son named Sherman, a tribute to the animated characters. Unlike the famed duo, this Sherman and Mr. Peabody are hostile toward Marty McFly and his time machine, mistaking Marty for an evil alien and his DeLorean time machine for a spaceship. The Wayback Machine, which records extant Internet webpages on https://archive.org (USA), is named after Mr. Peabody's WABAC machine. References Further reading Chunovic, Louis. (1996) The Rocky and Bullwinkle Book''. Bantam Books. External links Peabody's Improbable History on Toonopedia Television characters introduced in 1959 Animated characters introduced in 1959 Anthropomorphic dogs Fictional businesspeople Fictional inventors Fictional Olympic competitors Fictional Nobel laureates Fictional scientists Male characters in animation Rocky and Bullwinkle characters American time travel television series Time travelers