Chris in the media

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See also: Sonic the Hedgehog#References to Chris

Chris, being an attention whore of sorts, has frequently managed to find himself in the media spotlight. Whether it be television, newspapers, magazines or, of course, the Internet, if Chris can find some way to get his 15 minutes of fame, he'll do it.

Chris's legendary status as the first mainstream lolcow also catches the attention of many Internet commentator and entertainers, who would often include him and his creations from as a tongue-in-cheek cameo to a major multi-part documentary.

Traditional media

Richmond Times-Dispatch

Main article: IT TOOK A TALKING BEAR TO GIVE THE NAME A YOUNG BOY LOVES

In 1993, the Richmond Times-Dispatch newspaper ran an article detailing how Chris changed his name from "Christopher" to "Christian". This was Chris's first known appearance in media.

Sonic the Hedgehog Watch & Win Sweepstakes

Main article: Sonic the Hedgehog Watch & Win Sweepstakes

Chris's second appearance in the media was a news report in 1994 chronicling Chris's first victory, winning a contest celebrating one of the Sonic the Hedgehog cartoons.

Chris Chan in the PokéNews

Main article: Chris Chan in the PokéNews

In 1999, Chris made his third appearance in a news report on the growing success of the Pokémon Trading Card Game. He was 17 years old at the time, and he was playing Pokémon cards with kids as young as 8.

Nintendo Power Magazine

Main article: Nintendo Power Magazine

Twice, Chris has used the magazine Nintendo Power to get himself attention. First was a letter Chris wrote telling Nintendo how he used a video game to cure his fear of talking to girls. The second time detailed Chris's Animal Crossing video, though there he was known as Sonichu, not Chris.

Shoujo Beat

Main article: Shoujo Beat

Chris sent a letter to an anime-themed magazine that got published in its November 2005 issue. In it, he complains about JERKS taking away all the pretty boyfriend-free girls and leaving him to be a lonesome virgin. A response was published in the March 2006 issue, in which the writer instructs Chris on the error of his ways.

Daily Progress

2007

Admit it, if you've never heard of Chris before, would you think that they were actually referring to a 25-year-old man here?

On 14 July 2007, Chris and Barb were mentioned in their local newspaper, the Charlottesville Daily Progress.

The line began forming outside the door around 2 p.m., three hours before the SPCA's new rummage shop in Charlottesville opened for a special sneak preview Friday. By 4:45, nearly 50 people were waiting in line, while about 30 volunteers inside put the finishing touches in place. "I've got my eye on the riding mower right there," said Barry Ross as he stood at the head of the line, looking through the window at a red tractor. And right behind Ross, Christian and Barbara Chandler were waiting to shop. Christian wanted toys and video games, while his mother wanted to look for fabric.

2017

Chris in his unicorn cosplay.

A decade later, on 16 September 2017, Chris was photographed by Daily Progress staff at a Cville Pride event.

Toucher and Rich

Main article: Toucher and Rich Segment

On 12 May 2009 Chris's antics became so famous that it sparked the interest of a radio podcast in Boston. The whole media furor was sparked by the "I Got A Fish" video. However, most of the show covered Chris's videos addressed to Ivy.

Kevin and Bean

Main article: The Kevin and Bean Show Segment

One of Chris's Captain's Logs is dissected by the hosts Kevin and Bean. Notably, the video in question required a full two minutes dedicated to disclaimers, as well as censoring of certain unairable acts .

Web Soup

Main article: For G4s Web Soup

Once again, Chris's "I Got A Fish" video was briefly featured, this time on G4's Web Soup on 2 July 2009. While the segment lasted less than 30 seconds, Chris initially felt honored and used the opportunity to try to score some china, only to belatedly realize after he uploaded an entire video about it that shows like Web Soup are devoted to mocking people like him.

Save McIntire Park

Main article: McIntire Park

In July 2009, Chris briefly appears in the background of a news segment about saving McIntire Park, Charlottesville. Later, Chris receives recognition at a council meeting for drawing a large sign.

Slylock Fox

If you didn't know who Chris was, would you think anything of this?

On 25 September 2011, Slylock Fox & Comics for Kids, a comic strip about comic strips published by King Features Syndicate, featured a black-and-white image of Sonichu in the "Your Drawing" panel. The illustration, which ran in thousands of papers nationwide, was accompanied by text, which read: "Today's terrific artist is Christian Weston Chandler, Age 9." The strip's author, Bob Weber Jr., admitted on the Comics Curmudgeon blog that he fully believed that the "artist" was 9 (rather than 29) when he selected the drawing out of the dozens that are submitted to the strip every week.

