History Awesome / Peanuts

* "Happiness Is A Warm Blanket Charlie Brown" was arguably rather dull, and longer than the average ''Peanuts'' special to boot, but Linus pulls out a MOA at the at the last second with a typically Linus-like speech in which he defends his SecurityBlanket and calls the others out on ''their'' insecurities. From the ''top of Snoopy's doghouse'', no less. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQZilj7V1q4 You're welcome]].

* ...No mention of the week when Charlie Brown actually hit a home run? Against the girl who claimed to be Roy Hobbs' great-granddaughter? RoyHobbs as in "The Natural"? ...Not just a Moment of Awesome for the ''Peanuts'' universe, but also a MOA for Schulz pulling a sort of "Tommy Westphal" move on American literature.

* In the special ''It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown'', Marcie's epic failures on making Easter eggs. First she fries them, then she tries to put them in the waffle iron and in the toaster, then finally, Patty tells her to ''boil'' the eggs. And she messes this up too, since she ''cracks the eggs open'' and pours them into the boiling water...

* There was also the time, in the infamous cancer special WhyCharlieBrownWhy where Linus threw a fit at some random jerk for making fun of his friend Janice, who had leukemia. Had {{Peanuts}} not been a kids' show, there would have been a lot of cussing.

* "HappinessIsAWarmBlanketCharlieBrown" was arguably rather dull, and longer than the average ''Peanuts'' special to boot, but Linus pulls out a MOA at the at the last second with a typically Linus-like speech in which he defends his SecurityBlanket and calls the others out on ''their'' insecurities. From the ''top of Snoopy's doghouse'', no less. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQZilj7V1q4 You're welcome]].

* Eight years before BeMyValentineCharlieBrown, when the strip featuring the Schroeder's speech appeared in papers, it was just as awesome.

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-->'''Marcie:''' One more word and I'll punch you in the face.
-->'''Thibaut:''' Oh?

* Linus explaining the TrueMeaningOfChristmas by reciting a passage from the [[TheBible Gospel of Luke]] in ''ACharlieBrownChristmas'' may be one of the best Moments of Awesome ever.

-->'''Linus:''' Well, I can understand how you feel. You worked hard, studying for the spelling bee, and I suppose you feel you let everyone down, and you made a fool of yourself and everything. But did you notice something, Charlie Brown?
-->'''Charlie Brown:''' What's that?
-->'''Linus:''' The world didn't come to an end.

** This troper prefers Charlie Brown's other greatest reaction to the kite-eating tree... getting so mad at it, that he goes right ahead and BITES ITS TRUNK HALFWAY THROUGH! ''Didn't think I'd do it, did you?''

* "HappinessIsAWarmBlanketCharlieBrown" was [[YourMilageMayVary arguably rather dull]], and longer than the average ''Peanuts'' special to boot, but Linus pulls out a MOA at the at the last second with a typically Linus-like speech in which he defends his SecurityBlanket and calls the others out on ''their'' insecurities. From the ''top of Snoopy's doghouse'', no less. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQZilj7V1q4 You're welcome]].

-->[[http://comics.com/peanuts/1973-08-03/ Her response?]] (Hint: It's the comic published on August 3rd, 1973.)

Having [[LongRunner ran for eight months short of 50 years]], made numerous forays in the [[WesternAnimation field of animation]], and generally won the hearts of millions while continuing to do so, it is no wonder that {{Peanuts}} has many a MomentOfAwesome under its belt.

Having [[LongRunner ran for eight months short of 50 years]], made numerous forays in the [[WesternAnimation field of animation]], and generally winning the hearts of millions still, it is no wonder that [[{{ComicStrip/Peanuts}}]] has many a MomentOfAwesome under its belt.

* Linus explaining the TrueMeaningOfChristmas by reciting a passage from the [[TheBible Gospel of Luke]] in ''A Charlie Brown Christmas'' may be one of the best Moments of Awesome ever.
** It was a crowning moment for Schulz, as well, who had to fight with the network to get that scene. (And, for that matter, to get a ''lot'' of the special made the way he wanted it).
** The special itself was a moment of awesome--not only was it the first Peanuts special, but it was ''supposed'' to fail spectacularly...and, well, look what happened. For that matter, years later the animators were embarrassed about the cheap and rather shoddy animation and wanted to redraw the whole thing, but Schulz was firm--he liked it just the way it was.
* Schroeder's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to Violet in ''Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown''.
** Eight years earlier, when the strip featuring the scenario and Schroeder's speech appeared in papers, it was just as awesome.
* There was also the time, in the infamous cancer special where Linus threw a fit at some random jerk for making fun of his friend Janice, who had leukemia. Had Peanuts not been a kids' show, there would have been a lot of cussing.
** Earlier in the special Lucy insisted Linus would get cancer for being in contact with Janice. Linus storms off saying, "I wouldn't want to catch your crabbiness."
* In ''A Boy Named Charlie Brown'', [=Rod McKuen=] singing the title tune after Lucy says, "Welcome home, Charlie Brown!", followed by the images of everyone who worked on the film was a Moment of Awesome and SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic at the same time, as well as Linus' speech that gets Charlie out of bed after an [[EpicFail Epic Fail to end all Epic Fails]]:
-->'''Linus:''' Well, I can understand how you feel. You worked hard, studying for the spelling bee, and I suppose you feel you let everyone down, and you made a fool of yourself and everything. But did you notice something, Charlie Brown?
-->'''Charlie Brown:''' What's that?
-->'''Linus:''' The world didn't come to an end.
* Charlie Brown kicking the football and taunting Lucy at the same time in the special, ''It's Magic Charlie Brown''. Now ''that'' was a long time in coming.
* Can't believe nobody has mentioned [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiMf5cCDy1I this Super Bowl commercial]].

