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PSA: Ignorance Is Truly Bliss Against The Haters And Fakers

2025-10-04T13:59:40Z

PossiblyATrout:

'''PSA: Ignorance Is Truly Bliss Against The Haters And Fakers''' is a video uploaded to Chris's [[YouTube]] channel on 29 [[September 2025]] as a YouTube Short. In it, two of Chris's custom Sonichu [[Transformers]] lecture the viewer on how to deal with Internet [[trolls]] and cyber-bullies, in an imitation of the [[1980s]] Public Service Announcements that aired as part of children's cartoons. The video features badly edited, repetitively looped audio and video throughout.

==Video==
{{Infobox/video
| name = PSA: Ignorance Is Truly Bliss Against The Haters And Fakers
| video = {{#ev:youtube|ZN8VUhu71Po}}
| stardate = 29 [[September 2025]]
| subject = {{Trollsicon|text}}
| style = {{Reason|text}} {{Crazy|text}}
| previous = [[Light Powered Cwclight Reviews#Tork|Light Powered Cwclight Reviews - Tork]]
| next = [[Breaking the Veil]]
}}

==Transcript==

[''One of Chris's Transformers characters, [[Chris and cameras|half out of frame]], addresses the viewer.'']

'''Transformer:''' [[Emgo316|YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNG WARRIORS!]] YOUNG WARRIORS! [[Speech impediment|Lishen]] to me now! Lishen to me now! Lishen to me now! For my advice is relevant to today's standards. YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNG W-[''audio cut''] Lishen to me now! Lishen to me now! Lishen to me now!

[''Jump cut, the Transformer is now framed properly.'']

'''Transformer:''' [[Honor roll|Ignorance is truly bliss]] against thy foes. When an Internet bully or cyber-troll is bothering you a whole lot, report all the haters, and all fakers, on the social media. Report all the haters, all the haters, all the haters. Report all fakers, all fakers, all fakers. And block them all.

[''Jump cut, the Transformer is now half out of frame.'']

'''Transformer:''' [[The Alpha Trion/"Young Warrior" Challenge|YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNG WARRIORS!]]

[''Jump cut, the Transformer is now framed properly.'']

'''Transformer:''' When an Internet bully or cyber-troll is bothering you a whole lot, report all the haters, and all fakers, on the social media. Report all the haters, all the haters, all the haters. Report all fakers, all fakers, all fakers. And block them all. Ignorance is truly bliss against thy foes.

[''Jump cut, the Transformer is now half out of frame.'']

'''Transformer:''' [[Things Chris has ripped off|YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNG WARRIORS!]]

[''Jump cut, the Transformer is now framed properly.'']

'''Transformer:''' Ignorance is truly bliss against thy foes. Ignorance is truly bliss against thy foes.

[''Cut to Son-Chu.'']

'''Son-Chu:''' Eh. I wonder what he means by that?

[''Cut back to the original Transformer, half out of frame.'']

'''Transformer:''' [[Random-access humour|YOUNG WARRIORS!]] Lishen to me now!

[''Jump cut, the Transformer is now framed properly.'']

'''Transformer:''' When an Internet bully or cyber-troll is bothering you a whole lot, ignorance is truly bliss against thy foes.

[''Cut to Son-Chu.'']

'''Son-Chu:''' He's right ya know. 'E's right- 'E's right- 'E's right. So you po- so you find a hater, somebody that's just giving you really bad commentary. Ignore them, ignore them, ignore them. Ignore all the comments that are not beneficial. Ignore them, ignore them, ignore them, ignore all the comments that are not beneficial. And all you haters and fakers, stop it. Stop hating and fake- Stop hating and fake- Stop hating and fake- Stop hating and faking on yourselves and start being honest and good- Start being honest and good- Start being honest and good- Start being honest and good, with others ''and'' yourself. All right? All right? Stop hating and fake- Start being honest and good with others, and yourself. 'S enough about that.

[[Category:Chris-chan videos, 2025]]

PSA: Ignorance Is Truly Bliss Against The Haters And Fakers

2025-10-04T13:58:56Z

PossiblyATrout:

'''PSA: Ignorance Is Truly Bliss Against The Haters And Fakers''' is a video uploaded to Chris's [[YouTube]] channel on 29 [[September 2025]] as a YouTube Short. In it, two of Chris's custom Sonichu [[Transformers]] lecture the viewer on how to deal with Internet [[trolls]] and cyber-bullies, in an imitation of the [[1980s]] Public Service Announcements that aired as part of children's cartoons. The video features badly edited, repetitively looped audio and video throughout.

==Video==
{{Infobox/video
| name = PSA: Ignorance Is Truly Bliss Against The Haters And Fakers
| video = {{#ev:youtube|ZN8VUhu71Po}}
| stardate = 29 [[September 2025]]
| subject = {{Trollsicon|text}}
| style = {{Reason|text}} {{Crazy|text}}
| previous = [[Light Powered Cwclight Reviews#Tork|Light Powered Cwclight Reviews - Tork]]
| next = [[Breaking the Veil]]
}}

==Transcript==

[''One of Chris's Transformers characters, [[Chris and cameras|half out of frame]], addresses the viewer.'']

'''Transformer:''' [[Emgo316|YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNG WARRIORS!]] YOUNG WARRIORS! [[Speech impediment|Lishen]] to me now! Lishen to me now! Lishen to me now! For my advice is relevant to today's standards. YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNG W-[''audio cut''] Lishen to me now! Lishen to me now! Lishen to me now!

[''Jump cut, the Transformer is now framed properly.'']

'''Transformer:''' [[Honor roll|Ignorance is truly bliss]] against thy foes. When an Internet bully or cyber-troll is bothering you a whole lot, report all the haters, and all fakers, on the social media. Report all the haters, all the haters, all the haters. Report all fakers, all fakers, all fakers. And block them all.

[''Jump cut, the Transformer is now half out of frame.'']

'''Transformer:''' [[The Alpha Trion/"Young Warrior" Challenge||YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNG WARRIORS!]]

[''Jump cut, the Transformer is now framed properly.'']

'''Transformer:''' When an Internet bully or cyber-troll is bothering you a whole lot, report all the haters, and all fakers, on the social media. Report all the haters, all the haters, all the haters. Report all fakers, all fakers, all fakers. And block them all. Ignorance is truly bliss against thy foes.

[''Jump cut, the Transformer is now half out of frame.'']

'''Transformer:''' [[Things Chris has ripped off||YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNG WARRIORS!]]

[''Jump cut, the Transformer is now framed properly.'']

'''Transformer:''' Ignorance is truly bliss against thy foes. Ignorance is truly bliss against thy foes.

[''Cut to Son-Chu.'']

'''Son-Chu:''' Eh. I wonder what he means by that?

[''Cut back to the original Transformer, half out of frame.'']

'''Transformer:''' [[Random-access humour||YOUNG WARRIORS!]] Lishen to me now!

[''Jump cut, the Transformer is now framed properly.'']

'''Transformer:''' When an Internet bully or cyber-troll is bothering you a whole lot, ignorance is truly bliss against thy foes.

[''Cut to Son-Chu.'']

'''Son-Chu:''' He's right ya know. 'E's right- 'E's right- 'E's right. So you po- so you find a hater, somebody that's just giving you really bad commentary. Ignore them, ignore them, ignore them. Ignore all the comments that are not beneficial. Ignore them, ignore them, ignore them, ignore all the comments that are not beneficial. And all you haters and fakers, stop it. Stop hating and fake- Stop hating and fake- Stop hating and fake- Stop hating and faking on yourselves and start being honest and good- Start being honest and good- Start being honest and good- Start being honest and good, with others ''and'' yourself. All right? All right? Stop hating and fake- Start being honest and good with others, and yourself. 'S enough about that.

[[Category:Chris-chan videos, 2025]]

PSA: Ignorance Is Truly Bliss Against The Haters And Fakers

2025-10-04T13:58:36Z

PossiblyATrout:

'''PSA: Ignorance Is Truly Bliss Against The Haters And Fakers''' is a video uploaded to Chris's [[YouTube]] channel on 29 [[September 2025]] as a YouTube Short. In it, two of Chris's custom Sonichu [[Transformers]] lecture the viewer on how to deal with Internet [[trolls]] and cyber-bullies, in an imitation of the [[1980s]] Public Service Announcements that aired as part of children's cartoons. The video features badly edited, repetitively looped audio and video throughout.

==Video==
{{Infobox/video
| name = PSA: Ignorance Is Truly Bliss Against The Haters And Fakers
| video = {{#ev:youtube|ZN8VUhu71Po}}
| stardate = 29 [[September 2025]]
| subject = {{Trollsicon|text}}
| style = {{Reason|text}} {{Crazy|text}}
| previous = [[Light Powered Cwclight Reviews#Tork|Light Powered Cwclight Reviews - Tork]]
| next = [[Breaking the Veil]]
}}

==Transcript==

[''One of Chris's Transformers characters, [[Chris and cameras|half out of frame]], addresses the viewer.'']

'''Transformer:''' [[Emgo316|YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNG WARRIORS!]] YOUNG WARRIORS! [[Speech impediment|Lishen]] to me now! Lishen to me now! Lishen to me now! For my advice is relevant to today's standards. YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNG W-[''audio cut''] Lishen to me now! Lishen to me now! Lishen to me now!

[''Jump cut, the Transformer is now framed properly.'']

'''Transformer:''' [[Honor roll|Ignorance is truly bliss]] against thy foes. When an Internet bully or cyber-troll is bothering you a whole lot, report all the haters, and all fakers, on the social media. Report all the haters, all the haters, all the haters. Report all fakers, all fakers, all fakers. And block them all.

[''Jump cut, the Transformer is now half out of frame.'']

'''Transformer:''' [[The Alpha Trion/"Young Warrior" Challenge||YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNG WARRIORS!]]

[''Jump cut, the Transformer is now framed properly.'']

'''Transformer:''' When an Internet bully or cyber-troll is bothering you a whole lot, report all the haters, and all fakers, on the social media. Report all the haters, all the haters, all the haters. Report all fakers, all fakers, all fakers. And block them all. Ignorance is truly bliss against thy foes.

[''Jump cut, the Transformer is now half out of frame.'']

'''Transformer:''' [[Things Chris has ripped off||YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNG WARRIORS!]]

[''Jump cut, the Transformer is now framed properly.'']

'''Transformer:''' Ignorance is truly bliss against thy foes. Ignorance is truly bliss against thy foes.

[''Cut to Son-Chu.'']

'''Son-Chu:''' Eh. I wonder what he means by that?

[''Cut back to the original Transformer, half out of frame.'']

'''Transformer:''' [[Random-access humour||YOUNG WARRIORS!]]. Lishen to me now!

[''Jump cut, the Transformer is now framed properly.'']

'''Transformer:''' When an Internet bully or cyber-troll is bothering you a whole lot, ignorance is truly bliss against thy foes.

[''Cut to Son-Chu.'']

'''Son-Chu:''' He's right ya know. 'E's right- 'E's right- 'E's right. So you po- so you find a hater, somebody that's just giving you really bad commentary. Ignore them, ignore them, ignore them. Ignore all the comments that are not beneficial. Ignore them, ignore them, ignore them, ignore all the comments that are not beneficial. And all you haters and fakers, stop it. Stop hating and fake- Stop hating and fake- Stop hating and fake- Stop hating and faking on yourselves and start being honest and good- Start being honest and good- Start being honest and good- Start being honest and good, with others ''and'' yourself. All right? All right? Stop hating and fake- Start being honest and good with others, and yourself. 'S enough about that.

[[Category:Chris-chan videos, 2025]]

PSA: Ignorance Is Truly Bliss Against The Haters And Fakers

2025-10-04T13:58:25Z

PossiblyATrout:

'''PSA: Ignorance Is Truly Bliss Against The Haters And Fakers''' is a video uploaded to Chris's [[YouTube]] channel on 29 [[September 2025]] as a YouTube Short. In it, two of Chris's custom Sonichu [[Transformers]] lecture the viewer on how to deal with Internet [[trolls]] and cyber-bullies, in an imitation of the [[1980s]] Public Service Announcements that aired as part of children's cartoons. The video features badly edited, repetitively looped audio and video throughout.

==Video==
{{Infobox/video
| name = PSA: Ignorance Is Truly Bliss Against The Haters And Fakers
| video = {{#ev:youtube|ZN8VUhu71Po}}
| stardate = 29 [[September 2025]]
| subject = {{Trollsicon|text}}
| style = {{Reason|text}} {{Crazy|text}}
| previous = [[Light Powered Cwclight Reviews#Tork|Light Powered Cwclight Reviews - Tork]]
| next = [[Breaking the Veil]]
}}

==Transcript==

[''One of Chris's Transformers characters, [[Chris and cameras|half out of frame]], addresses the viewer.'']

'''Transformer:''' [[Emgo316|YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNG WARRIORS!]]. YOUNG WARRIORS! [[Speech impediment|Lishen]] to me now! Lishen to me now! Lishen to me now! For my advice is relevant to today's standards. YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNG W-[''audio cut''] Lishen to me now! Lishen to me now! Lishen to me now!

[''Jump cut, the Transformer is now framed properly.'']

'''Transformer:''' [[Honor roll|Ignorance is truly bliss]] against thy foes. When an Internet bully or cyber-troll is bothering you a whole lot, report all the haters, and all fakers, on the social media. Report all the haters, all the haters, all the haters. Report all fakers, all fakers, all fakers. And block them all.

[''Jump cut, the Transformer is now half out of frame.'']

'''Transformer:''' [[The Alpha Trion/"Young Warrior" Challenge||YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNG WARRIORS!]]

[''Jump cut, the Transformer is now framed properly.'']

'''Transformer:''' When an Internet bully or cyber-troll is bothering you a whole lot, report all the haters, and all fakers, on the social media. Report all the haters, all the haters, all the haters. Report all fakers, all fakers, all fakers. And block them all. Ignorance is truly bliss against thy foes.

[''Jump cut, the Transformer is now half out of frame.'']

'''Transformer:''' [[Things Chris has ripped off||YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNG WARRIORS!]]

[''Jump cut, the Transformer is now framed properly.'']

'''Transformer:''' Ignorance is truly bliss against thy foes. Ignorance is truly bliss against thy foes.

[''Cut to Son-Chu.'']

'''Son-Chu:''' Eh. I wonder what he means by that?

[''Cut back to the original Transformer, half out of frame.'']

'''Transformer:''' [[Random-access humour||YOUNG WARRIORS!]]. Lishen to me now!

[''Jump cut, the Transformer is now framed properly.'']

'''Transformer:''' When an Internet bully or cyber-troll is bothering you a whole lot, ignorance is truly bliss against thy foes.

[''Cut to Son-Chu.'']

'''Son-Chu:''' He's right ya know. 'E's right- 'E's right- 'E's right. So you po- so you find a hater, somebody that's just giving you really bad commentary. Ignore them, ignore them, ignore them. Ignore all the comments that are not beneficial. Ignore them, ignore them, ignore them, ignore all the comments that are not beneficial. And all you haters and fakers, stop it. Stop hating and fake- Stop hating and fake- Stop hating and fake- Stop hating and faking on yourselves and start being honest and good- Start being honest and good- Start being honest and good- Start being honest and good, with others ''and'' yourself. All right? All right? Stop hating and fake- Start being honest and good with others, and yourself. 'S enough about that.

[[Category:Chris-chan videos, 2025]]

2025

2025-05-19T21:54:46Z

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{{Ongoing}}
[[File:Chris's new classic shirt revealed March 2025.png|thumb|Chris in March 2025 sporting a newer version of [[The Classic]]. He hasn't suddenly started reading either - that's just a backdrop.|350px]]

'''2025''' is the seventeenth year since [[Chris]]'s discovery. His relationship with [[Flutter]] is still ongoing.

==January==
{{main|January 2025}}
[[File:OfficialCWCmart - KingCobraJFS commission 21 January 2025.png|thumb|Art from January 2025]]
Chris made himself exceedingly scarce in the first month of the year, going unseen by anyone for the first time since [[October 2024]]. Throughout the month he would upload three more reviews of his kitbashed figurines. On the 18th, it was discovered through a search made by a CWCki editor that FamilySearch held a detailed record of Chris's family tree, appearing to confirm that he was indeed of [[Ancient_leader_of_the_Cherokee_Clan#Actual_Cherokee_ancestor|distant Cherokee ancestry]] and putting paid to claims he made almost twenty years ago. On the 20th, [[Pmurt]] was sworn in as President of the United States, much to Chris's dismay. On the 31st, the [[Charlottesville Fashion Square]], foremost [[Love Quest]] haunt and the center of much of Chris's young and adult life, closed its doors for good after 45 years of service.

==February==
{{main|February 2025}}
[[File:OfficialCWCmart_-_Sonichu_and_Rosechu_Talking_Plushes2.jpg|thumb|Chris in February 2025]]

On the first of the month, Chris uploaded a rambling, lore-laden post to Cwclight, titled [[CWC Blog (Cwclight)#The Autobots of Cwcville|The Autobots of Cwcville]]. February 4th saw Chris teasing his new [[OfficialCWCmart#Sonichu_and_Rosechu_COMBO_-Talking_Plushes|talking Sonichu and Rosechu plushes]], officially announcing them on the 6th. Chris and [[Flutter]] were spotted again in public [[Sightings_(2025)#February|at a pet store]] on the 14th. February 24th saw Chris reaching his 43rd birthday; on the same day, [[Barb|Barbara]] was also photographed and recorded speaking to visitors for the first time since [[January 2024]].

==March==
{{main|March 2025}}
[[Image:Chris, age 43.png|thumb|left|Chris in March 2025]]
On March 14th, Chris ended his YouTube hiatus by posting two videos, one in which he read a previously unreleased chapter of a Sonichu story, and a livestream of him playing [[Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)|''Sonic the Hedgehog'' (2006)]]; this playthrough was continued on the 29th. This month saw the 25th anniversary of Sonichu's creation, and marked the second full year since Chris's release from jail. Compared to recent months, Chris was considerably more active on social media, making several dozen posts across both Twitter and Bluesky. He continued to go unseen in public, save for a single unconfirmed sighting on the 17th that reportedly took place at a Food Lion in an unknown location.
==April==
{{main|April 2025}}
[[File:Chris in Finland sighting 2 April 2025.jpeg|thumb|Chris in Helsinki, April 2025]]
{{main|April 2025}}
April saw two new additions to Chris's series of reviews of his kitbashed figurines and one new instalment of his reviews of positive comments on his Etsy page. Current information suggests that Chris spent most if not all of this month in Finland on his fourth known visit to the country, with photos and sightings emerging around this time proving that Chris had once again visited Helsinki. Outside of this, his online activity was extremely limited, making only a single post on Twitter at the very end of the month. Additionally, a new episode of ''[[The Chris Chan Conspiracy]]'' dropped, which included a large portion of the [[Goddess Log]] (Chris' jail diary).
==May==
{{main|May 2025}}
[[File:Chris's new teeth 17 May 2025.png|thumb|left|Chris on a livestream, May 2025]]
Chris put a copyright claim in on [[Geno Samuel]]'s ''[[Sonichu: The Animated Series (Geno Samuel)|Sonichu: The Animated Series]]'' for infringing on his right to steal copyrighted characters. He also uploaded more boring and unwatchable videos.
{{References}}
{{timeline}}

2025

2025-04-01T22:04:38Z

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Chris and his personality

2025-03-17T23:38:32Z

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{{HealthDisclosure}}

One's '''personality''' is a set of mental, emotional, and behavioral qualities that make up an individual's character. Studying personality is a key aspect of [[psychology]], allowing experts to know what makes people the way they are. There are many methods for testing one's personality, with some backed by decades of scientific research, and others created by random people on [[Facebook]] to show ads.

Chris's personality is quite eclectic. It is what draws countless people around the globe to study and follow his antics. He has spoken quite a bit on his own idea of his personality, but his own insight doesn't always jibe with [[reality]].

