Sandy Cheeks

Sandra "Sandy" Cheeks

        General Information 
        Gender: Female 
        Color: Brown 
        Eye Color: Brown 
        Birthday: January 30, 1985 (age 22) 
        Height: 1 foot[citation needed] 
        Weight: 26 ounces[citation needed] 
        Interests: Science, Karate, Meditation, Surfing, Weight-lifting, extreme sports, and Texas culture 
        Series Information 

First appearance: Tea at the Treedome Sandra "Sandy" Cheeks is a fictional character in the animated Nickelodeon animated series, SpongeBob SquarePants. Sandy is voiced by Carolyn Lawrence. Unlike most of the other characters in the series, Sandy is not a sea creature. She also made thirteen appearances in season one. That is more appearances than any other seasons in the series.

Biography

Sandy is a very smart, talented and athletic squirrel born in the state of Texas, who moved to Bikini Bottom in the Pacific Ocean underneath Bikini Atoll in about 1998[citation needed], because her job is experimenting underwater. She is also an inventor.

She lives in an air-filled habitat structure called the Treedome (a polyurethane dome containing a tree, living quarters and various other land plants). When outside of the Treedome, Sandy wears an air-filled suit that looks much like an astronaut's space suit; while in her Treedome, she wears a purple bikini with a purple skirt-like ring around her middle and with green underneath. Physically, Sandy is one of the strongest creatures (along with Larry Lobster) in Bikini Bottom. She claims to be stronger than Larry and can even pull down gigantic ships and boats from the surface of the ocean as seen in "Sandy, SpongeBob, and the Worm." Sandy was hibernating during the winter in Survival of the Idiots. This episode was played in "Bikini Bottom Best Friends Collection."

In "Chimps Ahoy", she is visited in Bikini Bottom by her patrons, a group of air-breathing monkeys from the surface (with upper-class English accents and manners) who periodically stop by to audit her scientific research.

Spongebob often becomes jealous of the attention Sandy gives to other friends and once wrote a song (notably in the episode 'Ripped Pants') about how he "lost his girl" and "someone stole his girl" because of his ripped pants; also, early in the series, Spongebob takes great pains to impress Sandy and possibly considers their special get-togethers in Sandy's bubble dates. Sandy is also shown to be a companion of Larry the Lobster in scenarios reminiscent of casual dating (it was Larry who "stole" Sandy away from Spongebob in 'Ripped Pants'). Most recently, Sandy has been shown to take a deep interest in Squidward, which Squidward either secretly delights in or has no clue to her latest advances. Either way, it's heavily insinuated he returns the feeling.

Trivia

Sandy's voice actor, Carolyn Lawrence, also voices Cindy Vortex on the show The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, and she and Sandy both practice martial arts. However, Cindy practices tae-kwon-do, whilst Sandy practices karate. The logo on the patch of Sandy's spacesuit varies between an acorn or a AC outlet, depending on the episode. It is revealed in the episode Patrick Smartpants that Sandy's full name is Sandra. Sandy is described as the only mammal in Bikini Bottom. However, that is not accurate. Pearl Krabs is also a Mammal. In season one, Sandy did not have a tail visible through her suit. During season 4, Sandy is a scientist but in the episode Tea at the Treedome she would've known a sea creature can't live without water. Most likely, she is not a Zoologist.