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Traveling in time a tiny bit each time.
Tiny Time Travel is a short-form series from PBS Kids that premiered digitally on the network's video app on March 15, 2024. It is created by Tim McKeon, the co-creator of Odd Squad.The series focuses on Tyler, a genius inventor, and Tony, his eccentric best friend, who use a time machine that can take them forwards or backwards in order to solve problems. There is a catch, though, in that the time machine only allows them to time-travel by a few hours — but that doesn't stop them from trying to help out the people in their New York neighborhood.
There are 12 episodes currently available to stream here
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Examples:
- Author Appeal: Tim McKeon made the series based on his love for time travel, something that has been reflected in numerous Odd Squad material.
- Casual Time Travel: It's telling that the only person who expresses surprise at Tyler having made a time travel machine is Memo, who is quick to ask if the President is aware of the device. Everyone else treats the machine, and by extension time travel as a concept, as commonplace.
- Crossover Cameo: In "Tennis Talk", a pair of Odd Squad agents walk by in the background as Janelle tells Tyler and Tony that "maybe you can see something I didn't see".
- Diagnosed by the Audience: Samira has a special interest (that is explicitly called such) and enjoys knowing what happens in movies down to the runtime. Having special interests, as well as not enjoying surprises, are two traits that are quite common in those with autism.
- Grand Finale: The last episode, "Surprise Party", pretty much serves as the finale for a series as a whole, which is quite a contrast to Odd Squad and its tendency to have Series Fauxnales.
- Suspiciously Similar Song: Some of the background music sounds incredibly similar to what is heard on Odd Squad, which makes sense considering Paul Buckley worked on the music for both shows.
