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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.
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 ''[[Its 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 an upcoming anime adaptation by [[Madhouse]].
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 an upcoming anime adaptation by [[Madhouse]].
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=== Frequent ''Peanuts'' Tropes: ===
=== Frequent ''Peanuts'' Tropes: ===
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* [[Asleep in Class]]: Peppermint Patty is always falling asleep in class. Marcie, who sits behind her, will either try to wake her up or play tricks on her while Peppermint Patty is asleep.
* [[Asleep in Class]]: Peppermint Patty is always falling asleep in class. Marcie, who sits behind her, will either try to wake her up or play tricks on her while Peppermint Patty is asleep.
** Marcie herself has fallen asleep in class on a few occasions. In one instance, she had to get up early to be at her school patrol post on time, but fell asleep at her classroom desk.
** Marcie herself has fallen asleep in class on a few occasions. In one instance, she had to get up early to be at her school patrol post on time, but fell asleep at her classroom desk.
* [[Ass in A Lion Skin]]: Snoopy has a penchant for pretending to be various other kinds of animals -- including an alligator, an anteater, a [[Big Badass Bird of Prey|bald eagle]], a [[Bat Out of Hell|bat]], a beaver, a songbird, a [[Everything's Better With Cows|cow]], a cricket, a [[Everything's Better With Dinosaurs|dinosaur]], an elephant, a giraffe, a [[Extreme Omni Goat|goat]], a [[Everything's Better With Monkeys|gorilla]], a [[Boxing Kangaroo|kangaroo]], a [[King of Beasts|lion]], a moose, a mountain lion, a [[Stubborn Mule|mule]], an [[The Owl-Knowing One|owl]], a partridge (in a pear tree), a pelican, a [[Everything's Better With Penguins|penguin]], a [[Piranha Problem]], a [[Everything's Worse With Bears|polar bear]], a prairie dog, a [[Everythings Better With Bunnies|rabbit]], a [[Rhino Rampage|rhinoceros]], a [[Sea Monster]], a [[Everything's Even Worse With Sharks|shark]], a [[Counting Sheep|sheep]], a [[Panthera Awesome|tiger]], a vulture, and a [[Big Badass Wolf|wolf]].
* [[Ass in a Lion Skin]]: Snoopy has a penchant for pretending to be various other kinds of animals -- including an alligator, an anteater, a [[Big Badass Bird of Prey|bald eagle]], a [[Bat Out of Hell|bat]], a beaver, a songbird, a [[Everything's Better with Cows|cow]], a cricket, a [[Everything's Better with Dinosaurs|dinosaur]], an elephant, a giraffe, a [[Extreme Omni Goat|goat]], a [[Everything's Better with Monkeys|gorilla]], a [[Boxing Kangaroo|kangaroo]], a [[King of Beasts|lion]], a moose, a mountain lion, a [[Stubborn Mule|mule]], an [[The Owl-Knowing One|owl]], a partridge (in a pear tree), a pelican, a [[Everything's Better with Penguins|penguin]], a [[Piranha Problem]], a [[Everything's Worse with Bears|polar bear]], a prairie dog, a [[Everythings Better With Bunnies|rabbit]], a [[Rhino Rampage|rhinoceros]], a [[Sea Monster]], a [[Everything's Even Worse with Sharks|shark]], a [[Counting Sheep|sheep]], a [[Panthera Awesome|tiger]], a vulture, and a [[Big Badass Wolf|wolf]].
* [[As the Good Book Says...]]: Linus is frequently given to quoting Scripture. Sometimes other characters also do it.
* [[As the Good Book Says...]]: Linus is frequently given to quoting Scripture. Sometimes other characters also do it.
** In one strip Sally asks Charlie what all the "John 3:16" signs people are holding up at a football game mean. When he tells her about the reference she says, "Oh. I always thought it was a reference to John Madden."
** In one strip Sally asks Charlie what all the "John 3:16" signs people are holding up at a football game mean. When he tells her about the reference she says, "Oh. I always thought it was a reference to John Madden."
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* [[Beleaguered Assistant]]: Woodstock is sometimes one of these to Snoopy.
* [[Beleaguered Assistant]]: Woodstock is sometimes one of these to Snoopy.
* [[Berserk Button]]: Linus, upon being referred to as Sally's 'Sweet Babboo'. Also, when a bully makes fun of a bald girl after he takes her hat (she has leukemia), he flips out and whips the bully into submission with his blanket.
* [[Berserk Button]]: Linus, upon being referred to as Sally's 'Sweet Babboo'. Also, when a bully makes fun of a bald girl after he takes her hat (she has leukemia), he flips out and whips the bully into submission with his blanket.
* [[Bigger On the Inside]]: Snoopy's doghouse. Its interior was never shown (except in the cartoon where it appears to be an [[Elaborate Underground Base]]), but we know it contains a Van Gogh painting (later replaced with an Andrew Wyeth after the doghouse burned down and was rebuilt), a pool table, a bridge room, a swimming pool, a postage meter, etc...
* [[Bigger on the Inside]]: Snoopy's doghouse. Its interior was never shown (except in the cartoon where it appears to be an [[Elaborate Underground Base]]), but we know it contains a Van Gogh painting (later replaced with an Andrew Wyeth after the doghouse burned down and was rebuilt), a pool table, a bridge room, a swimming pool, a postage meter, etc...
