Charlie Brown grimaces (left) and Linus smiles (right) against a backdrop of Peanuts comic strips.
As I have started to become more familiar with Peanuts, it has come to my attention that one character in Charles Schulz's legendary comic strip seemingly knew he was in a cartoon the whole time: Schroeder. Peanuts only broke the fourth wall a handful of times over the years, and somehow, Schroeder always seemed to be involved.
"Transfer To A New Comic Strip": Schroder's First Fourth-Wall Break, Explained First Published: October 1, 1952 ✕ Remove Ads The first time Schroeder broke the fourth-wall – and from what I can determine, this was the first time any Peanuts character did so – it was the result of discontentment, after Charlie Brown brushed off his excited discovery that he possessed perfect pitch.
Snoopy And Woodstock Use Schroder's Tunes As A Racetrack: Peanuts' Greatest Fourth-Wall Break, Explained First Published: October 8 To October 12, 1990 Close This sequence of Peanuts panels is the most memorable instance in which Charles Schulz made Schroeder's piano music a material presence in the comic that other characters, notably Snoopy, interacted with.
✕ Remove Ads What Made Schroeder Charles Schulz's Go-To Peanuts Character For Meta Humor? Looking For A Pattern The more I think about it, the more I find it fascinating that so many of Peanuts' fourth-wall breaking punchlines can be tied back to Schroeder. If you had asked me before I started this deep dive, I would have guessed it was Snoopy, given his penchant for flights of fancy and fantastical thinking.
Character Asides And Soliloquies: Other Instances Where Peanuts Dabbled In Breaking The Fourth Wall First Published: July 18, 1963 ✕ Remove Ads Now, admittedly, I'm being a little restrictive with my definition of a fourth-wall break. I am focusing on moments where the characters presented awareness of the medium they existed in.
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