Time Squad is an American animated television series created by Dave Wasson for Cartoon Network and the tenth of the network's Cartoon Cartoons . It follows the adventures of Otto Osworth, Buck Tuddrussel, and the robot Larry 3000, a trio of hapless "time cops" living in the far distant future who travel back in time attempting to correct the course of history. During their adventures, they run into major historical figures such as Julius Caesar , Abraham Lincoln , Sigmund Freud , Leonardo da Vinci , the Founding Fathers , and Moctezuma , who have taken a drastically different course of life than history dictates. The mission of the Time Squad is to guide these figures onto the correct path and ensure the integrity of the future.
28-420: The series premiered during Cartoon Network's marathon block "Cartoon Cartoon Summer" on June 8, 2001, and ended after two seasons on November 26, 2003, airing 26 episodes in total. In the course of its run, the series received five Annie Award nominations. Creator Dave Wasson described the series as "a C-average student's approach [to history]—a CliffsNotes version of what historical characters did and giving it
56-549: A Daytime Emmy Award in 1999 for Production Designer. Wasson created the Cartoon Network animated series Time Squad , which ran from 2001 to 2003. He has co-written, storyboarded, and directed a number of the shorts for the series Mickey Mouse Shorts . Wasson was the supervising director, supervising producer, and voice actor on Making Fiends . He was the executive producer and director of The Buzz on Maggie at Disney. He has also directed many animated commercials for
84-722: A (somewhat tweaked) history lesson as well." In a review for the Houston Chronicle , contributor Lana Berkowitz rated the series a B, stating that it consisted of "more laughs than lessons". A DVD consisting of the first three episodes of the series was released in the United Kingdom by Boulevard Entertainment. Cartoon Network and Subway partnered to release five Time Squad -themed toys in Subway Kids Paks. The promotion lasted from September 30 to November 17, 2002. Annie Award The Annie Awards are accolades which
112-460: A division of Hanna-Barbera following the death of William Hanna in 2001. The show began airing on Canada's Teletoon Detour block in 2002. The show features music from Michael Tavera , who would later make music for ¡Mucha Lucha! , Lilo & Stitch: The Series , Yin Yang Yo! and The Secret Saturdays . Set in the year 100,000,000 AD on a satellite orbiting Earth, Time Squad follows
140-475: A fee to belong to the branch. Selected professional members of the branch are permitted to vote to decide the awards. The 48th and 49th Annie Awards ceremonies were held virtually on April 16, 2021, and March 12, 2022, respectively, due to the then ongoing COVID-19 pandemic . In 1972, June Foray first conceived the idea of awards for excellence in the field of animation. With the approval of ASIFA-Hollywood president Nick Bosustow, an Annie Award ceremony
168-403: A guy did in history, then found the most outlandish way he could go wrong". Future Earth is now a peaceful utopia where all nations of the world have merged into one, and according to Tuddrussel, Earth has "no more war, no pollution, and bacon is good for your heart". Despite this cheerful vision of the future, the space station on which the characters live and from which they travel to the past
196-430: A twist." It is the final Cartoon Network original series to premiere during Betty Cohen 's tenure, as she later resigned due to creative disagreements with Jamie Kellner , then-head of Turner Broadcasting System . Cohen was eventually replaced with Jim Samples ten days after Time Squad premiered. Time Squad was the first Cartoon Network original series to be entirely produced by Cartoon Network Studios , no longer
224-459: Is an American animator , storyboard artist , director , producer , writer , and voice actor . Wasson created the Cartoon Network original series Time Squad , before going on to develop Star vs. the Forces of Evil as director, writer, and executive producer. He also served as director and writer of the series , supervising director of Making Fiends , and executive producer and director of
252-460: Is maintained and the future protected. According to Larry 3000, "time is like a rope", and, as it is woven at one end, ages and gradually unravels and frays at the other. In the context of the show, this often means that historical figures have made different, sometimes anachronistic , choices in life, and as such will not be able to fulfill the role that history says they fulfilled. According to creator Dave Wasson, "We started by basically knowing what
