25 Cartoons from Past Decades That We All Miss

Ted Key created Peabody’s Improbable History, where Hector Peabody, a cartoon canine voiced by Bill Scott, was portrayed as the world’s smartest entity. Despite being a billionaire, inventor, and Olympic athlete, Peabody harbored a deep sadness.

Peabody, desiring companionship, adopts a boy and gifts him a time machine on his birthday, sparking their time-bound adventures, including a memorable trip to ancient Rome to encounter a used-chariot salesman.