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{{Infobox character
| name = Snoopy
| series = [[Peanuts]]
| image = Snoopy Peanuts.png
| creator = [[Charles M. Schulz]]
| first = October 4, 1950 (comic strip)
| family = '''Brothers''': Spike, Andy, Olaf, Marbles, Rover <br/>'''Sisters''': Belle, Molly<br/>'''Owner:''' [[Charlie Brown]]<br/>[[Sally Brown]]<br/>Lila (previously)<br/>Clara ("the annoying girl")
| voice = {{Unbulleted list | [[Bill Melendez]] (1959–2008; 2015 archival recordings used in ''[[Peanuts Motion Comics]]'', ''[[The Peanuts Movie: Snoopy's Grand Adventure|Snoopy's Grand Adventure]]'',<ref>[http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,326921/ "Bill Melendez at Moby Games"]. Retrieved October 25, 2017.</ref> and ''[[The Peanuts Movie]]'') | [[Bill Hinnant]] (1966; ''[[You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown]]'')<ref name="Records 1">{{cite web|title=It's The First Two "Peanuts" Albums, Charlie Brown!|url=https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/its-the-first-two-peanuts-albums-charlie-brown/|website=cartoonresearch.com|access-date=February 23, 2021}}</ref> | Jim Campbell (1967; ''You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown'')<ref name="Records 2">{{cite web|title=Live-Action "Peanuts" on Records|url=https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/live-action-peanuts-on-records/|website=cartoonresearch.com|access-date=February 23, 2021}}</ref> | [[Robert Towers]] (1985) | [[Cam Clarke]] (1986–1989) | Gerald Paradies (2002)<ref>[http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,150123/ "Gerald Paradies at Moby Games"]. Retrieved October 29, 2017.</ref> | Andy Beall (2011) | Dylan Jones (2018–present) | [[Terry McGurrin]] (2019–present)}}
| species = [[Dog]] ([[Beagle]])
| gender = Male
| aliases = Joe Cool<br>World Famous [[World War I]]  [[Flying Ace]]<br>The World's Greatest Writer<br>The World Famous Attorney<br>The World Famous Tennis Pro
}}

'''Snoopy''' is an [[anthropomorphic]] [[beagle]]<ref name="beagle">{{Citation |url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OwtaAAAAIBAJ&pg=6491,3147272 |access-date= November 20, 2017 |title= World's Most Famous Beagle |newspaper = [[The Victoria Advocate]] |date= December 15, 1974 |page= 54 |location= [[Victoria, Texas]] }}</ref> in the comic strip ''[[Peanuts]]'' by [[Charles M. Schulz]]. He also appears in all of the ''Peanuts'' films and television specials. Since his debut on October 4, 1950, Snoopy has become one of the most recognizable and iconic characters in the comic strip and is considered more famous than [[Charlie Brown]] in some countries. The original drawings of Snoopy were inspired by Spike, one of Schulz's childhood dogs.<ref>{{cite book|first=Charles M.|last=Schulz|title=Around the world in 50 years: Charlie Brown's anniversary celebration|publisher=[[Andrews McMeel Publishing]]|year=1994|page=[https://archive.org/details/aroundworldin45y00char/page/11 11]|isbn=978-0-8362-1766-7|author-link=Charles M. Schulz|url=https://archive.org/details/aroundworldin45y00char/page/11}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Snoopy, Charlie Brown et les autres. L'album de famille de Schulz|isbn=978-2-7324-2681-5|last1=Moliterni|first1=Claude|year=2000|publisher=La Martinière }}</ref>

==Traits==
Snoopy is a loyal, imaginative, and good-natured beagle who is prone to imagining fantasy lives, including being an author,<ref>{{Cite web |title=It Was a Dark and Stormy Night |url=https://schulzmuseum.org/nte-2/it-was-a-dark-and-stormy-night/ |access-date=2024-09-18 |website=Charles M. Schulz Museum |language=en-US}}</ref> a college student known as "Joe Cool", an attorney, and a [[World War I flying ace]]. He is perhaps best known in this last persona, wearing an aviator's helmet and goggles and a scarf while carrying a [[swagger stick]] (like a stereotypical [[British Army]] officer of [[World War I]] and [[World War II|II]]).

Snoopy can be selfish, gluttonous, and lazy at times, and occasionally mocks his owner, Charlie Brown. But on the whole, he shows great love, care, and loyalty for his owner (even though he cannot even remember his name and always refers to him as "the round-headed kid"). In the 1990s comic strips, he is obsessed with cookies, particularly the chocolate-chip variety. This, and other instances in which he indulges in large chocolate-based meals and snacks, indicate that chocolate is not poisonous to Snoopy, the way [[Theobromine#Animals|it is for real dogs]].

