Factbites
 Where results make sense
About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   PR   |   Contact us  

Topic: Spike (Peanuts)


Related Topics

In the News (Tue 22 Dec 09)

  
  Snoopy's siblings - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Spike lives alone in the desert near Needles, California, only occasionally interacting with the principal characters in the strip, generally in visiting Snoopy.
During a story arc in 1976, Spike is rescued by Snoopy and a group of Woodstock's friends, from a group of coyotes.
Spike's last major storyline was in 1994, when he and his brothers Olaf and Andy visit Snoopy in the hospital.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Spike_(Peanuts)   (883 words)

  
 Spike - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Spike is a widely used nickname for the Spire of Dublin, a massive needle-like structure erected in Dublin in 2003
Spike is a botanical term for an unbranched, indeterminate inflorescence with sessile flowers arranged along the axis
A spike is an offensive attack in volleyball
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Spike   (696 words)

  
 Peanuts - Uncyclopedia
Peanuts, not to be confused with Peanut or PNuts, is an elite quasi military fighting force originating in the tumultuous period of piracy and lawlessness of the 1970's.
Peanuts is a vast international organization involving tens of thousands of soldiers, sailors, operatives and snooping maids, but there are a few key members that have been with the organization since the early days and make up its core.
In the 'public' Peanuts it is shown as constantly eating Charlie Brown's kites, this is actually a metaphor for an evil tree living high in the Atlas Mountains created by a misguided scientist in the early sixties.
uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Peanuts   (1403 words)

  
 Spike   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Spike (named after the Peanuts character) is a 4 year old 15 inch beagle living in Nebraska.
Spike is very playful and sociable, and receives visits from his Basset Hound neighbor quite frequently.
Today Spike is healed 100%, and lives his days as he did prior to the accident, running, barking, chasing rabbits, sleeping, and always hungry.
www.beagles-on-the-web.com /kennel/kennel808.html   (177 words)

  
 Synopsis: Spike gets the chip out of his head…Now what
Spike tries to get up, but suddenly the pain in his head gets worse, as if the chip were reacting to him hurting a human.
Spike and Buffy jump up to see what the problem is. Through the bookcase they see a man in a fl mask, holding a gun to Anya’s head.
SPIKE: (grabs her arms, a little too forcefully) If you ever cared for me at all, if you have even the slightest affection for me, look into my eyes and know that I am telling the truth.
www.angelfire.com /nj/Jacova/jouney.htm   (2660 words)

  
 The Calvin & Hobbes Page at Craig's - Peanuts: 'A Great Gift'
By now, "Peanuts" is so thoroughly a part of the popular culture, that one loses sight of how different the strip was from anything else 40 and 50 years ago.
"Peanuts" could never be drawn by anonymous assistants, as so many other strips were and are -- its line is inimitable.
It may seem strange that there are no adults in "Peanuts'" world, but in asking us to identify only with children, Schulz reminds us that our fears and insecurities are not much different when we grow up.
members.tripod.com /cabcalvinandhobbes/ch_peanuts.htm   (811 words)

  
 Drawn Into a Dark But Gentle World :: Peanuts Eulogy
Back when the comics were printed large enough that they could accommodate detailed, elaborate drawings, "Peanuts" was launched with an insultingly tiny format, designed so the panels could be stacked vertically if an editor wanted to run it in a single column.
Schulz somehow turned this oppressive space restriction to his advantage, and developed a brilliant graphic shorthand and stylistic economy, innovations unrecognizable now that all comics are tiny and Schulz's solutions have been universally imitated.
"Peanuts" could never be drawn by anonymous assistants, as so many other strips were and are--its line is inimitable.
ignatz.brinkster.net /cpeanuts.html   (866 words)

