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'''Francis Llewellyn Poncherello'''<ref name="Ep105">{{cite episode | num = 105 | title = Career Day}}</ref><ref name="Ep106">{{cite episode | num = 106 | title = Baby Food}}</ref> (aka "'''Ponch'''") is a graduate of [[Lehigh Polytechnical High School]] where he set the school's all time record for visits to the principal's office.<ref name="Ep105" />  He has brothers named Robert and Martin and a sister, [[Patti Poncherello|Patti]].  Robert and Martin both work for his father in Chicago.  He also has an uncle Henry.<ref name="Ep106" />
'''Francis Llewellyn Poncherello'''<ref name="Ep105">{{cite episode | num = 105 | title = Career Day}}</ref><ref name="Ep106">{{cite episode | num = 106 | title = Baby Food}}</ref> (aka "'''Ponch'''") is a graduate of [[Lehigh Polytechnical High School]] where he set the school's all time record for visits to the principal's office.<ref name="Ep105" />  He has brothers named Robert and Martin and a sister, [[Patti Poncherello|Patti]].  Robert and Martin both work for his father in Chicago.  He also has an uncle Henry.<ref name="Ep106" />


It was [[Jon Baker]] who convinced him to join the [[CHP]].<ref name="Ep122">{{cite episode | num = 122 | title = Flashback!}}</ref>  He was commissioned in 1975 as an officer of the law.<ref name="Ep115">{{cite episode | num = 115 | title = Surf's Up}}</ref>  Six months before [[Pilot Episode|the first episode]], he was assigned as a partner to Jon Baker as part of his six month probation.<ref name="Ep101">{{cite episode | num = 101 | title = Pilot}}</ref>
It was [[Jon Baker]] who convinced him to join the [[CHP]].<ref name="Ep122">{{cite episode | num = 122 | title = Flashback!}}</ref>  He was commissioned in the late summer of 1975 as an officer of the law.<ref name="Ep115">{{cite episode | num = 115 | title = Surf's Up}}</ref>  A year and a half later, he was put on probation and, as a result, assigned as a partner to Jon Baker.  When he accidentally directed the relative of the captain into a ditch just as his probation was about to end, he was given another six months of probation.<ref name="Ep101">{{cite episode | num = 101 | title = Pilot}}</ref>  Not long after the second probationary period ended, he was temporarily assigned to partner with a rookie officer, [[Brent Delaney]], for a couple weeks.<ref name="Ep122"/>


Ponch used to live in a mobile home for two years but sold it for $2625 and moved to an apartment in "[[Family Crisis]]".<ref name="Ep203">{{cite episode | num = 203 | title = Family Crisis}}</ref> He planned to buy furniture, an 8 track, and a car with the money.  He also used to drive his motor home around...but bought a burned out Trans Am for $83 in "[[Neighborhood Watch]]"<ref name="Ep205">{{cite episode | num = 205 | title = Neighborhood Watch}}</ref> which has been wrecked at least three times (once by a thief in a late second-season episode, once by Jon<ref name="Ep312">{{cite episode | num = 312 | title = Destruction Derby}}</ref>, and by a forklift<ref name="Ep410">{{cite episode | num = 410 | title = Forty Tons of Trouble}}</ref>).
In the [[Season 6|late 1982]], his partner is [[Bobby Nelson]]<ref name="Ep601">{{cite episode | num = 601 | title = Meet the New Guy}}</ref>...until [[Bruce Nelson]] becomes his partner later on.<ref name="Ep620">{{cite episode | num = 620 | title = Fast Company}}</ref>


Later, Ponch became "The Barcelona Man" for a jeans ad.<ref name="Ep602">{{cite episode | num = 602 | title = Tight Fit}}</ref>  He's also an LA Rams fan.
For two years, Ponch lived in a motor home in a trailer park.  He eventually sold it for $2,625 and moved to an apartment.  He planned to buy furniture, an 8 track, and a car with the money.<ref name="Ep203">{{cite episode | num = 203 | title = Family Crisis}}</ref>  He used to drive his motor home around as personal transporation, but bought a burned out Trans Am for $83<ref name="Ep205">{{cite episode | num = 205 | title = Neighborhood Watch}}</ref> which has been wrecked at least three times (once by a thief in a late second-season episode, once by Jon<ref name="Ep312">{{cite episode | num = 312 | title = Destruction Derby}}</ref>, and by a forklift<ref name="Ep410">{{cite episode | num = 410 | title = Forty Tons of Trouble}}</ref>).


