History Characters / TimeSquad

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* LargeAndInCharge: Tuddrussel is a huge guy, with a towering height of 7 ft he easily can intimidate anyone he comes across.

* HasTwoMommies: Gender-inversion. Wasn't made apparent in the show until Freud mentioned it...in the ''third'' episode. It gets all the more obvious in the second season when it's Otto's birthday and he's opening presents Tuddrussel and Larry are looking at him from a short distance in a very loving, parental way that you'd expect to see in any sitcom.

* BadassBaritone: Rob Paulsen uses an intimidating deep voice to portray him.

* TheyJustDontGetIt: No matter how many times Otto and Tuddrussel tell them to build their plane, they invent the wrong flying machine, like a human catapult, instead.

* TheChick: Right down to the hourglass figure.

* KnightOfCerebus: All of her acts are played seriously.

** "A Thrilla at Atilla's" had Larry as a fitness instructor (in both Larry's and Otto's side of the story) wearing an aerobics get-up straight out of the 1980s, complete with pastel purple leotard, pink and fluffy leg warmers, a torn, purple [[BareYourMidriff half-shirt]], and matching sweatband. Think [[http://images2.cafemom.com/images/user/gallery/post_1643586_1238447148_med.jpg?imageId=13650647 Jane Fonda]]. ''He'' did.

A [[TimePolice time cop]], who possesses all the physical requirements for his job and none of the intellectual ones. Whenever there's someone who needs beating up (and even when they don't), he's the best person for the task. Impulsiveness, aggressiveness and air-headedness are traits which define Tuddrussel quite nicely. Not much of his backstory is known, aside from his Southern heritage and a short-lived marriage to fellow time cop Sheila Sternwell. He and Larry have a typical VitriolicBestBuds relationship (which can legitimately be read ''and'' proven as BelligerentSexualTension by [[YaoiFangirl some viewers]]), and he is much like an irresponsible father to Otto.

* BigBrotherInstinct: Especially in season 1, Tuddrussel is characterized as a big bully with a soft spot for kids. His relationship with Otto is the prime example of this; but this also comes into play when he first meets Napoleon, he literally thought the man was just a cute little kid with a sword. And even later when this mistake is corrected, he still panics when the guy gets hurt by his wife.

* BoisterousBruiser: Tuddrussel's like a middle-aged frat boy. He's all about fighting, eating junk food, playing games and pulling pranks.
* BrilliantButLazy: There are hints that Tuddrussel isn't a hardwired moron so much as lacking a desire to improve his worst traits. When it comes to subjects that actually appeal to him he is well read or shows an interest in furthering his knowledge of them. His knowledge of American Southwestern history for example is much less surprising when you take into account his pride in his Texan heritage.
* BrokenPedestal: Is devastated and suffers a HeroicBSOD when he finds out that his idol, his ancestor Jeremiah Tuddrussel, one of the soliders at The Alamo, was an effeminate party planner who tried to avoid the battle by inviting the Mexicans to a party.

* CowboyCop: Tuddrussel is portrayed as one as he is sometimes very aggressive towards those that try to screw up history. Plus he sometimes goofs off to make history worse until either Otto or Larry help fix it.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Tuddrussel can really do some damage, and when he gets over his cowardice or is simply performing his police duties instead of just being 'himself' he really gets into the action. In the pilot he wipes out an entire horde of flesh eating robots by blowing them up!

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: His first action in show is to jump out of the shadows, and blindly points a gun at a child for the sake of being a badass.

* GunNut: A proud gun enthusiast, Buck uses them whether or not the situation called for them. He has an extensive collection of guns and phasers, subscribes to gun hobby magazines and checks out library books on the subject.

* HiddenDepths: There have been numerous times where he has shown a surprising amount of competence in his job and personal life. Once when he and Larry divided the space station in half between themselves and he ended up with the side that had the kitchen he taught himself how to cook very fancy looking meals, including a cake made from scratch for Larry. Also, even though he has been shown multiple times to not know a thing about history, he has a deep understanding of the United State's Southwestern history, examples include being The Alamo and Billy the Kid.

