"Linus van Pelt Linus van Pelt is a character in Charles M. Schulz's comic strip ""Peanuts"". The best friend of Charlie Brown, Linus is also the younger brother of Lucy van Pelt and older brother of Rerun van Pelt. He first appeared on September 19, 1952, but was not mentioned by name until three days later. He was first referred to two months earlier, on July 14. Linus spoke his first words in 1954, the same year he was first shown with his security blanket. During the times when he's a costumed character in Mall of America during the Camp"
"Great Pumpkin The Great Pumpkin is an unseen holiday figure in the comic strip ""Peanuts"" by Charles M. Schulz. The Great Pumpkin is a holiday figure in whom only Linus van Pelt believes. According to Linus, the Great Pumpkin flies around bringing toys to sincere and believing children on Halloween evening. Every year, Linus sits in a pumpkin patch (a place Linus believes is the most sincere and lacking in hypocrisy) on Halloween night waiting for the Great Pumpkin to appear. Invariably, the Great Pumpkin fails to turn up, but a humiliated yet undefeated Linus stubbornly vows to wait for"
"players. Again, the Great Pumpkin never appears. Great Pumpkin The Great Pumpkin is an unseen holiday figure in the comic strip ""Peanuts"" by Charles M. Schulz. The Great Pumpkin is a holiday figure in whom only Linus van Pelt believes. According to Linus, the Great Pumpkin flies around bringing toys to sincere and believing children on Halloween evening. Every year, Linus sits in a pumpkin patch (a place Linus believes is the most sincere and lacking in hypocrisy) on Halloween night waiting for the Great Pumpkin to appear. Invariably, the Great Pumpkin fails to turn up, but a humiliated yet"
"go wrong. He was slain by the Pumpkin as it fell onto him, Sally and the red-haired girl. Sally Brown: Younger sister of Weapon Brown and, like her classic Peanuts counterpart, was in love with Linus. It was for this reason that she helped Linus track down Weapon Brown and his lover and aided in the abduction that brought Weapon Brown back to his old ways. She was crushed when ""The Great Pumpkin"" fell apart on top of her, Linus, and the Red Haired Girl. She has an exact duplicate of the hairstyle of the original character on whom she"
"onto an uncharacteristic winning streak. Upon the introduction of Charlie Brown's little sister, Sally Brown, in 1959, Linus had the desire to marry her. However, as the strip progressed, he outgrew this idea, while Sally on the other hand fell in love with Linus, calling him her ""Sweet Babboo"", much to his displeasure. Linus in turn has an innocent crush on his school teacher, Miss Othmar (later Mrs. Hagemeyer). In some of the later 1990s strips he developed an interest in Lydia, the girl who sits behind him, who keeps changing her name and, as Linus is two months older"
"van Pelt, in the ""Peanuts"" comic strip. Maurer and Schulz had been classmates at Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) and remained lifelong friends. Both men also worked together at the Art Instruction Schools Inc. in Minneapolis while Schulz was creating ""Peanuts"". Schulz would name Linus van Pelt, who is known for his blue security blanket in the ""Peanuts"" comic strip, after his friend and colleague. He would later wrote in a book marking the 50th anniversary of ""Peanuts"", ""Linus came from a drawing that I made one day of a face almost like the one he now has...I"
"Sally Brown Sally Brown is the younger sister of Charlie Brown in the comic strip ""Peanuts"" by Charles Schulz. She was first mentioned in early 1959 and throughout a long series of strips before her first appearance in August 1959. Kathy Steinberg was the first to voice Sally in 1965. Sally has flipped blonde hair with a cluster of curls like Schroeder and Patty. In the early 1960s and in her early television appearances, she is shown to have a bow in her curls. However, this was dropped by 1969. She wears a polka dot dress. In the TV specials,"
"been in the original production of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. In the revival Sally replaced Patty (not to be confused with the later character Peppermint Patty) who had long since disappeared from the comic strip. Sally was most recently played by Milly Shapiro in the 2016 revival of You're a Good Man Charlie Brown Sally Brown Sally Brown is the younger sister of Charlie Brown in the comic strip ""Peanuts"" by Charles Schulz. She was first mentioned in early 1959 and throughout a long series of strips before her first appearance in August 1959. Kathy Steinberg was the"
"Marcie Marcie, unofficially surnamed Johnson and Carlin, is a fictional character featured in the long-running syndicated daily and Sunday comic strip ""Peanuts"" by Charles M. Schulz. Marcie is a studious girl who is sometimes depicted as being terrible at sports. She has befriended the tomboyish, athletic Peppermint Patty, and she has a mostly-unrequited crush on the underdog Charlie Brown. Marcie has appeared outside the comic strip, featured in numerous ""Peanuts"" television specials, cinematic films, theatrical plays, and video games. Marcie made her first appearance in the daily strip from July 20, 1971, but her name wasn't mentioned until the strip"
