

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 had first done so. On March 16, 1952, his thoughts were first shown in a thought balloon. He was called Snoopy for the first time in the November 10 strip. He was one of the four original characters, along with Charlie Brown, Patty, and Shermy. Snoopy appeared on October 4, 1950, two days after the first Peanuts strip.

Snoopy's original appearance from October 4, 1950 Snoopy's doghouse defies physics and is shown to be bigger on the inside than the outside. (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.) The only exceptions are in the animated adaptions of the musicals You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown and Snoopy!!! The Musical, in which Snoopy's thoughts are verbalized by Robert Towers and Cameron Clarke, respectively. His vocal effects were usually provided by Bill Melendez, who first played the role during Snoopy's appearances on The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show. His moods are instead conveyed through moans, yelps, growls, sobs, laughter, and monosyllabic utterances such as "bleah" or "hey" as well as through pantomime. In the animated Peanuts films and television specials, Snoopy's thoughts are not verbalized. His very articulate thoughts are shown in thought balloons. Snoopy imagines himself to speak, but never actually does, other than nonverbal sounds and occasionally uttering "Woof". I don't envy dogs the lives they have to live." Otherwise, he leads kind of a dull, miserable life. Schulz said of Snoopy's character in a 1997 interview: "He has to retreat into his fanciful world in order to survive.

His Sopwith Camel is consistently shot down by his imaginary rival enemy, the German flying ace the " Red Baron". Snoopy pretends to be something, usually "world famous", and fails. Snoopy piloting his World War I " Sopwith Camel" fighter bi-plane, disguised as a doghouseĪll of his fantasies have a similar formula. This, and other instances in which he indulges in large chocolate-based meals and snacks, shows resistance to theobromine unheard of in other dogs. In the 1990s comic strips, he is obsessed with cookies, particularly the chocolate-chip variety. 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"). Snoopy can be selfish, gluttonous and lazy at times, and occasionally mocks his owner, Charlie Brown. 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 II). Snoopy is a loyal, imaginative, and good-natured beagle who is prone to imagining fantasy lives, including being an author, a college student known as "Joe Cool", an attorney, and a World War I flying ace. The original drawings of Snoopy were inspired by Spike, one of Schulz's childhood dogs. 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. He can also be found in all of the Peanuts films and television specials. Snoopy is an anthropomorphic beagle in the comic strip Peanuts by Charles M.
