History Trivia / Peanuts

** And for the first run of 'You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown' in 1967, you're invited to imagine the kids not in Minnesota or northern California, but..Ottumwa, Iowa. And imagine that Charlie Brown will be [[{{MASH}} drafted and sent to Korea]]. That's right, his actor was Gary Burghoff.

** Syndicates owning rights to the comics they distributed was largely standard practice until the 1980s and Bill Watterson's famous fight to prevent ''CalvinAndHobbes'' merchandise. After that happened, Creators' Syndicate was founded and comic strip creators owning their work become more common.

** Speaking of TheMusical, the revival had [[{{Wicked}} Glinda]] as Sally.

*** '''Charlie Brown:''' Kei Tani, Osami Nabe, Nobuyuki Furuta, Kazuko Sugiyama ([[ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman Jun The Swan]]), MasakoNozawa, Youko Matsuoka ([[GearFighterDendoh Ginga Izumo]]), ChikaSakamoto, Atomu Shimojou, OmiMinami (Commercial breaks only) and MotokoKumai.

*** '''Marcie:''' Kazuko Magino, Rumiko Ukai ([[MobileSuitGundam Frau Bow]]), Satoko Kitou, YumiTakada, MegumiHayashibara (also overlaps with AscendedFanboy), Sanae Kawaguchi, Kazuko Sugiyama and Vanilla Yamazaki ([[PaniPoniDash Mesousa]]).

* ExecutiveMeddling: Schulz was never particularly fond of the title "Peanuts", an invention of the syndicate. He was original going to call it "Lil' Folks", the title of his proto-''{{Peanuts}}'' strip, but had to change it because it sounded too much like names of two other strips from the time, Al Capp's ''Lil' Abner'' and ''Little Folks''

*** Not that it's justified, but the strip started in the 1950s, when the most popular kids show was ''TheHowdyDoodyShow''. And where did kids sit on ''The Howdy Doody Show''? The ''peanut gallery''. The person who chose the title [[LogicalFallacies fails logic]] ''[[LogicalFallacies forever]]''.

** Syndicates' owning rights to the comics they distributed was largely standard practice until the 1980s and Bill Watterson's famous fight to prevent ''CalvinAndHobbes'' merchandise. After that happened, Creators' Syndicate was founded and comic strip creators owning their work become more common.
** Most infamously, during a contract dispute the syndicate hired another cartoonist to draw some ''Peanuts'' strips as a threat to Schulz, but thankfully he (and we) never saw them.
* TributeToFido: Snoopy was based on Charles Schulz's childhood dog, Spike. Later, we meet Snoopy's brother, who is named Spike.

** The Japanese dub is a very interesting case (and just like the original English version, overlaps with TheOtherDarrin) since all the characters were recasted along the years and, until recently, that version avoided the CrossDressingVoices trope with many characters, and some of them, like Linus, for some reason, instead of being voiced by a kid or a woman, like the English version, in Japan Linus has being voiced by males normally typecasted in ''very masculine roles'' including some famous ones like NachiNozawa (SpaceAdventureCobra) and even ''ToshiyukiMorikawa''! For sake of simplicity, they are sorted by character and their voice actors, from the older ones to the newer ones:

*** '''Charlie Brown:''' Kei Tani, Osami Nabe, Nobuyuki Furuta, Kazuko Sugiyama, MasakoNozawa, Youko Matsuoka ([[GearFighterDendoh Ginga Izumo]]), ChikaSakamoto, Atomu Shimojou, OmiMinami (Commercial breaks only) and MotokoKumai.

*** '''Charlie Brown:''' Kei Tani, Osami Nabe, Nobuyuki Furuta, Kazuko Sugiyama, MasakoNozawa, Youko Matsuoka ([[GearFighterDendoh Ginga Izumo]]), ChikaSakamoto, Atomu Shimojou and MotokoKumai.

