You're in the Super Bowl, Charlie Brown!

Plot synopsis:
The special begins with Snoopy, as the world-famous Coach, getting his football team, The Birds, ready. It consists entirely of Woodstock and his tiny friends. The announcer says, this game will decide the Eastern Champ for the "AFL" (Animal Football League). They are playing the team "The Cats" a ferocious group of cats. The Birds crush The Cats, 38–0, making them the Eastern champs. The team celebrates by pouring "Chirpade" on the coach (Chirpade is a parody of Gatorade).
Then, Lucy asks Charlie Brown to kick a football. Charlie Brown refuses to do it. Lucy then asks him "Are you gonna go through life not trusting anyone? That's no way to live." Charlie Brown decides, she's right, and tries to kick the ball, until Peppermint Patty comes, with Marcie, Franklin, and Linus, and tells Charlie Brown and Lucy, there will be a punt pass and kick contest, and first prize wins a new bicycle, and a trip to the Super Bowl, and they should all enter. While Lucy is looking at the poster for it, Charlie Brown realizes now is his chance to kick the football, and runs up to kick it, but Lucy (as usual) pulls it away, and the round-headed boy lands on his back as a result.
While Charlie Brown and Linus are practicing for the contest, they notice a very pretty girl, who catches Linus's attention. They both walk over to her, and introduce themselves to her. The girl says her name is Melody-Melody, and has been watching them. They flirt with her, and take her out for hot fudge sundaes. They then try to impress her, and try to tell her how they'll be entering the punt-and-pass contest. Melody says she will be rooting for them at the contest.
Then, The Birds play a football game against The Dogs to figure out which team will be going to the Super Bowl. The Birds crush The Dogs, 58–0, and another drink of Chirpade is poured onto the coach.
Then at the punt-and-pass contest, Charlie Brown and Linus see Melody watching them, and they argue who Melody came to watch. The announcer announces every player, and every player gets a better score than the next one, except for Marcie who doesn't want to kick the football (because the football didn't do anything to deserve being kicked).
On Charlie Brown's turn, he scores more points than anyone so far, and Peppermint Patty, says, "Hey I think that wins it for Chuck." But then, Linus beats Charlie Brown's score. Linus gets so excited because he thinks he won. But the announcer announces the last contestant, Miss Melody Melody! Charlie Brown and Linus are confused, since they thought Melody came to watch them play, not enter the contest herself.
Melody beats Linus's score. Linus gets upset. He admits to Charlie Brown that he was in love with her. Melody wins the new bicycle and the tickets to the Super Bowl, leaving Charlie Brown and Linus in shock.
Then in the AFL World Championship, The Birds take on The Bison. The announcer admits he doubts The Birds have a chance against The Bison, a team from Buffalo, New York (and thus a parody of the Buffalo Bills). As the game begins, Lucy comes onto the field, and tells Snoopy he is a horrible coach, and his team will get crushed. But once again, The Birds crush the other team, 62–0 (again parodying Bills assistant coach Chuck Dickerson's disparaging the Washington Redskins prior to Super Bowl XXVI). The Birds are the World Champions! The Birds celebrate this time by pouring Chirpade on Lucy.
Charlie Brown and Linus are at the wall. Linus says that he is so upset that the girl of his dreams beat him in the contest. He says he will not trust anyone ever again. Charlie Brown tells him - "Your sister says we can't go through life doubting everyone. We have to learn to trust each other". Lucy then comes to them holding a football, to which Charlie Brown says - "I can't stand it".

Tags: psychedelic

Review:
Super Bowl. I gave You're in the Super Bowl, Charlie Brown a seven. This movie was a pretty good movie because it was an escape from cliché Charlie Brown movies, I personally thought that it was not a classic but at least original. The plot gave what it promised, and didn't exactly draw things out very long as other movies did. It's a normal family movie and you cant complain about that. Not an excellent classic but you should at least give it a look. This wasn't the best Charlie Brown movie of course but you can enjoy it without having to analyze it or describe it, you just pop it in and watch. It's good for a rainy dark day when you have nothing to do. So overall this movie would be about a seven.. Superbowl Charlie Brown. I remember watching this Charlie Brown special on VHS. Now it's pretty cool for a Charlie Brown special as it a Football theme story line.Also it features the logo and teams of the NFL National Football League which looking back is not something you see all the time in any other form of media let alone with Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the other Peanut Gang. You have to be a fan of both football and the Peanut Gang to enjoy this special which I am a fan of both since I love the Peanut gang since I was a kid and I grew up around Football that it's impossible not to find good entertainment out of this film.It has a good mix of humor plus seeing Snoopy as a football coach is really cool While it does have a lack of a lot it factor to the film it's still fun and that's what the Peanut films are suppose to be. Good animation as well that's a plus as well as funny voice work as you would get any from The Peanut special It does feature an original plot for a Charlie Brown special so do yourself a favor and check it out.I give You're In The Super Bowl Charlie Brown an 7 out of 10. Pitiful. This is an embarrassing low for Peanuts - an NFL advertisement disguised as a children's TV special.  I don't know if it's more embarrassing than Flashbeagle or not.  That special was contrived purely by a marketing department while this one actively tries to shove NFL trademarks, logos and events down children's throats.If you ever get the chance to purchase this at a Shell station after filling up with a minimum of 8 gallons (that was the chief method of distribution of this gem), save your money and just wait for the Snoopy/Met Life blimp to pass overhead.  It's far more interesting and it affords the opportunity to tell your kids about helium.  Or better yet, watch the Christmas or Thanksgiving special again.. One of the weakest Peanuts shorts.. I'm not quite sure what to make of You're in the Super Bowl, Charlie Brown. Unlike the other ones which have an idea of plot, in this one things kind of happen and then they kind of stop. The story is of some kind of football contest, basically to see who can throw a football the farthest, and kick it the farthest. Charlie Brown (Jimmy Guardino) and Linus Van Pelt (John Christian Graas) decide to enter, along with the rest of the Peanuts gang. Linus meets a girl named Melody-Melody (yes that is her real name) (Crystal Kuns) whom he falls for and tells her that he is entering in the contest. Melody wishes him luck. At the contest Linus kicks the ball the furthest but then Melody unexpectedly appears and blows his score away. Then the film pretty much ends. Yeah this was pretty insignificant. It doesn't really seem big enough to deserve it's own film. At the end I was just looking at my screen thinking "What's next? Is this really where it ends." It felt as though there should have been more. Honestly I think they were just going for broke when they wrote this. I love the Peanuts but this was just kind of weak.