History ShoutOut / Peanuts

* Quite a few to Billie Jean King. In one strip, Sally draws a picture of GeorgeWashington and Betsy Ross playing a mixed doubles match against UsefulNotes/HarryTruman and Billie Jean King for Independence Day. Charlie Brown comments that Harry and Billie would have won in straight sets.[[note]]King was a close friend of Schulz and even spoke at his funeral.[[/note]]

** Spike is apparently friends with WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse.

* Rod [=McKuen=], who wrote and sang the songs in ''A Boy Named Charlie Brown'', is referenced [[http://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1969/10/03 at least once]] in the strip.

* In a 1963 strip, Sally gets up from watching TV, goes to Charlie Brown, and asks, "Do you think there really is a person named Creator/WaltDisney?"

** In turn, MAD had done a bit about the Peanuts gang as teens and adults. Schulz wrote in and said, "Why don't I retire and let you guys take over?" It was signed with a sketch of Snoopy saying, "What, me worry?"

* ''Literature/TheGreatGatsby'' got lots of Shout Outs in the last decade or so of the strip. Schulz apparently became very interested in the work of F. Scott Fitzgerald in his later years, spurred on by the fact that Schulz and Fitzgerald shared St. Paul, Minnesota as a hometown.

** Peppermint Patty was named after the candy.

* Quite a few to Billie Jean King. In one strip, Sally draws a picture of GeorgeWashington and Betsy Ross playing a mixed doubles match against UsefulNotes/HarryTruman and Billie Jean King for Independence Day. Charlie Brown comments that Harry and Billie would have won in straight sets.

* 1950s songbird Joni James is mentioned in one strip as one of Snoopy's favorite singers (he tells the Cat Next Door not to bother asking to borrow any of his Joni James albums ever again), and in a Sunday strip in 1989 in which Linus is unable to use the telephone for a phone-in contest in which the prize is four tickets to a Joni James concert - because Lucy is hogging the phone. Snoopy even appears on the cover of the compilation album ''Jukebox Joni''.

** Frieda's cat Faron was named after country singer Faron Young.

* 1950s songbird Joni James is mentioned in one strip as one of Snoopy's favorite singers (he tells the Cat Next Door not to bother asking to borrow any of his Joni James albums ever again), and in a Sunday strip in 1989 in which Linus is unable to use the telephone for a phone-in contest in which the prize is four tickets to a Joni James concert - because Lucy is hogging the phone.

* ''Literature/TheGreatGatsby'' got lots of Shout Out in the last decade or so of the strip. Schulz apparently became very interested in the work of F. Scott Fitzgerald in his later years, spurred on by the fact that Schulz and Fitzgerald shared St. Paul, Minnesota as a hometown.

* ''Literature/TheGreatGatsby'' got lots of ShoutOuts in the last decade or so of the strip. Schulz apparently became very interested in the work of F. Scott Fitzgerald in his later years, spurred on by the fact that Schulz and Fitzgerald shared St. Paul, Minnesota as a hometown.

* Quite a few to Billie Jean King. In one strip, Sally draws a picture of GeorgeWashington and Betsy Ross playing a mixed doubles match against HarrySTruman and Billie Jean King for Independence Day. Charlie Brown comments that Harry and Billie would have won in straight sets.

-->'''Marcie:''' Did you ever read this one, sir? It's where [[Franchise/{{Spider-Man}} Spiderperson]] [[TheNightGwenStacyDied is on this bridge, and...]]

* One strip featured a shout-out to ''[[Magazine/{{MAD}} MAD]]'' magazine and Alfred E. Neuman.
** In turn, MAD had done a bit about the Peanuts gang as teens and adults. Schulz wrote in and said, "why don't I retire and let you guys take over?" It was signed with a sketch of Snoopy saying, "What, me worry?"
* A 1961 strip has Linus telling Lucy that he filled out a personal information card for school. When asked for the name of his family physician, he didn't know, so he put down DrSeuss.

* One Sunday comic in the mid-1990s shows Snoopy about to participate in a hockey game with Woodstock and several other birds, and was surprised to find out that before every game, they do [[AnyoneRememberPogs the Macarena]].
* Here's one from a 1980 strip involving comic books. The character isn't much of a surprise, receiving shout-outs all the time from one place or another...
-->'''Marcie:''' Did you ever read this one, sir? It's where [[{{Spider-Man}} Spiderperson]] [[TheNightGwenStacyDied is on this bridge, and...]]
* In one of the latest strips, Sally writes a fan letter to Franchise/HarryPotter. She is visibly disappointed when Charlie Brown tells her that Harry Potter is not a real person.

* In one of the latest strips, Sally writes a fan letter to HarryPotter. She is visibly disappointed when Charlie Brown tells her that Harry Potter is not a real person.

* One strip featured a shout out to ''[[Magazine/{{MAD}} MAD]]'' magazine and Alfred E. Neuman.
** In turn, MAD had done a bit about the Peanuts gang as teens and adults. Schulz wrote in and said "why don't I retire and let you guys take over?" It was signed with a sketch of Snoopy saying "What, me worry?"
* A 1961 strip has Linus filling out a personal information card for school. When asked for the name of his family physician, he doesn't know so he puts down DrSeuss.

** That whole special is a ShoutOut to various elements of '80s pop culture. The "Flashbeagle" theme song itself obviously spoofs "Maniac" by Michael Sembello.

* Quite a few to Billie Jean King. In one strip, Sally draws a picture of George Washington and Betsy Ross playing a mixed double against Harry S Truman and Billie Jean King for Independence Day. Her brother comments that Harry and Billie would have won in straight sets.
* One Sunday comic in the mid-90's shows Snoopy about to participate in a hockey game with Woodstock and several other birds, and was surprised to find out that before every game, they do [[AnyoneRememberPogs the Macarena]].

--->'''Marcie:''' Did you ever read this one, sir? It's where [[{{Spider-Man}} Spiderperson]] [[TheNightGwenStacyDied is on this bridge, and...]]

* A fairly obscure one is Charlie Brown's favorite breakfast cereal, "[[{{Jabberwocky}} Snicker Snacks]]".

* One strip featured a shout out to ''[[MadMagazine MAD]]'' magazine and Alfred E. Neuman.