#haha funi reference

[puffypoffin]

Ah the duality of a protective brother.

Silly doodles inspired by @gwendeeagain’s Argenti/Velite fic, Javelin: https://archiveofourown.org/works/52164847/

Go read it if you haven’t already <3

[serendertothesquad]

Seren's Studies: The Odd Squad UK Trailer

Well, 8 days after my birthday really ain't bad for a belated gift. At this point I'll take what I can get.

Even if it means I have to crawl out of sleep to do it.

*deep sigh*

So you might be thinking, "Hold on, we got a new trailer?" And to that I say yes. Yes we did. PBS grew enough balls to actually give Odd Squad some love during a programming initiative that has absolutely nothing to do with it. And they put it on Vimeo, apparently, which puts all the audition videos that have been unearthed (for OSUK, OSMU, and Odd Squad) in an entirely new light.

But wah wah wah, you didn't come here to read my ding-dong ramblings. You came here to watch me be the biggest loser to ever lose at losing and dissect a 30-second trailer on a weekend. You know how movie trailers stuff all the important bits about a movie into 30 seconds? This is the telly equivalent.

Below the break, I'm going to shred this trailer to pieces, scream, cry, and of course, analyze. Come join me, if you dare.

So I'm going to reiterate a point I made in the Seren's Studies essay for the gadget competition video in regards to Ozzie, in that he's wearing an outfit that looks like it belongs to some kind of Flight department. (And yes, my headcanon about there being a boat that can travel in the sky shall remain strong in spite of this trailer. Whether it will be shot down like a cannonball through a boat that can travel in the sky remains to be seen.)

But anyway. We have him carrying a box (transferring departments?), what looks to be some kind of agent in the back (Security?), and what looks to me like an old Nissan logo against a map (of the UK? yes, of the UK, duh). Off to a hell of a start here.

The trailer doesn't give us the name of this girl -- which is odd, considering she's one of the protagonists -- but just as a refresher: this is Orli, who is from the Canadian side of the Niagara Falls (because of course) and transfers to the UK precinct in order to help with rising oddness rates. My guess is that, while Ozzie transfers from departments, Orli will transfer from precincts. Essentially, she's there to help Americans like myself (and also children, and also parents) understand British terms and culture. Which is fine, because otherwise kids would understand jack about how the United Kingdom does things beyond what's represented in media.

And we have a look at our first villainess! This is The Trifler, named after a British dessert and armed with the power to turn things into...well yeah, trifles. If you've been keeping up with the news, then you're probably aware that a BTS photo of her was found last year when OSUK was getting off the ground. Now, we have her in an official capacity!

I will say that I love the wordplay used here. Combining the British and American definitions of the word "trifle" into a badass introductory phrase is absolutely beautiful and I want more of it.

Haha lol shot from the press release big funy now laugh.

...Wait, hold on, does that mean the image used for the press release was a BTS photo? Because this sure as hell isn't the same angle.

Oh my God.

Not my absolute dumb ass thinking the context of this scene was a welcome party for Orli, only for the celebration to be for a fucking movie opening that got the attention of local news outlets and Eric Stonestreet.

...Okay, the telephone box is great too, and if there's not another Doctor Who reference they can yote in there then we riot, but I- a fucking opening of a movie?

...

Hold on, I'm noticing the Odd Squad logo on the popcorn and the cup.

This is Odd Squad: The Movie opening in the UK, isn't it.

Ah yes. Because I sure would fuckin' love to relive the joy I had when the "Odd Beginnings" two-parter decided to make the movie an in-universe piece of media. Look, I me- you guys had to be there when I recorded the Seren Reacts video. I was taken aback. I nearly fell off the bed. I was tempted to go to the neighbors and sit on their picnic table and cry. And that was when the COVID pandemic was a new thing!

And now I get to experience the hell all over again, four years later, when the pandemic is (largely) over and I'm in my mid-20s.

Look, if they're keen on torturing me like this, then that's how you really know it's a return to form. All they need to do is drop the word "serendipity" somewhere in there and I'll launch myself off the cliff and into the water and hopefully not on a pointy rock.

Normally I'd say how happy I am to see the tubes again after they got one dedicated episode and a handful of appearances and mentions besides that in Season 3, but..."Down the Tubes" is one of my favorite episodes for sleep-talking Oswald alone. And in Season 3, my total count for favorite episodes I can count on only one hand.

Worth noting, though, that in addition to the UK Headquarters being located in an abandoned train station, the tubes are named after the London Underground. Because...y'know, the Tube, and...yeah, they couldn't pass that pun up because they need Britain money somehow.

See, this is how you can tell I'm an Odd Squad veteran.

I can, with about 90% accuracy, pinpoint the context of a scene only seen by few. For example, I can tell you that this is Orli fighting with a woman over tour bus tickets by playing RPS. Because fuck her American money, American money does not net you tour bus tickets to tour the UK and...uh...well, I don't know if Ozzie has any pounds to buy any.

