Connie Kendall

Constance "Connie" Kendall is a major character in Adventures in Odyssey. Arguably the second-most important character, Connie has appeared in more episodes than any character except John Whittaker. Connie has been voiced by Katie Leigh since her arrival in Odyssey in #4: “Connie Comes to Town”. Connie has worked at Whit’s End since she moved to Odyssey. She is spontaneous and never inclined to hold back what she’s thinking, but she has a strong heart for discipleship—especially toward the kids at Whit’s End.

[edit] History

[edit] Move to Odyssey

Connie, originally from Los Angeles, California, moved to Odyssey with her mother, June Kendall, to the Midwest town of Odyssey when Connie was a teenager after her parents' divorce. She accepts a job at "Whit's End" at that time, and in time, becomes friends with Whit.

Connie had become very independent and was antsy to return back to California as soon as possible. She also came to Odyssey as a non-believer. For the first three albums this was a major story arc for Connie and through the friendship of Whit, Tom Riley, and the other kids of Odyssey. She eventually accepted Christ as her Savior after a soul searching trip back to California. (#51: “Connie, Part 1” & #52: “Connie, Part 2”)

Upon her return to Odyssey, she found that new help had been hired in the person of Eugene Meltsner. The dynamic relationship between Connie and Eugene was the material for many great comedic episodes. Eugene's logical way of thinking clashed with Connie's impulsiveness and curiosity, and provided comical bickering. Nevertheless, Eugene often ended up drawn into Connie's misadventures, which often ended disastrously. On one occasion, Connie and Eugene gained access to a top-secret computer program called "Applesauce", which Whit had warned them not to touch, and Whit was forced to fire them because his trust in them had been damaged. Whit did eventually hire both Eugene and Connie back when he was certain they'd learned their lesson; however, Connie's curiosity has still gotten her into trouble several times since.

[edit] Relationships

Connie's first romantic relationship was in the episode #111: “First Love”, in which she dates an athlete named Jeff Lewis who was not a Christian. The relationship interferes with her worship at church and she makes the painful decision to break up with him.

Her second relationship was with Robert Mitchell. She was introduced to him in the Novacom saga. She dated him for the next few seasons, and even got engaged to him, but both decided to break up when Mitch was offered a job from the FBI and had to train in Budapest for two years, and they realized they weren't prepared to get married so soon.

It is also discussed among fans that Connie may have had a crush on Eugene, and she did during their camp experience. But other than that Connie has never really seemed to like Eugene in that way, but she might have had a secret crush on him that fans just never picked up on.

Also in episode “Love Is in the Air, Part 1” it is implied that Connie may have had a small crush on Jason. We do not know if Jason has ever harbored such feelings for Connie.

[edit] Tales of a Small-Town Soda Jerk

Connie started writing a book about Odyssey, which was tentatively called "Tales of a Small-Town Soda Jerk". She decided to write the book in response to Rusty Gordon's book, titled "Tales of a Small-Town Thug", in which he criticizes and makes fun of the town of Odyssey.

However, the book was erased from Connie's computer by Kelly, who didn't wish to be published in the book. (#605: “The Chosen One, Part 1”). Connie was very angry at Kelly for this. Her book had been over 600 pages, and included chapters on Odyssey love and her experience at camp. But, strangely, Novacom was not put in her book because of its intrigue. Connie tried to rewrite the book, but found that remembering and rewriting all that material was more difficult than she thought. So, instead of rewriting her book, she produced a half hour radio drama about the town of Odyssey that appeared on the fictional radio show, At Home in My Town. The drama was featured in the episode #631: “A Capsule Comes to Town”.

[edit] Family

Connie's Parents, June and Bill.

Main article: Kendall family

Connie Kendall has parents that are divorced, June and Bill. She also has a paternal grandmother and a great uncle, Joe Finneman.

She also had two stepmothers, May and April; her father married and divorced them.

