Charlotte Braun - 555 95472

555 95472

555 95472, or 5 for short, debuted in the September 30, 1963 strip, and appeared occasionally until the 1980s. A boy close in age to Charlie Brown and Linus van Pelt, 5 had brown spiky hair, and he wore an orange shirt with the number 5 on it. Linus first met him who introduced him to Charlie Brown, etc. 5 was given a numerical name by his father, who was upset over the preponderance of numbers in people's lives, although when questioned, 5 clarified that this was not his father's way of protesting, it was his way of "giving in." His last name, 95472 (the accent is on the 4), was taken from the family's ZIP code; it is also the zip code for Sebastopol, California, where Schulz lived at the time.

5 had twin sisters, dark-haired girls named 3 and 4 (presumably they are older than 5). All three siblings appear in A Charlie Brown Christmas, where they have non-speaking roles, but demonstrate distinctive 1960s dance moves during the dancing scene. 5's dance is the famous head-bobbing, side-to-side shuffle that has been widely parodied. 5 also played for Charlie Brown's baseball team; his position was never expressly stated, but it is conjectured that he played third base, since the other spots seemed to be taken (Charlie Brown, pitcher; Schroeder, catcher; Shermy, first base; Linus, second base; Snoopy, shortstop; and some combination of Lucy, Patty, Violet, and Frieda in the outfield). Fittingly, 5 is scorer's shorthand for the third baseman.

5 also appeared in the televised specials It's Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown; It's an Adventure, Charlie Brown; You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown; Charlie Brown's All-Stars; It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown; and at the end of the film Snoopy Come Home. In the strip, he was largely phased out by the late 1960s, except as a background extra.