He's A Bully, Charlie Brown
| He's a Bully, Charlie Brown | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Animated TV special |
| Created by | Charles M. Schulz |
| Written by | Charles M. Schulz Justine Fontes |
| Directed by | Bill Melendez Larry Leichliter |
| Voices of | Spencer Robert Scott (Charlie Brown) Stephanie Patton (Lucy van Pelt) Taylor Lautner (Joe Agate) Rory Thost (Peppermint Patty) Jessica Gordon (Marcie) Jimmy Bennett (Rerun van Pelt) Benjamin Bryan (Linus van Pelt) Katie Fischer and Sierra Marcoux (Sally Brown) Jolean Wejbe (Violet, Patty, and Frieda) Paul Butcher, Jr. (Roy, Kid) Bill Melendez (Snoopy and Woodstock) |
| Composer(s) | David Benoit |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | November 20, 2006 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown |
| Followed by | Happiness Is A Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown |
He's a Bully, Charlie Brown is the 44th prime-time animated TV special based on the popular comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz. It was originally aired on the ABC network on November 20, 2006. It is the second most recent Peanuts television special and is primarily based on a story from the Peanuts comic strips originally appearing in April 1995. He's a Bully was an idea Schulz had pitched, and worked on before his death on February 12, 2000. Schulz's working title for the special was It's Only Marbles, Charlie Brown. Animation was produced by Toon-Us-In.
It is the last special to be produced by and feature Bill Melendez as the voice of Snoopy and , as he died on September 2, 2008. It was also the last new special to air on ABC as the next special Happiness Is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown aired on FOX. This is also the last Peanuts special from the 2000s, and the last special to be in standard definition.
At home, Rerun van Pelt finds some old marbles his grandfather Felix—a marble master in his day—kept in the attic. Charlie Brown goes to summer camp with Marcie while Peppermint Patty is stuck in summer school. He and Snoopy get ready for camp. They ride the bus and Peppermint Patty is there saying goodbye. Charlie Brown realizes that most of his friends are going to summer camp with him. Linus is eating a lollipop and Rerun wants one and goes until he sees Joe Agate play marbles. He then decides at summer camp that he wants to be a marbles champ. Joe Agate (played by Taylor Lautner), the bully, decides to play against Rerun on the false pretense of teaching him the game—and quickly cheats him out of his marbles. A devastated Rerun complains to Charlie Brown. Disgusted, Charlie Brown takes responsibility and isolates himself in the boathouse, where Snoopy (in his Joe Cool persona) instructs him on the game until he becomes skilled enough to win back the marbles from Joe.
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