For his twelve birthday, Chase receives a mysterious cube from his scientist uncle, "Peter," known only as "The Cube". Using a number of often unpredictable and/or unintentional voice and print cues, The Time Cube frequently transports Chase and his friends, Larry and Wally, to a variety of places in history, like the to the year 3000, where they meet their own great-granddaughters, Chelsea, Wendy and Loretta. The only way they are able to return present-day Brooklyn, New York is to find The Cube again within whatever time period they are in. Later in the series, Chase's evil uncle, Mad Mike, makes several attempts to capture the children and The Cube with his crafty tricks,