* In the special ''It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown'', Marcie's epic failures on making Easter eggs. First she fries them, then she tries to put them in the waffle iron and in the toaster, then finally, Patty tells her to ''boil'' the eggs. And she messes this up too, since she ''cracks the eggs open'' and pours them into the boiling water...

** This troper thinks another crowning moment is when Charlie Brown realizes that Snoopy, who takes his food provided for him arrogantly for granted, missed his supper and does his ''Anti-Suppertime song and dance'' gloating while Snoopy watches stunned at this.
** This troper would like to nominate the strip where Lucy puts on one of Charlie Brown's shirts and goes about mocking him, to the entertainment of Patty and Violet. When Charlie Brown sees Lucy dressed like that, he simply tells her, "Well, hello, Charlie Brown, you blockhead!", humiliating Lucy and causing Patty and Violet to laugh even harder.

* ...No mention of the week when Charlie Brown actually hit a home run? Against the girl who claimed to be Roy Hobbs' great-granddaughter? Roy Hobbs as in "The Natural"? ...Not just a Moment of Awesome for the ''Peanuts'' universe, but also a MOA for Schulz pulling a sort of "Tommy Westphal" move on American literature.

* "Happiness Is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown" was [[YourMilageMayVary arguably rather dull]], and longer than the average ''Peanuts'' special to boot, but Linus pulls out a MOA at the at the last second with a typically Linus-like speech in which he calls the others out on ''their'' insecurities. From the ''top of Snoopy's doghouse'', no less. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQZilj7V1q4 You're welcome]].
* Charlie Brown kicks the football, [[http://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/3546489.html with a little help from your friendly neighbourhood Spider-man!]]

** It was a crowning moment for Schultz, as well, who had to fight with the network to get that scene. (And, for that matter, to get a ''lot'' of the special made the way he wanted it).

* [[http://comics.com/peanuts/1992-03-08/ One time (March 8th, 1992, to be exact)]], when Lucy accidentally kissed Snoopy, she naturally ran home and took a cold shower... [[spoiler:Then it was revealed that Snoopy did the same thing.]]

* And what about ''It's magic, Charlie Brown'', where, after accidentally becoming invisible, he ''finally'' succeeds in kicking that goddamn football from Lucy's hands not once, not twice, not thrice, but ''four times''!! All while taunting her!

* Linus explaining the TrueMeaningOfChristmas by reciting a passage from the [[TheBible Gospel of Luke]] in ''A Charlie Brown Christmas'' may be one of the best CMOA's ever.

* Schroeder's ReasonYouSuckSpeech to Violet in ''Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown''.

* In ''A Boy Named Charlie Brown'', [=Rod McKuen=] singing the title tune after Lucy says, "Welcome home, Charlie Brown!", followed by the images of everyone who worked on the film was a CMOA and a CrowningMusicOfAwesome at the same time, as well as Linus' speech that gets Charlie out of bed after an [[EpicFail Epic Fail to end all Epic Fails]]:

* Charlie Brown pulls one off in one strip where he talks up to the Kite-Eating Tree and points out that since he's the only one around who flies kites, without him the Tree would starve to death. As he says to Lucy at the end of the strip, "For the first time in my life, I feel needed!" And since this is '''[[{{Butt Monkey}} Charlie Brown]]''' getting a CMOA, it's practically a Crowning Moment for Charles Schulz.

* One of Lucy's greatest CMOA bits comes when Charlie Brown says to Linus, "Well, another Hallowe'en has come and gone and the Great Pumpkin didn't show up, did he?" Lucy counters: "No, she didn't, did she?", making Linus' hair stand on end. As Linus buries his head in despair, a triumphant Lucy says, "Never even occurred to you, did it?"
* Rerun gets his when Lucy has to go inside as she's about to engage in the classic scenario of pulling the football away, and leaves Rerun in her place. She desperately asks whether Rerun pulled the ball away, and Rerun's response ("You'll never know.") is enough to drive her to the [[BigNo Big Auugh]].

