The Little Red-Haired Girl is an unseen character in the Peanuts comic strip by Charles M. Schulz, who serves as the object of Charlie Brown's affection, and a symbol of unrequited love.

[3] Charlie Brown most often notices her while eating lunch outdoors, always failing to muster the courage to speak to her.

Charlie Brown first catches sight of her in the November 19, 1961, strip, saying he would "give anything in the world if that little girl with the red hair would come over and sit with me.

Thinking he has ruined his final chance at meeting her, he reads the letter, which affectionately states, "I like you, Charlie Brown.

Charlie Brown becomes a wreck, trying desperately to impress her once he learns that he has been chosen to escort her to the dance after the football game.

After spending nearly the entire duration of the special stressing about meeting her, he eventually musters up the courage to give her a kiss.

A third animated version of the Little Red-Haired Girl is briefly seen in the introduction sequence used in the second season of The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show, in which she again looks different from her other appearances.

The film marked the first time the Little Red-Haired Girl spoke in all Peanuts-related media, with Charlie Brown finally succeeding in talking to her and becoming her pen pal, allowing the film to have an unambiguously happy ending without altering the franchise's basic story premise.

"I'd like to see Charlie Brown kick that football, and if he gets the little red-haired girl, that's fine with me", Donna said around the time Schulz announced his retirement in 1999.