits in past episodes, they are very few and far between, so it's likely that this was a slip-up on the writers' end. Oxley even [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] the fact that the Van Computer takes breaks.
--> '''Oxley:''' You take ''breaks?''
--> '''Van Computer:''' Even computers with no feet like to put their feet up.
* HadTheSillyThingInReverse: Oxley goes to use the Net-inator on Sue Venir to trap her, but he holds it the wrong way, and ends up trapping him and Olanda instead.
** Averted for the second time he goes to use the gadget. He has it the right way 'round, but accidentally fires at a waiter working at the pizza parlor due to him scaring the Food and Beverage worker.
--> '''Oxley:''' Whoops, wrong person.
--> '''Olanda:''' But right direction. So that's something.
* {{Hammerspace}}: This episode seems to imply that the hammerspace commonly seen in the world of the show is tied to clothing, and not to characters' spines or backs, as Orla -- wearing a sweater instead of her usual suit -- reaches behind her back for a gadget to break herself free of the snowglobe prison, comes up empty, and laments about the sweater having no gadgets.
* HawaiianShirtedTourist: Sue Venir is a villainous tourist who wears very tacky clothing, such as socks with sandals, a red-and-white striped shirt, and a fanny pack, among other things. Her schtick is to turn things and people into snowglobe souvenirs.
* HereWeGoAgain: To celebrate their victory, Oxley decides to take a picture. Unfortunately for the Main 4 and Olanda, he uses Sue Venir' camera, which turns them into a snowglobe souvenir.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Omar, who loves souvenirs, becomes trapped in one by a villainess that he inadvertently hired to make him and his teammates a custom souvenir. While he's surprised at first and wants to break free, his {{Pollyanna}} nature allows him to be joyful that he's stuck inside of a souvenir, and he briefly abandons all semblance of wanting to escape.
* HomemadeSweaterFromHell: The Main 4 are all seen wearing these so they can have their picture taken to be made into a custom souvenir, at Omar's suggestion. Oswald's and Orla's are easily the worst of the bunch, and leave something to be desired.
* IdiotBall: Oxley grips it briefly at the end of the episode, when he decides to use Sue Venir's camera to take a picture of the Mobile Unit and Olanda. Naturally, it traps all of them into yet another snowglobe souvenir, and they begin to protest and yell at him as he has a sudden realization.
--> '''Oxley:''' Uh-oh, I see what I did there.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Sue Venir uses a bulky camera as a weapon -- once she points it at a victim and presses the right button, it turns them into a souvenir.
* ImprovisedArmour: Oxley's Juice-Box-inator allows him to create a shield made out of juice boxes that will protect him and Olanda as she goes to attack Sue Venir.
* IncredibleShrinkingMan: All of the Main 4 become miniature when Sue Venir attacks them. This, along with being trapped in a snowglobe and having their cries for help muffled, leaves them out of commission, with only Oxley and Olanda around to save them. Apart from that, neither the Food and Beverage worker nor the Maintenance worker can understand what they're saying.
* InescapableNet: Olanda manages to capture and defeat Sue Venir using a [[ImprovisedWeapon rope ladder she builds out of tools that she has on her as a Maintenance worker.]]
* InstantlyProvenWrong: When Olanda tells Oxley that she doesn't like the danger that comes with being a Mobile Unit agent, Oxley tells her that there's no danger. When they step into the van, the Van Computer's alarm is going off, with it repeating "Danger, danger, danger".
--> '''Oxley:''' Okay, maybe there's a ''little'' danger.
* KidsDrivingCars: Played with. The van is mostly a self-driving vehicle with little manual input required, but regardless, Olanda and Oxley manage to get the hang of flying it within a short timespan, whereas it took other agents longer to figure out how it worked (like Omar).
* LiteralMinded: Oxley tells Olanda that if it makes her feel any better, he does have one gadget on him: the Juice-Box-inator. Olanda bluntly tells him that doesn't make her feel better.
** When Oswald translates his lip-reading for Orla ("be quiet"), she tells him that they can't be quiet now.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: While the Main 4 can understand what Oxley and Olanda are saying thanks to Oswald's skill at ReadingLips, Oxley and Olanda can't understand the agents due to them being small and their voices being muffled by the snowglobe they're trapped in.
--> '''Oxley:''' Wait, do you think OSMU is okay?
--> ''[WhipPan transition to the Main 4 yelling for help]''
--> '''Olanda:''' Yeah. I think they're wishing us good luck! Thanks, guys!
--> '''Oxley:''' We'll be back soon.
* PunnyName:"Suevenir", "Sue Venir", a {{Pun}} on "souvenir".
--> '''Oxley:''' Wait, do you think OSMU is okay?
--> ''[WhipPan transition to the Main 4 yelling for help]''
--> '''Olanda:''' Yeah. I think they're wishing us good luck! Thanks, guys!
--> '''Oxley:''' We'll be back soon.
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* ReadingLips: Oswald is revealed to have this skill since he became good at it when he was an Odd Squad Librarian, and as a result, he can understand what Olanda and Oxley are saying.
--> '''Opal:''' Why aren't they calling [the] Big O?
--> '''Oswald:''' They're...going to solve the...case themselves!
--> '''Orla:''' How do you know this?
--> '''Oswald:''' I got really good at lip-reading when I was a library museum person on account of people having to... ''[mouths]'' Be quiet.
--> '''Orla:''' What?
--> '''Oswald:''' I said "be quiet."
--> '''Orla:''' [[LiteralMinded Not now.]]
* RefusalOfTheCall: At the end of the episode, upon being rescued, Opal tells Oxley and Olanda that they would be great agents. Both of them immediately shoot down the idea, with Oxley saying that they like their current jobs.
* RunningGag: Oxley finding things that he believes Mobile Unit agents (or Odd Squad agents in general) would do.
