History YMMV / WhereInTimeisCarmenSandiego

** On the flipside, there was an increase in StockFootage, and many people seem to prefer Baron Wasteland and Janine Lamanna's Carmen to Buggs Zapper and Brenda Burke's Carmen.

* GrowingTheBeard: Season 2 got quite a bit fancier, with a redone opening and some new CG graphics, and increased the difficulty of the Trail of Time. On the flipside, there was an increase in StockFootage, and many people seem to prefer Baron Wasteland and Janine Lamanna's Carmen to Buggs Zapper and Brenda Burke's Carmen.

** The show also uses an "audience track" as opposed to a live studio audience of kids like in ''World'', which gives the show a blatantly "closeted" feel over its predecessor.

* GrowingTheBeard: Season 2 got quite a bit fancier, with a redone opening and some new CG graphics. On the flipside, there was an increase in StockFootage, and many people seem to prefer Baron Wasteland and Janine Lamanna's Carmen to Buggs Zapper and Brenda Burke's Carmen.

* SequelDifficultyDrop: Compared to ''Series/WhereInTheWorldIsCarmenSandiego''. The tasks contestants had to complete were simpler and given longer time limits in ''Time'' than in ''World'' (typically a contestant could whiff one of the six questions and still have time to complete the course), leading to a much higher winning percentage.

* GrowingTheBeard: Season 2 got quite a bit fancier, with a redone opening and some new CG graphics. On the flipside, there was an increase in StockFootage, and many people seem to prefer Baron Wasteland and Janine Lamanna's Carmen to Bugs Zapper and Brenda Burke's Carmen.

* GrowingTheBeard: Season 2 got quite a bit fancier, with a redone opening and some new CG graphics.
** There was an increase in StockFootage though. Also, many people seem to prefer Baron Wasteland and the Season One Carmen actress to Bugs Zapper and the Season Two Carmen actress.

* EvilIsSexy: MirrorUniverse Chief AKA "The Commissar"
** Carmen, while sexy in all the tv series, was well served by a live-action version.
** Jacqueline Hyde, whether you care for the Hyde personality or not.

* SequelDifficultyDrop: Compared to ''Series/WhereInTheWorldIsCarmenSandiego''. The tasks contestants had to complete were simpler and given longer time limits in ''Time'' than in ''World'', leading to a much higher winning percentage.

** From Season 1, Episode 38: "Hey, Carmen, I'll bet you didn't know [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls a triangle could be evil]]!"

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Season 1, Episode 33 involved Baron Wasteland stealing the World's Columbian Exposition from 1893. The chase through the history of amusement parks ends at the then-recent opening of ''Ride/BackToTheFutureTheRide'', which the show happily touts as the likely future of entertainment. The ride eventually closed in March 2007, about 11 years after the episode aired.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The theme song, although not as well-remembered as the one from its predecessor, is catchy in its own right. You can hear a high-quality version of it (ripped from the ''VideoGame/WhereInTimeIsCarmenSandiego1997'' disc) [[https://tcrf.net/Where_in_Time_is_Carmen_Sandiego%3F_%281997%29#Music here]] on Wiki/TheCuttingRoomFloor. Notably, although Rockapella aren't the ones singing it this time, the song ''was'' co-written by then-Rockapella member Sean Altman.

* DarkerAndEdgier: A mild example. The villains in ''World'' would often pull their thefts for silly reasons (for example, Patty Larceny swiping the Lascaux Cave Paintings to pass off as an art project), and the crimes were treated very lightly. In ''Time'', though, it was made clear that the villains [[MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight messing with history]] would have serious consequences in the present; Carmen was often inspired to steal particular things to do genuinely underhanded things (such as preventing the existence of organized labor); and Kevin would frequently remind the Time Pilots that if they didn't succeed in their mission, the world would change for the worse.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The theme song, although not as well-remembered as the one from its predecessor, is catchy in its own right. You can hear a high-quality version of it (ripped from the ''VideoGame/WhereInTimeIsCarmenSandiego1997'' disc) [[https://tcrf.net/Where_in_Time_is_Carmen_Sandiego%3F_%281997%29#Music here.]] Notably, although Rockapella aren't the ones singing it this time, the song ''was'' co-written by then-Rockapella member Sean Altman.

* ReplacementScrappy: Pretty much everyone and everything on ''Time'' compared to their ''World'' counterparts, with the exception of The Chief. To their credit, this is only by comparison; there wasn't really anything ''wrong'' with the Engine Crew but they weren't Rockapella, and while Kevin Shinick was actually a pretty good host, the biggest strike against him compared to Greg Lee was the fact that Lynne Thigpen's scenes as the Chief were pre-recorded, removing her witty banter with the host.

