How Did You Happen to Get Snoopy, Charlie Brown? - A Peanuts Cartoon

A fanmade Peanuts cartoon about the true story of Charlie Brown and Snoopy based on a strip written by Charles M. Schulz and using his wonderful characters.
I decided to create this animation because there isn't any canonical adaptation about the adoption of Snoopy. I just wanted to bring THE REAL STORY to the screen
The short is in black and white and it uses Schulz's artistic style from the 1950's in order to give it a "vintage" look.
We can also see a reference to a really early Peanuts strip in which Adults' legs appear in a golf field, as well as lots of other Easter eggs...
I hope you enjoy it as much as I did animating it.
I DO NOT OWN PEANUTS. PEANUTS IS OWNED BY PEANUTS WORLDWIDE LLC AND PEANUTS WAS CREATED BY CHARLES M. SCHULZ.

[@maximusprime3459]

FLASH FACT: In the earliest 'Peanuts' comic strips, Snoopy wasnt owned by anyone, he was a neighborhood dog like Petey in Our Gang/Little Rascals.

[@shoknifeman2mikado135]

Yup!!

[@nancyguzman4509]

👌 🆗️

[@chaserofthelight484]

I just seen a different twist on this one. Charlie Brown and Linus was at the farm and Charlie Brown found Snoopy. Linus found out someone else had gotten Snoopy but had brought him back. Charlie says, “well he’s my dog now”.

[@retrospector04]

​@@shoknifeman2mikado135 yea

[@OmegaWolf747]

I could always feel Charlie Brown's pain. No matter what you do to fit in, you get rejected.

[@carolnoelle2468]

Aww this is so adorable, but it really shows how bullying can affect someone and how one friend can change it all

[@retrospector04]

Yeah

[@latrellhart9700]

The playground scene made me cry

[@Chriskat69]

Me too

[@JuanSalazar-br2nh]

Not me.

[@redchojnowski7159]

Bully back the bullies. See how THEY like it. I've done it MANY times. Hurts. But they deserve it.

[@pop-culturecinephile8144]

Picking on Charlie Brown, the kid with the biggest heart, is just lazy

[@ethanester3258]

Schulz would’ve been proud of this.

[@roberthernandez4616]

In addition to Sparky, Bill Melendez, Vince Guaraldi, & Lee Mendleson would also be PROUD. You can bet on it !

[@lifewithlollipop]

Yes… he would have…🥹🥹🥹

[@chrisrockett5897]

It's kinda crazy that you based an entire story out of only a few references in one strip from January 30, 1972. You gotta make more of these, bro.

[@miraculousblog2803]

Ι agree you did a great job with this one.

[@terrybardy2848]

This gives new meaning to the saying, "Happiness is a warm puppy!"

[@panowa8319]

In earlier strips, Charlie Brown was treated with a lot more respect until the late 1950s. At 7:02 the license plate reads 10-02-50, coincidentally, the date Peanuts premiered.

[@roberthernandez4616]

Charles Schultz is looking down from the heavens, with a smile from ear to ear with gleaming PRIDE. Kudos Buddy !

[@melissacooper4282]

I only remember the story of how Charlie Brown got Snoopy from the movie Snoopy Come Home. There was a scene where Charlie Brown and Linus were sitting under the tree and Charlie Brown was relating the story to Linus. According to Charlie Brown he was in the sandbox playing with a couple of kids. One of them for no reason dumped a bucket of sand on Charlie Brown's head. Charlie Brown then cried then his mother ran up and took him home. The next day Mr and Mrs. Brown took Charlie Brown to The Daisy Hill Puppy Farm. Then they bought him Snoopy.

[@richardwatson298]

It's been years but this is how I remember it.

[@FrankieBonsignoreMusic]

As a massive fan of Peanuts since childhood, I absolutely LOVED this. I teared up a little at some parts! As a child, I grew up reading the comic strips and watching the tv specials, and the recent Peanuts Movie is one of my favorites. This is a wonderful animation and a great tribute to Sparky and his characters. Thank you so much. ❤️

[@pablocartoonman8304]

It is because of comments like this that I make stuff. You will have more animations soon. I am very glad you liked it

[@jccw227]

"People buy pets for strange reasons." - Linus Van Pelt

[@Adriiiiiiii1]

Gocomics?