* SayingTooMuch: Olanda tells Sue Venir that it's her and Oxley's first time solving a case. Oxley [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] it by telling her that they shouldn't tell the villainess that, and when he accidentally misfires the Net-inator and traps him and Olanda, she gets a good chuckle out of it.
* SoundingItOut: Orla reads the flyer that Omar hands to her this way.
--> '''Opal:''' Why aren't they calling [the] Big O?
--> '''Oswald:''' They're...going to solve the...case themselves!
--> '''Orla:''' How do you know this?
--> '''Oswald:''' I got really good at lip-reading when I was a library museum person on account of people having to... ''[mouths]'' Be quiet.
--> '''Orla:''' What?
--> '''Oswald:''' I said "be quiet."
--> '''Orla:''' [[LiteralMinded Not now.]]
* RefusalOfTheCall: At the end of the episode, upon being rescued, Opal tells Oxley and Olanda that they would be great agents. Both of them immediately shoot down the idea, with Oxley saying that they like their current jobs.
* RunningGag: Oxley finding things that he believes Mobile Unit agents (or Odd Squad agents in general) would do.
* SayingTooMuch: Olanda tells Sue Venir that it's her and Oxley's first time solving a case. Oxley [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] it by telling her that they shouldn't tell the villainess that, and when he accidentally misfires the Net-inator and traps him and Olanda, she gets a good chuckle out of it.
* SoundingItOut: Orla reads the flyer that Omar hands to her this way.
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* VillainExitStageLeft: Inverted -- it's not ''Sue Venir'' that makes her exit once she's captured, but rather, it's ''Oxley and Olanda'' that take their leave, grabbing Sue's camera and her suitcase and taking it back with them to the van.
* WorldOfCardboardSpeech: The pizza parlor owner gives Olanda and Oxley a few words of encouragement when they figure that they aren't good enough to be agents.
--> '''Owner:''' Hey. I may not know anything about your situation, but I know this. People told me I couldn't put jellybeans on pizza, or socks inside a panzerotti. But I'm here to tell you: you can do anything you put your mind to, when you do it your own way. ''[sniffs]'' I think I smell socks burning.
* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: When Olanda and Oxley go to stop Sue Venir at the indoor rock-climbing gym, she doesn't pay them much mind as she doesn't consider them "real agents". Olanda tells her about the pizza parlor owner and his words of encouragement to them, and she simply brushes it off with a "good luck with that" and goes to turn them into a snowglobe.
* WorldOfCardboardSpeech: The pizza parlor owner gives Olanda and Oxley a few words of encouragement when they figure that they aren't good enough to be agents.
--> '''Owner:''' Hey. I may not know anything about your situation, but I know this. People told me I couldn't put jellybeans on pizza, or socks inside a panzerotti. But I'm here to tell you: you can do anything you put your mind to, when you do it your own way. ''[sniffs]'' I think I smell socks burning.
* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: When Olanda and Oxley go to stop Sue Venir at the indoor rock-climbing gym, she doesn't pay them much mind as she doesn't consider them "real agents". Olanda tells her about the pizza parlor owner and his words of encouragement to them, and she simply brushes it off with a "good luck with that" and goes to turn them into a snowglobe.
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* PuzzlementAboutPayment: Played with. When Oxley excitedly says that it's "another day, another dollar", Olanda reminds him that they don't get paid. While this could be PlayedForLaughs per RuleOfFunny like Olympia's and Oona's exchange in [[Recap/OddSquadS2E7OlympiasDayOtissDay "Olympia's Day"]], like all other instances and implications of Odd Squad agents getting paid, this episode leaves the question of if Odd Squad agents really ''do'' get paid, and how they stay financially afloat, unanswered.
* TemptingFate: As they make their way to the van, Oxley asks Olanda if she's ever wondered what it would be like to be a Mobile Unit agent. While they don't get promoted to the position, this episode has them forced into being Mobile Unit agents when the Main 4 become trapped and need their help.
* TemptingFate: As they make their way to the van, Oxley asks Olanda if she's ever wondered what it would be like to be a Mobile Unit agent. While they don't get promoted to the position, this episode has them forced into being Mobile Unit agents when the Main 4 become trapped and need their help.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Omar, who loves souvenirs, becomes trapped in one by a villainess that he inadvertently hired to make them a custom souvenir.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Omar, who loves souvenirs, becomes trapped in one by a villainess that he inadvertently hired to make them him and his teammates a custom souvenir.souvenir.
* LowerDeckEpisode: This episode focuses on Oxley, the Food and Beverage worker introduced in [[Recap/OddSquadS3E17OswaldInTheMachineTheBTeam "Oswald in the Machine"]], and Olanda, a Maintenance worker who is part of the van maintenance crew, as they try to free the Main 4 from their souvenir prison.
* LowerDeckEpisode: This episode focuses on Oxley, the Food and Beverage worker introduced in [[Recap/OddSquadS3E17OswaldInTheMachineTheBTeam "Oswald in the Machine"]], and Olanda, a Maintenance worker who is part of the van maintenance crew, as they try to free the Main 4 from their souvenir prison.
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When the Mobile Unit becomes trapped in a lifelike snowglobe souvenir by a villainess named Suevenir, Oxley and Olanda must work together to free them before the agents become permanantly permanently turned into plastic figurines.
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* BreatherEpisode: Along with "Substitute Agents", it's a relatively low-stakes episode before "16-and-a-Half Blocks" and "Follow the Leader", which are Parts 1 and 2 of the four-part SeasonFinale.
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* BreatherEpisode: Along with "Substitute Agents", it's a relatively low-stakes episode before "16-and-a-Half Blocks" and "Follow the Leader", which are Parts 1 and 2 of the four-part SeasonFinale.
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'''''Substitute Agents'''''
'''Airdate:''' July 8, 2020 [[note]]ABC ME premiere[[/note]]
When the Mobile Unit becomes trapped in a lifelike snowglobe souvenir by a villainess named Suevenir, Oxley and Olanda must work together to free them before the agents become permanantly turned into plastic figurines.
