Talk:Pig-Pen

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I have gone ahead and moved this to "Pig-Pen (Peanuts)" to reflect that every time the character is referred to in dialogue of "Peanuts", it is spelled with a hyphen, and, in most "Peanuts" books is with a capital "P" on "Pen". The official Peanuts Web site lists him as "Pigpen", but then contradicts this by showing every appearance in comic strip examples, spelled with the hyphen. Charles Schulz wrote the strips and not the site, so I would take the strips as authoritative.rockhopper10r 22:45, 17 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I sort of think I recall it changing over the years, starting as one and later turning to the other, but it's a vague notion in my head and I could be wrong. I think I recall that at one time his name was in quotes, that being not his real name but merely what people called him, but the quotes were dropped later as it basically became his name, none other being given. -R. fiend 17:49, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Derrick Bang's "Peanuts FAQ" uses "Pig-Pen" in most cases. In a few references he leaves out the hyphen, but still spells it as two words. http://www.peanutscollectorclub.com/peantfaq.txt Schulz very often wrote compund words as two words, for example "boy friend" and "sand box", sometimes hypenated, sometimes not. The quotes were used for some time, as they were originally for Peppermint Patty, but were dropped. I'm fairly certain the hyphen in Pig-Pen's named remained.rockhopper10r 19:35, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)

"R. fiend" has it right: Pig-Pen's name was originally in quotes, and sometimes in the 50s he actually had a real name also, being called "Pig-Pen" Franklin. That did not last long, and in time, the hyphens were dropped. - Voice from Finland, 16 May 2006

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[edit] Pig-Pen's name

Can anyone find any non-Wiki reference that cites Pig-Pen as having any ohter name? The official Peanuts Web site showing his debut indicates he has no other name than Pig-Pen [1]. Derrick Bang's aformentioned "Peanuts FAQ" [2] records no other name for him. The entire Complete Peanuts run through 1960 cites no other name. Thank you. Rockhopper10r 18:26, 30 September 2006 (UTC)