Time Squad

While searching for Eli Whitney (who is building flesh-eating robots instead of the cotton gin), time cop Buck Tuddrussel and his robot partner the Larry 3000 end up at an orphanage in 2001, where they encounter an orphaned history buff named Otto Osworth. They take him away from the abusive nun Sister Thornley and with them to complete their mission.

The Time Squad travels to Ancient Greece, where it is the King of Troy's birthday. The Spartan army brings the fabled Trojan Horse to the festivities, but fail to realize that it is supposed to be a trap, not an actual gift. So Otto and Tuddrussel must show them the proper way to ambush Troy.

The Time Squad is sentenced to the guillotine when they end up in 18th century France and Buck mistakes Napoleon for a child. Things get more complicated when it is revealed that Napoleon's wife is nagging him around and Napoleon is too cowardly to stop her. So it is up to Time Squad to make Napoleon man up and stand up to his wife so he can take his rightful place in history as the most powerful emperor of France.

After Tuddrussel gets in a fight with the toaster, they are sent to help Chinese philosopher Confucius. It turns out that Confucius is performing his historical duty by devising clever aphorisms. Unfortunately, he uses them as the conclusions to extremely long-winded and boring novels that no one is reading. Otto gives Confucius a suggestion to shorten his conclusions to help attract customers.

The Time Squad must go back to the year 1899 to convince Dr. Sigmund Freud to stop hypnotizing his patients and making them act like animals and to get him analyzing their dreams instead. To make things worse, Freud makes Tuddrussel think he is a chicken.

The Time Squad meets up with artist, scientist & inventor Leonardo da Vinci who is now a beatnik. They eventually inspire him to become a painter again when they introduce him to a young waitress with a very mysterious and familiar smile.

The Time Squad travels to 1945, where Albert Einstein is now a brash car salesman in Texas instead of being a scientist. Otto, who loves Einstein, is devastated when he sees the genius disguising his smarts which eventually prompts a change of heart in "Big Al".

Abraham Lincoln grows tired of being "Honest Abe" and upstanding and begins playing pranks on people. When Tuddrussel joins in on the fun, it is up to Larry and Otto to give both him and Abe a taste of their own medicine.

The Time Squad goes back to the Age of Pirates, where Edward Teach (a.k.a. Blackbeard) is more concerned about saving the environment than looting and pillaging where he is starting with the ocean environment. The Time Squad has Blackbeard compromise: he can still help save the environment, so long as he loots and pillages to collect funds.

After a problem with Tuddrussel messing with the controls, the Time Squad travels to the year 46 BC to rebuild the flimsy city of Rome for Julius Caesar. By the time the mission is complete, Tuddrussel is hailed the new leader and challenges Caesar to a gladiator match. So Otto must train Caesar gain strength to over throne Tuddrussel by teaching him karate.

After Otto and Tuddrussel accidentally breach a hole in the golf dome swallowed to outer space (and try to cover it up from Larry), Time Squad visits Robin Hood, who is now stealing from the poor and giving to the rich instead of the opposite. So Otto must teach Robin to properly follow history by showing him that stealing from the rich to the poor is beneficial to them. Although the peasants are rude and disrespectful where one kid steals Robin Hood's bow and arrows.

The Time Squad heads to 1903, where the Wright brothers are incompetent stuntmen, that are supposed to be building the very first airplane. So Tuddrussel forces them to properly follow history by staying in their warehouse all night to do so. Meanwhile, Otto learns about Larry and Tuddrussel's problems in completing a mission before they took him into the future, ranging from Nostradamus's failures to use his fortune-telling abilities to Lady Godiva riding a horse naked in a video Larry shows him.

The Time Squad finish a relatively easy assignment in helping Nicholas Copernicus become an astronomer instead of a farmer, but the crew ends up waiting until the Larry 3000 can restart his time travel software in order for them to go home. After they finally leave, the episode ends with Copernicus trying to stop them and ask what the Sun is.

The Time Squad is sent to the time of the great musician Ludwig van Beethoven, who is now a professional wrestler fighting other classical musicians-turned-wrestlers and Tuddrussel challenges Beethoven to a match to preserve the dignity of pro wrestling. When Tuddrussel is caught in a hopeless match, Otto uses Larry's AM radio station to have Beethoven listen to a musical score he composed that helps him see the error of his ways.

After being upset with grumpy Tuddrussel (who just wants a cup of coffee), Larry is delighted to find that instead of dumping tea into the Boston Harbor, the Sons of Liberty are having civilized tea parties. Tuddrussel and Otto have to convince them into dumping the overtaxed colonial beverage for the sake of all America. To do that they must use coffee which makes the Sons of Liberty act just like Tuddrussel, much to Larry's disgust.