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* BreatherEpisode: Along with "The Weight of the World Depends on Orla", it's a relatively low-stakes episode before the four-part SeasonFinale.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Omar, who loves souvenirs, becomes trapped in one by a villainess that he inadvertently hired to make them a custom souvenir.
* PunnyName: "Suevenir", a {{Pun}} on "souvenir".
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'''''Substitute Agents'''''
'''Airdate:''' July 8, 2020 [[note]]ABC ME premiere[[/note]]
When the Mobile Unit becomes trapped in a lifelike snowglobe souvenir by a villainess named Suevenir, Oxley and Olanda must work together to free them before the agents become permanantly turned into plastic figurines.
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* BreatherEpisode: Along with "The Weight of the World Depends on Orla", it's a relatively low-stakes episode before the four-part SeasonFinale.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Omar, who loves souvenirs, becomes trapped in one by a villainess that he inadvertently hired to make them a custom souvenir.
* PunnyName: "Suevenir", a {{Pun}} on "souvenir".
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* AnimateInanimateObject: Subverted. When Osmond and Orla get to the final room with the last challenge, a rock seemingly speaks to them. Orla asks if the rock is "voiced" by her boss, and it turns out it is, as Ms. O appears from behind the rock.
* AWolfInSheepsClothing: It's eventually revealed that Osmond isn't as heroic as Orla believes he is, and he turns out to be a selfish agent in contrast to her more selfless motives, believing that people should look out only for themselves. This mindset causes him to be eliminated from the competition, and Orla to be named the winner.
* AWolfInSheepsClothing: It's eventually revealed that Osmond isn't as heroic as Orla believes he is, and he turns out to be a selfish agent in contrast to her more selfless motives, believing that people should look out only for themselves. This mindset causes him to be eliminated from the competition, and Orla to be named the winner.
* BaitAndSwitchSentiment: When Osmond manages to grab the helmet, Ms. O performs her StealthHiBye move and congratulates him...for making her decision easier. She then grabs the helmet from him and places it in Orla's hands as she sends him through a trap door.
* BigEater: It isn't just Omar and Oswald that (naturally) fall into this -- all of the Main 4 do, as they chow down on a pool of jellybeans that nearly cover their ''entire bodies'' with glee.
* BreatherEpisode: Along with "Substitute Agents", it's a relatively low-stakes episode before "16-and-a-Half Blocks" and "Follow the Leader", which are Parts 1 and 2 of the four-part SeasonFinale.
* BigEater: It isn't just Omar and Oswald that (naturally) fall into this -- all of the Main 4 do, as they chow down on a pool of jellybeans that nearly cover their ''entire bodies'' with glee.
* BreatherEpisode: Along with "Substitute Agents", it's a relatively low-stakes episode before "16-and-a-Half Blocks" and "Follow the Leader", which are Parts 1 and 2 of the four-part SeasonFinale.
* BusmansHoliday: Subverted. Jellybean Joe decides to fill the van with jellybeans on the Mobile Unit's day off, and it takes them all episode to figure out which one is the heaviest mega-bean so they can place it on the top of of the Jellybean Blaster (complete with them becoming stressed as Orla tells her story when time is of the essence), but they decide to let the Blaster go off and fill up the van with jellybeans anyway, meaning that they can still have the vacation they want.
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** The {{Gorgon}} seen at the end of [[Recap/OddSquadS3E15TheSandwichProjectWaxOnWaxOdd "Wax on Wax Odd"]] reappears in this episode as a threat for the second challenge.
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** The {{Gorgon}} [[{{Medusa}} Gorgon]] seen at the end of [[Recap/OddSquadS3E15TheSandwichProjectWaxOnWaxOdd "Wax on Wax Odd"]] reappears in this episode as a threat for the second challenge.
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* ChekhovsClassroom: Ms. O repeatedly offers the competitors some water, then puts various fruits in it to demonstrate buoyancy. Naturally, this is what helps Orla and Osmond with the semi-final challenge.
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* ChekhovsClassroom: Ms. O repeatedly offers the competitors some water, then puts various fruits in it to demonstrate buoyancy. Naturally, this is what helps Orla and Osmond with the semi-final challenge.challenge when the former's pan balance is destroyed by a [[{{Medusa}} Gorgon]] villainess.
* CoolHelmet: The protector's helmet is worn by the guardian of the 44-leaf clover. While Orla was previously seen wearing it in [[Recap/OddSquadS3E2OddBeginningsPartTwo "Odd Beginnings: Part 2"]], this episode shows how she obtains it and also shows her putting it on once she does.
* CoolHelmet: The protector's helmet is worn by the guardian of the 44-leaf clover. While Orla was previously seen wearing it in [[Recap/OddSquadS3E2OddBeginningsPartTwo "Odd Beginnings: Part 2"]], this episode shows how she obtains it and also shows her putting it on once she does.
** For the final challenge, Osmond and Orla must place the lighter of two gems into the center of the pedestal, and if the wrong one is chosen, Headquarters will be destroyed and crumble to the ground. While that obviously doesn't happen in this episode, [[Recap/OddSquadS3E2OddBeginningsPartTwo "Odd Beginnings: Part 2"]] ''did'' have Headquarters crumble, making this a [[invoked]] FunnyAneurysmMoment.
** From the same episode, the Main 4 eat their way through a villain's food-based attack -- in this case, it's Jellybean Joe's jellybeans, while in "Odd Beginnings: Part 2", it was the Sticky Sisters' cinnamon buns.
** From the same episode, the Main 4 eat their way through a villain's food-based attack -- in this case, it's Jellybean Joe's jellybeans, while in "Odd Beginnings: Part 2", it was the Sticky Sisters' cinnamon buns.
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* DramaticThunder: When the {{Gorgon}} appears for the second challenge, thunder and lightning accompanies her appearance and when she attacks.
