Pansy

Pansy is an original character created for Spring. She was the co-host of Pansy’s Club, but later got her own show, The Pansy Show.

Description
Pansy is the hosts' on-air sidekick. Pansy is unable to speak, and instead communicates through meowing noises only those around her can understand. Pansy represents the viewers ("Springlings") at home - she knows what they are seeing and what they know about.

History
When The Saturday Club was still in development, Spring's Andrew Beecham really wanted the puppet co-host to be an animal, and Betsy Oliphant suggested it be a cat because the block's title was a reference to eggs. Beecham didn't think preschoolers could connect well with chickens, so Spring executives started to work with a designer to make sure that their feline would be cute enough. After a few puppet design pitches, the team settled on the final one, which was used.

Pansy's first ever appearance was in the Saturday Club pilot. The Saturday Club officially launched on June 24, 2007 (Spring's 2nd anniversary), along with Plonker and Zoop.

Following the block's success, Spring gave Pansy her first very own show, The Pansy Show, which premiered on November 26, 2017. Pansy has also gotten merchandise such as plush and backpacks on Shop Spring.

On Knock Knock house, Pansy would occasionally appear in segments such as "Pansy at School."

Trivia

 * Her name was also used for a character in Five Nights at Freddy's.