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It’s Time Jail for you, Entropy.
You haven’t seen the last of me, Time Ryder.
I’ll be back!
Yeah!
Now, before I take you back to your present,
I want you to always remember…
-You are special. -You are special.
You can achieve incredible things.
The greatest power in the universe
is right between your ears.
♪ Time Ryder, Time Ryder ♪
Mom, can I watch one more?
I don’t know, Sue.
Did you do your homework?
Not yet, I will after one more episode.
Please!
I’m almost done, I just need, like,
one more day.
This is your final paper.
You had the whole semester.
-I know, but-- -I swear, every year
I get one kid with so much potential,
they got their act together,
they could change the world.
Paper’s due at midnight.
You wanna graduate?
Then turn something in.
♪
(cell phone vibrates)
♪
-Hi, Mom. -Good news, sweetie.
Grandma’s flying out for graduation!
That is so great.
We’re so proud of you, honey.
Our little Einstein ready to take on the world.
So, factoring in the speed of light
and the curvature of the Earth,
and adjusting for intermorphic theory of space-time,
you have eight hours
to write the whole term paper.
Good, great.
(sighs)
You would’ve had nine if you’d just taken
the clock’s word for it, but whatever.
Just start with your name.
And…
And here we go.
(bed squeaks)
♪
-(doorbell rings) -One second.
♪
I’m sure you can’t relate to the struggles
of Susan Hirsch.
After all, you work hard.
You value your time.
You’d never waste your whole night
watching a science fiction TV show.
And the dissimilarities don’t stop there.
For Susan Hirsch is about to discover
a secret so shocking that--well, you’ll find out.
All in good…time.
Ta-da.
You’ve already finished it?
Well, pending the Sue Hirsch seal of approval, of course.
"Exploring Quantum Paradoxes" by Alex Kapur.
-It’s cute. -Thanks!
So, when do I get to see yours?
See my what?
Um, your paper.
What’d you end up writing about?
Oh, you know, sciency physics stuff.
Oh, my God, you haven’t started yet.
I’ve started thinking about it.
It’s due at midnight!
But, you know, by the time
he actually gets around to reading,
it’ll be like 12:30, so--
-Sue, if you don’t finish-- -I’m gonna finish it.
When?
Tell you what…
if someone from the future invents
-time travel-- -Mm-hmm.
--I will go back in time
and place my paper right…
(sighs)
…here.
You know in order for that to actually work,
you have to write the paper first, right?
You know you’ve got the wrong equation
for closed timeline curves, right?
Shut up, don’t change the subject, okay?
’Cause this is about-- what did you just say?
That’s Deutsch’s model.
What you want is Lloyd’s.
Like the "who" versus "whom" of timeline equations.
Oh, my God.
Why did I take theoretical physics?
Okay, maybe this will help.
Remember that episode of Time Ryder where
they’re stuck in ancient Rome?
Season two, "Time, Time Again."
Season two of what now?
Time Ryder and the Crono Teens.
What is that, like a cartoon or something?
You don’t remember Time Ryder from the ’90s?
Sundial Cartoons?
Must be drawing a blank.
I get it, someone’s zapped the memo eraser
around you, very funny.
Huh?
Time Ryder uses the memo eraser
to erase people’s memories…
♪
You know what, we are watching
an episode right now.
What about the paper?
Just one episode, I promise.
It’ll be a night you remember
for the rest of your life.
♪
Oh, boy.
Okay, so it’s like Wishbone meets Captain Planet
but way cooler than--
(loud bang)
♪
Huh.
♪
What is that smell?
I don’t-- I don’t know,
maybe you’re having a stroke.
So, anyway, Time Ryder is captain
of the Crono Squad.
They defend Earth’s timeline,
so every week he and the Crono Teens…
Must’ve taken it down again.
Wait…
What?
No, that’s impossible.
Well, maybe you spelled it wrong.
That’s also impossible.
I was just watching an episode and then you rang,
and I stepped on a…
♪
Oh, my God.
♪
Any luck down there, Alex?
Not yet.
Uh, hey, don’t you have like a friend
from high school you could ask?
Friend from high school, that’s a good one.
Come on, you don’t have one friend
that you grew up with?
Of course.
