The Character sheet for ''WesternAnimation/TimeSquad''.
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!!The Time Squad

[[folder:Officer Beauregard "Buck" Tuddrussel]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RobPaulsen

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 that 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.
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* ActionDad: Though he isn't related to Otto, he can be this.
* TheAllSolvingHammer: He believes he can just beat his problems into submission. Remarkably, it actually works ''twice'':
** He tears up a rare comic book in front of Kubla Khan, prompting the enraged prince to muster an army to conquer Asia until he can find another copy of it.
** He doubts the Wright Brothers' competence, and after they fail twice when Otto decides to leave them unattended, he bullies them into building the airplane while keeping them under strict supervision until they get it right.
* AmbiguouslyBi: He used to be married to Sheila and fell in love with Amelia Earhart, but his relationship with Larry is positively ''dripping'' with romantic subtext. Granted, he likely wouldn't take becoming aware of the subtext very well, given his general lack of respect towards Larry, whom he mostly regards as an annoying busybody.
* AmicablyDivorced: With Sheila. They bicker here and there but otherwise work together well. It's also implied that the divorce still hurts him on some level, as he was deeply saddened to learn Sheila went back to her maiden name rather than keeping his.
* 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.
* BigEater: And what he doesn't eat, he uses as a projectile when rough-housing. According to his yearbook on the season one episode "Feud for Thought," he also once had a weight problem, though he insisted that it was a "glandular thing."
* BigGuyLittleGuy: The big to Otto's little.
* BelligerentSexualTension: With Larry.
* BerserkButton: Don't give him orders. And don't attack Otto (and even Larry) if you want to live.
* 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. He's also aware of the concept of biological overcompensation, quickly deducing the cause of a giant monster fly in an altered history (while also denying it as crazy.)
* BrokenPedestal: Is devastated and suffers a HeroicBSOD when he finds out that his idol, his ancestor Jeremiah Tuddrussel, one of the soldiers at The Alamo, was an effeminate party planner who tried to avoid the battle by inviting the Mexicans to a party.
* BumblingDad: He might not be Otto's father, but he definitely acts as one of these to him.
* CantLiveWithThemCantLiveWithoutThem: With Larry.
* CatchPhrase: "It's GO TIME!"
** Which Tuddrussel tried to change in the season two episode "Child's Play" after Larry pointed out that "It's go time!" and Buck's other catchphrase "Get some!" [[HypocriticalHumor are not appropriate for a children's program]].
* CharacterDevelopment: Tuddrussel, throughout the series, is an oafish, ill-mannered asshole who regularly mistreats Larry and even Otto on occasion. However, despite his shortcomings, it's shown that, with Otto's help, he was willing to better himself, becoming slightly less aggressive (to the point where he rarely resorts to violence unless nothing else has worked) and trying to provide Otto with a proper father figure (feeling threatened when his abilities are called into question in episodes like "Child's Play" and "Father Figure Of Our Country").
* CollectorOfTheStrange: He collects souvenirs from his missions, from telescopes to medieval weapons to George Washington's wooden teeth.
* CoolMask: Tuddrussel is never seen without his goggles and headgear on in the show. He even wears it in the ''shower'' (as well as his gloves for some reason).
* 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 helps 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!
* DubNameChange: In the French dub, his name is "Max Matamore".
* DumbMuscle: Even though he is the brawn of the squad, he is not a history whiz.
* DumbassHasAPoint: He labels the Wright Brothers as complete idiots who shouldn't be trusted to invent the airplane on their own, with even Larry not disputing his arguments. He's proven correct, and eventually ''bullies'' them into doing it right.
* EmbarrassingFirstName: Tuddrussel's real first name is Beauregard, according to the [=XJ5=]'s computer scan of the castle where Tuddrussel is held prisoner in "Kubla Khan't."
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: His first action in the show is to jump out of the shadows and blindly point a gun at a child for the sake of being a badass.
* ExpressiveMask: Buck's goggles essentially serve as his face.
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Other characters (Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud, for example) sometimes comment on the [[HoYay nature]] of his relationship with Larry.
* FamilyHonor: Buck's family gets brought up as a source of great pride to him.
* {{Fetish}}: Tuddrussel's guns are the subject of their fair share of visual innuendo.
* FormerlyFat: From Tuddrussel's academy yearbook and from J.T. Laser's only memory of him from their training days, Tuddrussel used to be incredibly overweight. It really explains why he's constantly working out all the time as an adult.
* 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.
* HeManWomanHater: Averted. In spite of his disdain for effeminate men (i.e., Larry), he treats actual women with respect (including his ex-wife, despite referring to her in "Ex Marks the Spot" as a "repressed workaholic who's incapable of having fun of any kind"), with the possible exception of Amelia Earhart whom he packs off on her deadly voyage to avoid marrying her.
* TheHero: At least he ''sees'' himself this way, if "A Thrilla at Attila's" is any indication.
* HiddenDepths: There have been numerous times when 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.
* IdiotHero: Though definitely ''not'' an idolized example of the trope, since his stupidity is PlayedForLaughs.
* InsultOfEndearment: In "Ex Marks the Spot", Tuddrussel bluntly calls Larry; "Rust-Butt" (a name he had used more than once to insult Larry). As Tuddrussel walks off the screen, Larry giggles yet again and treats the name as a term of endearment, dreamily sighing; "Rust-Butt!... I have ''got'' to write that down..."
* ItsAllAboutMe: Tuddrussel has been shown to be flat-out selfish on many occasions. Such examples of selfishness include rigging a town's 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"
* {{Jerkass}}: Zigzagged. He can be a complete ass towards Larry most of the time (as well as towards Otto in the last episode) and even doesn't hesitate to hit some of historic figures during missions (even if it's more fueled by stupidity rather than malice), but he's also a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, as he can be showed very caring and protective toward Otto (to the point being a PapaWolf toward him) and even towards Larry at times.
* TheKindnapper: Tuddrussel took Otto fully knowing that it was wrong and did so against Larry's wishes, but he did it anyway after taking into consideration that Otto was an orphan and the kid wanted, and begged to be taken in the first place anyway. He also kidnapped Ivan the Terrible because he didn't want to part ways with him. He never kidnaps people out of malice or selfish reasons, but because the kidnap-ee wanted him to.
* 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.
* LanternJawOfJustice: His chin is gigantic.
* LargeAndInCharge: Tuddrussel is a huge guy. With a towering height of 7 ft, he easily can intimidate anyone he comes across.
* LastNameBasis: The only one who regularly calls him Buck is his ex-wife, Sheila.
* LeeroyJenkins: Freud diagnoses Tuddrussel as having an "overactive superego," a hypothesis borne out numerous times.
* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: With Larry.
* ManChild: Even Larry mentioned it in the show more than once. ''His'' ManChild [[HoYay in Larry's eyes]] as heard in "Ex Marks the Spot."
** Even his ex-wife, Sheila Sternwell makes it a point on "Ex Marks the Spot": "He's a man fully at the mercy of his fragile male ego who hasn't progressed mentally or emotionally since early childhood."
** This also explains how he can bawl and cry over getting the most superficial splinters (as a child naturally would) and doesn't even come close to shedding a tear when taking in the most brutal physical hits, as seen in "Floral Patton," when he doesn't react to Patton punching him in the face (other than falling unconscious), yet whines and cries over a thorn in his finger.
* TheMcCoy: He's by far the most impulsive and aggressive of the trio.
* MustHaveCaffeine: Or else Tuddrussel is not in the mood to do anything at all.
* MrViceGuy: Tuddrussel's violent and gluttonous tendencies are amply demonstrated. More specifically, when offered a million dollars to commit an evil deed in "Nobel Peace Surprise," he eagerly blows up the town sewer system. ''With a "life-threatening nuclear device."''
* 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 1800s, his former marriage with Sheila, and the fact that he attended the time squad academy while he had a weight problem.
* NotAMorningPerson: It goes without saying that Tuddrussel is in a much BETTER mood once he's had his coffee and breakfast in the morning.
* 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 yearbook, 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 harm's way.
* ParentalSubstitute: To Otto, although he isn't a very good father figure.
* 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 didn't do it, and eats like a wild animal.
* RealMenEatMeat: Every so often (particularly in the season one episode "A Sandwich By Any Other Name"), Tuddrussel resents Larry's attempts to get him to refine his palate and insists on "real food" such as burgers (which comes back to haunt him in "Larry Upgrade") and nachos instead.
* RealMenHateAffection: Zigzagged throughout the series. Sometimes Tuddrussel refuses displays of tenderness ("Forget the Alamo"); sometimes he welcomes them ("Hate and Let Hate").
* RealMenWearPink: For all of his [[TestosteronePoisoning excessive machismo]], "Ladies and Gentlemen...Monty Zuma" revealed that Tuddrussel sleeps with a nightlight and a teddy bear and "Hate and Let Hate" shows that he can cook and has no problem wearing one of Larry's pink aprons (nor decorating a multi-tiered wedding-style cake for Larry in pink frosting).
* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: "Napoleon the Conquered" established this.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Manly Man to Larry's Sensitive Guy.
* ShipSinking: In 'Ex Marks The Spot' with Sheila. Both parties laugh incredulously at ever becoming romantically involved again.
* SolidCartoonFacialStubble: Fitting for how he's been described by other characters as grossly unprofessional in his appearance, his large chin is completely dark gray in color with black stubble unevenly distributed.
* TeamDad: He's the leader of the Time Squad and acts like an irresponsible father to Otto.
%%* TestosteronePoisoning
* 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 of 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"
* TopheavyGuy: Tuddrussel's unrealistic proportions put Franchise/{{Popeye}}'s to shame.
* TookALevelInBadass: Has a lot of badass moments, just like in 'Nobel Peace Surprise' 'Eli Whitney's Flesh-Eating Mistake' and 'Hate Let Hate'
%%* TriggerHappy
* {{Tsundere}}: Despite berating Larry for his effeminacy, he ''can'' be very kind to him when he wants and is generally a caring older brother/father figure to Otto.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Larry.
* WeakButSkilled: Inverted. Tuddrussel is obviously excessively strong, but he's not a particularly skilled fighter. Anybody with actual skill and training in martial arts tends to take him down fairly easily in an fistfight.
* WillTheyOrWontThey:
** With Sheila. The episodes where she appears apparently hint about potential feelings left for each other. They don't, according to "Ex Marks a spot".
** Then there is with Larry. If you take account of Larry's last line in the same episode, [[spoiler:they did.]]
* WorkingWithTheEx: With Sheila occasionally.
* WouldHitAGirl: Has gotten into fistfights with several female historical figures, though he doesn't 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.
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[[folder:The Lawrence "Larry" 3000]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MarkHamill