* ItsAllAboutMe: Tuddrussel has been shown to be flat out selfish on many occasions. Such examples of such selfishness include rigging a towns sewage system to explode so he could win a Nobel prize and a million dollars at the expense of history itself. Larry has directly called Tuddrusself selfish twice in "Ex Marks The Spot"

* LackOfEmpathy: His obliviousness to human emotion is often what gets him hate in universe. Sometimes he sees how much he had hurt someone and tries to genuinely care to fix the issue though.

* MysteriousPast: For a show that is all about time travel, it fails to reveal much of Tuddrussel’s past and backstory. All that is known is his southern ancestry in the 1800’s, his former marriage with Sheila, and the fact that he attended the time squad academy while he had a weight problem.

* ObfuscatingStupidity: He knew a considerable amount of information on Billy the Kid, which Larry and Otto were shocked to discover. And When Larry brings out Buck's academy year book, it turns out he was in ''chemistry club'', of all things. Also, if Tuddrussel really was as stupid as he looked, how in the world did he succeed in obtaining any sort of a position in a law enforcement group that requires you to have the knowledge of ''all history''.
* PapaWolf: Has this with Otto; if he's in mortal danger Tuddrussel will beat the crap out of anyone, and that includes monkeys, to keep Otto out of harms way.

* PercussiveMaintenance: Uses this both in its common usage, such as when he tried to "fix" a malfunctioning microwave by smashing it, and in his job, where he often attempts to literally beat some sense into his suspects, often without telling them what they're doing wrong.
* ThePigpen: One of the most recurring sources of comedy with the character is his incredibly slovenly nature. He'll go weeks without showering if he can get away with it, would never wash his uniform if Larry didnt do it, and eats like a wild animal.

* TherapyIsForTheWeak: Tuddrussel doesn't believe in it, or at least denies that it works. This is possibly due to the fact that psychologists back at the Academy told him some negative aspects to his personality that he didn't want to face up to.
--> '''Tuddrussel''': Oh, you sound just like the shrinks back at the academy; "you're trying to repress memories, you're a danger to yourself and others, blah blah blah"

* TookALevelInBadass: Has a lot of badass moments, just like in 'Nobel Peace Surprise' 'Eli Whitney's Flesh Eating Mistake' and 'Hate Let Hate'

** Then there is with Larry. If you take account of Larry's last line in the same episode[[spoiler:they did.]]

* WouldHitAGirl: Has gotten into fistfights with several female historical figures, though he doesnt have a very good track record with them; Joan Of Arc kicked his ass, and Mother Theresa sucker-punched him, though he did beat up Florence Nightingale. He also sent Amelia Earhart off to her death so he could avoid marrying her.

* BerserkButton: How to not set Larry off; 1) Try not to be Tuddrussel (cf. "Love at First Flight" when Otto wears a miniature version of Buck's Time Squad cop uniform and becomes as gross and crass as Buck). 2) Try not to [[HoYay steal Tuddrussel away from him.]] ([[CrazyJealousGuy He'll look to turn your dinner into a "Hate-Feast"]]). Also, don't attack Otto in front of him.
* BootstrappedLeitmotif: Larry's is Luigi Bocherini's "Minuet". The [[ClassicalMusic classical piece]] was originally played as BackgroundMusic during Larry's art exposé at the begining of "Ladies and Gentlemen... Monty Zuma!". The song became associated with him as he and another one of his clones hummed its tune in "Day of the Larrys". Later in the same episode, the song was further reinforced as Larry's leitmotif when it was used as the BackgroundMusic as Larry clones swarmed the Domisphere of the satellite. [[SourceMusic The music turned out to be coming from a mini orchestra made up of Larry clones playing cellos and violins under a garden gazebo]].

