''Peanuts'' filmography
This is a list of adaptations in film, television, musical theater, and video games, based on characters from the Peanuts comic strip by Charles M. Schulz.
Feature films
The rights to the first two theatrical films listed here are currently with CBS Corporation, having originally been produced by Cinema Center Films, CBS' short-lived theatrical film division, and originally released to video by CBS/Fox Video. The remaining films were produced and released by Paramount Pictures. 20th Century Fox's animation studio, Blue Sky Studios, produced a new theatrical Peanuts Movie, released by Fox on November 6, 2015.
Title | Release date | Release(s) via |
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A Boy Named Charlie Brown | December 4, 1969 |
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Snoopy, Come Home | May 19, 1972 |
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Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown | August 24, 1977 | |
Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!!) | May 30, 1980 |
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The Peanuts Movie | November 6, 2015[2] |
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Educational films
Charlie Brown and Co, have also appeared in Educational videos, these were produced in 1970s and distributed on 16mm to schools.
Title | Release date | Release(s) via |
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Tooth Brushing | ?.?.1978 | |
It's Dental Flossophy, Charlie Brown | ?.?.1979 | |
Charlie Brown Clears the Air | ?.?.1979 |
Television
Specials
Video rights to all the television specials were licensed by Media Home Entertainment and Kartes Video Communications in the 1980s, and by Paramount Home Entertainment from 1994 to 2006. As of 2008, Warner Home Video controls video rights.
Title | Original air date | Network | Current network | Release(s) via |
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A Charlie Brown Christmas | December 9, 1965 | CBS | ABC |
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Charlie Brown's All Stars! | June 8, 1966 | CBS | ABC |
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It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown | October 27, 1966 | CBS | ABC |
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You're in Love, Charlie Brown | June 12, 1967 | CBS | None |
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He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown | February 14, 1968 (Valentine's Day) | CBS | None |
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It Was a Short Summer, Charlie Brown | September 27, 1969 | CBS | None |
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Play It Again, Charlie Brown | March 28, 1971 | CBS | None |
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You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown | October 29, 1972 | CBS | ABC |
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There's No Time for Love, Charlie Brown | March 11, 1973 | CBS | None |
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A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving | November 20, 1973 | CBS | ABC |
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It's a Mystery, Charlie Brown | February 1, 1974 | CBS | None |
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It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown | April 9, 1974 | CBS | ABC |
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Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown | January 28, 1975 | CBS | ABC |
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You're a Good Sport, Charlie Brown | October 28, 1975 | CBS | None |
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It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown | March 16, 1976 | CBS | None |
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It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown | October 24, 1977 | CBS | None |
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What a Nightmare, Charlie Brown! | February 23, 1978 | CBS | None |
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You're the Greatest, Charlie Brown | March 19, 1979 | CBS | None |
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She's a Good Skate, Charlie Brown | February 25, 1980 | CBS | ABC |
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Life Is a Circus, Charlie Brown | October 24, 1980 | CBS | None |
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It's Magic, Charlie Brown | April 28, 1981 | CBS | None |
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Someday You'll Find Her, Charlie Brown | October 30, 1981 | CBS | None |
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A Charlie Brown Celebration | May 24, 1982 (1981) | CBS | None |
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Is This Goodbye, Charlie Brown? | February 21, 1983 | CBS | None |
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It's an Adventure, Charlie Brown | May 16, 1983 | CBS | None |
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What Have We Learned, Charlie Brown? | May 30, 1983 | CBS | None |
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It's Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown | April 16, 1984 | CBS | None |
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Snoopy's Getting Married, Charlie Brown | March 20, 1985 | CBS | None |
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You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown | November 6, 1985 | CBS | None |
