Adults inPeanutsare mysterious, they are hardly ever seen or even heard from, with usually their existence implied but never outright obvious or front and center. However, all rules have exceptions, the case in point being the select fewPeanutscomics trips that have featured adults. It may just be the hand of an adult or a full scale appearance from one main character’s parents, but adults have made appearances inPeanuts, albeit varied in the kind of appearance they make.
While many characters have come and gone fromPeanutsin the 50 years the comic strip was publishing new comics, adults were few and far between.Consequently, the comics that did star adults were a momentous occasion that fans of the series could not miss.
10"We’re Too Late"
August 07, 2025
Snoopy and Woodstock take a trek across the snowy landscape dressed in American Revolutionary era garb as they see the ship sailing away, disappointed because they were hoping to hitch a ride on the boat with them. The boat in question happens to be the scene and imagery of the famous “Washington Crossing the Delaware” painting. It is safe to say that Snoopy and Woodstock would have been a tad out of place on the iconic and historic scene. Regardless,the scene portrays George Washington, being one of the very few times thatPeanutshas shown an adult in the comic strip. Not just is an adult shown in this comic strip, but an important figure in American history nevertheless. Snoopy’s imagination takes on a historical tilt, as he likes to do, in this comic strip, as he pictures him and Woodstock being individuals in the American Revolution.
9"Scores!"
For a very unique football gag comic strip, Lucy tries to get Charlie Brown to kick the football, letting Charlie Brown know that things will be much different this time.She isn’t lying because things are definitely different when Lucy gets a web net shot at her from the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man and pulls her away so Charlie Brown can finally successfully kick the football.A Spider-Man-Charlie Brown crossover is unexpectedto say the least, especially in the context of this comic strip. It seems that even Spider Man was fed up with Lucy pulling the football away from Charlie Brown. Since Spidey is always looking out for people, he tackles the big, and apparently the small as this strip illustrates when he helps Charlie Brown finally kick the football. Happy for Charlie Brown’s success, the web slinger celebrates alongside the round headed kid.
8"I Guess He Didn’t Like It"
August 19, 2025
Linus shares with Snoopy the story he wrote and illustrated for English class about a girl who has a bad headache and cannot get any relief from her doctor so the protagonist’s brother adjusts her ears and she feels better.Snoopy reacts to the story by giving Linus his one of a kind good luck handshakes, which does not do much to help Linus’s confidence in his story. An unorthodox comic strip forPeanuts, showing Linus’s story and drawing in the panels, the adult doctor character of Linus’s tale is shown to the reader. While the adult is not an actual adult but rather just a character of Linus' fictional story, it is still a scarcity inPeanutsto see an adult character, whether they be real or not. While Linus may not feel too great after Snoopy’s lukewarm response, he definitely should get some points for creativity.
This comic strip was adapted into an episode of the FrenchPeanutsTV series, calledPeanuts.
7"Insanely Happy"
June 06, 2025
Charlie Brown is perplexed as to why Linus will just sit all day with his blanket, which Lucy explains gives her little brother security and happiness. Showing Charlie Brown the fabric of outing flannel, she guarantees that he will be insanely happy if he has a blanket made out of the same material.Charlie Brown is not a believer at first, but after willing to give anything a try to feel a little security, he revisits the idea and goes to the fabric store to get some outing flannel for himself.The obsession Linus has for his blanket is a mystery for everyone around him but Charlie Brown and Lucy surely understand his attachment to his blanket after the rumored effects ofthe outing flannel fabric. The adult at the fabric counter is seen by the reader, which is different as adults are usually off the page.
6"Nobody Will Even Be Watching You"
June 30, 2025
It is a running gag ofhow horrible Lucy is at sports, especially in football, hockey, and baseball. However, one plotline proves that one certain sport is an exception to the rule for the typically sports averse Lucy. In a Lucy-centered storyline that sees her finally excel at a sport, namely golf, she enters the 1954 Women’s State Amateur Championship for golf. Charlie Brown is a supportive pal through it all, even suggesting that Lucy join the competition and then paying for her entry fee. Lucy is incredibly nervous when it is her turn to go to the first tee but Charlie Brown tries to comfort her by insisting that that no one will even be watching her.Little do they know that all eyes are on them because they are the sole kids in a sea full of adults.