280-429: Is remarkably dystopic . It features a shooting range, a terrarium and a prison for repeat offenders, but it is dank, outdated (for the time) and unclean. Mostly this seems to be down to officer Buck Tuddrussel, a scruffy and immature perennial bachelor, who nevertheless happens to be the station's most senior officer. The only other official member of Buck's unit is Larry 3000, a translator robot and former diplomat who
308-412: 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. Time Squad received mostly positive reception from critics. Upon its premiere, Entertainment Weekly gave it a B rating, calling it "fast and snappy, and you just might be able to trick your kid into
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#1732881553859336-605: The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature . Many felt that the vote had been rigged: DreamWorks at the time gave each of their employees a free membership to ASIFA-Hollywood, which in turn conferred voting rights. (For most film awards, voting rights cannot be bought but must be conferred by one's peers.) As a result, Walt Disney Studios decided to cease submissions and support for the 2010 Annie Awards from their two animated film divisions, Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar. Due to Disney's complaints, ASIFA-Hollywood changed
364-782: The Los Angeles branch of the International Animated Film Association , ASIFA-Hollywood , has presented each year since 1972 to recognize excellence in animation shown in American cinema and television. Originally designed to celebrate lifetime or career contributions to animation, the award has been given to individual works since 1992. Membership in ASIFA-Hollywood is divided into three main categories: General Member (for professionals), Patron (for enthusiasts of animation), and Student Member. Members in each category pay
392-610: The ASIFA board. Catmull said, "We believe there is an issue with the way the Annies are judged, and have been seeking a mutually agreeable solution with the board. Although some initial steps have been taken, the board informed us that no further changes would be made to address our concerns." ASIFA-Hollywood did not agree to this demand. Disney and Pixar rejoined the Annie Awards in 2011, with no formal announcement. Ironically, earlier that year,
420-466: The Annie Award nominees for Best Short Subject included two Walt Disney cartoons, a Pixar short, and two independent films: Picnic Pictures' The Chestnut Tree , and Don Hertzfeldt 's short Everything Will Be OK . Official rules for the Annie Awards state that voting members must view all nominated achievements in their entirety before casting their ballot for a winner. Members are directed to view
448-906: The Annie Awards had a near-exact replay of the 2009 results, with DreamWorks Animation's How to Train Your Dragon sweeping all the major Annie Awards over Pixar's Toy Story 3 , which went on to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and also received a nomination for Best Picture . The following nominees (motion pictures and direct-to-video films) received multiple nominations: The following winners (motion pictures and direct-to-video films) received multiple awards: The following nominees (TV shows, specials, and special presentations) received multiple wins and nominations: The following winners (TV shows, specials, and special presentations) received multiple awards: Dave Wasson Dave Wasson (born September 11, 1968)
476-412: The adventures of Buck Tuddrussell (voiced by Rob Paulsen ), a muscular and dim-witted officer of the law; Larry 3000 (voiced by Mark Hamill ), a serious and stern robot; and Otto Osworth (voiced by Pamela Adlon ), an eight-year-old orphan history buff, as they travel together backwards in time to set right the course of history as it unravels. The Time Squad organization is set up to ensure that history
504-749: The awards be called "Annie", because they are presented for excellence in animation. The first trophy for the Annie Award trophy was presented in the second award ceremony, to Walter Lantz , the founder of Walter Lantz Productions and creator of Woody Woodpecker . Made of wood and plastic, it was shaped like a zoetrope . The next year, Tom Woodward designed the trophy now presented. As of 2022, 37 categories are presented including for film and television productions. Production Individual achievement in Film Individual achievement in Television, Broadcast and Video Game Juried awards In 2008,
