12 Facts About Marcie

Marcie is a studious girl who is sometimes depicted as being terrible at sports.

Marcie has befriended the tomboyish, athletic Peppermint Patty, who gets annoyed at Marcie when she calls her "sir", and she has a mostly-unrequited crush on the underdog Charlie Brown.

Marcie has appeared outside the comic strip, featured in numerous Peanuts television specials, cinematic films, theatrical plays, and video games.

Marcie made her debut on television in the 1973 special There's No Time for Love, Charlie Brown.

Marcie was a soft-spoken voice of reason to Peppermint Patty; an example of this showed in the 1973 Emmy Award winning special A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving; when Peppermint Patty throws a tantrum about the "dinner" Charlie Brown made for them, Marcie gently reminds her that he didn't invite her to dinner, but she invited herself.

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Later, Marcie was portrayed as an overachiever and academically the brightest of the Peanuts cast.

Marcie apparently is under a great deal of pressure from her parents to excel in school, and, in a story in 1990, sought refuge from her demanding parents at Charlie Brown's house and fell asleep on his couch.

Melendez noted with amusement that some of the performers for Marcie imitated his reading so closely, they repeated his accented "Charlce" instead of "Charles" .

Marcie wears round glasses with opaque lenses and wears her dark brown hair in a short bob style.

Marcie is best friends with Peppermint Patty, constantly addressing her as "sir" .

Originally, Peppermint Patty keeps telling Marcie to stop calling her that, but eventually grows accustomed to it.

Marcie has been played by many voice actors in animated Peanuts productions.