Cartoon Network Friday Spotlight: Time Squad- “White House Weirdness”
I remember being surprised that Time Squad didn’t really catch on. Compared to other short-lived Cartoon Cartoons like Mike, Lu & Og or Sheep in the Big City, it seemed like a bigger deal and stuck around for a little bit longer. It also fit the network better than the former and wasn’t as esoteric as the latter, but now its most significant legacy is being the first show made exclusively for Cartoon Network Studios as Hanna-Barbera dissolved and morphed into CNS.
Do I think that the show is some kind of lost classic? Eh, not really, but it[ still has its moments, and this is a particularly interesting one to my tastes. In it, the Time Squad (which if you need a reminder, includes young orphan and history nerd Otto, butt-kicking officer Buck Tuddrussell and prim robot Larry 3000) discover a disturbance with 27th President William Howard Taft. It turns out that the White House is now considered haunted at the start of the 20th century, which is preventing Taft’s eventual opponent, Woodrow Wilson, from running and winning the next election.
In a pastiche of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?, the Time Squad go through the White House and discover the “ghosts” of various former Presidents as they try to get to the bottom of this. The show even uses the iconic Scooby-Doo musical cues, which are nice to hear as they’ve largely been phased out from the franchise at this point. While the episode is light on one of Time Squad’s most noteworthy elements, its excessive violence, it trades the butt-kicking for a fun romp and a downshading of its usual color palette. I think it’s a good time, even if it’s no “Bravo Dooby-Doo”.
Top 10 Scooby Doo projects ....Also Am I a Scooby Doo fan ?
So as a kid I always said I wasnt a Scooby Doo fan...Yet somehow I have absorded a lot of Scooby media .
On one hand I respect the franchise for its longevity and I enjoy the characters ....On the other some of the cliches drive me nuts and some movies and series I find unbearable....But there are Scooby project I both unironically and ironically love ,though funny enough some of my favorites are not liked by Scooby fans
The 13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo is so weird I have to respect it (Plus Vincent Van Ghoul is the best )
Scooby Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf is so bonkers I love it
A Pup Named Scooby Doo is a legit great show and low key one of my favorite cartoons as a kid
Scooby Doo on Zombie Island is a legit great scary movie for kids
Scooby Doo and the Witchs Ghost gave us both the awesome Hex Girls and Tim Curry ,whats not to love ???
Scooby Doo and the Alien Invaders is sweet
Scooby Doo is a fun is imperfect film
Scooby Doo 2 Monsters Unleashed is a legit good movie based on a cartoon
Scooby Doo Mystery Incorporated is an amazing show(Even if I dont like Velma in it)
Happy Halloween Scooby Doo is bonkers ,throwing in Elvira and Batman villain the Scarecrow ,so I kind of dig it
I also like The New Scooby Doo Movies,The Scooby Doo project ,Bravo Dooby Doo , Scooby Doo and the Goblin King ,Scooby Doo Camp Scare,Scooby Doo and Batman Brave and the Bold-Wait am I a Scooby fan ???For my whole liefe I have said I am not but....Theres a lot of it I DO like ?I dont know I need help
So, if Shaggy and Daphne were supposed to be a couple in 13 Ghosts, then that means that that ship was actually canon BEFORE Fred and Daphne. Because, unless I’m mistaken, Fred and Daphne were not written to be a couple until the 90s.
I do remember my introduction to Carl. I was on summer vacation in my parent's home country. Got absolutely sick as a dog and could barely stand up or even keep food down. The only english show was Johnny Bravo.
Against my will I watched that show. And there I saw Carl. All I remember is getting a mega crush on him. Head over heels for this nasally nerd.
I'm telling you this now because after I got better and I completely forgot about it. That whole thing felt like a fever dream. Then years later seeing Carl again and being like "wait HE'S REAL???"
OMGGG that's so cute but sorry you got sick back then and had to watch the show against your will. also the thought of carl/the show being a made up fever dream is so funny i understand so much
i think the only memory i have of carl besides a coloring book was watching good knight johnny as a kid in like. 2005? had vague memories of the beginning when i rewatched it, but i was like. if carl isn't in the REN FAIRE ep i will lose my mind. and he was. then it hit me and i was like oh my god i vaguely remember him now. the only other normal eps i remember seeing were bravo dooby doo and noir johnny so i was kind of convinced i had never seen one w carl in my life. it's also funnier w my kid self not knowing who he was like he was just some guy. fast forward to me rewatching it as an adult and going "YEAH I KNEW IT YESSSSSSSSS"