Charlie Brown and his creator have a common connection in that they are both the sons of barbers. He fails in almost everything he does. Charlie Brown is a lovable loser, a child possessed of endless determination and hope, but who is ultimately dominated by his insecurities and a "permanent case of bad luck," and is often taken advantage of by his peers. Charlie Brown was one of the original cast members of Peanuts when it debuted in 1950, and the butt of the first joke in the strip.
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Lucy:
Lucy is a crabby and cynical eight-year old girl, and is often bullying the other characters in the strip, particularly to Linus and Charlie Brown.She is often referred to as the world's greatest fuss-budget. Lucy was introduced into the strip on March 3, 1952 as a wide-eyed baby who constantly tormented her parents. Very early on, Schulz eliminated the circles around her eyes and allowed her to mature to the age of the other characters. She soon grew into her familiar persona of a bossy, crabby, selfish girl.
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Schroeder:
Schroeder is distinguished by his precocious skill at playing the toy piano, as well as by his love of classical music and the composer Ludwig van Beethoven in particular. He is also the object of the unrequited infatuation of Lucy van Pelt, who constantly leans on Schroeder's piano. He considers Beethoven’s birthday as an holiday, so he skip school to celebrate his birthday every year.
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Snoopy:
Snoopy is Charlie Brown's pet beagle. Snoopy began his life in the strip as a fairly conventional dog, but eventually evolved into perhaps the strip's most dynamic character — and among the most recognizable comic characters in the world. The original drawings of Snoopy were "slightly patterned" after Spike, one of Schulz's childhood dogs.
Linus:
The best friend of Charlie Brown, Linus is also the younger brother of Lucy van Pelt and older brother of Rerun van Pelt. Though young, Linus is unusually smart, and he acts as the strip's philosopher and theologian, often quoting the Gospels. For all his intelligence, he also invented his own quasi-religious being, The Great Pumpkin, who (like Santa Claus) mysteriously appears every year, bringing presents.
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