Opie & Anthony

Main article: Opie and Anthony

On 27 May 2009, The Opie & Anthony Show on Sirius XM Radio, which was broadcast to 18.5 million units, did a commentary segment on Chris's video response to drinking his own cum and shitting his adult diapers. It is unknown whether he's realized that his autistic antics have technically been broadcast to low earth orbit.

Houston Press

On 12 July 2012, the Houston Press published an article on Rex Nabours III of defunct folk punk band Guwange and his attempts to raise money for sick children. Nabours was quoted in the article saying "I did a Christian Weston Chandler (the Sonichu guy) covers album earlier this year with the intent of giving any money I made off of it to Autism-related charities because the dude is basically blackface for autism".

Failosophy

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MTV's show Failosophy mocked Internet idiots like Chris. While the show lasted a mere 3 months due to negative reception, one of his Tomgirl pics memorably and unsurprisingly showed up in the 4th episode of the show, viewed by almost a million people. Jump to 0:26 for his appearance.

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Chris, unusually, gave a response via Facebook.

I had no ill will against MTV. I enjoyed the women in "Undressed"; I like Daria; the dating game show was fun to watch, and to put them way at the bottom, Beavis and Butt-Head were so stupid, it became crazy-funny. I have been the victim of Trolling/Cyber-Bullying for the past greater than five years. I get that whatever gets onto the internet is near impossible to remove. And now I find that among the shit I was trolled of, this ONE photograph, which was originally taken for a WOMAN years ago, gets compared with a literal meat-head and a plush-head, and is made available on iTunes for two dollars! From the one woman's words, Jamie Lee... I don't know what is worse, that she would not date me, or that she would put me in jail over a freaking couch. Lee, My Once Good Name was actually Jailed, because of the SET UPS those Anonymous, LULZy, Shit-Faced TROLLS. At least I was more clean, sexy and gung-ho than either of the ugly, grimy freak shows I was compared with. If I did not have a very good day beforehand today, I would seriously be calling my Attorney on your damn show's ass.

To this day, Chris has not followed up on this threat of legal action. The episode with Chris in it also remains available on iTunes.

WCAV-TV

Main article: Destruction of Chris's House

A local TV broadcast gave a brief report on the Destruction of Chris's House.

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New York Magazine

On 19 July 2016, New York magazine featured an article on its website, "Kiwi Farms, the Web's Biggest Community of Stalkers". The article was meant as an attack on Kiwi Farms, inaccurately describing it as a vague group across multiple websites instead a single forum community. However, in describing the site's origins and operations, it largely focuses on Chris himself and the "torment" he faced from trolls during his internet heyday. There is also a mention of A-Log and his fallout with other Christorians.

The article is notably one of the few pieces of positive press Chris has received since his rise to internet fame. In addition to attacking his trolls, the author, Margaret Pless, describes him in sympathetic terms such as "artist, gamer, and creative type" and fails to mention his horrific opinions, statements, or actions. Pless is also under the impression that Chris is legitimately transgender, and accordingly refers to him as "Christine" and with female pronouns.

Sonic Boom

Chris finally meets his hero.

On 10 December 2016, an episode of Sonic Boom called "The Biggest Fan" premiered on Cartoon Network. The episode features a character named Mark the Tapir that parodies the Sonic fanbase. Mark is depicted in the episode as a creepy, obsessive stalker who kidnaps Sonic and forces him to act out fanfiction that he wrote. While the character is likely intended as a general parody, he appears to have been heavily inspired by Chris in particular. He closely resembles pre-tomgirl Chris, and one scene seems to reference the "blue arms" debacle. Mark even orders an orange soda during one scene, though this is probably an unintentional reference.

Chris acknowledged the parody on December 13, 2016. He stated that he saw no resemblance between himself and the Mark character, and that he is "not mental or crazy like that at all."

The episode's writers, Doug Liebilch and Bill Freiberger, responded to questions on Twitter about the episode. Liebilch said that "He's not based on anyone specific. Just an obsessive fan character." Freiberger also denied that Mark was based on Chris, and unlike Liebilch, he knows who Chris is, saying "Mark is 100% NOT based on CWC. He is a general fan type. We've done many blue arm jokes in the series. Not a clue."

UVA Remembers Pulse

Main article: UVA Remembers Pulse

On 12 June 2017 Chris was interviewed at this event, quoted on text and video, by the same station which had interviewed him decades earlier for the Sonic the Hedgehog Watch & Win Sweepstakes.

Newsradio WINA

Chris was photographed at Cville Pride.

dodie

dodie - Monster
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Sonichu makes a cameo in dodie's music video for "Monster", around the 47 second mark. He appears on a poster as one of the many monsters looking for love. The text on the poster (though partially covered by others) appears to say that he is "Looking for a boyfriend-free monster", indicating some familiarity with Chris's antics.