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* DramaticThunder: When the {{Gorgon}} [[{{Medusa}} Gorgon]] appears for the second challenge, thunder and lightning accompanies her appearance and when she attacks.
* {{Fanfare}}: Ms. O flairs her announcement about the final challenge with one of these, although she imitates a trumpet since the trumpet player who was supposed to play the fanfare canceled.
* ItsTheBestWhateverEver: [[PunctuatedForEmphasis "Best. Day. Off. Ever!"]]
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* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Both Orla and Osmond use their shields to protect themselves against the {{Gorgon}} villainess's attacks so they can place the rock on the statue.
* MagicWand: The {{Gorgon}} has one that she uses to attack the ancient agents with.
* MagicWand: The {{Gorgon}} has one that she uses to attack the ancient agents with.
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* LostAesop: Orla's story doesn't have a clear aesop. From looking at it, one would think that the moral would be "don't be selfish and put others' needs before your own", which is made plainly obvious by the climax, but Orla states that the ''actual'' moral of her story is that the Main 4 can find out which mega-bean is the heaviest by weighing them in water -- essentially, the story was a way to deliver the mathematical [[{{Aesop}} Aesops]] of the episode. The rest of the Main 4 catch onto the math moral pretty quickly, but no comment is made about the "be selfless" aesop.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Both Orla and Osmond use their shields to protect themselves against the{{Gorgon}} [[{{Medusa}} Gorgon]] villainess's attacks so they can place the rock on the statue.
* MagicWand: The{{Gorgon}} [[{{Medusa}} Gorgon]] has one that she uses to attack the ancient agents with.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Both Orla and Osmond use their shields to protect themselves against the
* MagicWand: The
* {{Overcrank}}: Used at various points when Orla and Osmond are racing for the protector's helmet.
* RevealShot: As Orla is giving the moral of her story, the camera is close to her face, then it cuts to a wide shot of the rest of the Main 4, who have already well caught onto the moral and have weighed the mega-beans in water.
* RivalFinalBoss: While Osmond and Orla were on good terms before and were teammates, the climax of the episode has him becoming TheRival to her, and the final obstacle she has to defeat to get the protector's helmet and win the battle.
* RivalFinalBoss: While Osmond and Orla were on good terms before and were teammates, the climax of the episode has him becoming TheRival to her, and the final obstacle she has to defeat to get the protector's helmet and win the battle.
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* SeriesContinuityError: Ms. O refers to the {{Gorgon}} that appears as a sorcerer, rather than by its intended appearance of...well, a Gorgon.
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* SeriesContinuityError: Ms. O refers to the {{Gorgon}} [[{{Medusa}} Gorgon]] that appears as a sorcerer, rather than by its intended appearance of...well, a Gorgon.
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* ShockAndAwe: The {{Gorgon}} villainess that Ms. O hires attacks with white and red lightning bolts that she generates from her MagicWand.
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* ShockAndAwe: The {{Gorgon}} [[{{Medusa}} Gorgon]] villainess that Ms. O hires attacks with white and red lightning bolts that she generates from her MagicWand.
* SuddenlyShouting: Ms. O is very fond of doing this, and it manages to startle the ancient agents every time.
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* TeamSpirit: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed.]] Despite the battle for the clover being a process-of-elimination battle, all of the ancient agents work together to get through the challenges, since teamwork is one of the show's modus operandis. However, when it comes down to Orla and Osmond, they soon realize that only ''one'' agent can be guardian of the 44-leaf clover, and they abandon any semblance of teamwork, making it a 1-on-1 battle between them for the title and the protector's helmet.
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* TeamSpirit: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed.]] Despite the battle for the clover being a process-of-elimination battle, all of the ancient agents work together to get through the challenges, since teamwork is one of the show's modus operandis. However, when it comes down to Orla and Osmond, they soon realize that only ''one'' agent can be guardian of the 44-leaf clover, and once they complete the final challenge they abandon any semblance of teamwork, making it a 1-on-1 battle between them for the title of guardian and the protector's helmet.
* UndyingLoyalty: Orla helps Osmond up after he trips and falls, but it's revealed that he was pulling a WoundedGazelleGambit on her and that he's. Nonetheless, her helping Osmond and being selfless causes her to win the competition.
--> '''Ms. O:''' Orla showed the ''true'' qualities of a guardian, by looking out for more than just herself? ''[Osmond looks at her with intrigue]'' A skill she will need as the protector.
--> '''Ms. O:''' Orla showed the ''true'' qualities of a guardian, by looking out for more than just herself? ''[Osmond looks at her with intrigue]'' A skill she will need as the protector.
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* WorldBuilding: This episode shows how Orla came to be the guardian of the 44-leaf clover, and also shows off more of the ancient Headquarters she stayed in. It also introduces three agents who are friends of Orla and who also competed for the title of guardian, as well as Orla's boss.
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* WorldBuilding: This episode shows how Orla came to be the guardian of the 44-leaf clover, and also shows off more of the ancient Headquarters she stayed in. It also introduces three agents who are friends of Orla and who also competed for the title of guardian, as well as Orla's boss. In addition, it also shows how Orla got her helmet.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Osmond pulls off an ''amazing'' one when he trips and falls, causing Orla to stop before she has ample opportunity to grab the helmet and make a FriendOrIdolDecision on whether to help Osmond or go for the helmet. Naturally, she helps Osmond, and it's revealed that he faked being injured so he could grab the helmet. This causes him to eventually become eliminated, with Orla being named the winner.
--> '''Osmond:''' Word of advice: you should ''really'' look out for yourself.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Osmond pulls off an ''amazing'' one when he trips and falls, causing Orla to stop before she has ample opportunity to grab the helmet and make a FriendOrIdolDecision on whether to help Osmond or go for the helmet. Naturally, she helps Osmond, and it's revealed that he faked being injured so he could grab the helmet. This causes him to eventually become eliminated, with Orla being named the winner.
--> '''Osmond:''' Word of advice: you should ''really'' look out for yourself.
