What is all this about, young Oswald?

Well I'm doing final preparations for... drum-roll please...

(Drum-roll)

Whoa.

The annual gathering of the past and present

Library Museum People.

Last year, my rival Octavius hosted it.

Impressive gathering, Octavius.

And you'll never be able to top it. Hahaha...

Luckily, I've been planning to top it for an entire year,

and it's all happening in a couple hours.

Woah! What’s happening?

Looks like there's something wrong with your clock.

And the microwave clock.

-Agents, you have an incoming call from the Little O.

-There you four are. Something very odd has happened.

Does it have anything to do with our broken clocks?

Ding ding!

Something is wrong with the Odd Squad Timekeeper.

She's responsible for keeping time for the whole world, but now that

she's not doing her job, nobody knows what time it is.

People are eating dinner for breakfast.

Planes aren't taking off because they have no idea when to!

And I slept in because my alarm clock was all messed up.

I still can't believe I took that selfie while I was sleeping.

That's terrible news for my party.

Oswald, how can you be thinking of your party at a time like this?

Well, if there's no way to tell time, the guests won't know what

time to show up to my party!

Also, the world might fall into complete chaos.

I'm not sure which one is worse, but we should hurry.

Well, what are you waiting for?

Go!

-Hello, Mobile Unit.

Welcome to the Timekeeper's Headquarters.

I'm her assistant, Olaya, and this is the clock that

keeps time for the world.

-Whoa!

-Yeah. It’s totally busted.

So without that clock, no other clock in the world works?

Correct, and only the Timekeeper herself knows how to fix it.

Where is this keeper of time? Doing magic tricks.

She bought that top hat online.

Unfortunately, it had a magician's curse on it.

Even worse, she lost her receipt, so it's non-refundable.

-So as long as she wears the hat, she won't do anything

other than magic tricks? -Yes.

And before you ask, I already tried taking the hat off.

Before I explain how to cure magician-itis,

I need two of you to keep an eye on the Timekeeper.

Why are you so worried about keeping an eye on the magician?

Now I understand.

Young Osmerelda and I will find the Timekeeper.

Onward! Come with me.

This book contains an antidote. It is made up of four ingredients.

I already got the first two: freshly,

squeezed orange juice, and ink from the mystical

Fountain Pen of Youth. Whoa!

Problem is, the antidote requires the first two ingredients

to be stirred together for exactly five seconds.

But without any way to tell time, we don't know how long that is.

Just count five seconds out loud.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5. That's too fast, Omar.

It should be: one old library... two old...

That's the problem! Counting out loud isn't accurate.

We're doomed! Wait.

If we have an activity we know takes five seconds exactly,

we can use the activity as a timer.

I can say the Library Museum Person oath,

which takes exactly five seconds to recite.

While I was planning for my party, I timed everything

in the itinerary. Preparing the ingredients.

Preparing to stir.

It is with great honor and sense of duty that

I vow to protect and shelve.

It's glowing! That means it worked!

Yes!

The next ingredient we need is a single drop of wizard sweat.

How are we supposed to get... I know exactly where.

Let’s go. Okay.

Everything's been chaos without time.

How am I supposed to know when to turn someone into a frog?

Should I just know? That's why we're here.

But in order to fix the clock, we'll need a drop of your sweat.

That's gonna be a problem.

I only sweat when I do my online aerobics class.

But without time, I don't know when that is.

We can help with that! Lift the one, one and two.

Now cast your spell, three and four.

Go, go, go, go, go! Feel the burn!

Whoa, whoa, whoa! Keep those knees high!

Up, up, up... wait!

I see something. Hold still!

Just gotta get the sweat...

Got it!

Great job!

Thank you! Gotta go!

Wait, I... I thought we were friends!

There she is. Hey!

We would really love to see a magic trick.

-Pick a card, any card.

Ta-da!

'Tis my card! The queen of hearts.

And now, for my next trick... I shall disappear.

-We got the wizard sweat!

Great work.

Once we add it to our mixture, I need to stir the antidote

for 12 seconds exactly. I know!

I can sign the alphabet in exactly 12 seconds.

What?

You never time yourself signing the alphabet?

I'm ready to stir.

A, B, C, D, E, F, G.

H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P,

Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, and Z.

Yes!

-The last ingredient we need is a loganberry.

How are we supposed to... I know exactly where.

Let’s go.

Without time, I've been all out of sorts.

I mean, when's an ogre supposed to shed his skin if he doesn't

know what time it is?

We're working on fixing the clocks right now, Logan.

But first, we need a berry from the loganberry tree.

Yeah, that's gonna be a problem.

There's an evil scarecrow guarding the tree.

In fairness, I did hire her. I'm not afraid of a scarecrow.

How are we supposed to get her away from there?

If I knew what time the circus show started in town,

I could take her there. She loves to watch juggling.

We could work with that!

Omar, you and Logan juggle to distract the scarecrow while

I sneak around to the back of the tree to take a berry.

Okay, Omar, go ahead and juggle. I thought you were gonna juggle.

I don't know how.

But if it's helpful, I'm more than happy to lay a few eggs

for you to juggle. Please don't.

I'll just use these.

I think I'm getting the hang of this.

Ha, ha! Whoa!

-She's not pleased. We have to go bigger.

I got it! Let’s go!

Okay, just give me one second.

Big finish!

Okay, this time we ask to see a trick,

then we pull out our net-inator gadgets to catch her.

Hi!

We would love to see another magic trick.

-If the magic arts are what you seek, come a little

bit closer and take a peek.

-Net-inator.

The queen of hearts?

-I think it's time to use magic to outsmart the magician.

Follow me.

We got the loganberry! The last ingredient!

Now I need to stir for 21 seconds exactly.

I don't know anything that takes me exactly 21 seconds.

Neither do I.

We caught the Timekeeper by combining these colored

handkerchiefs into a rope. Combining.

That's it! We can combine all our activities.

I'm not sure I follow.

We need to mix this antidote for exactly 21 seconds.

Omar’s sign language alphabet takes 12 seconds,

and my Library Museum Person oath takes 5 seconds.

And 12 + 5... 13, 14, 15, 16, 17.

17 seconds.

We still need 18, 19, 20, 21.

Four more seconds.

My favorite flute riff is 3 seconds!

-So we need something that's exactly one more second,

since 3 + 1 is 4.

It takes me exactly one second to say "ham."

'Tis a long story.

So, if we each perform our activity in a row,

it'll take 21 seconds! Ready to stir?

It is with great honor and sense of duty that

I vow to protect and shelve.

A, B, C, D, E, F, G,

H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P.

Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, and Z.

(Flute riff)

Ham!

It worked.

The antidote is done!

-We did it! Yes!

Yeah! Whooo!

And just in time for my party.

It must have taken you a really long time to plan all this.

To be honest, most of it came together last minute.

Ham!

Whoo hoo! Yeah!

Shhh!

Sorry.