THE LORE OF SPECIAL AGENT OSO (surprisingly disturbing) 

OSO MANY EMOJIS

I like to think that Dotty and Wolfy are actual agents, and anytime Oso does something stupid, they send him on a "special mission" so that they can get back to stopping terrorists

“How old is Oso? He knows how to drive but not how to brush his teeth!” It’s the executive dysfunction

-helps kids with their problems -is a wild, unnatural colour -is probably magic Oso is a care bear

UNIQUE was created to keep oso under control. They wiped his memory, hence why he keeps motor skills like driving, but loses basic world knowledge, and keep him constantly under the influence of drugs to supress his power. Helping children was the only thing UNIQUE could think of when it comes to reforming this eldritch horror into a tame being. Oso is a danger to the world, and the world still hasn't recovered from the last time. The doll incident. Why do you think humans are all felt and porcelain dolls? How could stuffed animals possibly be alive? It's all his fault.

Special Agent Oso is an autistic king, and there's proof. He knows how to do complex maneuvers which he hyperfocuses on, making him block everything else out. Not only that, but he also forgets simple tasks, even ones that may seem like he knew before. When you're hyperfocusing on a task, everything else is easy to forget. When I watched this show probably too old, but waiting for school in my room, I'd watch this show and relate to Oso on a spiritual level for being an "adult?" who needs adult help with simple tasks. Btw this edible ain't shit.

I remember hearing "Three Special Steps" when I was babysitting my niece and was making her lunch, and it stayed in my head for years... So my Bard in D&D made a "Three Special Steps" song for the party hiding a body

I only remember Oso because the show taught me how to safely pet a dog, and now every time I pet a dog or cat, I have a flashback to that scene.

Special Agent Oso?!? Well if that's not a name I Haven't heard in a while (legit since my oldest niece was a toddler and her little sister a baby)! Wow. I never thought it'd get that dark...probably because I haven't been forced to sit and watch that show in like 12 years.

“You were probably thinking, ‘How could a show like this have lore?’ “ Every Kirby fan watching this: “And I took that personally.”

23:54 left me wheezing. The emotion in that "Oso don't jump!" (Edit: while I haven't seen the show in a good few years, I firmly believe that we deserve a spinoff series about Dottie and Wolfie's adventures)

I remember this show as the kids cartoon that taught kids how to snap their fingers and tie their shoelaces. Two things I haven’t learned to do either of to this day. Damn you Oso

When i was younger, i would like to believe the Wolfie assigns Oso "missions" by helping kids because Oso is so not qualified to be an agent while Wolfie goes on real spy missions in the background. I did not mention other characters like Dotty and Buffo because I only watched the 1st season as a kid

"I'm channeling Eddy Burback in a Rainforest Cafe energy." Ah, a woman of culture, I see.

Oso becoming a full agent for shrinking and then unshrinking his friends has the same energy as Twilight becoming a princess for cursing and then uncursing he friends. Like wow you cleaned up your own mess all by yourself here 5x as much responsibility and title.

13:26 Idk who voiced Wolfie in this show, but I gotta say, he really put his soul into recording that line.

I remember this show bothering me when I was young because Paw Pilot would be like hurry you only have like 6 seconds left! And she'd start counting down and like 2 minutes later she'd only be on 4. It bothered me so bad that I still call non specific time lengths "special agent Oso seconds" to this day

The holiday episode was iconic to little kid me, not because of the mission being kinda different, but because it was the first time i saw a show where they celebrated hanukkah. as a jewish kid it meant so much that i completely forgot that the rest of the episode was super different or anything

when I was 6 I was so attracted to the blue wolf I can't explain it. this character's existence made watching the suite life all the more enjoyable idk. im glad society's gotten to the point where we can unpack everything that was this show.

Oso seems like Mr Noodle from Sesame Street, who was designed to give the children confidence for being able to teach an adult something. And maybe it also helps show kids that there are always things adults don't know or can't do

I honest to god thought as a kid that Dotty & Wolfie were married. I thought they married then started working together. Which is extremely sweet.