The resident RobotBuddy and the only one on board able to operate the computer. It's his job to make sure the squad ends up at the right time and place. Initially, he was programmed as a polyglot robot for diplomatic purposes; when all of the nations rejoiced into one, huge country, his consular abilities were no longer needed. Larry is famous for his effeminate behaviour and interests, which are portrayed all but subtly. Unusually, he is extremely dramatic and open in showing his emotions whilst still being the snarkiest of the trio. He prides himself in having knowledge of proper etiquette and manners. The relationship he shares with Buck Tuddrussel provides what could be some of the most blatant examples of HoYay in WesternAnimation that's ''not'' intended for general adult audiences in the days before ''Adventure Time'' and ''Steven Universe'' made it more mainstream. For Otto, he has been repeatedly depicted as a maternal figure.
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* TheAlcoholic: Doesn't drink (barring the motor oil and brake fluid daiquiri on "Ladies and Gentlemen, Monty Zuma"), but has [[NonSequiturThud acted drunk]] on "Eli Whitney's Flesh-Eating Mistake" and "Pasteur Packs O'Punch" (both times, he mentioned something about [[DrunkDriver being okay to drive, even though he's not]]).
* AllGaysLoveTheater: Subverted. Some of Larry's interests are sophisticated and associated with gay men, but "Child's Play" implies that he isn't particularly fond of theater (especially if he [[ThinkOfTheChildren finds it inappropriate for children]]).
* AmbiguouslyGay: In season one, thanks to being somewhat effeminate and having a subtext-laden relationship with Tuddrussel. Season two made it far less ambiguous, to the point where some people consider him a representation milestone even though the show never came out and said it. At the most, Larry can be described as extremely effeminate, but never expresses overt romantic interest in men. When it comes to the episode "Shop like an Egyptian", Larry indeed competes with Tuddrussel for Cleopatra's attention. However, WordOfGod said he was not in love with her. Even the actors have joked about there being no ambiguity to his orientation.
* BellBottomLimbedBots: His upper limbs are rather thin.
* 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 beginning 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]].
%%* BritishStuffiness
* ButtMonkey: Plays this role most often, but Otto gets his fair share too.
* 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 sometime 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."
* CantLiveWithThemCantLiveWithoutThem: With Tuddrussel.
* CharacterDevelopment: On many aspects. Firstly, there is his relationship with Otto in the first season. While he viewed the boy as nothing more than a nuisance at 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 was 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.
-->'''Larry:''' Ugh! This is disgusting... yet oddly compelling!
* CrazyJealousGuy: While it's nowhere near as dramatic as most examples of the trope, he gets ''extremely'' jealous when he (incorrectly) suspects Tuddrussel and Sheila of falling in love again in "Ex Marks the Spot."
* DaytimeDramaQueen: Introduces Otto and Tuddrussel to ''[[SoapWithinAShow The Elegant and the Dangerous]]'' in "Old Timers' Squad."
* DeadpanSnarker: Despite his campy behavior, Larry often makes sarcastic comments towards Otto and Tuddrussel, and at worse can be extremely catty.
* DefrostingIceQueen: In a non-romantic example, Otto often manages to make him smile while he is often shown aloof and sarcastic toward others.
* DidYouThinkICantFeel: He tells Tuddrussel that despite being a robot, he has dreams, needs, and feelings too.
* DistressedDude: How Tuddrussel imagines Larry in "A Thrilla at Attila's."
* DrunkOnTheDarkSide: Larry can be pretty hammy when he shows his dark side. Take the episode "Ex Marks The Spot"--he gives the most hysterically diabolical monologue on how he's going to ruin Tuddrussel and Sheila's dinner.
-->'''Larry''': They'll be so repulsed with the meal...''(gasp)''...''THEY'LL HATE EACH OTHER!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!''
* EasilyDetachableRobotParts: Has an entire room filled with spare parts (which he uses to make clones, as seen in "Day of the Larrys").
* EmbarrassingFirstName: In "Kubla Khan't," it's revealed that his first name is Lawrence. Subverted in that he actually introduced himself as such and wasn't trying to hide it.
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Other characters (Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud, for example) sometimes comment on the [[HoYay nature]] of his relationship with Tuddrussel.
* {{Expy}}: Larry is a pessimistic, ''extremely'' fey protocol droid, not unlike a ''really'' sarcastic [[Franchise/StarWars C-3PO]], but he's voiced not by Anthony Daniels but ''Creator/MarkHamill'', who specifically and intentionally played him as ''even more'' CampGay than C-3PO. Dave Wasson ''intended'' for the character to be based on C-3PO, but Hamill's voice for Larry was inspired by the "foppish prince" characters on ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle'' and Jonathan Harris on ''Series/LostInSpace'', even though Larry actually sounds, laughs, and screams like a higher-pitched version of The Joker from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''.
* FishOutOfWater: Larry is actually a repurposed diplomacy robot who became obsolete when Earth joined into a planetary government. As such, he isn't programmed for historical accuracy and doesn't know all that much more than Tuddrussel does.
* {{Flanderization}}: Larry's effeminate hobbies and mannerisms were actually toned down a bit (but still noticeable) in season one. By season two, the writers took Larry's effeminacy and ran with it (probably because the writers knew the show wouldn't last and did this as a final "Up yours!" to Creator/CartoonNetwork), to the point that branding him as CampGay wouldn't be out of place.
* FriendlyRivalry: With [=XJ5=]. Despite everything, they can get along quite well.
* GayBestFriend: Averted overall in the series since he's one of the regulars, but tries to invoke this trope in "Shop Like an Egyptian" (and "Forget the Alamo," when he befriends Tuddrussel's party-planning ancestor, Jeremiah). Observe:
-->'''Larry:''' Cleopatra! Your Highness! Your shoes are to die for! Let me guess: Italian leather?
-->'''Cleopatra:''' Why, yes! They are! You do have quite an eye for fashion.
-->'''Larry:''' Well, I have been programmed in apparent composition and design.
-->'''Cleopatra:''' [[FagHag Ah, it's so rare to meet a man who has an eye for the finer things!]]
* GirlyRun: Especially so in season 2, after CharacterDevelopment-cum-{{Flanderization}}, though his other effeminate gestures were always present.
* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Even when Larry wears clothes, he almost never wears pants and a shirt at the same time (cf. the tuxedo top on "Houdini Whodunit" and "Day of the Larrys," the shirtless cowboy get-up on "Day of the Larrys," the matador costume on "Forget the Alamo").
%%* TheHedonist
* 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 tea party 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."
* HypocriticalHeartwarming: He says Tuddrussel is a stupid, repugnant, arrogant, smelly, ignorant, selfish, insulting ManChild, but he's ''[[HoYay his]]'' stupid, repugnant, arrogant, smelly, ignorant, selfish, insulting ManChild.
* ImpliedLoveInterest: To Tuddrussel.
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: In "A Sandwich by Any Other Name", after Tuddrussel insults his meal, Larry uses the same dessert in order to have success, forgetting about mission. He regrets it later though, after becoming overwhelmed by the life of a superstar
* ItsAllAboutMe: His worst trait, to the point that sometimes, missions are often ruined by his selfishness and sense of superiority, both in culture and his belief robots are superior to humans.
* JadedWashout: As mentioned in "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's 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.
