
May 30, 1980
Storyline
At Charlie Brown's school, Linus Van Pelt introduces to his class two French students, Babette and Jacques, who will be spending two weeks there in order to get accustomed the United States. In exchange, Charlie Brown, Linus, Peppermint Patty, Marcie, Snoopy, and Woodstock head to Europe on a student exchange plan for part of their school year. Charlie Brown is not very positive about the trip because of a letter from France that arrived before his departure, which invites him to stay at a French chateau, the Château du Mal Voisin (House of the Bad Neighbor). The letter is written in French, but Marcie, who has been studying French, translates it.
They arrive first in London, where Snoopy leaves the group temporarily to play tennis at Wimbledon, where the beagle gets banned from the grounds when he loses his temper after a dispute with the referee over a judgement call of the ball being in or out. When they arrive across the English Channel in France, they pick up a troublesome rental car, which must be driven by Snoopy as none of the others have a drivers' licence. Upon their arrival, the four go to their respective homes. Patty and Marcie go to stay at a farm, where they meet a boy named Pierre, who immediately attracts their attention. It is obvious that Marcie and Pierre have a spark between them - obvious to everyone except Patty, who manages to convince herself that Pierre likes her. Charlie Brown, Linus, Snoopy, and Woodstock go to the chateau, which they find is apparently abandoned, though somebody keeps leaving food for them and making their beds after they leave for school. In reality, the chateau is occupied by an unfriendly baron, and the person leaving Charlie Brown and Linus food is the baron's kindly niece, Violette Honfleur.
Eventually, Linus manages to track Violette down and demand what is going on. Violette says that although her uncle is irritable, she must remember what a U.S. Army soldier had done for her family by helping them out during the Second World War. Violette shows Linus a picture of the soldier, and he comments that the soldier looks like Charlie Brown and it is revealed that the soldier is actually Charlie Brown's grandfather, Silas. Linus and Violette later continue to investigate further, the mystery culminating in an accidental fire in the chateau's attic, doused before too much damage occurs.
Thankful for the chateau's rescue, the baron has a change of heart and allows the gang inside, and Charlie Brown learns the truth behind the mysterious letter he received from Violette, and he, Snoopy, Linus, Patty, and Marcie leave their new friends to see more of the French countryside, and eventually return home to the United States.
Also See
- A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1969)
- Snoopy, Come Home (1972)
- Race For Your Life, Charlie Brown (1977)
- The Peanuts Movie (2015)
Sound Effects Used
- CHARLIE BROWN SCREAM
- DEPATIE-FRELENG TELEPHONE RING
- DISNEY CASTLE THUNDER
- Hollywoodedge, Quick Whistle Zip By CRT057506
- SNOOPY LAUGH
- Sound Ideas, AUTO, FAILED START - TRYING TO START CAR
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- Sound Ideas, BOINK, CARTOON - PIXIE AND DIXIE BOINKS,
- Sound Ideas, BUBBLE, CARTOON - SKIP'S FLARTLES, 02
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, HIT - SINGLE HARD SMACK
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, HOP - RAPID JEWS HARP HOPPING
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- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SCI FI - ECHOEY SPACE WHINE 01
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SKID - SHORT, LOW SKID
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SNEEZE - SHORT SNEEZE 02
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SQUEAK - SEVERAL RUBBER SQUEAKS, STRETCH
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, TEETH - RAPID TEETH CHATTERING
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, TELEPHONE - PICK UP RECEIVER
- Sound Ideas, CRASH, METAL - METAL CRASH AND TINKLE, CARTOON 01
- Sound Ideas, MOTOR, CARTOON - OLD ANTIQUE MOTOR CHUGGING
- Sound Ideas, SIREN - FRENCH POLICE SIREN
- Sound Ideas, SKID, CARTOON - SCREECHY SKID
- SYLVESTER'S GRUNT
- Valentino Old Car Starts, Runs, Sputters, Backfires And Falls Apart (gear shift only)
- WB FALL, BODY - BODYFALL WITH GRUNT 01
- WARNER BROS. THUNDER 01
- WARNER BROS. THUNDER 02
- WOODSTOCK LAUGH
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