[[File:Snoopy wwi ace lb.jpg|right|thumb|100px|Snoopy piloting his [[World War I]] "[[Sopwith Camel]]" fighter bi-plane, disguised as a doghouse]]
All of his fantasies have a similar formula. Snoopy pretends to be something, usually "world famous", and fails. His short "novels" are never published. His [[Sopwith Camel]] is consistently shot down by his imaginary rival enemy, the [[German Empire|German]] [[flying ace]] the "[[Red Baron]]". Schulz said of Snoopy's character in a 1997 interview: "He has to retreat into his fanciful world in order to survive. Otherwise, he leads kind of a dull, miserable life. I don't envy dogs the lives they have to live."<ref>{{cite journal|author-link=Gary Groth|last=Groth|first=Gary|date=December 1997|title=Charles Schulz at 3 o'clock in the morning|journal=The Comics Journal|page=27 (flip)}}</ref>

Snoopy imagines himself to speak, but never actually does, other than nonverbal sounds and occasionally uttering "Woof". His very articulate thoughts are shown in thought balloons. In the animated ''Peanuts'' films and television specials, Snoopy's thoughts are not verbalized. His moods are instead conveyed through moans, yelps, growls, sobs, laughter, and monosyllabic utterances such as "bleah" or "hey" as well as through [[pantomime]]. His vocal effects were usually provided by [[Bill Melendez]], who first played the role during Snoopy's appearances on ''[[The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Barrier|first=Michael|date=October 1989|title=He's a howling success at bringing comics to life|url=http://digital.hagley.org/nationsbiz_101989?solr_nav%5Bid%5D=1caba639ecc8250dd46d&solr_nav%5Bpage%5D=0&solr_nav%5Boffset%5D=0#page/28/mode/1up/search/1989|magazine=Nation's Business|location=Washington D.C.|publisher=Chamber of Commerce of the United States|access-date=July 18, 2018}}</ref> The only exceptions are in the animated adaptions of the [[musical film|musicals]] ''[[You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (TV special)|You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown]]'' and ''[[Snoopy! The Musical (TV special)|Snoopy!!! The Musical]]'', in which Snoopy's thoughts are verbalized by [[Robert Towers]] and [[Cam Clarke|Cameron Clarke]], respectively. (His dialogue, however, is not "heard" by the other characters except Woodstock the bird and other non-human characters; however, he does remember Charlie Brown's name.)

Snoopy's doghouse [[Cartoon physics|defies physics]] and is shown to be bigger on the inside than the outside.

==History==
[[File:NormalSnoopy.jpg|right|thumb|Snoopy's original appearance from October 4, 1950]]
Snoopy appeared on October 4, 1950, two days after the first ''Peanuts'' strip. He was one of the four original characters, along with Charlie Brown, [[Patty (Peanuts)|Patty]], and [[Shermy]]. He was named Snoopy for the first time in the November 10 strip.

On March 16, 1952,<ref>{{cite web|date=March 16, 1952|url=http://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1952/03/16|title=Peanuts}}</ref> his thoughts were first shown in a thought balloon.  Snoopy first appeared upright on his hind legs on January 9, 1956, when he was shown sliding across a sheet of ice after Shermy and [[Lucy Van Pelt|Lucy]] had first done so.<ref>{{cite book|title=Celebrating Peanuts: 60 Years|publisher=Andrew McMeel Publishing|year=2009|page=4|isbn=978-0-7407-8548-1|first=Charles M.|last=Schultz}}</ref> He is first shown sleeping on top of his doghouse rather than inside it on December 12, 1958,<ref>{{cite web|date=December 12, 1958|url=http://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1958/12/12|title=Peanuts}}</ref> and first adopts his World War I Flying Ace persona on October 10, 1965.<ref>{{cite web|date=October 10, 1965|url=http://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1965/10/10|title=Peanuts}}</ref> Snoopy's final appearance in the comic was on February 13, 2000, when he was shown sitting on top of his doghouse typing Schulz's farewell message to his readers.<ref>{{cite web|date=February 13, 2000|url=http://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/2000/02/13|title=Peanuts}}</ref>

===Popularity===
Snoopy appeared as a character balloon in the [[Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade]] in 1968; the balloon depicted Snoopy in his World War I Flying Ace costume.<ref>{{cite news |title=Good Grief! Snoopy Makes Macy's Parade |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1968/11/29/76912791.pdf |access-date=November 19, 2020 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=November 29, 1968 |page=48}}</ref> The beagle has been in almost every parade ever since in different costumes, as an ice skater, a jester (to celebrate the new millennium and the parade's 75th anniversary), and an astronaut.

