#orchid odd squad

[disco-orange]

Odd squad quotes I like:

"Happy to help, have a great da-" "Don't say that. Not this time." -Olympia and Otis

"Ouh, my skin is totally poisonous." -Logan the ogre

"I can use his hair to make myself a new mustache..." -Obfusco

"Sometimes you remind me of an old upset man." -Olympia [to Otis]

“No. I meant your face. It’s old.” -Orchid [to Otis]

"BUT GUM GOES AGAINST EVERYTHING I STAND FOR!!" -Otis [who is old I guess.]

"I'm a villain! I lie." -Odd Todd

"I thought it was one of those rules that didn't actually matter!! Like running with scissors." -Otto

"Landmork" -also Otto.

"**GASP** do you wanna see my janitor outfit????" -Oswald

[evillandscaper]

firelord orchid real imagine her going WA HA HA HA in the way that she does

[blxem1lk]

nearly threw hands with a 10 year old (NOT CLICKBAIT)

[timmythetimesheep]

odd squad handbook spoilers but ts got me CACKLINGGG. i can see his face so vividly. orchids a total menace and I’m living for it.

anyways! i bought the book bc I accidentally transferred $50 worth of apple cash into my apple account and now the only things I can buy are apps and books. i’m so ohlm coded

[personinthepalace]

Michela Luci’s Odd Squad 10th Anniversary Post!

from Michela Luci’s instagram

[incorrect-odd-squad-quotes]

Oscar: Ms. O banned headphones from the Bullpen due to the Otto incident...

[Flashback]

Otto: *listening to the latest Soundcheck song*

Olive, Owen, Orchid, Oscar and O'Malley: *trying to stop a fire dragon in the background*

[foundfamilyhq]

[stardev94]

Orchid's Jar Prank

Otis: Orchid, we need to know what month and day it is. Orchid: Sure. Can you help me open this jar first? [hands Otis a strange-looking jar, which he opens, causing glitter to shoot out of the jar and cover most of his suit] BURN! [skips off, singing to herself] Olympia: At least it didn't get all over your face! Orchid: [comes back with another jar] Which reminds me, can you help me open this other jar? Otis: Orchid, please leave. Orchid: Okay, whatever. [leaves]

[serendertothesquad]

Seren's Studies: Odd Squad UK -- "Three is the Oddest Number" Episode Followup, Part 1

Well, ladies and gents and human beings...it's here. The finale of Odd Squad UK. Given PBS's track record with this franchise, I'm going to just deem it the series finale until some news decides to slap me in the face that the show got renewed for a Season 2/Season 5. And that's assuming it actually does.

This is a three-parter (considering "Should Odd Acquaintance Be Forgot" is chopped in two parts), so I'll be tackling this episode and hopefully get to the other two tonight. Maybe. Hopefully. I'm not exactly confident nor excited to see how it ends, but nearly anything could be better than the trainwreck that was "Odd Together Now". And never forget that I took a fucking bullet for all of you who watch Season 3 because I watched that shit early. (Funny to think that I had a big old speech for my Seren Reacts video about how the show's ending...and how it aged poorly. Didn't even get to do a final run on it!)

But enough talk! Let's have at this episode below the break.

(A post-editing note: I was informed that Leonie is, in fact, a girl, and not a boy like I thought. I'm keeping the LGBTQ+ theory because we've already gotten gay triangle villain and they could extend that to child villains too, but keep in mind that Leonie is a girl and not a boy. That's my bad.)

Ohhhh...a Niki episode. Once again, as long as it's not Omar or Tasha, I do not give a flying rat's Photoshopped ass.

That aside, this looks eerily similar to the classroom at the Academy where Orchid taught in "End of the Road". It's just more green, and there are no Mobile Unit agents, but the sentiment is there.

Hold on, hold on...this shit was all them?

Okay! Great! Cool! So riddle me this, then: why did we not get any hints about you in any of these episodes? Even a shot of any one of these three peeking around a corner -- or hell, even a funny background Easter egg or a symbol of some kind! -- would have helped tremendously.

You guys remember my complaint about them trying to squeeze a story arc into 12 episodes? This is the result of that and my complaints are legit so help me God.

Oh, hi, Ohlm. You got out of your eternal grounding and hopped on a plane to the UK? Didn't...didn't even serve any jail time for committing mass murder, huh?

