History WesternAnimation / ThePeanutsMovie

* ContinuityNod: Way, ''way'' too many to count -- the entire film can be seen as a throwback to the original strips and specials. Some notable examples are:
** Various memorable quotes from both the comic strip and previous specials are used throughout the movie.
** The Kite-Eating Tree is briefly mentioned, though its appearance is leafless (on account of winter) and without its trademark grin.
** Vince Guaraldi's "Skating" appears, set to, appropriately enough, skating.
** The opening sequence when Snoopy grabs Linus's blanket and the chain of ice skaters goes flying off in all directions is highly reminiscent of ''WesternAnimation/ACharlieBrownChristmas''.
** Lucy pulling away a football, causing Charlie Brown to slip into the air and fall flat on his back.
** Baseball, Charlie Brown pitching, and having his clothes knocked off.
** During an ImagineSpot montage of the WWI Flying Ace behind enemy lines, Snoopy briefly looks like his brother Spike while crossing a desert (since Spike lives in one). During another spot, Snoopy puffs himself out, which makes him look like his other brother Olaf. The real Spike and Olaf, and their other siblings Belle and Marbles and Andy cameo in a post-credits scene.
** Snoopy does his trademark vulture stare, and then his flying [[HeliCritter "whirli-dog"]], while snatching cupcakes.
** Snoopy sitting on his doghouse contemplating a novel and starting with "ItWasADarkAndStormyNight".
** Psychiatric Help, regardless of inflation, still remains 5¢.
** The moment when Charlie Brown picks up the Little Red-Haired Girl's pencil and notices it has teeth marks is derived from 2002's ''WesternAnimation/ACharlieBrownValentine'', with Charlie Brown successfully hanging on to it in the movie, as compared to ''A Charlie Brown Valentine'', where Lucy snatches the pencil away and ruins his chances to talk to the Little Red-Haired Girl.
** Joe Cool crashes the school dance.
** Woodstock driving a tiny Zamboni, and then pushing a tiny snowblower, each appeared a number of times in the strip.
** One of the many things tossed out of Snoopy's doghouse is Creator/VincentVanGogh's ''Art/TheStarryNight'', a reference to the oft-mentioned but never-shown Van Gogh {{painting|s}} that Snoopy owns.
** Peppermint Patty calls Joe Cool a "funny-looking kid with a big nose", in reference to what she called Snoopy during her first years in the strip.
** Charlie Brown writing a book report about ''Literature/WarAndPeace'' was previously used in the special ''WesternAnimation/HappyNewYearCharlieBrown''; in the TV special, he managed to get a D-minus for writing his book report at the last minute, while he puts more effort into writing an extensive report in the movie, only for it to get blown to pieces by a miniature Red Baron biplane model.
** Snoopy licks Lucy, and she gives the exact same overreaction that she had in ''WesternAnimation/ACharlieBrownChristmas''.
--->'''Lucy:''' Ugh! I've been kissed by a dog! I have dog germs! Get hot water! Get some disinfectant! Get some iodine!
** Marcie appears serving root beer to Snoopy and his siblings during one of his WWI Flying Ace fantasies. In the strip, Snoopy would often go to Marcie's house while in the Flying Ace persona, believing it to be a French café, where Marcie would willingly play the part of a French Waitress serving him root beer.
** A subtle one, but Charlie Brown [[spoiler:meeting the little red-haired girl at the bus at the end]] brings back the ending of ''You're in Love, Charlie Brown'', a seldom-aired special from 1967.
** When the kids watch The Little Red-Haired Girl moving in, Linus hopes she'll have an open mind about [[WesternAnimation/ItsTheGreatPumpkinCharlieBrown the Great Pumpkin]].
** Snoopy getting hit with [[WesternAnimation/SnoopyComeHome "No Dogs Allowed!"]] when trying to enter the school.

* LighterAndSofter: While the movie does an excellent job recreating the tone and feel of both the comic strip and the previous animated specials, the KafkaComedy is a bit toned down. There's a more positive and optimistic undertone to this movie, and even if Charlie Brown remains a ButtMonkey with a huge unlucky streak, in the end his {{Determinator}} traits and kind nature win out in a way they seldom did in previous incarnations. The other kids (while not out of character) are less inherently cruel to him, even if they do have their moments. Snoopy's good-natured and lovable sides are much more played up than ever; his {{Jerkass}} moments all resulting either from getting caught up in the moment, or succumbing to temptation.

* GotVolunteered: Peppermint Pattie was in charge of the refreshments committee for the Winter Dance and signed Charlie Brown to make cupcakes without asking him or listening when he explained he only knew how to make toast.

** Christophe Beck's score not only includes versions of Music/VinceGuaraldi's "Christmas Time is Here", "Christmas is Coming" and "Skating", all from ''WesternAnimation/ACharlieBrownChristmas'', but the arrangements have some nods to other parts of Guaraldi's career, with some BossaNova guitar in the style of Guaraldi's frequent collaborator Bola Sete, and Latin-tinged vibraphone much like Cal Tjader, in whose band Guaraldi first made his name as a sideman.