The [[Dogs Trust]] and Wild in Arts created a trail called A Dog's Trail which spanned across [[Cardiff]], [[Caerphilly]], and [[Porthcawl]] in spring of 2022. The trail raised money for Dogs Trust to use for dog welfare.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/family-kids-news/snoopy-trail-ended-heres-how-24162398 | title=The Snoopy trail has ended but here's how you can see them all in one place | date=June 7, 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=A Dog's Trail with Snoopy |url=https://wildinart.co.uk/events/a-dogs-trail/ |website=Wild in Art }}</ref>

== Relationship with other ''Peanuts'' characters ==
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=== Charlie Brown ===
{{main article|Charlie Brown}}

Despite his history of conflicted loyalties, his constant disrespect for Charlie Brown, and his inability to remember his name (he refers to him as "that round-headed kid"), Snoopy has shown both love and loyalty to his owner. Charlie Brown would often get irritated at Snoopy's flights of fancy with the comment, "Why can't I have a normal dog like everyone else?" He joins Charlie Brown in walking out of a game of [[Hide and seek#Variants|Ha-Ha Herman]] when Peppermint Patty insults Charlie Brown, unaware that Charlie Brown is within earshot.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1971/10/09|title=Peanuts by Charles Schulz, October 09, 1971 Via @GoComics|first=Charles|last=Schulz}}</ref> He also helps Charlie Brown recover his autographed baseball when a bully takes it and challenges Charlie Brown to fight him for it. When Charlie Brown has to stop dedicating himself to making Snoopy happy, Snoopy replies, "Don't worry about it. I was already happy." In ''[[The Peanuts Movie]]'', Snoopy remains loyal to Charlie Brown, supporting and caring for him throughout the movie.

In early ''Peanuts'' strips, Charlie Brown was not Snoopy's owner (as seen in the February 2, 1951, strip), and it was not made clear who, if anyone, his actual owner was. At various times, it was suggested that he was Patty's<ref>{{cite web|date=November 13, 1950|url=http://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1950/11/13|title=Peanuts}}</ref> or Shermy's<ref>{{cite web|date=September 29, 1951|url=http://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1951/09/29|title=Peanuts}}</ref> dog.  Charlie Brown was first portrayed as being responsible for Snoopy in the strips of November 1 and 3, 1955; it was not until September 1, 1958, that Snoopy was specifically said to be Charlie Brown's dog. (In the September 20, 1980, strip, Charlie Brown comments that he once told Snoopy to "stay" and "he never went home.")

In both the early strips and the movie ''[[Snoopy Come Home]],'' Charlie Brown says that he got Snoopy after being bullied by another kid. His parents took him to the Daisy Hill Puppy Farm to cheer him up, where he met and bought Snoopy. The special ''[[Snoopy's Reunion]]'' depicts their first meeting.

=== Lucy ===
{{main article|Lucy van Pelt}}
Snoopy frequently tries to kiss Lucy on the cheek or nose, which Lucy, who is afraid of dog germs, thoroughly hates. Despite her distaste of doggy kisses, Lucy seems to care for Snoopy: in ''[[Snoopy Come Home]]'', Lucy is sad to see him go and is (momentarily) glad when he comes back home. In some strips, Lucy goes to Snoopy for help, such as in the April 16, 1961<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1961/04/16|title=Peanuts by Charles Schulz, April 16, 1961 Via @GoComics|last=Schulz|first=Charles|website=GoComics|access-date=May 31, 2016}}</ref> strip, wherein a jealous Lucy and Frieda are beating each other up at Schroeder's piano, Lucy ends up winning, and shakes hands with Snoopy in the end, looking slightly injured. Snoopy also commandeers Lucy's psychiatric booth either in her absence or when she ends up being the one needing help. In ''[[Snoopy! The Musical (TV special)|Snoopy!]]'', Lucy and Snoopy hug each other during the song "If Just One Person".

=== Linus ===
{{main article|Linus van Pelt}}
Snoopy often tries to steal Linus's blanket, leading to slapstick fights and wild chases, the latter of which usually involve Snoopy running up, grabbing the blanket in his mouth, then running off with Linus holding on for dear life, and finally swinging Linus and the blanket around and around in a circular motion through the air before letting go and they both fly off to who-knows-where.

=== Lila ===
Lila was Snoopy's owner before Charlie Brown. Snoopy visits her in the cartoon ''[[Snoopy Come Home]]'' and struggles to decide whether to stay with Charlie Brown or go back to Lila. Lila quickly persuades him to leave Charlie Brown so Snoopy can live with her again. However, upon arriving at her apartment complex, Snoopy is very relieved to see a "NO DOGS ALLOWED" sign and returns to live with Charlie Brown.

=== Peppermint Patty ===
{{main article|Peppermint Patty}}
[[Peppermint Patty]] often refers to Snoopy as a "funny-looking kid with a big nose", unaware that he is a beagle. In one instance, she has him serve as her attorney in a case involving the school dress code. In the March 21, 1974, strip, Marcie tells Peppermint Patty that Snoopy is a beagle, finally resulting in her realizing his true identity. Snoopy serves as Peppermint Patty's watchdog several times. She is one of the few girls who does not get disgusted after being kissed by him.

=== Sally Brown ===
{{main article|Sally Brown}}
Like Lucy, Sally does not care that much for Snoopy and often calls him a stupid beagle. Sally usually complains when her big brother asks her to feed Snoopy whenever he is away from home. While she is still an infant, Sally has a friendly and playful relationship with Snoopy. In later years, Sally occasionally enlists Snoopy's help in school assignments. She even treats him to an ice cream cone (a very tall ice cream cone, with scoops of about a dozen flavors) when Snoopy helps her get an "A" on a report about "Our Animal Friends". In one storyline, Sally uses Snoopy as a "weapon" to help protect her from bullies on the playground (Snoopy barks loudly at anyone who threatens Sally, leading Snoopy to comment, "I feel like a can of mace!"), but this ends in disaster when Snoopy sees an old girlfriend of his and runs off to meet her, abandoning Sally and leaving her to get "slaughtered" by the playground bullies.

