Sally Sykebil

* Season 1
* Season 2
* Season 3
* Drawn

**Sally Sykebil** (Pronounced "Sa-lee Seek-beel", literally translated "Sally Medical Car", "corrected" translation "Sally Ambulance") is a character in the 1993-1997 Norwegian children's TV series Pelle Politibil. She is 2nd in the cast list to Pelle and Rikhard, being the deuteragonist of the series. She is voiced by Guri Jonsson in Season 1 of the TV series and Marit Andreassen in the last 2.

## Appearance

Sally is a Mercedes ambulance in all 3 seasons of the TV series, however her model differs in each. She is a 1974 Mercedes 230.6 W114 in Season 1, a 1980 Mercedes W123 in Season 2, and a 1969 Mercedes 230 W114 in Season 3. The bottom half of her is painted red while her upper half is painted white. Sally's roof and rear door have "AMBULANSE" (meaning "AMBULANCE" in Norwegian) lettering printed on them. Her irises are simple blue ovals, although in Seasons 1 and 2 her headlights are covered with white tape to simulate her scleras. This is removed in Season 3 however, and her irises are more detailed along with gaining black pupils. She also has long black eyelashes just above her eyes/headlights. Sally has two blue beacons and a siren speaker on the front of her roof, just above the word "AMBULANSE", however her W123 Season 2 version has an additional beacon on the rear right of her roof. Her registration plates read "SALLY", her name.

## Behavior

Sally is generally friendly. She doesn't really like her job as an ambulance very much, due to all the suffering she has to see, she does however treasure those she loves, especially Pelle as he is her boyfriend. Sally is however shown to be quite skittish (AKA easily scared) at times.

## Appearances

Sally made her first "appearance" in the 1986 NRK children's radio show "Barnetimen for de minste", ("Children's class for the little ones") alongside Pelle, Rikhard and Janne.

### Pelle Politibil (TV series)

Sally appears in almost every single episode of the TV series with the exception of 4, alongside her driver, Janne.

### Season 1

* Pelle Politibil Får En Venn ("Pelle The Police Car Gets A Friend") (cameo)
* Pelle Blir Syk ("Pelle Gets Sick")
* Tyven/Pelle Blir Bortført ("Thief/Being Abducted")
* Festen ("Feast")

### Season 2

* Krangel Og Spetakkel ("Argument And Litter") (temporary departure from the series)
* Belønninga ("Reward") (return)

### Season 3

* Den Store Bølgen ("The Big Wave")
* Skurkene Kommer ("The Villains Are Coming")
* Leteaksjonen ("Exploration Campaign")
* Tyven ("Thief")
* Arrestasjonen/Pelle's Bursdag ("The Arrest/Pelle's Birthday")

### Pelle Politibil (books)

* Pelle Politibil ("Pelle The Police Car")
* Pelle Politibil Kjøre Videre ("Pelle The Police Car Drive On")
* Blir Jula Avlyst? ("Is Christmas Cancelled?")