(phone rings)
♪
Hi, honey.
Hey, Mom!
Silly question, but you remember Time Ryder, right?
(static noise)
Sorry, Time what now?
Time Ryder.
Is that a cartoon or something?
Are you kidding?
I watched the cartoons every day after school.
You bought me the toys every Hanukkah.
Well, put some on your list this year,
and we’ll see what Jewish Santa can do.
♪
She doesn’t remember it either.
It’s like the show never even existed.
Alex, do you think I’m crazy?
Um…
Maybe you’re just having, like, a panic attack.
Sue, please don’t do this.
No time to argue, it’s a four-hour bike ride
to Sundial Cartoons.
They’ll have scripts, they’ll have sound,
-they’ll have-- -They’ll be closed, Sue.
Then I’ll peak through the window.
Even if you’re right, you’re throwing your
future away for a cartoon.
It’s not real, Sue.
Time Ryder is not real.
♪
History needs your help.
♪
Time Ryder!
♪
(sips)
♪
I come from the future.
No, a future.
A future where mankind has reached its full potential.
A future in peril because there’s something that
happens here tonight.
Something that changes the course of history.
I have traveled to this locus
of space and time on a desperate mission
to stop it.
So I ask you…
in the name of the future of humankind…
♪
…have you kids seen any weird shit going on tonight?
Okay, uh, one second, guy.
Sue, we gotta call the cops.
This dude is nuts.
No, he’s not, he’s Time Ryder.
Haven’t you been listening?
He’s in a turquoise motorcycle outfit.
Listen, there can’t be a Time Ryder.
You said it yourself, Time Ryder’s a cartoon.
Yeah, and he’s sitting right in front of us.
(clears throat)
Oh, well, that’s the coolest shit I’ve ever
seen in my life.
Please continue.
You’re right, smart guy.
Time Ryder is a cartoon.
One that inspires an entire generation
of young minds to pursue science,
including the inventor of time travel.
I told you it was a really good show.
Well, we try.
Wait a second, that’s it.
Somehow the entire show
is disappearing from existence.
No one remembers it, even my toys have disappeared.
My God.
That show is the most important piece of children’s
entertainment in the universe.
It’s the foundation on which my future was built.
And if it disappears…
(static)
My future’s history.
Whoa.
We need to go back.
To the moment this all began.
And we need to find out who…
or what is erasing that show and stop it.
♪
But I’ll need your help.
Are you with me, Crono Teens?
I’m 23.
Then raise your right hand.
Okay.
Do you vow to preserve the past?
-We vow. -Uh, yes.
Do you swear to defend the future?
-We swear. -I swear.
Do you have any homework due tomorrow?
Mmm, give me one second.
Sue, you’ve gotta finish your paper.
Um, he has a time machine, duh.
-We’re good. -Mm-hmm.
In that case…
Crono Teens unite.
♪
-It goes on top. -Yeah, that was
self explanatory, sorry.
Are you ready to ride the timeline, kids?
Yeah!
Let’s ride.
Oh my gosh, oh my gosh.
(muttering)
Oh, yes.
Is it over?
Mm, this never gets old.
(vibrating)
(zaps)
♪
(buzzing)
One second.
♪
Okay.
These Invisibracelets are linked to the ROYGBIV
scrambalizer on my Crono Gauntlet.
As long as you wear them, no one from the past
can see you or hear you.
This is so cool.
Okay, Alex, here we go.
Ta-da!
No, no, that’s too much crotch.
Uh…
Ta-da!
Why, why Jazz hands?
What am I doing?
All right, uh…
Ta-dow!
Yeah.
You got a fast-forward button on that thing?
Oh, I am rank.
Ta-da!
You’ve already finished it.
Let’s just, uh…
let’s keep moving.
You know, by the time he actually gets around
to reading it, it’ll be like 12:30, so--
Sue, if you don’t finish it--
I’m gonna finish it.
When?
Okay, tell you what, if someone from the future
invents time travel…
We’re in, keep your eyes open for any anomalies.
Look, my toys.
I thought you said they disappeared.
They will, but they haven’t yet.
This isn’t the past, it’s the past of your past.
Could this be any more confusing?
It’s our past before our timeline’s changed.
