History WesternAnimation / YoureNotElectedCharlieBrown

* BrickJoke: Early on in the special, Sally is griping to Charlie Brown about school lockers being too difficult to open; to which Charlie Brown replies that at one point during his time in the school he had a locker that he had to hit the bottom of to open. At the very end of the special, Sally takes out her aggression at Linus "selling out" by kicking a locker, which promptly opens after she walked away.

* LazyArtist[=/=]LimitedAnimation: At the start of the special, when the kids run out of the school at the final bell, the same kids keep passing by, so we see multiple clones of Lucy and Peppermint Patty.

-->'''Linus:''' Rather than campaign talk, I've decided to say a few words... about [[WesternAnimation/ItsTheGreatPumpkinCharlieBrown the Great Pumpkin]]!\\

* StepUpToTheMic: Music/VinceGuaraldi, who had previously only made instrumental tracks for ''Peanuts'', makes his singing debut in this special for the song "Joe Cool".

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[[caption-width-right:350:''You're elected, Charlie Brown you're the biggest man in town. Tell me, how do you like it now?'']]

The eighth ''Franchise/{{Peanuts}}'' TV Special, ''You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown'' originally aired on Creator/{{CBS}} on October 29, 1972, nine days before the 1972 United States presidential election between Senator George [=McGovern=] and President Richard Nixon.

In this ElectionDayEpisode, a school election is announced and Linus Van Pelt enters, with his campaign backed by Charlie Brown and Linus' elder sister, Lucy.

* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: Lucy's preferred tactic of convincing people to consider Linus for president; either agree with her or [[WebAnimation/TeenGirlSquad MEET A FIST]]!

* LazyArtist / LimitedAnimation: At the start of the special, when the kids run out of the school at the final bell, the same kids keep passing by, so we see multiple clones of Lucy and Peppermint Patty.

* StupidQuestionBait: Lucy eggs Russell on asking if he'd vote for Linus if he were to solve every problem on campus, to which Russell replies no every single time. When she's had enough.

* BrickJoke: Early on in the special, Sally is griping to Charlie Brown about school lockers being too difficult to open; to which Charlie Brown replies that at one point during his time in the school he had a locker that he had to hit the bottom of to open. At the very end of the Special, Sally takes out her aggression at Linus "selling out" by kicking a locker, which promptly opens after she walked away.
* {{Fingore}}: Snoopy, attending school as "Joe Cool", gets his paw pinched on a binder. After being thrown out, the same binder snaps on his nose.

** While Linus did lose some support over bringing up the Great Pumpkin in his last speech, at least he fared better than in the original comic strip storyline, as apparently no one wanted to elect someone who believes in such childish and ridiculous things like the Great Pumpkin, let alone as school president.

* VerbalTic: A caller on Lucy's radio show keeps adding a "Y'know" to virtually all of his sentences, so much that an aggravated Lucy ''hangs up'' on him.

** While Linus did did lose some support over bringing up the Great Pumpkin in his last speech, at least he fared better than in the original comic strip storyline, as apparently no one wanted to elect someone who believes in such childish and ridiculous things like the Great Pumpkin, let alone as school president.

* RealityEnsues:
** Sure, Linus wins the election, but when he tries to lay down the law with the principal, he is taken aback by the realization that he is still strictly subordinate to the faculty and in fact, like most student government positions, has no real power. Also, he is seen sheepishly exiting and apologizing to the principal, probably because the latter wasn't thrilled by Linus' "bringing down the false idols" comment.
** While Linus did did lose some support over bringing up the Great Pumpkin in his last speech, at least he fared better than in the original comic strip storyline, as apparently no one wanted to elect someone who believes in such childish and ridiculous things like the Great Pumpkin, let alone as school president.

The eighth ''Franchise/{{Peanuts}}'' TV Special, ''You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown'' originally aired on Creator/{{CBS}} on October 29, 1972, nine days before the 1972 United States presidential election between Senator George [=McGovern=] and incumbent Richard Nixon.

** While Linus did did lose some support over bringing up the Great Pumpkin in his last speech, at least he fared better than in the original comic strip storyline, as apparently no one wanted to elect someone who believes in such childish and ridiculous things like the Great Pumpkin, let alone as school president.

The Eighth ''Franchise/{{Peanuts}} TV Special, It originally aired on Creator/{{CBS}} on October 29, 1972, nine days before the 1972 United States presidential election between Senator George McGovern and incumbent Richard Nixon.

In this ElectionDayEpisode, a school election is announced and Linus Van Pelt enters in, with his campain backed by Charlie Brown and his sister Lucy.

* AnimatedAdaptation: This special adapts a storyline in [[https://peanuts.fandom.com/wiki/October_1964_comic_strips October 1964]] where Linus runs for School President, but has some differences from the comics, such as him selecting Charlie Brown to be his running mate, whereas here he's just his campaign manager.
* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: Lucy's preferred tactic of convincing people to consider Linus for president; either agrre woth her or [[WebAnimation/TeenGirlSquad MEET A FIST]]!
* AsTheGoodBookSays: Given that this is the same guy who [[WesternAnimation/ACharlieBrownChristmas most famously quoted the Scripture on stage]], of course he'll incorporate some bibical allusions in his campaign, such as how his Administration would ''release us from our spiritual babylon'' and ''bring down the false idols in high places''.
--->'''Schroeder''' I wonder why the principal looked so pale...

** Sure Linus wins the election but when he trys to lay down the law with the principal he is taken back by the realization that he is still strictly subordinate to the faculty and in fact, like most student government positions, has no real power. Also he is seen sheepishly exiting out and apologizing to the principal, probally because the latter wasn't thrilled by his "Bringing down the false idols" comment.
** While Linus did did lose some support over bring up the The Great Pumpkin in his last speech, at least he faired better than in the original comic strip storyline, as apparently no one wanted to elect someone who believes in such childish and ridiculous things like the Great Pumpkin, let alone as school president.

* RealityEnsures: