History WesternAnimation / RaceForYourLifeCharlieBrown

Known mostly as the most action-filled ''Peanuts'' adventure with some scary kids' stuff, like being separated in the wild and the many hazards kids alone in the woods along a river would face. Some consider it the best ''Peanuts'' movie, even becoming one of the first videodiscs released in the early 1980s.

* WhereDoesHeGetAllThoseWonderfulToys: Snoopy with his sweet motorcycle, enormous pop-up sail and (utterly expensive back in '77) a portable TV in his '''own tent'''

Known mostly as the most action-filled ''Peanuts'' adventure with some scary kids' stuff, like being separated in the wild and the many hazards kids alone in the woods along a river would face. Some consider it the best ''Peanuts'' movie, though it has yet to see a DVD release. (It ''was'' one of the first videodiscs released in the early 1980s.)

''Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown'' is a 1977 animated film produced by United Feature Syndicate for Creator/{{Paramount}} Pictures, directed by Bill Meléndez, and the third in a series of movies based on the ''ComicBook/{{Peanuts}}'' comic strip.

* CrossDressingVoices: Boy actors did voices for Peppermint Patty and Marcie.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: While both this and WesternAnimation/BonVoyageCharlieBrown have been released on VHS they've never seen a DVD release, a strange disregard for what many consider the two best Peanuts movies.

''Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown'' is a 1977 animated film produced by United Feature Syndicate for Paramount Pictures, directed by Bill Meléndez, and the third in a series of movies based on the ''{{Peanuts}}'' comic strip.

* DarkerAndEdgier: The scarier moments of this movie push it into this territory and make it a little more harsh over other ''Peanuts'' entries. The only animated TV special that came close is ''WhatANightmareCharlieBrown''.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: While both this and WesternAnimation/BinVoyageCharlieBrown have been released on VHS they've never seen a DVD release, a strange disregard for what many consider the two best Peanuts movies.

* Creator/CamClarke - Snoopy

* HeyItsThatVoice: Cam Clarke voices Snoopy.

* StrawFeminist[=/][[GirlsHaveCooties Boys Have Cooties]]: The fact that Peppermint Patty and the other girls never give the boys a chance to vote and always rule against them in their "elections" could be taken as this.

Known mostly as the most action filled ''Peanuts'' adventure with some scary kids' stuff, like being separated in the wild and the many hazards kids alone in the woods along a river would face. Some consider it the best ''Peanuts'' movie, though it has yet to see a DVD release. (It ''was'' one of the first videodiscs released in the early 80s.)

* CamClarke - Snoopy
* Loretta Long[[note]]no relation to the ''SesameStreet'' actress[[/note]] - Woodstock

* AdultsAreUseless: Aside from an unseen bus driver and the radio reporter, there are no adults at all. Wonder if the kids planned the dangerous raft race.
** Not only that, the fact that the bullies' cheating never gets them in trouble proves either this trope or the fact that there are no adults at the camp, or no kind of rules enforcement (unless the bullies themselves have assumed that role).

* BlackComedy: As always, in Peanuts style.

* TheChewToy: Short of finding [[spoiler:the cabin]], the whole Peanuts gang in this one really.

* ComedicSociopathy: The Peanuts gang face some pretty ugly opposition downriver with [[spoiler:the waterfalls and the construction site among the bigger ones. A few more feet and the Peanuts gang could have been killed]]. And it's a yearly event—the river race!

* DarkHorseVictory: [[spoiler:Neither the bullies nor the Peanuts gang win the race. Not even Snoopy wins; ''it's actually Woodstock who does so''. Didn't see that one coming, did you?]]

* FreeRangeChildren: The Peanuts gang, despite being between the ages of 6 and 8, survive being alone in the woods without their nonexistent parents.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Snoopy comes into the girls' tent to kiss them all goodnight. When he jumps on Peppermint Patty's waterbed, the resulting waves send both Patty and Snoopy bouncing uncontrollably, making a great deal of noise.

* HypocriticalHumor: Peppermint Patty and her ballots. When Charlie Brown protests that the girls unanimously voted to throw them out of the cabin, she yells at him because he "doesn't believe in democracy." Note that they ''didn't give the boys a chance to vote and they'd found the cabin in the first place''.

* RoadSignReversal: the bullies do this during the raft race.

* StrawFeminist / [[GirlsHaveCooties Boys Have Cooties]]: The fact that Peppermint Patty and the other girls never give the boys a chance to vote and always rule against them in their "elections" could be taken as this.

* WhereDoesHeGetAllThoseWonderfulToys: Snoopy with his sweet motorcycle, enormous pop-up sail and (expensive-as-all-hell back in '77) a portable TV in his OWN TENT.
* XMustNotWin: Where X equals - [[ButtMonkey who else?]] - Charlie Brown; his team is set to win the river race, but the girls get a little excited and knock the boys out of the raft before they can cross the finish line. Snoopy? The bullies sabotage his boat, allowing Woodstock to win.
* YouBastard: You, after really enjoying the good clean fun of a dangerous raft race with kids not even 10, even if it's a cartoon.
* YouFailPhysicsForever: Rafts going high-speed down a slide wouldn't suddenly stop on a dime atop a waterwheel.

* DarkerAndEdgier: It's not {{Batman}} dark, but the scarier moments of this movie push it into this territory and make it a little more harsh over other ''Peanuts'' entries. The only animated TV special that came close is ''WhatANightmareCharlieBrown''.

* StopHelpingMe: Peppermint Patty toward the end.

* Cam Clarke - Snoopy

* XMustNotWin: Where X equals - [[ButtMonkey who else?]] - Charlie Brown; his team is set to win the river race, but the bullies sabotage his boat, allowing Woodstock to win.

* ShoutOut: Snoopy's [[EasyRider Captain America bike]].

* Loretta Long[[hottip:*:no relation to the ''SesameStreet'' actress]] - Woodstock

* LogoJoke: The {{Paramount}} "Blue Mountain" logo is on a pink background.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Not a terrible ending per se, but you ''really'' want to see Charlie Brown win this one.]]
** [[spoiler:Not really all that much bittersweet. The bullies didn't win and we do see Charlie Brown step up to the plate as a capable leader. That alone is victory in itself.]]

* [=~Hey, It's That Voice!~=]: Cam Clarke voices Snoopy.

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: The end credits.

* YouBastard: You, but YourMileageMayVary after really enjoying the good clean fun of a dangerous raft race with kids not even 10, even if it's a cartoon.