Peabody's Adventures of Future Shock II: Forward to the Past

**Peabody's Adventures of Future Shock II: Forward to the Past** is the 2nd episode of the series. It is a sequel to *Future Shock.*

## Synopsis

In this sequel to Future Shock, with Mr. Peabody and Sherman accompanied by Casper the Friendly Ghost and Kat Harvey, Josh Robbin is torn between loyalties when his old fiancee Princess Oroni Aryah comes back into his life and Father Time's son Eric is missing, Josh's team is the only one who bring him back, by crossing the Sands of Time and saving the country from some nefarious villains, all in a nostalgic race against time.

## 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.

In 2000 Maybell, Colorado, one year after his first adventure, Josh Robbin is near graduation from the Northwestern College, an event eager to share with his mother Julie, sister Grace, girlfriend Britt and dinosaur buddy Denny. Back too, are Mr. Peabody and Sherman, who remember their visit with Littlefoot and his gang, but with those characters out of the picture now, the duo prepare to study someone else, as the dog tells his son, "Time works in mysterious ways."

Before Josh could start a shift at the Dinosaur National Monument, his manager Ranger Sully brings dire news: Julie is seriously ill! At the house, she tells her son that she is infected by "black magic." Fearing for her health, she tells him a deep long hidden secret: before moving to Maybell, Josh used to live in Denver with his then-alive father Harold, who was "king of the Mardi Gras parade." Josh, who was a prince there, was also friends with a saggy skinned girl named Princess Oroni Aryah. During the car crash that killed Harold, Oroni was believed to have died with him, but Julie reveals that Oroni's body was never found. Julie is told that Oroni is alive, being found by Ned Sinclair, the prime minister of Denver. The situation worsens when Julie tells her son that the whole family must return to Denver for medical treatment, cancelling the graduation, engaging him to Oroni and forget their life in Maybell ever happened. The devestated Josh wants *Britt* to be his fiancee, but Britt adds that this could never happen their way, but promises to be his friend no matter what. Sherman finds this action "unfair," but Peabody gives him the classic philosophy that life isn't fair. And with that, Josh bids, Britt, Denny and Sully goodbye, and leave for Denver.

That late afternoon, somewhere in Denver, this story's guests are introduced: Casper the Friendly Ghost and his human friend Kat Harvey. Caspers asks to "follow Kat to school," but Kat states that school is no place for a ghost, so they part ways. At the same time, the Robbins arrive at the Solera apartment, where Josh half-heartedly reunites with Oroni, There greeting them all was the prime minister himself, Ned Sinclair, a shifty ponytailed man. When the Robbins get inside, and Peabody & Sherman take their history lesson around town, Oroni begs to attend the Mardi Gras festival, but Sinclair hides her from the outside world, reminding her that the world will never accept her for her saggy and therefore must remain in the apartment for her own safety.

At sunset, Casper is on his way to pick up Kat from her student exchange school, when he meets Mr. Peabody and Sherman, who appear unafraid of him, which delights him, because he is otherwise screamed at by everyone else for being a ghost. Sherman sympathizes with him, having been ridiculed for being a dog boy. After introducing himself, Casper tells them of Kat, and asks he could "keep them." Sherman agrees, and Mr. Peabody warns them that not every nightcrawler is as friendly; Denver is a abundent with thugs of the night.

Speaking of which, Sinclair passes by the Elitch Gardens theme park and meets the wicked Clown Prince of Crime, the Joker, with whom they have "business." That very evening, at a palace in Castle Rock, the legendary timekeeper Father Time scolds his son Eric for not taking on responsibilities and only hunting buffalo trophies. Father Time's wife, Mother Nature tries to stand up for their son, but fails. Eric stumbles across a novel called the "Book of the Dead," but when he reaches to open it, he is stopped and is told that the book must not be opened. Otherwise, it would cause trouble. Mother Nature tells her son a bedtime story in the form of a nature fact about how porcupines could sting their predators with their quills, but the quills are able to travel far enough to puncture a predator dead. She has him remove his wig, but as he does, he shows a balding hairline, at which his mother laughs, and he runs away from home in shame.