(Yeah yeah, I'm aware that's not Ohlm. But you can't tell me it doesn't look like an older Jaiden at first glance.)

This is the most goddamn LGBTQ+ child villain I have ever seen, and I will leave the fandom to discuss their own theories.

Their...their logo is literally...it's just a slimmed-down version of...the...Science symbol...

Deja vu, I have in fact been in this place before, in "Oscar Strikes Back". And if neither of these three were Scientists, then what is point?

Oxandra is a name I'm fine with. It's Cassandra but Odd Squad-fied.

Offee, though? Is the name born from a mother with a severe caffeine addiction, and anyone who says it's toffee is wrong. Think about it. Sit on how demonized coffee is in this franchise. And then, find the symbolism.

SEE???? AND HIS NAME IS OLLISON. ALLISON. HE'S A BOY.

THE MOST OBVIOUSLY LGBTQ+ CHILD SINCE SEATTLE MR. O BAR ONLY HIM.

"To do that, we need to steal three shapes from their gadgets."

I see someone's taking their cue from Odd Todd in World Turned Odd.

"But we can't just go into Odd Squad HQ and steal it."

Actually yes you can, and lemme lay this out:

Get some agent suits

Maybe get some masks, or disguise yourself with a shapeshifting device

Get into HQ

Steal the shapes

????

????

Profit.

*long deep sigh*

No. Don't do this. Not after m' boi reformed. Don't do this. I'm recovering from last episode still. DON'T. DO THIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII-

Pretty sure I mentioned how good foreshadowing would be in "A Tour of Odd Squad", no?

And yet, they decide to shove it into this episode????? They decide to have the "kids in the superfan tour" thing in this episode?!?!?!?!

Okay, they cared about continuity this season, but only a sparse few times. They've bent the rules of continuity so many times that they could abso-fuckin'-lutely have put them in the tour in that episode.

"But Seren, you would still whi-" FUCKING YES I WOULD STILL WHINE. I HAVE A RIGHT TO WHINE THANK YOU.

Ohhhhh...because Icy Mouseeeeeeeeey.....

If this is shaping up to be a villain episode, then I'll say right now that "Villain Networking" handled it much better.

I...why do we need a time card? If they're already at the "assigning roles to the evil plan" portion, how the fuck long do they need?

Aaaaaaaah' c'maaaaaaaaaahn. You can't tell me they weren't thinking of Macklemore here. At least once!

"We don't follow fashion...?"

Already got my idea for a new Season 2/Season 5 character. And that's setting aside the fact that Onom is canonically a seamstress. (Seamster?)

No, that's a child in a mouse mask, Ryan Lewis. There is a difference between a bipedal mouse and a bipedal human wearing a mouse mask.

"Chasey or zappy" is a real PBS Kids way of saying "shoot first, or chase first?"

Though to be honest, wounding him would up the finale's ante considerably.

50/50 chance of Orli calling them out on being literal children instead of adults.

...

No, lemme change that. 90/10. And you should know what the 10 is for.

DID A WHOLE-ASS VISCERAL COUGH AT THIS LGBTQ+ CHILD ASKING ORLI TO TAKE A FUCKING SELFIE AND NAME-DROPPING SELFIE AND BRO WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING.

If I really wanted to, I could make an MLP unicorn telekinesis joke, but I don't want to, so I won't.

NOOOOOO. N O T THEM HAVING A PORTRAIT VS. LANDSCAPE DEBATE. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO NIKI CHILD WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK- *explodes*

This slow head shake is fucking sending me. This entire scene is beautiful for a cold-open-not-cold-open.

Y'ALL GOT TWO MORE SHAPES TO FIND NOW W H A T ARE Y'ALL DOING.

I appreciate the villains giving the math lesson this time around, even if they are our big bads. We don't get many villain math lessons because villains are supposed to be st00pid at math.

Oxandra. Sweet summer child. Either drop the evil laugh or work on it. It's not for you.

Look, the more this very obvious Otis reference is brought up, the more I will fucking complain about it.

Again I have to ask: what is the writers' fixation on referencing Season 2 stuff? 10 years' worth of stuff to reference and you go with Season 2?

...Oh, and speaking of:

"Is...that just a regular magnifying gla-"

"JUST LET ME HAVE THIS ONE, ORLI!! PLEEEEEASE!!"

"they wouldn't have gotten away from me and this"

bro has feet

other bro has a limp and two tiny wheels

Think realistically, Orwell. Really think. Sit on it forever if ya have to.

