Linus van Pelt

Peanuts character
Age	7
Gender	Male
Family	Rerun van Pelt (brother), Lucy van Pelt (sister), Blanket-hating grandmother, and Unnamed Parents
Original voice actor	Christopher Shea
Other voice actors	Jeremy Miller Stephen Shea

Linus van Pelt is one of the characters in Charles M. Schulz's comic strip Peanuts. Peanuts is a syndicated daily and Sunday Comic strip written and illustrated by Charles M Rerun James van Pelt is Linus and Lucy 's younger brother in Charles M Lucille "Lucy" van Pelt is a Fictional character in the syndicated Comic strip Peanuts, written Jeremy James Miller (born October 21 1976 is an American actor best known for his portrayal of Ben Seaver on Growing Pains and its two reunion movies Stephen Shea was a child actor most noted for voicing the character of Linus van Pelt (inherited from his older brother Christopher) from the Peanuts Charles Monroe Schulz (November 26 1922 &ndash February 12 2000 was an American Cartoonist best known worldwide for his Peanuts Comic strip A comic strip is a sequence of drawings that tells a story Currently in the Western world, most comic strips are written and drawn by a Comics artist Peanuts is a syndicated daily and Sunday Comic strip written and illustrated by Charles M Probably the best friend of Charlie Brown, Linus is also the younger brother of Lucy van Pelt and older brother of Rerun van Pelt. Charles "Charlie" Brown is the main character in the Comic Lucille "Lucy" van Pelt is a Fictional character in the syndicated Comic strip Peanuts, written Rerun James van Pelt is Linus and Lucy 's younger brother in Charles M He first appeared on September 19, 1952; however, he was not mentioned by name until three days later. Events 335 - Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle Constantine I. He was first referenced two months earlier, on July 14. Events 1223 - Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father Philip II of France.

On the various specials, Christopher Shea first voiced Linus Van Pelt in 1965. His younger brother, Stephen, voiced Linus from 1971 until 1975. Various actors (among them Jeremy Miller of Growing Pains fame) have played Linus since then. Growing Pains is an American Television sitcom that ran on the ABC network from 1985 to 1992

Though young, Linus is unusually smart, and he acts as the strip's philosopher and theologian, often quoting the Gospels. Philosophy is the study of general problems concerning matters such as existence knowledge truth beauty justice validity mind and language Theology is the study of a god or the gods from a religious perspective This article is about the canonical books of the New Testament He also invented his own quasi-religious being, who (like Santa Claus) mysteriously appears every year, bringing presents. Santa Claus, also known as Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle, or simply " Santa " is the The Great Pumpkin, however, appears on Halloween and only at the most sincere pumpkin patch, which Linus invariably believes is his own. The Great Pumpkin is an Unseen character in the Comic strip Peanuts by Charles M Halloween, or Hallowe’en, is a Holiday celebrated on the night of October 31. Linus is the only one who believes in the Great Pumpkin. Though he occasionally convinces other characters the Great Pumpkin is real, they always lose faith, while Linus keeps his.

Perhaps paradoxically, given his advanced intellect, Linus is almost never without his blue blanket (or one of several), which he holds over his shoulder while sucking his thumb. Thumb sucking is the act of putting the thumb into the mouth and rhythmically repeating sucking contact for a prolonged duration It was in fact he who coined the term "security blanket. A security blanket is any familiar object whose presence provides comfort or security to its owner such as the literal Blankets often favoured by small children " Ridicule of the habit is not a major concern for him as shown when one friend warned him at summer camp that he would be viciously teased for it. In response, Linus uses his blanket like a whip and shears off a tree branch with intimidating power and notes "They never tease me more than once. The word whip describes two basic types of tools A long stick-like device usually slightly flexible with a small bit of leather or cord called a "popper" on the " The blanket, it turns out, has something of a personality of its own (albeit, a nonverbal one), and it once engaged Lucy in a knock-down drag-out fight. Possession of the blanket is often sought after by Snoopy, who has used many tricks and subterfuges to relieve Linus of it. Snoopy is a Fictional character in the long-running Comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M In later strips, he is shown with it less and less, and Charles Schulz admitted in 1989 that Linus had outgrown the blanket, and it was only in the strip when the humor of a strip was dependent on its presence. In one comic, he suddenly stops sucking his thumb and says "It's a good thumb, but not a great thumb. "

Upon her introduction into the strip, Linus had the desire to marry Charlie Brown's little sister, Sally Brown. Sally Ann Brown is the younger sister of Charlie Brown in the comic strip Peanuts by Charles Schulz. However, as the strip progressed, he outgrew this idea, while Sally on the other hand fell in love with Linus and calls him her "sweet babboo. " Linus in turn has an innocent crush on his school teacher, Miss Othmar (later Mrs. Unrequited love is love that is not openly reciprocated even though reciprocation is usually deeply desired Hagemeyer). In some of the later 90s strips he developed some kind of interest in Lydia, the girl who sits behind him, keeps changing her name and, as Linus is 2 months older than her, asks him, "Aren't you kind of old for me?" (although she keeps changing her name, her name is confirmed to be Lydia, according to the book, Peanuts: A Golden Celebration and the Peanuts Collectors Club website, on the Character Debuts list). He also fell for several different girls in various animated television specials. The bouncing ball animation (below consists of these 6 frames A television special is a Television program, typically a Short film or Television movie, which interrupts or temporarily replaces programming normally He also had a crush on a girl called Truffles, who he and Snoopy met whilst looking for the fungi bearing her name.

Linus looks for opening to knock out Lucy in boxing match.

Linus gets knocked out, losing his boxing match against Lucy.

Linus meekly submits to domination by his older sister Lucy, who has been known to attack him at the drop of a hat. Linus did finally challenge her to a fight when he thought he could beat her in a boxing match, only to get knocked out.

However, Linus often defuses Lucy's temper through passive resistance and clever use of his intellect, either logically talking Lucy out of hitting him or confusing her into submission. Nonviolent resistance (or nonviolent action) is the practice of achieving socio-political goals through Symbolic Protests Civil disobedience, Later in the strip, the pair got a younger brother, Rerun, who looks nearly identical to Linus, though smaller. Coincidentally, this occurred at the same time Lucy kicked Linus out of the house, leading her to cry "A new baby brother? But I just got rid of the old one!"

Linus generally plays second base on Charlie Brown's Little League team; Linus inappropriately stands on top of second base when taking his position. Second base, or 2B, is the second of four stations on a Baseball diamond which must be touched in succession by a base runner in order to score a run for that Little League Baseball is the name of a Non-profit organization in the United States which organizes local children's leagues of baseball and Softball Sometimes, when for some reason Charlie Brown can't pitch, Linus takes the mound and is unhittable to the opposition. Charlie Brown's team always wins games when Linus pitches. Part of the reason is that Linus uses his blanket to sling a fastball at unhittable speeds.

Trivia

• The character said his first words in 1954, and was shown with a security blanket for the first time on June 1, 1954. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Events 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is Assassinated 987 - Hugh Capet is elected ^[1]
• On one occasion his birthday was stated to be November 22, but in another strip he stated he was born in October. Events 498 - Kofi Aseidu- After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran
• The term "security blanket" originated from the strip, which insurance companies - including MetLife, whom Peanuts became the spokescartoon for - used to describe complete coverage. MetLife Inc is the holding corporation for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company or MetLife for short ^[2]
• Linus is an INTP^[3][4][5]

References

External links

• Linus at Snoopy.com