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Overview

Penelope Pussycat is a love interest for Garfield in Garfield and Friends. From the fifth to the seventh season, she became a minor recurring character on the show. She lives in an Italian restaurant, which is the main reason Garfield goes out with her. Penelope is annoyed by Garfield's love for eating, though this does not hinder her love for him, as she claims to enjoy his company.

Physical Appearance[]

Penelope has beige fur, pale red-violet lipstick, a mauve colored nose, a forelock hairstyle, side whiskers, a beauty mark on her right cheek and blue pupils. In "The Garfield Rap", she is shown in a gray shade.

Changes[]

Between episodes, her appearance changed:

  • In The Perils of Penelope, she has beige fur, lipstick without contours, and eyelashes.
  • In The Garfield Rap, she is shown in a grayscale setting, though in two different shades. She has a darker fur color in the first scene, and in the second scene, her fur color is visibly lighter. She also got her eyelashes back.
  • In The Genuine Article, she wears a light pink lipstick.
  • In The Second Penelope Episode, she has a more gray color fur, lipstick with contours and her eyelashes were removed.
  • In The Garfield Musical, she has a darker color of fur and lipstick than in previous episodes.
  • In The Third Penelope Episode, she almost has the same design as in The Second Penelope Episode, but her fur color varies between gray and beige, depending on the scene.
  • In The Guy of Her Dreams, she has the same color of beige fur, like in "The Perils of Penelope" with contoured lipstick.

Personality[]

Similar to Arlene, Penelope and Garfield's relationship has been shown to be unsteady, as he mainly goes out with her to have her watch him eat food, rather than actually be with her. This is due to Garfield enjoying the fact that Penelope lives in an Italian restaurant. Unlike Arlene, Penelope never cracks jokes at Garfield’s expense and is much more passive with him.

Roles[]

Perils of Penelope[]

The Garfield Rap[]

The Genuine Article[]

The Second Penelope Episode[]

The Garfield Musical[]

The Third Penelope Episode[]

The Guy of Her Dreams[]

The Stand Up Mouse[]

Appearances[]

Garfield and Friends[]

Season 5[]

Season 6[]

Season 7[]

Trivia[]

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One of the rare scenes where Penelope walks on two legs ("The Second Penelope Episode")

  • Penelope shares the same name as a character from Looney Tunes.
  • Penelope tends to walk on all four legs rather than two.
  • She appears to have a large family including her unnamed mother, her brother Al, his unnamed wife with their three children, a deceased father, grandparents, an aunt, an uncle and many cousins.
  • She originally had eyelashes in her debut, but by "The Second Penelope Episode", they were removed.
  • Penelope was created for the series because Mark Evanier had a hard time writing in Arlene. Additionally, Jim Davis had reservations on what projects could feature the character.[1]
  • Penelope shares Garfield's (occasional) dislike for anchovies on pizza.
  • "The Garfield Rap" episode features the Tabbies - three characters from "Tina and the Tabbies" band, who bear striking similarity to Penelope. Those female triplets only differ from Penelope in fur and forelock colors, lack of temple whiskers, moles, and black pupils.

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