Time Squad
Time Squad is a Cartoon Network production, created in 2001, staring the events of 'time cop' Buck Tuddrussel, his robotic assitant the Larry 3000, and adopted orphan Otto Osworth.
Plot
As detailed by Larry in one of the early episodes, 'time is like a rope', and comes unraveled over time. Thus, the Time Squad organization must travel through time, fixing history to go as it should. Each Time Squad unit consists of a human officer and a robotic assistant, although the unit the show centers on also picked up Otto Osworth when they arrived at Sister Thornley's Home for Wayward Children in the first episode of the show, looking for 18th century Georgia so they could help Eli Whitney invent the cotten gin. After that, the show centers around the three of them as they travel through an often anachronistic past to fix history.
The year is 1 Million AD, and the show, when not set in places in the past, is on a large satelite orbiting the earth. It features beadrooms, a shootrange, a terrarium, and a prison for repeat offenders (historical figures) - including Mohandas Gandhi (who wants to be a dancer) and Blackbeard (who wants to save the animals).
Characters
Buck Tuddrussel - A burly time cop in the peak of physical conditial, Buck is less like a father to Otto and more like a carefree uncle. His obessessions are guns and beating people up, although he has a generally nice disposition.
Larry 3000 - Originally designed as a diplomat, Larry was put into Time Squad service when the world's nations all joined together in the year 1 Million. His hobbies are cooking and needlepoint.
Otto Osworth - Adopted by the Time Squad unit Larry and Buck are part of, Otto is far more thrilled with the prospect of fixing history than Larry and Buck are.
Sheila Tuddrussel - Once married to Buck, Sheila has since got a divorce. Also a time cop, Sheila does a far better job of fixing history than Buck, and is occasionally forced to bail him out of situations. She is a relatively infrequent character on the show. Her robotic assitant, the XJ9, and the Larry 3000, hate each other bitterly.
Quotes
- "It's go time!" -Buck
- "Let's get some!" - Buck
Notes
Time Squad is an almost unique cartoon show, inasmuch that it introduces children to history, the only other show coming close being Histeria. Unfortunately, it is only loosely tied to the truth, and the innacuracies range from the deliberately comical (such as Eli Whitney building flesh-eating robots) to the subtly misleading (such as Julius Ceasar facing down Tuddrussel in the Coloseum of Rome, which would not be built for decades). These can, of course, be written off as unravelings of the rope of time, but suggest a limited amount, if any, research.