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* DragonInChief: Since the Dark Lord spends nearly the entire series in the Land of Dread, not getting involved in the action himself untill until the four-part finale, she is the villain that causes most of the conflicts, and the one to take on the protagonists directly. directly.
* DressedLikeADominatrix: How she looks, with her long ponytail, thigh-high boots, and whip.
* DressedLikeADominatrix: How she looks, with her long ponytail, thigh-high boots, and whip.
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* WrongGenreSavvy: In episode 25, when he and the others were sent down a waterfall and need to find a way back up, he suggests to [[CaveBehindTheFalls look for a passage behind the waterfall.]] His suggestion is quickly forgotten when they instead use the Time Cycle to fly over the waterfall.
* WrongGenreSavvy: In episode 25, when he and the others were sent down a waterfall and need to find a way back up, he suggests to [[CaveBehindTheFalls look for a passage behind the waterfall.]] His suggestion is quickly forgotten when they instead use the Time Cycle to fly over the waterfall.
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* CatchPhrase: "Ishi-ishi-uho!" in the Japanese version.
* DramaPreservingHandicap: Whenever he gets overpowered, it's usually because he gets hungry.
* DramaPreservingHandicap: Whenever he gets overpowered, it's usually because he gets hungry.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: His pure heart enables him to see the good in anyone, and is the reason he was appointed as a member of the Time Police.
* IsItSomethingYouEat: Almost ''always'' asks this whenever an unfamiliar concept is brought up around him.
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* PintSizedPowerhouse: The smallest and by far the physically strongest of the human characters.
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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: She's revealed to have a crippling fear of bugs, due to a time when Tony dropped a hairy caterpillar into her hands.
* {{Bishonen}}: He has a somewhat feminine and youthful appearance.
* CuteLittleFangs: Due to being descended from vampires.
* DespairEventHorizon: After being possessed by Uglinator, he resigns from the Time Police, fearing that it may happen again and taking it as a personal failure. He later comes back to his senses after seeing Flint's friends in trouble.
* DespairEventHorizon: After being possessed by Uglinator, he resigns from the Time Police, fearing that it may happen again and taking it as a personal failure. He later comes back to his senses after seeing Flint's friends in trouble.
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* HenchmenRace: They use to be average animals. It's never really explain fully, but Petra somehow made them humanoid.
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* DefeatMeansFriendship: [[spoiler:After his mask is removed, he becomes powerless, and while resistant at first, he comes to accept Flint's friendship.]]
* GoMadFromTheIsolation: [[spoiler:As a child, he was made the keeper of the Land of Dread, where time is frozen, and the negative sides of humanity are kept away. Being alone and unable to leave was what made him lose all of his positive emotions.]]
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* OlderAlterEgo: [[spoiler:He is actually just a child, but we don't find out until Flint destroys his mask in the final episode, which takes away his powers and gave him an adult apperance]].appearance]].
* SomethingAboutARose: His trademark symbol is a blue rose, and it's revealed he created the Land of Dread Shifters from roses.
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[[folder: Time Shifters]]
Referred to as "time-space monsters" in the original Japanese, they are a group of creatures that protect The Land of Time. They were scattered across time and space, and the Time Police are tasked with locating and recovering them.
!!! In general
* AllThereInTheManual: A number of Time Shifters did not have their Master form shown in the series. These ones were only seen through side merchandise.
* BadassAdorable: Many Time Shifters have powerful abilities, even in their cute ''{{Franchise/Pokemon}}''-esque base forms.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Often while in their Con form, they will be reminded of the good times they shared with Flint or the people they met, rekindling their good side and restoring them to normal.
* BeenThereShapedHistory: A handful of the Time Shifters appeared and befriended famous historical figures, sometimes in their youth before they became famous. While memories of explicitly meeting the Shifters get erased to preserve history, their influence on the people they meet remains.
* {{Mons}}
* MonsterOfTheWeek: Almost always, Petra turns the episode's Time Shifter into their monstrous Con form, requiring Flint and company to turn them back to normal.
* SuperMode: Their Master forms, a stronger form mainly used when a Time Shifter is trying to protect Flint or another character.
* SuperpoweredEvilSide: Their Con forms, which are achieved when darkness enters the Time Shifter's heart (usually through Petra's stamp or Uglinator's skull emblem.)