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Happy New Year, Charlie Brown! | January 1, 1986 (1985) (New Year's Day) | CBS | ABC |
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Snoopy: The Musical | January 29, 1988 | CBS | None |
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It's the Girl in the Red Truck, Charlie Brown | September 27, 1988 | CBS | None |
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Why, Charlie Brown, Why? | March 16, 1990 | CBS | None |
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Snoopy's Reunion | May 1, 1991 (May Day) | CBS | None |
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It's Spring Training, Charlie Brown | May 28, 1992 | CBS | None |
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It's Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown | November 27, 1992 | CBS | None |
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You're in the Super Bowl, Charlie Brown | January 18, 1994 (1993) | NBC | None |
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It Was My Best Birthday Ever, Charlie Brown | August 05, 1996 | Unaired | None |
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It's the Pied Piper, Charlie Brown | Straight to video (2000) | Unaired | None |
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A Charlie Brown Valentine | February 14, 2002 (2001) (Valentine's Day) | ABC | ABC |
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Charlie Brown's Christmas Tales | December 8, 2002 | ABC | ABC |
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Lucy Must Be Traded, Charlie Brown | August 29, 2003 | ABC | ABC |
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I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown | November 11, 2003 (Veterans Day) | ABC | ABC |
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He's a Bully, Charlie Brown | November 20, 2006 | ABC | ABC |
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Happiness Is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown | March 29, 2011 (2010) | FOX | FOX |
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Documentary specials
Title | Original air date | Network | Release(s) via |
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A Boy Named Charlie Brown | 1963 | CBS |
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Charlie Brown and Charles Schulz | May 24, 1969 | CBS | Unreleased |
Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown | January 9, 1976 | CBS | Unreleased |
Happy Birthday, Charlie Brown | January 5, 1979 | CBS | Unreleased |
It's Your 20th Television Anniversary, Charlie Brown | May 14, 1985 | CBS | Unreleased |
You Don't Look 40, Charlie Brown | February 2, 1990 (Groundhog Day) | CBS |
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Good Grief, Charlie Brown: A Tribute to Charles Schulz | February 11, 2000 | CBS | Unreleased |
Here's to You, Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years | May 10, 2000 | CBS | Unreleased |
An Enduring Classic: Peanuts Creator Charles Schultz | September 12, 2000 | N/A |
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The Making of "A Charlie Brown Christmas" | December 6, 2001 | ABC |
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Unlucky in Love: An Unrequited Love Story | 2008 | N/A |
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In Full Bloom: Peanuts at Easter | 2008 | N/A |
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We Need a Blockbuster, Charlie Brown | September 2, 2008 | N/A |
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The Polls Don't Lie: The Making of "You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown" | 2008 | N/A |
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Popcorn and Jellybeans: Making a Thanksgiving Classic | 2008 | N/A |
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A Christmas Miracle: The Making of "A Charlie Brown Christmas" | September 23, 2008 | N/A |
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Dust Yourself Off and Pick Yourself Up, Charlie Brown | 2009 | N/A |
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Together Again: A Peanuts Voice-Cast Reunion | 2009 | N/A |
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Vince Guaraldi: The Maestro of Menlo Park | 2009 | N/A |
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Sibling Rivalry: Growing Up Van Pelt | 2009 | N/A |
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Woodstock: Creating Snoopy's Sidekick | 2009 | N/A |
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Animating a Charlie Brown Musical | January 26, 2010 | N/A |
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You're Groovy, Charlie Brown: A Look at Peanuts in the 70s | 2010 | N/A |
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Snoopy's Home Ice: the Story of the Red Wood Empire Ice Arena | 2010 | N/A |
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Deconstructing Schulz: From Comic to Screen Play | 2011 | N/A |
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Happiness Is Finding the Right Voice | 2011 | N/A |
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24 Frames a Second: Drawing and Animating a Peanuts Movie | 2011 | N/A |
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It's Your 50th Christmas, Charlie Brown | November 30, 2015 | ABC |
Collections
A series of releases from Warner Home Video, collecting the prime-time TV specials in chronological order of their original production and airing. Each volume of the collection contains six specials on two DVDs, with each volume covering half a decade (the first special was 1965). All 1960s/1970s specials are included in these collections except the documentary specials.
