# Wonder pets question **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 19, 2008, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-pets-question/460543 "2008-08-19T12:13:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LorieSmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@LorieSmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LorieSmurf)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-pets-question/460543/1 "2008-08-19T12:13:26Z")
I’m watching the Wonder Pets (no I don’t have kids. Shut up). And I’m wondering…is Linny a girl or boy? It sounds like a girl, but little boys of a certain age sound like girls. This is sewious! ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-pets-question/460543/2 "2008-08-19T12:24:53Z")
As far as I can tell, Linny is a girl. I’ve seen her dressed in girl-clothes occasionally, like a traditional kimono in the “Save the Baby Crane” episode. I don’t have kids either. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-pets-question/460543/3 "2008-08-19T13:18:31Z")
I feel the need to report that I have kids, have seen the show, and DON’T know the answer to your question. I did love the special episode about saving the Beetles, with them singing “Help!” Well, the commercials were cute, anyway. I didn’t watch the show. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-pets-question/460543/4 "2008-08-19T14:03:14Z")
Linny is a girl. The other Wonderpets refer to her with feminine pronouns. I’m glad I have the answers to the really important questions in life! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![davidw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c4cdca/32.png) [@davidw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidw)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-pets-question/460543/5 "2008-08-19T14:50:38Z")
I always assumed Linny was a boy, mainly cause I thought the name was Lennie, like Lennie Brisco. But now that I think about it, I guess it makes sense that Linny is a girl. (I do have kids) ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-pets-question/460543/6 "2008-08-19T14:54:54Z")
While Wonder Pets isn’t a show I’d watch voluntarily, I’m often exposed to it via my kid, and I’ve always understood Linny to be a girl. Now, The Backyardigans, OTOH, I’d watch even without a kid around, just because the singing and dancing is so infectious. 😃🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-pets-question/460543/7 "2008-08-19T16:04:57Z")
I thought her name was Ling-Ling. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-pets-question/460543/8 "2008-08-19T16:08:01Z")
Gleek could kick all their asses. ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-pets-question/460543/9 "2008-08-19T16:14:25Z")
[QUOTE=LorieSmurf] I’m watching the Wonder Pets (no I don’t have kids. Shut up). And I’m wondering…is Linny a girl or boy? It sounds like a girl, but little boys of a certain age sound like girls. This is sewious! [/QUOTE] Awesome show. The only one my 4-year-old watches. I agree with others that Linny is a girl. And a bossy little thing she is, too! **Ellen Cherry** , I have not caught the Beetles one yet, but I am trying to! I have the DVR set to record all the episodes, so hopefully it will turn up soon. I was tickled recently when an episode called “Save the Cricket” turned out to be set in Chicago…the flyboat flies along the lakefront and over Wrigley Field! They sing blues-style and eat celery deep dish pizza at the end, of course! Very cool. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-pets-question/460543/10 "2008-08-19T16:25:45Z")
Yeah, it’s Ling-Ling, and she’s a girl. I’ve watched a lot of Wonder Pets, so I’m an expert! ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-pets-question/460543/11 "2008-08-19T16:37:42Z")
Linny is the guinea pig, the duckling is Ming-Ming. The turtle’s name is Tuck. ---
**Author:** ![Helena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c68b51/32.png) [@Helena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-pets-question/460543/12 "2008-08-19T17:08:55Z")
Linny and Ming-Ming are both girls. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-pets-question/460543/13 "2008-08-19T17:14:37Z")
From Wiki > [@](#): > > Linny’s gender has been a topic for some debate but conclusive evidence can be found in the episode, “The Wonder Pets save the Mouse”. In this episode Linny is too ill to accompany her companions to the attic to save a baby mouse who becomes stuck in a saxophone. When Ming-Ming and Tuck suit up for the adventure, Ming-Ming emerges from the costume box wearing Linny’s cape and Tuck is quick to admonish her stating that “Linny is sick and we should bring her cape to her.” Thus, Tuck very clearly uses the feminine pronoun to refer to Linny. I thought it was Lenny the Guinea Pig, so I thought that was a boy. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-pets-question/460543/14 "2008-08-19T17:16:50Z")
Linny is a girl!? :eek: It’s like _The Crying Game_! ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-pets-question/460543/15 "2008-08-19T17:20:46Z")
The first time that they jump out of the dress-up clothes box, they always have some costume related to the episode. If it’s something that resembles actual clothes (as opposed to a costume that looks like a tree or some such), Linny & Ming Ming will have female clothes on, and Tuck will have male clothes on. This was how I picked up that she is a girl.