MONSTER by dodie
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In the behind the scene video, hosted by the music video's director, we are given a clearer picture of the poster at the 11:50 mark. The cameo, who was named "Mayor CWC" was claimed by the director to be included out of peer pressure.

Major Internet media

Honest Game Trailers

Three minutes into the video, Chris is brought up as an example of the horrors of the Sonic fandom, particularly showcasing Warning - Naughty Women ;). Less than a minute later, Sonic is jokingly referred to as Sonichu.

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG (Honest Game Trailers)
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Fark.com

The Internet portal Fark linked to ECV 00095 on 5 May 2009.

“	You don't need to search any longer, the creepiest person on the internet has been found	”
A Farker

Heavy.com

Chris tops the site's list of 20 Worst Internet Losers, posted 13 July 2010.

“	There could be no other choice to close out this list. Christian Weston Chandler, aka Chris-Chan, is like every horrible thing about the Internet made flesh. Lives with his parents, sponges off the government and uses the cash for PlayStation 3 games and sex toys, walks around the mall with his Game Boy looking for girlfriends, posts incoherent YouTube videos of himself humping an anime bodypillow and yelling “Oh, Julie,” the list will go on forever. C.W.C. is the ne plus ultra of Web losers.	”
Heavy.com, 20 Worst Internet Losers

Harry Partridge

"Actually, it is excellent; I would not change a thing about it." -Chris, Mailbag 9

Animator Harry Partridge (best known for his slanderous mockery Saturday Morning Watchmen) has made several references to Chris and Sonichu, the first of which is a drawing of Rosechu uploaded to Newgrounds. An animated version of Chris appears briefly in the animated cartoon short "Nicolas Cage Wants Cake", a musical remix of a scene from The Family Man. In the animated short "Skyrim", Son-Chu's "SONICHU" license plate can be seen in the background during the first scene. In the Followup, "Song of Skyrim", Chris makes a brief cameo in the crowd

Harry himself has commented on TheCWCvilleLibrary's upload of the Christian and the Hedgehog Boys song "I'll Never Leave You, Ivy", jokingly stating "I want this played at my funeral."

When interviewing Harry Partridge on Animation Aficionados, the hosts asked Harry about Chris's cameos in some of his videos (from 0:19:43). The discussion the hosts have with Harry about Chris is quite lengthy, during which Mr. Partridge admits that he is "obsessed with him":

“	I really am obsessed with him... I check Sonichu.com, the wiki about Chris-chan and his weird life, if not daily, every couple of hours... there must be more written about Chris-chan than George Washington.	”
Harry Partridge

During an episode of SleepyCabin, it was revealed that Harry actually contacted Chris to ask him if he wanted to work on a game together, in which Chris declined saying that Harry's animation style wasn't that good at all, despite many considering Harry to be one of the best animators online. The reason why he wanted to work on a game with Chris is unknown to this day, whether it be for trolling or because he actually wanted to.

Atop the Fourth Wall

Comic book reviewer Lewis Lovhaug (a.k.a. "Linkara") goes on a brief tirade in his 99th video "Top 15 Things I Will Never Review" about Sonichu on the subject of webcomics at the 24-minute mark.

Linkara Discusses Sonichu & Chris-Chan
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“	"But wait," the internet cried back, "let me tell you about the horror that is called...Sonichu!" Yes, people, I have heard of Sonichu. I really wish I hadn't heard of Sonichu. I would be a much happier man if I hadn't.	”
Linkara, speaking for everyone who has ever become aware of Sonichu.

While he'd previously made the point that he wouldn't review webcomics in general, Linkara didn't want to review Sonichu in particular because he didn't want to acknowledge it further. He describes Chris as a "creepy stalker". Towards the end of the episode, a character tries to pressure Linkara into reviewing Sonichu before Linkara settles on reviewing a Sonic the Hedgehog comic for his 100th episode. At the end of the video, he uses "Weird Al" Yankovic's "Do I Creep You Out?" as the credits music, a possible jab at Chris.

RayWilliamJohnson

=3 - I will end you!
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“	Wait a minute, did he just say he recycles his...HOLY SH*bleep*IT! Oh, that is some NASTY sh*bleep*t, oh, oh GOD!	”
Ray, representing pretty much anybody who saw the video for the first time

In an early episode of =3 (pronounced "equals three"), vlogger Ray William Johnson made fun of Chris's habit of recycling his navy. Though he never gave Chris's name, referring to him rather inaccurately as "your average Star Trek fan", he did provide a link to Chris's old channel. Jump to 2:09 in the linked video.

