Woodstock (Peanuts)

Woodstock
Peanuts character
First appearanceMarch 4th, 1966 (twins)

April 4, 1967 (solo)[1][2](unnamed until June 22, 1970)

Snoopy Come Home (1972 feature film)[3][4][5]
Last appearanceJanuary 16, 2000 (comic strip)
Created byCharles M. Schulz
Voiced byBill Melendez (1972–2006; 2015 archival recordings in Snoopy's Grand Adventure[6] and The Peanuts Movie)
Jason Victor Serinus (1980)
Victoria Frenz (2002)[7]
Andy Beall (2011)
Dylan Jones (2018–present)
Robert Tinkler (2019–present)
In-universe information
GenderMale
FamilyMom, Grandpa, siblings

Woodstock is a fictional character in Charles M. Schulz's comic strip Peanuts. He is a small yellow bird of unknown species and Snoopy's best friend. The character first appeared in the March 4, 1966, strip, though he was not given a name until June 22, 1970.[8] He is named after the Woodstock festival of 1969.[9]

  1. ^ "Woodstock - Peanuts". 4 September 2020.
  2. ^ "4.1. When did [your favorite character] first appear?".
  3. ^ "Frequently Asked Questions". Charles M. Schulz Museum.
  4. ^ Charles M. Schulz, Celebrating Peanuts: 60 Years, 2009, Lionheart Books Ltd., p. 177.
  5. ^ "Woodstock << Peanuts". Retrieved April 4, 2015.
  6. ^ "Bill Melendez at Moby Games". Retrieved 2017-10-25.
  7. ^ "Where's the Blanket Charlie Brown?" Credits. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  8. ^ Gertler, Nat (2015). The Snoopy Treasures. Thunder Bay Press. p. 89-90. ISBN 978-1626864405.
  9. ^ Cavna, Michael (August 15, 2019). "How Woodstock — the bird — was inspired by the 1969 music festival". Washington Post. Retrieved 25 May 2020.