* {{Jerkass}}: Larry also has some moments of HiddenHeartOfGold (even if it's courtesy of Tuddrussel's behavior and what's mentioned in JadedWashout section) as seen in "A Sandwich by Any Other Name" or "Pasteur's Packs O Punch" where he nearly beats up Otto (though this was because Larry's circuits were fried, making him act belligerent, drunk, and like Creator/JerryLewis)
** That's not the only point of Larry. He can also be a JerkWithAHeartOfGold. He definitely cares about Otto and Tuddrussel after all.
%%* TheLancer
* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: With Tuddrussel.
* 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 doesn't work since he isn't designed for combat and he gets smashed to pieces).
* LoyalToThePosition: Larry utterly hates his reassignment to Tuddrussel but still defers to him and follows orders because he's at least trying to translate his former purpose into his new role. He actually goes along with Tuddrussel's taking over Rome from Julius Caesar because technically he's supposed to serve rulers and Tuddrussel now qualifies in accordance with Larry's programming.
* MadeOfPlasticine: Is smashed to pieces several times over the show, his model is actually designed with this in mind so damaged parts can be easier to replace.
* MarsNeedsWomen: Inverted. Barring the [[DudeMagnet Lance Nine Trillion]], he seems to find human men more attractive than other robots.
* MesACrowd: He creates myriad clones of himself (accidentally, as it happened; he only intended to build the one) in "Day of the Larrys."
* MoodSwinger: It's amazing how much emotion this particular robot is capable of showing. When he's happy, he's absolutely delighted. When he's upset, he puts on a drama. And yet, he's ''the'' DeadpanSnarker. Take notice of his [[CovertPervert closeted saucier side]] too, [[HiddenDepths contrasting]] with his prissy, more sophisticated self (although the writers succeeded in making it rather ''nuanced'').
* 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.
* MrViceGuy: He tries to hide this side of himself behind his moralistic facade (and did succeed in "Child's Play," when he basically acted like a MoralGuardian throughout the episode), but occasionally abandons official duties in pursuit of pleasure (as seen in "Forget the Alamo," "Father Figure of Our Country," "Shop Like an Egyptian," and "Out with the In Crowd").
* NakedApron: If his claim that he's a nudist (according to "The Prime Minister Has No Clothes") is true, then that's what that pink apron he always wears when he cooks is.
* PapaWolf: Or MamaBear... He can flip out really bad if Otto is attacked as in "Nobel Peace Surprise" where he assaulted a cow that looked threatening toward Otto... he failed however.
** However, in "Hate Let Hate", Tuddrussel has more of this trope and while he beats the crap out of monkeys, Larry hugged Otto to reassure him.
* ParentalSubstitute: To Otto, moreso than Tuddrussel.
* 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 is often ruined by Tuddrussel's stupidity).
* PokeThePoodle: In "Ex Marks The Spot", Larry tries to [[RelationshipSabotage sabotage Tuddrussel's alleged relationship with Sheila]] by cooking a "disgusting" dinner that they actually enjoy very much.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: If Larry has red eyes, that means how much he is serious, and can really harm someone in this state.
* ResentfulGuardian: At first toward Otto because he only viewed him as a nuisance for missions. However, it doesn't last long.
* RidiculouslyHumanRobot: Originally designed for diplomacy, Larry is surprisingly human but robotic enough to avoid the UncannyValley.
%%* RobotBuddy
* RoboticSpouse: He isn't Tuddrussel's wife, but tends to act the part. Tuddrussel even referred to him as his old ball and chain once.
* RobotNames: His full name is Lawrence 3000 (despite the advanced title, he's the most obsolete robot that appears on the show).
* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: He does as much high-pitched squealing as Buck, possibly even more.
* SecondLawMyAss: Larry only abides by the Second Law of Robotics when it suits his mood, much to Tuddrussel's frustration.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Sensitive Guy to Tuddrussel's Manly Man.
* 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 on a high pedestal, and sometimes acts snobbish.
* TheSpock: His hedonistic tendencies notwithstanding, he fills the role of the group's "moral compass," primarily in the sense of being a nagging maternal type.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: Some of his costume choices come across as deliberate attempts at this trope (particularly the Indian princess/PlayboyBunny get-up from "Tea Time for Time Squad" and the shirtless cowboy get-up from "Day of the Larrys"), especially when it's revealed that he usually considers himself a nudist (in "The Prime Minister Has No Clothes").
* SupremeChef: Is an ''excellent'' chef, but his advanced and elaborate meals often offend 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.
* TeamChef: He's the main chef of the Time Squad although they are perceived more as a family than an actual team.
* TeamMom: He's the maternal figure of the Time Squad's dysfunctional family dynamic; he does all the chores and is emotionally closer to Otto than Buck is.
* ThroughHisStomach:
** Larry often tries to serve Tuddrussel exotic and often bizarre food that he prepared, such as a crabmeat risotto or advanced souffles. He declares at one point during an argument over the food, "I was trying to do something special."
** In "Ex Marks The Spot", one of the most HoYay-laden episodes of the series, Larry cooks Tuddrussel's favorite dinner (whole roast turkey smothered in gravy), much to Tuddrussel's delight.
* TokenEvilTeammate: A minor case but if the mission isn't ruined by Tuddrussel's stupidity, Larry would most likely do it for his selfish goals.
* TookALevelInBadass: In 'Hate Let Hate'.
* TransparentCloset: Started in "Blackbeard, Warm Heart," and got more and more transparent, especially around season two when the censors seemed to have said, "[[PrecisionFStrike Fuck]] it!" and let Wasson and company make Larry as CampGay as possible without explicitly stating it.
* TriggerHappy: In "Hate and Let Hate," Larry handles some of Tuddrussel's guns and becomes phaser-crazy, shooting up the Domisphere [[spoiler:before sobbing and exclaiming "I miss the big oaf!" and reuniting with Tuddrussel]].
* {{Tsundere}}: Probably even moreso than Tuddrussel. His mood swings seem to be rather random, while Tuddrussel's low/high spirits are usually justified in some way.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Tuddrussel.
%%* WellExcuseMePrincess
* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Tuddrussel. Apparently in "Ex Marks a Spot" episode [[spoiler:they did]].
* WholesomeCrossdresser: Larry was shown wearing women's clothing a few times:
** In "Tea-Time for Time Squad," he was dressed as an American Indian princess (with two feathers on his head positioned in almost the same way as the bunny ears on a PlayboyBunny would be).
** In the season two opening, when one of the scenes flashes to feudal Japan, Larry can be seen dressed as a geisha.
** Tuddrussel's side of the Atilla the Hun story on "A Thrilla At Atilla's" had Larry dressed in a tutu (with Larry unsure of whether or not he actually wore it).
** One of the Larry clones in "Day of the Larrys" had on a tutu.
** In "Ladies and Gentlemen, Monty Zuma," Tuddrussel mentions an unspecified time when Larry had on makeup.
*** Larry had had on makeup 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).
** As Tuddrussel read Larry's diary aloud in "Feud for Thought" it was mentioned that Larry had admitted that he thought he had looked stunning in the red dress that he wore to a costumed Halloween gala.
** Larry often wears a ladies' sun hat while tending his garden, complete with pink ribbons from either side which he conveniently ties around his neck in a bow.
** While not women's ''clothing'', in "Billy The Baby", Larry is seen riding his horse women's 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 half-shirt, and matching sweatband. Think [[http://images2.cafemom.com/images/user/gallery/post_1643586_1238447148_med.jpg?imageId=13650647 Jane Fonda]]. ''He'' did.
* YiddishAsASecondLanguage: Occasionally says "Oy vey!" when especially dismayed.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Otto Osworth]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/PamelaAdlon

