Board Thread:Pitches/@comment-25375217-20141218181749

I can't decide if I want to call it "Welcome to the Future", "The 21st(/twenty-first) Century", or "Emma and Johnny in the 21st(/twenty-first) Century".

Anyway.

(insert title here) is about two kids, Johnny and Emma, from the 1700s during the Revolutionary War. While trying to avoid an attack, they accidentally end up on 21st century time traveller Neal Continuum's time machine. Not knowing they're there, Neal heads back to the 21st century. By the time he realizes what he's done, it's too late to bring them back- it could cause the space-time continuum to be destroyed and the entire universe to fall apart. The kids convince Neal that he shouldn't leave them alone in the 21st century, so he agrees to stay with them until they've figured out the differences between the 1700s and 2014.

Cast: Okay so that's it. Thoughts? 
 * Emma (any last name ideas?) - The 14 year-old daughter of a blacksmith. She's been raised in a house where women get married and cook. Her first friend, however, is a women's rights activist.
 * Johnny (any last name ideas?) - An ordinary 16 year-old from the 1700s. He is Emma's dad's apprentice. By studying 21st century teenagers (on television), he thinks he's able to fit in easily. Except TV turns out to be inaccurate. Shocker.
 * Neal Continuum - Although he looks 60, he says he's 23 (apparently time travel is hard on the body). He's convinced by Emma and Johnny to stay behind in the 21st century, even though he's used to traveling through time constantly. Which means its about as hard for him to fit in with other parents as it is for the kids to fit in at their new school.
 * Naomi Elliot - Emma's best friend. She's a women's rights activist. As a result, she forms a disliking of Johnny early on in the series. Johnny has a crush on her.
 * Sherman Mann - Johnny's best friend and a super-nerd. Since he doesn't entirely understand society either (being left out of most activities), he gets along with Johnny well.