- “Mr. Peabody, you're a Nobel Prize-winning scientist, a world-renowned explorer, and you're an Olympic gold medalist in the long jump and the decathlon. You're sure you're capable of meeting ALL the challenges of raising a human boy?”
- ―The Judge to Mr. Peabody during his adoption process.[src]
Hector Peabody is the protagonist in the DreamWorks film, Mr. Peabody & Sherman. He is a multi-talented talking beagle that is the world's smartest being. He is voiced by Ty Burrell.
Background[]
As a pup, Peabody was different from other dogs, being incredibly smart, and more interested in intellectual pursuits than the usual tricks of regular dogs, like playing fetch, which he called an "exercise in futility". As a result, no kids wanted to adopt him, leaving him lonely. Without a human family, Peabody devoted himself to the pursuit of knowledge and became active in many fields such as science and athletics, went on to graduate with top honors at Harvard (Vale-dog-torian), experimented with new methods of alternative fuel, and invented things like the fist-bump, planking, autotune, and Zumba.
One rainy day, as he was walking down the street, he heard crying from a nearby alley, and investigated, discovering an infant abandoned in a cardboard box, with only a blanket, and a paper with a name pinned to it Sherman.
Remembering his own childhood, and wanting to give the boy something he never had as a pup, a home and family, Peabody decided to adopt Sherman.
Personality[]
Mr. Peabody, as noted, is smarter than any living being on Earth. He is devoted to Sherman and has accomplished many things in life, including inventing Zumba, the fist bump, and winning the Nobel prize many times. He looks out for Sherman and does not want bad things to happen to him.
His intelligence has time and again saved him as he can think about his situations and the best solution to get out of his predicaments while keeping a calm head, regardless of how dire the situation might be. However, despite his intelligence or perhaps due to it, he can be inept about the delicacy and bonds of family.
While he does display an understanding of how to be social as he often invites important people like the president over for dinner and quickly charms over Penny's parents, his relationship with Sherman is not that simple.
He, in some ways, seems to see children as part of a project or an invention where the parent builds and raises the child, but cannot understand Sherman because of this, as he wishes he wouldn't grow up and would always listen to his orders and having to be told by Leonardo that children are not like inventions because they are individuals who grow up, have their own opinions, and will spread their wings. This scares Mr. Peabody as he does not want to grow distant from Sherman, which is possibly why he always tells Sherman what to do to make sure he is not in danger and to secure the bond he has with him. However, through his misadventures with him and Penny, he realizes he must grow to respect Sherman's growing sense of independence and that no matter what happens, the bond between them will never break.
He also has a habit of trying to act cool and saying terrible puns he thinks are funny. He is normally a very patient individual who takes pride in himself and his accomplishments but will be tolerant of people who look down on him and try to show them what he is capable of, though people like Ms. Grunion will push his buttons. Additionally, while his intelligence prevents him from normally resorting to his more primal, animal side (as shown when he refused to play catch the stick), he sometimes resorts to his canine tendencies, as shown when Sherman threw a ball and Mr. Peabody eagerly chased after it. His more vicious, "dog" like behavior will also subconsciously emerge when those close to him are injured, or in danger, as shown when he saw Ms. Grunion try to take Sherman away, he cried it hurt and begged Mr. Peabody to help, and Mr. Peabody temporarily reverted to being a dog and proceeded to bite Ms. Grunion in anger, much to his own terror. This shows he is protective of those he loves.
Physical appearance[]
Mr. Peabody is a man with white fur and a black nose, matching eyebrows, his eyes are green and wears black circular glasses, and a red bowtie.
Trivia[]
- In Rocky and Bullwinkle's "Saving Stamps Club" promos, it is revealed his first name is "Hector", an real, ethnic-sounding name.
- Mr. Peabody makes a cameo alongside Sherman in the Dawn of the Croods episode "It Crushes" in which he is seen as a cave painting in the "cave of secrets".
- Mr. Peabody (as well as Sherman) make a cameo in The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle episode "Moosebumps!" in which he is seen in the monster chase montage.
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