Panini is an inadvertent antagonist in Chowder. She is Endive's apprentice and has a huge crush/obsession with Chowder, even going as far as to think that they are dating, much to his dismay.
Appearance[]
Panini is a cat-bear-rabbit like Chowder, but has a lagomorphic appearance in contrast with Chowder's feline appearance.
Panini has pink fur, a burgundy nose, large, rose colored eyes with long eyelashes, a striped raccoon-like tail with large rabbit ears tied in a ponytail with a yellow scrunchie with green polka dots.
She wears a sleeveless, yellow dress with light green polka-dots and a light green heart embroidered in the middle. She has light green shoes. She has 2 fangs that stick out of her upper jaw that can be seen even when her mouth is closed with marionette lines at the corners of her mouth. She has a slim build and is an exceptional athlete, as shown in "Sniffleball" and "The Apprentice Games".
When she is angry, Panini takes on a more feline appearance with black fur, fuchsia irises with green sclera, pointed ears and a sleeveless, fuchsia robe similar to Chowder's.
Personality[]
Towards Chowder, Panini is highly affectionate, possessive and persistent, often going to great lengths to enter a relationship with him. She is often seen flirting with him and will show signs of distraught when he rejects her advances. Panini is also shown to become jealous of other female characters, as seen in "A Faire To Remember" when Panini challenges Marmalade to a jousting duel after believing that her and Chowder are romantically involved. She has also demonstrated manipulative tendencies, as seen in "The Bruised Bluenana" where she feigns emotional distraught after Chowder runs away from her and in "A Faire To Remember" where she takes advantage of Ceviche's crush on her and enters a pseudo-relationship with him in order to make Chowder jealous.
She is also shown to be hyper-competitive, with this trait being displayed prominently in "The Apprentice Games".
Panini as Cyndi Lauper in "Sheeboodles!"
Relationships[]
Chowder[]
Panini has an obsessive crush on Chowder, often going out of her way to show affection to him, which Chowder abhors. She will often overstep boundaries with him, such as kissing him on the cheek or touching him despite his pleas against it; It is unknown whether she does this intentionally or if she is oblivious to Chowder's disapproval. Beyond her obsessive, clingy nature, Panini is shown to genuinely care about Chowder, as seen in "Apprentice Appreciation Day" where she consoles him after finding him depressed by the docks and in "At Your Service" where she is shown to worry about his well-being after believing he was killed by Ms. Endive's grow-tatoes.
In "Chowder Grows Up", she is married to Chowder as an adult and has 50 kids, known as "Panchowbies".
Ms. Endive[]
Panini is Ms. Endive's loyal apprentice. She always follows and obeys Ms. Endive's demands without question, even if it means hurting Chowder.
Gorgonzola[]
Panini is shown to dislike Gorgonzola due to his mistreatment of Chowder.
Schnitzel[]
Panini and Schnitzel are both acquaintances, even serving as coworkers at one point in "Schnitzel Quits". The only thing Panini knows about Schnitzel is that he's connected to Chowder, even interrogating him about Chowder's interests in "Schnitzel Quits".
Her Darker Side
Episode Appearances[]
- Chowder's Girlfriend (debut)
- Burple Nurples
- Grubble Gum
- Certifrycation Class
- A Taste of Marzipan
- Sniffleball
- The Moldy Touch (Cameo)
- The Bruised Bluenana
- Chowder Loses His Hat (Cameo)
- Brain Grub
- Shnitzel Quits
- Banned from the Stand
- The Apprentice Games
- Panini for President
- Chowder's Babysitter (voice only)
- The Fire Breather (Cameo)
- Hey, Hey It's Knishmas!
- Won Ton Bombs (drawing)
- The BLT's
- The Dinner Theater
- The Brain Freeze
- Endive's Dirty Secret
- The Blackout (Cameo)
- The Dice Cycle (Cameo)
- Sheboodles!
- Apprentice Appreciation Day
- A Faire to Remember
- Hands On a Big Mixer
- The Spookiest House in Marzipan
- The Apprentice Scouts
- A Little Bit of Pizzazz!
- The Birthday Suits
- The Heist (voice only)
- The Prank
- Old Man Thyme
- Chowder Grows Up
Trivia[]
- Panini is currently the only female cat-bunny-bear aside from Ambrosia and half of her Panchowbies.
- Her voice actress is also known for voicing Twinkle from Higglytown heroes
- Panini is more talented than Chowder in cooking as she creates a successful dish before him ("Burple Nurples")
- She mirrors stereotypical "Fangirl" characters such as Amy Rose and the TLTS version of Lola Bunny.
- Panini is named after an Italian sandwich.
- However, Borlotti (which was supposed to be her original name) are beans.
- Panini, like many of the characters in the main cast, has broken the fourth wall as shown in "Shnitzel Quits".
- Despite having tall ears, Panini can fit them in small hats.
- Panini’s ears seem to have a will of their own:
- She is able to fly by using her ears like helicopter blades, similar to Tails, as seen in "Hey Hey It's Knishmas!" and "The BLTs". Chowder refers to this as her "copter mode".
- Additionally, she is able to use her ears to throw fruits, as seen in "A Taste Of Marzipan".
- Liliana Mumy (Panini's voice actor) also voices Roxy from Nickelodeon's Winx Club, Leni Loud in Nickelodeon's The Loud House and Myrtle Edmund from Lilo & Stitch, Kimberly, in addition to her portrayal of Audrey Fremont in The Twilight Zone episode, It's Still a Good Life.
- Her adult voice actor Grey DeLisle is noted for voicing Daphne Blake of Scooby-Doo, Major Dr. Ghastly from Evil con Carne, Sam Manson of Danny Phantom, Azula from Avatar: The Last Airbender, Wubbzy from Wow! Wow! Wubbzy and Mandy from the Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy.
- Coincidentally, both Mumy and DeLisle voice the Loud sisters, Leni, Lola, Lana and Lily in The Loud House.
- Her adult voice actor Grey DeLisle is noted for voicing Daphne Blake of Scooby-Doo, Major Dr. Ghastly from Evil con Carne, Sam Manson of Danny Phantom, Azula from Avatar: The Last Airbender, Wubbzy from Wow! Wow! Wubbzy and Mandy from the Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy.
- In Punch Time Explosion XL, she synergies with Hoss Delgado.
- Panini has her own theme song, which plays only when she and Chowder are alone.
- Lil Nas X's hip hop song Panini is named after Panini.
- She is very similar to Baati from Klung Klay and the White Tiger.
- Panini's feats of athleticism include:
- The ability to do 500 push ups straight ("The Apprentice Games")
- Dance skills on par with Ceviche, a champion dance apprentice ("The Apprentice Games")
- The ability to cartwheel long distances ("The Apprentice Games", "A Taste Of Marzipan")
- Expert batting precision ("Sniffleball")
- The ability to subdue fleeing subjects that are significantly larger than her ("The Bruised Bluenana")
- Panini was originally supposed to be a bully character, as stated in a blog post by C.H Greenblatt
- C.H Greenblatt eventually scrapped the idea in an effort to make Panini "sweeter and cuter", opting to make Panini a love interest to Chowder instead
- Panini's angry form in "The Bruised Bluenana" resembles her original design.
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