5"Just Try To Forget About All These People"
June 16, 2025
Getting her confidence up again thanks to her support system, Charlie Brown,Lucy delivers someout of this world golf swings after she is able to get past her nervousness. She scores an impressive Eagle, which means that she got a score of 2 under on a hole. Charlie Brown builds her up, saying that nothing can bring her down. Typically, inPeanuts, there will usually be some sort of embarrassment that is endured after some initial success, especially for Charlie Brown and Lucy.However, this comic strip is in opposition to the usual, with Lucy continuing to do exceptionally well in the tournament despite being the center of attention for many adults as well as going against adults with much more golf experience than her.Lucy seems unstoppable and a shoo in to win the whole game.
4"I Just Remembered!"
July 12, 2025
Lucy keeps dominatingthe game, continuing to make fantastic scores on the course of the golf competition. The whole crowd is enraptured by her playing while Charlie Brown cannot believe his eyes that his friend doing incredibly well, scoring a birdie, which is a score of one stroke less than par. All Lucy needs is one more hole and she will be the winner of the whole competition. Unfortunately, Charlie Brown unintentionally puts his foot in his mouth when he mentions how proud Lucy’s mother will be of her, making Lucy remember that he was supposed to be home for her nap.As a result, she sprints home, deserting the competition, even though she just had a singular hole left, leaving Charlie Brown deflated and alone with all the adult spectators. Ruining her one chance of winning at a sport, Lucy would rather avoid the wrath of her mom than win a golf championship.
3"Happy Veterans Day, Men!"
August 11, 2025
For a Veterans Day comic strip, two soldiers see Snoopy as part of the infantry and remark how the newbies are getting smaller and smaller.Snoopy is seen greeting the soldiers Willie and Joe as his heroes and wishes them a happy veterans' day as Snoopy imagines himself in this WWII scene. The style and look of this comic strip actually has a very interesting backstory. The name along with Schulz’s in the top right corner is Bill Maudlin, who was a well known war/political cartoonist in the ’40s. Maudlin’s work was a favorite of the soldiers because Maudlin included the soldier’s dissatisfaction and anxieties in his cartoons. Schulz often referenced Maudlin or his work in the Veterans Day comic strips ofPeanuts, with this particular strip showing two adult characters, a rarity for the property, to mimic Maudlin’s style for the holiday.
Bill Maudlin was labeled an “unpatriotic anarchist” by the famous General Patton, due to Maudlin’s lack of jingoism in his comics during World War II.
2"They All Signed It!"
June 09, 2025
Beagles apparently celebrate Father’s Day too, as thisPeanutsstrip illustrates. Getting a card ready for his dad for Father’s Day, Snoopy tells Charlie Brown about how his dad is in Florida and is retired as well as explaining that there were eight beagles in the litter.Readers get to see Snoopy’s dad receive his card, where he is thrilled that all his 8 kids signed his Father’s Day card, with the signatures, of course, being their paw prints.Many of Snoopy’s family has been shown in the comics,specifically Snoopy’s siblings. However, Snoopy’s parents have not been shown nearly as much, with this comic strip featuring a very rare guest star appearance from the patriarch of the Snoopy family. Commemorating Father’s Day,Peanutscould not have celebrated a better way than showing Snoopy’s dad.
1"I Wrote To Mom"
July 31, 2025
With Snoopy as the World War I Flying Ace and Spike as part of the infantry, the siblings look like they are in one of Snoopy’s famous Flying Ace fantasies. In the trenches together,Snoopy reads a newspaperto Spike about how 65,000 soldiers have caught the flu. Spike then feels his nose is warm, a tell tale sign that a dog is sick. Turns out, Spike’s nose was right as shown in this comic strip. Spike is out sick with the flu but Snoopy helps his brother feel better, letting him know that he contacted their mother like Spike asked him to, and that she is on her way to come see him.In the next panel, viewers get the one and only look at Snoopy and Spike’s mom.In the following strip, Snoopy reveals that the visit from their mother made Spike have a complete recovery, but it is shown as if the whole thing was a story Snoopy was typing. The question is, is Snoopy’s story fictional or nonfictional?
