The Peanuts Movie: Snoopy's Grand Adventure

The Peanuts Movie: Snoopy's Grand Adventure is a video game published by Activision and developed by Behaviour Interactive, and is based on The Peanuts Movie as well as the Peanuts comic strips, though the game has no relationship with the movie itself.

Announced on July 8, 2015^[1], it was released on November 3, 2015, for the PlayStation 4, Wii U, Nintendo 3DS, Xbox One, and Xbox 360 consoles.^[2]

Plot[]

Charlie Brown invites over the children to play hide-and-seek in his backyard. Once Woodstock witnesses the commotion, he wakes up Snoopy in order to tell him that the kids went missing. Their only clue of their whereabouts is a trail of jelly beans that Charlie Brown dropped as they rushed to hide, in which Snoopy and Woodstock follow it.

Once all six levels are complete, Charlie Brown is ecstatic about being the last one to be found and being the winner of the game... until the Little Red-Haired Girl comes out of her hiding spot, showing that she was the real winner. To console his master, Snoopy licks Charlie Brown. The game ends with the whole gang dancing as Schroeder plays "Linus and Lucy" in his piano.

Gameplay[]

The game is a platformer adventure game, in which Snoopy traverses around the levels in order to find the children. He can run, jump and hover by holding the jump button. In each world there are many enemies and hazards, in which Snoopy has to either avoid or stun them temporarily by jumping over their heads. If Snoopy gets hit, he loses one of his hearts, and he needs to replenish it by either grabbing it again before it floats away, or by eating chocolate chip cookies that can restore one to three hearts depending of its size. Snoopy must reach the end of the level and find his doghouse to complete it.

The levels have jelly beans to collect. Some of them cannot be obtained in the first run, since they require certain abilities that Snoopy might not have unlocked until later levels. Once all jelly beans have been collected in a world, the children will gain new items to play with in the hub world, such as Schroeder's piano or Linus' blanket. Each level (except boss levels and the entirety of Skies of Paris) also has a jelly bean package in which Snoopy can interact with by simply touching it. Once activated, Snoopy will have a limited time to collect the ten big jelly beans, that each add 10 to his overall jelly bean count. If Snoopy fails to collect all of them, they'll return to the package, and he needs to touch it again in order for them to respawn.

The levels also have the 6 Beagle Scouts hidden for Snoopy to find. Like with the jelly beans, some of them cannot be accessed without certain abilities that Snoopy can obtain in later levels.

Snoopy can also obtain costumes that give him extra abilities for him to progress in the levels and find hidden collectibles. However, he cannot use his hovering ability until he takes off the costume.

There's also Woodstock icons that ressemble his feet. In those areas, a second player can fly Woodstock on the icons in order to activate shortcuts for Snoopy to use, attract jelly beans so they are easier to collect, and stun enemies.

Each realm has a boss. Once Snoopy finds a way to defeat the boss, the child in which the realm represents will appear for Snoopy to kiss them, earning him a heart and increasing his max health.

Characters[]

Playable[]

Non-playable[]

Levels[]

Peppermint Jungle: A jungle where Peppermint Patty is held. It's located on a bush under a tree next to Snoopy's doghouse.
Temple of the Bunnies: A desert temple where Linus van Pelt is held. It's located on a bush near the wooden face at the right of the hub world.
Lunar Surface: The surface of the moon where Lucy van Pelt is hiding. It's located in a playground rocket on the far right of the screen.
Skies Above Paris: The area above Paris where Franklin Armstrong is hiding. It's located in Snoopy's Doghouse.
Underground: The sewers where "Pig-Pen" is held. It's located in the basement of Charlie Brown's house in the left.
Melody Chasteau: A music-themed castle where Schroeder hides. It's located in Charlie Brown's house in the far left.

Bosses[]

