“ | This calls for some celery! | ” |
—Linny in various episodes |
Linny the Guinea Pig is the protagonist of the Wonder Pets! series.
Description[]
Linny the Guinea Pig is the group's leader. Linny is the brains of the outfit, a fearless guinea pig who will do anything to help a fellow creature in need. She represents the developmental age of a five-year-old and is also the oldest of the Wonder Pets. If there is any animal in trouble where the team is required to go underwater, Linny always puts on her scuba gear so she can breathe underwater and then joins Ming Ming and Tuck. Linny reminds her fellow creatures to value teamwork and trust. Her favorite food is celery.
Personality[]
Linny is the smartest and oldest of the group. Since she spent the majority of her life in the Schoolhouse, she became knowledgeable of many different things.
In Join The Circus, Linny is shown to become very upset and cried when Tuck and Ming-Ming wanted to be in the Animal Circus instead of being the Wonder Pets. This is the first episode out of the three where she cries.
In How It All Began!, Linny is seen crying when it was just her in the classroom. That is, after she says she wishes she had a friend. However, it is not long until she hears Tuck's voice (where she sees him for the first time). This is the second episode where she cries.
In Happy Mother's Day!, Linny became very upset and cried when they ran out of Celery shaped sugar cookies for Granny Winny. This is the third and final one where she cries.
She is shown to get offended when someone refers to her as a different species or call her a boy (Save Humpty Dumpty!). Ollie the Bunny always refers to her as "pig", which she gets annoyed at and corrects him with "Guinea pig", She also got annoyed when Ming-Ming made fun of her in Save the Visitor!.
Looks[]
Linny has brown and tan fur. She wears an orange baseball cap and a blue cape with the Wonder Pets' logo on it. Linny's nose and paws are pink. When she's in her scuba gear, she also wears yellow fins and a snorkel mask.
History[]
Linny as a baby
Linny had lived in the Schoolhouse for the majority of her life. It's unknown if she was born there, or the teacher had bought her at a pet shop. It's implied that the reason Linny is so knowledgeable is because of her years living in the Schoolhouse, listening to the teacher's lessons and reading the books there.
Appearances[]
Linny appears in every episode of Wonder Pets! and in both Linny the Guinea Pig shorts. Her first appearance on television was in the short "Linny the Guinea Pig in Space." Her first appearance in an episode of Wonder Pets! was in "Save the Dolphin," and her last appearance was in "Save the Genie."
Trivia[]
- She is the first pet to live in the classroom.
- She can't swim as well as Tuck and Ming-Ming.
- It's unknown what breed she is.
- She is the only Wonder Pets member to not be an animal in trouble.
- This does not include the Season 1 episode Save the Wonder Pets!. That is, where she, Tuck, and Ming-Ming were the animal in trouble when they got stuck in the whale's mouth.
- This would mean, while Ming-Ming did this in Save the Duckling! and Save the Dancing Duck! and Tuck did this in Save the Turtle!, Linny is the only Wonder Pets member to not do it solely as Ming-Ming and Tuck (in their episodes Save the Duckling! and Save the Turtle!).
- She loves celery, she is even shown dreaming about it.
- A lot of viewers were confused by Linny's gender and species, some even believing she was a porcupine (porcupines wouldn’t make good school pets, due to their quills).
- A lot of viewers confused her name for Lenny or Winny (who is her grandmother).
- She and Ming-Ming usually appears on Nick Jr. Compilation DVD Covers from 2007 to 2015.
Characters Who Have Mistaken Linny's Gender/Species[]
Quotes[]
"This calls for some celery! - every episode
"Good eye, Tuck!" - every episode
"Let me help you with that, Tuck!" - Save the Dolphin