Peabody's Adventures of Sniffy's Golden Adventure

**Peabody's Adventures of Sniffy's Golden Adventure** is the 8th episode of the series and the season finale.

## Synopsis

Mr. Peabody and Sherman's final time travel story is about Team Sniffy who get their hands on a map to the fabled gold-ladden playland, Santa Cruz, California, while on the run from the violent War Eagles and a cunning hunter. Their plan goes bad and the con artists end up lost downriver after several misfortunes. Oddly enough, they end up on the shores of Santa Cruz and are worshipped by the natives for their foreign appearances.  But the evil Count Draco has bigger plans for the team, and two charming cats show the dog boys around the gold lined streets.  Can Emperor Sniffy and Lady Kaitlin balance gold and glory one last time?

## Plot

In a framing device, Mr. Peabody invites Sherman to their final adventure with Sniffy.

In 2003 Tulsa, Oklahoma, Emperor Sniffy and Lady Kaitlin learn from their mentor Anka that the evil War Eagle, Colonel Harpy is searching for a mystical relic known as the Delta Cauldron, which can create an invincible army of contagious beetles spreading a coronavirus agent: the "Delta Variant." Anka fears that Harpy might use a hidden map to locate the cauldron. Anka directs Sniffy and Kaitlin to take the map to safety; unfortunately, the foolish antics of their teammates, Mr. Peabody, Sherman, Chuckie and Goosey get them into trouble. They evade a cranky rancher, Seamus, and Peabody's childhood enemy, a hunter named Van Pelt, and accidentally stow away on a riverboat called *Goshawk Dinghy* to be led by Harpy for the golden state of California. At the Deep Fork River, they are caught and imprisoned, but break free and steal a rowboat with the help of Harpy's mistreated horse, Shadowbolt.

Their boat reaches land, where Kaitlin begins to recognize landmarks from the map, leading them to a totem marker near a waterfall that Sniffy believes is a dead end. As they prepare to leave, they encounter a native woman, Ella Gant, being chased by guards. When the guards see Team Sniffy riding Shadowbolt as depicted on the totem, they escort them and Ella to a secret entrance behind the falls, into Santa Cruz. They are brought to the city's elders, kindhearted Chief Bumble and wicked high priest Count Draco. Only the lead pair, Sniffy and Kaitlin are mistaken for gods when a volcano coincidentally erupts but simultaneously stops during an argument between them and they are given luxurious quarters, along with the charge of Chel. Mr. Peabody and Sherman also meet a swashbuckling cat named Puss in Boots, and his sneaky girlfriend, Kitty Softpaws, who have been suspicious of missing a gem called the Pearl of Wisdom, which legend described as able to make its owner able to answer any question in the universe. Ella discovers that the two are conning her people, but promises to remain quiet if they take her with them when they leave the city. The two are showered with gifts of gold from Bumble, but disapprove of Draco attempting to sacrifice a civilian at the gods' ritual, which includes a deadly cauldron planted at the city stadium. Meanwhile, Harpy, his men and Van Pelt reach land. One of Van Pelt's Hounds was wearing a pearl on his collar at the time.

Sniffy and Kaitlin instruct Bumble to build them a boat so that they can leave the city with all the gifts they have been given, under the ruse that they are needed back in the 'other world'. Ella gets romantically close to Sniffy and Kaitlin explores the city, coming to appreciate the peaceful life embraced by the citizens. Chuckie believes that Draco is behind the ensuing chaos, but Goosey thinks that Draco is too dapper to be a suspect. When Draco sees Kaitlin playing a ball game with children, he insists the "gods" demonstrate their powers against the city's best players. Sniffy and Kaitlin are outmatched, but Ella replaces the rubber ball with a "phlat ball,' allowing them to win. Kaitlin spares the ritual of sacrificing the losing team and berates Draco, exposing him as a Delta Cauldron user out for world conquest, to the crowd's approval and earning Bumble's respect. Draco notices Kaitlin received a cut during the game and realizes the pair are not gods since gods do not bleed, hence the reason for the sacrifices. Afterward, Kaitlin, who has by then reconsidered leaving the city, overhears Sniffy telling Ella that he would like her to come with them to Tulsa, before adding he would like her to come with specifically him and to forget Kaitlin – straining the relationship between the two. In a role reversal, Mr. Peabody finds this action unfair, and Sherman repeats his father's earlier words that life isn't fair, to his annoyance. To console the two, Puss and Kitty compare this situation to rolling dice, an act of gambling that randomly results in either winning or losing.

