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= Sandy Cheeks =
== yes i did turn my user page into Sandy because Mario Bob Fan turned his into Squidward's ==
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The company that owns this and many other treedomes is the Tree Dome Enterprises Limited. Its board of directors, a group of chimps, came for inspection in "Chimps Ahoy." Her old habitat was back home in Texas.

==Family==
{{Main|Cheeks family}}
*[[Cheeks family|Ma Cheeks]] - Sandy's mother
*[[Cheeks family|Pa Cheeks]] - Sandy's father, who is seen in the book ''[[Hooray for Dads!]]''
*[[Cheeks family|Randy Cheeks]] - Sandy's twin brother, who is first mentioned in "[[Rodeo Daze]]."
*[[Cheeks family|Rosie Cheeks]] - Sandy's paternal great-aunt, who is seen in "[[Pest of the West]]."
*[[Sandy (Cousin)|Sandy]] - Sandy's cousin, who is briefly seen in "[[Stanley S. SquarePants]]."
*[[Earl Cheeks]] and other [[Cheeks family|woodchuck cousins]] - Earl is one of at least 100 woodchuck cousins of Sandy.
*[[Rosy Cheeks]] - Sandy's older sister, who is probably named after their great-aunt. She is seen in "[[Sandy's Nutty Nieces]]."
*[[Macadamia]], [[Pistachio]], and [[Hazelnut]] - Sandy's identical maternal triplet nieces, and the daughters of Rosy. They are seen in "Sandy's Nutty Nieces." Although she loves her nieces, she expressly tells them, "Y'all mind your Uncle SpongeBob now."
*[[Dark Knight]] - Sandy's medieval ancestor
*An [[Cheeks family|unnamed western ancestor]] - An ancestor of Sandy, who is seen in "[[Saloon Door Sorrows]]".

==Relationships==
[[File:Squirrel Jokes 098.png|thumb|260px|SpongeBob and Sandy's friendship.]]
===SpongeBob SquarePants===
{{Main|SpongeBob-Sandy relationship}}Sandy first met SpongeBob when he saw her wrestling a [[giant clam]] and ran down to save her. Since then, Sandy has been one of SpongeBob's best friends, and she enjoys various activities with him such as karate. She also enjoys going to Goo Lagoon with him and lifting weights. Despite their tight friendship, Sandy has gotten annoyed by SpongeBob in various episodes, such as "[[Sandy's Rocket]]" and "Texas."

===Patrick Star===
{{Main|Patrick-Sandy relationship}}
[[File:Imprrsanating.png|thumb|260px|left|Sandy gets angry at Patrick.]]
Patrick and Sandy have a close friendship. They usually get along very well though Sandy has frequently been annoyed by Patrick's utter stupidity no doubt due to her higher intellect. On occasion, Patrick has angered her to the point where she has threatened to attack him, as shown in the episodes "Texas" and "Survival of the Idiots." In "[[Patrick SmartPants]]," she gets along well with Patrick until he gets a little arrogant and thinking that she's dumb.

===Squidward Tentacles===
{{Main|Squidward-Sandy relationship}}Sandy and Squidward have had limited interactions. Squidward doesn't seem to know who she is on a few occasions. In "[[SpongeBob SquarePants vs. The Big One]]," Squidward asks "Who are you?" and in "[[Rodeo Daze]]," he mistakes her name for "Sally." However, Sandy is happy to help Squidward, such as in "[[Squidtastic Voyage]]" when she helps him revive his [[Squidward's clarinet|clarinet]] reed from his throat. Then in ''[[The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water]]'', she was seen carrying him to safety when he was almost crushed by skating humans and letting him ride on her back when they're chasing [[Burger Beard]]. At times like in the episode "[[Patrick! The Game]]," Sandy can easily get annoyed by Squidward's attitude towards things, like his attitude towards [[Patrick! The Game (game)|Patrick's game]].

===Eugene H. Krabs===
{{Main|Sandy-Mr. Krabs relationship}}Sandy and Mr. Krabs generally do not talk to each other. However, there are a few episodes in which they do interact. When they do, they seem to be very nice to each other and they never really argue or fight. However, when they first met, he expressed a prejudice towards land mammals. At the end of the same episode he was impressed by her cooking skills and hired her to work with SpongeBob. In the episode "[[Surf N' Turf]]," Mr. Krabs, who's sent to help Sandy, constantly destroys any ship in the bottle she makes, he later then turns Sandy's treedome into a huge ship in a bottle and attempts to enter it into the contest, but fails in the end and Sandy forces him to restore her treedome.

