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{{short description|American animated television series}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox television
| image              = Time Squad Logo.jpg
| caption            = Title card
| genre              = {{Plainlist|
* [[Science fiction comedy]]
* [[Science fantasy]]
}}
| creator            = [[Dave Wasson]]
| voices             = {{unbulleted list|[[Pamela Adlon]]|[[Mark Hamill]]|[[Rob Paulsen]]}}
| writer             = {{unbulleted list|Dave Wasson|Carlos Ramos|Michael Karnow}}
| director           = Dave Wasson
| composer           = {{unbulleted list|[[Michael Tavera]]|Billy Martin (Season 2)}}
| country            = United States
| language           = English
| channel            = [[Cartoon Network]]
| executive_producer = Dave Wasson
| producer           = 
| company            = [[Cartoon Network Studios]]
| num_seasons        = 2
| num_episodes       = 26 (53 segments)
| runtime            = 22 minutes
| first_aired        = {{Start date|2001|6|8}}
| last_aired         = {{End date|2003|11|26}}
}}

'''''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 [[time travel|travel back in time]] attempting to correct the course of history.<ref name="Perlmutter">{{Cite book |last=Perlmutter |first=David |title=The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows |date=2018 |publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield]] |isbn=978-1538103739 |page=643}}</ref> During their adventures, they run into major [[historical figure]]s such as [[Julius Caesar]], [[Abraham Lincoln]], [[Sigmund Freud]], [[Leonardo da Vinci]], the [[Founding Fathers of the United States|Founding Fathers]], and [[Moctezuma II|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.

The series premiered during Cartoon Network's marathon block "Cartoon Cartoon Summer" on June 8, 2001,<ref name="erickson">{{Cite book |last=Erickson |first=Hal |title=Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 |date=2005 |publisher=[[McFarland & Co.]] |isbn=978-1476665993 |edition=2nd |pages=849–850}}</ref> 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 a twist."<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Umstead |first=R. Thomas |date=February 26, 2001 |title=Cable's Still Got a Long Way to Go |magazine=[[Multichannel News]] |volume=22 |issue=9 |page=6 |issn=0276-8593}}</ref> 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 a division of [[Hanna-Barbera]] following the death of [[William Hanna]] in 2001. The show began airing on Canada's [[Teletoon]] [[Teletoon at Night|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]]''.