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* TheBusCameBack: Jellybean Joe returns after a very lengthy bus trip -- while his last physical appearance was a brief cameo in [[Recap/OddSquadS2E31OtherOlympiaTotalZeroes "Total Zeroes"]], he hasn't had a speaking role since [[Recap/OddSquadS1E13LifeOfOBrianWhateverHappenedToAgentOz "Whatever Happened to Agent Oz?"]].
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* AbsenteeActor: The Big O doesn't appear in this episode.
* AnchorsAway: While not necessarily used as a weapon, Orla substitutes using an anchor with using a sack of mangoes due to the density of the fruit.
* AxCrazy: Jellybean Joe is more psychotic and insane than he was in his first appearance. His EvilLaugh manages to weird out both Omar and Oswald, but not Opal and Orla, who just stare at him intriguingly, but other than that, his psychosis earns him a nonplussed reaction.
* TheBusCameBack: Jellybean Joe returns aftera very lengthy bus trip 2 seasons -- while his last physical appearance was a brief cameo in [[Recap/OddSquadS2E31OtherOlympiaTotalZeroes "Total Zeroes"]], he hasn't had a speaking role since [[Recap/OddSquadS1E13LifeOfOBrianWhateverHappenedToAgentOz "Whatever Happened to Agent Oz?"]].Oz?"]].
* CallBack: Having pan balances be used to weigh things seems to be a OnceASeason occurrence -- Season 1 had them in [[Recap/OddSquadS1E33OVsTheBallcanoAssistantsCreed "O vs. The Ballcano"]], Season 2 had them in [[Recap/OddSquadS2E10NightShiftPutMeInCoach "Put Me In Coach"]], and this episode has Orla use one that she keeps in her {{Hammerspace}} spine for the episode's {{Aesop}}.
** The {{Gorgon}} seen at the end of [[Recap/OddSquadS3E15TheSandwichProjectWaxOnWaxOdd "Wax on Wax Odd"]] reappears in this episode as a threat for the second challenge.
* CharacterFocus: On Orla, natch, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin as if the title didn't give it away.]]
* ChekhovsClassroom: Ms. O repeatedly offers the competitors some water, then puts various fruits in it to demonstrate buoyancy. Naturally, this is what helps Orla and Osmond with the semi-final challenge.
* AnchorsAway: While not necessarily used as a weapon, Orla substitutes using an anchor with using a sack of mangoes due to the density of the fruit.
* AxCrazy: Jellybean Joe is more psychotic and insane than he was in his first appearance. His EvilLaugh manages to weird out both Omar and Oswald, but not Opal and Orla, who just stare at him intriguingly, but other than that, his psychosis earns him a nonplussed reaction.
* TheBusCameBack: Jellybean Joe returns after
* CallBack: Having pan balances be used to weigh things seems to be a OnceASeason occurrence -- Season 1 had them in [[Recap/OddSquadS1E33OVsTheBallcanoAssistantsCreed "O vs. The Ballcano"]], Season 2 had them in [[Recap/OddSquadS2E10NightShiftPutMeInCoach "Put Me In Coach"]], and this episode has Orla use one that she keeps in her {{Hammerspace}} spine for the episode's {{Aesop}}.
** The {{Gorgon}} seen at the end of [[Recap/OddSquadS3E15TheSandwichProjectWaxOnWaxOdd "Wax on Wax Odd"]] reappears in this episode as a threat for the second challenge.
* CharacterFocus: On Orla, natch, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin as if the title didn't give it away.]]
* ChekhovsClassroom: Ms. O repeatedly offers the competitors some water, then puts various fruits in it to demonstrate buoyancy. Naturally, this is what helps Orla and Osmond with the semi-final challenge.
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* {{Expy}}: The Ms. O of Orla's Headquarters looks and acts similar to Oprah, only with the same hairstyle as Orla.
* FramingDevice: Jellybean Joe making a machine of jellybeans that the Main 4 must stop serves as one for the main story, told by Orla as it correlates to the machine.
* FramingDevice: Jellybean Joe making a machine of jellybeans that the Main 4 must stop serves as one for the main story, told by Orla as it correlates to the machine.
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** [[Recap/OddSquadS3E17OswaldInTheMachineTheBTeam The last episode]] had the Big O break into the van and casually greet the Main 4. This episode has Jellybean Joe, a villain, somehow enter the van and greet the Main 4 more maliciously.
* CrazyPrepared: Averted -- Opal asks Oswald if he has an emergency manual on deactivating the Jellybean Blaster, but it's implied that he has no such manual, as Jellybean Joe interrupts him before he can answer.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: While on underwater missions, Orla apparently took some grapes along with her to snack, and as a result, she has dropped a few of them in lakes.
--> '''Orla:''' I will admit, it is not the best time to snack.
* DissonantSerenity: Ms. O speaks of the agents facing various threats throughout the episode with the utmost glee in her voice.
* DramaticThunder: When the {{Gorgon}} appears for the second challenge, thunder and lightning accompanies her appearance and when she attacks.
* EjectTheLoser: When an agent loses a challenge, a TrapDoor opens underneath them and they plummet downwards. Of course, to play the NeverSayDie trope straight, it's revealed that losers of the challenges just go down to the waiting room rather than meet their doom.
* EvilPlan: Jellybean Joe explains his plan to the Main 4: he has created a Jellybean Blaster that will only deactivate if the correct "mega-bean" is placed on it, and they must do so before the sand in the hourglass reaches the bottom.
* {{Expy}}: The Ms. O of Orla's Headquarterslooks appears to be a more ancient (and arguably older) version of Oprah, having the same love of juice (only with water that has lemon and acts mango in it, since juice wasn't a thing back in olden times), an identical voice, and a similar hairstyle (her hairstyle is similar to Oprah, only with Orla's in the present day, while Oprah wears a PrimAndProperBun).