His personality has undergone quite the change since Bob's death, with some traits undergoing a full 180.

==Disclaimer==

[[File:Myers-Briggs type indicator.jpg|thumb|The Myers-Briggs type indicator is a popular personality test system. (Chris is an ENFJ-T, for the record.)]]
Personality testing is a controversial field, with few tests used universally within the scientific community. Even the famous Myers-Briggs test, while useful for rough workplace assessments, is somewhat vague. It misses key areas like creativity and openness, and people who take the test often get different results over time. The closest thing to a gold standard is the Big Five, or OCEAN test.

This article discusses various aspects of Chris's personality, but is not to be taken as a substitute for an actual psych-eval.

==Introversion vs extroversion==
Chris has described himself as both introverted<ref>[[February 2016 Facebook Posts#Socializing]]</ref> and extroverted.<ref>[[Catie Date Conversation Transcript]]</ref> He has shown traits of both introversion and extroversion over the years. (It should be be noted that few people are 100% introverted or extroverted; it is more akin to a [[Autism|spectrum]] which people fall on. People can also react differently to different contexts, such as a casual one-on-one hangout versus a large crowd.)

In [[Manchester High School|high school]], Chris appears to have been fairly introverted, though he had a strong drive to be extroverted and outgoing. A [[Manchester_High_Leaks#Getting_Acquainted|leaked icebreaker worksheet]] shows that Chris only talked to 7 of his class-mates. They were all [[Noviophobia|female]]. Despite trying to later hold a high school reunion, in the [[Song of Christian]], a 16-year old Chris describes having few friends and how his "loneliness is off the scale.” Even with the social prestige of being a water-boy to the school [[Bionic the Hedgehog|basketball team]] and his [[Gal-pals]], Chris took his [[Barbara Chandler|mom]] to the school prom. Nearly 10 years after the prom, Chris talked about feeling like an outcast at the prom, however his highlight of the evening was when one of his [[Tiffany Gowen|gal-pals]] felt sorry for him and "pulled [him] onto the dance floor." This dance "felt like hours" to Chris.<ref>[[User:ChrisChanSonichu profile#The Seinor Prom]]</ref>

Around the time of discovery by [[Encyclopedia Dramatica]], Chris was mainly an introvert. He kept to himself and barely spoke to anyone but his sweetheart. He joined most public chats in both [[IRC|text]] and [[Mumble|voice]] forms only after being goaded by his current sweetheart<ref>[[BlueSpike Skype Logs 5#February 10]]</ref> or a troll. And even in these chats, he didn't converse a lot, and only answered questions directed towards him. Even while playing video games, he mostly stuck to playing single player games such as God of War, Pokemon, Sonic and Animal Crossing. Any multiplayer game he did play was mostly with his sweetheart like LittleBigPlanet and Burnout Paradise. Before his discovery, when he frequented the THe GAMe PLAce, he mostly kept to himself (and Megan), and rarely interacted with other people except during card games.<Ref>[[Lucas and Mimms Q&A#Chris's behavior]]</ref>

Classic Chris would clearly fall on the introvert side of the spectrum but he isn't a full-on introvert. He did visit an [[Anime Mid-Atlantic|anime expo in 2004 and 2005]]. New Chris, however, would easily fall on the extrovert side since 2017, as he started publicly responding to people, started playing multiplayer and co-op games such as [[Tetris 99]] and PayDay 2, visited multiple conventions like [[Bronycon]], [[OmegaCon]], [[BABScon]] and the [[TooManyGames]] expo. He has also started streaming videos, and answering questions his fans have. He has also joined public and private discord groups, though his interaction with other humans in them is limited. On [[Twitter]], he has started interacting (although poorly) to a ton of people ranging from artists to [[enablers]].

==Kindness and respect==
:''Main article: [[Chris and kindness|Kindness]]''

While Chris may strive to be kind, his efforts often fall flat and instead come across as annoying, overwhelming or creepy. Chris at least shows he makes an effort to look like a kind person, and he has referred to himself as the "kind and compassionate Christine Chandler."<ref>[[A New, Fun Trick]]</ref> But ''saying'' you're kind and actually ''being'' kind are two very different things.

Many of Chris's attempts at being kind, from calling complete strangers "[[darling]]" to [[TooManyGames|kissing]] guys he just met, are a clear violation of other's boundaries and easily make people feel uncomfortable. Ironically, his attempts can be quite unkind, particularly in how forceful they are. To his credit though, Chris did raise funds for the childhood cancer charity [[Alex's Lemonade Stand]] in June 2012, as well as donating to the Red Cross after Hurricane Harvey in September 2017; but that's about as far as it goes for any legitimately kind deeds.

==Empathy vs antipathy==
:''Main articles: [[Chris and remorse|Remorse]] and [[Chris and anger|Anger]]''

Anger, or ''tard rage'' as trolls call it, is a defining feature of Chris's personality. Also notable is his lack of empathy, beyond the point where it can be autism-related. While autistic people often struggle with cognitive empathy (the ability to ''know'' what someone is feeling), they generally have lots of emotional empathy (the ability to ''feel'' what someone is feeling after finding out). Chris seems to lack both, ignoring others' feelings even after they directly state them.

Chris generally utilises apologies as a performative tool to placate others and to persuade them to either leave him alone or give him what he wants - on the [[Q&A NO MORE|few]] [[11052009 Kacey, I Love You, and I Need You|occasions]] Chris does demonstrate what appears to be genuine remorse or grief, he still tends to either ignore or only broadly address issues at the heart of the matter, or shift blame onto others, and in what is perhaps his [[CWC is sad|most infamous example]] of a tearful apology, a [[Red Letter CWC Certified Day|stroke of blissful happenstance]] was enough to completely erase any lingering feelings of sorrow that Chris may have had - indeed, it galvanised him enough that he indirectly ''mocked'' the target of his past apologies instead.

While Chris is not utterly incapable of feeling empathy, he has repeatedly demonstrated difficulty in constructing meaningful, sincere apologies for his misdeeds. This is, in part, due to his condition, and accordingly due to how some of his previous statements intended to redress the grievances of others have been constructed. Having been raised on a steady diet of assorted television programs ever since childhood and having experienced little in the way of meaningful social interaction ever since his days at Manchester High, Chris seemingly relies on his experience with media to assist him in many social situations, and apologies are no exception. When Chris attempts to make amends, he often hinders his own efforts with his delivery - his manner of speech is monotonous and often without any real emotion in such instances, with him appearing to do his level best to appear dejected and put-upon, an illusion that is shattered the moment he asks for a ban to be lifted because he wants to [[Apology_to_Game_%26_Hobby_Place|buy things]], for instance. When he feels it necessary, he will also 'score' his videos with a background track, a tactic likely employed in this case to get the recipient to feel sorry for him and understand his point of view. This approach is possibly inspired by the media Chris has consumed: heartfelt moments call for fitting music, and so he sees it as the right thing to do, rather than an instance of blatant emotional manipulation.

The other, more noticeable aspect to this, however, is that on many occasions Chris displays an apparent inability to understand what he did wrong even after having his mistakes explained to him. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the Alec Benson Leary saga, where over the course of a number of telephone conversations Chris was repeatedly urged to apologise for actions that were explicitly read out to Chris on two separate occasions. The videos that followed these calls, already hampered by his flat, detached affect, did not address several of these wrongs - in some cases, they created new ones altogether - and those that were brought up were only spoken of briefly, with an absolute minimum of any emotion. In the [[Alec Benson Leary Phone Call 7|seventh call]] between the two, Alec would directly accuse Chris of not understanding his faults. This eventually culminated in the highly controversial [[Sonichu 10]], in which Chris has comic representations of Alec and his friends be brutally murdered by his gaggle of OCs and Sonichu clones. While he would later revise the ending of this issue, at the time he staunchly defended himself, proving that like with most aspects of social grace Chris is perfectly willing to renege on past apologies and promises if it benefits him, or to spite others who prove themselves a nuisance to him and his work. In a [[9_February_2010|video]] published shortly before the comic's release, he backpedalled and claimed that he was taking a stand against Alec and his associates, and that he never wanted to kill Simonla Rosechu. a controversial character cribbed from an OC made by Evan, a friend of Alec's, characterising Evan's requests for apology and to stop using his work as 'blackmail', and in the [[Alec Benson Leary Phone Call 9|ninth and final call]] with Alec, he blatantly backtracked on several phone calls and two apology videos worth of statements, admitting to believing that Simonla was always his, and when called out for his execution of the Asperpedia Four, he responded that 'requesting the death of one of [his] characters comes with a price.'

While Chris may be fickle when it comes to apologies and their sincerity, however, he has a much, ''much'' easier time committing himself to hating people, especially if he believes they have wronged him gravely. The two most enduring examples of his unyielding scorn are perhaps Mary Lee Walsh and Michael Snyder. The former, for the 'crime' of destroying a sign in an effort to stop one of her college's pupils from loitering on school grounds in an attempt to solicit sex from students, was transformed into the first villain of the Sonichu comic series, made into a target of ridicule and mockery, and was sent intimidating drawings by Chris, the final straw in a series of missteps that saw him suspended from PVCC for a year. Although Chris would later try to change her image within the comics and even consider reconciling with her in reality, going as far as to deliver a framed version of his formal apology to her office himself, Chris still viewed the process of reconciliation through the lens of Chris forgiving Mary for ''her'' 'past misdeeds' - and when his attempt at delivering an apology was met with the dean contacting Chris's parents and asking them to ensure Chris remained away from the campus permanently under threat of legal summons, he was swift to do what he always did, labelling her as the architect of all his misery and deserving of whatever ill fortune may befall her. This bitter hatred burned for years after, surfacing most prominently in 2013, in which Chris blamed her and other parties for his life being the way it was in a series of Facebook rants. [[Mary Lee Walsh]] retired in 2019, whereupon Chris uncharacteristically wished her a peaceful life until her 'time of passing'... but not without offering 'constructive criticism' on how she could have better spoken to him.

[[Michael Snyder]] has not been as fortunate, by comparison. A constant target of Chris's wrath and a subject of his conspiratorial ramblings, Chris has spared extremely little in the way of pity or understanding for Snyder and his actions. Chris has commonly regarded Snyder as the ''other'' architect of all his misery, going so far as to accuse him of being a grasping, conniving schemer inexplicably conspiring with the Greene County school board to ban him from the GAMe PLACe and claiming that he didn't even know why he had been barred from the store when Snyder himself, and accounts of Chris's interactions with Snyder, make it clear that Chris's own behaviour was the cause. These feelings of antipathy only intensified after [[28 October 2011]], an incident which Chris has come to believe was entirely staged and grossly exaggerated by Snyder. Despite Snyder showing remarkable leniency towards both Chris and his mother in the subsequent legal proceedings, motioning for their sentences to be reduced to misdemeanours, Chris was not at all humbled by this impossibly gracious act of mercy; he went on to blame Snyder as the root cause for the Chandlers' financial crisis, rather than spending the entirety of Bob's inheritance on an [[Rob Bell|expensive lawyer]], and in the years since then his venom has not abated. In June ''2021'', a full ''thirteen years'' after being banned from the premises of a now-defunct hobby store, Chris [[June_2021_social_media_posts#Discussing_trolls_and_other_stuff|listed]] Snyder as being among the worst negative influences on his life.

==Openness vs obstinacy==
In psychology, openness is a person's receptivity to new or unfamiliar experiences and ideas, including changes. A lot of Chris's close-mindedness can be attributed to his autism, as autistic people find comfort in predictable routines and are often averse to changes, both major and minor.

It is to be noted that no person is completely open to change and no person is completely against it. People tend to be open regarding views to things that don't matter to them and like to remain closed about topics that are close to them. Chris is no exception.

Chris is not very open to thoughts that differ from his; he rejects opinions and actual scientific facts if they do not match his beliefs. When he used to hate the LGBT community, he would find any excuse he could to rail against homosexuals - his hatred proved so overwhelming that the mere action of saying the word 'gay' was a task he found discomforting. He had also gone to the point where he rejected the fact that Asperger's syndrome is a form of autism just because he didn't like it, perceiving it as not being 'real' autism, and that those who had it were merely trying to take the 'limelight' away from 'true' autistic people.

After he came out as a transgender, he became much more open to the LGBTQ community and accepted them as equals, but his obstinacy has merely shifted topics. For example, his belief in the [[Dimensional Merge]] remains steadfast, and he is quick to dismiss anyone who tells him otherwise. He openly rejects proof that the merge isn't happening and cherry-picks minor incidents that seem to support his agenda. He is also quick to use his identification as someone within the LGBTQ community as grounds for accusations of discrimination whenever he finds himself prevented from doing what he wants by powers beyond his ability to influence or bargain with, a position that he is rarely talked down from taking.

Similarly, for a number of years, Chris held a potent hatred towards the Xbox line of gaming consoles. His explanations for this antipathy were often lacking and occasionally incoherent, but most accounts point to his aversion to the Xbox Live service around the time of the PS3 and Wii's prominence - his explanation then was that the Xbox was a poor investment because its competitors offered free wi-fi services, seemingly oblivious to the existence of 'Free' accounts that could access most wi-fi features outside of online play.

However, it should be noted that Chris is quick to vacillate in this regard, especially if he believes there is something in it for him, taking an incredibly rapid about-turn in his behaviour to placate others; later, in a bid to impress [[Jackie]], he would admit that his arguments against Microsoft's machine were born from a lack of experience. He confessed that he had never owned an original Xbox and only ever used an Xbox 360 at a booth, twice - and that they 'left [him] with no leg to stand on', with Chris divulging that his reason for his hatred of the console was not simply zealous [[brand loyalty]], but him [[Chris and money|being unable to afford an Xbox]], being envious of those who had the ability to do so. Despite this, he would later relapse at the height of the latest round of console wars between the PS4 and the Xbox One, but once more he changed his tune, seemingly unprompted. He revealed himself as a Gold Account owner in November 2017, and since then has not had a single bad word to say about a game console he once despised with remarkable intensity. Hence, this is also a case of Chris demonstrating a bizarre degree of sudden openness towards something he claimed to hate. He has shown identical behaviour towards other things which initially served to arouse his ire, yet eventually came to be counted among his obsessions - [[Equestria Girls]] chief among them, with Chris going from hating the very idea of the show in May 2013 to naming the franchise-launching film as his second-favourite movie of all time a mere three months later.

==Chris and personality tests==
[[File:Personality quiz.jpeg|thumb|Chris chose the blue option]]
[[File:Miscpersonalitytestthing.jpg|thumb|Anudder one]]
[[File:This is Christine.png|thumb|another]]
Being a [[Twitter|social]] [[Facebook|media]] addict who also likes [[magical thinking]], it's no surprise that Chris is a fan of personality tests. He has taken many over the years, here are a few of them:

*'''A Magic: The Gathering quiz''' to find out that he is most like the white color typing, as each color associated with certain personality traits, the white type is associated with law and order, being the good guy beating up the bad guy.<ref>[[August_2019_social_media_posts#Chris_takes_a_M:TG_quiz|Post in question]]</ref> This seems to indicate that Chris held to his idealistic views of good and evil, and wasn't being very true and honest in the test, since he is very [[Chris and the law|anti-law]] when it stops him from doing what he wants.
*'''A 16Personalities test''', an online version of the Myer-Briggs test, to determine what his MBTI ({{w|Myers–Briggs Type Indicator}}) is. He learned his personality type is ENFJ-T.<ref>[[October 2019 social media posts#...and so does Chris]]</ref> He also [[Spirit possession#Magi-Chan (14 August 2019 - 14 September 2019; late September-October 2019)|did the same]] for [[Magi-Chan]], who is apparently an ENFJ-A.<ref>[[October 2019 social media posts#Magi-Chan takes the 16personalities test...]]</ref>

==Dissociative identity disorder==
Due to Chris's more recent behaviours, such as a belief in [[spirit possession]] and the manifestations of cartoon characters, Chris may indeed now have a mild trauma-induced strain of '''{{w|Dissociative identity disorder}}''' ('''DID'''), a mental disorder characterized by the maintenance of at least two distinct and relatively enduring personality states.<ref>https://archive.is/cAquC Archived article on DID, Chris shows many of the indicators listed here</ref> This is most likely connected to manipulation from the [[Idea Guys]] and other traumas in his youth due to the mistreatment of those with ASD in a clinical and social environment. It is unknown how real the characters are to Chris, but he seems very adamant that they are real and manifest physically.

The main indicators of DID that Chris displays are:
*'''Daydreaming''' - Chris often mentions daydreaming as a form of meditation, during which Chris can "visit Cwcville," Chris's [[cwcville|imaginary city]] where he is the overlord.
*'''Imaginary friends''' - Chris has a belief that all comic book characters are real people, as autonomous as any human, and that these characters exist in the real world and speak to him in his head.<ref>[[Magi-Chan]]</ref>
*'''Reality/Fantasy overlap''' - Chris not only believes that the fantasy world of cartoons is real, but that one day it will merge with reality, and that already characters like [[Sonichu (character)|Sonichu]], [[Mewtwo]], and [[Magi-chan]] have manifested themselves physically.
*'''Transitional Objects as Self''' - Chris has often emotionally attached himself to objects, resulting in [[Tour_of_Chris%27s_House_III|hoarding]], but the place in which this behaviour is most prevalent is with his character Sonichu. Chris identifies as Mother (previously Father) of Sonichu, and indeed all Sonichus, which results in him being protective of them, causing making things like putting them in danger in the comics seem [[Chris and writing|immoral]] to him.
*'''Time Loss''' - Due to Chris's reportedly long daydreaming sessions, and poor memory associated with them, and his frequent and aggressive habit of lying it can be suspected that this is a result of DID.
*'''Ability to Cut Off from Pain and an Awareness of Danger''' - Chris's peculiar approach to emotional pain, namely that he'll randomly cut off from it totally, can be ascribed partially to ASD, but there is also a chance it is a symptom of some form of DID. Chris will produce very random responses to trolls' efforts to destroy things that are close to him<ref>[[Medallions#Mark_1_.28and_decoy.29|Like his first medallion]]</ref> or to "kill" those close to him<ref>Such as several gal-pals, examples of whom are: [[PandaHalo]], [[Sarah May]] and [[Ivy]].</ref> sometimes resulting in Chris showing little to no signs of caring in the slightest.

With this evidence, particularly noting the trauma that Chris must have received from the Idea Guy's manipulations, and Chris's current beliefs about the existence of imaginary places and people, and their ability to possess him, one may conclude that Chris having a mild form of DID is likely.

==="Christian" vs "Christopher"===
For two days in [[August 2009]] Chris tried to convince [[Kacey]] and the rest of his fans that he had [[Wikipedia:Dissociative_identity_disorder|Dissociative identity disorder]], a mental disorder characterized by the maintenance of at least two distinct and relatively enduring personality states. One of these "personalities" was named "Christopher" and the other named "Christian," as demonstrated in a [[30_August_2009|video]] from the time.

The video's original subject was quickly derailed by "Christopher," Chris's more "repressed" personality, by interrupting "Christian" mid-sentence, and having a free-flowing sentence with "Christian," something which is almost impossible for somebody with DID to do, due to usually not sharing memories, or surfacing at the same time. Chris did not end up managing to fool anyone into believing he had the disorder, and Kacey reprimanded him for pretending to have DID and lying to her. Chris apologised and said he made it up to "fuel" the trolls, which still leaves one to wonder why he tried to convince Kacey it was true.

==References==
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'''February''' is the second month of [[2025]].

==Notable events==
*'''1 February''' - Chris posts [[CWC Blog (Cwclight)#The Autobots of Cwcville|The Autobots of Cwcville]] to [[Cwclight]].
*'''4 February''' - Chris says something new is coming to his stores, posting a teaser image of the talking Sonichu and Rosechu plushes.<ref>[[February 2025 social media posts#Something new is coming]]</ref>
*'''6 February''' - [[OfficialCWCmart#Sonichu and Rosechu COMBO -Talking Plushes|Talking Sonichu and Rosechu plushes]] are listed on [[OfficialCWCmart]], as well as a [[OfficialCWCmart#Custom Medallion Commission, Handcrafted by CWC|commissions listing for custom medallions]].
*'''24 February''' - Chris's 43rd [[birthday]].