Connie also considers John Avery Whittaker as her second father.

Her father had a younger sister who is eight years older than Connie, Helen

[edit] Trivia

Connie was an extra in a movie when she lived in LA. The movie was recorded at her school. (#4: “Connie Comes to Town”)
Connie once owned a Golden Labrador Retriever named "Kitty". (#7: “Promises, Promises”)
In #24: “Gotcha!”, Connie reads her horoscope under Leo, placing her birthday between July 23 and August 22.
Connie once wore grease paint. (#113: “Suspicious Minds”)
Connie once saved up to buy a 'brand new' 1967 Ford. (#113: “Suspicious Minds”)
Connie was Eugene's driving instructor. (#194: “A License to Drive”)
Connie had a credit card, but she over-used it. (#323: “A Little Credit, Please”)
"Dreams By Constance" is Connie's wedding coordinator side job. (#353: “A Question About Tasha”, #374: “For Whom The Wedding Bells Toll, Part 3”, #570: “For Better or For Worse, Part 1”, #571: “For Better or For Worse, Part 2”, #667: “The Mystery of the Clock Tower, Part 1”, #679: “The Green Ring Conspiracy, Part 1”)
Connie has scars on two of her fingers from a knife. She cut her fingers when Harlow Doyle yelled. (#369: “It's a Wrap!”)
Connie was her high school's valedictorian. (#405: “The Graduate”)
Connie is not good at cooking. Eugene told Mandy that he "experienced her mashed potatoes...and nearly broke a tooth." (#443: “Changing Rodney”)
Connie's favorite snack is sour cream and onion potato chips. (#482: “Grand Opening, Part 2”)
At one point in her relationship with Mitch, she dyed her hair "raspberry chestnut," which turns out purple. (#483: “Secrets”) Eugene said (sarcastically) that it was "an improvement" (#610: “Hear Me, Hear Me”)
Connie's favorite sweater is the yellow one she was wearing when she met Robert Mitchell. ("Hear Me, Hear Me", #463: “Green Eyes and Yellow Tulips”)
Connie is not good at tennis. She ended up hitting Mitch in the face with her racquet. She was also the table tennis champ in highschool. (#483: “Secrets”)
Connie is left handed (#483: “Secrets”)
Connie has a fear of staplers. (#485: “Plan B, Part 2: Collision Course”, #602: “Mum’s the Word”, (#610: “Hear Me, Hear Me”)
Connie's favorite kind of tea is peppermint. (#495: “The Unraveling”)
Connie and Eugene were camp rivals when they were kids, despite not meeting each other. (“The Champ of the Camp”)
Connie wears a size 6 jeans. (#610: “Hear Me, Hear Me”)
Her favorite food is cookie dough. (#610: “Hear Me, Hear Me”)
Connie has a habit of testing ice cream for freezer burns. (#610: “Hear Me, Hear Me”)
Connie is allergic to walnuts. (#610: “Hear Me, Hear Me”)
Connie is always misplacing her cell phone. (#675: “A Thankstaking Story”)
Connie hates raspberry soda. (#692: “A Penny Saved”)
Connie and Penny share an apartment. (#692: “A Penny Saved”),

(#697: “A Penny Earned”)

Connie likes bowling, but isn't very good at it. She had a record of 24 at one time.
Her exact age (it takes 2.8 yrs to equal one year for Connie) is 24 as of 12-27-06 (from the Official Podcast)
At one point in her relationship with Mitch, she hurt him (not on purpose) by making huge sandwiches that they wouldn't hold together and she put toothpicks through each of them to hold them together, forgot to remind Mitch, and he bit into it. OW!!
Connie was said to have uneven nostrils by the representatives of the Emperial Modeling Agency in "Split Ends"
She is 5 feet 9 inches tall.
She has green eyes.
Connie was engaged to Robert Mitchell, but they called it off.
Her favourite colour is blue.