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| “ | I'm combat ready! | „ |
| ~ Penny |
| “ | Salutations! | „ |
| ~ Penny's greeting. |
Penny Polendina, formerly designated as P.E.N.N.Y. M374, is a major character of the American animated webseries RWBY. She was an android girl with the soul and Aura of a human, and later was given a human form by Ambrosius. She is one of Team RWBY's allies and the protector of Atlas, and later became the Winter Maiden.
She is voiced by Taylor McNee.
Biography[]
Arrival in Vale[]
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Team RWBY's Investigation[]
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Vytal Festival Tournament[]
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First Death[]
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Attack on Beacon[]
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Legacy[]
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Return[]
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Defending Mantle[]
However, following a terrorist attack by Arthur Watts and Tyrian Callows on Robyn Hill's supporters (which Watts framed Penny for using doctored security footage), Penny was forced to go underground to avoid the angry citizens of Mantle. Watts attempts to destroy Mantle by turning off the heating grid, allowing the city to freeze and the Grimm to attack, and Penny joins RWBY and the Ace Operatives in protecting the city. When Cinder Fall attempts to steal the power of the Winter Maiden from Fria, Penny and Winter Schnee go to save her. Despite their efforts, Fria succumbs to old age. Before passing, she passes on the power of the Winter Maiden to Penny, who uses it to fight off Cinder and save Winter. However, Ironwood, upon learning that Salem herself is going to attack Atlas and Mantle, decides to abandon Mantle to try and save Atlas and Amity, and in turn, Remnant. His goals put him in opposition with RWBY and their allies, and Penny joins RWBY against Ironwood.
Ironwood pleads with Penny to return to him, but she refuses and helps Team RWBY instead. She helps infiltrate an Atlas military base to launch Amity. It succeeds, but they are cornered by the Ace Operatives, who want to capture Penny and bring her back to Ironwood. Penny fights them off and manages to win, but loses a sword in the fight. Ironwood reluctantly seeks the aid of the captured Watts to hack Penny and bring her back, but Watts instead develops a virus.
Penny goes to Amity to assist in the launch, but is attacked by Cinder Fall and Emerald Sustrai. She manages to fight them off, but is badly damaged in the process. The tower is damaged as well, an is not in range to braodcast. Penny flies out and pushes Amity into position, but the strain causes her to pass out and fall to the groud, where she is found by Ruby, Weiss, Blake, Nora, and Whitley.
Penny is brought inside Schnee Manor to be taken care of, but Watts' virus takes hold and she tries to open the Vault of the Winter Maiden and then kill herself. She is stopped and rendered unconscious. Ironwood, growing desperate, demands Penny return to him or he will bomb Mantle, not knowing about her state.
Penny again is attacked by the virus, and almost escapes to complete her hacked mission, but is restrined by her allies. Jaune Arc amplifies her Semblance, and her soul is able to temporarily overtake her programming and prevent her from succumbing. A plan is formed to use the Relic of Creation to save Mantle, Atlas, and Penny.
Becoming Human[]
With thier allies causing a diversion, Team RWBY and Penny open the Vault of the Winter Maiden, and enlist the help of the spirit Ambrosius to make a new Penny, the same as the old one, but without the virus. Ambrisious complies, and makes a human body for Penny with all the powers and memories of the original. Ambrosius transfers her soul into the human body, allowing the corrupted robotic one to be destroyed as Penny is made human. Penny hugs all her friends, being amazed how hugging warms them. They then have Ambrosius create a pocket dimension, Ever After, for them to evacutae the people of Mantle and Atlas through into Vacuo. Penny watched as her old body vanished.
Battle in Ever After and Second Death[]
While evacuating, the heroes are attacked by Cinder Fall and Neopolitan, seeking revenge. Penny fights off Cinder, but is overwhelmed. When she sees Team RWBY seemingly die from falling into the void below, she teams up with Jaune to try and fight Cinder off, but is mortally wounded. Not wanting to let her power transfer to Cinder, she uses Jaune's sword to kill herself, transferring her powers to Winter.
Penny's corpse fell into the void along with Jaune; ending up in a strange other dimension.
