Lucy van Pelt

"'Lucy comes from that part of me that’s capable of saying mean and sarcastic things, which is not a good trait to have, so Lucy gives me a good outlet.' - Charles M. Schulz himself" Lucille "Lucy" Van Pelt is a fictional character in the syndicated comic strip Peanuts, written and drawn by Charles Schulz. She is the older sister of Linus and Rerun. Lucy is characterized as a "fussbudget", crabby, bossy and opinionated girl who bullies most other characters in the strip, particularly Linus and Charlie Brown.

Why She Should Stop Being Mean to Charlie Brown

 * 1) For starters, she's really selfish and mean to Charlie Brown and her younger brother Linus.
 * 2) The football gag, where she pulls the football away before Charlie Brown can kick it, while hilarious and iconic, is mean-spirited at times.
 * 3) She's just a typical mean girl stereotype.
 * 4) *Perhaps the worst example of her hypocrisy is in the 1977 special "It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown" where she out right calls out Charlie for missing the kicks she was holding even though she was pulling the football way from him causing him to miss the football and land flat on his back. And worst of all, Peppermint Patty believes in her and they (along with Frieda) laugh at him at the homecoming dance.
 * 5) She appears to be horrible when it comes to playing on Charlie Brown's baseball team, since she only joins the team just to be with Schroeder.
 * 6) Additionally, she has an extreme obsession with Schroeder in both the comics and the specials as she does anything and everything just to be with him.
 * 7) * Examples include joining Charlie Brown's baseball team just to be with him, mentioning marriage with him and even kissing him on some occasions.
 * 8) ** There are even some times where she even goes as far as to destroy his piano just so he can be with her, which is possibly the worst thing she has ever done to him.
 * 9) * In fact, her relationship with him is so bad, it is even hinted that this is the reason why she is so crabby most of the time.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) Her design looks very cute and iconic.
 * 2) She hugged her younger brother Linus in The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show.
 * 3) She can be very likable in many specials, such as "A Charlie Brown Christmas", The Peanuts Movie, etc.
 * 4) She can be very funny.
 * 5) *There are times where she gets her karma like getting kissed by Snoopy, which is hilarious.
 * 6) Her voice actresses do great jobs at voicing her.
 * 7) Admittedly, the Peanuts franchise would not be as great as it is without her and she is one of the franchise's most iconic characters (and one of the most iconic characters in the world).

Trivia

 * 1) *She is one of the many Peanuts characters to appear in the video game Snoopy's Street Fair, in which she operates her psychiatry booth from the comic strip.