Pig Pen

  • First appearance: July 13, 1954

  • Happily traveling in his own private dust storm, Pigpen is completely comfortable in his own (dust-streaked) skin. Despite his outward appearance, he always carries himself with dignity, knowing full well that he has affixed to him the “dust of countless ages.”

  • Did you know: Charlie Brown is the one kid that unconditionally accepts Pigpen for who he is, even defending his uncleanliness in one strip.
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Latest appearance: March 30th, 2018 / First appearance: April 2nd, 1971 Charlie Brown and Snoopy stand on the pitcher's mound. Snoopy holds his supper dish in his mouth. Charlie Brown says, "Oh, no you don't!" Charlie Brown continues, "You get fed after the game, not before!" Snoopy walks away with the supper dish still in his mouth. Charlie Brown stands on the pitcher's mound and says, "I hate these salary disputes." Latest appearance: March 7th, 2018 / First appearance: March 10th, 1971 Peppermint Patty and Charlie Brown sit at the table. Peppermint Patty holds up a piece of paper and says, "I've worked out the baseball schedule for our two teams, Chuck . . ." Peppermint Patty slides the paper over to Charlie Brown and says, "Here, take a look at it, and see what you think . ." Charlie Brown reaches for the paper. Peppermint Patty smiles and says, "You tou Latest appearance: February 16th, 2018 / First appearance: February 19th, 1971 Charlie Brown sits in front of Lucy's psychiatric booth. He says, "Sometimes I ask myself questions . ." Charlie Brown continues, "Sometimes I ask myself, 'Is this your real life, or is this just a pilot film?'" Charlie Brown holds his arms out and asks, "Is my life a thirty-nine week series or is it a special?" Lucy replies, "Whatever it is, our ratings are down . . Five c Latest appearance: December 21st, 2017 / First appearance: December 24th, 1970 Sally lies in bed and says, "So here it is, Christmas Eve, but there'll be no sleigh bells outside my window tonight . ." Sally continues, "Why? Because I've totally rejected the concept of the fat guy in the red suit! For the first time in my life I feel free! For once I . . ." Sally sits up and listens. She says, "What's that? I thought I heard a sleigh bell . . ." Sally Latest appearance: December 6th, 2017 / First appearance: December 9th, 1970 Charlie Brown sits at the table and writes, "Dear Little Red-Haired Girl, Evening is coming on." Charlie Brown continues to write, "I wish it were snowing huge white flakes, and you and I were walking along holding hands and." Charlie Brown stops and looks at the paper. Charlie Brown crumples up the paper and throws it over his shoulder. He says, "A lot of great letters nev Latest appearance: November 11th, 2017 / First appearance: November 14th, 1970 Snoopy sits on the ground with a rope tied around his neck. Woodstock stands in front of him. Snoopy smiles and thinks, "Woodstock is going to rescue me . ." Woodstock climbs on the rope. Snoopy thinks, "Woodstock will have me untied in no time at all . . ." Woodstock struggles with the rope. Snoopy thinks, "Woodstock is going to untie me, and we're going to . . ." Woodstoc Latest appearance: October 1st, 2017 / First appearance: October 4th, 1970 Peppermint Patty runs along. Peppermint Patty is on the telephone: "Hey, Chuck, come on over, and see what my Dad gave me for my birthday.." She points: "Roses!" Charlie Brown stands behind her. He says, "Wow!" Peppermint Patty adds, "And you know what he said?" They face each other. "He said that I'm growing up fast, and soo I'll be a beautiful young lady, and all Latest appearance: September 23rd, 2017 / First appearance: September 26th, 1970 Snoopy sits in the grass and turns his head. Lucy stands next to him and holds her hand out. Lucy says, "It's bad luck to turn away from a 'Beep.'" Lucy grabs Snoopy's nose and says, "Beep!" Snoopy thinks, "I didn't know that." Latest appearance: September 22nd, 2017 / First appearance: September 25th, 1970 Linus stands in the wind. He sucks his thumb and holds his blanket. Linus' blanket is blown out of his hands. Linus