[@terrybardy2848]

True and like Charlie Brown I rescued a dog, a miniature poodle. 🐩. I had my Joseph for 16 years. He may be a used dog, but he's the best!

[@christinegelabert1651]

@@terrybardy2848 listen sweetie... sometimes "used" just means broken in or other times it means broken down and they need to be patched together with more love. Either way "used" is always USEFUL when it comes in the form of a rescue animal. They actually end up saving US many more times than WE end up saving them. Most of the time we didn't even truly realize how much we needed to them in our lives until they show up. YUP. THE extras nobody wants to adopt AND nobody can sell... THE discards... THE weirdos with strange habits OR quirks...the infirm... THE odd looking ones...the disabled... THE rejects... THE supposed "defective" ones right? YUP... those were mine too. Let me tell you something~ONLY ONCE I got a dog on a breeders contract. My dog was able to be registered in the AKC and also in Germany because so she was a German Shepherd FROM direct German breeding lines also. The agreement was that she was NOT to be bred until after she was OVER 1 1/2 YRS TO 2 YRS OLD. That way it's better for the puppies health AND her overall health. The stud owner gets pick of the litter & a little more than a fair split on an uneven number of pups. Mine were never going to be all sales because my intention was to keep at least one or two. Also

[@terrybardy2848]

@@christinegelabert1651 My Joseph was given to a rescue place because his previous owners said he didn't match their new furniture! Now how stupid is that!? He had cuts all over him and was shaking like a leaf for 6 months. But I loved him. He died last year and I miss him so much. So I did Not get him from a breeder. But you had some very good points. I wish you and your doggies the best dear.

[@christinegelabert1651]

@@terrybardy2848 Also to do donations to different organizations. I come from a former WW2 Army veteran MP, other military branch members, firefighter, several 9/11 police officers, FEMA 1st responder family ok? So my intention always was to donate some of the puppies from each litter to the blind in honor of my grandmother. To the firefighters cuz they train them as arson dogs. The PD train them as search & rescue dogs, drug detection, and bomb squad dogs. There's not all places that allows our vets yo have THEIR COMBAT DOGS home but I advocate for that in every state. I'd decided if anyone wanted a dog who was a vet then it would be free for them if they couldn't navigate the red tape of getting too their combat dog. Our vets NEED DOGS....they are vital out behind the wire and to their mental state. They ARE at their highest level of being a companion animal. To take that away from a soldier is cruelty in my opinion. So NO it won't be their specific dog but at least it's A DOG that they can learn to rely on and love again and that's what I felt was important. That was a way to honor my father. The same goes with the firefighters and FEMA because he was involved both after the war. THE WORLD NEEDS DOGS! BUT not TO BUY THEM as its majority way of getting them into the arms of ppl who love them AND/OR give them a job THEY WILL be proud of themselves to do and where they'lldo the most good for US ALL. I used to take in rescues and supposedly untrainable dogs and retrain then do rehoming. Donate some bags of dog food after my home inspection to be sure YOU'RE LEGIT IN YOUR HOME for the dog and you can have it. Oh and EXPECT follow ups cuz I AM AUNT CHRISSY...I DO SHOW UP down your block every once in awhile. 😏 I'm not the 1 to just hand off a well trained dog to anybody & forget about it. When I retrain a dog out of its bad habits...ppl are adopting a guard dog. BUT in most cases they won't bark... they'll wait until the threat becomes more urgent. You don't want your neighbors to get too used to your dog barking at ppl passing by the home to protect it. You want its bark to draw THEIR attention more because it's a rare thing. ALL of them are trained with both regular verbal commands and hand signals. THIS is just in case the dog had been out at a park and is brought home and you're IN distress but forced to tell someone to say just let the dog in the house but you can't talk to to THEM right now. This is for captivity situations... so you CAN silently signal your dog to attack the intruder. That's the way my Dad trained all our dogs. We grew up in weapons in our home & at 1 time had a relative who was NYPD. BUT we didn't know how to use them & weren't licenced so myself, my mother, my other brother AND my elderly grandma were alone. He'd go out on fire calls at ALL hours of the day AND night so that's why our dogs were trained this way. 😏 Another weird thing~he NEVER called for our dogs if they were out... ONLY whistled & it was like a freaking train whistle! WE were all trained cuz he did it for US KIDS TOO! We'd be playing up at the schoolyard a block away. We'd hear that whistle and drop out bats and gloves and say gotta go cuz our Dad wants us LOL! Trust me older generation military men have THEIR own strict ways with some things and you'd better call in line HAHA! YES I make hospital corners on my bed and YES you can bounce a quarter off my sheets 😂

[@ktsenya2]

I think Sparky would have liked this effort very very much. Thank you.

