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Trivia

  • This episode is not known to have aired on Nickelodeon in the United States since November 2005.[1]
  • This is the second time Timmy uses his Time Scooter to change history, with the first being in Father Time.
  • In reality, it's against both tradition and Federal Law for living persons to be featured on any U.S. Currency.
  • While Benjamin Franklin is widely remembered for his experiments with Electricity, his impact on the development of modern electrical power was in fact very minimal; modern electrical power was the result of the work of multiple experimenters and engineers which span decades both before and after Benjamin Franklin's time. Thus, even with Benjamin Franklin's absence, modern electrical power would have very likely been developed anyway.
  • Timmy removing the Founding Fathers from their time period caused America to become a British colony again, including Timmy's hometown of Dimmsdale in California. However, when the Founding Fathers were alive, much of the US mainland wasn't even a British colony. California for example was a Spanish colony. So with the Founding Fathers absent, California should've remained Spanish colony.

Allusions

  • Twistory is a spoof to the words twist and history combined.
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The Spirit of 76

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The Timmy Turner Show

  • Sesame Street - George Washington's obsession with chopping wood stemming from the cherry tree incident when he was a child is reminiscent of a similar gag in an old Sesame Street News segment where reporter Kermit the Frog interviews Washingtons father. Young George is obsessed with chopping down all the cherry trees in his family's orchard and telling his father the truth about it afterward, and while his father appreciates the honesty it annoys him somewhat.
  • Scooby Doo - Benedict Arnold's line, "I would have gotten away with it too if it weren't for that meddling kid." - is a reference to the quote often thought to be said by most villains in the series when it was actually only spoken a few times. The line is, however, said more frequently in the newer What's New, Scooby-Doo? series.
  • The Declaration of Independence - Jefferson's complaint that his best lines were cut from the Declaration of Independence references the fact that his draft of the document was heavily edited by the Continental Congress.
  • John Hancock - Benedict Arnold telling John Hancock to sign the Declaration of Independence really big and Hancock's response is a reference to him signing the Declaration of Independence in large handwriting.

Running Gags

  • George Washington having the urge to chop a wooden object upon seeing it, yelling out "Must chop WOOD!", then slamming his axe into each object.
  • Mr. Turner and the TV repairman saying George Washington and Timmy is on the money and they want an autograph then Washington and Timmy reply "Who am I John Hancock?"
  • Mrs. Turner taking Money from Mr. Turner even if he tries to hide it.

Goofs

  • In the end, when Timmy was using Chester and A.J. for his presentation, Timmy said, "And if I had another friend, we'd talk about Thomas Jefferson." he forgets that Sanjay or Elmer could have taken the role of either Jefferson.
  • Why didn't Timmy wish that John Hancock's hand was fixed so that he could sign the Declaration of Independence?
  • After Timmy left July of 1776, how could anyone properly remember what he looked like to put him on the dollar years later?
  • Washington claims he's worth 20 of Jefferson (being on the dollar, Jefferson on the nickel). However, Jefferson also appears on the two-dollar bill, being worth double Washington.
  • Despite what happens in this episode:
    • George Washington never really signed the Declaration of Independence.
    • Alexander Hamilton, America's first Treasury Secretary, never served as a delegate to the Second Continental Congress as he was serving as Washington's Aide de Camp during the Revolutionary War, though he did for the Constitutional Convention.
    • Many other delegates signed the Declaration of Independence, including John Adams.
    • The colonial flag in 1776 (and all the other American flags) actually had 7 of the 13 stripes bordering the canton instead of 6.
    • George Washington had long hair that was powdered white and tied in the back of his head.
    • John Hancock’s eyes were hazel.
    • Thomas Jefferson actually had hazel eyes and long bright red hair that was tied into a ponytail until his retirement from his presidency, though he rarely wore a wig when he served as Governor of Virginia and as Ambassador to France until he became America's First Secretary of State.
    • Washington, Franklin, and Jefferson were mentioned by Timmy as three famous Founding Fathers when in reality, there were more than three like John Adams, John Jay, John Hancock, James Madison, James Monroe, and Alexander Hamilton.

Quotes

Wanda: Oh no! Everything's turning... British!
[Repeated phrase]
George Washington: Must .. chop .. (insanely laughing like) WOOD!!
Wanda: [with Cockney accent] Oh no! Without our wands, we can't use our magic to change everything back!
Timmy: [with Cockney accent] I say, this is a bit of a stickywicket! [normal voice] I mean, dude! This stinks!
John Hancock: (upon reading Timmy's signature on the Declaration of Independence) You call that a signature?!
Mr. Turner: Doh, blimey, son! Look! I'm touching a pound note!
Mrs. Turner: I'll take that, love.
Mr. Turner: Oy...
Benedict Arnold: C'mon, sign it! Er I mean, sign it really big.
John Hancock: I love signing things really big!
Crowd of Independentists: (upon finding out who was disguised as George Washington) Benedict Arnold!
George Washington: I knew he was a traitor!
Timmy: Yeah, the biggest traitor in American history!
Benedict Arnold: And I would have gotten away with it too if it weren't for that meddling kid! (two authority figures take Benedict away by the arm)
Continental Congress: [in a monotonous tone] That's Washington...
A.J.: And the library. I invented that too.

Production Notes

  • Although this episode premiered in 2002, it was made in 2001 according to the credits.
  • This episode (along with "Hail to the Chief") shares the same U.S. air date as The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius episodes "Raise the Oozy Scab/I Dream of Jimmy" on Nickelodeon.


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  1. ↑ November 22, 2005 – Nickstory.
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