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Their odd appearances are rarely ever commented on by the people of the past.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: A FreezeFrameBonus in the first episode reveals [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/flintthetimedetective/images/3/38/Shiftersepisode23d.png/revision/latest?cb=20140920212211 a few Time Shifters]] that do not appear in later episodes and ultimately go unmentioned.
!! Jitterbug / Honey-Honey (ハニハニ Hanihani)
A yellow Shifter found in 2nd century Japan, with the ability to make anyone nearby dance uncontrollably.
* TheMusicMeister: Dances and sings, which makes anyone hearing the song dance as well.
!! Eldora (エルドラ Erudora)
A serpent-like Shifter found in 16th century South America that can turn objects into gold.
* MeaningfulName: Named after El Dorado, the fabled city of gold.
* MidasTouch: Has the ability to turn objects into gold.
!! Talen / Talun (テイルン Teirun)
A pink fox-like Time Shifter that carries a leaf fan. Talen was found in the Heian Period Japan (circa 794 BC) and can enter storybooks to assume the form of a character in the story, as well as transport others into the world of the story.
* {{Kitsune}}
* PortalBook: Talen's power can turn any storybook into one.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Talen was summoned to help Flint in episode 10, but was intimidated by Petra and fled into a nearby book. This later gives Talen [[MyGreatestFailure a great deal of guilt]], as evidenced in episode 14.
!! Mosbee / Mosubii (モスビー Mosubii)
A Time Shifter resembling a blue elephant head, located in Russia, 1812 AD. He has the ability to fire a freezing beam from his trunk.
* MammothsMeanIceAge: A downplayed variant; he has the appearance of an elephant/mammoth's head, and appeared in snowy Russia.
* AnIcePerson: He has ice powers.
!! Coconaut / Cocolon (ココロン Kokoron)
An egg-shaped Time Shifter found in the North Atlantic Ocean in 1492, assisting Christopher Columbus on his voyage to America. He has the ability to sense the weather and sea's movement, and carries O and X signs that he uses to answer questions.
* MakingASplash: His Con form is able to summon a fierce rain storm, and his Master form has an ArmCannon shaped like a fish that fires water with great force.
* NiceHat: A red sailor hat with an anchor symbol. He retains the hat in his Con and Master forms, and removing it makes him fall asleep or immobilizes him.
* NonIndicativeName: While named after the coconut (fitting his sea theme), he more closely resembles an egg.
!! Bubblegum / Tannegun (タネガン Tanegan)
A round blue Time Shifter wielding bubble guns, found in Edo Period Japan with Oda Nobunaga. His guns shoot bubbles that trap its targets inside.
* AttackItsWeakPoint: Putting out his tail-like fuse weakens him.
* BubbleGun: Causes its targets to be left FloatingInABubble.
!! Lynx / Sphin (スフィン Sufin)
A feline Time Shifter that wears a pharaoh's headdress with a snake-head band. Found in Ancient Egypt, the snake head asks riddles that cause misfortune if answered incorrectly, but is weakened if its riddles are solved.
* RiddlingSphinx: Its main ability. However, it's not Lynx who asks the classic RiddleOfTheSphinx, but Sarah.
!! Artie / Horurun (ホルルン Horurun)
A Time Shifter that looks like a green bird. He was found in mid-19th Century Paris by a young Auguste Rodin, and has the ability to bring drawings to life.
* ArtAttacker: His Con form creates living sculptures that attack his foes.
* ArtInitiatesLife: He makes drawings come to life, even crude chalk drawings.
!! Batterball / Nekketsu (ネッケツ Nekketsu)
A baseball-themed Time Shifter that was found at Baltimore in the year 1906 by a young George Herman Ruth, Jr, a.k.a. "Babe Ruth." Batterball can control and manipulate any kind of ball, as well as turn objects into baseballs.
* BaseballEpisode: As expected of a baseball-playing Shifter that befriended Babe Ruth. When Petra captures Batterball, Flint and friends goad her into playing a baseball game to decide what happens to Batterball.
!! Bindi / Ammon (アンモン, Ammon)
Found in 15th century Transylvania, she resembles a floating pink sea snail. She was found by Vlad Tepes (commonly known as "Vlad the Impaler") but left him to join Merlock, who had rescued her earlier when she wandered off. Since then, she is always seen with Merlock and assists him in his Time Police missions.
* ClingyJealousGirl: She easily gets upset when Merlock isn't paying enough attention to her, or fawning over Sarah.
* TalkingAnimal: In the original Japanese, she's one of the few Time Shifters capable of full speech.
