Special Agent Oso
Special Agent Oso () is an American children's CGI-animated TV series. The series was created by Ford Riley. It premiered on April 4, 2009 with 2 episodes airing that day as part of Disney Channel's Playhouse Disney block, and aired two seasons of 60 episodes through May 17, 2012. After the original broadcast of the series finale on May 17, 2012, reruns continued to air until January 4, 2019. The series was made available on Disney+ on May 14, 2021. Premise. Each episode begins with Special Agent Oso in the midst of a training exercise , which he usually fails on his first try, causing him to say "It's all part of the plan more or less," and Paw Pilot, his computerized assistant, gives him a special alert by saying "Special Alert, Special Alert." Invariably, during the exercise, at least one child is confronted with a simple task which they have trouble completing, an event which a Shutterbug drone notices. Oso is always assigned to the case, and Paw Pilot, along with the unseen Mr. Dos, illustrates his client's plight and assigns him a mission to help the child complete the task. To do  so, 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. Paw Pilot also gives further elaborations, including at least one helpful trick. On the third and final step, Paw Pilot senses the time limit on the task between 3 and 19 seconds and begins counting down when the time limit is near. Oso and the child usually complete the  task, just as the time runs out. Then Paw Pilot says "[Special] Assignment Complete." 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, getting a digi-medal for both the training exercise and the special assignment. Episodes. The show has 60 episodes; 24 in the first season and 36 in the second. The episode names are usually references to the names of "James Bond 007" films from Albert R. Broccoli's Eon Productions LTD, such as  The World Is Not Enough and "The Man with the Golden Gun" but not a parody of them. The 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 the show finalized, same with "Spectre" and "No Time to Die". Some episode titles also parody the Carly Simon song Nobody Does it Better which is the Oscar-nominated theme song to "The Spy Who Loved Me." One episode references the non-Eon film "Never Say Never Again". One episode also spoofs Another Way to Die , which is the theme song to "Quantum of Solace". Components. Each episode is composed of four components: Three Healthy Steps. "Special Agent Oso: Three Healthy Steps" is a short series that airs in the United States during the Disney Junior programming block. It encourages children to use "three healthy steps" regarding eating, being healthy and exercising. This series combined both animated characters and real life actors. The animated characters that are featured in the short series are Special Agent Oso, Paw Pilot, Special Agent Wolfie, Special Agent Dotty, and Professor Buffo. Section::::"Handy Manny" crossover. In episode 32 of season 2 , Oso meets Handy Manny and they work together to help a kid fix his bicycle. Broadcast. The first season of "Special Agent Oso" premiered in the United States and United Kingdom on April 4, 2009, and aired through April 17, 2010; the second and final season premiered on July 10, 2010 and the series finale aired May 17, 2012. In season 2, new characters were introduced, Professor Buffo and Special Agent Musa. The show has a crossover with Handy Manny called "The Manny with the Golden Bear".