  
 CBUB Fights: South Park vs. Peanuts
The Peanuts are a smart crew knowledgeable in the psychology of the human mind (no, really!), but only a few of them have the inherent violence in their souls to last eight rounds with the South Park kids.
Peanuts would kick the crap out of south park because snoopy would just hop it to his red baron plane and give the South Park Punks a little death from the sky.
The best thing that could happen to the peanuts is their instant shriveling into little dried balls of flesh as soon as the cross the town line, due to the incredible level of shameless behavior and morals those in South Park entertain.
www.electricferret.com /fights/playground.htm   (3633 words)

  
 Charles Schulz Photo Gallery by Christopher Wheeler at pbase.com
As the world's most widely syndicated cartooon artist, he brought the phrase "good grief" into popular culture, and was honored by many awards, including International Cartoonist of the Year, (in 1978) and two Reuben Awards (1955 and 1964).
In 1969 the Peanuts gang became NASA mascots.
"Peanuts" ran in approximately 2,600 papers and was read by around 355 million people in 75 countries.
www.pbase.com /csw62/charles_schulz   (327 words)

  
 Charles M. Schulz: In Memoriam
Charles Schulz, creator of the "Peanuts" comic strip, died in his sleep on Feb. 12, 2000, after a battle with colon cancer.
In a career that spanned nearly 50 years, Schulz drew more than 18,250 "Peanuts" comic strips, which expressed a droll philosophy through his trademark characters, including the hapless, angst-ridden Charlie Brown; Snoopy, a romantic, self-deluded beagle; piano-playing Schroeder; security-blanket toting Linus; and self-centered Lucy.
"Peanuts" debuted in 1950 and went on to be the most widely read comic strip in the world, with an audience of 355 million in 75 countries.
www.infoplease.com /spot/schulz1.html   (667 words)

  
 Errors in Peanuts: The Art of Charles M. Schulz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
It is the most beautifully designed Peanuts book ever, and reprints many, many strips that have not been in print in English since their original newspaper appearances.
Spike is wearing Mickey Mouse«s gloves in the final panel, an important clue.
Spike makes reference to MM«s gloves on December 23, 1996 (thanks again to Tim for digging that up at my request), but that«s not the strip we see here.
aaugh.com /guide/errors.htm   (1558 words)

  
 Peanuts, A Comic Strip Classic - The 1950s
Actually Schulz disliked the name Peanuts, but United Features Syndicate wanted that as the strip’s title, so Schulz, excited to at last get a chance in the big time, acquiesced.
By 1952 Peanuts was also in the Sunday comic pages of some newspapers.
Also, on April 9, 1965 Peanuts was featured on the cover of TIME magazine.
www.loti.com /fifties_history/peanuts_comic_strip_classic.htm   (658 words)

  
 Spike
To spike a gun is to render it unusable.
To "spike" a drink is a term meaning to add something to it, usually adding to the effect of an alcoholic drink, and often unknown to the person drinking it.
"Spike" also forms part of the title of the DC Comics comic book Sugar and Spike, and is the name of one of the comic's characters.
www.paleorama.com /Marvel-S/Spike.php   (820 words)

  
 Peanuts Books
In this timeless classic, the Peanuts gang faces the serious sickness of a good friend with all the sensitivity, caring, and warmth that is the trademark of Charles Schulz’s work.
Sally wants a Christmas tree, but has no idea how to cut one down, so when the perfect one falls down in her neighbor's yard, she is delighted, until the boy next door accuses her of stealing his tree.
In this Peanuts adventure, Sally is so nervous about starting school that she begins her countdown to class an entire month ahead of time.
snoopybooks.tripod.com /peanuts-books-kids.htm   (2458 words)

  
 Buffy Slays The Newlywed Game: Part Three   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Spike countered with one of his own, the two enemies glaring menacingly at each other across the sound booth.
Spike awoke to a kick in the gut, then swearing, and a scream.
Spike glanced over at Buffy, who seemed to be getting her breath back.
www33.brinkster.com /reddwarfette/Fiction/StarMouseBSTNGIII.htm   (1364 words)

