Editing Pen pal (section)

==In popular culture==
The Australian author [[Geraldine Brooks (writer)|Geraldine Brooks]] wrote a memoir entitled ''Foreign Correspondence'' (1997), about her childhood which was enriched by her exchanges of letters with other children in Australia and overseas, and her travels as an adult in search of the people they had become.

In the 1970s, the syndicated children's television program ''[[Big Blue Marble]]'' often invited viewers to write to them for their own pen pal.

On another children's TV show, ''[[Pee-wee's Playhouse]]'', [[Pee-wee Herman]] would often receive pen pal letters.

In the ''[[Peanuts]]'' comic strip from the 1960s and 1970s, Charlie Brown tries to write to a pen pal using a fountain pen,  but after several literally "botched" attempts, Charlie switches to using a pencil and referring to his penpal as his "pencil-pal"; his first letter to his "pencil-pal" explains the reason for the name change.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1958/08/26|title=Peanuts by Charles Schulz, August 26, 1958 Via @GoComics|work=[[GoComics]]|access-date=13 March 2022}}</ref> In the animated feature film adaptation, ''[[The Peanuts Movie]]'', this hobby enables the story to have a happy ending with Charlie Brown to have an active friendship with his dream girl, the [[Little Red-Haired Girl]], in a way that he feels comfortable without significantly affecting the franchise's story world.

The [[Bollywood]] film ''[[Romance (1983 film)|Romance]]'' (1983) is about two people, Amar (from India) and Sonia (from the UK) who fall in love after becoming pen pals. The Bollywood film ''[[Sirf Tum]]'' (1999) has a similar storyline.

The film ''[[You've Got Mail (film)|You've Got Mail]]'' (1998) is a romantic comedy about two people in a pen pal email courtship who are unaware that they are also business rivals.

The action-drama film ''[[Out of Reach (film)|Out of Reach]]'' (2004) is about a pen pal relationship between a Vietnam War veteran and a 13-year-old orphaned girl from Poland. When the letters suddenly stop coming, the veteran heads to Poland to find out the reason.

The film ''[[A Cinderella Story]]'' (2004) is a teen romantic comedy about two people in a pen pal email courtship who plan to meet in person at their high school's Halloween dance.

The [[claymation]] film ''[[Mary and Max]]'' (2009) is about the pen pal relationship between an American man and an Australian girl.

In the 2012 film ''[[Moonrise Kingdom]]'' the characters Suzy and Sam become pen pals.

Musicians [[Jetty Rae]] and [[Heath McNease]] have collaborated under the moniker "Pen Pals".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jetty-rae-mn0003041716/biography|title=Jetty Rae &#124; Biography & History|work=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=4 December 2019}}</ref>