The Time Squad discovers that famed horror writer Edgar Allan Poe is now an overly-cheerful children's book author and must remind Poe of how horrible the world really is. Only by insulting his cooking do they finally manage to break his spirit and make him the master of macabre he is supposed to be.

While checking up on Ludwig van Beethoven and the Sons of Liberty, the Time Squad gets a report from George Washington whose troops are with Betsy Ross in her Woodstock-esque hippie farm. The peace-loving Ross is preventing the American Revolution with her protests. This leaves Otto without answers. However, the Sons of Liberty help save their mission when they bring coffee and get them to join Washington's cause. Ross eventually sees the error of her ways after Otto points out the manner of her own behavior and helps Washington by creating the first American flag.

Winston Churchill, the prime minister who led England through World War II, is leading everyone into being naked — including Larry, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin. Churchill eventually changes his mind after seeing video footage of his large naked butt that Larry filmed.

The Time Squad goes back to the time of George Washington Carver, who actually is doing what he was famous for: making use of the peanut in history. Thus it is strange they would have to go there. The trouble comes when it is revealed that George Washington Carver has an evil twin brother named Todd Washington Carver who is bent on making George look bad.

The Time Squad tries to reform Kubla Khan, who is now a comic book nerd, by using alternate means. Tuddrussel sends Larry and Otto away to enjoy being tourists, so he can deal with Khan himself. When he insults Khan by ripping up his comics, it gets him sentenced to die. Larry and Otto cannot get Tuddrussel out legally, so Larry calls for backup and they get Tuddrussel's ex-wife Sheila Sternwell (also a time cop, albeit a more competent one) and her robot partner the XJ5.

The Time Squad goes back to the era of Lewis & Clark, where the exploring duo has broken up after an argument. While Larry is left to comfort Lewis, Tuddrussel and Otto find Clark and become his exploring partners. However, this turns out to be futile as Clark realizes that he is lost without Lewis to read the maps properly. Meanwhile, Lewis is having a grand time exploring the Louisiana Purchase with Larry. When they meet up, Clark gets jealous that Larry is his new travel partner and begs Lewis to take him back which Lewis does.

After a mission to fix Russian barbaric king Ivan the Terrible who was persuaded not to be an ice skater, Tuddrussel sneaks Ivan back on the satellite and keeps him as a pet (since he acts just like one), much to Larry's displeasure. Eventually, Larry has had enough and forces Tuddrussel to return Ivan at once.

Instead of helping form the Pony Express, Buffalo Bill is now a crazed conspiracy theorist with his own tabloid magazine that no one reads. Otto tricks him into following history by convincing him to deliver his conspiracy magazine to everyone while delivering their mail.

After losing a virtual reality game that involved an evil George Washington, the Time Squad goes on a mission to stop magician Harry Houdini who is using his illusions to commit crimes.

After Larry stands up to Tuddrussel thanks to a self-help program from the 1980s by Thor Robertson, the Time Squad goes back to the time of the Hatfields and the McCoys where the McCoys are being peaceful rather than fighting. Larry's encouragement in helping them maintain peace does not help matters. So Otto encourages Tuddrussel to pay him back by using pranks to vandalize both properties. This helps save their mission by making the infamous feud continue.

Earl of Sandwich gives his edible creation the name "Stinky pile of poo" (he insists this is his mother's maiden name) and presents it to the judge of a food contest where he gives it a negative score instead of trying it. Tuddrussel and Otto work with the Earl of Sandwich to promote this food which doesn't go well. Meanwhile, the Larry 3000's souffles become a sensation to which he has been getting a lot of overwhelming deals when he gets confronted by Tuddrussel and Otto. The Time Squad eventually gets the sandwich circulating around the world at the local restaurant, but only by having Tuddrussel help shut up the Earl and having Otto name it. Even the judge gives the sandwich a score of 11.

A mission to keep Cleopatra from turning the pyramids into a shopping mall proves difficult when Tuddrussel falls in love with her and Larry is eager to help with the project. Then Otto calls in Julius Caesar to get Tuddrussel back to his senses. History states that Caesar and Cleopatra dated as Caesar helps Otto persuade Cleopatra to put the pyramids back to the way they were and focus on ruling Egypt.

When Tuddrussel squashes a fly in the Stone Age when the cavemen are having trouble discovering fire, it causes a butterfly effect where 1323 England is attaced by a giant fly and the future is ruled by insectoid flies.

Note: The title of this episode is a parody of Planet of the Apes.

