Rerun van Pelt - wikipedia Rerun van Pelt Rerun van Pelt Peanuts character Rerun on the back of his mother 's bicycle First appearance May 23, 1972 ( born and first mention ) March 26, 1973 ( official debut ) Last appearance January 30, 2000 Voiced by Vinnie Dow ( 1976 ) Jason Mendelson ( 1983 - 1986 ) ( credited as Jason Muller ) Tim Deters ( 2002 ) ( as Timmy Deters ) Jimmy Bennett ( 2003 - 2006 ) ( credited as James Bennett ) Finn Carr ( 2016 - present ) Daniel Thornton ( 2016, as a baby ) Information Gender Male Family Linus ( older brother ) Lucy ( older sister ) Unnamed parents Blanket - hating grandmother Marion ( aunt ) Felix van Pelt ( grandfather ) This article possibly contains original research. Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations. Statements consisting only of original research should be removed. ( March 2012 ) Rerun van Pelt is Linus ' and Lucy 's younger brother in Charles M. Schulz 's comic strip Peanuts. Contents 1 Introduction 2 Story arcs 3 Appearances 3.1 Television 3.2 Voiced by 3.3 Stage 4 References 5 External links Introduction Rerun started as a minor character in the Peanuts universe, only becoming a main character in the last decade of the comic strip. Rerun was first mentioned in the strip on May 23, 1972, during a storyline in which Lucy threw Linus out of the house only to learn that yet another little brother had just been born. Upon learning the news, Lucy exclaimed `` A new baby brother ? ! ! But I just got rid of the old one ! ! ! '' With that, she let Linus back in, uttering in misery, `` You ca n't shovel water with a pitchfork. '' The irony of the situation was not lost on Linus, who laughed himself silly over his sister 's scheme being defeated, thus causing her to lose her temper and tie his blanket over his mouth. Lucy, who always wanted to be an only child ( or to have a younger sister ), is less than thrilled at the prospect of having a second younger brother, and comments that getting one was like watching reruns on television ; thus, Linus comes up with the idea of calling the family 's new addition `` Rerun ''. `` Rerun van Pelt ! Good Grief ! '' mutters Lucy with a less - than - thrilled look on her face. Rerun 's first appearance was on March 26, 1973, depicted as a nearly identical but smaller version of Linus. Over time, Lucy warmed up to Rerun and became something of a mentor to him, more kind with him than she had ever been with Linus. Linus also took Rerun under his wing in later years, unsuccessfully attempting to `` convert '' Rerun to his belief in `` The Great Pumpkin '', and taking his skeptical and embarrassed little brother along on door - to - door `` missions '' to spread the word of the Great Pumpkin. Story arcs The first storyline in which Rerun is featured involves a still pre-verbal Rerun becoming a player on Charlie Brown 's baseball team and being involved in a gambling scandal ( he bet a nickel with Snoopy that Charlie Brown 's team would win ) that ends in the team having to forfeit one of their rare victories. Occasional appearances in the 1970s and 1980s have him verbalizing in thought balloons and feature him as a nervous passenger on the back of his mother 's bicycle. Rerun was rarely used in the 1980s ; by that time, Schulz had run out of ideas about how to use him. However, in the early 1990s, he resurfaces, having grown to where he is almost equal in height to his siblings and the other kids. To distinguish him from his almost identical brother, Linus, Schulz added overalls and a flattened hair style. Re-introduced through a number of appearances in 1993 and 1994, Rerun is shown being taught how to tie his shoes by Lucy, being introduced to basketball by Linus, and playing cards with Snoopy. Beginning in 1994, Rerun is regularly shown on Charlie Brown 's doorstep, asking to borrow Snoopy. Schulz made Rerun into a main character in the strip 's final years, and much of the focus during this time is from Rerun 's perspective ; Schulz admitted in a 1997 interview with Gary Groth that the character virtually `` took over '' the comic. In the 2009 documentary, `` Sibling Rivalry : Growing Up Van Pelt '', included on the I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown DVD, Schulz 's widow, Jean Schulz, speculated that Rerun 's expanded presence in the comic strip may have resulted from the presence of grandchildren in Schulz 's life. Most of his story lines involve his anxieties and struggles with being a `` little kid '' among big kids, and his desire to play with Snoopy and have a dog of his own. As the other Peanuts kids were older than Rerun, he was usually excluded from their squabbles and rivalries, and several of them were shown as protective or mentoring towards him. On different occasions, Charlie Brown was shown teaching Rerun how to