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And it only took them six years to make the correlation.
A list of Shout-Outs in Odd Squad.
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    General 
  • During transitions, the Series Mascot can be shown moving forward and then moving back to reveal the scene a la Batman.
  • One of the interstitials involves Ms. O demanding "an evil version of me." The one that shows up looks exactly like Ms. O, but wearing a very prominent (fake) pointed beard.
  • Tube Operator O'Brian (and by extension the other inexplicably Irish tube operators) have a very similar job to another Chief O'Brien.

    Season 1 
  • "Bad Luck Bears":
    • The title is a reference to The Bad News Bears.
    • Olive's Grizzly Bear Growl move, when enacted on the basketball court during the game, is similar in both effects and movement to the Scratch move seen in Pokémon.
  • "Double Trouble":
    • Delivery Doug's phone has a Nokia 100 cellphone, and his ringtone is that of the well-recognized 1994 Nokia ringtone.
  • "My Better Half":
    • The title could either be in reference to an album by the band TnT, or a Chinese comedy series.
  • "My Confalones":
    • While growing frustrated at the oddness-stricken table, Gino quotes a variant of "The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away" line from the King James version of The Bible: "Ay, this table, it giveth, it- it taketh away and now it stayeth the same!"
  • "Reindeer Games":
  • "Picture Day":
    • Otto turning yellow with white polka-dots makes him reminiscent of John Lennon.
  • "A Case of the Sing-Alongs":
    • The dance that the Mayor attempts to do while breaking out into song at the press conference is the "YMCA" dance, only he spells out "A-OK" instead.
  • "Crime at Shapely Manor":
    • The episode is one entire Whole-Plot Reference to the Clue film, with all of the adults (bar Brendan and Melissa, the butler and maid) serving as parodies of the characters — Professor Square as Professor Plum, General Pentagon as Colonel Mustard, Miss Triangle as Miss Scarlett, and Lord Rectangle as Mr. Boddy.
    • It also borrows a lot of elements from the My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic episode "MMMMystery on the Friendship Express".
  • "The Trouble with Centigurps" is an entire Homage to the Star Trek episode "The Trouble with Tribbles".
  • "Totally Odd Squad" contains a fair bit of references to '80s-era media.
    • O'Donahue wearing a Hawaiian shirt under his jacket is in reference to the titular character of Magnum, P.I..
    • One of the most recurring background music pieces in the episode is "Axel F", the opening theme of Beverly Hills Cop.
    • O'Donahue and Oprah's old boss take their leaves from two separate scenes by pumping their fist in the air and walking away, as homages to The Breakfast Club. Relatedly, the BGM piece that plays during O'Donahue's departure specifically is similar to the Simple Minds song "Don't You (Forget About Me)", which also played during the end of the movie.
    • The end of the episode has Oprah and O'Donahue drawn in the same style as the music video for "Take On Me".
    • The Patternista is a clear-as-day parody of Max Headroom, right down to the trippy background she uses when contacting Oprah and O'Donahue.
  • "How to Interrogate a Unicorn":
  • "Best Seats in the House":
    • The Picnic-inator gadget includes the Hamster Funhouse toy from the Zhu-Zhu Pets line of toys as part of its model in a case of Off-the-Shelf FX.
  • "Life of O'Brian": The title is a reference to the Monty Python film Life of Brian.
  • The title of "Whatever Happened to Agent Oz?" is in reference to Whatever Happened To Baby Jane.
  • "The Jackies" is essentially Odd Squad's stand-in for the Emmy Awards, although the Jackies' statue looks more akin to that of an Oscar, which doubles as a Stealth Pun.
  • The title of "Invasion of the Body Switchers" is a reference to the Invasion of the Body Snatchers series of films.
  • "The One That Got Away" has a "The Scream" Parody with Otto ending up in the titular painting and in the same pose, only without the screaming.
  • "The Perfect Lunch":
    • The image of the results that came out of Precinct 13579's previous lunch with the Featherites that Oprah shows Olive and Otto is clear out of Armageddon (1998).
  • The Hydraclops, first introduced in "Rise of the Hydraclops", bears a striking resemblance to Cthulhu from the Cthulhu Mythos.
