Peabody's Adventures of Future Shock

**Peabody's Adventures of Future Shock** is the pilot episode of the series.

## Synopsis

In the first entry of "Peabody's Jamming Adventures,"  Mr. Peabody and Sherman travel back in time with guest stars Littlefoot, Cera, Ducky, Petrie & Spike, and the evil dictator De Nomolos and Purple Minions.  In 1999 Maybell Colorado, maturely challenged Josh Robbin adopts a living iguanodon named Denny to impress his mother Julie, girlfriend Britt and sister Grace.  But the evil King Rex and shifty Maxwell have bigger plans for Josh.

## 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.

65 million years ago, a meteorite crashes into the Earth, killing the dinosaurs and splitting the universe into two parallel dimensions. The surviving dinosaurs cross into a new dimension, founding the landof Dinotopia.

In 1999 Maybell, Colorado, Josh Robbin is a teenage slacker and high school student who works one day a week as a Dinosaur National Monument attendant, and lives with his overprotective mother Julie and naive sister Grace. Having been widowed from her dead husband Harold sometime prior, Julie becomes neighbors with a shifty hunter named Maximillian Maxwell and threatens to enlist Josh into Maxwell's Summer Camp unless he takes more responsibility. Unwilling to grow up, Josh flees into the night. Soonafter, he is joined by Peabody and Sherman. At the same time, the wicked terrorist Chuck De Nomolos plots to alter the history of what he considers to be a foolish and frivolous society by sending his fiendish Purple Minions back to the late 20th century to prevent Peabody and Sherman from coining the time travel business.

After a while of running through the city, Josh stumbles into the Midas Gold Mine, where there stood a shimmering veil. He ventures through it, and is awed to witness the long hidden Dinotopia. While he explores, a feathered dinosaur named Birdzilla stalks a compsognathus, until her tyrannical master, King Rex scolds her for not "eating only the best," and "stuffing her face with junk food." He sends her to hunt down an iguanodon family, so he can remain king before being outshined by the "maginificent dinosaurs." Elsewhere in the dimension, five child dinosaurs, optimistic Littlefoot, snarky Cera, sweet-natured Ducky, panicky Petrie and gluttonous Spike play a rock game, until they are discovered by Peabody and Sherman, who believe them to be a "priceless find." The five agree to follow them to the "modern world."

At a distant nest, two iguanodon parents look after their egg, until Birdzilla chases and mauls them off-sight. Josh finds the lone egg, sees an oportunity to prove his maturity and takes the egg home to Maybell, where he hides it and makes peace with his mother and sister. The following day, Britt invites Josh and Grace to a volleyball tournament, but Josh decides to show them the egg, but when they find the empty shell, and then the actual hatchling, Grace believes it to be an iguana, but Josh corrects her that it's an iguanodon. The girls laugh it off and believe him to be "pulling their legs," but he fills them in on his discovery. Though he intends to keep the whole thing a secret from any doubtful adults, Britt offers to have the group "make the greatest single contribution to nature since the invention of the wheel." Excited by the future fame, Grace suggests naming the new reptile. Josh first considers "Denver," like his former hometown, but Grace rejects it as a "tongue twister." Josh then considers "Vera," but Britt knows it be her mother's name. Finally, Josh names his new friend "Denny," and both girls agree. Elsewhere in the house, Mr. Peabody and Sherman tell the Prehistoric Pals of their WABAC machine and the dangers of disrupting the space time continuum.

Back in Dinotopia, Rex sees the empty iguanodon nest, and believes he is rid of his competition, but Birdzilla notices footprints leading away from the place. Rex views it as "rubbery paddings that only humans can wear," and figures out that the hatching has been taken to the human world. He makes a new plan to bring both the human and dinosaur back to the dimension to finish them off personally, before they can influence both places.

