Cindy Vortex

**Cynthia Aurora** **Vortex** is a major character in the *Jimmy Neutron* franchise. She is the female counterpart, arch-rival and girlfriend of Jimmy Neutron.

## Background

Before Cindy moved to Retroville, she initially found herself the most respected and most intelligent person in her class at her old school, a position that she used to have until she moved and met Jimmy Neutron. She became best friends with Libby Folfax and Britney Tenelli after moving.

Jimmy took her smartest person in town title when she moved into the house across the street from him, whereupon Cindy, now second runner up, began a rivalry with him. She started to begin to frequently attack his intelligence by criticizing his every mistake, even though she only does this to mask her love for Jimmy and to cover up her insecurities and her fear of failure. Despite Jimmy's superior intellect, she often manages to outsmart or upstage Jimmy due to his own impulsiveness or clumsiness. Her home life is rarely shown, and her parents are only minor characters in the show. But some of the statements she makes during Stranded seem to suggest that she may be pressured by her mother to be perfect all the time, which could be another reason she is so competitive and mean all the time. However, her parents are seen doting on her near the end of the official movie, so it's entirely possible that they love her, but aren't sure of the right ways of showing it.

Cindy is a member of Team Neutron with her best friends; Libby, Carl Wheezer, Sheen Estevez, Nick Dean, Goddard and Jimmy who usually go by the genius himself. She began developing a deep and eternal friendship with these six, despite being the most aggressive, snarky and critical person in the group.

## Trivia

* Cindy's mother is French while her father is American.
* Cindy has had the most outfit changes out of all the characters.
* Sometimes, Cindy's middle initial is stated to be "**J**".
* Cindy's blood type is A+ as mentioned in Nightmare in Retroville.
* According to a 2005 Nickelodeon equinox card, Cindy was born on June 5th in Las Vegas, Nevada.
* Since Cindy doesn't have any resemblance or physical features her parents have, there is a fan theory that she is adopted and Jimmy Neutron actually lampshaded the likelihood of this possibility in the show, observing that she doesn't have the same hair nor eye color as her parents. However, Cindy and her mother Sasha Vortex have green eyes or that could be a coincidence or her blonde hair, but maybe dyed.
* Cindy's birthday being June 5th means she's a Gemini.
* In the franchise, Cindy has green eyes, but in the *Fairly OddParents* universe, she has blue eyes, possibly an oversight.
* During the beach party sequence in Beach Party Mummy, the dance Cindy does is The Swim.
* In The League of Villains, when Cindy is looking at the picture of Betty Quinlan, she's smiling and giggling at it. So this scene hints that she may be secretly fond of Betty.
* Cindy has a dog named Humphrey.
* Cindy has two different appearances in the film and the series:
	+ In the film, she wears a pink button-up shirt and navy jeans and she wears her hair in pigtails.
	+ In the series, she wears a green halter tank top and khakis and she wears her hair in a single ponytail.
* Aside from Judy Neutron, Cindy is the one only two girls to call Jimmy "James". The other is Betty where she said "Oh James..." in Jimmy's daydream sequence in Operation: Rescue Jet Fusion.
* Cindy is an excellent jet-ski rider.
* The episode Stranded reveals that Cindy takes piano lessons.