  • "Recipe For Disaster" is a kid-friendly take on The X-Files episode "Bad Blood".
  • "Flatastrophe":
  • Fladam appears to be a No Celebrities Were Harmed parody of will.i.am.
  • The entire premise of "Puppet Show" could be a reference to Sesame Street considering both shows air on the same network.
  • "Mystic Egg Pizza":
    • The title is a reference to the Mystic Pizza film and the shop that inspired it.
    • Delivery Doug's Eggmobile is named similarly to the Batmobile, and Doug treats it as such. However, unlike the Batmobile, his car is The Alleged Car that is nowhere near as cool.
  • "6:00 to 6:05":
    • When taking the dinosaur food cans down to the Odd Squad Warehouse, Olive drives the makeshift cart while Otto takes backseat and powers the makeshift vehicle using Oscar's jetpack — a nod to Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, which features the same two-driver mechanism.
  • One of the doors that is seen at the beginning of the episode has "221B" engraved on the front.
  • "Fistful of Fruit Juice":
  • "Training Day":
    • Odd Todd as a character is inspired by The Joker and shares quite a few mannerisms and traits with him.
    • The title of the episode is a reference to the film of the same name.
  • "Robert Plant":
  • "Game Time":
    • Among many of the well-known arcade cabinets seen at the Shmumbercade is one for Tekken 2.
    • When explaining the lore of Robo-Blast-Bots to Olive, Oscar states that the Ventrillions wish to conquer the Moons of Rattata.
  • "Trials and Tubulations":
    • Olive and Otto's comically-large pair of scissors, which they then pry apart so each of them has a weapon to fight with, is reminiscent of Ryuko Matoi's Scissor Blades from Kill la Kill.
    • When attempting to solve the riddle of the man at the bridge, Olive and Otto perform the Macarena dance complete with a invoked suspiciously similar backing track. This isn't the first time the dance has been referenced — Olive also performed the Macarena dance in one of the earliest promos for the show.
  • "No Ifs, Ands or Robots":
    • Odenbacker's name sounds similar to Orville Redenbacher, pushed further by the fact that the show already has an agent named Orville.
  • "Worst First Day Ever":
  • "Undercover Olive":
    • The spine of the book in the Cold Open, Dustin, is reminiscent of Little Golden Books.
    • When Fladam comes to the ice cream surveillance van thinking that it's a real ice cream truck, Otto and Oscar disguise themselves as an ice cream vendor with Orson's assistance, moving him around in a similar manner to the Swedish Chef from The Muppets.
  • "O vs. the Ballcano":
    • The title alludes to the film Joe Versus the Volcano.
    • There's another reference to the painting of George Washington crossing the Delaware when Oprah looks heroic at the front of a boat that Olive and Otto row to the Lab.
  • "Assistant's Creed":
  • "Now You Don't See Me":
  • "Moustache Confidential":
  • "The Curious Case of Pirate-itis":
  • "Oscsr the Couch":
    • The title is a reference to Oscar the Grouch, a character on Sesame Street.
  • "Swamps N' Gators":
  • "There Might Be Dragons":
  • "Dawn of the Read" has two references in its name — both to the film Dawn of the Dead, and to Donna Reed.
  • "Olive and Otto in Shmumberland":
    • Shmumberman is a clear shoutout to Batman.
    • The title of the episode is a reference to Little Nemo in Slumberland.
    • While attacking Olive, Otto and the factory worker, Dr. Soup performs the Running Man dance and sings "Soup, there it is!" — a reference to the chorus of the song "(Whoomp!) There It Is" from the rap group Tag Team.
  • "Disorder in the Court":
    • The tune that plays when Oprah, Olive and Otto walk into where the trial will be held has the same melody as the opening theme of The People's Court.

    Season 2 
  • "First Day":
    • The balloons on Party Pam's food cart are in the colors of the Mane Six, with two additional blue and two yellow balloons on the corner representing the colors of Pinkie Pie's cutie mark.
    • When Oscar introduces himself and Dr. O to Ocean, he asks, "Doctor who?" Dr. O responds with, "Different person."