deliver newspapers, and winning back Rerun 's marbles from the bully, Joe Agate. Even Sally Brown, herself younger than the other children, was shown giving Rerun a tour of the bus stop and school just weeks before he started kindergarten. After having his age advanced to five years old in 1996, a running gag in the strip has Rerun hiding under his bed in an attempt to get out of going to school, a ploy that usually does not work. Though intelligent, Rerun displays a rebellious streak in school, always drawing `` underground comics '' ( usually referring to them as `` basement comics '' ) instead of painting flowers, as his teacher instructs, and suggesting that the teacher read Anna Karenina instead of children 's books. Rerun is also often shown flirting with an unnamed pigtailed girl in his kindergarten class. In a series of strips that ran from January 13, 1997, to January 18, 1997, he jokes about taking her away to Paris, and is suspended from school for harassment ( long term suspension for one day ). But he thinks he got fired. Appearances Television Rerun 's animated debut is in the animated television special It 's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown, and his first major appearance in the strip was adapted in the first produced episode of The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show. Rerun only made one other appearance in a television special before 2000, Happy New Year, Charlie Brown ! from 1986, where his attempts to blow up balloons for the New Year 's party ended in failure, as he blew them up as cubes rather than spheres ( a scenario adapted from a comic strip story involving Linus from December 1954, when Linus was roughly the same age ). Rerun was mentioned, but not seen, in the 1985 special `` Snoopy 's Getting Married, Charlie Brown '' when Charlie Brown informed Snoopy that he could not back out of his wedding because Rerun had already been chosen as ring - bearer. Rerun briefly appeared in Charlie Brown 's Christmas Tales, and the 2003 animated television special I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown. This episode uses Rerun as its primary character. Rerun 's most recent television appearance is in the 2006 television special He 's a Bully, Charlie Brown. Various actors have voiced the animated Rerun since 1976, including Vinny Dow, Jason Mendelson, Timmy Deters, and Jimmy Bennett. Voiced by Vinnie Dow ( 1976 ) Jason Mendelson ( 1983 - 1986 ) ( as Jason Muller ) Tim Deters ( 2002 ) ( as Timmy Deters ) Jimmy Bennett ( 2003, 2006 ) ( as James Bennett ) Finn Carr ( 2016 ) Daniel Thornton ( 2016 ) as a baby. Stage Neither of the Broadway productions of You 're a Good Man, Charlie Brown and Snoopy ! The Musical ( aside from a cameo in the animated adaptation ) featured Rerun, but various local and regional productions have included Rerun as a character. References Jump up ^ Charles M. Schulz promoting It 's Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown ( 1984 ). People are Talking ( SWF ) ( Television production ). San Francisco : YouTube. Event occurs at 3 : 35. Retrieved 2009 - 08 - 12. Rerun is still around. He rides on the back of his mom 's bicycle now and then, and we 're going to use him on some of the Saturday morning television shows but I just... run out of ideas on certain subjects, and lately I have n't been able to think of anything where he is on the back of his mom 's bicycle. But he 's still around. ^ Jump up to : Rerun Van Pelt ( Character ) from Internet Movie Database Jump up ^ Schulz, Charles M., The Complete Peanuts 1953 to 1954, Fantagraphics Books Jump up ^ You 're a Good Man, Charlie Brown from the Internet Broadway Database Jump up ^ You 're A Good Man Charlie Brown, All About Theatre Jump up ^ Charlie Brown Cast Jump up ^ You 're a Good Man, Charlie Brown by San Diego Junior Theatre Jump up ^ Community Theater Takes Center Stage, West Chicago Community News External links The first appearance of Rerun van Pelt in the Peanuts comic strip from March 26, 1973. 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=Rerun_van_Pelt&oldid=804267871 '' Categories : Peanuts characters Fictional cartoonists Comics characters introduced in 1973 Fictional American people of Dutch descent Hidden categories : Pages using deprecated image syntax Articles that may contain original research from March 2012 All articles that may contain original research All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from August 2009 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Български Italiano Nederlands Suomi Edit links This page was last edited on 7 October 2017, at 21 : 33. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. 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Question: what is the name of linus and lucy's little brother
Answer: Rerun