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.
DEBUT
Felix the Cat Trifles with Time (at movie theaters, USA, 23 August
1925).
VARIANTS
Debut. Felix the Cat Trifles with Time (at movie theaters, USA, 23 August 1925).
We haven’t yet mapped out the time travel itinerary.
INDEXER NOTES (SPOILERS!)
Credits—Otto Messmer is credited as the director and animator on <a href='https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FFelix_the_Cat_Trifles_with_Time'>Wikipedia</a>. They are also credited together as <a href='https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FFelix_the_Cat'>Felix’s creator</a>. We’ve found no specific information on who wrote this cartoon.
ITTDB Work #538:
[writer unknown], directed by Otto Messmer
Indexer: not yet assigned
Curator: Michael Main
as of 9:21 p.m. MDT, 5 May 2024
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A cat can’t live nowadays—turn me back to a better age, just for a day.
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