The Time Squad must deal with Sitting Bull, who wants to party with younger people after misinterpreting a vision from his ancestors. Tuddrussel does not help matters when he finds how much he likes Sitting Bull behaving similar to himself due to their shared love for partying. Otto and Larry trick Sitting Bull into his correct mind in time for the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

In a parody of Rashomon, Tuddrussel, Larry, and Otto each have different accounts of their mission on turning Attila the Hun from a nebbish coward into a bloodthirsty fighter and argue over which account to report to their boss. Otto's story turns out to be true. However, Tuddrussel and Larry are official Time Cops and they get to write whatever they want on the report, meaning they can omit Otto's version.

Larry gets electrocuted while fixing a fuse and experiences wild shifts in his personality (including acting drunk, becoming violent, and impersonating Jerry Lewis), leading the Time Squad to go back to the time of Louis Pasteur, who is making Kool-Aid-style fruit drinks instead of inventing pasteurized milk. To teach Pasteur a lesson and get him to follow history, Otto pitches ideas to Marie Curie to make fruit popsicles. Pasteur then storms off to create pasteurized milk.

After Otto catches a cold from not wearing a coat during the Time Squad's mission to Russia to get Karl Marx to write the Communist Manifesto instead of building the world's largest igloo, Tuddrussel and Larry must complete a historical mission without Otto helping them by trying to get Benjamin Franklin to be an author of the Declaration of Independence. Tuddrussel and Larry revealed to be highly incompetent on their mission. The first part had Tuddrussel beating up John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Rush because he thought they were Franklin. Then Tuddrussel and Larry thought that Franklin invented the lightbulb where Otto corrected them by stating it was Thomas Edison who invented the lightbulb. When they do get Benjamin Franklin with Adams, Jefferson, and Rush where they don't know how the Declaration of Independence should start, a sick Otto is brought in to assist them once more.

The Time Squad travels to the 1920s, where gangster Al Capone, who had a traumatic experience with a terrible entertainer at a birthday party in his childhood, has made himself and all of his minions become clowns. Otto, Tuddrussel, and Larry are mistaken for three of Capone's minions who had to take the long way back to the hideout. After a disastrous birthday party gig, Otto snaps Capone back to his senses when he shows the famous mobster that the clowns who he is forced out of work trying to run his criminal empire, with disastrous results. Once this is corrected and Otto, Tuddrussel, and Larry return to their time, the real henchmen return and are assaulted by the police that the injured birthday kid's mother unleashed on them.

Larry and Tuddrussel get caught up in arguing with each other and do not notice that they have left Otto on a deserted island following a historical mission to talk Hernando de Soto out of building a resort when he should be creating a colony in Cuba. While Otto desperately tries to survive, Larry and Tuddrussel isolate each other, only to experiment with each other's hobbies and come to an understanding. They return to 1537 just in time to save Otto from a group of mandrills.

Otto celebrates his birthday on the satellite where Tuddrussel gives him his own time cop suit, but the festivities are short-lived when they must go back in time to cure a mysophobic Amelia Earhart, so she would become the first female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Tuddrussel's slovenly ways eventually "cure" her, but in the process, both she and Otto become just like the burly Time Cop. Tuddrussel fixes his mistake when Earhart said she wants to marry him while Larry disposes of Otto's time cop suit.

The Time Squad is sent to the Alamo, where everyone there (including Tuddrussel's ancestor Jeremiah) is setting up a fiesta for the Mexican forces rather than defending themselves from them. When Larry refuses to cooperate by assisting in the party decorations, it is up to Otto and Tuddrussel to save the mission. After sabotaging the fiesta, Jeremiah and the others blame Larry for it. They are convinced to follow history and defend the Alamo from the forces.

After Tuddrussel hurts Larry's feelings at his own art show, Otto tries to teach him to be more sensitive while they go on a mission to stop Aztec emperor Montezuma from performing stand-up comedy. Tuddrussel's attempts and Larry's lack of appreciation leads to an insult contest between the two that wins the audience over.

In a parody of the original Scooby-Doo cartoon series, the Time Squad goes back to the days of President William Howard Taft, who claims that the White House (which has been reduced to a decrepit state) is haunted by the ghosts of former commanders in chief. The rumors are keeping Woodrow Wilson from running for President as he tries a one-mand band gig, so Otto, Larry, and Tuddrussel investigate and fight a zombie Zachary Taylor, vampire Benjamin Harrison, and Frankenstein-esque James Buchanan. But Otto is not fooled and discovers Taft's plot that gets him arrested. Wilson becomes the new President. When it comes to another spooky sound, Taft denies any knowledge of it causing Time Squad to leave quickly.

