# The Big Bang Theory: What Will Penny's Last Name Be?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 23, 2011, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-what-will-pennys-last-name-be/603817 "2011-11-23T00:16:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2013, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-what-will-pennys-last-name-be/603817/121 "2013-03-10T00:38:55Z")

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> [@ftg](#):
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> Leonard used to take pieces of mail from her mailbox so he would have an excuse to talk to her.
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> And about 100 other examples.

“Leonard” is not a member of the cast.

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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2013, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-what-will-pennys-last-name-be/603817/122 "2013-03-10T01:13:50Z")

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You guys are on the right track, but haven’t found the right answer yet. Sheldon is obviously her true soul mate, not Leonard. That means Penny’s last name will be Mini. So when they marry, she becomes … Penny Mini-Cooper.

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2013, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-what-will-pennys-last-name-be/603817/123 "2013-03-10T01:43:43Z")

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> [@notfrommensa](#):
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> This poll started nearly 16 months go, when they announced that TPTB said they were going to reveal Penny’s last name.

That article is from 2009. They had only two seasons of the show at that point, and it was pre-Amy and pre-Bernadette. I don’t think there’s any time limit set on if and when Penny’s last name gets revealed.

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**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2013, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-what-will-pennys-last-name-be/603817/124 "2013-03-10T16:56:03Z")

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> [@ftg](#):
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> Leonard used to take pieces of mail from her mailbox so he would have an excuse to talk to her.
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> And about 100 other examples.

What **Nars** said.

Among your “100 other examples” do you have one in which the cast would have to have that knowledge?

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