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Peanuts
Lucy van Pelt
Lucy runs a psychiatric booth out of a lemonade stand charging five cents a session, dispensing advice that is confident, immediate and almost always wrong — and the joke works because Charlie Brown keeps paying. She is also the person holding the football, which is the strip's defining running gag and one of the bleakest jokes in newspaper comics: she pulls it away every single year for decades, he agrees to try every single year, and Schulz never once let him kick it.
- First appearance
- Peanuts (1952), United Feature Syndicate
- Created by
- Charles M. Schulz
- Also known as
- Lucy
- Universe
- Peanuts
- Appears in
- comics, animation, television, film
Who is Lucy van Pelt?
Lucy runs a psychiatric booth out of a lemonade stand charging five cents a session, dispensing advice that is confident, immediate and almost always wrong — and the joke works because Charlie Brown keeps paying. She is also the person holding the football, which is the strip's defining running gag and one of the bleakest jokes in newspaper comics: she pulls it away every single year for decades, he agrees to try every single year, and Schulz never once let him kick it. What keeps her from being simply cruel is that the strip gives her genuine vulnerability elsewhere — her hopeless devotion to Schroeder, who never once looks up from his piano, is the same joke pointed at her.
Lucy van Pelt: the details
- First appearance
- Peanuts, March 1952
- Created by
- Charles M. Schulz
- The psychiatric booth
- Five cents a session, advice delivered with total confidence and almost always wrong
- The football
- Pulled away every year for decades; Schulz never once allowed the kick to land
- He keeps agreeing
- The joke is not the trick but that Charlie Brown consents each time
- Schroeder
- Her hopeless devotion to a boy who never looks up from his piano is the same joke pointed back at her
- The sign is the graphic
- The booth's five-cent notice is among the most reproduced images in comics
Why Lucy van Pelt endures
The source of newspaper comics' longest-running and bleakest gag, and one of the earliest female characters in the form written as genuinely difficult rather than decorative.
What Lucy van Pelt looks like on a shirt
Signature motif: A blue dress, dark bobbed hair, and the psychiatric booth sign
The booth sign — THE DOCTOR IS IN, five cents — is one of the most reproduced graphics in comics and works entirely without the character. Schulz's original line work is the licensed asset rather than any redrawn version.
The five-cent psychiatric booth sign is among comics' most reproduced graphics and works with no character present. Schulz's original line is the licensed asset. Blue, black and red on cream.
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Who has played Lucy van Pelt
| Performer | Production | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tracy Stratford | A Charlie Brown Christmas | 1965 | Voice |
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Who created Lucy van Pelt?
Lucy van Pelt was created by Charles M. Schulz, first appearing in Peanuts in 1952 (United Feature Syndicate).
What does a Lucy van Pelt T-shirt usually look like?
A blue dress, dark bobbed hair, and the psychiatric booth sign. The five-cent psychiatric booth sign is among comics' most reproduced graphics and works with no character present. Schulz's original line is the licensed asset. Blue, black and red on cream.
Are Lucy van Pelt T-shirts made for children?
Yes — Lucy van Pelt appears on our kids pages, and shirts are commonly made from US toddler 2T up through youth XL.
Who has played Lucy van Pelt?
Lucy van Pelt has been voiced by Tracy Stratford (A Charlie Brown Christmas, 1965).
How much does a Lucy van Pelt T-shirt cost?
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