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-> Charlie Brown: ''"I'd like to be President or a five-star general or a big-time operator..."''
-> Patty: ''(simultaneously)"Hello, there, Charlie Brown!"''
-> Violet: ''(simultaneously)"Hello, there, Charlie Brown!"''
-> Patty: ''"That Charlie Brown's a good guy, isn't he?"''
-> Violet: ''"He sure is! Good Ol' Charlie Brown."''
-> Charlie Brown: ''"But that's all I'll ever be... Just Good Ol' Charlie Brown..."''

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Linus and Lucy's younger brother. He was never given a true name, and was always referred to as "Rerun" after a commeny that Lucy made about a younger brother being akin to a TV rerun.

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Linus and Lucy's younger brother. He was never given a true name, and was always referred to as "Rerun" after a commeny comment that Lucy made about a younger brother being akin to a TV rerun.
rerun.

* DrivesLikeCrazy: For a while, his main thing was being stuck on the back of his mother's bicycle.
* MoralityPet: To Lucy




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**He also tries it with Charlie Brown with less success.
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* TookALevelInDumbass: She was originally just sweet and naïve before she devolved into TheDitz.

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* CharacterDevelopment: Early on, she was nothing like her most famous personality: she was a wide-eyed toddler who acted, well, like a toddler.



Another mostly-undeveloped character. He existed mainly to be, well, a dirty character.

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Another mostly-undeveloped character. He existed mainly to be, well, a dirty character.
character. Schulz phased Pig-Pen out gradually because he thought he was a one-joke character.

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An early female character whose main concern was her "naturally curly hair". Early on, she was a schoolmate of Linus'. Early on, she carried a cat called Faron, whom Schulz eliminated out of fear of making it a cat-and-dog strip. Only in the strip from 1961 to 1975.

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An early female character whose main concern was her "naturally curly hair". Early on, she was a schoolmate of Linus'. Early on, she She also carried a cat called Faron, whom Schulz eliminated out of fear of making it a cat-and-dog strip. Only in the strip from 1961 to 1975.
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* CatsAreSnarkers: Sometimes implied with Faron.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome




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* ShoutOut: Faron was named for CountryMusic singer FaronYoung.



* NiceHat: She's never seen without her cap
* TooDumbToLive: Sometimes

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* NiceHat: She's never seen without her cap
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* TooDumbToLive: Sometimes
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* JerkAssJerkAss: YourMileageMayVary, though.

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* PutOnABus: Shermy's last appearance in the strip was in 1969. The last time his name got mentioned was during a strip in 1977 when Charlie Brown mentioned he was the baseball team's Designated Hitter.


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** Actually, there are a few times during story arc when Charlie Brown succeeds at something, however (see below)...
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: ...the [[StatusQuoIsGod fates deny Charlie Brown complete success at the end of a storyline]], returning him to ButtMonkey status.


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* TheLancer: To Charlie Brown.


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** She fits more of an AntiVillain role given her antagonistic role vs. Charlie Brown and Linus.


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* OnlySaneMan
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* NeverMyFault: Her constantly pulling the football game away when Charlie Brown's supposed to kick it, causing them to lose the game, and then blaming Charlie Brown for it in ''It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown'' are one of the reasons people hate that special. It even used to be the TropeNamer for that page.


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* RunningGag: Pulling the football away after getting Charlie Brown to come kick it.
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* TheWesley: He pretty much usurped control over the strip in the last five years at the expense of every character not named Lucy, Charlie Brown, and Snoopy.

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* TheWesley: He pretty much usurped control over the strip in the last five years at the expense of every character not named Lucy, Charlie Brown, and Snoopy.
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!The Little Red-Haired Girl

Charlie Brown's one true love, though he's too spineless to come out and admit it to anyone but Linus.

* TheGhost: She's always off-panel in the comic strip.
* NoNameGiven

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!Spike

Snoopy's older brother, one of his many siblings. Spike lives in the desert outside Needles, California, and hangs out with his only friend, an inanimate saguaro cactus. He works as a den-cleaner for coyotes. His shoes were a gift from [[ClassicDisneyShorts Mickey Mouse]]. Snoopy often sends him mail to keep in touch.

* ADayInTheLimelight: Surprisingly for such a minor character, Spike got his own {{Spinoff}} live-action ''movie'', ''It's the Girl in the Red Truck, Charlie Brown''.
* PermaStubble

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* LoveToHate



* SpotlightStealingSquad / TheWesley: He pretty much usurped control over the strip in the last five years at the expense of every character not named Lucy, Charlie Brown, and Snoopy.

