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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.  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 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>


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>).
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>).

Revision as of 00:06, 12 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)
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 1975 as an officer of the law.[4] Six months before the first episode, he was assigned as a partner to Jon Baker as part of his six month probation.[5]

Ponch used to live in a mobile home for two years but sold it for $2625 and moved to an apartment in "Family Crisis".[6] 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"[7] which has been wrecked at least three times (once by a thief in a late second-season episode, once by Jon[8], and by a forklift[9]).

Later, Ponch became "The Barcelona Man" for a jeans ad.[10] He's also an LA Rams fan.

Ponch's talents include: skate boarder, street/roller hockey player, handball, racquetball[5], basketball[11], bowler[12], student pilot, singer, jet-skier, hang-glider, sky-diver, wind-surfer, waterskiier (he claims), demolition derby driver, square dancer, drag racer, volleyball player, chess player, and black belt in Karate. He wears a 9 1/2C bowling shoe.[12]

Ponch enjoys eating Tutti-frutti ice cream (although he has been known to eat strawberry[13]) and Ding Dongs[14]. He claims to make "a mean potato salad."[2] He often takes to work a sandwich which Harlan calls a "Peanut Butter Chocolate Smoothy".[15] Ponch keeps junk food in a plastic bag in his saddle bag.[16] In the sixth season, his partner is Bobby Nelson[17]...until Bruce Nelson becomes his partner later on.[18]

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 the woman he met in a car accident in the first episode and had a son, Frank Jr.. When his wife became ill, Ponch retired to care for his family. After her death, be became a painter to get his mind off of it.[19]

In 1999, Ponch re-joined the California Highway Patrol.[19]

Additional information

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

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Episode 105: "Career Day"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Episode 106: "Baby Food"
  3. ↑ Episode 122: "Flashback!"
  4. ↑ Episode 115: "Surf's Up"
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Episode 101: "Pilot"
  6. ↑ Episode 203: "Family Crisis"
  7. ↑ Episode 205: "Neighborhood Watch"
  8. ↑ Episode 312: "Destruction Derby"
  9. ↑ Episode 410: "Forty Tons of Trouble"
  10. ↑ Episode 602: "Tight Fit"
  11. ↑ Episode 102: "Undertow"
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Episode 109: "Hustle"
  13. ↑ Episode 321: "The Strippers"
  14. ↑ Episode 108: "Green Thumb Burglar"
  15. ↑ Episode 403: "To Your Health"
  16. ↑ Episode 111: "Name Your Price"
  17. ↑ Episode 601: "Meet the New Guy"
  18. ↑ Episode 620: "Fast Company"
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 Episode "CHiPs" '99: ""CHiPs" '99"
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