Kim Possible (character)/Relationships

The relationships of Kim Possible.
==Family==
===Dr. James Possible===
Kim's father is Dr. James Timothy Possible, a rocket scientist. They have a close but diverse father-daughter relationship. For much of the series he treats her as a mature and responsible young lady, expecting her to babysit her younger brothers, instructing her to get a part-time job if she wants expensive new clothes, and accepting her going on dangerous missions without a second thought - believing that she is skilled enough to stay out of harms way.
However, because of the closeness of their relationship, he sometimes forgets that she isn't a child anymore and treats her as if she were much younger, failing to see that she doesn't always enjoy doing the same things that she did when she was little, and not being able to see when his behavior might embarrass her. His nickname for her is his "Kimmy-Cub," which she sees as a sign of affection, except when it is said within earshot of Bonnie. Although, in the episode "The Truth Hurts", when Kim was hit by a Truth Ray, she said she hated it when her father called her that.
Similarly, because of their close relationship, Kim often finds it hard to tell her father when he embarrasses her, or to explain how she has grown out of things that she used to enjoy, for fear of hurting his feelings.
===Dr. Ann Possible===
Kim's mother is Dr. Ann Possible, a brain surgeon. Their mother-daughter relationship is given less airtime than her relationship with her father, but it is often scripted when emotional depth or conflict resolution is required, usually in relation to Kim's teenage angst.
While Kim's father is often either oblivious to, or uncomfortable with, many of the teenage issues that Kim faces throughout the series, Mrs. Possible is much more in tune with her daughter's feelings and frequently acts as an emotional anchor for Kim—helping her to put her feelings into perspective, and reminding her that things aren't always as bad as they might seem.
Aside from helping her daughter to battle peer pressure, one of Mrs. Possible's main duties has been to help Kim to get through various issues in her friendship with Ron. Whether Kim was jealous of Ron's new found friendship with Felix, feeling guilty about ditching him in favor of Monique, or was afraid that his eagerness to be accepted was leading him down the path to embarrassment, Mrs. Possible was always there to have a mother-daughter moment and to provide her with sage advice. In So The Drama, it is shown, that she had been expecting Kim and Ron to become a couple; she advised Kim to take Ron as her date in the junior prom, but when Eric showed up, she went with him. When he came to get Kim, Mrs. Possible looked at the photo of Kim and Ron as kids and looked sad, when it seemed Kim and Ron wouldn't get together. Thankfully, they did.
A running gag with Kim and her mother is that, when Kim calls her for advice, she just happens to be in brain surgery at the moment, and yet she still can talk with Kim despite the obviously delicate procedure. This leaves Kim embarrased and somewhat disgusted.
===Jim & Tim Possible===
Kim's sister-brother relationship with her younger twin brothers Jim and Tim - whom she usually refers to as the "Tweebs" - is analogous to many other TV brother-sister relationships in which there is a notable age gap that leave one side teen and the other pre-teen.
She often finds Jim and Tim to be juvenile and embarrassing, and she resents the fact that babysitting them impinges upon her social life. She also frequently becomes angry at them when they invade her privacy, or attempt to embarrass her in front of her friends, by reading her diary, building something crazy which might blow up, or posting sneaked photographs of her on the Internet. Despite this, she loves her brothers and goes out of her way to protect them, even if it means putting her own life on the line. And whenever they prove their value by creating something useful for her, she shows how much she actually cares about them.
=== Nana Possible ===
Kim's paternal grandmother is Nana Possible, a retiree. Their Grandmother-granddaughter relationship is given a level of mastery on martial arts, she always call her Kimberly and never shortens it.
==Friends and Allies==
===Ron Stoppable===
Kim has known Ron since their first day at preschool and has been best friends with him ever since.
Kim and Ron have a very distinctive relationship of opposites that covers both their personalities and their natural aptitudes. While Kim is a Type A teen (a perfectionist who sets high standards for herself and is concerned about image), Ron has a Type B personality and is laid-back, ambivalent and somewhat random. Equally, Ron does well in almost all of the areas in which Kim does not (for example: cooking and resisting peer pressure) and vice-versa. Kim and Ron complement each other and their relationship works well; as they headed into Season 4 and their senior year of high school, they had advanced from best friends to boyfriend and girlfriend. At the end of Season 4, they are still together and have each successfully graduated from high school.
