This article is about the character in the WarioWare series. For the enemy in Hotel Mario, see Penny (enemy). For the item in Mario's Time Machine, see Penny (item).
Penny
Penny artwork for WarioWare: Get It Together!
Artwork from WarioWare: Get It Together!
Full name Penny Crygor
Species Human
First appearance WarioWare: Smooth Moves (2006)
Latest appearance WarioWare: Move It! (2023)
Latest portrayal Fryda Wolff[1] (2018-present)
“To all Diamond City residents! We are now hiring experiment subjects! Experiments are guaranteed to be 100% not-entirely-lethal.”
Penny, WarioWare: Smooth Moves

Penny Crygor, most commonly just known as Penny, is Dr. Crygor's granddaughter. Her first appearance is in WarioWare: Smooth Moves. She admires her grandfather and wants to grow up to be a great chemist and scientist, though she also desires to become a famous singer.[2] She attends Diamond Academy.

HistoryEdit

WarioWare seriesEdit

WarioWare: Smooth MovesEdit

 
Penny competing against Dr. Crygor

In WarioWare: Smooth Moves, Penny enters a competition called the "Invent-Off" at the Diamond Academy and is pitted against her grandfather to see who is the best inventor. After what appears to be a mental fight between the two, Penny pulls out her winning invention (a motorcycle) out of thin air, which knocks Dr. Crygor down. Penny then takes one of Mike's head-mounted microphones and decided to sing a song to the cheering crowd, after her jetpack and goggles will disappear after transforming.

Later, Penny sends her motorcycle to Wario. Wario is then sucked inside the motorcycle while using it and is turned into Tiny Wario.

The Japanese website for WarioWare: Smooth Moves features a blog section for the WarioWare developers. In her blog entry, Penny posts a photo of her going to the beach with Dr. Crygor and states she loves her grandfather dearly despite his reputation as a "creep" and a "weirdo". In the comments, Penny responds to a comment left by Ashley explaining her bodysuit was created by her grandfather and can adjust itself to any temperature.

WarioWare: D.I.Y.Edit

 
Penny explaining animation to Wario

In WarioWare: D.I.Y., Penny helps the player and Wario create microgames. As such, she leads the game's tutorials. During the tutorial, she is paired up with Wario who serves as her student as well as the player. She frequently makes sarcastic quips toward Wario's intelligence and patience, though she is quick to apologize when Wario gets offended.

Game & WarioEdit

In Game & Wario, Penny appears as the host of the multiplayer minigame Fruit, where she gives tips to the "agent" player and reacts to set pieces (such as reactivating the lights when they are turned off). Additionally, like most of the other WarioWare developers, Penny is in the Bowling minigame depicted as a pin.

As with the other WarioWare characters, Penny makes an appearance in Miiverse Sketch Masterpiece Collection, a series of videos showcasing pictures of often questionable quality made in the game's Miiverse Sketch mode. Penny's video is themed after drawings of Prince Shōtoku, an important ruler in Japanese history.

WarioWare GoldEdit

 
Penny telling her grandfather of her plans to become a pop star and imagining herself dressed up as Sal Out

With Wario asking for her assistance, Penny appears as the final host of the Twist League in WarioWare Gold, hosting the That's Life microgames. In her story, she develops a potion she calls the Tonally Transformative Elixir, which she hopes will give her the voice she needs to become a "mega pop star". She uses Dr. Crygor as a test subject, but all that occurs is a slight increase in pitch in his voice and a major stomach ache. She then makes an elixir to combat the stomach ache, which succeeds, but it is implied the effects of the Tonally Transformative Elixir will not wear off any time soon. Later, during the Dancing Team set of the Ultra League, she arrives with Mona, Jimmy T, Mike, Fronk, Young Cricket, Master Mantis, Kat, Ana, and Dr. Crygor to assist Joe in filling up his nightclub, Club Joe, with attendants. After Dr. Crygor and Master Mantis unintentionally drive off almost everyone in the club with their dance moves, Penny decides that the thing that draws people in is music, and proceeds to sing very angelically, which almost instantly fills the nightclub up. She later joins in the party, continuing to sing. At the very end, she, along with all of Wario's friends, split the money Wario gained from the Wario Bowl tournament, much to Wario's dismay.

WarioWare: Get It Together!Edit

 
Penny unveiling the Jet Tank One.

