Odd Squad facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Odd Squad
Genre	Educational, Comedy
Created by	Tim McKeon Adam Peltzman
Written by	Tim McKeon
Starring	Dalila Bela Filip Geljo Millie Davis Sean Michael Kyer Anna Cathcart Isaac Kragten Olivia Presti Valentina Herrera Jayce Alexander Gavin MacIver-Wright Alyssa Hidalgo Glee Dango Shazdeh Kapadia
Composer(s)	Paul Buckley
Country of origin	Canada United States United Kingdom (season 4)
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	120 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	J. J. Johnson Tim McKeon Adam Peltzman Blair Powers Paul Siefken
Producer(s)	Matthew J.R. Bishop Georgina Lopez Ellen Doherty
Production location(s)	Toronto, Ontario
Editor(s)	Jennifer Essex-Chew Courtney Goldman Christopher Minns Laura Bower
Running time	10-13 minutes; two episodes paired for a half-hour program
Production company(s)	Sinking Ship Entertainment Fred Rogers Productions BBC Studios Kids & Family (season 4)
Release
Original network	TVOKids (Canada, English) Ici Radio-Canada Télé (Canada, French) PBS Kids (United States) CBBC (United Kingdom)
Original release	November 26, 2014 (2014-11-26) – present

Odd Squad is a fun and educational TV show for kids. It's a live-action comedy series created by Tim McKeon and Adam Peltzman. The show first aired in Canada on TVOKids and in the United States on PBS Kids on November 26, 2014. In Odd Squad, young agents use math to solve all sorts of strange and silly problems. They use skills like addition, multiplication, and understanding graphs to figure things out and save the day in their town.

What is Odd Squad About?

The show is all about the Odd Squad, a special group run completely by kids! Their job is to solve strange and unusual problems using their amazing math skills. In the first two seasons, we follow agents from Precinct 13579. These include Agents Olive (Dalila Bela) and Otto (Filip Geljo) in Season 1, and Agents Olympia (Anna Cathcart) and Otis (Isaac Kragten) in Season 2.

You'll also meet other important Odd Squad members, like security guards, "tube operators," and clever scientists. Almost all Odd Squad employees have names that start with the letter "O"! Their boss, Ms. O (Millie Davis), gives them their cases. Agents travel quickly through a system of connected tubes to get where they need to go.

To solve a case, agents use basic math ideas, which are often the main focus of the episode. If they can't solve a problem right away, they go back to their headquarters or visit the "Mathroom." This special room helps them by showing information on giant paper fortune tellers. Scientists also create cool "gadgets" to help the agents. In Season 1, Agent Oscar (Sean Michael Kyer) led the science lab. Later, Agent Oona (Olivia Presti) became his assistant and then took over the lab when Oscar got a promotion.

The Odd Squad agents also face many funny villains who often create problems that need math to solve. The Odd Squad headquarters has a unique seal with a jackalope and bananas. In Season 3, the show changed to Odd Squad Mobile Unit. Here, four agents work from a special van, traveling the world to help solve cases where local Odd Squad offices need extra support. The fourth season, called Odd Squad UK, takes place at an Odd Squad office in the United Kingdom.

Meet the Odd Squad Characters

The main cast from Season 1 and 2. From left to right: Sean Michael Kyer as Oscar, Dalila Bela as Olive, Filip Geljo as Otto, Millie Davis as Ms. O, Olivia Presti as Oona, Isaac Kragten as Otis, and Anna Cathcart as Olympia.

