History WesternAnimation / ThePeanutsMovie

** Snoopy[[note]]As a matter of fact, Snoopy may be an exaggerated case, since he spends a significant portion of the film as Chuck's ''wingman''. This is compared to the comics, where Snoopy usually doesn't even know what Charlie Brown's name is. [[/note]] and the kids are certainly nicer to Charlie Brown than they were in the strips or TV specials (with the exception of Lucy, who is (initially) as much of a jerk as always).[[note]] Although Snoopy displays his usual selfishness when he eats most of the cupcakes Charlie Brown made for the dance before he arrives.[[/note]] Perhaps a case of SocietyMarchesOn as bullying is more discouraged today than it was in the 20th century.

*** Furthermore, the list gives some characters brand new surnames taken from Schulz's friends and relatives -- whose first names he originally borrowed for them, thus completing the homage: Marcie "Carlin" (though she was surnamed "Johnson" in one of the specials), Frieda "Rich", Patty "Swanson" and Shermy "Plepler". But like in the strip, Schroeder and Franklin still go by OnlyOneName (though Franklin was surnamed "Armstrong" in one of the specials) while Pig-Pen is still OnlyKnownByHisNickname.[[note]] although Schulz did say in an interview in 1975 that Pig-Pen's surname was [=McKernan=] in tribute to the recently deceased keyboardist of the Music/GratefulDead. [[/note]]

* LosingAShoeInTheStruggle: How Charlie Brown's dance moves end, [[spoiler:when he slips on some spilled punch]].

* InCaseYouForgotWhoWroteIt: The title screen adds ''"by Schulz"'' in Schulz' handwriting next to the actual title. While he obviously wasn't involved in the production, his family and estate was, and the movie was made with the goal of sticking as closely to Schulz' style as possible.

* IneptAptitudeTest: Due to Charlie Brown accidentally signing Peppermint Patty's test paper [[spoiler:(which proves to be the one with the perfect score)]], Charlie Brown turns out to be a genius, until the misunderstanding is cleared up...

* ItWasADarkAndStormyNight: Snoopy has just understood how to use the typing machine, and was attacked by the toy plane. That's a good idea for a novel. Let's see, how to start it? Oh, of course. ItWasADarkAndStormyNight...

** In the early parts of the film, Marcie ends up on the receiving end of a lot of slapstick abuse at Peppermint Patty's hands. When the kids are peering over the fence at the moving van arriving at the Little Red-Haired Girl's house, Peppermint Patty is standing on top of Marcie's head to get a better view. Later, Peppermint Patty gives a martial arts demonstration at the talent show; we only see the aftermath as they leave the stage, with a very dazed and disheveled Marcie holding pieces of broken board, having evidently been in the path of several kicks and chops.

* GaleForceSound: When Linus stands up to ask whether the standardized test he and his classmates are about to take truly reflects their educational experience, Miss Othmar's reply (which, from the intonation of the "Wah-wah" sounds, is likely "''Sit down, Linus!''") is so loud it blows his hair back.

* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: When Miss Othmar announces that the students have yet another standardized test to take, Linus stands up and asks if the test will adequately reflect their educational experience, his speech accompanied by Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance March No.1... an accompaniment revealed to be supplied by Schroeder, who keeps his piano ''in his desk''. When Miss Othmar cuts off Linus' speech, Schroeder switches to a vaudeville sting before closing his desk.

*** ''WesternAnimation/ACharlieBrownChristmas'' is the most frequently homaged special. The sequence of Snoopy grabbing Linus's blanket, leading to him pulling nearly a dozen kids across the ice in a long human chain, is lifted from the pre-credits teaser, and it even ends the same way, with Snoopy landing face down on the ice and spinning in place after letting go of the kids. The scene at the talent show in which Snoopy licks Lucy after she threatens to slug him for sarcastically imitating her and Lucy runs in circles while yelling about dog germs is lifted from a similar backstage sequence from the Christmas special. When Sally gets the school dance going, almost every student seen dancing is doing a move from the celebrated "Christmas is Coming" sequence (fittingly, the music to which they dance is another tune to which they danced in the earlier special: "Linus and Lucy"). Two of Charlie Brown's {{Imagine Spot}}s include visual homages: the FailureMontage he imagines as he hopes the new kid on the block has never heard of him includes him putting an ornament on a Christmas tree which then bends over double, and when he imagines himself and the Little Red-Haired Girl dancing together, the scene is preceded by the other characters re-enacting the "Christmas is Coming" dance moves.

* BerserkButton: When Charlie Brown visits Lucy's psychiatric booth for advice on how to get the Little Red-Haired Girl to notice him, the mention of a "pretty face" infuriates Lucy:
-->'''Charlie Brown:''' She has a pretty face, and pretty faces make me nervous.\\
'''Lucy:''' ''[turning angry]'' Pretty face? '''Pretty face?''' ''I'' have a pretty face! How come ''my'' face doesn't make you nervous? How come you can talk to ''me'', Charlie Brown?

* HonestyAesop: Charlie Brown becomes a minor celebrity when he apparently scores 100% on a test, but when he finds that his high-score test paper actually belonged to [[spoiler: Peppermint Patty]], he immediately confesses to everyone about the gaffe. [[spoiler: The Little Red-Headed Girl later uses this as an example of how Charlie Brown is a good person.]]