Ah? Aaaaaaaaaahh? Man, I'm good!

Unless Oddmented Reality had some (and please don't ask me, I've never played it), we've now had flying books in every season bar Season 2.

Honestly, that's a sin.

If this means the return of cold opens, then bless them.

It's 12 episodes with 11-minute time limits, though, so I'm a little wary...but bless them. Season 3 had only a select few before they laughed and tossed the concept out, so this is a good return to form.

Also, this is hella good camera work.

I'm...at least inclined to believe this is Ozzie attempting to boost workplace morale by getting a few agents-in-training to cheer.

Which is great, but I'm just thinking of Olympia asking Otis how he feels about his cheerleading skills and and him telling her they're perfect. It works, because Ozzie kinda looks like Otis!

Hey, hey, you guys remember aaaaaaaall the way back in "Zero Effect" where they had that shot of the agents cheering?

You guys also remember the last episode of OddTube S1?

This is like a mishymashy of that and it is glorious.

Also, our first look at the girl who is, by every sense, part of the Flight department. And Onom, even though he got a mention in the gadget-making competition video.

A few folks were asking about this, so I feel the need to clarify that this is a thing in the Oddverse that has been done numerous times before, especially in the first two seasons. You don't wanna blow 10 seconds of airtime on having two agents find the nearest tube entrance, let 'em phase through the floor.

'Tis magic, baby.

I can also predict, with about 70% accuracy, how the OSUK premiere is gonna go.

...

It's gonna end with Ozzie being transferred/promoted/demoted to the Investigation department, isn't it.

Look, the franchise's timeline is a bitch and scares all the neuroscience people at Harvard Medical School, but I did this before with a simple Season 3 trailer and I got a fair bit of it right. When a few OSUK episode titles and synopses come out, then we'll see if I'm gonna reach for the stars or fall hard on my ass.

Okay, I'm inclined to take the logic applied to New York City and apply it here, in that it's too much money and effort and time to edit every piece of signage here into a Shmumber-fied equivalent...

But that's a fucking McDonald's ad up there near the top, and let's be honest, that's one of the most gobsmacking things about the whole damn trailer. We already have a Burger King replacement, so having a McShmumber's is absolutely not out of the question.

(Also, that meal deal is $5 USD. If you're an American, I don't need to explain why this makes me more irrationally angry than it should.)

Besides that, Orli, this is a one-way, two-lane (with possible merger) street, which can absolutely be seen in areas like this in the United States and I don't know why I'm bringing this up since agents cannot and have not been automotively inclined.

"No, that's not odd. It's Britain."

Dumb lil' American I am (who is, in fact, aware how British people drive), but I gave a visceral cough at this line. This is the kind of shit OSMU should have gotten, and failed to deliver.

That aside, though, Ozzie has a bit of a different icon on his shirt now. It's either the London Bridge or a black H, and I know Fergie would cry her eyes out looking at it, bless her soul.

"I'm blue! And if I were green I would die! If I were green I would die, if I were green I would die, if-"

Okay, okay, I had to get that out of the way. I'm sorry. I'm never sorry.

The smartwatches were also something seen in BTS photos back when OSUK was first announced to be a thing. Still running on that Apple technology and crushing creativity.

Perhaps the best sleep paralysis demon I've seen since Yui in the Precure All-Stars F movie.

All right, I'm starting to see the massive differences between this Headquarters and the Headquarters of yore. Keyholes, the blue thing meant to be a simpler copy of the metallic circle structure, the...I mean it do be fuckin' big...

Also, we got our first look at a moving breathing Chef O, who's on promotional material at the very least but isn't exactly a main character. Sort of like what Oksana was: a side character.

Hey, it could be worse. It could be a Ginormouse coming to eat you up for lunch.

(For the non-believers: this is the Oddverse. I'm not explaining shit.)

I see somewhere in the crew of this show we have a boomer who still believes in the usage of the digital camera in the year of our Lord 2024.

No, but seriously. It wasn't believable in 2014 when Otto owned one, and it's less believable now. I've been more frustrated about this than about the badge phones, because there's only so much ironic low-tech stuff I can take before I drop everything and leave.

I was gonna write a joke about how they used to feed cocaine to mice in the 80s for anti-drug PSAs, but someone apparently wrote it for me. Which, unsurprisingly, is not the first time that's happened.

That's on you for not being Odd Squad-savvy.

All of you.

Yes, even Captain O.

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And that's it. A short trailer, but a hell of a goodie. I'm honestly hyped for this return to form, especially as we approach the franchise's 10th anniversary. Hopefully, the crew has at least learned from its mistakes with Odd Squad Mobile Unit, and will make the most out of these 12 episodes.

And because even this show isn't immune to the curse: if you like what you see here and want more episodes to come beyond the 12 we're getting, watch the ever-loving hell out of this show. Legally, of course. Boost its ratings. The crew is definitely up for making more.

...And donate to your local PBS station if you got a Lincoln or two lyin' around. That too.