* VampiricDraining: Demonstrates this ability in episode 18, draining the energy of trees through her lips and transferring it to the Terracotta Army statues of China, bringing them to life
!! Elfin / Omochan (オモチャン Omochan)
A fluffy pink Time Shifter with a large white mustache, found in 1651 AD Paris. His ability is to turn common objects into toys, which he enjoys giving to children.
* ChristmasEpisode: He was found on December 24, Christmas Eve, and was seen giving toys to children from a sack.
* FriendToAllChildren: Loves to create toys to make children happy, and spent the episode trying to comfort a girl who was looking for her mother, who had been missing for 4 years.
!! The Cardians / Redmen (レッドマン Reddoman)
A group of four Time Shifters that possess a strong sense of justice and are always ready to perform heroic deeds. Blademan (Redman Red) is the sword-wielding leader, Arrowman (Redman Blue) is the archery expert, Thud (Redman Yellow) fights with sheer strength, and Snapper (Redman Pink) is the group's resident shutterbug.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: In their debut episode, they go out of their way to help anyone who seems to be in distress, before Flint and friends can convince them to return home.
* CombiningMecha: Their Master form transformation references this, as their limbs extend and attach together to transform into a singular HumongousMecha.
* DuelBoss: After their Con form is defeated, Blademan/Red challenges Flint to a solo duel, with no outside assistance.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Their heroic feats have a tendency to cause a lot of collateral damage.
* {{Sentai}}: They're a ShoutOut to this, being four heroic characters colored red, blue, yellow, and pink.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Snapper/Pink is the only female Cardian.
!! Plumella / Monarisu (モナリス Monarisu)
A squirrel-like Time Shifter that appeared in 16th century Pisa, Italy. She can paint artwork with her tail, as well as turn people into paintings.
* ArtInitiatesLife: Inverted; she turns living things into paintings.
* PunnyName: In Japanese, her name is a pun on "Mona Lisa" (referencing her powers of art and how she befriended Leonardo da Vinci) and "risu" meaning "squirrel."
!! Wing (ウィング Uingu)
A bird-like Time Shifter talented in flight, who can give people their own pair of functioning wings. He was found in Richmond, Indiana, in the year 1881 by Orville Wright of the Wright brothers.
* GrowingWings: He shoots feathers that give a pair of wings to whatever they touch. These wings can be torn off with enough force.
!! Moah
The largest of the Time Shifters, Moah resembles a moai statue, and is called "the soldier of the earth" by the inhabitants of 1560 AD Rapa Nui.
* EenieMeenieMinyMoai: His appearance is based on a moai's head.
* MagmaMan: His Con form has the power to shoot lava from his head.
!! Elekin (エレキン Erekin)
This electrical Time Shifter is based on the Elekiter, and was even found by its inventor, Hiraga Gennai, in 12th century Japan. The crank on his back creates electricity when turned.
* ShockAndAwe: Has the power of electricity.
!! Muscles / Musculun (マスルン Masurun)
A dumbbell-like Time Shifter that appeared in ancient Greece. An enthusiast of exercise and physical competition, he can increase the strength of whoever he touches, making them larger or more muscular.
* ShapeshiftingExcludesClothing: When Muscles uses his power on Sarah, she becomes giant and suffers ClothingDamage; fortunately, Merlock intervenes before anything explicit is shown. This doesn't seem to be a problem for the episode's [[OneShotCharacter character of the week]], as he was wearing a loose-fitting toga and didn't become as huge from Muscles' power.
* GrowingMusclesSequence: He causes this by his touch.
!! Unita / (ユニータ Yuniita)
A Time Shifter resembling a winged unicorn. He prefers to fly freely through time and space, and was encountered by Flint and company in the Grand Canyon.
* {{Telepathy}}: Uses this to communicate with Flint and the others, making him another example of a [[TalkingAnimal Time Shifter capable of speech]] in the Japanese version.
* WingedUnicorn: He has both a unicorn horn, and pegasus wings.
* WreathedInFlames: His Con form has a fiery mane.
!! Raldo (ラルド Rarudo)
A turtle-like Time Shifter with a crystal shell. Found by a young Petra Fina in her childhood palace, he is able to fire a beam from his heart emblem that shrinks its target down and traps them inside his shell.
* IncredibleShrinkingMan: He can make this occur with his beam, but the shrunken people are kept in his shell.
* SuperDrowningSkills: Unusually for a turtle-like creature, he can't swim and has to be rescued when he falls into a river.