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).
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* AdorablyPrecociousChild: Otto balances between being the sole responsible member of the team that everyone feels compelled to go along with when he has his own plan and being the excited little kid that can babble on and on about his favorite subjects with no one giving a care about what's being said no matter how important.
* AlliterativeName: Both his first and last name start with an O
* BewareOfTheNiceOnes: Otto wants to get along with everybody, but he's still a FieryRedhead and will seek revenge if someone, (ex. A historical figure) gives him any trouble.
* BigGuyLittleGuy: The little to Tuddrussel's big.
* BlindWithoutEm: Has had his glasses broken and stolen several times throughout the show's short run.
* 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 implication that he snuck behind Sister Thornly's back to read on a consistent basis.
* BornInTheWrongCentury: Especially given how much he loves history.
* BrutalHonesty: Otto can be blunt about the truth if he needs to be and if he's ever bothered by a person's actions he'll certainly let them know. This especially happens when working with historical figures, where he can become a DeadpanSnarker if annoyed enough.
* ButtMonkey: While Larry probably takes the crown for this, Otto gets his fair share too.
* CheerfulChild: Otto is always smiling and tries to be enthusiastic about everything. Tuddrussel and Larry are shown to see this as a flaw, best demonstrated in the episode "Thrilla at Attila's" where Otto's cheerfulness is exaggerated greatly when they tell their own versions of what happened in the mission beforehand.
* ChildProdigy: He can tell you ANYTHING related to history. Even Sister Thornly begrudgingly refers to him as a genius. But he's also quite clever in other subjects, including advanced mathematics, and psychology.
* ConvenientlyAnOrphan: Used as an excuse to take Otto in the first place.
* CuteButCacophonic: Pamela Segall-Adlon made Otto's voice a little too shrill for her own good.
* EmbarrassingNickname: "Orphan Substitute" revealed that he was called [[spoiler:Snotto]] when he lived in the orphanage.
* EnragedByIdiocy: Otto's BerserkButton, a few Historical Figures such as Buffalo Bill have led him to completely lose his cool. Tuddrussel and Larry are also instigators of 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).
* {{Expy}}: Of Sherman from the "Mr. Peabody's Improbable History" shorts on ''Rocky and Bullwinkle''.
* FieryRedhead: For the most part Otto is fairly level-headed compared to the rest of the team. But even he has his limits and will argue and fight back if he loses his temper.
* FishOutOfTemporalWater: He adjusts quickly to living out of his own proper time.
* GoodIsNotDumb: Otto is a genuinely kindhearted and polite kid that also happens to be incredibly intelligent. In-universe, he is often underestimated by all adults who might see him as a childish WideEyedIdealist.
* HappilyAdopted: With Tuddrussel and Larry.
* 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 (although he had to ask them NOT to change their ways, as it's their historical roles to be murderers).
** Also because of this trait, it leads Larry and Tuddrussel into treating Otto from a pet with job security to more or less their own kid that they try to nurture and protect later on as the series progresses.
* HeightAngst: Otto's short stature is the punchline to a few jokes.
* 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."
* InsufferableGenius: Larry's side of the story in "A Thrilla at Attila's" portrays Otto this way.
* IKnowKarate: He didn't just get his knowledge from books, apparently Otto enjoyed watching karate movies while at the orphanage to the point where he learned the moves and can teach others how to fight.
* {{Keet}}: Best demonstrated by his enthusiasm whenever he enters a new time period.
* KidAppealCharacter: Otto is the youngest member of the Time Squad at the age of eight. He also provides the educational value of the show. He is also voiced by Pamela Adlon, who is famous for voice acting cartoon characters who are young boys that serve as the kid appeal characters.
* KidHero: Otto is mainly seen by audiences as the true protagonist of the show due to the fact that he continues to focus on completing missions whenever Tuddrussel and Larry goof off in them.
* TheKirk: He acts as the mediator between Tuddrussel and Larry's excesses.
* LittleProfessorDialog: Otto's speech patterns are actually quite typical of an elementary school-aged child, except for some of his lengthier expositions.
* MoralityPet: Toward both Larry and Tuddrussel. And if you attack him, expect one of them (or even both of them) to come and find you.
* MotorMouth: Larry especially finds this to be his biggest flaw, as demonstrated in "Thrilla at Attila's". Otto found out just how annoying this can be when Tuddrussel exhibits this when he goes off on his own exposition about Billy the Kid.
* MrExposition: He fills in the details about the historical figures before each mission.
* MysteriousPast: Otto’s personal backstory is not well known. All that is known is the fact that he is an 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.
* NerdGlasses: They cover most of his face.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Despite being the group's OnlySaneMan, Otto is still a child and depending upon the situation will let down his guard in order to goof off and be reckless while on a mission, like in the episode "Out With The In Crowd".
* OnlySaneMan: As the only child in a kids' program otherwise filled with adult characters, this is a given. For the majority of the time he's the sole member of his team who's determined to stay focused on the missions at all times, rather than falling prey to a vice.
* PingPongNaivete: Otto has his moments since he's eight years old. Once he called Tuddrussel and Larry out for acting "love-sick" toward Cleopatra (despite the fact that Larry is solely interested in being Cleopatra's friend, not a lover like Tuddrussel had). Yet he doesn't understand Larry's overwhelming new feelings towards Tuddrussel in a later episode.
* PintSizedKid: Much shorter than Larry and Tuddrussel. [[spoiler:Meeting his [[MiniatureSeniorCitizens old-age self]] confirms, much to his dismay, that he never gets much taller either.]]
* ProudToBeAGeek: Otto is not shy about being a bookworm or a history fanboy, or how he had joined a chemistry club at some point before being adopted.
* RaisedByRobots: By Larry, naturally.
* 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; he is one of the main characters.
* ShorterMeansSmarter: Otto may be little but he is definitely the smartest.
%%* TheShortGuyWithGlasses
* 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.
* TheSmartGuy: Knows the most of all the historical figures that they deal with on an episodic basis.
* SpeechImpediment: Pamela Adlon had mentioned once on Rob Paulsen's podcast that she gave Otto a "Kind of a lazy 'L'" in his speech pattern. You can tell when his voice squeaks and drops on certain vowels and consonants and this particular character vocalization really does add to the idea that Otto is, after all, a little kid who's probably still developing his speech skills.
%%* StraightMan
* TagalongKid: The first season plays this straightforward, 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 complimenting 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 but 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 a bad example from Tuddrussel.
%%* YouthfulFreckles
[[/folder]]