  
 The Official Peanuts Website - Snoopy, Charlie Brown and Friends - Charles Schulz | FAQ/Contact Us
PEANUTS books are printed by a variety of different publishers, and are readily available through most major booksellers.
Blowing up some of the PEANUTS strips on a twenty-five foot wall for closer examination, Tom found that Schulz's unusual pen strokes, now larger than life, translated in painterly brush strokes that overwhelmingly connected to Everhart's own stylistic form of expressionism.
As the popularity of PEANUTS prompts a large volume of requests, please be sure to provide adequate timing for the completion of your request.
www.snoopy.com /comics/peanuts/contact_us/index.html   (1589 words)

  
 The Complete Peanuts
This book collects 730 daily and Sunday comic strips, the vast majority of which are not currently available in any in-print Peanuts collection, and many of which have never been reprinted since their initial appearance in papers over 50 years ago.
The introduction is by comedienne extraordinaire Whoopi Goldberg, who reveals which Peanuts character she has tattooed on her body (and where) – as well as telling of her meeting with “Sparky” Schulz, and her fascinating theory on Snoopy’s brother Spike.
The Complete Peanuts continues to receive national and international media attention for its sophisticated treatment of one of the 20th Century’s defining American classics.
fantagraphics.com /peanuts/peanuts.html   (1434 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: The Complete Peanuts 1959-1962 Set: Books: Charles M. Schulz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Peanuts is the most successful comic strip in the history of the medium.
A United Media poll in 2002 found Peanuts to be the second most recognizable cartoon property in the world, known by 94 percent of the total U.S. consumer market and a close second only to Mickey Mouse (96 percent).
He died on February 13, 2000, the day before Valentine's Day--and the day before his last strip was published--having completed 17,897 daily and Sunday strips, each and every one fully written, drawn, and lettered entirely by his own hand—an unmatched achievement in comics.
www.amazon.ca /Complete-Peanuts-1959-1962-Set/dp/1560977744   (554 words)

  
 Welcome to Virginia-Carolina Peanuts - All About Peanuts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The price support level for additional peanuts must be set at a level designed to ensure that no loss to CCC results from the sale or disposal of additional peanuts.
The 2000-crop additional peanuts owned or controlled by USDA’s CCC will be sold for export edible use at no less than $400 per ton, the same minimum price that has prevailed since 1986.
Selection of the peanut champion is based on a point system which factors in acreage and official yield.
www.aboutpeanuts.com /sprgsum2000PAGE1.htm   (1762 words)

  
 Buffyverse Dialogue Database - CLIP: 'Spike: a sort of a flower-shaped thing they make from an onion. It's brilliant.'
Buffyverse Dialogue Database - CLIP: 'Spike: a sort of a flower-shaped thing they make from an onion.
Spike: a sort of a flower-shaped thing they make from an onion.
SPIKE: Now why would I do that, when it's bugging you so much having me here?
vrya.net /bdb/clip.php?clip=63   (161 words)

  
 The New Yorker : fact : content   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
I didn’t for a minute believe that the children in “Peanuts” were really children—they were so much more emphatic and cartoonishly real than anybody in my own neighborhood—but I nevertheless took their stories to be dispatches from a universe of childhood that was somehow more substantial and convincing than my own.
His resentment of the name “Peanuts,” which his editors had given the strip in 1950, was still fresh in the eighties, when he was one of the ten highest-paid entertainers in America (behind Bill Cosby, ahead of Michael Jackson).
When “Peanuts” débuted, in October, 1950 (the same month Tom was born), the funny pages were full of musty holdovers from the thirties and forties.
www.newyorker.com /fact/content/?041129fa_fact   (6937 words)

  
 PeanutsStories.com
Don Fraser, a former Peanuts master licensee for more than 35 years, and co-founder of Aviva Enterprises and founder of Inetics, Inc., and Derrick Bang, author of 50 Years of Happiness: A Tribute to Charles M. Schulz and Charles M. Schulz: Li’l Beginnings, have embarked on a new project … and they need your help.
Security Blankets: How Charles M. Schulz Touched Our Lives (a working title) will be a collection of heartwarming, poignant, uplifting and celebratory tales of how Schulz and his characters – Charlie Brown, Snoopy and all the rest – have made an impact on us all.
We’re seeking short – between 500 and 600 words – anecdotes that reveal how Peanuts has made a difference in your life: a tale of how Peanuts affected you, not a friend or family member.
www.peanutsstories.com /index.html   (162 words)