* CampGay: Not so much in season one (he ''did'' come off as AmbiguouslyGay in season one -- see {{Flanderization}}), but by season two, '''''almost''''' all of the ambiguity had [[{{Flanderization}} given way to camp]]. One '''''could''''' argue against this label by saying that Larry is just trying to be the sophisticated foil for the crude and ill-mannered Tuddrussel and that his over-the-top "sophistication" could be [[RefugeInAudacity an excuse for getting away with]] all the "alleged" homosexual subtext, but then you rewatch the show some time later and begin to notice that a lot of Larry's feminine mannerisms are just there and have nothing to do with being refined ("Blackbeard, Warm Heart" is a ''perfect'' episode to see the needlessly feminine/stereotypically gay male moments). Then, there are the signs of a possible [[HoYay relationship]] with Tuddrussel as seen in such episodes as "Larry Upgrade" and "Ex Marks the Spot."

* CharacterDevelopment: On many aspects. Firstly, there is his relationship with Otto in the first season. While he viewed the boy nothing more than a nuisance first, and was reluctant to adopt him, he grew fond of the boy in late episodes, to the point of taking care of him as much as a parent would, like cooking for him, spending some time with him and even defending him when he is threatened (although he failed). Then there is his character development from season 1 to season 2 where he came from an AmbiguouslyGay character to a real CampGay character. Fans also tend to think that his relationship with Tuddrussel has developed too...

* CovertPervert: He keeps a video of Tuddrussel singing in front of the sink while wearing nothing more than a towel ("The Prime Minister Has No Clothes"), is thrilled over UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill's plan to make his military nude (also in "The Prime Minister Has No Clothes"), and reads Creator/JackieCollins books ("Child's Play") -- which contain a notoriously high amount of sleaze. And, proving that this aspect of his personality well-ingrained enough to be exploited in advertisements, one of the bumpers for Cartoon Cartoon Fridays even had him gleefully fawning over a pec-flexing WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo in this manner.

* DidYouThinkICantFeel: He tells Tuddrussel that despite being a robot, he has dreams, needs and feelings too.

--> '''Larry''': They'll be so repulsed with the meal...''(gasp)''...''THEY'LL HATE EACH OTHER!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!''

* FishOutOfWater: Larry is actually a repurposed diplomacy robot who became obsolete when Earth joined into a planetary goverment. As such, he isnt programmed for historical accuracy and doesnt know all that much more than Tuddrussel does.

* JadedWashout: As mentioned on "Eli Whitney's Flesh-Eating Mistake" and "Day of the Larrys," Larry was once an assistant to many a royal and political figure but since the future one world government made him obsolete, he now has to be the manservant to a boorish [[TimePolice time cop]] and an illegally adopted history whiz.

* LovableCoward: Most of the time, Larry prefers to run away whenever there is danger or hiding behind others' backs, sometimes for good reasons. Nevertheless, it is subverted in the episode "Nobel Peace Surprise" where Larry tries to attack Mrs O'Leary's cow (that started the great Chicago fire in myth) in order to protect Otto (unfortunately, it doesnt work since he isnt designed for combat and he gets smashed to pieces).

* PapaWolf: Or MamaBear... He can flip out really bad if Otto is attacked as in "Nobel Peace Surprise" where he assaulted a cow which looked threatening toward Otto... he failed however.
** However in "Hate Let Hate" Tuddrussel has more this trope and while he beats the crap out of monkeys, Larry hugged Otto to reassure him.

* PetTheDog: He may be annoyed by them but he really cares for Otto and Tuddrussel and does his best to please them (even if it often ruined by Tuddrussel's stupidity).

* RedEyesTakeWarning: If Larry has red eyes, that means how much he is serious, and can really harm someone at this state.

* RidiculouslyHumanRobot: Originally designed for diplomacy, Larry is surprisingly human, but robotic enough to avoid the UncannyValley.

* SevenDeadlySins: Larry embodies {{Lust}} in the sense pleasure-driven and (in a couple of rare cases near the end of the series' run) the literal sense, and {{Pride}} as he puts himself in a high pedestal, and sometimes acts snobbish.

