This is a list of characters from the
comic strip ''
Peanuts
''Peanuts'' is a print syndication, syndicated daily strip, daily and Sunday strip, Sunday American comic strip written and illustrated by Charles M. Schulz. The strip's original run extended from 1950 to 2000, continuing in reruns afterward. ' ...
'' by
Charles M. Schulz. This list contains limited information on the characters; for more, visit their respective articles.
Main characters
Snoopy's siblings
Spike.
Unseen characters
* Adults implied in the strip include: the characters' parents; Linus van Pelt's teacher Miss Othmar and her replacement, Miss Halverson; Charlie Brown's baseball hero Joe Shlabotnik; Helen Sweetstory, author of the ''Bunny Wunny'' books; and Linus' blanket-hating grandmother.
* In the 1966 animated
TV special ''
Charlie Brown's All-Stars
''Charlie Brown's All Stars!'' is the second prime-time animated television special based upon the popular comic strip ''Peanuts,'' by Charles M. Schulz. It was the second such TV special (following ''A Charlie Brown Christmas'') to be produced by ...
'' and its accompanying book, Mr. Hennessy, proprietor of Hennessy's
Hardware store, talks to
Charlie Brown on the phone unseen to confirm his sponsorship of
Charlie Brown's
baseball
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team in a real league with real baseball uniforms, but changes his mind when
Charlie Brown tells him that girls and a dog are on his team.
["Charlie Brown All Stars Baseball," ''YouTube'', posted December 14, 2015, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_WXQLW-9hA]
* Adults in most of the ''Peanuts'' animated cartoons are only heard by the unintelligible sounds of a muted
trombone
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("wah-wah-wah").
* The
Little Red-Haired Girl, Charlie Brown's crush. Although she is seen in many
animated
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television special
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s, she was never seen in the strip itself. In ''
It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown'', her name is given as Heather.
*
The Great Pumpkin, an imaginary figure whom Linus believes to appear on Halloween Night in the most sincere pumpkin patch in order to deliver presents to good children.
*
The Red Baron, Snoopy's nemesis while in the guise of a World War I Flying Ace. The battles occur while Snoopy is perched on his doghouse that becomes his
Sopwith Camel. The battles between Snoopy and the Red Baron began in an October 10, 1965 ''Peanuts'' strip.
* Charlie Brown's unnamed
pen pal and/or "pencil pal", with whom he occasionally corresponds.
* World War II, the vicious Cat Next Door who is Snoopy's enemy. A running gag is that Snoopy torments him and the cat often retaliates by swiping at Snoopy's doghouse, leaving barely any of the doghouse left.
References
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