Schroeder (Peanuts) etc. Schroeder seems to like educating her about Beethoven, although she usually replies with silly answers. Once, he appeared in Lucy's place in the psychiatric booth when she was not available. When Charlie Brown poured out his troubles, Schroeder said simply, "Go home and listen to a Brahms piano quartet...Five cents, please!" Later, Charlie Brown asked Lucy, "Just how carefully do you screen these assistants of yours?" Another time he appeared as a patient. He told Lucy about how Beethoven wrote his great Ninth Symphony, but as he was deaf, he never got to hear it, and every time he
Schroeder (Peanuts) and Schroeder feels he must emulate every aspect of his idol's life, even if he reciprocates Lucy's feelings. In a story arc where she and the rest of her family have moved out of town (also seen in the TV special "Is This Goodbye, Charlie Brown?"), Schroeder becomes frustrated with his music and mutters disbelievingly that he misses her, realizing that, despite his animosity toward her, Lucy has unwittingly become Schroeder's muse and he cannot play without her (he parodies Henry Higgins by saying, "Don't tell me I've grown accustomed to "THAT" face!"). Sometimes he gets so annoyed with Lucy