Three of Schulz's grandchildren produced it, and one of them is a co-writer. Creator/PaulFeig also served as a producer. Schulz's estate has 100% overseen and approved everything having to do with the movie, and an unconventional style of CGI has been developed to preserve his design work and Bill Melendez's animation style.

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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The opening montage is of most of the cast being woken up by their alarm clocks and is a series of character notes, such as Peppermint Patty smashing her clock with a hockey stick, Schroeder almost shutting his off but declining so he can listen to Beethoven, and Lucy seemingly gently trying to wake up Linus before grinning, snatching his blanket away, and running off with it. We get another series of character notes during the ice skating sequence, including other characters like Frieda and her [[{{Catchphrase}} naturally-curly hair]].

* ImpactSilhouette: When Snoopy is dragging Linus along by his blanket across the ice (a nod to similar antics from ''WesternAnimation/ACharlieBrownChristmas''), Linus grabs the first hand he can find -- which turns out to belong to Sally, who wastes no time snuggling up to her "sweet babboo", surrounded by two-dimensional {{Heart Symbol}}s. A horrified Linus lets go, and Sally is hurled into a snowdrift, leaving a Sally-shaped hole in the side -- surrounded by heart symbol-shaped holes. Both Sally and the heart symbols soon re-appear as she delivers her {{Catchphrase}}, "Isn't he the cutest thing?"

* {{Troll}}: Despite having TookALevelInKindness in this movie, Snoopy still gets plenty of moments, laughing at Charlie Brown during the baseball practice and later eating all his cupcakes.

* WithFriendsLikeThese: Lucy gets a conniption at being unable to believe Charlie Brown had a good score on his aptitude test (let alone a 100%) and keeps saying stuff like "I demand a recount!". [[spoiler:She then goes all "yeeeeeesss! I was right!" when Charlie points out that it's Patty's test and his got the dead last of the whole school.]]

* LighterAndSofter: While the movie does an excellent job recreating the tone and feel of both the comic strip and the previous animated specials, the KafkaComedy is a bit toned down. There's a more positive and optimistic undertone to this movie, and even if Charlie Brown remains a ButtMonkey with a huge unlucky streak, in the end his {{Determinator}} traits and kind nature win out in a way than they did in previous incarnations. The other kids (while not out of character) are less inherently cruel to him, even if they do have their moments. Snoopy's good-natured and lovable sides are much more played up than ever; his {{Jerkass}} moments all resulting either from getting caught up in the moment, or succumbing to temptation.

* LighterAndSofter: While the movie does a very good job of recreating the tone and feel of the comic strip, and to a lesser extent the previous animated specials, the KafkaComedy is notably toned down. There's a more positive and optimistic undertone to this movie, and even if Charlie Brown remains a ButtMonkey with a huge unlucky streak, in the end his {{Determinator}} traits and kind nature win out in a way they seldom did in previous incarnations. The other kids are also less inherently cruel to him, even if they do have their moments -- and Snoopy in particular is ''much'' kinder here than he's ever been before; his {{Jerkass}} moments all resulting either from getting caught up in the moment, or succumbing to temptation.

** Snoopy's good-natured and lovable sides are more apparent in the movie than in a lot of the comics or even animated specials. While Snoopy did love Charlie Brown in the comics, he also didn't remember who his name was. In the movie, he spends most of his time with Charlie Brown helping him and being his ''wingman''. His jerky sides are not completely absent however as Snoopy does still display his usual selfishness when he eats most of the cupcakes Charlie Brown made for the dance before he arrives.

** Snoopy[[note]]As a matter of fact, Snoopy may be an exaggerated case, since he spends a significant portion of the film as Chuck's ''wingman''. This is compared to the comics, where Snoopy usually doesn't even know what Charlie Brown's name is. [[/note]] and the kids are certainly nicer to Charlie Brown than they were in the strips or TV specials (with the exception of Lucy, who is (initially) as much of a jerk as always).[[note]] Although Snoopy displays his usual selfishness when he eats most of the cupcakes Charlie Brown made for the dance before he arrives.[[/note]]

* KickTheDog: Lucy's immense glee at being right that Charlie Brown, [[CosmicPlaything being Charlie Brown]], got the dead last result on the school's aptitude test instead of the first ([[IneptAptitudeTest his results got mixed with Peppermint Patty’s, and Patty got the only 100% in the whole school by painting a smiley face on the test]]) and he clarified the mix-up.

* OutOfFocus: Lucy, compared to the older Peanuts films and specials. Even Linus to some extent.

* CopycatMockery: As a CallBack to ''WesternAnimation/ACharlieBrownChristmas'' Snoopy mimics Lucy in shadow silhouette.