Peabody's Adventures of Sniffy the Beagle

**Peabody's Adventures of Sniffy the Beagle** is the 5th episode of the series. It is based on *The Emperor's New Groove.*

## Synopsis

In this second half of Mr. Peabody and Sherman's time travel crossover series, guest starring Ash Ketchum and his Pokegang, arrogant and greedy Emperor Sniffy finds a gullible peasant named Chuckie who looks just like him; Sniffy swaps places with Chuckie to escape his boring life and have fun. However, the villainous alchemist Clayface has plans to summon Taurus, the bull-like god of destruction, and block out the sun so that he may retain his youth.  To stop Sniffy from interfering with his man-made eclipse, Clayface has him transformed into a lowly beagle.  During his time as the emperor, Chuckie falls in love with Sniffy's naive soon-to-be-fiancée Goosey who thinks he is the emperor that has changed his ways. Meanwhile, the emperor-beagle learns humility in his new form and even comes to love a tomboyish female beagle-herder named Kaitlin, with whom he would team up to stop Clayface's plans.

## Plot

In a framing device, dog genius Mr. Peabody introduces himself, his boy Sherman and the WABAC machine to the viewers, and then proceeds to tell the time-travel story.

Sniffy is the self-centered, spoiled, and vain emperor of Tulsa, Oklahoma brought up by his ancient, head advisor Clayface. One day, in 2000, he meets an extremely gullible peasant named Chuckie in the town market, who looks identical to him. Suddenly bored with the high life, Sniffy offers to switch places with Chuckie for a week. Soonafter, the emperor is joined by Peabody and Sherman, whom he invited to his palace, adding that "he needs all the service he can get." Sherman asks if he and Peabody had been to 2000 before, and Peabody answers that now that they are no longer with Josh Robbin, they are to learn from Sniffy's world.

However, this switch would soon prove to be dangerous, as the wicked Clayface joins his followers, mummies Mayo & Berk, and feline advisor Meowrice, in his secret lab. Clayface plots to summon Taurus, the Oklahoman God of Destruction, to snuff out the sun and plunge the kingdom into eternal darkness. He wants to remain handsome forever, is aware that direct sunlight gives him wrinkles, and concludes that plunging the world in never-ending night would allow him to stay young and handsome forever. With him are the shady Dr. Claw, his nephew Talon and his pet MAD Cat, who have similar plans: Claw shares Clayface's desire in order to force increased energy consumption by the town — an act of such astonishing evil that even Talon comes under suspicion. With help from the mummies, Clayface also plots to transform and banish Sniffy so that he can take full and permanent control of the empire.

That night, Mr. Peabody and Sherman cook some Baked Alaska, hoping that their emperor would "be more grateful often" afterwards. Sniffy settles onto his table for dinner, excited for his switch, when Meowrice sneaks in and pours a fluid into Sniffy's cup of punch. Disregaring the off taste, and Mr. Peabody's warning, Sniffy drinks his punch, retires to his room and then starts to feel nauseous. The fluid he consumed turns out to be a potion, and he screams in fright. His two guards hear it, and hurry to his room, only to find a beagle instead of their emperor! Not knowing who it is, they state that the "dog" before them is not welcome indoors, so they fling him outside, and Peabody & Sherman follow him there. Clayface is ecstatic to be rid of him, and tells his allies that they would wait until daybreak to continue thier plan. Claw believes that Peabody & Sherman are "to perish with their emperor" and decides to participate in the meeting with Taurus, to which Talon agrees.