=== Schroeder ===
{{main article|Schroeder (Peanuts)}}

Schroeder does not mind much when Snoopy sits against his toy piano, except when Snoopy dances on top of the piano, much to Schroeder's annoyance. He also sometimes plays with the notes coming from the piano.

=== Rerun van Pelt ===
{{Main article|Rerun van Pelt}}

Rerun, the youngest child character in the strip, plays with Snoopy sometimes. In some strips, Rerun and Snoopy are playing cards with each other, both of them clueless about the rules.

=== Woodstock ===
{{main article|Woodstock (Peanuts)}}
Woodstock is Snoopy's best friend and sidekick. He is a small, yellow bird of indeterminate species. He speaks in a chirping language that only Snoopy and his other bird friends can understand. In return, the birds somehow understand Snoopy's thoughts. In some strips, Snoopy can be seen telling a joke to Woodstock and both laugh so hard they end up falling off the doghouse. Woodstock sometimes sleeps on top of Snoopy's nose, such as in one strip where Snoopy says "Never share your pad with a restless bird".

=== Fifi ===
Fifi is a major love interest of Snoopy and she appears in ''[[Life Is a Circus, Charlie Brown]]'' and ''[[The Peanuts Movie]]''. In ''Life Is a Circus, Charlie Brown'', Snoopy sees Fifi, a white poodle, at a circus and starts to get attracted to her. He and Fifi do a trapeze act and afterward, he runs away, taking Fifi with him. Fifi decides to go back to the circus, however, leaving Snoopy heartbroken and forced to return to Charlie Brown. In ''The Peanuts Movie'', Fifi (voiced by [[Kristin Chenoweth]]) is a pilot just like Snoopy (being redesigned to be bipedal while still retaining her poodle traits), and together they have interaction via Snoopy's typewriter against the Red Baron. He shows how much he cares for her when he cries at [[Schroeder (Peanuts)|Schroeder]]'s house after she is captured by the Red Baron. Snoopy, Woodstock, and the Beagle Scouts set out on a mission to save her. Eventually, they save her, and she shows her affection to Snoopy.

==Siblings==
[[File:SnoopysReunion01.jpg|thumb|right|Clockwise from top-left: Andy, Spike, Olaf, Rover, Belle, Molly, Snoopy, and Marbles|alt=]]
In the comic strip, Snoopy has seven siblings. Five appeared at various times in the strip: four brothers, Spike, Andy, Marbles, and Olaf; and one sister, Belle. The two others were never mentioned by name in the comic strip, but the whole family appeared in 1991 [[television special]] ''[[Snoopy's Reunion]]'', introducing the two unknown siblings, identified in the special as Molly and Rover.

Snoopy having seven siblings was an element of the strip that developed as the strip evolved. Originally described in a June 1959 strip as an "only dog",<ref>{{cite book |last1=Schulz |first1=Charles M. |title=The Complete Peanuts: 1959 to 1960 |date=2013 |publisher=Fantagraphics Books |isbn=978-1560976714 |page=67}}</ref> Snoopy went to a family reunion with several unnamed siblings in a May 1965 sequence, stating that they all spoke different languages and couldn't understand each other.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Schulz |first1=Charles M. |title=The Complete Peanuts: 1965 to 1966 |date=2013 |publisher=Fantagraphics Books |isbn=978-1560977247 |pages=57–58}}</ref> In March 1970, Snoopy wrote in his autobiography that he was one of seven puppies,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Schulz |first1=Charles M. |title=The Complete Peanuts: 1969 to 1970 |date=2008 |publisher=Fantagraphics Books |isbn=978-1560978275 |page=190}}</ref> and the number reached its final count of eight beagles in December 1972.

In a 1987 interview, Schulz said that he felt introducing Snoopy's siblings was a mistake, similar to the introduction of [[Eugene the Jeep]] in ''[[Thimble Theatre]]'': "I think Eugene the Jeep took the life out of Popeye himself, and I'm sure [[E. C. Segar|Segar]] didn't realize that. I realized it myself a couple of years ago when I began to introduce Snoopy's brothers and sisters. I realized that when I put Belle and Marbles in there it destroyed the relationship that Snoopy has with the kids, which is a very strange relationship. And these things are so subtle when you're doing them, you can make mistakes and not realize them."<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Groth |editor1-first=Conrad |title=What Cartooning Really Is: The Major Interviews with Charles M. Schulz |date=2020 |publisher=Fantagraphics Books |isbn=978-1683963820 |page=98}}</ref> Schulz elaborated further in another 1987 interview: "Snoopy had a sister, Belle, whom I discovered I really didn't like. I brought in Spike and I like Spike a lot. But when I brought another brother in — I thought Marbles would make a great name for a dog — I discovered almost immediately that bringing in other animals took the uniqueness away from Snoopy. So the only other animal character who works now is Spike, as long as Spike stays out in the desert."<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Inge |editor1-first=M. Thomas |title=Charles M. Schulz: Conversations |date=2000 |publisher=University Press of Mississippi |isbn=9781578063055 |last1=Pauer |first1=Frank |page=148 |chapter=A Conversation with Charles Schulz}}</ref>

===Spike===
Spike, Snoopy's older brother who lived in the desert, was the most frequently seen sibling in the strip.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Farago |first1=Andrew |title=The Complete Peanuts Family Album: The Ultimate Guide to Charles M. Schulz's Classic Characters |date=2017 |publisher=[[Weldon Owen]] |isbn=978-1681882925 |page=204}}</ref> He was introduced in the August 13, 1975, strip.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Schulz |first1=Charles M. |title=The Complete Peanuts: 1975 to 1976 |date=2015 |publisher=Fantagraphics Books |isbn=978-1606993453 |page=97}}</ref> He was a recurring character between 1984 and 1988, and was also used in one-off appearances sporadically through the rest of ''Peanuts'' history. Spike is named after [[Charles Schulz]]'s childhood dog.<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Inge |editor1-first=M. Thomas |title=Charles M. Schulz: Conversations |date=2000 |publisher=University Press of Mississippi |isbn=9781578063055 |last1=Gorney |first1=Cynthia |page=137 |chapter=The Peanuts Progenitor}}</ref>

Spike's appearance is similar to Snoopy's, but he is substantially thinner, has a perpetually sleepy-eyed look, sports long, droopy whiskers that look like a mustache, and wears a fedora. He is called Snoopy's older brother during the first story in which he appears. Spike lives in the middle of a desert near [[Needles, California]], mostly interacting with inanimate saguaro cacti and rocks.

He temporarily became [[Rerun van Pelt|Rerun]]'s dog in ''[[I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown]]'', and also starred in his own television special, ''[[It's the Girl in the Red Truck, Charlie Brown]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hughes |first1=Mike |title=Charlie Brown's younger sister: Schulz daughter stars in special 'Girl in the Red Truck' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63411693/the-cincinnati-enquirer/ |access-date=November 16, 2020 |agency=Gannett News Service |date=September 27, 1988}}</ref> He was also a main character in ''[[Snoopy's Getting Married, Charlie Brown]]'', where he is shown traveling from Needles to visit Snoopy to be the [[best man|best beagle]] at his wedding.

A large statue of Spike resides inside the Needles Regional Museum in [[Needles, California]]. The Schulz family lived in Needles from 1928 to 1930.<ref name="VDP 2020-01-19">{{Cite news|url=https://www.vvdailypress.com/news/20200119/beyers-byways-needles-small-town-with-big-history|title= Needles, a small town with a big history|last=Beyer|first=John R.|date=January 19, 2020|work=Valley Daily Press|department=Beyer's Byways|publisher=Gannett|language=en|access-date=January 19, 2020}}</ref>

===Belle===
'''Belle''' is Snoopy's sister, who first appeared in the strip on June 28, 1976.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Farago |first1=Andrew |title=The Complete Peanuts Family Album: The Ultimate Guide to Charles M. Schulz's Classic Characters |date=2017 |publisher=Weldon Owen |isbn=978-1681882925 |page=209}}</ref> She lives in [[Kansas City, Missouri]] with her teenage son, whom Snoopy noted as resembling the [[Pink Panther (character)|Pink Panther]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Schulz |first1=Charles M. |title=The Complete Peanuts: 1975 to 1976 |date=2015 |publisher=Fantagraphics Books |isbn=978-1606993453 |page=235}}</ref> Belle herself bears a strong resemblance to Snoopy, but with longer eyelashes. In addition, she wears a lace collar and sometimes wears a pearl necklace.

Belle only made a few appearances in the strip but is remembered because of the Belle stuffed animal toys sold in the late 1970s and early 1980s.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kleiman |first1=Carol |title=Good grief! How did Snoopy, the world's most popular dog, become a soft cuddly toy... |journal=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=June 23, 1980 |page=30 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63421453/chicago-tribune/ |access-date=November 17, 2020}}</ref> [[San Francisco]] toy merchandiser Determined Productions had the license to make Snoopy plush toys, and they introduced Belle plush after receiving many requests from children who wanted a female "sister" doll.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Creamer |first1=Beverly |title=Doing big business with one little dog |journal=[[Honolulu Advertiser]] |date=January 2, 1980 |page=25 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63422025/the-honolulu-advertiser/ |access-date=November 17, 2020}}</ref>

