Frieda (Peanuts) chatting instead of paying attention to the game. Frieda has made Lucy jealous by leaning on Schroeder's piano. Schroeder seemed to dislike her as much as he disliked Lucy when she didn't know who Beethoven was (and after Frieda claimed that she was hanging around Schroeder because she was a music lover). In one strip and episode of "The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show," Frieda commented to Lucy that Schroeder wasn't very friendly. When Frieda attempted to kiss Schroeder while he was playing his piano, she was surprised when she found she had kissed Snoopy instead, and she ran away
Franklin (Peanuts) the characters needed a last name and he suddenly realized that Franklin did not have one. Schulz asked if he could make "Armstrong" Franklin's last name and Robb Armstrong gave his permission, thinking of it as an honor. From that time onwards "Armstrong" was Franklin's last name. Franklin reappeared as a supporting character in 2015's "The Peanuts Movie." Franklin (Peanuts) Franklin Armstrong is a character in the long-running comic strip "Peanuts", created by Charles M. Schulz. Introduced on July 31, 1968, Franklin was the first African American character in the strip. He goes to school with Peppermint Patty and Marcie.