Special Agent Oso
| Special Agent Oso | |
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Opening title logo
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| 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 – May 17, 2012 |
| 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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