Question

After a boy fails to perform this action, a character assumed to be asleep tells him “we fanatics are light sleepers”. (-5[1])A character reasons that a girl “wouldn’t try to trick me on a traditional holiday” before being convinced to try this action in a Thanksgiving short. In an animated Halloween special, (15[1])a character presents a (15[1])boy with a signed document to goad him into attempting this action, only for her to explain the document (15[1])wasn’t (*) notarized after the boy slips and falls. In one strip, Lucy gets her hand injured after finally holding onto an object to allow this action to happen. For 10 points, a long running Peanuts gag involves an object being pulled away at the last second to prevent (10[1])Charlie Brown from performing what athletic feat? ■END■

ANSWER: kick a football [prompt on kicking a ball with “what kind of ball?”; prompt on hitting a football]
<JC, Trash Lit>
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