History WesternAnimation / BringMeTheHeadOfCharlieBrown

* AdaptationalJerkass: Even Linus is no exception to the Great Pumpkin's bounty and tries to strangle him with his blanket.

* AssholeVictim: The entire ''Peanuts'' gang. Charlie Brown snaps and kill then as payback for them trying to assassinate him under the orders of the Great Pumpkin.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: InUniverse and parodied. It is implied that this short was a ''Peanuts'' special that was never released nor finished, given that it is on pencil and unpainted cel paper, and its dark subject matter.

''Bring Me the Head of Charlie Brown'' is a short film created by Jim Reardon. It was made in 1986 when he was attending California Arts Institute and is famous but also infamous at the same time.

* DaylightHorror: It is implied that the events of this short take place between noon and the afternoon.

* VocalDissonance: Every character sounds like an adult man, [[EnforcedTrope given that they were voiced by the same person]]. Bonus points for Charlie Brown declaring "Happiness is a warm uzi" in Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger's accent towards the end.

* VocalDissonance: Every character sounds like an adult man, [[EnforcedTrope given that they were voiced by the same person]]. Bonus points for Charlie Brown declaring "Happiness is a warm uzi" in [[Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger Arnold Schwarzenegger]]'s accent towards the end.

'''Bring Me The Head Of Charlie Brown''' is a short film created by Jim Reardon. It was made in 1986 when he was attending California Arts Institute and is famous but also infamous at the same time.

As you probably expected, this is a more [[SubvertedKidsShow violent and adult-oriented]] [[{{ComicStrip/Peanuts}} Peanuts]]. This became famous on it's own and spawned [[MemeticMutation internet memes]] and criticism due to it spoiling people's childhoods.


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* AdaptationalJerkass: Even Linus is no exception to the Great Pumpkin’s bounty and tries to strangle him with his blanket.
* AdaptationalVillainy: All the Peanuts characters become murderous to Charlie Brown, and Charlie Brown himself is no exception as he gets payback.
* AgeLift: The Peanuts cast look slightly older in this short.

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Everyone who’s after Charlie Brown under the orders of the Great Pumpkin is Lucy, Schroeder, Linus, Snoopy, The Red Baron, and The Kite-Eating Tree.
* AssholeVictim: The entire Peanuts gang. Charlie Brown snaps and kill then as payback for them trying to assassinate him under the orders of the Great Pumpkin.
* CallBack
** The kite-eating tree tries to body slam him. Reference to WesternAnimation/ABoyNamedCharlieBrown.
* DaylightHorror: It is implied that the events of this short take place between noon and the afternoon.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Yeah, we would expect the Peanuts gang to continuously attempt to murder Charlie Brown and then him snapping and shooting everyone as revenge. [[SarcasmMode That's totally normal]].

-> “The creator of this picture wishes to state that he does not in any way wish to tarnish or demean the beloved characters of Charles M. "Dutch" Schulz's comic strip, Peanuts. No malice or damage to their goodwill was intended. So please don't sue me, because it will drag through the courts for years, and I haven't got a lawyer – and besides, you've already got half the money in the world, and I haven't got any. OK?”
* DrivenToSuicide: Billy, a character from the Family Circus comic strip hangs himself in despair, while Popeye cleans the bodies at the end of Charlie Brown's murderous rampage.
* EvenTheDogIsAshamed: Snoopy is even after Charlie Brown, but is the only one who gets away [[KarmaHoudini scot-free and without being harmed ‘’much’’.]]

* InformedEquipment: Charlie Brown says “Happiness is a warm uzi” though he never used one during his murder spree.
* KarmaHoudini: Snoopy never gets punished for biting off Charlie Brown’s arm and just barely misses getting shot by him. (Though his scalp gets ripped off).
* MisplacedRetribution: Charlie Brown kills everyone including everyone in his way, his own sister who did nothing wrong, and other innocent cartoon characters.
* PrecisionFStrike: Charlie says “bitch” before [[HoistByHisOwnPetard shooting]] [[AssholeVictim Lucy]] as payback for shooting him in the shoulder during the massacre.

** The title is a parody of the film Film/BringMeTheHeadOfAlfredoGarcia.
** When his arm is bitten off by Snoopy while he is holding a [[VisualPun York Peppermint Pattie]] in place of the [[DontExplainTheJoke real Peppermint Patty]], he screams Tom’s famous scream from WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry.
** Godzilla briefly squeezes a water tower-sized can of Dr. Pepper as part of the chaos that’s happening. This is a reference to a commercial of him doing the same thing for a campaign promoting the film, Film/TheReturnOfGodzilla which was released the time of this short's release.
** Lucy briefly shoots Charlie on the shoulder, which references a scene from the Western film Film/TheWildBunch where William Holden gets shot by a prostitute. The audio of [[ShoutingShooter Lyle Gorch's screaming of the climactic shootout]] is also spliced in when Charlie goes trigger-happy.
** When Linus strangles Charlie Brown with his blanket, that scene uses sounds from Montt Python’s “Farewell to John Denver”.
* TheCoatsAreOff: Charlie Brown unzips his coat when he gets ready for his murder spree.
* TheDogBitesBack: Charlie Brown grows a Mohawk, carries a pump shotgun, an assault rifle, and begins brutally murdering everyone that tried to assassinate him. He then kills everyone in his way.
* TheVoice: The little red-haired girl is portrayed in her usual Peanuts fashion, and is sleeping next to him on a bed. She says “Turn out the light will ya!” at the last frame.
* UnexplainedRecovery: Charlie Brown manages to survive each and every assassination attempt by his friends.
** Also, Snoopy somehow survives being shot by the Red Baron when pretending to fly at his dog house.
* VocalDissonance: Every character sounds like an adult man. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] since they were voiced by the same person.
** Bonus points for Charlie Brown declaring “Happiness is a warm uzi.” In [[Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger Arnold Schwarzenegger]]’s accent towards the end.
* WantedPoster: There’s a poster that says “Dead or Alive” on a brick wall when the hunt is on for Charlie Brown.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: InUniverse and Parodied. It is implied this short was a Peanuts special that was never released nor finished, given it is on pencil and unpainted cel paper, and dark subject matter.