Before long, Denny grew into a man-sized iguanodon. Josh rides him around town, until they heard footsteps. Josh hides Denny and then encounters Maxwell, who is suspicious of "having heard riding." Josh covers it up as "horseback riding," but Maxwell worsens his threat that either Josh has maturity, or Maxwell "has his brain in his hand." When the hunter leaves, Josh starts to plan to run away to Denver, but Denny objects, adding that Britt and Grace need them. Josh then vows to get them out of this scrape. At the same time, Peabody and Sherman show Littlefoot and others around the modern world, humored by their speech pattern, which includes calling the sun "the bright circle." There spying on them were the Purple Minions. De Nomolos telephones them and asks for Peabody's whereabouts. In Minion-ese, they describe their targets, and De Nomolos tells them to bring the child dinosaurs to the dimension and use them as bait to trap Peabody, so he could "discuss their conquest."

That night, the sleeping Josh and Denny are snatched by some unfriendly shadows! Britt notices a heartbroken Julie, who shows her a note that King Rex has kidnapped Josh to "exact revenge on the species." Just when all seems lost, Sully arrives and tells Britt and Grace about Dinotopia. The girls offer to "get dressed for this dimension," and Julie is proud of them. Mr. Peabody recieves his own note that the Minions have taken the child dinosaurs to Dinotopia to please their master, who is plotting to get rich with the captives. Sherman offers to find some bananas for the trappers, but Mr. Peabody corrects him that it's he and Sherman that De Nomolos wants, and he is setting a trap only for them. Sherman, having overheard Britt and Grace's dressup offer, asks if he and Peabody have gear in the WABAC, and the dog responds that they "must always come prepared." Outside the house, Maxwell overhears all this and schemes to follow the group to Josh to further his camp plan.

In Dinotopia, Josh, who was wearing a caveman's loincloth, is confronted by Rex and Birdzilla, who plot to hold them until "the modern world is transferred to this dimension." The friends retreat so they could show each other around the land. Littlefoot has his friends avoid the Minions as well. At the portal entrance, Britt & Grace, who were wearing cavewoman bikinis, are instructed by Sully to find Josh before Rex does. Sherman is also there, wearing caveman clothing of his own. Josh & Denny exchange animal facts for comparison and contrast, Britt & Grace dodge bodily threats, and Mr. Peabody takes Sherman around some obstacles, describing them the way Littlefoot would describe them.

Eventually, Britt & Grace wander through a cave, and are confronted by Rex, Birdzilla and an army of velociraptors, who charge them as spies and sentence them to be digested in a carnivorius plant called Marilyn II. Grace blames their posistion on herself for competing with Britt. Peabody and Sherman find the children, ward off the Minions with a "stun gun" and proceed to look for Josh. By this time, Josh & Denny hear a "sound of ultimate suffering." Denny recognizes them to be Britt & Grace. They use a pterodactyl and mammoth to free the girls from the plant. Rex appears, and is enraged to see his prisoners freed. A chase ensues, and the group cross a log bridge above a raging river. Before the villains could pursue them more, the log breaks and they fall into the river. With their enemies gone, Denny offers to live with his friends in the modern world. At first Josh finds this impossible, but Denny points out that "the future is what they make it." Grace asks Denny if he could wish on a shooting star, but he is afraid of meteors. Just then, Mr. Peabody, Sherman and the children reunite with the other team. Ducky compliments that Denny and the humans would "make a wonderful family," and so they turn back toward their homeland, with the humans having a double date all the way.

