PEANUTS

Part 2 of the Animated Peanuts Checklist


"Snoopy Getting Married"


It´s Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown.

Prime-Time Special - April 1984
Music: Ed Bogas and Desireé Goyette



Short summary:

Inspired by the Flashdance craze, Snoopy begins leading a double life as a disco dancer in this Peanuts outing.
IMDb rating: 7,0

Main characters in this episode:


Charlie Brown
Linus
Peppermint Patty
Marcie
Sally
Snoopy
Woodstock
Franklin
Lucy
Schroeder
Frieda

Snoopy´s Getting Married, Charlie Brown.

Prime-Time Special - March 1985
Music: Ed Bogas and Desireé Goyette


Short summary:

Snoopy is performing guard duty, but gets sidetracked when he meets a beautiful girl and decides to marry her, with his brother Spike as his best man. However, she falls for the neighbour's dog and elopes with him.
IMDb rating: 7,3

Main characters in this episode:


Charlie Brown
Peppermint Patty
Marcie
Sally
Snoopy
Woodstock
Franklin
Lucy
Schroeder
Violet
Spike
Guinevere

You´re a Good Man, Charlie Brown.

Prime-Time Special - November 1985
app. 60 minutes
Music: Clark Gesner



Short summary:

The Peanuts gang perform the classic Broadway musical. In addition to the classic songs, we see Charlie Brown and his friends perform the various comedy sketches of the play.
IMDb rating: 7,5

Main characters in this episode:


Charlie Brown
Peppermint Patty
Marcie
Sally
Snoopy
Woodstock
Lucy
Schroeder
Linus

Happy New Year, Charlie Brown.

Prime-Time Special - January 1986
Music: Ed Bogas and Desireé Goyette


Short summary:

Charlie Brown is obliged to attend Peppermint Patty's New Year's Eve party, even though he has to finish the novel, War and Peace.
IMDb rating: 7,3

Main characters in this episode:


Charlie Brown
Peppermint Patty
Marcie
Sally
Snoopy
Woodstock
Lucy
Schroeder
Linus
Franklin
Heather
Patty
Pig-Pen
Rerun
Violet

Snoopy: The Musical.

Prime-Time Special - January 1988
app. 50 minutes
Music: Larry Grossman


Short summary:

The animated adaption of the second stage musical based on the "Peanuts" comics strip, focusing on Snoopy.
IMDb rating: 7,3

Main characters in this episode:


Charlie Brown
Peppermint Patty
Sally
Snoopy
Lucy
Linus

It´s the Girl in the Red Truck, Charlie Brown

Prime-Time Special - September 1988
Music: Paul Rodriguez


Short summary:

In the Peanuts comic strip, Spike waves to a girl driving a red pickup truck every day. It's the highlight of his day. In this combined animated and live-action special, we meet the girl, played by Charles Schulz' daughter Jill. She and Spike drive around, looking at the desert scenery and spending some time at a roller rink. However, one night, Spike runs off, and is pursued by people on a nighttime coyote hunt.
IMDb rating: 5,2

Main characters in this episode:


Charlie Brown
Snoopy
Spike
Jenny
Jeff

The Mayflower Voyagers

This is America, Charlie Brown - October 1988
Music: Ed Bogas


Short summary:

"The Mayflower Voyagers" focuses on how the Pilgrims arrived on Plymouth Rock and became some of the first Europeans to settle in the New World.
IMDb rating: 6,7

Main characters in this episode:


Charlie Brown
Snoopy
Linus
Lucy
Sally
Woodstock
Pig-Pen
Marcie
Peppermint Patty
Schroeder

The Birth of the Constitution

This is America, Charlie Brown - October 1988
Music: George Winston



Short summary:

The Peanuts gang goes to Philadephia, PA, to learn about the U.S. Constitution.
IMDb rating: 8,1

Main characters in this episode:


Charlie Brown
Snoopy
Linus
Lucy
Sally
Woodstock
Pig-Pen
Marcie
Peppermint Patty
Schroeder

The Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk

This is America, Charlie Brown - November 1988
Music: Wynton Marsalis



Short summary:

The Peanuts pals are eyewitnesses to the first airplane flight in 1903.
IMDb rating: 8,1

Main characters in this episode:


Charlie Brown
Snoopy
Linus
Woodstock
Dolly
Marcie
Peppermint Patty

The Nasa Space Station

This is America, Charlie Brown - November 1988
Music: Dave Brubeck



Short summary:

