100% Heroism Rating: Everyone loves them, especially shown in the episode "Save the Wonder Pets and "A Job Well Done!" Accessory-Wearing Cartoon Animal: They all wear hats (a baseball cap for Linny, an aviatrix's hat for Ming-Ming, and a sailor's hat for Tuck) and when they're doing hero work, they wear capes too. Action Girl: Downplayed for Linny and Ming-Ming. They sometimes just save animals from inconvenient situations (like a dog who has to pee but is stuck in the house, or a bird with a bucket stuck on her head) but have also saved animals from actual danger (such as a beached whale and a penguin caught on an iceberg). Badass Adorable: They are cute pets, who travel around the world saving animals. Beauty, Brains, and Brawn: While not exactly, Tuck likes making things beautiful, Linny has the brains, and Ming-Ming has a brawn attitude. Chromatic Arrangement: Linny is blue, Tuck is red, Ming-Ming is green. Color-Coded Characters: Linny wears blue, Tuck wears red, Ming-Ming wears green. Free-Range Children: None of their parents have ever been shown, except for Ollie's mother. Justified in that they're pets, however, it's unclear whether Linny and Tuck are actually kids. Gender-Equal Ensemble: Two girls (Linny, Ming-Ming) and two boys (Tuck, Ollie). Kid Hero: They're superheroes, and with the exception of Linny, they're children. Land, Sea, Sky: Linny representing land, Tuck representing sea, Ming-Ming representing sky. Nice, Mean, and In-Between: Tuck being nice, Ming-Ming being mean, and Linny inbetween. Not Allowed to Grow Up: They don't seem to get older after three years. Superheroes Wear Capes: They all wear capes. Superhero Team Uniform: They wear color-coded capes with their logo on it. Tomboy and Girly Girl: Linny is the adventurous and active tomboy to Ming-Ming's also active but more fashionable girly girl. Trademark Favourite Food: They always eat celery after saving the day. Two Girls and a Guy: The main trio. ~~~ Aside Glance: Linny always gives a wink to the audience at the end of each story. Blue Is Heroic: The leader of the team who wears a blue cape. Catchphrase: "This calls for some celery!" which she says at the end of every successful mission. She also says, "Good eye, Tuck!" when he observes something. Celebrity Crush: In "Save the Beetles!" she faints when The Beetles sing their song at the Octopus Garden. Color-Coded Characters: Her cape is blue to set her apart from the others. Death Glare: Linny gives Ming-Ming the stink eye when, in "Save the Visitor!", Ming-Ming suggests of the Visitor, "Maybe he's a guinea pig. He sure eats like one." (Linny is a guinea pig.) Deus Exit Machina: Linny ends up getting sick in “Save The Mouse” just to have Tuck and Ming-Ming save the mouse without her guidance. Early-Bird Cameo: She appeared in two shorts before the actual show premiered: Linny the Guinea Pig Under the Ocean and Linny the Guinea Pig In Space. These were included as bonus features on a Dora the Explorer DVD. I Am Not Weasel: Sometimes, a student or Ollie refers to her as simply "pig," or some other type of rodent, such as "hamster." Iconic Item: Her orange baseball cap. Incoming Ham: Linny in "Save The Puppy". "It's a puppy, he has to pee-pee, but he CAAAAAAN'T, 'cause he's stuck in the house!" The Leader: She's the leader of the Wonder Pets. Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy: Linny's tomboyish Masculine Girl to Tuck's Feminine Boy. Nice Girl: Linny is a very sweet guinea pig that makes sure others get along and tries to get her teammates to work together. Perpetual Smiler: She's pretty much always smiling, even in the face of danger. Rhyming Names: *Linny* the *Guinea* Pig. Sick Episode: She spends "Save the Mouse" sick with what seems to be some kind of cold or sinus infection. The Smart Girl: She's the smartest of the team. The Stoic: While she's not emotionless, she almost always manages to remain unflappable no matter how badly her teammates might behave, particularly Ming-Ming, making her calmer than your usual children's show protagonist. Also, you gotta give her some credit for being the only one of the team that didn't freak out when they first met The Visitor. Tomboy: Linny is very tomboyish and adventurous. Tomboy and Girly Girl: Linny's Tomboy to Ming-Ming's Girly Girl. Tomboy with a Girly Streak: Linny is definitely more tomboyish than Ming-Ming, but she doesn't mind dressing up from time to time for special occasions. Womanchild: Downplayed. She's said to represent the developmental age of a five-year-old despite being a full-grown guinea pig, however, she's actually quite sensible. {{ScarProtected}} {{Character Quote|This calls for some celery!