Pig - Pen - wikipedia Pig - Pen This article is about the Peanuts character. For other uses, see Pigpen. Pig - Pen Peanuts character First appearance July 13, 1954 Voiced by Geoffrey Ornstein ( 1963 -- 1966 ) Gabrielle DeFaria Ritter ( 1966 -- 1969 ) Christopher DeFaria ( 1969 ) Tom Muller ( 1974 ) Carl Steven ( 1984 -- 1986 ) Brandon Taylor ( 1997 ) Corey Padnos ( 2000 ) Jake Miner ( 2003 ) Shane Baumel ( 2011 ) AJ Teece ( 2015 ) Drake Sanchez ( 2016 ) Information Gender Male Family Unnamed parents `` Pig - Pen '' is a character in the comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz. He is a young boy who is, except on very rare occasions, very dirty. History `` Pig - Pen '' is a nickname, invariably written in quotation marks in the strip. In the character 's first appearance on July 13, 1954, in a strip directly parodying the first chapter of Lord of the Flies, he declares, `` I have n't got a name... people just call me things... real insulting things. '' If he does have a real name, it is never mentioned. In a 2000 Gallup Poll `` Pig - Pen '' was found to be the fifth most popular Peanuts character. `` Pig - Pen '' is known for his perpetually filthy overalls and the cloud of dirt and dust that follows him wherever he goes. When he takes a deep breath ( to sing, for example ), the dust rises briefly around him. He sometimes refers to the cloud that surrounds him with pride as the dust of ancient civilizations. He can not seem to rid himself of the dust for more than the briefest of periods -- indeed, in spite of his best efforts, it appears that he can not stay clean. He is referred to in an early strip as the only person who can get dirty while walking in a snowstorm. Nevertheless, on rare occasions he has very briefly appeared clean, and hence unrecognizable. Once this was in order to impress Violet, of whom he was a bit fond. On another occasion ( September 6, 1954 ), he managed to keep one side of his body clean and presented this clean side to Patty, causing her to believe that he was completely clean. Once, after bathing and dressing in clean clothes, `` Pig - Pen '' stepped outside his house, and instantaneously became dirty and disheveled, whereupon he declared to Charlie Brown, `` You know what I am ? I 'm a dust magnet ! '' On another occasion, `` Pig - Pen '' decided it was important to have clean hands, but after failing to wash them, realized that he had `` reached a point of no return. '' One notable exception is an earlier strip where he gets caught in a brief but heavy rainfall, and while trying to seek shelter, the storm ends, revealing him to be clean. He responds with disdain, stating that `` in one minute the rain has washed away what took me all day to accomplish ''. Though `` Pig - Pen '' is proud of his uncleanliness, Charlie Brown is the only other Peanuts character to unconditionally accept `` Pig - Pen '' for who he is, even defending `` Pig - Pen 's '' uncleanliness in one strip ( which was re-used in A Charlie Brown Christmas ) : Do n't think of it as dust. Just think of it as the dirt and dust of far - off lands blowing over here and settling on `` Pig - Pen ! '' It staggers the imagination ! He may be carrying the soil that was trod upon by Solomon or Nebuchadnezzar or Genghis Khan ! Charles Schulz admitted that he came to regret `` Pig - Pen 's '' popularity, given the character 's essentially one - joke nature ; he utilized the character very rarely in the later years of the strip 's run ( though still appearing commonly in the TV specials and movies of the franchise ). Like most of Schulz 's characters, `` Pig - Pen '' has ( both with and without lines ) appeared in many of the animated Peanuts television specials beginning in the 1960s, as well as all five movies. One time his clean self was shown in a miniseries titled This Is America, Charlie Brown, where he is an astronaut aboard a futuristic space station, demonstrating how personal hygiene would apply in zero gravity. True to form, the clean `` Pig - Pen '' is immediately dirtied again when dirt is attracted to him magnetically. In the 1990s, he appeared ( in an animated overlay against a live - action backdrop ) in a series of television commercials for Regina vacuum cleaners where all the dirt is sucked off his body and filthy trousers by one of the company 's products, arguably one of the few times where `` Pig - Pen '' remains clean. In 2015, `` Pig - Pen '' appeared in a commercial for All laundry detergent for a tie - in with The Peanuts Movie. In the commercial, Snoopy, dressed as a magician, puts a cloth over `` Pig - Pen '' and instantly makes him clean, causing Snoopy to get dirty. This is also one of the few times where he remains clean. Geoffrey Ornstein first voiced `` Pig - Pen '' in the 1965 movie A Charlie Brown Christmas. Although he also later played the role in A Boy Named Charlie Brown, other various actors have voiced him ever since. He last appeared in the Peanuts comic strip on September 8, 1999. That strip