Snoopy Come Home (1972)

Chad Webber: Charlie Brown

Quotes 

• Charlie Brown : I'm depressed, Linus. I need an encouraging word to cheer me up.

  Linus : Happiness lies in our destiny like a cloudless sky before the storms of tomorrow destroy the dreams of yesterday and last week.

  Charlie Brown : I think that blanket is doing something to you.

• Patricia "Peppermint Patty" Reichardt : What do you think love is, Chuck?

  Charlie Brown : Well, years ago, my dad owned a black 1934 two-door sedan.

  Patricia "Peppermint Patty" Reichardt : What's that got to do with love?

  Charlie Brown : Well, this is what he told me: there was this really cute girl, see? She used to go for rides with him in his car. And whenever he'd call for her, he would always hold open the car door for her. After she got in and he had closed the door, he'd walk around the back of the car to the driver's side, but before he could get there, she would reach over and press the button, locking him out. Then she'd just sit there and wrinkle her nose and grin at him. That's what I think love is.

  Patricia "Peppermint Patty" Reichardt : [perplexed]  Sometimes I wonder about you, Chuck.

• [first lines] 

  [Charlie Brown picks up a rock from the beach, and throws it into the water] 

  Linus : Nice going, Charlie Brown. It took that rock 4,000 years to get to shore, and now you've thrown it back.

  Charlie Brown : Everything I do makes me feel guilty.

• Charlie Brown : It's almost dark. Snoopy isn't home yet. I wonder where that dog is. There he is. I wonder where he's been all day. What an independent dog. He comes and goes as he pleases, but I have to stay home and fix his supper.

• Patricia "Peppermint Patty" Reichardt : Does your kind ever think about love, Chuck?

  Charlie Brown : What do you mean, *my* kind?

  Patricia "Peppermint Patty" Reichardt : I'm sorry, I didn't mean to put it that way. No offense. I apologize.

  [She holds out her hand] 

  Patricia "Peppermint Patty" Reichardt : Friends?

  [They shake hands] 

  Patricia "Peppermint Patty" Reichardt : [swooningly]  You touched my hand, Chuck.

• Charlie Brown : If I don't find out what happened to Snoop, I think I'll go out of my mind!

  Linus : If you'll calm down for a minute, Charlie Brown, I may able to conduct a little private investigation.

  Charlie Brown : Just what I need, a blanket-carrying Sherlock Holmes!

• [last lines] 

  Linus : [outraged by a note handed out by Snoopy]  Look at this, Charlie Brown!

  Charlie Brown : [reading it]  "To Linus Van Pelt: I expect my croquet set and chess set returned forthwith, in good order, and within five days, or the matter will be turned over to my attorney."

  Schroeder : [outraged over his own note from Snoopy]  And mine says... he wants the record collection back!

  Charlie Brown : [reading his own letter]  And mine says... that since he gave me nothing, I owe him nothing!

  [glares at Snoopy] 

  Lucy : That does it, Charlie Brown! He's your dog, and you're welcome to him!

  [everyone walks out on Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and Woodstock; Charlie, annoyed at Snoopy, follows suit] 

• [Charlie Brown accidentally cuts his finger on a can opener while trying to open a can of dog food for Snoopy. Charlie Brown then takes it out to Snoopy's doghouse] 

  Charlie Brown : [to Snoopy, bitter]  All right, it's supper time. Come and get your supper.

  [Snoopy notices his chow, while Charlie Brown holds up a bandaged thumb, which he had accidentally cut] 

  Charlie Brown : Do you see this finger? I cut it opening a can of stupid dog food for your stupid supper. I hope you appreciate it. Besides that, it wasn't a finger; it was my THUMB!

  [Charlie Brown then points down to order his dog off the roof of his dog house; Snoopy gets down] 

  Charlie Brown : You've been acting awfully independent lately.

  [Snoopy ignores him] 

  Charlie Brown : Don't forget that I'm the one who feeds you. I'm the one who takes care of you.

  [Snoopy still ignores him] 

  Charlie Brown : Look at me when I'm talking to you!

  [Snoopy looks at him] 

  Charlie Brown : Without me, you'd be nothing! Everything you have, you have because of me. Even that collar around your neck. Why, I remember the day I went out and bought that collar with money I have worked for and have saved and...

  [Snoopy removes his collar; Charlie Brown walks off in a huff] 

  Charlie Brown : I hate it when he does that.

• Charlie Brown : You know what I need? I need more hellos.

• Linus : [Linus found out the reason why Snoopy ran away]  Are you ready for a shock?

  [Charlie Brown faints] 

  Linus : He wasn't ready for a shock.

  [Charlie Brown gets back up] 

  Linus : How can I tell you something that will shock you if you pass out before I can tell you?

  Charlie Brown : I'm sorry; I've been hyperventilating a lot lately...

• Charlie Brown : Hmm, a letter to Snoopy. What a surprise. I never get any mail. I had 15 pen pals once, and they let me do all the writing!

• Charlie Brown : I made him feel unwanted, like he was a pest. Now I'm going out of my mind for him!

• Patricia "Peppermint Patty" Reichardt : Hey, look here! A fortune telling machine! Let's get our fortune told, Chuck! Maybe we can find out something about ourselves.

  [Patty puts a nickel in the machine and reads her fortune] 

  Patricia "Peppermint Patty" Reichardt : "You are a very loving person and your life will be filled with romance."

  [Charlie Brown puts a nickel in the machine and gets out his fortune] 

  Charlie Brown : [reading]  "Forget it, kid!"

• [Charlie Brown, Linus, Lucy and Schroeder are playing Monopoly] 

  Charlie Brown : I wonder where Snoopy is.

  Lucy : I've got Boardwalk and Park Place. I'm going to destroy you economically, Charlie Brown!

  Charlie Brown : I'll never give up! I have a philosophy that tells me no matter how bad things get, they will always turn out good in the end.

  Lucy : That's not a philosophy, that's stupidity.

  [Charlie Brown rolls the dice] 

  Charlie Brown : Seven!

  [he moves his piece seven spaces] 

  Charlie Brown : "Go directly to jail. Do not pass 'Go'. Do not collect $200." Good grief.

• Charlie Brown : Why would Snoopy go to Lila?

  Linus : Maybe Snoopy felt he needed a vacation. Maybe his life with you was getting too boring.

  Charlie Brown : Boring? What was I supposed to do? Keep him entertained?

  Linus : I don't know. What do other dog owners do?

  Charlie Brown : I never thought of myself as being a dog owner. Snoopy was more like a friend.

  Linus : Friends get bored too, Charlie Brown.

• Charlie Brown , Sally Brown , Lucy , Linus , Schroeder : [singing]  Lose or win, sink or swim, We're the best of buddies, Snoopy, We're the best of buddies, We're the best of buddies, Me and you!

• Charlie Brown : I don't understand it. Every morning I brought him a toasted English muffin with grape jelly on it. Sometimes at noon, I'd even fix him a nice salad. He wrote all those letters to the editor. Why doesn't he write me a letter? Snoopy, come home!

• Charlie Brown : Why can't we get all the people together in the world - that we really like, and then just stay together forever? Someone would leave. Someone always leaves. And then we'd have to say goodbye. I hate goodbyes.