!!Recurring Characters

[[folder:Sheila Sternwell]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Mari Weiss

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.
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* ActionGirl: She is an incredibly skilled fighter and has a keen intellect, and props for being a good example of how awesome Time Squad could be.
* 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.
* AlliterativeName: '''S'''heila '''S'''ternwell.
* AmicablyDivorced: With Tuddrussel.
* BenevolentBoss: She seems to treat [=XJ5=] quite well and the latter always refers to her as "Officer Sternwell".
* BetterAsFriends: It's safe to say that while the marriage didn't work out, they still get along pretty well.
* BirdsOfAFeather: With [=XJ5=] because both are competent and hard-working. Together they make a very effective team.
* ByTheBookCop: She strictly enforces the protocol that she was taught to follow, though there have been times that she lets things slide, including Tuddrussel's blunders.
* CoolMask: Like Tuddrussel, Sheila is never seen without her goggles and headgear on.
* DeadpanSnarker: Her sense of humor is incredibly dry, which often makes Larry and Tuddrussel flustered when she makes snarky comments about Otto being there.
* EmotionlessGirl: With the exception of her laughing fit in "Ex Marks the Spot", she scarcely expresses her feelings.
* 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.
%%* HartmanHips
* 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 separated.
** She was also the one who made the decision to end their marriage which Buck mentions saddened him a bit, yet also made him appreciate and even like her more.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: The tiny to Tuddrussel's huge.
* MarriedToTheJob: Tuddrussel accurately describes her as "a completely repressed workaholic who's incapable of having fun of any kind."
* 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.
* PlatonicLifePartners: With XJ-5.
* TheStoic: She hardly expresses her emotions, working to keep a professional demeanor at all times.
* ShipSinking: In 'Ex Marks The Spot' with Tuddrussel.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Although she's unemotional, she's not cold-hearted.
%%* TomboyishPonytail
* TookALevelInBadass: Not that she is NOT badass most of the time, but she has her best moments, such as beating the crap out of guards in "Kubla Khan't" or fighting against Alfred Nobel's FiveManBand in "Nobel Peace Surprise".
* {{Workaholic}}: According to Tuddrussel. He mentions this when they note why they were no longer married.
* WorkingWithTheEx: With Tuddrussel occasionally.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:[=XJ5=]]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DaranNorris

