History WesternAnimation / TimeSquad

* ButterflyOfDoom: "Planet of the Flies" was about this trope.

* ForWantOfANail: In "Planet of the Flies", the human-sized flies ruling the world in the year 3000 was due to a butterfly effect caused by Tuddrussel squashing an actual-sized fly in the Stone Age.

* [[TrailersAlwaysLie Commercials Always Lie]]: Some commercials portray Otto as a [[{{Keet}} hyperactive curious kid]] who'll more likely screw the missions of Tuddrussel and Larry. In the actual show, Otto is the OnlySaneMan who had to deal with the wacky antics of his two friends-cum-"foster parents".

* [[WorldOfHam Time-Space Continuum Of Ham]]

There's a [[http://timesquad.wikia.com/wiki/Time_Squad_Wiki Wiki]] per TheWikiRule.

* KarmaHoudini: Sister Thornly, the [[DudeNotFunny vividly abusive]] owner of the OrphanageOfFear where Otto used to live, is never punished for her crimes.

** In one episode ("Kubla Khan't") Otto [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this. "I didn't know comic books even existed back then." Not to mention how Khan managed to [[spoiler: find the materials to construct the laser rifle from the schematics in the magazine that Tuddrussel had on him]].

** From ''Napoleon The Conquered'' [[spoiler: its implied that Josephines general incompetence is what led to Napoleons crushing defeat at Waterloo, despite showing prowess at fighting minutes before]].

* BrickJoke: "Killing Time," where after the Time Squad guide Nicolaus Copernicus to be an astronomer instead of a farmer, the trio spends the rest of the episode waiting around for Larry to restart his time travel software so they can go home. Just as the Time Squad zap back to the satellite, [[spoiler: Copernicus runs back and yells, "Wait! I forgot to ask! What is the sun?"]].

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** In "Blackbeard, Warm Heart," Otto, Tuddrussell, and UsefulNotes/{{Blackbeard}}'s crew lament over being called "lily-livers," "buttercups," and the dreaded S-word ([[spoiler: sissies]]). The Larry 3000 comments that he's been called a "sissy" his whole life and the slights against the crew's masculinity shouldn't get to them. There are three things that don't exactly inspire confidence in that little pep talk: 1) Larry slightly lisps when he says, "sissy," 2) Larry is saying this while sleeping in an all-pink and lace bottom bunk, and 3) It's Larry saying this. The same Larry who wore a pink bandanna as a scarf earlier in the episode that featured this part.

* MonaLisaSmile: On the show, the coy, mysterious smile was because [[spoiler: Mona Lisa had bad teeth when she gave a big smile]].

** "Tea Time for Time Squad" had the Sons of Liberty having an actual tea party instead of throwing the taxed tea into the harbor (which they ended up doing after [[spoiler: Otto offers coffee to everyone]]).

* UnwinnableTrainingSimulation: [[spoiler: The beginning of "Houdini Whodunit" where The Time Squad are tied up and stuck in their flaming satellite with an evil George Washington.]]

A [[SpiritualSuccessor sort-of modernised take]] on the ''Peabody's Improbable History'' segments from ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle'', the show was created by Creator/DaveWasson and [[Creator/CartoonCartoons premiered]] on Creator/CartoonNetwork in June 2001 and was canceled in November 2003. It reran for a time between November 2003 and August 2005 in the US, but since then, the show has all but disappeared from the airwaves. Creator/CartoonNetwork did air clips of select episodes on their website as part of the channel's 20th birthday in October 2012, but that was a "limited time only" deal. Cartoon Network had added the first episode to their app and website in April 2020 to promote the Creator/HBOMax service but it was never confirmed to be included on the service and Cartoon Network removed the episode only a couple weeks later. Fans are waiting to see if Creator/WarnerMedia will add the entire show to the service.

In March 2022, a new trademark for ''Time Squad'' was registered on Trademarkia. Whether it's a reboot or something else is unknown.

* HistorysCrimeWave: An episode featured a team of historical bad guys, including Black Bart and Lizzie Borden.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: The episode "Kubla Khan't" prortrays the 13th century emperor of China and grandson of UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan as a comic book Geek. Otto actually lampshades this saying he didn't even know comic books existed in the 13th century. While Kubla's comic books take an American inspiration, which wouldn't be around for another 600 years, the origin of the manga on the other hand has roots going back to the 12th century.

** Episodes that take place during any modern war won't even reference the war in question. Even World War II is only barely mentioned in an episode centered around Winston Churchill, and another centered around Patton. [[note]]A [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler certain someone]] is never a subject of the episode, as putting him on the proper historical track would be an ''extremely'' uncomfortable subject to broach in a children's show.[[/note]]

A [[SpirituaulSuccessor sort-of modernised take]] on the ''Peabody's Improbable History'' segments from ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle'', the show was created by Creator/DaveWasson and [[Creator/CartoonCartoons premiered]] on Creator/CartoonNetwork in June 2001 and was canceled in November 2003. It reran for a time between November 2003 and August 2005 in the US, but since then, the show has all but disappeared from the airwaves. Creator/CartoonNetwork did air clips of select episodes on their website as part of the channel's 20th birthday in October 2012, but that was a "limited time only" deal. Cartoon Network had added the first episode to their app and website in April 2020 to promote the Creator/HBOMax service but it was never confirmed to be included on the service and Cartoon Network removed the episode only a couple weeks later. Fans are waiting to see if Creator/WarnerMedia will add the entire show to the service.

The show was created by Creator/DaveWasson and [[Creator/CartoonCartoons premiered]] on Creator/CartoonNetwork in June 2001 and was canceled in November 2003. It reran for a time between November 2003 and August 2005 in the US, but since then, the show has all but disappeared from the airwaves. Creator/CartoonNetwork did air clips of select episodes on their website as part of the channel's 20th birthday in October 2012, but that was a "limited time only" deal. Cartoon Network had added the first episode to their app and website in April 2020 to promote the Creator/HBOMax service but it was never confirmed to be included on the service and Cartoon Network removed the episode only a couple weeks later. Fans are waiting to see if Creator/WarnerMedia will add the entire show to the service.

* CurrencyConspiracy: In "Where the Buffalo Bill Roams", the team meets Buffalo Bill who is depicted here as being a full blown conspiracy theorist. He tries to convince Otto that the United States government has been in cahoots with aliens since 1776 and to prove it he shows him a dollar bill with what appears to be a flying saucer on the back. Otto points out to him that the "flying saucer" is actually barbecue sauce.

Enter the Time Squad, [[TimePolice who travel through time making sure that the past stays right on track]]. The show follows one section of Time Squad: Buck Tuddrussel, who likes to shoot first and forget the questions, Larry 3000, an uppity, effeminate, snarky robot who originally worked with kings, senators, and diplomats, and Otto, an orphaned history buff from the 21st century picked up along the way who assists with his knowledge of the past. "Enforcing the past to protect our future."