Peabody's Adventures of Future Shock III: Global Meltdown

**Peabody's Adventures of Future Shock III: Global Meltdown** is the 3rd episode of the series. It is a threequel to *Future Shock.*

## Synopsis

In this threequel to Future Shock, with Mr. Peabody and Sherman accompanied by Optimus Prime and his Transformers, Josh Robbin learns about the dreaded 2012 end-of-the-world prophecy, which has an unlikely source: When a group of scientists are offered funding into genetic research if they agree to try and clone the greatest ever weather witch, Caroline Peter, the end result is success and Winnifrerd is born. However Winnifred is bitter about her purpose in life and rebels against her master, Travis Trump.  In order to conquer Central America, and then the world, she uses Trump's equipment to draw several meteors to the Earth, and only Josh and his team can save the world.

## 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 2012 Maybell, Colorado, twelve years after his second adventure, Josh Robbin is an employee of the Dinosaur National Monument, aided by his mother Julie and wife Britt. Mother Nature arrives, gathering Josh with his old team, Mr. Peabody, Sherman, Grace, Denny and Oroni. Mother Nature tells them of the dreaded 2012 prophecy, an event that predicts the end of the world, and she gathered them all for their safety.

In a laboratory in Maya, a pair of scientists create a cyborg weather witch named Winnifred, who learns of her origin as a clone of the real weather witch Caroline Peter. Infuriated that they see her as nothing more than an experiment, she unleashes her incredibly strong element power abilities and telekinetically destroys the laboratory, killing the scientists. Travis Trump, leader of *Down in the Trump Industries,* witnessing the carnage afar, approaches and convinces Winnifred to work with him to further develop and perfect her mental abilities. He then uses a tractor beam machine to resurrect King Rex and sends him to stop Josh from leading a war on machinery. However, after Winnifred learns of her purpose to be a weapon for Trump's benefit, she plots revenge against humanity.

In Castle Rock, Colorado, Eric the Viking plays crusaders with his parent, Father Time, and then notices an "Hourglass of Ages." Father Time warns his son not to touch it, otherwise it would cost him dearly. Rex, under Trump's orders, attacks Father Time and breaks an hourglass, so Father Time would let out a scream of pain.

This story's guest stars, the Transformers, are introduced. Somewhere in space, a drifting Autobot spaceship receives a message from Optimus Prime directing them to Earth. The ship automatically changes course and eventually touches down in a military base. The four members of Rescue Force Sigma-17 emerge and are greeted by Optimus himself, who informs them that Cybertron is no longer the Autobots' home.

Back in Maybell, a meteor streaks by, and the team's mentor, Ranger Sully arrives to have the group evacuate from the town, to Britt's suspicion. They arrive in Denver, near an enormous metal ark, whose sole funtion is to shelter the people from any likely meteors. He then tells the gang some advice that if they see a flood, they are to get to high ground. A moment later, Eric dashes by and urges them to see a dreadful sight: as the gang returns to the Castle Rock palace, they find it destroyed and Father Time, having his hourglass broken, aging and dying.

Mother Nature sends the team to Maya to obtain the Great Power and save Father Time. Optimus tells the new arrivals that he has a new mission for them: to live with a human family and learn more about Earth, but they must do so disguised as normal machines. He gives them rescue vehicles to scan, though Blades is unenthusiastic when he discovers the alternate mode he's ended up with flies. Optimus introduces them to Mr. Peabody and Sherman, the only Earthlings who know the Rescue Bots' true nature.

At the industry, the villains learn of Josh's herosim; Rex has broken Father Time's hourglass to pressure Josh into coming to them, and Trump has used his tractor beam to attract some meteors to the earth to prevent more humans from enslaving Winnifred. As for Winnifred herself, she plots to challenge Caroline Peter, whom she fears could interfere with her "conquest of Central America." In the meantime, she sends her Steel Clan of winged robots to massacre the team.

Down in Tikal, Maya, the gang is almost killed by the Steel Clan, but are rescued by the weather witch herself, Caroline Peter. She initially tells them to leave for their own safety, but after hearing of Father Time's plight, she agrees to help them and takes them to an ancient ruined temple where the Time Squad will have to overcome obstacles to acquire the power of the Guatemalan. Mr. Peabody, Sherman and the Rescue Bots also meet Bumblebee, a yellow Camero shaped Autobot scout. Blades is particularly excited to meet him, who was tracking another meteor and decided to visit the Rescue Bots.

Back in Denver, Winnifred is shocked to learn that the Steel Clan lost the team to Caroline. She destroys the bots with some electricity, and then urges Trump and Rex to follow her to Maya "in disguise."

While Blades and Sherman take to the air, the others spread out to find the meteorite. Blades is too excited to avoid hitting tree tops, but when Sherman reminds him of their mission, he points out where the meteorite has landed. Heatwave, Chase, and Boulder check out the rock for radiation before giving the all-clear for the Earthlings to approach it. Meanwhile, Blades tries to drop his hook so Bumblebee can ride on it, and ends up getting caught on a tree, requiring a rescue by Bumblebee. Blades is chagrined.

