Time Squad is an American animated television series created by David Wasson and broadcast on Cartoon Network. Debuting on June 8, 2001, the show ran for 26 episodes spanning across 2 seasons. The series finale aired on November 26, 2003.
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| Season | Episodes | Season Premiere | Season Finale | |
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| 1 | 15 | June 8, 2001 | March 29, 2002 | |
| 2 | 11 | April 5, 2002 | November 28, 2003 | |
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| 1 | "Eli Whitney's Flesh Eating Mistake / Never Look a Trojan in the Gift Horse" | June 8, 2001 | 101 |
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Eli Whitney's Flesh Eating Mistake—While searching for Eli Whitney (who is building flesh-eating robots instead of the cotton gin), time cop Buck Tuddrussel and his robot partner, the Larry 3000, end up at an orphanage in 2001, where they discover an orphaned history buff named Otto Osworth and take him with them to complete their mission. Person, Time and Place 1 Trojan Horse 1200 BC Troy, Asia Minor Note: King David's Slingshot, Galileo's Telescope and George Washington's Wooden Teeth are shown in this episode. |
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| 2 | "Napoleon the Conquered / Confucius Say... Way Too Much" | June 15, 2001 | 102 |
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Napoleon the Conquered—The Time Squad get sentenced to the guillotine when they end up in 18th century France, and Buck mistakes the diminutive leader for a child. Things get more complicated when it's revealed that Napoleon's wife is nagging him around and Napoleon is too cowardly to stop her. Person, Time and Place 1 Confucious 551 BC Ancient China |
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| 3 | "The Island of Doctor Freud / Daddio Da Vinci" | June 22, 2001 | 103 |
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The Island of Doctor Freud—The Time Squad must go back to the year 1899 to convince Sigmund Freud to stop hypnotizing his patients and making them act like animals. Person, Time and Place 1 Leonardo da Vinci 1500 Florence, Italy |
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| 4 | "To Hail with Caesar / Robin' and Stealin' with Mr. Hood" | June 29, 2001 | 106 |
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To Hail with Caesar—After a problem with Tuddrussel messing with the controls, the Time Squad travel to the year 46 BC to rebuild the flimsy city of Rome for Julius Caesar, but by the time the mission's complete, Tuddrussel is hailed the new leader and challenges Caesar to a gladiator match. Person, Time and Place 1 Robin Hood 1156 AD Sherwood Forest, England |
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| 5 | "Dishonest Abe / Blackbeard, Warm Heart" | July 6, 2001 | 105 |
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Dishonest Abe—Abraham Lincoln grows tired of being honest and upstanding and begins playing pranks on people, and it's up to the Time Squad to give him a taste of his own medicine. Person, Time and Place 1 Edward Teach 1717 Atlantic Ocean |
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| 6 | "Ludwig van Bone-Crusher / Tea Time for Time Squad" | July 13, 2001 | 108 |
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Ludwig van Bone-Crusher—The Time Squad get sent to the time of the great musician Ludwig van Beethoven, who is now a pro-wrestler fighting other classical musicians turned wrestlers--and Tuddrussel challenges Beethoven to a match to preserve the dignity of wrestling. 'Person, Time and Place 1' Samuel Adams 1773 Boston, Massachusetts |
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| 7 | "If It's Wright, It's Wrong / Recruitment / Killing Time" | July 20, 2001 | 107 |
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If It's Wright, It's Wrong—The Time Squad head to 1903, where Orville and Wilbur Wright are incompetent stuntmen. Recruitment—A short piece advertising the thrills of being a time cop. Killing Time—The Time Squad finish a relatively easy assignment in helping Nicholas Copernicus become an astronomer instead of a farmer, but the crew ends up waiting until the Larry 3000 can restart his time travel software in order for them to go home. After they finally leave, Copernicus realizes that he knows nothing about astronomy. |
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| 8 | "Big Al's Big Secret / Larry Upgrade" | August 25, 2001 | 104 |
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Big Al's Big Secret—The Time Squad travel to 1945, where Albert Einstein is now a brash car salesman in Texas. |
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| 9 | "Every Poe Has a Silver Lining / Betsy Ross Flies Her Freak Flag" | September 21, 2001 | 109 |
