Penelope Pussycat

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Penelope Pussycat
Gender	Female
Species	Cat
Family	Unnamed mother Al (brother)
Romances	Garfield (formerly) Brick (formerly) Mister Rock and Roll (temporarily)
TelevisionAppearance	Garfield and Friends
Voiced by	Victoria Jackson

Penelope Pussycat is a minor recurring character, and Garfield's love interest, in Garfield and Friends from the fifth season onwards. She lives in an Italian restaurant, which is the primary 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, pink lipstick, a big pink nose, a forelock hairstyle, side whiskers, a beauty mark on her right cheek, and big cartoonish eyes with white sclera and blue pupils.

Between episodes, her appearance changes in subtle ways, such as a minute shift in her fur's tone and saturation. She notably had eyelashes in "The Perils of Penelope", although these would be removed in her next major appearance, "The Second Penelope Episode"

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.

Appearances

Garfield and Friends

Season 5

• "The Perils of Penelope"
• "The Garfield Rap"

Season 6

• "The Genuine Article" (cameo)
• "The Second Penelope Episode"
• "The Garfield Musical"
• "The Third Penelope Episode"

Season 7

• "The Guy of Her Dreams"
• "The Stand Up Mouse" (mentioned)

Trivia

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

• 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 omitted.
• 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.
• Penelope shares Garfield's (occasional) dislike for anchovies on pizza.