[@WiiLoveWeather7-12-16]

ktsenya2 Did u no his house is murdered by the California fires.

[@bh1471]

I actually cried because of what they did to Charlie Brown 😢 but this is a good animation! I call this the first peanuts episode!

[@michaelrodriguez1319]

there should be a peanuts movie on how everyone met

[@icecreamhero2375]

They just all live in the same neighborhood there is no story.

[@PhilipAMoore]

Michael Rodriguez I don't think it is all that detailed you grow up in s neibour hood you know you neibour most of the time you take for granted how you met them only how they made you feel.

[@OldCelticWomanFootageAndMore]

Michael Rodriguez Patty, Shermy, Snoopy, and Charlie Brown were the first friends. Violet moved in. Schroeder was born. Lucy was born ( Linus was born less than a year after her ). A couple years later Sally was born. Then a few years later Frieda moved in. After that Peppermint Patty was introduced by one of CB’s friends from camp. Peppermint Patty happened to live in a different neighborhood. Peppermint patty met Marci at camp. I’m not sure who “5” was...?

[@eVANDOpriyanto]

Prequel of Peanuts Movie & Animation, that's should be interesting

[@spr00t28]

Andreas Evando Priyanto like scooby doo

[@jeremykrane4855]

Around 2,300 views. That is extremely depressing, because this is better than any other fanmade Peanuts animation I've ever seen. You deserve SO much more attention. It's a great animation. I literally felt Charlie Brown's pain in the beginning (No, really. I almost cried), and it's charming when Charlie actually gets Snoopy. Keep up the good work. ^^

[@maddoxcox]

agree

[@teddyfurstman1997]

I want to see More Shorts Please! With child voices too. ^^

[@teddyfurstman1997]

Make More cute shorts. ^^

[@mr.internet1026]

18 k views is it still depressing?

[@elmerbardales7534]

8 months later 25,587 views

[@live_free_or_die7260]

Happiness is a warm puppy.

[@spy4863]

Very sweet! A great tribute to a great comic strip! Love how you used the earlier Peanuts character style from the strip's very early years! Also loved how the story stayed true to the strip-Charlie Brown DID get Snoopy from The Daisy Hill Puppy Farm according to Charles Schulz! Keep up the wonderful work!

[@delilahlacy6271]

this is a great cartoon. almost cried twice when Charlie Brown was getting picked on and when he got snoopy.

[@Donkey_Lips]

Nice touch on the license plate, Charlie Brown's official debut: October 2, 1950.

[@Tlactl]

I like how you made them look the way they did in the very first comics

[@gotisc]

Excellent work! Seeing Charlie Brown genuinely happy always gets to me!

[@Mopici]

Yea, me too.. 😊 so happy for Charlie Brown, Snoopy is so adorable 😁

[@calumorsomething9818]

CHARLIE LOOKS SO CUTE IN THIS I-

[@scoutthepug1466]

Charlie Brown looks really cute when he was a kid.

[@maddoxcox]

People say it's more accurate than Snoopy's reunion.

[@pablocartoonman8304]

Yes, that's the main reason I decided to make this animated cartoon. Snoopy's reunion is an enjoyable special, but it's full of contradictions. Therefore, here's the true version about Snoopy's adoption (which was written by Charles M. Schulz)

[@melissacooper4282]

Ikr? They had Linus accompanied Charlie Brown to The Daisy Hill Puppy Farm when originally he wasn't there! And it was Mr. and Mrs. Brown that took Charlie Brown there and bought Snoopy for him.

[@synthonaplinth5980]

@@pablocartoonman8304 Agreed, the biggest one being that Snoopy was an 'only dog'. Great job on this cartoon, by the way. Too bad it only allows one thumbs up!