Does that mean…
Okay, you remember that episode of Time Ryder
where they get stuck in ancient Rome?
Really, another Time Ryder story?
Okay, let’s go down this rabbit hole again.
You remember the show.
I don’t remember remembering the show.
-Season two-- -It’s like you really
did get hit with a memo eraser.
That’s impossible.
The only memo eraser on active service
is right…
♪
(sniffing)
♪
Looking for this?
Entropy.
♪
I’ve waited a long time for this.
But in some ways it’s been no time at all.
Prepare yourself Time Ryder.
It looks like time is about to ride you!
(memo eraser charging)
Hey, asshole.
-Huh? -(struggling)
♪
(zaps)
Oh!
Okay, first of all, I knew I wasn’t
the stinky one.
And second of all, who or what the hell was that?
Remember when I told you I come from a future
that’s great?
-No. -Well, I did.
Anyway, Entropy comes from a future that sucks.
Of course!
Entropy’s the one trying to erase our show.
With my memories, damn.
We played right into his trap.
We need to go back again.
Trust me, just one episode.
Come here.
Let’s ride.
(buzzing)
(whooshing)
♪
Keep your eyes peeled.
Entropy could attack anywhere at any time.
There he is.
Oh, I am rank.
(whirring)
♪
Damn.
Why us, why now?
♪
We’ll ask him when we catch him.
Got a fast-forward button on that thing?
Let’s keep moving.
(rustling)
Why--why would he do that?
Let’s move.
(garbage cans rattle)
♪
We’re in, keep your eyes open for any anomalies.
Oh, there.
My toys…
I thought you said they disappeared.
They will, but they haven’t yet,
this isn’t your past, it’s the past of your past.
Can this be any more confusing?
Sure can, buddy.
Entropy should reappear to steal my memo eraser
-in T minus-- -Oh, there he is.
He stole the memo thing.
Damn!
Tracking his signature.
He’s coming back around.
The only memo eraser in active service
is right…
(radar beeping)
Looking for this?
Got him.
Hey, asshole.
(struggling)
♪
Oh!
Damn, we played right into his trap.
We need to go back again.
Trust me, just one episode.
Come here.
Let’s ride!
Okay, and what the hell was that?
Maybe we won.
Maybe Time Ryder got the cuffs on him
and he’s hauling him off to Time Base One.
(screaming)
♪
(garbage cans rattle)
Ryder!
What is that smell?
♪
(chuckles)
(whirring, blasting)
♪
Oh, oh, oh.
♪
Oh, my God, is he dead?
He’s alive.
Okay, so what-- what do we do?
’Cause, I mean, has anything like this
ever happened on the show?
Actually, in episode 304--
Of course.
Oh no.
No, no, no, no, no.
Relax, I’ve seen this done a million times
on the show, it’s just…
-Oh, oops. -Oops?
Just let me close out of this.
♪
All right.
(whines)
♪
Oh!
♪
-(doorbell rings) -One second.
♪
-I got it! -Wait, wait, you should
probably stay on the bed with me.
It’s safer.
♪
Ta-da!
Oh, no, too much crotch.
Uh, ta-da--no.
It’s jazz hands.
All right.
Ta-dow.
Ta-dow!
(sniffs)
Oh!
I am rank.
♪
(shooting sound effect)
Uh, what?
-Looking for this? -No!
Ta-da!
(thunder and lightning)
Huh?
Oh!
(thunder rumbles)
Entropy, you’re under arrest for causality violations
in Continuum Sector 818.
Nice moves, Crono Teens.
Thanks for leaving that note.
Wait, we didn’t leave a note.
Huh.
Guess I left it for myself.
Not a bad move.
You know, it’s against regulations to take
a Crono Captain’s memo eraser without
his consent.
I know, but it was the only way to make sure
the Entropy didn’t completely erase everything.
It looks like it worked.
Hey…
I think I remember the TV show.
Including that shitty Christmas special you did.
Huh.
Everyone’s a critic, aren’t they?
Well, it seems as though the timeline is back on course,
and this case is history.
That’s it?
♪
Crono Squad thanks you for your service.
No, no, that-- that can’t be it.
I mean, what was he doing here?
Why did he coming after us?
I have so many questions.
Of course you do.
You’re a scientist, Sue.