BlackBusterCritic

Chris has been on the BlackBusterCritic's Sonic Brainfart's videos where BBC highlights the points of Chris' wrongdoings. Jamin also has a part two of the series, but it is unknown what happened to it.

SonicBrainFart Christian Weston Chandler Chris chan Part 1 1 2
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Something Awful

Something Awful is a comedy website where Chris was first revealed to the world on October 26, 2007.

Sonic the hog
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The last episode of Something Awful's “Webcam Ward” is a commentary on ECV 00002.

Also, the first episode of The Flash Tub's "Gaming Guyz", while not mentioning Chris outright, directly references his medallion, and how Sonic cured his autism in Part 12.

SpliceToday.com

An article posted on 6 January 2011 on this multimedia blog decried Chris's latest exile from the Internet. It sums up Chris's history and behavior while sharing a personal account of the author taking steps to improve his life in order to distance himself from the similarities he saw between Chris and himself.

“	It’s a little sad, and a little beautiful, and somewhere out there, Christian Weston Chandler is heating up his Hungry Man lunch in a supermarket microwave (because his kitchen microwave has been buried under old Christmas decorations) and playing his Nintendo DS, and maybe ogling a salesgirl from across the produce section before he approaches her awkwardly and uses a pickup line that he misread from the Internet, and I wish I could continue to see it all.	”
SpliceToday.com, Come Back, Christian Weston Chandler

Nicole Richie's twitter

On 5 December 2009 American socialite Nicole Richie posted on Twitter an image of Chris in his mother's underwear and humorously presented it as a picture of Benji Madden, brother of her then boyfriend (now husband) Joel Madden.

Sega Acknowledges Sonichu

On 13 January 2012, two Sega of America employees corpsed in one of their "Free Stuff Friday" videos when one talked about a Super Sonic plush they were giving away and the female called it "Sonichu?". While this is not TRUE and HONEST Sonichu merchandise, it shows that at least some Sega employees are aware of Sonichu's existence. Jump to 3:50 in the linked video.

SEGA's Free Stuff Friday - January 13, 2012
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Chris saw the video and commented, I do not find that commentary funny at all. In fact, I feel pissed off to be ridiculed soo lightly.

Maddox

Internet comedy writer George "Maddox" Ouzounian, best-known for his website The Best Page in the Universe, critiqued Chris's first drawing of Sonic the Hedgehog on one of his side-projects, I Am Better Than Your Kids, as one of many children's drawings to help promote his novel of the same name. Like most other works on the site, Maddox gave the drawing an F.

Cvillepedia

On a wiki dedicated to Charlottesville culture and "celebrities," he has what can only be described as a tongue-in-cheek article.

Cracked.com

#22 on Insane Subcultures.

Chris showed up on Cracked's front page as #22 on 9 April 2014 as part of "25 Insane Subcultures You Won't Believe Actually Exist".

#2 on fans who completely and utterly lost their minds.

Chris would later show up again on 6 August 2018 as #2 of "24 Times Fans Completely And Utterly Lost Their Minds" for his Sonic Boom Protests, which led to the event that happened on 26 December 2014.

Smosh

Chris's Sonic Totem statue was featured one Smosh's site, via the 'Smosh Pit' section which mostly contains articles, countdowns, and memes. It was listed in the '22 People Who Tried Crafts On Pinterest and TOTALLY NAILED IT' article.

IMDb

Chris has his own IMDb entry page. To date he only has two credits, both in the "archive footage" category; the aforementioned =3 video, and the later WTFIWWY segment.

Bruva Alfabusa

Alfabusa, is a YouTuber well-known for his Warhammer 40000 themed videos and the "If the Emperor had a Text-to-Speech Device" series. In the 11th episode of the series, towards the end, the God Emperor of Mankind implied how he lived one of his past lives as Chris.

If the Emperor had a Text-to-Speech Device - Episode 11: Intervention
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“	"...Or when I spent 50-something years as an overweight, mentally unstable manchild creating grotesque crossbreeding products out of already existing characters owned by different companies, in the hope of having mankind realise that their ways are faulty so they would pick up the torch and head for the future rather than sitting idly by and engage in pettiness, superstition, gluttony, and hatred for one another. That plan was genius. Too bad people were too fucking stupid to find the enlightening messages hidden in all those holo-recordings I made."	”
The God Emperor of Mankind, reflecting on his actions during his life as the manchild we know today

Filthy Frank

On October 8, 2014, popular YouTuber Filthy Frank uploaded a video deriding weeaboos, using an image of Chris as an example in his song about them; he can be seen at 10:08 in the video.