Appearance[]
Penny had short, rather curly orange hair with a small ahoge on top that came down to her chin, and she wore a pink bow on the back of her head. She also had bright green eyes, light skin and freckles. She wore a whitish-gray old-fashioned blouse with short gray feminine overalls, as well as a black and green collar with a matching pair of stockings. A layer of skin concealed her metallic structure and spherical joints, and her irises bore similarity to the shutter of a camera.
The green lines on the side of her stockings also appear to glow at times. She had what appears to be a small and thin backpack, though it has only been seen when she came to the aid of Ruby Rose in "Black and White" and when she fought against Russel Thrush and Sky Lark in "Never Miss a Beat". Otherwise, she is not seen to have this backpack; only her normal clothing is shown.
After the Fall of Beacon, Penny was rebuilt by her father. Her hair is now significantly longer and more rounded at the tips, and she now wears a black bow with pink accents. The agoge remains and is more prominent.
Additionally, Penny wears a Victorian-era dress. The abdominal region is black with four golden buttons; the upper blouse remains silver, but the vertical lining now extends well down from the collar. Her collar piece does away with the green accents and is instead finished with a black ribbon, a power button at its center. Penny now wears black fleece gloves with circular golden accents at the knuckles. Her footwear are now jet-powered boots, with the green lines on her stockings now illuminating exclusively when she uses them.
Upon becoming human, Penny loses her gloves and boots; showing that they were a part of her robotic body and not accessories. Her bow is even replaced with a genuine cloth one without the power symbol. Her eyes also gain a shine of life to them.
Personality[]
| “ | You're not like those things we saw back there. You've got a heart, and a soul; I can feel it! | „ |
| ~ Ruby, declaring that Penny is a real girl. |
Penny was amiable, excitable, kind and curious. She showed a distinct lack of social awareness, likely due to not having a lot of experience with human nature. When Ruby made an unconditional offer of friendship, Penny seemed both immensely pleased and somewhat surprised. Another small quirk is that Penny hiccupped whenever she told a lie.
She also seemed to place great value on friendship, for she is greatly angered at the sight of Ruby getting knocked down by Roman's flare in "Black and White". She also placed trust in Ruby based on the latter promising that she is her friend in "A Minor Hiccup".
Furthermore, Penny seemed to be immensely curious. Upon hearing that Blake has run away, she asked Ruby numerous questions, all related to Blake and friendship in general. Despite being told not to wander off, she still wandered Valeon her own.
Penny showed insecurities about her artificial nature. Upon confiding in Ruby that she is a synthetic being, Penny was worried about how she would take the news. However, after seeing Ruby take it rather well, she was glad that Ruby did not care she was a machine, for what matters is her heart and soul.
In "Dance Dance Infiltration", she was shown to enjoy dancing as she is seen dancing by herself between two Atlas Soldiers. Later that night, she's seen doing "the robot" with one of the soldiers.
Penny's most notable trait was her kindness. She greeted the recently met Team RWBY with a jovial "Salutations!", complimented Weiss' hair, and offered to help Ruby track down Blake. In addition, she saved Ruby from a truck before asking the driver if he was okay, thanked Team CRDL during the Vytal Festival for the time she had, and told Pyrrha Nikos in the finals that it was a pleasure to finally meet her.
Penny's stranger social quirks tone down as the series progresses. While her early appearances had her depicted as cheery, curious, and unfamiliar with most aspects of social interaction, these aspects appear to diminish with each subsequent appearance, and by the time of the Vytal Festival, Penny was barely distinguishable from her former self's naivete and volatile emotional state, sharing a conversation with Ruby about her plans to stay at Beacon and her teammate.
Penny loved her friends very much; to the point she would give her own life for them. Knowing her closest bond after her father was Ruby, Penny asked her to terminate her life so that the Winter Maiden powers would transfer to her and prevent Ironwood from getting the staff.
Penny and her personality operated under an AI before she was turned into a Human.
Powers and Abilities[]
Weapon[]
As seen in "Black and White", Penny was able to control her signature weapon Floating Array, which are numerous swords kept in what appears to be a small mechanical backpack, with simple movements from her hands. She was able to manipulate every sword simultaneously without any difficulty at all, and could fire energy blasts when she brought them together, with the swords going into a special rotating configuration. This blast of energy was powerful enough to simultaneously slice multiple Bullheads in half, shooting them down. She could also put her swords into smaller rings in order to fire multiple weaker beams. They could also be used as a shield if they were spun around in a circle very fast, as seen in ¨Strings¨.
