Cebônica

Cebônica is the het ship between Monica and Jimmy Five from the Monica and Friends fandom.

Monica and Friends
Monica and Jimmy Five's relationship is the main one in the whole series. Since childhood they always fought, because Jimmy Five wanted to steal Monica's stuffed bunny, thinking that this way he would become the owner of the Lemon Tree Street.

However, every time Jimmy Five tries one of his "infallible plans", the plan proofs fool and he ends up being beaten by Monica. Despite Jimmy Five's teasing towards Monica, she often demonstrates that Jimmy Five is a very dear friend of hers. So much so that she would and she did enter in a tigra's cage just to save him.

In many stories Jimmy Five and Monica show to be friends, without fighting, like when Maggy has a watermelon stuck in her mouth and Monica goes straight to call Jimmy Five to help her.

There are three famous scenes from them shared around the internet to show how Cebonica were always in love, even as kids. The first one is the issue 'The day of truth', in where Monica wishes a day where everyone is honest to the other. Angel hears her and fullfil her wish and makes everyone speak the truth on the next day, forcibly. Because of that, when Monica sees Jimmy Five glueing a drawing on the wall where Monica is chubby to annoy her, they have the following dialogue:

The second one is when Monica is sad, sitting by a rock with Samson next to her, free for someone to steal it. Jimmy Five approaches her with malicious intentions, but when he notices Monica is genuinely sad, he sits next to her to comfort her.

The third one is when Monica is, again, sad about everyone leaving. Jimmy Five remarks that he's still there, and promises to Monica to never leave her.

Monica Adventures


In Monica Adventures, however, they both stop fighting each other, with Jimmy Five finally giving up on stealing Monica's stuffed bunny. They have new plans now, their feelings by each other start to surface, both by chance and by the influence of friends. Jimmy Five still swaps "Rs" for "Ws" when he gets nervous, specially when he's around Monica in a romantic moment.

They give their first kiss in Monica Adventures #4, initiated by Monica. Jimmy Five gets completely embarrassed and simply runs away while Smudge and Maggy laugh in the background and Monica runs after him, also flustered and giggling. In Monica Adventures #29 Nick Nope tries to win over Monica to prove that a new fad on Lemon Tree Street was a conspiracy, which makes Jimmy Five jealous. Jimmy Five tries to explain to Nick Nope that he would never date Monica because of Nick Nope's stubbornness of always wanting to be different from others. Nick Nope doesn't care, and at the end of the edition, he proves he was right and Monica will apologize to Jimmy Five and ask him to date, but he doesn't accept.

However, thousands of attempts by other boys to set up a date with Monica at Monica Adventures #34 cause Jimmy Five to ask her out. But they break up at the same edition because Jimmy Five discovers that everything was just a test of Monica.

Jimmy Five tries to resume with Monica in the following editions, without success. However we already know they're gonna marry and have kids in future.

In 1x100, they finally get back together with the help of their future child.

Quotes

 *  Jimmy Five – “But... you're not Monica. Where is she?”
 *  Biggest Treasure in the Universe – “She's gone.”
 *  Jimmy Five – “No! This is not right! She must be there somewhere! She has to be!”
 *  Biggest Treasure in the Universe – “She's gone.”
 *  Jimmy Five – “No... She can't... be...”
 *  Smudge  – “Hey! Wait! Hold up! You said you can fulfill wishes for those who are deserving! Because I know of someone who deserves! I know Monica would think that!”
 *  Biggest Treasure in the Universe – “...You have many ideas! Big ambitions! The conquest of worlds... universes...”
 *  Jimmy Five – “Conquer... the world?”
 *  Biggest Treasure in the Universe – “Conquer the world! Is that your wish?”
 *  Jimmy Five – “...And why would I want a world without her?... I just want her back! That everything comes back to normal.”
 * — 1x66, 'The Crossbones Brigade'

"Ever since you broke up with me, I had a lot of time to think about everything I had done. That's why I made decisions! No more disguises, no more plans. No more wanting to 'defeat Monica'! I know that after all my screw-ups, you don't want to know about me anymore. But I have to be honest. I have to say: I love you! I have always loved you! You will always be the most important person in my life!"

- Jimmy Five, 1x73, 'Android Hunters'

"The Monica I love can be hot-headed... but she's never violent if it's still possible to talk. The Monica I love can be jealous... but never to the point of putting a person in danger... The Monica I love... This Monica... She knows everyone has the right to live! Rights to have justice, liberty, freedom, be it a robot or a human!"

- Jimmy Five, 1x73, 'Android Hunters'

"Nick Nope can't think in a normal way. I never thought I'd say that but... I wish Jimmy were here. He would be able to think of a decent plan."

- Monica, 1x81, 'Macabre Circus

"Provider! Monica was happy without me. She was happy with Nick Nope. She doesn't need me. I need her! She was not sad, alone, I was! Monica shouldn't disappear! It's me who should. I wish to disappear and give Monica back in my place!"

- Jimmy Five, 1x93, 'Never Again'

Fanon
Cebônica is definitely the most famous ship in Monica and Friends fandom and even out of it because of the franchise's popularity. A lot of people who don't even know what shipping is cheer for this couple and even think they're already together in many editions. The main comic series has more than 50 years of Monica and Jimmy Five's relationship, grabbing fans from all ages to read their media and watch their love story develop. This couple is always mentioned when talking about ships in Brazilian comics or just Brazilian ships that are really famous. Cebonica is the type of ship that everyone universally likes because their dynamic and their media is basically everywhere in Brazil.

This ship's biggest rival is Docônica, since Monica has already dated Nick Nope in Monica Adventures and she was really happy with him. Cebonica is considered slightly toxic in the first series, what brings the popularity of the ship down overall. Still, most people prefer to focus on how they evolved as a couple and are now a really healthy couple in the third series.

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WIKI
 * Cebônica page (in Portuguese) in "Mônipedia"
 * Jimmy Five and Monica's relationship page (in Portuguese) in Turma da Mônica Wiki
 * Jimmy Five and Monica's relationship page in Monica's Gang Wiki

Trivia

 * The ships names, MôCê, Cônica and Cebônica, are because of their names in Brazil "Mônica"and "Cebolinha", being translated as MôCê, MoJi, Jonica and Jimonica.