* [[Black Bead Eyes]]
* [[Black Bead Eyes]]
* [[Black Comedy]]: No, there's no death, but laughing at the pathetic tragedy of Charlie's life is still Black Comedy.
* [[Black Comedy]]: No, there's no death, but laughing at the pathetic tragedy of Charlie's life is still Black Comedy.
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*** And "I hate talking to you, Chuck!" when she's talking with Charlie Brown and he doesn't tell her what she wants to hear.
*** And "I hate talking to you, Chuck!" when she's talking with Charlie Brown and he doesn't tell her what she wants to hear.
*** "You touched my hand, Chuck! You sly dog."
*** "You touched my hand, Chuck! You sly dog."
** "[[It Was a Dark And Stormy Night]]..."
** "[[It Was a Dark and Stormy Night]]..."
** "'''''[[She Is Not My Girlfriend|I'M NOT YOUR SWEET BABBOO!]]'''''"
** "'''''[[She Is Not My Girlfriend|I'M NOT YOUR SWEET BABBOO!]]'''''"
*** "Isn't he the cutest thing?" - Sally's usual response to the above as well as other attempts to resist her advances
*** "Isn't he the cutest thing?" - Sally's usual response to the above as well as other attempts to resist her advances
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** Snoopy also had the [[Mad Libs Catchphrase]] "Here's the world-famous X doing Y".
** Snoopy also had the [[Mad Libs Catchphrase]] "Here's the world-famous X doing Y".
* [[Cats Are Mean]]: The cat who lives next door, known as "[[World War Two]]", has been known to slice vast chunks out of Snoopy's doghouse and beat up Snoopy and Peppermint Patty simultaneously - always off-panel. Though to be fair, a lot of the time Snoopy provokes the cat.
* [[Cats Are Mean]]: The cat who lives next door, known as "[[World War Two]]", has been known to slice vast chunks out of Snoopy's doghouse and beat up Snoopy and Peppermint Patty simultaneously - always off-panel. Though to be fair, a lot of the time Snoopy provokes the cat.
** Brutus from ''[[Race for Your Life Charlie Brown]]'' wasn't exactly friendly, either.
** Brutus from ''[[Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown]]'' wasn't exactly friendly, either.
* [[Character Development]]: And how; the strip's first few years are barely recognizable.
* [[Character Development]]: And how; the strip's first few years are barely recognizable.
** Charlie Brown was, incredibly, a happy young child in the earliest strips before he became the universe's [[The Chew Toy|Chew Toy]].
** Charlie Brown was, incredibly, a happy young child in the earliest strips before he became the universe's [[The Chew Toy|Chew Toy]].
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* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]: Lucy to Schroeder and Sally to Linus.
* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]: Lucy to Schroeder and Sally to Linus.
* [[Clown Car Base]]: Snoopy's doghouse.
* [[Clown Car Base]]: Snoopy's doghouse.
* [[Clumsy Copyright Censorship]]: There were a few [[Product Placement|product placements]] for Coca-Cola in ''A Charlie Brown Christmas''. While a scene where the kids throw snowballs at Coca-Cola cans was subsequently reanimated to have non-descript cans instead, the credits end right before the kids finish singing "Hark, the Herald Angels Sing" because an announcer chimed in at that point to plug the soda, and the opening ends up getting a case of [[What Happened to The Mouse?]] as Linus landed on a Coca-Cola sign after being flung along with Charlie Brown by Snoopy.
* [[Clumsy Copyright Censorship]]: There were a few [[Product Placement|product placements]] for Coca-Cola in ''A Charlie Brown Christmas''. While a scene where the kids throw snowballs at Coca-Cola cans was subsequently reanimated to have non-descript cans instead, the credits end right before the kids finish singing "Hark, the Herald Angels Sing" because an announcer chimed in at that point to plug the soda, and the opening ends up getting a case of [[What Happened to the Mouse?]] as Linus landed on a Coca-Cola sign after being flung along with Charlie Brown by Snoopy.
* [[The Coconut Effect]]: The characters were originally voiced in the animated specials by ''actual kids'' - young kids who couldn't even read well and so had to learn their lines phonetically and recite them one line at a time, giving their readings a curiously stilted quality. This unique style became part of the ''Peanuts'' tradition, and continued even as the voice actors grew older (and were eventually replaced by a new set of kids).
* [[The Coconut Effect]]: The characters were originally voiced in the animated specials by ''actual kids'' - young kids who couldn't even read well and so had to learn their lines phonetically and recite them one line at a time, giving their readings a curiously stilted quality. This unique style became part of the ''Peanuts'' tradition, and continued even as the voice actors grew older (and were eventually replaced by a new set of kids).
* [[Collective Groan|Collective AUGGH!!!]]: From Linus' campaign team, Charlie Brown & Lucy. He is ''almost'' about to be elected Class President, when the day before the election, he addresses the student body...
* [[Collective Groan|Collective AUGGH!!!]]: From Linus' campaign team, Charlie Brown & Lucy. He is ''almost'' about to be elected Class President, when the day before the election, he addresses the student body...
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* [[Comedic Sociopathy]]: Lucy, occasionally Peppermint Patty, earlier characters Patty and Violet, and just about every adult in the strip's world. In order for Charlie Brown to get a bag full of rocks on Halloween, there has to be a town full of adults who would ''give'' a child a rock.