The swords were connected to her, and possibly operated by, the use of thin strings attached to the hilts. Penny's 'strings' seemed to be quite strong and durable, as they were able to pull down a Bullhead and cut through Penny herself easily. The swords were able to fold in half lengthwise for easier storage. The exact number of blades Penny could split her weapon into is unknown, but she seemed to have anywhere between eight to twelve blades.
Mobility[]
She could allow the swords to pull her around or anchor herself and use them pull large objects, including pulling down an airship in flight despite the mass and thrust power of the vehicle. Such feats seemed to indicate enhanced strength as well as the ability to anchor herself in some way to the terrain. She could also use her weapons as thrusters, allowing her to move extremely quickly through the air.
Strength[]
Penny possesses immense physical strength, made evident when she managed to bring the From Dust Till Dawn truck in "A Minor Hiccup" to a complete stop with her bare hands, even causing the ground beneath her feet to buckle and crack. Her strength was attributed to her being a robot, which she admitted to in the same episode.
Aura[]
In the episode "Painting the Town..." Penny was revealed to be the first synthetic entity to be capable of generating an Aura however it was revealed that her aura is due to her creator Pietro Polendina sacrificed some of his aura so she would have one and after rebuilding her had to sacrifice more of his aura then he did the first time which he has stated he no longer has enough aura to bring her back if she were to be destroyed again. According to other references to Aura, this could also imply that Penny truly did have a soul and that she could also wield a Semblance.
Mechanical Physiology[]
Due to Penny's nature as an android, she is significantly more resistant to fatal injuries. According to her father, Pietro, she can survive injuries and damage as severe as dismemberment and even decapitation, so long as her core remains intact. This is evident as her core survived her previous form's destruction and gruesome injuries unintentionally inflicted by Pyrrha in "PvP", an incident which led many to believe Penny was dead.
Quotes[]
| “ | You called me friend! Am I really your friend? | „ |
| ~ Penny, after Ruby Rose calls her a friend. |
| “ | Sen-sational! We can paint our nails, and try on clothes, and talk about cute boys! | „ |
| ~ Penny, in reply to Ruby's half-hearted offer of friendship. |
| “ | Oh... you mean the Faunus girl. | „ |
| ~ Penny, to Yang Xiao Long after Yang announces that they are looking for Blake Belladonna. |
| “ | That's terrible! Well, don't you worry, Ruby my friend! I won't rest until we find your teammate! | „ |
| ~ Penny, to Ruby about Blake. |
| “ | Is she a man?! | „ |
| ~ Penny, about Blake. |
| “ | I don't have a lot of friends; but if I did, I'd want them to talk to me about things. | „ |
| ~ Penny, to Ruby. |
| “ | Ruby, are these people your friends? | „ |
| ~ Penny, to Ruby. |
| “ | Don't worry, Ruby. I'm combat ready! | „ |
| ~ Penny, to Ruby just before engaging the White Fang. |
| “ | Most girls are born, but I was made. I'm the world's first synthetic person capable of generating an Aura! I'm not real... | „ |
| ~ Penny, explaining herself to Ruby. |
| “ | Thank you for a wonderful time. | „ |
| ~ Penny, after she trounces Russel Thrush and Sky Lark. |
| “ | There was an incident with a magnet, but I was able to play it off. | „ |
| ~ Penny, about hiding her robot nature. |
| “ | Ruby, there's something I've been wanting to talk to you about... I want to stay at Beacon. | „ |
| ~ Penny. |
| “ | Salutations, Pyrrha Nikos! It's an honor to finally meet you! This is going to be so much fun! | „ |
| ~ Penny's last words before her original death. |
| “ | Penny: Do hugs always make you feel this warm? Ruby: Yes. Penny: Woooow! More! |
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| ~ Penny's first action upon becoming human; hugging her friends |
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Trivia[]
- Penny alludes Pinocchio from the book The Adventures of Pinocchio.
- She is an artificial person brought to life.
