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Cynthia Sanders, portrayed by Tania Raymonde, was a fellow Krelboyne classmate of Malcolm who is also his first crush when she was introduced, but she quickly became a friend to him. Cynthia is also the only named female Krelboyne student with a prominent speaking role.

Biography[]

In her first appearance ("Krelboyne Girl"), Cynthia mentions that her dad wanted a quieter life, so he moved from Manhattan to Malcolm's hometown. Being the new kid, she constantly tries to fit in with her peers, even going so far as to plan a party specifically for socializing. Unfortunately, Malcolm tries to stop her from throwing the party, fearing that she would only be disappointed with no one attending if she does it. However, his efforts only humiliate Cynthia and she cancels the party. After being confronted by Stevie, Dabney and Lloyd who reveals that everyone in the school hates him and not Cynthia, Malcolm arrives at her house to apologize for his earlier behavior . He thought he was saving her from the embarrassment of having no one attend, but was just making things worse for himself. Malcolm mentions that he realized that Cynthia was right about him being too uptight over his own ego. In the end, however, the party is a success, and Cynthia makes new friends.

Her prolonged absence from season 3 is explained that she was on a vacation in Europe with her father in her next episode Cynthia's Back. It is also revealed that she developed a busty figure for her age, something which she constantly hid from people out of embarrassment and was pushy and mean as a result. She wore large sweaters to hide them, but they are accidentally revealed to Malcolm when her jumper is set on fire by the toaster at Malcolm's house. He promises to keep that a secret.

The next study buddy date, Cynthia briefly returns to her normal self and is laughing at the jokes he's telling her about the class. Reese then ruins the moment by insulting her.

She made her last appearance in the episode Humilithon. When Malcolm was about to make a huge mistake by destroying Lois's car, she desperately attempted to stop him and did so by claiming they had sex ultimately destroying her reputation in the process, after this she is never seen again implying that she transferred to a different high school to get away from being publicly shamed and start fresh.

Relationships[]

Malcolm Wilkerson[]

When Cynthia first met Malcolm in Krelboyne Girl, she quickly developed a crush on him. She was very open and friendly to him, and she instantly considered him to be her best friend. Malcolm, personally didn't like Cynthia at first, but that didn't let Cynthia stop following him around. She talked about her weird stories and always stalked him around the school, just trying to fit in with someone else at the school. Malcolm also developed a crush on her. They almost kissed several times, but due to Malcolm’s clumsiness and other awkward circumstances, that didn't happen. Later in the series, Cynthia became more of a friend to Malcolm, than she was a stalker. When she and Malcolm went to high school, in Humilithon, Cynthia noticed that Malcolm was becoming the laughingstock of the school and tried to help him. She tricked the entire school into thinking that she was sexually active with Malcolm, which raised his popularity again.

Reese Wilkerson[]

Cynthia does not like Reese, because he's annoying, disrespectful, ignorant, and disgusting. When she first met Reese in Krelboyne Girl, she arm wrestled with him and instantly won, painfully twisting his arm and scaring him away. Cynthia is a lot stronger than Reese, because this isn't the only time she's physically overpowered him. In the episode Cynthia's Back, Cynthia went through puberty and grew breasts, and when Reese learned about this, she fell in love with him. He then started to be genuinely nice to her and tried to start a romantic relationship with her, solely for the purpose of grooming and manipulating her to get a hold of Cynthia's boobs and also wanting to get her to flash him. Malcolm warns her before it's too late and she ferociously assaults Reese with punches and kicks after Malcolm made her catch him in a lie.

Dabney Hooper[]

When Cynthia returned in Cynthia's Back, Dabney was a major target for her bullying and abuse. It was mentioned that she stuck her homework to his back brace with a refrigerator magnet as a joke. Dabney held a grudge against Cynthia, and tried to make a comeback, by outsmarting her with his knowledge on units of measurement, which didn't work at all.

Episode appearances[]

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Trivia[]

  • Cynthia is of a French-Jewish descent, much like the actress who portrays her in real life.
  • Cynthia is skilled in the Israeli martial-art style of Krav Maga (/ˌkrɑːv məˈɡɑː/ KRAHV mə-GAH; Hebrew: קרב מגע, IPA: [ˈkʁav maˈɡa]; lit. 'contact combat') and uses it on occasion to subdue Reese when he becomes too annoying to her.
  • Despite her bust size being a 34DD at age 15, Cynthia's actress Tania Raymonde (who was 13 at the time) had to wear bump-pads to appear well-endowed, the actress is currently a 34B.
  • On August 11, 2015. Tania Raymonde revealed on her Instagram post: "I was hopelessly in love w/ Frankie Muniz at the time so when I got this part I figured the next logical step would be that we would get married."

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