runs. Linus stands next to the doghouse. The blanket completely covers Snoopy. Snoopy thinks, "I hate to see fall come . . . It gets dark so early . ." Latest appearance: July 17th, 2017 / First appearance: July 20th, 1970 Linus stands behind Lucy and says, "I have a question." Linus asks, "What would happen if there were a beautiful and highly intelligent child up in heaven waiting to be born, and his or her parents decided that the two children they already had were enough?" Lucy says, "Your ignorance of theology and medicine is appalling!" Linus says, "I still think it's a good question . Latest appearance: July 16th, 2017 / First appearance: July 19th, 1970 Snoopy is wearing a baseball cap. He runs backwards, looking up at the sky. CLOMP! Snoopy stands up straight in the air and catches the ball in his mouth. Snoopy runs, his cap flying off his head. CLOMP! He jumps in the air and catches another ball. CLOMP! Snoopy catches the ball, hanging upside down the air. CLOMP! His cap flies off as he catches the ball. Latest appearance: July 15th, 2017 / First appearance: July 18th, 1970 Snoopy sits on the doghouse and sniffles. He thinks, "What do you do?" Snoopy lies on the doghouse and thinks, "What do you do when the girl-beagle you love more than anything is taken from you, and you know you'll never see her again as long as you live?" Snoopy sits up and thinks, "What do you do?" Snoopy eats and thinks, "Back to eating!" Latest appearance: July 14th, 2017 / First appearance: July 17th, 1970 Snoopy lies on the doghouse. Charlie Brown carries an envelope and says, "I have bad news for you." Charlie Brown continues, "That last letter you sent to your girl friend at the Daisy Hill Puppy Farm never reached her . . She's not there any more . . ." Charlie Brown explains, "She's been sold!" Snoopy screams and runs off the doghouse. Latest appearance: July 13th, 2017 / First appearance: July 16th, 1970 Snoopy lies on the doghouse and thinks, "That girl-beagle I met at the Daisy Hill Puppy Farm is really something." Snoopy sits up. He smiles and thinks, "I wonder why I liked her so much? I think it's because we teased each other . . ." Snoopy lies on his stomach and thinks, "We laughed a lot, and we teased each other . . ." Snoopy turns over and smiles. He thinks, "And the Latest appearance: July 12th, 2017 / First appearance: July 15th, 1970 Snoopy sticks his tongue out at Charlie Brown. Charlie Brown shouts, "Now you cut that out!" Snoopy walks away. Charlie Brown continues, "Just because you can't go running off to see that girl-beagle you met, you don't have to be so obnoxious!" Charlie Brown points and shouts, "By golly, you'd better start behaving yourself!" Snoopy drops the phone. Charlie Brown shouts, "A Latest appearance: July 11th, 2017 / First appearance: July 14th, 1970 Charlie Brown stands in front of Snoopy. Snoopy wears his supper dish on his head. Charlie Brown asks, "You want to go to the Daisy Hill Puppy Farm again?" Snoopy's ears stand up. Charlie Brown walks away and thinks, "No, I don't think you should . . . You've been out enough lately . . ." Snoopy kicks his supper dish and thinks, "Rats!" Snoopy sits on the ground and leans a Latest appearance: July 10th, 2017 / First appearance: July 13th, 1970 Charlie Brown stands next to Snoopy and talks into the phone. He says, "Hello? Is this the Daisy Hill Puppy Farm?" Charlie Brown continues, "I'm calling for a friend of mine . . . He wants to speak to one of your dogs . . No, he doesn't know her name . . Describe her?" Snoopy holds out his paws and smiles. Charlie Brown says, "She has very soft paws . . ." Latest appearance: July 9th, 2017 / First appearance: July 12th, 1970 Charlie Brown stands on the pitcher's mound. Lucy stands on the slope of the pitcher's mound. She holds out a piece of paper: "Here, Charlie Brown...Sign this petition!" "What's it for?" "Don't be so wishy-washy..just sign it!" He yells: "WANTING TO KNOW WHAT YOUR SIGNING IS NOT BEING WISHY-WASHY!" Lucy asks, "Why are you so crabby?" He looks up and wails, "YELLIN Latest appearance: July 8th, 2017 / First appearance: July 11th, 1970 The Literary