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Development
- Main article: Jinx (Development)
- Jinx is voiced by Sarah Anne Williams in
League of Legends, Legends of Runeterra, and the Tales of Runeterra short "True Genius."
- Star Guardian Jinx, Odyssey Jinx in "Odyssey: Extraction" announcers and in the "Odyssey" event trailer "Welcome Aboard", are voiced by the same actress.
- Jinx is voiced by Ella Purnell in Arcane.
- Young Jinx (Powder) is voiced by Mia Sinclair Jenness.
- Jinx's Japanese voice actor is Sumire Uesaka, whom also voices her in the Japanese dub of Arcane.[1][2]
- Jinx's Latin America is voiced by Karla Falcón in League of Legends (Base, Star Guardian, Odyssey in "Odyssey: Extraction" announcers and in the "Odyssey" event trailer "Welcome Aboard"), Blitzcrank's Poro Roundup, Legends of Runeterra, Tales of Runeterra short "True Genius", CONV/RGENCE, and Arcane. She also voiced the audio story League of Legends: Leyendas (exclusive in LATAM)[3] which tells the story of The Wedding Crasher with Enrique Cervantes who voices Ornn in Latin America as the narrator.
- Young Jinx (Powder) is voiced by Susana Moreno, who also voices Gnar in League of Legends and Legends of Runeterra.
- Infant Jinx/Powder is voiced by Bonnie Miuller.
- Young Jinx (Powder) is voiced by Susana Moreno, who also voices
- Jinx's production name was Psycho Arsenal.[4]
- Prior to her reveal, Robert 'Ransom' Lo described Jinx's personality as 'unique' and her hair color as 'one only a single champion has'.
- Katie 'TeaTime' De Sousa stated Jinx was inspired by the Batman villain the Joker from DC Comics, Gollum from The Lord of the Rings, and Helena Bonham Carter.[5]
- In Arcane, the design of the young Jinx, Powder, may have been inspired by the manga/anime film character White (シロ, Shiro) from Tekkonkinkreet and 2-D from Gorillaz, the latter of whom worked for Fortiche Productions in creating a publicity video for this virtual music band.[6][7][8]
- In
- Jinx appeared for the very first time during Pool Party 2013 (Her head can be barely seen next to Pool Party Renekton in Pool Party Graves' artwork, and the corresponding login screen at the time was drawn from her first-person view).
Universe
Universe- Main article: Jinx (Character)
- While Jinx's real name, Powder, was only officially confirmed in the Arcane series, 4Ekko calls her Powder in his Legends of Runeterra interactions with 4Jinx.
- Before the release of Arcane, Vi and Jinx were often theorized by the community to be sisters. The reference to this on Jinx's release was her quote, "You think I'm crazy? You should see my sister". Though there was never any implication that the sister was Vi, players equated Jinx's antagonisation of Vi specifically as "sisterly bonding".
- Incidentally, Jinx only antagonized Vi specifically on English-speaking servers. Other servers showed her antagonizing other champions, such as Lucian.
- Hermit later says to Vi, "You look like your sister! Er, wait, I'm not supposed to talk about that...". This could be a confirmation that Vi has a sister, but could also be an example of Lyte repeating rumors he's heard from players (such as the rumor he heard from players that Lux and Ezreal were dating, which Lux herself later denied after hearing the rumor).
- There is a significant indication that the pair did grow up together. With Vi currently suffering from amnesia, Jinx has taken it upon herself to try and trigger her memories.
- In an interview with Ghostcrawler, he mentioned that Jinx and Vi are "sisters", but later confirmed he was merely stating what he thought was true, and that the narrative team said otherwise.
- Incidentally,
- Jinx is around 20s, being around 5 years younger than Vi.
- Warwick may have encountered Jinx at some point in the past.
