Penny Sanchez
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| Penelope Victoria Sanchez | |
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Penny gives a scientific lecture whilst Rudy gazes at her. |
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| First appearance | Regular on ChalkZone since the Oh Yeah! Cartoons short "Rudy's Date" (Oct. 3, 1999) |
| Created by | Bill Burnett and Larry Huber |
| Voiced by | Hynden Walch (regular); Robyn Krimsee (occasional singing) |
| Background Information | |
| Aliases | Penelope; Penita; the Little Genius Girl; Buckette |
| Relatives | Dr. Sanchez (mother) |
| Pets | Courtney the ChalkCondor; Spangels the Horse and two foals, one of them named Taffy |
| Citizenship | Plainville |
| Friends | Rudy Tabootie (unofficial boyfriend); Snap |
| Rivals | Reggie Bullnerd; Butch Biceps; Skrawl & the Beanie Boys; the Craniacs; Vinnie Raton; Dr. Von Dockter |
Penelope Victoria "Penny" Sanchez is a fictional character from the Nickelodeon animated television series ChalkZone. She is Rudy Tabootie's best friend and partner who travels everywhere with him. She is definitely the smartest person at Rudy's school and probably the smartest person in Plainville.[citation needed]
Penny first appeared, but without any real introduction, in the Oh Yeah! Cartoons short "Rudy's Date". In the short, Reggie Bullnerd erased the scientific formula for perpetual motion that she had discovered and written on a chalkboard. Willing to help, Rudy brought her with him into the ChalkZone to retrieve the formula. Snap reluctantly helped them find the pieces of the formula, most of which had been stolen by Butch Biceps (he had used the variables to decorate his motorcycle jacket).
Penny since then became a regular on ChalkZone well into when it became its own series, where her introduction was revised, in the episode "Rudy's Story". In that episode, Penny was introduced as Chester A. Arthur Elementary's new student, whom Rudy is obviously attracted to. Rudy explained his "vacation" in ChalkZone to her, but although she found the story interesting, she assumedly didn't find it "scientifically possible" until the events of "Rudy's Date", which occurred later.
In addition to solving mathematical and scientific problems better than anyone, Penny is also willing to help Rudy and Snap (whom she seemingly finds annoying, and vice-versa) when needed. Penny's friendship with Rudy nearly fell out once, in the episode "Power Play", when he faked his science project by drawing a machine that produced Bobbleheads of Snap, which led the egocentric Dr. Von Dockter to believe that Rudy had discovered the secret of perpetual energy. Penny was at first furious that Rudy had used the dimension he was defending to cheat on a science fair, to the point that she practically broke his heart. But after Dockter and his men dragged Rudy and his parents away for scientific research, Penny set her anger aside and used the Magic Chalk herself for the first time in order to help Rudy out of his predicament.
Another time Penny proved her heroism was the episode "ChalkQueen", where she had another argument with Rudy, as he had forgotten to provide illustrations for her biology report. She was then captured by Skrawl, who tried to get her to help him take over ChalkZone. She pretended to agree, and then, once Rudy had dueled with her for a bit, Penny revealed that her going along with Skrawl's plan was all just an act, and she eventually forgave Rudy again.
Penny's voice is usually provided by Hynden Walch.[1] In some of the music videos, though, she is voiced by Robyn Krimsee. [2]