At a party being thrown for them, Sniffy and Kaitlin begin to argue about the conversation with Ella and Kaitlin's desire to stay when Draco conjures a giant stone beetle to chase them throughout the city. Draco, as well, confronts them at the cauldron stadium. As the vampire exposes them as frauds, Sniffy and Kaitlin blame each other for the whole deceit, but manage to knock Draco and his beetle into the cauldron. The resulting explosion sends Draco flying over the trees. He then surfaces in the river outside, where he encounters Harpy, his men and Van Pelt. Believing Harpy to be the real god, Draco offers to lead him to Santa Cruz.

Kaitlin decides to stay in the city while the rest of the team board the completed boat, before they see smoke on the horizon and realize Harpy is approaching. Knowing what will happen if Harpy discovers the city, Sniffy suggests using the boat to ram the rock pillars under the waterfall and block the main entrance to the city, despite knowing they will lose the gold in the process. The plan succeeds with the citizens pulling over a statue in the boat's wake to give it enough speed. As the statue starts to fall too quickly, Sniffy has difficulty in preparing the boat's sail. Forfeiting her ability to stay in the city, Kaitlin and Shadowbolt jump onto the boat to unfurl the sails, assuring the boat clears the statue in time. The group successfully crashes against the pillars, causing a cave-in, while losing all their gifts in the process.

Mr. Peabody and Sherman are confronted once again by Van Pelt, who holds them at gunpoint. The hunter tells Peabody to start running again so that he can chase him. However, Peabody refuses to run off this time, admitting that even though he is still scared, he no longer finds it in his heart to run away from what he's afraid of and instead face it to get it over with like his son and friends told him. Impressed, Van Pelt acknowledges Peabody of acting like a real man, and recites his "hunt or be hunted" philosophy. Puss and Kitty try to defend Peabody, but Van Pelt sics his Hounds on the cats. Seeing the dogs were wearing the Pearl of Wisdom all along, the cats wrestle the pearl off the Hounds, who retreat into the jungle. As for Van Pelt, he tries to push Sherman off his helmet, but Peabody lunges at the hunter, and they dangle over a deep pit. Van Pelt falls into the pit but catches Peabody's arm with his swagger stick as he goes in, while Peabody holds onto the cliff. Van Pelt gloats that he would take Peabody with him, when the dog slashes the swagger stick out of the hunter's hand, dropping him into the abyss below.

The team hide near the totem just as Harpy's men and Draco arrive. When they find the entrance blocked, Harpy brands Draco a liar and leaves away by taking him as a slave. Despite Peabody and Sherman's encouragement, Puss and Kitty realize that the pearl would be dangerous in the wrong hands and drop it down into the river, never to be seen again. Sniffy and Kaitlin, though disappointed they lost the gold,have appreciated the thrill of their adventure, and the ten friends then journey back home to Tulsa where Anka, watching them in a vision created by her cave powers, praises Sniffy for his heroism.

Back to the framing device, Mr. Peabody and Sherman, having finished their adventures, sing a fabulous broadway style finale song, "Get it Right."

### Post credit scene

After the credits, Kaitlin thanks the audience for coming, in a manner similar to a stand-up comic.

## Trivia

### Story Behind the Story

Santa Cruz has been a famous filming location for such movies as *The Lost Boys* and *Bumblebee.* As for the concept. there is a *Road to El Dorado* style plotline, California is often referred to as "The Golden State," and there is a city there called El Dorado Hills.

### Peabody's Side

As stated above, there is a *Road to El Dorado* style plotline, and both that movie and the real *Puss in Boots* are DreamWorks properties.

### Connection

* 2003 saw the release of another DreamWorks production, *Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas.*

## Cast

Mr. PeabodyShermanPuss in BootsKitty SoftpawsVan PeltHoundsSniffyKaitlinChuckieGooseyEllaBumbleDracoHarpyMarkoAnkaShadowboltNarrated by Steven Weber

### Songs:

* Mr. Peabody and Sherman Theme Song
* Keep'n it Real
* Lost in the Shadows
* Fishy Love
* Dude is a Vampire
* Jamaica Farewell
* Get it Right Tonight
* End Title Songs: As Long As You Love Me by the Backstreet Boys and Goodbye by the Spice Girls

## Full Movie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu-TXknA0Xw|Part 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGnA7Dh9Jsc|Part 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8D2-6a5EYg|Part 3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5j1dBstBP0|Part 4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTWqlH8xXKc|Part 5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJp9Bslcglw|Part 6

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Lz3C\_qiNdA|Part 7

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lir\_uYJvxVc|credits

## Promotional Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mfq5\_O2yow4