But your place is in here now.
Entropy’s secrets belong to the future.
(Entropy chuckles)
Will I ever-- will we ever
see you again?
Only time will tell.
Jesus.
Now, if you’ll excuse me,
I need to take this…
scum back to Time Base One.
Au revoir, Crono Teens.
♪
Let’s ride.
(whirring)
Oh, yes!
Yes, yes.
(zap)
Au revoir.
(rain pelting window)
Ugh.
Well, that was…
an interesting way to spend an evening.
Oof.
Uh, so…
back to work?
How can you say that?
What?
We just traveled through time.
We were Crono Teens.
We can’t just pretend like that didn’t happen.
Ryder was right, this is where we belong.
I can’t go back to the way things were.
Back--this is the back, Sue.
We are back, and you got a lot of work to do.
♪
You’re right.
What are you look--
We do.
Is it happening--oh.
It’s Entropy’s ring.
The source of all his power.
Great, I--I wonder what it’s doing here.
I don’t know, but as Crono Teens,
it’s our duty to pass it off
to the right authorities.
Are you kid--
Of course it is.
We should give it back to Time Base One.
It’ll be safe there.
I mean, what if it got into the wrong hands?
It already is in the wrong hands.
Don’t you wanna see Time Base One?
It’s one of the seven wonders of the galaxy,
and to set this right?
No!
I don’t.
So, if you wanna play time teen, by all means,
but--but you’re on your own, okay?
Fine, suit yourself.
No, that’s the wrong answer.
Sue, Sue, you sit down on this bed, Sue--Sue!
-Time Base One! -No!
♪
(disco music)
(zap)
Oh, hey.
Those were on your--
Uh, where are we?
I thought Time Base One was in the future.
I thought so too.
Judging by the freshness of that guy’s kicks,
I’d say we were in 1995.
We’re in the ’90s.
Of course.
Ahem!
Hi.
We’re here to see Time Ryder.
Did you have an appointment?
No, but we came to give him this.
♪
What did you say your name was?
Susan Hirsch.
Oh.
Oh, yeah, well, come on in, Miss Hirsch.
Yeah, please.
I’ll get this to Captain Ryder
right away.
♪
(evil chuckling)
♪
What is going on?
Don’t you see, Alex?
Time Base One is Sundial Cartoons.
That’s why the show looks just like the future
because the show is made by people from the future.
So, this guy right here
is from the future?
They all are.
Think about it.
Crono Squad’s entire mission is to protect humanity’s future,
and what better way to do that than by inspiring
the children of the past.
Is that who I think it is?
I don’t know.
Listen, we saw this place.
Can we please leave?
♪
Hey, future guy.
Nice corduroys.
Yeah.
♪
Mr. Nash?
Uh-huh?
I--I’m a really big fan of your show.
I actually saw you a while back at CronoCon.
Well, I guess 20 years from now,
but um…
I’m rambling.
Can I get you to sign something for me?
-Name? -Susan Hirsch.
♪
Susan Hirsch?
Wally.
Wally Nash.
It’s an honor to meet you, young lady.
It is?
Well, of course it is.
You’ll have to excuse us if we’re all a little
star struck.
It’s not every day we meet the Mother of Time.
♪
(whispering)
♪
Yeah, that’s me.
♪
Mother of Time.
Come on, guys.
Miss Hirsch has some urgent business
with Captain Ryder.
Guys, come on.
Okay, what’s the problem?
We’ve been trying to send Lord Snappington here
back to Time Jail, but we can’t get
a signature lock.
Have you compensated for signal interference?
That’s just it, the channel’s clear,
but we can only read Time Jail for a few seconds
at a time, almost as if it’s--
It’s flickering out of existence.
(evil chuckling)
♪
Is that you, Time Ryder?
I know you can hear me.
What have you done?
No, no, no, no, no.
This is Deutsch’s model, you want Lloyd’s model.
You ever see "Time, Time Again"?
Uh…
Yeah, this whole thing is a mess.
Thanks.
When’s it due again?
Midnight.
Thank God for time travel.
Right.
Wait, what?
What?
I’m whating your what.
So clarify your what.
You still have enough time to do your paper, right?
Yes, I have a time machine.
♪
Uh-oh.