Penny appears in WarioWare: Get It Together!, though she does not appear in Story mode until after defeating the Wario Bug. After obtaining the Golden Beehive, Golden Toilet Paper Roll, and the Golden Holey Mug, Wario and his crew find a note from the brown monster daring them to combine the three items. When Dr. Crygor cannot think of how to do so, he decides to call Penny for help.

Meanwhile, back in Diamond City, Penny had just finished inventing the Jet Tank One in her lab and gives it a test run when she receives the call from Crygor. She quickly flies to WarioWare, Inc. using the water blaster and enters the game. Inside the game, she boards a pink helicopter and flies to Wario's crew. She soon combines the three items into a Golden Watering Can. After she fills the Golden Watering Can with water, it floats towards a nearby toilet and waters it, causing a massive beanstalk to grow from the toilet hole. Penny suggests climbing it, believing that there must be something at the top.

As a playable character, Penny uses her Jet Tank One. Tilting   in a direction makes Penny spray water toward that direction, with the recoil of the water blaster pushing her the opposite direction. Pressing   allows her to hover in midair, which negates the recoil of the water blaster, and pressing   again cancels the hover, allowing her to move again. The ability to fire projectiles quickly (at a rate even surpassing those of traditional projectile-based characters) allows her to easily clear microgames where many objects must be cleared out in a small amount of time (e.g. Shadow Sports, Witch! Which?). Her water is also effective in pushing or spinning objects (e.g. Gondola Lift, Weird Windmill). Penny can also uniquely affect microgames that involve water, fire, and heat (e.g. Sanitation Station, Hot Hoops, Foggy Glasses). However, there are some disadvantages: because the water projectiles have active hitboxes, inadvertent use of her ability may cause her to lose the microgame with the water possibly contacting undesired objects (e.g. Rock Candy, Fishy Felines), which may even render the microgame impossible to win (Balance the Scales and Pop Goes the Party). Penny herself is also comparably slower than flying characters, and is insufficient in quickly applying constant pressure to objects (e.g. Blow Your Horn). Due to her inverted movement, games that require her to move to a precise location are also a bad fit (e.g. Take a Seat), as she is more difficult to control. Overall, Penny has microgames evenly distributed to each suitability level (18 bad, 50 below-average, 53 average, 51 above-average, and 40 good).

WarioWare: Move It!Edit

 
Penny, Dr. Crygor and Mike wondering what caused inspiration for one particular cave drawing

Penny appears in WarioWare: Move It! where she, along with the rest of the WarioWare cast, join Wario on his vacation to Caresaway Island. Penny, Dr. Crygor and Mike all share a stage together titled "A Curious Case of Cave Art", where the three of them explore the Underarm Jungle. They find cave drawings, in which Penny points out that her brochure states that they were drawn by real cavemen. Intrigued by one of the drawings, three group try to comprehend what could have inspired the creation of the drawing. Penny believes that the drawing was inspired by a cat. Dr. Crygor suddenly has an idea and presents the Time Obliterator 5.0, a time travel device. Using the device, the group travel to the prehistoric times, and Penny praises Dr. Crygor for his successful invention. The three then see a bored caveman drawing the specific cave drawing in action, who is looking for inspiration. Upon seeing the group, the caveman gains creative inspiration and orders them to stand and pose while he draws them. After the stage is cleared, the trio is exhausted from doing all of their posing, but watch in awe seeing the caveman drawing new cave art.

 
Penny, Ashley and Dr. Crygor prepare to add in their ingredients

Penny returns in Remix 1, "Not-So-Relaxing Rapids", where she, along with Dr. Crygor and Ashley, accidentally cause their beach house to detach into the nearby rapids after adding in volatile ingredients to their concoctions. Everyone is flung out of the beach house, but they all land safely on top of a tour bus. After the stage is cleared, everyone exits the tour bus and find a statue of King Caresaway the First. The group looks in astonishment, but quickly changes to worry when their detached beach house falls and crushes the statue.

Penny, along with the rest of the WarioWare cast appear in the final stage, "Lava at First Sight", where they all dance to defeat Volcano Wario. After Wario is launched from the volcano, the cast enjoys their vacation, while Wario is stuck inside a temple.

