Patty (Peanuts)

Patty is a fictional character featured in the long-running syndicated daily and Sunday comic strip Peanuts, created by Charles M. Schulz. Patty was formerly a major character whose role was reduced in later years; she never developed a distinct personality like Lucy or Sally. She is sometimes confused with Peppermint Patty, a different and later character with a similar name. Patty appeared in the first Peanuts strip, with Shermy and Charlie Brown, on October 2, 1950. Patty is best known as a girl who thinks highly of herself; because of her self-opinion, she often torments the hapless Charlie Brown. She usually accompanies her best friend Violet and sometimes the abrasive Lucy. Patty has appeared in numerous Peanuts television specials, cinematic films, theatrical plays, and video games. In the 2015 film The Peanuts Movie, her full name is given as Patty Swanson. This name never appeared in the comic strip or in any official Peanuts media during Schulz's lifetime; thus, the name is not canon. (Patty Swanson was in fact the name of the real person who partially inspired Peppermint Patty and had also served as the inspiration for the earlier Patty's name.)