An 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.
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* BirdsOfAFeather: With Sheila. Both are competent and focused on their mission.
* DoAnythingRobot: His equipment is more useful on missions than Larry's. Played for a DoubleEntendre in "Nobel Peace Surprise":
-->'''[=XJ5=]:''' ''(after showing off his thermal sensor)'' Nice, isn't it?
-->'''Larry:''' It's not the ''size'' of the equipment. It's how you ''use'' it.
%%* SixthRanger
* KnownOnlyByTheirNickname: He is only known for his model number.
* HiddenDepths: His first appearance portrays him as TheStoic as well as kind of a 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.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In "Ex Marks the Spot." Despite his superior attitude toward Larry and Tuddrussel, he seems to care for Sheila (possibly to the point of being PlatonicLifePartners with her), and willingly investigates Tuddrussel and Sheila's "romantic dinner" after observing Larry's distress over it.
* NotSoStoic: [=XJ5=] doesn't express emotions, but sometimes he can sound sarcastic (especially when Tuddrussel's or Larry's stupidity is involved) and worried (when Sheila and Tuddrussel expressed some interest in each other in "Ex Marks the spot").
* PetTheDog: He shows a superior attitude more often but he acts kind at times and seems to care really about his partner.
* PlatonicLifePartners: With Sheila.
* RobotBuddy: He is Sheila's 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's just a case of WhatDoesSheSeeInHim remains to be seen.
* TookALevelInBadass: [=XJ5=] has his moment in "Nobel Peace Surprise" when he fights against Lizzie Borden. She lost, being electrocuted, but the best part was that [=XJ5=] didn't even make a move to attack her and everything happened while he got one of his arms missing (courtesy of Tuddrussel).
[[/folder]]

[[folder:J.T. Laser]]
->'''Voiced by:''' [[Series/EvenStevens Jim Wise]]

Professional and competent, he's the best of the best of what Time Squad has to offer; but he's also an arrogant jerk that gladly makes trouble for Tuddrussel and Larry.
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* TheAce: He "graduated top of [his] class" at the Academy and has a perfect success rate with missions.
* BirdsOfAFeather: With Lance because they both dislike nerds and are arrogant.
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Tuddrussel has difficulty controlling himself in his presence.
* {{Jerkass}}: Implied. And Tuddrussel is happy for him acting like one.
%%* {{Pride}}
* ShowyInvincibleHero: He's the best operative in the entire Time Squad organization, and has a perfect success rate.
* TopheavyGuy: Oddly, his physique is less exaggerated than Tuddrussel's, though Laser is supposed to be even manlier.
* VillainousFriendship : Lance and he are not really villainous but they are jerks. In any case, they clearly get along pretty well.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Lance Nine Trillion]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson

The best officer in Time Squad needs to have the robot with the most advanced technology right? Lance is the perfect partner for J.T.
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* TheAce: He's J.T. Laser's partner, so this trope is a natural.
* BirdsOfAFeather: With J.T. because they both dislike nerds and are arrogant.
* DoAnythingRobot: A more literal example than [=XJ5=]. He can even turn into a flying vehicle.
* DudeMagnet: Larry can't resist fawning over Lance when they meet in "Out with the In Crowd." Reinforced by a visual pun in which Lance attaches a magnet to him.
* {{Jerkass}}: Implied. And Larry is happy for him acting like one.
%%* {{Pride}}
* RobotBuddy: Like all other Time Squad units, Lance serves as this for his partner J.T.
* VillainousFriendship : J.T. Laser and he are not really villainous but they are jerks. In any case, they clearly get along pretty well.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Sister Thornly]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Dee Dee Rescher

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 as 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.
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* ChildHater: It's pretty clear that she has no patience or love at all for children.
* EvilOrphanageLady: As this trope continues to become less common in kid's media, she is definitely of the most played straight examples in recent years.
* FosteringForProfit: Implied, if not outright said by Otto that she's the head of the orphanage so that way she can make the kids work for her.
* HateSink: Sister Thronly was designed solely to get people to despise her for the horrible way she treated Otto and the other orphans.
* KarmaHoudini: Was never punished for her crimes.
* MeaningfulName: Tells a lot about her personality.
* NunTooHoly: She may be a nun, but doesn't act like what nuns should.
* OrphanageOfFear: While doubling as an 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!
* SternNun: Some would say borderline psychotic really.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Historical Figures]]

!!Doctor Sigmund Freud
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TomKenny

The Austrian doctor who is often credited as the father of modern psychology. The Time Squad was sent to stop the psychologist from hypnotizing his patients into thinking that they are wild animals as a means of controlling their mental issues.
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* AllPsychologyIsFreudian: obviously.
* HypnoFool: Uses hypnosis to make his patients believe they're animals.
* 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's 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.

!!George Washington
->'''Voiced by:''' Michael Gough

As the first president of the United States, Washington is portrayed with a rare sympathy that other historical figures do not enjoy. He's a man of integrity and with a deep love for his country, and of complete sound of mind and body. Also to boot, he's shown to be an overworked leader that wants more than anything to spend time with his family and is in a constant state of worry thanks to hippies and rabid fans.
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* TheCape: One of the few unequivocally good and competent historical figures that the main characters help.
* IdealHero: According to Otto, he is this.
* ReluctantRuler: True to the history books, Washington becomes weary of the job as President after a while.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: The holographic Washington that Time Squad fights during a training scenario doesn't use the same model or even the same voice as the real Washington.

!!Blackbeard
->'''Voiced by:''' Roger Rose

AKA Edward Teach, the Time Squad has a rough time trying to get the pirate from saving the planet to stealing goods.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Do NOT mistake his sudden change of heart to mean he's harmless, he's still Blackbeard, one of the most vicious pirates to sail the Seven Seas.
* BerserkButton: Any type of willful harm against nature brings out his old violent side.
* SoapBoxSadie: In a male example, Blackbeard constantly preaches on the importance of protecting the environment.