The next day, the newly transformed Sniffy flees Tulsa in exile. After an aimless wander through the prairie, he is picked up by a tall girl about his age. When suggested she "goes ahead and hits him." she is astonished to hear a beagle talk. He tries to tell her who he is, but she doubts it and turns him away, as he adds that he doesn't need her, whoever she is. She tells him her name, Kaitlin, but dismisses him again, and he trots off in disgust. Mr. Peabody leads Sherman away, adding that they "didn't come here to be insulted," and Sherman optimistcalay hopes that "things can't get any worse." Sniffy ends cornered by a hungry coyote, only to be saved by Kaitlin. Wounded in the scuffle, she has him take her back to her hut in Miami, a rustic suburb of Tulsa. There, he starts to develop concern for the first time, in this case with his sarcastic hostess. Kaitlin tells the beagle in front of her that she heard of the emperor's arrogance in general. Resigning to this remark, Sniffy starts to leave again, but Kaitlin doesn't want to risk saving him again, so she has him sleep in her barn, to his reluctance. Sherman hopes that "a traditional guest would come in," and as if by answer, two more travellers, a Japanese boy named Ash Ketchum and his yellow pet electric mouse, Pikachu, bike in and crash down near the hut. Mr. Peabody & Sherman introduce themselves, and Ash tells them of his desire to become a "Pokemon Master," and that his quest has taken him to Oklahoma. As the duo takes them instead, Kaitlin calls them "colorful guests," and invites them to stay in the barn with Sniffy, whom she calls a "beagle boy."

Back at the palace, Chuckie settles into the throne, where he meets Goosey, a beautiful girl about his age, who was engaged to the emperor prior to these events. She thinks the man in front of her is Sniffy, and finds him "thick-headed," having heard of the arrogance as well. Her maid, Anka, summons her to choose a wedding dress, and Meowrice confronts Chuckie, knowing who he is. The peasant bags the cat aside and proceeds with his palace responsibilities, to Goosey's slight delight.

The next day, Clayface and his allies cast a spell toward the sky, and Taurus, the mighty, bull-like god of destruction approaches them. Clayface tells him of his plan for the sun, and Taurus agrees, on the condition that the alchemist gives him his soul in return. The minute Taurus leaves, Claw tells Talon to "find a new source of electricity," and Talon offers to "stop Peabody and Sherman from interferring with their heist."

Several days later, Chuckie expresses doubts to Goosey and attempts to explain that he is really a peasant, but she interprets this as fear of commitment on his part and dismisses his explanation. At the same time, Sniffy, keeping up his beagle persona, offers to "hang out" with Kaitlin, who by this time is more tolerant of his identity, takes him around town. Just then, Mr. Peabody and Sherman have more company: Ash and Pikachu's old teammates: Misty, a former Cerulean Gym leader, and Brock, a Pokemon Breeder. Together, those four are the Pokegang. As the duo takes those guests in, Kaitlin takes Sniffy to a festival in Miami at night. During the colorful evening, their once sarcastic friendship blossoms into pure romance. Mr. Peabody, Sherman and the Pokegang turn in for the night, but Talon spies on them and telephones his uncle about his find. When told about the new source of electricity, Claw tells his nephew to "start hate dropping in order to ruin summer." At the palace, Chuckie notices an engulfing blackness in the sky and wonders where Sniffy is, as Clayface gloats of his victory.

Sniffy and Kaitlin wake up to what should've been daylight, but they only see the blackened sky. Sniffy realizes that this is Clayface's doing, and has Kaitlin join him on his return journey. Ash puts on a brave face and adds that "no one messes with the natural order." Arriving in Tulsa, Sniffy, Kaitlin and the gang make their way through the darkened palace, but they are unexpectedly ambushed by Mayo & Berk, who mock him for his abilities as a beagle. Just then, Clayface arrives on the scene, draws his wand, and reveals the supposed beagle as an emperor. Sniffy struggles to explain the truth to a confused Kaitlin, as he attempted to do so earlier, but Clayface reveals his plan to marry Chuckie to Goosey, knowing that they would contribute to his sun-blocking plan, and admits that he couldn't have done that if it wasn't for Sniffy lacking empathy. As for Dr. Claw, he has Talon and MAD Cat cage Pikachu and tells Ash that he plans to conduct the pokemon's electricity to power his equipment for profit. Clayface sics Meowrice on the prisoners, the cat starts to drag them to the dungeon to prevent them from interfering, and Clayface declares that "no will believe Sniffy ever existed." Sniffy then screams out loud in anger as he is taken away.

