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[JimmyxxCindy4EVER]

Glad to have you here, Zoey! You'll love it here, I just know it!

[Jindy's_heartstrings]

reviving! 

 

Cindy is my second favorite character in the series ( sorry, but NO ONE beats Sheen, lol).  She's sassy and awesome, with a heart of gold. she's that perfect mix of sweet and sour, and  I LOVEE those type of characters. 

 

I used to dislike her so much when I first started watching the show, but that was only because I was on Jimmy's side about everything . (even when I KNEW he was wrong about something, which is why I wouldn't watch WLK for a long time...)

 

But anyways,  I overall love  her.  she's spunky, smart, athletic, and doesn't let ANYONE get in her way. 

[Katia11]

Cindy is pretty awesome! I don't really have a “fave” character per say, but she's up there.

I would have loved to see where they took her character in future seasons. Because even by the end of the show, she had grown quite a bit.

[JimmyxxCindy4EVER]

I said it once, and I'll say it again: Cindy is awesome! She's a tough cutie who won't take crap from anyone if they cross her the wrong way, but can still be genuinely sweet and affectionate, too... I will admit, though, there were times I wished I smack her for acting a certain way, but hey, she's just a kid in the series! She's bound to act up some of the time...! Although, if I was able to and did, she wouldn't be afraid to show me what for! She knows karate and tai chi, for crying out loud!

[SheWolf]

I love how Cindy could have quite a bad temper, and Libby was there to balance her out. I think Cindy had a lot of character development throughout the series, and I wish we got to see more of her home life.

[JimmyxxCindy4EVER]

Yeah, what a shame, but we still got some hints, like in Stranded! Think there were some in Maximum Hugh, too!

[Neon2500]

I have a very unusual take on Cindy’s character - when the series started out, many traits that Nick had in the movie (such as calling Jimmy and his friends nerds) were given to Cindy as the writers realized she had more potential. Cindy seems to function more as an “annoying popular girl” in season 1, as she is friends with pretty much all the girls (“See Jimmy Run”) and her presentations, performances and jokes are loved by the class (“Substitute Creature”, “Broadcast Blues”, “Maximum Hugh”). Though for some reason she is horribly mean to Jimmy and only him, causing him to try to compete or get revenge with her in several of these early episodes. We see very little angst in her character at this point. In seasons 2 and 3 she is still respected by her peers in some cases but she overall feels much angrier, much more broken and yet much more sympathetic - at this point Libby seems to be her only true friend and her love for Jimmy becomes more and more clear.

My theory is that, after the events of “Love Potion”, the penultimate season 1 episode, somehow word got spread that she went on a date with Jimmy and then the other girls began to ostracize her, in spite of the fact that she is the one that built up Jimmy as such a bullying target to begin with.

Does anyone agree with me here?

EDIT: I don’t care what Keith Alcorn says I still think Jimmy’s the one who moved to Retroville, as Cindy clearly has the more deep-seated hatred of him than the other way around - and it would explain why the other kids always sided with Cindy in early episodes as well as the whole class’s dislike of him in “Normal Boy”

[SheWolf]

Wait...when did Keith Alcorn say that Cindy was the one who moved to Retroville? Because I agree it makes more sense that Jimmy did.

[Neon2500]

I dunno someone else brought it up one time no idea if they were right

[JimmyxxCindy4EVER]

I believe that was me who said that. You can look up Keith Alcorn on FB, message him, and ask him about it yourself, if you want... He won't steer ya wrong, I guarantee it!

[SheWolf]

I tried friending him like over a year ago on FB with no response. Guess he's not really active on there anymore.

[JimmyxxCindy4EVER]

You can always try again.

[Sanjana R]

Okay first off, love and respect Keith and the makers of this show, but Jimmy definitely is the one who moved to Retroville in my mind and that's always been the case! It simply explains more of Cindy's anger towards him if this is true. 

 

Cindy is my favorite character: not only is she wicked smart, she's also a hard worker, and extremely witty. She and Jimmy make such a good pair precisely because she is the ONLY one in the whole damn town capable of challenging him and telling him when he's wrong (a la WLK). She is the only one who can bring him down five notches, and this is sorely needed IMO because Jimmy can be overly sensitive, impulsive, and selfish at times. 

 

Living in his shadow is probably not easy; she can never beat a natural genius. But what I love about her is that sometimes, she does beat him. She successfully argues her case as to why he should be banned from the science fair. She pilots the Oozy Scab to the shipwreck. She gives better class presentations. Heck, King of Mars and some of the other episodes (I'm thinking of the one where she cites some paper to upstage him) seem to portray her as close as he's ever going to get (at least in this town) to someone on the same level as him. 

 

That being said, sometimes she's exceptionally cruel, petty, and jealous. I buy into the whole theory about her bad home life, so I think that's the root of her abrasiveness. 

 

I remember in the first year of grad school, I had a huge crush on someone I also disliked and kind of thought of as an academic rival, and it was a very complicated situation to be in because you both admire the person and can't stand them at the same time, and it drives you nuts. So I sympathize with her. That's my two cents!

[BeaRizy]

Cindy, babe, you're looking for a personal slave here, not a valentine, but she slayed so, I'm just gonna brush that off 

 

I support women wrongs   /s

 

[Sanjana R]

Cindy, babe, you're looking for a personal slave here, not a valentine, but she slayed so, I'm just gonna brush that off 

 

I support women wrongs   /s

 

Honestly, she popped off with this song! 

[BeaRizy]

Cindy to Betty and Jimmy during Vanishing Act 

 

[TheKingInTheNorth]

One of the things I've occasionally thought about the last few years is the idea of Jimmy vs Cindy in terms of intelligence. I always use to write off that question - Of course, Jimmy's smarter.

 

However, I think I've kind of changed my mind on that. I mean, of course, the question of "who is smarter" is a bit vague, as it's not as simple as that. That said, I feel like Cindy is much more... balanced in her smarts than Jimmy is (if that's the right word).

 

Like, I think Jimmy is BRILLIANT in specific areas (ie, science, math, etc), but Cindy is very smart across pretty much all areas. She may not be on the same level as Jimmy in his areas of expertise, but she is still really smart in those areas. Whereas, outside of his area of expertise, I would say Cindy is considerably smarter than him, and the gap between them is wider than in the areas where Jimmy is smarter.

 

It was difficult figuring out how to word that... I hope it made sense, lol.

[BeaRizy]

One of the things I've occasionally thought about the last few years is the idea of Jimmy vs Cindy in terms of intelligence. I always use to write off that question - Of course, Jimmy's smarter.

 

However, I think I've kind of changed my mind on that. I mean, of course, the question of "who is smarter" is a bit vague, as it's not as simple as that. That said, I feel like Cindy is much more... balanced in her smarts than Jimmy is (if that's the right word).

 

Like, I think Jimmy is BRILLIANT in specific areas (ie, science, math, etc), but Cindy is very smart across pretty much all areas. She may not be on the same level as Jimmy in his areas of expertise, but she is still really smart in those areas. Whereas, outside of his area of expertise, I would say Cindy is considerably smarter than him, and the gap between them is wider than in the areas where Jimmy is smarter.

 

It was difficult figuring out how to word that... I hope it made sense, lol.

I always see it as Jimmy being the most book smart with Cindy being the most street smart. I understood as I grew that those were very different skillset.