History Headscratchers / Peanuts

*** War and Peace is the standard Thick Russian Novel that everyone assumes is difficult and boring. (And it would be difficult for kids.) Teachers in kid lit tend to want to assign the densest books in existence for the kids to read simply because they can't stand the thought of kids playing and having fun when they could be chained to the desk and laboring over grueling assignments.

** Charlie Brown basically [[https://image.ibb.co/fWYiow/bunglekid.jpg looks like this kid]] from that ''Mr. Bungle'' short so famously spoofed by Pee-Wee Herman. A very short platinum-blond crew-cut where you practically look bald (which makes the boy in ''Mr. Bungle'' come off as a weirdo for combing his hair. Like....''what hair?''"

* This is the same troper from the above two entries. Anyway, it just bugged me that [[GenericGuy Shermy]] got brother chucked and replaced by Franklin, who was virtually the same, except for the fact [[TokenMinority he was black]]. TheOtherWiki or somewhere else once said that Franklin "proved to be more interesting in the long run". How exactly was he more interesting? Are black people more interesting than white people? Does Franklin have better hair? Why Why Why? (I do not hold anything against Franklin nor am I a Shermy fan or a racist, this is just something that bugged me)

* Even for Charlie Brown standards, the New Year's special is cruel. Why does Charlie Brown's teacher make him read ''WarAndPeace'' during Christmas vacation ''and'' expect him to write a report on it?! Did he put a tack on her chair or something? When I was in school, my teachers never gave us homework during Christmas vacation, especially not impossible ones like that. It's because of Charlie's teacher being such a [[TheGrinch Grinchette]] that I can't stand that special.

** My fifth-grade teacher pulled that kind of shit, though not with anything as long as ''WarAndPeace''. Every evening, weekend, and school holiday was consumed by reading or writing reports. I strongly suspect that my lasting difficulties with essays are a direct result of this.

** Because AdultsAreUseless

** Maybe, although he doesn't love her and indeed finds her annoying, he nonetheless on some level appreciates the company and the attention. In the early sixties there was a storyline in which Lucy and Linus move away, supposedly for good. Schroeder is shown playing piano alone, when the hovering musical notes fade away and are replaced by an adoring Lucy, leaning on the staff. He stops playing and says, "Don't tell me [[ShoutOut I've become accustomed]] [[MyFairLady to]] ''[[MyFairLady that]]'' [[MyFairLady face]]!"

** The specials don't take place in the same year, maybe? Or perhaps Sally told her parents what happened and got them to buy her some candy to make up for it, and she counts that as her Halloween candy.

*** There are those who posit that [[Anime/NeonGenesifsEvangelion that has already happened]]. Somewhere around the time a white-haired, red-eyed kid in a giant bio-mech bit the dust, another kid on the other side of the world put on an unexpected burst of speed and kicked a ball in what could best be described as a 30-meter punt of Ultimate Doom...

*** There are those who posit that [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion that has already happened]]. Somewhere around the time a white-haired, red-eyed kid in a giant bio-mech bit the dust, another kid on the other side of the world put on an unexpected burst of speed and kicked a ball in what could best be described as a 30-meter punt of Ultimate Doom...

** My favorite one's ''Bon Voyage Charlie Brown (And Don't Come Back)'': the kids travel to France seemingly without adults, and ''Snoopy'' is their bus driver! But it's all in the name of RuleOfFunny; the series just takes place in its own innocent, kid-centered world. Or alternately, the events as we see them are being filtered through the gang's imaginations, like ''CalvinAndHobbes''.