Unbenownst to them, Sinclair grabs the Book of the Dead. Outside the palace, he and the Joker conjure a spell that opens a hole in the ground that's a drop to the realm of Tartarus and brings before them two resurrected villains: Josh's old enemy King Rex, and the Joker's master the evil enchater Rothbart. Rex gratefully asks how he could replay Sinclair, and the prime minister has the tyrannosarus kidnap Eric to keep the year from ending and stop time, thus preventing his return to Tartarus. The Joker tells Rothbart that he used to be a party clown, Jack Napier, and tried to perform a magic trick to make a snack of Sherman's disappear. The clown believed him to be "unappreciative," but in truth, Sherman tripped him into a vat of acid for revenge. In the present time, Rothbart remembers his usage of black magic called the "Forbidden Arts" prior to his ghost state by the hands of Casper. He sends the Joker to retrieve a "magic bottle" in the Glenwood Cavern, something only Casper could handle, and then lock him away to prevent from interfering again. As for Rothbart himself, he plots to make Kat "his queen," so he could be "king of the underworld." And that, all those villains go on their way to vengeance.

That very night, Kat was walking home from school to meet Casper, but is instead magicked away by Rothbart's Forbidden Arts! At the apartment, Josh has a dreadful nightmare: Julie is dead and Josh has married Oroni, but an old lady boos loudly and speaks out against Josh for marrying Oroni instead of Britt. Josh states that he and Britt have grown too far apart to be compatible as a couple, but the hag objects that true love doesn't belong, but lives with a couple, and boos him some more. Josh wakes up and, realizing his false feelings, bursts into tears. Grace approaches her weeping brother asks what's wrong. He explains that he is upset over the fact that Oroni is his fiancee, and can't get over his feelings for Britt, after all she had done for him during the previous events. Grace has similar sadness: she and Josh already lost their father and don't want to lose their mother too. Sobbing bitterly, Josh gives his sister a tight hug and vows to find a cure.

The next day, at his home-away-from-home, a haunted house named the 13th floor, a heatbroken Casper presents Mr. Peabody and Sherman a ransom note: Rothbart has come back from the dead and taken Kat hostage. He is to retrieve a magic bottle from the Glenwood Cavern, otherwise he would never see Kat again. He tells the duo that he and Rothbart used to be neighbors in Friendship, Maine. In 1997, Rothbart was at large with his Forbidden Arts, but the Friendly Ghost reported the enchanter to the city police. Before being hanged, Rothbart vows revenge from beyond the grave. Despite that, Casper remarks that "crime doesn't pay, but reporting it does." In the present time, Peabody, not knowing who is "behind the whole massacre," is wary that "foul play is around them." As Casper still lamented his loss, a supicious clown who calls himself Jekko brings them to the cave, ordering them to retrieve the bottle. After being told to touch nothing but the bottle, Casper finds a magic carpet inside, and obtains the bottle. Casper, Mr. Peabody, Sherman and the carpet retrace their steps and give the bottle to Jekko, who throws them back into the cave, though not before Peabody bites him to prevent an attack. Jekko unmasks himself as the Joker, but is shocked to find the bottle gone!

At the apartment, Josh gets a phone call from Sully, who asks him to come outside for a "surprise." Josh does so, and is greeted by Britt and Denny whom Sully brought to the apartment for a mission! When Oroni arrives too, Britt attempts to compete with her, but is reminded of her previous rivalry with Grace and changes her tune. Josh sorrowfully promises his mother that he would find a cure, and leaves with his team. Sully takes them to Father Time's palace in Castle Rock. Father Time speculates that his son Eric, who ran away due to his thinning hairline being laughed at when it was first seen by Mother Nature, is hiding out in the "Sands of Time" where the Old Years retire and rule over a state styled to resemble the year over which they ruled. After getted dressed with outfits to match those historic events, they mount a camel, donkey and horse, save for Josh riding Denny, and they made their way to the Sands of Time. Sinclair and Rex spy on all this, and Sinclair sends Rex to "stop them from interfering with their heist."

