It's the Girl in the Red Truck, Charlie Brown (1988)

Directed by

Walter C. Miller

Genre

animation, family

Country

United States

Runtime

1h

Rating

4.9 of 10 from 17 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This Peanuts special follows Snoopy's brother Spike as he pines for a woman he sees in a red truck. It combines animation with live-action footage and focuses on his unrequited feelings.

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What happens

It's the Girl in the Red Truck, Charlie Brown is the 32nd prime-time animated television special based upon the comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz. It is a hybrid of animation and live-action footage, and features Snoopy’s brother Spike in lieu of the core Peanuts characters. A spin-off focused on Spike's unrequited love for a young woman, it was described as being similar to Beauty and the Beast. This Peanuts special was not well-received by critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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