School lunch can be a highlight of the day for some children – or a hated time like it is for Charlie Brown. Peanut. Nobody hates lunchtime like Charlie Brown, with plenty of cops to prove it. However, Charlie Brown is not the only one Peanut character that appears in school lunches.
In fact, most Peanut characters have been shown in school lunches at one point or another. Interestingly, each of the comics that show the characters at school lunch gives a more in-depth look at their personalities. For example, at lunch, Eudora reveals a strange personality quirk, Charlie Brown displays his tendencies toward loneliness and downward spiral, and Linus’ surprisingly complicated relationship with his mother is shown. Consequently, readers Learn even more about the characters based on their behaviors at school lunch.
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“I hate lunchtime!”
November 11, 1963
Charlie Brown is not a fan of school lunch time. In fact, he hates it, counting down to lunchtime, ready for it to be over as quickly as possible. It certainly doesn’t help his hatred of lunchtime that he sits alone while eating the same lunch of peanut butter sandwiches every day. Being alone, Charlie Brown’s oppressed traits and neuroticism come to light in full force at lunchtime. He will often question whether anyone likes him or cares about him, thinking about how lonely he feels.
In this comic, eating yet another peanut butter sandwich aloneCharlie Brown comments that he knows that some mental health professionals have postulated the theory that people who eat peanut butter sandwiches feel lonely. Charlie Brown fully agrees with the experience to prove this.
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“It was the kiss”
March 23, 1975
Sally jumps at any chance to spend time with her sweet Babboo, Linus. Sitting next to Sally at lunch on the field, Linus is accidentally hit in the head with a rogue football. Worried about him, Sally kisses him after taking a bite of her peanut butter sandwich. When Linus goes to the nurse, it’s not because of his head injury, but because Sally got peanut butter in his eye when she kissed him.
Sally putting peanut butter in the poor kid’s eye is just one more thing to add to the long list of grievances.
Often upsetting Linus with her open displays of affection and declarations about their “relationship”, Sally getting peanut butter in the poor boy’s eyes is just one more thing to add to the long list of aggravations. Linus dodges injury when his head heals after being hit by a football, but Sally ends up hurting him anywayto your misfortune.
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“That’s not a balanced exchange, Franklin”
January 18, 1993
When Peppermint Patty and Franklin discuss Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech, they note the importance of the speech and how, before that important historic speech, the two friends of different races would not have been able to sitting together at school or exchanging lunch items. Franklin tries to exchange a carrot stick for a potato chip, but Peppermint Patty does not accept and immediately warns which is not fair trade.
Most people would be hard-pressed to find someone who prefers carrots to fries so they can understand where the Peppermint Patty comes from. Although the conversation starts out insightful and in-depth, when the conversation turns to food, Peppermint Patty has a focused mind and only thinks about the proposed sale of carrots and French fries.
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“Do not fail us… be diligent”
October 12, 1962
Linus is extremely attached to his security blanket, more so than any other child. Charlie Brown begins to see the reason behind Linus’ need for his blanket when Linus reads a lunchbox note from his mother. The note is not the most uplifting or calming, basically a note of irritation and guilt rather than affection. With a note like that to read at lunch, anyone would need a security blanket at all times.
Linus can be quite wise and intelligent, but he can also get lost in strange behaviors, such as thumb sucking until elementary school and his unshakable belief in a fictional character he created himself, the Great Pumpkin. After readers take a look at Linus’ mother’s note, it is easier to understand where their most eccentric behaviors come from.
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“Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter like unrequited love.”
December 15, 1964
Unrequited love isn’t exactly unheard of in Peanut tradition. Almost each of the main Peanut cast experiences unrequited love at one point or another, even the very confident Snoopy. Charlie Brown especially knows what unrequited love feels like, being its poster boy. Having a huge crush on the little red-haired girl, he tends to admire her from afar most of the time.