The Time Squad goes on a mission to stop Alfred Nobel from giving nobel prizes to people who commit evil acts and are soon assisted by Shela and XJ5, who have a history with Nobel where he did other prizes for contests. This leads to a showdown with Alfred Nobel and his allies Black Bart, Jack the Ripper, Lizzie Borden, Grigori Rasputin, and Mrs. O'Leary's Cow. Once the Time Squad proves victorious in the fight, Otto persuades Nobel to give his prizes to people who do good while stating to the villains that they have to continue their evil exploits.

The Time Squad crew decides to go on vacation rather than save Henry Morton Stanley from being captured by cannibals when he goes to find David Livingstone. This prompts a much cooler Time Squad crew J.T. Lazer and Lance 9 Trillion (that happen to be idols in the eyes of Larry and Tuddrussel, except Otto obviously aware they are vain and arrogant) to finish the job when Tuddrussel and Larry have "gone missing." Lance tells the cannibals that Tudrussel, Larry, and Otto would make a good meal instead of Henry Morton Stanley and David Livingstone causing Tuddrussel, Larry, and Otto to be attacked. Henry later slaps the three of them for not saving him in the first place while Otto states to Tudrussel and Larry that Lazer and Lance will take the credit for the mission. Tuddrussel and Larry are still pleased that they got to work with their idols.

In this self-referential episode, the Time Squad meets William Shakespeare, who is now doing kids' plays, and finds inspiration in creating a new play from the Time Squad crew, but things get sticky when Larry acts as a censor and Tuddrussel is too busy coming up with a new catchphrase to do anything about the situation. Eventually, Otto persuades Shakespeare to make plays for all ages.

Tired of being stuck with the chores, Larry uses his room full of spare parts to make a clone of himself. This starts a chain reaction that leads to a plethora of Larry 3000s, who turn the satellite into a resort.

Larry, Otto, and Tuddrussel become addicted to a trashy 1980s soap opera. Before they learn one of the show's big secrets, the Time Squad must go back in time to force Samuel Morse to invent Morse code. The crew gets a surprise when another Time Squad made up of elderly versions of themselves appears.

The Time Squad encounters Billy the Kid, who is literally acting like a kid (wearing a diaper and bib and carrying around a rattle), making him a useless outlaw. The Time Squad becomes outlaws themselves to teach Billy the Kid how to be a proper criminal, and they end up getting chased by a Clint Eastwood-esque sheriff.

The Time Squad goes back in time to help George Washington, who is sick of being famous and wants to be a father. Otto happily fills the role of Washington's son, and while Tuddrussell tries to get Otto back, Larry is too busy shopping in colonial America to intervene.

Note: During the closing credits, there is a special credit that reads, "Mission SK77: Billy the Baby is dedicated to Sergio Leone and Tex Avery".

The paths of Tuddrussel and Sheila's units meet again when their missions Joan of Arc and Johannes Gutenberg switch roles. Soon afterwards, Tuddrussel and Sheila start to fall in love all over again which makes Larry worried that Tuddrussel may ditch him.

After Larry gets a birthday present from Otto (but not before he gets mad at Tuddrussel, who claims that robots do not have birthdays), the Time Squad goes back in time to help Paul Revere overcome his fear of horses so he can do his Midnight Ride warn the townspeople of Concord and Lexington that the British are coming. Revere even attempts to try other animals as his mode of transportation. They discover Revere had suffered a childhood trauma because his first horse was hysterical and ruthless; even inflicts Time Squad with fear. In need of a therapist for Revere, Time Squad goes to pick up Sigmund Freud. He hypnotizes Revere to being a horse and together they make the Midnight Ride. When they hear the sound of a horse, Otto, Tuddrussel, and Larry state that they will come back for Freud later.

The Time Squad goes back in time to find General George S. Patton running a florist shop, and he recruits the Time Squad to fight back against a rival (replica) florist shop. Time Squad must convince Patton to end his business and head to Europe to fight in World War II. This happens when the patrons by all of the plans in Patton's shop.

While on a mission to 2002 to have George W. Bush forget about building the world's biggest ball of twine, Otto is taken back to the orphanage from which he came (as seen in the first episode) by Sister Thornley when Larry and Tuddrussel forget him. Without Otto, Larry and Tuddrussel must once again try to complete a historical mission (this time centered on Christopher Columbus who is working as a hot dog vendor instead of discovering America) on their own. When that fails, they scour many orphans from the past to find a replacement boy genius. When they realize that no one could replace Otto, Larry and Tuddrussel go back to the orphanage to rescue him from Sister Thornley. In the process, they abandon a kid they got from another orphanage whom Sister Thornley takes advantage of.

Note: Dexter from Dexter’s Laboratory makes a cameo.