==Activity==

===Chats===
None yet.

===Posts===
*[[February 2025 social media posts]]
*[[Cwclight]]

===Sightings===
None yet.

===Videos===
None yet.

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[[File:OfficialCWCmart_-_Sonichu_and_Rosechu_Talking_Plushes2.jpg|thumb|Chris in February 2025]]
'''2025''' is the seventeenth year since [[Chris]]'s discovery. His relationship with [[Flutter]] is still ongoing.

==January==
{{main|January 2025}}
Chris made himself exceedingly scarce in the first month of the year, going unseen by anyone for the first time since October 2024. Throughout the month he would upload three more reviews of his kitbashed figurines. On the 18th, it was discovered through a search made by a CWCki editor that FamilySearch held a detailed record of Chris's family tree, appearing to confirm that he was indeed of distant Cherokee ancestry and putting paid to claims he made almost twenty years ago. On the 20th, [[Pmurt]] was sworn in as President of the United States, much to Chris's dismay. On the 31st, the [[Charlottesville Fashion Square]], foremost [[Love Quest]] haunt and the center of much of Chris's young and adult life, closed its doors for good after 45 years of service.

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[[Image:FashionSquareMallExternal.jpg|thumb|200px|External view of Charlottesville Fashion Square, [[January 2010]].]]
[[File:GardenSquareMall2015.jpg|thumb|200px|The mall entrance, [[April 2015]].]]
[[Image:Fashionsquareretail399 thumb.jpg|thumb|200px|Image from inside the mall.]]
[[Image:TheFaSquareRegion.jpg|thumb|200px|The mall's main rotunda, [[January 2018]].]]
[[File:FashionSquareJan2023.jpeg|thumb|200px|The mall on life support in late [[January 2023]]. Notice the wreath despite the holiday season being over for nearly a month at the time of capture.]]

'''Charlottesville [[Chris and fashion|Fashion]] Square''' was a shopping [[mall]] and one of the original venues for [[Chris]]'s [[Love Quest]] exploits. Like all of his "[[Attraction Location]]s", it didn't do much for him, as his behavior led to several run-ins with its management and security personnel, ultimately resulting in a [[List of places that have banned Chris|ban]] from the mall. Owing to the mall's popularity with Chris as a social and Attraction Location, it has since became a place of hallowed ground among [[trolls]], [[weens]] and [[CWCki|Christorians]] alike.

==Chris and the Fashion Square==
Chris was first introduced to [[Sonic the Hedgehog]] at the Fashion Square Sears in "mid to late [[1991]]", playing a demo version of the original ''Sonic the Hedghehog'' Sega Genesis game there.<ref>[[Cwclight#First Sonic the Hedgehog drawing by JCWCSP]]</ref>

It was in this mall where Chris met [[Anna McLerran|Anna]] and "[[The Tale of the Crazy Pacer]]" got its start.

It was also where he had his heart smashed down to 15% by [[Hanna]], and presumably where he (accompanied by [[Bob Chandler|his father]]) went on his "date" with [[Emily]], who was later rescued by [[The Man in the Pickle Suit]]. It's safe to say that, at one point, a large portion of Chris's time spent outside the house was at this mall.

Due to the numerous misadventures he has had there, this place holds a significant role in Christory – and has since become something of a pilgrimage location for the CWC community at large. Be sure to say "hi" to [[ScotPalazzo|the manager]] should you ever visit!

==Chris vs. Fashion Square==
Chris has gotten himself into trouble at Fashion Square on a number of occasions over the years.

On 5 August [[2004]], according to [[CWC's Diary]], Chris's attempts to fish for a girlfriend with a [[Red String of Fate]] were cut short by a [[jerkop]] who destroyed that particular Love Quest accessory. A month later, on 6 September, he had another run-in with a security guard who was apparently treated to a rendition of Chris's "Lonesome Virgin story".

11 September 2004 saw Chris's first partial ban from the mall, forbidding him from returning without a parent to accompany him. His diary doesn't explain exactly why he was banned, but [[Sub-Episode 1|Sub-Episode #1]] dramatizes the day's events. Reading between the lines of the comic book version, Chris was loitering and soliciting with his [[Attraction Sign]], became belligerent with security, and was arrested and removed from the mall.

Chris was apparently able to return to the mall unaccompanied by the next spring. On 29 March 2005, the infamous date with Hanna took place, after which Chris emitted an anguished "NOOOOOOOO" that led him to being banned from the mall once again.<ref>[[Vivitheg's AIM chat#ban|Vivitheg's AIM chat]]</ref><ref>[[Jackie e-mails part 2#ban|Jackie E-mails - Part II]]</ref> [[Vivitheg's AIM chat]] indicates that the ban (which again prevented Chris from going to the mall without a parent) was still in effect towards the end of 2008.

According to the reports of a field agent, Chris was seen sperging at the mall accompanied by his parents in the summer of 2010. Subsequently, on 31 August 2010, he was spotted (and filmed) hanging out at the mall alone. This suggests that either the bans have expired, or Chris has managed to [[Flipnote Hatena|evade yet another ban]].

In early 2012, Chris's leaked [[Facebook statuses]] revealed that he had returned to loitering at the mall on a regular basis. His "normal plan" at the mall, according to the leaks, is to "sit, hang and wait for a Ms. Right".

On 4 February, he managed to get himself in trouble again, by leaving flyers decrying [[Michael Snyder]] around the mall. A security guard found them and attempted to speak to Chris about them. Chris then fled the mall and drove away.

On 31 March, he managed to get himself in trouble for a second time this year, this time by yelling on his phone towards his trolls. Security guards came to confront Chris, but he ended up fleeing the mall once more.

On 28 April, Chris released a [[April 2012 Facebook posts#Maniacal Laughter from Who now? Oh, wait, It Is ME! >8D|Facebook message]] stating that, on the 25th of April, he had received the ban-hammer for getting angry in the mall when he answered some calls from the trolls.

On 17 [[December 2014]], an [[Apology Letters‎|apology letter]] with a date of August 15 was leaked. The letter has Chris blaming [[troll]]s and [[stress]] for his misdeeds, and asking the manager to allow him and [[Catherine]] to shop there.

On [[26 December 2014]], Chris attempted to evade his ban from the GameStop there and ([[Chris and fashion|dressed like a clown]]) tried to vandalize the store's ''Sonic Boom'' display. When he failed and staff made a move to call security, Chris left, but not before macing an employee. With the police called in, Chris somehow evaded arrest at the mall. Reports from a police radio mention that Chris was still banned from the mall at that point.

On 20 March 2018, Chris again [[March 2018 trespass charge|trespassed at the mall]] and was charged. As a result he was sentenced to the [[Therapeutic Docket]], resulting in the charge ultimately being dropped.

==Decline==
Malls have been declining as a whole since the [[2010s]] due to the increasing popularity of online shopping websites like Amazon and [[eBay]], and the effects of the [[COVID-19]] pandemic have certainly not helped matters. Charlottesville Fashion Square is no exception; throughout the late 2010s, several stores in the mall closed due to dwindling customers, while some of the mall's biggest tenants like Sears went bankrupt, leaving the mall with big chunks of unleased space. While it still operates, with 16 stores, restaurants and booths still open, it is a shell of its former self, with the only two "anchor locations" left being two Belk stores.

The mall was at risk of closure in [[February 2020]], having defaulted on $45.2 million of loans.<ref>https://dailyprogress.com/news/local/fashion-square-mall-facing-imminent-default-analysts-say/article_3ac06a61-626f-5f64-bbaa-4953c3c815a0.html</ref> In response to this news, Chris wrote on [[Twitter]], "Well, this is most disappointing. Very Much a LEGEND, in association with myself and my history: Charlottesville’s own #FashionSquareMall is falling on hard times and may become lost. I feel mildly distressed from this event."<ref>[[February 2020 social media posts]]</ref>

On 13 [[June 2021]], Washington Prime Group, the owners of Charlottesville Fashion Square, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, citing the COVID-19 pandemic as the main reason. <ref>https://kiwifarms.net/threads/random-chris-updates.23605/post-9219328</ref> <ref>https://edition.cnn.com/2021/06/14/business/washington-prime-group-mall-bankruptcy/index.html</ref> The mall was later auctioned to a local lending company a few days later. <ref>https://dailyprogress.com/business/local/watch-now-fashion-square-mall-auctioned-to-lender-for-20-2-million/article_15ea6df2-e67b-11eb-9274-0bff086e95e0.html</ref>

In [[September 2022]], The Home Depot purchased a large chunk of the mall, save for the Belk woman's store and JCPenney. Two years later, they would announce their plans to demolish the former Sears space to begin construction on a new Home Depot store, construction of which began in [[September 2024]] and is set to open in [[July 2025]]. The mall's fate was sealed in [[January 2025]] when its remaining tenants had their leases terminated.<ref>https://www.29news.com/2025/01/24/leases-terminated-store-owners-fashion-square-mall/</ref> The Fashion Square closed its doors for the final time on the 31st of January.

==Comic references==
===[[Sub-Episode 1|Sub-Episode #1]]: "Jerkop-tastropie"===
Dramatization of Chris getting busted by [[jerkop|mall security]] for loitering.

===[[Sub-Episode 2|Sub-Episode #2]]: "The Rise & Fall of My Heart"===
Dramatization of a [[Hanna|girl who works at a Starbucks]] trolling Chris by taking him out on a date.

==See also==
* [[CWCville Shopping Center]]
* [[March 2018 trespass charge]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130307232438/http://www.simon.com/mall/charlottesville-fashion-square Archive of old website from March 2013]
*[https://charlottesvillefashion.com New website]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlottesville_Fashion_Square Wikipedia Article]

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'''2025''' is be the seventeenth year since [[Chris]]'s discovery. His relationship with [[Flutter]] is still ongoing.

==January==
{{main|January 2025}}
Chris made himself exceedingly scarce in the first month of the year, going unseen by anyone for the first time since October 2024. Throughout the month he would upload three more reviews of his kitbashed figurines. On the 18th, it was discovered through a search made by a CWCki editor that FamilySearch held a detailed record of Chris's family tree, appearing to confirm that he was indeed of distant Cherokee ancestry and putting paid to claims he made almost twenty years ago. On the 20th, [[Pmurt]] was sworn in as President of the United States, much to Chris's dismay. On the 31st, the [[Charlottesville Fashion Square]], foremost [[Love Quest]] haunt and the center of much of Chris's young and adult life, closed its doors for good after 45 years of service.

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{{Ongoing}}

'''2025''' is be the seventeenth year since [[Chris]]'s discovery. His relationship with [[Flutter]] is still ongoing.

==January==
{{main|January 2025}}
Chris made himself exceedingly scarce in the first month of the year, going unseen by anyone for the first time since October 2024. Throughout the month he would upload three more reviews of his kitbashed figurines. On the 18th, it was discovered through a search made by a CWCki editor that FamilySearch held a detailed record of Chris's family tree, appearing to confirm that he was indeed of distant Cherokee ancestry and putting paid to claims he made almost twenty years ago. On the 20th, [[Pmurt]] was sworn in as President of the United States, much to Chris's dismay. On the 31st, the [[Charlottesville Fashion Square Mall|Fashion Square Mall]], foremost [[Love Quest]] haunt and the center of much of Chris's young and adult life, closed its doors for good after 45 years of service.

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{{Ongoing}}

'''2025''' is be the seventeenth year since [[Chris]]'s discovery. His relationship with [[Flutter]] is still ongoing.

==January==
{{main|January 2025}}
Chris made himself exceedingly scarce in the first month of the year, going unseen by anyone for the first time since October 2024. Throughout the month he would upload three more reviews of his kitbashed figurines. On the 18th, it was discovered through a search made by a CWCki editor that FamilySearch held a detailed record of Chris's family tree, appearing to confirm that he was indeed of distant Cherokee ancestry and putting paid to claims he made almost twenty years ago. On the 20th, [[Pmurt]] was sworn in as President of the United States, much to Chris's dismay. On the 31st, the [[Charlottesville Fashion Square Mall||Fashion Square Mall]], foremost [[Love Quest]] haunt and the center of much of Chris's young and adult life, closed its doors for good after 45 years of service.

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{{Ongoing}}

'''2025''' is be the seventeenth year since [[Chris]]'s discovery. His relationship with [[Flutter]] is still ongoing.

==January==
{{main|January 2025}}
Chris made himself exceedingly scarce in the first month of the year, going unseen by anyone for the first time since October 2024. Throughout the month he would upload three more reviews of his kitbashed figurines. On the 18th, it was discovered through a search made by a CWCki editor that FamilySearch held a detailed record of Chris's family tree, appearing to confirm that he was indeed of distant Cherokee ancestry and putting paid to claims he made almost twenty years ago. On the 20th, [[Pmurt]] was sworn in as President of the United States, much to Chris's dismay. On the 31st, the [[Charlottesville Fashion Square Mall]], foremost [[Love Quest]] haunt and the center of much of Chris's young and adult life, closed its doors for good after 45 years of service.

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Chris and video games

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{{quote|And [[Bob Chandler|Christian's father]] says it only takes a few hours for him to master an electronic game, and then...move onto another! I can't master any of them.|A TV anchorwoman on a younger Chris winning the [[Sonic the Hedgehog Watch & Win Sweepstakes]].}}

[[Image:LoveThatLifeUpgrade.jpg|thumb|Chris tried having sex with a video game console once. [[Chris humps his PS3|It didn't work out]].]]

In case a cursory glance at this wiki did not tell you, Chris likes '''video games'''. A lot. In fact, Chris definitely has spent more time on video games than any other activity or pursuit, including his [[Love Quest]]. He has said he spends between two and four hours a day playing games,<ref>[[Alec Benson Leary Phone Call 7]]</ref> and that figure is likely higher than what he admits to.

Without delving too deeply into armchair psychiatry, it is not hard to see why video games hold so much appeal to Chris. His brain is wired to operate according to [[Autism|absolute values and rigidly-defined processes]]. This is one of the reasons he has so much difficulty in the real world — the rules keep changing on him- if he figures out the rules in the first place. In the artificial world of video games, the challenges are the kind that his inflexible mind is able to comprehend and surmount. There, the rules never change, and all he has to do is follow them. [[Chris and reality|Reality isn't quite as simple]], which is why he spends as little time out there as possible.

==Early Years==
Chris has been an avid gamer since a very young age. He first played video games on a [[Commodore 64]] home computer system. Before he was eight years old, he had a Game Boy and a [[Nintendo]] Entertainment System, and he acquired more consoles and games throughout the 1990s. According to [[The Sonichu Chronicles]], he has been a fan of [[Sonic the Hedgehog]] since the character's [[1991]] debut for the Sega Genesis. His game collection really took off in [[1993]], when he won his famous shopping spree in the [[Sonic the Hedgehog Watch & Win Sweepstakes]] and added $1,000 worth of Sega games and hardware to his hoard.

==Chris's game collection==
[[Image:404-SpiderManSignedGame.jpg|thumb|Well, if ''[[No More Jokes|Spider-Man]]'' says it...]]

{{main|List of Chris's games}}

Although the last completely reliable account of his collection dates back all the way to [[January 2009]], Chris owns, conservatively, nearly 850 different game titles across twenty different platforms. He sold off roughly one hundred games in various trips to GameStop and local pawn shops during the late summer and early fall of 2010, but this hardly depletes the reserves, at all. He also maintained an account with the mail-order rental service GameFly until [[August 2010]].

[[Sony]] consoles dominate Chris's collection. Counting the games he has downloaded through the [[PlayStation Network]], nearly half of his games belong to the PlayStation family. Nintendo comes next, including more than 100 games for Nintendo's different portable platforms, and Sega brings [[Homos|up the rear]]. While he owns every Sega console short of an 8-bit Master System, and Sonic the Hedgehog is one of his favorite individual franchises, games for Sega consoles make up less than 15-10% of Chris's collection.

Chris's violent hatred of the [[Xbox]] is well-known, but [[Chris and hypocrisy|he likely owns, or at one point owned, an original Xbox console]]. However, it is not known how much time he has spent on Xbox games. His [[List of Chris's eBay sales|eBay account]] shows that he tried to sell off a handful of Xbox games in the summer of [[2008]]. The record of his eBay sales also indicates that, in addition to owning at least one of every machine he owns games for, he has gone through at least three or four of Sony's original PlayStation consoles over the years. It is possible that he has had to replace a few of the infamously fragile apparatuses for overuse, but this could also be an indication that he bought the systems and games in bundles.

It is virtually impossible to gauge exactly how much money has been shoveled into Chris's game collection over the past few decades. Knowledgeable [[trolls]], however, reckon that his physical collection of games and hardware represents around $20,000. His PSN downloads, meanwhile, can be accurately accounted for – there, the bill is close to $3,500 and surely climbing all the while. One of the more grievous examples of Chris's video-game-related overspending is his apparent ownership of at least two copies of the eighty-dollar ''[[Street Fighter]] IV Collector's Edition'', as evidenced by the two identical exclusive Ryu figurines he later sold on eBay. While it is possible that Chris received the second figure from an outside source or packaging error, his attempt to bribe [[BlueSpike]] [[Julie Reveals Herself: The Prequel|with a copy of the game]] and his habit of wasting money for no particular reason lend credence to the former theory.

In January 2015, it was leaked on the [[CWCki Forums]] that Chris had spent an absurd amount of money on Nintendo consoles and games, ''racking up '''585''' transactions'' in the last 4.5 years,<ref>[[Nintendo employee reveals details of Chris's Nintendo transactions]]</ref> or 150 payments a year. This list includes useless shovelware, Virtual Console games, and [[Sonic Boom Protests|both versions of a game he does not even like.]] Of these, 276 purchases are known to be handheld games, 8 are known to be video game consoles (''buying '''4''' DS and DSi consoles''), and 75 which are known to be console games. The grand total cost of all Chris's '''listed''' purchases is '''$7460.43''' or '''$1657.87/year'''. Keep in mind that 39% of the purchases Chris has on his account (such as Skylanders figures, amiibos, and his Wii U Virtual Console purchases) are not yet specified, meaning that their cost is not included in this already insanely high figure. Apparently, his main attention and [[Nintendo Power Magazine|fanboyism]] has shifted from PlayStation back to Nintendo, for unknown reasons.

This leak also revealed that Chris plays almost every game demo available on the eShop, Nintendo's online downloadable video game store, even if he has no interest in said game. This leak also confirmed he had bought every single [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic]] game and primary [[Pokémon]] RPG, proving that he is still a major fanboy of [[Sonichu (comic)|both franchises]], and also confirmed that he still makes many purchases multiple times over for no apparent reason, such as of ''Wario's Woods''.

==Game Preferences==
Going on what evidence is available, such as what he has talked about on his websites and [[YouTube]], what his PSN profile shows the most effort put into, and what he decides to construct elaborate fan-works around, Chris has fairly childish, "casual" tastes in video games. Though he puts an inordinate level of effort and time into gaming, he does so playing stuff like Sonic, ''[[Pokémon]]'', ''[[Animal Crossing]]'', ''[[Guitar Hero]]'', and other games geared toward more mainstream and less "hardcore" audiences. His favorite racing game, ''ModNation Racers'', is a straightforward title that allows players to create their own tracks and cars. ''[[LittleBigPlanet]]'' earned a rabid following with its level editor, but otherwise, it is just another side-scrolling platform game (and Chris hardly strains the level editor to the limits of its potential). Much of his PSN trophy case is filled out with achievements obtained by playing simple downloadable demoscene and indie productions.

