Those around long enough to remember Peabody’s Improbable History will be familiar with how the baby boomer-era cartoon messes with momentous events in light-hearted, rib-tickling ways. In the ...

But when Billy Little ("who wasn't a very big boy''), Mr. Peabody's No. 1 fan, hears a rumor that Mr. Peabody is a shoplifter, Billy turns on his baseball mentor just like everyone else in town.