According to the comic strip Peanuts, whom does Linus await each year, only to be disappointed when he never seems to visit the pumpkin patch?
"of the Great Pumpkin, at which point he was nearly laughed out of the election. (He ended up winning anyway by one vote, cast by his opponent, who decided that Linus would make a better school president.) A similar occurrence was featured in a strip with the same storyline; Charlie Brown asks him why he had to bring up the Great Pumpkin and Linus gives his reasons. After Linus says that Charlie Brown is looking at him as if he was crazy, Charlie Brown responds, ""I'm looking at you like I could've been vice president!"" Linus is almost never seen"
"Linus's mythological being, ""The Great Pumpkin"". Charlie Brown was always shown trying to convince Linus that The Great Pumpkin didn't exist, but Linus was always shown to hope that The Great Pumpkin will arise from a ""sincere"" pumpkin patch and bless him with toys, making Charlie Brown's efforts in vain. On Valentine's Day, Charlie Brown was frequently shown waiting at his mail box to get a Valentine from a girl, but, in almost every case, Charlie Brown doesn't receive any, though on the special ""Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown"", he received a Valentine from Violet out of pity, and he"
"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"
"to receive Linus' psychic commands via a small 'primary computer plexus'. Like the classic Peanuts character, this Linus believes in the existence of ""The Great Pumpkin"", however the Linus of this world depicted this version of the normally unseen character as something resembling Cthulhu or the Anti-Christ. In order to raise this creature from another dimension, he abducted Weapon Brown's lover and was intending to sacrifice her to the creature to permanently enable it to move about on Earth. He was distracted by the death of his 'Blanket' and this appears to have caused the summoning of the creature to"
"With the irony not being lost on Linus, who foolishly mocked her behavior until she gagged him with his own security blanket. 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"
"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"
"source of obsessed worship by Linus. It also speaks in the same row of lines normally used by Woodstock in the comic strip by Schulz. The summoning goes wrong by means unknown, and the creature seems to simply come apart, crushing Linus, Sally, and The Red Haired Girl beneath its mass. Linus was convinced the creature would destroy what was left of the world, and planned to be the creature's high priest. The Pumpkin Patch: An area of immense radioactivity, the Pumpkin Patch is stated by Weapon Brown as getting its name because ""all the shit in the air is"
"Rerun van Pelt Rerun van Pelt is Linus' and Lucy's younger brother in Charles M. Schulz's comic strip ""Peanuts"". Rerun started as a minor character in the ""Peanuts"" universe, only becoming a main character in the last decade of the comic strip. Rerun was first mentioned in the strip on May 23, 1972, during a storyline in which Lucy threw Linus out of the house only to learn that yet another little brother had just been born. Initially, toddler Rerun was shown playing cards with an equally confused Snoopy, and learning to tie his shoes from Lucy. He was rarely"
"Lucy van Pelt Lucille ""Lucy"" van Pelt is a character in the syndicated comic strip "":Peanuts"", written and drawn by Charles Schulz. She is the older sister of Linus and Rerun. Lucy is characterized as a ""fussbudget"", crabby, bossy and opinionated girl who bullies most other characters in the strip, particularly Linus and Charlie Brown. Lucy often mocks and intimidates others, especially Charlie Brown and her own younger brother, Linus. She also has a strong unrequited crush on Schroeder. She can be quite antagonistic, playing the villain role in a number of stories. Christopher Caldwell has said about the character:"
"(and was supposed to be named ""It's The Great Pumpkin, Milhouse,"" but due to legal reasons, was renamed) and contains several references to the ""Peanuts"" series. In the segment, Milhouse wears the same clothes and plays the same role as Linus van Pelt. Lisa is modelled after Sally Brown and Bart looks like Charlie Brown; he even says ""good grief"", echoing Charlie Brown's catchphrase. The main theme to Peanuts ""Linus and Lucy"" is played several times. A redesigned version of Santa's Little Helper can be seen sleeping on top of his dog house and Homer is seen sleeping on top"
"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"
"in ""The Peanuts Movie"") with two vertical white stripes on each side and green (sometimes brown) sandals that expose most of her bare feet. She has freckles and is the most ""tomboyish"" girl in the comic strip. Peppermint Patty is noted for her persistent habit of profoundly misunderstanding basic concepts and ideas that most people would consider obvious, then blindly ignoring any counsel against her latest fixation which leads to ultimately embarrassing situations for which she blames everyone who warned her. For a long time she seemed unaware that Snoopy was a dog, referring to him as ""the funny looking"