* FlashbackEcho: The first challenge that Ms. O gives the ancient agents mirrors the challenge that the Mobile Unit is facing in the present: weighing an object to see which one is the heaviest in order to complete something (opening a door and stopping the Jellybean Blaster, respectively). Bonus points for the fact that the keys are in the samehairstyle colors as Orla.
the mega-beans.
* ForegoneConclusion: Orla's story of how she became guardian of the 44-leaf clover is more of a DidYouDie kind of story, since it's revealed that the challenge to be named guardian is a process-of-elimination-type challenge, and it's already been established that she was the guardian of the clover in the present time. Never mind the fact that she repeatedly reminds Ms. O about buoyant fruits and no one else does (when it's implied that Ms. O knows about buoyancy already).
* FramingDevice: Jellybean Joe making amachine of jellybeans Jellybean Blaster that the Main 4 must stop serves as one for the main story, told by Orla as it correlates to the machine.machine.
* GadgeteerGenius: Jellybean Joe somehow managed to build a complex machine full of jellybeans, that needs the right large jellybean to stop it.
* GameShowHost: Ms. O parodies one at one point when pointing out the pile of rocks for the second challenge.
* {{Gasp}}: The reaction of the agents when Jellybean Joe shows off his new machine.
* GenderEqualEnsemble: The last four agents to compete are two females (Orla and Oriana) and two males (Osmond and Ogelvie).
* ICantHearYou: Ms. O begins to congratulate the four ancient agents on getting this far in the challenge, but then Orla shouts that they can't hear her, and it's revealed that Ms. O is ''very'' far away from the agents.
* InstantlyProvenWrong: As soon as Ogelvie turns the red key, he begins saying that he was right about it being the heaviest. Milliseconds later, a trap door opens underneath him and he plummets downwards.
* InternalReveal: Orla, as well as the other three agents, are told by their boss that that the 44-leaf clover is real. Their reactions are one of pure surprise.
--> '''Ms. O:''' As I was saying, all four of you have been selected as candidates to guard and protect the 44-leaf clover.
--> '''Orla:''' It is ''real?''
--> '''Ms. O:''' Oh, it ''is'' real.
* TheLeader: While not addressed in-universe, it's clear that Orla is the leader amongst the other agents, as they turn to her for ideas on how to solve the challenges. She is a mix of the Headstrong and Charismatic types.
* LiteralMinded: When Jellybean Joe explains his EvilPlan and says that the agents couldn't possibly know which mega-bean is the heaviest, Omar points out that he quite literally handed the beans to them on a silver platter.
* LittleNo: Orla gives this response to Opal when she believes she's cracked the story's {{Aesop}}, followed by the rest of the Main 4's BigNo.
--> '''Oswald:''' Orla! Get to the part of the story where you tell us how to ''weigh'' these mega-beans so that we can ''stop this Jellybean Blaster!''
--> '''Opal:''' She ''did.'' Orla's telling us that we shouldn't panic. We need to stay calm to solve the problem.
--> '''Orla:''' No.
--> '''Opal, Oswald and Omar:''' ''NO?!''
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: While those like Olive and Olympia know who Jellybean Joe is, none of the Mobile Unit agents are familiar with him.
* CrazyPrepared: Averted -- Opal asks Oswald if he has an emergency manual on deactivating the Jellybean Blaster, but it's implied that he has no such manual, as Jellybean Joe interrupts him before he can answer.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: While on underwater missions, Orla apparently took some grapes along with her to snack, and as a result, she has dropped a few of them in lakes.
--> '''Orla:''' I will admit, it is not the best time to snack.
* DissonantSerenity: Ms. O speaks of the agents facing various threats throughout the episode with the utmost glee in her voice.
* DramaticThunder: When the {{Gorgon}} appears for the second challenge, thunder and lightning accompanies her appearance and when she attacks.
* EjectTheLoser: When an agent loses a challenge, a TrapDoor opens underneath them and they plummet downwards. Of course, to play the NeverSayDie trope straight, it's revealed that losers of the challenges just go down to the waiting room rather than meet their doom.
* EvilPlan: Jellybean Joe explains his plan to the Main 4: he has created a Jellybean Blaster that will only deactivate if the correct "mega-bean" is placed on it, and they must do so before the sand in the hourglass reaches the bottom.
* {{Expy}}: The Ms. O of Orla's Headquarters
* FlashbackEcho: The first challenge that Ms. O gives the ancient agents mirrors the challenge that the Mobile Unit is facing in the present: weighing an object to see which one is the heaviest in order to complete something (opening a door and stopping the Jellybean Blaster, respectively). Bonus points for the fact that the keys are in the same
* ForegoneConclusion: Orla's story of how she became guardian of the 44-leaf clover is more of a DidYouDie kind of story, since it's revealed that the challenge to be named guardian is a process-of-elimination-type challenge, and it's already been established that she was the guardian of the clover in the present time. Never mind the fact that she repeatedly reminds Ms. O about buoyant fruits and no one else does (when it's implied that Ms. O knows about buoyancy already).
* FramingDevice: Jellybean Joe making a
* GadgeteerGenius: Jellybean Joe somehow managed to build a complex machine full of jellybeans, that needs the right large jellybean to stop it.
* GameShowHost: Ms. O parodies one at one point when pointing out the pile of rocks for the second challenge.
* {{Gasp}}: The reaction of the agents when Jellybean Joe shows off his new machine.
* GenderEqualEnsemble: The last four agents to compete are two females (Orla and Oriana) and two males (Osmond and Ogelvie).
* ICantHearYou: Ms. O begins to congratulate the four ancient agents on getting this far in the challenge, but then Orla shouts that they can't hear her, and it's revealed that Ms. O is ''very'' far away from the agents.
* InstantlyProvenWrong: As soon as Ogelvie turns the red key, he begins saying that he was right about it being the heaviest. Milliseconds later, a trap door opens underneath him and he plummets downwards.
* InternalReveal: Orla, as well as the other three agents, are told by their boss that that the 44-leaf clover is real. Their reactions are one of pure surprise.