===Karen Plankton===
{{Main|Karen-Sandy relationship}}Sandy and Karen have become good friends, sharing an interest in science. The two meet in "[[Perfect Chemistry]]", and Sandy calls Karen beautiful. In "[[Frozen Face-Off]]", Sandy helps save Karen from being frozen. In "[[Salsa Imbecilicus]]", the two team up to create a university. In "[[Girls' Night Out]]", Sandy, Karen, and [[Mrs. Puff]] spend a night out together, and the three refer to one another as "Gal Pals" throughout the episode.

===Sheldon J. Plankton===
{{Main|Sandy-Plankton relationship}}Although they barely interact, Sandy tends to dislike Plankton, such as in "Someone's In The Kitchen with Sandy" when he steals her fur to obtain the [[Krabby Patty secret formula]]. However, they do get along in "[[Perfect Chemistry]]", as she is impressed by his lab and knew that Plankton was planning to steal the Krabby Patty formula. They are also seen playing chess together in "[[Mimic Madness]]".

===Pearl Krabs===
{{Main|Sandy-Pearl relationship}}Sandy and Pearl have a stable relationship. In "[[Bubble Troubles]]", Pearl helps Sandy breathe air, saying "I guess us mammals have to stick together." Pearl goes to Sandy's birthday party in the episode "[[Feral Friends]]". and wants her to stay in Bikini Bottom in "[[Texas]]". In "[[A Cabin in the Kelp]]", Pearl joins the [[Gal Pals]] with Karen, Sandy, and Mrs. Puff.

===Gary the Snail===
Sandy and Gary barely interact with each other, but they do seem to know each other. In "[[Culture Shock]]", Sandy says Gary has "such a way with words."

===Larry the Lobster===
{{Main|Sandy-Larry relationship}}Sandy and Larry the Lobster seem to get along well. They have been seen hanging out together at [[Goo Lagoon]] in episodes such as "[[Ripped Pants]]" and "[[MuscleBob BuffPants]]".

==Video games==
Sandy appears in a majority of the ''SpongeBob'' video games. She has been a playable character in several of them but usually appears as a non-playable character.
*''[[Operation Krabby Patty]]'' - Sandy appears as a playable character in the right-side version of the jellyfishing level.
*''[[SuperSponge]]'' - Sandy makes an appearance as a non-playable character.
*''[[Revenge of the Flying Dutchman]]'' - In ''Revenge of the Flying Dutchman'', she is a non-playable character who is seen in various parts of Bikini Bottom. First, SpongeBob does karate with her. Then, she needs help clogging up some holes in her treedome, and then she needs help getting a beehive out of her tree. In Downtown Bikini Bottom, she needs help to dispose of some garbage. She is later hypnotized by the [[Flying Dutchman]] and needs to be rescued along with Squidward, Patrick, Gary, and Mr. Krabs.
*''[[Battle for Bikini Bottom]]''/''[[Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated]]'' - Sandy appears as one of the three playable characters, the other two being SpongeBob and Patrick. She is first played in Downtown Bikini Bottom. She also fights [[Robo-Patrick]] when SpongeBob and Squidward are frozen. She also defeats the Flying Dutchman alone when he refuses to give them a [[golden spatula]]. She is an extremely useful character, as she can do karate and use her lasso to glide after doing a double jump, swing from Texas trailer hitches, and tie up robots before they even get close.