* SupremeChef: Is an ''excellent'' chef, but his advanced and elaborate meals often offends the simple tastes of Tuddrussel. However, when he cooks food more to Tuddrussels liking, he's shown to love it as well. He also impressed the King Of France with his "Larry 3000", a kind of souffle. Otto always likes his cooking. This trope is especially notable in Larry's case as he's a robot and does not have a sense of taste, or even a mouth for that matter, but is still an expert chef.

** In "Ex Marks The Spot", one of the most HoYay ladden episodes of the series, Larry cooks Tuddrussels favorite dinner (whole roast turkey smothered in gravy), much to Tuddrussels delight.

** In "Ladies and Gentlemen, Monty Zuma," Tuddrussel mentions an unspecified time where Larry had on make-up.
*** Larry had had on make up a few other times too, in episodes "Tea-Time for Time Squad" and "Father Figure of Our Country". Both of which he was dressed in [[CampGay ridiculously pastel]] 18th-century clothing, the latter being even more ridiculously pastel, including pink bows, scarf, and a pink powdered wig to match (but it wasn't as if wearing pink for Larry was anything rare for the series -- it was just too much packed into one scene).

** While not womens ''clothing'', in "Billy The Baby", Larry is seen riding his horse womens style, with both legs over one side of the saddle.
** "A Thrilla at Atilla's" had Larry as a fitness instructor (in both Larry's and Otto's side of the story) wearing an aerobics get-up straight out of the 1980s, complete with pastel purple leotard, pink and fluffy leg warmers, a torn, purple [[BareYourMidriff half-shirt]], and matching sweat band. Think [[http://images2.cafemom.com/images/user/gallery/post_1643586_1238447148_med.jpg?imageId=13650647 Jane Fonda]]. ''He'' did.

An orphan illegally traveling along with Tuddrussel and Larry, taken on board due to their incompetence and his impressive historical knowledge (and for Otto to escape his brutal life at the orphanage). Despite being a bookworm, his demeanor is far from boring; he is just as childlike and jocular as any regular 8-year-old. Even though he is the youngest, he is also the most competent and responsible out of the squad, being the only one pure enough to not let himself get swayed by temptations. Depending on who he's siding with, he can either become loud, obnoxious and destructive (when Tuddrussel has him company) or composed and calm (when it's Larry he agrees with).

* BookWorm: A self-aware one at that. Otto's first scene in the series shows him getting caught reading a pile of books by flashlight, with the implications that he snuck behind Sister Thornly's back to read on a consistent basis.

* EnragedByIdiocy: Otto's BerserkButton, a few Historical Figures such as Buffalo Bill have lead him to completely lose his cool. Tuddrussel and Larry are also instigators in this trait, such as when he yelled at them for being so clueless about Creator/BenjaminFranklin when they helped him invent the light bulb. (He was sick and had to stay behind, leaving the remaining unit helpless at their job).

* HasTwoMommies: Gender-inversion. Wasn't made apparent in the show until Freud mentioned it...in the ''third'' episode. It gets all the more obvious in the second season, when it's Otto's birthday and he's opening presents Tuddrussel and Larry are looking at him from a short distance in a very loving, parental way that you'd expect to see in any sitcom.
* HeartwarmingOrphan: Otto has a tendency to take control of a mission by telling a historical figure the error of their ways, for example, with Alfred Nobel he told him that with so much evil in this world it would be better to celebrate peace and goodness in people instead. His speech not only moved Nobel but also the entire gang of murderers (including Lizzie Borden and Jack The Ripper) into wanting to be good from then on (altough he had to ask them NOT to change their ways, as it's their historical roles to be murderers).

* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: Established in the first episode "Eli Whitney's Flesh-Eating Mistake" that Otto was often punished for reading history books by doing chores, though the extent of the abuse (which goes straight into DudeNotFunny territory when it's discovered that [[spoiler:Otto and the other orphans were used as cheap labor under Sister Thornley's iron fist]]) wasn't made clear until the last episode, "Orphan Substitute."