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Every Poe Has a Silver Lining—The Time Squad discover that famed horror writer Edgar Allan Poe is now overly cheerful and writing children's books, and must remind Poe of how horrible the world really is. Person, Time and Place 1 Betsy Ross 1776 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| 10 | "The Prime Minister Has No Clothes / Nutorius" | September 28, 2001 | 110 |
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The Prime Minister Has No Clothes—Winston Churchill, the prime minister who led England through World War II, is also leading everyone into being naked--including Larry. Person, Time and Place 1 George Washington Carver 1915 Tuskegee, Alabama |
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| 11 | "Kubla Khan't / Lewis & Clark & Larry" | October 26, 2001 | 111 |
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Kubla Khan't—The Time Squad tries to reform Kublai Khan, who is now a comic book nerd, by ripping up his comics; this only puts Tuddrussel on death row. When Larry and Otto can't get Tuddrussel out, Larry calls Tuddrussel's ex-wife, Sheila (also a time cop) and her robot partner, the XJ5. Person, Time and Place 1 Lewis and Clark 1804 The Louisiana Purchase |
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| 12 | "Ivan the Untrainable / Where the Buffalo Bill Roams" | November 2, 2001 | 112 |
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Ivan the Untrainable—After a mission to fix Russian king, Ivan the Terrible, Tuddrussel sneaks Ivan back on the satellite and keeps him as a pet, much to Larry's displeasure. Person, Time and Place 1 Buffalo Bill 1866 Kansas City |
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| 13 | "A Sandwich by Any Other Name / Shop Like an Egyptian" | February 1, 2002 | 201 |
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A Sandwich by Any Other Name—The Earl of Sandwich gives his new food a disgusting name, 'Stinky pile of poo', (he insists this is his mother's maiden name) ensuring that no one will buy it. Meanwhile the Larry 3000's souffles become a sensation. Person, Time and Place 1 Cleopatra 51 BC Egypt |
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| 14 | "Planet of the Flies / Keeping It Real with Sitting Bull" | March 1, 2002 | 202 |
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Planet of the Flies—When Tuddrussel squashes a fly in the Stone Age, it causes a butterfly effect where the future is ruled by giant flies. Person, Time and Place 1 Sitting Bull 1876 Great Plains |
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| 15 | "Houdini Whodunit?! / Feud for Thought" | March 29, 2002 | 113 |
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Houdini Whodunit?!—After losing a virtual reality game, The Time Squad on a mission to Harry Houdini who is using his illusions for criminal activity. Person, Time and Place 1 Hatfields and McCoys 1878 West Virginia |
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| 16 | "A Thrilla at Attila's / Cabin Fever" | April 5, 2002 |
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A Thrilla at Attila's—In a parody of Rashomon, Tuddrussel, Larry, and Otto each have different accounts of their mission on turning Attila the Hun from a nebbishy coward into a bloodthirsty fighter and argue over which account to report to their boss. Cabin Fever—After a brutally violent mission to get jazz player Louis Armstrong back to playing music instead of drilling to the center of the Earth, the Time Squad wishes they weren't called on any more missions. The three get their wish, but soon become bored and descend into madness. |
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| 17 | "Pasteur's Packs O' Punch / Floundering Fathers" | April 12, 2002 |
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Pasteur's Packs O'Punch—Larry gets electrocuted while fixing a fuse and experiences wild shifts in his personality (including acting drunk, becoming violent, and impersonating Jerry Lewis), leading the Time Squad to go back to the time of Louis Pasteur, who is making Kool-Aid-style fruit drinks. People, Time and Place 1 Benjamin Franklin 1776 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| 18 | "The Clownfather / Hate and Let Hate" | April 19, 2002 |
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The Clownfather—The Time Squad travel to the 1920s, where gangster Al Capone is turning his fellow mobsters into clowns while clowns are getting involved in crime. Hate and Let Hate—Larry and Tuddrussel get caught up in arguing with each other and don't notice that they left Otto on a desert island following a historical mission.People, Time and Place 1 Hernando de Soto 1537 Atlantic Ocean |
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| 19 | "Love at First Flight / Forget the Alamo" | June 7, 2002 |
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Love at First Flight—Otto celebrates his birthday on the satellite, but the festivities are short-lived when they must go back in time to cure a mysophobic Amelia Earhart. Forget the Alamo—The Time Squad are sent to the Alamo, where everyone there (including Tuddrussel's ancestor, Jeremiah) is setting up a party for the Mexican forces rather than defending themselves from them. |
