How are the Peanuts characters related?

Much like Charlie Brown's parents, Schulz's father was a barber and his mother was a housewife. Linus was named after good friend and fellow cartoonist Linus Maurer. Peppermint Patty
Peppermint Patty
Peppermint Patty is a fictional character featured in Charles M. Schulz' comic strip Peanuts. Her full name is Patricia Reichardt, which is very rarely used in the strip. However, in A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, Marcie calls her Priscilla.
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was inspired by his cousin Patricia and Snoopy is based on Schulz's highly intelligent childhood pet who was a pointer, not a beagle.
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Which Peanuts characters are siblings?

Snoopy's brother Spike is the most well known sibling in the Peanuts comic strip. (Santa Rosa, CA) Meet Snoopy's "band of brothers" Spike, Marbles, Olaf, and Andy, and sister Belle in this exhibition of 70 original Peanuts strips at the Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center.
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Are Linus and Lucy brother and sister?

Lucy is Linus's big sister (and both are older siblings to Rerun, who doesn't play a major role in the film). Though Charlie Brown and Lucy are roughly the same age, he and Linus are best friends.
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Is Sally Charlie Brown's sister?

Sally Brown is a fictional character in the comic strip Peanuts by Charles Schulz. She is the younger sister of main character Charlie Brown. She was first mentioned in May 1959 and throughout a long series of strips before her first appearance in August 1959.
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Who are the Peanuts characters based on?

Charlie Brown is one of at least three “Peanuts” characters named after Minnesota artists. The other two are Frieda Rich, Minneapolis, the Frieda with the naturally curly hair, and Linus Maurer, formerly of Sleepy Eye, who is Linus in the strip.
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Why does Marcie call Peppermint Patty sir?

Though it's unclear exactly why Marcie calls Peppermint Patty “sir,” it may have started as a reaction to Peppermint Patty's strong, sometimes bossy personality or due to Marcie's poor eyesight. Though the nickname did seem to irritate her for a while, Peppermint Patty seems OK with it in the new movie.
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What does Sally call Charlie Brown?

Strip from June 11, 1963. Being Charlie Brown's little sister, she refers to him as "big brother", having called him by his full name only on very rare occasions (and usually only in her early years in the strip).
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What does Sally Brown call Linus?

Sally has a crush on Linus, and calls him her "Sweet Babboo" (inspired by Schulz's wife Jeanie, who used to call him that) However, Linus does not really like Sally's love for him.
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Are Charlie Brown and Linus related?

Linus Van Pelt is a fictional character in Charles M. Schulz's comic strip Peanuts. He is the best friend of Charlie Brown, the younger brother of Lucy Van Pelt, and the older brother of Rerun Van Pelt.
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What is the little red haired girl's name?

Today, I'm actually going to talk to the Little Red-Haired Girl. Her real name is Donna Johnson Wold. She's now in her mid-80s and still lives in Minnesota — the same place where, six decades ago, she knew Charles M. Schulz, shortly before he created “Peanuts.”
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Why does Linus carry a blanket?

The phrase Linus blanket denotes an object, or occasionally a person, depended upon for reassurance and comfort. It was named after Linus van Pelt, a small boy who carries a blanket for comfort in the comic strip Peanuts, by the American cartoonist Charles Monroe Schulz (1922-2000).
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Did Snoopy have a cousin?

Snoopy loaned his name to the lunar module for the Apollo 10. 6. Snoopy has at least six cousins: Spike, Belle, Marbles, Olaf and Andy.
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Did Snoopy have a sister?

Spike was the first one of Snoopy's sibling to appear, and appears in the strip the most frequently out of all of Snoopy's siblings. Belle - First appeared June 28, 1976. She is Snoopy's sister and has an unnamed teenage son.
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Who was snoopys cousin?

At first, Spike was a minor character, but as time passed, Spike started appearing more frequently. By the 1990s, Spike had arguably become a major character. In a series of strips from 1996, desperate for a dog of his own, Rerun van Pelt invites Spike to become his pet.
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Why is pigpen so dirty?

He sometimes refers to the cloud that surrounds him with pride as the dust of ancient civilizations. He cannot seem to rid himself of the dust for more than the briefest of periods—indeed, in spite of his best efforts, it appears that he cannot stay clean. He can even get dirty by walking in a rainstorm.
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Why is Charlie Brown called Peanuts?

The name Peanuts was likely chosen because it was a well-known term for children at the time, popularized by the television program The Howdy Doody Show, which debuted in 1947 and featured an audience section for children called the “Peanut Gallery.”
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What breed is Snoopy?

Snoopy, comic-strip character, a spotted white beagle with a rich fantasy life. The pet dog of the hapless Peanuts character Charlie Brown, Snoopy became one of the most iconic and beloved characters in the history of comics.
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Does Schroeder like Lucy?

Schroeder does not appreciate Lucy's love for him. He says, he cannot like Lucy (or possibly anyone), because Beethoven was a lifelong bachelor, and Schroeder feels he must emulate every aspect of his idol's life, even if it is insinuated that he reciprocates Lucy's feelings.
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Does Lucy from Charlie Brown have a last name?

Lucille "Lucy" Van Pelt is a fictional character in the syndicated comic strip Peanuts, written and drawn by Charles Schulz. She is the older sister of Linus and Rerun.
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Who is Charlie Brown's girlfriend?

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Margret "Peggy" Jean is a minor female character in the Peanuts comic strip by Charles M. Schulz. She was the girlfriend of Charlie Brown for many years in the 1990s.
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Is Sir from Charlie Brown a boy?

Marcie is a studious girl who is sometimes depicted as being terrible at sports. She has befriended the tomboyish, athletic Peppermint Patty, who gets annoyed at Marcie when she calls her "sir", and she has a mostly-unrequited crush on the underdog Charlie Brown.
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Is Marcie from Charlie Brown a girl?

Marcie is a major female character, known for her unassuming sweetness and intelligence. She was officially introduced into the cast of Charles M. Schulz's Peanuts comic strip on July 20, 1971 (although a look-alike character named "Clara" appeared in the strip with her friends Sophie and Shirley as early as 1968).
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