* TurtlePower: Resembles a roly-poly turtle.
!! Leafy (リーフィー Riifii)
A flower-like Time Shifter that appeared to a young King Arthur in 6th century England, Leafy can make flowers and other plants grow anywhere.
* GreenThumb: Leafy makes plants grow instantly.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Somewhat unexpectedly, Leafy's Con form takes the form of a dragon and is able to [[BreathWeapon breathe fire.]]
!! Monk / Bouzan (ボウザン, Bouzan)
A warrior Time Shifter who was seen in 12th century Kyoto, assisting Musashibo Benkei in his quest to defeat and obtain the swords of 1000 samurai. Monk demonstrated the ability to easily master any weapon he held, and dueled against Flint, winning and claiming Rocky.
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: Has six arms in his Con form, each wielding a different weapon (Rocky being one of those weapons.)
* ToxicFriendInfluence: According to the Old Timer, hanging around Benkei made Monk more belligerent than usual.
!! Nightcap / Gusu (グースー Guusuu)
A Time Shifter who resembles the Japanese baku, with a nightcap-shaped face. Appearing in 1830’s Denmark, he was used by a stressed Hans Christian Andersen to help him get sleep.
* {{Baku}}: Resembles one, but doesn't seem to eat dreams.
* InstantSedation: Rings the bell on his tail to put anyone hearing it to sleep. He can also use the same bell to wake them up.
!! Musey (ミュージー Myuujii)
A Time Shifter shaped like a musical note with a trumpet mouth. Musey was found in 18th century Vienna, and demonstrated the power to play music that filled its listeners with joy. Musey was appointed as the mascot of a theater where Mozart and Beethoven played, and while timid, occasionally came out to listen to their performances.
* BrownNote: His Con form can shoot solid damaging musical notes. His normal form could also do this, but its notes were much weaker.
!! Change / Cozenny (コゼニー Kozenii)
A Time Shifter resembling a purse with legs, that appeared in 19th century Osaka. He gives out koban coins when fed, and can use the power of wealth to hypnotize others.
* GoldFever: Can put others under the influence of greed, represented by a koban attaching itself to their foreheads.
* MoneyMauling: Attacks with koban in his Con form.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Takoyaki (meatballs in the English dub); he gives out money after being fed, and how much he gives out depends on how well it tastes.
!! Bugsy / Musshuu (ムッシュー Musshuu)
An insect-based Time Shifter that carries a magnifying glass, and was seen in 19th century France. With the ability to turn people into insects, he befriended a young Jean-Henri Fabre and transformed him into a bee.
* BalefulPolymorph: He turns Sarah into a butterfly, Tony into a horned beetle, Merlock into a mosquito, and Flint into a stag beetle. When brought back to Dr. Goodman, Bugsy turned him into a fly.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: Has the appearance of a winged caterpillar, and is the same size as most of the other Time Shifters.
* LogicalWeakness: Being a bug, Petra Fina was able to use a can of bug spray to incapacitate him.
!! Dipper / Jaba (ジャバ Jyaba)
The second elephant-based Time Shifter after Mosbee; in fact, they are revealed to be brothers. Dipper was found by Marco Polo in the 13th century, and his ability to locate water made him very useful in Marco's journey across the deserts of Afghanistan.
* MakingASplash: He can find oases hidden in the desert, and can collect water and spray it from his trunk.
* PlayingWithFire: His Master and Con forms have control over fire instead of water.
* FireIceDuo: With his brother Mosbee, his Master form makes up the fire side.
!! Knuckle (ナックル Nakkuru)
A Time Shifter resembling a small Chinese dragon. In the year 1972, he was seen in Hong Kong training a boy named Lee in his own style of martial arts.
* DragonsUpTheYinYang: Has the appearance of a Chinese dragon (especially in his Con form), and was found in Hong Kong. He is also able to create dragon-shaped aura as an attack.
* KiManipulation: He can fire [[KamehameHadoken red aura projectiles]] from his hands.
* SternTeacher: He gets very strict with Lee whenever he uses his powers irresponsibly.
* SuperEmpowering: He was able to teach Lee how to use his fighting style, KiManipulation included.
!! Doron (ドロン Doron)
A pumpkin-headed ghostly Time Shifter, with the power to create spectral illusions. Doron was found by famed inventor Thomas Edison in Menlo Park, New Jersey in the year 1880.
* AnAxeToGrind: Doron's Con form wields axes with its vines.
