Is This Goodbye, Charlie Brown?

"*God doesn't want us to get into revenge, he wants us to forgive; even our enemies.*"
— Mimi's catchphrase

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**Is This Goodbye, Charlie Brown?** is the fifteenth episode of VeggieTales and the second Cavis and Millward series. It was based on the Peanuts special of the same name.

## Plot

This special begins, when Linus calls the Brown house, and Sally picks up. She gets so excited that her "Sweet Babboo" is on the other line. Linus denies that he is her Sweet Babboo, and tries to ask if Charlie Brown is home, but while he is trying to ask that, Sally asks if he called to ask her to a movie. Linus gets furious, and yells at her, saying, he will not be taking her to a movie, and only called because he wants to talk to her brother. Sally misinterprets this, and tells him she will be waiting outside for him to pick her up for the movie. She then gives the phone to Charlie Brown.

Linus tells Charlie Brown he has to tell him something important and will be over right away. When he arrives at Charlie Brown's house, he tells him his family will have to move, due to his father's job transfer. Charlie Brown is shocked to find out about this.

Lucy then goes to Schroeder to tell him the same thing Linus told Charlie Brown, and she gives him a picture of her so he will always remember her. Schroeder however, does not take Lucy so seriously, and tells her that he would want to forget her if she left.

Charlie Brown then sadly watches the moving men take the Van Pelt's stuff, and load them into their trucks. Charlie Brown then goes to Lucy's psychiatry booth, and tells her he will be so upset without Linus. Lucy then yells at him, and reminds him that she is also leaving. Lucy then shows Charlie Brown the new owner of the psychiatry booth (Snoopy), who changes the cost of the booth from 5 cents, to 50 cents.

Lucy then walks over to the Brown house, and finds Sally waiting in front of the house, saying she is waiting for Linus to take her to the movie. Lucy tells Sally that her family is moving, and Linus is not coming, but Sally refuses to believe this.

Linus then invites Charlie Brown to his and Lucy's going away party. Charlie Brown asks Sally if she wants to come, but Sally insists that Linus is going to pick her up and take her to a movie. The Van Pelt going away party is catered by Joe Cool, who serves everybody dog food.

The next day, Linus and Lucy say their sad good-byes to Charlie Brown. As the Van Pelts pull out of their driveway, Linus throws Charlie Brown his security blanket, as a way to remember him. After the Van Pelts leave, Charlie Brown walks home sadly.

When Charlie Brown gets home, Sally is sitting on the porch, still waiting for Linus to take her to a movie. Charlie Brown tells her that Linus and his family have moved away. Sally walks inside angrily. Schroeder comes and asks where Lucy is, Charlie Brown tells him she and her family have moved away. Schroeder tells Charlie Brown that he thought she was kidding when she told him she was moving, then he grows upset, and says, "I never even said good bye".

Later, Charlie Brown finds a picture postcard in his mailbox. Linus, and Lucy sent it to him. After reading it, Charlie Brown sadly says, "That's the saddest postcard I ever read." Back at Schroeder's house Schroeder is playing his toy piano, but Lucy's face appears on the staff, that makes him stop playing, and say, "Don't tell me I've grown accustomed to that face."

The next day, Charlie Brown tells Peppermint Patty, that he is so upset that Linus moved away. Peppermint Patty tells Marcie that they have to help Charlie Brown get over his sadness. Marcie asks Peppermint Patty if she likes Charlie Brown, Peppermint Patty naturally denies it. She then walks home trying to convince herself that she could never like a loser like Charlie Brown.

That night while Peppermint Patty is trying to sleep, she thinks Charlie Brown is probably feeling bad for himself, and she decides to call him to make him feel better. When she calls him, Charlie Brown is so tired, that he does not seem to listen to what Peppermint Patty is saying to him. Peppermint Patty invites him on a date to the movies, but makes it seem like Charlie Brown is the one asking her, and not the other way around. She then tells him that she will go with him to a movie, then hangs up, and goes to sleep feeling good about herself. Charlie Brown then suddenly wakes up, and wonders what he is doing by the phone, and says that he just dreamt he was talking to Peppermint Patty.

