Snoopy is an extroverted beagle with a Walter Mitty complex. He is
a virtuoso at every endeavor- at least in his daydreams atop his doghouse.
He regards his master, Charlie Brown, as "that round-headed
kid" who brings him his supper dish. He is fearless though prudently cautious
about "the cat next door." He never speaks- that would be one human trait
too many- but he manages to convey everything necessary in facial expressions
and thought balloons. A one-man show with superior intelligence and vivid
imagination, he has created such multiple personalities as: Joe Cool, World
War I Flying Ace, Literary Ace, Flashbeagle, Vulture, Foreign Legionnaire,
etc.
Woodstock is the smallest of the Peanuts characters but has a big presence
for a little bird. He's a little inept, his flying and logic are erratic,
but he can type and take shorthand and usually is game for anything Snoopy
wants to do. Although he's the butt of many of Snoopy's practical jokes,
he's the beagle's closest friend and confidant- and has made attempts at
retaliation. Because of his size and the company he keeps, Woodstock is
an accident waiting to happen. Being a bird and tiny, he gets a little
insecure around Thanksgiving and big moving objects. He's the only baseball
player who gets an automatic walk if the ball rolls over him. Woodstock
talks birdspeak only, and finds an alphabet made up entirely of exclamation
points quite adequate to express such emotions as distress,
frustration and a real temper. His flocking friends are Bill, Harriet,
Olivier and Conrad.