This video and the Word Girl one make me terrified for the day you potentially decide to tackle the Octonauts franchise, knowing the sheer amount of lore insanity packed into it based on the first series and movies alone.

23:56 "Oso, noso! Don't say it's so! Don't jump! Please don't goso!"

2:58 My first thought was "because he's a bear" which is terrifying because it implys that all bears can drive 13:28 Dead Meat Kill Count reference, nice Also you should totally cover The Electric Company (the more recent one, because it's weirder). That show was my jam, jelly, and butter tbh. The lore was insane, as the rest of the show. Their odd old flash games would be hard to find anything on nowadays since they've been thrown into Internet obscurity.

Dude Oso was my favorite when I was 4. Because of him I used to refuse to do basic tasks until I could reduce/rationalize the process into 3 steps.

Imagine oso just brushing his teeth with this pen one day and accidentally turns on a lightsaber 💀

the excution, the rage, the reappreciation of sexy man wolfie

You know what I always wondered? Why do literally all the kids he meets know who he is? Like, seriously, I've NEVER seen an episode where one kid asks Oso "Who are you?" when he shows up. They all know his name and some even ask if he's on a special assignment, and even the parents know him! And hell, in the first episode, the little girl Oso was helping ALSO knew Whirly! HOW DO THEY KNOW!? Is this not the first time he's helped these kids? Were they told about him?! THERE ARE NO ANSWERS GIVEN

I love how we reach game theory levels of unhinged lore dissecting with this series ❤

“Welcome to the crime count, where we tally up the victims in our favorite Oso episodes” *I understood that reference*

As someone who works in preschool media, I thoroughly love your analyses XD Like there is so much love and silliness put into kids' media- it means a lot to see someone recognizing it and having fun!

23:45 - 24:00 I almost passed out laughing at the genuine urgency of "OSO NO DON'T JUMP" wish I could like a video twice

The fact that he's voiced by Sean Astin, he just has a good voice.

my mother caught me watching this and i, unprompted, asked her, "would you love me still even if i was special agent oso" 10/10 would ask to be friends again

There’s an entire wiki page of former and current trademarked “generic names”. Some of which include Band-Aid, Frisbee, Jacuzzi, Photoshop, Q-tips, and the word of the day, Hula-Hoop.

I cannot stress how excited I got that I'm not the only Dottie/Wolfie shipper

Fun fact, I legitimately bawled my eyes out as a kid when I watched the finale. Thanks for the video, I meant a lot to me lol

"'Train' is only one letter away from 'pain'. No, actually two, one letter would be 'T-Pain'" WHY IS THIS SO FUNNY 💀

23:45 "OSO DON'T JUMP!" I've been crying at this for 10 minutes

If a villain got their hands on paw pilot we're all fucked

I’ve always wanted to see a RU-vid series where someone just goes on a deep dive into actual kids shows, not shows like gravity falls, or owl house.

Was anyone gonna tell me the voice actor for Handy Manny was a creep or was I supposed to find out from a Special Agent Oso lore video?

14:05 Oso: "Would you help me with this special assignment?" Athena P: * flips him off 🤣 * Oso: "Great 😃"

the "OSO DONT JUMP" caught me off guard jfkdlsj im in TEARS 😂

I remember I was in a mall foodcourt as a very small child and the Special Agent Oso episode about getting lost saved me, I think about it sometimes.

pawpilot used to give me nightmares as a child and now i can finally justify that fear years later

There’s some MAJOR problems 1. Oso never gives time for kids to think of the answer (if they even WERE trying) 2. Paw Pilot either oversimplifies or overcomplicates (shown in A View to the Truth and For Sleepy Eyes Only) the tasks to 🎶 THREE SPECIAL STEPS🎶 3. Imagine if the countdowns were realistic. I mean, there’s ABSOLUTELY NO FLUKING way you can make wind for kite day in 10. FREAKING. SECONDS.

Fun fact: I saw the finale (Which I'm thinking is Thundersmall and some of the episode listings are just somewhat different from production order) the other day or so, and I can't be the only one who felt robbed when at the end of the episode, Oso doesn't even need Paw Pilot after he's a real special agent.

