Peanutscelebrates all the holidays, whether it be the major holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas or the lesser acclaimed holidays like April Fools' Day;the comic strips makes full use of the silliness that can come from the April Fools' Day holiday, with thePeanutsGang getting in on the fun.
Of course, some characters are on the receiving end of April Fools' Day pranks more than others. For instance, Charlie Brown is always getting tricked, unable to escape getting pranked on April Fools' Day, either by his sister or by Lucy.
Likewise, there are thePeanutscharacters that cannot resist pulling tricks every year, with Lucy being the biggest culprit of April Fools' Day pranks, though Sally and Linus, and at times all the members of thePeanutsGang, also get in on the tricky festivities.
10"You’re An Easy Target, Charlie Brown"
First Published: July 27, 2025
Here, Lucy interrupts Charlie Brown’s TV watching to tell him thata little girl who just so happens to have red hair is at his front door and asking about Charlie Brown – before Lucy announces that it is all just an April Fools' joke.Looking at Charlie Brown’s shaken face, Lucy remarks what an “easy target” Charlie Brown is to trick.
This comic strip was adapted into a segment of the showThe Charlie Brown and Snoopy Showthat aired in 1983.
The April Fools' tricks that Lucy pulls on Charlie Brown aboutthe Little Red Haired Girlare among her more mean-spirited pranks on him, regardless of it being April Fools' Day. His hopes are always brought up by the idea of his crush having a reciprocal in him, something Lucy exploits wholeheartedly. That said, he is partly to blame because he falls for it every single time, no matter how many times Lucy has pulled the same trick.
9"Who’s Coming? The April Fool!"
First Published: July 15, 2025
In thisPeanutscomic, Linus excitedly runs up to Lucy proclaiming the arrival of the one and only April Fool. While Lucy may at first think it is the Easter Beagle, she is not right, but she is very close, as Snoopy is actually the April Fool as well as the Easter Beagle. Here,the April Fool is dressed like a clown would be, prompting an unimpressed Charlie Brown watching from the sidelines to remark that he wished he had a normal dog,like everyone else does.
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“The April Fool” is justone of many personas Snoopy has, although it is one of his oddest alter egos. Then again, if Linus can come up with a mythological pumpkin creature that gives gifts like Santa, then Snoopy dressing as a clown-jester-like character for April Fools' Day is really not that strange.
8"My Favorite April Fool Joke"
First Published: July 18, 2025
In this strip,Snoopy’s brother Spikegets ready to do his favorite April Fools' Day joke; he puts his wallet on a string and hides behind a cactus ready to pull away the string when someone comes along to pick it up. Given that he lives out in the desert in the middle of nowhere, it is no surprise that he is waiting an extremely long time for someone to come along to enact the trick.
Day turns to night as Spike waits for an April Fools' Day victim, parked out behind the cactus for a very long tim;hilariously, at the end of his rope, Spike vows to only wait ten more hours before finally giving up. It is a running gag forPeanutsto see Spike deal with the loneliness and solitude that comes with living in the desert with his only friend being a cactus, who is not the best conversation partner.
7"That Little Red-Haired Girl Wants You To Come Over And Eat Lunch With Her"
First Published: Aug 16, 2025
Here, Lucy interrupts Charlie Brown’s peanut butter sandwich lunch for one to tell him that the Little Red Haired Girl wants him to come to him and have lunch with him;Charlie Brown jumps at the chance to have lunch with the Little Red Haired Girl, being hs dream come true… or so he thinks. It all turns out to be an April Fools' joke on Charlie Brown from Lucy. Unsurprisingly,Charlie Brown is furious with Lucyfor her mean choice of April Fool prank.
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Charlie Brown’s lunches are usually sad enough, with the poor kid spending his time pining after the Little Red Haired Girl while he eats alone. Lucy decides to make his lunch period just a little more depressing for the love sick kid. Lucy can always trick Charlie Brown when it comes to the Little Red Haired Girl.
6"Nobody Ever Believes My April Fool Jokes"
First Published: July 20, 2025
Linus tries to pull a fast one on Violetfor April Fools' Day but his attempt at a practical joke leaves a lot of room for improvement. He tells her that she has a huge purple, green, and yellow forty-thousand-legged spider crawling up her back at this very moment. Describing the most unrealistic spider ever, Linus fails to elicit any sort of fear response from Violet or any response really.