Arcane
Arcane- Main article: Jinx (Arcane)
- Before the official confirmation with the release of Arcane, Vi and Jinx were often theorized by the community to be sisters. The reference to this on Jinx's release was her quote, "You think I'm crazy? You should see my sister". Though there was never any implication that the sister was Vi, players equated Jinx's antagonization of Vi specifically as "sisterly bonding".
- Jinx is stated to be 11-12 years old in the first act of Arcane and is estimated to be 17-19 years old in the second and third act of the series.[9]
- Jinx's official height is 160 cm (5'3).[10]
League of Legends
League of LegendsGameplay
- Main article: Jinx (League of Legends)
- Jinx straightforwardly means "ill omen", from the Pre-Greek noun ἴυγξ iynx "Eurasian wryneck", a bird often used as a charm.[11]
- In-universe, Jinx's alias was given to her by Vi.
- In-universe, Jinx's alias was given to her by
- Jinx's dance is a reference to Jake's dance from Adventure Time animated series, specifically since the Power Animal episode.
- A side-by-side comparison can be seen here.
- Super Mega Death Rocket!'s blast radius displays a smiley face upon impact.
- Get Excited! also displays a smiley face over Jinx upon activation.
- Jinx is the first champion whose laugh animation automatically loops.
- Jinx's hair (or scarf on Crime City Jinx) forms a heart when she dies.
- Jinx is the only champion to have all her ability names end in an exclamation mark.
- Whenever Jinx is on the opposing team, Vi and/or Caitlyn each gain the Catch me if you can! cosmetic debuff.
- On 21 August 2018, women have statistically attributed Jinx as "The most visually appealing champion in League".[12]
- Jinx is the third champion to have one skin for each of the three big annual events of the year - Lunar Revel, Harrowing and Snowdown Showdown. The skin that gave her this distinction was Ambitious Elf Jinx in 2017.
- The first two were Katarina and Nidalee with their Warring Kingdoms skins in 2015.
- Annie almost became another champion that fulfilled the criteria after Panda Annie was released in 2013. However, Frostfire Annie was not released during the Snowdown Showdown event.
- The first two were
- Jinx - Vi is one of seven pairs of sibling champions (the others being Cassiopeia - Katarina, Kayle - Morgana, Nasus - Renekton, Garen - Lux, Yasuo - Yone, and Darius - Draven).
Quotes
- Main article: Jinx (League of Legends Audio)
- Her Super Mega Death Rocket! lines reference Worms.
- ▶️ "Say hello to my friends of varying sizes!" is a reference to Tony Montana from Scarface movie.
- ▶️ "I'm bringing guns to the knife fight! Hehe" is a reference to The Untouchables ("Isn't that just like a wop? Brings a knife to a gun fight.")
- ▶️ "She's such a loser, always ready to cry! Ta-ta-ta-taa!" is a reference to Vi's theme.
- ▶️ "Jinx? Stands for Jinx! Durr." is a reference to Vi's lines:
- ▶️ "Three guns means never having to say I'm sorry" is a reference to Love Story.
- ▶️ "Let's just behave... said no one, ever" is a reference to the eponymous meme.
- In the Latin America localization, ▶️ "I accidentally did that on purpose." is replaced by "Lo hice sin querer queriendo." ('I did it unintentionally.'), referencing the typical Chavo's famous phrase from the sitcom series El Chavo de 8.
- According to Sarah Anne Williams (Jinx's voice actress), her death quotes' rendition ("HRRRRRK... bleh") was inspired by 'Red vs. Blue' by Rooster Teeth.[13]
- Star Guardian Jinx's voice-over is the first one to feature three different characters.
- ▶️ "You get a bullet! You get a bullet! Everyone gets a bullet!" references Oprah's iconic line during her famous car giveaway.
- ▶️ "What do ya think? Mercy, or mayhem?" is a reference to a common moral choice in video games with diverging storylines.
- When dying, Jinx cries out, ▶️ "The horror... (gasps) the horror... Ha, haa...!" This is a reference to the last words of Mr. Kurtz in Joseph Conrad's novel Heart of Darkness.
