Liberty (Libby)
Danielle Folfax
Tagging along for the ride definitely has its ups
and downs. Allow us to introduce Libby, Cindy's best friend and
advisor. She's the glue that holds Cindy's life together...no
exaggerations. In fact, she's the stable backbone of the whole team,
and without her, emotions would fly off the handle. Laid back and
straight forward, she tells it like it is, no matter what. Even with
someone as strong tempered as Cindy around, she will not let anyone
walk over her. She is a very strong-willed girl who likes to have a lot
of fun. She keeps things real and down to earth, reminding them all of
the simple humor in their situation by wording funny phrases like, "If
you somehow get a driver's licence, I'm taking the bus!" when Cindy's
about to crash a rocket into Mars.
It's pretty safe to say that Libby ranks as the 3rd
smartest person in the group. However, this is in no way her main
talent or her main interest. Libby cares a lot about her looks, always
commenting on her skin or her hair and how she is in need of more
beauty products. She big on the fashion scene and practically an expert
on pop culture, knowing the name of just about every boy band and rap
star out there. She has a serious love of music, and even suffers
withdrawals when she is without it. Despite her preoccupation with
these things, she is always there for her friends, and could be seen as
the most reliable person out of our 6 heroes. We don't know much about
her family life, but all indications are that she lives in a
functional, stable household. The few glimpses they show of her parents
suggest that she may be a tad spoiled. Her mom's greatest concern is
that, "My baby doesn't have a thing to wear!" and perhaps this
nonchalance surrounding school is what allows Libby to coast through
life on her looks, not her grades, and keep her laid-back attitude.
Libby
Folfax is fairly close everyone on the show, but she is especially
close to Cindy and Sheen. She often encourages her best friend to just
go ahead and admit her feelings to Jimmy...not that Cindy ever listens,
of course. She is clearly much more aware of Cindy and Jimmy's "love
hate thing" than Sheen and Carl could ever hope to be. She keeps it
secret, however...that is, until the unaired episode "Lady Sings the
news," in which she lets the whole world in on Cindy and Jimmy's little
love-hate thing.
Libby doesn't just play the matchmaker,
however. She is quite involved with another person herself...unlikely
as it may seem, that person is Sheen Estevez. The development of the
"Sheen and Libby
romance" has turned them into one of the most unexpected (and
favorite)
couples on the show. This relationship seems to have first
appeared in "Beach Party Mummy", in which she discovers that she is
descended from Queen Howsiboutislapya, a great Egyptian ruler. She is
pretty much identical to said queen, and Sheen takes the opportunity to
comment that she is "smokin! I'd be her king in a Retroville minute!".
This episode doesn't just usher in
S/L, but she also gets a
new look and shows a new side of her personality, proving that she's
not just a tag along. The first major S/L moment was in Love Potion
976/J, where we learn that even without the influence of the love
pharomone, they still wish they could be together. In Crouching Jimmy,
Hidden Sheen, she admits to being Sheen's girlfriend for the first
time. Until that point, she seems reluctant to admit they were going
out. It's plain to see, though, that she has no reason to be
embarrassed by their relationship. After all, they are exactly what the
other needs. Sheen needs some calmness in his crazy life, and Libby
needs some craziness in her calm life, so they are perfect together!
She changed her look at the end of the first season. In the movie, she
had her hair up and she wore a green dress, but in "Beach Party Mummy"
she changed her hair to those pretty cornrow braids. Ever since, she
wears a pink, striped, long-sleeved shirt and blue jeans. In this photo
we see her in her old outfit but new hairdo, soon after she discovers
her royal lineage.
Useful (or useless) Info
Age: 12 (from "The
Tomorrow Boys" on)
Grade: 5th
Hair color: Black
Eye color: Brown
Birthday: December 11th
Hobbies: Listening to
music, livening up the fashion scene, dancing "riverstomp" along with
Cindy, shopping, hanging out with Cindy, keeping Sheen in line, keeping
Cindy in line, dispatching advice, and getting into outrageous
adventures with the others.
Other Points of interest:
-Libby is voiced by Crystal
Scales
-In the Halloween special "Nightmare in Retroville", Libby reveals that
she is a vegetarian
-In
the bad future, Libby has been exposed to
Megalomanium
and rules over Retroville with an iron fist.
-It is unknown what the good future holds for Libby, although
she has expressed aspirations of fashion design and/or a musical career
-Written
by Mara and Steph. Please do not reproduce without permission or
claim this page as your own. Stop being lazy and write your own,
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