With his more relaxed attitude towards life, as well as his flexibility and ability to see the good aspects of bad situations, Ron often provides a balance to Kim's ambitious nature and image-oriented personality. As such, he often encourages her to slow down and keep things in perspective, to be less competitive and not treat everything as a challenge that must be met head on and to be less image-conscious. At the end of the day their relationship even before their romance has been that Kim needs Ron and vice versa.
=== Rufus ===
Ron's pet naked mole rat Rufus is a good friend of Kim's, so much so that Kim could be considered as his second owner.
When Ron first introduced Rufus to Kim after buying him, Kim at first was somewhat disgusted, but quickly grew to respect him, when he hotwired a security panel on her first mission. Since then, Rufus has proven his worth to Kim many times over, and Kim is also protective of him, when Ron is unable to. Few examples are that when Kim had Ron to have a haircut, it made him popular, which left Rufus on the sidelines; thus Kim gladly took Rufus with her until Ron returned to being himself. Other example is that when Ron went for a holiday in Paris, he left Rufus for Kim to babysit, and Kim had to protect Rufus from Shego, Duff Killigan and Monkey Fist, when they tried to gain a valuable microchip that Rufus had accidentally swallowed (ending up in Paris without Ron noticing). Here, she showed genuine affection towards her best friend's pet.
=== Wade ===
Wade is Kim's technical assistant, being the one, who built most of Kim's gadgets and provides intel and tech support to her and Ron. Kim never actually met Wade in person for a long time. Despite this, Kim has a great amount of faith in Wade and his skills, and she always turns to him, whenever she needs technical assistance.
===Monique===
Kim first met Monique while shopping at her regular Club Banana store, where Monique worked. The two immediately hit it off as they both had similar interests, and Monique became Kim's only real female friend. Monique also became friends with Ron, because like him, she shared interest in pro wrestling and she frequented Bueno Nacho just like Kim and Ron did. Kim acknowledged from this that this was the beginning of a weird friendship, which has endured since.
Monique is the person Kim usually talks about normal girl things, and Monique's advice helps Kim in situations she feels uncomfortable in. Aside from her mother, Monique was the one, who suggested Kim that she should take her chances with Ron in the junior prom, despite Kim feeling awkward of going with only her best friend. In the end, Kim ended up following Monique's advice, and Monique was happy to see when Kim and Ron became a couple.
===Tara===
Tara and Kim are teammates on the Middleton High School Cheerleading Squad. Though Tara often hangs out around Kim’s rival Bonnie, she and and Kim get along. She respects Kim as captain of the team and is shown to sometimes hang out with her. Kim however, is sometimes annoyed when Tara exaggerates or panicky during a situation. This causes Kim to often reprimand Tara for her behavior and telling her to calm down. Tara is shown to lean on Kim for comfort and support during these instances. This causes Tara to view Kim as something of an older sister-figure.
===Yori===
Yori, a Japanese kunoichi (female-ninja) from Yamanouchi Ninja School, was the greatest source of jealousy for Kim. Ron met her at Yamanouchi, when he was chosen as an exchange student there, due to him wielding the Mystical Monkey Power. Because Ron was sworn to secrecy, he couldn't tell Kim about Yori, or the school. This is why Kim instantly became jealous, when Yori showed up at Middleton High to enlist Ron's help. The weirdness of the situation was too much for Kim to handle, and she denied of being jealous, even though Monique and Wade could tell she was jealous, because Ron had an attractive female friend she didn't know about. After Kim asked Wade to look into Yori, and because of his discoveries, Kim gave chase to the duo, and eventually caught up with them, blaming Yori for working with Monkey Fist. Ron tried to evade the subject, but Yori told him to tell the truth, realizing she wouldn't give up. After they saved Monkey Fist and Sensei from DNAmy, Kim apologized to Yori, but her jealousy of her didn't end there, mainly because Yori was somehow attracted to Ron, yet she claimed she and Ron had a bond of honor.