* [[Comedic Sociopathy]]: Lucy, occasionally Peppermint Patty, earlier characters Patty and Violet, and just about every adult in the strip's world. In order for Charlie Brown to get a bag full of rocks on Halloween, there has to be a town full of adults who would ''give'' a child a rock.
* [[Comic Book Time]]: As mentioned, characters grow up, but reach a certain [[Cap]]. Schroeder, Lucy, Linus, and then Sally and Rerun are all introduced as babies, growing up and eventually becoming closer to Charlie Brown's age.
* [[Comic Book Time]]: As mentioned, characters grow up, but reach a certain [[Cap]]. Schroeder, Lucy, Linus, and then Sally and Rerun are all introduced as babies, growing up and eventually becoming closer to Charlie Brown's age.
** The strip makes fifty years worth of contemporary cultural references, running the gamut from Patti Page in [http://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1953/05/26 1953] to ''[[Harry Potter (Literature)|Harry Potter]]'' in [http://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1999/11/08 1999], all without anyone reaching their ninth birthday.
** The strip makes fifty years worth of contemporary cultural references, running the gamut from Patti Page in [http://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1953/05/26 1953] to ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'' in [http://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1999/11/08 1999], all without anyone reaching their ninth birthday.
** The strip eventually stopped mentioning specific years, but this went on long enough that it started to get weird: for example, in the late sixties Lucy is still referring back to events in 1954 and naming the year, yet the characters clearly haven't aged in time with it.
** The strip eventually stopped mentioning specific years, but this went on long enough that it started to get weird: for example, in the late sixties Lucy is still referring back to events in 1954 and naming the year, yet the characters clearly haven't aged in time with it.
* [[Companion Cube]]: The school building that Sally chats with.
* [[Companion Cube]]: The school building that Sally chats with.
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* [[Dark Horse Victory]]: In ''You're in the Super Bowl, Charlie Brown'', [[Girl of the Week|Melody-Melody]] ends up literally coming out of the '''stands''' to beat Linus in the Punt, Pass & Kick competition. In the process she wins a bike and [[Super Bowl]] tickets.
* [[Dark Horse Victory]]: In ''You're in the Super Bowl, Charlie Brown'', [[Girl of the Week|Melody-Melody]] ends up literally coming out of the '''stands''' to beat Linus in the Punt, Pass & Kick competition. In the process she wins a bike and [[Super Bowl]] tickets.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Lucy, Linus, Schroder (usually to Lucy's attempts to flirt with him), but Snoopy most of all.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Lucy, Linus, Schroder (usually to Lucy's attempts to flirt with him), but Snoopy most of all.
* [[Decided By One Vote]]: The class election in ''You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown''.
* [[Decided by One Vote]]: The class election in ''You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown''.
* [[Determinator]]: No matter how many times he loses, Charlie Brown simply refuses to give up.
* [[Determinator]]: No matter how many times he loses, Charlie Brown simply refuses to give up.
** Which is basically [[An Aesop|the Aesop for the entire run of the comic.]]
** Which is basically [[An Aesop|the Aesop for the entire run of the comic.]]
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* [[Don't Call Me "Sir"!]]: Peppermint Patty (though more commonly the exact line was "Stop calling me 'sir'!"
* [[Don't Call Me "Sir"!]]: Peppermint Patty (though more commonly the exact line was "Stop calling me 'sir'!"
* [[Do They Know It's Christmas Time?]]
* [[Do They Know It's Christmas Time?]]
* [[Double Standard Abuse (Female On Male)]]: To a mild extent, with Lucy and Charlie Brown (and even more with Lucy and Linus).
* [[Double Standard Abuse (Female on Male)]]: To a mild extent, with Lucy and Charlie Brown (and even more with Lucy and Linus).
** Charles Schulz even admitted as much in an interview: He found that girls being mean to boys was funny, while the other way around, not so much.
** Charles Schulz even admitted as much in an interview: He found that girls being mean to boys was funny, while the other way around, not so much.
* [[Drunk On Milk]]
* [[Drunk on Milk]]
* [[Early-Bird Cameo]]: Inverted. Frieda appeared in ''The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show'' (and even got name-checked in its opening theme song) despite having [[Brother Chuck|disappeared from the strip]] at least ten years prior. Similarly, Violet, who was [[Demoted to Extra]] in the '70s, got an appearance in the 2006 TV special ''He's a Bully, Charlie Brown''.
* [[Early-Bird Cameo]]: Inverted. Frieda appeared in ''The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show'' (and even got name-checked in its opening theme song) despite having [[Brother Chuck|disappeared from the strip]] at least ten years prior. Similarly, Violet, who was [[Demoted to Extra]] in the '70s, got an appearance in the 2006 TV special ''He's a Bully, Charlie Brown''.
* [[Early Installment Weirdness]]: In the early years, the art was different, Charlie Brown was a lot more confident and aggressive, Snoopy was a normal dog, and Schroeder, Linus and Lucy were babies.
* [[Early Installment Weirdness]]: In the early years, the art was different, Charlie Brown was a lot more confident and aggressive, Snoopy was a normal dog, and Schroeder, Linus and Lucy were babies.
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* [[Epic Fail]]: Charlie Brown's curse.
* [[Epic Fail]]: Charlie Brown's curse.
* [[Hair Decorations]]: The original Patty wore a bow in her hair. So did Sally early in the strip.