The next day, Peppermint Patty is waiting for Charlie Brown to pick her up for their date, and tells Marcie about her plans with Charlie Brown for the day. Marcie then goes to Charlie Brown at the wall, and asks him why he looks so tired. Charlie Brown tells her that for some strange reason, last night he woke up in the middle of the night by the phone, and had just dreamt he spoke to Peppermint Patty. Marcie realizes what is going on, and goes to tell Patty, that Charlie Brown is not coming. Patty however does not believe Marcie, and continues waiting.

Later that day, Peppermint Patty calls Charlie Brown to tell him she is angry he did not show up to take her on their date. She continues bothering Charlie Brown, but says she will not take revenge on him, and when they hang up, Charlie Brown says "I never know what's going on".

The special ends when Charlie Brown notices moving trucks in front of the Van Pelt house again. He looks to see what is going on, and he is excited to find Linus. Linus tells him his father did not like his new job and they moved back. Just then Lucy walks out of the car and says "What kind of a neighborhood is this? It didn't change a bit", to which Linus says, "Oh yeah. She's back too".

## Characters

* Bob/Cavis Appythart
* Larry/Millward Phelps
* Charlie Brown
* Sally Brown
* Heather Wold
* Linus van Pelt
* Dolly van Pelt
* Mimi
* Pa Grape/Seymour Schwenk
* Mr. Lunt/Haman
* Jimmy and Jerry Gourd
* Mr. Nezzer/Ebenezer Nezzer
* Scooter/Moyer McGonnical
* Percy Pea
* Peppermint Patty
* Lucy van Pelt
* The Scallions
* Marcie
* Laura Carrot
* Madame Blueberry
* Schroeder
* Patty
* Violet
* Franklin
* Shermy
* Pig-Pen
* Snoopy
* Rerun
* Woodstock
* Melody-Melody
* Archibald Asparagus/Arthur Hollingshead
* Junior Asparagus/Edmund Gilbert
* Dad Asparagus/Reverend Gilbert
* Tradesman
* Palmy Tree
* Jean Claude Pea/Winston
* Phillipe Pea

## Songs

* The Plan Song
* Friends in Low Places (Sung by Lucy and the other girls)
* The Goodbye Song
* The Forgiveness Song

## Home media

*Main article: Is This Goodbye, Charlie Brown?/Home video*
## Fun Facts

### Moral(s)

* Everybody makes mistakes and deserves forgiveness.
* We should continue to forgive others even when they mess up more than once.
* Holding grudges are harmful and can lead to hurting the feelings of the other people around you.

### Trivia

* The show's original title was "Is This Goodbye Forever, Charlie Brown?", but was changed at the last minute.
* This episode was the first for several things:
	+ The first episode Tim Hodge directed and worked on the episode.
	+ The first appearance of Melody-Melody.
	+ The first episode where Charlie Brown, Linus, Lucy, Peppermint Patty, Marcie, Schroeder, Sally, Little Red-Haired Girl, and the Peanuts Gang to be animated in Maya.
	+ The first episode where Cavis and Millward played their protagonist characters.
		- This is also the second episode where Cavis and Millward cry or sob. The first was Someday You'll Find Her, Cavis and Millward, where it only had Cavis was sobbing.
	+ The first episode to be rendered in high quality during its original release.
	+ The first Cavis and Millward episode to not use the 1993-1997 logo, after they done with Someday You'll Find Her, Cavis and Millward, along with Everland Entertainment.
	+ The first episode Charlie Brown acts more silly, and that he would've been very naughty to her sister Sally Brown.
* This episode was the last for a few things:
	+ The last episode to be distributed by Lyrick Studios on both VHS and DVD for the mass market.
	+ The last episode to have Ms. Othmar not being in face.
* In some airings of this episode on Smile of a Child, some scenes were removed, including Mimi writing goodbye lists. This is possibly due to time.
* There are a few differences between pre-production and the final version:
	+ Melody-Melody shows a sheet of paper to Cavis and Millward instead of a pink slip.
	+ In the script, Mimi says "Oh, if only we can say goodbye to each other, it really makes us sad." In the final episode, she says "If only we can say goodbye to everyone else, it doesn't make sense".
	+ There is an extra dialogue between Cavis, Millward, Mimi and Melody-Melody before Lucy tells everyone to come for breakfast was cut. The following lines from the script includes:
		- Cavis: "Okay. So how many plates did you collect them?"
		- Millward: "Actually, Melody-Melody collect the plates and put them on the table."
		- Mimi: "Well, my grandmother told me that I was using the fairy gloves, so I never used them to touch them because it's poisonous."
		- Melody-Melody: "Maybe we should get hot-fudge sundaes".
	+ The scene where Lucy doesn't like being a loser for saying goodbye before moving into another town was after Cavis and Millward were eating at the Sushi restaurant. However, it was pushed forward after Melody-Melody was crying.
	+ Originally in the storyboards and early concept art, Snoopy was originally going to be an entirely new model for the Sushi Chef. That was probably Hop Sing, who was mentioned in Mimi and Linus van Pelt's Big River Rescue script.
	+ After saying goodbye to Linus and Lucy, it was suppose to be night time, and it shows Melody-Melody handing the form to Seymour.
	+ After the moving trucks came back, the script has Cavis saying "Hey, look! Linus and Lucy are back." However, in the final episode, Millward says the same thing instead of Cavis.
* This is the first time Melody-Melody is wearing shorts. In later episodes, she wears long pants.
* There exists an extremely rare early 2002 VHS reprint of this episode by Lyrick Studios/HiT Entertainment. It has a black tape with a white ink label, and it has a print date of March 15th, 2002.

