555 95472

555 "5" 95472 is a character in the comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz. He debuted on September 30, 1963, and continued to appear on and off until 1981. 5 has spiky hair and sometimes wears a shirt with the number five on it. is widely used in television shows, films and other media for fictitious phone numbers (because for many years any number with a 555- prefix connected to directory information), while 95472 is the family's "last name" (actually their ZIP code, which in real life corresponds to the ZIP code for Sebastopol, California, where Charles M. Schulz lived at the time). 5 has to keep telling his schoolteacher that the accent is on the "4".

As 5 once explained to Charlie Brown, his father, morose and hysterical over the preponderance of numbers in people's lives, had changed all of the family's names to numbers. Asked by Lucy van Pelt if it was Mr. 95472's way of protesting, 5 replied that this was actually his father's way of "giving in." 5 also has two sisters named 3 and 4. ("Nice feminine names," in Charlie Brown's estimation to which 5 responds, "We think so."). It can be assumed that their parents are named 1 and 2.

Snoopy was confused about 5's name: "was that 5 or V?" he wondered, referring to the Roman numeral.

3 and 4, two identical red-haired girls (not to be confused with the Little Red-Haired Girl), appeared in only a handful of the comic strips from October 17, 1963 to April 7, 1964. The three 95472 siblings do make a television appearance as part of the cast of A Charlie Brown Christmas, although none of them have speaking roles.

5 also played for Charlie Brown's baseball team; it is conjectured he was the third baseman, since the other positions were usually filled: Charlie Brown pitching and Schroeder catching; Snoopy, Linus and Shermy playing shortstop, second base and first base, respectively; and various girls (usually some combination of Lucy, Patty, Violet and Frieda) in the outfield. (Fittingly, 5 is for third base.)

He is best remembered for his distinctive dancing from A Charlie Brown Christmas (specifically, hopping with his shoulder raised and head moving back and forth), which was parodied on an episode of Saturday Night Live and by Butters Stotch in "Asspen", an episode of South Park. The dance was also performed by Mr. Burns in an episode of The Simpsons.

Interestingly, Schulz otherwise usually spelled out numerals (as words) in the comic strip, although the famous "Psychiatric Help" booth had the figure 5¢.

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