* PumpkinPerson: Has a head that resembles a jack-o'-lantern.
* SoulPower: He attacks with glowing blue wisps that have skull faces.
!! Shadow / Kagenin (カゲニン Kagenin)
A purple rodent-like Time Shifter found in 16th century Japan by Miyamoto Musashi, Shadow has the ability to create clones of anyone whose shadow he touches.
* DoppelgangerAttack: His ability creates clones with the same offensive capabilities of the original.
* {{Ninja}}: Is described as one, and his Con form attacks with a [[FuumaShuriken large throwing star.]]
!! Orbit / Comet (コメット Kometto)
A star-shaped Time Shifter, and the last one to be found by Flint, she was found floating through spacetime while Flint was on his way to The Land of Dread. Her power of encouragement cheers up and motivates Flint when he loses heart.
* EleventhHourRanger: She suddenly joins Flint's side in episode 36, shortly before Flint's final confrontation with the Dark Lord in the Land of Dread.
* StarPower: Shoots star-shaped rays to attack, and her encouragement power is manifested as a light containing sparkling stars.
* SomethingAboutARose: His trademark symbol is a blue rose, and it's revealed he created the Land of Dread Shifters from roses.
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[[folder: Time Shifters]]
Referred to as "time-space monsters" in the original Japanese, they are a group of creatures that protect The Land of Time. They were scattered across time and space, and the Time Police are tasked with locating and recovering them.
!!! In general
* AllThereInTheManual: A number of Time Shifters did not have their Master form shown in the series. These ones were only seen through side merchandise.
* BadassAdorable: Many Time Shifters have powerful abilities, even in their cute ''{{Franchise/Pokemon}}''-esque base forms.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Often while in their Con form, they will be reminded of the good times they shared with Flint or the people they met, rekindling their good side and restoring them to normal.
* BeenThereShapedHistory: A handful of the Time Shifters appeared and befriended famous historical figures, sometimes in their youth before they became famous. While memories of explicitly meeting the Shifters get erased to preserve history, their influence on the people they meet remains.
* {{Mons}}
* MonsterOfTheWeek: Almost always, Petra turns the episode's Time Shifter into their monstrous Con form, requiring Flint and company to turn them back to normal.
* SuperMode: Their Master forms, a stronger form mainly used when a Time Shifter is trying to protect Flint or another character.
* SuperpoweredEvilSide: Their Con forms, which are achieved when darkness enters the Time Shifter's heart (usually through Petra's stamp or Uglinator's skull emblem.)
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Their odd appearances are rarely ever commented on by the people of the past.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: A FreezeFrameBonus in the first episode reveals [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/flintthetimedetective/images/3/38/Shiftersepisode23d.png/revision/latest?cb=20140920212211 a few Time Shifters]] that do not appear in later episodes and ultimately go unmentioned.
!! Jitterbug / Honey-Honey (ハニハニ Hanihani)
A yellow Shifter found in 2nd century Japan, with the ability to make anyone nearby dance uncontrollably.
* TheMusicMeister: Dances and sings, which makes anyone hearing the song dance as well.
!! Eldora (エルドラ Erudora)
A serpent-like Shifter found in 16th century South America that can turn objects into gold.
* MeaningfulName: Named after El Dorado, the fabled city of gold.
* MidasTouch: Has the ability to turn objects into gold.
!! Talen / Talun (テイルン Teirun)
A pink fox-like Time Shifter that carries a leaf fan. Talen was found in the Heian Period Japan (circa 794 BC) and can enter storybooks to assume the form of a character in the story, as well as transport others into the world of the story.
* {{Kitsune}}
* PortalBook: Talen's power can turn any storybook into one.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Talen was summoned to help Flint in episode 10, but was intimidated by Petra and fled into a nearby book. This later gives Talen [[MyGreatestFailure a great deal of guilt]], as evidenced in episode 14.
!! Mosbee / Mosubii (モスビー Mosubii)
A Time Shifter resembling a blue elephant head, located in Russia, 1812 AD. He has the ability to fire a freezing beam from his trunk.
* MammothsMeanIceAge: A downplayed variant; he has the appearance of an elephant/mammoth's head, and appeared in snowy Russia.
* AnIcePerson: He has ice powers.
!! Coconaut / Cocolon (ココロン Kokoron)
An egg-shaped Time Shifter found in the North Atlantic Ocean in 1492, assisting Christopher Columbus on his voyage to America. He has the ability to sense the weather and sea's movement, and carries O and X signs that he uses to answer questions.