In Goosey's room, Anka hears Sniffy's scream in the distance, and realizes that he is in trouble. Goosey still doesn't know which emperor she is with, and rejects the overall deception as a con. Anka tells her that "it doesn't matter who the emperor is on the outside, it's what inside that counts." Goosey then gets confused: the man she was engaged to was supposed to be near her, but the scream came from afar. Anka figures out that Sniffy "can't be in two places at once," so she leaves the room to rescue the captive.

Sniffy and the others are locked up in the dungeon, and he, desperately trying to get out, laments that Tulsa's nearing eternal darkness was his fault, and that if he hadn't switched places with Chuckie, that whole predicament could've been avoided. But Kaitlin adds that if it wasn't for the predicament, she and Sniffy would never have met, stating she would "rather have a friend than a ruler or beagle any day." Moved by this remark, Sniffy has a change of heart and turns down his palace, having realized the pain his greed brought and that Kaitlin was more precious to him the whole time. Ash blames Pikachu's capture on the emperor, Misty says that she "liked Sniffy better as a beagle," Brock tries to make peace, and Peabody tells them that "there will be plenty of time for blame later."

Just when it seems all is lost, Anka arrives and asks if she is with Sniffy. The emperor begs Anka to let them out, Kaitlin introduces herself, Anka believes that "this emperor didn't care for friends," and Sniffy tells her he has changed. He plans to "stop Goosey from marrying the wrong man." Anka is confused, and he reveals his connection to Chuckie. He feels like he's let his kingdom down. Kaitlin tries to calm him down, and he musters his courage, impressing Anka.

Before they could escape, Meowrice confronts them, and after a heated wrestle, they manage to lock him away. On the way forward, Anka warns Sniffy and Kaitlin that if they use wands, they mustn't cross the streams, as the results could be catastrophic. At a dining room, Clayface prepared to marry Chuckie to Goosey, and Claw prepared to harness Pikachu for electricity. On Clayface's instruction for the people to "speak now or forever hold their peace," Sniffy bursts in, revealing himself as the true emperor, prompting Chuckie to reveal his peasant identity, finally convincing Goosey.

Enraged, Clayface refuses to give up his magic eclipse without a fight, and Sniffy urges his team to fight! In the first part of the showdown, Mr. Peabody, Sherman and the Pokegang free Pikachu, Dr. Claw is furious, and they challenge him to a classic pokemon match. MAD Cat attacks with a dart, but Pikachu uses his iron tail to blast him away into the sky. Talon tries to use a ray gun, but Pikachu uses his thundershock to blast him away too. When Peabody orders Claw to put his hand (and claw) up, Claw gets away in a jet pack, vowing revenge.

Mayo & Berk confront Sniffy & Kaitlin one last time, but Sniffy uses a torch to burn away the mummies. Sniffy denies his trust toward Clayface, but Clayface taunts him for "choosing to be an animal." Kaitlin tosses a wand to Sniffy, and a violent duel erupts, with the two men evenly matched. Sniffy aims his wand at Clayface, who taunts him to prove himself a savage and zap him. Realizing that doing so would turn him into the kind of brute Clayface is, Sniffy declares that he is not, and will never be, a man like him.