"his desire to foster the same belief in others, has been interpreted as a parody of Christian evangelism by some observers. Others have seen Linus' belief in the Great Pumpkin as symbolic of the struggles faced by anyone with beliefs or practices that are not shared by the majority. Still others view Linus' lonely vigils, in the service of a being that may or may not exist and which never makes its presence known in any case, as a metaphor for mankind's basic existential dilemmas. Charles Schulz himself, however, claimed no motivation beyond the humor of having one of his"
"football in the September 12, 1956 strip, but only because Schroeder was holding the ball. Lucy was named after Louanne van Pelt, a former neighbor of Charles Schulz in Colorado Springs and, according to David Michaelis of Time Magazine, was modeled after Schulz's first wife, Joyce. Lucy van Pelt Lucille ""Lucy"" van Pelt is a character in the syndicated comic strip "":Peanuts"", written and drawn by Charles Schulz. She is the older sister of Linus and Rerun. Lucy is characterized as a ""fussbudget"", crabby, bossy and opinionated girl who bullies most other characters in the strip, particularly Linus and Charlie"
"the entire life of the Sunday strip. Most of the other characters that eventually became the main characters of Peanuts did not appear until later: Violet (February 1951), Schroeder (May 1951), Lucy (March 1952), Linus (September 1952), Pig-Pen (July 1954), Sally (August 1959), Frieda (March 1961), ""Peppermint"" Patty (August 1966), Woodstock (introduced April 1967; given a name in June 1970), Franklin (July 1968), Marcie (July 1971), and Rerun (March 1973). Schulz decided to produce all aspects of the strip himself from the script to the finished art and lettering. Schulz did, however, hire help to produce the comic book adaptations"
"a man who is obsessed with a supernatural entity he calls ""The Great Pumpkin"". Over the course of the story's events, readers are introduced to a number of characters who are clearly recognizable as adult parodies of well known ""Peanuts"" characters. Weapon Brown and his pet Snoop are themselves parodies of Charlie Brown and Snoopy. The story begins with Weapon Brown having an encounter with Schroeder, while in the course of looking for Linus' sister Lucy. While he gets no information from the piano player about Lucy's whereabouts, he does learn that a woman named Patty- later revealed to be"
"again and Woodstock shows up, whistling the song that Mimi sang. Marcie, Shermy, Franklin, Patty, and Frieda also appeared but had no lines. The song Mimi sings when Linus meets her is the ""O Mio Babbino Caro"" (""Oh, my beloved Father"") aria from the opera Gianni Schicchi, by Puccini. It was written in 1918. It is a very popular aria and has been used in many films, including several other Peanuts shows. ""It Was My Best Birthday Ever, Charlie Brown"" was one the final television specials completed during creator Charles M. Schulz's lifetime (along with the next special ""It's the"
"anything of it, he confronts Lucy, looking for information about Linus. While she has no idea where Linus is, she does know quite a bit about Weapon Brown, as she was one of the people who helped transform him into a killer. A confrontation between the two leads to Weapon Brown slaying her, but not before he drags out of her an idea of where Linus might be: The Pumpkin patch, the area where the destructive Zinger Bombs which essentially destroyed the world first fell. After a brief battle with an anthropomorphic and excessively hungry tree—described as an 'arboreal weapon'"
"Linus is sympathetic towards Charlie Brown and often gives him advice after listening to Charlie Brown's various insecurities. Similarly, Charlie Brown, who is older and more mature, generally acts as an overseer to Linus's faults, such as his undying faith in the Great Pumpkin, his dependence on his security blanket, or any of his other odd quirks. They are also together in an allegiance over a common enemy: Lucy, who harasses and bullies Charlie Brown as much as she does Linus. Charlie Brown and Linus are often seen having discussions while sitting on a street curb or leaning up against"
"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"
"accepts it, even though Schroeder (Charlie Brown's best friend after Linus) scolded Violet for trying to appease her and her female companions' guilty conscience. The special's viewers, similar to the viewers of ""It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown"", sent Valentine's Day cards to the studio out of sympathy. On the first ""Peanuts"" television special, Charlie Brown sought to know the true meaning of Christmas, as even though the jolly season was approaching, he was still depressed. It involved him directing a Christmas play with his uncooperative companions, and eventually, Linus told him the meaning that he had always wanted to"
"Patty had ceased making regular appearances in the strip decades earlier. Patty (Peanuts) Patty is a fictional character featured in the long-running syndicated daily and Sunday comic strip ""Peanuts"", created by Charles M. Schulz. A former major character that turned into a cameo-girl (due to her supposedly lacking the distinguishing characteristics of characters like Lucy, Linus, or Sally), she is often confused with Peppermint Patty, a different and later character from the same strip. Patty is best known as a girl who thinks highly of herself, and because of her self-opinion, she often torments the hapless Charlie Brown. She often"