At a distant riverbank, Rex and Birdzilla, resurface, having survived the rapids! Maxwell, De Nomolos and the Minions encounter them, and Rex decides to team up with Maxwell, so they can both hunt down Josh. At the portal, the gang hope for a hero's welcome, but instead, some policemen bind Denny in chains. This turns out to be the work of Julie, who is enraged when she realizes that her son has been spending his time with Denny all this time, going back on their deal to go to camp. Josh attempts to reason with his mother but accidentally reveals that Denny came from the long undiscovered Dinotopia and that he has been there himself. Believing this to be more immaturity, Julie promptly denounces Josh as her son for siding with the dinosaurs and orders the policemen to execute Denny at surise with a container of nerve gas. Cera finds all this action "greedy" and laments that this whole adventure had been for nothing. As the officers lead Denny away, Sully arrives and admits that though he sent Britt & Grace after Josh, Julie interrogated him into giving away Josh's location and Sully claims that "it was for Josh's own good." The saddened boy tells the ranger that it was his own fault and now Denny will die because of it. Sully decides to take Josh to see the iguanodon. Sully is able to gain access for his attendent by claiming that Josh wished to see his captor with his own eyes. Inside the hut, the boy apologizes for getting him in trouble. Denny refuses to accept, stating that he was a better person for having met him and that he would be with him forever. Josh then leaves in depression.

The next day, Rex and the other villains emerge from Dinotopia, heavily armed with deadly weapons. At the Robbin house, Josh, Britt and Grace, back to wearing normal clothes, grieve the loss of their dinosaur friend, and Josh resigns to await recruitment to Summer Camp. He gives the girls his love, Littlefoot hopes that Julie wouldn't be too mad, and Sherman finds his history lesson a failure. But when he leaves the house, a plume of smoke billows in the distance. The others notice too, and Sully reports that Rex has survived, and that he & Maxwell were leading an attack. Josh, remembering Denny's advice about the future, takes the others with him into battle.

At the city hover dock, a hovercraft lands with a nerve gas container. The policemen force Denny into a large cage, and Julie prepares to execute him, but is stopped by Josh, who reveals his love for the dinosaur and tells her that she'll have to kill him if he kills Denny. Josh refuses to stand aside and then scolds everyone for following a path of hatred and tells his mother what would *her* path be if she chooses to fight out of hatred. Julie looks to her officers and the raptors preparing to attack each other, realizing that she will be responsible for the death of many more people, including her own, if she goes through with the execution. Seeing the wisdom in her son's words, she then spares Denny, and both sides lower their weapons. However, Rex arrives on the scene, still seeking to victimize Josh. De Nomolos introduces himself to the Prehistoric Pals, Birdzilla pushes Britt into the cage, and Rex reveals that Maxwell is working for him, to which Maxwell confirms, leaving Julie betrayed and heartbroken. Rex states that Maxwell has been exploiting his job as a camp councillor to erase any evidence that may lead to Rex's capture. With his enemies held off, Rex decides to board the hovercraft and spread the nerve gas himself to increase his rule over both worlds. As he leaves in the hovercraft, a fierce battle begins with his subordinates.

Mr. Peabody has Sherman take out the Purple Minions with a jelly gun, and De Nomolos confronts them with a matter desolidificator gun. Peabody and Sherman deduce that they can go back in time following the encounter to arrange events for De Nomolos to be captured in the present; though De Nomolos attempts to follow suit, the duo turn the tables by explaining that only the winners get to go back. On Littlefoot's urging, Peabody uses some dynamite to blast De Nomolos into the sky.

Grace frees Britt from the cage with the unused nerve gas, which leaves behind a deadly green cloud, and they ward off the raptors. Birdzilla chases Denny onto an electric grid, and he snaps his tail off to send her falling to her doom, avenging his parents.

On the ground, Maxwell shoots at Josh, but the bullet only grazes his arm. Denny charges at Maxwell, but is shot himself. Maxwell confronts Josh and they take their battle to a control tower. They both briefly exchange blows as nature versus civilization, but nature wins when Josh makes Maxwell drop his shotgun, which he grabs and points it at the hunter. Maxwell teases Josh by telling him to shoot him and be a man, but Josh realizes that doing it will only turn him into a person like Maxwell. In retaliation, he angrily presses the shotgun's muzzle against Maxwell's neck and instead mimics a loud gunshot, shocking Maxwell. Josh then retorts he is not - and will not be - a man like him and smashes it to pieces. After watching the pieces of his shotgun fall, Maxwell flies into a rage and pulls out his machete. Josh jumps back to escape Maxwell's furious swipes, and lands on a nearby construction sight, whose steel bar overlooked the gas cloud Britt & Grace spilled earlier. Maxwell asks Josh if he is "getting a little old for these games," but Josh tells him that "the game's over, and he wins." The boy disarms the hunter and uses the knife to slash a steel bar cable. He holds onto the bar, but Maxwell falls and disappears into the cloud. his threat put to an end.