|Linny's catchphrase}} {{Infobox_character|image=2F87BD0C-CE38-4100-8B5E-2016FDB33DF5.png|species=Guinea pig|gender=Female|relatives=*[[Granny Ginny]] (paternal grandmother)
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[[Ollie]]|enemies=The Big Bad Wolf, The Mouse King (temporarily)|full name=Linny the Guinea Pig}} '''Linny the Guinea Pig''' (or just '''Linny''') 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]] or builds [[The Fly-Sub]]. 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 [[Schoolhouse/classroom|the Schoolhouse]], she became knowledgeable of many different things. She is shown to get offended when someone refers to her as a different species or calls her a boy ("[[Save Humpty Dumpty!]]"). [[Ollie|Ollie the Bunny]] always refers to her as "pig", which she corrects him with "guinea pig". ==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 (she touches this body part --her nose-- in three episodes [[Save the Mouse!]], [[Save the Skunk!]], and [[Save the Platypus!]]). When she's in her scuba gear, she also wears yellow fins and a snorkel mask. In her baby form—which appears at a flashback in the episode "[[How It All Began!]]"—she (Linny) wears a white bib with a pink flower in the middle. In "[[How It All Began!]]," she still has an orange baseball cap (though it's a totally different design), and her blue cape. ==History== [[File:Screenshot 2025-05-30 183027.png|left|thumb|142x142px]] [[File:Baby linny.png|159x159px|Baby Linny as seen in How It All Began ]] Linny is the '''very first''' character introduced in the franchise. She made her debut in the ''Linny the Guinea Pig'' shorts, which focused on her adventures in [[Linny the Guinea Pig in Space|space]] and [[Linny the Guinea Pig Under the Ocean|underwater]]. During those adventures, she lived in [[Schoolhouse/classroom (Linny the Guinea Pig Shorts)|a different schoolhouse]] than the one she and her team currently inhabit. She had lived in the Schoolhouse for the majority of her life. It's unknown if she was born there or if 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. == Relationships == === Family === ==== Granny Ginny ==== Granny Ginny is Linny’s grandmother who lives in an old folks’ home. While not frequently seen, she is part of Linny’s extended family. ==== Granny Winnie ==== Granny Winnie is Linny’s other grandmother and lives in a human-sized house. === Friends === ==== Tuck ==== [[File:Screenshot 2025-05-30 185334.png|thumb|104x104px]] Tuck is Linny’s first friend. When Linny was lonely, she wished upon a shooting star for a friend—and soon after, she found Tuck outside. They have never argued. Tuck can become insecure if Linny gives special attention to Ming-Ming. Linny reassures him that she likes them equally. She often praises him with: “Good eye, Tuck!” Tuck enjoys it when it’s just him and Linny. Linny sometimes has to step in during arguments between Tuck and Ming-Ming and remind them about teamwork. In “Save the Duckling!”, Tuck mentions it’s nice when it’s just him and Linny. ==== Ming-Ming ==== [[File:Isn't This Nice Linny..JPG|thumb|104x104px]] Ming-Ming is Linny’s second friend, welcomed into the group right after she hatched. Ming-Ming believes she is Linny’s favorite. She gets annoyed if Linny gives special attention to Tuck. Linny reassures her that she likes them equally. Ming-Ming enjoys it when it’s just her and Linny. Linny often mediates between her and Tuck during disagreements. In “Save the