Schroeder (Peanuts) (a process the cartoonist described as "extremely tedious"). The first piece Schroeder played was Sergei Rachmaninoff's Prelude in G minor. Schroeder often plays music by Beethoven, his favorite composer. As revealed after Lucy took his bust of Beethoven and smashed it, he has an entire closetful of Beethoven busts. It was also found that he has an entire closetful of pianos. Every year, Schroeder marks December 16, his hero's birthday. Schulz said he had originally planned to depict Johannes Brahms (whom Schulz identified as his own favorite composer) as Schroeder's idol, but decided that Beethoven simply sounded "funnier." He was
Patty (Peanuts) character has appeared in numerous "Peanuts" television specials, cinematic films, theatrical plays, and video games. In the 2015 film "The Peanuts Movie", her last name is given as Swanson. This name never appeared in the comic strip or in any official Peanuts media during Schulz's lifetime and is thus not canon. An early conception of the character was created by Schulz for his comic strip "Li'l Folks" (which is like an embryonic stage of "Peanuts"). Schulz then reused the character for "Peanuts," and there, he named her Patty. The first published strip in which Patty was featured was in the