20 Things You Somehow Missed In Back To The Future

There are many iconic stories where time-travel is integral to the plot. Primer. Avengers: Endgame. X-Men: Days of Future Past. However, it's safe to say Back to the Future is the most famous story revolving around this concept.

But during the 1950s, the time-travellers which people were most familiar with was Mr. Peabody and Sherman. The duo debuted in the 1959 animated series, The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends, in the segment, Peabody's Improbable History. In these sections, a super-intelligent dog called Hector Peabody travelled through time with a young boy called Sherman to teach him about history.

Because the show was so popular, the director of Back to the Future, Robert Zemeckis, knew he had to reference these characters in some way. When Marty travels to 1955, he crashes into a farmer's barn. The family mistake him for an alien and try to shoot him. As Marty drives away, the farmer tries to blast the DeLorean but indirectly hits his post box which has the name "PEABODY" written on it. As an extra nod to the cartoon, the farmer's son is credited as Sherman.