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Special Agent Oso

Special Agent Oso
Special Agent Oso Title Card.jpg
Opening title logo
Voices of Sean Astin
Meghan Strange
Gary Anthony Williams
Phill Lewis
Amber Hood
Cam Clarke
Theme music composer Ford Riley
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
Spanish
No. of series 2
No. of episodes 61 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time 12 minutes
Production company(s) Walt Disney Television Animation
Release
Original network Disney Channel
Playhouse Disney (2009–2011)
Disney Junior
Picture format 480i (4:3 SDTV)
1080i (16:9 HDTV)
Audio format Stereo
First shown in United States
Original release April 4, 2009 (2009-04-04) – May 17, 2012 (2012-05-17)
External links
Official website

Special Agent Oso is an American CGI-animated series for pre-school audiences series created by Ford Riley. The series premiered on April 4, 2009 as part of Disney Channel's Playhouse Disney block, and was one of the charter series that was part of the replacement Disney Junior block which started on February 14, 2011, and later, the Disney Junior channel.

Each episode begins with Special Agent Oso in the midst of a training exercise, which he usually fails ("all part of the plan—more or less"). Invariably, during the exercise, a child is confronted with a simple task he or she does not have the skill to complete, which a "Shutterbug" drone notices. Oso is always assigned to the case, and his Paw Pilot, along with the unseen Mr. Dos, illustrate his client's plight and assign him a mission to help the child complete the task. To do so, the Paw Pilot provides Oso with "three special steps," a simplified step-by-step guide to completing the task. Oso is transported to the child's location and attempts to follow the steps; as the three special steps are, in and of themselves, usually too vague to complete the task properly, the Paw Pilot also gives further elaborations, including at least one helpful trick. The Paw Pilot can sense the time limit on the task and begins counting down when the time limit is near; Oso and the child usually complete the task just as time runs out.

Returning from the assignment, the helpful trick given during the assignment always turns out to be the same trick Oso needed to complete the interrupted training exercise, which he likewise completes and passes.

The show was designed for encouraging and educational purposes.

Each episode is composed of four components:

The show has 62 episodes; 24 in the first season and 38 in the second. The episode names are usually references to the names of James Bond films, such as Three Wheels Are Not Enough and The Boy with the Golden Gift. The first two seasons contain at least one episode title that parodies all 22 of the existing Bond films at the time (as Skyfall was released after Season 2 originally concluded, same with Spectre). Some episode titles also parody the Carly Simon song "Nobody Does it Better" which is the popular theme song to The Spy Who Loved Me.


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