Peanuts has its share of adult characters, which are usually unseen - like Linus' favorite teacher and the object of his adoration, Miss Othmar. It's common for adult characters to have implied dialogue and for the strip to only show the Peanuts kids' side of the exchanges.

Miss Othmar is no different, with the comic strip focusing on Linus' very devoted feelings for Miss Othmar or the different exchanges with the teacher, whether in person or even by letter. What makes Linus so head-over-heels for Miss Othmar is only known by Peanuts creator Charles Schulz (and Linus, of course), because readers never get to see her. Regardless, Linus' strongly held feelings about her never truly show any signs of wavering. Whether Miss Othmar is married, on strike, or fired, Linus is all-in on his adoration for Miss Othmar.

10 "I Have the Greatest Teacher in the Whole World"

October 5th, 1959

Miss Othmar is first mentioned in this comic strip where Charlie Brown questions Linus about his new teacher. Being younger than Charlie Brown, Linus has a different teacher for whom he has very strong feelings. Miss Othmar is brand-new to Linus, and he immediately thinks she is the best teacher to ever exist.

Linus thinks he has the greatest teacher in the world.

As seen in his gushing over his teacher to Charlie Brown, Linus thinks he has the greatest teacher in the world and that the National Education Association should be proud to have produced a teacher as exceptional as Miss Othmar. No kid likes a teacher as much as Linus likes Miss Othmar, with his appreciation for the teacher clear off the page right from the jump. Charlie Brown cannot quite relate, but that won't stop Linus's adoration.

9 "Either She's a Genius, or She's New on the Job"

October 6th, 1959

Given Linus's deep appreciation for Miss Othmar, he cannot keep quiet about it. Much like how he'll tell anyone who will listen about the Great Pumpkin, Linus tells just about everyone about how great of a teacher Miss Othmar is. Linus' proclamations about his teacher reach Lucy, who Linus knows will probably not be the most ive.

He is proven right when Linus tells Lucy that his teacher understands him, only for Lucy to retort that to understand Linus, the teacher is either a genius or very green in her job. Linus is a tad eccentric, so Lucy's statement, rude as it may be, is not totally out of the realm of possibility. Regardless, for a student to feel like their teacher understands them is the highest compliment, so Miss Othmar is definitely on to something.

8 "I Never Said I Worship Her"

October 8th, 1959

Linus tends to be an all-in kind of kid. He is either obsessed with something or does not care about it enough to let it get to him. This obsessive personality trait bugs Lucy to no end, especially when Linus goes overboard in gushing about his teacher. She informs him that there is a line between liking a teacher, which is fine, and full on worship, which is not.

Miss Othmar was included in Peanuts TV specials, voiced, like most adults in the specials, by a trombone.

Linus does not cop to worshiping Miss Othmar, but he can at least it that he does have strong feelings towards the ground she walks on. That sounds awfully close to worshiping the ground she walks on, but Linus will not give Lucy the satisfaction of being right. Linus can be quite rational when he wants to be, acting as a pseudo-lawyer in defense of himself, much to Lucy's chagrin.

7 "Who's Miss Othmar?"

October 15th, 1959

A lot of adults, and even fellow kids, have an issue with Linus's attachment to his security blanket. Linus typically will go to great lengths to keep his security blanket safe and close by, even with the myriad naysayers who insist he get rid of it or even try to hide it from him. Linus comes to a crossroads when his beloved Miss Othmar, who he cannot stop talking about, always singing her praises, speaks out against blankets.

She boldly tells the class that blankets are a sign of immaturity and something she would never tolerate. When Charlie Brown lets Linus know that he must make a choice between the teacher he adores and his treasured blanket, he does not hesitate to choose his blanket. It is not even a contest for him, with Miss Othmar just being a far off memory.

6 "A Box of Egg Shells"

February 6th, 1960

When Linus's class is tasked with bringing in eggshells for a school project, he just cannot seem to no matter what. Lucy can yell at him to , he can try to make a plan so he will have the eggshells, but nothing seems to help him . In all fairness, bringing eggshells to class is not the easiest task and is on the strange side.