Main Characters

• Agent Olive (Dalila Bela, Season 1): Olive was an experienced Odd Squad agent. She was calm and serious. In Season 1, she worked with and trained her new partner, Otto. Olive had a big fear of pies because of a past incident involving her old partner, Todd. At the end of Season 1, Olive and Otto left to lead another Odd Squad office as Ms. O and Mr. O.
• Agent Otto (Filip Geljo, Season 1): Otto was Olive's partner and a new agent at the start of the show. He was more relaxed and easygoing than Olive. Even though he was new, Otto often found important clues to solve cases, sometimes even when Olive wasn't there. In the Season 1 finale, he left with Olive to lead another Odd Squad office as Mr. O.
• Big O (Millie Davis, Seasons 1-3): In the first two seasons, she was known as "Ms. O," the strict boss of Precinct 13579. She often yelled, but this happened less as the show went on. She was always seen with a juice box. Even though she looked young, her real age and how long she worked at Odd Squad were a mystery. Her real name was revealed to be "Oprah." In the Season 2 finale, Ms. O became the "Big O," the leader of the entire Odd Squad organization. She left the show after the Season 3 episode "Odd Off The Press" to travel to outer space. Orpita, a trainee, took her place as the "Little O."
• Agent Oscar (Sean Michael Kyer, Seasons 1-2): Oscar was the main scientist at the Odd Squad lab. He was very smart, quirky, and a bit goofy. Agents went to him for help with their gadgets and technical problems. He left the show after the Season 2 episode "Oscar Strikes Back." He became the head of the Odd Squad science division after the previous leader was removed for bad behavior. He chose Agent Oona to take over his lab.
• Agent Olympia (Anna Cathcart, Season 2): Olympia joined the show in Season 2 after Olive left. She graduated early from the Odd Squad training academy. Olympia was very friendly, outgoing, and had a happy, carefree personality.
• Agent Otis (Isaac Kragten, Season 2): Otis also joined in Season 2 when Otto left. He was more serious and quiet than his partner, Olympia. There were no records of him going to the Odd Squad academy, but he seemed like the more experienced agent of the new team. He had a fear of ducks. In the Season 2 finale, it was revealed he was once part of a family of villainous ducks. Ms. O helped him and trained him to become an Odd Squad agent.
• Agent Oona (Olivia Presti, Season 2; special guest Season 3): Oona started as Oscar's assistant. She took over his job as head scientist after he left. Like Oscar, she had a quirky and fun personality.
• Agent Opal (Valentina Herrera, Season 3): Opal was first stationed in the Arctic with Omar. She was very competitive and wanted to work on the most important cases. She saw herself as the leader of the Odd Squad Mobile Unit (OSMU). Opal's sister, Olizabeth, was a villain called The Shadow. Opal left the show after the Season 3 episode "End of the Road" to stay with Olizabeth and help fix problems in Australia.
• Agent Omar (Jayce Alexander, Season 3): Omar also worked in the Arctic with Opal. He really valued friendship and getting along with his teammates. He often tried to help his team work together, even if it sometimes made him lose focus on the mission.
• Agent Oswald (Gavin MacIver-Wright, Season 3): Before joining the Odd Squad Mobile Unit, Oswald worked alone at the Odd Squad museum in New York City. He had always worked at a desk, so he was very excited to go on missions and solve cases.
• Agent Orla (Alyssa Hidalgo, Season 3): Orla joined the Odd Squad Mobile Unit after being alone for 400 years! She had been guarding a powerful 44-leaf clover at an old Odd Squad headquarters. Because of this, she didn't know much about modern inventions and sometimes acted quickly without thinking.
• Agent Osmeralda (Glee Dango, Season 3): In early Season 3, she was known as Esmeralda Kim. She wanted to help but was always busy with hobbies like karate or music. In "Odd Off the Press," she finally had time and joined the team after Opal left. She brought her creative and unique ways of thinking to the Odd Squad Mobile Unit.
• Little O (Shazdeh Kapadia, Season 3): She used to be the Big O's assistant. At the end of "Odd Off the Press," she became the new head of Odd Squad, taking over for the Big O. She might be small, but she really enjoys her important job.
• Agent Ozzie (Alexander Shaw, Season 4): Ozzie is an agent who works at an Odd Squad office in the United Kingdom.
• Agent Orli (Asha Soetan, Season 4): Orli is an agent from Niagara Falls. She was called to the Odd Squad UK office to help with the increasing strange events there.
• Captain O (Shelly Lagodinsky, Season 4): Captain O is the leader of an Odd Squad office in the United Kingdom.
• Agent Onom (Samir Simon-Keegan, Season 4): Onom is a scientist who works at an Odd Squad office in the United Kingdom.

