Perhaps the first time travel in a theatrically released cartoon is Felix in “Trifles with Time,” where the silent, surreal cat negotiates with Father Time for a trip to a better age. After appropriate payment, Father Time obliges and Felix goes back to a stone age with dinosaurs.
—Michael Main
A cat can’t live nowadays—turn me back to a better age, just for a day.

Variants

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  1. Felix the Cat Trifles with Time, no credited writer or director (at movie theaters, USA, 23 August 1925).
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by unknown persons [uncredited]
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . directed by Otto Messmer [uncredited]
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . created by Pat Sullivan [uncredited]
    Otto Messmer [uncredited]

Indexer Notes

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  1. Credits—Otto Messmer is credited as the director and animator on Wikipedia. They are also credited together as Felix’s creator. We’ve found no specific information on who wrote this cartoon.