According to a secret behind-the-scene fact, Penny was supposed to be called Katie.
She could have been a tough woman with a soft inner personality.
The character was also meant to be portrayed by Amanda Walsh and not Kaley Cuoco.
It turned out to be a good move.
Secret facts aside, here are a couple of details about Penny that audiences missed in the sitcom.
But the following are all the companies/projects she has provided her services for.
In the first season, she briefly works as a bartender.
She then goes on to be a waitress at The Cheesecake Factory.
She later appears in a pornographic film, thinking she is doing a cat food commercial.
She also lands a role in the procedural dramaNCIS,but her scene is cut again.
Penny later lands a job as a sales representative at Bernadette’s pharmaceutical company.
Similarities To Another TV Character
Penny is quite similar to Degrassi Community School graduate Paige Michalchuk fromDegrassi.
Both of the characters were the most popular students in their respective high schools.
Both of them are also Caucasians with blonde hair.
Their mannerisms are similar too.
In addition to that, they both enjoy referring to people by random names rather than real names.
Penny constantly refers to people as “sweetie” while Paige refers to them as “hon.
“And while Penny has shown hints of bisexuality, Paige is open about her bisexuality.
She Enjoys Freeloading
Penny has a habit of freeloading.
She also uses Sheldon and Leonard’s Wi-fi, instead of paying for her own.
Penny does indeed confess that she lets Leonard pay for all her meals and movie tickets.
Her Dating Statistics
Penny has had quite the adventure in the dating market.
He does this by extrapolating all the data he jas gathered over the past 36 months.
To answer this, Sheldon goes on to calculate this too and comes up with the number 31.
Penny argues that Sheldon is close but not entirely accurate.
Her Childhood Achievement
The other main characters oftenmake jokes about Penny’s poor knowledge of cars.
For a long time, she wasn’t aware that her car was a 1980s Volkswagen Cabriolet Mk1 convertible.
She also fails to notice the “check engine” sign on her car whenever it pops up.
This keeps on frustrating Sheldon.
And whenever Penny had problems with her computer, she would normally seek help from her neighbors.
However, it was revealed that Penny had mechanical skills at some point in her life.
Love For Games And Sci-Fi Movies
Penny is gifted at both board games and video games.
She beats Leonard in chess despite not knowing what either of the pieces is called.
She also displays extraordinary skills in playingHalo 3despite being an amateur at the game.
This angers Sheldon who wonders how she did it.
Penny has been heard quotingStar TrekandStar Wars.
This technically rules her out as a vegetarian but she still identifies as one.
She has done this on several occasions while having dinner with Leonard or having lunch with all her friends.
She also has a tendency of double-dipping her egg rolls.
She manages to speak Ubbi Dubbi fluently too.
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