Time-Travel Trouble!

A short picture book of the 2014 Mr. Peabody and Sherman movie. The images are all from the movie’s CGI (or at least generated by the same process).

— Michael Main

Sheman was supposed to keep the time machine secret, but he broke the rules. He took his friend Penny back in time to ancient Egypt.

Time-Travel Trouble! (Random House Children’s Books, July 2014).

VARIANTS

1 English variant

PRIOR WORKS: picture book adaptation of Mr. Peabody and Sherman by Craig Wright, directed by Rob Minkoff (2014)

TAGS(SPOILERS!)

Time Periods

Timeline Models

Time Travel Methods

Time Fliers: The WABAC has wings and flies!
Time Spheres, Cubes, etc.: In the film and this adaptation, the WABAC is a sphere.

Themes

Fix Your Time Travel Screw-Up!: Sherman and Penny lost Mr. Peabody in ancient Troy, and of course, they need to stop the universe from coming apart.
Object Meets Self with Bizaare Consequences: The two Shermans touch and become one Sherman. Then the universe starts to come apart![/i]
Self-Visitation: Sherman from the past meets Sherman from the present! Mr. Peabody knows this means trouble.

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Fictional Tags

Groupings

TIME TRAVEL ITINERARY (SPOILERS!)

From Mr. Peabody’s lab, circa 2014 ⋙ to the American Revolution at an unknown time. Round trip. Note: In the opening, a trip to visit George Washington’s army is shown.
From Mr. Peabody’s lab, circa 2014 ⋙ to ancient Egypt, circa 1325 BC. Round trip. Note: The illicit visit to King Tut’s time.
From Mr. Peabody’s lab, circa 2014 ⋙ to Florence, Italy, circa AD 1500. Round trip. Note: to meet da Vinci.
From Mr. Peabody’s lab, circa 2014 ⋙ to ancient Troy, circa 1200 BC. Round trip. Note: the Trojan War.
From Mr. Peabody’s lab, circa 2014 ⋙ to an unspecified time and place at an unknown time. Round trip. Note: It looks like there is at least one more trip where Sherman meets himself and the universe falls apart.