The setting of Penny's hometown comes from the relocation experience of the screenwriter of The Big Bang Theory.

 When Penny yells “Go Big Red”, Sheldon and his friends may not understand her enthusiasm.This is the cheering chant for the Cornhuskers, the University of Nebraska athletic team.In The Big Bang Theory, Penny, played by Kaley Cuoco, comes from the Midwest. Her love of college sports also makes her very different from Sheldon, played by Jim Parsons.

It was writer and executive producer Lee Aronson's idea to place Penny's hometown in Nebraska.He lived in Lincoln, that state, for two years for his then-girlfriend.When the creative team decided where the character would come from, he thought of this familiar place.However, Penny's hometown was ultimately located in Omaha in the same state, not Lincoln.

Aronson also owned a comic shop called Trade-A-Tape Comic Center when he lived in Lincoln.In 1977, he broke up with his girlfriend and subsequently sold the store; it is still open today.

After leaving Nebraska, the New York native came to Los Angeles and entered the television industry.His screenwriting resume dates back to 1980, and he has written for shows such as The Love Boat and Murphy Brown, and also co-created Two and a Half Men.

When Penny first appeared, she was also a young man who came to Los Angeles from Nebraska and hoped to enter the entertainment industry.She entered the lives of these friends as a neighbor, but by the end of the series, she had given up her dream of being an actress and became a pharmaceutical sales representative.Aronson stayed in the film and television industry, and the two went in different directions.

The place name Lincoln was still included in the lines.In the pilot episode of The Big Bang Theory, Penny mentioned a script she had written about a sensitive girl who came to Los Angeles from Lincoln, Nebraska, to become an actress.