From: padutton@wpi.WPI.EDU (Peter Alan Dutton)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.strips,rec.games.trivia,rec.arts.animation
Subject: THE DEFINITIVE PEANUTS LIST - VERSION 1.1
Date: 6 Oct 1992 19:41:24 GMT
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
NNTP-Posting-Host: wpi.wpi.edu

THE DEFINITIVE PEANUTS CHARACTERS LIST (still incomplete, of course)
VERSION 1.1, OCTOBER 6, 1992.

This WON'T become a daily update. I just added alot more from what I've read
and I want to stop the repeat letters! Anyway, mail me (Peter Dutton)
with any additions/corrections/help.

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

Other contributors to Version 1.1:
	Andy G. Ihnatko (andyi@world.std.com)
	Brent M. Lofgren (blofgren@phoenix.Princeton.EDU)
	Lisa Nyman (panda@sytinx.umd.edu)
	Will Bell (bell@cs.tamu.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 - got married to one of the other birds)
8)  Bill (yet another bird)
9)  Olivier (yet ANOTHER bird)
10) The dreaded Kite-Eating Tree (pretty recurrent, I think)

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
21) Cormac (the guy at camp who liked Marcie)
22) Snoopy's almost-bride (what was her name? Genevieve?)
23) the campers who called Charlie Brown "Sack"
24) the campers who made fun of Charlie Brown's baseball-playing ability


OTHER NAMED OR MENTIONED 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 is in trouble")
12) Craig Bowerman (Violet's Valentine's Day card labelled "C.B." was for him)
13) Bill Maudlin (WWII cartoonist that Snp. quaffs root beers with on Vets Day)
14) Charlie Brown's pediatrician
15) Charlie Brown's Aunt Marian
16) School librarian, principal, psychologist, and other teachers
17) Linus's blanket-hating grandmother (and all the other grandparents)
18) Various waitresses that Snoopy meets in his "French cafe"
19) Snoopy's Christmas Card list - Millie, The O'Haras, Tina, Janet, Kim,
	Poochie (see above, though), Randi, Norma, Amy
20) The women Snoopy gets Valentine's Day cards from (don't have the list now)

REAL LIVE PEOPLE MENTIONED IN THE STRIP (I know there's LOTS more):
-Bill Maudlin (see above)	-Dr. Spock (the baby doctor)
-Rachel Carson			-Santa Claus :-)
-MUSICIANS: Beethoven, Brahms, Mendelsohnn, Bach, Schubert, Tschaikovsky, 
	Haydn, Bartok
-Charles M. Schulz (not by name, but he was the Grand Marshall of the Rose
	Bowl Parade. Lucy told Linus that he would have never heard of him)
-ARTISTS: Van Gogh, Andrew Wyeth (both from Snoopy's art collection)
-Lots of Biblical characters and references
-Genghis Khan, Nebuchadnezzar (in reference to Pig Pen's dirt)
-Edgar Allen Poe ("The Pit and the Pendulum")
-BASEBALL: Babe Ruth, Willie Mays
-OTHER SPORTS: Minnesota Fats, Sam Snead, Patty Berg, Billie Jean King
-George Washington


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

-the other teachers aside from Miss Othmar (definitely other ones)
-the umpire for the baseball games (definitely had a name)
-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:

-The first "Peanuts" strip was on October 2, 1950, about the same time that
	"Beetle Bailey" premiered. The first three characters were Charlie
	Brown, Shermy, and Patty. Snoopy appeared soon after, then Violet,
	then Schroeder.
-According to "It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown", the Little Red-Haired
	Girl is named "Heather".
-Snoopy was born at the Daisy Hill Puppy Farm (there is a six-story parking
	garage there now)
-At the time of Sally's birth, Snoopy mentions that he never knew what it
	was like to have a younger sister - he was an "only dog". But later
	it is revealed that he was "one of eight Beagles", and we even get
	to meet some of them.
-When Schroeder was introduced, he was just a little baby. Same with Linus,
	however, all their ages have kind of blurred together.
-Linus is five years older than Sally - this was mentioned in a few places.
	When she is born in 1959, he wonders if she'll go out with him when
	she is 17 and he is 22. Little did he know she didn't want to wait
	that long...


ANY ADDITIONS/CORRECTIONS E-MAIL TO PETER DUTTON (padutton@wpi.wpi.edu)