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* SpotlightStealingSquad / TheWesley: He pretty much usurped control over the strip in the last five years at the expense of every character not named Lucy, Charlie Brown, and Snoopy.

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* Chaotic Good / ChaoticNeutral (depending on the strip)



* LawfulGood



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* ChaoticGood
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* BookDumb / DumbJock: Grade point average of around 1.0, but easily the most athletic of the kids.

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* BookDumb / DumbJock: BookDumb: Grade point average of around 1.0, but easily the most athletic of the kids.

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* BewareTheNiceOnes: When set off, Marcie can prove to be tougher than Peppermint Patty, going so far as to demolish Snoopy's dog house with ''one punch''.



The strip's first black character. He never developed much of a personality beyond that.

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The strip's first black character. He never developed much of a personality beyond that.
that, although [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBaLzmBfHgA he's apparently unnaturally good at break-dancing]].
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* [=~Don't Call Me Sir~=] / MyNameIsNotDurwood

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* [=~Don't Call Me Sir~=] / MyNameIsNotDurwoodMyNameIsNotDurwood: On the giving as well as the receiving end, calling Charlie Brown "Chuck" and Lucy "Lucille".
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Charlie's pet beagle. Introduced two days into the strip, he initially acted much like a normal dog but came to be known as a playful, varied character. Running Gags include him pretending to be a "world famous" something or other, fighting the Red Baron, teasing the cat next door or stealing Linus' blanket.

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Charlie's pet beagle. Introduced two days into the strip, he initially acted much like a normal dog but came to be known as a playful, varied character. Running Gags include him pretending to be a "world famous" "world-famous" something or other, fighting the Red Baron, teasing the cat next door or stealing Linus' blanket.



* InsistentTerminology: Any time he pretends to be someone important, he'll call himself the "world famous x".

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* InsistentTerminology: Any time he pretends to be someone important, he'll call himself the "world famous x"."world-famous x", even if that profession is something you would never describe as "world-famous" (e.g. golf caddy).
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\n** He once won a bowling trophy, but true to form it gave him no joy as his name was misspelled on it ("Braun").

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* NeutralEvil / ChaoticNeutral (depending on the strip)

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* NeutralEvil / ChaoticNeutral (depending on the strip)

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* AntiHero: [[SlidingScaleOfAntiheroes Type I]]



* NeutralGood



* AntiHero: [[SlidingScaleOfAntiheroes Type IV]]



* Chaotic Good / ChaoticNeutral (depending on the strip)



* LawfulGood



* AntiHero: [[SlidingScaleOfAntiheroes Type IV]]



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* LoveTriangle: Apex of one between Peppermint Patty and Marcie. And instigates his own once or twice. Fortunately, AllLoveIsUnrequited.



A yellow "hippie" bird that Snoopy met in the late 1960s. Unnamed at first, the bird became known as Woodstock after the music festival of the same name.

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A yellow "hippie" bird that Snoopy met in the late 1960s. Unnamed at first, the bird [[ShoutOut became known as Woodstock Woodstock]] after the music festival of the same name.
name. Later on, other birds would appear; named ones would include Bill, Conrad, Olivier, Harriet, and Raymond.



* IntellectualAnimal: Not as much as Snoopy, but does have his own opinions on things.




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* TheKlutz / CaptainCrash: Woodstock is not the best flier in the world, when under his own power.
* OnlySixFaces: All the birds looked alike, even unnamed generic ones (except Raymond, who got halftone dots).
* ScoutOut: The named birds often took part in Beagle Scout hikes and campouts with Snoopy as the leader.



* BookDumb: See below.

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* BookDumb: See below.BookDumb / DumbJock: Grade point average of around 1.0, but easily the most athletic of the kids.




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* OneOfTheBoys: Almost, for all intents and purposes.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: With Marcie, above.

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Both of those dates come from the book The Comics Since 1945 and their section on Peanuts, which reprints the concluding strip of both game.



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* ThrowTheDogABone: He's won at least two baseball games over the course of the strip, one in April 1973 and one in March 1993.
-->'''Charlie Brown:''' I hit a home run in the ninth inning, and we won! I was the hero!
-->'''Sally:''' ''You?!''

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* Nice hat: She's never seen without her cap

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* Nice hat: NiceHat: She's never seen without her cap
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!Eudora

Sally's classmate and summer campmate, who makes even ''her'' look smart by comparison.

* CloudCuckooLander
* TooDumbToLive: Sometimes

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* StalkerWithACrush: On Linus, practically since the day she learned how to walk.


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