Connections

Doc Brown, Marty McFly, and the Delorean Time Machine are inspired by Mr. Peabody, Sherman, and the WABAC Machine. There are also different characters named "Peabody" and "Sherman," as a more direct reference.

Still photo in opening montage

A robot named Sherman who dispatches time travel missions. He may be named after Peabody's son.

There are two characters named Peabody and Sherman; Daniel Sherman (one of Jack Saunders' aliases) and a woman named Mrs. Peabody.

feature film based on the short sketches