Turtle,” Ming-Ming says it’s nice when it’s just her and Linny, and Linny reminds her they are saving Tuck. ==== Ollie ==== [[File:Linny & Ollie staring at each other.png|thumb|109x109px]] Ollie is Linny’s third friend. When they first met, Ollie asked Linny to let him out of his cage. Linny was the only one who trusted him enough to do so. Ollie sometimes calls her “Pig,” which slightly annoys her. She corrects him by saying: “Guinea. Pig…” The thought of spending a whole night with Ollie in his home was slightly overwhelming to her in Here's Ollie, but she encouraged her friends it could be fun. ==== Buck ==== [[File:Linny giggles at buck.png|thumb|134x134px]] When Linny first met Buck, she appeared impressed and even giggled when he said, “Exactly how I please,” after she greeted him. ==Trivia== *She is the first pet to live in the classroom. *She can't swim as well as Tuck and Ming-Ming, so she uses her mask and fins. *In the Hebrew dub of ''Wonder Pets!'', she is voiced by a boy. *It's unknown what breed she is. **However, it's possible that she could be an Abyssinian guinea pig. *She has been the animal in trouble in "[[Save the Platypus!]]" right after she got the [[Baby Platypus]] and was about to go over a waterfall with him. **[[Ming-Ming]] did this in "[[Save the Duckling!]]", "[[Save the Pigeon!]]," "[[Save the Moose in the Caboose!]]," "[[Save the Dancing Duck!]]," and "[[Bee and Slug Underground!]]". [[Tuck]] did this in "[[Save the Turtle!]]". And [[Ollie]] did this in "[[Ollie to the Rescue!]]" and "[[How It All Began!]]." Linny did this in "[[Save the Platypus!]]". *In the episode "[[Save the Mouse!]]," Linny had a cold. Although this was not heard or for the public, [[Sofie Zamchick]] also had a cold at the time of the episode. **Also Linny, she touches her nose in this episode. That is because she has a cold and her nose hurts (and bothers) her. (That is, and it hurts and bothers her when she sneezes.) ***And by extension, this episode ([[Save the Mouse!]]) is the first episode where Linny touches her nose. Linny does this again --touches her nose-- in two other episodes ([[Save the Skunk!]] and [[Save the Platypus!]]). *Linny (along with [[Ming-Ming]]) cry the most in the show. Linny, she did this in 3 episodes. That was in "[[Join the Circus! (episode)|Join the Circus!]]," "[[How It All Began!]]", and "[[Happy Mother's Day!]]". **[[Ming-Ming]] does this in the second most. She did this in in 3 episodes. That was in "[[Save the Duckling!]]," "[[Save the Reindeer]]", and "[[Save the Wonder Pets! (episode)|Save the Wonder Pets]]". **[[Tuck]], he did this once. And that was in "[[Save the Reindeer]]". **[[Ollie]] (if considered a main character), he is the only main character who never cried. *She loves celery, and 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). *She doesn't get a solo in the [[Wonder Pets Theme Song|''Wonder Pets'' Theme Song]]. **However, in "Save the Duckling," she uses Ming-Ming's solo. *A lot of viewers confused her name with Lenny or Winny (who is her grandmother). *She and [[Ming-Ming]] usually appear on Nick Jr. Compilation DVD Covers from 2007 to 2015. *Linny is usually the icon for ''The Wonder Pets'' on most websites, such as the Nick Jr. ones (The only website where she is not the icon is the Noggin website, in which Ming-Ming is instead). Many Characters Who Have Mistaken Linny's Gender/Species == Quotes== * "This calls for some celery!" - most episodes * "Good eye, Tuck!" - some episodes * "Good eye, Ming-Ming!" - some episodes * "Hop in the Flyboat, Wonder Pets!" - some episodes * "We've got a (baby) [animal/creature] to save!" - some episodes * "Oh, yeah!" - some episodes * "Life is good." - [[Save the Kitten!]] * "Let me help you with that, Tuck!" - [[Save the Dolphin]] * "Good one, Ming-Ming!" - [[Save The Dolphin|Save the Dolphin]], [[Save the Puppy!|Save the Puppy]], [[Save the Wonder Pets!|Save the Wonder Pets]] * "No, it is not! I baked all of those biscuits! And now they are gone! Mother's Day is ruined!" "(Insert crying here)!" - [[Happy Mother's Day!]]