[@pattyscarlett6534]

TV GB@@pablocartoonman8304r.c

[@christopheroliver2465]

Yes! This is the real way that Charlie Brown meet Snoopy, per Charles Schulz's actual comic strip. It is too bad that the cartoon specials do not follow Canon.

[@mariojuan7142]

I can now add this short to the many Peanuts moments that reduce me to a blubbering mess. Perfect animation for 50s style CB, and then the use of Someday, Charlie Brown in the end...a river flowed from my eyes. Well done.

[@whatswithgus]

I always thought Charlie Brown telling Linus the story of how Snoopy first came into his life was very moving when it was first told in the strip, and also in "Snoopy, Come Home". It was a very simple story that could have happened to any kid playing in any playground, but that was what made Charlie Brown someone with whom we could so easily identify. I love the way the story is beautifully brought to life here. Well done! I couldn't help noticing how CB is whistling the famous "Linus and Lucy" tune at 0:17. Nice touch! And the cash register at 8:06 instantly puts Pink Floyd's song Money in my head. Did anyone else find that?

[@ZakWolf]

I believe that this animation is also how it exactly happened in the continuity of the "Snoopy, Come Home" movie.

[@alanr4447a]

Fantastic cartoon! And I loved that license plate: "10-02-50"! :)

[@alexgaming851]

alanr4447a Its an Easter egg!

[@thebluem713]

The date of the first peanuts strip!

[@ttkjv16112011]

In the Peanuts universe, the moon is almost always full.

[@Cyberbeagle1000]

I still remember this scene being described by Charlie Brown in Snoopy Come Home. And how bitterly disappointed that Snoopy's Reunion flat out contradicted it.

[@nuttywolfie]

kuddos on using the pre-classic early 50's art style

[@desiguy55]

Thanks for the limited animation . it perfectly presents the emotions of Charlie Brown as envisioned by it's creator Charles Schulz. this is beter than some of the peanut specials produced lately.

[@shmeebor2584]

reminds me of the day my mom brought home the first doggo i wasn't afraid of. he's seven now and the first dog to make it that far with us.

[@ryanfromsaneli]

That piano part from 4:14 - 4:23 makes me tear up. What a wonderful animation

[@eVANDOpriyanto]

It's 'Linus & Lucy' from The Peanuts Movie Album by Christophe Back

[@brianhart8095]

This should have been the first episode of peanuts! If Shultz was still alive he would have been proud but to me i call this the first episode out of all the other peanuts episodes!

[@WiiLoveWeather7-12-16]

5:52 The Wii Forecast Channel

[@teresamarpi1]

Hi, Pablo! I'm so proud of having had you at our school. I'm sure you are going to be very successful because you deserve it. Go on!!

[@michaelrodriguez1319]

am I the only one who thinks they should do a peanuts animate series but start from when the comic base series

[@pablocartoonman8304]

Well, if this cartoon gets more support I was thinking about making another one about the origin of Schroeder's piano...

[@WiiLoveWeather7-12-16]

Michael Rodriguez No.

[@shreyuxo3129]

Pablo Snoopy please do it

[@rebelliousari9159]

Michael Rodriguez nope, I'm thinking it too

[@FrankieBonsignoreMusic]

Michael Rodriguez YES THEY SHOULD!!!

[@Pablo-312]

My Dad used to watch Charlie Brown when he was a kid!!!

[@avuud]

You did an extremely good job on this animation. Congratulations!

[@BarbaraStormwind924]

I loved everything: the “TEAM” banner above Charlie’s bed😪; the “10-02-50” license plate… you’re a treasure. Thank you so much. 12-29-21.

[@SPTO]

This was so heartfelt and touching. I loved that you used the '50s designs as well. I wish you much luck in your animation endeavors.

[@leebrowwski]

Great art can touch you, stimulate your imagination, and change your moods. It is all in the mind. Therefore the work here is deserving of a hearty bravo. I am entertained, enthralled, and enamored with the talent.

[@pablocartoonman8304]

It's comments like this the boost I need as an artist to continue making stuff. Thank you so much!

[@aaronjanusch6090]

You are a genius! Thank you so much for the trip back to childhood 😁!

[@TheKeyToMusicOfficial]

i love the off beat whistling of the other tune . so great

[@3DSuperWaffle]

The Ford LTD was a nice touch.