Ponch's talents include: skate boarder, street/roller hockey player, handball, racquetball<ref name="Ep101" />, basketball<ref name="Ep102">{{cite episode | num = 102 | title = Undertow}}</ref>, bowler<ref name="Ep109">{{cite episode | num = 109 | title = Hustle}}</ref>, student pilot, singer, jet-skier<ref name="Ep115" />, hang-glider, sky-diver, wind-surfer, waterskiier (he claims), demolition derby driver, square dancer, drag racer, volleyball player<ref name="Ep119">{{cite episode | num = 119 | title = Crash Diet}}</ref>, chess player, and black belt in Karate.  He wears a 9 1/2C bowling shoe.<ref name="Ep109" />
In his free time, Ponch enjoys watching the soap opera, ''A Troubled World''.<ref name="Ep106" /><ref name="Ep111">{{cite episode | num = 111 | title = Name Your Price}}</ref><ref name="Ep112">{{cite episode | num = 112 | title = Aweigh We Go}}</ref> Ponch is also a fan of the game show ''Name Your Price'' and even appeared as a contestant.<ref name="Ep111" /> Later on, Ponch gained fame as "The Barcelona Man" for a jeans ad.<ref name="Ep602">{{cite episode | num = 602 | title = Tight Fit}}</ref>


Ponch enjoys eating Tutti-frutti ice cream (although he has been known to eat strawberry<ref name="Ep321">{{cite episode | num = 321 | title = The Strippers}}</ref>) and [[Ding Dongs]]<ref name="Ep108">{{cite episode | num = 108 | title = Green Thumb Burglar}}</ref>. He claims to make "a mean potato salad."<ref name="Ep106"/> He often takes to work a sandwich which [[Harlan Arliss|Harlan]] calls a "Peanut Butter Chocolate Smoothy".<ref name="Ep403">{{cite episode | num = 403 | title = To Your Health}}</ref> Ponch keeps junk food in a plastic bag in his saddle bag.<ref name="Ep111">{{cite episode | num = 111 | title = Name Your Price}}</ref>
Ponch's talents include: racquetball<ref name="Ep101" />, basketball<ref name="Ep102">{{cite episode | num = 102 | title = Undertow}}</ref>, bowler<ref name="Ep109">{{cite episode | num = 109 | title = Hustle}}</ref>, jet-skier<ref name="Ep115" />, volleyball player<ref name="Ep119">{{cite episode | num = 119 | title = Crash Diet}}</ref>, skate boarder, street/roller hockey player, handball player, student pilot, singer, hang-glider, sky-diver, wind-surfer, waterskiier (he claims), demolition derby driver, square dancer, drag racer, chess player, and black belt in karate. He's also an LA Rams fan. He wears a 9 1/2C bowling shoe.<ref name="Ep109" />
In the [[Season 6|sixth season]], his partner is [[Bobby Nelson]]<ref name="Ep601">{{cite episode | num = 601 | title = Meet the New Guy}}</ref>...until [[Bruce Nelson]] becomes his partner later on.<ref name="Ep620">{{cite episode | num = 620 | title = Fast Company}}</ref>


Shortly after the sixth season, Jon Baker returned to the CHP and became Ponch's partner for another year and a half. At some point during this time, Ponch married Carol, the woman he met in a car accident in the first episode.  He had a son, [[Frank Poncherello Jr.|Frank Jr.]].  When his wife became ill, Ponch retired to care for his family.  After her death, be became a painter for ten years to get his mind off of it and painted the Golden Gate Bridge.  About 15 years after he last saw Jon, he returned to the CHP in Marin County.  When Bruce Nelson was promoted to sergeant, he took a temporary transfer to [[Los Angeles]].  After playing a major part in breaking up a carjacking ring, Captain Baker and Commissioner Getraer made the transfer permanent.<ref name="CHiPs99">{{cite episode | num = "CHiPs" '99 | title = "CHiPs" '99}}</ref>
Ponch enjoys eating Tutti-frutti ice cream (although he has been known to eat strawberry<ref name="Ep321">{{cite episode | num = 321 | title = The Strippers}}</ref>) and [[Ding Dongs]]<ref name="Ep108">{{cite episode | num = 108 | title = Green Thumb Burglar}}</ref>. He claims to make "a mean potato salad."<ref name="Ep106"/> He often takes to work a sandwich which [[Harlan Arliss|Harlan]] calls a "Peanut Butter Chocolate Smoothy".<ref name="Ep403">{{cite episode | num = 403 | title = To Your Health}}</ref> Ponch keeps junk food in a plastic bag in his saddle bag.<ref name="Ep111" />
 
Shortly after the sixth season, Jon Baker returned to the CHP and became Ponch's partner for another year and a half. At some point during this time, Ponch married [[Carol]], the woman he met in a car accident in the first episode.  He had a son, [[Frank Poncherello Jr.|Frank Jr.]].  When his wife became ill, Ponch retired to care for his family.  After her death in 1989, be became a painter for ten years to get his mind off of it and painted the Golden Gate Bridge.  About 15 years after he last saw Jon, he returned to the CHP in Marin County.  When Bruce Nelson was promoted to sergeant, he took a temporary transfer to [[Los Angeles]].  After playing a major part in breaking up a carjacking ring, Captain Baker and Commissioner [[Getraer]] made the transfer permanent.<ref name="CHiPs99">{{cite episode | num = "CHiPs" '99 | title = CHiPs '99}}</ref>