--> '''Ms. O:''' As I was saying, all four of you have been selected as candidates to guard and protect the 44-leaf clover.
--> '''Orla:''' It is ''real?''
--> '''Ms. O:''' Oh, it ''is'' real.
* TheLeader: While not addressed in-universe, it's clear that Orla is the leader amongst the other agents, as they turn to her for ideas on how to solve the challenges. She is a mix of the Headstrong and Charismatic types.
* LiteralMinded: When Jellybean Joe explains his EvilPlan and says that the agents couldn't possibly know which mega-bean is the heaviest, Omar points out that he quite literally handed the beans to them on a silver platter.
* LittleNo: Orla gives this response to Opal when she believes she's cracked the story's {{Aesop}}, followed by the rest of the Main 4's BigNo.
--> '''Oswald:''' Orla! Get to the part of the story where you tell us how to ''weigh'' these mega-beans so that we can ''stop this Jellybean Blaster!''
--> '''Opal:''' She ''did.'' Orla's telling us that we shouldn't panic. We need to stay calm to solve the problem.
--> '''Orla:''' No.
--> '''Opal, Oswald and Omar:''' ''NO?!''
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: While those like Olive and Olympia know who Jellybean Joe is, none of the Mobile Unit agents are familiar with him.
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* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Both Orla and Osmond use their shields to protect themselves against the {{Gorgon}} villainess's attacks so they can place the rock on the statue.
* MagicWand: The {{Gorgon}} has one that she uses to attack the ancient agents with.
* OffModel: Before the first {{Flashback}} begins, Opal is seen standing with Oswald and Omar opposite of Orla. When the {{Flashback}} ends, she is suddenly standing next to Orla, with no explanation given.
* OffscreenTeleportation: Orla's ability to randomly produce things apparently isn't just limited to her -- her boss also conjures up a small table with four glasses of water and a small plate of lemons on it, and produces water on a table along with buoyant and non-buoyant foods numerous times.
* MagicWand: The {{Gorgon}} has one that she uses to attack the ancient agents with.
* OffModel: Before the first {{Flashback}} begins, Opal is seen standing with Oswald and Omar opposite of Orla. When the {{Flashback}} ends, she is suddenly standing next to Orla, with no explanation given.
* OffscreenTeleportation: Orla's ability to randomly produce things apparently isn't just limited to her -- her boss also conjures up a small table with four glasses of water and a small plate of lemons on it, and produces water on a table along with buoyant and non-buoyant foods numerous times.
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* RaceAgainstTheClock: The Mobile Unit must deactivate Jellybean Joe's machine before the hourglass reaches the bottom.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Oriana pulls a ''complete'' 180 during the second challenge, from being a {{Determinator}} to forfeiting from the competition herself, as she orders Ms. O to send her down the TrapDoor to the waiting room below. It's a very sudden change, something that surprises Orla and Osmond briefly.
* SeenItAll: Orla, being a 500-year-old ancient warrior, has no issue with stopping Opal from making an uneducated guess and tells her that she's encountered a situation exactly like the current one before. Then she launches into the story of how she was chosen to protect the 44-leaf clover.
* SeriesContinuityError: Ms. O refers to the {{Gorgon}} that appears as a sorcerer, rather than by its intended appearance of...well, a Gorgon.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Oriana pulls a ''complete'' 180 during the second challenge, from being a {{Determinator}} to forfeiting from the competition herself, as she orders Ms. O to send her down the TrapDoor to the waiting room below. It's a very sudden change, something that surprises Orla and Osmond briefly.
* SeenItAll: Orla, being a 500-year-old ancient warrior, has no issue with stopping Opal from making an uneducated guess and tells her that she's encountered a situation exactly like the current one before. Then she launches into the story of how she was chosen to protect the 44-leaf clover.
* SeriesContinuityError: Ms. O refers to the {{Gorgon}} that appears as a sorcerer, rather than by its intended appearance of...well, a Gorgon.
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* ShockAndAwe: The {{Gorgon}} villainess that Ms. O hires attacks with white and red lightning bolts that she generates from her MagicWand.
* StealthHiBye: Ms. O suddenly appears behind Orla, Oriana and Osmond when the former asks what is below the TrapDoor. Just like Oprah, the agent she's an {{Expy}} of, it's implied to be a natural ability of hers.
* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Orla, and by extension the episode, both play the trope completely straight. However, Opal, and later Oswald and Omar, know that the aversion of the trope is in play and tell Orla to hurry up with her story before time runs out.
* TeamSpirit: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed.]] Despite the battle for the clover being a process-of-elimination battle, all of the ancient agents work together to get through the challenges, since teamwork is one of the show's modus operandis. However, when it comes down to Orla and Osmond, they soon realize that only ''one'' agent can be guardian of the 44-leaf clover, and they abandon any semblance of teamwork, making it a 1-on-1 battle between them for the title and the protector's helmet.
* ThereCanBeOnlyOne: The challenges that Ms. O makes up for the four ancient agents is to determine which one of them can guard the 44-leaf clover. This presents a problem when Orla and Osmond are the last agents remaining, and realize that only one of them can win.
* ThisIsNoTimeToPanic: Orla assures Osmond that they can't panic when solving the second challenge. In the present day, Opal takes away this {{Aesop}} from her teammate's story when trying to stop the Jellybean Blaster.
* TrespassingToTalk: The Mobile Unit return from playing laser tag and find Jellybean Joe waiting for them in their van.
* VillainExitStageLeft: Once Jellybean Joe gives the Main 4 his EvilPlan, he takes his leave and isn't seen for the remainder of the episode.
* WholeEpisodeFlashback: A majority of the episode is comprised of Orla's story of how she got to be guardian of the 44-leaf clover, told via [[{{Flashback}} Flashbacks.]]
* WildTake: Every one of the Main 4 has one of these when Jellybean Joe scares them.