* [[Hair Decorations]]: The original Patty wore a bow in her hair. So did Sally early in the strip.
* [[Everything's Better With Princesses]]: Lucy ''almost'' believes this trope, except she's aiming for the higher title of ''[[God Save Us From the Queen|queen]]''.
* [[Everything's Better with Princesses]]: Lucy ''almost'' believes this trope, except she's aiming for the higher title of ''[[God Save Us From the Queen|queen]]''.
* [[Everything's Better With Rainbows]]: Linus uses this to assure Lucy that the world won't flood -- sound theology does tend to put your mind at rest.
* [[Everything's Better with Rainbows]]: Linus uses this to assure Lucy that the world won't flood -- sound theology does tend to put your mind at rest.
* [[Everybody Do the Endless Loop]]: The famous dance sequence in the Christmas special.
* [[Everybody Do the Endless Loop]]: The famous dance sequence in the Christmas special.
* [[F Minus Minus]]: Frequently invoked. Peppermint Patty frequently received Z's for a time in the mid-1970s strips, and the teacher sarcastically admitted her to the "D Minus Hall of Fame" in 2000. After Sally rehearsed her report on [[Abraham Lincoln]]:
* [[F Minus Minus]]: Frequently invoked. Peppermint Patty frequently received Z's for a time in the mid-1970s strips, and the teacher sarcastically admitted her to the "D Minus Hall of Fame" in 2000. After Sally rehearsed her report on [[Abraham Lincoln]]:
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* [[Intellectual Animal]]: Snoopy.
* [[Intellectual Animal]]: Snoopy.
* [[Invisible Parents]]
* [[Invisible Parents]]
* [[It Was a Dark And Stormy Night]]: The opening line of World-Famous Author Snoopy's 'novel', which was entirely strung together out of banal literary cliches.
* [[It Was a Dark and Stormy Night]]: The opening line of World-Famous Author Snoopy's 'novel', which was entirely strung together out of banal literary cliches.
* [[It Was His Sled]]: Lucy invokes this literally in [http://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1973/12/09 this 1973 strip].
* [[It Was His Sled]]: Lucy invokes this literally in [http://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1973/12/09 this 1973 strip].
** A similar scenario happens in [http://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1995/10/08 this 1995 strip].
** A similar scenario happens in [http://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1995/10/08 this 1995 strip].
* [[Jerkass]]: Lucy. As well as, in the early strips, (original) Patty and Violet.
* [[Jerkass]]: Lucy. As well as, in the early strips, (original) Patty and Violet.
* [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]]: Lucy. Despite her bossiness and crabbiness, she actually has shown to have a nicer, caring side on a number of occasions. For example, when Charlie Brown has to go to the hospital, Lucy is distressed, and eventually promises that if he gets better, she won't pull the football away. She keeps her promise {{spoiler|but Charlie Brown accidentally kicks her hand}}.
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Lucy. Despite her bossiness and crabbiness, she actually has shown to have a nicer, caring side on a number of occasions. For example, when Charlie Brown has to go to the hospital, Lucy is distressed, and eventually promises that if he gets better, she won't pull the football away. She keeps her promise {{spoiler|but Charlie Brown accidentally kicks her hand}}.
** Lucy also has a good relationship with her youngest brother Rerun. Charles M. Schulz himself commented on how this came as a surprise to him.
** Lucy also has a good relationship with her youngest brother Rerun. Charles M. Schulz himself commented on how this came as a surprise to him.
** In ''It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown'', Lucy wakes up in the middle of the night, and - finding that Linus hasn't come home - puts on a coat over her nightgown, goes out to the pumpkin patch, brings her exhausted and shivering brother back to the house, takes off his shoes and socks, and carefully tucks him into bed.
** In ''It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown'', Lucy wakes up in the middle of the night, and - finding that Linus hasn't come home - puts on a coat over her nightgown, goes out to the pumpkin patch, brings her exhausted and shivering brother back to the house, takes off his shoes and socks, and carefully tucks him into bed.
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* [[One Steve Limit]]: Averted with Patty and ''Peppermint'' Patty.
* [[One Steve Limit]]: Averted with Patty and ''Peppermint'' Patty.
** To be fair, by the time Peppermint Patty was introduced, Patty's character was already in decline...
** To be fair, by the time Peppermint Patty was introduced, Patty's character was already in decline...
* [[Only Known By Their Nickname]]: "Pig-Pen" (for his messiness) and "Rerun" (after Lucy compared having a second little brother to watching television repeats - though it's actually ''Linus'' that made the nickname stick)
* [[Only Known by Their Nickname]]: "Pig-Pen" (for his messiness) and "Rerun" (after Lucy compared having a second little brother to watching television repeats - though it's actually ''Linus'' that made the nickname stick)
* [[Only Six Faces]]: All the human characters have almost identical faces and the exact same body shape. This also resulted in a bit of [[Generic Cuteness]], as in a few strips, Peppermint Patty worries about how she has a "big nose" and is "plain looking", but she doesn't really look too different from anyone else.
* [[Only Six Faces]]: All the human characters have almost identical faces and the exact same body shape. This also resulted in a bit of [[Generic Cuteness]], as in a few strips, Peppermint Patty worries about how she has a "big nose" and is "plain looking", but she doesn't really look too different from anyone else.
