Penguin of the Week

Penguin of the Week (commonly abbreviated as PotW) is an event that occurs on the What's New Blog on a weekly basis. A penguin gets chosen every week.

Usually, penguins often receive the award for being active, kind, respectful, and helpful. Note that although this is generally the widely-accepted criteria, it is not only limited to that.

Each winner receives 1000 coins, the Green Viking Helmet, Penguin of the Week Background, and Penguin of the Week Postcard.

Penguin of the Week went on a several month hiatus beginning at the start of 2021 due to the ongoing transition to HTML5. It returned on July 20, 2021.

Winners
2017= {| class="wikitable sortable" !No. !Date !Winner
 * -|2018=
 * -|2019=
 * -|2020 =
 * 139
 * January 6, 2020
 * Yippold
 * 140
 * January 14, 2020
 * Tyviebrock
 * 141
 * January 20, 2020
 * Jempenguin
 * 142
 * January 27, 2020
 * Paigey
 * 143
 * February 3, 2020
 * 182Autumn
 * 144
 * February 10, 2020
 * LandN Lukas
 * 145
 * February 17, 2020
 * Fever123
 * 146
 * February 24, 2020
 * Sparklmagyq
 * 147
 * March 2, 2020
 * Penny508
 * 148
 * March 9, 2020
 * TigerOfWind
 * 149
 * March 16, 2020
 * Yellowman10
 * 150
 * March 23, 2020
 * Cocopuffss
 * 151
 * March 30, 2020
 * Lanaila
 * 152
 * April 6, 2020
 * Blueberry504
 * 153
 * April 13, 2020
 * HarmonyStar
 * 154
 * April 20, 2020
 * Fliberjig1
 * 155
 * April 27, 2020
 * KagomeH
 * 156
 * May 4, 2020
 * FlightFluffy
 * 157
 * May 11, 2020
 * xKattx
 * 158
 * May 18, 2020
 * Instastar
 * 159
 * May 25, 2020
 * Cherries B
 * 160
 * June 1, 2020
 * EllieMcBelly
 * 161
 * June 8, 2020
 * Bobbynibbles
 * 162
 * June 15, 2020
 * Boop234
 * 163
 * June 22, 2020
 * notcharlie08
 * 164
 * June 30, 2020
 * Degarmoo
 * 165
 * July 6, 2020
 * cathrinexo
 * 166
 * July 13, 2020
 * CarlyRose2
 * 167
 * July 20, 2020
 * florrosa
 * 168
 * July 27, 2020
 * mamonn
 * 169
 * August 3, 2020
 * Powolowski
 * 170
 * August 10, 2020
 * thub101
 * 171
 * August 17, 2020
 * ItzMe!
 * 172
 * August 24, 2020
 * Penguinbobi1
 * 173
 * August 31, 2020
 * Arthur1102
 * 174
 * September 7, 2020
 * DespicableMe
 * 175
 * September 14, 2020
 * Splosh Jnr
 * 176
 * September 21, 2020
 * nicolasp
 * 177
 * September 28, 2020
 * icicle8
 * 178
 * October 5, 2020
 * sweeethoney
 * 179
 * October 12, 2020
 * redpandamel
 * 180
 * October 19, 2020
 * Gunpower627
 * 181
 * October 26, 2020
 * ViciousDex
 * 182
 * November 2, 2020
 * happyblue
 * 183
 * November 10, 2020
 * spoopghost
 * 184
 * November 16, 2020
 * yayducks
 * 185
 * November 23, 2020
 * Sammons
 * 186
 * November 30, 2020
 * Mobio32
 * 187
 * December 7, 2020
 * saf05
 * 188
 * December 15, 2020
 * Weither
 * 189
 * December 22, 2020
 * ghxstkitten
 * -|2021 =
 * -|2022=
 * icicle8
 * 178
 * October 5, 2020
 * sweeethoney
 * 179
 * October 12, 2020
 * redpandamel
 * 180
 * October 19, 2020
 * Gunpower627
 * 181
 * October 26, 2020
 * ViciousDex
 * 182
 * November 2, 2020
 * happyblue
 * 183
 * November 10, 2020
 * spoopghost
 * 184
 * November 16, 2020
 * yayducks
 * 185
 * November 23, 2020
 * Sammons
 * 186
 * November 30, 2020
 * Mobio32
 * 187
 * December 7, 2020
 * saf05
 * 188
 * December 15, 2020
 * Weither
 * 189
 * December 22, 2020
 * ghxstkitten
 * -|2021 =
 * -|2022=
 * December 7, 2020
 * saf05
 * 188
 * December 15, 2020
 * Weither
 * 189
 * December 22, 2020
 * ghxstkitten
 * -|2021 =
 * -|2022=
 * -|2021 =
 * -|2022=

