List of Peanuts characters
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This is a list of characters from the Charles M. Schulz
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Peanuts
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Charles M. Schulz
Charles Monroe "Sparky" Schulz was an American cartoonist, whose comic strip Peanuts proved one of the most popular and influential in the history of the medium, and is still widely reprinted on a daily basis.-Early life and education:Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Schulz grew up in Saint Paul...
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Peanuts
Peanuts
Peanuts is a syndicated daily and Sunday American comic strip written and illustrated by Charles M. Schulz, which ran from October 2, 1950, to February 13, 2000, continuing in reruns afterward...
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Characters
| Name | Date Introduced | Description |
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| Charlie Brown Charlie Brown Charles "Charlie" Brown is the protagonist in the comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz.Charlie Brown and his creator have a common connection in that they are both the sons of barbers, but whereas Schulz's work is described as the "most shining example of the American success story", Charlie... |
October 2, 1950 | The main character; a lovable guy, dominated by insecurities |
| Snoopy Snoopy Snoopy is an fictional character in the long-running comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz. He is Charlie Brown's pet beagle. Snoopy began his life in the strip as a fairly conventional dog, but eventually evolved into perhaps the strip's most dynamic character—and among the most recognizable... |
October 4, 1950 | Charlie Brown's lovable dog |
| Linus van Pelt 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; however, he was not mentioned by name until three days later.... |
September 19, 1952 | Charlie Brown's blanket-toting best friend; Sally's love interest |
| Lucy van Pelt Lucy van Pelt Lucille "Lucy" van Pelt is a fictional character in the syndicated comic strip :Peanuts, written and drawn by Charles Schulz. She is the main bully and the older sister of Linus and Rerun. Lucy is a crabby and cynical eight-year old girl, and often bullies the other characters in the strip,... |
March 3, 1952 | Linus' older sister; a bossy, crabby girl |
| Rerun van Pelt Rerun van Pelt Rerun van Pelt is Linus and Lucy's younger brother in Charles M. Schulz's comic strip Peanuts.-Introduction:Rerun started as a minor character in the Peanuts universe, only becoming a main character in the last decade of the comic strip... |
March 26, 1973 | Younger brother of Lucy |
| Woodstock Woodstock (Peanuts) Woodstock is a fictional character in Charles M. Schulz's comic strip Peanuts. He is Snoopy's closest friend and, after Snoopy, the most recognized non-human in the strip.-History:... |
April 4, 1967 | Snoopy's best friend; a yellow bird |
| Sally 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.-Appearance:... |
August 23, 1959 | Charlie Brown's younger sister who has a crush on Linus |
| Schroeder Schroeder (Peanuts) Schroeder is a fictional character in the long-running comic strip Peanuts, created by Charles M. Schulz. He is distinguished by his precocious skill at playing the toy piano, as well as by his love of classical music and the composer Ludwig van Beethoven in particular... |
May 30, 1951 | The piano-playing character; Lucy's love interest; admirer of Beethoven; Charlie Brown's second best friend after Linus |
| Peppermint Patty Peppermint Patty Patricia "Peppermint Patty" Reichardt is a fictional character featured in Charles M. Schulz's comic strip Peanuts. A freckle-faced auburn/brunette, she is one of a small group in the strip who lives across town from Charlie Brown and his school friends... |
August 22, 1966 | Marcie's bossy best friend; a freckle-faced tomboy who likes Charlie Brown |
| Marcie Marcie (Peanuts) Marcie is a bespectacled fictional character featured in Charles M. Schulz's comic strip Peanuts. She serves as comedic foil and best friend to tomboy Peppermint Patty, plays a supporting role in some of Snoopy's heroic fantasies, and displays a romantic interest in Charlie Brown, who seems to love... |
June 18, 1968 | The bespectacled character; Peppermint Patty's best friend; calls Peppermint Patty "Sir"; secretly likes Charlie Brown |
| Franklin Franklin (Peanuts) Franklin is a character in the long-running comic strip Peanuts, created by Charles M. Schulz. Introduced on July 31, 1968, Franklin was the first African-American character in the strip. He goes to school with Peppermint Patty and Marcie. In his first story arc, he met Charlie Brown when they were... |
July 31, 1968 | The black kid |
| Pig-Pen Pig-Pen "Pig-Pen" is a character in the comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz. He is a young boy who is, except on very rare occasions, very dirty.-History:"Pig-Pen" is a nickname, invariably written in quotation marks in the strip... |
July 13, 1954 | The dusty character |
| Frieda 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... |
March 6, 1961 | The girl with "naturally curly hair" |
| Patty Patty (Peanuts) Patty is a character in the comic strip Peanuts, created by Charles M. Schulz . Her closest friend is Violet... |
October 2, 1950 | An early character who doesn't listen to others |
| Shermy Shermy (Peanuts) Shermy was a character in the comic strip Peanuts, by Charles Schulz. Schulz named him after a friend from high school. When Peanuts made its debut on October 2, 1950, Shermy had the first line of dialogue in the series. As Peanuts matured, however, Shermy became an extraneous character who was... |