Caroline awakens each animal spirit for the Time Squad; Oroni is the bear, Denny is the ape, Grace is the wolf, Britt is the crane, Eric is the frog, and Josh is the falcon. Upon being asked if she could join them, Caroline informs the Squad that she would begin to age as rapidly as Father Time is at the moment if she steps beyond the temple. She then disappears into thin air, being a weather witch. A second later, a hunter arrives atop an elephant and asks if he could "give them a lift." They respond, as the hunter claims he is on his way to the golden plate ahead. Bumblebee asks to use the Autobots' comm screen to contact Optimus Prime to report their progress. Optimus is glad the meteorite is safe and instructs Bumblebee to stay with the Rescue Bots for a few days to gain experience.

At a tall shrine, they Squad fine the golden plate before them, the great power itself. The hunter and elephant unmask themselves as Trump and Rex! Winnifred arrives too, and tells the gang of her plot to use Trump's tractor beam to lure a Colorado-sized meteor to strike the polar ice caps and build a flood, creating her own world by destroying that of the humans, whom she views as nothing more than slavedrivers. The villains trap the heroes in a net and fly in a helicopter back to America! Though Eric blames this imprisonment on himself for doubting his father, Josh remembers the words Caroline told them, to possess the great power and make all things possible. They use their animal magic to free themselves from the net and make their way back to America, as Caroline wished them luck from afar.

In a Denver observatory, Winnifred set the tractor beam to lure more meteors, to Trump and Rex's defiance. She spots one big rock and pulls it forward, when the Time Squad, flying over their home state, use their plane to block the meteor, and they crash to the ground. Josh taunts the enraged Winnifred for being less powerful than Caroline, Doubting this, Winnifred sends her accomplices to overpower the squad.

The very last Transformers to appear, MorBots, fly in and confront the Rescue Bots, who describe them as "Winnifried's version of them." Optimus arrives to rescue the Autobots in return, and Peabody uses a sword to shorten out the MorBots for good.

At Castle Rock, Trump attacks Eric with a Kung Fu pole, to keep him from "stopping his dream," and Eric fights back. At the observatory, Josh picks up the golden plate, remembering Caroline's advice to use vapor to make a light beam. Suddenly, Rex attacks him with his knuckle dusters, and the teammates hold off the king. Josh shines the beam against a nearby nerve gas coolant, and the deadly gas spreads across the floor, and Josh starts to climb to high ground, remembring Sully's words. Just behind him, Rex grabs hold of his foot, impeding his climb to safety, with Rex even admitting he's willing to risk dying with Josh if it means stopping him from escaping. Denny tackles Rex to bind Josh time, but the king flings the iguanodon to a high ledge! Having had enough, Josh kicks Rex in the head until Rex loses his grip and falls to his death in the gas below.

Though his enemy is gone forever, Josh has to choose between saving a plate that's about to drift into the tractor beam or his friend Denny who's holding on for dear life over the gas. He chooses to save Denny, and the plate falls and conjures a bright beam that starts to lure all the destructive meteors into its evaporating grip! Trump attempts to take Eric with him, but Eric is saved by Oroni, and the beam kills Trump dead.

With her domain destroyed, and her plan ruined, Winnifred flies into a frenzied rage and is about to electrocute the humans, when Caroline appears to their rescue and Winnifred challenges her in order to prove her superiority. This never comes into fruition: Caroline conjures some acid rain, which she describes as "washing away earthly filth." Winnifred's artificial skin melts, and her wired interior collapes, putting an end to her reign of terror.

The Time Squad thanks Caroline, and she tells them their animal spirits were more important than the golden plate's element powers, and that the future is what they make it. As she vanishes for the last time, the Squad returns to Castle Rock, but are distraught to find Father Time has died. They figure out how to use the Great Power to restore the palace and resurrect Father Time, rebuilding his hourglass. Julie and Sully arrive. Julie, having witnessed her son's actions, asks him to be more careful which he complies with.

Optimus congradulates Bumblebee on assisting the Rescue Bots, who have now been "an outstanding team that it has been an honor to serve with," and they go home heroically. The Time Squad returns to Maybell, and Josh bids each member a fond farewell before parting ways to resume his fossil job. As they depart, they have, indeed, a bright future in Colorado.

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

2012 saw the infamous apocalypse prophecy, but the world survived it, so this is worth fictionalizing.

### Peabody's Side

The Transformers' subplot also concerns meteorites.

### Connections

* Caroline Peter is named after Pete Carroll.
* Travis Trump is named after Donald Trump.

## Cast

Mr. PeabodyShermanOptimus PrimeBumblebeeHeatwaveBladesBoulderChaseMorbotsJoshBrittDennyGraceOroniEricCaroline PeterWinnifredTrumpRexSullyJulieFather TimeMother NatureNarrated by Dan Castellaneta

### Songs:

* Mr. Peabody and Sherman Theme Song
* Our Time Has Come
* I'm Free (Heaven Helps the Man)
* All That She Wants
* Changes
* Montage
* Lavender Blue
* End Title Song: Dream Away by Lisa Stansfield & Babyface
* Exit Music: Rain Man Theme Synthesizer by Hans Zimmer

## Full Movie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTQT2gvFnzQ|Part 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-Z-Aj9S5Us|Part 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWrbZ1O-e7s|Part 3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tqf7eX9Yto|Part 4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5990y44fFE|Part 5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PJtx7GphqI|credits

## Promotional Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKA7Dd4inoA|trailer