Time Squad

Overview

Time Squad is an American animated television series created by Dave Wasson, following the adventures of a trio of hapless "time cops", who travel back in time attempting to correct the course of history. The series ran on Cartoon Network from June 8, 2001, to November 26, 2003, airing 26 episodes in total. Wasson described the series as "a C-average student's approach to history."

Episodes

S01E01 Eli Whitney's Flesh-Eating Mistake

June 8, 2001

The story follows a light-bulb-head orphan, named Otto Osworth, who is under the watchful eye of the nasty nun of the School for Wayward Tots, named Sister Thornly, who treats him badly for reading history...

S01E02 Never Look a Trojan in the Gift Horse

June 8, 2001

Tuddrussel is showing Otto some outrageous souvenirs from the past when they get a mission to the time of the Trojan War, where the Greeks sneaked a giant, wooden horse into Troy's kingdom, filling it...

S01E03 Napoleon the Conquered

June 15, 2001

It's a mission to Napoleon, the conqueror. Tuddrussel upsets him, and they almost get their heads cut off. (When it comes to Larry, the word "almost" just doesn't fit!) Suddenly his wife comes along and...

S01E04 Confucius Say... Way Too Much

June 15, 2001

Confucius was famous for coming up with short phrases. "Short phrases?" any one of the three Time Squad members might say. "You've got to be kidding!" And it's true! He's making his stories way too...

S01E05 The Island of Dr. Freud

June 22, 2001

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 (done by someone else).

S01E06 Daddio DaVinci

June 22, 2001

Then, they meet up with famous artist and sculptor Leonardo Da Vinci. They have to find some way to encourage him to create great art.

S01E07 To Hail with Caesar

June 29, 2001

After a problem with Tuddrussel messing with the controls, Time Squad travels to the year 46 BC to improve upon the flimsy city of Rome for Julius Caesar. But by the time the mission's complete,...

S01E08 Robin' N Stealin' With Mr. Hood

June 29, 2001

After chaos from Otto and Tuddrussel in the gulf dome, Time Squad visits Robin Hood, who is stealing from the poor and giving to the rich, instead of the vice versa action he's supposed to...

S01E09 Dishonest Abe

July 6, 2001

"Honest Abe" Lincoln grows tired of being upstanding when he starts getting ridiculed for it. When he finally snaps and becomes the prank-pulling "Dishonest Abe", it's up to Time Squad to give him a taste...

S01E10 Blackbeard, Warm Heart

July 6, 2001

Time Squad goes back to the Age of Pirates, where Edward Teach (AKA Blackbeard) is more concerned about saving the environment than looting and pillaging, much to the chagrin of his crew.

S01E11 Ludwig van Bone-Crusher

July 13, 2001

During a musical argument between Larry and Tuddrussel, Time Squad gets sent to the time of the great musician Ludwig van Beethoven. Now they have to get the message across to him, "No more pro...

S01E12 Tea Time For Time Squad

July 13, 2001

After being upset with grumpy Tuddrussel, Larry is delighted to discover that instead of dumping tea into the Boston Harbor, the Sons of Liberty are having civilized tea parties. Tuddrussel and Otto have to convince...

S01E13 If It's Wright It's Wrong

July 20, 2001

As an aftermath to Larry showing Otto their awful bloopers from their missions before he came, Time Squad is now trying to get the Wright brothers to making the first airplane instead of working on...

S01E14 Recruitment Ad

July 20, 2001

Want to join Time Squad? Here's an ad that shows you what you get and what you do for Time if you join.

S01E15 Killing Time

July 20, 2001

After convincing Copernicus to be an astronomer, not a farmer, Time Squad finds out that Larry's time circuits have to reboot and they're stuck in the past for a few minutes. But it seems like...

S01E16 Big Al's Big Secret

August 25, 2001

Time Squad goes to 1945 to prove that Albert Einstein is a math genius and not a car salesman.

S01E17 Larry Upgrade

August 25, 2001

Larry refuses Tuddrussel's orders and accidentally downgrades himself. Tuddrussel asks for a burger, so Larry gives him burgers everywhere he goes.

S01E18 Every Poe Has a Silver Lining

September 21, 2001

Edgar Allen Poe, the writer of horror stores is writing cheerful stories! Can Time Squad remind him how horrible the world can be?

S01E19 Betsy Ross Flies Her Freak Flag

September 21, 2001

While checking on the subjects of their past missions, Time Squad gets sent on another colonial mission for Betsy Ross, the designer of the first American flag. Now they have to convince her to shut...

S01E20 The Prime Minister Has No Clothes

September 28, 2001

Winston Churchill, the prime minister who leads England through World War II, is also leading everyone into being naked! Including Larry!

S01E21 Nutorious

September 28, 2001

It's the time of George Washington Carver, the man who invents more than 100 uses for the peanut. When Time Squad gets there he's doing just that. "Where's the glitch?" Larry wonders. The glitch is...

S01E22 Kubla Khan't

October 26, 2001

Kubla Khan, a conqueror as a child, when history unravels, is a comic book collector. When Tuddrussel tries to bring him back by ripping one of his comics, Otto and Larry must help him escape...

S01E23 Lewis and Clark and Larry

October 26, 2001

Their mission: Lewis and Clark, the two men who explored most of future western America. But the partners have broken up and Time Squad will have to do whatever it takes to bring them back...

S01E24 Ivan the Untrainable

November 2, 2001

After a mission to Ivan the Terrible, the Russian king, he and Tuddrussel worry about them missing each other. Thus, he sneaks Ivan onto the satellite. But how long will it be before Otto and...

S01E25 Where the Buffalo Bill Roams

November 2, 2001

Buffalo Bill was the one to start the first mail service called the pony express. But when Time Squad finds him, he has some crazy ideas on his mind other than postal service. And I...

S01E26 A Sandwich by Any Other Name

February 1, 2002

Cleopatra decides to convert King Tut's pyramid into a mall.

S01E27 Shop Like an Egyptian

February 1, 2002

The Earl of Sandwich gives his new food the wrong name.

S01E28 Planet of the Flies

March 1, 2002

When Tuddrussel squashes a fly in the Stone Age; giant flies are ready to squash them in the Time Travel Age! They must go back in time to stop Tuddrussel from ever squashing the fly!

S01E29 Keepin' It Real With Sitting Bull

March 1, 2002

Sitting Bull was known for battling Colonel George Armstrong Custer after seeing a sign from his ancestors. But instead he thinks they're telling him to "get down" as some people may say it.

S01E30 Houdini Whodunnit!?

March 29, 2002

Oh NO!! Mean ol' historically incorrect George Washington's on the satellite!! He's set it toward the earth and on fire!!! Right after he leaves, the satellite crashes into the earth, and Time Squad has lost...

S01E31 Feud for Thought

March 29, 2002

After Larry stands up to Tuddrussel thanks to a program called "Bustin' the Barrier" by Thor Robertson, the two neighbors who always fought, the McCoy's and the Hatfield's, get a visit. But the McCoy's aren't...

Cast

Pamela Adlon

Pamela Adlon

Otto Osworth (voice)

Rob Paulsen

Rob Paulsen

Buck Tuddrussel (voice)

Mark Hamill

Mark Hamill

Larry 3000 (voice)

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