Ace types, "Dear Sweetie, Have you missed me?" The Literary Ace continues to type, "I think about you all the time. I can hardly wait until Sunday morning. Don't forget . ." The Literary Ace thinks of hearts, hugs and kisses. Snoopy smiles and thinks, "I think I'm in love!" Latest appearance: July 7th, 2017 / First appearance: July 10th, 1970 Linus looks at a newspaper and approaches Charlie Brown. He says, "According to the paper, the riot was about war dogs . . ." Charlie Brown looks at the paper. Linus says, "Apparently there's been some trouble about dogs being sent to Viet Nam, and then not getting back . . ." Snoopy thinks, "All I know is, I went to the Daisy Hill Puppy Farm to make a speech . . . I got whomped wi
First appearance: April 22nd, 1989 Linus walks past a sign that reads, "Fair grounds 1/2 mile." Linus continues to walk beside a fence. Linus approaches a sign that reads, "Unfair grounds 1/4 mile." First appearance: April 22nd, 1958 Schroeder watches Linus adjust his blanket around the bat. He stoops behind Linus as Linus gets ready to pitch. Linus swings and hits. Schroeder stands at first base with the blanket over his head. First appearance: April 22nd, 1982 Molly Volley stands with The World Famous Tennis Pro. She says, "Hey! Good going, partner! We won the first game!" Molly Volley continues, "I've developed sort of a new habit on the changeover . . ." The World Famous Tennis Pro and Molley Volley sit on the bench. Molly Volley holds a bag of cookies and says, "Have a chocolate chip cookie . . ." Snoopy thinks, "My kind of pa Latest appearance: April 19th, 2006 / First appearance: April 22nd, 1959 Patty and Lucy are on the baseball field. Patty says, "When you stop to think about it, Charlie Brown is the real backbone of our team.." She continues,"He's the clean-up hitter, he's the pitcher and he's the manager!" They both turn and watch Charlie Brown walking by. Lucy replies,"That leaves us with a pretty weak backbone, doesn't it?" First appearance: April 22nd, 1980 As Snoopy walks in the house, Charlie Brown stands in the doorway looking out at the rain. He asks,"Still raining, huh?" He continues,"What do you plan to do all afternoon?" Snoopy reaches towards the t.v. and thinks,"The obvious....sit in front of the tv...." He sits on the bean bag watching t.v. and eating. He thinks,"And pork out on chocolate chip cookies!" First appearance: April 22nd, 1991 Lucy stands in the outfield holding an umbrella. The rain drizzles down. Charlie Brown stands on the pitcher's mound and shouts, "You'll never be able to catch a ball while you're holding an umbrella!" The baseball bounces behind Lucy. Lucy asks, "How did you know that?" First appearance: April 22nd, 1988 Beaglescout holds a stick and thinks, "This is how we find water in the ground . . We call it 'dowsing'." Woodstock and several scouts watch. The Beaglescout follows the stick and thinks, "See the stick? It's moving! It's pointing . ." Snoopy stops and thinks, "Right to Woodstock drinking from his canteen." First appearance: April 22nd, 1979 Charlie Brown stands atop the pitcher's mound. He looks at Lucy standing next to the mound and asks,"Now what are you doing?" He rolls his eyes and grimaces as she replies,"I can see better here.' He points to his left and says,"Get out there in right field, and try to catch the ball!" He exclaims,"And I don't want to hear any excuses today!" He continues,"Don't try to te Latest appearance: April 12th, 2010 / First appearance: April 22nd, 1963 Linus sits in a chair reading a book. Linus walks down the hall. Linus looks at Lucy watching television. Linus says, "You're the only person who would be ornery enough to sit and watch tv during national library week!" First appearance: April 22nd, 1986 Linus and Lucy sit on a couch. Lucy exclaims, "I'm the big sister and you're the little brother! That's the way it's always going to be!" Lucy exclaims, "It's going to be that way today, tomorrow, next week and forever!" Linus sighs. Lucy smiles and shouts, "Ha! I knew that'd get a rise out of you!" First appearance: April 22nd, 1985 Snoopy looks out the car window and