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Peanuts is a multimedia entertainment franchise created by Charles M. Schulz. It began with the Peanuts comic strip, whose original print run was from 1950 to 2000 and has since been published in reruns. Peanuts become a multimedia franchise in 1965 with the airing of the first animated television special, A Charlie Brown Christmas.

The franchise has produced many other animated television specials, four feature-length films, an animated television program, video games and a stage musical. In addition, numerous books exist, both compilations from the comic strip and original works based on the strip.

Peanuts and its characters have been referred to numerous times on The Simpsons: in television episodes, comic stories and other media.

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Episodes

Picture Season Episode number Episode name Reference 1 1 "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" Bart says, "If TV has taught me anything, it's that miracles always happen to poor kids at Christmas" and cites Charlie Brown as an example, referring to the TV special A Charlie Brown Christmas. 5 86 "Treehouse of Horror IV" In the segment "Bart Simpson's Dracula", the Simpsons are all transformed into vampires and are about to attack Lisa. At the last second, they all stop, look into the camera and say "Happy Halloween!" Then, in a parody of the end of A Charlie Brown Christmas, they sing "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" while Milhouse plays the piano (a. la. Schroeder) and Santa's Little Helper dances (a. la. Snoopy). 200px 8 157 "Burns, Baby Burns" At Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, Homer wakes up from a nap and finds that Larry Burns is his new officemate. When he learns that Larry is Mr. Burns's son, Homer panics and brushes a nearly-completed jigsaw puzzle of Snoopy off of his workstation. 200px 12 254 "The Computer Wore Menace Shoes" During the couch gag, when the family enter the living room they find Santa's Little Helper dancing in front of the couch like Snoopy, while "Linus and Lucy" (the up-tempo piano jazz tune which has become the de facto theme song of Peanuts) plays in the background. 200px 257 "HOMЯ" Animotion's dog character, whom Homer portrays via a motion-capture suit, resembles Snoopy. 200px 263 "Hungry, Hungry Homer" Bart finds Homer sleeping on a doghouse in the backyard (similar to Snoopy) and utters Charlie Brown's "Good grief!" catchphrase. 15 327 "The Ziff Who Came to Dinner" The movie You're in the Matrix, Charlie Brown (a parody of the film The Matrix and the television special You're in Love, Charlie Brown) was shown at the Springfield Googolplex movie theatre. 16 354 "Thank God It's Doomsday" When Ralph is in Da Buzz Club, he wonders if they can cut his hair so it looks like Charlie Brown's. 200px 17 359 "Milhouse of Sand and Fog" Bart, Lisa and Milhouse watch an episode of The O.C. where in the opening credits, the characters visit a theme park and hang out with a cast member in a Snoopy costume. Later, "Snoopy" forces them at gunpoint to withdraw cash from an ATM and give it to him. 377 "The Monkey Suit" After Marge read The Origin of Species‎, she said that Charles Darwin gave a very persuasive argument, and that his ship was called the Beagle, which reminded her of Snoopy, her favorite Peanut. She then looked at a photo of herself posing with someone wearing a Snoopy costume. 200px 18 381 "Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em" When Marge learns that someone at Springfield Elementary School has a life-threatening peanut allergy and peanut products are no longer allowed on school property, she immediately removes all the peanut products from Bart's lunchbox—including a copy of Good Grief, More Peanuts. 200px 384 "Moe'N'a Lisa" During the fight between Jonathan Franzen and Michael Chabon, Franzen takes a portrait of Snoopy down from the wall and hits Chabon over the head with it. 19 409 "Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind" Homer, Bart and Lisa ride a toboggan through a snow-sculpture contest, deliberately hitting as many of the sculptures as they can. The first one they hit is of Snoopy. 20 424 "Treehouse of Horror XIX" The segment "It's the Grand Pumpkin, Milhouse" is a parody of the franchise and its characters: Specifically, of the TV special It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. 432 "No Loan Again, Naturally" Lisa mentions Peppermint Patty as being among personal heroes of hers who are or were gay, qualifying her statement by adding that she only suspects that Peppermint Patty is gay. 22 472 "The Fight Before Christmas" Bart sees a boy who resembles Schroeder playing a piano in the Clausco building. 473 "Donnie Fatso" During the Advent calendar sequence in the couch gag, the scene from December 11 shows Nelson Muntz gazing adoringly at a small Christmas tree that looks just like Charlie Brown's tree in A Charlie Brown Christmas. 479 "The Scorpion's Tale" In the title screen gag, Santa's Little Helper flies across the screen on a doghouse, similar to one of Snoopy's "World War I flying ace" fantasies. 23 490 "Replaceable You" While designing a robot pet, Bart and Martin consult several magazines. One of them, Dog Fancy, has an article titled "Snoopy's Sad Last Days".

Comics

Picture Comic issue Story name Reference Simpsons Comics #61 The Paper Chase Bart's kite is caught and eaten by a kite-eating tree, which prompts him to exclaim "Good grief!", and Sherri and Terri call him a blockhead: "Good grief!" is one of Charlie Brown's frequently-uttered catchphrases. Charlie Brown's kite being eaten by a kite-eating tree is a recurring plot motif in the Peanuts comic strip. Charlie Brown is often called a "blockhead" by other characters. The Simpsons Winter Wingding 6 Grampa's Christmas Origins: Christmas Cards When Lisa can't reach the opening on a mailbox, Bart offers to open it with his scarf, using a trick he learned "from watching old Christmas cartoons on TV". Actually, the trick happens in the Peanuts Halloween special (It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown) when Linus uses his blanket to open a mailbox for Charlie Brown. Bart Simpson #40 Li'l Krusty 2 Krusty opens a booth where he tells jokes for five cents, similar to Lucy's psychiatric help booth in Peanuts. When he tells a poor joke to Sideshow Bob, Bob calls him out for stealing the idea from Lucy.

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External links

• Peanuts at Wikipedia