* [[Opaque Lenses]]: Marcie. She sometimes [[Glasses Pull|Glasses Pulled]] to indicate that she was rolling her eyes, perhaps as a subtle [[Lampshade Hanging]] of this trope.
* [[Opaque Lenses]]: Marcie. She sometimes [[Glasses Pull|Glasses Pulled]] to indicate that she was rolling her eyes, perhaps as a subtle [[Lampshade Hanging]] of this trope.
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* [[Panty Shot]]: Lucy, Violet and Patty in early strips; Peppermint Patty(!) in ''She's A Good Skate, Charlie Brown.''
* [[Panty Shot]]: Lucy, Violet and Patty in early strips; Peppermint Patty(!) in ''She's A Good Skate, Charlie Brown.''
* [[Perfectly Cromulent Word]]: Fairly often, mostly from Lucy, always [[Lampshaded]].
* [[Perfectly Cromulent Word]]: Fairly often, mostly from Lucy, always [[Lampshaded]].
* [[Person As Verb]]: Charlie Brown, though more usually as an adjective.
* [[Person as Verb]]: Charlie Brown, though more usually as an adjective.
{{quote| '''Linus:''' Poor Charlie Brown. [[Shaped Like Itself|Of all the Charlie Browns in the world, he's the Charlie Browniest]].}}
{{quote| '''Linus:''' Poor Charlie Brown. [[Shaped Like Itself|Of all the Charlie Browns in the world, he's the Charlie Browniest]].}}
* [[Pet the Dog]]: Lucy's protective attitude toward Linus.
* [[Pet the Dog]]: Lucy's protective attitude toward Linus.
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* [[Sadist Teacher]]: Charlie Brown's teacher makes him read ''[[War and Peace]]'' over the Christmas break in the New Year's special. For those of you currently blank-faced, this is a novel of old Russia that's ''over a thousand pages long'' in most editions. And good ol' Charlie Brown is ''8''.
* [[Sadist Teacher]]: Charlie Brown's teacher makes him read ''[[War and Peace]]'' over the Christmas break in the New Year's special. For those of you currently blank-faced, this is a novel of old Russia that's ''over a thousand pages long'' in most editions. And good ol' Charlie Brown is ''8''.
** What's even worse is that nobody else seems to have to read it. Even Linus, who is explicitly in the same class (and was sitting behind Charlie Brown when the assignment was given) is never shown so much as picking up the book. Either the teacher is such a sadist she only gave Charlie Brown that assignment, or he's the only one who bothered to actually do it (and got a D-).
** What's even worse is that nobody else seems to have to read it. Even Linus, who is explicitly in the same class (and was sitting behind Charlie Brown when the assignment was given) is never shown so much as picking up the book. Either the teacher is such a sadist she only gave Charlie Brown that assignment, or he's the only one who bothered to actually do it (and got a D-).
*** In the original comic, the book is ''[[Gullivers Travels]]'' - which is around a fifth of the size but still fairly scary for an eight-year-old. However, everyone else finishes the assignment early in the break where as Charlie Brown does it at three in the morning the day it's due. The fact that his paper was a last-minute rush job (and probably done while sleep-deprived, if the look on his face on the way to school is an indicator) whereas everyone else got it done properly was probably the determining factor in his just-above-failing grade.
*** In the original comic, the book is ''[[Gulliver's Travels]]'' - which is around a fifth of the size but still fairly scary for an eight-year-old. However, everyone else finishes the assignment early in the break where as Charlie Brown does it at three in the morning the day it's due. The fact that his paper was a last-minute rush job (and probably done while sleep-deprived, if the look on his face on the way to school is an indicator) whereas everyone else got it done properly was probably the determining factor in his just-above-failing grade.
** Peppermint Patty had a couple of scary assignments also. One test: "Explain World War II." Patty (incredulous): "Explain World War II!?" Last panel, the rest of the assignment: "Use both sides of the paper, if necessary."
** Peppermint Patty had a couple of scary assignments also. One test: "Explain World War II." Patty (incredulous): "Explain World War II!?" Last panel, the rest of the assignment: "Use both sides of the paper, if necessary."
*** In one strip from 1988, Patty's teacher assigns the class to read the first 35 chapters of ''Anna Karenina'' by the end of the week. However, all it takes is Patty yelling, "What? WHAT? WHAT?!" progressively louder to make the teacher change her mind.
*** In one strip from 1988, Patty's teacher assigns the class to read the first 35 chapters of ''Anna Karenina'' by the end of the week. However, all it takes is Patty yelling, "What? WHAT? WHAT?!" progressively louder to make the teacher change her mind.
** Sally was once asked to factor a pretty scary math problem that shouldn't show up until Algebra I in 1974.
** Sally was once asked to factor a pretty scary math problem that shouldn't show up until Algebra I in 1974.
* [[Saw Star Wars 27 Times]]: A [[Sunday Strip]] from the early 1970s saw Snoopy (as Joe Cool) remark, "I see they're showing ''[[Citizen Kane (Film)|Citizen Kane]]'' again… I've only seen it 23 times."
* [[Saw Star Wars 27 Times]]: A [[Sunday Strip]] from the early 1970s saw Snoopy (as Joe Cool) remark, "I see they're showing ''[[Citizen Kane]]'' again… I've only seen it 23 times."
** It later became something of a [[Running Gag]] to have a character keeping track of how many times he/she had seen ''Citizen Kane''. And then there was Schroeder's response to Lucy asking him if his grandfather had fought in World War I - "No, but he's seen ''Victory At Sea'' twelve times!"
