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Saturday, February 15 2025

AppleTV+ will be releasing a new “Peanuts” cartoon later this month that centers on an African-American character who also happens to be a Military B.R.A.T..

AppleTV+ Streams Military B.R.A.T. Story in 'Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin'
Photo credit: AppleTV+

“Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin” is the origin story of the first African-American character ever featured in a “Peanuts” cartoon. Franklin first appeared in the 1973 TV special “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving” but the show caused controversy because he didn’t sit alongside the other white characters at the dinner table.

The new TV episode follows how Franklin approaches making new friends. Franklin’s family is always on the move with his dad’s military job, and everywhere he goes Franklin finds support in a notebook filled with his grandfather’s advice on friendship.

You know you’ve found your home when you’re surrounded by good friends.

But when Franklin tries his usual strategies with the Peanuts gang, he has trouble fitting in.

That’s until he learns about the neighborhood Soap Box Derby race. According to his grandfather, “everyone loves a winner!” He’s sure that winning the race will also mean winning over some new friends. All he needs is a partner, which he finds in Charlie Brown.

Franklin and Charlie Brown work together to build a car and in the process become good buddies. But as the race nears, the pressure mounts on whether their car and their newfound friendship can make it to the finish line.

AppleTV+ Streams Military B.R.A.T. Story in 'Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin'
Photo credit: AppleTV+

“You know you’ve found your home when you’re surrounded by good friends,” Franklin says in the show’s trailer.

“Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin” premiers Feb. 16 on AppleTV+.

Check out the trailer below.

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John Liang

John Liang is an Adult Third Culture Kid who grew up in Guatemala, Costa Rica, the United States, Morocco and Egypt before graduating high school. He has a bachelor's degree in languages from Georgetown University and a master's in International Policy Studies from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. Liang has covered the U.S. military for two decades as a writer and editor for InsideDefense.com, and is also editor-in-chief of Culturs Magazine. He lives in Arlington, Va., U.S.A.

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