| Time Warp Trio | |
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| Based on | The Time Warp Trio byJon Scieszka Lane Smith |
| Developed by | Pierre Valette |
| Voices of | Mark Rendall Darren Frost Scott McCord Sarah Gadon (episodes 2–14) Tajja Isen (episodes 20–26) Sunday Muse Laurie Elliott Annick Obonsawin Tony Daniels |
| Opening theme | "Time Warp Trio" byRiddlin' Kids |
| Composer | Eggplant Productions Inc. |
| Country of origin | Canada[1][2] United States |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
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| Executive producers | Carol Greenwald Dorothea Gillim |
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| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production companies | Soup2Nuts WGBH Boston |
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| Network | Discovery Kids |
| Release | July 9, 2005 (2005-07-09) – July 15, 2006 (2006-07-15) |
| Related | |
| Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum WordGirl | |
Time Warp Trio is ananimated television series based on thechildren's book series of the same name. Created byJon Scieszka, the series was produced byWGBH Boston in association withSoup2Nuts. The series aired from July 9, 2005, to July 15, 2006, onDiscovery Kids'Saturday morning block on NBC. Asecond season was planned, but never managed to materialize
For his tenth birthday, Joe receives a mysterious blue book (known only as "The Book") from his magician uncle, Joe the Magnificent. By reading the book, Joe and his friends, Sam and Fred, are - often accidentally - transported to various times and places throughout history, such asAncient Egypt and theOld West. In the year 2105, the trio meets their own great-granddaughters, Jodie, Samantha, and Freddi.
After each time warp, the group must find and use The Book in order to return to the present day. Later in the series, Joe's evil uncle, Mad Jack, makes several attempts to capture the children and The Book with crafty tricks, such as stranding them in Antarctica (since The Book does not work there).
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| No. | Title | Time | Place | Trio combination | Original release date | |
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| 1 | "The Not-So-Jolly Roger" | 1718 | North Carolina | Joe, Sam, and Fred | July 9, 2005 (2005-07-09) | |
Fred wishes for buried treasure after Joe receives the Book for his tenth birthday, and the boys find themselves facing down the pirateBlackbeard. | ||||||
| 2 | "2105" | 2105, the future | Brooklyn, New York | Joe, Sam, and Fred | July 16, 2005 (2005-07-16) | |
A class trip to the Natural History Museum ends up transporting the boys one hundred years into the future. The Trio run into ray gun-toting robots and meet three mysterious girls who turn out to be their own great-granddaughters. Based on theTime Warp Trio book2095. | ||||||
| 3 | "You Can't, But Genghis Khan" | 1170 | Outer Mongolia | Joe, Sam, and Fred | July 23, 2005 (2005-07-23) | |
Fred, Joe and Sam travel back to experience life and culture inMongolia in the 12th century, and pair up with 9-year-old Temüjin — the futureGenghis Khan. | ||||||
| 4 | "Tut Tut" | 1470 BC | Ancient Egypt | Joe, Sam, and Fred | July 30, 2005 (2005-07-30) | |
The Trio accidentally warps toAncient Egypt where they meet a 10-year-oldThutmose III. | ||||||
| 5 | "Sam Samurai" | 1615 | Japan | Joe, Sam, and Fred | August 6, 2005 (2005-08-06) | |
An accidentalhaiku sends Sam, Joe and Fred back to Japan in the middle of theTokugawa shogunate. They meet a samurai named Honda and the evil Owatabut of Yomama who attempts to get rid of the great leaderTokugawa Ieyasu. | ||||||
| 6 | "See You Later, Gladiator!" | 120 AD | Rome, Italy | Joe, Sam, and Fred | August 13, 2005 (2005-08-13) | |
The Book transports Joe, Sam, and Fred back toAncient Rome in the 2nd century AD— and face-to-face with one gladiator. Based on the book of the same name. | ||||||
| 7 | "Lewis and Clark... and Jodie, Freddi, and Samantha" | 1805 | Rocky Mountains | Jodie, Samantha, and Freddi | August 20, 2005 (2005-08-20) | |