Recurring Characters

Odd Squad Employees

• Dr. O (Peyton Kennedy, Seasons 1-2; Kaden Stephen, Season 2): Dr. O was the Odd Squad's doctor, helping with any health-related odd problems. She was known for being a bit quirky and often said funny, random things, sometimes referencing famous science-fiction shows. It was revealed she used to work in the Odd Squad gift shop before becoming a doctor. When the first Dr. O left to work as a doctor in space, a new male doctor took her place.
• Agent Obfusco (Jaeden J. Noel, Season 1): Agent Obfusco was an Odd Squad agent who was an expert in different cultures. He spoke in tricky riddles, which helped viewers learn how to solve word problems. He was a bit strange, and other agents sometimes found him hard to understand, so they tried to avoid working with him.
• Agent Ocean (Elijah Sandiford, Season 2): Agent Ocean was in charge of the 'Creature Room' at the precinct. This room held many strange creatures and plants that Odd Squad agents needed to learn about. Ocean had a relaxed and easygoing personality.
• Agent Octavia (Julia Lalonde, Season 1): Octavia was Agent Oz's partner. She was known as one of the best agents at the precinct. She often had to look for her partner because he was invisible.
• Agent O'Donahue (Tate Yap, Seasons 1-2): O'Donahue was Ms. O's partner. They worked together until the 1980s when they couldn't solve a case involving a villain named Equal Evan. He quit then but returned 30 years later to help Ms. O finally solve it. Now, he pretends to be retired but secretly helps Ms. O with cases.
• Oksana (Madeleine Barbeau, Seasons 1-2): Oksana was the only cook at the Odd Squad precinct. She had a very serious and sarcastic personality.
• Agent Olaf (Eshaan Buadwal, Seasons 1-2): Olaf was Agent Oren's partner. He was cheerful but sometimes a bit simple-minded. However, he often surprised everyone with smart ideas. He was also a bit lazy, like Oren. He dreamed of being a dentist and loved potatoes. Later, it was revealed he was a werewolf!
• Agent Orchid (Michela Luci, Seasons 1-3): Orchid was one of the younger agents. She was very stubborn, sarcastic, and sometimes tricky. She liked to call other people "Sherman."
• Agent Oren (Brendan Heard, Seasons 1-2): Oren was Agent Olaf's partner. He was often sassy and a bit arrogant. He and Olaf had a friendly rivalry with Olive and Otto. Oren had a strange fear of pancakes and wanted to become an Odd Squad director, leading his own office.
• Other Olympia (Saara Chaudry, Seasons 1-2): She was Ms. O's former assistant. After helping defeat a villain, she became an agent with her partner Ozric. Her name was originally Olympia, but after a "name off" with Agent Olympia, it was changed to Odal.
• Agent Owen (Christian Distefano, Seasons 1-2): Owen was the head of the Security department. He was responsible for protecting the Odd Squad office and the town from strange threats. He was often seen taking a break.
• Agent Orson (Nashton Avila, Nathan Avila, Seasons 1-3): Orson was one of the baby agents. He was a great driver and often won the "employee of the month" award until it was discovered he cheated to win. In the Season 2 finale, Agent Orson became Mr. O after Ms. O was promoted to Big O.
• Agent Ozlyn (Arista Arhin, Season 2): Ozlyn worked in the Security Department.
• Agent Olly (Sasha Steiner, Season 2): Olly used to be a doctor. Now, she helps Oksana manage the break room and cafeteria at the Odd Squad building.
• Agent Xavier (Leonidas Castrounis, Season 2): Agent Xavier was from Odd Squad's Department X Special Task Force. This group watched over the agency's work, made sure rules were followed, and could even temporarily close Odd Squad down.
• Agent Xena (Sheena Darnley, Season 2): Xena was Agent Xavier's partner.
• Agent Orwell (Alexander Joseph, Season 4): Orwell is a security agent at an Odd Squad office in the United Kingdom.
• Agent Osgood (Zach Bent, Season 4): Osgood is the cook at an Odd Squad office in the United Kingdom.
• Agent Opie (Halle Brady, Season 4): Opie is the new agent in the Department of Help, joining after Ozzie became an agent.

Other Characters

• Delivery Debbie (Ashley Botting): Debbie owns a pizzeria and appeared in many episodes. She was also important in Odd Squad: The Movie (2016). Her main rival was Delivery Doug, who sold egg-salad sandwiches.
• Delivery Doug (Ali Hassan): Doug was Delivery Debbie's former rival. He owned "Delivery Doug's Egg Salad Sandwiches" and later helped start "Doug and Debbie's Egg-Salad Pizzeria." Unlike Debbie, Doug used to run his business from his mother's basement and drove an "Eggmobile." He now lives and works in the Arctic, with two locations there.
• Polly Graph (Ava Preston): Polly runs a stand outside her house, selling hot chocolate or lemonade depending on the time of year. Odd Squad agents often visit her stand. She loves graphs and always has the perfect chart to help with any situation. Even though she's not an agent, she provides helpful information and sometimes assists with Odd Squad cases.
• Soundcheck (Lucas Meeuse, Matthew Armet, Thomas Alderson, Stephan Dickson): Soundcheck is a funny boy band that most Odd Squad employees really like. Some of their songs include Take Away Four, The Force of Gravity, and Up, Down, Left, Right. They also appeared on the album Odd Squad: Stop the Music.
• Rivka (Meghan Allen): Rivka takes care of the mysterious Baby Genius. Odd Squad agents talk to them in a dark alley and give them "gifts" to get their help with very tough problems.
• The Baker (Aisha Alfa): The Baker runs a bakery in town. She often asks the Odd Squad for help with strange problems happening in her shop.
• Mayor Macklemore (Seán Cullen): Mayor Macklemore is the mayor of the city where Precinct 13579 is located. He was once in a group called the Thirties. He also hosted a cheese festival in Odd Squad: The Movie.