Chris has purchased a fair share of M-rated games, such as ''Family Guy: The Video Game'', ''Grand Theft Auto'', and ''Call of Duty''<ref>[[List of Chris's video games]]
</ref>, which shows that his interest in games is not necessarily limited to the E rating. These games, however, tend to be fairly shallow in terms of gameplay. ''[[Brutal Legend Plus|Brütal Legend]]'' isn't remarkably deep as far as gameplay is concerned; while the game is an M-rated title with swearing, decapitations, heavy metal music, and tricky real-time strategy elements, for the most part, the atmosphere is still jolly and humorous enough, and the majority of gameplay consists of exploring the world and having straightforward beat-'em-up fights. Some have questioned whether or not Chris's interest in ''Brütal Legend'' was because of an affinity for director [[Wikipedia:Tim Schafer|Tim Schafer]]'s other quirky, offbeat games such as ''[[Wikipedia:Psychonauts|Psychonauts]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:Grim Fandango|Grim Fandango]]''. While Chris might be drawn to the perceived [[random-access humor]] of those games, it is more likely that they were too intelligent for him, and thus hold no appeal to his childish mind. Chris's interest in ''Brütal Legend'' was most likely due to Jack Black voicing the main character, and possibly [[Chris and music|his failed attempts to be seen as a connoisseur of music]].

The games that Chris owns are not necessarily the games that Chris plays. His PSN downloads strongly suggest that he spends money on his gaming hobby more or less out of compulsion. Witness the $65 he spent on downloadable content for ''Disgaea 3'', a game he had only played to 7% completion several months after originally buying all those downloads. It is reasonable to assume that Chris has similar spending habits in real life, a theory bolstered somewhat by his retro game collections and a house full of junk. Chris's collections of games for the Sega CD, Sega Saturn, and a couple of other now-dead consoles are dominated by bargain-bin trash, extremely common or poor quality games that are easily bought at low prices. No knowledgeable gamer would ever pay money for ''Power Factory Featuring C+C Music Factory'', except maybe as a gag gift, but Chris apparently thought it was worth owning. This habit seems to be picked up from [[Barbara Chandler|Barbara]] and continues to this day in the form of eShop shovelware and Virtual Console downloads.

His collection does a good job of telling us what sort of games Chris does not play, though. Outside of the ''Pokémon'' series, for instance, he evinces no interest in role-playing games. Most of the non-Pokémon RPGs in his collection, like ''Suikoden'' and ''Final Fantasy VII'', are PlayStation retro releases he impulse-bought through the PSN. Chris buys those up like penny candy – he has even downloaded several digital duplicates of PlayStation games of which he already owns physical copies. Even during his short ''[[Hyperdimension Neptunia]]'' phase in late 2017, he only showed an interest in the anime adaptation of the games and has never shown any indication he has either been interested in or played the games.

Despite being obsessed with ''Pokémon'', he is not a hardcore Nintendo fan as some might suspect. He never seems to show interest in the latest content from Nintendo, and the hardcore Nintendo games he does own (such as games from the ''Metroid'', ''The Legend of Zelda'' and ''Mario'' franchises) are most likely just collecting dust on his game collection racks. However, a January 2014 leak by a Nintendo Employee revealed that Chris had, in fact, returned to his Nintendo roots, buying nearly every single game on the eShop.

He owns almost no sports games. In the [[Mailbag 2|Mailbag]], he once noted that "Sports titles do not really thrill me," although he did not explain exactly [[Obesity|why.]]

With a few exceptions, Chris has no apparent interest in video games marketed towards his own age group, which is unsurprising. "Hardcore" games aimed at "adults" are games that simply would not interest Chris because of his juvenile mindset. Video games (and anything else, for that matter) with mature themes that are not two-dimensionally crass and full of [[random-access humor]] would probably confuse and bore Chris and make him feel awkward and uncomfortable, adding to the fact he probably would not be able to get very far in the game. This is supported by the fact that he did try out ''Bioshock'', a first-person shooter with RPG elements, but only for a short time and never touched it again. Most likely the whole game itself flew right over Chris's head and he decided to play some ''Wheel of Fortune'' instead. However, ever since his [[100 2357.MOV|sixth declaration that he has left the internet]] in late [[2010]], some more high-profile games aimed at adults have appeared on his PSN Trophy list (such as ''Grand Theft Auto IV'' and ''Fallout: New Vegas''). Apparently the ''Hannah Montana'' PS3 game is no longer enough to fill his abundance of free time, and he has taken to playing games he would not normally be doing anything else with his life.

While he sometimes gets tagged with the "[[Japanophilia|weeaboo]]" label, Chris does not appear to prefer games made in Japan over any other part of the world. In fact, his favorite games of 2008-2009, the period where he has told us the most about what he plays, are pretty evenly divided between Japan (''Sonic'', ''Pokémon''), the United States (''Guitar Hero'', ''Brütal Legend''), Canada (''ModNation Racers''), and Europe (''LittleBigPlanet''). He counts a few Japanese Game Boy and Nintendo DS imports in his larger collection, but they are obviously titles he picked up to try and impress/bribe [[Megan Schroeder]] — almost all of them are spin-offs from popular anime, especially magical girl series like ''Sailor Moon'' and ''Pretty Cure''.

When Chris and Megan still got along well together, they were serious players of the arcade version of ''[[Soul Calibur]] III''. There is also an arcade in Chris's plans for the [[CWCville Shopping Center]]. However, given Chris's inclinations to retreat into the comfortable confines of his bedroom, the chances he goes to arcades are slim.

==Chris, the Brave Console Warrior==
Chris thinks the perennial "Console Wars" between rival manufacturers of game machines are extremely serious affairs, and engages in them with all of the bile and fervor of a 10-year-old child soldier in the PlayStation Army. On rare occasions, he has almost seemed rational in this respect, saying he "just doesn't like" or "doesn't care much for" the Xbox, but most of the time he does not mince words when describing the vile, loathsome, and blatantly stupid [[HEXBox]]. By comparison, he has waxed poetic when describing the awesomeness of the [[PS3]], most prominently in his [[PS3 History Level]] for ''LittleBigPlanet''. According to [[Mimms and Lucas Q&A#Video games|Lucas]], Chris would even express his fury over the Xbox in public while hanging out at [[The GAMe PLACe]].

It is hard to tell where Chris's religious devotion to the PlayStation comes from, but to call it "religious" is not hyperbole. Like his faith in [[Chris and religion|GodJesus]], his support for Sony is blind and unthinking. Though he can come up with a simple justification for his opinions in a pinch — typically he brings up the annual fee for online gaming on Xbox Live — Chris shows no sign of having put any serious thought or research into his choice of consoles. His descriptions of the PS3's advantages in places like his [[Chris Chan Update 13 October 2008|Columbus Day 2008 video]] tend to sound like a collection of marketing buzzwords (as filtered through the mind of a [[Chris's room|cave-dwelling]] autist, anyway).

Interestingly, Chris was not always a blindly devoted fan of Sony. In the [[Animal Crossing Documentary]], we see that back in [[2003]], Chris pledged his allegiance to Nintendo and the GameCube, stating that both the predecessors of the PS3 stank as much as the original Xbox. His feelings changed when he bought a PS1 at a "rummage sale" for cheap, intending to resell it elsewhere for profit, but instead played it and found it was not bad.<ref>[[Jackie E-mails 14]]</ref> One would expect this to be a lesson against nonsensical [[Chris and brand loyalty|brand loyalty]], but instead Chris just focused his hatred on Microsoft. Likely, prior to this Chris was a Sega fanatic at Nintendo's expense; if true, then it demonstrates how [[List of Chris's sweethearts|fickle]] Chris is regarding devotion.

When asked what his thoughts were on the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Switch Nintendo Switch], Nintendo's up and coming console for 2017, Chris responded in Chris [[Mailbag 29|fashion]], and simply stated that he has no [[Exercise|thoughts]] on it, due to being [[stress|preoccupied]].

[[File:Thoughts_On_Switch_Jan_19_2017.png|thumb|[[Mailbag 29|Whatever]]]]

Unsurprisingly, Chris is ignorant of things he has chosen not to like. The only 360 game he seems to shown interest in, [http://news.vgchartz.com/news.php?id=6182 "Don't Be Nervous Talking to Girls"], seen in [[Sonichu 10|''Sonichu'' #10]] being modified for the PS3, was suggested to him by the fans. Though the game is just a crappy dating sim, and though there are other 360-exclusive games which would appeal to him, Chris claims that it is the only game worth playing on the 360.

Even slinging mud at the names of the consoles is very serious business to Chris. In [[Lars Call]], Chris says he does not like it when people call PS3 the "PS Triple", because that is what [[trolls]] call it. Of course, this comes from a man who [[Chris and hypocrisy|ceaselessly rants about the "Hex Box"]].

==Chris and Online Gaming==
Perhaps unsurprisingly, given his antisocial nature, Chris is not fond of online multiplayer games in any genre, be they sports sims, shooters, racing games, or whatever else. Though he owns several games for the PS3 and other consoles that would allow him to play online and interact with other people, his PSN profile shows that he has put little time into multiplayer games.

In 2010 and afterward, two exceptions to this rule emerged. He did a good deal of online racing in ''ModNation Racers'' during the summer of 2010, while, early in 2011, Chris began to show an interest in an online role-playing game for the first time, ''DC Universe Online''. His fondness for ModNation competition eventually passed, but it remains to be seen whether or not he will develop a lasting interest in MMO gaming.

Dedicated observers of Chris's gaming habits may notice a bit of a paradox developing here: Chris claims to hate the Xbox 360 because Microsoft requires a $50 annual subscription fee for online multiplayer gaming. It is a mystery, then, why this would wind him up so badly, when he hardly plays any multiplayer games, but such is the nature of Chris. [[Mailbag]] correspondents have tried to point out the seeming contradiction here, not to mention the weird contrast between Chris's thriftiness as far as Xbox Live is concerned and the massive amounts of money he willing wastes on worthless digital trinkets through Nintendo and the PSN. For all the good it has done, though, they may as well have tried to change his opinion of [[Asperger syndrome]].

Recently, Chris has started playing online games on his Switch and PC, playing titles such as [[Tetris 99]] and PayDay 2.

===Chris, the Trophy Whore===
While Chris has little evident interest in directly interacting with other humans in online games, he does seem to enjoy building up a massive trophy case to passively show off on his PlayStation Network profile. He has doggedly played through a number of games in order to earn every available achievement, and on occasion he appeals to his [[fanbase]] for help in earning trophies. For instance, he begged readers of his [[Twitter]] feed to download his ''ModNation Racers'' levels so he could pick up one more trophy.

Slacker that he is, Chris prefers to put forth as little effort as possible to earn his trophies. Presented with a trophy in ''LittleBigPlanet 2'' that asked him to contribute a custom level to the game's online community, he fulfilled the requirement by uploading an empty level with no work put into it. (When this level was deleted by the community's administrators, he took the next-easiest route and uploaded his old levels made with the first ''LittleBigPlanet''.) In an [[Jackie E-mails 6|e-mail to Jackie]], he expressed great pleasure when the ''ModNation'' experience system was patched to make certain trophies easier to acquire.

==Chris and PC Games==
Games for personal [[computers]] are conspicuously absent from Chris's collection and his evident game-playing habits. The only sign that he has ever even owned any PC games comes from his eBay account, which shows that he tried to auction off a collection of vintage ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing games for the PC in the summer of 2008. He also owned a copy of the first ''[[Lego Island]]'' game for PC (as seen by his possession of the Infomaniac minifigure – which was only obtainable from early copies of the said game). In the [[Fanmail Reading]] video, after a [[troll|fan]] sent him a copy of ''[[wikipedia:Half-Life 2|Half-Life 2]]'', Chris explained, "I don't play PC games. I used to, but I don't anymore." He failed to indicate why he gave them up, though. In [[Mumble 1|his first Mumble chat]], he claimed to "remember ''[[wikipedia:Touhou|Touhou]]''", but later backpedaled and said "I never really heard of that."

Due to the influence of the [[Idea Guys]] and him acquiring a decent computer, Chris has picked up PC gaming. He has a steam profile and has played PayDay 2, at least. {{cite}}

==Chris, the Industry Insider==
Chris gets most of his information about the gaming industry from comparatively mainstream sources. He was an avid reader of ''Game Informer'' magazine. As for publications and/or other media sources that have since gone defunct, he was also a dedicated reader of Sony's online magazine ''Qore'', and regularly followed the G4 cable network; he apparently even still took the [[Congrats, Jack Black|Spike TV Video Game Awards]] seriously, which puts him about five years behind anybody with even a passing interest in the games' business.

==Chris, the Game Designer==
{{main|Sonichu (game)|Christian Weston Chandler's Adult Chronicles}}

At various times, especially during the [[Miyamoto saga]], but going as far back as the late 1990s (when he had a prophetic dream of a Sonic game for the Game Boy), Chris has imagined that he could launch himself into a career as a game designer. It is telling, however, that nearly all of his "ideas" for potential video game projects simply involve swapping Sonichu or other Chris-spawned characters into an existing game concept. ''[[Pokémon: Lightning Version]]'' is a Pokémon RPG with Sonichu in it. ''[[Sonichu Adventure]]'' is ''Sonic Adventure'' with Sonichu in it. ''[[John's Custom Gundam: Sisterly Rescue]]'' is ''Gundam: Journey to Jaburo'' with [[Megan Schroeder|Megan's]] quasi-retarded brother in it, and so on.

The closest he has gotten to coming up with something like an original idea is ''[[Christian Weston Chandler's Adult Chronicles]]'', and it is not actually known what that game is supposed to amount to, beyond what Chris drew on the cover, and occasional haphazard mentions. It is entirely possible that the answer is unknown to Chris himself.

Nevertheless, Chris sincerely believes that his characters and game ideas are ready for commercial success. He once rejected an e-mail from the Mailbag that brought up the notion of a not-for-profit fan-made Sonichu game, and brushed off similar suggestions in his first [[IRC (16 October 2008)|IRC fan chat]]. In [[Chris dispels videogame rumors|the video about dispelling rumors of an official Sonichu game]], he scoffed at the idea of his game ideas being made with 2D graphics.

===Modding and Customization===
One of the great ironies of Chris's existence is that he loves to create and share his creations, even though he possesses almost no genuine innate creativity. He tends to gravitate strongly towards video games that allow him to create his own content and share it online.

Since console games are often not modifiable, while PC game modding tends to demand more technical skill than he possesses, Chris has only been able to show off his creativity in this field so much. That said, the PS3 games ''LittleBigPlanet'' and ''[[ModNation Racers]]'' exerted a powerful grip on him with their customization capabilities. Chris made a ton of levels in ''LittleBigPlanet,'' dropping out of sight for the better part of a month when he first acquired the retail version of the game. Likewise, he has made levels, characters and custom cars for ''ModNation Racers'', and it resulted in a similar disappearance during the summer of 2010. His output has not shown too much actual competence, but it is not for lack of time and effort spent.

Even in games that offer only light customization features, Chris makes a point of personalizing his experience as much as possible. He spent considerable time on a ''Guitar Hero'' band, up to drawing [[CWCRockin4Way.jpg|disturbing pictures]] of his virtual bandmates. The amount of time he spent on tweaking his ''Animal Crossing'' villages is simply colossal. According to the [[Regina e-mails]], Chris made a similarly big deal about ''F-Zero GX'' and ''Jet Set Radio'', even though both games limit their customization options to things like swapping around car parts or personalizing small decals.

Likewise, as the gallery below displays, Chris enjoys customizing his game hardware. He has splattered Sonichu artwork all over his Gamecube, a Nintendo DS, a couple of Game Boy Advances, a PSP, his now-deceased original PS3, and possibly other consoles or handhelds. One of his [[Pokéwalker of Fail|Pokéwalkers]] also appears to have received the Sonichu treatment, being repainted in blue and yellow.

====Sonic World====
Chris became interested in Sonic the Hedgehog fan game and modding project [[Sonic World]] in late 2020. After joining its [[Discord]] group, he requested creators make based on Sonichu and his female obsession at the time, [[ProjectSNT]]. In December of that year, Chris found a Sonichu mod and wished to add his voice acting into it. While he did want to get into contact with the original creator and ask if he could add to the mod, Chris opted going without permission and downloaded the mod, replaced the original voice clips with his own, and reposted it. Because of the original mod's appropriation, Chris was banned from the mod-hosting website GameBanana. He was banned from the Sonic World Discord group not long after due to his passive-aggressive-yet-[[Messiah complex|megalomaniacal]] confrontation with the Sonichu mod's creator.

==Chris's Perception of Video Game Technology==
Chris obviously has no idea about how video games or video game consoles work. For example, as seen in a panel of ''Sonichu'' #10, he seems to think that games are interchangeable and can work on any console ("DO NOT BUY OR DOWNLOAD ILLEGAL COPIES OF L.B.P. ON Wii OR XBox360; IT IS PUNISHABLE BY LAW!"), even though he could easily check and see that he cannot play his copy of ''LittleBigPlanet'' on his Wii, although he is either too lazy, or is afraid of having [[14 Branchland Court|his house]] raided by [[jerkop]]s.

Neither is he aware of the technology's current capabilities. As stated in the survey of [[Chris and reality]], he once suggested that Nintendo should create a PokéBall peripheral which could display holographs, which can only be seen in science fiction, currently.

==Decline of gaming passion==
Chris's passion for gaming seems to have relatively subsided by the late 2010s. By 2020, it had been months since he touched his [[PS4]] and has not shown much interest in the new PlayStation's first and third party titles. A look at his then-recent [[Twitter|tweets]] and [[Wish list]] suggested he was busy [[Television|binging TV shows and movies]]. However, Chris continued to regularly play [[Tetris 99]] on the [[Nintendo Switch]] from 2019 up until his arrest in 2021.

On 11 September 2020, during Chris's phase of role-playing as Sonichu, Chris was asked the following question in [[Discord Q&A 6]]:
{{quoteboxgreen|Dear Christine, are you getting any of the next gen consoles? If so, what games are you excited for?}}

Chris responded:

{{quoteboxyellow|Taking you mean the new [[Playstation|PS5]] or [[Hex-Box|XBox S]] generation of consoles; Mama had not really given that much thought, and I haven’t as much either, considering we’ll be in a [[COVID-19#Stopping the pandemic|new timeline free of this pandemic and all of that.]]}}

==During the jail saga==

During Chris's time behind bars, for perhaps the first time in his life, he was deprived of any ability to access his game collection. The various letters he sent to assorted acquaintances over the course of his confinement made little mention of his electronic hoard, and the status of his collection is itself unknown – with Chris having been away from his home for the better part of two years at time of writing, and reports that items belonging to him were thrown out of the house, there is every likelihood that the games and consoles he cherished so dearly and intended to pass down to children of his own have simply been sold off, given away, or tossed in a landfill.

However, in an apparent bid to make the most of his newfound freedom after his release in March 2023, he was swift to visit a local Walmart and purchase another Nintendo Switch, according to an eyewitness account. This account was swiftly corroborated by others who posted images of Chris's online activity, images that paint an unsurprising picture; since his new acquisition, he has wasted little time catching up on games he has missed. Pokemon is front and center, as screenshots of his playtime hours and tweets he has posted suggest he has purchased at least four games within that franchise since leaving jail. This was clarified on the 26th of February 2024 when he posted photos of his entire on-console library to Twitter, confirming that since his release he has purchased Pokemon Legends Arceus, Shining Pearl and Scarlet – despite insisting that he wouldn't even play the latter until his own imaginary Pokemon games are released – with the possibility of New Pokemon Snap also being a post-jail acquisition. He has also purchased several other titles that were released while he was behind bars, including but not limited to Metroid Dread, Sonic Frontiers, Superstars and Colors Ultimate, and Life is Strange Remastered and True Colours. Assuming these were bought from standard marketplaces and assuming standard Switch game prices, Chris stands to have spent anywhere from 40 to 60 dollars on each of these alone, to say nothing of acquiring an assortment of indie releases. In total, Chris has spent somewhere around $1500 on Switch games, not including the Switch itself, since his release from jail, raising the total spent to over $3500.

