Episode
The Bullwinkle Show: Peabody's Improbable History - Napoleon
Overview
Peabody and Sherman travel to 1810 and meet a frustrated Napoleon, who is missing his royal suspenders, causing chaos in his court. Peabody and Sherman must recover the suspenders from pirates, but upon returning, they find that everyone is secretly pleased with Napoleon being distracted. The episode humorously plays with Napoleon’s famed ego and the unexpected relief of his court when he's preoccupied.
Details
- Series
- The Bullwinkle Show
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 9
- Air date
- 1959-11-26
Episode context
Peabody's Improbable History - Napoleon is Episode 9 in Season 1 of The Bullwinkle Show. It aired on 1959-11-26.
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Episode 8: Bullwinkle's Corner - Little Miss Muffett
Bullwinkle reads and performs the classic nursery rhyme Little Miss Muffett, with Rocky taking on the role of the spider. As Bullwinkle portrays Miss Muffett sitting on her tuffet, the scene quickly turns into a comical back-and-forth between him and Rocky, with the spider causing far more chaos than fright.
Episode 10: Jet Fuel Formula (4) - Squeeze Play or Invitation to the Trance
Whoops. The actual orders said, “*DON'T* KILL MOOSE," so Boris races the safe to keep Bullwinkle safe, and it's safe to say that he *almost* makes it. It's back to the laboratory for our heroes, where they turn out acres of cinnamon pizzas and hot fudge strudels, but none of it’s explosive. Just as Rocky's thinking hypnotism might be something to try, Swami Ben Boris and his assistant appear, putting Bullwinkle into a trance and, forthwith, the moose tells *everything* he knows—all about his early years in the Minnesota woods, his days at the Philpott School for Exceptional Children (he was the only student with antlers), his experiences in the army, where for three years, he served as a hat rack in the Officers’ Club—going on for a full twelve hours and boring everyone within hearing distance into dreamland, so that when he finally gets to the part about the recipe, the only ones awake to hear it are the two moon men. Forthwith, Cloyd raises his weapon and scrooches the big moose!
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Episode 7: Fractured Fairy Tales - Puss and Boots
In this humorous retelling, Puss uses his wits and charm to turn his master, a poor miller’s son, into a wealthy noble. However, in this version, Puss faces a series of unexpected obstacles as his clever plans begin to unravel, leading to a series of comical misadventures. The story playfully explores how even the best-laid schemes can go awry, with Puss still managing to come out on top—just not quite as smoothly as planned.
Episode 11: Jet Fuel Formula (5) - The Scrooched Moose
The scrooch gun has frozen Bullwinkle solid, and Cloyd and Gidney start off with their moosesicle as a trophy of their visit to a small planet, but Boris comes to in time to con them into leaving Moose for him, while they get Squirrel, the brains of the operation. While the moon men are telling Rocky they can't remember if they've scrooched Bullwinkle for eight hours or eight years...WHISK! Eight hours later, Bullwinkle thaws out in Boris's laboratory, where every word he says is monitored in another country by a faraway band of ominous spies.
Episode 6: Jet Fuel Formula (3) - Bullseye Bullwinkle or Destination Moose
Those little green men holding extremely ominous-looking weapons aren't congressmen, as Bullwinkle first surmises--they're Gidney and Cloyd, reluctant visitors from the moon, here to keep an invasion of earth tourists from cluttering up their homeland. Indeed, just to prepare for their visit, the two have had to practice dodging traffic, listening to jukeboxes, filling out forms, and breathing smog! Meanwhile, Boris and Natasha, twelve stories up, with a heavy safe as our heroes stroll by below, finally receive orders from headquarters: KILL MOOSE!
Episode 12: Fractured Fairy Tales - The Fisherman's Wishes
A little fisherman goes out to fish and nets a mermaid. After the man gives in to her pleas to be let go, the mermaid is willing to grant him wishes for his kindness. After she mends his net, he tells his wife about it all. The fisherman's wife asks him to ask the mermaid for a new apron. This then snowballs into grander wishes till his wife attains Queen-like status. Overcome with power, she demands that her husband wish her to be a goddess. Upon meeting the mermaid again, she asks if he himself has any wish of his own. His one wish is that his wife be happy. His last wish spent, he returns to his ordinary little home and lives happily ever after.
Episode 5: Jet Fuel Formula (2) - Bullwinkle's Ride or Goodbye, Dollink
Because the rocket fuel recipe had been torn apart in the explosion, Bullwinkle knows how much but not what of, so he and Rocky set to work in their government laboratory, while at universities all over the country, cake baking is being added to the scientific curriculum. Meanwhile, after failing in an attempt to time-bomb the Moose, Boris and Natasha do what any intelligent, self-sufficient spy with real initiative would do: They wait for instructions!
Episode 13: Bullwinkle's Corner - The Horn
Bullwinkle recites the poem about the little boy who blew his horn, but his telling is filled with humorous misinterpretations and unexpected mishaps. As Bullwinkle narrates, the simple act of blowing a horn turns into a series of comical adventures, showcasing his unique take on the classic rhyme.
Episode 4: Peabody's Improbable History - Ben Franklin
The origins of Mr. Peabody and the WABAC machine: Mr. Peabody finds Sherman in the street being beaten up by some bigger boys. At first, he doesn't think that he's the right sort of boy- but when he sees how he is treated in the orphanage, Peabody decides to adopt him. At first, there's a problem when they won't let a dog adopt a boy- but he goes to court, and the judge decides that if a boy can have a dog, then a dog can have a boy! Sherman comes to live with Mr. Peabody, who builds him the Wayback Machine in order to keep him busy. They go back in time to Rome, and then to see Ben Franklin.
Episode 14: Peabody's Improbable History - Lord Nelson
Peabody and Sherman travel back in time to meet Lord Nelson, who is preparing to battle the Spanish fleet but faces an unexpected problem: his crew has left port without a crucial supply. With the battle looming, Peabody steps in to help Lord Nelson solve the dilemma and get his fleet ready for action, ensuring that history stays on course.
Episode 3: Bullwinkle's Corner - The Swing
Bullwinkle recites Robert Louis Stevenson's classic poem The Swing, capturing the joy and thrill of swinging through the air. As Bullwinkle shares the poem, his attempt to demonstrate the fun of swinging leads to a series of amusing mishaps, turning the serene imagery of the poem into a lighthearted adventure.
Episode 15: Jet Fuel Formula (6) - Monitored Moose or The Carbon Copy Cats
Every move the moose makes is duplicated in the faraway spy lab. Bullwinkle cooks up some tasty chocolate pan dowdy that blows up when the spies try it, and when Rocky smells the delicious aroma, it leads him right to Bullwinkle, but Boris is ready with a helpful trapdoor that sends the plucky squirrel falling into another stew!