Using lyrics from The Smiths songs like "How Soon Is Now," "Sheila Take A Bow," "Stop Me If You Think That You've Heard This One Before," and "Big Mouth Strikes Again," Charlie Brown and the rest of the Peanuts gang appears even more downtrodden than usual.

In one strip, Charlie Brown lays in bed thinking, "Last night I dreamt that somebody loved me," quoting the 1987 song from The Smiths album, Strangeways, Here We Come.