Um…
Okay, do you know how time travel works?
Do you know how time--’cause I’m…
I have no idea.
(cackling)
You know what the best part of an eternity
in Time Jail was?
I had eternity to think up the perfect plan.
(cackling)
Even though you are in the past right now,
your present continues to move forward without you.
Okay.
♪
You wanna graduate?
Then turn something in.
Sorry, I gotta get out of here.
As we learned with the Logan-Prescott Theory--
I know this, any object traveling through time
must return to its own present.
-Yes. -Mm-hmm.
So even though you are in 1996 right now,
and it’s 2:45pm.
That means in my own present time it’s…
Oh, crap.
I’m sorry.
I’m sorry, I--I have to go.
Sue, Sue.
Logan-Prescott Theorem.
Don’t freak out, but our present is happening
-without us. -I know.
You know?
-You lied to me? -I’m sorry.
I just had to see this place.
It was a mistake, it was a big, big mistake.
Do you have any idea what time it is?
Oh no, the paper.
(alarm blares)
Timeline breach detected.
Entropy, you scum.
Save your anger for the Mother of Time.
She lied to you, Time Ryder.
What are you talking about?
(evil cackling)
Her homework?
No, she took an oath.
I must’ve come up with a million ways
to exact my revenge.
This one wasn’t the best,
but it was the most ironic.
It seems you don’t need an army
or a doomsday weapon to destroy the future,
all you need is to give Susan Hirsch what she
always wanted…
a chance to star in a real-life
Time Ryder and the Crono Teens adventure.
You’re forgetting one thing, smart guy.
You’re in here.
Who’s gonna get you out of that?
Isn’t it obvious?
I am.
(cackling)
Hey, Captain.
Susan Hirsch is here.
What, how?
She came to bring you this.
Thank you.
Greetings from the future, Time Ryder.
(bones crack)
(cackling)
No!
♪
Thank you.
(cackling)
♪
Damn.
♪
Susan, how could you do this?
I’ve let you down, I’m sorry.
What’s happening?
She didn’t do her paper.
She’s gonna flunk out of school.
But if she flunks out of school,
she won’t get into grad school.
She doesn’t go to grad school,
she’ll never invent time travel.
She doesn’t invent time travel,
the future will never exist,
and neither will we.
Okay, let’s just all calm down.
Oh, my God, we’re all gonna die!
Well, we’re still here,
which means we still have a chance.
My paper’s due at midnight.
It’s 11:30, and I haven’t even started.
You haven’t even started?
Well, I started thinking about it.
But….
every time I go to write this stupid paper, it’s--
it’s hard, and I’m worried I’m gonna be a big failure
and let everyone down,
so I…I put it off, and I watch cartoons.
♪
I am not the Mother of Time.
I will never be her.
I’m a failure.
-No. -You’re not a failure yet.
Look, the paper’s due on his desk at midnight,
but he’s probably not gonna get to it till 12:30.
So what?
So, if we can stall him,
if we can get him out of that office,
we can buy Sue time to finish her paper.
♪
Did I get that right?
Is that how time travel works?
’Cause I’m just a plus one here.
Sue’s less-important friend is right.
Yeah--all right.
We can buy you the time.
Can you get the job done?
Of course she can.
She’s a Crono Teen.
♪
Yeah, I can do it.
♪
(scribbling)
♪
(cart squeaking)
♪
(glasses crunch)
♪
Hello?
♪
Hello?
♪
Okay.
Term paper.
The universe hangs in the balance.
Start with your name.
Your professor.
The date.
♪
First sentence.
♪
Whoever’s doing this, it’s not funny!
♪
The dean’s gonna find out about it.
-♪ Time Ryder ♪ -You’re gonna get
kicked out of school!
It’s worth it.
Hello!
♪ Time Ryder, Time Ryder ♪
♪ And the Crono Teens ♪
♪ Protecting our future ♪
♪ Preserving the past ♪
Hah!
♪ If you mess with the timeline ♪
♪ You better watch your back ♪
♪ Time Ryder, Time Ryder ♪
Great.
More kneeling.
It seems you cannot reach your Gauntlet.
You can’t snap your fingers, asshole.
Then I suppose we will just have to stay like this…
forever.
