Line #51 WesternAnimation/SnoopyComeHome


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2	->'''Linus:''' You bought Snoopy in the month of October, right? According to the records at the Daisy Hill Puppy Farm, Snoopy was bought by another family in August. This family had a little girl named Lila. Snoopy and Lila loved each other very much, but then they moved, and the family decided they just couldn't keep Snoopy, so they returned him. ''[[{{Beat}} (beat)]]'' [[WhamLine You got a used dog, Charlie Brown.]]\
3	'''Charlie Brown:''' ''[[FaintInShock (faints)]]''
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5	''Snoopy, Come Home'' is a 1972 animated film directed by Creator/BillMelendez. It is the second of the five feature-length films based on the ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' comic strip by Creator/CharlesMSchulz. Whereas the previous film, ''WesternAnimation/ABoyNamedCharlieBrown'', focused on Charlie Brown, this one focuses almost entirely on Snoopy.
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7	It is also, unquestionably, the most [[TearJerker depressing and heart-wrenching]] thing in the ''Peanuts'' franchise. If there was a trope called "Crowning Moment of Tear Jerking", this film would win fairly easily. (This was possibly due to Schulz having just gone through a depressing divorce, [[CreatorBreakdown and deciding to take it out here]])
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9	To summarize: The plot begins with Snoopy experiencing dissatisfaction with his life amongst the other characters, as numerous "[[RunningGag NO DOGS ALLOOOOOOOOOOWED]]" signs have recently been put up around the town, resulting in Snoopy being kicked out of most public places. After this, Snoopy attempts to get the attention of Charlie Brown and the other kids, only to be rejected or shrugged off in one way or another.
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11	Snoopy then receives a letter from his ''original'' owner, Lila, with whom he only spent two months as a puppy before he was sent back to the Daisy Hill Puppy Farm because Lila's family moved. The letter informs Snoopy that Lila [[LittlestCancerPatient is in the hospital]] and wishes to see Snoopy again. Snoopy and Woodstock immediately leave town to visit her without explaining. They go on a somewhat surreal journey across the country and engage in silent shenanigans.
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13	Meanwhile, Charlie Brown spirals into a extreme depression (even for him) at Snoopy running away, and any attempts at his friends to cheer him up fail. If anything, he in the Charliest of Browniest fashions manages to simply make everyone depressed as they all blame themselves for Snoopy running away.
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15	Snoopy and Woodstock eventually make it to Lila's side where they help her recover, only to have Lila ask if Snoopy wants to stay with her permanently. Feeling obligated, Snoopy returns home to inform everyone that he is leaving to live with Lila permanently, essentially massacring what little self-esteem Charlie Brown has in the process. This culminates in a going-away party in which [[EverybodyCries the entire Peanuts cast (and the audience as well) ends up crying hysterically]] the entire time while Snoopy gives away all of his possessions. Charlie Brown sinks even deeper into depression afterwards.
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17	Upon arriving at Lila's home, however, Snoopy finds out that not only does Lila already have a pet of her own in the form of a beloved cat, but that her apartment has a "No Dogs Allowed" policy. Freed of his obligations, Snoopy joyfully runs back home and into the arms of Charlie Brown and company who welcome him back joyfully. The happiness lasts for a few minutes until he gets a swelled head and demand that they give back all the things he gave them before moving or he'll sue them, upon which everyone but Charlie Brown leaves Snoopy in disgust[[note]]Lucy: "That does it, Charlie Brown! He's your dog and you're welcome to him!!"[[/note]] (though he does leave a few moments later in disgust as well when Snoopy has let Woodstock type in the ending credits).
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19	A 1991 animated TV special, ''Snoopy's Reunion'', provides a prequel story about Snoopy and Lila, while contradicting some details from ''Snoopy Come Home''.
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21	!!''Snoopy, Come Home'' contains examples of:
22	* AdaptationExpansion: Adapted from a series of strips where Snoopy went missing to visit Lila in hospital. The strips did have the angst of Charlie Brown losing Snoopy and discovering he wasn't Snoopy's original owner, but there was never any question of whether Snoopy would stay with Lila or return to Charlie; that was added by the film.
23	* AllThereInTheManual: The name of the girl who captures Snoopy and Woodstock isn't listed in the credits because the characters' faces are shown in place of the names. We only know her name because the official poster for the movie identified her as Clara. The DVD subtitles also name her as such.
24	* AndCallHimGeorge: Along the way, Snoopy and Woodstock are captured by a little girl named Clara, an insane, pet-obsessed little girl that makes Elmyra from ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' look sane in comparison.
25	* AndStarring: The opening credits list the film's characters, ending with "And Introducing Woodstock". This was the character's first animated appearance.