"Weapon Brown's lover. She was abducted by Linus Van Pelt with the help of Weapon Brown's sister Sally and was unseen throughout most of the story until the final chapter. She was killed when Linus' attempt to summon ""The Great Pumpkin"" went wrong and the creature crushed her, Linus, and Sally under it. Linus Van Pelt: Another victim of the Syndicate, Linus has a grotesquely mutated head and is in psychic control of what Weapon Brown tells the reader is a 'quasi-sentient, polymer based' life form that Linus calls his 'Security Blanket'. The life form is kept alive and able"
"also together in an allegiance over a common enemy: Lucy, who harasses and bullies Charlie Brown as much as she does Linus. The two are often seen having discussions while sitting on a street curb or leaning up against the brick wall. At some point in the strip, Linus begins to appear sitting behind Charlie Brown in school, despite being a year younger. Linus generally plays second base on Charlie Brown's baseball team, but has substituted as pitcher for Charlie Brown when the latter has been unable to pitch. On these occasions, Linus's skill has served to propel the team"
"is voiced by Francesca Capaldi who also voices The Little Red-Haired Girl in the movie. Frieda also makes multiple appearances in the ""Peanuts (TV series)"". Frieda (Peanuts) Frieda is a character in the comic strip ""Peanuts"" by Charles Schulz. According to Schulz, Frieda's character was inspired by his longtime friend Frieda Rich, a local artist whom he met while taking classes at the Art Instruction Schools in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She was a regular in ""Peanuts"" throughout the 1960s, but as newer characters were phased in towards the end of the decade, she began appearing less often, and she ceased to"
"In September 2015, Johnston and her daughter moved back to North Vancouver. Johnston had a close friendship with Charles M. Schulz, creator of ""Peanuts"". She wrote the introduction to one of the volumes of Fantagraphics Books' series ""The Complete Peanuts. On 13 March 2014, Library and Archives Canada announced that it had acquired material to add to its Johnston collection, including 3282 drawings, 296 watercolours, 244 photographs, about 3.5 m of textual items, and a few other objects. Lynn Johnston Lynn Johnston, (born May 28, 1947) is a Canadian cartoonist, known for her newspaper comic strip ""For Better or For"
"Peppermint Patty Patricia ""Peppermint Patty"" Reichardt is a fictional character featured in Charles M. Schulz' comic strip ""Peanuts"". She is one of a small group in the strip who lives across town from Charlie Brown and his school friends (although in ""The Peanuts Movie"" she, along with Marcie and Franklin, lives in the same neighborhood and attends the same school). She has freckles and auburn/brunette hair and generally displays the characteristics of a tomboy. She made her first appearance on August 22, 1966. The following year, she made her animated debut in the TV special ""You're in Love, Charlie Brown"""
"characters appeared, including Peppermint Patty, Snoopy as the ""World War One Flying Ace"", Frieda and her ""naturally curly hair"", and Franklin. ""Peanuts"" is remarkable for its deft social commentary, especially compared with other strips appearing in the 1950s and early 1960s. Schulz did not explicitly address racial and gender equality issues so much as assume them to be self-evident. Peppermint Patty's athletic skill and self-confidence is simply taken for granted, for example, as is Franklin's presence in a racially integrated school and neighborhood. (Franklin came about at least in part as a result of Schulz's correspondence in 1968 with a"
"him again the following Halloween. Linus acknowledges the similarities between the Great Pumpkin and Santa Claus, the existence of which Linus considers to be ambiguous (in the television special, Linus tells Charlie Brown he'll stop believing in the Great Pumpkin when Charlie Brown stops believing in Santa Claus, while writing to the Great Pumpkin that Santa Claus has better publicity). Charlie Brown attributes Linus's belief in the Great Pumpkin to ""denominational differences"". The Great Pumpkin was first mentioned by Linus in ""Peanuts"" in 1959, but the premise was reworked by Schulz many times throughout the run of the strip, and"
"displayed; for example, Linus is almost always depicted holding his blue security blanket—for which he is often mocked by other characters—and often sucks his thumb. Linus is the only member of his group who believes in the Great Pumpkin, an alternative Santa Claus–like figure who, according to Linus, appears every Halloween arising from the most ""sincere"" pumpkin patch, bearing gifts. He occasionally temporarily convinces other characters the Great Pumpkin is real, only to stubbornly maintain his faith when they lose theirs. On one occasion, Linus had a commanding lead in the polls for school president—until he brought up the subject"
