Tot TV Watch

Time Warp Trio is an animated show based on a series of books of the same name written by Jon Scieszka. This is a kid’s television show shown almost daily as repeats on the Discovery Kid’s Channel. It currently is not making new episodes, but supposedly only on hiatus. In the show the kids use a magic book to transport back in time. In the early episodes they do not really understand the power of the book and are often losing the book. As the series progresses they learn more how to control the book, although they usually still have to find it to get back to their own time. The do, however, learn that its magic goes beyond time travel. The episode usually takes them back to historical settings and thus is historical fiction that teaches a little bit about historical events, however it is very fictional and bends the history a lot to make the adventures work. It is still an entertaining adventure series, though, and hopefully will inspire kid’s to want to go learn more about the historical events and figures shown in the episodes. Some encouragement to research the history aspects presented in the mostly fictional shows can make this part of a fun way of learning history.

Continue reading for a list of the episodes and a short description of the time and place they travel to in them.

List of Episodes:

1. “The Not-So-Jolly Roger”: They travel back in time for the first time and meet Blackbeard in this episode.

2. “2105″: This is an entirely fictional episode, as they travel into the future.

3. “You Can’t, But Genghis Khan”: In this episode they travel back in time and encounter the Mongolians including Genghis Khan.

4. “Tut, Tut”: They travel back to the time of the Ancient Egyptians.

5. “Sam Samurai”: This time the book takes them to Japan.

6. “See You Later, Gladiator”: They travel back in time to Rome during the times of the Ancient Romans and the gladiators.

7. “Lewis and Clark…and Jodie, Freddi, and Samantha”: The girls end up going back in time and encounter the Lewis and Clark expedition.

8. “Viking it and Liking it”: In this episode they accompany Leif Erickison as he discovers America.

9. “Hey Kid,Want to Buy a Bridge?”: This episode takes place during the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge.

10. “Able Was I Ere I Saw Elba”: In this episode they meet Napoleon as they warp back to 1815 Paris.

11. “The Seven Blunders of the World”: They travel back in time to the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.

12. “Jinga All the Way”: They warp back to the 17th century Angola and meet the Portuguese governor.

13. “Birdman or Birdbrain?”: In this episode they end up on Easter Island.

14. “Dude, Where’s My Karma?”: They travel back in time to save Joe’s family line from disappearing including him.

15. “My Big Fat Greek Olympics-”: In this episode they travel back to the time of the Ancient Olympic Games.

16. “Wushu Were Here”: This time they travel to Tang Dynasty China and the witness the Great Wall was being built.

17. “What’s So Great About Peter?”: This episode takes them back to the time of Peter the Great in Russia.

18. “The Caveman Catastrophe”: This time they go back to the time of the Neanderthals.

19. “Nightmare on Joe’s Street”: In this episode they travel back to the time to Switzerland to return Frankenstein back only into a fictional creature.

20. “Breaking the Codex”: They travel back in time and meet Leonardo da Vinci.

21. “Break an Egg”: They end up in Antarctica as part of Scott’s 1911 expedition.

22. “The High and the Flighty”: In this episode they try to unravel the mysterious disappearance of Amelia Earhart.

23. “Harem Scare’em”: They travel back to the time of the Ottoman Empire and end up at Topkapi Palace (in present day Istanbul) and meet the Sultan.

24. “Plaid to the Bone”: In this episode they end up in Scotland fighting to protect Castle Dunbar.