Peanuts in 3D coming 2015

[ssjup81]

Originally Posted by TigerClaw

What about Peppermint Patty and Marcie? If those two are in the movie, I hope they keep the whole thing of Marcie calling her Sir.

I always liked that joke, especially since Peppermint Patty hates it. I wonder if they'll ever reveal the origin of that outside of the strips. Many people I know of have no idea why she calls her "sir" since they didn't read the strips much and only watched the movies or specials that feature them.

I always enjoy the reactions I get when I tell them why Marcie calls Peppermint Patty "sir" and that it's not a shipping reason.

Marcie was brought into the strip after Peppermint Patty, but she was also younger than her and nameless. Peppermint Patty was working at a summer camp place and she was in charge of Marcie's group. They called her "sir", like soldiers to a captain. Schultz turned the character into Marcie, aged up a bit, and kept the "sir" gag, especially since Peppermint Patty does have a family with military background.

Originally Posted by LeotheLateBloomer

I am so looking forward to this. It looks like a good combination of 2D and 3D combined. I loved both trailers.

Poor Charlie Brown getting staired at by an angry cast and then getting laughed at. Sorry but am I the only one that HATED when Charlie Brown gets mistreated when I was younger? It was always a pet peeve of mine. I related to him the most.

I've always wondered this myself. I always wondered why the other characters treated him so poorly. In the early early strips, his character did kind of come across as a know-it-all, sort of like how Dennis in the early Dennis the Menace strips was literally an annoying bad kid, as opposed to later on where most of the trouble he caused or the annoyances he caused Mr. Wilson was out of curiosity and his curiosity getting the better of him.

One character in particular bugs me with the Charlie Brown abuse, and that's Lucy, but only because of how her character started in the strip.

She was a baby (along with Schroeder). Charlie Brown was very nice to Lucy. He would even make her sandwiches if asked (when the character was aged slightly, along with Schroeder, to bring in a baby Linus). Getting down to it, Schroeder isn't the best in the world to Charlie Brown either at times. If it hadn't have been for Charlie Brown, Schroeder wouldn't have gotten into piano in the first place.

Meh, seems the only characters consistently nice or decent to Charlie Brown have been:

Linus

Peppermint Patty: She does have a crush on him and seems she only gets cross with him when he misses the obvious.

Marcie: She has a crush on him too and openly admitted it in the strip and one of the specials adapted from it. She even admitted she wouldn't mind marrying him someday, iirc.

Franklin

Pig Pen

I would say Shermy...but he was kind of rude to Charlie Brown in the very first strip.

I can't think of any other characters right off who haven't been rude to him. Maybe Sally, but it depends on her mood and they are siblings, so maybe she doesn't count here.

That aside, still interesting how the characters have evolved over the years. Charlie Brown started off as 3 in the strip (Patty, Violet, and Shermy older than him). He was aged up slightly, then Lucy and Schroeder were brought in. Lucy has her infamous crush on Schroeder, he gets interested in Beethoven and piano. Lucy also starts doing the football thing (which was originally Violet's doing, but that role was shifted and given to Lucy later on). Those two were aged up, then a nameless Linus was brought in. Sally was brought in later, which I always found interesting.

The Linus x Sally notion was originally from Linus' side, not Sally's. He was actually figuring out the age difference between them and was wondering if Sally would like him when they're both adults. lol Too cute!

Okay, I'll shut up now. I'm letting my Linus x Sally bias show. lol

[ZariusTwo]

Peppermint Patty was apparently based on Schultz's wife, I often tend to believe if the man had ever grown the characters up, he would have had Chuck ditch his fantasies of the red haired girl and ended up with Patty (yeah, that's just my own 'shipping bias surfacing there, I related a lot to Chuck and Patty's friendship)

[ssjup81]

Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

Peppermint Patty was apparently based on Schultz's wife, I often tend to believe if the man had ever grown the characters up, he would have had Chuck ditch his fantasies of the red haired girl and ended up with Patty (yeah, that's just my own 'shipping bias surfacing there, I related a lot to Chuck and Patty's friendship)

Really? I thought Sally also had some of his wife's quirks. For instance, Sally uses a pet name for Linus, "Sweet Baboo". Schultz's wife used that with him.

[Storm Eagle]

Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

Peppermint Patty was apparently based on Schultz's wife, I often tend to believe if the man had ever grown the characters up, he would have had Chuck ditch his fantasies of the red haired girl and ended up with Patty (yeah, that's just my own 'shipping bias surfacing there, I related a lot to Chuck and Patty's friendship)

I once read that Lucy was based on his wife.

[ZariusTwo]

Originally Posted by Storm Eagle

I once read that Lucy was based on his wife.

Seems to be conflicting info on this, maybe he put a little something of his wife in every female character?

[BubblyShell22]

Yeah, that definitely could be that he put some of his wife's attributes into some of the female characters.

And I always felt bad for Chuck when it came to that Little Red-Haired Girl, but I agree that maybe Patty would have been better for him. I've always been a Linus/Sally shipper though. I was even thinking of writing a fan fic about them meeting in the pumpkin patch years later and reminiscing on the whole Great Pumpkin thing after I watched the Halloween special with my mom. I still might do that, too.

