What do you think of the Jimmy and Cindy dynamic?
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10 year old me was waaayyyy too invested in this dynamic

They're rivals, not really frenemies. Rivalry is a ship secret sauce and these two have it.

The fact that a whole ass crossover ship was a key point in their relationship development is wild to me

I'm surprised you didn't bring up the episode where Jimmy goes to the future and sees that him and Cindy are married with her still calling him names 😅.

I think Jimmy and Cindy was my first exposure to shipping that I care about before I started to watch anime

Libby×Sheen was much less chaotic than these two

The shipwreck episode is the ultimate "yep they want each other" moment for the show

Cindy and jimmy their biggest problem is that they are too self centered. But compared to other shows at the time that , this was a way more coherent drama .

This complicated romance was messier than I could have ever imagined but I always felt that deep down inside, they both really cared for each other very much

I’m surprised you didn’t mention the episode that reveals Jimmy and Cindy marry in the future.

I adore this kinda ship. Cindy and Jimmy changed my shipping interest forever xD two intelligent people who are highly competitive, a little bit bullying towards each other, but ultimately want the best for the other.

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I feel like their relationship dynamic is a flipped version of the old trope of boys being mean towards girls they like. And Jimmy, being how he is, of course responds in kind.

But yeah, despite the mess, I still love their relationship. After all, they're literal kids, so of course it's complicated.

Yeah the whole Jimmy and Cindy ship is the MESSIEST Ship from the entire series to the Jimmy Timmy Power Hour crossovers they were no dnymamics within the entire show

10:18 Starfire can learn languages by kissing people.

Given how they both have some toxicity in them, Jimmy and Cindy are perfect for each other.

I'd add that the messiness is largely due to their RIVALRY. As Cindy stated in the movie, she was the smartest kid until she met Jimmy. (Surprised that scene wasn't mentioned here) Competitiveness was how they mostly communicated with each other, which came with good AND bad. The admiration of each other's skills plus the desire to outdo one another didn't leave much room to meet in the middle sometimes. Which is why the moments where they weren't doing that had let them have calmer [and closer] moments.

(Despite there being other love interests, I give this show massive credit on not having characters dragged down by love triangles; not counting the Power Hours. {ie. Betty and Cindy having continuous fights with each other across seasons, or the former or Nick secretly being evil to push the ship})

Ah, Cindy and Jimmy: one of my favorite cartoon couples, right there with Arnold and Helga. Although with Arnold and Helga, it was a bit more complicated, since it didn’t seem like Arnold‘s feelings for Helga were as obvious, at least until later in the series, but with Jimmy, despite liking other girls every now and again, it was clear as day that he always wanted Cindy in the end, but they kept it poorly hidden through verbal sparring matches. 🤣

9:27 When even Bolby screams at you you know you've messed up.