Marcie

This article is about the Peanuts character. For other uses, see Marcie (disambiguation).

Marcie
Peanuts character
First appearanceJuly 20, 1971 (First depicted)
October 11, 1971 (First named)
Voiced by
  • Jimmy Ahrens (1973–1976, 1977)
    Casey Carlson (1979–1981)
    Shannon Cohn (1981–1982)
    Michael Dockery (1983, 1985)
    Keri Houlihan (1984–1986, 1988)
    Jason Mendelson (1986)
    Tani Taylor Powers (1988)
    Marie Cole (1989)
    Lindsay Benesh (1992)
    Nicole Fisher (1994–1997)
    Ashley Edner (2000)
    Jessica D. Stone (2002)
    Melissa Montoya (2003)
    Jessica Gordon (2006)
    Rebecca Bloom (2015)
    Taylor Autumn Bertman (2016)
    Vasi Chris (2018-2019)
    Holly Gorski (2019-present)
    Arianna McDonald (2023)
In-universe information
GenderFemale

Marcie /ˈmɑːrsi/[1] is a fictional character featured in the long-running syndicated daily and Sunday comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz.

Marcie is a studious girl who is sometimes depicted as being terrible at sports. She is friends with the tomboyish, athletic Peppermint Patty, who gets annoyed at Marcie when she calls her "sir", and she has a mostly unrequited crush on the underdog Charlie Brown.

Marcie has appeared outside the comic strip in numerous Peanuts television specials, cinematic films, theatrical plays, and video games.

History

Marcie made her first appearance in the daily strip from July 20, 1971,[2] but her name wasn't mentioned until the strip from October 11.[3] The character was modeled after Elise Gallaway,[4] the roommate of Patty Swanson, Charles M. Schulz's cousin and the inspiration for the Peppermint Patty character.[5]

Schulz never gave Marcie a surname in the comic strip. However, she has been given two surnames in animated features. In the 1994 animated special You're In the Super Bowl, Charlie Brown, Marcie's surname is given as "Johnson".[6]

Marcie is spotlighted in her first special, Snoopy Presents: One-of-a-Kind Marcie, which premiered August 18, 2023, on Apple TV+.[7]

Appearance

Marcie wears round glasses with opaque lenses and wears her dark brown (sometimes black) hair in a short bob style.[8] In the animated specials, she also wears an orange t-shirt (colored red in the Apple TV+ specials and The Peanuts Movie). She and Peppermint Patty were the only girls in the strip to wear a t-shirt and shorts.

Personality

Marcie is best friends with Peppermint Patty, constantly addressing her as "sir" (she called her "sir" in her first line in the strip). Originally, Peppermint Patty kept telling Marcie to stop calling her that but eventually grows accustomed to it. Initially, Peppermint Patty addresses Marcie as "dorky" and, when talking to others, refers to her as "my weird friend from camp". While Peppermint Patty refers to Charlie Brown as "Chuck", Marcie usually calls him "Charles". Marcie is very intelligent and does well in school (a contrast with Peppermint Patty), but sometimes says that she is pressured by her parents' expectation of her to do well in school, and even that despite her young age, they have already chosen her college.[8]

Voice actors

Marcie has been played by many voice actors in animated Peanuts productions.

  • Jimmy Ahrens (1973–1977)
  • Casey Carlson (1977–1981)
  • Shannon Cohn (1980–1982)
  • Michael Dockery (1983, 1985)
  • Keri Houlihan (1984–1986, 1988)
  • Jason Mendelson (1986)
  • Tani Taylor Powers (1988)
  • Marie Cole (1989)
  • Lindsay Benesh (1992)
  • Nicole Fisher (1994–1997)
  • Ashley Edner (2000)
  • Jessica D. Stone (2002)
  • Melissa Montoya (2003)
  • Jessica Gordon (2006)
  • Rebecca Bloom (2015)
  • Taylor Autumn Bertman (2016)
  • Vasi Chris (2018–2019)
  • Holly Gorski (2019–present)
  • Arianna McDonald (2023)

References

  1. ^ "Peanuts - Marcie - YouTube". www.youtube.com. 6 July 2018. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21.
  2. ^ "Peanuts by Charles Schulz for July 20, 1971". GoComics.
  3. ^ "Peanuts by Charles Schulz for October 11, 1971".
  4. ^ Knudde, Kjell (3 May 2022). "Charles M. Schulz". Lambiek Comiclopedia. Retrieved 2022-06-21.
  5. ^ Michaelis, David (2008). Schulz and Peanuts: A Biography. Harper Perennial. p. 335. ISBN 978-0060937997.
  6. ^ Derrick Bang. "Peanuts FAQ".
  7. ^ Wallace, Debra (August 19, 2023). "Craig Schulz on His Latest Peanuts Project And Why His Dad Felt 'Disrespected'". Parade. Retrieved August 20, 2023.
  8. ^ a b Wong, Kevin (25 January 2017). "How Peanuts Used Marcie To Explore Unhealthy Relationships". Retrieved 20 March 2017.
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