*** Furthermore, the list gives some characters brand new surnames taken from Schulz's friends and relatives -- whose first names he originally borrowed for them, thus completing the homage: Marcie "Carlin" (though she was surnamed "Johnson" in one of the specials), Frieda "Rich", Patty "Swanson" and Shermy "Plepler". But like in the strip, Schroeder and Franklin still go by OnlyOneName (though Franklin was surnamed "Armstrong" in one of the specials) while Pig-Pen is still OnlyKnownByHisNickname.[[note]] although Schulz did say in an interview in 1975 that Pig-Pen's surname was McKernan in tribute to the recently deceased keyboardist of the Music/GratefulDead. [[/note]]

*** Furthermore, the list gives some characters brand new surnames taken from Schulz's friends and relatives -- whose first names he originally borrowed for them, thus completing the homage: Marcie "Carlin" (though she was surnamed "Johnson" in one of the specials), Frieda "Rich", Patty "Swanson" and Shermy "Plepler". But like in the strip, Schroeder and Franklin still go by OnlyOneName (though Franklin was surnamed "Armstrong" in one of the specials) while Pig-Pen is still OnlyKnownByHisNickname.

* AmbiguousTimePeriod: The only hard-and-fast rule the film had for the world's tech level is that any device used had to have shown up in the comic strip at some point. Given that the comic strip lasted ''fifty years'', that's not much of a limit at all, and so while modern computers and phones are absent [[note]]References to e-mail addressees do show up in the final years of the strip, but no computers were seen on-panel[[/note]], modern recycling bins and Scantron-based tests are fair game to exist alongside rotary-dial phones and typewriters. This is very subtly lampshaded by Snoopy finding his signature typewriter... in a school dumpster.

* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: In-universe. The trope is mentioned by name after [[spoiler:Charlie Brown is revealed to be the 'cow' Sally rustles up during the performance, and is plastered over the newspapers at school.]]

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: The trailer released in June 2015 ''alone'' features nearly every major character in the strip during the 1960s and 1970s. Notably, because the series has such a huge cast of characters, the film does not introduce any new ones (thus inverting the CanonForeigner trope).

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** Snoopy[[note]]As a matter of fact, Snoopy may be an exaggerated case, since he spends a significant portion of the film as Chuck's ''wingman''. This is compared to the comics, where Snoopy usually doesn't even know what Charlie Brown's name is. [[/note]] and the kids are certainly nicer to Charlie Brown than they were in the strips or TV specials (with the exception of Lucy, who is as much of a jerk as always).[[note]] Although Snoopy displays his usual selfishness when he eats most of the cupcakes Charlie Brown made for the dance before he arrives.[[/note]] Perhaps a case of SocietyMarchesOn as bullying is more discouraged today than it was in the 20th century.

** Snoopy[[note]]As a matter of fact, Snoopy may be an exaggerated case, since he spends a significant portion of the film as Chuck's ''wingman''. This is compared to the comics, where Snoopy usually doesn't even know what Charlie Brown's name is. [[/note]] and the kids are certainly nicer to Charlie Brown than they were in the strips or TV specials (with the exception of Lucy, who is as much of a jerk as always).[[note]] Although Snoopy betrays his usual selfishness when he eats most of the cupcakes Charlie Brown made for the dance before he arrives.[[/note]] Perhaps a case of SocietyMarchesOn as bullying is more discouraged today than it was in the 20th century.

*** Other shots reference ''WesternAnimation/ItsTheGreatPumpkinCharlieBrown'', including Snoopy's "captain going down with the ship" salute as his disabled Sopwith Camel goes down, and Snoopy sobbing and howling next to Schroeder's piano (although this time, the musical accompaniment is Beethoven's ''Moonlight'' sonata rather than "Roses of Picardy"). The sheet Charlie Brown uses for his makeshift cow costume bears a strong resemblance the one he used to dress up as a ghost, though the holes that were originally cut out have become painted-on spots.

*** Longtime ''Peanuts'' fans may also recognize another odd name on the list: "5 95472", a character who comes from a family whose parents changed their names and the names of the their kids to numbers.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: ''Hoo boy''. [[spoiler:After being [[ButtMonkey Charlie Brown]], Charlie Brown finally gets to talk with the Little Red-Haired Girl, who even convinces him he's a good person and is now his pen-pal.]]

-->'''Charlie Brown:''' I don't care what Lucy says. I may have had trouble in past flying a kite, and I may have never won a baseball game, but it's not for the lack of trying. My pitching has to improve if I come out to my trusty mound every day. [''Charlie Brown builds a baseball team of snowmen''] Charlie Brown is not a quitter!

The plot revolves around Charlie Brown making many attempts to talk and impress the Little Red-Haired Girl, with his bad luck making many mixed results. Meanwhile, Snoopy tries making his own story of UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, imagining himself as a hero wanting to save his girlfriend from the Red Baron. Will Charlie and Snoopy succeed at their goals?

* {{Adorkable}}: [[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_peanuts_movie/pictures/movie-131062/ The exact word]] is used on a promotional poster showing Marcie.

* {{Mondegreen}}: Charlie Brown goes to the library in order to check out ''Leo's Toy Store'' by Warren Peace. PlayedWith in that Peppermint Patty was the one who misheard the title from Marcie while Charlie Brown heard Patty's mangled version loud and clear.

** Lucy pulling away a football.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Lucy never fails to exploit a chance to make Charlie Brown her own personal ButtMonkey, but ultimately she does try to provide him with some assistance.