Lucy van Pelt
| Lucy van Pelt | |
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| Peanuts character | |
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| First appearance | March 3, 1952 |
| Last appearance | December 13, 1999 (comic strip) Happiness Is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown (2011 Television Special and Movie) The Peanuts Movie (2015 film) |
| Voiced by | Karen Mendelson (1963) Tracy Stratford (1963, 1965) Sally Dryer (1966–1968) Pamelyn Ferdin (1969–1971) Robin Kohn (1972–1973) Melanie Kohn (1974–1975, 1977) Sarah Beach (1976) Linda Jenner (1976) Lynn Mortensen (1976) Michelle Muller (1977–1979) Laura Planting (1980) Debbie Muller (1980) Kristen Fullerton (1980-1981) Sydney Penny (1981) Angela Lee (1983) Heather Stoneman (1984–1985) Jessica Lee Smith (1984-1985) Melissa Guzzi (1986) Tiffany Billings (1986-1988) Ami Foster (1988) Erica Gayle (1988–1989) Jennifer Banko (1990) Marnette Patterson (1992) Molly Dunham (1993) Jamie Cronin (1995-1997) Rachel Davey (2000) Lauren Schaffel (2002) Serena Berman (2002–2003) Ashley Rose Orr (2003) Stephanie Patton (2006) Michelle Creber (2008-2009) Grace Rolek (2011) Hadley Belle Miller (2015) Bella Stine (2016) |
| Information | |
| Gender | Female |
| Family |
Linus van Pelt and Rerun van Pelt (brothers) Blanket Hating Grandmother Unnamed parents Marion (aunt) |
Lucille "Lucy" van Pelt is a character in the syndicated comic strip Peanuts, written and drawn by Charles Schulz. She is the older sister of Linus and Rerun. Lucy is characterized as a crabby, bossy and opinionated girl who bullies other characters in the strip, particularly Linus and Charlie Brown.
Lucy is characterized as very loud-mouthed, violent, aggressive, temperamental, and dumb at rare times (She showed Linus how to plant a rose and did the wrong way and thinks Charlie Brown's true facts as false facts). She often mocks other characters such as Snoopy, his owner Charlie Brown and even her younger brother Linus van Pelt.
While she is not cold-hearted, and technically one of the main protagonists of the series, she can be quite antagonistic, often playing the villain role in a number of stories. She is also characterized as vain, as she believes she is beautiful and thinks she is perfect (though she once admitted complaining is the only thing she can do).
Christopher Caldwell has said about the character: "Lucy is no 'fussbudget.' She's an American nightmare, a combination of zero brains, infinite appetites and infinite self-esteem, who is (for that reason) able to run roughshod over all her playmates. At her best, she is the most terrifying character in the history of comics [strips]."
While she often bullies and makes fun of characters like Charlie Brown, he still thinks of Lucy as a good friend and deep down, Lucy does have a fondness of him, with a couple of times that she said that "he's full of surprises." She has a strong unrequited crush on Schroeder.
Lucy also has a psychiatric booth, parodying the lemonade stand operated by many young children in the United States. Here, she pretends to be a psychiatrist and tells her opinions on problems for five cents to the other characters in the strip, most frequently an anxious Charlie Brown; this "advice" is usually completely useless and nonsensical.
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