Sandy Cheeks



Sandra "Sandy" Cheeks is one of the characters of SpongeBob SquarePants, born 8 September 1986, she is a main character in the SpongeBob SquarePants franchise. She is a squirrel from the surface and is notable for her Texas characteristics and knowledge of karate and science.

Sandy is an intelligent, anthropomorphic squirrel who resides in Bikini Bottom and features as a close friend of SpongeBob SquarePants. She is from Texas and it is for this reason that she is heard speaking in a Southern accent, and is proud of her home state which is frequently brought up throughout the course of the series. Sandy has been shown to possess a number of tough, tomboyish character traits and interests; she is skilled at karate and frequently enjoys practicing it with SpongeBob; she is also shown to be an excellent bodybuilder, is a rodeo champion, and possesses extraordinary scientific skills and can construct complex inventions.

MuscleBob BuffPants
Season 1, Episode 11a Airdate: September 25, 1999

Sandy: "Uhh, I don't wanna disappoint you, SpongeBob, but you won't see any progress with those."

SpongeBob: "Oh, really?"

Sandy: "That is, if you want arms like these." [rolls up a right sleeve, and flexes her right arm, showing off her big, bulging impressive bicep] "Or these!" [rolls up other sleeve and flexes left arm, revealing her other large bicep] "OR THESE!"[shows off her powerful back muscles while executing a back double bicep flex, her suit gets skin tight.]

In this episode, Sandy Cheeks visits Spongebob's house and sees him and the equipment that he is using to work out, she tells Spongebob that he will not get any results using the equipment he is using. Spongebob thinks Sandy is lying but is immediately stunned when Sandy rolls up her sleeve and shows Spongebob her large body-builder size muscles flexing and bulging with veins, they get so big that her suit looks as if it is ready to tear by flexing her back.

Christmas Who?
Season 2, Episode 8 Airdate: 6 December 2000

Sandy: "What in the name of the Alamo is wrong with you, SpongeBob? Ain't you never seen a Christmas tree before?"

SpongeBob: "Christmas who?"

Sandy: "What?! Y'all never heard of Christmas?"

SpongeBob: "Is she a friend from Texas?"

Sandy: "[laughs] No. I can't believe you haven't heard of... [makes an adorable face] …Christmas."

SpongeBob: "Tell me more about this... [imitates Sandy] …"Christmas.""

Patchy: "And so, Sandy wove the magical tale of gumdrops and pennywhistles. She told of toy-making elves and flying reindeer. But best of all, she told of the one they call, Santa Claus."

In this episode, as Sandy tells the story of Christmas to SpongeBob, she flexes and big bulging muscles emerge from her body, she goes through quick muscle growth and quickly turns back into her normal self.

Karate Island
Season 4, Episode 11b Airdate: May 12, 2006

Sandy: [breaks the bird cage] I won't give in to your timeshare vacation scam!

Master Udon: Then give into my fists. [rips off the robe and exposes his speedo and flexes to begin his muscle growth. Sandy does the same by ripping off her jumpsuit then exposing her bikini and grunts while flexing for her muscle growth transformation. Both flex their bodies, starting with the extra muscles like Sandy’s Tail along with Master Udon’s Eyebrows next The Chests, Arms, Legs and they both do primal roars, then fight. They miss each other from Charging. Master Udon turns back to get her. Sandy jumps on top of Master Udon's head, then slaps him with her feet. Master Udon then grabs Sandy by her ankles then spins her around and throws her into the wall. Sandy retaliates by the springing off the wall and landing in front of Master Udon They karate chop some more before Sandy grabs him and throws him on the ground over and over. She then throws him in the air and kicks him in the face, sending him outside of the tower and falling into the ocean]

Sandy: You're in the soup now, Udon! [scene cuts to SpongeBob and Sandy walking toward their boat]

Before squaring off against Udon, the Karate Master, Sandy rips off her jumpsuit, clenches, grows muscles, flexes, and unleashes a primal roar before charging against Udon, which veins on her forehead, arms, tail, traps, and pecs.

This was used as stock footage on a Nick commercial in July 2012, advertising "The Super Spongy Square Games".

The Abrasive Side
Season 7, Episode 20a Airdate: November 27, 2010

Sandy rolls up her sleeves to remove Spongebob's abrasive side, revealing muscular, manly, tough-looking arms as a gag. Fact: This is the only Sandy muscle moment where she doesn't have veins. It's also an animation error, as she already has fur on her arms.

Whelk Attack
Season 8, Episode 10 Airdate: October 2, 2010

SpongeBob and Patrick: Sandy! Please let us in! [the whelks start toward them and bite and they scream] Let us in!

Sandy: [looks through her door] SpongeBob? Patrick?

SpongeBob and Patrick: Please! Please, let us in!

Sandy: How can I be sure you're not whelks in disguise?

SpongeBob: We're not whelks! We're not whelks!

Sandy: [to SpongeBob] What's your mom's maiden name?

SpongeBob: Eeh, BubbleBottom!

Sandy: Patrick, what's your first name?

Patrick: Uh, is this a trick question?

Sandy: [sighs] You're in. [lets them in and activates a lever that covers her treedome in metal] I think I have the answer! Now, do ya want the regular answer or the ACTION PACKED answer?!

SpongeBob: Uh, action-packed, please?

Sandy: Yes! [jumps in the air] I need a sample of their slime! If I can analyze it, [turn buff and flex her muscle, doing the most muscular pose] I might be deduced the cause of their behavior! And maybe we can stop them!

While telling SpongeBob and Patrick the "action-packed answer"(really just the regular answer with random karate moves dispersed in), she briefly grows muscles and flexes, visible sweating as she does so, with veins on her arms.

Behind the scenes
In February and March 2017, Supervising Director Adam Paloian drew pictures of Sandy and Mr. Krabs wrestling on Twitter for fun. Krabs looked normal but Sandy was drawn hulked out.

Happy Squirrel Appreciation Day (Music Video)
A music video for Sandy has stock footage of her muscle growth from Karate Island.