* MysteriousPast: Otto’s personal backstory is not well known. All that is known is the fact that he is orphan who was severely abused by Sister Thornly. The show never reveals why he is an orphan, what happened to his real parents, or how he got very interested in history.

* RedheadsAreUncool: Fits to a tee- red-headed, freckle faced, bespectacled nerd that was bullied for reading in the orphanage.
* SignificantGreenEyedRedhead: In close up shots of Otto, he's often shown to have ''green eyes'', and even in the few toys that were made of him his eye color is indeed bright green. Which is unique to the rest of the show's human characters who all seem to have eyes colored black (unless there's a mask preventing us from seeing their eyes, of course). It makes sense because after all, his is one of the main characters.

* SkilledButNaive: While indeed a bright child that obviously understands the power of words and is intelligent in multiple subjects; it's clear that Otto doesn't fully grasp a couple of things. It's implied that it's not obvious to him that Larry has very conflicting romantic feelings about Tuddrussel--he only comprehends that Larry is acting 'weird' around him. Also his idealistic nature often clashes with the frequently cynical world that he's thrust into, and in early episodes he has to deal with the idea that his more gentle and sneaky approach to solving problems doesn't always work the way he'd expect.

* TagalongKid: The first season plays this straight forward, as Otto is shown to be learning how to help the guys complete the missions and isn't always 100% of the time useful. The early promos made the show look like Otto was the worst case scenario of the trope, looking like he was always getting in the way. Thankfully, that wasn't the case. Instead by halfway through the first season he becomes the [[TheHeart emotional core of the group]].
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Adults will point this out; from Tuddrussel expressing admiration for Otto being quick on his feet when it comes to using "words" to get out of a bad situation, to Sheila complementing him for having a "good head on his shoulders" after his speech that had convinced Alfred Nobel into being good and starting the Nobel Peace Prize, and George Washington even calls Tuddrussel out for not appreciating Otto's "Wit, his indomitable spirit, Or his great intellect" when Washington considered adopting Otto himself.
** But at the same time, he's just a normal kid in abnormal circumstances. Otto has no choice to be on top of his game while on missions, because that's what he was basically kidnapped (adopted) to do. One could even take this further that Otto had to develop these skills in order to survive life at the Orphanage.
* YoungGun: Otto is said to be competent at shooting a gun, but because this is a kids show they don't show that. But they do make it clear when we do see him shoot, he's taking bad example from Tuddrussel.

A lieutenant within Time Squad ranks, Sheila Sternwell is a no-nonsense woman that takes her job seriously. The ex-wife of Buck Tuddrussel, it's made clear that while she regrets making the mistake of marrying in the first place, and can be slightly bitter towards him, she doesn't actually resent him and still does her job and helps out Tuddrussel and his unit when needed. She even seems to go far in not ratting out Tuddrussel and Larry over Otto, and other screw ups that she should be reporting.

* AffirmativeActionGirl: She was most likely created to balance out the sexes, since there are rarely any female characters that the guys came into contact with period.

* ByTheBookCop: She strictly enforces the protocol that she was taught to follow, though there has been times that she lets things slide, including Tuddrussel's blunders.

* FriendToAllChildren: Even if she does make remarks to Tuddrussel and Larry about "Still borrowing an orphan" to do their job, she doesn't turn them in for harboring Otto. In fact, her interactions with Otto have been nothing but friendly and respectful and shows approval of him being the one that tries to keep Larry and Tuddrussel out of trouble.

* HiddenDepths: She isn't as serious and cold as she appears to be. While she is married to the job, she still is able to have fun, something she occasionally shares with Tuddrussel. Furthermore, she does on occasion share a spark with him or two after they've seperated.

* PetTheDog: Even if she seems cold at times, she helps Tuddrussel, Larry and Otto a lot of times and she didn't mention Otto's presence in her report.

* TookALevelInBadass: Not that she is NOT badass most of time, but she has her best moments, such like beating the crap out of guards in "Kubla Khan't" or fighting against Alfred Nobel's FiveManBand in "Nobel Peace Surprise".