In 1984, Snoopy and Belle inspired fashion designers around the world, including [[Karl Lagerfeld|Lagerfeld]], [[Georgio Armani|Armani]], and [[Oscar de la Renta|de la Renta]], to create one-of-a-kind outfits in their honor. Both beagles modeled for the "Snoopy in Fashion" exhibition held that year in Japan. "Snoopy & Belle in Fashion" continues to be exhibited {{as of|2020|lc=1}}.<ref>[https://www.snoopyandbelleinfashion.com Snoopy & Belle in Fashion], retrieved October 21, 2020.</ref> Photographs of the exhibition were collected in a 1988 book, ''Snoopy in Fashion''.<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Boucher |editor1-first=Connie |title=Snoopy in Fashion |date=1988 |publisher=Chronicle Books |isbn=9780877015741}}</ref>

There was another traveling exhibition of Snoopy and Belle plush in outfits made by fashion designers in 1990, as a celebration of the comic strip's fortieth anniversary. This exhibition began in [[Paris]] at the [[Louvre|Louvre Museum]], and then to the [[Mitsukoshi]] department store in [[Tokyo]], followed by showings in [[Los Angeles]], [[New York City]], [[London]], [[Milan]], and [[Madrid]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cope |first1=Penelope Bass |title=Snoopy style: For 'Peanuts' at 40, the Louvre displays high-fashion clothes on lovable puppies |journal=The Wilmington News-Journal |date=January 23, 1990 |page=D1 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63420950/the-news-journal/ |access-date=November 17, 2020}}</ref> Photographs from this collection were published as ''Snoopy Around the World''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rizzo |first1=Albert |title=Snoopy Around the World |date=1990 |publisher=Harry Abrams |isbn=978-0810938083}}</ref>

== Reception ==
Snoopy and Charlie Brown were ranked by ''[[TV Guide]]'' as the 8th greatest cartoon characters of all time.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.listology.com/list/tv-guides-50-greatest-cartoon-characters | title= TV Guide's 50 Greatest Cartoon Characters | date= July 30, 2002 | access-date= September 17, 2013 | archive-date= April 3, 2019 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190403021039/http://www.listology.com/list/tv-guides-50-greatest-cartoon-characters | url-status= dead }}</ref>

Some critics feel that the strip suffered a decline in quality after the 1960s. Writing in 2000, [[Christopher Caldwell (journalist)|Christopher Caldwell]] argued that the character of Snoopy, and the strip's increased focus on him in the 1970s, "went from being the strip's besetting artistic weakness to ruining it altogether". Caldwell felt that Snoopy "was never a full participant in the tangle of relationships that drove ''Peanuts'' in its Golden Age", as he could not talk. He went on to say that Snoopy "was way too shallow for the strip as it developed in the 1960s, and the strips he featured in were anomalies."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nypress.com/against-snoopy/ |title=Against Snoopy |work=New York Press |first=Christopher |last=Caldwell |date=January 4, 2000}}</ref>

[[Jim Davis (cartoonist)|Jim Davis]] noted that Snoopy was a boon from a marketing standpoint, which inspired him to center his comic strip ''[[Garfield]]'' around a cat: "Snoopy is very popular in licensing. Charlie Brown is not."<ref name="slatewhyhate">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.slate.com/id/2102299/|title=Why we don't hate Garfield.|access-date=April 30, 2008|last=Suellentrop|first=Chris|date=June 11, 2004|magazine=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]}}</ref>

A toy titled The Snoopy Snowcone Machine was popular in the '80s and was later recreated in the 2010s by Cra-z-art.

===Political endorsement controversy===
On October 5, 2024, a fan account devoted to Snoopy on [[Twitter]] posted an endorsement of [[Donald Trump]]'s [[Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign|presidential candidacy]] in the [[2024 United States presidential election|2024 U.S. presidential race]].<ref name="SF Chronicle Report on Snoopy Tweet">{{cite news |last=Vaziri |first=Aldin |date=October 8, 2024 |title=Snoopy fan account sparks outrage with Trump endorsement |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/snoopy-trump-endorsement-19824674.php |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |location= |access-date=October 13, 2024}}</ref> The tweet called for "more take home pay, a secure border, and a government that prioritizes prosperity for its tax paying citizens rather than [[Undocumented immigrant population of the United States|illegal immigrants]]. The tweet also stated that "[[Kamala Harris]] may have 'come from a middle class family', but this account is run by an actual middle class family. We started this profile last year as a distraction from the difficult economic times, with the help of bringing hope to others who may be going through the same." The tweet, which featured an [[Artificial intelligence art|AI-generated portrait]] of Snoopy shaking the hand of Trump, was widely criticized by many fellow ''Peanuts'' fans on social media,<ref name="RollingStone">{{cite magazine |last=Klee |first=Miles |date=October 7, 2024 |title=A Snoopy Fan Account Endorsed Trump. The Snoopy Community Revolted |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/snoopy-fan-account-trump-controversy-1235128081/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |location= |access-date=October 13, 2024}}</ref><ref name="SF Chronicle Report on Snoopy Tweet"/> several of whom referenced a 1970 letter from creator Schulz in which he stressed the importance of faith in American democracy, writing that "sometimes it is the very people who cry out the loudest in favor of getting back to what they call 'American Virtues' who lack this faith in our country. I believe that our greatest strength lies always in the protection of our smallest minorities."<ref name="RollingStone"/> The account deleted the tweet, then did another which acknowledged the support from Trump supporters, and championed continued voter registration in swing states. The account was deactivated shortly thereafter.<ref name="RollingStone"/>

