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 Oscar Peterson
Oscar Peterson is a minor character on Adventures in Odyssey.
His appearances were usually shown on AIO episodes where the theme was
mainly to teach children on peer pressure, not to jump to conclusions,
or other life lessons of that nature. He is good friends with
Lucy Cunningham-Schultz,
Robyn Jacobs, and later,
Jack Davis. He does share some bad chemistry
with Curt Stevens after the incident with
him in
Front Page News.
In Oscar's second episode of his appearance,
The Greatest of These,
Mr. Whittaker helps Oscar discover that he has dyslexia, a lifelong
disease that interferes with the victim's capability of sight, which is
why he has trouble in school. Once this problem is discovered, he seems
to become a better student.
Even though Oscar only appeared in thirteen episodes, he
still acquired a personality.
Oscar is mainly known for his dyslexic problem. This difficulty grew
along with him, though, and it seems to have inflicted his
characteristics. He is shy, as to his wanting of no one new to remind
him of his handicap. But, otherwise, Oscar can be very social to people
he already knows. He is somewhat dimwitted, and slow to think, as
relating to when people tell him something (mainly
Robyn Jacobs or
Jack Davis), and his usual response would be something almost
totally different. The usual comeback would be either Jack or Robin's
"Quiet, Oscar!", or "Never mind, Oscar!"
Oscar does have a problem with his following the crowd. One such prime
example is the latter episode
Front Page News.
Oscar was roped along in Curt's scheme to get out of Phys Ed class. As a
result of their failure, they were forced to run even more at P.E. This
trait of his is uncommon, however (fortunately).
All in all, Oscar is a very sympathetic and polite towards people. His
quiet nature and leniency is quite acknowledged toward almost everyone
he knows, even if some of them view him as an annoyance because of his
denseness.
Family
Oscar's father and mother, are mentioned in
The Greatest of These.
He is also known to have two brothers, one older (Tony) and one five
years younger (Henry). He is known to have relatives living in Canada as
well, as mentioned in
Our Best Vacation Ever.
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