A advanced robot that is more qualified for the job of a time cop than Larry, and he loves to rub it in. Working with Officer Sternwell, he provides actual help and guidance on missions.

* HiddenDepths: His first appearance portrays him as TheStoic as well as kind of jerk toward Larry and Tuddrussel. (Especially Larry) However, the following episodes show that he isn't always in charge of the situation and can be very easily awkward and concerned, especially if Sheila is around.

* PetTheDog: he shows often more a superior attitude but he acts kind at times and seems to care really about his partner.

* ShippingTorpedo: One trait [=XJ5=] shares with Larry is that he hates Sheila and Tuddrussel together. However, reasons are more ambiguous. Whether he harbors potential feelings for Sheila or if it just a case of WhatDoesSheSeeInHim remains to be seen.

Professional and competent, he's the best of the best of what Time Squad has to offer; but he's also a arrogant jerk that gladly makes trouble for Tuddrussel and Larry.

Otto's former caretaker before getting taken by Larry and Tuddrussel. Otto had good reason to fear her, as did the other kids that she kept. Obviously not afraid of the police or anyone coming after her, Sister Thornley freely abuses the kids that are put into her care, while at the home and even more disturbingly in public. Her motives are despairingly questionable, such making the children work under horrific conditions in order to make a quick buck. Or why she had a problem with Otto reading books. (Or any child reading, for that matter. She apparently had an entire policy against it.) Quick to punish, she makes it clear that one does not want to cross her path.

* NunTooHoly: She maybe a nun, but doesn't act like what nuns should.
* OrphanageOfFear: While doubling as a InnerCitySchool, Sister Thornly's School For Wayward Tots is a creepy, run-down Victorian home with junk scattered all over the yard and with an electric fence. . .and that's just from the outside!

* InsaneTrollLogic: Rather than helping his patients deal with their issues and past trauma, Freud decided that their problems were best solved if they thought they were animals instead of humans, since they'd forget their past that way.
* SingleIssuePsychology: Freud often hypothesizes that the main reason the Squad and his patients for that matter are so miserable is because of a deeply rooted childhood related trauma.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: He gave one towards Tuddrussel and Larry, which consists of an analysis of how Tuddrussel's overactive ego and Larry manipulative behavior causes them to bicker a lot with each other and in the process cause Otto to get caught in the middle of it all.

* BerserkButton: Any type of willfull harm against nature brings out his old violent side.

* FromNobodyToNightmare: Goes from a weak and whiny ManChild to strong enough to easily defeat the brawny Tuddrussel at the Colosseum. How? Otto trains him in martial arts, which trumps Tuddrussels brute power.
* JadedWashout: His reason for the decay of Rome was because he was tired of having to take care of the empire.

* HenpeckedHusband: His flaw is that instead of trying to conquer the world, he's too scared to stand up to his wife. Thankfully, the gang help him get over it in the end.
* TheNapoleon: Of course the writers portray him as having an Napoleon complex!
* TheUnintelligible: Napoleon speaks in what's essentially "French gibberish", which includes a lot of twittering and stuttering things like "Twa tu twat le twat" with the only real French being spoken is key phrases such as 'oui' and 'c'est la vie'.

* ThePollyanna: The gang try to break him of his abundant joy by taking him to depressing locations, but he just sees the brighter side of the coin. [[spoiler: Heavily subverted when Larry insults the cake he makes for them.]]

* GranolaGirl: Part of the joke since this personality type did not exist in the 1700's.

* StonersAreFunny: She and the rest of her army have pink eyes and all around act like they're half baked. Later Tuddrussel off handy mentions that Betsy baked "brownies" for General Washington as a peace offering.

Carver, the brilliant inventor for more than a hundred uses for the peanut doesn't need Time Squad's help in figuring out what to do with his findings. What he needs is help against his evil little brother Todd Washington Carver.

* MundaneSolution: Carver has already invented peanut butter when Time Squad shows up, but he was planning on introducing it as peanut glue rather than a food.