The tweet was parodied on the October 12, 2024 edition of the [[NBC]] variety show ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', with remarks that, in turn, used the character of [[Franklin (Peanuts)|Franklin]] to reference Trump's own [[Springfield pet-eating hoax|controversial comments about Haitian immigrants]].<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Ariana Grande, Stevie Nicks |episode-link= |url= |access-date= |series=Saturday Night Live |series-link=Saturday Night Live |first= |last= |network=[[NBC]] |station= |date=October 12, 2024 |season=50 |series-no= |number=3 |minutes= |time= |transcript= |transcript-url= |quote=Fans of the ''Peanuts'' comic strip were upset after a fan account endorsed Donald Trump. Even worse, they claimed that Franklin was trying to eat Snoopy. |trans-quote= |via= |language=English}}</ref>

== Awards and honors ==
Schulz was a keen [[contract bridge|bridge]] player, and ''Peanuts'' occasionally included bridge references. In 1997 the [[American Contract Bridge League]] (ACBL) awarded both Snoopy and [[Woodstock (Peanuts)|Woodstock]] the honorary rank of [[Masterpoints#American Contract Bridge League|Life Master]], and Schulz was delighted.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/07/10/arts/bridge-snoopy-s-finest-card-game-trump-that-red-baron.html |title=BRIDGE; Snoopy's Finest Card Game (Trump That, Red Baron!) |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |first=Alan |last=Truscott |author-link=Alan Truscott |date=July 10, 2000 |access-date=July 16, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.acbl.org/marketing/publicity/who-plays-bridge/ |title=Who Plays Bridge |website=[[American Contract Bridge League|ACBL]] |access-date=May 7, 2019}}</ref>

On November 2, 2015, Snoopy was honored with a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]], becoming the second ''Peanuts''-related figure to be inducted with a star, after Schulz.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=FilmiBeat|url=http://www.filmibeat.com/hollywood/news/2015/wow-snoopy-receives-a-star-on-hollywood-walk-of-fame-203979.html|title=Wow! Snoopy Receives A Star On Hollywood Walk Of Fame|date=November 3, 2015}}</ref>

==In aviation and space==
===Use by NASA===
[[File:Apollo 10 Cernan and Snoopy at news conference.jpg|thumb|Apollo 10 astronaut [[Gene Cernan]] with a Snoopy puppet at a news conference, 1969]]<!-- Please propose additions on talk page before adding here! -->

* Following the [[Apollo 1]] fire, Snoopy became the official mascot of aerospace safety, testing and the rebuilding of the [[Apollo Program]].
* The [[Apollo 10]] [[Apollo Lunar Module|lunar module]] was named ''Snoopy'' and the [[Apollo Command/Service Module|command module]] ''Charlie Brown''. While not included in the [[:Image:Apollo-10-LOGO.png|official mission logo]], Charlie Brown and Snoopy became semi-official mascots for the mission, as seen [http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/mirrors/images/images/pao/AS10/10075138.jpg here] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010619231200/http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/mirrors/images/images/pao/AS10/10075138.jpg |date=June 19, 2001 }} and [http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/mirrors/images/images/pao/AS10/10075088.jpg here] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025181648/http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/mirrors/images/images/pao/AS10/10075088.jpg |date=October 25, 2007 }}.  Schulz also drew some special mission-related artwork for [[NASA]], <!-- (can anyone find scans?) --> and several regular strips related to the mission, one showing Snoopy en route to the Moon atop his doghouse with a fishbowl on his head for a helmet. "We have mentioned," wrote television producer [[Lee Mendelson]], "that Charles Schulz is a gambler, a man who doesn't sit pat on success. The ''New York Times'' headlined: 'Creator of Peanuts Tempts Fate on Apollo Mission.' Certainly, if a tragedy had occurred, as well it might have, the symbols would forever remain in man's mind as symbols of disaster. But Sparky has always had faith in the Apollo program, from the very start, and he felt if those men could risk their lives, the least he could do would be to risk the popularity of the characters."<ref>{{cite book|last=Mendelson|first=Lee|title=Charlie Brown & Charlie Schulz|publisher=Signet Books|year=1971|pages=239–240|author-link=Lee Mendelson}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Roberts|first=Steven V.|title=You're a Brave Man, Charlie Brown|newspaper=New York Times|date=May 26, 1969|page=20}}</ref> The strip that ran on July 21, 1969 – one day after [[Neil Armstrong]] and [[Buzz Aldrin]] landed the [[Apollo 11]] [[Lunar Module Eagle|Lunar Module ''Eagle'']] on the Moon – included a full Moon in the background, with a black mark on it representing the module.<ref name="gocomics">{{cite web|url=http://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1969/07/21 |title=Peanuts Comic Strip, July 21, 1969 on GoComics.com |publisher=gocomics.com|access-date=September 5, 2015}}</ref>
* The fabric cap worn by NASA astronauts as part of the [[Extravehicular Mobility Unit]] is known as a "[[Snoopy cap]]", a reference to how the white crown and black earflaps of the cap resemble Snoopy's fur and ears.
* Snoopy is also seen in the mission patch of NASA's [[Skylab Medical Experiment Altitude Test]] (SMEAT).
* The [[Silver Snoopy award]] is a special NASA honor, in the form of a [[sterling silver]] pin with an engraving of Snoopy in a spacesuit helmet. It is given by an astronaut to someone who works in the space program that has gone above and beyond in pursuit of quality and safety.<ref>{{cite web|title=Space Flight Awareness Awards: SFA Silver Snoopy |work=Space Flight Awareness, NASA website |publisher=[[National Aeronautics and Space Administration]] |url=http://sfa.jsc.nasa.gov/sfaawards.cfm |access-date=June 21, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070228005314/http://sfa.jsc.nasa.gov/sfaawards.cfm |archive-date=February 28, 2007 }}</ref>
* Snoopy and [[NASA]] announced, in April 2019, that Snoopy will return to the [[Moon]] aboard NASA [[Orion (spacecraft)|Orion]] in 2024.<ref>{{cite web |title=Snoopy is returning |url=https://twitter.com/Snoopy/status/1121507183043203072 |website=Snoopy's Official Twitter |access-date=April 25, 2019}}</ref> 
* He was a gravity indicator aboard [[Artemis 1]] mission that orbited the moon.<ref name="Artemis">{{cite web |last1=Warner |first1=Cheryl |title=Snoopy to Fly on NASA's Artemis I Moon Mission |url=https://www.nasa.gov/feature/snoopy-to-fly-on-nasas-artemis-i-moon-mission/ |website=NASA |access-date=October 19, 2022 |date=November 12, 2021}}</ref>
*In November 2019, Apple TV made a ''[[Snoopy in Space]]'' series.