*** '''Linus Van Pelt:''' Kiyoshi Komiyama, NachiNozawa, YokuShioya, KenyuuHoriuchi, ToshihikoSeki, KazueIkura, Minori Matsushima ([[MazingerZ Sayaka Yumi]]), Yoshiko Ohta (PrincessKnight), Keiko Yokozawa ([[CastleInTheSky Sheeta]]), ToshiyukiMorikawa (and ''brutally'' PlayingAgainstType here!) and Riko Narumi.

*** '''Lucy Van Pelt:''' Midori Utsumi, Miyuki Ichijo ([[ShinMazinger Tsubasa Nishikiori]]), Kumiko Takizawa ([[TheSecretOfTheBlueWater Grandis]]), Roko Takizawa, Katsue Owa, Natsuki Komiya, Michiko Hirai, Kazue Komiya, YurikoFuchizaki, Mari Maruta ([[MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory Cima Garahau]]) and Ryoko Nagata ([[KiddyGrade Eclair]]).

*** '''Lucy Van Pelt:''' Midori Utsumi, Miyuki Ichijo ([[ShinMazinger Tsubasa Nishikiori]]), Kumiko Takizawa ([[TheSecretOfTheBlueWater Grandis]]), Roko Takizawa, Katsue Owa, Natsuki Komiya, Michiko Hirai, Kazue Komiya, YurikoFuchizaki, Mari Maruta ([[MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory Cima Garahau]]) and Ryoko Nagata ({{KiddyGrade Eclair]]).

*** '''Sally Brown:''' Midori Kato, Tomoko Matsushima, Tomoko Saitou, Chie Kojiro ([[DigimonSavers Falcomon]], NaokoMatsui, Natsuki Matsuzaki, Takako Sasuga, Kumiko Ohsugi, Hitomi Oikawa, TaekoKawata, EtsukoKozakura and FumikoOrikasa.

** The Japanese dub is a very interesting case (and just like the original English version, overlaps with TheOtherDarrin) since all the characters were recasted along the years and, until recently, that version avoided the CrossDressingVoices trope with many characters, and some of them, like Linus, for some reason, instead of being voiced by a kid or a woman, like the English version, in Japan Linus has being voiced by males normally typecasted in ''very masculine roles'' including some famous ones like NachiNozawa (SpaceAdventureCobra) and even ''ToshiyukiMorikawa''!

** The 2011 special ''Happiness Is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown'' has [[Series/BigTimeRush Katie Knight]] as Patty and [[Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove Tipo]] as Pigpen.

** The 2011 special ''Happiness Is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown'' has [[Series/BigTimeRush Katie Knight]] as Patty and [[TheEmperorsNewGroove Tipo]] as Pigpen.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Although Charles Schulz became a very rich man from the strip, he was never able to buy the copyright back from the syndicate- the price was always just a ''bit'' more than he could afford (since 1950 the standard contract has changed; now the copyright for NewspaperComics automatically reverts to the creator after 20 years. Of course, most up-and-comers choose to publish [[WebComics online]] and the syndicates usually don't get a look-in — but generally the syndicates don't ''want'' a look-in, since most webcomics are far too controversial to work as a newspaper comic).

** Most infamously, during a contract dispute the syndicate hired another cartoonist to draw some ''Peanuts'' strips as a threat to Schulz, but thankfully he (and we) never saw them.

** The 2011 special ''Happiness Is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown'' has [[BigTimeRush Katie Knight]] as Patty and [[TheEmperorsNewGroove Tipo]] as Pigpen.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Some specials have still not received a DVD release, notably the live-action/animation blend, "It's The Girl in the Red Truck, Charlie Brown". Though critically panned, some believe it's SoBadItsGood.

** And Taylor Lautner voiced Joe Agate in the 2006 special "He's A Bully, Charlie Brown". Yes, ''that'' [[{{Twilight}} Taylor Lautner]].

** Pamelyn Ferdin who went on to play Fern in "Charlotte's Web" (1973) was the voice of Lucy in "A Boy Named Charlie Brown" and several TV specials.