Thanks for reading. If you want to view the trailer for yourself, you can do so here:

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[Haha funi scout tf2 reference real]

I dont speak gamer

[cyberrstarrzzz]

Ok I’m gonna reblog this again because I feel VERY guilty now after reading the other comments and reblogs

This is the post I made that im assuming anon was referring to and I would like to clear some things up

I made this with the intention of “haha ochre sucks balls this is so funi” and not with any intention of being fat phobic to this poor guy or anyone in the chubby community, nor did I make this with the intention of making fun of disabled people. I do think I was being careless about my insults directed to Ochre and I should’ve considered the consequences to some of them. The “he weighs 10000000000 more pounds than average” and “he would be one of those ppl to steal handicap scooters bc he’s fat and lazy” were both very immature and disrespectful and I would like to apologize for it. The entire post was stupid and unnecessary, I don’t know why I was so filled with hatred to this random dragon that shows up for like 3 books and then we never see him again to make SEVERAL hate posts about him but that doesn’t excuse my past actions and I’m sorry.

I’m glad some people find me funny, but I’m also very grateful to the people who don’t and can point out when I’m in the wrong.

If I made anything else that was disrespectful in this post, please tell me so I can get rid of it.

I love it when people have such genuine hatred for seemingly random characters, especially ones without a very big fanbase. My personal favourite example was the time I saw someone making posts Despising Ochre, to the point of making headcanons that were like "he weighs 1 billion pounds. and he parks in handicapped spots because he's a lazy piece of shit" It's so funny. After all, like, what did Ochre ever do to anyone? It's not like anyone would defend him; I've only ever seen two Ochre fans in my life and they don't care. And I've seen people angry at other characters like Squid, Vulture, Reed and, even Bigtail; it never stops being funny. It's one of my favourite things in this fandom

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[they-call-me-ren]

I'm pretty sure a cicada just flew into my window fan and got sliced like fucking sorbet and gelato

[firebuug]

arts r too small to get hit by the micro waves

you cannot kill an ant in a microwave for in fact their water confent is too low and theyvare too small so they can simply dodleege the heat waves by merely .walking

[brodorokihousuke]

NANI?

[a-lonely-dunedain]

can you tell us some fun facts about your ocs? they're really cool!

FRICK! I TOTALLY FORGOT THIS WAS HERE I'M SO SORRY KIND ANON well uhhh let's see...

so I prescribe to the idea that Elves are Very Light, I mean waay lighter than they have any right to be on account of their height (see: that one scene in FotR where Legolas is just casually walking on top of the snow in a blizzard).

I bring this up because Ethedis, too, is extremely light. you can just, pick her up. it takes next to no effort, it's like holding a couple of grapes. the first time Corunir needed to pick her up to like stop her from walking off a cliff or something he (almost) YEETed her straight into the air because he had just, never tried to pick up an elf before! he didn't know they were like that! lifting a person is supposed to take more effort! how has a stiff breeze not carried her off yet?? (simple, to the elves the "laws" of physics are more like suggestions)

oh here's another fun fact: Belta, my hobbit hunter, has a habit of targeting her foes in the knees. in universe explanation? they're closer to her eye level. OOC explanation? haha funy Skyrim reference.

Laegriel, my Runekeeper, comes from a long line of talented minstrels, well known for their beautiful singing. Laegriel on the other hand, sounds like a dying swan with laryngitis when she tries to sing. (I mean, every other elf is an amazing singer, at least ONE of them had to be bad at it!). so that's why she decided to study runes and rather than song. that way she could still invoke words of power and grand stories to aid her allies and dishearten her foes like the rest of her line did, just in a less musical way.

Elrond is like Ethedis' cool uncle. They're not related or anything, Ethe has just been studying under him in Rivendell most of her life while the rest of her family in still back in Lothlorien or sailed west, and he radiates such strong Dad-Energy™ that he just kinda became a secondary parental figure to her.

Aglaruin, the babyranger, is actually a very talented artist. He never really shows his drawings to anyone, and those few who are made aware of his talents are always at least a little shocked. I mean, no one really expected the loud "act first think later" champion ranger to be a creative type, but here he is! my man is just full of surprises :)

[enigmasong]

I do not like Foxy's Italian accent.

What kind of voice did he have in the Japanese to warrant that? Or is Funi trying to make a reference with it?

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The latter is possible - they gave Buggy a Mark Hamill Joker impression and the girl member of the Harlequin Alliance in Tensura a Brooklyn accent because, haha, Harley Quin.

But Foxy being Italian doesn't sound like a Batman the Animated Series reference. So I don't know what it could be.

[inc0gnit0-m0de]

I am tired but haha funi self-indulgent oc shipping (for th "yknow what you're doing right?" one it's referring to Charlie using waist trainers & tight corsets a lot cuz he likes to also nine times out of ten Charlie is wearing a dress outside of work & probably just passing off as a girl to not be harassed)

pffffft- those are amazing