History WesternAnimation / JustinTime

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''Justin Time'' is a an edutainment show aimed at the preschool crowd. It was produced by Creator/GuruStudio. It aired on [[Creator/DisneyChannel Disney Junior]] in Canada (now [[Creator/FamilyChannel Family Jr.]]) and Creator/PBSKidsSprout in the US. It was also available in UsefulNotes/HighDefinition in the United States on Saturday morning NBC Kids airings. The series can currently be streamed on Creator/{{Netflix}}. The series also has a offical Website/YouTube channel, with episode compilations on it.

The show focuses on a young boy named Justin, his ImaginaryFriend Squidgy and their friend, a girl named Olive. In each episode Justin faces some type of problem or issue. Then Olive will take Justin and Squidgy on an adventure through different cultures, countries and time periods. The adventure somehow leads Justin to the solution to his problem. Then he and Squidgy return home to fix whatever triggered the adventure in the first place.

In 2016, Netflix commissioned a new season called ''[[Main/NewSeasonNewName Justin Time GO!.]]'' One of the major changes is the addition of a new character called Sammy, a new friend to Justin, who in Justin's imagination, acts as rival to him.

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!!''Justin Time'' features examples of...
* AllAnimalsAreDogs: Most of the animals Justin encounters behave just like dogs. Being a kid, he probably doesn't know any better.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Olive ''may'' be Asian, or part Asian. It's hard to tell with the animation and it's never elaborated upon.
* AnachronismStew: The show does occasionally fall into this, in spite of its best efforts.
* DesignatedVillain: Sammy has in universe examples whenever he shows up in Justin's imagined adventures. Though more ignorant or antagonistic than villainous, and more than once genuinely misunderstood, an aliased version of Sammy will show up and often be the crux example for the lesson to be learned. Occasionally, he represents the frustrations that Justin is having at the time, but alias-Sammy will always part with Justin on good terms in the end.
* CheerfulChild: Justin.
* TheFaceless: Zigzagged in the first season. Justin's parents are mostly only seen waist up. But there are times where we see their faces (mostly his mom's face). Averted in season two and ''Go''.
* GirlishPigtails: Olive.
* IconicOutfit: Justin wears shorts in all situations. In the snow he more or less wears an odd male variation of TightsUnderShorts.
* ImaginaryFriend: Squidgy. And Olive. It starts to fall into FridgeHorror a little when you realize Justin has no friends that are real...at least that we've seen.
** Though, in "Hoedown Hootenanny, he mentions he's going to go see some friends in the park. In ''Go!,'' he gains a consistently showcased new friend in Sammy.
* {{Keet}}: Squidgy. Sammy, too, in his best moments.
* {{Leitmotif}}: Each of the three main characters gets a short one in the opening credits.
* LuminescentBlush: In the episode "Marcello's Meatballs," Justin and Squidgy congratulate Olive for making a really tasty spaghetti dish and she visibly blushes, averting her gaze away from Justin. She then smiles at him and he smiles back.
* MasterActor: When he shows up, Sammy can play well with whatever role that Justin's adventures might take him. He's been an outlaw, an overconfident famous Skier, a DastardlyWhiplash in a bowler hat, a great Russian thief, and a misunderstood squire with his heart in the right place, to name a handful of examples.
* MagicSkirt: Olive turns this into an art form. The most notable example is when she did this in a hula skirt, despite being dragged across a beach.
* MidairBobbing: Squidgy does this sometimes.
* MostWritersAreAdults: Justin is supposed to be 6 and 1/2 years old. And yet, when he goes on adventures with Olive, the two tend to act a good deal older than they're supposed to be, especially Olive.
* MrImagination: Justin.
** Sammy as well.
* [[MrExposition Miss Exposition]]: Olive.
* PowerFloats: Squidgy's {{Flight}} abilities manifest in this way. He is mostly seen floating.
* PunBasedTitle: A direct-to-DVD movie shares the same name, and a book in the ''Literature/AmberBrown'' series by Paula Danziger uses the same pun -- ''It's Justin Time, Amber Brown''.
* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Squidgy is able to understand most any animal he, Justin and Olive come across.
* TitleThemeTune: "Around the world / Together we're ''Justin Time''!"
* ViewersAreGoldfish: Justin certainly seems to be. The lesson of the day is done at least twice in each episode: once at Justin's home and once during the adventure.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Squidgy has the ability to do this. He can shapeshift into anything from a large sail to a telescope, and back again.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes?: Squidgy ''hates'' snakes, and is afraid of them.
* YouthfulFreckles: Olive has these.
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* TheFaceless: Justin's parents at first. Averted with season two and ''Go.''

[[caption-width-right:350:"Together, we're ''Justin Time''!"[[note]]From left to right: Justin, Squidgee and Olive[[/note]]]]
''Justin Time'' is a an edutainment show aimed at the preschool crowd. It was produced by Creator/GuruStudio. It airs on [[Creator/DisneyChannel Disney Junior]] in Canada (now [[Creator/FamilyChannel Family Jr.]]) and Creator/PBSKidsSprout in the US. It is also available in UsefulNotes/HighDefinition in the United States on Saturday morning NBC Kids airings.