[@raoularmagnac2037]

EXCELLENT video, Pablo! This was an absolutely WONDERFUL tribute to "Sparky" and his beloved creation, Peanuts, the GREATEST comic strip of all time! You feel so much sadness, so much anguish, so much empathy for "Good Ole' Charlie Brown." And to discover how he met his beloved Snoopy, the coolest dog in ALL comics or cartoons (even more so than Scooby-Doo)! 👍

[@erikgarcia3158]

Im here three years after being uploaded. you really don’t know who will come across your work and be inspired. awesome video! really hope Pablo Cartoonman is still making cartoons

[@dreamgoeson]

I love the 1950's snoopy

[@bethanyauble7934]

R.I.P Charles .M. Shultz "Happiness is a warm puppy." He brought so much to Peanuts.

[@bethanyauble7934]

Snoopy is so cute as a puppy.

[@markokravarscan258]

This is soooooooo underrated!

[@teddyfurstman1997]

More Peanuts shorts please with children's voices too. thanks. nice short. ^^ Love Peanuts.

[@yadlthegamer2852]

This is wonderful coming from a fellow peanuts fan as well. I like how you reference the first incarnation of peanuts in place of the version we know today. Great work!!

[@mewdreamer]

This was so sweet. I love Peanuts and especially Snoopy. This is really impressive animation that mimics the early designs of the characters so well too.

[@richardranke3158]

Thank you for this showing of how the original Charlie Brown got the original Snoopy. It probably happened shortly before the events in Peanuts(1950)and you did a great job.

[@gabby3758]

I don’t get why ppl don’t like Charlie Brown I would be his friend

[@um1860]

This cartoon is great I enjoyed a lot greetings from Bolivia

[@dylangeltzeiler946]

How sweet. I just love the site of friendship between a boy & a puppy dog. Which would be Charlie Brown & Snoopy the Beagle.

[@articakennedy4822]

Not a lot of Peanuts fanimations are true to the original fifties style and you even referenced how Charlie Brown says he got Snoopy in Snoopy Come Home! Indeed you are a super fan! Great job!

[@clurkroberts2650]

This is really amazing. I’ve followed Peanuts since 1962, and I always loved the early design of the characters. Beautiful and thoughtful work.

[@racheln8563]

I love that you chose to use the throwback 1950-52 character designs of Charlie Brown and Snoopy. And I happened to notice that little Easter egg you included, namely the 10-02-50 license plate (the debut date of the Peanuts strip). I'd like to think Schulz would have approved.

[@hobonickel]

Yes! I was going to point out the Easter egg but you beat me to it.

[@2percent153]

Wow! We finally get to see Charlie Brown's mom' and dad's legs, haha. I can't believe they have him sitting in a kiddy table. No wonder he has such issues. I always loved Charlie Brown. He was the underdog, but he had a caring heart.

[@theBigA1992]

7:04 Fun Fact: The license plate number is the date when the “Peanuts” series was first launched in the “Dailies”. October 2nd, 1950.

[@sharonbeckerle8735]

what a lovely piece of work i loved it thank you.sparky would have been proud.

[@cairojoseph7512]

bro i actually started to tear up when Charlie opened the box, this animation was so wholesome...well you do know what they say, Happiness is a Warm Puppy

[@jaesungkim5639]

The best fanmade Peanuts Video Ever....

[@christopheroliver2465]

Pablo, this was wonderful. Thank you. I knew the story but seeing it put to life was outstanding. After watching this, I sat with my beagle, with tears coming down. She knew I needed a "Snoopy Smooch" and did just that. A boy and his dog...it doesn't matter how old we get.

[@barontaylor7139]

This was mentioned in the 1972 movie Snoopy Come Home. Charlie is not Snoopy's original owner. It was a girl named Lila who owned Snoopy and returned him to the Daisy Hill Puppy Farm for some reason

[@Gigglesgigglescute2980]

Be a pure and perfect child Charlie brown 😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘

[@KDC256]

Very clever license plate number usage: "10-02-50"...the date of "Peanuts'" newspaper debut!!

[@sonhyun-joon9643]

Poor Charlie he gets bullied and he can’t watch his cartoons :(

[@AlejandroBurromuertos]

Im sad😭 for charle he got bullyed

[@Micko555]

This made my heart sad then happy. Bless you.

