It's been a long time since i've seen these cartoons, but i dont ever recall there being a black Peanut character. Was he always there, or did they add him in to prevent controversy?
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his full name is Franklin Delano Bluth
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He was never in the Charlie Brown Christmas so I wasn't sure what to make of it.
He's making a joke/reference to something else. The character was given the last name Armstrong in an animated special, but was given no full name in the comic strip.
And while no, he wasn't ALWAYS there, he has been there a very long time, debuting in the 60s. This would be why he isn't in the Christmas special, as that debuted a few years earlier than he did. You can see him in a bunch of other specials, including the Thanksgiving one (though he doesn't really do anything important).
You should get your hands on the Comic strips which pre-dated any animated specials. Most of the characters were added over the course of the years including Franklin
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Franklin is in the stage scenes with Charlie Brown backstage trying to figure out how to help "good old cowgirl" Sally and her broomstick pony act.
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Franklin was a very minor character in the Peanuts strip (he made only about six appearances a year, on average), and he completely lacked a personality, rather like "5" and Roy.
Here's his first appearance in the strip:
http://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1968/07/31
Actually, we get to know a lot about Franklin over the years, his father is serving in Vietnam, he's maybe the most down-to-earth of them all, and one of the very few mentioning how weird the entire Peanuts neighbourhood actually is, he's in the same school class as Peppermint Patty and Marcie and he's the only character who's never mean or aggressive, especially towards Charlie Brown. Comparing him to 5 or Roy is kind of mean.
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Hey, I liked 5! Or 555 95472. His name was certainly unique and he sometimes was playing on their hapless baseball team. Roy introduced Charlie Brown to Peppermint Patty, so he had a big role in the strip too.
It was Shermy who had little personality, which was a pity as he was an original character, the guy who seemed to be a good friend and adviser to Charlie Brown. Then by the late 1970's or 1980's, he hardly appeared. He does appear in this movie, though.
Franklin was and is not really a major character, but it still was significant that a black character appeared in the strip in the 1960's and interacted well with the others, all white.