* MakingASplash: His Con form is able to summon a fierce rain storm, and his Master form has an ArmCannon shaped like a fish that fires water with great force.
* NiceHat: A red sailor hat with an anchor symbol. He retains the hat in his Con and Master forms, and removing it makes him fall asleep or immobilizes him.
* NonIndicativeName: While named after the coconut (fitting his sea theme), he more closely resembles an egg.
!! Bubblegum / Tannegun (タネガン Tanegan)
A round blue Time Shifter wielding bubble guns, found in Edo Period Japan with Oda Nobunaga. His guns shoot bubbles that trap its targets inside.
* AttackItsWeakPoint: Putting out his tail-like fuse weakens him.
* BubbleGun: Causes its targets to be left FloatingInABubble.
!! Lynx / Sphin (スフィン Sufin)
A feline Time Shifter that wears a pharaoh's headdress with a snake-head band. Found in Ancient Egypt, the snake head asks riddles that cause misfortune if answered incorrectly, but is weakened if its riddles are solved.
* RiddlingSphinx: Its main ability. However, it's not Lynx who asks the classic RiddleOfTheSphinx, but Sarah.
!! Artie / Horurun (ホルルン Horurun)
A Time Shifter that looks like a green bird. He was found in mid-19th Century Paris by a young Auguste Rodin, and has the ability to bring drawings to life.
* ArtAttacker: His Con form creates living sculptures that attack his foes.
* ArtInitiatesLife: He makes drawings come to life, even crude chalk drawings.
!! Batterball / Nekketsu (ネッケツ Nekketsu)
A baseball-themed Time Shifter that was found at Baltimore in the year 1906 by a young George Herman Ruth, Jr, a.k.a. "Babe Ruth." Batterball can control and manipulate any kind of ball, as well as turn objects into baseballs.
* BaseballEpisode: As expected of a baseball-playing Shifter that befriended Babe Ruth. When Petra captures Batterball, Flint and friends goad her into playing a baseball game to decide what happens to Batterball.
!! Bindi / Ammon (アンモン, Ammon)
Found in 15th century Transylvania, she resembles a floating pink sea snail. She was found by Vlad Tepes (commonly known as "Vlad the Impaler") but left him to join Merlock, who had rescued her earlier when she wandered off. Since then, she is always seen with Merlock and assists him in his Time Police missions.
* ClingyJealousGirl: She easily gets upset when Merlock isn't paying enough attention to her, or fawning over Sarah.
* TalkingAnimal: In the original Japanese, she's one of the few Time Shifters capable of full speech.
* VampiricDraining: Demonstrates this ability in episode 18, draining the energy of trees through her lips and transferring it to the Terracotta Army statues of China, bringing them to life
!! Elfin / Omochan (オモチャン Omochan)
A fluffy pink Time Shifter with a large white mustache, found in 1651 AD Paris. His ability is to turn common objects into toys, which he enjoys giving to children.
* ChristmasEpisode: He was found on December 24, Christmas Eve, and was seen giving toys to children from a sack.
* FriendToAllChildren: Loves to create toys to make children happy, and spent the episode trying to comfort a girl who was looking for her mother, who had been missing for 4 years.
!! The Cardians / Redmen (レッドマン Reddoman)
A group of four Time Shifters that possess a strong sense of justice and are always ready to perform heroic deeds. Blademan (Redman Red) is the sword-wielding leader, Arrowman (Redman Blue) is the archery expert, Thud (Redman Yellow) fights with sheer strength, and Snapper (Redman Pink) is the group's resident shutterbug.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: In their debut episode, they go out of their way to help anyone who seems to be in distress, before Flint and friends can convince them to return home.
* CombiningMecha: Their Master form transformation references this, as their limbs extend and attach together to transform into a singular HumongousMecha.
* DuelBoss: After their Con form is defeated, Blademan/Red challenges Flint to a solo duel, with no outside assistance.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Their heroic feats have a tendency to cause a lot of collateral damage.
* {{Sentai}}: They're a ShoutOut to this, being four heroic characters colored red, blue, yellow, and pink.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Snapper/Pink is the only female Cardian.
!! Plumella / Monarisu (モナリス Monarisu)
A squirrel-like Time Shifter that appeared in 16th century Pisa, Italy. She can paint artwork with her tail, as well as turn people into paintings.
* ArtInitiatesLife: Inverted; she turns living things into paintings.