- Her original weapons were on strings, similar to marionette strings.
- She hiccups whenever she lies, similar to Pinocchio's nose growing.
- She was referred to as a ¨magical puppet¨ or ¨toy¨ throughout the Atlas Arc.
- Penny receiving the Winter Maiden power from Fria and being turned fully human by Ambrosius is a reference to the Blue Fairy turning Pinocchio into a real boy.
- In her debut episode, when Ruby Rose tells Penny that she is her friend, Penny exclaims, "We can paint our nails, and try on clothes, and talk about cute boys!", which is a callback to Weiss Schnee's sarcastic rebuttal of Ruby's friendship in "The Shining Beacon, Pt. 2".
- These are symbolically fulfilled.
- Paint our nails = Penny painting the hand Cinder scorched.
- Try on clothes = Penny 2.0's new look.
- Talk about cute boys = they talk about Oscar, whom Nora called "cute boy Oz".
- These are symbolically fulfilled.
- She noticed that Blake is a Faunus while most of Team RWBY (as well as others) didn't.
- Its later reveled she can see aura throughout a body; so she could see Blake's hidden ears.
- The way Penny wields her weapon is similar to Naminé from Dead Fantasy, another project that series creator, the late Monty Oum, worked on.
- In the Japanese dub, she is voiced by Megumi Han.
- Penny's model number is revealed in "Never Miss a Beat" to be M374, which is possibly a reference to the M374 Hephaestus Combat Suit worn by the Meta in Red vs. Blue. Coincidentally, the numbers 3, 7, and 4 are sometimes used as letters, specifically E, T, and A respectively. If you replace the numbers in M374 with the letters, you get Meta.
- Thanks to her "strangely wholesome" personality, Penny was dearly loved by her friends.
- Ruby was brokenhearted upon her first death at the Vytal Festival.
- Jaune screamed in anguish and cried upon killing Peny at her request to keep the Winter Maiden powers from Cinder.
- Winter was horrified that Penny died after getting her humanity; feeling it unjust
- Penny's human death sparked numerous fan videos playing her character song "Friend".
- It's possible Penny could be brought back again in her android persona; if Pietro managed to save a copy of her memories.
- However, despite Penny sacrificing her life to save the thousands of Atlassian's and Mantleites evacuating to Vacuo, as well as to keep the Winter Maiden power away from Cinder, her sacrifice was truly in vain throughout Volume 9. In "A Place of Particular Concern", Ruby fainted in pure shock and horror after realizing that she failed to save her friend not only a second time, but permanently. Later on in "Altercation at the Auspicious Auction", the Jinxy Peddler stole one of the blades from Penny's swords along with Yang's prosthetic arm, which are both stolen by Little, and in "Rude, Red, and Royal" Penny's blade was given as a gift to the Red Prince, but was kicked away when he did not like the color. Ruby later rediscovers the blade in "The Parfait Predicament" when she was trapped in the Blacksmith's void, though Ruby later abandons the blade. After the Paper Pleasers' village floods and all of the Paper Pleasers ascend via the Great Tree in "The Perils of Paper Houses", after Jaune angrily blows up on Ruby and blames them for her deaths because Neo was targeting her, as well as for all of them being stuck in the Ever After in the First Place, Jaune immediately apologizes and regretfully admits his fault of killing Penny, stating that he is now forever haunted by her death, forcing him to live with it forever, regardless of being in the Ever After or back home on Remnant, but it was already too late and Ruby tearfully stormed off alone. In "Tea Amidst Terrible Trouble", Neo used her newly evolved Semblance to create a clone of Penny as a part of her planned trap to kill Ruby for good, in which the Penny clone blames Ruby for her death. The Penny clone's role in Neo's tea party played a major factor in Ruby's suicide attempt. Finally, in "A Tale Involving a Tree", the Curious Cat, while possessing Neo's body, used her Semblance to shapeshift into a defenseless Penny, triggering a PTSD attack in Jaune and leaving him open to being stabbed by a clone of Pyrrha.
- This brief scene in the ninth episode is also Penny's final appearance in the series.
External Links[]
- Penny Polendina on the RWBY Wiki
- Penny Polendina on the Pure Good Wiki