More curiously, his PSN profile was spotted as being active online after years of silence in August 2023, showing that he was dabbling with the demo version of Street Fighter 6 – on a PS''5'', despite Chris stating on a [[November 2023 livestreams#First JCWCSP Gaming Live Stream %E2%9A%A1%EF%B8%8F%F0%9F%92%99%E2%9A%A1%EF%B8%8F|November 2023 livestream]] that he does not yet own a PS5. Compared to his Switch usage, however, his passion for the Playstation still appears to have simmered; since his time in jail he has only half-heartedly experimented with a few Vocaloid games, before appearing to settle on using a PS4 as another way to play Minecraft. Chris uploaded a number of images in late 2023 detailing the interior of his [[Big Island House|new house in Big Island, VA]], and two of them feature a shelf containing several games for multiple consoles. From this image, it can be seen that alongside his Switch and PS4, he still owns an Xbox One and a PS3, both possibly collected from his old home. In addition, the games on the lowermost shelf appear to be for the PS Vita from their boxes, the shelf space they take up suggesting that Chris has significantly expanded the number of games he owns for it. Whether or not the PS Vita he has is the same one he acquired in 2012 is unknown.

Even so, this nevertheless shows that even after time away from his electronic stash, time in which self-reflection could have been carried out and in which he could have sworn himself to spending only in moderation, Chris is still entirely capable of flushing away hundreds on new consoles and games, still more than willing to pony up vast sums of money in support of his passions, even in the face of an extremely uncertain future. Old habits always die hard – at least, for Chris.

==Gallery==
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Image:121-CWCsGamecube.jpg|GameCube skin
Image:122-CWCsGamecubeP2.jpg
Image:204-SonichuGBA2.jpg|GBA skin
Image:205-SonichuGBASP2.jpg
Image:CWCGameCube1.jpg
Image:CWCGameCube2.jpg
Image:CWCGameCube3.jpg
Image:CWCGameCube4.jpg
Image:CWCGameCube5.jpg
Image:CWCGameCube6.jpg
Image:092-PSPSonichu.jpg|[[PSP]] skins
Image:SonichuPSPCover.jpg
Image:282-ChaoticComboPSPWall.jpg
Image:518-PaRappa-the-Rapper-Um-Jammer-Lammy-PSP-Wallpaper.jpg
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File:Mail4b.jpg|Pictures of Chris's PSN profile on the PS3
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</gallery>

==See also==
* [[List of Chris's video games]]
* [[List of Chris's PSN game downloads]]
* [[Club Nintendo]]
* [[Fandoms]]
* [[PlayStation 3]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://psnprofiles.com/Sonichu Chris's PlayStation Network profile]

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Fan visits

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In recent years, Chris and/or Barb have occasionally been '''visited by fans''' at [[14 Branchland Court]].

==Joey Vance==
[[File:JvanceandChris.jpg|thumb|250px|Chris with Joey (far left) and his brother.]]

On 18 [[October 2019]], '''Joey Vance''' and his older brother visited [[Sonichu Headquarters]] to meet Chris. Their accounts were posted on Reddit in r/ChrisChanSonichu the next day.<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/ChrisChanSonichu/comments/dk6ttx/look_who_i_met_the_other_day_im_in_the_back_lol/ Original Post] ([http://archive.li/ZznCn Archive])</ref>

The two brothers were initially visiting [[Charlottesville]] and since [[Ruckersville]] just happens to be in their way, Joey decided to make the most of their time together to personally visit Chris. The overall visit was described as a calm experience between the two parties, with the older brother (known by his Reddit handle xv5qx) even giving a [[Sonic]] toy as a "peace offering". One interesting note Joey mentioned is the fact that Chris smells of [[weed]]. Whether the musk is the result of his usual poor [[Chris_and_health#Hygiene|hygiene]] or his new [[Teen Troon Squad|drug habit]] is still up for debate.

===Audio===
Joey also recorded conversations regarding [[Jacob Sockness]].
{{Infobox/video
| name = A Chat with Christine Weston Chandler/Chris Chan
| ytid = HGXar9jLaq0
| stardate = 19 [[October 2019]]
| maker = Joey Vance 2
| previous = [[ChrisReleasesAStatementRegardingJacobSockness‎‎|Statement about Sockness]]
| next = [[Chris Chan Sonichu plays Twilight Sparkle’s Secret Shipfic Folder, Solitaire|Chris Chan Sonichu plays TSSSF, Solitaire]]
| subject = {{Jacob|text}}
}}

===Transcript===
[A [[Clover and Snoopy|dog]] is heard whining eerily throughout the video]

'''Chris''': [Faintly] Hello?

'''Joey's Brother''': Hey, are you Christian Chandler?

'''Chris''': Yes...

'''Joey's Brother''': We live in the area- sorry to bother you- we've been fans for a few years and stuff and...

'''Chris''': Thank you.

'''Joey's Brother''': though we'd kinda give some gifts

'''Chris''': Oh, thank you.

'''Joey's Brother''': Yeah.

'''Chris''': That's very nice.

'''Joey's Brother''': Yeah. Its nice to meet you dude.

'''Chris''': Yeah. It's nice to meet you both.

'''Joey's Brother''': Yeah. Anyway, how have you been?

'''Chris''': I've been doing alright.

'''Joey's Brother''': That's cool.

'''Chris''': Ahh been doing very well, you knowsshh having to cope with [[Jacob_Sockness#Abortive_Virginia_trip|the events-]]

'''Joey's Brother''': Yeah, I- I heard about the- the situation with the guy, I'm sorry to hear about that.

'''Chris''': Well don't worry about that, it's all cool.

'''Joey's Brother''': We're all looking out for your best interests, and you definitely have our support so-

'''Chris''': Thank- [[Homos|I love your blue eyes.]]

'''Joey's Brother''': Oh, appreciate it. I you- [[Heterochromia|blue and green eyes]], they're really cool.

[Pause]

'''Joey's Brother''': That's awesome! Yeah. So, anyway, um is it cool if we get a selfie or something?

'''Chris''': Yeah-

==Aggravating Art (2021)==
[[File:Aggrevating ArtPhoto2.png|thumb|250px|Chris with Aggravating Art.]]
On 20 [[February 2021]], a Ruckersville local by the handle of '''Aggravating_Art_2982''', along with his older brother and his brother's girlfriend visited Chris and documented his (now deleted) experience on [[Reddit]]'s r/ChrisChanSonichu subreddit.<ref>[https://old.reddit.com/r/ChrisChanSonichu/comments/lojfvv/me_and_my_brother_met_chris_today_ask_away/ Original Post] ([https://archive.md/MFjjm Archive])</ref>

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File:Aggrevating ArtPhoto1.png|Chris getting uncomfortably close with Aggravating Art's brother's girlfriend while looking like a stoned {{w|Rick Moranis}}.
File:Aggrevating ArtPhoto3.png|Aggravating Art on the gazebo.
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===Video===
Aggravating Art also recorded a short video featuring Chris's wardrobe.
{{Infobox/video
| name = CHRIS CHAN DRIP OUT
| ytid = tQsTwz_Y_Vc
| stardate = 20 [[February 2021]]
| subject =
| style =
| shirt = Patriotic Muumuu
| saga =
| other =
| maker =
| previous = [[Sonichu reads and critiques a Fanfic by The Crimson Libertarian]]
| next = [[Chris Kisses Rosechu]]
}}

===Transcript===

[Laughing and dogs whining in the background]

Swag, dripped out baby! (higher pitch) Dripped out!

==Anon on /pol/==
On 28 [[June 2021]], an anonymous user on [[4chan]]'s /pol/ board visited 14 Branchland Court to take pictures of the house and [[Son-chu#Barb's Dodge Caravan|the Dodge Caravan]]. The user played the flute near [[Patti]]'s old doghouse and apparently saw Chris peeking through a window in the house.

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==hoov2002==
On 27 [[July 2021]], Reddit user hoov2002 visited Chris at 14 Branchland Court, and took two photos with him. Of note is how both of these images feature Chris wearing his [[negligee]], which he claimed he had been wearing during some instances of his [[Affair with Mother|affair with his mother]].<ref>[[WCT DMs#Sexy negligee]]</ref> This visit was not publicly posted about until [[March 2022]], likely due to the fact that Chris' incest came to light just a day later.

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==Phillip Jeffries==
On 29 [[August 2021]], during the fallout of [[Affair with Mother|the incest incident]] and the [[Jail Saga#Arrest|August 2021 arrest]], a [[Kiwi Farms]] user called Phillip_Jeffries visited 14 Branchland Court with a friend in order to see the condition of the aforementioned Dodge Caravan and [[Chandler cats|the cats]]. Phillip was able to confirm that the vehicle was back at the house, and that at least two cats, Baby and Sylvia, were still living at the residence. Most notably, it was also confirmed that Barbara had returned to the house and that the Caravan had been registered with replacement license plates.<ref name="BarbBackIn14BC">[[Kiwi Farms posts (other users)#Status of 14 Branchland Court]]</ref>

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==Winfield Winfield==
{{main|Yard Tour (2021)}}

==e1ectricthunder==
[[File:E1ectricthunder.jpg|thumb|160px|right|Party on, Garth!]] '''e1ectricthunder''' is a young woman who posted a very brief video of her and an unknown accomplice interacting with Barb. The two of them went to the Chandler home, claimed to be friends of Chris's looking to get in touch with them, and were met only by a very confused-sounding Barb. Their visit was not well-received, especially on the Kiwi Farms, where this was viewed as the harassment of an elderly woman, for Internet clout, which lead to her doxing.

On 20 [[September 2021]], she and an unknown male visited 14 Branchland Court, knocked on the door to reveal a seemingly confused Barbara, and asked, babbling, whether Chris was home or not. Barb was previously described as looking frail, more "gone" than usual, and growing facial hair.<ref>https://kiwifarms.net/threads/aug-29-2021-barb-returned-to-14bc.99387/page-48#post-9991909</ref> Barb seemed to be confused when asked about where her son was while [[Clover and Snoopy|Clover]] howled at the door. Given that Barb did not know that she was being recorded, this was seen by some as evidence that she is not faking having cognitive difficulties as some claimed she did in Chris's begging videos, or at least that her alleged difficulty hearing is getting worse.

The video was then posted to the r/ChrisChanSonichu subreddit,<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/ChrisChanSonichu/comments/ps1foq/i_went_to_chris_chans_house_and_met_barb/</ref> but was deleted though not before being mirrored.

===Video===
{{Infobox/video
| name = I went to Chis Chan's house and met Barb...
| ytid = 6cd_VfIhRBg
| stardate = [[September 2021]]
}}

===Transcript===
''[dog whimpering throughout the video]''

'''Ellen''': Hey. Um, I was just wondering if Chris was home. ''[steps in front of her friend to get closer to Barb]'' I was just wondering if Chris was home.

'''Barbara''': Pardon?

'''Ellen''': Y- is Chris home?

'''Barbara''': I do not understand.

'''Ellen''': My- My friend Chris, I was just wondering if Chris was here.

'''Barbara''': No.

'''Ellen''': Okay. Thank you. I'm sorry to bother. ''[Barb closes the door]''

==Larry Vaughn==

On 16 December 2021, [[Larry Vaughn]] decided to visit 14 Branchland Court after the totaling of [[Son-Chu]]. While there, he took two photos of the property, most notably with the van missing. He would later post both of these photos on [[Reddit]]. Larry had also claimed that Barb still lives at the house, despite the accident, and that the property was mostly cleaned up, clearing up the hoard, and possibly all of Chris's [[List of toys|belongings]].

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==xQqrKE==
On 8 [[August 2022]], [[Kiwi Farms]] user xQqrKE fraudulently represented himself as a pizza delivery man and knocked on the door of 14 Branchland Court while recording video. No one answered, though he heard dog barks. xQqrKE claimed that after he had shut his camera off, a man in business casual pulled up to the house in a black van, told xQqrKE that Barb had not lived there for a long time, and then entered the house.<ref>[[Kiwi Farms posts (other users)#Visit to 14 Branchland Court]]</ref>

{{Infobox/Fanvideo
| name = xQqrKE at 14BC
| video = {{#ev:youtube|CFLlWE9AhoA}}
}}

==Iron_Taipan==
{{Protip|While Iron_Taipan posted other images, only the ones of the house are relevant here.}}

On 22 [[January 2023]], Reddit user Iron_Taipan posted<ref>[https://old.reddit.com/r/ChrisChanSonichu/comments/10iwydn/made_the_pilgrimage_observations/ Original Post] ([https://archive.fo/3CiMT archive])</ref> to the /r/ChrisChanSonichu subreddit, posting images of a recent trip to [[Ruckersville]]. The post included images of what was once [[The GAMe PLACe]], [[Fashion Square Mall]], and some photos of the [[14 Branchland Court|house.]]

{{quoteboxgreen|Made the Pilgrimage & Observations}}

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==DATSJUSTWATINEED2BUS==

On the evening of 3 [[May 2023]], redditor DATSJUSTWATINEED2BUS posted a series of images of [[14 Branchland Court]].<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/ChrisChanSonichu/comments/13b8278/chris_chan_house_update_may_3rd_2023_barb/</ref> What makes this visit notable is that the Redditor saw a glimpse of [[Barbara Chandler]], without being seen by her. DATSJUSTWATINEED2BUS saw her in the upstairs window in the third pic, obscured by the tree. He left immediately after noticing Barb, confident he wasn't spotted. He planned on visiting once more the next morning, although decided against after he found Barb was [[Jail_Letter_-_21_July_2022|not in a nursing home]].

{{quoteboxgreen|After I took the third pic I drove a little bit forward to get an additional angle of the house and then thats when I saw her. It was unmistakable, it was her with her white grown and white hair looking off to the right side of the window, possibly doing dishes something, idk whats up there. She wasnt looking at me thankfully but she couldve came to that window after hearing my car (which isnt very quiet, especially at 10 at night) and seeing who was out there.}}

Maintenance of 14BC's exterior and lawn is continuing to occur, as the lawn appears to have been raked frequently and is actually regaining a healthy green colour. Inside, Chris's ''Sonichu'' poster visible from the window to [[Chris's room|his room]] is the only obvious sign of his former residence at 14BC. The lights within Chris's room are on, likely for [[:File:12.07.20_room2.jpg|housekeeping]] by Barbara's caretakers.

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File:Ideaguy_poster.jpg|The poster seen through Chris's window.
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==Anonymous Facebook Member==

On the evening of 25 [[May 2023]], an anonymous post was made to a fan Facebook group<ref> https://www.facebook.com/groups/208043223590274/permalink/906798970381359/</ref>, showing a picture of [[14 Branchland Court]] and the [[Fashion Square Mall]].

{{quoteboxgreen| Did a bit of Christory touring today on the way down south}}

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==FaithlessnessSad5791==

On 25 [[August 2023]], the same day as Chris's case was offically marked as dismissed, u/FaithlessnessSad5791 posted on [[r/ChrisChanSonichu]] that they and u/Atahsia had visited [[14 Branchland Court]].

{{quoteboxgreen|Myself and U/Atahsia drove to Virginia and we had to stop by the chandler house

We didn't wanna scare anyone so we stayed in the car and accidentally snapped this pic of Barb walking out}}

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==nemo1316==
On 4 [[September 2023]], Reddit user nemo1316 posted a photo of the [[Son-Chu]] car parked at 14 Branchland Court, indicating that Chris either visited or moved back to Sonichu Headquarters.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/ChrisChanSonichu/comments/169yv4r/chris_chans_car_sighted_at_sonichu_temple/ ([https://archive.ph/p78r1 archive])</ref>

{{quoteboxgreen|Chris Chan’s car sighted at Sonichu temple}}

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==Aggravating Art (2023)==
Throughout 8 September 2023, Aggravating Art visited 14 Branchland Court [[Fan_visits#Aggravating_Art_(2021)|again]] and posted photos on Reddit.

On his first trip, he claimed to have found the house completely empty with no one inside or outside the house.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/ChrisChanSonichu/comments/16dkcw5/just_went_to_chris_home_its_empty_and_no_one_home/</ref>

{{quoteboxgreen|Just went to Chris home. It’s empty and no one home}}

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Aggravating Art later visited the house again in the evening and found that the lights and fan inside the house were turned on, but there were still no cars at the house. [[Weening|He also claimed he had been staying outside the house all day]].<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/ChrisChanSonichu/comments/16dqove/2nd_chris_visit_of_the_day_lights_are_on_and_fan/</ref>

{{quoteboxgreen|2nd Chris visit of the day. Lights are on and fan is but no car is there and has been all day.}}

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An orange and white cat is seen in these photos, though it is unknown if it is [[Chandler Cats|one of the Chandlers']] or just a stray.

==JacksonStarship==
On 3 [[January 2024]], [[r/ChrisChanSonichu]] user JacksonStarship stopped at [[14 Branchland Court]] to take photos. He claimed to have rang the doorbell and that [[Barbara]] answered.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/ChrisChanSonichu/comments/18xq1iu/just_stopped_at_14_blc_ama/ ([https://archive.fo/DT2fW archive])</ref>

{{quotebox|To preface, I know [[Post-jail sightings (2023)#Isabella's Italian Trattoria Restaurant|I saw Chris in public just a couple weeks back.]] I’m not an obsessive stalker, I can already see those comments flooding in. The spotting was a coincidence and I only stopped at 14 BLC as I was going through Ruckersville.

Anyways, onto the meat of it. We pulled into BLC, I took a few photos from the vehicle and then got out and got the individual I am with to take a couple of me by the house, from the street.
After I took these photos I stopped to gather my composure for a second, their were cats running around the yard, they looked healthy and happy.

I walked to the door and rung the door bell, I wouldn’t have done so if I wasn’t able to hear the TV from the yard, I figured whoever was home I would greet them.

Barb came to the door after I had retreated, she asked who I was looking for, I told her that i “just wanted to see if anyone was home,” I see now I should’ve said something a little nicer but I was not expecting to see Barb in the slightest. I said “have a nice day ma’am, sorry for bothering you.” And she seemed slightly taken aback that I wasn’t harassing her. She said “you too” and went back inside. She seemed fully lucid, and if she is demented or senile it isn’t as severe as some might think. She didn’t sound or look unhealthy or frail. I took no photos of Barb as I see no point, she’s just a lonely old lady. If I ever come through Ruckersville again I might drop her off a gift basket or care package.

EDIT: [https://archive.fo/hxaGi Me by 14 BLC], face censored, I can provide photos of the shirt to verify if anyone wants

TL;DR, Barb and the Chandler animals are live and well, and OP (me) didn’t harass or stalk anyone}}

==EldwichHowwowCthUwU==
{{incomplete|https://new.reddit.com/r/ChrisChanSonichu/comments/1an3dk4/mine_and_my_friends_pilgrimage/ ([https://archive.fo/qqQ1R archive])}}
On 10 February 2024, redditor EldwichHowwowCthUwU posted several photos of himself and his friends at 14 Branchland Court, the [[The Game Place#Today|Gearharts chocolate shop]] and the entrance to Fashion Square Mall. The post was met with a negative reaction, calling Eldritch Horror and his friends out for essentially violating Barb's privacy.

==CapitalPurple108==
{{incomplete|https://www.reddit.com/r/ChrisChanSonichu/comments/1doo3pu/sonichu_templejune_19th_2024}}
On the 26th of June 2024, Reddit user CapitalPurple108 posted an account of a visit he made to 14 Branchland Court a week prior while returning home from a camping trip. He uploaded three photographs of the house's exterior and front yard, remarking on the state of the house and its surroundings and the absence of cars in the drive. He confirmed that Barb was not home. Many Redditors remarked upon the dire condition of the yard at the time, making comments that hearkened back to Chris's infamous statements about [[Father Call|the back-breaking work he endured pulling weeds]].

==Tennis-Ball-Tony==
{{incomplete|https://kiwifarms.st/threads/random-chris-updates.23605/page-2095#post-18685164}}
At around the beginning/middle of June, slightly before CapitalPurple's own visit, Kiwi Farms user Tennis-Ball-Tony took two snapshots of 14 Branchland Court's front porch. Tony would claim that he saw Barb sitting outside, and the second photo appears to show her doing so. Tony explained that he didn't pull in for a closer shot because of regular police presence in the neighborhood.