Dr. Mario-kunEdit

 
Penny's cameo in Dr. Mario-kun (Episode 50)

Penny makes a cameo in the advertising half of Episode 50 of the manga Dr. Mario-kun, in the page dedicated to WarioWare: Smooth Moves. In the strip, Penny walks into Wario's office and asks him how the playtest for the "Dr. Mario RPG" went, only to be surprised by Wario's tantrum as he destroys the entire office due to his frustration with the game's buggy state.

Other appearancesEdit

 
Penny's appearance in the Wario... Where? set

Penny makes a cameo appearance in the Wario... Where? challenge set of Rhythm Heaven Megamix. She and Dr. Crygor appear in the background during the course's version of Fillbots 2, which features Mike as one of the models of robots being filled with liquid.

 
Penny as the Happy Mask Salesman

Like several other cast members of the WarioWare series, Penny is one of the collectables in the WarioWare set of Nintendo Badge Arcade. Additionally, she is featured in a set of badges parodying The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, exclusively in the Japanese version, and the set has Penny dressed as the Happy Mask Salesman.

AppearanceEdit

Penny is a young girl with red-orange hair and fair skin. Her hairstyle consists of two braided pigtails with two long locks on the top with a bang swept to the right and a heart hairclip at the left, rosy cheeks, and she wears round glasses.

In WarioWare: Smooth Moves and WarioWare: D.I.Y., she wears a fully zipped pink cloak-like lab coat with a collar and a red trim at the bottom with slightly puffy sleeves, black baggy pants, and pink boots. She also has brown eyes.

In Game & Wario, she wears a black bodysuit with a pink heart at the chest, a white lab coat with two large heart-shaped pockets and rolled up sleeves revealing pink cuffs, alongside pink gloves and retains her pink boots.

From WarioWare Gold onwards, her appearance remains the same with a few differences. Her eyes are now blue, her bang is thicker, the heart-shaped pockets on her lab coat are pink, her heart hair clip is bigger, she does not retain her gloves, and the pink color of her outfit is lighter. In a fantasy, she wears a pink short-sleeved dress with a long magenta bowtie with a matching pair of magenta headsets with pink stars and pink flats. As seen in a commercial, she wears a red nightgown with a pink heart on it along with her hair down when she goes to sleep.

QuotesEdit

  • "I started learning forms to satisfy my intellectual curiosity! I thought the Finger Food, the Boxer, and the Mortar and Pestle would be a good start for me, and now I think I'm pretty good at them! I get the feeling that this hard work will pay off in the FORM of a new invention! Hee Hee Hee!" - WarioWare: Smooth Moves
  • Wario (after being shown the Balloon POP! microgame for an art-creation tutorial): Ah, I get it! It's a balloon-popping game!
Penny: Actually, it's a present-dropping game!
Wario: Yeah, yeah. Same thing.
Penny: But... But they're not, really... -WarioWare: D.I.Y.

Miiverse Sketch Masterpiece videoEdit

  • [on a drawing of a person with a baton and hat] 人がすさそうな太子さまですねっ! "The person is the virtuous-seeming Taishi-sama, eh~!"
  • [on a drawing of a person that looks like a cricket/baseball batter] ボールを打とうとしているところでしょうか? "They're just about to strike the ball, aren't they?"
  • [on a drawing of three people, similar to this portrait] あの有名な肖像画かな?では真ん中が太子さまですねっ! "Isn't this the famous portrait? So, the one in the middle is Taishi-sama, eh~!"
  • [on a drawing of a large gown-wearing person] この太子さまはきっとお金待ちだと思いますっ! "I think this Taishi-sama looks a little like a rich person~!"
  • [on a drawing of a person with a big baton] かわいい!子供のころの姿でしょうか? "Cuuute! This is his childhood appearance, isn't it?"
  • [on a drawing of a mustached Elvis-looking face] 私のマンションの管理人さんにそっくりです! "It's identical to my condo superintendent!"

Profiles and statisticsEdit

WarioWare seriesEdit

Game & Wario character cardEdit

-Dr. Crygor's granddaughter
-Middle school student
-Loves math and science
-Prefers single-ply toilet paper

WarioWare Gold character cardEdit

  • Rank CThis middle-school student has two great loves: singing and inventing! She hopes to be a pop star someday.
  • Rank BThe heart-shaped ornaments she wears in her hair are actually high-tech. They fire missiles!
  • Rank APenny has made a number of brilliant tech creations, but they often escape and run amok in Diamond City.