Title | Release date |
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Peanuts 1960s Collection | July 7, 2009 |
Peanuts 1970s Collection, Vol. 1 | October 20, 2010 |
Peanuts 1970s Collection, Vol. 2 | June 1, 2011 |
The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show
Episode title | Original air date | Release(s) via | Shorts |
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"Snoopy's Cat Fight" | September 17, 1983 |
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Woodstock, Baseball, Sally, Peppermint Patty, Piano, Blanket |
"Snoopy: Team Manager" | September 24, 1983 |
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Shoveling, Rerun, Lost Blanket, The Manager |
"Linus and Lucy" | October 1, 1983 |
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Sally and Snoopy, Football, Beads, Love, Snowballs, Kite Flying, Linus and Lucy, Baseball |
"Lucy VS the World" | October 8, 1983 |
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Straws, Lucy Baseball, Peppermint Patty, Daisy Hill Puppy Cup, Linus and Lucy |
"Linus' Security Blanket" | October 15, 1983 |
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Snoopy and Woodstock, Sally, Piano, Baseball, Sunsets, Football, Security Blanket, Kite, Woodstock, Clinging Snoopy |
"Snoopy: Man's Best Friend" | October 22, 1983 |
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Kiss, Peppermint Patty, Charlie Brown is Lost!, Snoopy |
"Snoopy the Psychiatrist" | October 29, 1983 |
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Charlie Brown & Lucy, Kite, The Dance, Thibault |
"You Can't Win Charlie Brown" | November 5, 1983 |
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Shaking, Spaghetti, Football, Baseball, Toast, Snow Sculpture, Sit, School, Kite, The Blanket, Sally |
"The Lost Ballpark" | November 12, 1983 |
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Crawl, Marcie, Truffles, The Lost Ballfield |
"Snoopy's Football Career" | November 19, 1983 |
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Gold Stars, Blanket, Piano, Teaching |
"Chaos in the Classroom" | November 26, 1983 |
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Sally at School, Football, School Patrol, Blanket, The Team |
"It's that Team Spirit, Charlie Brown" | December 3, 1983 |
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Vulture, Blanket, Peppermint Patty, Rerun, Rainy Day |
"Lucy Loves Schroeder" | December 10, 1983 |
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Kite-Eating Tree, Sally, Camp, Lucy Loves Schroeder, Scared Snoopy |
"Snoopy and the Giant" | September 14, 1985 |
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Snoopy's Foot, Giant, Rerun |
"Snoopy's Brother Spike" | September 21, 1985 |
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The Pelicans, Great Pumpkin, Spike |
"Snoopy's Robot" | September 28, 1985 |
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Snoopy's Robot, Linus and the Blanket, Friends |
"Peppermint Patty's School Days" | October 5, 1985 |
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School Days, Snoopy's Trick, Snoopy's Flight |
"Sally's Sweet Babboo" | October 12, 1985 |
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The Play, Sweet Babboo!, Snoopy's Story |
This Is America, Charlie Brown mini-series
Episode title | Original air date | Release(s) via |
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"The Mayflower Voyagers" | October 21, 1988 |
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"The Birth of the Constitution" | October 28, 1988 |
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"The Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk" | November 4, 1988 |
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"The NASA Space Station" | November 11, 1988 (Veterans Day) |
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"The Building of the Transcontinental Railroad" | February 10, 1989 |
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"The Great Inventors" | March 10, 1989 |
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"The Smithsonian and the Presidency" | April 19, 1989 |
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"The Music and Heroes of America" | May 23, 1989 |
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Other specials
Title | Original air date | Network |
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Snoopy at the Ice Follies | October 24, 1971 | NBC |
Snoopy's International Ice Follies | November 12, 1972 | NBC |
Snoopy Directs the Ice Follies | November 13, 1973 | NBC |
Snoopy's Musical on Ice | May 24, 1978 | CBS |
The Big Stuffed Dog | February 8, 1981 | NBC |
Peanuts Motion Comics
Title | Plot | Air Date |
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Linus for President | Lucy convinces Linus to run for student body president and becomes his campaign manager. | iTunes (2008), DVD (2010) |
The Election | Linus picks Charlie Brown to be his running mate, but will a series of speeches by Linus seal the election? | iTunes (2008), DVD (2010) |
The Sore Arm | When Charlie Brown has trouble getting hitters out, Lucy and the team encourages him to stop pitching and get his arm looked at. | iTunes (2008), DVD (2010) |
Independence Day | School lets out and Charlie Brown and Snoopy prepare for a camping trip, while Linus wonders what Independence Day means. | iTunes (2008), DVD (2010) |