==See also==
*[[True and Loyal Fanbase]]

==Reference==
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{{FanChats}}
[[Category:Eyewitness Accounts]]

Fan visits

2025-01-13T00:28:58Z

PossiblyATrout:

In recent years, Chris and/or Barb have occasionally been '''visited by fans''' at [[14 Branchland Court]].

==Joey Vance==
[[File:JvanceandChris.jpg|thumb|250px|Chris with Joey (far left) and his brother.]]

On 18 [[October 2019]], '''Joey Vance''' and his older brother visited [[Sonichu Headquarters]] to meet Chris. Their accounts were posted on Reddit in r/ChrisChanSonichu the next day.<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/ChrisChanSonichu/comments/dk6ttx/look_who_i_met_the_other_day_im_in_the_back_lol/ Original Post] ([http://archive.li/ZznCn Archive])</ref>

The two brothers were initially visiting [[Charlottesville]] and since [[Ruckersville]] just happens to be in their way, Joey decided to make the most of their time together to personally visit Chris. The overall visit was described as a calm experience between the two parties, with the older brother (known by his Reddit handle xv5qx) even giving a [[Sonic]] toy as a "peace offering". One interesting note Joey mentioned is the fact that Chris smells of [[weed]]. Whether the musk is the result of his usual poor [[Chris_and_health#Hygiene|hygiene]] or his new [[Teen Troon Squad|drug habit]] is still up for debate.

===Audio===
Joey also recorded conversations regarding [[Jacob Sockness]].
{{Infobox/video
| name = A Chat with Christine Weston Chandler/Chris Chan
| ytid = HGXar9jLaq0
| stardate = 19 [[October 2019]]
| maker = Joey Vance 2
| previous = [[ChrisReleasesAStatementRegardingJacobSockness‎‎|Statement about Sockness]]
| next = [[Chris Chan Sonichu plays Twilight Sparkle’s Secret Shipfic Folder, Solitaire|Chris Chan Sonichu plays TSSSF, Solitaire]]
| subject = {{Jacob|text}}
}}

===Transcript===
[A [[Clover and Snoopy|dog]] is heard whining eerily throughout the video]

'''Chris''': [Faintly] Hello?

'''Joey's Brother''': Hey, are you Christian Chandler?

'''Chris''': Yes...

'''Joey's Brother''': We live in the area- sorry to bother you- we've been fans for a few years and stuff and...

'''Chris''': Thank you.

'''Joey's Brother''': though we'd kinda give some gifts

'''Chris''': Oh, thank you.

'''Joey's Brother''': Yeah.

'''Chris''': That's very nice.

'''Joey's Brother''': Yeah. Its nice to meet you dude.

'''Chris''': Yeah. It's nice to meet you both.

'''Joey's Brother''': Yeah. Anyway, how have you been?

'''Chris''': I've been doing alright.

'''Joey's Brother''': That's cool.

'''Chris''': Ahh been doing very well, you knowsshh having to cope with [[Jacob_Sockness#Abortive_Virginia_trip|the events-]]

'''Joey's Brother''': Yeah, I- I heard about the- the situation with the guy, I'm sorry to hear about that.

'''Chris''': Well don't worry about that, it's all cool.

'''Joey's Brother''': We're all looking out for your best interests, and you definitely have our support so-

'''Chris''': Thank- [[Homos|I love your blue eyes.]]

'''Joey's Brother''': Oh, appreciate it. I you- [[Heterochromia|blue and green eyes]], they're really cool.

[Pause]

'''Joey's Brother''': That's awesome! Yeah. So, anyway, um is it cool if we get a selfie or something?

'''Chris''': Yeah-

==Aggravating Art (2021)==
[[File:Aggrevating ArtPhoto2.png|thumb|250px|Chris with Aggravating Art.]]
On 20 [[February 2021]], a Ruckersville local by the handle of '''Aggravating_Art_2982''', along with his older brother and his brother's girlfriend visited Chris and documented his (now deleted) experience on [[Reddit]]'s r/ChrisChanSonichu subreddit.<ref>[https://old.reddit.com/r/ChrisChanSonichu/comments/lojfvv/me_and_my_brother_met_chris_today_ask_away/ Original Post] ([https://archive.md/MFjjm Archive])</ref>

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File:Aggrevating ArtPhoto1.png|Chris getting uncomfortably close with Aggravating Art's brother's girlfriend while looking like a stoned {{w|Rick Moranis}}.
File:Aggrevating ArtPhoto3.png|Aggravating Art on the gazebo.
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===Video===
Aggravating Art also recorded a short video featuring Chris's wardrobe.
{{Infobox/video
| name = CHRIS CHAN DRIP OUT
| ytid = tQsTwz_Y_Vc
| stardate = 20 [[February 2021]]
| subject =
| style =
| shirt = Patriotic Muumuu
| saga =
| other =
| maker =
| previous = [[Sonichu reads and critiques a Fanfic by The Crimson Libertarian]]
| next = [[Chris Kisses Rosechu]]
}}

===Transcript===

[Laughing and dogs whining in the background]

Swag, dripped out baby! (higher pitch) Dripped out!

==Anon on /pol/==
On 28 [[June 2021]], an anonymous user on [[4chan]]'s /pol/ board visited 14 Branchland Court to take pictures of the house and [[Son-chu#Barb's Dodge Caravan|the Dodge Caravan]]. The user played the flute near [[Patti]]'s old doghouse and apparently saw Chris peeking through a window in the house.

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File:June2021VisitThread.png|A screencap of the original 4chan thread.
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==hoov2002==
On 27 [[July 2021]], Reddit user hoov2002 visited Chris at 14 Branchland Court, and took two photos with him. Of note is how both of these images feature Chris wearing his [[negligee]], which he claimed he had been wearing during some instances of his [[Affair with Mother|affair with his mother]].<ref>[[WCT DMs#Sexy negligee]]</ref> This visit was not publicly posted about until [[March 2022]], likely due to the fact that Chris' incest came to light just a day later.

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==Phillip Jeffries==
On 29 [[August 2021]], during the fallout of [[Affair with Mother|the incest incident]] and the [[Jail Saga#Arrest|August 2021 arrest]], a [[Kiwi Farms]] user called Phillip_Jeffries visited 14 Branchland Court with a friend in order to see the condition of the aforementioned Dodge Caravan and [[Chandler cats|the cats]]. Phillip was able to confirm that the vehicle was back at the house, and that at least two cats, Baby and Sylvia, were still living at the residence. Most notably, it was also confirmed that Barbara had returned to the house and that the Caravan had been registered with replacement license plates.<ref name="BarbBackIn14BC">[[Kiwi Farms posts (other users)#Status of 14 Branchland Court]]</ref>

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==Winfield Winfield==
{{main|Yard Tour (2021)}}

==e1ectricthunder==
[[File:E1ectricthunder.jpg|thumb|160px|right|Party on, Garth!]] '''e1ectricthunder''' is a young woman who posted a very brief video of her and an unknown accomplice interacting with Barb. The two of them went to the Chandler home, claimed to be friends of Chris's looking to get in touch with them, and were met only by a very confused-sounding Barb. Their visit was not well-received, especially on the Kiwi Farms, where this was viewed as the harassment of an elderly woman, for Internet clout, which lead to her doxing.

On 20 [[September 2021]], she and an unknown male visited 14 Branchland Court, knocked on the door to reveal a seemingly confused Barbara, and asked, babbling, whether Chris was home or not. Barb was previously described as looking frail, more "gone" than usual, and growing facial hair.<ref>https://kiwifarms.net/threads/aug-29-2021-barb-returned-to-14bc.99387/page-48#post-9991909</ref> Barb seemed to be confused when asked about where her son was while [[Clover and Snoopy|Clover]] howled at the door. Given that Barb did not know that she was being recorded, this was seen by some as evidence that she is not faking having cognitive difficulties as some claimed she did in Chris's begging videos, or at least that her alleged difficulty hearing is getting worse.

The video was then posted to the r/ChrisChanSonichu subreddit,<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/ChrisChanSonichu/comments/ps1foq/i_went_to_chris_chans_house_and_met_barb/</ref> but was deleted though not before being mirrored.

===Video===
{{Infobox/video
| name = I went to Chis Chan's house and met Barb...
| ytid = 6cd_VfIhRBg
| stardate = [[September 2021]]
}}

===Transcript===
''[dog whimpering throughout the video]''

'''Ellen''': Hey. Um, I was just wondering if Chris was home. ''[steps in front of her friend to get closer to Barb]'' I was just wondering if Chris was home.

'''Barbara''': Pardon?

'''Ellen''': Y- is Chris home?

'''Barbara''': I do not understand.

'''Ellen''': My- My friend Chris, I was just wondering if Chris was here.

'''Barbara''': No.

'''Ellen''': Okay. Thank you. I'm sorry to bother. ''[Barb closes the door]''

==Larry Vaughn==

On 16 December 2021, [[Larry Vaughn]] decided to visit 14 Branchland Court after the totaling of [[Son-Chu]]. While there, he took two photos of the property, most notably with the van missing. He would later post both of these photos on [[Reddit]]. Larry had also claimed that Barb still lives at the house, despite the accident, and that the property was mostly cleaned up, clearing up the hoard, and possibly all of Chris's [[List of toys|belongings]].

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==xQqrKE==
On 8 [[August 2022]], [[Kiwi Farms]] user xQqrKE fraudulently represented himself as a pizza delivery man and knocked on the door of 14 Branchland Court while recording video. No one answered, though he heard dog barks. xQqrKE claimed that after he had shut his camera off, a man in business casual pulled up to the house in a black van, told xQqrKE that Barb had not lived there for a long time, and then entered the house.<ref>[[Kiwi Farms posts (other users)#Visit to 14 Branchland Court]]</ref>

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==Iron_Taipan==
{{Protip|While Iron_Taipan posted other images, only the ones of the house are relevant here.}}

On 22 [[January 2023]], Reddit user Iron_Taipan posted<ref>[https://old.reddit.com/r/ChrisChanSonichu/comments/10iwydn/made_the_pilgrimage_observations/ Original Post] ([https://archive.fo/3CiMT archive])</ref> to the /r/ChrisChanSonichu subreddit, posting images of a recent trip to [[Ruckersville]]. The post included images of what was once [[The GAMe PLACe]], [[Fashion Square Mall]], and some photos of the [[14 Branchland Court|house.]]

{{quoteboxgreen|Made the Pilgrimage & Observations}}

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==DATSJUSTWATINEED2BUS==

On the evening of 3 [[May 2023]], redditor DATSJUSTWATINEED2BUS posted a series of images of [[14 Branchland Court]].<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/ChrisChanSonichu/comments/13b8278/chris_chan_house_update_may_3rd_2023_barb/</ref> What makes this visit notable is that the Redditor saw a glimpse of [[Barbara Chandler]], without being seen by her. DATSJUSTWATINEED2BUS saw her in the upstairs window in the third pic, obscured by the tree. He left immediately after noticing Barb, confident he wasn't spotted. He planned on visiting once more the next morning, although decided against after he found Barb was [[Jail_Letter_-_21_July_2022|not in a nursing home]].

{{quoteboxgreen|After I took the third pic I drove a little bit forward to get an additional angle of the house and then thats when I saw her. It was unmistakable, it was her with her white grown and white hair looking off to the right side of the window, possibly doing dishes something, idk whats up there. She wasnt looking at me thankfully but she couldve came to that window after hearing my car (which isnt very quiet, especially at 10 at night) and seeing who was out there.}}

Maintenance of 14BC's exterior and lawn is continuing to occur, as the lawn appears to have been raked frequently and is actually regaining a healthy green colour. Inside, Chris's ''Sonichu'' poster visible from the window to [[Chris's room|his room]] is the only obvious sign of his former residence at 14BC. The lights within Chris's room are on, likely for [[:File:12.07.20_room2.jpg|housekeeping]] by Barbara's caretakers.

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==Anonymous Facebook Member==

On the evening of 25 [[May 2023]], an anonymous post was made to a fan Facebook group<ref> https://www.facebook.com/groups/208043223590274/permalink/906798970381359/</ref>, showing a picture of [[14 Branchland Court]] and the [[Fashion Square Mall]].

{{quoteboxgreen| Did a bit of Christory touring today on the way down south}}

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==FaithlessnessSad5791==

On 25 [[August 2023]], the same day as Chris's case was offically marked as dismissed, u/FaithlessnessSad5791 posted on [[r/ChrisChanSonichu]] that they and u/Atahsia had visited [[14 Branchland Court]].

{{quoteboxgreen|Myself and U/Atahsia drove to Virginia and we had to stop by the chandler house

We didn't wanna scare anyone so we stayed in the car and accidentally snapped this pic of Barb walking out}}

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==nemo1316==
On 4 [[September 2023]], Reddit user nemo1316 posted a photo of the [[Son-Chu]] car parked at 14 Branchland Court, indicating that Chris either visited or moved back to Sonichu Headquarters.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/ChrisChanSonichu/comments/169yv4r/chris_chans_car_sighted_at_sonichu_temple/ ([https://archive.ph/p78r1 archive])</ref>

{{quoteboxgreen|Chris Chan’s car sighted at Sonichu temple}}

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==Aggravating Art (2023)==
Throughout 8 September 2023, Aggravating Art visited 14 Branchland Court [[Fan_visits#Aggravating_Art_(2021)|again]] and posted photos on Reddit.

On his first trip, he claimed to have found the house completely empty with no one inside or outside the house.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/ChrisChanSonichu/comments/16dkcw5/just_went_to_chris_home_its_empty_and_no_one_home/</ref>

{{quoteboxgreen|Just went to Chris home. It’s empty and no one home}}

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Aggravating Art later visited the house again in the evening and found that the lights and fan inside the house were turned on, but there were still no cars at the house. [[Weening|He also claimed he had been staying outside the house all day]].<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/ChrisChanSonichu/comments/16dqove/2nd_chris_visit_of_the_day_lights_are_on_and_fan/</ref>

{{quoteboxgreen|2nd Chris visit of the day. Lights are on and fan is but no car is there and has been all day.}}

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An orange and white cat is seen in these photos, though it is unknown if it is [[Chandler Cats|one of the Chandlers']] or just a stray.

==JacksonStarship==
On 3 [[January 2024]], [[r/ChrisChanSonichu]] user JacksonStarship stopped at [[14 Branchland Court]] to take photos. He claimed to have rang the doorbell and that [[Barbara]] answered.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/ChrisChanSonichu/comments/18xq1iu/just_stopped_at_14_blc_ama/ ([https://archive.fo/DT2fW archive])</ref>

{{quotebox|To preface, I know [[Post-jail sightings (2023)#Isabella's Italian Trattoria Restaurant|I saw Chris in public just a couple weeks back.]] I’m not an obsessive stalker, I can already see those comments flooding in. The spotting was a coincidence and I only stopped at 14 BLC as I was going through Ruckersville.

Anyways, onto the meat of it. We pulled into BLC, I took a few photos from the vehicle and then got out and got the individual I am with to take a couple of me by the house, from the street.
After I took these photos I stopped to gather my composure for a second, their were cats running around the yard, they looked healthy and happy.

I walked to the door and rung the door bell, I wouldn’t have done so if I wasn’t able to hear the TV from the yard, I figured whoever was home I would greet them.

Barb came to the door after I had retreated, she asked who I was looking for, I told her that i “just wanted to see if anyone was home,” I see now I should’ve said something a little nicer but I was not expecting to see Barb in the slightest. I said “have a nice day ma’am, sorry for bothering you.” And she seemed slightly taken aback that I wasn’t harassing her. She said “you too” and went back inside. She seemed fully lucid, and if she is demented or senile it isn’t as severe as some might think. She didn’t sound or look unhealthy or frail. I took no photos of Barb as I see no point, she’s just a lonely old lady. If I ever come through Ruckersville again I might drop her off a gift basket or care package.

EDIT: [https://archive.fo/hxaGi Me by 14 BLC], face censored, I can provide photos of the shirt to verify if anyone wants

TL;DR, Barb and the Chandler animals are live and well, and OP (me) didn’t harass or stalk anyone}}

==EldwichHowwowCthUwU==
{{incomplete|https://new.reddit.com/r/ChrisChanSonichu/comments/1an3dk4/mine_and_my_friends_pilgrimage/ ([https://archive.fo/qqQ1R archive])}}
On 10 February 2024, redditor EldwichHowwowCthUwU posted several photos of himself and his friends at 14 Branchland Court, the [[The Game Place#Today|Gearharts chocolate shop]] and the entrance to Fashion Square Mall. The post was met with a negative reaction, calling Eldritch Horror and his friends out for essentially violating Barb's privacy.

==CapitalPurple108==
{{incomplete|https://www.reddit.com/r/ChrisChanSonichu/comments/1doo3pu/sonichu_templejune_19th_2024}}

==Tennis-Ball-Tony==
{{incomplete|https://kiwifarms.st/threads/random-chris-updates.23605/page-2095#post-18685164}}
At around the beginning/middle of June, slightly before CapitalPurple's own visit, Kiwi Farms user Tennis-Ball-Tony took two snapshots of 14 Branchland Court's front porch. Tony would claim that he saw Barb sitting outside, saying that he didn't pull in because of regular police presence in the neighborhood.

==See also==
*[[True and Loyal Fanbase]]

==Reference==
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{{FanChats}}
[[Category:Eyewitness Accounts]]

2024

2025-01-11T13:41:02Z

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[[File:cwc-jan2024.jpeg|thumb|Chris in January 2024 sporting a new version of [[The Classic]].|350px]]
{{Quote|I reiterate: there is no pregnancy with anyone.|[[November_2024_social_media_posts#Pregnancy_rumor_confirmed_false|Chris, prompting the world to breathe a sigh of relief.]]}}
[[File:X - Kamala Harris 2024 sign2.jpeg|thumb|In 2024, Chris backed [[Kamala Harris|a loser]].]]
'''2024''' was the sixteenth year since [[Chris]]'s discovery. It was Chris's first full year not spent in [[jail]] since [[2020]].

This year marked the first time in Chris's life that he has traveled outside the [[United States]], having visited to Finland in [[April 2024|April]], [[September 2024|September]] and [[December 2024|December]]..

2024 also marked the U.S. presidential election, with [[Pmurt]] having regained his president title against vice president and democrat candidate [[Kamala Harris]]; Chris had shown open support for the latter. Chris was eligible to vote, because his felony [[incest]] case was dropped by the [[autism disorder deferred disposition]].

==January==
{{main|January 2024}}
Chris attended his first post-jail convention, [[Animate! Raleigh]], and, unsurprisingly, was kicked out. Chris would also be interviewed by [[Keffals]].

==February==
{{main|February 2024}}
[[File:IHaveNotWatchedAnyHentai.png||thumb|left|Chris in February 2024.|300px]]
This month consisted of Chris releasing streams and videos under the influence of [[Praetor]] and getting spotted at [[Liberty University]]. Chris spent his 42nd birthday playing [[Pokémon GO]].<ref>[[Sightings_(2024)#Liberty_University]]</ref>

==March==
{{main|March 2024}}
[[File:Praetor_Sonichu_Amiibo_5.jpg|thumb|Chris in March 2024.|300px]]
This month consisted of Chris releasing streams and videos under the influence of [[Praetor]] and [[BABSCon#2024|getting banned from BABScon]]. Chris would also be interviewed by [[TheGamerFromMars]].<ref>[[Sightings_(2024)#River_Ridge_Mall_(March,_second_sighting)]]</ref>

==April==
{{main|April 2024}}
[[File:Chris and Flutter in Finland, April 2024.mp400001.png|thumb|left|Chris in April 2024.|300px]]
Chris's [[April 2024 social media posts|internet activity slowed down a considerable amount]] compared to previous months since his [[Jesus Christ Chan Sonichu Prime Resurrected and Returned|online return]]. Chris also did not stream this month, which he had done at least once per month the previous six months. Chris would publish his first video at [[14 Branchland Court]] since [[July 2021]] to promote the fake rocks on his [[OfficialCWCmart|Etsy store]].<ref>[[Harvesting Process, Gravel at the Sonichu Temple]]</ref> It was revealed about 6 months later that he had flown to [[Finland]] alongside [[Flutter]] this month, the first time he's traveled outside the [[United States]].

