Marcie has shown some (reluctant) skill at baseball. She is unable to catch a football or shoot a basket and even calls the Super Bowl the "Splendid Bowl". In one storyline, Marcie continually reminded Peppermint Patty to do her book report, and then when the assignment came due, Marcie realized she forgot to do her own.Īnother thing that gets on Peppermint Patty's nerves is how Marcie knows nothing about sports. Peppermint Patty hates how Marcie pesters her about it. Marcie always makes sure Peppermint Patty reads her books or does her homework. Marcie also continuously bothers Peppermint Patty by pestering her about doing her schoolwork. Regardless, she still calls Peppermint Patty "Sir" at times, and the reasons for this nickname are unknown. Peppermint Patty utters, "Stop calling me Sir!" one last time in the Novemstrip - in which Marcie harasses her by uttering "Sir!" seven times in a row, which leads to a fight in the classroom and ending up in the principal's office. At first, Peppermint Patty became annoyed whenever Marcie called her "Sir", and she would continually snap at Marcie, "Stop calling me Sir!" but, eventually by the 1980s, she got used to it, although she still prefers that Marcie not call her "Sir". However, Marcie often irritates Peppermint Patty. After Marcie became a major character, the two girls almost always appeared together. Peppermint Patty first met Marcie when she was her camp counselor and went on to become her closest friend.
They are just friends again the next day. When the two friends get angry at each other the reader never sees them apologize. A running gag between them is one of them calling the other weird after making some strange remark. Because of these differences, the two of them, unlike most other friends in Peanuts, often annoy each other, and make fun of each other. Peppermint Patty has a more light-hearted personality, while Marcie is usually serious. Peppermint Patty is athletic, while Marcie is not. Marcie is an intelligent student, while Peppermint Patty can be very dense in school. Peppermint Patty and Marcie are two best friends, who are very different. Peppermint Patty and Marcie at school in a still from She's a Good Skate, Charlie Brown.
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