Penny Morris

**Penny Morris** is one of the firefighters at the Pontypandy Fire Station. Having originally hailed from Newtown, she transferred to Pontypandy in between Series 4 and 5.

As a trained lifeguard and certified scuba diver, she was in charge of the Ocean Rescue Centre from Series 6 until Ben Hooper's arrival in Series 9.

## Personal info

* **Hair**: Blonde
* **Eyes**: Brown
* **Friends**: Everyone in Pontypandy
* **Rank**: Firefighter/Scuba Diver/Team Leader
* **Crew**: Sam, Elvis, Ellie, Arnold and Jerry Lee
* **Boss**: Station Officer Steele
* **Superior Officer**: Chief Fire Officer Boyce

## Further Qualifications

* Pump Operator
* Advanced Driving Certificate
* Trained Lifeguard
* Certified Scuba Diver
* First Aid

## Early life

Penny Morris grew up in Pontypandy's neighbouring city Newtown.

After completing her firefighting training at the Newtown Fire Academy, she joined the Newtown Fire Service and later transferred to the Pontypandy Fire Service. She later completed her coastguard trained and is also a certified scuba diver.

### Original Series (Series 3 - 4)

Penny debuted in Dilys' Forgetful Day, where she was currently in charge of Newtown's Emergency Rescue Tender Venus. She went to Pontypandy to demonstrates some new RTA equipment. She did a training exercise with Sam, Elvis, Station Officer Steele and a dummy. Elvis had a crush on her. Penny's hair was in a bun throughout the original series.

She appeared again in Halloween and in Spot of Bother, where she put the men through their paces much to Trevor's dismay and also did a health and safety check around the station not being impressed with the amounts of tins there were and no fruit or vegetables. She was absent in Norman's Pitfall but appeared again in Lost Ring, where she lent Sam a cookbook and helped Sarah and James fly their new toy airplane and also used a portable pump for a flood in Bella's café.

In "All in a Good Cause", she rode on a bed to raise money and in Brass Band, she played the bass drum. By this time, it became apparent she was staying. She was first seen in her Newtown home in Lost in the Fog. Here, she helped get Sarah out of some quicksand using Venus' tow cable.

In the Series 3 finale, "Bentley the Robot", she drove the twins to Dilys' General Store, then gave Bentley a lift back to the station. She was helping to weld a defective locker door when Bentley, inadvertently reprogrammed by Norman, threw a can of paraffin into Jupiter's garage. After setting down her soldering iron, Penny found herself trapped by a wall of flames. Elvis started to worry but Sam had just the thing. She passed out from the fumes and heat but was rescued by Bentley and Norman got into trouble afterward.

She was absent for most of Series 4, ordering pizza from Bella but not physically shown in Quarry Rescue. She made her Series 4 debut in Deep Trouble for Sam, where she took Sam's place at the station while Sam was taking a week off. Sam was in trouble in this episode where he got stuck under sunken ground while helping her clean up her cottage garden. She also appeared in the last two episodes of Series 4.

### Series 5

In this series (up until Series 12), Penny's hair is shorter and has since transferred to Pontypandy. She still has Venus in which was completely overhauled like Jupiter. She is sometimes seen in a jumpsuit when not on calls, as seen in episodes Mummy's Little Pumpkin and Fit for Nothing.

### Series 6 onwards

Penny is still based at Pontypandy. Alongside Sam, she is now one of the senior fire-fighters in Pontypandy and is a great role model for the children in the village. She pilots the ridged inflatable rescue boat, Neptune, but her expertise lies under the sea. Penny’s specialist area is scuba diving. Whenever there is an underwater emergency Penny is the first one on the scene.

As of Series 12, her hair is much longer and she sports it in a ponytail, though her original hair style from Series 5-11 is still seen in the intro. As of Series 13 she is now a team leader and can take charge at incidents and emergencies.

## Personality

Penny is a bold and fearless member of the emergency team. Always wise, forever logical and constantly amused by everyone else’s eccentricities. She is a very kind and resourceful person who always helps anyone in need, even in Poorly Penny. It is clear that Penny cares for her colleagues as shown in Alien Bug Hunt as she tells Sam to take the harness but he jumped out of Wallaby 2 to save James. In the episode Dinosaur Hunt Station Officer Steele tripped over the hose and Penny immediately asked him if he was alright.

