Jinx/Trivia

General

 * Her dance animation is a reference to Jake the Dog from the television series . A side by side comparison can be seen here..
 * Interestingly, VI, X and C are all Roman numerals. This has caused some players to speculate that they refer to a rank structure or nicknames in Vi's old gang. C is a character described in Caitlyn's lore, her arch-nemesis.
 * Though a coincidence, the Roman numeral CXVI represents 116; Jinx is the 116th champion. The only other properly-formed numeral that can be made using C, X, and VI, is XCVI (96).
 * Jinx can be seen in Officer Vi's splash art in the middle of a giant donut in the background.
 * When Jinx's ultimate explodes, a smiley face appears in the blast radius, lasting for a second.
 * When her passive procs, a blur green smiley face pops up on her for a split second.
 * Jinx is the first champion to have a laugh animation that automatically loops.
 * Jinx, like many champions, has had her portrait modified so that it is more clear/defined on the in-game map.
 * When Jinx dies, her hair forms a heart. In her Mafia skin, her scarf forms a heart upon death instead.
 * Jinx is the only champion to currently have a login for all of her non-release skins, having a Lunar Revel and Slayer login for said skins.

Development

 * Jinx's production name was "Psycho Arsenal".
 * Prior to her reveal, Ransom described Jinx as having a unique personality and a hair color shared by only.
 * Jinx was inspired by the Joker, Gollum, and Helena Bonham Carter. This was noted here by one of her concept and splash artists, RiotTeaTime.
 * The first reference to Jinx's name was in a post made by CertainlyT about the next champion, "No (tm)? You've jinxed us."
 * Jinx made her first appearance in the splash art, and her second appearance in the Pool Party Poster.
 * On September 20th, Jinx committed an act of vandalism on Vi's champion page on the League of Legends website. She signed it with "X wuz here".

Lore

 * The Official League of Legends site confirms that Jinx is from Zaun.
 * There is an in-game event whenever Jinx is against and/or, called Catch me if you can!.
 * The wanted poster in Jinx's reveal lists her crimes as: murder, unprovoked assault, disturbing the peace, public indecency, murder again, unauthorized property re-coloration, unflattering impersonation of an officer, reckless hexplosive detonation, destruction of the peace, really petty larceny, exorbitant weapon size, some more murders, inciting mass hysteria, making fun of the peace, aggravated jaywalking and forging of official wanted posters.

Quotes

 * Has special quotes for and.
 * quote "Say hello to my friends of varying sizes!" is a parody of Tony Montana's infamous quote from the movie.
 * Her quotes upon using pays homage to similar lines from the  video game series which are played on firing Bazooka-type weapons.
 * "I'm bringing guns to the knife fight! Hehe." is a playful parody of Jimmy Malone's quote "Isn't that just like a wop? Brings a knife to a gun fight." from the movie .
 * "'She's such a loser, always ready to cry!' T-T-T-Ta!" is sung to the same melody as 's login theme, as well as being a reference to the lyrics of the song itself.
 * "Jinx? Stands for Jinx! Durr." is a paired joke with quotes, "Vi? Stands for Violence / Vice / Vicious."
 * "Three guns means never having to say I'm sorry." is homage to the famous quote from the 1970s movie .
 * "Let's just behave... said no one, ever." is a reference to a popular internet meme Said No One Ever.
 * death quote, "HRRRRRK....blah" is inspired by Rooster Teeth's "Red Vs Blue" webseries, according to Jinx voice actress Sarah Williams.

Skins

 * The background of her classic skin is the same as classic skin, only ruined after her spree of crimes through Piltover.
 * Her outfit is described as Zaun's street fashion.
 * Her outfit is described as Zaun's street fashion.


 * Jinx is dressed as a.
 * , and  can be seen in the background.
 * The same kind of blue cards that uses can be seen at the bottom of Mafia Jinx's splash art.
 * In this skin, Pow-Pow the minigun becomes a violin case, referencing a common cliche in Noir stories where gangsters conceal firearms, such as a Thomson sub-machine gun, in instrument cases for attacks on rivals.
 * Her dance animation is a reference to the 1920s dance "The Charleston". A side-by-side comparison can be seen here.
 * When Jinx uses dance, the song "Get Jinxed" will play in the background.
 * Mafia Jinx is the second non-legendary skin to have special voiceover lines, with the others being, , , and.
 * Mafia Jinx is the second non-legendary skin to have special voiceover lines, with the others being, , , and.


 * This skin was proposed by the community, as shown here.
 * It was released 9 days before the Chinese New Year 2015.
 * It was released 9 days before the Chinese New Year 2015.


 * She shares this theme with.
 * She shares this theme with.

Relations

 * , and  used to be part of similar gangs, until Vi left for Piltover and Jinx went insane.
 * Ekko used to have a crush on Jinx, before she went crazy.
 * She has an antagonistic relationship with.
 * It is heavily implied that Jinx and are sisters, although every time Riot is presented the question, they deflect with more fuel without specifically confirming.
 * It has been confirmed that both of them have a sister, and we've heard many things about "Jinx's sister" and "Vi's sister" - however, their names have never been used in context of each other.
 * It is apparent from Jinx's reveal that Vi does not know or recognize Jinx. On the contrary, law enforcers do intentionally ignore considerations of their families in order to maintain respectable foundation as part of their duty, equalizing even their own family members by law.
 * Interestingly, the two are strongly emphasized on their being opposites. has short pink hair and blue eyes, is one of the tallest females, has a more filled out body, uses melee combat and is fully armored while  has long blue hair and pink eyes, is short, uses ranged combat and is barely clothed.
 * It's entirely possible that the two are not actually sisters and that Riot hasn't confirmed their relationship because it's not true - and that Riot is merely enjoying the community's reaction while knowing that each champion's sister is still on the way.
 * Although, this is held by one of Jinx's quotes, "You think I'm crazy? You should see my sister.", anchored with Vi's arrogant personality, disobeying plans set out by her squad members in which contradicts her ideals of law enforcement.
 * The possibility that they might not be sisters at all can also be backed up by Lyte's quote from the Howling Abyss to : "You look like your sister! Er, wait, I'm not supposed to talk about that...". Vi and Jinx bear no resemblance to one another in terms of appearance. The sister he's talking about could be someone we haven't been introduced to yet.
 * According to a Reddit AMA, Jinx wants to hug . Ziggs, however, is quite terrified of Jinx.