History Anime / FlintTheTimeDetective

* BellyDancer: Petra dances to earn the trust of a young Marco Polo. Shame it was interrupted due to her pulling a back muscle.

* BrokenAesop: The Time Police work under very specific guidelines -- recover ''all'' the Time Shifters, no exceptions, and never disrupt the fabric of time. But reanimating two cavemen in the modern era? Allowing Bindi and Get-a-Long to roam free? No problems there (although considering that they didn't actually time-travelled to modern era, but rather being fossilized in the past and re-fossilized in future, they may simply be out of Time Police jurisdiction). It should be noted, though, that with Petra on the loose they ''needed'' those cavemen to help with the first directive of recovering all the Time Shifters...although that still doesn't explain the Bindi and Get-a-Long part.

* LostInTranslation: In the Cardians' debut episode, the leader Blademan challenges Flint to a one-on-one duel. Since in the original Japanese he can only talk in PokemonSpeak, he makes this declaration through a series of charades. The English dub keeps this sequence intact, resulting in a very awkward attempt to convey a similar message with the same gestures. Since in the English dub the Time Shifters are capable of full speech, Flint even lampshades that Blademan could have just said this normally.

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[[caption-width-right:320: Way before Fox.]]

* DropTheHammer After the attempt to de-fossilize Rocky results in him becoming a sentient stone, dr. Goodman forges him into a hammer for Flint to use. He thus becomes Flint's primary weapon for the rest of the series.

* MissingMom: Flint has no memory of his mother. Rocky himself has no memory of his wife. While Flint may have been too young to remember, with Rocky he's probably too dumb to remember.

* PokemonSpeak: Played straight in the original Japanese version, where the Time Shifters speak this way. Subverted in the English dub, for they are capable of speaking like a normal human. Coconaut was one exception, however, as all it could say was its own name and a buzzer-like sound (in case UsefulNotes/ChristopherColumbus was about to make a bad nautical decision).

* ThreeAmigos: Flint, Sara, and Tony are the three main heroes of the series.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Various times it's rather obvious the writers are not trying to be historically correct. One of the most blatant examples is "Musey", in which Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven are seen working together (though in this case, it is lampshaded by Old Timer at the end of the episode that in real life the two men never met).

%%* AsianFoxSpirit: Talon.
%%* BadassAdorable: Flint

%%* BigEater: Flint

%%* BishonenLine: [[spoiler: Bindi when becoming Bindi-master]]

%%* CareBearStare: Getalong

%%* ClingyJealousGirl: Bindi to Merlock.

%%* {{Dhampyr}}: Merlock

%%* DropTheHammer (Flint's v/Father)

%%* FeatheredFiend: Nascal

%%* FourTemperamentEnsemble
%%* FungusHumongous: Ominito
%%* GottaCatchEmAll: The Time Shifters
%%* GratuitousNinja: Super Ninja

%%** The Cardians' Con form also looks like one.

%%* TheImp: Uglinator

%%* KidHero: Flint primarily. Sara and Tony to a lesser degree.
%%* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Done OnceAnEpisode to the various historical figures the group meets.%%What is done? How?

%%* MindControlDevice: The Petra-Stamp.

%%* {{Mons}}: The Time Shifters.

%* PluckyComicRelief

%%* RedEyesTakeWarning:
%%** Most of the Con forms of the Time Shifters have that.%%Have what?
%%** Petra Fina, who attempts to possess them, has natural red eyes herself.

%%* SiblingYinYang: Sara and Tony.
%%* SomethingAboutARose: Merlock. Dark Lord as well, who combines it with GreenThumb on at least one occasion.
%%* SpiritualSuccessor: To the ''Anime/TimeBokan'' Series.
%%* StalkerWithACrush: Merlock.

%%* TeamPet: Pterry the robotic pterodactyl.
%%* TerribleTrio: Petra Fina, Dino, and Mite.
%%* ThreeAmigos: Flint, Sara, and Tony.

%%* TimeTravel
%%* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Pizza. Flint even asks for it in Ancient Japan.
%%* TrueCompanions
%%* TwoGuysAndAGirl: Flint, Sara, and Tony.

* [[Retraux]]: Based on the series art style, one would imagine that it was from the late '80s, or at least a contemporary of ''Anime/DragonBallZ''. It was actually made in 1998.

* Retraux: Based on the series art style, one would imagine that it was from the late '80s, or at least a contemporary of ''Anime/DragonBallZ''. It was actually made in 1998.