As his own lair, Rothbart puts the kidnapped Kat under a spell, turning her into a fish by day, and human again by night, only if she is on a lake when the moonlight touches it. In the meantime, Rothbart asks Kait to marry him, so he can be king legally, but she refuses, remaining loyal to Casper. Right when Kat leaves the room, Rothbart gets a phone call from the Joker, who reports his earlier assault. Though he lost the bottle to Casper earlier, Rothbart figures out that the ghost could be able to "command its wonders," and then has the Joker "take care of them again," describing himself as "the ghostly mastermind" and the Joker as "the fleshy hitman who does all the dangerous stuff."

Trapped in the cave with Peabody and Sherman, Casper rubs the bottle and meets a flamboyant phantasm named Flabber who lives inside it. Flabber grants Casper three wishes, whom the Friendly Ghost could share with the others. Casper tricks Flabber into freeing them all from the cave without using a wish, then uses his first wish to become a Beetleborg, an armored action hero to woo Kat, and promises to use his third wish to free Flabber from servitude. The phantasm adds that he is "a ghost with unfinished business," having once been a local jester but was electrocuted by "a fiendish clown," and that if he finishes that business with wish granting, he could "cross over into the afterlife." Sherman then gets a phone call from Josh, who tells him to meet the team at Castle Rock instead of Denver, because that team "has some friends to take home." Hanging up, Sherman tells his father and friends Josh's instructions, and they mount the carpet to fly in that direction.

Upon arrival in the Sands of Time, Josh and team first travel to Coats, Kansas, a town inhabited with Eqyptians. Pharoh Socrates told them that Eric was here before. Just like at home, Eric accidentally made the townsfolk laugh and ran away again. Next, the team heads to Ponca City, Oklahoma, which resembles the Roaring Twenties. There, Eric manages to befriend the laundromat mascot, Steamy Bear, but becomes saddened when he removes his wig and exposing his hairline to the bear, causing him to leave again despite Steamy begging him not to go. The group then travels to Dallas, Texas, which reflects Colonial America and is ruled over by Christine Columbus who is descended from Christopher Columbus. Following Eric's seeming rejection in Dallas following the daily parade, Christine tells the travellers that they one last chance in the final city in the Sands of Time: Taos, New Mexico, which reflects the Mexican Revolution.

En route to Castle Rock, Mr. Peabody and Sherman are blasted off the carpet by the Joker, who was armed with a bazooka, and they fall into the Thompson River, where Flabber rescues them, but at the cost of the second wish.

In New Mexico, a bumbling Mexican Bandit atop a stubborn horse kidnaps Eric and takes him to his lair In Taos, where he plans to get rich with him. The group now enters the city in pursuit. On Josh's urging, Oroni finds the imprisoned Eric, who refuses to make new friends because of his hairline. Oroni seduces him with her saggy baggy skin and tells him that uniqueness in one thing they have in common. She frees him with a porcupine quill and gives it to him because "he might need it." Suddenly, the Bandit finds them and a chase ensues through the Rock Canyon, where they are trapped by a gorge. Oroni quickly tells Eric to take off his wig and leave it off for good. At the sight of Eric's hairline, the horse bursts into uncontrollable bucking which sends the Bandit tumbling down the side of the mountain and gallops off into the sunset. The Bandit hangs from the cliff, the two ignore his pleas for help, and they regroup with the other travellers. Josh gradulates them on finding true love, and they proceed through the desert in a triple date.

That very night, Casper, as a Beetleborg, takes Kat on a ride on the magic carpet. Not knowing who she was flying with, Kat tells the "Beetleborg" that when she and her friends get rid of Rothbart, she could be boyfriend/girlfriend with the "Beetleborg" in front of her, in need of a human friend. After taking Kat back to Castle Rock, Casper regroups with Mr. Peabody, Sherman and Flabber. Fearing that he will lose Kat if the truth is revealed, Casper breaks his promise and refuses to free Flabber. The Joker steals the bottle, and takes the prisoners to his master's lair. There, Rothbart proposes to Kat one last time, but she remains protective of her friend Casper. There is sunlight, and Kat resumes her fish form.