** It later became something of a [[Running Gag]] to have a character keeping track of how many times he/she had seen ''Citizen Kane''. And then there was Schroeder's response to Lucy asking him if his grandfather had fought in World War I - "No, but he's seen ''Victory At Sea'' twelve times!"
* [[Scout Out]]: Snoopy's "Beagle Scout" troop.
* [[Scout Out]]: Snoopy's "Beagle Scout" troop.
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* [[She Is Not My Girlfriend]]: Linus denies it when Sally calls him her sweet babboo.
* [[She Is Not My Girlfriend]]: Linus denies it when Sally calls him her sweet babboo.
** Interestingly, this trope was flipped with Sally herself rejecting several possible suitors, including Harold Angel and, later on, a minor character named Cormac. ("Forget it, Cormac... my heart belongs to my Sweet Babboo.")
** Interestingly, this trope was flipped with Sally herself rejecting several possible suitors, including Harold Angel and, later on, a minor character named Cormac. ("Forget it, Cormac... my heart belongs to my Sweet Babboo.")
* [[Shipper On Deck]]: Sally, to Charlie Brown and Marcie. Alhough she does it with her usual lack of grace and sensitivity:
* [[Shipper on Deck]]: Sally, to Charlie Brown and Marcie. Alhough she does it with her usual lack of grace and sensitivity:
{{quote| "KISS HER, YOU BLOCKHEAD!"}}
{{quote| "KISS HER, YOU BLOCKHEAD!"}}
** Linus ships Charlie Brown and the Little Red-Haired Girl, resulting in him having an utter [[Freak-Out]] at Charlie Brown for not having the courage to speak to her before she moves away. However, [[Matchmaker Crush|his own penchant for the Red-Haired Girl]] has occasionally caused him to sabotage his own ship.
** Linus ships Charlie Brown and the Little Red-Haired Girl, resulting in him having an utter [[Freak-Out]] at Charlie Brown for not having the courage to speak to her before she moves away. However, [[Matchmaker Crush|his own penchant for the Red-Haired Girl]] has occasionally caused him to sabotage his own ship.
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** In the strip the book series is called 'The Six Bunnie-Wunnies', and is written by Miss Helen Sweetstory. Snoopy develops a raging crush on her at one point, until he learns she's a cat person.
** In the strip the book series is called 'The Six Bunnie-Wunnies', and is written by Miss Helen Sweetstory. Snoopy develops a raging crush on her at one point, until he learns she's a cat person.
* [[Signature Sound Effect]]: The 'wah-wah' sound that represented adult speech {{spoiler|was a muted trombone}}, in case you were curious.
* [[Signature Sound Effect]]: The 'wah-wah' sound that represented adult speech {{spoiler|was a muted trombone}}, in case you were curious.
* [[Sitcom Arch Nemesis]]: Charles Schulz himself with ''[[Mad (Magazine)|Mad]]'' magazine. The friendly feud started when ''Mad'' complained about ''Peanuts''` use of [[Comic Book Time]] and started drawing their own strips showing the characters growing up; ''Mad'' also ran a series of strips depicting the Red Baron drawn in ''Peanuts'' style in which other German pilots tease him because his [[Worthy Opponent]] is a dog, and others. Eventually the crossover was returned when Schulz climaxed a 1970s story about Charlie Brown hallucinating baseballs everywhere with a cameo by ''Mad'' mascot Alfred E Neuman.
* [[Sitcom Arch Nemesis]]: Charles Schulz himself with ''[[Mad]]'' magazine. The friendly feud started when ''Mad'' complained about ''Peanuts''` use of [[Comic Book Time]] and started drawing their own strips showing the characters growing up; ''Mad'' also ran a series of strips depicting the Red Baron drawn in ''Peanuts'' style in which other German pilots tease him because his [[Worthy Opponent]] is a dog, and others. Eventually the crossover was returned when Schulz climaxed a 1970s story about Charlie Brown hallucinating baseballs everywhere with a cameo by ''Mad'' mascot Alfred E Neuman.
** They had a little fun afterwards, too. A later (90s-era) Mad back cover featured a parody of Metropolitan Life insurance ads featuring Snoopy, as an evil 'Mutt Life' representative. Sparky's reply? A sketch of Snoopy going door to door, claiming he wasn't the guy on the cover of the magazine.
** They had a little fun afterwards, too. A later (90s-era) Mad back cover featured a parody of Metropolitan Life insurance ads featuring Snoopy, as an evil 'Mutt Life' representative. Sparky's reply? A sketch of Snoopy going door to door, claiming he wasn't the guy on the cover of the magazine.
* [[Sitting Sexy On a Piano]]: Lucy with Schoeder's piano... well, sort of.
* [[Sitting Sexy on a Piano]]: Lucy with Schoeder's piano... well, sort of.
* [[Slapstick Knows No Gender]]: More for pratfalls than actual punches, but the girls take their lumps too. And note that brawling is not completely exempted..
* [[Slapstick Knows No Gender]]: More for pratfalls than actual punches, but the girls take their lumps too. And note that brawling is not completely exempted..