[@olivia.946]

First of all the box had no holes

[@radiowhitebase3623]

“People buy pets for strange reasons.”

[@adamsplendens]

Oh my gosh....my absolutely favorite fames are when charlie brown sits down in the sandbox. It's so precious XD You did a wonderful job on this!

[@TheRockinDonkey]

Thank you for sharing this and most of all for doing it in Schultz's original 1950's style of artwork.

[@user-tj7un8lg2s]

このいたずらっ子たちを絶対許せない、チヤーリーの泣く姿とスヌーピーを撫でるシーン思い切り泣けました

[@Carsen-rz3wn]

That was beautiful man great job I love these kind of stories

[@danmorgan3685]

Snoopy is a little off from his original appearance. I mean ORIGINAL but, man, is the art style spot on for Charlie Brown. You did a really good job of capturing the appearance of the earliest strips. What fun about Snoopy is he started off as everybodies dog. Just a dog in the neighborhood that everyone liked and took care of. In a really early strip Snoopy actually comes running out of Shermy's house. I love this quote from the English language wikipedia article. It's about how Charlie Brown became Snoopy's owner: "In the September 20, 1980 strip, Charlie Brown comments that he once told Snoopy to "stay" and "he never went home.""

[@rudyagresta]

Very nicely done. Thank you!

[@CowboysNo1Fan]

I nearly CRIED when Snoopy appeared.

[@jeffreydevoti7000]

I got my Snoopy early summer of 1973 when a Beagle mother picked our house to have puppies under. When they were big enough she brought them out and I picked the cutest puppy ad my Snoopy. And he lived his whole life on the farm he was born on, free to come and go as he pleased, enjoy life and his human family.

[@unreeled8184]

This is wonderful. You really captured the essence of these characters. Beautifully done.

[@MortenEng]

That is an amazing and very good animation you have ever done! Totally impressive! Thumbs up from me to you! I am also a huge fan of animation, Charles M. Shulz and Peanuts!

[@pablocartoonman8304]

I'm so glad to hear that. If the video gets more support I will start working on a sequel very soon...

[@TwoTailedSponge]

This is just too beautiful.

[@fritziepisarski8681]

Since the very first, I have love the Peanuts gang. The videos come out every Halloween and Christmas plus others I’ve collected through the years. This past Christmas I had collected enough ornaments to have a full size Peanuts Christmas tree. The family and friends loved it. Charles Schultz outdid himself when he created these lovable characters. Thank you for adding to the story. Snoopy pup is adorable and Charlie needed this🐶 friend 🐶

[@deanevangelista6359]

The license on the car reads 10-02-50, the date of the first Peanuts strip.

[@Spooky_nightz3655]

That was emotional that Charlie Brown was bullied by children

[@t-bo2734]

Snoopy was based on Schulz's childhood dog Spike and is actually the oldest character in the Peanuts canon, having appeared in his first published drawing in 1937 (a sketch of Spike), again in the very first panel of his that was published in February 1947, and then in the very first Lil' Folks comic that was published in June 1947. He's also one of the original Peanuts characters from 1950.

[@J4Z_666]

If only schulz could see this, he would be so proud

[@darrenlgreen]

Shermy, Patty, and even Linus were all laughing at Charlie Brown. :( So glad he got Snoopy.

[@monicacubberly-early1901]

Thank you so much for this creation about Snoopy & Charlie Brown. God bless everyone from Patrick

[@randyfreeze789]

Great job! Snoopy as a pup mad cute! Song at the end perfect!

[@Alusnovalotus]

I can attest that getting a puppy truly makes life feel better. I wouldn’t trade my two for the world. 🐶 🐶

[@kevinsuper4737]

Pablo Cartoonman, this was so charming and moving. Thanks very much for doing this!

[@j2fly1]

This was the first story of Charlie Brown and Snoopy

[@richardabner9420]

great tear jerker!

[@kennykaufman8263]

Note perfect. Watched 5 times already I been a Peanuts disciple for over 50 years and this is the real ❤️

[@thomastsangthomas1616]

"Touching" and "Adorable" are the probably the only words to describe this lovely "Peanuts" short🎥📽️🎞️🎬