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I was never a big Peanuts fan when I was a kid. One thing that really got on my nerves was watching those skits...

I was never a big Peanuts fan when I was a kid. One thing that really got on my nerves was watching those skits between Lucy and Charlie Brown with a football. Lucy would hold a football in position for Charlie to kick it and then pull it back the last second before his foot makes contact, sending him sprawling. At the beginning of every skit, Charlie references the fact that she always moves the football, but Lucy always talks him into going for the kick. I'm sure there are a lot of psychological references in that scene, maybe some related to the sexist trope of the duplicitous female tricking the man (Adam and Eve). But...

I was never a big Peanuts fan when I was a kid. One thing that really got on my nerves was watching those skits between Lucy and Charlie Brown with a football. Lucy would hold a football in position for Charlie to kick it and then pull it back the last second before his foot makes contact, sending him sprawling. At the beginning of every skit, Charlie references the fact that she always moves the football, but Lucy always talks him into going for the kick. I'm sure there are a lot of psychological references in that scene, maybe some related to the sexist trope of the duplicitous female tricking the man (Adam and Eve). But...