  • "Back to the Past": The episode title is a reference to Back to the Future. Although the episode has the main cast go into the future, the title was likely changed to avoid the reference being too obvious.
  • The episode title "Mid-Day in the Garden of Good and Odd" is a reference to Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.
  • "Failure to Lunch":
  • "The O Team" as a title can refer to either the TV series The A-Team, or the Ed Sheeran song "The A-Team".
  • "Show Me the Money": Title is a reference to a memorable quote from Jerry Maguire.
  • "Oscar Strikes Back":
  • "Otis's Day":
    • The song that the Noisemaker sings as he and Otis are biking to the emergency rope ladder leading to Precinct 13579 is Nat King Cole's "On a Bicycle Built for Two".
  • In "A Case of the Sillies", Oona explains the concept of mustaches to Ocean. She tells him that they make men look ironic... or like a private investigator in Hawaii.
  • "Good Egg Bad Egg":
    • The scene of Ocean, Oprah, Olympia and Otis surrounding the egg by forming a circle, and saying various unrelated things as the camera pans towards each of them, is a nod to "The Circle" from That '70s Show.
  • "Put Me In, Coach":
    • The episode title is the name of a lyric in the John Fogerty song "Centerfield".
  • "Extreme Cakeover":
    • The episode title is a reference to the TV series Extreme Makeover.
  • "Three's Company" is a shoutout to the sitcom of the same name.
  • "Agent Oksana's Kitchen Nightmares" has a nod to Kitchen Nightmares in its title.
  • "Rookie Night":
    • Orielle's nickname for the titular event is Tony Danza.
  • "Who Let The Doug Out?":
    • The episode title is a shoutout to "Who Let the Dogs Out" by the Baha Men.
    • Randall, Doug's former goat, has a translator collar around his neck that allows him to speak English, similar to what Charles Muntz's dogs have in Up.
  • "The Cherry-on-Top-inator":
    • The Puppy Master's plan, which involves a giant and mischievous puppy chewing up Earth as though it's a toy, is taken straight out of the Wander over Yonder episode "The Ball".
  • "The Voice":
  • "Partner Problems":
  • "The Breakfast Club" is comprised of a lot of references to the movie of the same name.
  • "Dr. O: Party Time, Excellent":
  • "Safe House in the Woods": Title is a nod to the Little House on the Prairie series of books.
  • "Negative Town":
    • The street that the titular town is located on is Oxley Street, a reference to the name of the co-creator of Peg + Cat, Jennifer Oxley. Doubles as a Company Cross Reference.
    • When Olympia, Otis, and Mayor Glumley go to Glumbers Cafe for lunch, and are served soup with one single rock in it, just like the rock soup that the Pie and Apple families eat in the My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic episode "Hearthbreakers". The view of one side being nighttime and one side being daytime might also bring to mind "Princess Twilight Sparkle: Part 1".
  • "License to Science": The title is a shoutout to the James Bond film Licence to Kill.
  • "There's No O in O-Bot":
    • Omega shares some traits with the character of the same name from the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, being a Jerkass that thinks highly of himself and doesn't work well with his teammates.
  • The title "Villains in Need Are Villains Indeed" sounds close to one of the slogans for Puffs tissues — "A nose in need deserves Puffs indeed".
  • "The Deposit Slip-Up":
    • The red shoes that Oxley gifts Olympia look similar to the Ruby Slippers.
  • "It Takes Goo to Make a Feud Go Right":
    • The title is a reference to the song "It Takes Two" by Rob Base and DJ EZ Rock.
  • "Friends of Odd Squad":
    • One of the evil printers that Hopkins passes by makes the iconic AOL dial-up sound.
  • "Saving Agent Orson": The title is a nod to the film Saving Private Ryan.
  • "Odds and Ends":

    Season 3 
  • "Portalandia":
    • The Portal Master store has a 99-cent meatball lunch special, similar to the popular furniture store chain IKEA.
  • "Running on Empty":
    • The episode title alludes to the Jackson Browne song of the same name.
    • Directly after Opal tells Orla that she fears her failure in not getting enough water for the van is the end for the Mobile Unit, Orla points at her rain hat and smiles, parodying the Roll Safe meme.
