Josh's newest invention, a time machine, whisks the team off to all manner of exotic locales and distant epochs. Go reeling through the years with the Warriors...then you'll have all sorts of tidbits to impress your teacher with Monday morning--like where pizza comes from!
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Episode #: 107
Issue #: 7
Release Date: October 31, 2005
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CoverThe caricature on the cover is Christopher Lloyd. Jon and Josh's exchange about "that Doc guy from Back to the Future" references one of Lloyd's most famous roles, mad scientist Doctor Emmett L. Brown. Lloyd is, here, a "bum", dressed as Rev. Jim Ignatowski from Taxi (hence the reference to the Sunshine Cab Company, the name of the company his character worked for in the series). Also, the lettering is animated in the style of that on the BttF poster.
Goofs and Nitpicks The center horizontal bar is missing from the E in Dimension.
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NOTE: The credits were dropped by the scanner.
Title: Paleozoic Error"
Story (out of 33 pages): 10 p.
Writer: J. M. Sweet
Penciller: J. M. Sweet
Letterer: J. M. Sweet
Colorist: Jack Staten Monahew
Summary:
Joshua renovates an old broken-down couch into a time machine in his garage, and uses it to take Jon, Ben, Billy, and himself back to the prehistoric era. Unfortunately, a technical glitch may leave our heroes stranded in the swamps of prehistory.
Notes
From this point on, the living-room couch is powder-blue.
Jon's powers introduced: flight.
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Title: "Chinese Fortune Kooky"
Story (out of 33 pages): 10 p.
Writer: J. M. Sweet
Penciller: J. M. Sweet
Letterer: J. M. Sweet
Colorist: Jack Staten Monahew
Summary:
When the boys accidentally destroy a priceless, ancient Chinese vase with their horseplay, they have to replace it...meaning they have to take Josh's Time Couch back into the D'ang Dynasty and find an exact copy. But between problems with the local smokeys and having to work off the cost of damages to a local shopkeep's stock, will they ever get the replacement pot back home to their time?
Notes
Inspired partly by the Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventures episode "One Sweet and Sour Chinese Adventure--To Go", which also involved trying to replace a broken Chinese vase.
Characters mentioned but not seen: Tiffany Diamond, Dewayne "Scragg" Scraggins.
This is Timmy's second appearance, but his first with lines.
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Title: "Un-Civil Warriors"
Story (out of 33 pages): 10 p.
Writer: J. M. Sweet
Penciller: J. M. Sweet
Letterer: J. M. Sweet
Colorist: Jack Staten Monahew
Summary:
Josh and Jon have to write a book report about the Civil War for school...but they don't want to have to study. So what better than going back and seeing the war between the states firsthand? The boys take the Time Couch on a trip to 1863--but run into an unpleasant (and familiar) boy in grey who mistakes them for a pair of Union soldiers and wants to turn them over to Gen. Lee.
Notes The title is borrowed from a 1935 Three Stooges short. Also, many of the gags, including the one near the end, are borowed directly from the now seldom-seen Bugs Bunny cartoon "Southern Fried Rabbit". (Freleng, 1953).
Benjamin and Billy do not appear in the story, though Billy's absence is explained away by a lame excuse.
"Dang Yankees" refers to the 1955 Broadway stage musical, Damn Yankees, although it has nothing to do with the Civil War. Based on a book by Douglass Wallop, it's about a devoted baseball fan who sells his soul to the devil to become a pennant-winning batter for his favorite team, the Washington Senators, and beat the seemingly unstoppable New York Yankees.
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There are three pages of filler in this issue:
"Lessons from the Past: Pizza!" Jon teaches Josh the origin of the Warriors' favorite deep-dish treat. "Lessons from the Past: Money!" Jon takes his friends--and readers--through the history of modern currency. "Gort's Guide to Cheerleading". In a new segment to BDC, "Gort's Guide To...", our intrepid alien host interviews Ditzi Blonden, billed as "the world's most accident-prone cheerleader".
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Josh's newest invention, a time machine, whisks the team off to all manner of exotic locales and distant epochs. Go reeling through the years with the Warriors...then you'll have all sorts of tidbits to impress your teacher with Monday morning--like where pizza comes from!
The caricature on the cover is Christopher Lloyd. Jon and Josh's exchange about "that Doc guy from Back to the Future" references one of Lloyd's most famous roles, mad scientist Doctor Emmett L. Brown. Lloyd is, here, a "bum", dressed as Rev. Jim Ignatowski from Taxi (hence the reference to the Sunshine Cab Company, the name of the company his character worked for in the series). Also, the lettering is animated in the style of that on the BttF poster.
Goofs and Nitpicks 
The center horizontal bar is missing from the E in Dimension.
