Violet (Peanuts)
| Violet Gray | |
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| Peanuts character | |
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| First appearance | February 7, 1951 A Charlie Brown Christmas (television special) A Boy Named Charlie Brown (film) |
| Last appearance | November 27, 1997 Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (And Don't Come Back!!) (2D animated film) The Peanuts Movie (film) He's A Bully, Charlie Brown (pre-2010s television special) Happiness Is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown (television special) |
| Voiced by | Sally Dryer (1963, 1965) Karen Mendelson (1966) Ann Altieri (1966-1969) Linda Ercoli (1972-1975, 1976) Lynn Mortensen (1974) Linda Jenner (1974) Roseline Rubens (1980) Stacy Ferguson (1985) Deanna Tello (1992) Ashley Edner (2000) Kaitlyn Maggio (2003) Jolean Wejbe (2006) Taya Calicetto (2008-2009) Blesst Bowden (2011) Madisyn Shipman (2015) |
| Information | |
| Gender | Female |
| Family | Unknown |
Violet Gray is a fictional character featured in the long-running syndicated daily and Sunday comic strip Peanuts, created by Charles M. Schulz. She was initially a major character, until she began to fade into the background.
Violet is best known as a jealous girl who likes bragging and, along with her friends Patty (her best friend) and Lucy (the ringleader of the trio), often teases and torments Charlie Brown.
In addition to the comic strip, Violet has appeared alongside other Peanuts characters in numerous Peanuts television specials, cinematic movies, theatrical plays, and video games.
Violet was first featured in the February 7, 1951 Peanuts strip. From there on, Violet's character changed and developed until she began to become less prominent than the other major characters, with her forthcoming appearances reduced to mere cameos. Her last comic strip appearance, discounting the reruns of the strip, was on the November 27, 1997 Peanuts strip.
As Violet's character developed over the years, her appearance changed as well. On the early strips, Violet has her shoulder-length dark hair kept in either pigtails, a bun, or, sometimes, a ponytail. Later on, Schulz dropped the braids and kept Violet's hair only in ponytails. Violet also wears front bangs and often wears dresses which are originally depicted as purple; later they were depicted as green, as well as black Mary Janes shoes. During the winter (and during other seasons on the strip's later years), Violet switches to pants. Violet wears a purple dress in The Peanuts Movie.
Violet is smart, popular, and a snob. She makes her opinions known to everyone, and her haughtiness causes her to often torment other people, whom she views as beneath her.
Violet is supposedly of upper-class upbringing, and she likes to brag about how her father possessing something her friends' fathers don't; it is also implied, however, that Violet's father is largely absent from her life, which her peers use against her when she gets too obnoxious. For example, in a Father's Day strip, her boasts are quelled by Charlie Brown when he takes her to his dad's barber shop. After telling her about how his dad would always smile at him no matter how bad a workday he was having, a humbled Violet walked away, but not before quietly wishing Charlie Brown a Happy Father's Day. In another example, a character named "5" fired back at her with "My dad goes to PTA meetings!" Charlie Brown once deflated her with the comeback: "My dad has a son."
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