- ▶️ "To infinity and—uh, oops. Wrong catchphrase!", is a parody of Buzz Lightyear's iconic phrase from the Disney/Pixar Toy Story franchise ("To infinity, and beyond!").
- Star Guardian Jinx shares quotes with:
Skins
- Main article: Jinx (Collection)
- The background is the same as Original Vi's but in ruins.
- In early stages, the minigun was named Mr. Pew-Pew and had a cat face painted on its guncannon.
- The cloud design of her tattoos (which she shares from her Arcane skin) reminds it of the symbol of the Akatsuki shinobi rebel group from the Naruto manga/anime series.
- This skin shares the Crime City theme with:
- Crime City Miss Fortune and Crime City Twitch can be seen in the background together with Urgot and Twisted Fate's Blue Cards.
- She is dressed like a flapper.
- Pow-Pow being hidden in a violin case is a reference to Film noir.
- Her dance is a reference to the Charleston dance while the phonograph beside her plays 'Get Jinxed' 1920's style.
- She is the second non-Legendary skin to have special voice-over lines (the others being Jaximus, Mecha Kha'Zix, Pentakill Karthus, and Battlecast Vel'Koz).
- Firecracker Jinx Chromas: Amethyst, Aquamarine, Citrine, Emerald, Golden Tiger, Obsidian, Pearl, Rose Quartz
Chromas:- This skin shares the Lunar Revel: Firecracker theme with:
- She was released in celebration of Lunar Revel 2015 (Year of the Goat) along with:
- This skin was inspired from a fan-created concept sketch by Anti-Pioneer and was released 9 days before Chinese New Year 2015.
- Her Chroma pack was the first one released in Season 7.
- This skin shares the Zombies VS Slayers theme with:
- Zombie Brand, Zombie Nunu and Zombie Slayer Pantheon can be seen in the background.
- She was released in celebration of Harrowing 2015 along with:
- Before Pantheon's Full Relaunch, this skin was called "Slayer Jinx".
- The original concept for a zombie-killing Jinx was a real-world zombie apocalypse survivor. However, designers decided to change the idea to zombie slayer since it'd fit better her personality.
- When talking about zombie-killing theme, Jinx was the first champion thought for the concept.
- She uses homemade weaponry: a V-twin motorcycle engine minigun, a launcher for molotov cocktails and speedy propane tanks, a launchable taser and some 'severed-heads chompers'.
- Star Guardian Jinx Chromas: Mythic
- This skin shares the Star Guardian Season 1 theme with:
- She is a reference to the magical girl genre of anime.
- Her back-tattoed wings and star effects reference Sakura Kinomoto from Cardcaptor Sakura. While ulting, two black and white wings grow from her tattoos referencing The Fly from Sakura's anime.
- Her hairstyle is a reference to the Black Lady from Sailor Moon and Kyoko Sakura from Puella Magi Madoka Magica.
- Her new pets, Shiro and Kuro, respectively replace Pow-Pow and Fishbones.
- They are the embodiment of Jinx's ferocious and troubled dual personality.
- In Japanese, Shiro (白, シロ) means 'white' and Kuro (黒, クロ) means 'black'.
- These names are a reference to the two young protagonists of the same name from the manga/anime movie Tekkonkinkreet.
- Both are known as "the cats", the familiar spirits of Jinx, Kuro, have feline features.
- The premise and main character of the manga/movie may have influenced the character development for Powder and Violet for Arcane (specifically in Act 1)[14]. There is an Easter Egg in episode 3 where familiar's wings appear in one of Powder's drawings.
- These names are a reference to the two young protagonists of the same name from the manga/anime movie Tekkonkinkreet.
- They're fused together into her Super Mega Death Rocket and their faces appear in the explosion.
- Her dance is a reference to "Ievan Polkka Dance".
- This skin was inspired from a fan-created skin concept by Selin Aydin.