26	* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Despite Charlie Brown being a depressive blockhead and their sometimes indifferent interactions, Snoopy still chooses him over an angelic little girl in the end. To underscore this moment, this is the only time in the movie where the sight of the "NO DOGS ALLOWED" sign is accompanied by a cheerful, triumphant version of the {{Leitmotif}} instead of its usual sinister-sounding one, as Snoopy dances for joy at the sight of it.
27	** Despite Lucy’s relationship with Snoopy most of the time, she was crying at his going-away party and clearly cared about him/missed him.
28	* AwardBaitSong: "Lila's Theme (Do You Remember Me?)", a lush, heartbreaking ballad sung by Music/ShelbyFlint, was obviously intended by Music/TheShermanBrothers as this movie's big attention-seeking musical moment.
29	* BittersweetEnding: In classic ''Peanuts'' style, still played for laughs: Snoopy goes back to live with Charlie Brown, which livens up the poor old blockhead after suffering quite the depression for a few days, but that means Snoopy won't ever see his old owner again -- and the moment he returns, Snoopy [[{{Jerkass}} reclaims everything he gave away in his farewell party and acts like a complete jackass to everybody.]]
30	* BreakTheCutie: ALL of the characters in this movie, especially the title character and [[ButtMonkey you know who]].
31	* BreakingBadNewsGently: Linus does his best.
32	-->'''Linus:''' Are you ready for a shock?\
33	(''Charlie Brown faints'')\
34	'''Linus:''' [[CaptainObvious He wasn't ready for a shock.]]
35	* TheCameo: Creator/ThurlRavenscroft provides his singing voice for "NO DOGS ALLOWED!"
36	* CantYouReadTheSign: Used as a RunningGag. Snoopy is constantly booted from places with "No Dogs Allowed!" signs.
37	* ChekhovsGag: Snoopy is usually upset at all the "NO DOGS ALLOWED!" rules, until such a rule settles his decision.
38	* ComedicSpanking: Clara punishes Snoopy for getting his dress dirty at her tea party ([[NeverMyFault even though she's the one who overfilled his cup]]).
39	* ContinuityNod:
40	** Snoopy plays the jew's harp, just like he did in ''WesternAnimation/ABoyNamedCharlieBrown''.
41	** Snoopy's love of [[https://peanuts.fandom.com/wiki/Bunny_Wunny Bunny Wunny books]] is recalled in the library scene.
42	** Schroeder plays "It's a Long Way to Tipperary" at Snoopy's going-away party, which he previously played at the Halloween party in ''WesternAnimation/ItsTheGreatPumpkinCharlieBrown'', with Snoopy (in his [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarI WW1]] flying ace attire) dancing to it.
43	* CreativeClosingCredits: Snoopy "dictates" the end credits to Woodstock, who types them up. In addition, instead of listing actors with their roles, the heads of the characters appear with Snoopy typing up the actors' names next to the character he or she plays, with Snoopy and Woodstock's actors' names appearing physically next to them as Snoopy types. Embellished cut-out photos of the crew members (all wearing funny hats) also appear as their names are typed alongside.
44	* DamnedByFaintPraise: When Snoopy types up his will, he leaves Charlie Brown with nothing but his best wishes. Later, when Snoopy rescinds his will, he writes Charlie Brown a letter stating that since he left nothing to Charlie Brown, he expects nothing in exchange. Everyone else who had to return their gifts disgustedly states that Snoopy is Charlie Brown's dog, and he's welcome to him.
45	* DeathByNewberyMedal: One could argue that the film's Charlie Brown arc is a deconstruction of it: losing a pet doesn't make Charlie Brown an adult. It just makes him chronically depressed and makes his abandonment issues worse. If anything, it causes him to emotionally regress.
46	* DidntThinkThisThrough: Lila inviting Snoopy to come back and live with her again. She doesn't realize her apartment building doesn't allow dogs until Snoopy points out the sign.
47	* DramaticIrony: Snoopy gets kicked off the beach thanks to a new rule forbidding dogs. Peppermint Patty is in the next shot, thinking that she's been stood up.
48	* EscalatingWar: Snoopy and Linus get into one of these over Linus's blanket, complete with yanking, foot-stomping, nose-tweaking, head-butting, collar-snapping, shin-kicking, and shoe-throwing. By the end [[MotiveDecay it's not even about the blanket anymore]], Snoopy doing the aforementioned shin-kicking because he's that angry, and Linus doing the shoe-throwing at the end of it for the same reason.
49	* EverybodyCries: Snoopy's going-away party involves plenty of tears from everyone.
50	* EverythingIsAnInstrument: The first time Woodstock whistles 'The Best of Buddies', Snoopy accompanies him by banging spoons against his dog bowl. He even pulls out his jew's harp from ''WesternAnimation/ABoyNamedCharlieBrown''.
