Schroeder (Peanuts) and Lucy and Snoopy comes out of nowhere and starts dancing on the piano, until Schroeder and Lucy start looking at him angrily and Snoopy stops dancing and looks embarrassed. Frieda sometimes leans against Schroeder's piano, making Lucy jealous. She does not seem to be much of an annoyance to him as Lucy, but Schroeder prefers Lucy over her, possibly because Frieda has no knowledge of classical music at all (in "Play It Again, Charlie Brown" she thought Beethoven was a drink, causing Schroeder to pull the piano out from under both her and Lucy). The piano's capability is illustrated
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.