It’s fun to see people taking kids shows a bit too seriously. Gives some interesting ideas for shows.

I have no idea what you would call the "getting way too intense about a show obviously not meant to be thought about" genre, but it is my absolute cherished favorite. I'm not even half way in, and I've already had to choke back a spit take. You presented this so well. 1000/10 stars. 0 notes

this show is also another example of "separate the art from the artist" due to Phil Lewis voicing Wolfie

19:35 Mother of christ, that Smiling Friends clip was just an orbital strike on my sides, especially since seeing that it was directed at yourself right at the last possible second killed me all over again.

Now that you reminded me of this show, I just realized Oso's name literally means bear in Spanish. I wonder what his name is in the Spanish dub. Unless they just called him Bear.

I used to watch this show as a child, but never did I realize how nasty the quality was. Oso looks kind of cursed, now that I think about it.

“What are digimedals if not NFTs rewarded for mediocrity” babe, i think that’s a description for every NFT

I remember loving this show Edit: Paw Pilot also used to terrify me. Im pretty sureit was just CGI that was aggressively obvious that scared me when I was little because motherboard (i think that was her name) in Cyberchase scared me too.

That finale actually broke me, it felt like a finale.(Edit: sweet Jesus! 217 likes! Thanks guys!)

Man this show is a lot deeper than I thought. I remembered watching it because Phil Lewis (Mr. Mosby) was a voice actor in it

16:07 My personal theory is either 1. It was meant to be some sample animation for the "stalking training exersice" 2. The Wolfy and Dotty staring at Oso could just be their robot selfs or.... 3. The storyboard artists and animators were probably stoned when animating this episode (I think this one is the least likely of the 3 theories but I just thought this one was worth sharing).

This is the kind of content we need more of. Spiraling ever onward into the depths of insanity while watching a cartoon for babies.

Dude,you should watch the wild Kratts,that shit slaps and has impeccable lore and character development smh

This show gives me Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends vibes. A show that’s supposed to be for kids, but contains weirdly dark lore. Highly recommend a rewatch. It contains everything from eating sentient creatures, forced deportation, and straight-up slavery.

Ahhhh, Oso Special has always been one of those shows that I don't think about until I'm randomly washing the dishes and sorting through my mental "nostalgia files." This used to be the *_shit_* for me and my brother back in the day! I still remember watching the series finale and how I cried so hard when Oso had to give up Paw Pilot... Paw Pilot was done _dirty_ throughout the entire show...

I now deadass wanna see you cover Mickey Mouse Clubhouse/Mickey Mouse Funhouse lore because I'm a huge Disney Character Cartoon fan and my Autistic ass has binged the two entire series. (I'm the kind that talks to myself and if a show talks back to me, I respond, no matter how "Babyish" it is. IT'S LIKE HIGHFIVES! YOU CAN'T LEAVE SOMEONE HANGING WHEN THEY ASK YOU A QUESTION!) Anyway, that or the Paul Ruddish Mickey Mouse series!

OSO WAS MY CHILDHOOD! Also you should watch Dinosaur train or Horseland

“Its all part of the plan? More or less…?” “HMPHF 😡 *leaves* “ 💀 absolute gold

two theories after watching this: 1: oso is a creation of unuquie, he was programed on the basics of how to operate as an agent, so he was born knowing how to drive and living in the agency. my guess he's the first of his kind or something went wrong with his programing and that's why he messes it. that and or they are purposefully setting him up to fail his training so that he's dependant on the medals for validation and loyal to the agency. 2 and this one is a bit wild : oso takes place in the pixar universe after the humans have left but before the entire car take over. the pixar theory is very complicated but the idea is that toys and humans gain sentience and sapiance and basically take on the memories of their past owner. it makes a lot of sense if the characters (except the vehicles and paw pilot) are toys that have come to life after the humans left, the "humans" are dolls that are acting out the memories of their humans, while the agents are acting as a mix of their humans and what their humans imagined them as: aka they're reliving playtime. the vehicles are just cars from the pixar theory. the one thing this doesn't explain is the baby pictures of the train

7:28 it's like omnitrix, it can transform a boy into aliens but it can't tell the time

15:20 HOLY SHIT ATHENA YOU LIKE GHOST This show is wild. I remember watching it sporadically when I was pretty young, but all I remember is how bizarre it is and how much I stanned Dotty.