was very uncharacteristic of him in that it showed him embarrassed to the point of shame in his dirtiness, with none of the pride or sense of destiny that he expressed in earlier strips. `` Pig - Pen '' is very good at playing the drums, as shown in the special Play It Again, Charlie Brown. He is also shown playing the double bass, notably in `` A Charlie Brown Christmas '', as well as in Happy New Year, Charlie Brown !. He plays third base on the Peanuts baseball team. Voiced by Geoffrey Ornstein ( 1963 -- 1966 ) Gabrielle DeFaria Ritter ( 1966 -- 1969 ) Christopher DeFaria ( 1969 ) Chris Inglis ( 1971 ) Tom Muller ( 1974 ) Carl Steven ( 1984 -- 1986 ) Brandon Taylor ( 1997 ) Corey Padnos ( 2000 ) Jake Miner ( 2003 ) Shane Baumel ( 2011 ) AJ Teece ( 2015 ) Drake Sanchez ( 2016 ) References Jump up ^ Schulz, Charles M. ( 2004 ). Gary Groth, ed. The Complete PEANUTS : 1953 to 1954. Seattle, Washington : Fantagraphics Books. ISBN 1 - 56097 - 614 - 4. Jump up ^ Gallup, Jr., George ( 2001 ). The Gallup Poll : Public Opinion, 2000. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 48. ISBN 0 - 8420 - 5000 - 0. Jump up ^ `` Pigpen : Character Facts, Comics and Videos - Peanuts ''. PEANUTS Worldwide LLC. Jump up ^ Weiss, Irving ( 1980 ). Thesaurus of Book Digests, 1950 -- 1980. Crown Publishing Group. p. 351. ISBN 0 - 517 - 54175 - 0. Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz Filmography Characters Charlie Brown Sally Brown Eudora Franklin Frieda Great Pumpkin Kite - Eating Tree Little Red - Haired Girl Marcie Patty Peggy Jean Peppermint Patty Pig - Pen Schroeder Shermy Snoopy Snoopy 's siblings Linus van Pelt Lucy van Pelt Rerun van Pelt Violet Woodstock other characters Feature films A Boy Named Charlie Brown Snoopy, Come Home Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown ( and Do n't Come Back ! ! ) The Peanuts Movie soundtrack Television specials A Boy Named Charlie Brown ( documentary ) A Charlie Brown Christmas Charlie Brown 's All Stars ! It 's the Great Pumpkin... You 're in Love... He 's Your Dog... Charlie Brown and Charles Schulz ( documentary ) It Was a Short Summer... Play It Again... You 're Not Elected... There 's No Time for Love... A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving It 's a Mystery... It 's the Easter Beagle... Be My Valentine... You 're a Good Sport... Happy Anniversary... ( documentary ) It 's Arbor Day... It 's Your First Kiss... What a Nightmare... Happy Birthday... ( documentary ) You 're the Greatest... She 's a Good Skate... Life Is a Circus... It 's Magic... Someday You 'll Find Her... A Charlie Brown Celebration Is This Goodbye... ? It 's an Adventure... What Have We Learned... ? It 's Flashbeagle... Snoopy 's Getting Married... It 's Your 20th Television Anniversary... ( documentary ) You 're a Good Man... Happy New Year... ! Snoopy ! ! ! The Musical It 's the Girl in the Red Truck... This Is America... ( 8 episodes miniseries ) You Do n't Look 40... ( documentary ) Why, Charlie Brown, Why ? Snoopy 's Reunion It 's Spring Training... It 's Christmastime Again... You 're in the Super Bowl... It Was My Best Birthday Ever... Good Grief... : A Tribute to Charles Schulz ( documentary ) Here 's to You... : 50 Great Years ( documentary ) It 's the Pied Piper... The Making of `` A Charlie Brown Christmas '' ( documentary ) A Charlie Brown Valentine Charlie Brown 's Christmas Tales Lucy Must Be Traded... I Want a Dog for Christmas... He 's a Bully... Happiness Is a Warm Blanket... Animated series The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show Peanuts Motion Comics Peanuts Video games Snoopy and the Red Baron Snoopy Snoopy 's Magic Show Snoopy 's Silly Sports Spectacular Snoopy Concert Snoopy Tennis Snoopy vs. the Red Baron Snoopy Flying Ace The Peanuts Movie : Snoopy 's Grand Adventure Other media Music `` Better When I 'm Dancin ' '' A Charlie Brown Christmas soundtrack `` Christmas Time Is Here '' `` Linus and Lucy '' Musicals You 're a Good Man, Charlie Brown Snoopy the Musical Book series Charlie Brown 's Super Book of Questions and Answers The Complete Peanuts Educational films Tooth Brushing It 's Dental Flossophy, Charlie Brown Charlie Brown Clears the Air Related Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center Unofficial adaptations Dog Sees God : Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead Bring Me the Head of Charlie Brown Other Schulz comics It 's Only a Game Li'l Folks Young Pillars Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pig-Pen&oldid=835751970 '' Categories : Peanuts characters Fictional musicians Comics characters introduced in 1954 Male characters in animation Male characters in comics Hidden categories : All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from February 2010 Talk About Wikipedia Български Italiano עברית Suomi 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 10 April 2018, at 15 : 11 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

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