* YourHeadASplode: Lucy and Sally’s heads blow off when Charlie shoots them.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Parodied. This short implies this was a Peanuts special that never got finished, given that it's left uncolored.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After Snoopy gets his scalp torn, he never appears again for the rest of the short.

* TheVoice: The little red-haired is portrayed in her usual Peanuts fashion, and is sleeping next to him on a bed. She says “Turn out the light will ya!” at the last frame.

** Lucy briefly shoots Charlie on the shoulder, which references a scene from the Western film Film/TheWildBunch where William Holden gets shot by a prostitute. The audio of [[ScreamingWarrior Lyle Gorch's screaming of the climactic shootout]] is also spliced in when Charlie goes trigger-happy.

** Lucy briefly shoots Charlie on the shoulder, which references a scene from the Western film Film/TheWildBunch where William Holden gets shot by a prostitute.

'''Bring Me The Head Of Charlie Brown''' is a short film created by Jim Reardon. It was made in 1986 when he was attending Cal Arts Institute and is famous but also infamous at the same time.

As you expected, it’s just a more [[SubvertedKidsShow violent and adult-oriented]] [[{{ComicStrip/Peanuts}} Peanuts]]. This has spawned [[MemeticMutation internet memes]] and even criticism when it comes to people who have ruined their childhoods.

* KarmaHoudini: Snoopy never gets punished for biting off Charlie Brown’s arm and just barely misses getting shot by him. (Though his scalp got ripped off.)

** Godzilla briefly squeezes a water tower-sized can or Dr. Pepper as part of the chaos that’s happening. This is a reference to a commercial of him doing the same thing for a campaign promoting the film, Film/TheReturnOfGodzilla which was released the time of this short's release.

* VocalDissonance: Every single character sounds like adult men.

As you expected, it’s just a more [[SubvertedKidsShow violent and adult-oriented Peanuts.]] This has spawned [[MemeticMutation internet memes]] and even criticism when it comes to people who have ruined their childhoods.

* AdaptationalVillainy: All the Peanuts characters become murderous to Charlie Brown, and Charlie Brown himself is no exception when he gets his payback.
* AgeLift: You can see during the action scenes that the Peanuts cast look slightly older.
* AnimationBump: Due to the advantage of the fact that this only uses pencil and tracing paper, the line art is more liberal with the animation.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Yeah like we normally expect the Peanuts gang to continuously almost murder Charlie Brown and then for him to finally snap back with twice as much blood and gore like that.
* DrivenToSuicide: Schroeder becomes so hopeless by Charlie’s murderous rampage that he hangs himself while Popeye cleans all the bodies.
* DefyingTheCensors: Discussed. Jim barely prevented himself from getting sued by Charles M. Schultz by adding this note at the end:
-> “The creator of this picture wishes to state that he does not in any way wish to tarnish or demean the beloved characters of Charles M. "Dutch" Schulz's comic strip, Peanuts. No malice or damage to their goodwill was intended. So please don't sue me, because it will drag through the courts for years, and I haven't got a lawyer – and besides, you've already got half the money in the world, and I haven't got any. OK?”

* PrecisionFStrike: Charlie says “Bitch” before [[HoistByHisOwnPetard shooting Lucy]] as payback for shooting him in the shoulder during the massacre.

** The title is a parody of the title of Film/BringMeTheHeadOfAlfredoGarcia.

** It briefly shows Godzilla squeezing a water tower-sized can or Dr. Pepper as part of the chaos that’s happening. This is a reference to an ad featuring him doing the same thing for a campaign promoting Film/TheReturnOfGodzilla at the time.
** Lucy briefly shoots Charlie on the shoulder which references a scene from the Western film Film/TheWildBunch where William Holden gets shot by a prostitute.
** When Linus strangles Charlie Brown with his blanket, that scene randomly uses the sound effects from Montt Python’s “Farewell to John Denver”.
* TheDogBitesBack: Charlie Brown grows a Mohawk, carries a pump shotgun and an assault rifle and brutally murders the people that tried to kill him. He then goes on to kill everyone in his way.
* TheVoice: The little red-haired is portrayed in her usual Peanuts fashion next to him on a bed saying “Turn out the light will ya!”
* UnexplainedRecovery: Charlie Brown manages to perfectly survive each and every assassination attempt by his friends.

** Bonus points for the fact that he says “Happiness is a warm uzi.” In Arnold Schwarzenegger’s accent.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Parodied. This short is an implication that this was a special that never was finished given that it only uses pencil and uncolored cel paper.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Snoopy after getting his scalp torn does not appear again for the rest of the short.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Discussed. Jim barely prevented himself from getting sued by Charles M. Schultz by adding this note at the end:

** When his arm is bitten off by Snoopy while he is holding a peppermint patty, he screams Tom’s famous scream from WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry.
** It briefly shows Godzilla squeezing a water tower-sized can or Dr Pepper as part of the chaos that’s happening. This is a reference to an ad featuring him doing the same thing for a campaign promoting Film/TheReturnOfGodzilla at the time.
** Lucy briefly shoots Charlie on the shoulder which is a reference to a scene from the Western film Film/The Wild Bunch where William Holden gets shot by a prostitute.

* UnexplainedRecovery: Charlie Brown manages to perfectly survive each and every one all of the assassination attempts.