The Halls of Time

The Halls of Time
Series	Grim and Evil
Season	2
Production code	209
Writer	Gord Zajac
Broadcast information
Broadcast number	9C
Cartoon Network US Premiere	August 1, 2003
Paired with	Grim For a Day Sister Grim
Chronological information
Previous Sister Grim	Next Billy & Mandy's Jacked-Up Halloween

The Halls of Time is the third segment from the twenty second episode of Grim & Evil.

Plot

After missing out on a school trip, Grim takes Billy, Mandy, and Irwin to the "Halls of Time" for a tour. There, Billy and Irwin mess the hourglasses that symbolize each person's lifespan. When they leave, they accidentally leave their own hourglasses, including Grim's, upside down, resulting in the group getting younger as time passes.

Grim then hurries back but one by one the kids start to disappear by going before birth, Grim intentionally lets Mandy disappear. However, while gloating he loses so much time that he cannot restore his own hourglass to its correct position, turns into a baby as he disappears too, leaving the episode as a cliffhanger.

Credits

• Story by: Gord Zajac
• Storyboard by: Mike Diederich
• Directed by: John McIntyre, Randy Myers

Trivia

• We've seen Grim be on the bus many times. But in the episode, "Halls of Time", the bus driver was afraid of him.
• Mandy actually cared when Irwin disappeared.
• Although Billy saved his dad from dying by turning his hourglass upside down, he also clearly caused him to start growing younger until he disappeared just like he, Irwin, Mandy and Grim did at the end of the episode.
• Mandy must be older than Billy and Irwin as they disappeared before she did.
• The guy Billy and Irwin killed was Maxwell Atoms.
• Irwin disappeared without becoming a fetus.
• The closeup of Irwin's hourglass shows "IRWN" written on the card, whereas all the background shots show "IRWIN".
• This is considered one of the darkest episodes of the series due to the ending where the main cast of characters are erased from existence after failing to put their hourglasses right-side up.
• This is only time Irwin's brother is seen in the show.
  • It is heavily implied that when Irwin threw his brother's hourglass away and we hear it shatter, Irwin's brother ceased to exist (which might explain why he is never mentioned again).
  • However, as Billy, Mandy, Irwin, and Grim all disappeared and reappeared in the next episode, he must be alive as Irwin later mentions him in a future episode.

Gallery

The image gallery for The Halls of Time may be viewed here.

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