October 2, 1950 | An early character, one of the original four characters |
| Violet Gray Violet (Peanuts) Violet Gray is a fictional character in the comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz.Violet has shoulder-length dark hair, and she frequently wears green dresses... |
February 7, 1951 | Lucy's, Patty's and Charlie Browns friend; one of the first characters in peanuts only character that has a major outfit change (purple to green dress) |
| Charlotte Braun Charlotte Braun Charlotte Braun is a former character from Charles M. Schulz's comic strip Peanuts, who first appeared on November 30, 1954. She was originally intended as a female counterpart of the strip's protagonist, Charlie Brown . This role was later taken by Sally Brown, Charlie Brown's little sister... |
November 30, 1954 | An early, short-lived female clone of Charlie Brown |
| Peggy Jean Peggy Jean Peggy Jean is a fictional character in the comic strip Peanuts. She was the girlfriend of Charlie Brown during the 1990s. Charlie Brown first met her at summer camp in 1990, and she appeared intermittently in the strip until mid-1999, a few months before the strip ended... |
July 23, 1990 | Charlie Brown's girlfriend in the 1990s after the Little Red-Haired Girl Little Red-Haired Girl The Little Red-Haired Girl is an unseen character in the Peanuts comic strip by Charles M. Schulz, and is a symbol of unrequited love. While never seen in the strip, she appears onscreen in several television specials. Her name is sometimes cited in these as Heather. She serves as the object of... |
| Jose Peterson | 1967 | Baseball player on a local team |
- List of minor characters in Peanuts: other characters
Snoopy's family
- Joe CoolJoe CoolJoe Cool may refer to:*Snoopy of Peanuts fame, whose aliases included Joe Cool*Joe Montana, a former NFL quarterback who earned the nickname...
: Snoopy's alter ego - wears sunglasses, very cool - World War IWorld War IWorld War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
Flying AceFlying aceA flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down several enemy aircraft during aerial combat. The actual number of aerial victories required to officially qualify as an "ace" has varied, but is usually considered to be five or more...
: Snoopy's other alter ego - his nemesis is the Red BaronManfred von RichthofenManfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen , also widely known as the Red Baron, was a German fighter pilot with the Imperial German Army Air Service during World War I... - Andy: Snoopy's brother - fuzzy, lives with Olaf
- Marbles: Snoopy's brother - the smarter brother, has brown ears, spotted fur
- Spike: Snoopy's brother - whiskers and hat (fedora), lives in the desert, very thin
- Olaf: Snoopy's brother - fat; wears a fur cap
- Belle: Snoopy's sister; wears a pink dress, looks like Snoopy, but with long eyelashes
- Rover and Molly: Snoopy's brother and sister, only seen in the 1991 special Snoopy's ReunionSnoopy's ReunionSnoopy's Reunion is the 34th prime-time animated TV special based upon the popular comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz. It originally aired on the CBS network on May 1, 1991 as part of the animated anthology series Toon Nite.-Plot:...
, never seen in the strip - Missy and unnamed father
Unseen characters (More Minor Characters)
- Adults implied in the strip (but not seen) include: all of the characters' parents; Linus van Pelt's teacher Miss Othmar; Miss Halverson (Miss Othmar's replacement); Charlie Brown's baseball hero Joe Shlabotnik; and Linus' blanket-hating grandmother. Adults in most of the Peanuts animated cartoons are only heard by the unintelligible (to the audience) sounds of a tromboneTromboneThe trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...
(woh-woh-woh). - The Little Red-Haired GirlLittle Red-Haired GirlThe Little Red-Haired Girl is an unseen character in the Peanuts comic strip by Charles M. Schulz, and is a symbol of unrequited love. While never seen in the strip, she appears onscreen in several television specials. Her name is sometimes cited in these as Heather. She serves as the object of...
(Charlie Brown's crush), seen in many animatedAnimationAnimation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways...
television specials where she was known as "Heather", but was never seen in the strip itself (except once in silhouetteSilhouetteA silhouette is the image of a person, an object or scene consisting of the outline and a basically featureless interior, with the silhouetted object usually being black. Although the art form has been popular since the mid-18th century, the term “silhouette” was seldom used until the early decades...
). - The Great PumpkinThe Great PumpkinThe Great Pumpkin is an imaginary character in the comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz.The Great Pumpkin is a holiday figure that seems to exist only in the imagination of Linus van Pelt. Every year, Linus sits in a pumpkin patch on Halloween night waiting for the Great Pumpkin to appear...
, whom Linus believes appears in the most sincere pumpkin patch to deliver presents to good children. - The Head Beagle, to whom Frieda reported Snoopy when he refused to chase a rabbit.
- The Red Baron, arch-enemy of the World War IWorld War IWorld War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
Flying AceFlying aceA flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down several enemy aircraft during aerial combat. The actual number of aerial victories required to officially qualify as an "ace" has varied, but is usually considered to be five or more...
. - The Cat Next Door, also known as World War II, as shown on October 20, 1976; he always scares Snoopy.