I'm doing a series of "Best Character Named X" polls where all the characters have the same first name but are from completely different media, feel free to send in name/charcacter suggestions, I'm posting one poll a day, check my pinned post for active polls
IT Crowd and The Big Bang Theory are both technically “nerd” sitcoms in which a female character is introduced to a friendgroup of male geeks who are portrayed as being very socially awkward and strange despite their scientific expertise, however the difference is that Penny on Big Bang Theory functions as a socially adept straight man for all the geeky weirdness while Jen from IT Crowd is objectively also an absolute freak, possibly even more so than her male nerd coworkers