History WesternAnimation / ItsTheGreatPumpkinCharlieBrown

* {{Bowdlerize}}: Later ABC airings inexplicably muted Linus uttering the word "sucker". Presumably because of what it rhymes with, even though Linus is using it to describe a lollipop and isn't using it as an insult.

* {{Bowdlerize}}: Recent ABC airings inexplicably mute Linus uttering the word "sucker". Presumably because of what it rhymes with, even though Linus is using it to describe a lollipop and isn't using it as an insult.

Followed by ''WesternAnimation/YoureInLoveCharlieBrown'' in 1967, although seasonally, it was followed (somewhat) by ''WesternAnimation/YoureNotElectedCharlieBrown'', a 1972 special focusing on Linus' election campaign for class president in which he disastrously brings up the Great Pumpkin at a key moment. From 2006 to 2019 [[Creator/AmericanBroadcastingCompany ABC]] followed its annual re-broadcast of ''It's the Great Pumpkin...'' with an edited version of ''You're (Not) Elected...'' to fill out an hour-long block; this also worked nicely as a tie-in to fall elections in the United States, which come about a week after Halloween. (The two specials are also paired for at least one DVD release) The 2004 picture book ''The Great Pumpkin Strikes Again!'' revisits the theme, this time with Peppermint Patty being talked into waiting in the pumpkin patch with Linus.

Followed by ''WesternAnimation/YoureInLoveCharlieBrown'' in 1967, although seasonally, it was followed (somewhat) by ''WesternAnimation/YoureNotElectedCharlieBrown'', a 1972 special focusing on Linus's election campaign for class president in which he disastrously brings up the Great Pumpkin at a key moment. From 2006 to 2019 [[Creator/AmericanBroadcastingCompany ABC]] followed its annual re-broadcast of ''It's the Great Pumpkin...'' with an edited version of ''You're (Not) Elected...'' to fill out an hour-long block; this also worked nicely as a tie-in to fall elections in the United States, which come about a week after Halloween. (The two specials are also paired for at least one DVD release) The 2004 picture book ''The Great Pumpkin Strikes Again!'' revisits the theme, this time with Peppermint Patty being talked into waiting in the pumpkin patch with Linus.

** In the final scene, after Charlie Brown mentions having done stupid things, Linus's rant about next year's Halloween is far from emotionally stable.

* ViewersAreGeniuses: How many watching this special realize that when Snoopy smiles, smiles, smiles as Schroeder is playing "Pack Up Your Troubles", he is doing so in response to the lyrics of the song? Well, perhaps the {{parent|alBonus}}s did at the time. (Or grandparents, at least – with the mid-'60s being fifty years after UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, there was a fair amount of WWI nostalgia going on.)

Followed by ''WesternAnimation/YoureInLoveCharlieBrown'' in 1967, although seasonally, it was followed (somewhat) by ''WesternAnimation/YoureNotElectedCharlieBrown'', a 1972 special focusing on Linus's election campaign for class president in which he disastrously brings up the Great Pumpkin at a key moment. From 2006 to 2019 Creator/{{ABC}} followed its annual re-broadcast of ''It's the Great Pumpkin...'' with an edited version of ''You're Not Elected...'' to fill out an hour-long block; this also worked nicely as a tie-in to fall elections in the United States, which come about a week after Halloween. (The two specials are also paired for at least one DVD release.) The 2004 picture book ''The Great Pumpkin Strikes Again!'' revisits the theme, this time with Peppermint Patty being talked into waiting in the pumpkin patch with Linus.

* ViewersAreGeniuses: How many watching the show realize that when Snoopy smiles, smiles, smiles as Schroeder is playing "Pack Up Your Troubles", he is doing so in response to the lyrics of the song? Well, perhaps the {{parent|alBonus}}s did at the time. Or grandparents, at least (with the mid 60s being 50 years after UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, there had been a bit of WWI nostalgia going on).

* SunkCostFallacy: By the end, Linus decides that he will wait another year for the Great Pumpkin, even though waiting before has cost him at least two Halloweens and the respect of the neighborhood.

* UninvitedToTheParty: Charlie Brown is invited to a Halloween party, [[ButtMonkey much to his surprise]]. Lucy then tells him that the little girl that organized the party had a "Do Not Invite" list and Charlie was on it, but that he wound up on the wrong list.

''It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown'', based on the comic strip ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' by Creator/CharlesSchulz, first aired on Creator/{{CBS}} in 1966. The third of the ''Peanuts'' animated specials, this was the second holiday-themed one following the sensation that was ''WesternAnimation/ACharlieBrownChristmas'', and it became nearly as beloved and iconic as its Yuletide predecessor, having likewise maintained an annual presence on American network television for more than half a century.

* IGotARock: The TropeNamer.

''It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown'', based on the comic strip ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' by Creator/CharlesSchulz, first aired on Creator/{{CBS}} in 1966. The third of the ''Peanuts'' animated specials, this was the second holiday-themed one following the sensation that was ''WesternAnimation/ACharlieBrownChristmas'', and it's become nearly as beloved and iconic as its Yuletide predecessor, having likewise maintained an annual presence on American network television for more than half a century.

** Charlie Brown gets nothing but rocks. Sally misses out on trick-or-treating, which is largely her own fault. Linus spends the night in the pumpkin patch, waiting in vain, but learns nothing, and stubbornly vows that the Great Pumpkin will come next year.

** Charlie Brown, as always.
--->"Peculiar thing about this document: it was never notarized."
--->"Thank you, Charlie Brown, you were a very good model."
--->"I got a rock."
** Linus, perhaps even moreso. After all, while Charlie Brown may have gotten a bagful of rocks instead of candy, he at least got to participate in normal Halloween activities. Linus (and by extension Sally) spent the whole night waiting in a pumpkin patch only for nothing to happen ([[spoiler:unless you count Snoopy's appearance]]).
* CheapCostume: Charlie Brown fails even at making a good "ghost" costume.