Beginning on June 24, Creator/{{Netflix}} has commissioned ''Justin Time GO!'', a new version of the series described as follows: "A young boy's imagination takes him throughout the world and history, where he learns life lessons and has tons of fun with two make-believe friends."

** Of note, so far, this is the only time that Sammy interacts with Olive and Squidgy; he'll never do so out side of an adventure, not even with Squidgy.

* TheFaceless: Justin's parents.
** Averted with Justin's mom, who does appear on screen sometimes. Though when she does, she has a bad case of the UncannyValley. Same with Justin's dad.

** Though, in "Hoedown Hootenanny, he mentions he's going to go see some friends in the park. In "Go!", he gains a consistently showcased new friend in Sammy.

* YouthfulFreckles: Olive.

''Justin Time'' is a an edutainment show aimed at the preschool crowd. It was produced by Creator/GuruStudios. It airs on [[Creator/DisneyChannel Disney Junior]] in Canada (now [[Creator/FamilyChannel Family Jr.]]) and Creator/PBSKidsSprout in the US. It is also available in UsefulNotes/HighDefinition in the United States on Saturday morning NBC Kids airings.

''Justin Time'' is a an edutainment show aimed at the preschool crowd. It was produce by Guru studios. It airs on [[Creator/DisneyChannel Disney Junior]] in Canada (now [[Creator/FamilyChannel Family Jr.]]) and Creator/PBSKidsSprout in the US. It is also available in UsefulNotes/HighDefinition in the United States on Saturday morning NBC Kids airings.

** A bit averted here. Squidgy is usually not seen when Justin's parents are around. To put it that way, this trope actually ''fits.''

* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Squidgy.
** About two other cartoon animals--and counting--share this trait. (Both are not on Sprout Channel nor are they affiliated with NBC Kids whatsoever.) And might I add that Squidgy will talk to any animal but snakes--he hates snakes. See WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes below.

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes?: Squidgy. Subverted because of his major fear of snakes.

'''Justin Time''' is a an edutainment show aimed at the preschool crowd. It was produce by Guru studios. It airs on [[Creator/DisneyChannel Disney Junior]] in Canada (now [[Creator/FamilyChannel Family Jr.]]) and Creator/PBSKidsSprout in the US. It is also available in UsefulNotes/HighDefinition in the United States on Saturday morning NBC Kids airings.

'''Justin Time''' is a an edutainment show aimed at the preschool crowd. It was produce by Guru studios. It airs on [[Creator/DisneyChannel Disney Junior]] in Canada and Creator/PBSKidsSprout in the US. It is also available in UsefulNotes/HighDefinition in the United States on Saturday morning NBC Kids airings.

** Though, in "Hoedown Hootenanny, he mentions he's going to go see some friends in the park.

* {{Keet}}: Squidgy.

* MostWritersAreAdults: Justin is supposed to be 6 and 1/2 years old. And yet, when he goes on adventures with Olive, the two act a good deal older than they're supposed to be.

'''Justin Time''' is a an edutainment show aimed at the preschool crowd. It was produce by Guru studios. It airs on [[DisneyChannel Disney Junior]] in Canada and Creator/PBSKidsSprout in the US. It is also available in UsefulNotes/HighDefinition in the United States on Saturday morning NBC Kids airings.

'''Justin Time''' is a an edutainment show aimed at the preschool crowd. It was produce by Guru studios. It airs on [[DisneyChannel Disney Junior]] in Canada and Creator/PBSKidsSprout in the US. It is also available in HighDefinition in the United States on Saturday morning NBC Kids airings.

* PunBasedTitle: A direct-to-DVD movie shares the same name, as well as a book in the Amber Brown series by Paula Danziger.

** About two other cartoon animals--and counting--share this trait. (Both are not on Sprout Channel nor are they affiliated with NBC Kids whatsoever.) And might I add that Squidgy won't talk to any animal but snakes--he hates snakes. See WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes below.

** About two other cartoon animals--and counting--share this trait. (Both are not on Sprout Channel nor are they affiliated with NBC Kids whatsoever.) And might I add that Squidgy won't talk to any animal but snakes--he hates snakes. See WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes? below.

** About two other cartoon animals--and counting--share this trait. (Both are not on Sprout Channel nor are they affiliated with NBC Kids whatsoever.) And might I add that Squidgy won't talk to any animal but snakes--he hates snakes. See WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes?? below.

** About two other cartoon animals--and counting--share this trait. (Both are not on Sprout Channel nor are they affiliated with NBC Kids whatsoever.) And might I add that Squidgy won't talk to any animal but snakes--he hates snakes. See * Why Did It Have To Be Snakes?? * below.

* LuminescentBlush: In the episode "Marcello's Meatballs," Justin and Squidgy congratulate Olive for making a really tasty meatball dish and she visibly blushes, averting her gaze away from Justin. She then smiles at him and he smiles back.