All Violet does is walk away from him with a blank expression on her face;as a result, Linus is left alone with the disappointment of all his April Fool Jokes never being believed by anyone.Linus is pretty innocent and moralistic, so it is in character for him to struggle with lying, even if it is a tiny lie for a singular April Fools' joke.
5"I Can’t Stand It"
First Published: July 27, 2025
Lucy goes up to Charlie Brown, enthusiastically delivering him the news that he has been selected for the flattering honor of Manager of the Year;Lucy continues to share thatCharlie Brown’s manager of the yearpresentation will be made at the one and only Yankee Stadium, where he will ride on the field in a luxurious yellow convertible with the Little Red Haired Girl at his side.
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Every single thing Lucy described is part of Charlie Brown’s wildest dreams. Unfortunately, it is all lies, because it is part of an April Fool joke. Lucy gets a good laugh out of Charlie Brown falling for it but he is definitely not amused, with him being unable to stand it. Lucy knows how to push all of Charlie Brown’s buttons, informed of all the things that were sure to get Charlie Brown’s hopes up.
4"That Was In Very Poor Taste!"
First Published: July 31, 2025
In one memorablePeanutsarc,Snoopy breaks his footwhen he jumps down from his doghouse to rush to his dinner but trips over his own supper dish. The cast turns out to be a major bummer for the beagle, as it would be for anyone, person or dog. Lucy wakes Snoopy up from his rooftop doghouse nap to tell him that his doctor called and said that he could finally get his leg cast off today.
Snoopy is over the moon about the news, so happy to get his cast finally off his legs after six long week;Lucy takes away his excitement and hopes when she reveals that it was all an April Fools' Day trick and that he actually does need to keep his cast on. Snoopy, who usually has no issue with letting Lucy have it, knocks her on the head with the cast on his foot, and derides her for her very poor taste in practical jokes.
3"It Could Have Happened"
First Published: August 14, 2025
Telling Charlie Brown to go to the front door, Lucy sets the scene for another one of her April Fools' jokes that always ends up going too far;Lucy tricks him that Ted Williams, an MLB player for the Boston Red Sox, is waiting outside for Charlie Brown to get some advice on how to manage a baseball team.
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After Charlie Brown is already outside, Lucy reveals it is all an April Fool joke. Charlie Brown does not think that the joke is all that crazy or outside the realm of possibility, with him deciding Ted Williams' advice asking could have actually happened. It is a totally normal thing tohave a pro baseball playerask an eight-year-old for managerial advice, or at least that is what Charlie Brown seems to think anyway. Compared to other April Fools' jokes from Lucy, this one is actually not as mean as some of her others.
2"There’s A Giant Lizard Crawling Up Your Back"
First Published: June 15, 2025
Sally is the typical annoying little sisterwith her always bugging Charlie Brown for help with homework or messing with him. She does not take a holiday from her annoying little sister role on April Fools' Day, as she decides to take a page from Lucy’s book. Sally tells a relaxing Charlie Brown that she would like to tell him that the Little Red Haired Girl is at the door and then when he would run to her, she would tell him April Fools.
She clears up that that is what she would really like to do, but then lets him know that there is a giant lizard crawling up his back;Charlie Brown yelps up in fear, terrified of the supposed big lizard on his back. Sally then reveals that it is an April Fools' joke too. She is one adept trickster, using the art of misdirection to get Charlie Brown off his guard from the start.
1"Just Like Shooting Fish In A Barrel"
First Published: August 14, 2025
Warning Charlie Brown beforehand that she will play a little joke on him,Lucy makes sure thathe is understanding what she is saying to him about her plans. She actually even wants to be certain that he understands her plans for an April Fools' Day trick. He looks right at her, showing that he is listening.
As a result, Lucy enacts her trick of saying that the Little Red Haired Girl is waiting outside for him and wanting to give him a kiss. Charlie Brown falls for it, hook, line, and sinker, running outside to get his kiss. Lucy stops him before he can ever get out of their door, letting him know that it was just an April Fools' joke;tricking Charlie Brown is too easy, prompting Lucy to compare it to shooting fish in a barrel in this brilliantPeanutsstrip.