532-450: The ballot; however, Everything Will Be OK was again not included: this time, the online ballot only played a portion of this film's 17-minute running time to voters, abruptly cutting out in the middle of a scene. ASIFA again took several days to repair the ballot, but this time allowed voting to continue. By the time the ballot officially closed on February 1, Everything Will Be OK was only available to voters for less than 24 hours of
560-450: The deal were Samurai Jack , Grim & Evil , and Justice League . Time Squad was created by Dave Wasson , who was known for animating short films on Nickelodeon 's Oh Yeah! Cartoons such as Max & His Special Problem , which garnered Wasson a Daytime Emmy Award for production design in 1999. The series premiered during Cartoon Network's Friday night "Cartoon Cartoon Summer" block on June 8, 2001, at 9 PM EST. As part of
588-573: The entire 18-day voting period. Even though ASIFA apologized to Hertzfeldt, they took no further action and carried on with the event, awarding the prize to the Pixar short, Your Friend the Rat . (Hertzfeldt would eventually win the award for his 2015 Oscar-nominated short film World of Tomorrow .) In 2009, DreamWorks Animation 's Kung Fu Panda swept the Annie Awards in a surprise upset over Pixar 's WALL-E , which won no Annie Awards but did go on to win
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#1732881553859616-710: The investment deal, the series was greenlit for 26 episodes. Time Squad launched on Cartoon Network and Boomerang 's video-on-demand service in November 2002. The series was first broadcast in Australia in mid-2002 on Cartoon Network . Note : All episodes were directed by the series creator Dave Wasson , though Larry Leichliter co-directed "Keepin' It Real with Sitting Bull", "A Thrilla at Attila's", "Pasteur's Packs O' Punch", "Love at First Flight", "Child's Play", "Father Figure of Our Country", and "Floral Patton". The Time Squad goes back in time to help George Washington , who
644-465: The mission is completed. At a press conference on February 21, 2001, Cartoon Network announced that it had greenlit four new series, one of which was Time Squad , which was set to begin broadcasting in June. The announcement was the result of a $ 500 million investment granted to Cartoon Network during the previous year for expansion of original programming through 2005. Other series that came about as part of
672-403: The nominated films on a secure website. When the online ballot launched on January 15, the two independent films were not included for voters to judge. ASIFA acknowledged this error over a week later, at which point all the votes were reportedly thrown out and the balloting system was reset. Voters were instructed to return and re-vote the category. "The Chestnut Tree" was now uploaded properly to
700-489: The rules on voting for individual achievement categories, making those categories only available to professionals within those categories. ASIFA-Hollywood head Antran Manoogian also said that Annie voters would in the future have to be approved by a committee and non-professionals would now be ineligible to vote. That was not enough for Disney president Ed Catmull, who had called for an advisory committee of relevant executives representing each studio to recommend rule changes to
728-552: The series The Buzz on Maggie . He is also the author and illustrator of the children's book The Big Ideas of Buster Bickles . Wasson is currently developer and executive producer of The Cuphead Show! for Netflix . Wasson studied film making and animation at the California Institute of the Arts . Wasson created a series of shorts at Nickelodeon for Oh Yeah! Cartoons , one of which, Max & His Special Problem , won him
756-558: Was organized. The first ceremony was held at the banquet room of Sportsmen's Lodge in Ventura Boulevard in Studio City, Los Angeles, California . Max Fleischer and Dave Fleischer were the first to be honored by the first Annie Awards for creating Betty Boop , bringing Popeye , and Olive Oyl to the animated screen, and for inventing the technique of rotoscoping . According to Foray, her husband Hobart Donavan suggested that
784-472: Was rendered more or less obsolete when all of the world's nations merged. Buck's mindless machismo clashes with Larry's effete sensibilities, and the two bicker terribly. When they encounter Otto Osworth, an orphan from the 21st century, he is quickly recruited as he is the only one on the team with any enthusiasm or competence for the job. Neither of the other two are particularly willing to listen to his advice, and Otto must often resort to trickery to make sure
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