==May==
{{main|May 2024}}
[[File:Cwc-may2024.jpg|thumb|Chris in May 2024.|300px]]
Chris flew on an airplane for the first time in [[Cole_Smithey#California_(1980-96)|35 years]] as he was spotted at a Dallas Airport terminal. Chris's online activity this month consisted of [[AI_Chris_Chan_Vs_Christ_Chan#AI_Chris_Chan_Vs_Christ_Chan_-_Suvwl'_van_bom|a single video]] and complaining about being photographed in public despite his continued [[Honor roll|refusal to dress normally]]. CCTV cameras were used at [[Lynchburg_and_Big_Island,_VA#House|Chris's house]] to discourage [[weens]] from visiting.

==June==
{{Main|June 2024}}
[[File:Cwc-jun2024.jpg|thumb|left|Chris in June 2024.|300px]]
The start of summer was marked by a lengthy period of social invisibility, making this Chris's quietest month since April. After issuing empty threats of legal action against anyone who recorded or photographed him unaware, he went without being sighted for almost the full length of June, being seen only once at the end of the month alongside Flutter - the first time the two had been seen together since March. He would return to streaming himself playing video games for the first time since mid-February, but aside from advertising what would be his only video in June his online presence and social media activity likewise diminished; the most outstanding development otherwise was a post made to Twitter on the 15th, a rambling address that attributed his lack of activity to 'soul searching'.

==July==
{{Main|July 2024}}
[[File:Cwc-jul2024.jpg|thumb|Chris in July 2024.|300px]]
July would commence with a brace of sightings a week apart, with Chris and Flutter being seen shopping at Walmart stores in Lynchburg. They would be seen once again on the road a few days after the second sighting, seemingly moving towards Charlottesville. Chris's social media activity was very sporadic with most of his few Twitter posts being made mid-July, and the month came and went without a stream.

==August==
{{Main|August 2024}}
[[File:Cwc-aug2024.jpg|thumb|left|Chris in August 2024.|300px]]
Chris was sighted on three separate occasions across August, in both Roanoke and Lynchburg; Flutter accompanied him in two of these sightings. On the 14th of August, he crossed the 100,000 subscriber milestone on his YouTube channel, taking to Twitter to celebrate. On the 31st, he also uploaded [[ITS DA BUTTON|a video]] - his first in two months - commemorating this achievement upon receiving his silver Play Button. Bodycam footage of his encounter with Henrico County police three years prior was also uploaded to YouTube on the 17th, providing the clearest picture yet of the circumstances of his arrest.

==September==
{{Main|September 2024}}
[[File:Cwc-sep2024.jpg|thumb|Chris in September 2024.|300px]]

Chris launched a new website for selling items and posting blogs, [[Cwclight]], with the help of [[Praetor]]. He was spotted at [[Walmart]] in Lynchburg again, and - more surprisingly - was seen with Flutter in Helsinki, [[Finland]].

==October==
{{Main|October 2024}}
October went without any sightings of Chris for the first time since he was rediscovered after his release from jail, likely due to Chris possibly still being in Finland. He provided another image of an uncolored page of [[Sonichu 0 HD]], uploaded a number of videos from July and August to YouTube that were primarily related to ongoing [[Minecraft]] projects, and posted an image of a Sonichu pumpkin carving to Twitter to celebrate Halloween.

==November==
{{Main|November 2024}}
[[File:Cwc-nov2024.jpg||thumb|left|Chris in November 2024.|300px]]
Chris was confirmed to be back in the United States on the first of November after his car was spotted at a [[Wendy's]] drive-thru in [[Lynchburg]]. This month was also the Presidential Election between former President [[Pmurt]] and Vice-President [[Kamala Harris]]. After Pmurt won, Chris expressed his disappointment by posting about it on [[Bluesky]], a [[Twitter]] alternative that Chris began "transitioning" to this month. Chris's reasoning for moving mainly being his disapproval for [[Elon Musk]] and [[Donald Trump]]. Chris's excuse for not using Bluesky exclusively is that he doesn't have enough followers yet.

Rumors spread online that [[Flutter]] was pregnant, and were even reported in the ''Daily Mail'' and ''The Times of India''; Chris denied this in a livestream.<ref>[[November_2024_social_media_posts#Pregnancy_rumor_confirmed_false]]</ref>
==December==
{{Main|December 2024}}
Chris continued his social invisibility throughout the end of the year. He was sighted only once, alongside Flutter at the Redi shopping center in the Kalasatama neighborhood of Helsinki, [[Finland]] on 17 December, confirming his third known visit to the country. He uploaded three [[Light_Powered_Cwclight_Reviews|Light Powered Cwclight reviews]], his first new additions to the series since January, and both Christmas and New Year's came and went with little fanfare.
{{References}}
{{timeline}}

2024

2025-01-11T13:40:44Z

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[[File:cwc-jan2024.jpeg|thumb|Chris in January 2024 sporting a new version of [[The Classic]].|350px]]
{{Quote|I reiterate: there is no pregnancy with anyone.|[[November_2024_social_media_posts#Pregnancy_rumor_confirmed_false|Chris, prompting the world to breathe a sigh of relief.]]}}
[[File:X - Kamala Harris 2024 sign2.jpeg|thumb|In 2024, Chris backed [[Kamala Harris|a loser]].]]
'''2024''' was the sixteenth year since [[Chris]]'s discovery. It was Chris's first full year not spent in [[jail]] since [[2020]].

This year marked the first time in Chris's life that he has traveled outside the [[United States]], having visited to Finland in [[April 2024|April]], [[September 2024|September]] and [[December 2024|December]]..

2024 also marked the U.S. presidential election, with [[Pmurt]] having regained his president title against vice president and democrat candidate [[Kamala Harris]]; Chris had shown open support for the latter. Chris was eligible to vote, because his felony [[incest]] case was dropped by the [[autism disorder deferred disposition]].

==January==
{{main|January 2024}}
Chris attended his first post-jail convention, [[Animate! Raleigh]], and, unsurprisingly, was kicked out. Chris would also be interviewed by [[Keffals]].

==February==
{{main|February 2024}}
[[File:IHaveNotWatchedAnyHentai.png||thumb|left|Chris in February 2024.|300px]]
This month consisted of Chris releasing streams and videos under the influence of [[Praetor]] and getting spotted at [[Liberty University]]. Chris spent his 42nd birthday playing [[Pokémon GO]].<ref>[[Sightings_(2024)#Liberty_University]]</ref>

==March==
{{main|March 2024}}
[[File:Praetor_Sonichu_Amiibo_5.jpg|thumb|Chris in March 2024.|300px]]
This month consisted of Chris releasing streams and videos under the influence of [[Praetor]] and [[BABSCon#2024|getting banned from BABScon]]. Chris would also be interviewed by [[TheGamerFromMars]].<ref>[[Sightings_(2024)#River_Ridge_Mall_(March,_second_sighting)]]</ref>

==April==
{{main|April 2024}}
[[File:Chris and Flutter in Finland, April 2024.mp400001.png|thumb|left|Chris in April 2024.|300px]]
Chris's [[April 2024 social media posts|internet activity slowed down a considerable amount]] compared to previous months since his [[Jesus Christ Chan Sonichu Prime Resurrected and Returned|online return]]. Chris also did not stream this month, which he had done at least once per month the previous six months. Chris would publish his first video at [[14 Branchland Court]] since [[July 2021]] to promote the fake rocks on his [[OfficialCWCmart|Etsy store]].<ref>[[Harvesting Process, Gravel at the Sonichu Temple]]</ref> It was revealed about 6 months later that he had flown to [[Finland]] alongside [[Flutter]] this month, the first time he's traveled outside the [[United States]].

==May==
{{main|May 2024}}
[[File:Cwc-may2024.jpg|thumb|Chris in May 2024.|300px]]
Chris flew on an airplane for the first time in [[Cole_Smithey#California_(1980-96)|35 years]] as he was spotted at a Dallas Airport terminal. Chris's online activity this month consisted of [[AI_Chris_Chan_Vs_Christ_Chan#AI_Chris_Chan_Vs_Christ_Chan_-_Suvwl'_van_bom|a single video]] and complaining about being photographed in public despite his continued [[Honor roll|refusal to dress normally]]. CCTV cameras were used at [[Lynchburg_and_Big_Island,_VA#House|Chris's house]] to discourage [[weens]] from visiting.

==June==
{{Main|June 2024}}
[[File:Cwc-jun2024.jpg|thumb|left|Chris in June 2024.|300px]]
The start of summer was marked by a lengthy period of social invisibility, making this Chris's quietest month since April. After issuing empty threats of legal action against anyone who recorded or photographed him unaware, he went without being sighted for almost the full length of June, being seen only once at the end of the month alongside Flutter - the first time the two had been seen together since March. He would return to streaming himself playing video games for the first time since mid-February, but aside from advertising what would be his only video in June his online presence and social media activity likewise diminished; the most outstanding development otherwise was a post made to Twitter on the 15th, a rambling address that attributed his lack of activity to 'soul searching'.

==July==
{{Main|July 2024}}
[[File:Cwc-jul2024.jpg|thumb|Chris in July 2024.|300px]]
July would commence with a brace of sightings a week apart, with Chris and Flutter being seen shopping at Walmart stores in Lynchburg. They would be seen once again on the road a few days after the second sighting, seemingly moving towards Charlottesville. Chris's social media activity was very sporadic with most of his few Twitter posts being made mid-July, and the month came and went without a stream.

==August==
{{Main|August 2024}}
[[File:Cwc-aug2024.jpg|thumb|left|Chris in August 2024.|300px]]
Chris was sighted on three separate occasions across August, in both Roanoke and Lynchburg; Flutter accompanied him in two of these sightings. On the 14th of August, he crossed the 100,000 subscriber milestone on his YouTube channel, taking to Twitter to celebrate. On the 31st, he also uploaded [[ITS DA BUTTON|a video]] - his first in two months - commemorating this achievement upon receiving his silver Play Button. Bodycam footage of his encounter with Henrico County police three years prior was also uploaded to YouTube on the 17th, providing the clearest picture yet of the circumstances of his arrest.

==September==
{{Main|September 2024}}
[[File:Cwc-sep2024.jpg|thumb|Chris in September 2024.|300px]]

Chris launched a new website for selling items and posting blogs, [[Cwclight]], with the help of [[Praetor]]. He was spotted at [[Walmart]] in Lynchburg again, and - more surprisingly - was seen with Flutter in Helsinki, [[Finland]].

==October==
{{Main|October 2024}}
October went without any sightings of Chris for the first time since he was rediscovered after his release from jail, likely due to Chris possibly still being in Finland. He provided another image of an uncolored page of [[Sonichu 0 HD]], uploaded a number of videos from July and August to YouTube that were primarily related to ongoing [[Minecraft]] projects, and posted an image of a Sonichu pumpkin carving to Twitter to celebrate Halloween.

==November==
{{Main|November 2024}}
[[File:Cwc-nov2024.jpg||thumb|left|Chris in November 2024.|300px]]
Chris was confirmed to be back in the United States on the first of November after his car was spotted at a [[Wendy's]] drive-thru in [[Lynchburg]]. This month was also the Presidential Election between former President [[Pmurt]] and Vice-President [[Kamala Harris]]. After Pmurt won, Chris expressed his disappointment by posting about it on [[Bluesky]], a [[Twitter]] alternative that Chris began "transitioning" to this month. Chris's reasoning for moving mainly being his disapproval for [[Elon Musk]] and [[Donald Trump]]. Chris's excuse for not using Bluesky exclusively is that he doesn't have enough followers yet.

Rumors spread online that [[Flutter]] was pregnant, and were even reported in the ''Daily Mail'' and ''The Times of India''; Chris denied this in a livestream.<ref>[[November_2024_social_media_posts#Pregnancy_rumor_confirmed_false]]</ref>
==December==
{{Main|December 2024}}
Chris continued his social invisibility throughout the end of the year. He was sighted only once, alongside Flutter at the Redi shopping center in the Kalasatama neighborhood of Helsinki, [[Finland]] on 17 December, confirming his third known visit to the country. He uploaded three [[Light_Powered_Cwclight_Reviews||Light Powered Cwclight reviews]], his first new additions to the series since January, and both Christmas and New Year's came and went with little fanfare.
{{References}}
{{timeline}}

2024

2024-11-04T11:27:33Z

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{{Ongoing}}
[[File:cwc-jan2024.jpeg|thumb|Chris in January 2024 sporting a new version of [[The Classic]].|350px]]
'''2024''' is the sixteenth year since [[Chris]]'s discovery. This will be Chris's first full year not spent in [[jail]] since [[2020]], assuming he keeps his nose clean.

This year marks the first time in Chris's life that he has traveled outside the [[United States]], having traveled to Finland in [[April 2024|April]] and [[September 2024|September]].

2024 will also mark the U.S. presidential election, with [[Pmurt]] and [[Kamala Harris]] going up against each other; Chris has shown open support for the latter. Chris is eligible to vote, because his [[incest]] case was dropped by the [[autism disorder deferred disposition]].

==January==
{{main|January 2024}}
Chris attended his first post-jail convention, [[Animate! Raleigh]], and, unsurprisingly, was kicked out. Chris would also be interviewed by [[Keffals]].

==February==
{{main|February 2024}}
[[File:IHaveNotWatchedAnyHentai.png||thumb|left|Chris in February 2024.|300px]]
This month consisted of Chris releasing streams and videos under the influence of [[Praetor]] and getting spotted at [[Liberty University]]. Chris spent his 42nd birthday playing [[Pokémon GO]].<ref>[[Sightings_(2024)#Liberty_University]]</ref>

==March==
{{main|March 2024}}
[[File:Praetor_Sonichu_Amiibo_5.jpg|thumb|Chris in March 2024.|300px]]
This month consisted of Chris releasing streams and videos under the influence of [[Praetor]] and [[BABSCon#2024|getting banned from BABScon]]. Chris would also be interviewed by [[TheGamerFromMars]].<ref>[[Sightings_(2024)#River_Ridge_Mall_(March,_second_sighting)]]</ref>

==April==
{{main|April 2024}}
[[File:Chris and Flutter in Finland, April 2024.mp400001.png|thumb|left|Chris in April 2024.|300px]]
Chris's [[April 2024 social media posts|internet activity slowed down a considerable amount]] compared to previous months since his [[Jesus Christ Chan Sonichu Prime Resurrected and Returned|online return]]. Chris also did not stream this month, which he had done at least once per month the previous six months. Chris would make his first video at [[14 Branchland Court]] since [[July 2021]] to promote the fake rocks on his [[OfficialCWCmart|Etsy store]].<ref>[[Harvesting Process, Gravel at the Sonichu Temple]]</ref> It was later revealed that he had flown to [[Finland]] alongside [[Flutter]] this month, the first time he's traveled outside the United States.

==May==
{{main|May 2024}}
[[File:Cwc-may2024.jpg|thumb|Chris in May 2024.|300px]]
Chris flew on an airplane for the first time in [[Cole_Smithey#California_(1980-96)|35 years]] as he was spotted at a Dallas Airport terminal. Chris's online activity this month consisted of [[AI_Chris_Chan_Vs_Christ_Chan#AI_Chris_Chan_Vs_Christ_Chan_-_Suvwl'_van_bom|a single video]] and complaining about being photographed in public despite his continued [[Honor roll|refusal to dress normally]]. CCTV cameras were used at [[Lynchburg_and_Big_Island,_VA#House|Chris's house]] to discourage [[weens]] from visiting.

==June==
{{Main|June 2024}}
[[File:Cwc-jun2024.jpg|thumb|left|Chris in June 2024.|300px]]
The start of summer was marked by a lengthy period of social invisibility, making this Chris' quietest month since April. After issuing threats of legal action against anyone who recorded or photographed him unaware, he went without being sighted for almost the full length of June, being seen only once at the end of the month alongside Flutter - the first time the two had been seen together since March. He would return to streaming himself playing videogames for the first time since mid-February, but aside from advertising what would be his only video in June his online presence and social media activity likewise diminished; the most outstanding development otherwise was a post made to Twitter on the 15th, a rambling address that attributed his lack of activity to 'soul searching'.

==July==
{{Main|July 2024}}
[[File:Cwc-jul2024.jpg|thumb|Chris in July 2024.|300px]]
July would commence with a brace of sightings a week apart, with Chris and Flutter being seen shopping at Walmart stores in Lynchburg. They would be seen once again on the road a few days after the second sighting, seemingly moving towards Charlottesville. Chris's social media activity was very sporadic with most of his few Twitter posts being made mid-July, and the month came and went without a stream.

==August==
{{Main|August 2024}}
[[File:Cwc-aug2024.jpg|thumb|left|Chris in August 2024.|300px]]
Chris was sighted on three separate occasions across August, in both Roanoke and Lynchburg; Flutter accompanied him in two of these sightings. On the 14th of August, he crossed the 100,000 subscriber milestone on his Youtube channel, taking to Twitter to celebrate. On the 31st, he also uploaded [[ITS DA BUTTON|a video]] - his first in two months - commemorating this achievement upon receiving his silver Play Button. Bodycam footage of his encounter with Henrico County police three years prior was also uploaded to Youtube on the 17th, providing the clearest picture yet of the circumstances of his arrest.

==September==
{{Main|September 2024}}
[[File:Cwc-sep2024.jpg|thumb|Chris in September 2024.|300px]]

Chris launched a new website for selling items and posting blogs, [[Cwclight]], with the help of [[Praetor]]. He was spotted at [[Walmart]] in Lynchburg again, and - more surprisingly - was seen with Flutter in Helsinki, [[Finland]].

==October==
{{Main|October 2024}}
October went without any sightings of Chris for the first time since he was rediscovered after his release from jail. He provided another image of an uncoloured page of [[Sonichu 0 HD]], uploaded a number of videos to Youtube that were primarily related to ongoing Minecraft projects, and posted an image of a Sonichu pumpkin carving to Twitter to celebrate Halloween.

{{References}}
{{timeline}}

2024

2024-09-02T09:04:36Z

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{{Ongoing}}
[[File:cwc-jan2024.jpeg|thumb|Chris in January 2024 sporting a new version of [[The Classic]].|350px]]
'''2024''' is the seventeenth year since [[Chris]]'s discovery. This will be Chris's first full year not spent in [[jail]] since [[2020]], assuming he keeps his nose clean.

2024 will also mark the U.S. presidential election, with [[Pmurt]] attempting to retake the presidency from [[Joe Biden]]. Chris is eligible to vote, because his [[incest]] case was dropped without any charges.

==January==
{{main|January 2024}}
Chris attended his first post-jail convention, [[Animate! Raleigh]], and, unsurprisingly, was kicked out. Chris would also be interviewed by [[Keffals]].

