Schroeder (Peanuts) Schroeder (Peanuts) Schroeder is a fictional character in the long-running comic strip "Peanuts", created by Charles M. Schulz. He is distinguished by his precocious skill at playing the toy piano, as well as by his love of classical music and the composer Ludwig van Beethoven in particular. Schroeder is also the catcher on Charlie Brown's baseball team, though he is always seen walking back to the pitcher's mound with the baseball, never throwing it—admitting in one strip he did not want the other team to discover his lack of ability. He is also the object of the unrequited infatuation of
Patty (Peanuts) 1965 classic "A Charlie Brown Christmas", and appeared in many of the succeeding specials and theatrical animated films, most recent of the specials is "Happiness Is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown". On November 6, 2015, Patty appeared in a computer generated movie based on the strip, "The Peanuts Movie," which is currently her most recent animated appearance. As the only female character in the strip's very earliest days, Patty often acted as a sort of hen, looking out for the younger characters; however, she also set the tone for the strong female characters in the Peanuts universe. In her (and