!!Cleopatra
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/VanessaMarshall

The famous Egyptian queen is busy destroying the Great Pyramids of Giza and making way for a mall that only royals can afford to go to.
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* GayBestFriend: Cleopatra uses Larry as her shopping buddy while at the mall.
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Her royal attendants bemoan the destruction of the pyramids and the dead rulers that get thrown out to make way for the mall. Otto ends up asking Julius Caesar to set her straight.
* RichBitch: She's the most powerful woman of her era, but uses her status as Queen to buy whatever she wants at the expense of her subjects.
* UglyGuyHotWife: Staying true to history, Cleopatra's true love interest is none other than Julius Caesar.

!!Julius Caesar
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MauriceLaMarche

The Time Squad discovers that the great city of Rome was thrown into shambles thanks to Caesar's poor handling of his role as leader.
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* FatSlob: it's easy to understand why the people of Rome would choose the tall, muscular warrior leader like Tuddrussel over the fat and lazy Julius Ceasar to be the Emperor.
* 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 Tuddrussel's brute power.
* JadedWashout: His reason for the decay of Rome was that he was tired of having to take care of the empire.

!!Napoleon Bonaparte
->'''Voiced by:''' Carlos Ramos
The French leader is a strange little man who clearly wants to do what History dictates for him to do. But unfortunately, for Napoleon and the Time Squad, the only thing standing in the way of war and conquest for France is the Emperor's wife, Josephine.
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* 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 helps him get over it in the end.
* TheNapoleon: Of course the writers portray him as having a 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 are key phrases such as 'oui' and 'c'est la vie'.

!!Edgar Allan Poe
->'''Voiced by:''' Paul Greenberg

Instead of finding a depressed alcoholic writer of horror, we get a children's book author that refuses to let the dark and cruel side of life get him down.
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* BerserkButton: He goes on a violent tantrum after [[spoiler: Larry insults his cooking.]]
* CantTakeCriticism: While upbeat throughout most of the stuff the squad tries on him, getting [[spoiler:his cooking criticized sends him off the deep end]].
* ThePollyanna: The gang tries 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.]]

!!Betsy Ross
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NikaFutterman

Time Squad must convince the radical hippie leader to give back Washington's troops before the British army attack and to make America's first flag.
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* GranolaGirl: Part of the joke since this personality type did not exist in the 1700s.
%%* NewAgeRetroHippie
* StonersAreFunny: She and the rest of her army have pink eyes and all act like they're half-baked. Later Tuddrussel off handy mentions that Betsy baked "brownies" for General Washington as a peace offering.
!!America's Founding Fathers
Including Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Samuel Adams, John Adams, and John Hancock.

!!Amelia Earhart
->'''Voiced by:''' Patti Deutsch

The first female pilot is too paranoid about germs to even consider the thought of going outside, let alone flying a plane when the Time Squad comes along.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: Towards Tuddrussel in "Love at First Flight." This is a somewhat unusual example—–Tuddrussel and Amelia Earhart get along well until she declares her desire to marry him.
* NeatFreak: Turns out to have become a germaphobe at some point, to the point that she refuses to become a pilot because the air is full of germs.
* OppositesAttract: Falls in love with Tuddrussel because of what an unrepentant slob he is.

!!George Washington Carver
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson

Carver, the brilliant inventor of 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.
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* CanonForeigner: The real George Washington Carver did have a brother, but his name was James, not Todd, and he was also the older one.
* MundaneSolution: Carver has already invented peanut butter when Time Squad shows up, but he was planning on introducing it as peanut glue rather than as food.

!!Eli Whitney
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TomKenny

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.
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* 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 thoughtlessness rather than any malevolence on his part.

!!Meriwether Lewis
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/GreggBerger

Half of the famed exploring duo, Lewis and Clark. A competent, organized explorer, his ways clash with those of a sloppy, ill-tempered Clark, leading to a tragic break-up between the two.
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* 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.
* AmbiguouslyGay: Obsesses over the company of Clark and is quite eager to have Larry join him for some "exploring" as well.
* CryIntoChest: Does this to Larry after Clark breaks up with him.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Always accompanied by butterflies and even has a deer eat from his hand.
%%* InTouchWithHisFeminineSide
%%* NatureLover
* PleaseDontLeaveMe: Accompanied by a desperate "I'll do whatever!" when Clark packs up and leaves.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The Sensitive Guy to Clark's Manly Man
* TheWoobie: Especially when you consider the fate of the real Meriwether Lewis.

!!William Clark
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/GreggBerger

The other half of the famed exploring duo. Unprepared and sloppy, he gets fed up with Lewis and breaks up with him. Alone, he is clueless, and he must learn the hard way that he truly needs his partner to get his job done properly.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: The real-life William Clark was much more intelligent and competent, as well as much more generous, having paid for Sacajawea's son's college education and being more supportive of and loyal to Lewis.
%% * AmbiguouslyBi
* BreakTheHaughty: Is quickly shown the error of his ways after trying to explore on his own, even with Tuddrussel and Otto's help. He literally comes crawling back and begs Lewis for forgiveness.
* DumbBlonde: Without Lewis, Clark can't navigate his way out of a paper bag, and ends up lost, starving, and filthy on his own.
* FatBastard: Chunky, unsympathetic, and screws over Tuddrussel and Otto with his own incompetence.
* FatSlob: Short, stocky, and leaves a trail of litter around his own campsite.
* GlobalIgnorance: Can't read a map to save his (or Otto's or Buck's) life.
%%* HotBloodedSideburns
* LazyBum: Unlike the hardworking and experienced Lewis, Clark mostly just wants to lie around all day.
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: Seems to be this to Lewis, who is completely dependent on having him as an exploring partner.

!!Sinon
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DaranNorris

A 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.
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* AmbiguouslyGay: Comes across as quite campy and even speaks with a stereotypical lisp, similar to the woodsman from Dave Wasson's ''WesternAnimation/TalesFromTheGooseLady'' short, "Hamsel and Grande."
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: His attempt of a giraffe full of ''chocolate'' soldiers both misses the point of using real soldiers to attack Troy and getting a gift for the Trojan King who doesn't like sweets.
* CoolHelmet: Sports a warrior helmet bedecked with massive red feathers. Alluded to by an impressed Tuddrussell, who snatches it off of his head to keep as a souvenir just as the Time Squad zaps back home.
* NiceGuy: He might not be the brightest or toughest warrior, but c'mon, all he wants to do is give the King of Troy a delicious gift!
* TheyJustDontGetIt: On three occasions gives the Trojans the wrong gift: a horse full of candy, a giraffe full of chocolate soldiers, and a soldier full of horses- the last of which destroys Troy and technically solves the mission.

