History YMMV / Peanuts

** In ''Peanuts Motion Comics'', Lucy and Sally are voiced by Creator/MichelleCreber and Creator/ClaireCorlett, who would later become known as [[''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' Apple Bloom]] and [[''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' Sweetie Belle]] respectively.

** There are lots of opinions on when the strip's GoldenAge was, how far it fell from that over the years, and exactly when the SeasonalRot first set in, but everyone agrees that the 1980s were the weakest period, with frequent rehashing of old ideas, misguided attempts at relevance, and the inexplicable rise of [[CreatorsPet Snoopy's brother Spike]]. Some of this was due to [[RealLifeWritesThePlot circumstances beyond Schulz's control]], namely a heart attack that forced him to slow down his working pace. While some fans maintain that the strip enjoyed a creative renaissance in the last few years of its run, others believe that it never recovered from its '80s doldrums, often citing the increasingly scratchy art. This too was a side-effect of Schulz's heart attack; though he recovered, his motor skills started to deteriorate.

** Charlotte Braun was a character who appeared in the early years of the comic. However, many readers at the time hated her and found her to be obnoxious and unlikable, on top of lacking the memorability, warmth, and humor the other characters had. Infamously, one fan in particular hated her so much, she actually sent a letter to Charles M. Schulz to get rid of her, which resulted in him effectively ''killing her off'' after only appearing in 10 strips, with his response letter [[https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F30987263-4f90-43e8-8126-19c92348a1d7_800x1022.png featuring a doodle]] of her looking sad with an ''[[CrossingTheLineTwice axe cutting her head]]''. Notably, she has never reappeared in any ''Peanuts'' media since, not even through cameos like the other early Peanuts characters have.[[note]]though most of her traits (and her outfit) would be carried over to Lucy Van Pelt, who became [[MorePopularReplacement far more popular]].[[/note]]

* LGBTFanbase: Despite being (presumably) straight in canon[[note]]they both have crushes on Charlie Brown and have displayed an attraction towards several guys in the TV specials[[/note]], Peppermint Patty and Marcie have garnered a surprisingly large lesbian following, Peppermint Patty due to her tomboyish looks (it helps that she was inspired by tennis player Billie Jean King, who, coincidentally, is a lesbian), and Marcie due to her closeness with Peppermint Patty and tendency to call her "sir". Unsurprisingly, it is very common to see them portrayed as a [[AdaptationalSexuality lesbian couple in parodies and fanworks]].

* AudienceColoringAdaptation: Even those who are familiar with the comic strip tend to be shocked that Snoopy has dialogue in the strips (via ThoughtBubbleSpeech), since in the far more widely known animated works, Snoopy usually [[TheSpeechless doesn't have dialogue at all]] (outside of ''Snoopy the Musical'' and ''You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown''[[note]]which, even then, only did it out of necessity since they're based on Broadway musicals that had songs sung by Snoopy[[/note]]).

* LGBTFanbase: Despite being (presumably) straight in canon[[note]]they both have crushes on Charlie Brown and have displayed an attraction towards several guys in the TV specials[[/note]], Peppermint Patty and Marcie have garnered a surprisingly large lesbian following, Peppermint Patty due to her tomboyish looks (it helps that she was inspired by tennis player Billie Jean King, who, coincidentally, is a lesbian), and Marcie due to her closeness with Peppermint Patty and tendency to call her "sir". Unsurprisingly, it is very common to see them portrayed as a [[AdaptationalSexualiy lesbian couple in parodies and fanworks]].

* LGBTFanbase: Despite being (presumably) straight in canon[[note]]they both have crushes on Charlie Brown and both have displayed crushes on several guys in the TV specials)[[/note]], Peppermint Patty and Marcie have garnered a surprisingly large lesbian following, Patty due to her tomboyish looks (it helps that she was inspired by tennis player Billie Jean King, who, coincidentally, is a lesbian), and Marcie due to her closeness with Patty and tendency to call her "sir". Unsurprisingly, it is very common to see them portrayed as a lesbian couple in parodies and fanfiction.

* AudienceColoringAdaptation: Even those who are familiar with the comic strip tend to be shocked that Snoopy has dialogue in the strips (mainly via ThoughtBubbleSpeech), since in the far more widely known animated works, Snoopy usually [[TheSpeechless doesn't have dialogue at all]] (outside of ''Snoopy the Musical'' and ''You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown''[[note]]which, even then, only did it out of necessity since they're based on Broadway musicals that had songs sung by Snoopy[[/note]]).

* FanPreferredCouple: Despite there being no "canon" ships per se, and Charlie Brown being hopelessly in love with The Little Red-Haired Girl, most of the fandom ships him with either Marcie or Peppermint Patty. The former because of her sweet personality, willingness to confide in Charlie Brown about her frustrations regarding her parents demanding her to be perfect, and getting along with Snoopy to the point of playing along with his WWI Flying Ace fantasies, and the latter because the contrast between the two would provide a unique relationship dynamic.