Some time after Kim and Ron became a couple, Yori requested Ron's help again with Monkey Fist. Kim came along and since she wasn't sure if Ron had romantic feelings towards Yori, she demanded he'll give her a full disclosure about their relationship. While stopping Monkey Fist, Kim and Yori became tied up and had to work together in order to succeed, During this time, they finally resolved their differences, and Yori never was angry or jealous towards Kim because of Ron; in truth, she had always believed Ron is Kim's destiny, and she was proven correct. From this moment on, Kim and Yori became friends. In their third and final meeting in the series, Yamanouchi school had been all but destroyed by Monkey Fist. When Kim and Ron arrived, Yori attacked Kim, thinking she was an enemy, but when they saw they were fighting each other, they immediately stopped and there was no hard feelings of any kind between them.
==Rivals==
===Bonnie Rockwaller===
Bonnie and Kim have a highly rivalrous relationship with each other. This includes frequently going to great lengths to get the better of the other. Kim and Bonnie have been archrivals since at least middle school, but it is unknown how long Bonnie has actually known Kim and her best friend (and later boyfriend), Ron Stoppable. Bonnie also frequently puts down both Kim and Ron, usually getting an early victory, but getting defeated at the end.
Some episodes have shown the two girls getting along fairly well, showing that they could probably be friends if they were to overcome their rivalry. In "Bonding", Kim has a better understanding of why Bonnie is so mean to people, because it is strongly implied that Bonnie's sour disposition stems from her two older sisters being so mean to her. The reason, why Bonnie most often picks on Kim, is that she in reality is jealous of her, yet she would never admit it.
==Enemies==
===Dr. Drakken===
Kim and Drakken rarely interact, but when they do, Kim tries to hurt Drakken's ego by reminding him, in various ways, how he lost the last time. Drakken has met the entire Possible clan: her mother (in "Mother's Day"), her father (in "Attack of the Killer Bebes", So The Drama, and in college), and even her extended family (in Showdown at the Crooked D and "The Golden Years"). Strange interactions between them include saving Drakken's life (in "Rewriting History" and "Cap'n Drakken") and teaming up with Drakken (in "Bad Boy" & "Graduation") and even celebrating Christmas with her immediate family.
===Shego===
Kim and Shego's many meetings usually result in fisticuffs. However, unlike the rivalry with Bonnie, Kim and Shego are more professional in their interaction with each other, as Kim is more comfortable trading punches with Shego than dealing with Bonnie's barbed comments (as stated in So the Drama, by Kim, "Bonnie is High School Evil, Shego is real world evil.") Her rivalry has proven to have some sense of honor, as Shego respects Kim as an adversary, and desires to be the only one to defeat her. Despite being enemies, they both have a lot in common. Shego and Kim managed to become friends when Shego temporarily turned good to the point Kim saw Shego as the older sister she never had.
===Gil Moss (Gill)===
During “Sink or Swim” Gill lured Kim and the other cheerleaders to Camp Wannaweep in order to exact revenge on Ron, whom he blamed for his mutation. Though he did not bear Kim or the other cheerleaders any ill will, Gill still sought to turn them all into mutants like him and enjoyed it. To do this, he trapped Kim and the others in his green slime, which overtime would transform them into mutants like him. While entrapped Kim offered to help cure Gill with help from the scientists they knew. Gill however, refused, since science turned him into a mutant to begin with. Thankfully Gill was defeated by Ron before Kim developed any mutations. When Gill was made human again and returned to Camp Wanaweep for the cheer completion, Kim was among those who believed he had changed for the better and grew angry at Ron for thinking otherwise. Ron was proven correct however, when Gill re-mutated himself and once again started turning the campers into mutants. Working together with Bonnie, Kim was able to capture Gill leading to his second arrest.
===Monkey Fist===
Although Monkey Fist is considered Ron's arch-enemy, he considers Kim a more worthy opponent. At first, Kim didn't even consider the possibility he would be a bad guy, but when she saw her error, Monkey Fist became one of Kim's more frequent enemies. Just like Kim and Shego respect each other as opponents, Monkey Fist has also a degree of respect towards Kim, even though she doesn't wield the Mystical Monkey Power.
==Love Interests/Crushes==
Over the years, Kim has had a lot of crushes. She has also been the subject of a few. Here are the many that are mentioned:
===Walter Nelson===
Walter never actually appeared on the show. What is known is that Kim had a crush on him in middle school. He kissed Kim and their braces locked, leading to an embarrassing trip to the orthodontist. This is suspected to be Kim's first kiss. At least that is what Kim tells her pre-superhero self in A Sitch in Time. In So the Drama, Ron recalls that he was the one Kim called for help because of the brace incident and that Mrs. Stoppable, Ron's mother, was the one who drove Kim and Walter to the orthodontist.
