ABC Channel Oct 28, 2010 It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

Halloween is approaching in the Peanuts gang neighborhood. Linus and Lucy head out to the pumpkin patch to find a pumpkin they can use to make a jack-o-lantern. After rejecting some smaller choices by Linus, Lucy picks a very large pumpkin that she forces Linus to carry. Upon arriving home, Linus is horrified as Lucy begins slicing into it to make the jack-o-lantern, crying "You didn't tell me you were going to kill it!" With autumn already in full swing, Charlie Brown is busy raking leaves with Snoopy's help. Linus sees the pile and jumps right in the middle of it, forgetting that he is holding a wet lollipop he was licking. Moments later Lucy comes with a football for Charlie Brown to kick. He initially refuses, but Lucy shows him a contract which promises that she will not pull the ball away. Charlie Brown relents, but when he is about to kick the ball, she does pull it away, which sends him landing flat on his back, like always. Lucy then points out that the contract had not been notarized. Later, Linus writes a letter to the Great Pumpkin, to Charlie Brown's disbelief, Snoopy's laughter, Patty's assertion that the Great Pumpkin is a fake, and even to Lucy's violent threats. Only Sally, Charlie Brown's younger sister, who is in love with Linus, supports him before Charlie Brown takes her away. Charlie Brown gleefully announces to Lucy that he received an invitation to Violet's Halloween party. Lucy dampens his mood by claiming Violet had two lists, of people to invite and people not to invite, taunting that Charlie Brown's name must have gotten on the wrong list. On Halloween night, the gang gets their costumes ready. Touting that a costume should reflect the exact opposite of one's own personality, Lucy dresses as a witch, while the other kids dress up as ghosts. "Pig-Pen" is easily recognized by his trademark cloud of dust, while Charlie Brown has eyeholes cut out all over his sheet, matter-of-factly stating he had a little trouble with the scissors. Sally expresses interest in trick-or-treating, though she is taken aback after hearing Lucy explain how it works, questioning if it is legal. Before going trick-or-treating, the gang stops off at the pumpkin patch to make fun of Linus's missing out on all the fun, just as he did the year before. Linus steadfastly refuses to leave the patch, and even convinces Sally to stay behind. During trick-or-treating, everyone else gets assorted candy, gum, apples, cookies, popcorn balls, and even money; however, at every house, Charlie Brown gets the same thing — a rock. After tricks-or-treats, and another quick stop at the pumpkin patch to rib Linus and Sally again, the gang all go off to Violet's Halloween party. Meanwhile, Snoopy, wearing his World War I Flying Ace gear, climbs aboard his Sopwith Camel (in reality, his doghouse) to do battle with the Red Baron. After being shot down, Snoopy makes his way across the countryside, before The-great-pumpkin
Linus mistakes Snoopy for the Great Pumpkin. Briefly crashing the Halloween party. He then makes his way to the pumpkin patch where Linus and Sally are still waiting for the Great Pumpkin to show up. Linus hears Snoopy's rustling, and believes it is the Great Pumpkin. When Snoopy (who is still hidden in the shadows) rises above the pumpkins, Linus promptly faints. When Sally sees it is only Snoopy, she becomes outraged over missing tricks-or-treats and the Halloween party, and tears into Linus as the rest of the gang arrive to witness her tirade. As Linus watches her storm off with the rest of the departing gang, he pleads with them to remain, claiming that "if the Great Pumpkin comes" he will put in a good word. Quickly he realizes he said "if" instead of "when", and believing himself to have jinxed it, despairs its absence. When 4:00 a.m. rolls around the next morning, Lucy awakens to see the time then gets up to check on Linus. Seeing his bed empty, she dons her coat and heads out to the pumpkin patch to find Linus shivering on the ground with only his blanket to cover him. Without a word, she leads him back home and to his room, removing his shoes and socks and letting him fall asleep in his own bed before grumpily walking back to her room. Later that day, Linus and Charlie Brown are at the wall commiserating over the previous night's events. When Charlie Brown tries to console Linus by saying "I've done a lot of stupid things in my life, too", Linus blows a fuse and angrily vows to Charlie Brown that the Great Pumpkin will come next year, his ranting continuing as the end credits roll.