I used to love this show when I was a kid. Whenever I had trouble with something, my dad would pretend to be Oso and teach me the "3 special steps". This was how I learned how to use a yo-yo and how to pour juice into a glass without making a mess. Also, I don't remember for sure, but I think the Oso/Manny crossover was my first crossover as well. I remember getting super hyped for it as they played promos on Disney Jr. even though I didn't watch Handy Manny. Anyways, I was heartbroken when the show ended and came up with various spin-off ideas while processing my grief for the show, which featured Dottie, Wolfie, and my OC, Osita, who was Oso's little sister. I even had a somewhat Oso-related dream. You see, I had a lot of school trauma when I was in elementary school, so one night, I dreamt that my teacher had made a new rule that involved a 3-strike system. This was an actual thing at my school; if we got 3 "warnings" by the end of the week, we wouldn't get to go to the treasure box, and I hardly ever got to go. However, in the dream, it was revealed that there were guns in our desks and, if we got 3 warnings, we would be shot. I got 1 warning on Monday morning for calling out, so I began to fear for my life, but then, a short while later, my mom came to my rescue, and _she was in Whirly Bird._ Anyways, it's cool to find someone else who ships Dottie with Wolfie! I didn't even know what shipping was back when I watched the show, but I always saw them as Oso's adoptive parents. Also, it didn't occur to me until watching this video that the watch was a communication device; I thought that Dos _was_ the watch, like a less advanced Paw Pilot; so the reveal didn't surprise me.

This is my hypothesis. It's like with Kratos, Oso did have a family, but special agents can't have families. They can't have distractions, I think I know what happened to Oso's family.

19:15 ARE WE NOT GONNA TALK ABOUT HER AMAZING VOICE LIKE-

I remember Disney Channel aired this promo with Phill Lewis back in the day being all “you know me from Suite Life On Deck” (I mean I know him from the OG Suite Life moreso but sure yes that too) “and now I’ll be on Playhouse Disney’s new show Special Agent Oso” I was bewildered, I wasn’t even the target audience of this show but every time I watched it I was like “MOSEBY IS WOLFIE”

I remember watching this show when I was in preschool. The only episodes I remember were the Handyman crossover ( I had no idea about what the voice actor has done until seeing this video ) and the last episode where he says goodbye to Paw Pilot ( specifically that part ). I had NO memory of Dotti or Wolfie and the other side characters. Along with your Word Girl video ( a nostalgic favorite of mine ) I’m glad I got recommended this

I remember this show because it was the ONLY Disney Junior show advertised on the regular Disney Channel at the time (because Agent Wolfie was played by Moseby). And as Disney Channel do, you got his promo twice every single commercial break. I have always wanted to bring this show up whenever someone talks about the Suite Life Universe just because of how out of left field the connection is. You have finally given me an outlet for this weird knowledge that had almost convinced me it was a weird fever dream

"They always ask their parents for help, but not Oso" would you trust that man with sharp objects?

I used to love this show as a kid. I'm pretty sure I was supposed to like Oso, but as a someone who had no patience whatsoever for any of my classmates stupidity, Wolfie was my absolute favorite and I was so sad he never got a solo episode or anything. I think I ended up creating my own but I don't remember what happened to it lmao

i remember i always got annoyed whenever oso managed to finish the mission in the last second

Legit every time I watched this show as a kid, I always questioned why neither Dottie or Wolfy NEVER scolded Oso for being absolutely incompetent and failing every training mission he has at the beginning of each episode. If this guy came to my house wanting to help me with something, I would IMMEDIATELY shut the door in his face

How do I regularly forget vital memories but somehow remember the “three special steps” song in it’s entirety

