Penelope is a nice, funny and clumsy young dragon. She is very helpful and eager to prove her dragon abilities to her friends, her father and herself. Her father finds her lack of flying and fire-breathing skills disappointing as she is meant to be terrifying. Penelope is afraid of any insects, also snakes and spiders, and heights, though later she carries Rapunzel over the magic wall. Penelope feels as if her father is never happy around her, much to her dismay, and tells Hobie he never smiles around her. However, when her father says she is a real dragon, she becomes more confident in her abilities.