Rerun Van Pelt

Rerun van Pelt
Peanuts character
Rerun on the back of his mother's bicycle
First appearance	May 23, 1972 (born and first mention) March 26, 1973 (official debut)
Last appearance	January 30, 2000
Voiced by	Vinnie Dow (1976) Jason Mendelson (1983-1986) (as Jason Muller) Tim Deters (2002) (as Timmy Deters) Jimmy Bennett (2003, 2006) (as James Bennett) Finn Carr (2016) Daniel Thornton (2016)
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Gender	Male
Family	Linus (older brother) Lucy (older sister) Unnamed parents Blanket-hating grandmother Marion (aunt)

Rerun van Pelt is Linus' and Lucy's younger brother in Charles M. Schulz's comic strip Peanuts.

Rerun started as a minor character in the Peanuts universe, only becoming a main character in the last decade of the comic strip. Rerun was first mentioned in the strip on May 23, 1972, during a storyline in which Lucy threw Linus out of the house only to learn that yet another little brother had just been born. Upon learning the news, Lucy exclaimed "A new baby brother?!! But I just got rid of the old one!!!" With that, she let Linus back in, uttering in misery, "You can't shovel water with a pitchfork."

The irony of the situation was not lost on Linus, who laughed himself silly over his sister's scheme being defeated, thus causing her to lose her temper and tie his blanket over his mouth.

Lucy, who always wanted to be an only child (or to have a younger sister), is less than thrilled at the prospect of having a second younger brother, and comments that getting one was like watching reruns on television; thus, Linus comes up with the idea of calling the family's new addition "Rerun". "Rerun van Pelt! Good Grief!" mutters Lucy with a less-than-thrilled look on her face.

Rerun's first appearance was on March 26, 1973, depicted as a nearly identical but smaller version of Linus. Over time, Lucy warmed up to Rerun and became something of a mentor to him, more kind with him than she had ever been with Linus. Linus also took Rerun under his wing in later years, unsuccessfully attempting to "convert" Rerun to his belief in "The Great Pumpkin", and taking his skeptical and embarrassed little brother along on door-to-door "missions" to spread the word of the Great Pumpkin.

The first storyline in which Rerun is featured involves a still pre-verbal Rerun becoming a player on Charlie Brown's baseball team and being involved in a gambling scandal (he bet a nickel with Snoopy that Charlie Brown's team would win) that ends in the team having to forfeit one of their rare victories.

Occasional appearances in the 1970s and 1980s have him verbalizing in thought balloons and feature him as a nervous passenger on the back of his mother's bicycle.