Lucy Must Be Traded, Charlie Brown, is the forty-second Peanuts TV special, and the third one to be produced after Schulz's death. It originally aired on the ABC network on August 29, 2003. It was released to DVD on March 2, 2004.
Plot
This special begins at the beginning of baseball season. Charlie Brown is proud of his team, and thinks they might even win. However, his opinion changes when he sees Lucy, and how horrible she is. She is constantly bothering him with idiotic questions, sarcastic remarks and non-sequiturs, to the point where Charlie becomes physically ill on the pitcher's mound.
After the team gets crushed by Peppermint Patty's team during the first game, and he realizes she has a lot of great players, he asks her if they can trade a player. Peppermint Patty agrees, but refuses to take any player besides Snoopy. Charlie Brown is reluctant at first, but agrees to trade him after hearing she will trade him Snoopy for five of her players. He then signs a contract that says agrees to this deal. However, when Charlie Brown tells Schroeder, Schroeder tells him that it was not a smart move. Charlie Brown realizes Schroeder is right, and he should not have traded away his own dog. He then rips up the contract (the five players Patty was going to trade declared they'd give up baseball before they'd ever play for Charlie Brown).
Lucy keeps bugging Charlie Brown during games, so Charlie Brown decides to get rid of her. Peppermint Patty soon comes over, and tells him him she's willing to trade Marcie for anyone. Charlie Brown agrees to trade Lucy for Marcie.
Unfortunately, Marcie annoys Charlie Brown almost as much as Lucy did. Meanwhile, Lucy, over on Peppermint Patty's squad, gets into her usual fuss-budget business by failing Peppermint Patty at every game the team plays by doing something stupid. Charlie Brown and Patty agree to retrade their players, and the season goes back to normal.
At the end, everyone but Charlie Brown leaves due to rain. Charlie Brown stays on the pitcher's mound as the credits roll, only leaving the field when the credits end.
Voice cast
- Wesley Singerman – Charlie Brown
- Serena Berman – Lucy van Pelt
- Corey Padnos – Linus van Pelt
- Daniel Hansen – Peppermint Patty
- Melissa Montoya – Marcie
- Megan Taylor Harvey – Sally Brown
- Christopher Ryan Johnson – Schroeder
- Bill Melendez – Snoopy/Woodstock
Frieda and "Pig-Pen" appear, but are silent.
Soundtrack
- "Lucy Must Be Traded1 (Memories)"
- "Lucy Must Be Traded2 (Memories no intro)"
- "Linus and Lucy1"
- "Baseball Theme1"
- "Baseball Theme2, Windy"
- "Lucy Must Be Traded3 (Memories)"
- "Team Manager"
- "Peppermint Patty1"
- "Lucy Must Be Traded4 (Memories)"
- "Oh, Good Grief"
- "Lucy Must Be Traded5 (Memories)"
- "Baseball Theme3"
- "Lucy Must Be Traded6 (Memories clip)"
- "Peppermint Patty2"
- "Lucy Must Be Traded7 (Memories), Rain"
- "Linus and Lucy2"
External links
- Lucy Must Be Traded, Charlie Brown on the Internet Movie Database.
- Lucy Must Be Traded, Charlie Brown on AllMovie.