!!Robin Hood
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JoeAlaskey

The Prince of Thieves is stealing from the poor and giving to the rich- contrary to popular legend- in order to impress the snobby Prince John.
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* BritishTeeth: His chompers are rather crooked, and he's a famous English outlaw.
* JustLikeRobinHood: Well, he ''IS'' Robin Hood, but Time Squad convinces him to give to the poor instead. Unfortunately, the poor are a bunch of boorish, ungrateful jerks, but it's a start.

!!The Wright Brothers
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JoeAlaskey (Wilbur) and Creator/BobJoles (Orville)

American brothers credited with building and flying the first successful airplane in 1903. Instead, they are incompetent stuntmen.
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* BigBrotherBully: Wilbur--the elder of the two--isn't necessarily a bully, but he doesn't seem to have any regard for Orville's safety.
* BunglingInventor: The gadgets they build for their stunt shows always fail.
* ButtMonkey: Orville.
* RedheadInGreen: Orville in his first stuntman outfit
%%* SiblingTeam
* 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. And when they DO finally build the famous machine, they use it as a balancing rod for their tightrope walking act.

!!Buffalo Bill
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JeffBennett

Known for the creation of the Pony Express, Buffalo Bill becomes a crazed tabloid artist obsessed with the paranormal.
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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Somehow believed that Thomas Jefferson is involved in an alien conspiracy.
* ConspiracyTheorist: Ends up turning into one of these, and doesn't 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.

!!Al Capone
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JonPolito

The famous mobster has given up organized crime and now leads a gang of birthday clowns, who make a joke of his business.
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* CementShoes: Literally threatens one of the clowns he's forcing to switch places with him and his men with this punishment if he doesn't suck it up.
--> '''Capone''': Well, ya better learn to like it, or the only big shoes you'll be wearing ''will be filled with cement!!''
* CigarChomper: Never seen without a cigar hanging out of his mouth, even in his clown get-up.
* CriminalDoppelganger: His three henchmen Tuddrussio, Lenny, and Blotto bear a striking resemblance (and even have similar names) to the Time Squad, so much that Capone himself cannot tell them apart.
%%* LargeHam
* TheDon: He IS Al Capone, of course!
* EvenEvilHasStandards: The whole reason he's pulling the clown scheme is that 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).

!!Attila the Hun
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JessHarnell

The fierce Hun leader is anything but fierce, or a leader.
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* AmbiguouslyJewish: He's an early Medieval Creator/WoodyAllen.
* AsianAndNerdy: He fits the ethnic version of this trope, but he's more of a parody of Woody Allen.
* BerserkButton: DO NOT call him "Big Dummy Four-Eyes"!

!!Harry Houdini
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DannyMann

The famous magician/escape artist uses his illusionist tricks to commit crimes across New York City.
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* BlatantBurglar: The mask and super-villain get-up, as well as his habit of leaving notes that, when opened, spell out his name in a puff of smoke--revealing him as the crook.
* ConMan: Convinces his "audiences" that he needs their jewelry and money to perform his tricks.
* CoolMask: Wears a blue burglar mask.
* CutLexLuthorACheck: The whole reason he commits robberies is to fund his passion as an illusionist, 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.

!!The Earl Of Sandwich
->'''Voiced by''': Marshall Efron

John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich, who's almost done with his recipe for a revolutionary new kind of food.
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* EpicFail: His previous attempts at finishing his sandwich recipe; one is encased in a block of ice, another is just a glob of slime, one has a ''boot'' as an ingredient, and one is rotten and spoiled beyond salvage. The one he tries just as Time Squad shows up involves zapping it with electricity like in a Frankenstein movie... which of course just scorches it to a husk.
* EvenBeggarsWontChooseIt: He can't even give away his sandwich for free, because of the terrible and disgusting name.
* MundaneSolution: His original sandwich recipe was missing something, and the Earl couldn't figure out what, leading to him trying a bunch of ridiculous and bizarre ideas. Turns out it was just missing some mayonnaise to put it all together, which he figures out thanks to Larry.
* SatiatingSandwich: The sandwich is exactly as delicious as the Earl hoped it would be, it's only held back by the disastrous choice in name. Once Otto gets a nobleman to try it, it becomes a smash hit.
* 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 mother's maiden name.

!!Alfred Nobel And His LegionOfDoom
->'''Voiced by:''' John Kassir, Grey Delisle, Darran Norris

Swedish chemist and the creator of dynamite, who's decided to use his fortune to advance evil in the world instead of good. To this end, he's amassed a group of like-minded criminals and murderers; Black Bart, UsefulNotes/LizzieBorden, UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper, UsefulNotes/RasputinTheMadMonk, and Mrs. O'Leary's cow.
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* AnimalNemesis: Mrs. O'Leary's cow takes a particular dislike for Otto and goes after him during the fight.
* EvilIsPetty: Awards Tuddrussel his Nobel Evil Prize for blowing up the local sewer system with a nuclear grenade.
* FatBastard: Black Bart, strangely enough, as the historical Bart was rather thin.
* ForTheEvulz: Unlike other historical figures gone bad, such as Lincoln or Robin Hood, it's never really explained why Nobel decided to embrace evil, other than struggling with coming up with a purpose for his Nobel Prize. For some bizarre reason, he decided to do a FaceHeelTurn and reward evil actions.
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: When Otto convinces Nobel to become a force for good instead, the rest of the villains are also moved and decide to reform themselves. Unfortunately, this would cause further historical inaccuracies, so Otto is forced to convince them to remain evil.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Only Jack The Ripper is as evil as his real-life counterpart; Rasputin was heavily vilified after his death by his enemies among the Russian nobility, Lizzie Borden was deemed not guilty, and Mrs. O'Leary's cow was just a mindless animal, if it existed at all. Black Bart ''was'' a stagecoach robber, but a surprisingly polite and civilized one, and never even fired a gun during his criminal years, much less killed anyone with it.
* LegionOfDoom: Gathered together a group of iconic villains to help him in his goal.

!!Monty Zuma
->'''Voiced by''': Creator/TomKenny

Better known as Montezuma, the last emperor of the Aztec empire, Monty Zuma as he now calls himself dreams of becoming a successful stand-up comedian and intends to go on tour as soon as he wins the comedy contest at a local club.
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* CatchPhrase: "It's bad folks, real bad!"
* NormalFishInATinyPond: The only reason why Zuma's comedy is such a hit, despite being fairly mediocre, is because all the other wannabe comedians are embarrassing flops that make him look like Jerry Seinfeld.

!!Sitting Bull
->'''Voiced by''': ???
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.
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* 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".
* DiscoDan: Acts exactly like the stereotype, including the vinyl suit, which is especially impressive considering disco won't even be invented for another century.
* HollywoodMidLifeCrisis: It's embarrassingly 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 the teenagers whose party he crashed mostly seem to find him annoying.
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