The gang returns to Father Time's palace with Eric, but recieves a sinister welcome from Rex, whom Josh was naturally shocked to see back from the dead. Sinclair approached them too. It is there that Sinclair reveals his true colours: he confirms the Book of the Dead is not a novel but a spellbook. He then tells everyone that he used it to ressurect Rex with their help. Oroni calls him out for betraying her, but Sinclair shows no remorse for manipulating her and tells her that he heard of the gang's time travel exploits and Eric's ability to start a new year, and that he used Rex to his advantage.

As for the other group, the Joker brings his captives before Rothbart. The "Beetleborg" doesn't recognize the fish Kat at first, but she states that she is under a spell. With the bottle in hand, Rothbart becomes Flabber's new master. He uses his first two wishes to become king and the world's most powerful sorcerer. He then exposes Casper as as ghost, to Kat's shock!

Back to Josh's team, Sinclair plans to completely destroy Dinotopia by spraying nerve gas all over it with a gas cannon so he could make a source of solar power called Solar Ville for revenge against nerdiness. He didn't tell them the truth about the book because if they had known they would never have helped him. Josh then figures out that Sinclair is the mastermind behind this whole chaos all along: he infected Julie, moved Josh to Denver, doomed Britt's relationship, arranged Oroni's engagment, resureccted Rex and kidnapped Eric, all just to get Josh of the way for the ongoing construction! Mr. Peabody also figures out that Sinclair made it so Rothbart and the Joker could trap Peabody & Sherman, with Casper and Kat as bait. Oroni is outraged Sinclair's plan, but the prime minister reminds her that the world is intolerant of joy and happiness and will destroy any ray of sunshine it finds. Sinclair sics Rex on the group, and the tyrannosaurus locks them in a prison raft near the Chalk Creek. Rothbart takes Kat with him to gloat over his power, with the Joker close behind.

When the villains were out of sight, Oroni laments that Dinotopia's nearing destruction was her fault, and that if she had "left Josh to Britt," that whole misadventure could've been avoided. Casper also blames himself for not freeing Flabber in the first place. The other girls assure her that they all "did their best to win Josh back." Annoyed by this, Josh refuses to end up with either one of them and decides he is better off "liking himself." Oroni finds this silly and assures him that their lives are different. Josh then compares Oroni's saying to what Denny told him earlier, that the future is what they make it.

A force of energy frees the team. It is the work of Father Time and Mother Nature, who are deeply moved by Josh's remark. There was also Julie, who had healed from the black magic that happened to her! A delighted Josh hugs his mother tightly, and she states that Mother Nature cured her and reminded her of Josh's earlier ability to stop the dinosaur war of 1999. She told her son his same words about choosing their future, Josh comes to his senses and leads a rescue squadron to save Maybell.

There, Sinclair posisitions Denny near the nerve gas machine as its first victim, to Sully's objections, and Rex ties Eric to an anchor near a clock tower so lightning could strike him and stop time! Rothbart and the Joker pretend to show remorse for their prisoner Kat, but she tells them that her friends will come.

Speaking of which, Josh finally returns to Maybell and tells the others that he plans to take his enemies by surprise. Josh freeing Eric from the anchor, and then conducted the striking lightning toward the machine, shorting it out and saving Denny!

In the first part of the showdown, Mr. Peabody, Sherman and Casper taunt Rothbart for being second in power to Flabber, goading him into using his last wish to become "the most powerful being in the universe" which Flabber obliges to, transforming Rothbart into an even more powerful form: a Great Animal! The Joker grabs the bottle, unamused to learn that his master did not have interest in ruling the world alongside him and instead intended destroy it as revenge for his ghost state. Fed up with his hitman's insubordination, Rothbart launches the clown far into the sky. As the enchanter asks if his opponents if they have objections too, Casper and friends trick Rothbart into saying that he has no unfinished business on Earth, causing him to eject himself into the afterlife. After Rothbart disintegrates and disappears, Kat transforms back to normal.

