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'''Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenaged Blockhead''' is a 2004 play by Bert V. Royal. A [[Darker and Edgier]] take on the ''[[Peanuts]]'' universe, the show ''starts'' with the death of Snoopy and Woodstock, and somehow only manages to get more depressing from there. Due to copyright and trademark issues, none of the characters go by their official Peanuts-verse names.
'''Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenaged Blockhead''' is a 2004 play by Bert V. Royal. A [[Darker and Edgier]] take on the ''[[Peanuts]]'' universe, the show ''starts'' with the death of Snoopy and Woodstock, and somehow only manages to get more depressing from there. Due to copyright and trademark issues, none of the characters go by their official Peanuts-verse names.


The main characters are:
The main characters are:
* C.B.: Charlie Brown. Probably the most well-adjusted character (until the plot happens).
* C.B.: Charlie Brown. Probably the most well-adjusted character (until the plot happens).
* C.B.'s Sister: Sally
* C.B.'s Sister: Sally
* Van: Linus gone pothead. When C.B. and Van's sister burnt his security blanket, his response was to mix it with weed and smoke it.
* Van: Linus gone pothead. When C.B. and Van's sister burnt his security blanket, his response was to mix it with weed and smoke it.
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* [[Abusive Parents]]
* [[Abusive Parents]]
* [[Adults Are Useless]]: Lampshaded, specifically the traditional muffled-trumpet ''Peanuts'' voices.
* [[Adults Are Useless]]: Lampshaded, specifically the traditional muffled-trumpet ''Peanuts'' voices.
* [[Affectionate Parody]]: Just about every single cliché from various earlier "[[Darker and Edgier]]" pariodies of the comic show up here in some form, from Snoopy getting rabies to Peppermint Patty and Marcie having a huge lesbian subtext going on, and everyone is generally foul-mouthed, drug-abusing and sex-obsessed -- but despite all this, the comic's ideals and themes are upheld and honored (if stretched a little), and {{spoiler|the final scene, with the letter from C.S. (aka Charles Schultz) is full of heartfelt words of encouragement to C. B., telling him that he ''is'' a good man when all is said and done... and, depending on your interpetation, that his friend, dog and bird are happy in the afterlife.}}
* [[Affectionate Parody]]: Just about every single cliché from various earlier "[[Darker and Edgier]]" pariodies of the comic show up here in some form, from Snoopy getting rabies to Peppermint Patty and Marcie having a huge lesbian subtext going on, and everyone is generally foul-mouthed, drug-abusing and sex-obsessed -- but despite all this, the comic's ideals and themes are upheld and honored (if stretched a little), and {{spoiler|the final scene, with the letter from C.S. (aka Charles Schultz) is full of heartfelt words of encouragement to C. B., telling him that he ''is'' a good man when all is said and done... and, depending on your interpetation, that his friend, dog and bird are happy in the afterlife.}}
* [[Alternative Character Interpretation|Alternative Character Backstory]]: {{spoiler|Matt}} gets one ''hell'' of a [[Freudian Excuse]], making him seem very much [[The Woobie]]- at least in terms of his comic counterpart.
* [[Alternative Character Interpretation|Alternative Character Backstory]]: {{spoiler|Matt}} gets one ''hell'' of a [[Freudian Excuse]], making him seem very much [[The Woobie]]- at least in terms of his comic counterpart.
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* [[Butt Monkey]]: C.B., obviously.
* [[Butt Monkey]]: C.B., obviously.
* [[Bury Your Gays]]: {{spoiler|Alas, Beethoven! We hardly knew ye!}}
* [[Bury Your Gays]]: {{spoiler|Alas, Beethoven! We hardly knew ye!}}
* [[Catch Phrase]]: Most of those in ''Peanuts'' are lampshaded.
* [[Catch Phrase]]: Most of those in ''Peanuts'' are lampshaded.
* [[Comedic Sociopathy]]: Van's Sister is in an insane asylum {{spoiler|for setting the little red-haired girl's hair on fire}}.
* [[Comedic Sociopathy]]: Van's Sister is in an insane asylum {{spoiler|for setting the little red-haired girl's hair on fire}}.
* [[Coming Out Story]]: {{spoiler|For Beethoven and C.B.}}
* [[Coming Out Story]]: {{spoiler|For Beethoven and C.B.}}
* Cloudcuckoolander: C.B.'s sister. Three words: "Cocooning into Playtypus."
* Cloudcuckoolander: C.B.'s sister. Three words: "Cocooning into Playtypus."
** Van also fits the mold pretty well.
** Van also fits the mold pretty well.
* [[Crapsack World]]
* [[Crapsack World]]
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* [[Killed Off for Real]]: {{spoiler|Snoopy, Woodstock and Beethoven}}
* [[Killed Off for Real]]: {{spoiler|Snoopy, Woodstock and Beethoven}}
* [[Leaning on the Fourth Wall]]: "Do you ever feel like you're not a real person? That you're the product of someone's imagination and you can't think for yourself because you're really just like some creation and that somewhere there's people laughing every time you fall?"
* [[Leaning on the Fourth Wall]]: "Do you ever feel like you're not a real person? That you're the product of someone's imagination and you can't think for yourself because you're really just like some creation and that somewhere there's people laughing every time you fall?"
* [[Les Yay]]: Tricia and Marcy are accused of this at once point, and are horrified by it.
* [[Les Yay]]: Tricia and Marcy are accused of this at once point, and are horrified by it.
* [[Mushroom Samba]]
* [[Mushroom Samba]]
* [[Never My Fault]]
* [[Never My Fault]]
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* [[Shout-Out]]: To ''Peanuts'', obviously.
* [[Shout-Out]]: To ''Peanuts'', obviously.
* [[Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism]]: ''Peanuts'' was never the most idealistic comic strip, but this slides it ''waaaaay'' over to the cynical end of the scale.
* [[Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism]]: ''Peanuts'' was never the most idealistic comic strip, but this slides it ''waaaaay'' over to the cynical end of the scale.
* [[Straight Gay]]
* [[Invisible to Gaydar]]
* [[Their First Time]]
* [[Their First Time]]
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?]]: Matt's compulsive cleanliness.
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?]]: Matt's compulsive cleanliness.
* [[Writing Around Trademarks]]
* [[Writing Around Trademarks]]
* [[X Meets Y]]: It's ''Peanuts'' meets ''[[Spring Awakening]]''.
* [[X Meets Y]]: It's ''Peanuts'' meets ''[[Spring Awakening]]''.
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