==Additional information==
==Additional information==
Ponch will be played by [[Wilmer Valderrama]] in the upcoming [[CHiPs Movie]].
Ponch will be played by [[Wilmer Valderrama]] in the upcoming [[CHiPs Movie]].<ref name="Movie">{{cite episode | num =  | title = CHiPs Movie}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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Revision as of 21:38, 17 January 2008

Francis Llewellyn Poncherello
Actor Erik Estrada
Appears in Seasons 1 through 6 (1977 - 1983)
Call Numbers 7 Mary 4 / 7 Mary 6 in Season 6 / 79 Mary 4 in 1999
Badge Number B600

Francis Llewellyn Poncherello[1][2] (aka "Ponch") is a graduate of Lehigh Polytechnical High School where he set the school's all time record for visits to the principal's office.[1] He has brothers named Robert and Martin and a sister, Patti. Robert and Martin both work for his father in Chicago. He also has an uncle Henry.[2]

It was Jon Baker who convinced him to join the CHP.[3] He was commissioned in the late summer of 1975 as an officer of the law.[4] A year and a half later, he was put on probation and, as a result, assigned as a partner to Jon Baker. When he accidentally directed the relative of the captain into a ditch just as his probation was about to end, he was given another six months of probation.[5] Not long after the second probationary period ended, he was temporarily assigned to partner with a rookie officer, Brent Delaney, for a couple weeks.[3]

In the late 1982, his partner is Bobby Nelson[6]...until Bruce Nelson becomes his partner later on.[7]

For two years, Ponch lived in a motor home in a trailer park. He eventually sold it for $2,625 and moved to an apartment. He planned to buy furniture, an 8 track, and a car with the money.[8] He used to drive his motor home around as personal transporation, but bought a burned out Trans Am for $83[9] which has been wrecked at least three times (once by a thief in a late second-season episode, once by Jon[10], and by a forklift[11]).

In his free time, Ponch enjoys watching the soap opera, A Troubled World.[2][12][13] Ponch is also a fan of the game show Name Your Price and even appeared as a contestant.[12] Later on, Ponch gained fame as "The Barcelona Man" for a jeans ad.[14]

Ponch's talents include: racquetball[5], basketball[15], bowler[16], jet-skier[4], volleyball player[17], skate boarder, street/roller hockey player, handball player, student pilot, singer, hang-glider, sky-diver, wind-surfer, waterskiier (he claims), demolition derby driver, square dancer, drag racer, chess player, and black belt in karate. He's also an LA Rams fan. He wears a 9 1/2C bowling shoe.[16]

Ponch enjoys eating Tutti-frutti ice cream (although he has been known to eat strawberry[18]) and Ding Dongs[19]. He claims to make "a mean potato salad."[2] He often takes to work a sandwich which Harlan calls a "Peanut Butter Chocolate Smoothy".[20] Ponch keeps junk food in a plastic bag in his saddle bag.[12]

Shortly after the sixth season, Jon Baker returned to the CHP and became Ponch's partner for another year and a half. At some point during this time, Ponch married Carol, the woman he met in a car accident in the first episode. He had a son, Frank Jr.. When his wife became ill, Ponch retired to care for his family. After her death in 1989, be became a painter for ten years to get his mind off of it and painted the Golden Gate Bridge. About 15 years after he last saw Jon, he returned to the CHP in Marin County. When Bruce Nelson was promoted to sergeant, he took a temporary transfer to Los Angeles. After playing a major part in breaking up a carjacking ring, Captain Baker and Commissioner Getraer made the transfer permanent.[21]

Additional information

Ponch will be played by Wilmer Valderrama in the upcoming CHiPs Movie.[22]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Episode 105: "Career Day"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Episode 106: "Baby Food"
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Episode 122: "Flashback!"
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Episode 115: "Surf's Up"
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Episode 101: "Pilot"
  6. ↑ Episode 601: "Meet the New Guy"
  7. ↑ Episode 620: "Fast Company"
  8. ↑ Episode 203: "Family Crisis"
  9. ↑ Episode 205: "Neighborhood Watch"
  10. ↑ Episode 312: "Destruction Derby"
  11. ↑ Episode 410: "Forty Tons of Trouble"
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Episode 111: "Name Your Price"
  13. ↑ Episode 112: "Aweigh We Go"
  14. ↑ Episode 602: "Tight Fit"
  15. ↑ Episode 102: "Undertow"
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Episode 109: "Hustle"
  17. ↑ Episode 119: "Crash Diet"
  18. ↑ Episode 321: "The Strippers"
  19. ↑ Episode 108: "Green Thumb Burglar"
  20. ↑ Episode 403: "To Your Health"
  21. ↑ Episode "CHiPs" '99: "CHiPs '99"
  22. ↑ Episode : "CHiPs Movie"
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