** The switch from ''World'' to ''Time'' ousted a lot of fun from the show for many fans. Most JustForFun/{{egregious}} of all was the decision to pre-tape all of Thigpen's messages, which eliminated the host-announcer banter. This naturally makes one of the show's best-loved moments when the Chief from ''World'' shows up, asking where Greg is. Though she does like the look of her ''Time'' outfit and asks how long it'll be before she gets to wear it.

** The Trail of Time bonus round [[https://youtu.be/Osm3Z2ArsFU has a fantastically urgent theme]] to ratchet up the tension on the contestant.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The theme song, although not as well-remembered as the one from its predecessor, is catchy in its own right. You can hear a high-quality version of it (ripped from the ''VideoGame/WhereInTimeIsCarmenSandiego1997'' disc) [[https://tcrf.net/Where_in_Time_is_Carmen_Sandiego%3F_%281997%29#Music here.]] Notably, although Rockapella aren't the ones singing it this time, the song *was* co-written by then-Rockapella member Sean Altman.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The theme song, although not as well-remembered as the one from its predecessor, is catchy in its own right. You can hear a high-quality version of it (ripped from the ''VideoGame/WhereInTimeIsCarmenSandiego1997'' disc) [[https://tcrf.net/Where_in_Time_is_Carmen_Sandiego%3F_%281997%29#Music here.]] Notably, though Rockapella aren't the ones singing it this time, the song was co-written by then-Rockapella member Sean Altman.

* ReplacementScrappy: Pretty much everyone and everything on ''Time'' compared to their ''World'' counterparts, with the exception of The Chief. To their credit, this is only by comparison; there wasn't really anything ''wrong'' with the Engine Crew, and Kevin Shinick was actually a pretty good host, but Rockapella the former were not, while the biggest strike against the latter compared to Greg Lee was the fact that Lynne Thigpen's scenes as the Chief were pre-recorded, removing her witty banter with the host.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Season 1, Episode 33 involved Baron Wasteland stealing the World's Columbian Exposition from 1893. The chase through the history of amusement parks ends at the then-recent opening of ''Ride/BackToTheFutureTheRide'', which the show happily touts as the likely future of entertainment. The ride was closed just eleven years after this episode aired.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Season 1, Episode 33 involved Baron Wasteland stealing the World's Columbian Exposition from 1893. The chase through the history of amusement parks ends at the then-recent opening of ''Ride/BackToTheFutureTheRide'', which the show happily touts as the likely future of entertainment. The ride was closed just eleven year after this episode aired.

* HilariousInHindsight: Season 1, Episode 47 had an ultimate Data Boost involving quotes by William Shakespeare and Dr. Seuss. Both of them would scrap with each other in ''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory'', as shown [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3w2MTXBebg here]].
* ReplacementScrappy: Pretty much everyone and everything on ''Time'' compared to their ''World'' counterparts, with the exception of The Chief. To their credit, there wasn't really anything ''wrong'' with the Engine Crew, but Rockapella they weren't, and Kevin Shinick was actually a pretty good host, but his biggest strike against him compared to Greg Lee was the fact that Lynne Thigpen's scenes as the Chief were pre-recorded, removing her witty banter with the host.
* SpecialEffectFailure: In Season 2 Episode 9, snow is served as a vegetable in the Chrono-Cafeteria ({{It Makes|SenseInContext}}...''[[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext Some]]'' [[ItMakesSenseInContext Sense in Context]]). Later, Alaine decides to start a SnowballFight, and everyone gets in on it...except it looks much more like they're throwing wads of paper because the "snowballs" aren't disintegrating on impact.

* EvilIsSexy: MirrorUniverse Chief.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic[=/=]EarWorm: The theme song, although not as well-remembered as the one from its predecessor, is catchy in its own right. You can hear a high-quality version of it (ripped from the ''VideoGame/WhereInTimeIsCarmenSandiego1997'' disc) [[https://tcrf.net/Where_in_Time_is_Carmen_Sandiego%3F_%281997%29#Music here.]] Notably, though Rockapella aren't the ones singing it this time, the song was co-written by then-Rockapella member Sean Altman.

* MostAnnoyingSound: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9RIN-SP3-Q Baron Wasteland's laugh]], which sounds like [[Franchise/{{Batman}} The Penguin]] getting prodded with a hot poker.

* AwesomeMusic[=/=]EarWorm: The theme song, although not as well-remembered as the one from its predecessor, is catchy in its own right. You can hear a high-quality version of it (ripped from the ''VideoGame/WhereInTimeIsCarmenSandiego1997'' disc) [[https://tcrf.net/Where_in_Time_is_Carmen_Sandiego%3F_%281997%29#Music here.]] Notably, though Rockapella aren't the ones singing it this time, the song was co-written by then-Rockapella member Sean Altman.