Because of her common sense and practical nature, Penny has always been the maintenance person around the fire station. Elvis has been known to ‘help’ her out but sometimes Elvis’ ‘help’ can be more of a hindrance.

## Episodes Penny drove Jupiter in the main series & The Spin-Off Series

* Deep Trouble for Sam
* Ice Cold in Pontypandy
* The Return of Norman-Man
* Cadet Catastrophe
* Set for Action! (*poster only*)
* Great Billboard of Fire
* The Haunted Hay Ride
* The Moon Men Are Coming
* Sleeping Minnie

## Episodes Penny drove Bessie in the main series

* Troubled Waters
* The Why Files 2: The Beast of Pontypandy

## Episodes Penny drove Titan in the main series

* The Return of Norman-Man
* Operation Sea Turtle

## Episodes Penny drove Phoenix in the main series

* Bus Trouble
* Dashing Through the Snow
* Pontypandy Slickers
* Deputy James

## Episodes Penny Rode on Mercury in the main series

* Set for Action!
* Ukulele Crazy

## Episodes Penny drove Hydrus in the main series

* Wally Wizzo
* Hold Your Horses

## Episodes Penny operates Saturn in the main series

* The Pontypandy Polar Bear
* Troubled Waters

## Trivia

* Penny was the only female member of the Pontypandy Fire Service in the series until Ellie Phillips debuted in Heroes of the Storm.
* Penny is very strict about safety and discipline in Series 3 - 5. However, in the CGI series, Penny still has this strictness, but to a lesser degree.
* She is called "Julie" in the French dub of the series, "Martha" in the Brazilian and "Jenny" in the Dutch.
* Had Penny made an appearance in Norman's Pitfall, Up, Up and Away and James and the Giant Pumpkin, she would have made a full appearance in a season.
	+ This wouldn’t happen until Season 12 in the main series.
* Through the original series, Penny and Elvis developed a relationship which slowly led to a more romantic one. But from Series 5 onward, they got back to just being friends, until Norman's Big Fossil Adventure when she gave Elvis a kiss on the cheek.
* In 2009, Penny appeared with Sam, Elvis and Station Officer Steele in Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band music video on "Children in Need". Although the models from Series 5 were reused for this video mainly made up of stop-motion television characters, the characters retained their voices from the recently established CGI series.
* In Bake Off and Monster Mania, it is hinted that Penny may be camera shy, or at least dislikes seeing herself on camera.
* Penny has yet to ride Juno.
* Penny and Station Officer Steele are the only firefighters in Pontypandy who have not yet driven Jupiter in a Fireman Sam movie.
	+ Although Penny can be seen driving Jupiter in the Set for Action! poster.
* As of Series 13, she is now a qualified inspector.
* It was hinted in the original series that Penny was a vegetarian - she once lent Sam a "Meals without Meat" cookbook and Elvis would cook cheese based meals with her in mind.
* When Recreating Penny, Simon Stuart Young made her & gave her a number of things
	+ He made Penny 15 years old. This change likely comes from Dilys' Forgetful day as Trevor called her Young. The same happened with Ellie but she made her 1 year older than Penny. meaning Jodie is likely to be 17 & Ellie is likely to be 16.
	+ He made Penny act a bit childish sometimes due to her age.
	+ He made both Penny & Ellie appear in every episode in all eras
	+ He had Penny's CGI Series voice in every era of the Spin-off series.
	+ He had both Penny & Ellie sleeping in all episodes.
	+ He had Penny as Sleeping Beauty in a CGI Spin-Off Series episode "Sleeping Penny"
	+ He has He had both Penny & Ellie being volunteers in every single training exercise.
	+ He gave Penny new Training exercisie uniforms which were a bikini & bathing suit.
	+ He gave Penny a new firefighter uniform which was a Zombie Apocolypse uniform
	+ He gave Penny new swimsuits for when she is not on calls or when it's her day off
	+ He gave Penny her own Casual Clothing.
	+ & He gave Penny her own baby stuff to keep at the Fire Station. She & all of the firefighters now Live in the fire station.
* In Fireman Sam: The Movie, Penny is Minnie's hero ever since Minnie was a little girl & watched Penny on the Television. This is a reference to the Main series.

## Voice Actors

* Tegwen Tucker (Original Series, Season 5 & CGI Series Spin-Off Series)