  • "Raising the Bar":
    • The Odd Squad Magazine seen in the episode is a parody of the Oprah Winfrey Magazine, with the Big O adorning the cover. Quite fitting considering that she's named after Winfrey.
  • "Odd Squad in the Shadows":
    • Omar being appointed the king of a secret league draws some parallels to the Arthur special "D.W.'s Beastly Birthday".
  • "Train of Thoughts":
  • "Music of Sound":
    • The episode title is a reference to The Sound of Music.
    • The name of Soundcheck's rival band is Villain People, a nod to the Village People.
    • When the Van Computer pulls up a list of games that can be played both indoors and outdoors, an Xbox controller can be seen.
  • "Odd in 60 Seconds":
    • Wheelie Dan, one of the villains that The Shadow tricks, could be a reference to Dan Wheeler, a former pitcher in American baseball.
  • "Villain Networking":
    • During the villain picnic, Lady Sunshine holds a ball of sunshine and makes the same pose as the torch lady◊ in the Columbia Pictures logo.
  • "Mr. Unpredictable":
  • "Down the Tubes":
    • The DJ at Opal's and Omar's party is wearing a jackalope headpiece in a nod to Deadmau5.
  • "Sample of New York":
    • During their trip around New York City, Orla and Omar go to the Richard Rodgers Theater to see Hamilton, of all shows.
  • "Wax On Wax Odd" is full of references to The Karate Kid, including the famous car-washing training sequence.
  • "Oswald in the Machine":
    • The coding system that Opal, Omar and Orla use to control their robots looks and functions very similar to Scratch.
  • The name of William Ocean, a villain introduced in "Follow the Leader", might be a reference to Billy Ocean, an R&B artist from the 70s and 80s.
  • "Odd Off The Press":
    • The Three Odd-skateers allude to The Three Musketeers.
    • When Oprah calls the Mobile Unit, it's revealed that she's using the back of her office as a backdrop and is actually in space — a reference to the popular video-calling application Zoom.
  • "In Your Dreams":
    • The main antagonist of the episode is named the Dream Weaver, as a reference to the Gary Wright song of the same name.
    • Orpita conjuring up all of her good dreams to beat back her nightmares might draw some parallels to Inception
  • "Mission O Possible" is a Parody Episode of Mission Impossible, and as such, there are quite a few shoutouts to it.
  • "Double O Trouble":
    • One of the shows playing in the Chicago Theater District is Shmumbilton.
  • "Can You Wrangle It?" has quite a few references to Ghostbusters, especially in the machine that Orla and Oswald suck the creatures into and how they're sucked into the machine.
  • The newspaper of the same name in "Ahead of the Times" is a reference to The New York Times.
  • In "The Problem with Pentagurps", Oyster recites the Mail Department's motto, which is a simplified version of the unofficial motto for the United States Postal Service.
  • The title of "Three Portals Down" is a shoutout to the band 3 Doors Down.
  • "Villains Helping Villains":
    • As Jamie Jam talks about patterns, various math problems fly by Marty Marmalade while he stares off into space, as a nod to the Math Lady meme.
  • "Party Crashers" has another reference to Zoom, with the application that the Mobile Unit uses to talk to each other being a parody of it.

    OddTube 
  • In "Coach O's Life Tips", Coach O almost quotes Winston Churchill word for word as part of his Top 10 Tips for a Happy Life.
    Coach O: As Winston Churchill once said, "Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm." I miss that man. note 

    Odd Squad: The Movie and Odd Squad: World Turned Odd 
  • Odd Squad: The Movie:
    • The company that Otis works for following his layoff from Odd Squad is a smoothie place whose logo contains the same colors as that of popular restaurant chain Dunkin' Donuts. Additionally, Otis is wearing a banana costume, which might reference the hot coffee, donut and iced coffee walkarounds that Dunkin' used to have.
  • Odd Squad: World Turned Odd:
    • Odd Todd's mecha outfit is similar in both internal and external appearance to Iron Man's.
    • Wrenchy, Odd Todd's assistant while he is in his mecha form, is a reference to Clippy, Microsoft Windows's own, and rather infamous, assistant.

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