Snoopy is one dog with an imagination as vast as can be, something that is made abundantly clear in the Peanuts. From imagining himself as numerous alter egos to getting spooked by fairy tales, Snoopy often lets his imagination run away with him. As a result, his overactive mind can sometimes create problems not just for himself but for the entire Peanuts gang as well.

Snoopy loves living in his own fantasy world, often letting his imagination overshadow reality. At times, he’s a downright delusional beagle, lost in his own wild adventures. But that’s exactly what makes Snoopy so endearing. He may be a total kook, but fans wouldn’t want him any other way. Here are ten beloved comics that left fans questioning his sanity.

10 "He's Kind Of A Strange Dog"

Originally Published: September 18, 1970

After Snoopy starts wearing a copper bracelet and proclaims it has cured his arthritis, Charlie Brown decides a trip to the vet is necessary to check if Snoopy still needs treatment or is in any pain. Snoopy resists, firmly believing the bracelet has completely healed him. His protests are in vain, though, as the vet keeps him overnight, triggering Snoopy’s Flying Ace persona.

When Charlie Brown picks him up the next day, Snoopy is furious, acting as if he has just been released from an enemy prison camp. Charlie Brown gently asks how he's feeling and how everything went, but Snoopy refuses to give up any information, claiming he was “tortured beyond endurance” and won’t speak to the enemy.

9 "Rats! No Band!"

Originally Published: May 2, 1968

Determined to compete in the Wrist Wrestling Competition taking place in Petaluma, Snoopy ignores the Peanuts kids and their doubts about his chances. The beloved beagle pays them no mind and heads to Petaluma, embarking on a long journey with only his dog dish for company. After finally reaching his destination, Snoopy is sorely deflated to find that no band is there to welcome him.

He was so confident in his wrist wrestling abilities that he fully expected significant fanfare upon his arrival. Instead, reality smacks Snoopy right in the face when he is greeted by an empty Petaluma border, with no one in sight to mark the occasion. As much as Snoopy is adored, he definitely has a bit of an inflated ego.

8 "Wayne Gretzky Chasing Me..."

Originally Published: November 18, 1987

Snoopy winds up in the emergency room, scaring Charlie Brown out of his wits and prompting him to rush to the hospital. Charlie Brown finds out that Snoopy got hurt playing hockey, with Snoopy recalling (or rather, fantasizing) that he was speed skating down the ice with hockey legend Wayne Gretzky chasing him.

It is later revealed that Snoopy actually hurt himself skating because a waitress in the ice arena coffee shop tripped him. Snoopy excuses his little fantasy by claiming the waitress looked like Wayne Gretzky. He loves to imagine himself rubbing elbows with the best in their field, as well as the rich and famous. This comic strip shows Snoopy getting caught in a lie, imagining himself with Wayne Gretzky, but good ol' Charlie Brown manages to get to the real story.

7 "This Innocent Little Bunny"

Originally Published: August 2, 1995

Snoopy, in his World Famous Attorney persona, has taken on the fictional Beatrix Potter character Peter Rabbit as a client. As Peter Rabbit's defense attorney, Snoopy argues that his client never intended to go into Mr. McGregor's garden. He deems this an incredibly important case, even if Linus (and likely the rest of the Peanuts gang) thinks he's completely nuts.

Moreover, Snoopy claims that Peter Rabbit was severely wronged by Mr. McGregor, who caused the mischievous rabbit emotional distress by chasing him with a rake. In Snoopy’s mind, he knows exactly how to sway a judge and jury through emotional appeals, even crying over the trauma Peter Rabbit has supposedly endured. He then gets Peter Rabbit to cry as well, acting so overtaken by emotion that he calls for a ten-minute recess.

This comic strip was adapted into a short for the French TV series Peanuts.

6 "Only When It Falls On Me"

Originally Published: August 15, 1973

Linus points out to Charlie Brown that Snoopy only needed one more home run to tie Babe Ruth's record, and he would do it all before Hank Aaron. Snoopy ends up getting a lot of flack for his near accomplishment, with him receiving hate mail for trying to beat Babe Ruth's record.

