Mitchlendez

"I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship, junior detective Mindy."

- Mitchell, "Detective Mindy"

Mitchlendez is the het ship between Mitchell Peterson and Mindy Melendez from the Ready Jet Go! fandom.

Canon
Mitchell is a wannabe detective who wants to expose Jet's alien identity, making him a sort of antagonist to the main characters. However, despite his blunt, cold attitude, he is lonely, somewhat timid, but ultimately has a good heart deep down. Mindy always likes to catch him in the act of spying on Jet.

Season 1
In "What Goes Up," Mitchell is spying on Jet, who is building a flying saucer in his garage. A running gag in the episode is Mindy sneaking up on Mitchell, which startles him. The third time that she sneaks up on him, Mitchell starts acting rude towards her. However, Mindy doesn't care.

In "Solar System Bake-Off," Mindy and Mitchell both enter the local baking contest. Mindy is making her dessert at Jet's house with her friends. Mitchell decides to go to Jet's house to gather information on Mindy's entry. He thinks of what he should say to her before entering. Upon entering, he ends up acting awkward towards her. Mindy is excited that Mitchell is entering the baking contest, and wants Mitchell to join her team. Mitchell declines because he doesn't want to get in the way, then darts off moments later. Later, at the baking contest, Mitchell and Mindy taste each other's cakes. Mindy likes Mitchell's rocket cake, while Mitchell shyly replies that he likes her Saturn cake. Mindy's entry wins the contest, something Mitchell sincerely compliments her for.

In "Kid-Kart Derby," Mitchell and Jet both enter the local kid-kart derby race. Mitchell spies on Jet's kart, so that he can build something even better and win the race. Mindy sneaks up on him, startling him. Mindy asks Mitchell to come see what Jet's building, but he harshly turns her down because "that's not how being a detective works." Cheerful as ever, Mindy exits. Later, he is listening in on Jet's plans only to get startled by Mindy again. Mitchell snaps at her to stop sneaking up on him. Mindy, once again, asks Mitchell to come see Jet's electric engine, and once again, Mitchell turns her down in a rude way. When Team Propulsion goes to get wheels for the kart, Mindy quickly says hi to Mitchell for no reason. Mindy is obviously determined to be Mitchell's friend, and given his vulnerable side shown in the baking episode, Mindy knows that he isn't as mean as he seems.

In "Mindy's Mystery," Mindy is trying to solve the mystery of the sweet smell that kept her awake at night. When Team Propulsion is investigating, they run into Mitchell, who is solving a mystery of his own -- a bright light. Mitchell brushes them off, insisting that he is a real detective and they are not. As it turns out, the smell and the light were both caused by the moon -- the moon's sunlight caused moonflowers to blossom. Later, Mitchell attends Mindy's flugelhorn concert, showing that he's becoming a bit more soft towards her.

In "Detective Mindy," Mindy finds out that Mitchell has a case to solve -- the case of his mother's missing sunglasses. Mindy quickly offers her help, which Mitchell reluctantly accepts. Mindy ropes Jet, Sean, and Sydney into the case as well, and they try to find a black hole, going off how Mr. Peterson compared the disappearance to a black hole. Some time later, the kids all visit Mr. Peterson, who tells him that he was just using an expression when he said that the counter was a black hole. Mitchell gets discouraged, but Mindy encourages him to not give up on the case. After properly solving the case, Mitchell tells Mindy that this is the start of a beautiful friendship. For no reason, Jet, Sean, and Sydney each started cheering wildly. Their strange reactions make it seem like Mitchell and Mindy started dating, though this is obviously not the case.

"Jet's First Halloween" has Mindy excited to see a witch fly on a broom across a full moon. Mitchell comes over and claims that witches are made up. Mindy insists that witches are real, then proceeds to push him away. In order to make Mindy happy, Jet decides to stage a witch sighting and fly across the moon while dressed as a witch, and invites Mitchell and Mindy to the treehouse. Once they see the "witch," Mindy playfully rubs it in Mitchell's face.

"Holidays in Boxwood Terrace" confirms once and for all that Mitchell is a lonely, sad boy underneath his harsh facade. He rejected being in the Christmas play with Mindy and the others, saying that he doesn't do "friend." Moments later, he sits in the auditorium chairs and starts tearing up over not being in the pageant, despite what he said earlier. When Sean gets stage fright during the show, Mitchell swoops in to perform his song, and befriend the kids in the process. After the show, he confesses that he wanted to be in the show, but didn't know how to ask. Mindy assures him that he's always welcome in the group.

Season 2
In "Jet Shrinks the Kids," Mitchell is spying on Mindy and the others once again, and writes down some notes about her. After getting Jet, Sydney, and Sean back to their normal size, Mindy decides to use the shrink ray in reverse to make herself into a giant, and play a trick on Mitchell. Mitchell can't believe what he's seen, and faints onto the ground.