## Trivia

* It is unknown what hospital Sally and her driver Janne work it, if she even works at a hospital to begin with. The most likely one would be Bodø's Nordland Hospital. (formerly known as Nordland Central Hospital) Bodø was the city in which Pelle Politibil was filmed. (and set in)
* Sally has worn bows on her roof in two episodes, Festen and Arrestasjonen/Pelle's Burgsdag. They are white with small red polka dots, however from far away the colors blend together to make pink.
	+ Coincidentally her main body colors are red and white as well, which can also be mixed to form pink.
* One way to tell that Sally is a different model of Mercedes ambulance is to look at her roof. If the roof has a Rescueline logo it's her W123 version, the others do not have the logo. Another way to tell is by looking at her siren speaker: if it's square it's her Season 1 version, her other versions have round speakers. Sally's mirror arrangement, the shape of her beacons, and her auxiliary lamps also differ by season depending on what version is used. Her Season 3 version had mirrors mounted on her hood, plus one mounted on her left door, while her other two versions had the mirrors mounted only on her doors. Sally's beacons were rounded at the top with white bases in Season 1, a more traditional cylindrical shape with black bases in Season 2, and were slightly smaller in Season 3 but otherwise the same as Season 2. She had blue auxiliary lamps mounted between her headlights and grill in Season 1, most likely emergency flashers, the same blue lamps but mounted in front of her grille along with two additional white grille-mounted lamps (mounted on the inner sides of the blue ones) in Season 2, and in Season 3 Sally had the same auxiliary lamps as in Season 1 but white.
* Sally has almost never moved by herself in the series, unlike Pelle. Her eyes have only ever moved at all twice, first in Pelle Blir Syk and then Krangel Og Spetakkel.
* Sally like Pelle has registration plates bearing her name, written in the font Balloon.
* Sally's Season 1 and Season 3 versions were apparently both rented for filming by NRK from a company called Rana Gruber AS, based only a couple miles away from where the show was shot, who as of 2016 still own Season 3 Sally. It is unknown what happened to her Season 2 version, though there is a possibility that her Season 2 model was an actual ambulance in service that NRK borrowed for filming, and thus would have been returned to the hospital that operated it, only to be retired and most likely scrapped years later.
	+ Around September 2022 Sally's Season 3 version was seemingly finally retired from service at Rana Gruber AS & will be fully restored by the Øijorden Construction Museum (where she will apparently also be put on display).
	+ On June 5th, 2023, Sally officially reunited with her co-star Pelle after 26 years of them being apart.
* Sally along with her driver Janne cameoed in Får En Venn, but were not formally introduced until Pelle Blir Syk, and were not seen at all in På Besøk I Barnehagen.
* Sally has a wail tone siren, unlike Pelle who has a hi-lo tone siren. Unlike Pelle however Sally uses her siren in only one episode; Krangel Og Spetakkel.
	+ As Lars and Lure sing “Sirenesang” ("Siren Song") in Festen, an emergency vehicle siren can be heard sounding first in yelp and then wail. This may or may not be Sally's siren.
* Sally and her driver Janne were present for most of the series, only not appearing in På Besøk I Barnehagen, Tyvjakta, Pelle Rømmer and Pelle Får En Idé. This absence is never explained for På Besøk I Barnehagen, but it's most likely because Pelle and Richard simply didn't cross paths with her and Janne. It's explained in Krangel Og Spetakkel that Sally and Janne have to go help a neighboring town that has no ambulanses, thus explaining their absence from much of Season 2. They return from their trip in Belønninga, which is consequently the last episode of Season 2, meaning Sally was only seen for two episodes, the shortest time she ever appeared in a season.
	+ Season 3 is the only season where Sally and Janne appeared at least once in every episode, they were gone for most of Season 2 and didn't appear in På Besøk I Barnehagen (Season 1 episode).
	+ Sally and Janne only appeared in the beginning of Tyven, and then were not seen for the rest of the episode, marking their shortest appearance in an episode to date, not counting På Besøk I Barnehagen, Tyvjakta, Pelle Rømmer and Pelle Får En Idé, where they didn't appear at all.
* It is unknown why Sally did not appear in the 2002 movie or either of the CGI movies, but perhaps in-universe the city had scrapped or retired her by then.
* Sally appears to have the same Sonab radio as Pelle, since the mic Rikhard speaks into in Pelle Blir Bortført appears to be the same one as Pelle's.
	+ As revealed by a photo posted by the Øijorden Construction Museum, Sally's Season 3 version has a Storno Stornophone 700 radio.
* Sally gained 2 additional eyelashes each new season:
	+ Season 1: 4 per eye (8 in total)
	+ Season 2: 5 per eye (10 in total)
	+ Season 3: 6 per eye (12 in total)

## Gallery

### Pelle Politibil (TV series)

#### Pelle Blir Syk

Sally and Pelle having some repairs done.Sally meeting Pelle for the first time outside the garage.
#### Festen

Sally waiting outside an abandoned barn with Janne and Richard as Pelle investigates inside.Sally and Pelle inside their garage after attending a festival.
#### Den Store Bølgen

Sally with Janne as they talk about a letter Janne just received in the mail from two "Ambulance Company" guys who are planning to steal Sally.
#### Skurkene Kommer

Sally with Pelle and Janne.Sally close-up
#### Tyv

The two "Ambulance Company" guys looking Sally over as Janne speaks with them nervously.One of the "Ambulance Company" guys inspecting Sally's grille and Mercedes-Benz hood ornament.One of the "Ambulance Company" guys checking out his hair in one of Sally's mirrors, much to her chagrin.
#### Arrestasjonen/Pelle's Burgsdag

The officers of the Bodø Police Department helping to push Sally inside the station.Sally waiting anxiously at the entrance of the new Bodø Police Station.Another shot of Sally waiting at the entrance.Janne making sure Sally is okay after the two "Ambulance Company" guys tried to steal her.Sally with Pelle in their garage in the final scene in the series.
#### Misc

Sally on the cover of the book "Blir Jula Avlyst?", meaning "Is Christmas Cancelled?" in Norwegian. Note the "SALLY SYKEBIL" lettering in place of "AMBULANSE" on her original TV series version, along with Sally lacking the eyelashes she had in the series.Sally from the cover of the aforementioned bookSeason 3 Sally at Rana Gruber AS, circa 2016