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| 20 | "Repeat Offender / Ladies and Gentlemen, Monty Zuma" | June 14, 2002 |
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Repeat Offender—Blackbeard has fully returned to his liberal ways; as a "repeat offender" who will not take his rightful place in history, the Time Squad must imprison him. Before they can do so, they must convince Socrates to be a philosopher, not a fitness trainer. |
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| 21 | "White House Weirdness / Nobel Peace Surprise" | November 8, 2002 |
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White House Weirdness—In a parody of the original Scooby Doo cartoon series, the Time Squad go back to the 1800s, where the White House is said to be haunted. Nobel Peace Surprise—The Time Squad go on a mission to stop Alfred Nobel from giving prizes to people who commit evil acts. |
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| 22 | "Out with the In Crowd / Child's Play" | March 14, 2003 |
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Out with the In Crowd—The Time Squad crew decide to go on vacation rather than save Dr. Livingstone from being captured by cannibals, prompting a much cooler Time Squad crew (that happen to be idols in the eyes of Larry and Tuddrussel) to finish the job. Child's Play—In this self-referential episode, the Time Squad meet William Shakespeare, who is forced by his agent to do kids' plays, and finds inspiration in creating a new play from the Time Squad crew, but things get sticky when Larry acts as a censor and Tuddrussel is too busy coming up with a new catchphrase to do anything about the situation. |
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| 23 | "Day of the Larrys / Old Timers Squad" | March 21, 2003 |
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Day of the Larrys—Sick of being stuck with the chores, Larry uses his room full of spare parts to make a clone of himself. This starts a chain reaction that leads to a plethora of Larry 3000s, who turn the satellite into a resort. Old Timers Squad—Larry, Otto, and Tuddrussel become addicted to a trashy 1980s soap opera, but before they learn one of the show's big secrets, the Time Squad must go back in time to force Samuel Morse to invent Morse code. The crew gets a surprise when another Time Squad made up of elderly versions of themselves appears. |
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| 24 | "Billy the Baby / Father Figure of our Country" | March 28, 2003 |
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Billy the Baby—The Time Squad encounters Billy the Kid, who is literally acting like a kid instead of an outlaw. The Time Squad become outlaws themselves to teach Billy the Kid how to be a criminal, and they end up getting chased by a Clint Eastwood-esque sheriff. Father Figure of our Country — The Time Squad goes back to help George Washington, who is sick of being famous and wants to be a father. Otto happily fills the role of Washington's son, and while Tuddrussell tries to get Otto back, Larry is too busy shopping in colonial America to intervene. Note: During the closing credits, there is a special credit that reads, "Mission SK77: Billy the Baby is dedicated to Sergio Leone and Tex Avery". |
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| 25 | "Ex Marks the Spot / Horse of Horrors" | April 4, 2003 |
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Ex Marks the Spot—The paths of Tuddrussel's and Sheila's units meet again when their missionees, Johann Gutenburg and Joan of Arc, switch roles. Soon afterwards, Tuddrussel and Sheila start to fall in love all over again, which makes Larry worried that Tuddrussel may ditch him. Horse of Horrors—After Larry gets a birthday present from Otto (but not before he gets mad at Tuddrussel, who claims that robots don't have birthdays), the Time Squad go back in time to help Paul Revere overcome his fear of horses so he can warn the townspeople of Concord and Lexington that the British are coming. |
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| 26 | "Floral Patton / Orphan Substitute" | November 28, 2003 |
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Floral Patton—The Time Squad goes back in time to find General George S. Patton running a florist shop, and he recruits the Time Squad to fight back against a rival (replica )florist shop. Orphan Substitute—While on a mission to 2001 to stop George W. Bush from building the world's biggest ball of twine, Otto is taken back to the orphanage from which he came (as seen in the first episode) by Sister Thornly. Without Otto, Larry and Tuddrussel must once again try to complete a historical mission (this time centered on Christopher Columbus) on their own, but when that fails, they scour many orphanages from the past to find a replacement boy genius. |
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