** Many feel that the 1980s and 1990s were a low point for ''Peanuts'' animation, often for the same reasons mentioned above, or for coming out with strange story ideas and having some of the characters act, well, [[OutOfCharacterMoment unusually out of character]] (most notably Linus in ''You're In the Super Bowl, Charlie Brown''), though some specials from that era like ''WesternAnimation/ShesAGoodSkateCharlieBrown'', ''You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown'', ''WesternAnimation/WhyCharlieBrownWhy'', ''WesternAnimation/ItsChristmastimeAgainCharlieBrown'', and the ''WesternAnimation/ThisIsAmericaCharlieBrown'' anthology are well-regarded.

* NarmCharm: The animated specials, particularly the very early ones, have a great deal of this. The animation is crude and often off model, and some of the child actors, particularly very young ones like Cathy Steinberg (the original Sally) and [[CrossDressingVoices Jimmy Ahrens (the original Marcie)]], give very awkward readings of their lines (which are often audibly spliced together from multiple takes), but the art and the vocal performances are part of what makes the stories and especially the characters so endearing in many viewers' eyes.

** In 2020, the Website/{{Twitter}} account "@matrixreloaded_" posted "People on here will tweet anything. 'Charlie Brown had hoes.' No he didn’t. That isn’t true." Since then, "Charlie Brown had hoes" has entered Twitter parlance as shorthand for a situation where someone posts something very obviously incorrect, often as a case of wishful thinking. Ironically, this also led to a big debate in some internet circles about how Charlie Brown [[HollywoodDateless could be linked with several girls throughout the strip's history]], so the line really could be true after all.

** At least two translations of the strip (the French one and the Swedish one) were renamed after Snoopy. He's also ''very'' popular in Japan. It would be interesting to note that, if you look at Yoshi from the Super Mario series' look and personality, it's very similar to Snoopy. Even similar enough to think Yoshi might be an AffectionateParody in tribute to Snoopy.

*** One strip has Schroeder attempt to convince his teacher that the school should celebrate Beethoven's birthday, ending by declaring that "Beethoven never supported Hitler!" There's more truth to this than the obvious fact that Beethoven died before Hitler was born: Beethoven was a firm believer in democratic principles and strongly supported equality and unity among human beings. Had he lived long enough, he would have ''despised'' Hitler and what he stood for.

* HeartwarmingInHindsight:
** Patrick [=McDonnell=], who was a kid during the beginning of ''Peanuts''' run, wrote a letter asking Schulz to create a cat sidekick for Snoopy. Schulz simply responded with an autographed picture of the Peanuts gang. Patrick, with approval and assistance from Schulz, would then create his own comic strip, ''ComicStrip/{{Mutts}}'' in 1994, which is still running in newspapers today.
** [[http://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1999/01/28 In the January 28, 1999 strip]], Rerun is looking at a painting of ''Mutts''' Earl at a museum. Later, to celebrate what would have been Schulz's 100th birthday in 2022, ''Mutts'' featured Earl at the same museum, looking at a painting of Snoopy.

** Patrick [=McDonnell=], who was a kid during the beginning of Peanuts' run, wrote a letter asking Schulz to create a cat sidekick for Snoopy. Schulz simply responded with an autographed picture of the Peanuts gang. Patrick, with approval and assistance from Schulz, would then create his own comic strip, ''ComicStrip/{{Mutts}}'', which is still running today.

** [[http://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1998/01/28 In the January 28, 1999 strip]], Rerun is looking at a painting of ''Mutts''' Earl at a museum. Later, to celebrate what would have been Schulz's 100th birthday in 2022, ''Mutts'' featured Earl at the same museum, looking at a painting of Snoopy.

** [[http://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1998/03/20 In the January 28, 1999 strip]], Rerun is looking at a painting of ''Mutts''' Earl at a museum. Later, to celebrate what would have been Schulz's 100th birthday in 2022, ''Mutts'' featured Earl at the same museum, looking at a painting of Snoopy.

** Charlie Brown both in and out of universe. As Chris Rock once said, "He didn't even star in his own Halloween special."

* NarmCharm:
** The animated specials, particularly the very early ones, have a great deal of this. The animation is crude and often off model, and some of the child actors, particularly very young ones like Cathy Steinberg (the original Sally) and [[CrossDressingVoices Jimmy Ahrens (the original Marcie)]], give very awkward readings of their lines (which are often audibly spliced together from multiple takes), but the art and the vocal performances are part of what makes the stories and especially the characters so endearing in many viewers' eyes.

** The gag of a youngster playing a difficult classical piece on a toy piano had been used in the WesternAnimation/BugsBunny cartoon ''What's Up, Doc?'', released a few months before the strip's debut in 1950, and a year before Schroeder's debut. There ''had'' been a proto-Schroeder musician character in ''Li'l Folks'', but he played a regular piano.

** From a modern perspective Peppermint Patty's trouble with schoolwork reads a lot like someone suffering from ADD or ADHD. She is clearly intelligent, but her main problem is her inability to concentrate on things she has no interest in. In turn, her teacher(s) seem resigned to her just being a poor student and they never try to figure out if there is something that might be done to help Patty's school performance.