a Mystery, Charlie Brown was mainly centered around Woodstock. The entire cold open and first act of the special involves Woodstock building his nest and taking a bird bath, and getting caught in a rainstorm, which, to Woodstock, is like a typhoon. The special centers around the theft of his nest and Snoopy, dressed as the World Famous Detective, trying to find out who did it. Both Snoopy and Woodstock were voiced by Bill Melendez from 1972 to 2006. Development Schulz explained in a 1982 interview: Despite this, Woodstock was referred to as a male as early as the strip from June 12, 1968. In the Norwegian translation of Peanuts, the bird is named "Fredrikke"—a female name—and is always referred to as female. Finnish translation uses the name "Kaustinen", without a specified gender and Spanish translations use the name "Emilio"—a male name. Species At one point Snoopy attempts to identify what type of bird Woodstock is with the aid of a field guide, asking Woodstock to attempt to imitate various birds: hawked crow, Bittering bittern, Warring wren, rufous-sided roufax, looney cuckoo bird, Ducky goose, warble warble and morning warbler. Snoopy finally gives up trying to figure it out, and says, "For all I know, you're a duck!" Woodstock then cries and Snoopy hugs him and apologizes. Despite being a bird, Woodstock is a very poor flyer. It may be because of his small wings, or may be because, due to his mother abandoning him, Snoopy had to teach him to fly. He flitters around in erratic fashion, often upside down, and frequently crashes into things. Woodstock's bird friends are the same species, so they are all bad flyers. Once, Woodstock and his bird friends wanted to go hiking to the summit of "Point Lobos". Lucy laughs at them and says that they are stupid because they are birds and can just fly. Awards and honors Schulz was a keen bridge player, and Peanuts occasionally included bridge references. In 1997 the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL), awarded both Snoopy and Woodstock the honorary rank of Life Master, and Schulz was delighted. References Woodstock Fictional secretaries Comic book sidekicks Comics characters introduced in 1967 Fictional birds Fictional contract bridge players Fictional Vietnam War veterans Fictional mute characters Male characters in animation Male characters in comics