History WesternAnimation / ACharlieBrownThanksgiving

The plot concerns Peppermint Patty inviting herself, Marcie, and Franklin over to Charlie Brown's house for Thanksgiving dinner. Unfortunately, Charlie Brown and his family will be spending Thanksgiving at his grandmother's house and he can't seem to explain this fact to Peppermint Patty, so he, Linus, and Snoopy quickly throw together a makeshift "dinner" consisting of snack foods and candy.

The plot concerns Peppermint Patty inviting herself, Marcie, and Franklin over to Charlie Brown's house for Thanksgiving dinner. Unfortunately, Charlie Brown's family will be spending Thanksgiving at his grandmother's house and he can't seem to explain this fact to Peppermint Patty, so he, Linus, and Snoopy quickly throw together a makeshift Thanksgiving dinner consisting of snack foods and candy.

The tenth ''Franchise/{{Peanuts}}'' special, first aired on Creator/{{CBS}} in 1973 and, naturally enough, a ThanksgivingEpisode. For whatever reason, it's not quite as iconic as the similarly holiday-themed ''WesternAnimation/ACharlieBrownChristmas'' and ''WesternAnimation/ItsTheGreatPumpkinCharlieBrown''.

The tenth ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' special, first aired on Creator/{{CBS}} in 1973 and, naturally enough, a ThanksgivingEpisode. For whatever reason, it's not quite as iconic as the similarly holiday-themed ''WesternAnimation/ACharlieBrownChristmas'' and ''WesternAnimation/ItsTheGreatPumpkinCharlieBrown''.

* OneSceneWonder: Lucy appears in TheTeaser with Charlie Brown to deliver the trademark [[RunningGag football gag]], then doesn't turn up again for the rest of the special.

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Marcie gives Peppermint Patty one when she starts complaining about Charlie Brown's "dinner":
-->"Did he invite you, or did you invite yourself?"

* CarnivoreConfusion: The ending scene features Woodstock eating Turkey. On a DVD release, Bill Melendez admitted that even he thought the scene was rather morbid.

The special now airs on Creator/{{ABC}}, where it's paired with the Mayflower episode of ''This is America, Charlie Brown''.

* EnmityWithAnObject: Snoopy struggles with a folding chair that won't stay open, and at one point [[AnimateInanimateObject starts fight back]].

!!'''''A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving'' contains examples of:'''

* CarnivoreConfusion: The ending scene features Woodstock eating Turkey. On a DVD release, Bill Melendez admitted that even he thought the scene was rather morbid
* ChristmasCreep: The characters briefly complain about this. Sally wails, "I haven't even finished eating all of my Halloween candy!"

The special now airs on ABC, where it's paired with the Mayflower episode of ''This is America, Charlie Brown''.

The tenth ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' special, first aired on CBS in 1973 and, naturally enough, a ThanksgivingEpisode. For whatever reason, it's not quite as iconic as the similarly holiday-themed ''WesternAnimation/ACharlieBrownChristmas'' and ''WesternAnimation/ItsTheGreatPumpkinCharlieBrown''.

* ChristmasCreep: The characters briefly complain about this
* LimitedWardrobe: {{Lampshaded}} ("Old Chuck is pretty cool about dates. He always wears that striped shirt of his.")
* YouDidntAsk: Charlie Brown and Linus ask Snoopy and Woodstock to help serve Charlie's "Alternate" meal to the gang. After they leave, Snoopy pulls out a fully-cooked, traditional Thanksgiving meal.

The plot concerns Peppermint Patty inviting herself, Marcie, and Franklin over to Charlie Brown's house for Thanksgiving. Unfortunately, Charlie Brown's family will be spending Thanksgiving at his grandmother's house and he can't seem to explain this to Peppermint Patty, so he, Linus, and Snoopy quickly throw together a makeshift Thanksgiving dinner consisting of snack foods and candy.

The plot concerns Peppermint Patty inviting herself, Marcie, and Franklin over to Charlie Brown's house for Thanksgiving. Unfortunately, Charlie Brown's family will be spending Thanksgiving at his grandmother's house.