Time Warp Trio

***Time Warp Trio*** is an animated television series created by Jon Scieszka and based on the children's book series of the same name. It was produced by Soup2Nuts in association with WGBH Boston and aired on Discovery Kids and as a part of Discovery Kids on NBC from July 9, 2005 to July 15, 2006.

## Premise

For his tenth birthday, Joe receives a mysterious blue book (known only as "The Book") from his magician uncle, Joe the Magnificent. By reading his book, Joe and his friends, Sam and Fred, are (often accidentally) transported to various times and places throughout history, such as Ancient Egypt and the Old West. The trio meet their own granddaughters, Jodie, Samantha, and Freddi, in the year 2105.

After each time warp, the trio 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.

## Cast and characters

### Main

* **Joseph "Joe" Arthur** (voiced by Mark Rendall) – An up-and-coming magician and the present-day owner of The Book. He is of Indian descent. His penchant for experimenting with The Book results in many of their adventures, and his talent for magical tricks helps them out of tough situations. At one point, Joe is awarded the title of Time Page, and he is said to eventually become a Warp Wizard. According to Freddi and Jodie, Joe will fight his uncle, Mad Jack, in a great battle that will determine the fate of time itself. He lives in Brooklyn with his archeologist father, his mother, and little sister Anna.
* **Samuel "Sam" Kikin** (voiced by Darren Frost) – A friend of Joe and Fred who solves problems using intelligence and historical knowledge. He is of Russian descent. Depicted as being a stereotypical nerd, he wears glasses and has multiple allergies. Sam is wary of time travel, being convinced of their imminent doom every time they open The Book. An amateur scientist and inventor, he is told by Freddi that he will invent something very important in the future.
* **Frederick "Fred"** (voiced by Scott McCord) – A friend of Joe and Sam who is a sports fan and known for being fun-loving, teasing, and headstrong, often to the point of idiocy. Fred is the most interested in using The Book for material gains, whether hunting for treasure or patenting future technology - yet in "Dude, Where's My Karma?", he uses it to save Joe from being erased from existence.
* **Jodie Arthur** (voiced by Sarah Gadon until ep. 14; voiced by Tajja Isen starting with ep. 20) – Joe's great-granddaughter from the year 2105. She is an aspiring fashion designer who is known for being bossy, rude, condescending, and complaining a lot. Jodie is referred to as a "third-level warper" and demonstrates great mastery over The Book. She also dislikes cats as she is allergic to them.
* **Samantha Kikin** (voiced by Laurie Elliott) – Sam's great-granddaughter from the year 2105. She, like Fred, is known for being teasing, funny, impulsive, and headstrong – the exact opposite of Sam (though like Sam, she can be sensitive at times). Samantha has a pet robot cat named Rivites and owns a time-traveling pocket watch that Sam had invented a long time ago.
* **Frederica "Freddi"** (voiced by Sunday Muse) – Fred's great-granddaughter from the year 2105. She is very friendly and sweet-natured, but she is also shy, malleable, sensitive, and seems to be the exact opposite of Fred (though like Fred, she can be brave if the situation suits her).

### Recurring

* **Anna Arthur** (voiced by Annick Obonsawin) – Joe's annoying younger sister, who seems to have greater knowledge of The Book than her brother.
* **Joe the Magnificent** (voiced by Tony Daniels) – Joe's uncle and namesake, a would-be magician who fails at live performances. He sent his nephew Joe The Book, which he didn't know how to use, and instead traverses time and space with an enchanted pocket watch. He believes in the Tooth Fairy and Easter Bunny.
* **Mad Jack** (voiced by Tony Daniels) – Mad Jack is the evil brother of Joe the Magnificent and Lila Arthur. He is intent on stealing The Book so that he can be the sole ruler of eternity. He shadows the trio in many of their travels, once facing down with his nephew Joe. Mad Jack travels through time and space using a scepter with an hourglass on top.
* **Lila Arthur** (voiced by Susan Roman) – Joe and Anna's mother. She knows how to use The Book, being the one to originally give it to her brother.
* **Ronald Arthur** (voiced by Tom Arnold) – Joe and Anna's father. He is a world-famous archeologist.
* **Mike McGrew** (voiced by Dan Petronijevic) – Fred's mean older brother who appears in "See You Later, Gladiator" and "Viking It and Liking It".

### Historical

* Blackbeard (voiced by Cal Dodd)
* Israel Hands (voiced by Bill Colgate)
* Genghis Khan (child, voiced by Daniel DeSanto)
* Thutmose III
* Tokugawa Ieyasu (voiced by Denis Akiyama)
* Emperor Hadrian
* Meriwether Lewis (voiced by Ted Atherton)
* William Clark (voiced by Don Dickinson)
* Sacagawea (voiced by Stephanie Morgenstern)
* Eric the Red (voiced by Tony Daniels)
* Leif Ericson (voiced by Robert Norman Smith)
* Thomas Edison (voiced by Michael Therriault)
* Emily Roebling
* Black Kettle
* Napoleon Bonaparte (voiced by Paul Essiembre)
* Sophie Blanchard (voiced by Stephanie Martin)
* King Nebuchadnezzar II (voiced by Juan Chioran)
* Queen Amyitis
* Queen Jinga (voiced by Alison Sealy Smith)
* Plato
* Li Shimin
* Peter the Great
* Alexander Kikin
* Mary Shelley (voiced by Vickie Papavs)
* Lord Byron
* Leonardo da Vinci
* Robert Falcon Scott (voiced by Michael Fletcher)
* Amelia Earhart
* Selim II
* William Montagu
* Agnes Randolph (voiced by Corrine Koslo)