Peanuts

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Homestar as Charlie Brown and Strong Sad as Linus

Various aspects of the famous Peanuts comic strips and television specials have been referenced and parodied by The Brothers Chaps in Homestar Runner cartoons. In particular, A Charlie Brown Christmas is often referenced, especially at Decemberween.

Sightings

Toons

• A Holiday Greeting
  • The page title "Sponsored By Dolly Madison!" refers to the snack cake company that sponsored the Peanuts holiday specials.
  • The spinning "SPECIAL" logo is the same one used by CBS at the beginning of the holiday specials.
  • The screen at the end reading "Copyright 1965 Free Country, USA is a reference to the year in which A Charlie Brown Christmas debuted.
  • Strong Bad says "Lights please" in a scene almost identical to when Linus was in the auditorium in A Charlie Brown Christmas.
• The Best Decemberween Ever
  • Homestar Runner's hat is similar to the one worn by Charlie Brown in A Charlie Brown Christmas.
  • Homestar Runner's House resembles the ones in which the Peanuts kids live. It later appears in rampage.
  • Homestar and Strong Sad talking at The Brick Wall is a reference to the brick wall where Charlie Brown and Linus would frequently have conversations. Strong Sad's holds his head in his hand in the same manner Charlie Brown and Linus often did while leaning against the wall.
  • One of Marzipan's signs reading that Decemberween is too commercial, also similarly referenced in A Charlie Brown Christmas, in which Charlie Brown thinks Snoopy has gone commercial when he sees him decorating his dog house to enter a "lights and display" contest.
  • The main characters singing a song at the end of the toon is a reference to the end of A Charlie Brown Christmas.
• Halloween Fairstival
  • Marzipan's stall of fruit reading "A Chorus Of Autumnal Vegatables Is In" is a reference to Lucy's psychiatric help booth.
• The House That Gave Sucky Treats
  • The Poopsmith holds up a sign saying "Give us something good instead". The font used for the sign is called Peanuts, a font made to look like Charles Schulz's lettering used in Peanuts comics.
• Bug In Mouth Disease
  • At one point during the Caleb Rentpayer Marathon, the music sounds very similar to the music in It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.
• The Li'l Brudder Show
  • Li'l Brudder may be a beagle, the type of dog that Snoopy is. In fact, Li'l Brudder and Snoopy may have a few things in common physically.
• Happy Hallow-day
  • Strong Bad has a witch mask identical to the one worn by Lucy in It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.
• Decemberween Short Shorts
  • Strong Bad and Strong Sad are seen writing letters in the same postion the Peanuts characters write letters.
• KOT's VOQPCS!- The Poopsmith's many failures at removing his stench are a reference to Pig-Pen.

Strong Bad Emails

• do over
  • Coach Zed looks similar to the dog Spike from the Peanuts comic strips.
• old comics
  • Mushy Chamberpot from the comic strip Castlefunnies speaks in commas, just like the bird Woodstock did in Peanuts comics.
• kids' book
  • In the DVD commentary, Matt Chapman says that Beth from the book looks similar to Marcie.
• comic
  • The album on the far right is A Boy Named Charlie Brown by The Vince Guaraldi Trio.
• crying
  • See The Li'l Brudder Show.
• disconnected
  • Strong Bad's head has a sign that says "THE CAREER ADVISOR IS REAL IN", similar to the "THE DOCTOR IS IN" sign that Lucy has, specifically her "THE DOCTOR IS REAL IN" sign from A Charlie Brown Christmas.
• the paper
  • Once again, Strong Sad is seen wearing Charlie Brown's shirt.

Other

• Hairstyle Runner
  • The description for one of the hairstyles is "marcy from peanuts w/soul patch".
• Peasant's Quest
  • If you type "look tree" at the bale of hay, it says, It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown, a 1976 Peanuts TV special.
• Main Page 16
  • Rolling the mouse over Downloads will add decorations to The Stick, a reference to A Charlie Brown Christmas. During the special, a tiny twig of a tree is decorated, similar to The Stick.
• The Secrets That I Keep
  • There is a picture of Strong Sad wearing Charlie Brown's shirt.
• Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon
  • Strong Sad's writing appearing at the top of the screen is often seen in animated Peanuts.

General

• Tooty-two is a reference to Sally Brown thinking that "Two times two is tooty-two."
• A. Chimendez is a reference to B. Melendez, the maker of the Peanuts television specials.