"provided the voices of Violet and Patty). Curiously, Peggy was depicted there as a redhead instead of having brown hair as she did in the strip, which may have led to viewers confusing her with the Little Red-Haired Girl (the original VHS release of the special even mistakenly referred to her as the latter character). On July 11, 1999, the last strip Peggy Jean appeared in, it is revealed that she had found a new boyfriend, leaving Charlie Brown heartbroken. Peggy Jean Peggy Jean is a fictional character featured in the comic strip ""Peanuts"". She was the girlfriend of Charlie"
"Why, Charlie Brown, Why? Why, Charlie Brown, Why? is the 33rd prime-time animated TV special based upon the comic strip ""Peanuts"" by Charles M. Schulz. It originally aired on March 16, 1990 and was also nominated for an Emmy. In a departure of the light-hearted themes presented in previous (and subsequent) ""Peanuts"" specials, the story deals with a new character, named Janice, who is diagnosed with cancer. This is the first ""Peanuts"" special of the 1990s. Janice Emmons is a new friend and classmate of Charlie Brown and Linus, who loves to play on the swings. The special begins with"
"is often teased by Violet Gray by bragging about how her dad has more possessions than Charlie Brown's, and he has occasionally been able to deflate her. He often tries to befriend her, only to get turned down. Patty, having one of the weakest individual personalities of the Peanuts cast, usually takes part in mocking Charlie Brown when her friends Lucy and Violet, or others, do so. Charlie Brown and Shermy are generous to each other and were considered to be the best of friends before Linus' maturing in the future years of the strip, although Shermy said he hates"
"a chicken in a pentagram to summon the entity, which is revealed to be Lovecraftian in nature, feeding on children. The Great Pumpkin murders Linus and proceeds to stalk the other characters with similar intentions. Charlie Brown is saved by the similarly demonic Kite-Eating Tree, which consumes the Pumpkin. Charlie Brown declares that his deceased friends can now rest in peace. The murdered characters are then shown in Hell dancing with the devil as Schroeder plays his piano. When the ""Peanuts"" strip was first introduced in Italy, Halloween was almost unknown there as a festivity. The earlier translations turned the"
"doesn't have a mother. The fate of her mother is never revealed in the strip. Peppermint Patty's dad often calls Patty ""a rare gem"". In the cartoons his voice, like those of all adults, is heard as ""wah-wahs"" (made by musician Dean Hubbard). Peppermint Patty Patricia ""Peppermint Patty"" Reichardt is a fictional character featured in Charles M. Schulz' comic strip ""Peanuts"". She is one of a small group in the strip who lives across town from Charlie Brown and his school friends (although in ""The Peanuts Movie"" she, along with Marcie and Franklin, lives in the same neighborhood and attends"
"Frieda (Peanuts) Frieda is a character in the comic strip ""Peanuts"" by Charles Schulz. According to Schulz, Frieda's character was inspired by his longtime friend Frieda Rich, a local artist whom he met while taking classes at the Art Instruction Schools in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She was a regular in ""Peanuts"" throughout the 1960s, but as newer characters were phased in towards the end of the decade, she began appearing less often, and she ceased to be a featured character after 1985, making only cameo appearances since then in various television specials. She is known for having naturally curly hair, of"
"left over from the fourth world war—Weapon Brown finally locates his quarry and the woman he's gone so far to rescue. A brief battle ends with Weapon Brown defeated and imprisoned by Linus thanks to a quasi-sentient life form Linus has psychic control over (which Linus refers to as his 'Security Blanket'), who is attempting to raise ""The Great Pumpkin"". Astonishingly, he succeeds, but Weapon Brown breaks free of his confinement and destroys Linus' blanket. Shocked at the death of his weapon, Linus then falls victim to the Pumpkin itself, which kills Linus, Weapon Brown's younger sister, and the woman"
"giving in or taking revenge. Linus often defuses and defeats Lucy's bullying through passive resistance and clever use of his intellect, either logically talking Lucy out of hitting him or confusing her into submission. Later in the strip, the pair got a younger brother, Rerun, who looks nearly identical to Linus, though smaller. Coincidentally, this occurred at the same time Lucy kicked Linus out of the house, leading her to cry in dismay: ""A ""new"" baby brother? But I just got rid of the ""old"" one!"" She then let him back in stating: ""You ""can't"" shovel water with a ""pitchfork""!"""
