Charlie Brown timeline confused me

[Leofan26]

You had old characters like Charlie Brown and Lucy, they were in the same class, same age group. Than you had characters like Rerun ( Linus little brother ) When he first appeared he was really little than boom later in the years he randomly aged fast while others didn't

[Coola Yagami]

It's like the Simpsons. Apu had kids that went from being babies to toddlers to little kids. But Maggie is still a baby and Bart and Lisa aren't any older.

[ssjup81]

Originally Posted by Leofan26

You had old characters like Charlie Brown and Lucy, they were in the same class, same age group. Than you had characters like Rerun ( Linus little brother ) When he first appeared he was really little than boom later in the years he randomly aged fast while others didn't

There really isn't a set timeline. Going back to the comics, Patty, Violet, and Shermy were older than Charlie Brown who was three. Schultz later brought Lucy and Schroeder into the strip whom were babies. He gradually aged up Charlie Brown as well as Lucy and Schroeder, but they were still younger than Charlie Brown. Next, Linus was born into the strip (baby). Schultz aged up the characters again to bring him in. Round about this point, Charlie Brown was the same age as Violet, Patty, and Shermy. Eventually, they all were just aged up to eight years old, minus Rerun and Sally. Sally is six (even though she was born into the strip and Linus was doing the age difference between them wondering if she'd like him when they're adults lol) and rerun will always be stuck at age two or three.

The only character that it's confusing for, imo, is Linus....maybe he's supposed to be seven since Lucy and the others are eight.

Another character that started off younger is Marcie. She was a nameless one-off character. Peppermint Patty was her camp leader, like a camp counselor type. She, and the other kids, referred to her as "sir" because she was in charge and it bugged her. Schultz apparently liked the gag and brought in Marcie, aged her up, and put her in Peppermint Patty's class and made them friends.

So it's like a floating time line.

[snake]

It's Peanuts. Stop thinking continuity.

[Raph's Girl]

Originally Posted by ssjup81

The only character that it's confusing for, imo, is Linus....maybe he's supposed to be seven since Lucy and the others are eight.

I thought Linus and Lucy were twins??

[MikeandRaph87]

Originally Posted by Raph's Girl

I thought Linus and Lucy were twins??

No, Lucy is the oldest by more than a year. He is a grade behind them while Rerun ages to 5. So Lucy is likely a third grader, Linus a s3cond grader, and Rerun a kindergartener. For convince sake all are the same age and in the same school. Aside from Rerun who does not appear.

[ssjup81]

Originally Posted by Raph's Girl

I thought Linus and Lucy were twins??

I'm going to assume that you didn't read the rest of what I posted. ^^ Schultz aged up Lucy and Schroeder in order to bring in Linus, who started off as a baby.

[Raph's Girl]

Originally Posted by ssjup81

I'm going to assume that you didn't read the rest of what I posted. ^^ Schultz aged up Lucy and Schroeder in order to bring in Linus, who started off as a baby.

I did read that. Im just saying that I always thought they were twins. *shrugs*

[MsMarvelDuckie]

If that were true, she wouldn't always be referring to him as her "little brother". Sheesh, he's ALWAYS been younger!

[ssjup81]

Still interesting how in the beginning Schultz wrote Linus with the crush on Sally, but changed it to be the other way around and had Linus crush on his teacher instead.

Originally Posted by MsMarvelDuckie

If that were true, she wouldn't always be referring to him as her "little brother". Sheesh, he's ALWAYS been younger!

Well, he could've been the younger twin. Sometimes Lil would point that out to Phil on Rugrats.

[MsMarvelDuckie]

Possibly, but Linus always had his blanket, too, which implies he's still young enough to need a "blanky". I just always thought it was obvious he was a few years younger.

[ssjup81]

Originally Posted by MsMarvelDuckie

Possibly, but Linus always had his blanket, too, which implies he's still young enough to need a "blanky". I just always thought it was obvious he was a few years younger.

True, although in the strips, despite being younger, even Rerun gets on Linus for his blanket. lol

[MsMarvelDuckie]

Probably because they all know he SHOULD have ditched it long ago. I mean, when even the youngest member of your group knows it's time to retire the thing, shouldn't that be a big clue that you're past that? I dunno, I just kind of think of it as him having some issues.... Then again, apparently, so does Lucy. Has anyone ever thought to get a shrink for those kids? LOL! (On second thought, maybe someone should have CPS investigate. Those might be signs of something hinky going on in that house....)

[Raph's Girl]

Originally Posted by MsMarvelDuckie

Possibly, but Linus always had his blanket, too, which implies he's still young enough to need a "blanky". I just always thought it was obvious he was a few years younger.

I had a security blanket of sorts when I was Linus' age and older. In my case it was a Godzilla doll. I took it everywhere with me till I was about 9...but mostly cuz he almost melted in the hot car. Still have him tho...