WEEABOOS
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Wii U Daily

The website Wii U Daily (now known as Nintendo Today) has an article on the GameStop incident that occurred on 26 December 2014. Chris eventually found the article, then proceeded to go on a long rambling on Facebook on why the writer should respect him and his terrible ways--even going as far to call the writer a horrible male, despite the writer being female.

Reddit

Main article: Reddit

There is an entire subreddit on the popular website Reddit entitled ""r/chrischansonichu", which is predictably all about Chris and his shenanigans. However, it's marked as NSFW, making it difficult to find.

On 23 September 2014, the subreddit r/shittykickstarters linked to Chris's Kickstarter project for getting Legos.

On 1 January 2015, the Wii U Daily article about the 26 December 2014 incident was linked to another subreddit, r/rage.

On 1 September 2016, a post which promised a new Chris story every day of the following month was submitted to the r/CringeAnarchy subreddit. The subreddit's background image was replaced accordingly with the classic picture of Chris staring creepily into the void.

SleepyCabin

Sleepycast is a podcast hosted by many famous internet animators including OneyNG, Psychicpebbles, Stamper, and Spazkid. On 14 December 2014, Spazkid, creator of Sonichu the Animated Series described his fascination with Chris, how he began trolling in 2007, and why he ultimately regrets doing it, even though he doesn't hesitate in calling him a retard and being aware that Chris is still a despicable human being.

“	Chris-Chan is—he’s an enigma which to so many people—they thought he was a troll. Because they’re like, “there’s no way this motherfucker is real” because he’s like the most saddest human being ever. And it’s SAD because it’s like… I spent four years of my life fucking with him and people are like, “bring it back!” And I’m like, “NO! LET IT DIE.” It’s like depressing—it’s not the golden age—it’s the depressing age.	”
Spazkid, rebuking the weens.

In another podcast they made, they all got into a heated argument when Spazkid said that he believed that Chris Chan at least tries to make decent content with a huge majority of the podcast members completely disagreeing with him.

They occasionally reference him sometimes in other episodes.

Interestingly, the Sleepycast members reveal that Harry Partridge once contacted Chris about developing a game with him. Apparently, Chris turned Harry down because he thought he wasn’t a talented enough animator. Jump to 1:43:25 in the link.

SleepyCast 11 - [Spooktacular Q&A Spectacular]
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Radio Dead Air

Main article: WTFIWWY Segment

On the 29 December, 2014 edition of his What the Fuck is Wrong with You? podcast, Radio Dead Air (and Channel Awesome) star Nash and his co-star Tara discussed the 26 December 2014 incident. Until this point, Nash had shed away from discussing Chris for much the same reason as Linkara, but decided he had to discuss it to the overwhelming volume of attention and e-mail the incident generated, along with the utter insanity displayed by Chris.

Design & Trend

On 30 December 2014, defunct website Design & Trend also posted an article about the 26 December 2014 incident. The article link was apparently tweeted 15 times, according to the website.

ReviewTechUSA

Chris Chan Assaults Gamestop Employee Over Sonic Boom
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On 2 January 2015, ReviewTechUSA made a video about the 26 December 2014 incident.

The Mysterious Mr. Enter

Animation reviewer The Mysterious Mr. Enter made a slight nudge at Chris while preparing to rant about the infamous "I Am Autism" commercial from Autism Speaks (one of many reasons why the organization is disliked among the autism community), saying that it "makes autistic people look worse than...I dunno, Chris-Chan does." Jump to 2:15 in the linked video--and by the way, that is a microphone, not a giant Icee cup. He also mentioned Sonichu near the end of his review of 12-oz. Mouse.

Mr. Enter Speaks About Autism Speaks
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Game Grumps

Leisure Suit Larry 6: Too Easy - PART 13 - Steam Train
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Ross: "You'll be like Sonichu- the electric hedgehog Pokémon." Suzy: "Oh man, my dreams come true..."

”

In an episode of Steam Train, Suzy walks into the Grump Room mid-recording to quietly grab a blanket. Ross and Dan draw attention to her anyway, and they warn her they blanket is full of static electricity and it may just make her like Sonichu, to which Suzy is less than enthusiastic about. Jump to 6:00 for the whole conversation.

SuperPrincessDaisy64

Boom Shadow
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Chris appears at 1:13 where the song mocks him for disliking the blarms. Of note is that Mike Pollock, the TRUE and HONEST English voice actor for Dr. Eggman, has commented on the video and given it his approval, meaning yet another of Chris's heroes is at least tangentially aware of his existence.

Sonic the Hedgehog Twitter

On June 10, 2015, a fan asked the official Twitter account of Sonic the Hedgehog (which has been verified and everything) if Sonichu will be playable in Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice. Their response?

“

Maybe, but only if we give Sonichu blue arms, three scarves, and ultimately just redesign him as Big the Cat.