[ZariusTwo]

Definitely try it Bubbly, always healthy to hop along with a plot bunny

[Jephael]

I was a big fan of Snoopy growing up, and I'm looking forward to taking my nephew to see this next year, possibly around New Year's!

[Wildcat]

Have always been a big Snoopy fan too. Just always found him cute. Used to watch the old cartoon and had some old comic books. This movie looks adorable.

I used to think Marcie called Peppermint Patty sir because she looked like a boy. She is tomboyish. I seriously thought it was just an innocent running gag.

[BubblyShell22]

Yeah, I always though Marcie called her sir for that reason too because she kind of does have a husky voice like a boy.

Snoopy has always been awesome. I loved him as Flash Beagle the best.

[Leofan26]

I love how they kept the theme of the show, really put me in a happy mood

I hope Charlie Brown gets respect in the film than what we saw in the trailer, I hated when he got disrespected for stupid reasons. Lucy was my all time least favorite character in the series, in that one special when Charlie danced with that little red headed girl Lucy pulled the football away during a big game instead of when they were playing just for the heck of it, I wanted to strangle her, yet every one put the blame on him instead

I wonder if they'll keep that crush on the little red haired girl in the film?
Either way, looks cute so far

[BubblyShell22]

Yeah, Lucy was notorious for that football, and I hated how in "It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" Lucy told him that there must have been a mistake when he was invited to Violet's birthday party. Or when they made him the model for the pumpkin because of his round head. Just so cruel. It's a wonder if Charlie ever suffered from that as an adult if they were to age him.

[slashpieturtlemix]

I'll watch it but I gave a deep sigh too lol

[MikeandRaph87]

I thought I would share this with any Peanuts readers. The first strips.
http://peanuts.wikia.com/wiki/October_1950_comic_strips

[Wildcat]

Originally Posted by MikeandRaph87

I thought I would share this with any Peanuts readers. The first strips.
http://peanuts.wikia.com/wiki/October_1950_comic_strips

Ha, those are cute. Don't think I've ever seen those. Read the first 3 pages.

They should do a flashback where they use those designs. Could be used to show when they were much younger.

[MikeandRaph87]

Originally Posted by Wildcat

Ha, those are cute. Don't think I've ever seen those. Read the first 3 pages.

They should do a flashback where they use those designs. Could be used to show when they were much younger.

The Peanuts we know did not develop until about 8 years in. At the beginning point Snoopy is about 8 years away from laying his doghouse roof and walking upright. Snoopy is more or less a neighborhood dog opposed to Charlie Brown's pet.

Two of the three earliest characters became background characters a dozen years into the script, Shermy and Patti. Also, its interesting to note that Shroder and Linus appear as infants while Lucy a toddler at first. Several months after thir respective first appearances they suddenly appear to be the same age as Charlie Brown. Sally is the same way at the end of the 50s' when she is born into the strip.

[TheSkeletonMan939]

Yeah, I'm not sure why Patty, Shermy, and Violet faded into being background characters... and don't even get me started on Charlotte Braun!

I guess they weren't very popular characters when Linus and Lucy came onto the scene... really though, Peanuts has a vast array of characters that were introduced but faded away sooner or later. I hope this film digs them back up for use rather than just fall back on using the familiar few,

[MikeandRaph87]

Originally Posted by TheSkeletonMan939

Yeah, I'm not sure why Patty, Shermy, and Violet faded into being background characters... and don't even get me started on Charlotte Braun!

I guess they weren't very popular characters when Linus and Lucy came onto the scene... really though, Peanuts has a vast array of characters that were introduced but faded away sooner or later. I hope this film digs them back up for use rather than just fall back on using the familiar few,

Violet did not disappear like the other two did. I did not know about Charlotte Braun until a few weeks ago when I got the Complete Peanuts 1950-1952 and 1953-1954. A forward in the first volume discusses the character of Charlotte. She was created as a female opposite to Charlie Brown hence the name. Charles Schultz revealed that a fan letter came in not long after she first appeared in the strip asking for her removal. Schultz complied with the request stating "the blood of an innocent child is on her hands". He would add her back to the cast if anyone writes in asking for her return alas no one did and all Charlotte got was just over two months of print. Lucy was repackaged and given Charlotte's qualities when it came time to age her around 1955.

http://peanuts.wikia.com/wiki/Charlotte_Braun

Reports state that all the characters which includes Shermy (last seen in 1969)and Patty ( mid 90s') and the Little Red Haired Girl will be in the film. The Little Red Haired Girl is said to have a speaking role and play a significant part in the movie.

[BubblyShell22]

Oooh, I can't wait to see the Little Red Haired Girl and to hear her finally speak. I really hope she goes for Chuck this time.

[MikeandRaph87]

Originally Posted by BubblyShell22

Oooh, I can't wait to see the Little Red Haired Girl and to hear her finally speak. I really hope she goes for Chuck this time.

I remember a couple of teases. One in which Charlie Brown saw a girl at a football game on TV and fell in love at first sight but after he tracks her down she ends up with Linus and has her own security blanket, but I believe it was meant to be a different girl despite being a redhead. Another special Snoopy danced with her when she was actually shown at the end. Being so many specials I cannot recall the names of them.

There is also Peggy Jean, but she is no substitute for Charlie Brown!

About the only character I did not see listed was Rerun. I would like to see him included if only as a baby.