Lucy's in charge and Charlie Brown goes spacewalking during a fascinating out-there expedition.
IMDb rating: 7,3

Main characters in this episode:


Charlie Brown
Snoopy
Linus
Woodstock
Lucy
Peppermint Patty
Franklin
Patty
Pig-Pen
Sally

The Building of the Transcontinental Railroad

This is America, Charlie Brown - February 1989
Music: Dave Grusin


Short summary:

Charlie Brown tells the story of America's first transcontinental railroad! The task of building the iron horse's route falls on two companies. The Union Pacific Railroad works westward across the plains. The Central Pacific moves eastward across imposing mountains. The work proceeds at a feverish pace, exacting a huge economic and human toll.
IMDb rating: 8,1

Main characters in this episode:


Charlie Brown
Snoopy
Sally
Lucy
Linus

The Great Inventors

This is America, Charlie Brown - March 1989
Music: David Benoit



Short summary:

A Peanuts salute to inventions when Sally gives a school report. Here's to the great inventors! IMDb rating:7,9

Main characters in this episode:


Charlie Brown
Snoopy
Sally
Lucy
Linus
Peppermint Patty
Marcie
Franklin

The Smithsonian and the Presidency

This is America, Charlie Brown - April 1989
Music: Dave Gruisin


Short summary:

Charlie Brown and his Peanuts pals go to the Smithsonian where their imaginations take them back to the days of Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin Roosevelt. IMDb rating:8,2

Main characters in this episode:


Charlie Brown
Snoopy
Sally
Lucy
Linus
Peppermint Patty
Marcie
Franklin

The Music and Heroes of America

This is America, Charlie Brown - may 1989
Music: EdBogas and Desireé Goyette


Short summary:

Schroeder gives a report on the link between songs school kids sing and American history. IMDb rating:7,5

Main characters in this episode:


Charlie Brown
Snoopy
Sally
Lucy
Linus
Peppermint Patty
Marcie
Franklin
Schroeder
Pig-Pen
Woodstock

Why, Charlie Brown, Why?

Prime-Time Special - March 1990
Music: Judy Munsen


Short summary:

A new girl comes to the neighbourhood school and Linus is smitten with her. Unfortunately, she develops the symptoms of leukemia and must go to the hospital for cancer treatment. Linus and Charlie Brown help her through the traumas of chemotherapy as best they can while Snoopy plays at being the world's greatest doctor.
IMDb rating:7,9

Main characters in this episode:


Charlie Brown
Snoopy
Linus
Lucy
Sally
Woodstock
Janice
Franklin
Marcie
Peppermint Patty
Schroeder

Snoopy´s Reunion

Prime-Time Special - May 1991
Music: Judy Munsen


Short summary:

Snoopy is homesick for his puppyhood at the Daisy Hill Puppy Farm, so he and Charlie Brown organize a reunion of his siblings Spike, Andy, Olaf, Marbles, Belle, Molly and Rover; however, they arrive at the puppy farm to find that urban sprawl has replaced it with a parking garage. However, they are together and continue their reunion on the sidewalk in front.
IMDb rating:7,5

Main characters in this episode:


Charlie Brown
Linus
Sally
Snoopy
Spike
Lila
Andy
Bell
Marbles
Missy
Molly
Olaf
Rover

It´s Spring Training, Charlie Brown

Prime-Time Special (never aired) - 1992
Music: Judy Munsen


Short summary:

It's spring, and in the Peanuts neighborhood, that can only mean one thing: another losing baseball season. This year may be different! The team with the always-crabby right fielder and the shortstop who uses his food dish as a glove might turn things around if it had a real, honest-to-goodness uniforms. A local businessman has promised to provide them... if the team wins its first game.
IMDb rating:7,3

Main characters in this episode:


Charlie Brown
Frieda
Lucy
Patty
Linus
Schroeder
Shermy
Snoopy
Pig-Pen
Franklin
Leland

You´re in the Superbowl, Charlie Brown

Prime-Time Special - January 1994
Music: Vince Guaraldi


Short summary:

The Peanuts gang is gearing up for the big punt-pass-kick contest. What's at stake? A brand new bike and a trip to the Super Bowl! Who's the new mystery girl who has Linus and Charlie Brown competing for her attention? What about Snoopy? Can his coaching lead Woodstock and his all-bird team to victory against the rest of the animal kingdom? Find out as you laugh along with the entire Peanuts gang you've enjoyed for years.
IMDb rating:6,7

Main characters in this episode:


Charlie Brown
Lucy
Sally
Linus
Snoopy
Pig-Pen
Marcie
Peppermint Patty
Melody Melody

It Was My Best Birthday Ever, Charlie Brown

Prime-Time Special - August 1997
Music: Vince Guaraldi


Short summary:

Linus is preparing a birthday party. Trying out his new in-line skates in the neighbourhood park, he meets a nice little girl with a beautiful voice. He invites his new friend to the party. The party should be wonderful, but Linus will only be satisfied if she attends!
IMDb rating:6,9

Main characters in this episode:


Charlie Brown
Lucy
Patty
Sally
Linus
Snoopy
Violet
Pig-Pen
Woodstock
Mimi
Franklin
Marcie
Shermy

It´s the Pied Piper, Charlie Brown

Prime-Time Special - September 2000
Music: Vince Guaraldi


Short summary:

Charlie Brown tells Sally a somewhat modified version of the legend of the Pied Piper, as Snoopy plays the title character who tries to rid the Peanuts' gang's hometown of sports playing, loudly dancing mice by playing his accordion in return for a year's supply of dog food.
IMDb rating:7,0

Main characters in this episode:


Charlie Brown
Lucy
Patty
Linus
Schroeder
Snoopy
Peppermint Patty
Sally
Franklin
Pig-Pen
Marcie
Violet

A Charlie Brown Valentine

Prime-Time Special - February 2002
Music: Vince Guaraldi


Short summary:

Valentine's Day is a week away and Charlie Brown hopes to get a Valentine from the little red-haired girl, as does Sally from Linus…Lucy from Schroeder... and Peppermint Patty from Charlie Brown.
IMDb rating:7,2

Main characters in this episode:


Charlie Brown
Lucy
Linus
Schroeder
Snoopy
Peppermint Patty
Heather
Sally
Woodstock

Lucy Must Be Traded, Charlie Brown

Prime-Time Special - August 2003
Music: David Benoit and Vince Guaraldi


Short summary:

It's spring again and Charlie Brown is once more managing the losingest ball team in Little League history. Though it's a tough call, by far the team's worst player is right-fielder Lucy Van Pelt, who would much sooner ply her "fussbudget" trade than bother to catch fly balls.
IMDb rating:7,2

Main characters in this episode:


Charlie Brown
Lucy
Linus
Schroeder
Snoopy
Peppermint Patty
Marcie
Franklin
Leland

I Want a Dog For Christmas, Charlie Brown

Prime-Time Special - December 2003
Music:


Short summary:

It's Christmas vacation and, as usual, ReRun's big sister is stressing him out, so he decides to turn to his best friend, Snoopy, for amusement and holiday cheer. However his faithful but unpredictable beagle companion has plans of his own, giving ReRun reason to ask Snoopy to invite his canine brother Spike for a visit. When Spike shows up, it looks like ReRun will have a dog for Christmas after all... but then the real trouble begins.
IMDb rating:7,1

Main characters in this episode:


Charlie Brown
Lucy
Linus
Snoopy
Sally
Woodstock
Rerun

He´s a Bully, Charlie Brown

Prime-Time Special - 2006
Not yet released
Music:


Short summary:

Rerun has lost his marbles to a hustler and Charlie Brown decides he´ll help to win them back.
IMDb rating:7,3

Main characters in this episode:


Charlie Brown
Rerun

Happiness is a Warm Blanket

Prime-Time Special - 2011
Music:


Short summary:

Woodstock is following holes dug by Linus, who is looking for his security blanket. Charlie Brown plays baseball with his friends, where Linus is criticized for bringing his blanket. Later, Lucy informs Linus that their grandmother is coming this weekend, and if Linus doesn't get rid of his blanket, it will be cut up into pieces by their grandmother.
IMDb rating:7,3

Main characters in this episode:


Charlie Brown
Linus
Sally
Lucy
Pig Pen
Violet
Patty
Shermy
Snoopy
Woodstock

Snoopy Presents: For Auld Lang Syne

Prime-Time Special - 2021
Music:


Short summary:

On the first week of December, Lucy begins Christmas preparations for the arrival of her grandmother, whom she loves dearly. Meanwhile, Charlie Brown tries to finish his New Year's resolutions, which in typical fashion, he fails to do any of.
IMDb rating:6,9

Main characters in this episode:


Charlie Brown
Linus
Sally
Lucy
Pig Pen
Violet
Patty
Shermy
Snoopy
Woodstock

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