PontyPandy

PontyPandy is a village in rural South Wales. It is where Sam and Elvis were born and raised, and where they worked their profession as firefighters for 10 years.

## Founding

In 1912, Lawrence Steele, his fiancé Rhonda, and several families, including the Prices, the Jones, and the Cridlingtons, all left Cardiff, Wales, to find a new place to live.

After travelling for 5 days and 5 nights, they finally came across a valley, where a beautiful and untouched land lay. Lawrence named the town PontyPandy, and was declared the mayor. He married Rhonda in 1914, and in 1915 they had a son, Daniel. Daniel later had 2 kids, Basil and Barbara.

## Downfall

In 1959, Lawrence Steele was still mayor and living the high life. Basil had been born as the first of 2 kids in 1934, and had been in the army for four years until 1954, when he became a fireman just like his father, Daniel, was. Daniel was on his way to becoming a Station Officer, and wanted to be great like his father. However, all of that would soon change.

That same year, a group of cruddy investors manipulated Lawrence into signing a contract, telling him that it would bring him more land for the town. This was great because PontyPandy was a very prosperous town at the time, and people would gather from all over the world to see the town. However, the investors were actually *stealing* 3/4 of the land, and planning to make a new 'better' town.

They started to tear down buildings, and people lost their homes and businesses as a result. However, one day, when they were destroying a building, it caught fire. The Fire Department was called, and Daniel was very brave, rushing into the fire to save lives. However, just as the last man was saved, the building collapsed on top of Daniel, killing him instantly.

## Aftermath

The whole town was in shock. Lawrence blamed himself, as he had signed the contract himself. Things only got worse when his wife, Rhonda, could not take her grief any more and killed herself by jumping out a window. This caused the mayor to become more isolated, and he eventually locked his doors one day and never came out for nearly 30 years, when he was discovered by Sam and the rest of the Rescue Team. Only then would he face the music and take on the job as mayor again.

But for now, things seemed hopeless. With the mayor basically gone, no one was in charge. So, in order for chaos to not spread, the mayor's assistant. Jeff Mayor Assistant Dude, became the leader of PontyPandy, although he still technically took orders from Lawrence, though only on the telephone and not in person. No one would see Lawrence Steele for 28 years.

Due to its now small size, fishermen became more profitable, as they lived right by PontyPandy Lake, a huge lake with a small river that connected to the ocean, with an island in the middle of it. This is what influenced Charlie Jones, Sam's younger brother, to become a fisherman as an adult later in life.

As for the stolen land? It was made into NewTown. In NewTown, no one cared about emergencies. The only people who were willing to help others and had hearts of gold were Penny Morris and her family and Jerry Lee Cridlington.

## The 'Dark Years' (1959-1987)

During this 'dark' age, PontyPandy became a little rinky dink fishing town in the middle of nowhere. The following year after Daniel Steele's death, Edward Samuel Burgess Jones Jr. was born. Later that year Maxwell-Elvanius William-Jane Cridlington was also born.

In NewTown, the first baby born there was Penny Morris, while PreastMonkey was meanwhile born in Willsburg Point InsanityFalls.

The timelines of both Bananas Jr. and Nutty as a Fruitcake are set during this period. Although the town is not poor, whenever they get a new person, it is always a big deal, because the same people have been living in the same town for a long time.

From 1977 to 1982, especially 1982, the citizens of PontyPandy were always trying to get Elvis and Penny together because they were secretly in love, but to no avail. However, the two later would confess their feelings on Christmas.

PontyPandy is known for always having emergencies at any given moment, no matter what the situation or how ridiculous it is. For example, one time Norman Price, the mischievously funny trickster with a heart of gold, threw an unlit cigar onto a rock in the pouring rain, causing one of the biggest fires in PontyPandy ever. Another time, the water was on fire in PontyPandy Lake.

The Great Fire of PontyPandy nearly destroyed the town, same as The Hollywood Fire, when Flex Dexter accidentally nearly killed Ben after a huge explosion which caused a massive fire, which, without Sam's help and heroism, would have had everybody killed or injured.

## PontyPandyPocolypseBurg (1984-1985)

After the invasion of the 'Space Men,' the citizens of PontyPandy became paranoid that they were constantly being watched by the mysterious men. This caused them to form into a post-apocalyptic society, in which everyone was tough, strong, and emotionless, except for Elvis. After Elvis brought Marigold Heavenly Nostrils to the town, he was banned.

However, after the Rescue Team was kidnapped by the Good Guardian, the citizens were all taken to the Multiverse, where they learned about caring and kindness, as well as having to save the Multiverse and defeat the Evil Guardian with everyone's unique powers and abilities.

## Bananas Onwards (1987-onwards)

Since the success of Bananas, PontyPandy has become a well-known tourist attraction, and its population has slowly grown over the years. They are now quite famous, even more so than they were all the way back in 1959. However, despite the fame, it still keeps its old small town vibes.