51	* ExactWords: Subverted. After Snoopy is kicked out because of the "No Dogs Allowed" policy, Woodstock tries to enter. He gets kicked out too, showing it's an "no animals at all, period" policy.
52	-->'''"No Dogs Allowed" Leitmotif Singer''': ''That goes for biiiirrrrdddssss!''
53	* FacePalm: Lila, when Snoopy shows her the "No Dogs Allowed" sign on her building.
54	* FunnyXRay: During the first attempt to sneak into the hospital, Snoopy and Woodstock run past an X-Ray machine, with Woodstock's body being depicted as a cooked chicken leg.
55	* {{Hammerspace}}: That little suitcase that Snoopy uses on his journey fits everything needed for a camping trip. The only thing he ''didn't'' include was a tent. And his packed suitcase doesn't even seem at all heavy to carry.
56	* HateSink: Clara whose treatment of Snoopy and Woodstock could put [[WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures Elmyra]] to shame.
57	* HeroicBSOD: Charlie Brown ends up being depressed even by the standards of Charlie Brown. That's saying something.
58	* ItsAllMyFault: Peppermint Patty, Lucy, Linus, and Charlie Brown blame themselves for Snoopy leaving.
59	* KarmaHoudini: Clara gets away with the Elmyra-esque antics scot-free (save for getting a fishbowl on her head for her trouble). Justified in that Snoopy and Woodstock use that distraction to [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere skedaddle before she can recover.]]
60	* KickTheDog: A literal example; in the beginning credits, Schroeder kicks Snoopy away when he finds him playing on his piano.
61	* LaserGuidedKarma: While the gang plays Monopoly, Lucy keeps taunting Charlie Brown because she owns Boardwalk and Park Place. She rolls doubles, boasts that she has another turn, and promptly lands on Schroeder's Pacific Avenue with a hotel. Their background chatter while Charlie Brown starts looking around for Snoopy explicitly states that this move bankrupts her out of the game. Played for laughs, of course.
62	* {{Leitmotif}}: The four note "No Dogs Allowed" motif, complete with deep-voiced singer (the great Creator/ThurlRavenscroft).
63	* LiteralAssKicking: Snoopy gives one to Charlie Brown, and gets one from Schroeder, in the opening credits.
64	* LittlestCancerPatient: Lila, although she gets well by the end, and she's portrayed much less sympathetically in the last scene. Her actual illness is also [[TheDiseaseThatShallNotBeNamed kept vague and unspecified]].
65	* LuminescentBlush: Snoopy sports one when Woodstock points out that he accidentally claimed to be a taxpayer in his letter to the Editor.
66	* MistakenSpecies: Clara thinks that Snoopy (a beagle) and Woodstock (a canary) are a sheepdog and a parrot.
67	* NeverMyFault: Clara blames Snoopy for getting his dress dirty, but she poured too much tea in his cup.
68	* NewSoundAlbum: Charles Schulz, Lee Mendelson and Bill Melendez thought ''WesternAnimation/ABoyNamedCharlieBrown'' ended up a little too much like an extended ''Peanuts'' TV special. To make this seem more like a big-screen presentation, there was a complete change of musical style. While Music/VinceGuaraldi kept his job as the TV music director, Music/TheShermanBrothers were brought in to do the film's music, resulting in a score more in line with what Disney was doing at the time.
69	* NoAnimalsAllowed: "No dogs allowed... you're not our crowd... obey the signs... and boundary lines... you're out of place... you bark and chase... you're not our crowd... no dogs allowed..."
70	* {{Novelization}}: There was one, with stills from the film. It was just as [[{{Tearjerker}} tearjerking]].
71	* OcularGushers: All the kids sans Schroeder cry this way during the going away party.
72	* OddballInTheSeries: This is the only ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' AnimatedAdaptation not to feature a score by Vince Guaraldi in his lifetime. The music was instead provided by Music/TheShermanBrothers. Charles Schulz stated that he would have hired Guaraldi for ''WesternAnimation/RaceForYourLifeCharlieBrown'' if not for the composer's sudden death in 1976.
73	* OddNameOut: This is the only one of the five ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' movies that has Snoopy's name in the title.
74	* OhCrap: Snoopy with Clara, after she tells him she's going to spank him.
75	* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: You'll never see Snoopy get as angry or as frightened as he does with Clara. She's just ''that'' bonkers.
76	* PaperThinDisguise: Subverted. The first time Snoopy attempts to sneak into the hospital Lila is staying in he dons a set of medical scrubs, but the unseen staff easily see through it and kick him out. During his second attempt he doesn't even bother with a disguise. Woodstock is completely undisguised both times.
77	* PetDressUp: Clara's idea of a play date with Snoopy. It's definitely ''not'' his idea of "fundamental friend dependability."
78	* PawprintStamping: Snoopy endorses a letter protesting a new "No Dogs Allowed" policy at the beach by stamping it with his pawprint.