Known as the inventor of the cotton gin, Whitney somehow manages to instead make a horde of flesh eating robots that manage to destroy everything in their wake.

* BuffySpeak: When given the idea for the cotton gin after seeing Otto's modern day t-shirt, Whitney struggles to come up with a name for it, at first coming up with "Cotton-Separator Thingy". Larry ends up suggesting "Gin", which sticks.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: When Otto asks why he'd make flesh eating robots, he responds that he wanted to invent something that could help mankind. When asked where the logic in such a creation fits in, he admits he didn't think the project through very well.
* MadScientist: Though more out of thoughtlessnes rather than any malevolence on his part.

* AmbiguousDisorder: A bit anal retentive and overly attached to a parasitic partner who doesn't pull his own weight. The real-life Lewis is widely believed to have suffered from depression or a similar mental illness, such as bipolar or manic depressive disorder.

Greek warrior known for fooling the Trojans into accepting the fabled horse into their city walls. Instead, he just wants to shower the Trojan King with goodies for his birthday and make gift-giving the Greeks' legacy.

* JustLikeRobinHood: Well, he ''IS'' Robin Hood, but Time Squad convince him to give to the poor instead. Unfortunately, the poor are a bunch of boorish, ungrateful jerks, but it's a start.

* ConspiracyTheorist: Ends up turning into one of these, and doesnt even snap out of it by the end. Time Squad just convinces him to invent the Pony Express so he can distribute his conspiracy tabloid alongside the mail.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: The whole reason he's pulling the clown scheme is because he doesn't want his own son, Al Jr, to have the same horrible birthday experience he did, as a slovenly, incompetent buffoon of a clown ruined his 10th birthday party. The same goes for any other child. [[EarnYourHappyEnding He gets his wish in the end]]. (The real-life Capone didn't have any known children).

* AsianAndNerdy: He fits the ethnic version of this trope, but he's more a parody of Woody Allen.

* CutLexLuthorACheck: The whole reason he commits robberies is to fund his passion as an illustionist, not having realized that the people he's been stealing from ''enjoy'' his tricks, and would happily just pay to watch him perform magic outright. Otto points this out to him at the end of the episode.

* MundaneSolution: His original sandwich recipe was missing something, and the Earl couldn't figure out what, leading to him trying a bunch of ridiculus and bizarre ideas. Turns out it was just missing some mayonnaise to put it all together, which he figures out thanks to Larry.

* UnfortunateNames: He insists on naming the sandwich "Stinky Pile O' Poo", despite a uniformly negative response from everyone, to the point that he can't even get anyone to try it. Apparently it was his mothers maiden name.

* AnimalNemesis: Mrs. O'Leary's cow takes a particular dislike to Otto and goes after him during the fight.

Better known as Montezuma, the last emperor of the Aztec empire, Monty Zuma as he know calls himself dreams of becoming a successfull stand-up comedian and intends to go on tour as soon as he wins the comedy contest at a local club.

* NormalFishInATinyPond: The only reason why Zuma's comedy is such a hit, despite being fairly mediocre, is because all the other wannabe comedians are embarassing flops that makes him look like Jerry Seinfeld.

* MidLifeCrisisCar: Well, cars don't exist yet, so he uses the horse and cart version; a souped up wagon with several horses for "extra horsepower".

* HollywoodMidLifeCrisis: It's embarassingly obvious that Sitting Bull just wanted an excuse to relive his youth and only heard what he wanted from the message.
* LifeOfTheParty: Tries to be this, but tne teenagers who's party he crashed mostly seem to find him annoying.

* SolidCartoonFacialStubble: Buck, having been described by other characters as grossly unprofessional in his appearance, has a large chin that is completely solid dark gray in color with black stubble unevenly distributed.