”

Two later posts also made minor mentions of Sonichu. The first was on March 9, 2016, in which Dr. Eggman attempts to cancel getting "Big the Cat facts" on his phone by texting his favorite Sonic character, but is told that his favorite Sonic character is Sonichu. The second was April 29, 2016, where "Sonichu" is one possible name on a "What's Your Sonic Name" chart making fun of the "original characters" in the Sonic fandom.

Crave Online Australia

Cosplayers as Christian and Sonichu at Supanova Sydney in 2015

Crave Online, a website showcasing various video coverage from games, films, sports, and others topics covered a convention in Australia called Supanova in 2015. A duo cosplayed as Chris and Sonichu, making a brief reference to Nintendo rejecting Chris's game proposal.

Larry Bundy, Jr.

Chris made a cameo appearance in the "Apaches" episode of Films Yanks Can't Wank, during a mention of Jimmy Hill. Jump to 1:55 in the linked video.

Films Wanks Can't Wank - Apaches (HD)
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Eight years later, in "5 Totally Messed Up Influences of Video Game Mascots" episode of "Fact Hunt", Larry mentions how DMA Designs "did a Sonichu" when revealing that the Lemmings were a direct knockoff of The Wombles.

5 Totally Messed Up Influences of Video Game Mascots
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CatalystEXE

CatalystEXE, most famous for being the voice of Shrek is Love, Shrek is Life, made a drawing of Christian, Rosechu (with a china for a mouth), a pickle, and Sonic during a live stream. Watch from 46:12-58:21 in the video to see him draw the picture. He also made two comments regarding Christian.

The drawing in question. Reads: "My feet are so hot and sweaty from running around all day! Maybe you can help me cool off!"

His first comment

His second comment

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Drunken Peasants

Chris appeared on the Drunken Peasants podcast (starring TJ, also known as The Amazing Atheist) episode 129 on July 10, 2015.

TJ Slaps Stevie - Confederate flag Taken Down in SC - Stupid Ads - DPP #129
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The Jimquisition

In his review of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 3D for the 3DS, Jim Sterling gives a list of reasons why the original Sonic 2 was an all-time classic. In this list, Jim mentions that the game is "a great way to meet boyfriend-free girls," and also makes reference to the blue arms controversy.

Your Movie Sucks

33 seconds into YMS's review of Cyberbully, the infamous picture of Chris wearing Barb's bra and panties is shown when Adam says "You can control what you post." The photo was actually leaked, but the point still stands given that one can control what pictures they take of themselves.

YMS: Cyberbully (Full Review)
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iDubbbz

On November 26, 2015, iDubbbz, well known for his Content Cop and Bad Unboxing series, received a (fake and dishonest) Sonichu Medallion from a fan, who made it and wore it for a convention cosplaying as Chris. iDubbbz then mentions how he knows a little about him and wears it throughout the video. (Jump to 3:00 for the unboxing)

Straight out of Compton - Bad Unboxing
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Adam Baldwin's twitter

On 5 December 2015, actor Adam Baldwin tweeted an image showing photos of various people who are either opposed or supporitve of GamerGate. At the top of the image on its far left side a picture of Chris can be seen. The tweet was later on deleted.

Gawker

On 5 May 2016, controversial gossip website Gawker wrote about deleted Wikipedia articles, including Sonichu.

Return of Kings

Chris has an article and is commonly used as an example of an "omega" on the Kings Wiki, the wiki of controversial neomasculinity group Return of Kings.

Zip Zap

MANGLENN
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German-American ranter Zip Zap made a slight nod to Chris Chan when comparing a pedophile named Manglenn to him, even adding "at least [Manglenn] doesn't recycle his own semen... not from what we know".

Milo Yiannopoulos

On 20 January 2017, former editor of Breitbart News, Milo Yiannopoulous, spoke at the University of Washington. The event, called Cyberbullying Isn't Real, contained a segment where Milo comments on how George H.W. Bush, a World War II torpedo bomber pilot and the head of the CIA, was considered a wimp when he ran for president. Milo then poses the question:

“	What will happen when we have the first presidential campaign featuring a genderqueer furry who has videos of himself crying on YouTube because someone insulted his My Little Pony drawings? We know, don't we, what the first social justice president will look like.	”
Milo Yiannopoulous, exhibiting a photo of Chris

A picture of Chris is then featured on the screen to illustrate Milo's point. Although there were no specific allusions to Chris, Milo gives an eerily accurate description of Chris's internet infamy—seemingly derived solely on the photo itself. Jump to 1:13:02 in the link.