In "Mindy Turns Five," Mindy is finally allowed to go to space with the older kids. On their way to leave, they bump into Mitchell. Mindy tells him that she's going to the moon. Mitchell doesn't believe this, and sarcastically tells her to "have fun." When the kids get back from space, Mindy tells Mitchell about the moon and shows him a moon rock. Mitchell continues to be skeptical. Mindy laments "Poor Earthie Mitchell, he doesn't believe." After Mindy exits the scene, Mitchell secretly takes her rock.

"That's One Gigantic Pumpkin, Jet Propulsion!" has Mitchell and Mindy debate on whether Halloween is magical or not. Mindy believes that Halloween is magical, while Mitchell refuses to believe that Halloween has any kind of magic. Later on, Mitchell goes trick-or-treating with Mindy and her friend Lillian, since he apparently promised to go with them. Along the way, Mindy holds hands with Mitchell. Mitchell still doesn't believe that Halloween is magical when Mindy points out things like ghosts and spiders. He gets scared when a black cat crosses their path, but tries to act tough for Mindy by denying that he was scared. Finally, Mitchell admits that Halloween really is magical after he sees Jet's flying pumpkin.

In "Try and Try Again," Mitchell shows off his new scooter to Team Propulsion, and acts smug about it, but his confidence fades when Mindy goes up to actually see it. While attempting to find new wheels for his scooter, Mindy lets Mitchell wear her lucky unicorn helmet, and he does so with a smile on his face.

In "You Can Call Me Albedo," Mitchell's dog Cody has run away, due to Mitchell making him wear a black sweater. Since it is night time, Cody is hard to find in the dark. Mindy feels sorry for Mitchell, and wants to help find Cody. As in his earlier appearances, Mitchell rejects help from the others, though this is because of his overconfidence rather than outright contempt for the gang. Cody was actually at Jet's porch the entire time, and the gang decides to make a bright collar for him, using Mindy's glitter and shiny stickers. Mitchell is surprised (and thankful) that they did something nice for him, and shakes each of their hands, including Mindy's.

In "Sean's Robotic Arm," Sean's Neil Armstrong action figure has fallen down a hole, so the kids gather items to make a robotic arm and rescue the toy. The hole is too narrow, so Mindy goes to Mitchell for help. She spots Mitchell playing with his Sherlock Holmes toy, Mindy sneaks up on him once more. She brings her own toy, Stuffy Bear, and they play with their toys while Mindy is telling Mitchell about the problem. Mitchell is excited that Mindy has a case, but nervously corrects himself. He allows Mindy to borrow Cody to dig the hole deeper. Later on, Mitchell arrives on the scene, and Mindy hugs him in pure glee that he came. Mitchell is surprised at the hug, but smiles warmly at Mindy.

At the end of "One Small Step," the super saucer crash lands in the lake. Mitchell arrives in his rowboat to retrieve the kids. While the kids head off to have a slumber party in Jet's backyard, Mindy goes back and invites Mitchell to sleep over as well. Mitchell has a huge smile on his face, stammers a bit, and says he's in. At the backyard, while the others are sitting around the campfire, Mitchell and Mindy are off to the side playing mini-golf.

Space Camp
Mitchell and Mindy don't interact much in the feature film, but Mindy does sneak up on him and surprise him once again, just for old time's sake. When Jet isn't showing up to space camp, Mindy starts to get worried. Mitchell lets Mindy use his phone to call Jet.

Quotes
"It's really happening! A witch on a broom! Wow! Told you, Mitchell!"

- Mindy, "Jet's First Halloween".

"Poor Earthie Mitchell. He doesn't believe."

- Mindy, "Mindy Turns Five".

Fanon
Mitchlendez is the second most popular ship in the RJG! fandom, behind Propulsean. Mitchlendez fans consider their relationship adorable with how Mindy brings out Mitchell's softer side, and how she never gives up on trying to draw him out. They think they would make a good couple when they get older. This ship has also drawn comparisons to Shortaki from Hey Arnold!, another show created by Craig Bartlett, with Mitchell being a jerk with a heart of gold similar to Helga Pataki. It's also similar to DamiAnya, since Mitchell and Damian are both tsundere boys and Mindy and Anya are both excitable girls.

Fandom
FAN FICTION


 * Happy New Year, Jet Propulsion! on FanFiction.net isn't labeled as a Mitchell/Mindy fic, but does have ship tease for them.

Trivia
"I bet Mindy would be friends with Mitchell. Maybe she can draw him out."
 * One of their ship names, M&Ms, comes from the candy, as well as how both of their names start with the letter M.
 * On a Reddit AMA, Craig Bartlett said of the pairing:

- Craig Bartlett