ENGLISH:
Snoopy is a loyal, imaginative, and good-natured beagle who is prone to imagining fantasy lives, including being an author, a college student known as "Joe Cool", an attorney, and a World War I flying ace. He is perhaps best known in this last persona, wearing an aviator's helmet and goggles and a scarf while carrying a swagger stick (like a stereotypical British Army officer of World War I and II).
Snoopy can be selfish, gluttonous, and lazy at times, and occasionally mocks his owner, Charlie Brown. But on the whole, he shows great love, care, and loyalty for his owner (even though he cannot even his name and always refers to him as "the round-headed kid"). In the 1990s comic strips, he is obsessed with cookies, particularly the chocolate-chip variety. This, and other instances in which he indulges in large chocolate-based meals and snacks, indicate that chocolate is not poisonous to Snoopy, the way it is for real dogs.
Snoopy piloting his World War I "Sopwith Camel" fighter bi-plane, disguised as a doghouse
All of his fantasies have a similar formula. Snoopy pretends to be something, usually "world famous", and fails. His short "novels" are never published. His Sopwith Camel is consistently shot down by his imaginary rival enemy, the German flying ace the "Red Baron". Schulz said of Snoopy's character in a 1997 interview: "He has to retreat into his fanciful world in order to survive. Otherwise, he leads kind of a dull, miserable life. I don't envy dogs the lives they have to live."[8]
Snoopy imagines himself to speak, but never actually does, other than nonverbal sounds and occasionally uttering "Woof". His very articulate thoughts are shown in thought balloons. In the animated Peanuts films and television specials, Snoopy's thoughts are not verbalized. His moods are instead conveyed through moans, yelps, growls, sobs, laughter, and monosyllabic utterances such as "bleah" or "hey" as well as through pantomime. His vocal effects were usually provided by Bill Melendez, who first played the role during Snoopy's appearances on The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show.[9] The only exceptions are in the animated adaptions of the musicals You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown and Snoopy!!! The Musical, in which Snoopy's thoughts are verbalized by Robert Towers and Cameron Clarke, respectively. (His dialogue, however, is not "heard" by the other characters except Woodstock the bird and other non-human characters; however, he does Charlie Brown's name.)
Snoopy's doghouse defies physics and is shown to be bigger on the inside than the outside.
SPANISH:
Snoopy es un beagle leal, imaginativo y bondadoso que tiende a imaginar vidas fantásticas, entre ellas, ser un escritor, un estudiante universitario conocido como "Joe Cool", un abogado y un as de la aviación de la Primera Guerra Mundial. Es quizás más conocido en este último personaje, con un casco y gafas de aviador y una bufanda mientras lleva un bastón de mando (como un oficial del ejército británico estereotipado de la Primera y Segunda Guerra Mundial).
Snoopy puede ser egoísta, glotón y perezoso a veces, y ocasionalmente se burla de su dueño, Charlie Brown. Pero en general, muestra un gran amor, cuidado y lealtad hacia su dueño (aunque ni siquiera puede recordar su nombre y siempre se refiere a él como "el niño de cabeza redonda"). En las tiras cómicas de los años 90, está obsesionado con las galletas, en particular las de chispas de chocolate. Este y otros casos en los que se da el gusto de comer grandes cantidades de chocolate y bocadillos indican que el chocolate no es venenoso para Snoopy, como lo es para los perros reales.
Snoopy pilotando su biplano de combate "Sopwith Camel" de la Primera Guerra Mundial, disfrazado de caseta para perros
Todas sus fantasías tienen una fórmula similar. Snoopy pretende ser algo, normalmente "mundialmente famoso", y fracasa. Sus "novelas" cortas nunca se publican. Su Sopwith Camel es derribado constantemente por su rival imaginario, el as de la aviación alemán, el "Barón Rojo". Schulz dijo del personaje de Snoopy en una entrevista de 1997: "Tiene que retirarse a su mundo imaginario para sobrevivir. De lo contrario, lleva una vida aburrida y miserable. No envidio a los perros la vida que tienen que vivir". [8]
Snoopy se imagina que habla, pero en realidad nunca lo hace, salvo mediante sonidos no verbales y, ocasionalmente, pronunciando "Guau". Sus pensamientos, muy articulados, se muestran en globos de pensamiento. En las películas animadas de Peanuts y los especiales de televisión, los pensamientos de Snoopy no se verbalizan. En cambio, sus estados de ánimo se transmiten a través de gemidos, aullidos, gruñidos, sollozos, risas y expresiones monosilábicas como "bleah" o "hey", así como a través de pantomimas. Sus efectos vocales generalmente los proporcionaba Bill Melendez, quien interpretó el papel por primera vez durante las apariciones de Snoopy en The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show.[9] Las únicas excepciones son las adaptaciones animadas de los musicales You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown y Snoopy!!! The Musical, en las que los pensamientos de Snoopy son verbalizados por Robert Towers y Cameron Clarke, respectivamente. (Sin embargo, los demás personajes, excepto el pájaro Woodstock y otros personajes no humanos, no "escuchan" su diálogo; sin embargo, recuerda el nombre de Charlie Brown).
La caseta de perro de Snoopy desafía la física y se muestra que es más grande por dentro que por fuera.