===Other uses===
* Snoopy is the name of a United States Air Force [[B-58 Hustler]] bomber, serial number 55-0665, which was modified to test a radar system.<ref name="check-six">{{cite web|url=http://www.check-six.com/Crash_Sites/B-52s_in_the_desert.htm |title=B-52s in the Desert |publisher=check-six.com|access-date=September 5, 2015}}</ref>
* American insurance company [[MetLife]] used Snoopy as their corporate mascot between 1985 and 2016. ''Snoopy One'', ''Snoopy Two'', and ''Snoopy J'' are three [[airship]]s owned and operated by MetLife that provide aerial coverage of sporting events, and feature Snoopy as the World War I flying ace on their fuselage. As of October 20, 2016, MetLife no longer features Snoopy in its commercials, due to a global rebranding.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.metlife.com/Applications/Corporate/WPS/CDA/PageGenerator/0,4773,P309,00.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513205233/http://www.metlife.com/Applications/Corporate/WPS/CDA/PageGenerator/0,4773,P309,00.html|url-status=dead|title=Airship Operations information for MetLife blimp<!-- Bot generated title -->|archivedate=May 13, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Hauser|first1=Christine|last2=Maheshwari|first2=Sapna|date=October 20, 2016|title=MetLife Grounds Snoopy. Curse You, Red Baron!|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/21/business/media/metlife-grounds-snoopy-curse-you-red-baron.html?_r=0|newspaper=New York Times|access-date=October 20, 2016}}</ref>
* The [[Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County Airport]] in California, named after Schulz, has [[:File:Charles M. Schulz - Sonoma County Airport (logo).png|a logo]] featuring Snoopy in his World War I flying ace attire flying atop his doghouse.
* Snoopy is the mascot of the 26th Squadron (Barons, pronounced Barones) of the United States Air Force Academy, appearing on their squadron patch.

==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite news |last=Brooks |first=Katherine<!-- Author's name has been removed from the page and has not been archived, but is listed at https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peanuts&oldid=1200688127#cite_note-Snoopy_Moments-2 --> |date=2013-10-02 |title=10 Of The Best Snoopy Moments To Celebrate 'Peanuts' 63rd Anniversary |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/peanuts-anniversary_n_4025927 |url-status=live |work=[[HuffPost]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230624080245/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/peanuts-anniversary_n_4025927 |archive-date=2023-06-24 |access-date=2024-01-30}}

==External links==
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*[https://snoopystuff.com/snoopys-quote-was-so-deep-part-1/ Snoopy’s quote was so deep (Part 1)] 
* [http://www.daysofleisure.com/writing/the_complete_text_of_Snoopy_s_novel.html The complete text of Snoopy's ''It Was a Dark and Stormy Night'']
*[https://palisadespete.wordpress.com/2012/07/17/10-facts-about-linus-van-pelt-peanuts-13/ 10 Facts About Linus Van Pelt (“Peanuts”)]

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