Charlie Brown
| Charlie Brown | |
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| Peanuts character | |
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| First appearance | May 30, 1948 (first mention) October 2, 1950 (official debut) |
| Created by | Charles M. Schulz |
| Voiced by |
Peter Robbins (1963–1969) Chris Inglis (1971) Chad Webber (1972–1973) Todd Barbee (1973–1974) Duncan Watson (1975-1977) Dylan Beach (1976) Arrin Skelley (1977–1980) Liam Martin (1978) Michael Mandy (1980–1981) Grant Wehr (1981) Brad Kesten (1983-1985) Michael Catalano (1983) Brett Johnson (1984–1986) Chad Allen (1986) Sean Collins (1988) Erin Chase (1988–1989) Jason Riffle (1988) Kaleb Henley (1990-1991) Justin Shenkarow (1992) Jamie E. Smith (1992) Jimmy Guardino (1993) Steven Hartman (1995-1997) Christopher Ryan Johnson (2000) Quinn Beswick (2000) Wesley Singerman (2002–2003) Adam Taylor Gordon (2003) Spencer Robert Scott (2006) Alex Ferris (2008-2010) Trenton Rogers (2011) Noah Schnapp (2015) Aiden Lewandowski (2016) |
| Information | |
| Gender | Male |
| Family |
Sally Brown (younger sister) Unnamed parents grandfather Silas Brown Unnamed grandmother Unnamed aunt Unnamed uncle Snoopy (Dog) |
Charlie Brown is the central protagonist of the long-running comic strip Peanuts, syndicated in daily and Sunday newspapers in numerous countries all over the world. Depicted as a "lovable loser," Charlie Brown is one of the great American archetypes and a popular and widely recognized cartoon character.
Charlie Brown is characterized as a person who frequently suffers, and as a result is usually nervous and lacks self-confidence. He shows both pessimistic and optimistic attitudes: on some days, he is reluctant to go out because his day might just be spoiled, but on others, he hopes for the best and tries as much as he can to accomplish things.
The character's creator, Charles M. Schulz, has said of the character that "[He] must be the one who suffers because he is a caricature of the average person. Most of us are much more acquainted with losing than winning." Despite this, Charlie Brown does not always suffer, as he has experienced some happy moments and victories through the years, and he has sometimes uncharacteristically shown self-assertiveness despite his frequent nervousness.
Schulz has also said: "I like to have Charlie Brown to be the focal point of almost every story."
Lee Mendelson, producer of the majority of the Peanuts television specials, has said that "He [Charlie Brown] was, and is, the ultimate survivor in overcoming bulliness—Lucy or otherwise."
Charlie Brown's birth date is October 30. In the original Peanuts strips (excluding Li'l Folks), his birth year is suggested to be 1946 according to a strip originally published Nov. 3, 1950. Initially Charlie Brown suggests he lives in an apartment with his grandmother occupying the one above his; a few years into the strip, he moves to a house with a back yard.
His name was first used on May 30, 1948, in an early Schulz comic strip called Li'l Folks in which one boy has buried another in a sandbox and then denies that he has seen the other boy ("Charlie Brown") when asked. He made his official debut in the first Peanuts comic strip, on October 2, 1950. The strip features Charlie Brown walking by, as two other children named Shermy and Patty look at him. Shermy kept on praising him, but then immediately reveals his hatred toward him on the last panel. During the strip's early years, Charlie Brown was much more playful than he is known, as he often played pranks and jokes on the other characters. On December 21 of the same year, his signature zig-zag T-shirt appeared; formerly, he only wore a plain one. On the March 6, 1951, strip, Charlie Brown first appears to play baseball, as he was warming up before telling Shermy that they can start the game; however, he was the catcher, not yet the pitcher.
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