79	* PluckyComicRelief: Snoopy and Woodstock's adventures and the "No Dogs Allowed!" RunningGag act as breather scenes between Charlie and the Gang's depression and angst.
80	* RingRingCrunch: Snoopy does this to a really loud alarm clock at one point on his journey, and then to ''Woodstock'' when he's chirping in his sleep.
81	* RoadTripPlot: A good third of the movie deals with Snoopy and Woodstock traveling to the hospital to see Lila. [[BoringReturnJourney Their trip back home isn't shown]], except for a shot of them traveling through the night, with the next scene showing Snoopy back at Charlie Brown's house.
82	* RunningGag: "NO DOGS ALLOWED!" Seriously, pretty much anywhere he goes, Snoopy will encounter a sign like this.
83	-->THAT GOES FOR BIIIIIIIIRDS!
84	* SceneryPorn: The carnival that Charlie Brown and Peppermint Patty go to is drawn very appealingly, down to its lighting capturing the essence of the night life.
85	* ScoobyDoobyDoors: A scene like this occurs at one point when Clara chases Snoopy and Woodstock through her house.
86	* ShownTheirWork:
87	** Schroeder asks for $1,275 when Lucy lands on his Pacific Avenue, which is the actual rent for that property with a hotel.
88	** Monopoly strategy books have shown that owning the Dark Green monopoly is far more profitable than the Boardwalk/Park Place monopoly.
89	* SillySong: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP6MmTo583c Fundamental Friend Dependability]]" is an inspired bit of lunacy, written by the Sherman Brothers. They also wrote "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious", and it shows.
90	* SnowcloneTitle: To ''Film/LassieComeHome''.
91	* SoundtrackDissonance:
92	** Schroeder plays the sprightly music hall tune "It's A Long Way To Tipperary" as the entire Peanuts gang cry their eyes out at Snoopy's going-away party.
93	** Even the background music played during the carnival scene falls under this trope. It goes from being upbeat and lively to slow and romantic to downright depressing and heartbreaking later on when the audience finds out it's the same tune as the song "It Changes" that Charlie Brown sings after Snoopy bids him farewell to be with Lila for good.
94	* StatusQuoIsGod: Snoopy ends up coming back to Charlie Brown, ensuring that his antics will keep occurring.
95	* StronglyWordedLetter: After being kicked off the Beach the following day, Snoopy and Woodstock writes one of these to "The Editor" in protest of the No Dogs Allowed policy.
96	** At the end, Snoopy issues one of these to Linus, with the croquet and chess sets to be returned within five days or the matter will be handled by Snoopy's attorney.
97	* SurprisinglyHappyEnding: While it's still somewhat [[BittersweetEnding bittersweet]] (see above), the ending is much happier than it’s initially set up to be. It appears that Snoopy is leaving Charlie Brown and his friends for good to live with Lila, but he actually ends up saying one final goodbye to her and going back to Charlie Brown.
98	* TitleDrop: While despairing over Snoopy being gone, Charlie Brown cries out the movie title.
99	* TitleThemeTune: "Snoopy, Come Home" is a musical sequence as depressing as the rest of the film, with all of the Peanuts gang walking around upset and Charlie Brown in a visibly increasing despair.
100	* TriumphantReprise: The very last incarnation of the "NO DOGS ALLOWED" tune, along with the "Best of Buddies" song combined with "It's A Long Way to Tipperary" near the end.
101	* TropeyComeHome: It's right there in the title, and one of the songs, and poor Charlie Brown screams it in despair at one point.
102	* UnsuccessfulPetAdoption: [[ZigzaggingTrope Zig-zagged]], considering Snoopy was adopted by Lila's family then returned after they moved and decided not to keep him (though it's possible that they moved into the same dog-unfriendly apartment they had in present-day). Naturally, Snoopy was subsequently adopted by Charlie Brown, but then Lila talked Snoopy into coming to live with her permanently. He agrees, only to discover she owns a cat and her apartment's "No Dogs Allowed" policy. Free of his obligations to her, he joyfully returns to Charlie Brown.
103	* WackyWaysideTribe: The section with Clara is basically its own self-contained story.
104	* WeWantOurJerkBack: Snoopy behaves like a jerk to everyone in the film, but they all cry when he leaves. When he eventually returns, they're so happy to have him back but are ''shocked'' when he continues to be a jerk.
105	* WhamLine: "You are not Snoopy's original owner." And the more blunt, "You got a used dog, Charlie Brown."
106	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: For some reason, after the deep thought sequence, Peppermint Patty disappears for the rest of the movie. Although she appears briefly at Snoopy's going-away party in a 3-second shot, she isn't seen again in the movie unless you count the credits. Then again, Peppermint Patty does live on the other side of town.

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