MILO At University Of Washington: Cyberbullying Isn't Real
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Kotaku

In the Kotaku article What People Miss When They Use 'Autistic' As An Insult, writer Cecilia D'Anastasio points to Chris and Sonichu, along with the actions of trolls on 4chan and Encyclopedia Dramatica, as part of the reason "autism came to be associated with impassioned gamers." The article seemed sympathetic to Chris, though Cecilia acknowledged in a comment that many of his views are offensive and that she does not endorse them, but also claimed that "[Chris's] personal beliefs are not entirely relevant to my article’s main themes".

Sachumo

Main article: Documentary

Sachumo is a YouTuber who gained moderate popularity after making a documentary on Chris's life. The video has since garnered over a million views. On 22 September 2017, Chris finally viewed the documentary, writing about its traumatic effects in a Facebook post.

On 21 October 2017, Sachumo did a live stream in which he chatted with Chris.

Fredrik Knudsen

YouTuber Fredrik Knudsen, known for his Down the Rabbit Hole videos, made a video talking about Chris. He also posted a live stream on Sonichu the following year.

Sonichu and Christian Weston Chandler (CWC) — Down the Rabbit Hole
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[Archived Livestream] Sonichu: A Critical Analysis
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BraveryJerk

Main article: BraveryJerk Interviews

On two separate occasions in 2016, BraveryJerk, a group of exceptional individuals who run a subreddit affiliated with the popular /r/circlejerk, interviewed Chris, producing three videos on two YouTube channels.

Mister Metokur

On June 30, 2017, a popular YouTuber, Mister Metokur, compared an atrocious webcomic, the Light Bringer, made by another lolcow, Linkara, to Sonichu in that they are both self-insert mary sue comics filled with one-dimensional characters in his video TGWTG Episode 3: Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm. He also mentioned that the only difference between Chris and Linkara is that Chris has autism and Linkara "hasn't been diagnosed".

TGWTG Episode 3: Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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RebelTaxi

Chris and Sonichu are occasionally referenced on RebelTaxi's 'Pizza Party' podcast. Episode 61 even includes Sonichu in its thumbnail.

61-Pizza Party Podcast-The DIAPER FETISH SONIC Special
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BIRDMAN

BIRDMAN (Also known as Anthony) is a prominent Youtuber who has displayed "Eugene" (typically people like Chris) on his youtube channel to analyze. He only found out about Chris in late 2017, uploading the video The Biggest Eugene You Will Ever See.

The Biggest Eugene You Will Ever See
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VideoGameDunkey

VideoGameDunkey is a notable YouTube let's player known for his reviews, commentaries, and walkthrough videos for a variety of video games. On 17 March 2017, he uploaded a video called The Good Year, in which he praised the new games released that year. During the video, a picture of Chris is shown when he talks about how Sonic fans are weird.

The Good Year
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OneyPlays

OneyPlays is a gaming channel on YouTube run by popular animator Chris O'Neil, better known as "Oney" or "OneyNG." He and his friends Ding Dong and Julian occasionally reference Chris in their banter. An example of this is how, during their playthrough of Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back, they come up with a humorous scenario where Chris replaces the title character as the main protagonist of Harry Potter. They have further mentioned that their favorite video of Chris is THAT IS MY HOUSE. Among the three, Julian seems to be, at the very least, the most respectful toward Chris Chan, this is seen when he became somewhat upset when Chris O'Neil called Chris Chan a retard in the F Zero play through and also, in the Sonic Adventure one, when Ding Dong joked about Chris Chan committing suicide by electrocuting himself with an Xbox, though despite all this, he does always end up laughing.

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Oney Plays - Chris Chan Compilation
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Oney Plays - Chris Chan Compilation 2
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Bad Creepypasta

Bad Creepypasta is a YouTube show in which, as its name implies, sub-par creepypasta stories are read and made fun of. In the episode "OG Nina the Killer," the hosts imagine a character in the story named Chris to be Chris-chan, and make many references to Sonichu and CWCVille throughout.

BAD CREEPYPASTA - OG Nina the Killer
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Logan Hub

The YouTube series Logan Hub used an image of a shirtless Chris in their video on weaboos (the picture is at the 0:39 mark):

Weeaboos EXPLAINED
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Logan later did a video on bad webcomics, in which Sonichu was featured as one of them, even mentioning that he will do an entire episode on Chris later (he starts talking about Sonichu at 4:44):

The Weird Side of the Internet | Episode 7: Bad Web Comics
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Diamondbolt

Diamondbolt is a Youtuber known for his videos on Transformers and other popular media. In his video "Sonic the Hedgehog Characters in One Quote!", Sonichu can be been when describing Sonic O.Cs.