* PunnyName: In Japanese, her name is a pun on "Mona Lisa" (referencing her powers of art and how she befriended Leonardo da Vinci) and "risu" meaning "squirrel."
!! Wing (ウィング Uingu)
A bird-like Time Shifter talented in flight, who can give people their own pair of functioning wings. He was found in Richmond, Indiana, in the year 1881 by Orville Wright of the Wright brothers.
* GrowingWings: He shoots feathers that give a pair of wings to whatever they touch. These wings can be torn off with enough force.
!! Moah
The largest of the Time Shifters, Moah resembles a moai statue, and is called "the soldier of the earth" by the inhabitants of 1560 AD Rapa Nui.
* EenieMeenieMinyMoai: His appearance is based on a moai's head.
* MagmaMan: His Con form has the power to shoot lava from his head.
!! Elekin (エレキン Erekin)
This electrical Time Shifter is based on the Elekiter, and was even found by its inventor, Hiraga Gennai, in 12th century Japan. The crank on his back creates electricity when turned.
* ShockAndAwe: Has the power of electricity.
!! Muscles / Musculun (マスルン Masurun)
A dumbbell-like Time Shifter that appeared in ancient Greece. An enthusiast of exercise and physical competition, he can increase the strength of whoever he touches, making them larger or more muscular.
* ShapeshiftingExcludesClothing: When Muscles uses his power on Sarah, she becomes giant and suffers ClothingDamage; fortunately, Merlock intervenes before anything explicit is shown. This doesn't seem to be a problem for the episode's [[OneShotCharacter character of the week]], as he was wearing a loose-fitting toga and didn't become as huge from Muscles' power.
* GrowingMusclesSequence: He causes this by his touch.
!! Unita / (ユニータ Yuniita)
A Time Shifter resembling a winged unicorn. He prefers to fly freely through time and space, and was encountered by Flint and company in the Grand Canyon.
* {{Telepathy}}: Uses this to communicate with Flint and the others, making him another example of a [[TalkingAnimal Time Shifter capable of speech]] in the Japanese version.
* WingedUnicorn: He has both a unicorn horn, and pegasus wings.
* WreathedInFlames: His Con form has a fiery mane.
!! Raldo (ラルド Rarudo)
A turtle-like Time Shifter with a crystal shell. Found by a young Petra Fina in her childhood palace, he is able to fire a beam from his heart emblem that shrinks its target down and traps them inside his shell.
* IncredibleShrinkingMan: He can make this occur with his beam, but the shrunken people are kept in his shell.
* SuperDrowningSkills: Unusually for a turtle-like creature, he can't swim and has to be rescued when he falls into a river.
* TurtlePower: Resembles a roly-poly turtle.
!! Leafy (リーフィー Riifii)
A flower-like Time Shifter that appeared to a young King Arthur in 6th century England, Leafy can make flowers and other plants grow anywhere.
* GreenThumb: Leafy makes plants grow instantly.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Somewhat unexpectedly, Leafy's Con form takes the form of a dragon and is able to [[BreathWeapon breathe fire.]]
!! Monk / Bouzan (ボウザン, Bouzan)
A warrior Time Shifter who was seen in 12th century Kyoto, assisting Musashibo Benkei in his quest to defeat and obtain the swords of 1000 samurai. Monk demonstrated the ability to easily master any weapon he held, and dueled against Flint, winning and claiming Rocky.
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: Has six arms in his Con form, each wielding a different weapon (Rocky being one of those weapons.)
* ToxicFriendInfluence: According to the Old Timer, hanging around Benkei made Monk more belligerent than usual.
!! Nightcap / Gusu (グースー Guusuu)
A Time Shifter who resembles the Japanese baku, with a nightcap-shaped face. Appearing in 1830’s Denmark, he was used by a stressed Hans Christian Andersen to help him get sleep.
* {{Baku}}: Resembles one, but doesn't seem to eat dreams.
* InstantSedation: Rings the bell on his tail to put anyone hearing it to sleep. He can also use the same bell to wake them up.
!! Musey (ミュージー Myuujii)
A Time Shifter shaped like a musical note with a trumpet mouth. Musey was found in 18th century Vienna, and demonstrated the power to play music that filled its listeners with joy. Musey was appointed as the mascot of a theater where Mozart and Beethoven played, and while timid, occasionally came out to listen to their performances.
* BrownNote: His Con form can shoot solid damaging musical notes. His normal form could also do this, but its notes were much weaker.