Finally, Linus does to get the eggshells and actually brings them to class - only to find Miss Othmar is not at school, because she is getting married and will be quitting. However, her absence will not deter Linus from giving Miss Othmar her requested eggshells, so he plans to give her a wedding present. Unfortunately for Miss Othmar, the wedding present from Linus is a box of eggshells.

5 "In Real Life She's Miss Othmar"

September 2nd, 1961

After Miss Othmar gets married and receives Linus's very thoughtful gift of eggshells, she sends him a letter to thank him, letting Linus in on her new last name being Mrs. Hagemeyer. While she at first quits teaching after getting married, she returns sometime later, becoming Linus' teacher again. While she has her married name now, which Linus is fully aware of, he is not prepared to accept it just yet (or ever).

He considers Hagemeyer her married name, but to Linus, that is not "real life." What is "real life" is her name being Miss Othmar. For his own happiness, Linus chooses to live in his own version of reality, which, of course, involves Miss Othmar keeping her maiden name and basically acting like she never got married.

4 "A Bowl of Rain"

February 25th, 1969

Peanuts peeks into the real world when a storyline features the teachers from Charlie Brown and Linus' school go on strike. However, Peanuts makes sure to keep the humor, having the strike storyline focus on Linus' undying adoration for Miss Othmar. When the strike starts, Linus raves about how amazing she is.

Linus's heart is in the right place, and he is incredibly thoughtful and kind-hearted to want to bring his teacher something to make her feel better.

Likewise, in the next strip, Linus thinks of Miss Othmar out in the cold rain, so he goes to bring her a bowl of soup - that unfortunately turns into a bowl of rain after standing in a downpour. Linus' heart is in the right place, and he is incredibly thoughtful and kind-hearted to want to bring his teacher something to make her feel better. It's too bad that the execution of his kind gesture is not as exceptional.

3 "I Think I've Figured It Out"

March 4th, 1969

After the teacher's strike, Miss Othmar gets fired, which is incredibly upsetting for Linus. Linus does much to try to cope with the disappointment, like clinging to his security blanket and trying to write a letter of protest. To help calm down after Miss Othmar's firing, Linus also talks to his friends about it, like asking Snoopy for advice and talking through it with Charlie Brown, as seen in this strip.

After much deliberation, Linus decides that Miss Othmar must have been fired because she is perfect, though Charlie Brown is not too keen to agree. Being perfect would be a unique reason to be fired, but Linus is not willing to entertain any other option that would throw even a hint of negative light on his beloved Miss Othmar.

2 "A Certain Kind of Question"

September 11th, 1973

After Miss Othmar is fired in a shocking and distressing turn of events for Linus, his unease does not last forever, with Miss Othmar getting hired back on September 11th, 1973. As seen in the strip, Miss Othmar has been back in school for a while, if the-business-as-usual attitude held by Linus and Charlie Brown is anything to go by, especially now that they both have her as a teacher.

Many Peanuts comic strips have been adapted into TV specials, with this specific strip being made into Snoopy!!! The Musical.

When Linus asks a perfectly reasonable question about whether he would be able to microwave a TV dinner in one of the cafeteria ovens, Miss Othmar does not react to the question well, which seems to be a pattern. By keeping Miss Othmar's reaction off the page, much like the other adult characters, the reader can only guess Miss Othmar's exasperated reaction to Linus's lunch question.

1 "A Strong Believer in Forgoing"

November 16th, 1990

Snoopy loves many things, with eating at the top of the list. Snoopy's appetite becomes a bit of a problem for Charlie Brown and Snoopy when Charlie Brown has to go back to school. Snoopy can't get fed as much, having to forego several of his many snacks. Miss Othmar is not the most understanding of what Charlie Brown is explaining, and a knowing Linus testifies that Miss Othmar is actually a big proponent of forgoing.

Since Linus is the authority on all things Miss Othmar, he would be the one to know about her strong belief in forgoing. Much like most teachers, Miss Othmar knows how to not give in to the unrealistic expectations of kids, as seen in this classroom-set strip. Charlie Brown may not have gotten the he wanted, but Linus is sure to take his adored teacher's side in any Peanuts strip.