Sonic the Hedgehog Characters in One Quote!
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Chris Chan: A Comprehensive History

GenoSamuel is a YouTuber who received a large amount of attention starting in February 2018 for his "Chris Chan: A Comprehensive History" series. These videos are essentially a documentary about Chris's life, similar to Sachumo's. However, while Sachumo's video is an abridged summary of Chris's life for newcomers, Geno's videos go into greater detail, each video being around 30 to 40 minutes long. The series is in chronological order, taking several videos just to cover Chris's life before his internet fame, and Geno has said that he plans to step through the densely packed events of 2009-10 in increments of a few months. The series is still ongoing, and Geno predicts that it will be around 20 episodes long by the time he reaches the present day. He also mentions that when the series will be done, he will continue them if in case another event happens in Chris's life.

Chris Chan: A Comprehensive History - Part 1
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Sadly, on June 13 of that year, GenoSamuel2 has received three consecutive community guideline strikes and as a result, has been terminated. The reason for the termination was because his content was considered a form of harassment and bullying which is completely untrue. GenoSamuel confirmed that he did send an appeal form but Youtube refused to give his channel back, thus meaning that his channel is gone forever. Despite this, his videos can be viewed here: https://www.bitchute.com/video/ejDXeL8d6WR1/. A backup channel was also made a day after the channel was taken down.

It is speculated that many white knights flagged the videos which eventually got Youtube attention and cause the channel to be taken down, some have even asked Chris Chan if he had anything to do with it, in which he completely denied and hope that Geno gets his channel back.

A week later GenoSamuel revealed on his other Youtube channel that he was going to take a long break from the videos, stating that he was getting tired of always having to have Chris in his mind when making the documentary. He said that he will continue working on them sometime near the end of the year.

On January 3, he announced on his twitter in the form of a teaser poster that the series will be coming back on February 24, 2019, which happens to be on Chris birthday. The new series contains updated audio, some corrected info, and some modification to prevent another takedown.

3GI

Main article: Shrek Retold

On 15 November 2018, a Youtuber by the name of 3GI released a trailer for Shrek Retold, a feature-length collaboration of the first Shrek movie. It is to feature over 200 contributors, each with their own styles. One of them is none other than Chris himself. The collab is set to be released on 29 November 2018, assuming Chris can finish on time. Chris's work is in the 0:55 mark.

Shrek Retold - Official Trailer
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Sam O'Nella

When talking about Phineas Gage in his video "Improbable Tales of Survival", he described how "Shiva Gautama Christ-Chan" the "one true god" decided that Gage would survive having his head driven into by a tamping iron. The figure sports a T-shirt that resembles the stripes on The Classic. This depiction also serves as an indirect satire to Chris's current delusions of godhood.

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Death threats against Trump

On 9 November 2016, Chris made multiple death threats against President-elect Donald Trump.

Later that day, one of his Twitter posts was featured in an article by Alex Jones's Infowars website. The article was linked to on the Drudge Report. David Duke, former member of Louisiana's State Representatives and former Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, tweeted the article. Chris himself tweeted the article on 10 November.

Daniel "Keemstar" Keem, host of the drama YouTube account, Drama Alert, tweeted at Chris and alerted the Secret Service.

Sky Williams, a YouTube gamer with nearly a million subscribers, retweeted Chris's post and added the comment, "k so this shit isn't okay - can we report this?" OneyNG, another YouTube gamer, also retweeted, saying "Chris Chan always knows what to say." Hundreds of retweets were made by their followers.

Conservative website HillaryDaily.com featured the tweet in an article on 10 November.

Video Games

McPixel

On 25 June 2012, the indie game McPixel featured a homage to Chris' sexcapades with inanimate objects by having a special ending sequence depicting the titular character dry-humping a PS3 in the same stance Chris was.

McPixel Extra Ending
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Goat Simulator

The goat unfortunately named Chris-Chan.

The "Goat MMO Simulator" DLC pack adds a simulated MMO mode that parodies games such as World of Warcraft. AI-controlled goats simulate the presence of other players, and their names are drawn randomly from a list of pre-generated names. 'Chris-chan' is one of the names on this list.

OK K.O.! Lakewood Plaza Turbo

An iOS/Android beat-em-up based on a Cartoon Network pilot, OK K.O.! introduces certain characters with a short biography screen (including a quote). The one for Carol (the player character's mother) has her saying "Go out and defend our Plaza--to the extreme!" (clearly echoing the cover to Sonichu 0). This same phrase is also present in the pilot episode of the cartoon series, appearing at around five and a half minutes in.

Worth noting is that OK K.O.! is intended for general audiences.

Heartbeat

In the upcoming RPG Heartbeat, a minor NPC character whose appearance and mannerisms are obviously based on Chris can be interacted with in one of the game's locations.

See Also

• Chris in the news