(laughing)
(punching)
♪
Hey!
Professor Dobkin.
Alex, was that you the whole time?
-Was what me? -You’re fighting
stinks worse than your breath.
Breathe it in!
(vigorous typing)
♪
You know you dropped some papers back there?
No, I got ’em all right here.
No, I’m pretty sure you dropped more--
Alex.
(struggling)
♪
Ah!
Okay, fine, you know what?
You flunk me, okay?
Because if there’s anything I’ve learned
from this adventure it’s that--
-Okay, you’re flunked. -What?
Go away.
I was gonna--
I couldn’t stop Dobkin.
Alex, what’s going on?
You need to hurry, Sue.
I’m typing as fast as I can think.
Don’t flip out!
(struggling)
Heads up.
I think I can do this, Alex.
I’m so close.
Let’s table this conversation.
Oh, no!
Are you there, Alex?
Alex?
Oh, my God, it’s so simple.
Alex, what’s going on?
Sue?
Keep working on that paper.
♪
(struggling)
Can you feel it?
♪
Your future fading away?
(evil cackle)
(typing)
♪
Just let it happen.
Nothing can stop the spread of Entropy!
(evil cackle)
Thank you.
(zapping)
(panting)
No!
♪
(zap)
♪
Sue!
Alex, what’s going on?
(heavy breathing)
Is that you, Time Ryder?
What happened to Alex?
Man down, Sue.
You can stop writing.
What?
I’m--I’m almost finished.
It’s too late.
You need to get out of there.
The Temporo Porter, go.
It’s over, Alex is gone.
Timeline collapse imminent.
Get to the platform, I can send you back
to your present.
You’ll be safe, but you have to hurry.
What about you?
♪
It’s too late for me.
♪
In 30 seconds that machine won’t exist anymore
and you’ll be stuck in the past--go.
♪
Okay, I’m inside.
(heavy breathing)
Goodbye, Susan Hirsch.
♪
Goodbye, Susan Hirsch.
Goodbye, Time Ryder.
♪
Paradox detected.
It’s not working.
"Paradox detected," what the hell
is it talking about?
It’s talking about me.
Episode 23.
The problem with paradoxes,
in about 30 seconds I’ll be a girl
who remembers a show that never existed,
which makes me a living, breathing paradox.
And you can’t return to the present until
the paradox is resolved.
How do I resolve it?
(static)
♪
No.
No, no, that is not an option.
It’s your only option.
♪
Then I’ll find another one!
Sue, you can stay in the past forever
or let me go and face the future on your own.
I can’t, I mean, look at me, I’m a mess.
I can’t--I can’t do this without you.
Of course you can.
And I’ll tell you why…
♪
…because you are special.
♪
You can achieve incredible things.
And the greatest power in the universe…
♪
…is right between your ears.
♪
You don’t need me anymore.
♪
You don’t need me--
Ryder!
(alarm blares)
♪
Crono Teens unite.
(whirring)
♪
You are special.
♪
You can achieve incredible things.
The greatest power in the universe--
The greatest power in the universe
is right between your ears.
--is right between your ears.
♪
♪ My cuts don’t bleed the way they used to ♪
♪
Hmm.
♪
-(doorbell rings) -One second.
♪
(static)
♪
Ta-da!
You’ve already finished it?
Well, pending the Sue Hirsch seal of approval, of course.
"Exploring Quantum Paradoxes" by Alex Kapur.
-It’s cute. -Thanks.
So, when do I get to see yours?
See my what?
Um, your paper.
What did you end up writing about?
Uh, you know, sciency physics stuff.
You haven’t started yet?
Okay, don’t panic.
If time travel is invented--
-Don’t do this again, Sue. -in the future,
I would leave it right…
♪
…here?
♪
♪ Time Ryder, Time Ryder ♪
♪ And the Crono Teens ♪
♪ Time Ryder, Time Ryder ♪
♪ And the Crono Teens ♪
♪ Protecting our future ♪
♪ Preserving the past ♪
♪ If you mess with the timeline ♪
♪ You better watch your back ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ Time Ryder, Time Ryder ♪
♪ And the Crono Teens ♪
♪ Time Ryder, Time Ryder ♪
♪ And the Crono Teens ♪
♪