As for his last enemy, Josh breaks into the hovercraft, and he and Rex struggle with electric knuckle dusters, with Rex mocking Josh's ability to adapt as a human more than any dinosaur could've ever done. When asked if he has "any last wishes," Josh sees a streaking meteor and wishes that Rex would "go back to the Jurassic." He knocks the king into the hovercraft's controls, and the vehicle whirls toward the meteor, Britt flies in by pterodactyl and comes to Josh's aid, and they leave Rex to "go down with his castle." The meteor smashes the hovercraft and destroys Rex, ending his reign of terror.

With the danger over, Julie apologizes for doubting Josh, and then Mr. Peabody, Sherman, and the Prehistoric Pals congradulate him on "saving the day without looking for trouble." Denny has survived the gunshot, but he must return to Dinotopia for medical treatment. Josh and his people arrive to see him off, and Josh and Denny bid their goodbyes. John promises Denny that he'll always be with him no matter what. Though they couldn't live together, they learned that friendship can break all boundaries.

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."

## Trivia

### Story Behind the Story

I had once been to Dinosaur National Monument, and 1999 was a fabulous year when there was quality progress at the end of the millennium.

### Peabody's Side

As we know, Mr. Peabody and Sherman are famous time travellers, and the Land Before Time dinosaurs are the most recurring characters in any former Don Bluth property.

### Early concept

"Peabody's Jamming Adventures" was originally written to be called "Gru's Jamming Adventures," with a longer set of adventures as well as time travel. It was later declared that the series be changed to focus on Mr. Peabody and Sherman, and keep the Purple Minions as guest stars, because it made no sense to waste such a grand nostagia themed series on otherwise unrelated characters.

### Connections

* 1999 saw the release of another Don Bluth production, *Bartok the Magnificent.*
* The real Minions appeared in the self titled movie *Minions,* which also had a prehistoric setting.
* The real De Nomolos appeared in *Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey,* which also featured time travel.
* Dan Castellaneta and Cathy Cavadini co-starred in *Back to the Future: The Animated Series* and *Fievel's American Tails.*

## Cast

Mr. PeabodyShermanLittlefootCeraDuckyPetrieSpikeDe NomolosPurple MinionsJosh RobbinBritt SearsDennyGrace RobbinRexMaxwellBirdzillaSullyJulie RobbinNarrated by Dan Castellaneta

### Songs:

* Mr. Peabody and Sherman Theme Song
* Walk the Dinosaur
* I Won't Grow Up
* What Kind of an Animal Are You
* The Girl You Left Behind
* One Two Tie Your Shoe
* The Sign
* Best Friends
* End Title Song: I Will Be Your Friend by Amy Grant
* Exit Music: Rain Man Theme by Hans Zimmer

## Full Movie

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN8f-B1IZ8E|Part 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcO2-fAiP\_Q|Part 3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHiY1Q6oEcA|Part 4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8iZRtfXLZw|Part 5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs\_2BjGlhw8|Part 6

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgiTmC8buEk|Part 7

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Za1G63-hhw|Part 8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52lwZKMOnkY|credits

## Bonus features

### Promotional Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBn3ueLqCfg|promtional trailer

### Deleted Scenes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m324UqgYqs8|Gru's rules

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIH3UIZvZw4|Gru's freeze ray

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYY1A5bcliE|Gru defeats De Nomolos