#### Remarks

* Despite the Classics DVD being released on the same day as An Easter Carol, the previews are from August 2003. It is possible that it was originally supposed to be released on the same day as The Ballad of Little Joe.
* The back cover on the screenshot shows Melody-Melody standing being in love and Cavis is smiling with his teeth. It could be possible that this was just for marketing purposes.
* It's unknown how Melody-Melody got changed with her sleeveless white shirt to regular shirt, having wearing sleeveless during the dinner scene, but changed into shirt with sleeves afterwards.
* Cavis has a shirt with the shoulder pads, however, he doesn't have any shoulders.
* The credits state that the episode was released in 2000, but it did not release until March 24, 2001. However, this is most likely when the episode was completed.
* The previews option has a preview for the episode itself.

#### Goofs

* Some animation errors are seen when Cavis and Millward are searching for Snoopy and Woodstock.
	+ Violet and Freida are sliding in place, and Frieda is standing on a fire hydrant.
	+ The wind-up lobster is hovering.
* It's unknown how Melody-Melody got into Cavis and Millward's office.
* Dolly's beret floats in some shots.
* When Melody-Melody tells Cavis she and Mimi are writing goodbye lists, Millward loses his mouth.
* Dolly's arms are clipping through the wall between shots.
* In various shots, Mimi and Lucy often swap voices.
* When Linus and Charlie Brown are talking about moving to another town being with the jingle songwriters, Mimi is holding the goodbye lists, which Cavis clips through.
* Tim states that there's a missing frame in the shot where Lucy shows her dinner.
* As the trio is standing in front of the closed doors of Lucy's house upon entering, only Millward's shadow moves.
* Before Cavis points straight at Charlie Brown with the newspaper, his top hat twitches.
* Mimi's right arm clips through the table in one shot.
* When Mimi shushes Millward, her nose clips through Millward's eye.
* When Marcie tells Cavis and Millward about Charlie Brown (calling nickname for Charles) for having Linus and Lucy taking him to their new town, she is seen wearing Pa Grape's glasses. It could be possible that she only wears it for reading at school, or her eyes are not clearly to see them very much.
* When Palmy and Seymour sing the second verse during The Forgiveness Song at the end of the episode, Melody-Melody's nose is missing and then it reappears. They are at the end in one shot in the further away shot they are back in the middle of the table.
* Still waters are shown.

### Inside References

* Millward is walking with Cavis shows a Stuff-Mart ad behind them from the previous episode.
* A flyer for The Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk is shown on the bulletin board.

### Real World References

* Ferrari and Porsche are car manufacturers.
* A picture shows the a log being made in Maya, which was used for the VeggieTales episodes.

### Fast Forward

* We would later see when Melody-Melody wants to be the champion ship.