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Then there was Snoopy, beagle extraordinaire. Nominally Charlie Brown's pet, he actually lived in an incredibly rich world of his own imagination, acknowledging the existence of 'that round-headed kid' only when hungry. Over the years Snoopy would invent literally dozens of alternate personae, the most famous of which is the [[Ace Pilot|WWI Flying Ace]], perpetually locked in combat with the [[Red Baron]]. Attending and often abetting Snoopy in his fantasies was his little yellow bird buddy Woodstock, who took to hanging out at the doghouse while he failed to get the knack of the whole 'migrating' deal.

The strip spawned about 50 animated TV specials over 40 years (starting with ''[[A Charlie Brown Christmas]]'' and continuing through installments such as ''[[It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown]]''; ''He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown''; ''It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown''; and so on, ending with ''He's a Bully, Charlie Brown''), as well as four feature films (''[[A Boy Named Charlie Brown]]''; ''[[Snoopy Come Home]]''; ''[[Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown]]''; and ''[[Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown|Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (And Don't Come Back!)]]''), a [[Saturday Morning Cartoon]] series (''The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show''), not one but two stage [[The Musical|musicals]] (''You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown'' and ''Snoopy!!!''), a few direct-to-video movies, and an eight-episode [[Miniseries]] (''This Is America, Charlie Brown''). The ''Peanuts'' characters also appeared in TV commercials for the Ford Motor Company, Cheerios and Chex cereals, Dolly Madison snack cakes, a few regional brands of bread and Met Life Insurance, and believe it or not, [[No Problem With Licensed Games (Sugar Wiki)|a]] [[Video Game]] [[Snoopy Flying Ace|series]]. Since Schulz's death ([[Retirony|the night before his final strip was published]]), the comic has kept a place in many newspapers by way of reruns. Specials occasionally keep being produced, such as a series of Flash shorts in 2009, the hand-drawn ''Happiness Is A Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown'' in 2011, and a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1FNL_iIp5c feature-length CGI movie] released in 2015. Japanese animation studio [[Madhouse]] [http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2012/02/18-1/studio-madhouse-makes-charlie-brown-anime announced in 2012] that it had acquired the rights to make ''Peanuts'' anime shorts, but despite their claims that at least one such film is "out there" (at [http://snoopy.co.jp/ http://snoopy.co.jp/], perhaps?), there is no evidence that anyone has ever seen it.

The strip spawned about 50 animated TV specials over 40 years (starting with ''[[A Charlie Brown Christmas]]'' and continuing through installments such as ''[[It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown]]''; ''He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown''; ''It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown''; and so on, ending with ''He's a Bully, Charlie Brown''), as well as four feature films (''[[A Boy Named Charlie Brown]]''; ''[[Snoopy Come Home]]''; ''[[Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown]]''; and ''[[Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown|Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (And Don't Come Back!)]]''), a [[Saturday Morning Cartoon]] series (''The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show''), not one but two stage [[The Musical|musicals]] (''You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown'' and ''Snoopy!!!''), a few direct-to-video movies, and an eight-episode [[Miniseries]] (''This Is America, Charlie Brown''). The ''Peanuts'' characters also appeared in TV commercials for the Ford Motor Company, Cheerios and Chex cereals, Dolly Madison snack cakes, a few regional brands of bread and Met Life Insurance, and believe it or not, [[No Problem With Licensed Games (Sugar Wiki)|a]] [[Video Game]] [[Snoopy Flying Ace|series]]. Since Schulz's death ([[Retirony|the night before his final strip was published]]), the comic has kept a place in many newspapers by way of reruns. Specials occasionally keep being produced, such as a series of Flash shorts in 2009, the hand-drawn ''Happiness Is A Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown'' in 2011, and a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1FNL_iIp5c feature-length CGI movie] released in 2015. Japanese animation studio [[Madhouse]] [http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2012/02/18-1/studio-madhouse-makes-charlie-brown-anime announced in 2012] that it had acquired the rights to make ''Peanuts'' anime shorts, but despite their claims that at least one such film is "out there" (at [http://www.snoopy.co.jp/ http://www.snoopy.co.jp/] or in the [http://www.snoopymuseum.tokyo/en/ Snoopy Museum], perhaps?), there is no evidence that anyone has ever seen it.

See also the [http://www.peanuts.com/ official Peanuts web site].