Y'know, seeing this season makes me realize that they really just up and went "okay, make a gadget for anything and everything in existence".

And that's in addition to the 10k they already have, mind you.

(On to Part 2!)

[monicatstf]

I wanna see more OC Voice Claims, Monica.

Where are they?

~ Your Friend, guess which.

Sam please no :P

Also, more (and updated) Voice Claims!

Will - Raven from Raven (the boy one not the girl one) and one other which will be revealed soon…

Freddy [Funk n Fly] - Stupendium

Nicholas [Nemesis] - A mix of 2-D and Murdoc from Gorillaz

Grace [Galactica] - Ms Question from WordGirl

Samuel [Smiler] - AM from IHNMAIMS

Ollie [Oblivion] - Fifteenth Doctor from Doctor Who

Toby [Twistatron] - Alfie from Bluey

Steven [Spinjam] - Daz Games

Rita [Rita, obvi] - Alessandra (the one from Eurovision)

Tammy [Th13teen] - Orchid from Odd Squad

Winston (formerly wilhelm) [Wicker Man] - The Guy in the Pre-Show

Sonny [Spinball, will show his design soon] - Seaweed from Swashbuckle (this is for you, Sam.)

Emily [TCOAM] - Elizabeth from FNAF

Jay - Jalil Kubdel (Alejandro Saab version) from Miraculous

Aldo/Derlyn [Formerly Duel] - David from Camp Camp (pre-control), Phalanx Spokesman (controlled, SOMEHOW THAT’S WHAT CAME TO MIND???)

[lost-inanotherlife]

hydra and orchid for the lost game! <3 (or a wild card!)

omg thank u for sending me the ask and allowing me to participate <3 i was so sad that only one person had sent me one, lol, let me yap people, please!! <3

okay so, let's go!!

the hydra: our lovely zoological research station. what animal were you most surprised we came across on the show? what animal are you most surprised we didn't see at all? if you could have any animal show up on the show and interfere with the narrative, what would it be and why?

thank you, I love this question!!!, I've actually written about the hydra and its absent animals a little! the animal that surprised me the most was the shark. I looove sharks but that one? with the dharma logo? Like, okay it's fun but also, please don't hahaha. It's a bit too much for me and feels unnecessary. I was surprised we didn't see the animals in the aquarium, hahah. I wanted to see the dolphins in "A Tale of Two Cities". I dunno, it looks like an odd aquarium to me and I'm still unsure as to why it was there in the first place. If I could have any animal show up on the show it'd be SNAKES! Snakes on a plane alert! Hahah jokes aside, I think they'd make for a cool symbol and they'd be pertinent because, you know, the island is sort of like the Garden of Eden, a Paradise Lost if you will, so that'd be cool but I'll concede it's a bit on the nose.

the orchid: this stations houses the time machine that gets our characters to 1977. what are your thoughts on the time-travel in the show, what would you change about it and if you could send them or yourself to any time period, what would it be?

thank u for picking my FAVOURITE question in the whole world! I LOOOOOVE time travels so much :3 ANDDD the 70s are MY FAVOURITE ERA so I don't have any complaints, I'd send them to the 70s as well. Immaculate writing choice, perfection, 10 across the board, gimme 12 more of those. Also, losers squad (Sawyer, Miles and Faraday)+ The Populars (Juliet and Jin) is, like, one of the best things the show has given me personally. It's such an odd combo, I just have to to love them. I'd TOTALLY send myself there with them :3

Now about the time travels: I respect and appreciate the fact that, to my memory, the writers respcted physics principles. Like, they studied a lot for this shit, okay? I gotta admire that. I think they follow the Novikov self-consistency principle because of the whole "Whataver happened, happened" thing. I have some issues with this on a narrative level because it feels very pro status-quo and, thus, conservative. I feel like if you can't go crazy with Time in science fiction then where can you? So I wished they had been more innovative, although I obviously understand that it wouldn't match with the show's premise. I have Many ThoughtsTM about LOST finale (don't worrry I don't think they were dead all the time :P) and how it pertains to the concepts of Time/Life/Death and... After-life.

Having said that, I also don't know what I would've changed, tbh. But I'm still re-watching S5 so I don't remember all the details for now, I can potentially come back to this ask later on ;)

thanks again <3 <3

if there's anyone who wants to ask me questions please dooooooo! <3

[ravioliet]

@magical-dying-human replying in a reblog but okie!!!! :3

Olive's is an olive flycatcher because of her name of course, but my fun fact is that she was the one who started the whole thing because i remembered that they share a name and wanted to do something with it and now here we are!