===Senior Senior Junior===
In "Animal Attraction", Junior begins to nurse a crush on Kim when he finds out that she's his soul mate (according to Animology).
===Brick Flagg===
Brick thought Kim had a crush on him in "All the News" after Ron misquoted Kim in the school paper as saying that she "thought Brick Flagg was totally hot." Kim was not actually interested in Brick romantically. Brick "dumped" Kim after he thought Kim was "trying too hard," thinking she had staged his kidnapping by Adrena Lynn.
===Josh Mankey===
In Seasons 1 and 2, Kim was infatuated with Josh Mankey. Prior to Season 3, over the course of which hints of a potential and later actual romance between Kim and Ron arose, Josh received the most adoration from Kim of all her love interests as he was the main object of her "calf love" affections. While Ron was disapproving of this relationship at first, he later grew to accept it. Kim's infatuation with Josh was revealed to have died down "last semester" in the episode "Emotion Sickness", which allowed the creators of the show room for the coupling of Kim and Ron. Josh was a mellow and nonchalant young man. Some fans opine that Kim and Josh would have been more interesting a pairing than Kim and Ron,What couples do you ship (examples of Shipping among Kim Possible Fans) due to their social schematics predating Season 3; conversely, many fans opine that the coupling of Kim and Ron was a better choice.
===Hirotaka ===
Kim became interested in Hirotaka (an exchange student from Japan). Hirotaka showed interest in her, or at least in her martial arts abilities, but he was more interested in seeing Kim fight with her best friend, Monique, over him. He also appears to have been dating Bonnie Rockwaller all along, and refers to her as his "Number One Girlfriend".
=== Bobby Johnson===
Kim only mentions him in The Truth Hurts. She admits that she's not sure if she likes him because she likes him, or because he asked out Bonnie first. The scene in which Kim mentions Bobby Johnson is significant, because the reporter, in said scene, inquires as to whether Kim is crushing on anyone, and, forced to tell the truth, she must answer the question sincerely, naming those she is crushing on.
===Eric===
Eric was a Synthodrone made by Drakken to distract Kim from the plans Drakken had formulated in So the Drama. Eric was tall, well-built, attractive, serious, and incredibly convincing as a regular human being. (Voiced by Ricky Ullman.) It was mostly due to his involvement that Kim and Ron eventually realized their feelings for each other and became a couple. Eric was never again mentioned after he was destroyed, which proves how quickly Kim and Ron managed to move on from him.
===Ron Stoppable===
Originally Kim's goofy best friend and sidekick, over time, their friendship became something more and they are now a couple. The directors of the show, as stated in an interview, had chosen to couple Kim and Ron so as to impart the moral "Give geeks a chance". Kim and Ron had a very durable friendship before their romantic involvement in So The Drama. Apparently, as implied in the movie, their classmates have been expecting this so they cheered when the pair made their entrance (all except Bonnie). This is suspected by some fans to be a type of maxim communicating the idea that a strong friendship should first precede a strong relationship. As of Season 4, Kim and Ron are dating. It was believed by some fans that the addition of the element of romance would be a positive thing, although some others were opposed to it and feared it might cause the show to jump the shark. (During the episode "Ill Suited" the show makes reference to this when Ron asks Kim if she had ever water skied over a shark, as she had in his dream.) Schooley and McCorkle noted the potential risk, admitting that while Kim and Ron's blossoming love gave them a chance to do something new with the characters, the relationship had to be handled delicately to avoid turning the series stale.http://www.bloggingbaby.com/2006/01/13/kim-possibles-creators-speak-an-interview-with-mark-mccorkle-a/ Kim Possible's Creators Speak (2006), retrieved July 29, 2006. In the episode "Clean Slate", Kim acknowledged that she loved Ron. The fact that her impending death spurred him to destroy their adversaries in "Graduation" would illustrate the fact that this love is indeed mutual; the ending of the series finale heavily implies that Kim and Ron's relationship will endure.
==References==
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