From: padutton@wpi.WPI.EDU (Peter Alan Dutton)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.strips,rec.games.trivia
Subject: THE DEFINITIVE PEANUTS LIST
Date: 6 Oct 92 00:44:13 GMT
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
NNTP-Posting-Host: wpi.wpi.edu

THE DEFINITIVE PEANUTS CHARACTERS LIST (still incomplete, of course)
VERSION 1.0, OCTOBER 5, 1992.

Contibutors:	Charles M. Schulz (of course)
		Greg Barnes (greg@cs.washington.edu)
     		Anthony Olejnik (tony@scotty.dccs.upenn.edu)
		Peter Dutton (padutton@wpi.wpi.edu)

MAJOR CHARACTERS:

1)  Charlie Brown
2)  Sally Brown
3)  Linus Van Pelt
4)  Lucy Van Pelt
5)  Snoopy
6)  Spike (Snoopy's brother - he's been carrying alot of strips lately)
7)  Woodstock
8)  Peppermint Patty (Patricia Reichardt)
9)  Marcie
10) Schroeder (the sixth character introduced)
11) Shermy (one of the original four characters)
12) Patty (one of the original four characters)
13) Violet (the fifth character introduced)

SOMEWHAT MAJOR CHARACTERS:
1)  Freida
2)  Franklin
3)  Rerun Van Pelt
4)  Pig Pen
5)  Roy
6)  Conrad (one of the other birds)
7)  Harriet (yet another bird)

MINOR OR ONE-SHOT CHARACTERS:

1)  Lila (Snoopy's original owner)
2)  5 (short for 555 95472 - he has two sisters named "3" and "4")
3)  Poochie (blond-haired girl who first called Charlie Brown "Charlie Brown")
4)  Peggy Jean (??? - someone on the net mentioned her)
5)  ??????? (Snoopy's grandfather)
6)  Marbles (One of Snoopy's other brothers)
7)  Belle (Snoopy's sister)
8)  Belle's son (I don't think he was named)
9)  The "shut up and leave me alone" kid (one of CB's tentmates)
10) Molly Volley (Snoopy's doubles partner)
11) Jose Peterson (player on other baseball team)
12) Clara (see Sophie)
13) Sophie (both counseled by Peppermint Patty at camp)
14) Faron (Freida's cat)
15) Truffles (Linus likes her, but only Snoopy knows how to get to her place)
16) Crybaby Boobie (see Bad Call Benny)
17) Bad Call Benny (Molly Volley and Snoopy's doubles opponents)
18) Thibault (sexist baseball player on PP's team; has sideburns)
19) Tapioca Pudding (her father is in licensing)
20) Eudora

OTHER NAMED CHARACTERS THAT WERE NEVER ACTUALLY SEEN:

1)  Charlie Brown's Dad (a barber) (and of course, all the other parents)
2)  Miss Othmar (Linus's favorite school teacher - became Mrs. Hagermeyer)
3)  Helen Sweetstory (writes the "bunny wunny" books that Snoopy likes)
4)  Joe Shlabotnik (Charlie Brown's favorite baseball player)
5)  The Great Pumpkin (he or she may not exist, though)
6)  The Head Beagle (Snoopy was the Head Beagle for a short time, though)
7)  World War II (the cat next door to Snoopy)
8)  The Little Red-Haired Girl
9)  The Red Baron
10) Charlie Brown's Pencil Pal (originally his Pen Pal)
11) Thompson (as in "Thompson's in trouble")
12) Craig Bowerman (Violet's Valentine's Day card labelled "C.B." was for him)

OTHER CHARACTERS WHO MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE BEEN SEEN AND WHOSE NAMES ESCAPE ME:

-the other birds (at least one is missing)
-the campers who called Charlie Brown "Sack"
-the campers who made fun of Charlie Brown's baseball-playing ability
	(the campers probably didn't have names, though)
-the other teachers aside from Miss Othmar (definitely other ones)
-the umpire for the baseball games (definitely had a name)
-the guy at camp who liked Marcie
-the incredibly tiny kids that Charlie Brown coaches after he runs 
	away from home
-the girl who likes Charlie Brown (very recent). Perhaps this is Peggy Jean.

ETCETERA:

-According to "It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown", the Little Red-Haired
	Girl is named "Heather".
-Daisy Hill Puppy Farm (there is a six-story parking garage there now)


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