* [[Slice of Life]]
* [[Slice of Life]]
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** Sally Brown was the first character born into the strip, in 1961 (Snoopy mentions waiting "until her eyes are open" to go visit her). Theoretically, this should make her at least several years younger than the rest of the cast. But by the early 70s she was more or less the same age as Linus. Similarly, almost overnight in the 90s, Rerun Van Pelt went from a toddler to kindergarten age.
** Sally Brown was the first character born into the strip, in 1961 (Snoopy mentions waiting "until her eyes are open" to go visit her). Theoretically, this should make her at least several years younger than the rest of the cast. But by the early 70s she was more or less the same age as Linus. Similarly, almost overnight in the 90s, Rerun Van Pelt went from a toddler to kindergarten age.
* [[The Speechless]]: The characters first introduced as infants (Schroeder, Lucy, Linus, Sally, Rerun) were justifiable examples of this, although their thoughts were frequently "verbalized" via thought balloons a la Snoopy.
* [[The Speechless]]: The characters first introduced as infants (Schroeder, Lucy, Linus, Sally, Rerun) were justifiable examples of this, although their thoughts were frequently "verbalized" via thought balloons a la Snoopy.
* [[Spell My Name With an "S"]]: His name is Charles ''Schulz'', not ''Schul'''t'''z''. The fact that people still get it so wrong so often, even on this very wiki, is appalling.
* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: His name is Charles ''Schulz'', not ''Schul'''t'''z''. The fact that people still get it so wrong so often, even on this very wiki, is appalling.
* [[Squee]]: Snoopy's usual reaction, in both the strip and the animated tales, to ''The Six Bunnie-Wunnies''.
* [[Squee]]: Snoopy's usual reaction, in both the strip and the animated tales, to ''The Six Bunnie-Wunnies''.
* [[Stock Footage]]: Present in several of the animated specials.
* [[Stock Footage]]: Present in several of the animated specials.
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* [[Strong Family Resemblance]]: Having half-circles around their eyes all the time seems to be a common trait in the Van Pelt family.
* [[Strong Family Resemblance]]: Having half-circles around their eyes all the time seems to be a common trait in the Van Pelt family.
* [[Suddenly Voiced]]: In most of the animated specials and films, Snoopy was [[The Speechless]] (though his thoughts could be read in the comic strip). However, in the adaptations of the two Broadway musicals and during some segments of ''The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show'', he actually gained a voice for his internal monologues. This, however, had a blacklash effect to fans who felt it didn't fit him. Thus subsequent animated adaptions left Snoopy voiceless once again.
* [[Suddenly Voiced]]: In most of the animated specials and films, Snoopy was [[The Speechless]] (though his thoughts could be read in the comic strip). However, in the adaptations of the two Broadway musicals and during some segments of ''The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show'', he actually gained a voice for his internal monologues. This, however, had a blacklash effect to fans who felt it didn't fit him. Thus subsequent animated adaptions left Snoopy voiceless once again.
* [[Summer Campy]]: Used in numerous storylines in the strip, as well as the TV special ''It Was a Short Summer, Charlie Brown'' and the feature film ''[[Race for Your Life Charlie Brown]]''.
* [[Summer Campy]]: Used in numerous storylines in the strip, as well as the TV special ''It Was a Short Summer, Charlie Brown'' and the feature film ''[[Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown]]''.
* [[Surprise Jump]]: Charlie Brown and Sally are walking to school. While waiting for the bus, Charlie Brown tells Lucy that Sally is so scared about her first day of kindergarten that if someone even mentions kindergarten while she's around, she'd jump 30 feet in the air. Putting this theory to the test, Lucy says "Kindergarten" to Sally, who then promptly jumps up into the air in fear. Lucy then muses, "Only 10 feet. I knew you were exaggerating."
* [[Surprise Jump]]: Charlie Brown and Sally are walking to school. While waiting for the bus, Charlie Brown tells Lucy that Sally is so scared about her first day of kindergarten that if someone even mentions kindergarten while she's around, she'd jump 30 feet in the air. Putting this theory to the test, Lucy says "Kindergarten" to Sally, who then promptly jumps up into the air in fear. Lucy then muses, "Only 10 feet. I knew you were exaggerating."
* [["Take That!" Kiss]]: Snoopy uses this fairly frequently.
* [["Take That!" Kiss]]: Snoopy uses this fairly frequently.
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* [[The Three Certainties in Life]]: One Sunday strip where Lucy, holding a football, challenged Charlie Brown to name three things that are certain. Charlie Brown guessed Death and Taxes but drew a blank at the third...until Lucy pulled the football away. "It was so obvious, Charlie Brown."
* [[The Three Certainties in Life]]: One Sunday strip where Lucy, holding a football, challenged Charlie Brown to name three things that are certain. Charlie Brown guessed Death and Taxes but drew a blank at the third...until Lucy pulled the football away. "It was so obvious, Charlie Brown."
* [[Thought Bubble Speech]]
* [[Thought Bubble Speech]]
* [[Throw the Dog A Bone]]: People who complain about Charlie Brown always getting the short end of the stick and {{spoiler|never being able to kick the dang football}} probably never saw the 1980s TV special, ''It's Magic, Charlie Brown''.
* [[Throw the Dog a Bone]]: People who complain about Charlie Brown always getting the short end of the stick and {{spoiler|never being able to kick the dang football}} probably never saw the 1980s TV special, ''It's Magic, Charlie Brown''.