The boss of Peppermint Jungle, the Mask Downs, is a giant mask in the level that bears her name. She fires baseballs at the player, referencing how Peppermint Patty is a baseball star. The Mask Downs can be defeated if Snoopy launches baseballs at her as she passes through the background. After 3 hits, she is defeated, and Peppermint Patty herself appears, enabling the level to be completed.
King Totem is the boss of the Temple of the Bunnies (Linus's realm). He resides in the level King Totem's Pinball. King Totem cannot be attacked directly in his first phase; rather, Snoopy must follow him. When they get to the top, Snoopy has to stomp on King Totem 6 times. The first 2 stomps to King Totem knock his crown off, and four more defeat him for good, creating a lake that Snoopy can use to make his way to the platform Linus is standing on, so the player can complete the stage.
- The balls King Totem throws down during his first phase have a pumpkin motif, based off how Linus reveres the Great Pumpkin.
The Big Stompy is the boss of the Lunar Surface. He manifests as a giant robot with a blue shell resembling Lucy's dress. The Big Stompy makes his home in the level Big Stompy's Rapid Run. Instead of attacking the robot directly, Snoopy has to run away from him, similar to Porky Minch's first phase in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, where you are sicced against his statue. After running a while, Snoopy and the Big Stompy will come to a dead end where Lucy Van Pelt hides. As she yells in his direction, the Big Stompy topples over, dying and allowing the level to be completed.
The Red Baron is the boss of the Skies Above Paris level. He is fought in a shoot-em-up stage. The Red Baron attacks by launching bombs and shooting at Snoopy from the gun on his plane. To defeat him, the player has to make it through the entire level. At the end, Franklin Armstrong will appear, and touching his parachute will complete the level. Going off the bottom blast line does not result in death this time; instead, Snoopy hovers just above the line.
The Muck Monster is a giant mound of slime. He is very dirty, just like Pig-Pen is. The Muck Monster is featured in Burrow Of The Muck Monster, which is located in the subterranean Underground level. The Muck Monster only attacks by causing the slime in his arena to rise. The fight is similar to Big Stompy, since Snoopy has to run (or rather, climb) away from the boss. It is also similar to Bowser's second phase in New Super Mario Bros. 2. Once Snoopy gets to the platform Pig-Pen is standing on, the Muck Monster is defeated and the stage is cleared.
The Marble Pianist is the sixth and final boss. He appears in the stage Keyboard Of The Marble Pianist, which is in the Melody Chasteau ("Melody Castle" in French). When you enter his arena, the Pianist starts attacking by poking his piano where you stand. Snoopy can use this to his advantage; since a hand takes damage when it strikes the piano. The amount of health the hands have is telegraphed by their appearance; as it takes damage, a hand breaks. After it strikes the piano 6 times, a hand is defeated. Once both hands are defeated, the Pianist is defeated, and the platform Schroeder is standing on is lowered so the player can finish the level.

Enemies[]

Note that the enemies will be replaced upon their defeat in this game.

Peppermint Jungle
- Spiders that resemble sandals and can jump around.
- Snakelike creatures that have Peppermint Patty's hair.
- Fishlike creatures that resemble footballs and swim through the water.
Temple of the Bunnies
- Totems that have Linus van Pelt's hair and can jump around erratically. These totems sport his Security Blanket as a cape.
- Thorns
- Cannonlike creatures that launch baseball-like cannonballs.
- A golem-like creature that can roll using a roller it has on its arms. These monsters cannot be stomped until their rollers are active.
- Stone pumpkins that act like boulders. These can come in any size.
Lunar Surface
- Robots that move on rollers. These monsters act like Morty Moles from Super Mario 3D Land and Rexes from most Super Mario titles do. Stomping on their head makes them faster, but another stomp defeats them. There is a female variation that has Lucy van Pelt's hair, drops blue bombs to attack, and can be defeated in one stomp.
- Stationary energy balls that resemble kill balls from Halo. These deal contact damage.
Skies Above Paris
- Pink blimps
- German Planes that attack from the background.
Underground
- Miniature Muck Monster duplicates. These can leave slime trails in their wake, slowing your movement.
- Dust Cloud monsters that jump around.
- A fishlike shoe creature.
Melody Chasteau
- A bat that resembles Ludwig van Beethoven, Schroeder's favourite composer.
- A clarinet-like serpentine enemy in the Melody Chasteau. If you get too close to their territory, these creatures will launch damaging sound waves from their "mouth". They have Schroeder's hair.
- Walking Beethoven busts.

Snoopy's Costumes[]

By collecting hidden keys, Snoopy can unlock costumes that grant him special abilities to help him progress. These costumes are:

Beagle Scoutmaster: allows Snoopy to climb on vines and also gives him a compass so he can find the end of the level more easily;
Astronaut: allows Snoopy to peform high, floaty jumps due to low gravity;
The Masked Marvel: allows Snoopy to perform a dash attack that can destroy cardboard walls and stun enemies;
World War I Flying Ace: allows Snoopy to fly his doghouse in the Skies of Paris realm;
Detective: allows Snoopy to pass through fake walls;
Joe Cool: allows Snoopy to do a double-jump and freeze enemies temporarily

Hats[]

In the main menu, it's possible to unlock 6 different hats for Snoopy to wear by imputting a code. Unlike the costumes, none of the hats hinder Snoopy's hovering ability. The codes, in bold and italic, are as follows:

Charlie Brown-"Pig-Pen"-Linus-Lucy unlocks a chef's hat;
Sally-Schroeder-Snoopy-Marcie unlocks a football helmet;
Woodstock-Charlie Brown-"Pig-Pen"-Linus unlocks a Santa hat;
Lucy-Sally-Schroeder-Snoopy unlocks a magician's top hat;
Marcie-Woodstock-Charlie Brown-"Pig-Pen" unlocks a tennis visor cap;
Linus-Lucy-Sally-Schroeder unlocks a winter knit cap

Videos[]

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Goofs[]

This video game makes the common mistake of implying that Snoopy only has five siblings, Molly and Rover are not shown in the video game.
- This also occurs in I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown, The Peanuts Movie: Snoopy's Grand Adventure, Snoopy's Town Tale, The Peanuts Movie, and Snoopy Presents: For Auld Lang Syne.
The final cutscene will always show Linus with his blanket and Shcroeder with his piano, regardless if the player has collected enough jelly beans to unlock these items.

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[2] Activision Publishing Inc.

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