The fact that this lady managed to make a Dead Meat reference in a video about a small childrens’ show is amazing. Holy frick I love this

How long until she watches Thomas the Tank Engine and realizes all the things that come with it. Like how according to the movie Thomas and the Magic Railroad that the entire show supposedly takes place in a multiverse. Or how according to the books, Thomas is a deserter of war. Or the multiple railway operations that they blatantly ignore on a daily basis. Or how there's a constant race war against alternative fuel sources. Or how a large number of steam engines around the world have been killed off in some sort of human caused genocide. Or how the controller of the railway, Sir Tophham Hatt, regularly steals property from other railways. Or how we see multiple engines die on screen. Or how the engines worth is determined by how "useful" they are.

This is very weird for me because Special Agent Oso is clearly a real thing, but this is the only peice of media that I have seen it acknowledged or shown in any capacity. I've never seen it in a toy isle or as an ad at any point, like this video is from a slightly different earth where it it's real and my home earth doesn't have it.

21:49 That's «James Bond» movies

I remember watching the show when I was a kid, and there was a episode where Oso had to help a girl clean up toys in her living room literal seconds before her mom got home or something. That legit gave me the same kind of anxiety that a QTE in a video game would give you as a kid. 😆

Fun fact: Wolfie is voiced by Phil Lewis, aka Mr.Moseby, the legend himself

3:36 after watching this vid more times than I'm willing to admit, I'd like to perhaps explain why this is. It's probably so kids irl specifically ask a trusted adult for permission rather than asking one of their *own* stuffed animals, because really young kids probobaly don't know that stuffed animals don't come to life in the real world, and may replicate what they see on tv.

I vaguely remember seeing a decent amount of episodes of this show and the series finale. Never recalled the show name until a couple weeks ago and for years I just thought it was so strange how a kids show like this had a proper ending. Thanks for putting this random childhood memory to rest for me

You should do octonauts at some point. I may have some bias, it was my childhood show, but I would love to see you analyze it. I remember specifically one of the characters, kwazi, has an entire story about his dad being a pirate, and the vegemails... exist. Another idea could be yo gabba gabba, mostly because id love to hear what you have to say about creatures coming out of a suitcase and coming alive. I don't remember anything else about it but

"Damn it, Oso! You're a loose cannon!! ....... **sigh** But u get results"

Fun fact, back in college I knew somebody who actually watched the show somewhere around the ages of 17 and 18 because they thought Oso was voiced by Roger Craig Smith, who, at the time was the voice of sonic the hedgehog, who she was a fan of. I was a bit embarrassed to know that even I knew he was actually voiced by Sean Astin. For those who don’t know (Sam Gamgee in lord of the rings) and (Raphael in 2012 TMNT). I can’t imagine how horrified she must have been if she found out the truth.

Watching this episode is fucking wild. I keep going "The.. What?' " The.... What??" "The WHAT?!"

I was listening to this video while doing college work and when I got to 14:12, I first thought you said “Oso freezes a bunny pen15 style” and had to pause to wonder if I was having an aneurism.

"Can't claim me to be a bad influence because I never said I'm a good influence." That will be my senior quote

I don't remember too much of Special Agent Oso but I do remember that one episode where he's teaching a kid how to put on their seatbelt. I always found that one hilarious. OOH THERE'S SO MANY STEPS TO PUTTING ON A SEATBELT, HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO REMEMBER IT ALL?!

My personal headcanon for Mr Dos is that he is actually a panda plushie, similar to oso, but with a normal colour palette, and he’s also more withered and old looking. He also has a look similar to Harry from kingsman

Paw Pilot literally has epitaph. That's why she can see into the future.

Looking on Disney + all those “Season 3” episodes are just Season 2 episode names just made weird for some reason. Edit- Speaking from personal experience I can tell you FOR A FACT that Disney + has a problem putting episodes in order. When Disney + first came out Phineas and Ferb was very messed up.

I dont remember much of this show but the depression i felt when Paw Pilot said he didnt need her anymore was real

The voice actor for Oso also Voices Raph from the 2012 TMNT show. Use this info as you will