Another enemy, Taurus, rampages in, having come for his victims' souls. Clayface reminds Taurus of their deal for the god to restore the alchemist's soul, but Taurus goes back on his word and reveals that he merely used Clayface for his own ends. With the alchemist out of commision, Taurus declares himself as ruler of Oklahoma and creates a powerful storm. Sniffy starts to fend off Taurus with strong beams, but the bull draws his fiery whip and swats at the emperor savagely. Chuckie suggests that they evaculate, but Sniffy refuses to keep running, vowing to defeat Taurus no matter what. Against her earlier advice, Anka instructs the team to cross their wand streams toward the eclipse. On Chuckie's forgiveness and Goosey's encouragement, Sniffy and Kaitlin fire their magic into the sky. The sunlight burns away the darkness, and Taurus starts to sink into his underground lair and drags Clayface down into the darkness with him. With Clayface hanging from a ledge over the void, Sniffy uses his advisor's words against him, "Pretty soon no one will believe you even existed", in a show of cruel irony to him. Sniffy then flicks away the grip and Taurus's whip carries the screaming alchemist into the darkness, thus putting an end to his tyranny forever.

As the chaos subsides, Sniffy takes Kaitlin, Chuckie and Goosey to his bedroom, where they become Team Sniffy for the first time. Upon understanding the longtime switch, Goosey realizes that Chuckie was telling the truth, and she becomes despondent at realizing their relationship was a mistake. Kaitlin sadly adds that Miami won't be the same without Sniffy there. But before either of them could part ways, Anka tells the men that they should stay with the women that they deeply care for and love. Sniffy believes that society could never accept an emperor and peasant girl as a couple, but Anka states that Sniffy will never find another girl like Kaitlin. Chuckie accepts Sniffy for who he is, and Goosey assures Sniffy he'll always be her hero no matter what he chooses to be. Anka then decides to abolish the emperor marriage law so that Sniffy can marry whomever he deems worthy. He immediately chooses Kaitlin, who tenderly calls him a "lover boy." Mr. Peabody & Sherman take Ash, Pikachu, Misty and Brock home with them, and Sniffy builds a small summer cabin on the hill next to Miami, and becomes part of Kaitlin's neighborhood at the peasant's invitation, changing from a once selfish brat into a cultured sophisticated man about town.

Back to the framing device, Mr. Peabody and Sherman confess their love for each other, and the impressed dog remarks that "every dog should have a boy."

### Post credit scene

After the credits Meowrice asks if there's anyone in the dungeon, getting hungry.

## Trivia

### Story Behind the Story

In the beginning, there was *The Emperor's New Groove,* which didn't always go by that title; it once had a working title: *Kingdom of the Sun,* with a much more awesome concept. But due to so-called "Executive Meddling," that never came into fruition. But liking how *The Emperor's New Groove* turned out was just the beginning; the more source materials I came by, the more chances I had at making my own tale, partially based on the *Kingdom of the Sun* concept, but with a few original JAM touches.

### Peabody's Side

After the *Casper* characters' appearance in *Future Shock II,* I added some more Saban characters, Dr. Claw and his gang, to get this entry involved too.

### Connections

* *Pokemon: The Movie 2000,* *Gadget's Greatest Gadgets* and the actual *Emperor's New Groove* are all released in 2000.
* Lara Jill Miller, Tom Kenny, Brian Blessed and Geri Halliwell co-starred in Disney Junior's *Henry Hugglemonster.*

## Cast

Mr. PeabodyShermanAshPikachuMistyBrockDr. ClawTalonMAD CatSniffyKaitlinChuckieGooseyClayfaceTaurusMeowriceMayo and BerkAnkaNarrated by Steven Weber

### Songs:

* Mr. Peabody and Sherman Theme Song
* Perfect Day
* I Hate Sunlight
* 2 Become 1
* This Farm is Where I Belong
* Boring
* Happy Happiness
* You Set Me Free
* End Title Song: Spinnin' Around by Jump5
* Exit Music: Sniffy the Beagle Theme by Udi Harpaz

## Full Movie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HM6uyAsphjw|Part 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kF2tIUoieic|Part 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTdheANNUuw|Part 3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnYiW1g9K-0|Part 4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VG7NG2U43UY|Part 5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4laO7apNMMs|Part 6

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fR4MEaaUpI|credits

## Promotional Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4EEWyhOgt8|trailer