Sinclair, outraged that Josh is back to challenge him, tries to conjure more spells, but Denny incapacitates him. Rex carries on the fight instead; he puts on his knuckle dusters and holds Britt hostage, threatening to crush her unless Josh gives him the book. When Josh gives it to Eric instead, Rex releases Britt and engages in another brutal fight with Josh! Seeing his friend at the mercy of the king, Eric picks up the quill Oroni gave him earlier, and saves the day with uniqueness: he flicks the quill into the machine, the spilling gas vaporizes the book, and the equipment tumbles into an opening hole dropping to Tartaurus! The powerless Rex grabs Sinclair by his ankle as he is sucked back into Tartarus, declaring that he would not go back alone. Sinclair struggles to free himself but is ultimately dragged into the hole with Rex, screaming in terror. The portal to Tartaurus closes, sealing the defeated villains there, and ending their threats to the world.

With the danger over, Oroni invites Josh to live in Denver with her. Josh then states that he already has a true love, in the form of Britt, as he had planned a future of his own. Oroni accepts this and confesses her love for Eric instead, to Father Time and Mother Nature's approval.

As for Flabber, he advises Casper to use his third wish to regain his action hero title, so that society will allow him to stay with Kat. Casper instead decides to keep his promise, and frees Flabber. Realizing Casper's nobility, Mr. Peabody and Sherman congradulate him on "making a future for himself and others." Flabber bids the group a fond farewell and leaves to explore the world, while Casper and Kat start their new life together.

As Eric and Oroni leave for Castle Rock, Josh finally graduates from college, and Denny tells his disheartened friend that he has to leave. When Britt & Grace arrive at the portal, Denny tells Josh he will be with him wherever he goes and, after saying farewell and giving his love to Josh, Britt & Grace, returns to Dinotopia.

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, the Mexican Bandit is still trapped up in the New Mexican cliff while calling for help.

## Trivia

### Story Behind the Story

I had once been around Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico, and 2000 was a fabulous year in which there was edgy quality at the beginning of the millennium.

### Peabody's Side

The Casper sub-plot has an Aladdin style feel.

### Connections

* *Casper's Haunted Christmas* and *Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker* are both released in 2000.
* Though *Casper* and *Beetleborgs* are separate Saban properties, Casper appears here as an Aladdin figure, Kat as a Jasmine figure, Flabber as a Genie figure, Rothbart as a Jafar figure, and the Joker as an Iago figure.
* Rothbart is played by Jack Palance, who also starred in the first *Batman* movie as Carl Grissom, an employer of the real Joker.
* As stated above, Casper appears here as an Aladdin figure, and there is a Casper cartoon entitled *Casper Genie.*
* Mark Hamill and Kath Soucie have also co-starred in *Back to the Sea.*

## Cast

Mr. PeabodyShermanCasperKatFlabberRothbartJokerJoshBrittDennyGraceOroniEricSinclairRexMexican BanditSullyJulieFather TimeMother NatureHaroldNarrated by Dan Castellaneta

### Songs:

* Mr. Peabody and Sherman Theme Song
* For Once In My Life
* Money, Money, Money
* Turn Back the Years
* Big Bad Beetleborgs
* Kids of the Future
* Polly Wolly Doodle
* Dreams to Dream
* Love Sensation
* Dinosaur Stomp
* End Title Song: The Promise by When in Rome
* Exit Music: Rain Man Theme Remix by Hans Zimmer

## Full Movie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIGl\_RrbRPc|Part 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKIUAfLX7n4|Part 2

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2J0kXk1krFE|Part 4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g1Q1-7p9QA|Part 5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dv-A8tU91AQ|Part 6

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QvtnCf2z9k|Part 7

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VC5xr24CKG4|Part 8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw9wSygayh8|Part 9

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVg5KoCmeEg|credits

## Promotional Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4euxdRgDrY|trailer