wait remember Time Warp Trio it was about a group of time traveling kids that were able to visit
different historic moments in time and all of the wacky shenanigans that come along with that
distributed by PBS and shown on Discovery Kids Time Warp Trio would capture your imagination
with some fun sci-fi elements to its story while teaching you about history yup it's time for some
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Time Warp Trio is a pretty interesting and fun infotainment based show much akin to something
like Cyberchase which we have covered here on the channel our Central main character Joe is
gifted a book on his birthday from his Uncle Joe the Magnificent he's a magician let him have that
name okay this magical book is referred to as the book wow clever name but as Joe discovers along
with his two friends Sam and Fred that the book has these magical powers that seemingly randomly
transport them throughout time to take place in historical events and interact with historical
figures from Genghis Khan to Napoleon Bonaparte to Mary Shelley to Blackbeard with so many more
the show has our main three characters cover a wide range of interesting stories to tell with
interesting figures throughout time Joe voiced by Mark Rendall is following in the footsteps of
his Uncle Joe first you take his name then you take his career what's next Joe are you gonna
become the main character of this story over your friends yeah we've established that you
are well he's a fine mainly need to root for he does have his qualities like being a bit immature
and sometimes a little bit weird but honestly who isn't Sam voiced by Darren Frost is the smart one
of the group who often has the most logical points to bring up in any situation as well as having the
most amount of knowledge on the different eras in time that they visit this also goes hand in hand
with his other trait of being the most hesitant and scared of the whole time traveling thing which
I think at that age is more than valid you're a 10 year old kid and now you have to come face
to face with Blackbeard the pirate and you can't call your mommy to come pick you up because she's
not going to even be born for a very long time from then so it's valid then there's Fred voiced
by Scott McCord he's the tough one the headstrong one the one who acts before he thinks but this is
the type of friend you want if you're in trouble because he'll Rush right in to help you out it's
a nice balance of being this stubborn yet tough character mixed with someone who at the end of
the day cares about others especially his friends at the same time as all of these time traveling
adventure they all have to deal with Mad Jack voiced by Tony Daniels who is the brother of
Joe the Magnificent and the other Uncle of Joe the regular because he's not magnificent he wants that
book and will stop at nothing to go after it even if he has to kill his own nephew to do so yeah we
get it he's evil but like in a quirky man-child way you know aside from our main three characters
we also get introduced to their counterparts while future granddaughter counterparts that
after being brought into the show basically become Mainstay characters that join in on
the adventures as we mix and match whatever the trio turns out to be for that episode there's
Jody voiced by Sarah gadon and later by Taja issan who is the granddaughter of Joe Samantha
voiced by Lori Elliott who is the granddaughter of Sam and then there's Freddy Voice by Sunday Muse
who is the granddaughter of Fred I don't think I needed to tell you whose granddaughters they
are their names really just kind of give that away for you they are all from the year 2105 which is
a hundred years into the future as the show takes place in 2005 as far as who they are personality
wise they basically become the opposite of their individual grandfathers we have to get the book or
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originally Time Warp Trio is an adapted show stemming from a book series of the same name
written by John cisca and illustrated by both Adam McCauley and Lane Smith it would follow
the journeys of three kids Joe Fred and Sam who get to travel throughout time to witness and take
part in historical events with historical figures with the first book in the series
releasing in 1991 so it is pretty clear how the same concept from traveling through time
with a magical book is essentially the same as we see it in the show itself it wouldn't
be until the summer of 2005 that the animated show adaptation would hit Discovery Kids but
the books were a prime target for edutainment Content dealing with real historical events and
people from those different times giving the person reading or later on watching a chance
to be entertained by the actions on the screen but also take away a lot from history from 1991
until 2006 the book series would release a total of 16 books so in the early 2000s a lot of book
series were being adapted into shows and time War of Trio was just sitting there as a perfect
vessel for someone like PBS to see a future with an animation and Discovery Kids to put
it out there with similar educational animated programs thus Time Warp Trio became a cartoon
I think Time Warp Trio is pretty unique while I don't think the concept of the show is wholly
original I think the stories it tells through this time travel vessel are pretty fascinating
I am big on infotainment edutainment programs that don't make it feel like you're learning or
being force-fed a bunch of information but for a show to blend that in well to be an entertaining
show is the real ticket winner and I feel like this show does a great job at keeping you engaged