  
 Current Events
Considered to be one of the most popular comic strips in the history of the world, Peanuts will be, for the first time, collected in its entirety and published, beginning in April 1, 2004.
Peanuts checks are sixth from the top, beneath For Better or For Worse, Star Trek, Winnie the Pooh and a few others.
Uber-collector Kelly Tarigo and her Peanuts collection are profiled on pp 18-19 of the August 2002 issue of AntiqueWest, in an article that has lots of pictures, including some of the extremely scarce Determined 3D Christmas ornaments.
www.peanutscollectorclub.com /current.html   (5075 words)

  
 Business Law Weblog
Spike Lee is suing Spike TV, formerly TNN, for using his name without consent.
Why he thinks the new channel was named for him and not the vampire from Buffy the Vampire Slayer or Snoopy's brother from "Peanuts" or Spike Jonze or a killer volleyball slam is something only Spike (Lee) knows for sure.
Spike Lee posted a $500,000 bond to cover Viacom's costs if he loses his claim at trail.
businesslawyer.blogspot.com /2003_06_15_businesslawyer_archive.html   (880 words)

  
 Spike - Reviews on RateItAll
Spike, Snoopy's brother, is a thin beagle who lives in Needles.
Spike is a ramblin' beagle who chills with the coyotes outside of Needles with his pal a cactus.
Spike was sweet, but was never as popular as his dear brother, Snoopy.
www.rateitall.com /i-14239-spike.aspx   (636 words)

  
 Spike's Tales
The recently fattened Spike returns to Needles any way he can.
Spike and a friend go to visit Snoopy.
Snoopy, Spike, and Belle meet up at the frontlines of World War II.
home.att.net /~its.spike/spike/tales.htm   (107 words)

  
 [No title]
Spike stands around in his Mickey Mouse shoes hoping to be picked up by a beautiful Hollywood-type girl, and winds up being seized by Naomi, who takes him to an animal clinic, where Spike is diagnosed with distemper.
This is the first time that two different characters in Peanuts have had the same name (except possibly for Leland, but that's another story).
Among the minor characters, this seems to be Franklin's year; he didn't appear at all in 1997, while "Pigpen" and Lydia, who *did* appear in 1997, did not appear in 1998.
www-math.mit.edu /~tchow/peanuts/1998review   (909 words)

  
 Amazon.com: I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown! (Peanuts): Books: Charles M. Schulz,Jim Thomas,Tom Brannon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Lucy acts as nurse when she decides that Spike is just too thin and needs to be fed milkshakes.
Rerun is having a fantastic time with Spike, until his Mother, who thinks dogs are too dirty, tells Spike to go back home to the desert.
Overall this is a wonderful new holiday story to add to the Peanuts collection that will be loved by children, as well as their parents who will remember Charlie Brown from when they were children.
www.amazon.com /Want-Christmas-Charlie-Brown-Peanuts/dp/0689868863   (1421 words)

  
 Charlie Brown and Snoopy on TV: Peanuts Animation and Video List
The first two Peanuts theatrical movies were released on DVD in March 2006, and DVDs of This is America, Charlie Brown were released in June 2006.
Spike's house (inside a cactus), like Snoopy's, is larger on the inside than it is on the outside.
Although definitely part of the Peanuts television canon, these shows are either not primarily animated, or are a blend of interviews, archival footage and retrospectives that incorporate sequences from earlier specials.
web.mit.edu /smcguire/www/peanuts-animation.html   (15063 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

Factbites
  About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   Press   |   Contact us  
Copyright © 2005-2007 www.factbites.com Usage implies agreement with terms.