*''[[Employee of the Month (video game)|Employee of the Month]]'' - She helps SpongeBob and Patrick get to Neptune's Paradise with her rocket, but when it breaks down, they land in Bottoms Up and it is revealed that she has a friend named [[Cowfish Craig]] and knows about [[Oxygen Springs]].
*[[The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (video game)|''The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie'' video game]] - Sandy can be seen working on a treadmill with a [[Chum Bucket bucket helmet|mind-control helmet]] in the level "Welcome to [[Planktopolis]] Minions."
*''[[Lights, Camera, Pants!]]'' - Sandy appears as one of the six playable characters, the other five being SpongeBob, Patrick, Squidward, Mr. Krabs, and Plankton.
*''[[The Yellow Avenger]]'' - Sandy makes a minor appearance.
*''[[Creature from the Krusty Krab]]'' - Sandy can be seen in the level "Supersized Patty," waving to Plankton in her treedome.
*''[[SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis]]'' - Sandy appears as one of the seven playable characters, the other six being SpongeBob, Patrick, Squidward, Mr. Krabs, Plankton, and an Atlantean Guard. Her special ability is her lasso.
**She is a boss in the DS version.
*''[[SpongeBob's Truth or Square]]'' - Sandy appears as a major non-playable character, one of the levels focuses on meeting Sandy in "Tea at the Treedome."
*''[[SpongeBob's Boating Bash]]'' - Sandy is playable in this game as a starting driver. She is playable in each mode and has many vocal lines in both the DS and Wii version as well.
*''[[Plankton's Robotic Revenge]]'' - Sandy is playable in this game.
*''[[SpongeBob HeroPants]]'' - Sandy is one out of six playable characters in the game. In gameplay, she can temporarily turn into her super alter-ego once the red bar is filled.
*''[[Nicktoons Freeze Frame Frenzy]]'' - Sandy is one of the out-of-place characters.
*''[[Nicktoons Unite!]]'' - She helps guide the heroes through some of the first ''SpongeBob'' level. At the end of the level, she explains what has happened in Bikini Bottom. She also tells the heroes that they have an agent in [[Jellyfish Fields]].
*''[[Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano Island]]'' - Sandy appears as one of the playable Nicktoons, the others being SpongeBob, [[w:c:dannyphantom:Danny Phantom (character)|Danny Phantom]], Patrick, [[w:c:fairlyoddparents:Timmy Turner|Timmy Turner]] (along with [[w:c:fairlyoddparents:Wanda|Wanda]] and [[w:c:fairlyoddparents:Cosmo|Cosmo]]), and [[w:c:dannyphantom:Sam Manson|Sam Manson]]. This is the only video game where Sandy's karate gear appears as an attack.
*''[[Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots]]'' - Sandy is seen in the GBA Version in the last level.
*''[[Nicktoons: Android Invasion]]'' - Sandy is one of the characters who [[w:c:invaderzim:Zim|Zim]] captures. She is a non-playable character in this game.
*''[[Nicktoons MLB]]'' - Sandy is one of five playable characters beside SpongeBob, Patrick, Larry, and the [[Flying Dutchman]].
*''[[Nickelodeon Kart Racers]]'' - Sandy is a playable racer in this game.
*''[[Nickelodeon Kart Racers 2: Grand Prix]]'' - Sandy is a playable racer in this game.
*''[[Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl]]'' - Sandy is a playable fighter in this game.