!! Change / Cozenny (コゼニー Kozenii)
A Time Shifter resembling a purse with legs, that appeared in 19th century Osaka. He gives out koban coins when fed, and can use the power of wealth to hypnotize others.
* GoldFever: Can put others under the influence of greed, represented by a koban attaching itself to their foreheads.
* MoneyMauling: Attacks with koban in his Con form.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Takoyaki (meatballs in the English dub); he gives out money after being fed, and how much he gives out depends on how well it tastes.
!! Bugsy / Musshuu (ムッシュー Musshuu)
An insect-based Time Shifter that carries a magnifying glass, and was seen in 19th century France. With the ability to turn people into insects, he befriended a young Jean-Henri Fabre and transformed him into a bee.
* BalefulPolymorph: He turns Sarah into a butterfly, Tony into a horned beetle, Merlock into a mosquito, and Flint into a stag beetle. When brought back to Dr. Goodman, Bugsy turned him into a fly.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: Has the appearance of a winged caterpillar, and is the same size as most of the other Time Shifters.
* LogicalWeakness: Being a bug, Petra Fina was able to use a can of bug spray to incapacitate him.
!! Dipper / Jaba (ジャバ Jyaba)
The second elephant-based Time Shifter after Mosbee; in fact, they are revealed to be brothers. Dipper was found by Marco Polo in the 13th century, and his ability to locate water made him very useful in Marco's journey across the deserts of Afghanistan.
* MakingASplash: He can find oases hidden in the desert, and can collect water and spray it from his trunk.
* PlayingWithFire: His Master and Con forms have control over fire instead of water.
* FireIceDuo: With his brother Mosbee, his Master form makes up the fire side.
!! Knuckle (ナックル Nakkuru)
A Time Shifter resembling a small Chinese dragon. In the year 1972, he was seen in Hong Kong training a boy named Lee in his own style of martial arts.
* DragonsUpTheYinYang: Has the appearance of a Chinese dragon (especially in his Con form), and was found in Hong Kong. He is also able to create dragon-shaped aura as an attack.
* KiManipulation: He can fire [[KamehameHadoken red aura projectiles]] from his hands.
* SternTeacher: He gets very strict with Lee whenever he uses his powers irresponsibly.
* SuperEmpowering: He was able to teach Lee how to use his fighting style, KiManipulation included.
!! Doron (ドロン Doron)
A pumpkin-headed ghostly Time Shifter, with the power to create spectral illusions. Doron was found by famed inventor Thomas Edison in Menlo Park, New Jersey in the year 1880.
* AnAxeToGrind: Doron's Con form wields axes with its vines.
* PumpkinPerson: Has a head that resembles a jack-o'-lantern.
* SoulPower: He attacks with glowing blue wisps that have skull faces.
!! Shadow / Kagenin (カゲニン Kagenin)
A purple rodent-like Time Shifter found in 16th century Japan by Miyamoto Musashi, Shadow has the ability to create clones of anyone whose shadow he touches.
* DoppelgangerAttack: His ability creates clones with the same offensive capabilities of the original.
* {{Ninja}}: Is described as one, and his Con form attacks with a [[FuumaShuriken large throwing star.]]
!! Orbit / Comet (コメット Kometto)
A star-shaped Time Shifter, and the last one to be found by Flint, she was found floating through spacetime while Flint was on his way to The Land of Dread. Her power of encouragement cheers up and motivates Flint when he loses heart.
* EleventhHourRanger: She suddenly joins Flint's side in episode 36, shortly before Flint's final confrontation with the Dark Lord in the Land of Dread.
* StarPower: Shoots star-shaped rays to attack, and her encouragement power is manifested as a light containing sparkling stars.
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* TheDragon: To the Dark Lord.
* DragonInChief: Since the Dark Lord spends nearly the entire series in the Land of Dread, not getting involved in the action himself untill the four-part finale, she is the villain that causes most of the conflicts, and the one to take on the protagonists directly.
* LoveMakesYouEvil: She serves the Dark Lord because she's in love with him.
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* BigBad: He is the true villain of the series and the ManBehindTheMan for Petra Fina.
* TheCorrupter: He has the power to instantly turn all time shifters into their evil con-forms, which he does in the series finale.
* MaskOfPower: All his powers come from his mask.
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* BigBad: He is the true villain of the series and the ManBehindTheMan for Petra Fina.
* TheCorrupter: He has the power to instantly turn all time shifters into their evil con-forms, which he does in the series finale.
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