Eraserophagia | Charlie Brown is diagnosed with a condition from nibbling on too many erasers while Snoopy thinks about food. | iTunes (2008), DVD (2010) |
Dear Great Pumpkin | Linus prepares for the arrival of the Great Pumpkin while Lucy torments Charlie Brown yet again on a football field. | iTunes (2008), DVD (2010) |
A Fall Rain | During a huge rain storm, Snoopy tries to stop his doghouse from sinking during a flood. | iTunes (2008), DVD (2010) |
Some Advice | Both Charlie Brown and Linus want to find a way to be happier people. | iTunes (2008), DVD (2010) |
Ready to Pitch | When Charlie Brown stands down as pitcher because of his injury and becomes the Little League team's manager, he coaches Linus on how to pitch. | iTunes (2008), DVD (2010) |
Back on the Mound | Charlie Brown recovers from his injury and returns to pitch, while Lucy flirts with Schroeder during the baseball games. | iTunes (2008), DVD (2010) |
Dear Santa Claus | The first snow of winter arrives and Linus writes a letter to Santa Claus while Snoopy tries to keep his doghouse from being snowed under. | iTunes (2008), DVD (2010) |
I'm New at it | Linus is trying to meditate for the first time because he is sad, and Charlie Brown and Lucy try to help in their own ways. | iTunes (2008), DVD (2010) |
The Science Project | Lucy uses Linus for a school project. | iTunes (2008), DVD (2010) |
April Fool | Charlie Brown and Linus try to find their own courage. | iTunes (2008), DVD (2010) |
Crabby Little Girl | Lucy asks everyone if she is a crabby person and gets honest answers, much to her chagrin. | iTunes (2008), DVD (2010) |
Mother's Day | Lucy gives Linus orders from their mother, while Snoopy is in fear of getting his next rabies shot. | iTunes (2008), DVD (2010) |
All Your Faults | Saying she wants to help him, Lucy provides Charlie Brown with a slide presentation of all his faults. | iTunes (2008), DVD (2010) |
Services Rendered | Charlie Brown gets a bill from Lucy for her efforts to help him, while Snoopy promotes National Dog Week. | iTunes (2008), DVD (2010) |
The Good Brother | Linus gets frustrated with Lucy as she constantly gets the upper hand in their sibling quibbles. | iTunes (2008), DVD (2010) |
Valentine Crush | Charlie Brown is hoping the Little Red-Haired Girl he has a crush on gives him a Valentine's Day card. | iTunes (2008), DVD (2010) |
Musicals
Title | Debuted | Written by |
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Video games
Title | Platform(s) | Release date |
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Snoopy and the Red Baron | Atari 2600 | 1984 |
Charlie Brown ABCs | Commodore 64 | 1984 |
Snoopy | Commodore 64 | 1984 |
Snoopy's Magic Show | Game Boy | 1990 |
Snoopy's Silly Sports Spectacular | Nintendo Entertainment System | 1990 |
Snoopy's Game Club | PC (Windows) | 1991 |
Snoopy Concert (Japan only) | Super Famicom | 1995 |
Get Ready for School, Charlie Brown! | PC (Windows) | 1995 |
Snoopy no Gakugeikai (Japan only) | Sega Pico | 1995 |
Snoopy no Hajimete no Otsukai (Japan only) | Game Boy (Super Game Boy) | 1996 |
Ongaku Daisuki Snoopy (Japan only) | Sega Pico | 1996 |
Snoopy Tennis | Game Boy Color | 2001 |
Where's the Blanket, Charlie Brown? | PC (Windows and Mac OS) | 2003 |
Snoopy vs. the Red Baron | PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, PC | 2006 |
Charlie Brown All-Stars | PlayStation 2 | 2006 |
It's the Big Game, Charlie Brown! | PC (Windows and Mac OS) | 2007 |
Charlie Brown Das Grosse Finale (German version of It's the Big Game, Charlie Brown!) | PC (Windows and Mac OS) | 2007 |
Snoopy no Aiken DS: Chitte Okitai Inu no Koto - Inu no Nouryoku - Anata no Shitsuke (Japan only) | Nintendo DS | 2009 |
Snoopy Flying Ace | Xbox 360 | 2010 |
Snoopy's Street Fair | iPad, Android | 2011 |
Charlie Brown's All Stars! | iPad, Android | 2013 |
Snoopy Coaster | iPad, Android | 2013 |
Snoopy's Candy Town | iPad, Android | 2013 |
Snoopy's Sugar Drop | iPad | 2014 |
Snoopy's Grand Adventure | Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One | 2015 |
Commercials
Brand | Year |
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Cheerios | (1984), (1985), (1986) |
Unofficial works
These are unauthorized parodies and homages of Peanuts.
Title | Release date |
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Bring Me the Head of Charlie Brown (student film) | 1986 |
Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead (play) | August 2004 |
Absolutely Filthy (An Unauthorized Peanuts Parody) (play) | 2013 |
Weapon Brown (graphic novel) | 2014 |
References
- McGuire, Scott (2007-02-27). "The Peanuts Animation and Video Page". fivecentsplease.org. Retrieved 2007-07-20.
- "Peanuts 1970s Collection, Vol. 1". getback.com. Archived from the original on November 14, 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-08.
- Woodward, Tom. "Warner Home Video has revealed the details on the release of Volume 2". dvdactive.com. Retrieved 2010-02-11.
- "List of Snoopy video games". GameFAQs. Retrieved 2011-06-10.
- "The Charlie Brown & Snoopy Show: The Complete Series coming to DVD on November 20". Retrieved 2011-12-07.
Footnotes
- ↑ http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Charlie-Brown-Peanuts-Specials-Race-For-Your-Life-Charlie-Brown/20474
- ↑ "Peanuts 2015 press release". Peanuts. Retrieved 6 June 2013.