Franklin
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Franklin is a thoughtful and good-natured friend of Charlie Brown in the Peanuts comic strip, notable as one of the first Black characters in mainstream American comics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Franklin canonical | 4 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Peanuts character
ⓘ
comic strip character ⓘ fictional character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Peanuts comic strip
ⓘ
surface form:
Peanuts
Peanuts animated films ⓘ Peanuts animated films ⓘ
surface form:
Peanuts television specials
|
| artStyle | cartoon ⓘ |
| creator | Charles M. Schulz ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | milestone in representation of Black characters in American comics ⓘ |
| depictedAs |
enjoying school
ⓘ
enjoying sports ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Black ⓘ |
| familyBackground |
his father is a soldier who served in the Vietnam War
ⓘ
lives with his father ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceDate | 1968-07-31 ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceWork |
Peanuts comic strip
ⓘ
surface form:
Peanuts daily comic strip
|
| franchise |
Peanuts universe
ⓘ
surface form:
Peanuts
|
| fullName | Franklin Armstrong ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| goesToSchoolWith |
Marcie
ⓘ
Peppermint Patty ⓘ |
| hairColor | black ⓘ |
| hasFriend |
Charlie Brown
ⓘ
Linus van Pelt ⓘ Marcie ⓘ Peppermint Patty ⓘ |
| hasFriendGroup | Charlie Brown’s friends ⓘ |
| hasLastName | Armstrong ⓘ |
| hasPersonalityTrait |
good-natured
ⓘ
kind ⓘ level-headed ⓘ thoughtful ⓘ |
| homeLocation | a neighborhood near Charlie Brown’s ⓘ |
| introducedInContextOf | civil rights era in the United States ⓘ |
| medium | newspaper comic strip ⓘ |
| meetingContext | meets Charlie Brown at the beach after returning a lost beach ball ⓘ |
| meetsCharacter | Charlie Brown ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the first Black characters in mainstream American newspaper comics
ⓘ
portraying a positive, well-adjusted Black child in a major comic strip ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
polite
ⓘ
studious ⓘ |
| skinColor | brown ⓘ |
| speaksLanguage | English ⓘ |
| universe | Peanuts universe ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Peanuts