"enjoyed incorporating religious references in many of his comics and animated cartoons. Peculiarly—given that the Great Pumpkin is supposedly believed in only by Linus—the strips of October 29 and November 1, 1961 make mention of officially reported Great Pumpkin sightings in Connecticut, Texas and New Jersey. The Great Pumpkin has been a symbol of strong faith and foolish faith, leading to vastly different interpretations of creator Charles Schulz's own faith. As described in the book on Schulz's religious views, ""A Charlie Brown Religion"", Schulz's views were very personal and often misinterpreted. Linus' seemingly unshakable belief in the Great Pumpkin, and"
"leaving only himself and the apparently gay Abraham Lincoln. In a parody of ""It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown"", Milhouse waits in a pumpkin patch on Halloween for the Grand Pumpkin (which Bart made up) with Lisa. After Lisa sees everyone at school having a Halloween party, she grows tired of waiting and leaves in frustration. Milhouse starts to cry and his tears and childlike belief bring the Grand Pumpkin to life. However, the Pumpkin is appalled to find that his kindred pumpkins are being carved up on Halloween and made into pumpkin bread, and vows revenge. He devours Homer"
"in the strip from July 10, 1979, when he gets lost in the woods in a series of strips from November 1980, and when Snoopy accidentally turns him invisible in the TV special ""It's Magic, Charlie Brown"". Unlike most of the Peanuts gang, Sally does not seem to have much interest in playing sports. On the rare occasions when she does play, it is usually because Linus invites her. She is one of the few children in the neighborhood who has never played on Charlie Brown's baseball team, and her attempts to play catch with a football usually lead to"
"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"
"""The Peanuts Movie"". Spike appeared most frequently in the strip. His appearance is similar to that of Snoopy, but he is substantially thinner, has a perpetually sleepy look, sports long, droopy whiskers that look like a mustache, and wears a fedora. He sometimes wears Mickey Mouse shoes which were a gift from Mickey Mouse. He is called Snoopy's older brother during the first story in which he appears. Spike lives alone in a cactus, in the middle of the desert near Needles, California, only occasionally interacting with the principal characters in the strip, generally in visiting Snoopy. His friends are"
"Lucy is now able to see Charlie Brown and the gag occurs. Charlie Brown is the manager and pitcher of a baseball team which frequently loses. His entire team is not skilled, especially his right fielder Lucy van Pelt, who is the worst baseball player in the entire ""Peanuts"" universe. Charlie Brown's dog Snoopy, who is his shortstop, is purported to be his best player, his best friend Linus was his second baseman, and his next closest friend Schroeder, his catcher, once commanded the team on ""Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!!)"" when Charlie Brown, Linus, Peppermint Patty,"
"Patty, and Lucy have a happy discussion on what they've learned in their lives (""I Know Now""). On Halloween, Linus, along with a reluctant Snoopy, awaits the arrival of the Great Pumpkin during ""The Vigil"" in the pumpkin patch. Later, the group looks up at the sky where they imagine no clouds, but instead Mount Rushmore, dragons and twenty milk-white horses (""Clouds""), but when asked what he sees, Charlie Brown can only sadly say, ""A horsie and a duckie."" Snoopy enters as the Easter Beagle to hand out bright Easter eggs to everyone, except Charlie Brown. A dejected Charlie Brown,"
"Mongrel, Weapon Brown"", he is a friend of Weapon Brown and resembles the Peanuts character. The Great Pumpkin: A parody of the unseen character in whom Linus has an unshakable belief in the classic ""Peanuts"" media, this creature was a horrific looking monster which has a number of names all referenced by the ""Weapon Brown"" Linus, including Agro Un Rama (a spoof of ""Anung Un Rama"", the real name of Hellboy), Pepon Grandismo (""Biggest Squash""), and Omega Vegetablus (""Final Vegetable""; the names are bastardized Latin). It is depicted as being a demonic entity similar to the Anti-Christ, and is a"
"the same series of strips in the summer of 1968 that introduced Marcie's predecessor, Clara. When Sophie and Clara (this time sans glasses) re-appeared in ""Peanuts"" in the summer of 1987, they called her ""ma'am"", which also annoyed her. Not until a few years after she was introduced into the strip did it become apparent that Peppermint Patty has a crush on Charlie Brown, although it is pursued and received with varying degrees of projection, enthusiasm, and obliviousness, especially on the part of Charlie Brown. Peppermint Patty frequently plays lovers' games with Charlie Brown, and gets frustrated or even angry"
"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"
"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"