Otto's bird is a cockatiel because they're very silly and friendly little guys and it felt fitting. he is also one of three parrots with the other two being Todd and Noisemaker which i think is silly

Oscar is a woodpecker finch because they're a species of bird that is known to make tools out of sticks! which i thought was cool because gadgets and stuff

Ms. O is a kookaburra because they can be VERY loud when they want to be

Olympia is an anna's hummingbird because hummingbird felt very fitting for her since they're colorful and energetic and shiny and stuff, she's specifically an anna's hummingbird because of her actress's name being Anna and also because they have a bright pink face and throat marking (which is called a gorget btw) and pink is kind of an Olympia color to me

Otis is a wood duck because. ducks. but the reason why wood duck in particular is because aren't really immediately recognizable as a traditional duck especially just by the wings. wood ducks are very colorful btw they're cool, but also this creates a contrast between him and the ducks he used to live with since they're white domestic ducks. also bonus fun fact his blue and brown feathers match with Ms. O and he has some iridescent green feathers that match with Olympia :)

Oona is a crow because they're also very silly animals actually, but on top of that they're also quite smart and also build and use tools!

Ocean is a puffin because they're a seabird and like. ocean. you get the joke here. also i just like them

Orchid is a secretary bird because they remind me of raptor dinosaurs!

Octavia is an american robin because they're cheerful little guys and it felt fitting for her

Oz is a potoo because they're crazy good at camouflage actually it's pretty cool

ok so minor disclaimer actually i haven't watched OSMU. i do think Orla is cool though and her being a ptarmigan was a discord suggestion actually! fun fact though they change color with the seasons from specked brown in the summer to solid white in the winter and a mixture of the two during spring and fall!

i don't think i need to explain Dr. O tbh, she and Olympia are in the hummingbird club together though. Oksana is also pretty self-explanatory

Obfusco is a flamingo because if i remember correctly he has a line that mentions them at some point? and also they're just kind of weird and funky birds honestly

Ohlm is a pigeon because everyone thinks they're stupid but studies have shown they're actually quite smart! fun fact they're better at multitasking than humans are. also because of Alan the singing pigeon from that one episode

Todd's bird assignment is one of my favorites actually because i think it fits him perfectly but kea parrots are colorful, very smart but also mischievous, and known to cause problems and chaos (such as stealing and destroying things etc) just for fun, and they're also very difficult to keep in captivity because if they don't have enough enrichment they'll get bored and start causing problems on purpose to entertain themselves which in the context of odd squad definitely sounds familiar

Jamie Jam is a strawberry finch because i thought it would be funny. strawberry jam if you will

Noisemaker is a cockatoo because they're very noisy birds that can mimic sounds! i think he can imitate musical instrument noises probably

and lastly Mister Lightning is a lightning bird because of the name and also because the real life ones look really goofy

might as well post this separately too but here's my whole list of bird assignments for the wings au! some of the reasons are more literal than others but they all have them, might elaborate on some of them later in a reblog or something because i really like talking about them :)

also i am taking suggestions for any characters who aren't on this list because i forget about a lot of them and also i really like picking out cool birds for them

[evillandscaper]

Underrated duo: Otis and Orchid

I just re-watched the episode where Otis tries to film a commercial for Odd Squad, and Orchid is the audio technician. I can't stop thinking about the absolute chaos of the dynamic, and how surprisingly well they work together??? Top notch.

NO YEAH YOU'RE SO RIGHT THE TWO OF THEM ARE GREAT

Otis and Orchid are both so deadpan but in two different ways and it honestly goes so well together they're like. Horrible tormentor siblings they're amazing you're so real for this???

[blxem1lk]

advice of the day: never mis-age agent orchid (fractions of an age matter)

[drarreckyninja]

*Oren lectures Orchid on avoiding junk foods*

Orchid: "I hate so many of the words you just used."

*Orchid eats junk food to spite Oren*

[22194isbestboy]

Favorite Odd Squad partnership/team up? Thanks :)

favourite partnership or team up hmm well my obvious answers would be otis n olympia but i’ve gone on enough rants abt how much i love otis n s2 so other than them probably orchid and ohlm they’re just so chaotic i love it