So, I was wracking my brain trying to remember the name of the little red-haired girl when I realized that I could ask The Google. Of course, I didn’t have much of a chance of remembering it since it was only mentioned once, and never in the strip.
The 1977 animated TV special It’s Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown brought the Little Red-Haired Girl back, making her first on-screen appearance. Linus states that her name is Heather, and that she is the Homecoming Queen. Once again, Charlie Brown becomes a wreck, trying desperately to impress her once he learns that he has been chosen to escort her to the dance after the football game.
But, then, Schultz didn’t consider the animated series to be canonical, so officially she has no name and has never made an actual appearance.
In any case, once I started reading about the little red-haired girl, I got sucked into reading about other characters. I had completely forgotten that Violet’s best friend was named Patty. I thought the only Patty was Peppermint Patty. My memory is not good. I remembered Shermy, dimly, but had no idea that he spoke the first and only words in the first strip.
I used to have Peanuts books and I would read them from front to back over and over. Still, in looking at the character biographies, I was surprised at how much I didn’t know or have forgotten.
Who’s your favorite Peanuts character? Besides Snoopy, of course.