[ssjup81]

Originally Posted by MsMarvelDuckie

Probably because they all know he SHOULD have ditched it long ago. I mean, when even the youngest member of your group knows it's time to retire the thing, shouldn't that be a big clue that you're past that? I dunno, I just kind of think of it as him having some issues.... Then again, apparently, so does Lucy. Has anyone ever thought to get a shrink for those kids? LOL! (On second thought, maybe someone should have CPS investigate. Those might be signs of something hinky going on in that house....)

Ironically, for the strips, and even some of the specials, Linus isn't shown with his blanket as much, which showed that he was "growing up". The later strips you'd see him with it occasionally. Schultz, to my knowledge, did this on purpose to gradually show that he was becoming less reliant on his security blanket and more confident in himself. Linus' character is supposed to be insightful and smart, but have insecurity issues, hence the blanket, and with Lucy as a sister, it's not so surprising. lol In comparison, Lucy is nicer to Rerun and not as bossy, compared to how she is with Linus. I wish I could remember which strip featured him with the blanket for the first time, but my mind is blank.

Oh, Rerun has also gotten on Linus for his belief in the Great Pumpkin. Still funny how he somehow managed to combine Christmas with Halloween.

As for Lucy, she didn't really start off bossy and stuff. She was nicer in the beginning and even excited when her baby brother Linus was born and how happy she was when he sat up for the first time.

[MsMarvelDuckie]

I wasnt really a regular reader of the strips, mostly just on Sundays or if I caught it during the week. Sometimes not even for several weeks, mostly I just remember him having it with him a lot, and Lucy being kind of a witch to most everyone, especially Charlie. Not sure if Im really interested in the movie, but I guess it's fun for the kids.

[MikeandRaph87]

Originally Posted by ssjup81

Ironically, for the strips, and even some of the specials, Linus isn't shown with his blanket as much, which showed that he was "growing up". The later strips you'd see him with it occasionally. Schultz, to my knowledge, did this on purpose to gradually show that he was becoming less reliant on his security blanket and more confident in himself. Linus' character is supposed to be insightful and smart, but have insecurity issues, hence the blanket, and with Lucy as a sister, it's not so surprising. lol In comparison, Lucy is nicer to Rerun and not as bossy, compared to how she is with Linus. I wish I could remember which strip featured him with the blanket for the first time, but my mind is blank.

Oh, Rerun has also gotten on Linus for his belief in the Great Pumpkin. Still funny how he somehow managed to combine Christmas with Halloween.

As for Lucy, she didn't really start off bossy and stuff. She was nicer in the beginning and even excited when her baby brother Linus was born and how happy she was when he sat up for the first time.

Too bad Rerun did not make it into the film. The only other one I do not believe was present was Shermy.

Here is the debut of the blanket with its own profile. Its debut was June 1st, 1954 roughly two years following Linus's debut.

http://peanuts.wikia.com/wiki/Linus'_security_blanket

[ssjup81]

Originally Posted by MsMarvelDuckie

I wasnt really a regular reader of the strips, mostly just on Sundays or if I caught it during the week. Sometimes not even for several weeks, mostly I just remember him having it with him a lot, and Lucy being kind of a witch to most everyone, especially Charlie. Not sure if Im really interested in the movie, but I guess it's fun for the kids.

It's no problem. There are 50 years worth of Peanuts comics, but I have some of the collections. Ironically, as a child, I really liked Charlie Brown and my mom would read the comics to me whenever we got the paper. I was determined to read them myself and applied myself when learning to read, so I have a love for the series. ^^

Anywho, yeah Lucy is a bit "witchy". That's one thing I still don't get. With the exceptions of probably Peppermint Patty, Marcie, Franklin, and Linus (sorta....he HAS screwed over Charlie Brown a few times), seems the other characters have been mean to him. In the early strips, Charlie Brown kinda acted like a know-it-all, but not later. It's like how early Dennis of the Dennis the Menace strips was more of troublemaker and a bad kid as opposed to how he is later...a curious kid who gets into trouble because his curiosity always gets the better of him or how his intentions weren't particularly mean-spirited and may accidentally do something wrong. It baffles me, especially characters like Lucy, Violet, and Schroeder. Charlie Brown was very nice to Lucy and I recall an early strip where he even made her a sandwich because she couldn't. Violet used to have a crush on him. If it hadn't have been for Charlie Brown, Schroeder would've never gotten into the piano. It's just strange.

All that aside, I have no idea what the movie's supposed to be about. I should look it up.

Originally Posted by MikeandRaph87

Too bad Rerun did not make it into the film. The only other one I do not believe was present was Shermy.

Here is the debut of the blanket with its own profile. Its debut was June 1st, 1954 roughly two years following Linus's debut.

http://peanuts.wikia.com/wiki/Linus'_security_blanket

Thanks. I'll look over that later.