The girls' wish for a camping trip transports them back to joinLewis and Clark on the first U.S. overland expedition to thePacific coast where they meetSacagawea. | ||||||
| 8 | "Viking It and Liking It" | 1001 AD | Greenland | Joe, Sam, and Fred | August 27, 2005 (2005-08-27) | |
The boys want to play Vikings Football Smashfest, but instead find themselves in AD 1001 amidst realVikings, includingLeif Erikson. The boys accompany Ericson on his voyage toNorth America. | ||||||
| 9 | "Hey Kid, Want to Buy a Bridge?" | 1879 | Brooklyn, New York | Joe, Sam, and Fred | September 3, 2005 (2005-09-03) | |
Joe, Fred and Sam transport back toNew York City near the late 19th century and meetEmily Roebling, the woman who helped with the construction of theBrooklyn Bridge. However something goes wrong with the warp, and Sam somehow hasThomas Edison's plans to manipulate electricity in his head. | ||||||
| 10 | "Me Oh Maya" | 960 AD | Chichen Itza, Mexico | Joe, Sam, and Fred | October 1, 2005 (2005-10-01) | |
The boys transport toChichen Itza, Mexico in the middle of aMaya ringball court a thousand years ago, where they must compete in the game. Based on the book of the same name. | ||||||
| 11 | "The Good, the Bad, and the Goofy" | 1868 | Western United States | Joe, Sam, and Fred | October 8, 2005 (2005-10-08) | |
The Trio travel back to theOld West where they must survive a stampede, a band ofCheyenne with their leaderBlack Kettle, and a full-blown charge ofCuster's Seventh Cavalry. | ||||||
| 12 | "Able Was I Ere I Saw Elba" | 1815 | Paris, France | Joe, Fred, and Samantha | January 7, 2006 (2006-01-07) | |
Fred and Joe transport to 1815 Paris and meetNapoleon Bonaparte. Samantha is also there with pioneering aeronautSophie Blanchard. However Napoleon gets his hands on the Book and learns how to winThe Battle of Waterloo, where he continues to conquer through the USA. | ||||||
| 13 | "The Seven Blunders of the World" | 580 BC | Iraq | Joe, Sam, and Fred | January 14, 2006 (2006-01-14) | |
Deeming the Book too dangerous Joe locks it up. However a Babylonian thief steals it on orders of Mad Jack. Accidentally warped to Babylon, the trio meetKing Nebuchadnezzar II and Queen Amyitis, the creators of theHanging Gardens of Babylon. | ||||||
| 14 | "Jinga All the Way" | 1624 | Angola, Africa | Jodie, Sam, and Fred | January 21, 2006 (2006-01-21) | |
Jodie, Sam and Fred land in 17th centuryAngola. They join the fierceQueen Jinga and battle warring tribes in a trek along theKwanza River on their way to a historic meeting with the Portuguese governor. | ||||||
| 15 | "Birdman or Birdbrain?" | 1765 | Rapa Nui | Freddi, Samantha, and Fred | February 4, 2006 (2006-02-04) | |
When The Book's pages transform into rongorongo script, Freddi, Samantha, and Fred transport back in time toRapa Nui (a.k.a. Easter Island). Eventually, Freddi must jump off a cliff and, swim through shark-infested waters to the Birdman's Island (Motu Nui). | ||||||
| 16 | "Dude, Where's My Karma?" | 720 AD | India | None (although Joe narrates, Sam and Fred warp without him) | February 11, 2006 (2006-02-11) | |
When Joe realizes that he's slowly disappearing, the kids find a malfunction in his family tree in The Book and follow it toIndia. Sam, Fred, Samantha and Freddi have to help Joe's ancestor Prince Karna win the hand of Princess Lakshmi to save the entire family line. | ||||||
| 17 | "My Big Fat Greek Olympics" | 404 BC | Greece | Fred, Samantha, and Sam | February 18, 2006 (2006-02-18) | |
A wild warp at the Olympia Diner sends Fred and Samantha toAncient Greece during theOlympic games where they must team up with philosopherPlato to help avoid a historical disaster. | ||||||
| 18 | "Wushu Were Here" | 621 AD | Shu China | Joe, Fred, and Anna | February 25, 2006 (2006-02-25) | |
Sam gets trapped inside The Book, and Anna, Fred and Joe travel back to theTang dynasty inChina in 621 AD to figure out how to get him out. En route they help theShaolin Monks rescueGeneral Li Shimin from prison, travel past the beginnings of theGreat Wall, learn about the teachings ofChan Buddhism, and confront Mad Jack. | ||||||
| 19 | "What's So Great About Peter?" | 1698 | Moscow, Russia | Samantha, Sam, and Fred | March 18, 2006 (2006-03-18) | |
