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==Suzanne==
[[File:Suzanne.stl|250px|thumb|right|Preset Low poly 3D mesh]]
In February 2002, the fate of the Blender software company, NaN, became evident as it faced imminent closure in March.{{Citation needed|date=May 2025}} Nevertheless, one more release was pushed out, Blender 2.25.{{Citation needed|date=May 2025}} As a sort of [[Easter egg (media)|Easter egg]] and last personal tag,{{Citation needed|date=May 2025}} the artists and developers decided to add a 3D model of a chimpanzee head (called a "monkey" in the software). It was created by Willem-Paul van Overbruggen (SLiD3), who named it Suzanne after the orangutan in the [[Kevin Smith]] film ''[[Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Meet Suzanne, the Blender Monkey |url=https://www.dummies.com/article/technology/software/animation-software/blender/meet-suzanne-the-blender-monkey-142918/ |access-date=2024-01-22 |website=dummies |language=en}}</ref>

Suzanne is Blender's alternative to more common test models such as the [[Utah Teapot]] and the [[Stanford Bunny]]. A [[Low poly|low-polygon model]] with only 500 faces, Suzanne is included in Blender and often used as a quick and easy way to test materials, animations, rigs, textures, and lighting setups. It is included as a [[Geometric primitive|primitive]], alongside other meshes such as cubes and planes.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Primitives — Blender Manual|url=https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/modeling/meshes/primitives.html#monkey|access-date=2023-08-26|website=docs.blender.org}}</ref>

The largest Blender contest gives out an award called the '''Suzanne Award''',<ref>{{cite web|author=Blender Foundation|url=https://conference.blender.org/2019/festival/|title=Suzanne Awards 2019|publisher=Conference.blender.org|date=2019|accessdate=2022-07-19}}</ref> underscoring the significance of this unique 3D model in the Blender community.