* [[Through a Face Full of Fur]]: Snoopy is often shown blushing. In one 1950s strip, Charlie Brown wonders, "How can anyone blush through a face full of hair?" (thus becoming the [[Trope Namer]]).
* [[Through a Face Full of Fur]]: Snoopy is often shown blushing. In one 1950s strip, Charlie Brown wonders, "How can anyone blush through a face full of hair?" (thus becoming the [[Trope Namer]]).
* [[Token Minority]]: Franklin. Albeit Schulz, with his usual uncanny grace, forbore to make any more of a point of it than necessary; Franklin (and later Swedish-Mexican character José Peterson) speak the same amusingly hyper-correct English the white characters do.
* [[Token Minority]]: Franklin. Albeit Schulz, with his usual uncanny grace, forbore to make any more of a point of it than necessary; Franklin (and later Swedish-Mexican character José Peterson) speak the same amusingly hyper-correct English the white characters do.
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** If you look closely at a letter envelope in ''Charlie Brown's Christmas Tales'', it lists the town as "Sparkyville, USA". ("Sparky" was Schulz's nickname.)
** If you look closely at a letter envelope in ''Charlie Brown's Christmas Tales'', it lists the town as "Sparkyville, USA". ("Sparky" was Schulz's nickname.)
** If ''A Boy Named Charlie Brown'' is to be believed, the gang live about a day's bus drive from New York City.
** If ''A Boy Named Charlie Brown'' is to be believed, the gang live about a day's bus drive from New York City.
* [[Who's On First?]]:
* [[Who's on First?]]:
{{quote| '''Sally''': I'm practicing my Y's.<br />
{{quote| '''Sally''': I'm practicing my Y's.<br />
'''Linus''': Why?<br />
'''Linus''': Why?<br />
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* [[X Must Not Win]]: Whenever Charlie Brown has any real chance of winning something, someone has to be around specifically to prevent him from achieving the victory, usually Snoopy.
* [[X Must Not Win]]: Whenever Charlie Brown has any real chance of winning something, someone has to be around specifically to prevent him from achieving the victory, usually Snoopy.
** The most prominent case is in ''[[A Boy Named Charlie Brown]]'', where he is one of the two remaining contestants on a winner-takes-all national spelling bee. Charlie Brown screws up spelling "beagle" due to a combination of Snoopy (who is a beagle) following him along and worry over Linus getting angry at Charlie Brown for a trivial reason.
** The most prominent case is in ''[[A Boy Named Charlie Brown]]'', where he is one of the two remaining contestants on a winner-takes-all national spelling bee. Charlie Brown screws up spelling "beagle" due to a combination of Snoopy (who is a beagle) following him along and worry over Linus getting angry at Charlie Brown for a trivial reason.
** In ''[[Race for Your Life Charlie Brown]]'', Charlie Brown's team is set to win the river race, but the bullies sabotage his boat, allowing Woodstock to win.
** In ''[[Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown]]'', Charlie Brown's team is set to win the river race, but the bullies sabotage his boat, allowing Woodstock to win.
* [[Yank the Dog's Chain]]: One cartoon had Charlie Brown's baseball team win their first game ever (with Charlie Brown, that is - with him absent they won a few)...then have to forfeit because Lucy's baby brother Rerun had broken a rule. Ironically, Rerun had also been the chief reason they had won the game in the first place.
* [[Yank the Dog's Chain]]: One cartoon had Charlie Brown's baseball team win their first game ever (with Charlie Brown, that is - with him absent they won a few)...then have to forfeit because Lucy's baby brother Rerun had broken a rule. Ironically, Rerun had also been the chief reason they had won the game in the first place.
* [[You Are Number Six]]: 555 95472 ("5" for short) and his sisters 3 and 4 (and, presumably, parents 1 and 2); 5 explains that his father is commenting on the prevalence of numbers in our lives: not as a sign of protest, but of surrender.
* [[You Are Number Six]]: 555 95472 ("5" for short) and his sisters 3 and 4 (and, presumably, parents 1 and 2); 5 explains that his father is commenting on the prevalence of numbers in our lives: not as a sign of protest, but of surrender.
** 95472 is the ZIP code of the kid's house. [[Creator Provincialism|It's also the ZIP code for Schulz' longtime residence of Sebastopol, California.]]
** 95472 is the ZIP code of the kid's house. [[Creator Provincialism|It's also the ZIP code for Schulz' longtime residence of Sebastopol, California.]]
* [[You Said You Couldn't Dance]]: In ''It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown,'' after the titular event, Charlie Brown can suddenly dance, and does so with all the girls... and can't remember it the next morning.
* [[You Said You Couldn't Dance]]: In ''It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown,'' after the titular event, Charlie Brown can suddenly dance, and does so with all the girls... and can't remember it the next morning.
* [[You Wouldn't Hit a Guy With Glasses]]: Linus, who wore glasses for a short time in the early '60s. Lucy got mad at him for eating the last apple and snapped that if it not for the fact that Linus were wearing glasses, she would slug him, leading Linus to remark, "Glasses are good for your eyes. They keep you from getting punched in them!"
* [[You Wouldn't Hit a Guy with Glasses]]: Linus, who wore glasses for a short time in the early '60s. Lucy got mad at him for eating the last apple and snapped that if it not for the fact that Linus were wearing glasses, she would slug him, leading Linus to remark, "Glasses are good for your eyes. They keep you from getting punched in them!"


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