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Peanutsset the point for Snoopy to have an foeman who just so happens to be his next - threshold neighbour . get going by the name Cat Next Door and World War II , the Cat has major beef with Snoopy , and the feeling is very common . They argue always , with Snoopy frequently antagonizing the Cat Next Door . Meanwhile , World War II always gets Snoopy back twice as strong for his antagonism , being quite the formidable opponent .
As much as Snoopy tries to roleplay like Mr. Tough Guy , he is in reality pretty panicked of the Cat Next Door , tremor in his boots whenever it is time to struggle the Cat Next Door front to face . The one exception is whenever Snoopy thinks his best buddy Woodstock is in trouble with the Cat Next Door , and Snoopy swings into legal action without even guess double about it .
13"A Set of Butter Knives"
August 13th, 1977
act as a watchdog for Peppermint Patty , Snoopy meets the love of his aliveness and gets employ to a beagle , making wedding invitations and going the full nine yardsin truePeanutsfashion . He even tries to get a wedding license before he is told that dogs do not need marriage permission . Ready to invite some gifts for his upcoming hymeneals , Snoopy touch out to an unlikely wedding guest .
The Cat Next Door gives Snoopy his gift , but it ’s not a good one .
Snoopy cry out to his loathed cat neighbor to ask him what he is going to get him and his bride for their wedding present . The Cat Next Door gives Snoopy his gift , but it ’s not a good one . In fact , the gift is quite painful for Snoopy , who would have preferred to have received a Seth of butter knives instead .
12"I’ll Kick You with My Cast"
March 6th, 1976
WhenSnoopy breaks his legfrom tripping over his supper ravisher while jump down from his kennel roof , he gets a foot mold , which appearsin hisPeanutsstripsfor many workweek . In one strip from the clock time when his foot was broken , Snoopy calls out to the Cat Next Door to threaten that if the cat comes near him , he’ll kick him with his bulky leg cast . ask the Cat what he think of that , the Cat Next Door answers Snoopy by shredding up his leg mould . While Snoopy is not successful in bonking the Cat with his foot cast , he does murder Linus and Lucy .
11"The Cedar Closet"
February 22nd, 1969
Ruminating on his hatred of the Cat Next Door , Snoopy admits that he have a go at it just how to get under the Cat ’s skin too . enact one such way , Snoopy stick his tongue out at the Catbut gets frightened off by the Cat ’s anger , hiding inside his doghouse . comfy with the new feeling of safety from the Cat , Snoopy feels dear abouthis concealment spot in the cedar cupboard of his doghouse .
These comic strips clear full purpose of the silliness that can come in from the April Fools ' Day holiday , with the Peanuts Gang getting in on the playfulness .
This strip marks the uncommon occasion that we really see Snoopy inside his dog house rather of just on top of it . Snoopy actually avoid give way into his dog house because he gets claustrophobic , so the fact that he hide out inside his kennel shew how scared he was of the Cat Next Door .
10"I Still Have My Water Dish"
August 23rd, 1981
Questioning if he should antagonize the Cat Next Door , Snoopy eventually decidesthat he must , so he shoot a line about his supper lulu to his enemy . The Cat Next Door responds to Snoopy ’s bragging by slash his supper dish in half . Snoopy , not one to let anyone get him down , then focuses on his water dish , grateful that he still has it in one piece . Unfortunately for Snoopy , he should have prevent quiet , becausethe Cat Next Door takes the chance to claw a cluster of hole into Snoopy ’s body of water dish aerial . Snoopy does not bang how to lead well enough alone , specially when it come in to the Cat Next Door , as this striptease can take the stand .
9"It’s Hero Time!"
October 23rd, 1976
Acting as Peppermint Patty ’s attorney , Snoopy helps her straighten out the confusion about Peppermint Patty graduating … from respect school , which is unbeknownst to her , as she thought it was her gradation from regular school . When she finally finds out that the school Snoopy suggested to her in the first post was an obedience school for dogs , she is angry and wants to fight him .