==Development==
===Voice===
Carolyn Lawrence provides the voice of Sandy Cheeks. Lawrence got the role of Sandy when she was in Los Angeles at Los Feliz. She met Donna Grillo, a casting director, on a sidewalk. Lawrence was with a friend who knew Grillo, and she said Lawrence had an interesting voice. Grillo brought Lawrence in to audition and she got the part.

Before a recording, Lawrence prepares when the crew sends a storyboard. She explains, "I absolutely love that! Not only do I get to read the script, I can actually see what the artists have in mind. It is an amazing process and I feel so fortunate to be able to work that way! [...] I would prefer to let the script come alive in me before a taping."

==Trivia==
*Stephen Hillenburg stated in 2014 that he created Sandy as "a strong female character that could be a friend to SpongeBob but not a love interest."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140504220355/https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2014/05/spongebob-squarepants-retrospective-essay How "SpongeBob Squarepants" Stayed Fresh and Subversive Over 15 Years]</ref>
**[[Tim Hill]], who helped Hillenburg write his series pitch bible, supposedly wanted to introduce a romantic element to the show. This never ended up happening.
*SpongeBob is seen imitating Sandy in "Gone," "Mimic Madness," and "Squirrel Jelly."
*Mrs. Puff had more episode appearances than Sandy in Seasons 3, 10, and 12.
*"[[Salsa Imbecilicus]]", "[[Feral Friends]]", "[[Surf N' Turf]]", "[[Girls' Night Out]]", and "[[A Cabin in the Kelp]]" are the only episodes where Sandy plays a major role without SpongeBob ''also'' playing a major role.
*Sandy is called "Sandy Squirrel" for the first time in "[[SpongeBob's Last Stand]]". She would be called this again in the [[N.E.R.D]] song "[[Sandy Squirrel (song)|Sandy Squirrel]]" from the [[Music from The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water|music of ''The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water'']].
*Although Sandy and Mrs. Puff only have two lines each in the [[The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie|2004 movie]], they are both billed under the "Main Cast" in the film's credits because they are main characters in the series.
*She was called "Arenita" in [[Bob Esponja (Latin American Spanish)|the Latin American dub of the series]]. "Arenita" means "Little Sand" in Spanish, making it a fairly accurate translation. She is still called this in the Spanish dub of the series.
*In the Finnish dub, she is called "Santa Sanna". "Santa" is a synonym for "Hiekka", which means "Sand."
*In the very last shot in "MuscleBob BuffPants", paw pads are visible on the underside of Sandy's feet, they can also be seen in "[[The Fish Bowl]]." These two episodes are the only ones to show her having them; in all other episodes, she has a beige or brown surface on the bottoms of her paws.
*Sandy was responsible for introducing [[Christmas (holiday)|Christmas]] to Bikini Bottom. This happens in the episode "[[Christmas Who?]]".
*In the episode "[[Stanley S. SquarePants]]", a [[Sandy (cousin)|Scottish relative of Sandy]] with the same name is shown.
*In the episode "To Save a Squirrel", Sandy is shown to have a [[Jeep-Mobile]] with the design of a {{W|Jeep}}.
*A package of {{W|GoGurt}} that features Sandy claims she works for a company called "Tree Dome Enterprises Limited."
*In {{Link|Season 1}}, Sandy has three dots on her suit instead of an acorn symbol. From {{Link|Season 2}} onward, her symbol is an acorn. For her suit's appearances in "[[Wormy]]" and "[[Prehibernation Week]]", it is a black silhouette of an acorn, and from "[[Squirrel Jokes]]" onward it is a colored acorn.
**Also, in Season 1 episodes, Sandy's tail is not visible when she is wearing her suit in comparison to the later seasons.
**Sandy's fur is slightly darker in Season 1 than in the later seasons. Also, her face is a slightly different shape.
*Ironically, despite being re-established as a scientist in later seasons, Sandy is oblivious to the basic fact that sea creatures cannot survive without water in [[Tea at the Treedome|her first appearance]].
*In the live-action puppet sequence in the episode "Pressure", Sandy is represented by a TY squirrel Beanie Baby and appears to be naked aside from her helmet.
*[[Season 10]] is the season with the least amount of appearances for Sandy, with 4 appearances. This is due to Season 10 having only 11 episodes (22 segments).
*It is revealed in "[[Patrick SmartPants]]" that her full name is Sandra.
*In Croatian dub, her name is Luna Frnjau, which does not have any connection between her original name.
*Sandy appears on the [[Bikini Bottom Adventures]] DVD cover but does not appear in any of the episodes on this DVD.
*When Sandy cries, she flushes her helmet so that she will not drown.{{e|Texas}} However, in "[[What Ever Happened to SpongeBob?]]," her helmet fills with tears, but she does not flush it.
*In the episode "[[Squirrel Record]]," it is revealed that Sandy has 100 woodchuck cousins, at least one of whom is named Earl.
*In "[[Karate Choppers]]", it is revealed that she can consume [[Volcano Sauce]] without any reaction to the spice.
*In most of her appearances, she has fur. However, in "[[Someone's in the Kitchen with Sandy]]," she wears [[Fur pelt|a pelt]].
*Brian Robbins, the current president of Nickelodeon, believes there is a possibility for a Sandy Cheeks spin-off show.<ref>{{cite web|title=‘SpongeBob’ Spinoffs Planned as Nickelodeon Chief Brian Robbins Tries to Win Back Young Viewers (EXCLUSIVE)|url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/nickelodeon-brian-robbins-spongebob-lego-paddington-john-cena-1203139534/|date=2019-02-14|accessdate=2021-05-03|first=Brian|last=Steinberg|publisher=Variety}}</ref>
*The name "Sandy" is a diminutive form of Sandra, which in turn can be a diminutive form of the names Alexandra or Cassandra.
*In the book ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants Ocean 3D: Facts & 3D Pics]]'', Sandy's full name is given as '''Sandra Olivia Cheeks'''. In the [[SpongeBob SquarePants (musical)|Broadway musical]], her middle name is said to be Jennifer instead.
*Sandy was an experienced law enforcement officer.
**Later, she was recruited to be [[Miss Appear]] in [[The International Justice League of Super Acquaintances]].
*Unlike the other 9 main characters in the series, Sandy is the only land creature, as she breathes air instead of water.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Social media|Facebook|2=https://www.facebook.com/Sandy.Cheeks/}}
*{{Social media|Twitter|2=https://www.twitter.com/BikiniBtm_Sandy}}

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