* MoralGuardian: Acted like one on "Child's Play," effectively making Shakespeare rethink doing children's plays, which is truly ironic as Larry is the kind of character that RealLife MoralGuardians would find too risque for kids (though most kids either wouldn't understand Larry's CampGay personality or not think much of it until they grow up and see the show in a new light) and the show itself plays fast and loose with Cartoon Network's censorship (like a lot of Cartoon Cartoons at the time).

* SupremeChef: Is an ''excellent'' chef, but his advanced and elaborate meals often offends the simple tastes of Tuddrussel. However, when he cooks food more to Tuddrussels liking, he's shown to love it as well. He also impressed the King Of France with his "Larry 3000", a kind of souffle. Otto always likes his cooking. This trope is especially notable in Larry's case as he's a robot and does not have a sense of taste, or even a mouth for that matter, but is still an expert chef.

* BrokenPedestal: Is devastated and suffers a HeroicBSOD when he finds out that his idol, his ancestor Jeremiah Tuddrussel, one of the soliders at The Alamo, was an effeminate party planner who tried to avoid the battle by inviting the Mexicans to a party.

* TopheavyGuy: Oddly, his physique is less exaggerated than Tuddrussel's, though Laser is supposed to be [[UpToEleven even manlier]].

* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Tuddrussel. Apparently in "Ex marks a spot" episode [[spoiler:they did]].

The chief of the native american Lakotas, Sitting Bull was given a vision by his ancestors about his role in the upcoming battle of Little Big Horn. Unfortunately, Sitting Bull misinterpreted the message, believing instead that his ancestors wanted him to relive his youth.

*** Larry had had on make up a few other times too, in episodes "Tea-Time for Time Squad" and "Father Figure of Our Country". Both of which he was dressed in [[CampGay ridiculously pastel]] 18th-century clothing, the latter being even more ridiculously pastel, including pink bows, scarf, and a pink powdered wig to match (but it wasn't as if wearing pink for Larry was anything rare for the series -- it was just [[TastesLikeDiabetes too much packed into one scene]]).

* TastesLikeDiabetes: All his books due to his new outlook on life. They're actually quite a surprising hit, both with Otto and the people at a local hospital.

* CementShoes: Literally threatens his henchman with a pair of these when he complains (by honking a horn) about having to become a clown.

* TheHorseshoeEffect: While Tuddrussel tends to use violence to solve his problems - even when the mission calls for tact and diplomacy - Larry on the other hand tends to get caught up in high-society minutia when [[ViolenceReallyIsTheAnswer the mission calls for war]], like when he joins the founding fathers for a SpotOfTea in "Tea Time for Time Squad" and helps plan a fiesta in the Alamo when they should be planning for war in "Forget the Alamo."

!!UsefulNotes/AlfredNobel And His LegionOfDoom

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%%* ShowyInvincibleHero

%%* RobotBuddy

%%* HypnoFool

%%* BuffySpeak
* DidntThinkThisThrough: When Otto asks why he'd make flesh eating robots, he responds that he wanted to invent something that could help mankind. When asked where the logic in such a creation fits in, he has no answer.

%%* DumbBlonde

%%* LazyBum

* NotSoDifferent: Larry and [=XJ5=] have more in common than they think, beside two of them being robots. Indeed, they both hate Tuddrussel's stupidity. Funnily, once they realize it, they laugh about it.

* PapaWolf: Has this with Otto; if in mortal danger Tuddrussel will beat the crap out of anyone, and that includes monkeys, to keep Otto out of harms way.

* RobotBuddy: He is Sheila's partner.
* PlatonicLifePartners: With Sheila.

* TopheavyGuy: Oddly, his physique is less exaggerated than Tuddrussel's, though Laser is supposed to be even manlier.

$$* AmbiguouslyBi

[[folder:The Time Squad]]

!!Officer Beauregard "Buck" Tuddrussel

!!The Lawrence "Larry" 3000

!!Otto Osworth

[[folder:Recurring Characters]]

!!Sheila Sternwell

!![=XJ5=]

!!J.T. Laser

!!Lance Nine Trillion

!!Sister Thornly

* AmicablyDivorced: With Sheila.

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