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The adventures of three curious boys who are transported back to dramatically different places in history.
Joe's uncle gives him a mysterious book for his birthday, but when his friend Fred wishes for buried treasure while looking through the book, Joe, Sam and Fred suddenly find themselves transported back through time to the year 1718 on a pirate ship captained by the infamous Blackbeard.
The boys are accidentally transported to the year 2105 when the boys are on a class trip to the Natural History Museum to learn about the inventions of the past. While there, they meet their great-granddaughters and get attacked by robots with ray guns.
The boys are warped back to Outer Mongolia, 1170 A.D. It is the time of Genghis Khan who is the future leader of Mongolia. He is 9 years old and it's also the time when Mongols and the Tartars are at war with each other.
The boys are warped to ancient Egypt in 1500 B.C. When they get there, they get accused of stealing a Pharaoh's treasure and are framed by a priest. Now they'll get mummified.
An accidental haiku sends Sam, Joe and Fred back to the beginnings of the Tokugawa Shogunate, in 1600 Japan. Swords, samurai, and poetry contests challenge their talents.
The Book transports Joe, Sam and Fred back to ancient Rome A.D. 120 — and face-to-face with one big ol' gladiator. They've seen plenty of professional wrestling on TV — but will the smackdown body slam be enough to save them at the Coliseum?
Freddi, Jodie and Samantha are sent back to 1805 while camping. They join Lewis and Clark without any real food to eat in a wilderness that is barren.
The boys in this episode are transported to North America during 1000 A.D. It is before Christopher Columbus discovered America. They meet Viking explorers who are led by Leif Erikson.
The boys go back in time to 1877 when the Brooklyn Bridge is being constructed. They discover that they are trapped on top of the bridge.
A basketball game gets interrupted and the boys find themselves in Chichen Itza, Mexico in the middle of a Mayan ringball court a thousand years ago! Of course in this game, the stakes are a little higher because if they lose, they lose their heads!
The boys go back through time to the American West in 1868. They find that life with a cattle drive is not as good as in the cowboy movies they've seen.
Joe and Fred warp back through time to Paris, France in 1815. There, they get to meet Napoleon, an emperor, and Sophie Blanchard, a hot-air pioneer.
Joe, Fred and Sam warp to Babylon to figure out who stole The Book and to meet King Nebuchadnezzar II and Queen Amyitis, the creators of the Famous Hanging Gardens. Can they recover The Book before all of Babylon is destroyed and Joe's evil uncle Mad Jack takes over the world?
Fred and Sam, playing around with the ancient artifacts in Joe's father's office, accidentally transport themselves into the middle of a tribal battle in the African country of Angola in 1624 A.D., where they become slaves of Queen Jinga (who prefers to be known as King Jinga) and have a chance to explore the famous Kwanza River and witness a historic meeting with the Portuguese colonial governor.
When The Book pages transform into rongorongo script, Freddi, Samantha and Fred transport back to 1765 to Rapa Nui (a.k.a Easter Island) and end up facing a 15-ton Moai! It's just another day at the beach as the Trio jumps off cliffs, swims through shark infested waters to the Birdman's Island (Motu Nui), oh and tries to find The Book along the way!
Joe is slowly disappearing because of a malfunction in his family tree. To save Joe, the kids must go to India during the Gupta Empire. Sam, Fred, Samantha and Freddi have to help Joe's ancestor Prince Karna win the hand of Princess Lakshmi to save the entire family line!
A wild warp at the Olympia Diner sends Fred and Samantha to Ancient Greece during the Olympic games. Can Samantha win the pentathalon and save the sacred Olympic truce between Sparta and Athens?
Sam gets trapped inside The Book, and Anna, Fred and Joe travel back to the Tang dynasty in China in A.D. 621 to figure out how to get him out. En route they help the Shaolin Monks rescue General Li Shimin from prison, travel past the beginnings of the Great Wall, learn about the teachings of Zen Buddhism, and come face to face with the evil Mad Jack!
Sam's Grandpa Dima tells some pretty outrageous stories to Sam, Fred, and Samantha about his ancestor, Alexander Kikin — but, are they true? Fred and Samantha convince Sam to travel back to Russia in 1698 just in time to save Kikin (a member of the Russian guardsmen, the Streltsy), from the wrath of Peter the Great.
When the kids warp back to the Stone Age, they manage to decipher some cave-paintings and find The Book in the camp of the Neanderthals. But when they trade Jodie's binoculars to get The Book back something goes wacky and the kids are suddenly a lot hairier than usual.