Sam's Grandpa Dima tells some big stories to Sam, Fred and Samantha about his ancestor,Alexander Kikin, but the crew is skeptical. Fred and Samantha convince Sam to travel back toRussia, where they save Kikin (a member of the Russian guardsmen, theStreltsy), from the wrath ofPeter the Great. | ||||||
| 20 | "The Caveman Catastrophe" | 51,000 BC | Germany | Jodie, Sam, and Fred | July 15, 2006 (2006-07-15) | |
When the kids warp back to theStone Age, they manage to decipher somecave paintings and find The Book in the camp of theNeanderthals. However, when they trade Jodie's binoculars to get it back, something goes wrong, and the kids become hairy. | ||||||
| 21 | "Nightmare on Joe's Street" | 1816 | Switzerland | Joe, Sam, and Jodie | July 15, 2006 (2006-07-15) | |
Frankenstein's monster has escaped fromMary Shelley's imagination and is wreaking havoc in Joe's apartment in Brooklyn. Joe, Sam, and Jodie transport the monster to 1816Switzerland. | ||||||
| 22 | "Breaking the Codex" | 1503 | Florence, Italy | Joe, Jodie, and Freddi | July 15, 2006 (2006-07-15) | |
Jodie and Freddi unexpectedly grab Joe and transport him to 1503 in Italy at the height of theRenaissance. They must rescue the artist, scientist and inventorLeonardo da Vinci from Mad Jack who has gotten the idea that Da Vinci can help Mad Jack create his own time-traveling book. | ||||||
| 23 | "Break an Egg" | 1911 | Antarctica | Joe, Sam, and Fred | July 15, 2006 (2006-07-15) | |
Joe, Sam and Fred transport to 1911Antarctica where they encounterRobert Falcon Scott at theTerra Nova Expedition. They endure extreme cold, eat hoosh (seal liver), and discover that Mad Jack has brought them to the one place on Earth that's too cold for The Book to work. | ||||||
| 24 | "The High and the Flighty" | 1937 | Miami, Florida | Freddi, Jodie, and Samantha | July 15, 2006 (2006-07-15) | |
The girls hear a mysterious radio transmission, which Freddi recognizes as the voice of her heroine, pilotAmelia Earhart, who is broadcasting a distress message on her last flight. The girls transport to 1937 and try to solve the mystery of Amelia's disappearance on her attempted around-the-world flight. | ||||||
| 25 | "Harem Scare'm" | 1540 | Istanbul, Turkey | Sam, Fred, and Jodie | July 15, 2006 (2006-07-15) | |
Jodie talks Sam and Fred into traveling to theOttoman Empire, location of the Time Map, which will reveal the location of the Book in any time period. On arrival, they meetSelim II,Suleiman the Magnificent's son, and his wily monkey, Dimples. | ||||||
| 26 | "Plaid to the Bone" | 1338 | Medieval Scotland | Joe, Jodie, and Anna | July 15, 2006 (2006-07-15) | |
Series Finale: Joe, Jodie, and Anna are flung from atrebuchet and hurtling towards theDunbar Castle in Scotland during a siege in 1338 led byWilliam Montagu, 1st Earl of Salisbury. However, when the kids meetAgnes Randolph and Uncle Joe in the dungeon, they realize much more is at stake. Joe watches Uncle Joe and Mad Jack battle it out over the fate of the universe and it's up to the kids to save the timeline. | ||||||
Time Warp Trio aired onDiscovery Kids and premiered in the United States on July 9, 2005. The final episode aired on July 15, 2006. It also aired as part of a three-hour Discovery Kids block onNBC until September 2, 2006. After the series ended, reruns aired on The Hub until June 27, 2011.
It also aired onTVOKids in Canada,CBBC in the United Kingdom and Ireland,Cartoon Network in Australia and New Zealand, andHBO Family &Cartoon Network in Southeast Asia. It also aired onJetix (laterDisney XD) in India. It was also dubbed into Hebrew under the title "מלכודת הזמן" and aired on Logi andArutz HaYeladim, the series was also aired in South Korea onEBS under the name "시간 여행 삼총사" with Korean subtitles. It also aired in Portugal onRTP2 (formerly 2), where it was dubbed into Portuguese under the title "Trio no Tempo", it also aired in Italy onDeA Kids.[3]
Even though it was produced byPBS station WGBH,Time Warp Trio was not broadcast on PBS in the United States. However, the show is distributed internationally through PBS International[4] and airs onPBS Kids in Africa.[5]
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