Oddballs
Oddballs
James, a bubble-shaped boy, whose observations on life fuel his comedic rants at everyday annoyances and elevates them to laughably absurd heights. Along with his best friends Max (a talking crocodile) and Echo (a girl who claims to be from the future), James' ridiculous schemes to question norms often result in disaster.
Oliver Giles reviewedSeptember 21, 2025
As a fan of TheOdd1sOut over on YouTube, I really wanted to like Oddballs. However, it just never really clicked for me.
That’s partly because, just like with Aunty Donna’s Big Ol’ House of Fun, coincidentally another Netflix offering, what works in a 2 - 5 minute YouTube video doesn’t always translate over to an 18 minute episode of TV.
I’ll also admit that I am not in the correct audience for the show’s humor as, while TheOdd1sOut channel on YouTube isn’t ever really 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘵 per say, the humor in the Netflix show is noticeably tamer than what it is based on.
There are some definite positives I can give the show, the animation carries over James’ style very well and most of the voice acting is really good, but overall I wasn’t the biggest fan of Oddballs.