Trivia

 * Current and ex-staff members cannot get Penguin of the Week.
 * Penguin of the Week has gone through a few schedule changes.
 * Penguins of the Week #1 through #5 were announced on Sundays.
 * Penguins of the Week #6 through #189 were announced on Mondays. However, there were also some instances where it was announced on Tuesday or even another day of the week instead.
 * Penguins of the Week #190 onward have been announced on Tuesdays. However, there have been some instances where it was announced on another day of the week instead.
 * Penguin of the Week was originally meant to be Igloo of the Week, but it was scrapped.
 * Penguin of the Week was paused from March 26, 2017 to April 12, 2017 due to the What's New Blog being down. However, due to delays, the next Penguin of the Week was only announced on April 24, 2017.
 * In similar circumstances, Penguins of the Week #46 to #50 were posted to the Club Penguin Rewritten Discord Server instead. They were later posted to the What's New Blog once it was brought back up.
 * Due to the temporary shutdown of Club Penguin Rewritten in early 2018, Penguin of the Week was paused from March 4, 2018 to April 30, 2018.
 * Various staff members have announced the Penguin of the Week.
 * Zeus announced Penguins of the Week #1 to #45.
 * Stu helped Zeus announce Penguins of the Week #9, #16, #26, #37 and #41 as the latter was busy.
 * Hagrid announced Penguin of the Week #46
 * Rainbert announced Penguins of the Week #47 to #55.
 * Stu announced Penguins of the Week #56 to #191.
 * Lataus helped Stu announce Penguins of the Week #59, #60, #64, #66 and #113 as the latter was busy.
 * Honey took over Stu in announcing Penguins of the Week beginning with #192.
 * Kidguin announced Penguin of the Week #208.
 * Moo announced Penguins of the Week #217, #220, and #222. Along with this, the art was changed from a blue theme to a purple theme beginning with Penguin of the Week #217.
 * Similarly, various staff members have also done the art for Penguin of the Week.
 * Stu usually makes the art for every Penguin of the Week. He made the Penguin of the Week art for #1 to #37, #46, and #56 to most recent.
 * HunterCPPS made the Penguin of the Week art for #33, #35, #38 to #45, as well as #47 to 49.
 * Jaybird made the Penguin of the Week art for #50.
 * Rainbert made the Penguin of the Week art for #51 to #55.
 * Penguin of the Week #6, Gunslinger, is the only Penguin of the Week to have the color around their name to be purple. This was because stu was on holiday.
 * Christmas themes were used for Penguins of the Week #84 to #86.
 * Several Penguins of the Week joined the Club Penguin Rewritten Staff team at some point in Club Penguin Rewritten's history. These include:
 * 1, BluerQ. He left on June 16, 2018.
 * 2, Lataus. He left on May 1, 2020.
 * 3, Tempus. He left on August 16, 2017.
 * 7, HunterCPPS. He was demoted on August 23, 2018.
 * 8, Lily8763cp. She left on May 15, 2020.
 * 12, melchior. She left on April 29, 2018.
 * 17, Pautemii. She was demoted on May 25, 2018.
 * 20, Larry (previously Larry!). He left on August 23, 2018.
 * 24, Dream (previously Trudermark). He left on April 29, 2018.
 * 25, Rainbert (previously Alex Ctl). He was demoted on May 29, 2018.
 * 27, jaybird (previously a1tered). He left on April 30, 2018.
 * 28, Cami. She left on July 27, 2018.
 * 32, Pengswim. He left on August 24, 2018.
 * 45, Halopona. He left on May 15, 2020.
 * 65, bacon (previously Lovebacon56). She is currently still on the team.
 * 66, Garnet1200. He left on May 15, 2020.
 * 87, Stevie (previously Steviee). He is currently still on the team.
 * 103, Gena (previously GirlsAloud4). She left on May 15, 2020.
 * 127, Candy (previously candycorn900). She left on May 15, 2020.
 * 135, Kidguin (previously Kidguin596). She is currently still on the team.
 * 157, Kat (previously xKattx). She left on March 2, 2021.
 * 164, Moo (previously Degarmoo). She is currently still on the team.
 * 178, Honey (previously sweeethoney). They are currently still on the team.
 * 186, Zoey (previously Mobio32 & Mobi). They are currently still on the team.
 * The Penguin of the Week title was sometimes renamed based on the party or event that was ongoing at the time.
 * During the April Fools' Party 2017, Penguin of the Week was supposed to be renamed to 'Joker of the Week', but was scrapped due to the blog being down at the time.
 * Two years later, the idea was used again and Penguin of the Week #99 was appropriately renamed to 'Joker of the Week' during the April Fools' Party 2019.
 * The idea was also used for Penguin of the Week #151 during the April Fools' Party 2020.
 * During Operation: Blackout, Penguin of the Week was appropriately renamed to 'Ruler of the Island'.
 * During the Halloween Party 2019, Penguins of the Week #129 and #130 were appropriately renamed 'Sled of the Week'.
 * During the Puffle Party 2020 and Puffle Party 2022, Penguins of the Week #146 and #220 were appropriately renamed to 'Puffle of the Week'.
 * During the Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt 2020, Penguin of the Week #153 was appropriately renamed to 'Bunny of the Week'.
 * During the Halloween Party 2021, Penguins of the Week #202 and #203 were appropriately renamed to 'Vamp of the Week'.
 * Penguins of the Week #9, #65 and #124, Babycrier, Lovebacon56 and Lily19530 respectively, are the only penguins to win Penguin of the Week on both Club Penguin and Club Penguin Rewritten.
 * However, Penguin of the Week #124, Lily19530, did not get the award on her main account; she got it on an alternate account called Pingu15cool.
 * Originally, players that became Penguin of the Week only received 1000 coins and the Green Viking Helmet.
 * Beginning on January 15, 2018, those who became Penguin of the Week also received the Penguin of the Week Postcard.
 * Beginning on January 18, 2022, those who became Penguin of the Week also received the Penguin of the Week Background. Any player that previously became Penguin of the Week had the background added to their inventory.

Gallery
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