* AsianFoxSpirit: Talon.
* BadassAdorable: Flint

* DubInducedPlotHole: Early on, it's clearly shown that the cast lives in Japan. In the Columbus episode, though, Sara tells us they're from the US.

* OneMillionBC: Flint and Rocky came from this time period, complete with [[ArtisticLicensePaleontology non-avian dinosaurs and pterosaurs]].

* BigEater: Flint

* [[BishonenLine Bishoujo Line]]: [[spoiler: Bindi when becoming Bindi-master]]

* CareBearStare: Getalong

* ClingyJealousGirl: Bindi to Merlock.

* DancingTheme
* {{Dhampyr}}[=/=]OurVampiresAreDifferent: Merlock

* FourIsDeath / QuirkyMinibossSquad: Great Four, the Dark Lord's minions.
** GratuitousNinja: Super Ninja
** FeatheredFiend: Nascal
** FungusHumongous: Ominito
** TheImp: Uglinator
* FourTemperamentEnsemble
* GottaCatchEmAll: The Time Shifters
* TheGrimReaper: The Dark Lord is a close example.
** One of his minions, Uglinator, is a skull-like imp with pale yellowish teeth, dark blue horns, and [[RedEyesTakeWarning bloody red eyes]], complete with SinisterScythe. His appearance is extremely menacing to the point of terror (especially his evolved form), and can also possess people just like what he did to Merlock.
** The Cardians' Con form also looks like one.

* KidHero: Flint primarily. Sara and Tony to a lesser degree.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Done OnceAnEpisode to the various historical figures the group meets.

* MindControlDevice: The Petra-Stamp.

* {{Mons}}: The Time Shifters.

* PokemonSpeak: Played straight in the original Japanese version, where the Time Shifters speak this way.
** Subverted in the English dub, for they are capable of speaking like a normal human.
*** Coconaut was one exception, however, as all it could say was its own name and a buzzer-like sound (in case UsefulNotes/ChristopherColumbus was about to make a bad nautical decision).

* RedEyesTakeWarning: Most of the Con forms of the Time Shifters have that.
** Petra Fina, who attempts to possess them, has natural red eyes herself.

* RiddleOfTheSphinx: The Time Shifter Lynx poses these.
* RunningGag: Merlock constantly screws up his heroic moments.

* SiblingYinYang: Sara and Tony.
* SomethingAboutARose: Merlock.
** Dark Lord as well, who combines it with GreenThumb on at least one occasion.
* SpiritualSuccessor: To the ''Anime/TimeBokan'' Series.
* StalkerWithACrush: Merlock.
* SuperMode: Most of the Time Shifters' Master forms which they access on their own, usually with the help of Flint and company.
** Even Nascal, Ominito, and Uglinator also have their own evolved forms (though they're described as Con forms). Nascal's has three heads a la Cerberus, Ominito turns into a giant parasitic mushroom, and Uglinator into a demon skull.

* TeamPet: Pterry the robotic pterodactyl.
* TerribleTrio: Petra Fina, Dino, and Mite.
* ThreeAmigos: Flint, Sara, and Tony.

* TimeTravel
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Pizza. Flint even asks for it in Ancient Japan.
* TrueCompanions
* TwoGuysAndAGirl: Flint, Sara, and Tony.

* MonumentalDamage: When Petra Fina goes back to Ancient Egypt, she takes over the local mon, and uses its influence to change the Sphinx's face to her own.

* EenieMeenieMinyMoai: Moah, the largest of the Time Shifters. [[spoiler: When possessed by Petra, he turns into a floating Moai head that can shoot magma and cause volcanic eruptions. As the golem-like Moah-master, he can call the giant stone Moai to summon a seawall to prevent a tidal wave from washing up the island. ]]

* KidHero

* ThePowerOfFriendship
* PluckyComicRelief

* DropTheHammer (Flint's {{weapon of choice}}/Father)

* Myth/KingArthur: Flint and friends meet the young King in "Leavy".

* {{Kitsune}}: Talon.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Green hair for Ptera Fina, Sara's pink,Merlock's lavender, Dark Lord's blue, quite a few.

* UnresolvedSexualTension: Flint and company need to collect all the Time Shifters so they don't damage the timeline. These are nice creatures not doing it on purpose, But Petra Fina can usa a rubber stamp control and transform them into hideous monsters called Con forms which the heroes must revert through the PowerOfFriendship.