He focuses on her most intensely during lunch. Thinking about how he would love to have lunch next to her, he contemplates that thinking about his unrequited love for the little red-haired girl has made him pretty much ruined his chances of enjoying his peanut butter sandwich. While most kids have fun at lunch or enjoy their meal, poor Charlie Brown goes into a complete negative spiral.
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“I think I’ll eat the farmer’s lunch”
July 20, 1990
Although technically situated at a summer camp, this track is close enough to school lunches, both in terms of food and environment. When Snoopy joins Charlie Brown for summer camp, it’s comforting for Charlie Brown to be able to go with a close friend and someone from home. However, meals may not be up to Snoopy’s specifications as soon as you get there, as you have to eat in the cafeteria.
Snoopy doesn’t get what he asked for – not even a little bit.
When Snoopy orders the hearty Plowman’s Lunch, a typically English meal, he specifies exactly what he wants. Snoopy doesn’t get what he asked for – not at all. Instead, he gets a hot dog, which is nothing like what he actually ordered. Snoopy learns the hard way that a cafeteria, especially one at a school or camp, isn’t full of short-order cooks, and you get what you get.
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“This is a chocolate sandwich”
October 5, 1978
Sally’s best friend Eudora – one of the strip’s most underrated characters – has some quirks, just like her best friend. She also has a huge crush on Linus, who is known for causing some fights between the two. Furthermore, Eudora has an irrational fear of being eaten by an antelope. As you can see, She’s eccentric, like anyone else Peanut character. Another strange quirk of Eudora is that she has incredibly strange eating habits.
Having the palate of an experimental culinary junkie, Eudora brings together the most unlikely foods (for a reason)usually to Sally’s disgust and nausea. For example, in this strip, she brought a chocolate sandwich – a chocolate bar between two slices of bread (what an unpleasantly textured sandwich!) – for her school lunch. As if a chocolate sandwich wasn’t weird enough, to take it a step further, she considers adding sauce.
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“Lunch time is the loneliest time of the day”
January 20, 1963
Lunchtime tends to be a time when Charlie Brown goes into pity party mode. He ruminates on his feelings of loneliness, unrequited love for the little red-haired girl and his self-loathing. Who knew Peanut Could it get that dark? It’s no surprise that Charlie Brown hates lunchtime so much as he spends the time wrapped up in unhealthy thoughts about himself. Of course, children and even adults who pick on you or make you feel bad about yourself definitely don’t help matters.
If he had the courage to go up to Little Red and ask to sit with her at lunch, a lot of birds would be killed with one stone: he would no longer be stuck eating lunch alone, he would be able to spend time with his crush, and your peanut butter sandwiches would finally taste better.
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“Peanut butter, yeah!”
February 17, 1981
Charlie Brown and Sally are typically shown with the same school lunch all the time: peanut butter sandwiches. The beloved spread is a staple in many children’s lunches. As much as Charlie Brown and Sally like their peanut butter sandwiches, that doesn’t mean they wouldn’t prefer something else every now and then. When Sally decides to do something really nice and thoughtful for her older brother, she offers to make them both lunch.
He at first mentions that his usual peanut butter sandwich would be great, but then he, for the first time, says what he would really like to have for lunch: a roast beef sandwich with everything. Although Sally’s heart was in the right place for her offer, she’s not willing to do all that work just for Charlie Brown, so she makes an executive decision and sticks with the tried-and-true PB sandwich.
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“I made my own lunch”
April 25, 1966
Linus has a complicated relationship with school lunches, mainly thanks to the notes in his mother’s lunch box that put a lot of pressure on poor Linus or that lament the duty of having to pack the lunch. One day, Linus gets tired of his mother’s nagging and decides to prepare his own lunch for school. He is also very proud of himself. However, his lunch isn’t exactly a winner; Your lunch box is filled with not one, not two, but eight chocolate bars!
Nothing works better for a mid-day burst of energy than eight chocolate bars. Although Linus may be very wise and intelligent, he is still a child. Consequently, only a child – especially a Peanut boy – you would think a good lunch only consists of sweets.