History ComicStrip / Peanuts

** A RunningGag in the stories Snoopy writes is a man making an IncrediblyLamePun and a woman [[LamePunReaction reacting]] by hitting him with something.

* BleachedUnderpants: Ed Bogas, who took over the music for the animated specials after Music/VinceGuaraldi died, had some experience doing music for animated films. But, the films in question were Creator/RalphBakshi's notorious X-rated ''Fritz the Cat'' and ''Heavy Traffic''.

* HeroesWantRedheads: Well, Charlie Brown does.

* CosmicRetcon: As mentioned in Comic Book Time above, in the early days, Schulz introduced characters as babies – Schroeder, Linus, and Sally – only to age them up to within a couple years of Charlie Brown with absolutely no explanation nor indication they had ever been so much younger.

* EverythingsBetterWithRainbows: Linus uses this to assure Lucy that the world won't flood – sound theology does tend to put your mind at rest.

* ShrunkInTheWash: In one strip, Lucy attempted to wash Schroeder's piano, and [[https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1982/05/02 it shrunk to a toy-sized piano]

** In an earlier Sunday strip from 1973, Sally overhears the announcer on a televised golf tournament use the phrase, "There's no tomorrow!", takes this to mean [[LiteralMinded the end of the world is at hand]], and runs around the neighborhood whipping Linus and Snoopy up into a panic.

* CatchPhrase:
** "Good grief!" was the expression of exasperation of choice for most of the characters, Charlie Brown most of all.
** "You blockhead!" was the insult of choice for most of the characters, with Charlie Brown the most common object.
** "[[WrittenRoar AAUGH!]]" was the comic's preferred yell of pain, anger, or despair.
** "I can't stand it! I just can't stand it!" was another common expression with which the cast expressed frustration.
** "Rats!" was yet another popular expression of disgust.
** Charlie Brown has two regarding his dog: "Why does he/do you have to make such a big deal out of everything?" and "Why can't I have a normal dog like everyone else?"
** "Stop calling me 'Sir'!" was Peppermint Patty's stock response to Marcie doing exactly that.
** "[[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend I'M NOT YOUR SWEET BABBOO!]]" Not that Linus' endless cries of this do anything to dissuade Sally...
** Snoopy also had the MadLibsCatchPhrase "Here's the world-famous (X) doing (Y)".
** Occasionally, Lucy laments "I'll probably never get married" in response to Schroeder's latest rejection.

* ChainLetter: Charlie Brown got one in a 1967 story arc. He ultimately decided to break the chain and ripped the letter into shreds -- and immediately afterward was drenched in a sudden downpour.

* BoringFailureHero: Charlie Brown.

* [[IJustWantToBeNormal I Just Want My Dog To Be Normal]]: Charlie Brown's often-stated lament of "Why can't I have a normal dog like everyone else?" in regards to Snoopy.

* ThoseTwoAnimals: Snoopy the dog and Woodstock the bird are best friends and often seen hanging out with each other.

* {{Crossover}}: For the final Veterans' Day strip, Sparky asked Bill Mauldin to briefly come out of retirement so he can draw his famous Willie and Joe characters one last time.

* ClumsyCopyrightCensorship: There were a few {{product placement}}s 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 nondescript 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 WhatHappenedToTheMouse as Linus landed on a Coca-Cola sign after being flung along with Charlie Brown by Snoopy.

* NowWhichOneWasThatVoice: With some exceptions, the animated shows usually didn't identify the roles the voice actors played.

[[caption-width-right:350:The gang's all here![[note]]Left to right: [[AnnoyingYoungerSibling Sally Brown]], [[FailureHero Charlie Brown]], [[TokenMinority Franklin]], [[ThePianoPlayer Schroeder]], [[OneOfTheBoys Peppermint Patty]], [[BreakoutCharacter Snoopy]], [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Lucy Van Pelt]], [[InnocentProdigy Linus Van Pelt]], and [[AcrophobicBird Woodstock]].[[/note]]]]

'''Note of interest''': Snoopy is the icon used to represent the Comic Strip namespace on Website/ThisVeryWiki.

'''Note of interest''': Snoopy is the icon used to represent the comic strips namespace on Website/ThisVeryWiki.

[[caption-width-right:350:It's Good Ol' Charlie Brown and his friends.[[note]]Left to right: [[AnnoyingYoungerSibling Sally Brown]], [[FailureHero Charlie Brown]], [[TokenMinority Franklin]], [[ThePianoPlayer Schroeder]], [[OneOfTheBoys Peppermint Patty]], [[BreakoutCharacter Snoopy]], [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Lucy Van Pelt]], [[InnocentProdigy Linus Van Pelt]], and [[AcrophobicBird Woodstock]].[[/note]]]]

** Most of the characters have these, with Charlie Brown's yellow-and-black zig-zag polo shirt in particular becoming iconic. Although the wardrobes used to be much ''more'' limited; Linus became famous in a red-and-black striped tee, Peppermint Patty in a green one (plus flip-flops), and the other girls in color-coded dresses with puffed sleeves and a bow sash. In the early 1970s, Sally began appearing in shirts and pants as often as in her trademark blue-with-black-polka-dots dress, and Schulz would drop the 'girls in dresses, boys/tomboys in shorts or pants' meme completely by the end of the '80s.

** Most of the characters have these, with Charlie Brown's yellow-and-black zig-zag sweater in particular becoming iconic. Although the wardrobes used to be much ''more'' limited; Linus became famous in a red-and-black striped tee, Peppermint Patty in a green one (plus flip-flops), and the other girls in color-coded dresses with puffed sleeves and a bow sash. In the early 1970s, Sally began appearing in shirts and pants as often as in her trademark blue-with-black-polka-dots dress, and Schulz would drop the 'girls in dresses, boys/tomboys in shorts or pants' meme completely by the end of the '80s.