- This skin shares the Snowdown Showdown theme with:
- She was released in celebration of Snowdown Showdown 2017 along with:
- Her flame chompers is a christmas version of Get Jinxed monkey toy.
- Her splash art shows her ingame homeguard and recall animations: Jinx riding a toy train.
- Odyssey Jinx Chromas: Aquamarine, Emerald, Pearl, Rose Quartz, Ruby, Tanzanite
- This skin shares the Odyssey theme with:
- An Ora orb can be found in her launcher.
- Her flame chompers resembles Odyssey Malphite's face.
- Instead of shooting Super Mega Death Rocket! from her guns, she creates a portal and shoots out a meteor instead.
- She is seen riding atop Odyssey Malphite.
- Her design resembles Lilith from Borderlands and Junkrat from Overwatch.
- PROJECT: Jinx Chromas: Aquamarine, Catseye, Emerald, Obsidian, Pearl, Reckoning, Rose Quartz, Ruby
- This skin shares the PROJECT theme with:
- PROJECT: Akali can be seen in the background of her splash art.
- Her aesthetic seems to have inspired from the Batman Beyond series (both Terry McGinnis and the Jokerz gang).
- Heartseeker Jinx Chromas: Amethyst, Aquamarine, Catseye, Pearl, Rainbow, Rose Quartz, Ruby
- This skin shares the Heartbreakers theme with:
- In the color palette of her Pearl chroma set, her hair color reminds him of Monokuma from the Danganronpa series but vertically inverse.
- In the color palette of her Rainbow chroma set, her hair color is identical to Zoe, The Aspect of Twilight.
- She shares her splash art with Heartseeker Yuumi. Sweetheart Annie and Heartseeker Orianna can be seen in the background of their splash art.
- This skin shares the Arcane theme with:
- This is her appearance during Arcane (TV Series).
- She's at a bridge about to face off against Ekko, leader of the Firelights gang (S01E07).
- Her pants make a reference to the character Gaslight Joker from Infinite Crisis, coming from the A Tales of Batman: Gotham by Gaslight comic.
- She's at a bridge about to face off against
- In the recall animation, Jinx takes her picture of Powder and Violet similar to a shot from a scene in episode 1.
- It is very different in League of Legends: Wild Rift, where Jinx uses the recreational game Vi used in her training basing scene from episode 5.
- It is very different in
- Battle Cat Jinx Chromas: Catseye, Emerald, Nightwire, Obsidian, Pearl, Rose Quartz, Ruby, Sapphire, Tanzanite
- This skin shares the Anima Squad theme with:
- This skin shares the Anima Squad theme with:
- Her face paint is reminiscent of D.Va from Overwatch 2.
- This skin is the last installment of the older Prestige style prior to the Mythic Content Overhaul.
- Cafe Cuties Jinx Chromas: Citrine, Emerald, Obsidian, Pearl, Rose Quartz, Ruby, Sapphire, Tanzanite
- This skin shares the Cafe Cuties theme with:
- T1 Jinx Chromas: Elite
- This skin shares the World Champions: 2023 theme with:
- She was released in celebration of T1 winning the Season 2023 World Championship along with:
- She represents Gumayusi.
- The dog that appears in her recall animation represents Gumayusi's pet Pomeranian, Doongi.
References
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ [2]
- ↑ Jinx- La arruinadora de bodas - Leyendas - Audiocuentos - League of Legends LATAM
- ↑ Jinx at PAX East 2015
- ↑ Jinx's Influences
- ↑ Reddit evidence 1
- ↑ Reddit evidence 2
- ↑ Reddit evidence 3
- ↑ Jinx's age in Arcane: Official information
- ↑ Arcane characters height chart
- ↑ Beekes, R.S.P. Etymological Dictionary of Greek, pp. 605-606
- ↑ Riot Blaustoise Jinx data tweet
- ↑ Jinx Voice Actress AMA
- ↑ Reddit edivence