"in the February 7, 1951 ""Peanuts"" strip. From there on, Violet's character changed and developed until she began to become less prominent than the other major characters, with her forthcoming appearances reduced to mere cameos. Her last comic strip appearance, discounting the reruns of the strip, was on the November 27, 1997 ""Peanuts"" strip. As Violet's character developed over the years, her appearance changed as well. In the early strips, Violet has her shoulder-length dark hair kept in either pigtails, a bun, or, sometimes, a ponytail. Later on, Schulz dropped the braids and kept Violet's hair only in ponytails. Violet"
"It's the Girl in the Red Truck, Charlie Brown It's the Girl in the Red Truck, Charlie Brown is the 32nd prime-time animated TV special based upon the popular comic strip ""Peanuts,"" by Charles M. Schulz. It is a hybrid of animation and live-action footage, and features Spike instead of the core ""Peanuts"" characters. A spin-off focused on Spike's unrequited love for a young woman, it was described to being similar to ""Beauty and the Beast"". Spike waves to a young woman driving an old red Chevrolet pickup truck through the desert of Needles, California every day; it is the"
"than she asks him, ""Aren't you kind of old for me?"" (This is a subtle reference to cartoonist Schulz and his own second wife, who was twenty years younger than him). It was also Linus who first introduced Frieda, as ""...a sort of a friend of mine"" who sat behind him in school. He also fell for several different girls in various animated television specials, as well as a girl called Truffles, whom he and Snoopy met while looking for the fungi bearing her name. Linus is often bullied by his older sister Lucy, to which he responds by either"
"than Minnie the Minx. Toots is a fan of boy bands and has admitted a crush on Dennis the Menace, sending him a valentine. Although most of the kids dislike Dennis, her friendship with Minnie the Minx is also surprising and she is the only kid to show any warmth to either character. Surprisingly tough and as bossy as Danny, Toots is the gang's second-in-command and takes charge in Danny's absence. Her bossiness is exemplified in the feature-length ""Queen Toots"", where she discovers she is connected to royalty. When Toots takes advantage of her power, Dennis announces that she cannot"
"Little Red-Haired Girl The Little Red-Haired Girl is an unseen character in the ""Peanuts"" comic strip by Charles M. Schulz, who serves as the object of Charlie Brown's affection, and a symbol of unrequited love. While never seen in the strip, she appears onscreen in several television specials, in which her name has been revealed as Heather Wold. Charlie Brown most often notices her while eating lunch outdoors, always failing to muster the courage to speak to her. She figures prominently in Valentine's Day strips, several of which focus on Charlie Brown's hope of getting a valentine from her. Charlie"
"Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown is the 13th prime-time animated TV special based upon the comic strip ""Peanuts,"" by Charles M. Schulz. It originally aired on the CBS network on January 28, 1975 and aired annually on CBS from 1975 to 2000. It has aired annually on ABC since 2001. Linus is fond of his teacher, Miss Othmar. To prove his point, he buys her a huge heart-shaped box of chocolates. However, Violet warns him it is probably not smart to fall in love with a teacher. But Linus says that he is fond of"
"the strip's first black character, Franklin; a Mexican–Swedish kid named José Peterson; and Peppermint Patty's bookish sidekick Marcie, who calls Peppermint Patty ""Sir"" and Charlie Brown ""Charles"" and sometimes ""Chuck"" (most characters only call him ""Charlie Brown"", though he was known as ""Charles"" to Eudora, ""big brother"" to his sister Sally Brown, ""that round-headed kid"" to Snoopy, and ""Brownie Charles"" to Peggy Jean after misspeaking his name out of nervousness). Several additional family members of the characters were also introduced: Charlie Brown's younger sister Sally, who became fixated on Linus; Linus and Lucy van Pelt's younger brother Rerun, who for"
"Charlie being teased as being the Great Pumpkin by some race fans. It was also briefly referenced in ""The Peanuts Movie"" (2015), where Linus says he hopes the new kid in town, later revealed as the Little Red-Haired Girl, would be willing to believe in it. The best-known quote regarding Linus and the Great Pumpkin, originally from the comic strip but made famous by the TV special, is: ""There are three things I have learned never to discuss with people: religion, politics, and the Great Pumpkin."" While Schulz usually avoided outright politics, he enjoyed his Great Pumpkin strips and also"