** They also get some wild reactions when Jellybean Joe steals their weight-measuring tools. Opal in particular looks scared enough that she'd nearly go into cardiac arrest.
* WorldBuilding: This episode shows how Orla came to be the guardian of the 44-leaf clover, and also shows off more of the ancient Headquarters she stayed in. It also introduces three agents who are friends of Orla and who also competed for the title of guardian, as well as Orla's boss.
* StealthHiBye: Ms. O suddenly appears behind Orla, Oriana and Osmond when the former asks what is below the TrapDoor. Just like Oprah, the agent she's an {{Expy}} of, it's implied to be a natural ability of hers.
* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Orla, and by extension the episode, both play the trope completely straight. However, Opal, and later Oswald and Omar, know that the aversion of the trope is in play and tell Orla to hurry up with her story before time runs out.
* TeamSpirit: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed.]] Despite the battle for the clover being a process-of-elimination battle, all of the ancient agents work together to get through the challenges, since teamwork is one of the show's modus operandis. However, when it comes down to Orla and Osmond, they soon realize that only ''one'' agent can be guardian of the 44-leaf clover, and they abandon any semblance of teamwork, making it a 1-on-1 battle between them for the title and the protector's helmet.
* ThereCanBeOnlyOne: The challenges that Ms. O makes up for the four ancient agents is to determine which one of them can guard the 44-leaf clover. This presents a problem when Orla and Osmond are the last agents remaining, and realize that only one of them can win.
* ThisIsNoTimeToPanic: Orla assures Osmond that they can't panic when solving the second challenge. In the present day, Opal takes away this {{Aesop}} from her teammate's story when trying to stop the Jellybean Blaster.
* TrespassingToTalk: The Mobile Unit return from playing laser tag and find Jellybean Joe waiting for them in their van.
* VillainExitStageLeft: Once Jellybean Joe gives the Main 4 his EvilPlan, he takes his leave and isn't seen for the remainder of the episode.
* WholeEpisodeFlashback: A majority of the episode is comprised of Orla's story of how she got to be guardian of the 44-leaf clover, told via [[{{Flashback}} Flashbacks.]]
* WildTake: Every one of the Main 4 has one of these when Jellybean Joe scares them.
** They also get some wild reactions when Jellybean Joe steals their weight-measuring tools. Opal in particular looks scared enough that she'd nearly go into cardiac arrest.
* WorldBuilding: This episode shows how Orla came to be the guardian of the 44-leaf clover, and also shows off more of the ancient Headquarters she stayed in. It also introduces three agents who are friends of Orla and who also competed for the title of guardian, as well as Orla's boss.
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'''''The Weight of the World Depends on Orla'''''
'''Airdate:''' July 8, 2020 [[note]]ABC ME premiere[[/note]]
Orla shares the story of how she was chosen to protect the 44-leaf clover in order to stop the villain Jellybean Joe from causing oddness to the Mobile Unit van.
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!!Tropes:
* TheBusCameBack: Jellybean Joe returns after a very lengthy bus trip -- while his last physical appearance was a brief cameo in [[Recap/OddSquadS2E31OtherOlympiaTotalZeroes "Total Zeroes"]], he hasn't had a speaking role since [[Recap/OddSquadS1E13LifeOfOBrianWhateverHappenedToAgentOz "Whatever Happened to Agent Oz?"]].
* ContinuityNod: The BGM that plays at the end of the episode when the Main 4 eat jellybeans is "Goin' to the 80s", the same track that was featured in the {{Montage}} of Olympia, Otis and Oona taking on more retro designs in ''World Turned Odd.''
* {{Expy}}: The Ms. O of Orla's Headquarters looks and acts similar to Oprah, only with the same hairstyle as Orla.
* FramingDevice: Jellybean Joe making a machine of jellybeans that the Main 4 must stop serves as one for the main story, told by Orla as it correlates to the machine.
* LongTitle: The title of the episode is certainly a mouthful, and is the longest episode title to date.
* OriginsEpisode: This episode reveals how Orla came to be the designated protector of the 44-leaf clover.
* ShaggyDogStory: In the end, the Main 4 never deactivate the machine -- they let it explode all over the van, creating a pool of jellybeans that nearly covers their entire bodies, which they chow down on happily.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Well, the weight of the world has to depend on whether she ''wins'' the competition or not first.]]
'''''The Weight of the World Depends on Orla'''''
'''Airdate:''' July 8, 2020 [[note]]ABC ME premiere[[/note]]
Orla shares the story of how she was chosen to protect the 44-leaf clover in order to stop the villain Jellybean Joe from causing oddness to the Mobile Unit van.
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!!Tropes:
* TheBusCameBack: Jellybean Joe returns after a very lengthy bus trip -- while his last physical appearance was a brief cameo in [[Recap/OddSquadS2E31OtherOlympiaTotalZeroes "Total Zeroes"]], he hasn't had a speaking role since [[Recap/OddSquadS1E13LifeOfOBrianWhateverHappenedToAgentOz "Whatever Happened to Agent Oz?"]].
* ContinuityNod: The BGM that plays at the end of the episode when the Main 4 eat jellybeans is "Goin' to the 80s", the same track that was featured in the {{Montage}} of Olympia, Otis and Oona taking on more retro designs in ''World Turned Odd.''
* {{Expy}}: The Ms. O of Orla's Headquarters looks and acts similar to Oprah, only with the same hairstyle as Orla.
* FramingDevice: Jellybean Joe making a machine of jellybeans that the Main 4 must stop serves as one for the main story, told by Orla as it correlates to the machine.
* LongTitle: The title of the episode is certainly a mouthful, and is the longest episode title to date.
* OriginsEpisode: This episode reveals how Orla came to be the designated protector of the 44-leaf clover.
* ShaggyDogStory: In the end, the Main 4 never deactivate the machine -- they let it explode all over the van, creating a pool of jellybeans that nearly covers their entire bodies, which they chow down on happily.
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