Odd Squad Villains

• Agent Ohlm (Jaiden Cannatelli, Seasons 1-2): Ohlm was an agent who briefly partnered with Otto. Later, he partnered with Agent Orchid. Ohlm was known for being unpredictable and often getting lost. In the Season 2 finale, it was revealed that Ohlm was actually very smart and had pretended to be silly to try and cause trouble for Odd Squad.
• Fladam (Martin Roach, Seasons 1-2): Fladam was a villain with special glasses that could turn anything into a flat, two-dimensional shape.
• Noisemaker (David Tompa, Seasons 1-3): Noisemaker was a villain who wanted to fill the world with strange noises. He wore many instruments on his body that made sounds when he moved.
• Odd Todd (Joshua Kilimnik, Seasons 1-2): Todd used to be Olive's partner but was let go for breaking rules. He then became a villain called 'Odd Todd'. He was a recurring villain in Season 1 but was outsmarted by Agent Otto and decided to stop being a villain. In Season 2, he took up gardening and sometimes helped the Odd Squad. He briefly returned as a villain in an alternate timeline in "World Turned Odd." In the Season 2 finale, he was running a center to help other villains change their ways.
• President Obbs (Jaedon Siewert, Season 2): Obbs was the former president of the Odd Squad Scientists. He was removed from his position after trying to control all scientists and take over the world. Agent Oscar then took his place.
• Shapeshifter (Laura Landauer, Seasons 1-2): Shapeshifter was a villain who could change herself or anything else into a different object or person. A younger version of her appeared in the Odd Squad movie. In Season 3, she had a twin sister named The Form Changer.
• Tiny Dancer (Danielle Benton, Seasons 1-2): Tiny Dancer was a villain who could make objects dance just by telling them to.
• Freeze Ray Ray (Farid Yazdani, Season 2): Freeze Ray Ray was a villain who could freeze anything or anyone with his left hand, which was covered in a special case.
• Jamie Jam (Ashley Comeau, Seasons 2-3): Jamie Jam was a villain who liked to cause traffic jams in the city. She also liked to point out the difference between jams and jellies.
• Kooky Clown (Seasons 1-2): Kooky Clown was a villain who wanted to destroy Odd Squad so the world would be more "kooky."
• Jelly Bean Joe (Dustin Redshaw, Season 1): A villain who caused problems related to jelly beans.
• The Shadow (Zarina Richard, Season 3): The Shadow was a villain who created strange problems for the Odd Squad Mobile Unit. Her real name was revealed to be Olizabeth in "Follow the Leader," and she was Agent Opal's sister.
• Brutus (Osias Reid, Season 3): Brutus was The Shadow's assistant.
• The Square Squire (Liam Gerrard, Season 4): The Square Squire is a villain who only likes things that are square.

Episode List

Making the Show: Production Details

Odd Squad was produced by Sinking Ship Entertainment. Most of the filming happened in a studio in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Part of Season 3 was filmed in Cambridge, Ontario.

The final episode of Season 3 aired on July 8, 2022. A fourth season, called Odd Squad UK, was released on October 1, 2024. This fourth season was filmed in the United Kingdom and was made with BBC Studios Kids & Family.

Odd Squad episodes aired on PBS Kids in the United States and CBC Kids in Canada. In the UK, the series aired on CBBC and BBC Two. In Australia, it aired on ABC Kids and ABC Me.

Other Fun Odd Squad Media

Several Odd Squad themed video games were created for the PBS Kids website and TVO Kids. An official book called 'The Odd Squad Agent's Handbook' was released in 2020. It was written by the show's creators, Tim McKeon and Adam Peltzman.

Odd Squad Merchandise

In the United States, Sinking Ship Entertainment worked with a company called Really Big Coloring Books. They made and sold Odd Squad coloring books at stores like Walmart, Amazon, and PBS online shops.

See also

In Spanish: Odd Squad para niños