thinks, "They all go off shopping, and leave me in the car . . ." Snoopy continues to think, "But I don't care." Snoopy watches people outside and thinks, "I like looking at all the people who pass by . ." Snoopy looks forward and smiles. Snoopy thinks, "And I love snooping in the glove compartment." Latest appearance: April 20th, 2000 / First appearance: April 22nd, 1974 Charlie Brown and Lucy stand on the pitcher's mound. Lucy asks, "Hey, manager, how come we never try field goals?" Charlie Brown frowns. Lucy continues, "I'm standing in a field, aren't I? How come we can't try for a field goal if I'm standing in a field?" Lucy walks away. Lucy stands in the outfield and shouts, "Stupid manager!!!" First appearance: April 22nd, 1996 Charlie Brown and Emily listen as someone announces, "Ladies and gentlemen, your attention, please! Does anyone here own a small white dog . ." The announcement continues, ". . With long black ears . ." The announcement continues, ". . Who seems to be a sergeant in the foreign legion?'" Snoopy the Foreign Legionnaire dances with a girl. First appearance: April 22nd, 1976 Peppermint Patty walks through the gate and receives a cap. A voice says, "Here's your free cap, kid . . ." Peppermint Patty says, "Thank you!" Peppermint Patty leans over the wall and holds the cap. She says, "Hey, Marcie, I got the first cap! Here, I'm comin' down!" Marcie runs and says, "Keep it, sir . . . I'm going home!" Peppermint Patty drops the cap and shouts, "Marcie!" First appearance: April 22nd, 1978 Charlie Brown stands on the pitcher's mound. Lucy approaches and says, "Hey, manager, the cover is coming off this ball." Charlie Brown replies, "Maybe you should put some tape around it . . ." Charlie Brown shouts, "Tape it up real good so it won't come apart again . . ." Lucy rolls a tape ball almost as tall as her. First appearance: April 22nd, 1995 Spike holds a teacup. A cactus is behind him. Spike thinks, "Living in the desert has many advantages . ." Spike hangs the tea bag on the cactus and thinks, "For one thing, there's always a place to hang your tea bag . ." First appearance: April 22nd, 1984 The beaglescout leans againgst a rock looking at an object in his hands. He smiles and thinks,"He's gonna be surprised." The beaglescout stands in the field with Woodstock and the other troops. He thinks,"Attention, troops!" He thinks,"This is a historic occasion..." He smiles and continues,"One of our members has completed all of his tests, and is now eligible to receive First appearance: April 22nd, 1993 Sally, Charlie Brown, Schroeder, Lucy and Linus walk down the sidewalk. Sally says, "I haven't walked to school in a long time." Charlie Brown says, "Grampa says he always walked to school . ." Schroeder adds, "Five miles! In zero weather!" Lucy adds, "In deep snow!" Linus adds, "Uphill!" First appearance: April 22nd, 1987 Marcie and Peppermint Patty sit at their school desks. Peppermint Patty wears four flowers in her hair. Peppermint Patty asks, "What do you think, Marcie?" Peppermint Patty says, "I figured I'd wear flowers in my hair to let the committee see how I'd look if I were 'May Queen'." Marcie says, "It almost gives you an unfair advantage, sir." Peppermint Patty says, "That's wh Latest appearance: April 19th, 2012 / First appearance: April 22nd, 1965 Shroeder stands on the slope of the pitcher's mound and advises Charlie Brown: "Throw this guy your fast ball, Charlie Brown.." He tosses the ball to him. Charlie Brown turns around to see Lucy, who says, "I think you'd better keep the ball low to this guy, Charlie Brown...give him a low curve.." Linus stands on the ground next to Charlie Brown. He suggests, "Throw this guy all knu
Pigpen is a human soil bank who raises a cloud of dust on a perfectly clean street and passes out gum drops that are invariably black.
Charles Schulz

Interests

  • Archaeology

    Pigpen has affixed to him the dirt and dust of past civilizations.

  • Mud Pies

    Violet makes mud-pies and Pigpen is her best customer!

  • Politics

    Pigpen aspires to be class president one day.

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