He gets hate in person too, with Lucy calling him a disgrace for trying to break the record. As the hate mail piles up, one particularly threatening letter warns that if he tries to break the record, they are going to break him, which seems a tad dramatic. Charlie Brown, seeing his poor pup receive so many angry letters, asks Snoopy if the hate mail has led to him losing sleep. Snoopy its that it does keep him up at night, but only when the mountain of letters falls on top of him.

5 "Don't Melt Him!"

Originally Published: January 19, 1962

Yelling at the sun and begging it not to melt his snowman buddy, Snoopy pleads that his icy friend is a good guy and deserves to be spared. He even bargains, saying the snowman has never hurt anyone in his entire life, before repeating his pleas with multiple "pleases."

It all turns out to be in vain, as the sun clearly does not care and melts the poor snowman anyway, leaving Snoopy deflated and disappointed that he could not save his new friend. Snoopy had grown quite close to the snowman, making it a big blow when he was gone. Since the snowman had been placed right next to Snoopy's doghouse, the two had become close neighbors, only for the snowman to vanish right in front of Snoopy’s sad puppy-dog eyes.

This comic strip was adapted into the 2003 TV special, I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown.

4 "All Nurses Report To Their Units!"

Originally Published: November 10, 1995

When Linus hears coyotes in the neighborhood, he invites a scared Snoopy and a dubious Charlie Brown to a sleepover. Snoopy decides to attend the sleepover as his World War I Flying Ace persona, for reasons the reader never fully knows. One can only guess that it is to help Snoopy feel fearless, even though he is actually scared.

Regardless, the Flying Ace causes more problems than the coyotes when, in the middle of the night, Snoopy wakes up not just Charlie Brown and Linus, but also Lucy. He believes he hears enemy planes. Lucy does not take kindly to being woken up by Snoopy’s demands that all nurses, meaning her, report to their units while he runs to the aerodrome. In reality, he is just running around the house, waking up the entire Van Pelt household.

3 "Waiting...Waiting...Waiting..."

Originally Published: August 19, 1967

Snoopy perches just like a vulture, adopting the bird species as one of his many alter egos. He imagines himself not just as a regular vulture, but as a fierce one, waiting ever so patiently for his victim. In the last , the reader learns that Snoopy, as a vulture, has been waiting this whole time on a TV while staring at Charlie Brown. Understandably, Charlie Brown is extremely annoyed by his dog's less-than-lucid actions.

Since vultures are scavengers that eat dead animals, it’s unsettling that Snoopy is staring at Charlie Brown as a vulture, seemingly waiting for him... to die? Regardless of Snoopy’s plan as a vulture, it’s definitely getting on Charlie Brown’s very last nerve. It takes a dog a little off his rocker to pretend to be a vulture to begin with.

2 "You Want A Brick Doghouse?"

Originally Published: May 19, 1975

Charlie Brown is incredulous that Snoopy would want a brick doghouse, labeling it as a ridiculous demand from his beagle. He assures Snoopy that no wolf will come to blow down his doghouse. Snoopy, however, is not comforted by Charlie Brown's words, thinking that if the wolf tried it with the three little pigs, then he would surely try it with him.

The trouble begins innocently enough when Snoopy tells Woodstock the story of The Three Little Pigs for the first time. Woodstock takes the story to heart and builds his nest out of bricks, causing Snoopy to worry about his own doghouse and its lack of bricks. Even after telling Snoopy that The Three Little Pigs ends with the wolf falling into boiling water and being defeated, Snoopy fears that the wolf’s grandchildren are out for revenge instead.

1 "Tortured By The Enemy"

Originally Published: September 23, 1983

Snoopy and Peppermint Patty go to the Ace Sleep Disorders Center to see if Peppermint Patty has narcolepsy, as Marcie theorizes. Snoopy tags along because Peppermint Patty didn't want to go alone, so he gets brought into the mix as well. Marcie reasons that both of them fall asleep all the time, so the center tapes wires to their heads to monitor what’s going on. Peppermint Patty is surprisingly ahead of the curve, knowing exactly why they’ve attached wires to her head.

However, she can't help but wonder how Snoopy is doing in a nearby room. Meanwhile, Snoopy is far from reality and imagines that he’s being tortured by the enemy in his Flying Ace alter ego. There are certainly ways to cope with fear and stress, but Snoopy’s methods are definitely unorthodox, if not a tad bit crazy.