As Peanuts reaches the mid-1980s, a period of Peanuts that is far less well known than the endlessly collected 1960s and 1970s eras, Snoopy's deadpan, droopy-mustached brother Spike takes center stage. In romantic news, the Peppermint Patty-Marcie-Charlie Brown love triangle of overlapping unrequited love heats up (well, kind of), while Linus continues to vociferously deny that he is Sally's "Sweet Babboo"; of course, Lucy's unsuccessful pursuit of Schroeder remains unabated.