Editing Sandy Cheeks (section)

{{Short description|Fictional animated character from SpongeBob SquarePants}}
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{{Infobox character
| series = [[SpongeBob SquarePants]]
| name = Sandy Cheeks
| image = Sandy Cheeks (transparent).png
| caption =
| alt = A light brown smiling cartoon squirrel wears a white diving suit with a pink flower on her clear helmet. 
| first_major = [[SpongeBob SquarePants]]
| first_minor = Tea at the Treedome
| first_date = May 1, 1999
| creator = [[Stephen Hillenburg]]
| designer = Stephen Hillenburg
| gender = Female
| occupation = Scientist, inventor, karate master, bodybuilder, mechanic, rodeo champion 
| voice = {{plainlist|
* [[Carolyn Lawrence]]
* Presley Williams (young; ''[[The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run|Sponge on the Run]]'')
}}
| portrayer = [[Lilli Cooper]] ([[SpongeBob SquarePants (musical)|Broadway]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-spongebob-musicals-leadership-message-its-full-of-holes-1531310405|title=Now on Broadway: SpongeBob ChauvinistPants|date=11 July 2018|access-date=24 July 2019|first=Sam|last=Walker|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]}}</ref>
Christina Sajous (television special)
| species = [[Flying squirrel]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://screenrant.com/spongebob-saving-bikini-bottom-sandy-cheeks-flying-squirrel-mystery-solve/ | title=Netflix's New SpongeBob SquarePants Movie Finally Answers a 25-Year-Old Sandy Cheeks Mystery | website=[[Screen Rant]] | date=August 5, 2024 }}</ref>
| nationality = American
| home = [[Houston]], [[Texas]]
| full_name = Sandra Jennifer Cheeks ([[SpongeBob SquarePants (musical)|musical]])
}}
'''Sandy Cheeks'''<!-- Don't put an uncommonly-used full name here, as it is in-universe style--> is a fictional character in the American animated comedy television series ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' and the [[SpongeBob SquarePants (franchise)|Nickelodeon franchise of the same name]]. She is voiced by [[Carolyn Lawrence]] and first appeared in the episode "Tea at the Treedome", which premiered on May 1, 1999. She was created and designed by [[marine biologist]] and [[animator]] [[Stephen Hillenburg]] who is also the creator of the series. Sandy is portrayed as an intelligent [[anthropomorphic]] [[flying squirrel]] who wears an astronaut-like [[diving suit]] and lives [[underwater]].

Sandy has appeared in many ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' publications, toys, and other merchandise. She also appears in the series' [[SpongeBob SquarePants (film series)|three films]] and [[SpongeBob SquarePants (musical)|stage musical]].