in the show itself and makes it not only fun to learn about these historical events but actually
get to see them as they happen well in cartoon form but you know what I mean in fact speaking
about it being a cartoon you can clearly see that the animation for the show isn't what you'd find
in most other shows being more simplistic in style and especially in the movement while I think those
who aren't that big of a fan of it are completely valid to think that and have their opinions my
thoughts on it changed the more I watched it sure it's pretty basic and looks pretty budgeted but
it has this unique charm that reminds me of the educational computer games I would play growing up
up whether it was more simplistic web-based games or even games like the jumpstart Series so while
I can't particularly say this show looks great I sure can say that it stood out more so because of
that another thing that I think is both something that isn't a New Concept but I thought was a fun
twist for the series when it was introduced was the introduction of the main Trio's granddaughters
essentially being just like their grandfathers but with some opposite character traits but to not
only randomly introduce them in an episode but to then carry them forward as pseudo main characters
that join Along on future Adventures constantly offering a different pairing of characters per
different episodes it felt like we just got a whole larger cast out of nowhere and at least
the concept of them being their descendants a couple Generations in the future is kind
of cool seeing how they interact and also take their own places in the story since the series
isn't too filled with information and history that I haven't already learned it doesn't have
the biggest impact on the learning side for me but in knowing what is being talked about already
it was fun to jog my brain on some of of these stories as far as the other plot of the series
outside of time traveling the fact that they have to keep the book away from Joe's evil Uncle Mad
Jack presents a fun extra external conflict to give you a bit more than just a history lesson
especially when we learn new things about the book when the kids get stranded in Antarctica
where the book itself is frozen and can't work giving the situation a bit more suspense and a
cool bit of lore for this show adding on to the lore was a series of graphic novels that were
directly based off of the show's adaptation of the original Source material and while there weren't
many of them made it did seem like there were plans on building this show and overall IP into
a larger franchise that would follow similar pass forward of something like Cyberchase adapting the
original book series is pretty cool and with the concept of it as well as the show this
property could have gone on to do a lot more but sadly after one season of the show that was it
for Time Warp Trio I'm not saying you're wrong but don't diss the phlegm Discovery Kids we'll be back
Discovery Kids is back
so after 26 episodes of the show we never got a continuation of a planned second season for
the show it would have furthered more stories featuring more historical figures from Plenty
of different time periods it had the room to grow and continue on but not only did the show
come to an end a year after the show started the book series that at this point would have been
running for 15 years also came to an end meaning that the future of Time Warp Trio on both mediums
was no longer especially with where the end of the first and I guess only season really LED was going
to bring some pretty cool stories building up a major conflict between Joe and his uncle the evil
one hopefully they can't speak for certain on it since sadly that didn't happen but what caused the
cancellation well oddly enough we were supposed to get more of the show with an apparent second
season initially ordered for it but how do you build an audience for a show with little to no
marketing to inform viewers of the network about it sure there was movement of the time slots to
get more eyes on the show but still without proper promotion who knows to tune in or stick around to
give it a try which I feel with cartoons to get kids to watch them and be excited for them the
ads in between other shows and little bumpers promoting them Aid in giving the show a chance
heck that's how it worked for me as a kid with so many shows also there doesn't seem to be too
much co-mixing between the fans of the books and the fans of the show Mostly sticking or knowing
about one or the other leading to Discovery Kids pulling the plug on the ordered second
season and also leading to the sad end of the book series as well and that's really it to the
whole Time Warp Trio Story the book series ran for 15 years and the show got 26 fun adventures
but then it just kind of all ended and it never got to replicate the still ongoing success of
Cyberchase but for history which I think there is plenty of room for a show like this to exist
and various other topic spin-offs in a similar way if you have fond memories of this show it's
still a nice little slice of sci-fi in history that probably won't in modern day do too much
for you now aside from warm nostalgic feelings if you have them since it is only 26 episodes It's
a pretty Breezy watch through and if you've never seen it but enjoy shows like Cyberchase then yeah
there is definitely a little something here for you but let me know in the comments your thoughts
on the show if you've seen it which episode and historical moment and figure were your favorite
to see in the show but as always thanks so much for watching like And subscribe later