WarioWare: Get It Together! character descriptionEdit

  • Intro description: "This budding scientist and granddaughter to Dr. Crygor loves two things: inventing stuff and singing pop songs!"
  • Break Room description: "This budding scientist and grand-daughter to Dr. Crygor loves two things most of all: inventing stuff and singing. She dreams of becoming a pop sensation!"

WarioWare, Inc. Official SiteEdit

One day I'll be the greatest singer-scientist in all the galaxy!
"Hiya! Nice to meet you. The name's Penny! I'm the granddaughter of an incredible scientist!"

  • Job: "It's not exactly a job, but I go to a middle school in Diamond City! Also, I'm studying to be a scientist."
  • Person you admire: "My grandpa, Dr. Crygor!"
  • Hobbies: "I love singing in front of other people! I think I'd make a great singer...but...yeah."
  • Greatest invention: "That would be my Tonally Transformative Elixir! It transforms anyone's singing voice into audible gold!"
  • Weaknesses: "I'm not very good at reading sheet music... One look at a treble clef makes my head spin."
  • The hairpin: "The one shaped like a heart? I'm so glad you asked! It shoots missiles!"
  • Secret tidbit: "I'm always keeping tabs on the latest singing contests, but I can never work up the courage to put myself out there..."
  • CEO Comment: "Penny is Crygor's granddaughter and an upcoming scientist herself. She sent me a mini motorcycle—but when I hopped on, I'M the one that got teeny-tinified! So yeah, she's not always on the ball, but one of these days she'll invent something that'll make me super rich—and then we'll be even! Wahaha!"

Super Smash Bros. BrawlEdit

Sticker
Penny
 
Artwork from: WarioWare: Smooth Moves
Effects in The Subspace Emissary: [Arm, Leg] - Attack +4
Usable by: Anyone

PortrayalsEdit

During the history of the WarioWare game series' installments overall, Penny has been portrayed by the following voice actresses:

  • Fryda Wolff (2018-present, starting with WarioWare Gold)
  • Maya Enoyoshi (2018-present, starting with WarioWare Gold; Japanese)
  • Nelly Rebibo (2018-present, starting with WarioWare Gold; French)[3]
  • Circe Luna (2018-present, starting with WarioWare Gold; Latin American Spanish)[citation needed]
  • Anna Orra (2018-present, starting with WarioWare Gold; European Spanish)[4]
  • Cinzia Massironi (2018-present, starting with WarioWare Gold; Italian)[5]

List of game appearances by dateEdit

Title Description Release Date System/Format
WarioWare: Smooth Moves Microgame host 2006 Wii
Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sticker cameo 2008 Wii
WarioWare: D.I.Y. Tutorial host 2009 Nintendo DS
Game & Wario Minigame host 2013 Wii U
Nintendo Badge Arcade Badge cameo 2014 Nintendo 3DS
Rhythm Heaven Megamix Wario... Where? cameo 2015 Nintendo 3DS
WarioWare Gold Microgame host 2018 Nintendo 3DS
WarioWare: Get It Together! Unlockable playable character 2021 Nintendo Switch
Tetris 99 Cameo 2021 Nintendo Switch
WarioWare: Move It! Microgame host, playable character 2023 Nintendo Switch

GalleryEdit

For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Penny.

Names in other languagesEdit

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ペニー
Penī
Penny (no surname given)

Chinese 佩尼
Pèiní
Penny

Dutch Penny
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French Penny
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German Penny
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Italian Penny
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Korean 페니
Peni
Penny

Portuguese Penny[6]
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Russian Пенни[7]
Penni
Penny

Spanish Penny
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ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Fryda Wolff's website (August 04, 2018)
  2. ^ Penny's blog entry at the official Japanese WarioWare: Smooth Moves website
  3. ^ [1] Retrieved December 8, 2021.
  4. ^ [2] Retrieved December 1, 2021.
  5. ^ [3] Retrieved December 7, 2021.
  6. ^ Nintendo Portugal. (November 8, 2018). WarioWare Gold - Penny e Dr. Crygor (Nintendo 3DS). Retrieved July 31, 2022.
  7. ^ NintendoRU. (November 8, 2018). WarioWare Gold — трейлер Пенни и доктора Крайгора (Nintendo 3DS). Retrieved July 5, 2019.