Charlie Brown is the central character of Peanuts, the comic strip created by Charles M. Schulz that debuted in 1950 and later became a series of animated television specials, including A Charlie Brown Christmas in 1965. His hurried running, often toward a football he will miss or away from another embarrassment, became a defining visual gag for the character. Online, the running audio has been lifted for edits and memes because the scuffling steps instantly signal a clumsy chase, keeping the sound in use long after the specials first aired.