ThisPeanutsstrip includes a rare affair where Peppermint Patty is just prognosticate " Patty . "
She sees the Cat Next Door , named World War II , and thinks that he is Snoopy dressed in a cat wooing , so she live over to fight down who she thinks is Snoopy . When Snoopy sees Peppermint Patty losing the fighting , Snoopy jumps into the fight to help her out , since it ’s his fault that she ’s in this hatful .
8"Punch ‘Im Out"
August 26th, 1975
recount Spike that he can takethe Cat Next Door in a fight thanks to his years of living out in the desert with coyotes , Snoopy give his brother aRocky - stage pep talk so that his brother is hype to plug out his nemesis next threshold . Someone gets punched , but it is not the Cat Next Door . Instead , the lecturer picture a massive lump admit out of Snoopy ’s doghousewith Spike and Snoopy left standing on the petite splinter of ceiling that remains , huddled together in reverence . spend his years out with the coyotes has not done much to make Spike a fighter aircraft , especially when his opponent is the awful Cat Next Door .
7"You’re Gonna Get Zapped"
April 3rd, 1977
arm with some plate protection equipment , Snoopy taunting the Cat Next Door with his Modern galvanizing caneand promise to micro-cook him if he come near . Sick of the Cat Next Door ruining his dog house , Snoopy threatens that the next time he tries to rip up his star sign , he is going to zap him . apprise the Cat Next Door to stay in his own railway yard , Snoopy think the attacks are finally finish . To Snoopy ’s surprise , he is the one who end up getting zapped , albeit accidentally , by his own best friend , Woodstock . Snoopy ’s bad luck is to the Cat ’s great humor , with Snoopy hearing the Cat belly joke , perhaps for the first timeinPeanutshistory .
6"Flowers"
April 18th, 1978
Snoopy yells to his loathed next - door neighbor about what a nice rain they had the night antecedently . Snoopy informs the Cat Next Door about how the rain is actually very near for the flowers , but then throws in an insult that a " clod " like the Cat would not lie with anything about something as pretty as bloom . The Cat Next Door does not take the insult lying down and slashes up Snoopy ’s doghouse .
Snoopy has opine himself in about every profession thanks to his personas , with one of his most well - known being his World Famous Attorney .
However , this does not occur without a little act of irony first , as see bythe clawed - in blossom plan the Cat has done on Snoopy ’s kennel cap . The Cat Next Door definitely shew Snoopy that he recognise all about flowers , which Snoopy will not leave until he gets a new dog house roof .
5"He Would Have Been Perfect for the Lead"
September 10th, 1976
read in the paper that a remake ofKing Kongis being made , Snoopy tease that it is too bad that the Cat Next Door did not recognize about the remaking , because he could have play the lead of the authoritative mammoth Gorilla gorilla . insult to the full stop of enacting ferocity - as he tends to do - the Cat Next Door claws at Snoopy and his doghouse , ruin the roof and hit Snoopy descend inside .
Little does the Cat know that he actually prove Snoopy ’s point right , becausehe just show that he was stark for the lead role by destroy Snoopy ’s doghouse , which is very much like King Kong . Snoopy would have liked to have been rise right in a path that did not involve him falling head first into his own house .
4"Forget the Dog!"
October 30th, 1978
Eudora has Linus ’s beloved blanket , which she shockingly gives to the Cat Next Door . When Linus notice out , he insists that Snoopy fight the cat to get the blanket back , but Snoopy is too frightened to do so straight off . Linus and Snoopy come up with a programme where Snoopy will play as a helicopter , fly Linus in to drop off on top of the Cat , all to get the mantle back .
The storyline of Linus ’s cover hold up missing was adjust into the Gallic - Italian TV series known quite simply asPeanuts .
thing do not end up going keen , as Linus , World War II , Snoopy , and somehow Woodstock all get themselves into a massive free-for-all . Charlie Brown announces the fight , butjust moment later Snoopy gives up , go forth it as a bird , boy , and cat fight .
