YMMV / Snoopy, Come Home

• Accidental Aesop: Remember everyone, don't talk to strangers... they might want to keep you as their pet.
• Alternative Character Interpretation: Lila gets this in spades. Is she a Woobie and Nice Girl who makes the mistake of thinking Snoopy would be happier with her; or is she a self-centered and selfish girl who cares nothing for Snoopy's current owner so long as she gets to have him? Or is she a mix of the two?
  • Also Snoopy as well. Was he really gonna go through with leaving Woodstock, Charlie Brown, and everyone else if the "No Dogs Allowed" sign wasn't there? Or was he pressured into making a rash decision due to his emotions with Lila, and didn't think it through?
• Angst? What Angst?: During Snoopy's going-away party, Schroeder is the only member who doesn't cry with the group, even as he gives a speech and plays "It's a Long Way to Tipperary" while the other kids are in tears.
• Big-Lipped Alligator Moment: The entire aside with Clara almost feels like the movie briefly changed the channel before going back to the plot, only bearing a small connection in showing a contrast with Snoopy's fortune in having an owner like Charlie Brown or Lila. First off, it's not at all foreshadowed in any way, it just happens as Snoopy is on his journey to Lila. It also completely contrasts with the rests of the movie's tone, consisting nearly entirely of wacky hijinks that would be more at home in a Looney Tunes short (compounded by the wacky song that Clara sings all the while). After Snoopy escapes her house, this is all promptly forgotten (even whether she gets any comeuppance) and never spoken of again.
• Broken Base: The Snoopy and Linus fight, specifically who was more at fault in it. Some feel Snoopy deserved whatever he got as he's the one who started it and was more violent from the beginning (as when Snoopy first swiped the blanket Linus merely took it back, and Snoopy stomped on his foot in response), while others feel that Linus crossed the line when he grabbed, squeezed, and yanked Snoopy's nose as hard as he could, and then immediately did so again just because, feeling he fully had it coming when Snoopy kicked him in the shins. Search up a video of the scene and you'll find just as many commenters taking either character's side.
• Esoteric Happy Ending: Played for Laughs. At first, the Peanuts gang is overjoyed to see Snoopy returning and sing his praises. Then, Snoopy types letters to Linus demanding the return of his croquet set and chess set and to Schroeder for the return of his record collection. Lucy then tells Charlie Brown, "That does it, Charlie Brown! He's your dog, and you're welcome to him!" Yeah, it seems everyone's really happy to have Snoopy back after that.
• Fanfic Fuel: How would things have gone for Snoopy if the “No Dogs Allowed” sign wasn’t there? Would he really have gone through with never seeing everyone (including his best friend Woodstock) again, especially since the strip implies he wouldn’t have liked living in an apartment (plus her cat)? Would he eventually express regret and want to go back to Charlie Brown, even though it would be so hard for both him and Lila if he considered leaving her on purpose?
  • Will Snoopy and Lila ever have met again after the events of this movie? In the strips she did try to visit him, but he could never face her given his emotions about her. But now, would another visit go different?
  • What could Snoopy have been thinking, like his thoughts about his relationship with Charlie Brown, during the events of this movie if he had his inner thoughts/monologues like in the comics?
• Hilarious in Hindsight: Clara seems to be the precursor to Elmyra Duff.
• Memetic Mutation: NO DOGS ALLOOOOWED!
  That goes for biiiiiirrrrrrrrds!
• Narm: Some of the serious moments, especially the going away party, are somewhat undercut by the flat, staccato line readings of the voice actors.
  • Narm Charm: Despite this, it still caused many viewers to bawl their eyes out.
• Squee: Snoopy and those bunny books.
• Values Dissonance: The portrayal of the puppy farm that Snoopy was born at as being an idyllic place where dogs and their offspring are doted on is this now that the inhumane conditions of such places are now widely known.
• The Woobie: The entire cast, minus Clara.
  • This is especially the case with Lila. She made a mistake (and a rather simple one), as noted above; but even so, is anyone else bothered by Snoopy's dancing away with a smirk on his face while she stands there crying? Is this really Snoopy's idea of resolving his affairs with her? Come on, people.

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