* In one 1974 arc, Peppermint Patty refuses to go to school and sits on top of Snoopy's doghouse all day, much to the annoyance of Marcie. At the end, Marcie ''singlehandedly smashes'' Snoopy's doghouse and screams to Peppermint Patty that Snoopy is a dog (and not a "funny-looking kid with a big nose").
* ...No mention of the week when Charlie Brown actually hit a home run? Against the girl who claimed to be Roy Hobbs' great-granddaughter? Roy Hobbs as in "The Natural"? ...Not just a CMOA for the ''Peanuts'' universe, but also a CMOA for Schulz pulling a sort of "Tommy Westphal" move on American literature.
** Hell, any time Charlie Brown actually succeeds in baseball is a [=CMoA=]. In 1993, he went up to bat so nervous he left the bat on the bench and the next day showed him bounding home with a big grin on his face yelling about how he hit a homer at the bottom of the ninth, winning the game.

* BewareTheNiceOnes indeed. Charlie Brown is slow to anger, but when he gets pissed.... Lucy has been spending the whole week trying to get the kids in the neighborhood to call her "Cutie." Ol' Chuck finally loses his temper and lays down a '''brutal''' ReasonYouSuckSpeech on Lucy: "You want someone to call you “cutie?” Ha! That’s a laugh! You’ve never acted cute in your whole life. You’re crabby, you’re bossy and you’re inconsiderate! You’re just about as “uncute” as a person can get!" He storms off, and Lucy stands there in shock, saying to herself, "I'm an uncutie!"

* Schroeder's ReasonYouSuckSpeech in ''Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown''.

* [[http://comics.com/peanuts/1992-03-08/ One time]], when Lucy accidentally kissed Snoopy, she naturally ran home and took a cold shower... [[spoiler:Then it was revealed that Snoopy did the same thing.]]

-->[[http://comics.com/peanuts/1973-08-03/ Her response?]]

** Hell, any time Charlie Brown actually succeeds in baseball is a CMoA. In 1993, he went up to bat so nervous he left the bat on the bench and the next day showed him bounding home with a big grin on his face yelling about how he hit a homer at the bottom of the ninth, winning the game.

* Charlie Brown pulls one off in one strip where he talks up to the Kite-Eating Tree and points out that since he's the only one around who flies kites, without him the Tree would starve to death. As he says at the end of the strip, "For the first time in my life, I feel needed!" And since this is '''[[{{Butt Monkey}} Charlie Brown]]''' getting a CMOA, it's practically a Crowning Moment for Charles Schulz.

** This troper would like to nominate the strip where Lucy puts on one of Charlie Brown's shirts and goes about mocking him, to the entertainment of Patty and Violet. When Charlie Brown sees her dressed like that, he simply tells her, "Well, hello, Charlie Brown, you blockhead!", humiliating Lucy and causing Patty and Violet to laugh even harder.
* One of Lucy's greatest CMOA bits comes when Charlie Brown says to Linus, "Well, another Hallowe'en has come and gone and the Great Pumpkin didn't show up, did he?" Lucy counters: "No, she didn't, did she?", making Linus's hair stand on end. As he buries his head in despair, a triumphant Lucy says, "Never even occurred to you, did it?"
* Re-Run gets his when Lucy has to go inside as she's about to engage in the classic scenario of pulling the football away, and leaves Rerun in her place. She desperately asks whether Rerun pulled the ball away, and Rerun's response ("You'll never know.") is enough to drive her to the [[BigNo Big Auugh]].
** Much of the cast gets theirs when Charlie gets one of his. Lucy is holding out the Football again, and he decides to walk away. The last panel shows several people holding footballs for him.
* There was a week of strips where Charlie Brown taught Rerun to play marbles; Rerun then went on to play against an older kid who pretended that they were playing for fun but, when he won, said "Keeps" and took all of Reruns marbles. In retaliation Charlie Brown challenges the older kid and wins back all of Reruns marbles.
--> '''Charlie Brown''': Knuckle down, Joe. This is for keeps.
** The week was turned into a mediocre TV special called ''He's A Bully, Charlie Brown'' which takes place at a summer camp, and someone else has to teach Charlie Brown to play marbles before he challenges the older kid. It was a pointless and disappointing addition to the plot that really lessened the CrowningMomentOfAwesome that was the original strips.
* In one 1974 arc, Peppermint Patty refuses to go to school and sits on top of Snoopy's doghouse all day, much to the annoyance of Marcie. At the end, Marcie SINGLEHANDEDLY SMASHES Snoopy's doghouse and screams to Peppermint Patty that Snoopy is a dog (and not a "funny-looking kid with a big nose").
* ...No mention of the week when Charlie Brown actually hit a home run? Against Roy Hobbs' granddaughter? Roy Hobbs as in "The Natural"? ...Not just a CMoA for the Peanuts universe, but also a CMoA for Schulz pulling a sort of "Tommy Westphal" move on American Literature.