==February==
{{main|February 2024}}
[[File:IHaveNotWatchedAnyHentai.png||thumb|left|Chris in February 2024.|300px]]
This month consisted of Chris releasing streams and videos under the influence of [[Praetor]] and getting spotted at [[Liberty University]]. Chris spent his 42nd birthday playing [[Pokémon GO]].<ref>[[Sightings_(2024)#Liberty_University]]</ref>

==March==
{{main|March 2024}}
[[File:Praetor_Sonichu_Amiibo_5.jpg|thumb|Chris in March 2024.|300px]]
This month consisted of Chris releasing streams and videos under the influence of [[Praetor]] and [[BABSCon#2024|getting banned from BABScon]]. Chris would also be interviewed by [[TheGamerFromMars]].<ref>[[Sightings_(2024)#River_Ridge_Mall_(March,_second_sighting)]]</ref>

==April==
{{main|April 2024}}
[[File:Cwc-apr2024.jpeg|thumb|left|Chris in April 2024.|300px]]
Chris's [[April 2024 social media posts|internet activity slowed down a considerable amount]] compared to previous months since his [[Jesus Christ Chan Sonichu Prime Resurrected and Returned|online return]]. Chris also did not stream this month, which he had done at least once per month the previous six months. Chris would make his first video at [[14 Branchland Court]] since [[July 2021]] to promote the fake rocks on his [[OfficialCWCmart|Etsy store]].<ref>[[Harvesting Process, Gravel at the Sonichu Temple]]</ref>

==May==
{{main|May 2024}}
[[File:Cwc-may2024.jpg|thumb|Chris in May 2024.|300px]]
Chris flew on an airplane for the first time in [[Cole_Smithey#California_(1980-96)|35 years]] as he was spotted at a Dallas Airport terminal. Chris's online activity this month consisted of [[AI_Chris_Chan_Vs_Christ_Chan#AI_Chris_Chan_Vs_Christ_Chan_-_Suvwl'_van_bom|a single video]] and complaining about being photographed in public despite his continued [[Honor roll|refusal to dress normally]]. CCTV cameras were used at [[Lynchburg_and_Big_Island,_VA#House|Chris's house]] to discourage [[weens]] from visiting.

==June==
{{Main|June 2024}}
[[File:Cwc-jun2024.jpg|thumb|left|Chris in June 2024.|300px]]
The start of summer was marked by a lengthy period of social invisibility, making this Chris' quietest month since April. After issuing threats of legal action against anyone who recorded or photographed him unaware, he went without being sighted for almost the full length of June, being seen only once at the end of the month alongside Flutter - the first time the two had been seen together since March. He would return to streaming himself playing videogames for the first time since mid-February, but aside from advertising what would be his only video in June his online presence and social media activity likewise diminished; the most outstanding development otherwise was a post made to Twitter on the 15th, a rambling address that attributed his lack of activity to 'soul searching'.

==July==
{{Main|July 2024}}
[[File:Cwc-jul2024.jpg|thumb|Chris in July 2024.|300px]]
July would commence with a brace of sightings a week apart, with Chris and Flutter being seen shopping at Walmart stores in Lynchburg. They would be seen once again on the road a few days after the second sighting, seemingly moving towards Charlottesville. Chris's social media activity was very sporadic with most of his few Twitter posts being made mid-July, and the month came and went without a stream.

==August==
{{Main|August 2024}}
[[File:Cwc-aug2024.jpg|thumb|left|Chris in August 2024.|300px]]
Chris was sighted on three separate occasions across August, in both Roanoke and Lynchburg; Flutter accompanied him in two of these sightings. On the 14th of August, he crossed the 100,000 subscriber milestone on his Youtube channel, taking to Twitter to celebrate. On the 31st, he also uploaded [[ITS DA BUTTON|a video]] - his first in two months - commemorating this achievement upon receiving his silver Play Button. Bodycam footage of his encounter with Henrico County police three years prior was also uploaded to Youtube on the 17th, providing the clearest picture yet of the circumstances of his arrest.
{{References}}
{{timeline}}

2024

2024-09-01T16:38:53Z

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{{Ongoing}}
[[File:cwc-jan2024.jpeg|thumb|Chris in January 2024 sporting a new version of [[The Classic]].|350px]]
'''2024''' is the seventeenth year since [[Chris]]'s discovery. This will be Chris's first full year not spent in [[jail]] since [[2020]], assuming he keeps his nose clean.

2024 will also mark the U.S. presidential election, with [[Pmurt]] attempting to retake the presidency from [[Joe Biden]]. Chris is eligible to vote, because his [[incest]] case was dropped without any charges.

==January==
{{main|January 2024}}
Chris attended his first post-jail convention, [[Animate! Raleigh]], and, unsurprisingly, was kicked out. Chris would also be interviewed by [[Keffals]].

==February==
{{main|February 2024}}
[[File:IHaveNotWatchedAnyHentai.png||thumb|left|Chris in February 2024.|300px]]
This month consisted of Chris releasing streams and videos under the influence of [[Praetor]] and getting spotted at [[Liberty University]]. Chris spent his 42nd birthday playing [[Pokémon GO]].<ref>[[Sightings_(2024)#Liberty_University]]</ref>

==March==
{{main|March 2024}}
[[File:Praetor_Sonichu_Amiibo_5.jpg|thumb|Chris in March 2024.|300px]]
This month consisted of Chris releasing streams and videos under the influence of [[Praetor]] and [[BABSCon#2024|getting banned from BABScon]]. Chris would also be interviewed by [[TheGamerFromMars]].<ref>[[Sightings_(2024)#River_Ridge_Mall_(March,_second_sighting)]]</ref>

==April==
{{main|April 2024}}
[[File:Cwc-apr2024.jpeg|thumb|left|Chris in April 2024.|300px]]
Chris's [[April 2024 social media posts|internet activity slowed down a considerable amount]] compared to previous months since his [[Jesus Christ Chan Sonichu Prime Resurrected and Returned|online return]]. Chris also did not stream this month, which he had done at least once per month the previous six months. Chris would make his first video at [[14 Branchland Court]] since [[July 2021]] to promote the fake rocks on his [[OfficialCWCmart|Etsy store]].<ref>[[Harvesting Process, Gravel at the Sonichu Temple]]</ref>

==May==
{{main|May 2024}}
[[File:Cwc-may2024.jpg|thumb|Chris in May 2024.|300px]]
Chris flew on an airplane for the first time in [[Cole_Smithey#California_(1980-96)|35 years]] as he was spotted at a Dallas Airport terminal. Chris's online activity this month consisted of [[AI_Chris_Chan_Vs_Christ_Chan#AI_Chris_Chan_Vs_Christ_Chan_-_Suvwl'_van_bom|a single video]] and complaining about being photographed in public despite his continued [[Honor roll|refusal to dress normally]]. CCTV cameras were used at [[Lynchburg_and_Big_Island,_VA#House|Chris's house]] to discourage [[weens]] from visiting.

==June==
{{Main|June 2024}}
[[File:Cwc-jun2024.jpg|thumb|left|Chris in June 2024.|300px]]
The start of summer was marked by a lengthy period of social invisibility, making this Chris' quietest month since April. After issuing threats of legal action against anyone who recorded or photographed him unaware, he went without being sighted for almost the full length of June, being seen only once at the end of the month alongside Flutter - the first time the two had been seen together since March. He would return to streaming himself playing videogames for the first time since mid-February, but aside from advertising what would be his only video in June his online presence and social media activity likewise diminished; the most outstanding development otherwise was a post made to Twitter on the 15th, a rambling address that attributed his lack of activity to 'soul searching'.

==July==
{{Main|July 2024}}
[[File:Cwc-jul2024.jpg|thumb|Chris in July 2024.|300px]]
July would commence with a brace of sightings a week apart, with Chris and Flutter being seen shopping at Walmart stores in Lynchburg. They would be seen once again on the road a few days after the second sighting, seemingly moving towards Charlottesville. Chris's social media activity was very sporadic with most of his few Twitter posts being made mid-July, and the month came and went without a stream.

==August==
{{Main|August 2024}}
[[File:Cwc-aug2024.jpg|thumb|left|Chris in August 2024.|300px]]
Chris was sighted on three separate occasions across August, in both Roanoke and Lynchburg; Flutter accompanied him in two of these sightings. On the 14th of August, he crossed the 100,000 subscriber milestone on his Youtube channel, taking to Twitter to celebrate. On the last day of the month, he also uploaded [[ITS DA BUTTON|a video]] - his first in two months - commemorating this achievement upon receiving his silver Play Button. Bodycam footage of his encounter with Henrico County police was also uploaded to Youtube on the 17th, providing the clearest picture yet of the circumstances of his arrest.
{{References}}
{{timeline}}

2024

2024-09-01T16:37:57Z

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{{Ongoing}}
[[File:cwc-jan2024.jpeg|thumb|Chris in January 2024 sporting a new version of [[The Classic]].|350px]]
'''2024''' is the seventeenth year since [[Chris]]'s discovery. This will be Chris's first full year not spent in [[jail]] since [[2020]], assuming he keeps his nose clean.

2024 will also mark the U.S. presidential election, with [[Pmurt]] attempting to retake the presidency from [[Joe Biden]]. Chris is eligible to vote, because his [[incest]] case was dropped without any charges.

==January==
{{main|January 2024}}
Chris attended his first post-jail convention, [[Animate! Raleigh]], and, unsurprisingly, was kicked out. Chris would also be interviewed by [[Keffals]].

==February==
{{main|February 2024}}
[[File:IHaveNotWatchedAnyHentai.png||thumb|left|Chris in February 2024.|300px]]
This month consisted of Chris releasing streams and videos under the influence of [[Praetor]] and getting spotted at [[Liberty University]]. Chris spent his 42nd birthday playing [[Pokémon GO]].<ref>[[Sightings_(2024)#Liberty_University]]</ref>

==March==
{{main|March 2024}}
[[File:Praetor_Sonichu_Amiibo_5.jpg|thumb|Chris in March 2024.|300px]]
This month consisted of Chris releasing streams and videos under the influence of [[Praetor]] and [[BABSCon#2024|getting banned from BABScon]]. Chris would also be interviewed by [[TheGamerFromMars]].<ref>[[Sightings_(2024)#River_Ridge_Mall_(March,_second_sighting)]]</ref>

==April==
{{main|April 2024}}
[[File:Cwc-apr2024.jpeg|thumb|left|Chris in April 2024.|300px]]
Chris's [[April 2024 social media posts|internet activity slowed down a considerable amount]] compared to previous months since his [[Jesus Christ Chan Sonichu Prime Resurrected and Returned|online return]]. Chris also did not stream this month, which he had done at least once per month the previous six months. Chris would make his first video at [[14 Branchland Court]] since [[July 2021]] to promote the fake rocks on his [[OfficialCWCmart|Etsy store]].<ref>[[Harvesting Process, Gravel at the Sonichu Temple]]</ref>

==May==
{{main|May 2024}}
[[File:Cwc-may2024.jpg|thumb|Chris in May 2024.|300px]]
Chris flew on an airplane for the first time in [[Cole_Smithey#California_(1980-96)|35 years]] as he was spotted at a Dallas Airport terminal. Chris's online activity this month consisted of [[AI_Chris_Chan_Vs_Christ_Chan#AI_Chris_Chan_Vs_Christ_Chan_-_Suvwl'_van_bom|a single video]] and complaining about being photographed in public despite his continued [[Honor roll|refusal to dress normally]]. CCTV cameras were used at [[Lynchburg_and_Big_Island,_VA#House|Chris's house]] to discourage [[weens]] from visiting.

==June==
{{Main|June 2024}}
[[File:Cwc-jun2024.jpg|thumb|left|Chris in June 2024.|300px]]
The start of summer was marked by a lengthy period of social invisibility, making this Chris' quietest month since April. After issuing threats of legal action against anyone who recorded or photographed him unaware, he went without being sighted for almost the full length of June, being seen only once at the end of the month alongside Flutter - the first time the two had been seen together since March. He would return to streaming himself playing videogames for the first time since mid-February, but aside from advertising what would be his only video in June his online presence and social media activity likewise diminished; the most outstanding development otherwise was a post made to Twitter on the 15th, a rambling address that attributed his lack of activity to 'soul searching'.

==July==
{{Main|July 2024}}
[[File:Cwc-jul2024.jpg|thumb|Chris in July 2024.|300px]]
July would commence with a brace of sightings a week apart, with Chris and Flutter being seen shopping at Walmart stores in Lynchburg. They would be seen once again on the road a few days after the second sighting, seemingly moving towards Charlottesville. Chris's social media activity was very sporadic with most of his few Twitter posts being made mid-July, and the month came and went without a stream.

==August==
{{Main|August 2024}}
[[File:Cwc-aug2024.jpg|thumb|left|Chris in August 2024.|300px]]
Chris was sighted on three separate occasions across August, in both Roanoke and Lynchburg; Flutter accompanied him in two of these sightings. On the 14th of August, he crossed the 100,000 subscriber milestone on his Youtube channel, taking to Twitter to celebrate. On the last day of the month, he also uploaded [[ITS DA BUTTON||a video]] - his first in two months - commemorating this achievement upon receiving his silver Play Button. Footage of his encounter with Henrico County police was also uploaded to Youtube on the 17th, providing the clearest picture yet of the circumstances of his arrest.
{{References}}
{{timeline}}

Chris and the law

2024-08-22T12:16:25Z

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:''This article is about Chris's criminal offenses. For the Warrant in Debt civil offenses, see [[Debt]]. For Chris's personal views on legislation, see [[Chris and politics]].''

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{{quote|...I was about to be handcuffed, but I would not have another handcuffing, so I fought, I was pinned, and I was handcuffed.|Chris describing a typical skirmish with authorities.<ref name=kick>[[28 October 2011#Email?]].</ref>}}

{{quote|I foreknew and foresaw that I was gonna end up in jail anyway. It was just popular in most of the other timelines.|Chris while awaiting legal proceedings on his [[incest]] charge.<ref>[[Jail Call - 1 November 2021]]</ref>}}

[[Image:116-CWCCop.jpg|thumb|Chris always keeps a watchful eye out for criminal scum who would dare [[Chris and hypocrisy|steal his already-stolen characters]].]]

'''Laws''' are a set of formal rules established by a society, generally to protect its members and ensure the orderly function of society. Their observance is usually maintained by [[Jerkop|law enforcement]], and penalties are placed on those who disobey the laws.

For [[Christian Weston Chandler|Chris]], however, these just serve as another deterrent in his endless [[Love Quest|quest]] for [[china]] and a weapon with which to threaten his real and supposed [[trolls|enemies]].

As of 2018, Chris has seven misdemeanors – three from [[28 October 2011|hitting Michael Snyder with his car]], one from [[26 December 2014|macing the Yellow-Shirted Foe]], two from failing to acquire proper tags for [[Snoopy and Clover]] and one for trespassing after being banned from [[Charlottesville Fashion Square]] – which resulted in him being placed on the [[Therapeutic Docket]].

Virginia has a {{w|three-strikes law}} – which usually means that if someone is brought in a third time for a felony or misdemeanor, the sentence if found guilty is more severe than usual (in some states, the sentence is life in prison). The specifics of a three-strikes law vary by state, with some states having several such laws. Seeing as how Chris has never been sentenced to jail time despite several misdemeanors, he may not fall under the scope of the Virginia law. However, since the state law seems to say that third-time ''violent'' offenders will receive harsher sentencing (and Chris appears to have two – hitting Snyder and pepper-spraying a manager), this could come into play if Chris ever finds himself facing charges for a third violent offense (which, it should be noted, he is currently not as of 2022 – he has been charged with [[Affair with Mother|incest]], not rape).

Ironically, in Chris's birth year of 1982, Virginia passed a law that would protect citizens from dangerous repeat offenders. Unfortunately, they could not protect [[Michael Snyder]] from being hit by a car, the [[Yellow-Shirted Foe]] from being pepper-sprayed, countless innocent women from being stalked and harassed, and [[Barbara Chandler]] from being fucked by her own son.

Ironically enough, Chris's grandfather's occupation is given as a security guard according to his death certificate <ref name=RobertSr>https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9P2-BH61-Q?cc=1584959</ref>

==Understanding==
{{quote|I have been giving him reasons since the [[Jerkop|police]] came in June of [[2008]], and nothing has sunken into that [[Hello, Juffalo|clown head]] of his.|[[Michael Snyder]]<ref><s>[http://www.youtube.com/all_comments?v=6odVsyr3I40]</s> (the video is fine, but that comment is no longer present as of Jun 2014)</ref>}}

[[Image:Impliedshooting.jpg|thumb|left|Violence is [[Christian Weston Chandler (comic character)|Comic Chris]]'s usual solution to law enforcement.]]

Like his grip on [[Chris and reality|reality]], Chris's understanding of the law is tenuous at best, and dangerously [[naïve]] at worst. Chris legitimately believes trolling is illegal. He regularly threatens internet [[trolls]] with legal action and makes no distinction in severity between a troll [[Ivy Q&A|threatening violence]] against Chris and a troll uploading a harmless picture of [[Rosechu]] with a [[pickle]] to the Internet. Chris himself is prone to making [[I'LL BREAK YOU DEAD|extremely violent threats]], such as [[Sign Destruction Video|threatening to murder]] [[Vivian Gee]] and her entire family because of her creating the [[audiobooks]]. He's done everything from calling the police to convincing his father to write to then-President [[George W. Bush]] in an attempt to get rid of his [[Encyclopedia Dramatica]] page. He has even poorly attempted to impersonate the President in a hilarious attempt to convince the trolls at ED to take down his page,<ref><s>http://encyclopediadramatica.rs/index.php?title=Chris-chan&diff=prev&oldid=1997405266</s> (dead link as of Jun. 2014)</ref> and has attempted to contact the former President, [[Barack Obama]], to stop people from posting gay ads on the CWCipedia. Chris also believes that the laws in [[CWCville]] and the laws stated in ''[[Sonichu (comic)|Sonichu]]'' should be enforced ''in real life''.<ref>[[Mailbag 55#Draconian fun!]]</ref>

Chris himself doesn't have much respect for laws and rules, particularly when [[Chris and hypocrisy|their enforcement inconveniences him]]. During his time at [[Target]], he saw nothing wrong with exploiting the free refill policy and loitering for hours at a time in a privately-owned establishment while harassing female customers and apparently [[Attraction Sign|soliciting hanky-panky]]. Chris often remarks that his [[Virgin with rage|emotional state]] entirely justifies his actions, stating in [[Vivitheg's AIM chat]] that he should be excused for disturbing the peace by literally screaming "NOOOOOOO!" loudly in the middle of a crowded mall.<ref>[[Sonichu 1#Sub-Episode 2: Christian Chandler in "The Rise & Fall of My Heart"]]</ref>

Self-contradictory as ever, though, Chris's disregard of many laws does not stop him from rigidly observing others, often with completely skewed priority: In [[Sonichu Special 4]], his cartoon avatar makes a point of obeying the speed limit – while on his way to confront [[Liquid Chris]] and assault him with a [[Megatron pistol|deadly weapon]]. In a [[May 2010]] video, Chris states that he believes a man who brutally beat his girlfriend to death with his bare hands deserved twenty years in prison for his crimes, which is just twice the penalty he wants for [[Tobacky|smoking one cigarette]].<ref>[[05142010]]</ref>

Also, Chris has very little respect for those who enforce the law:

{{quote|Verbal Combat had started, and during the fight, I ran off, still giving verbal punishment, as well as da finger, and many “[[Curse-Ye-Ha-Me-Ha]]s.” I nearly backed up onto him with my car, and I gave him another finger. Then I dashed off.|Excerpt from Chris's [[CWC's Diary|diary]]}}

The above quote pretty much defines Chris's attitude towards law enforcement officials. He feels that it is completely appropriate to flip off, insult, and [[List of Chris's lies|lie]] to people who are simply doing their jobs. And, of course, as any rational person would understand, running away from law enforcement officials is a seriously bad idea. Chris is truly a rebel without a cause (or effect).

The correspondence with Jackie revealed that in the hearings on the Target incident, Chris thought that his work with the [[The GAMe PLACe#Chris the TCG gamer|Pokémon TCG League]] let him off the hook.<ref>[[Jackie e-mails Part 2#Chris lies about The Game Place]]</ref> In reality, the court probably acquitted him either on a technicality or insufficient evidence. Chris probably mentioned the volunteer work because he believed a person's merits, no matter how unrelated, would automatically make one innocent of all charges. It is also telling that he recounted the charge as "Soliciting," whereas the actual charge was "Disorderly Conduct"; he feels that he was only persecuted because of his [[Love Quest]] efforts, and not because he was tard raging.

Of interesting note, is that contrary to Chris's [[Women's rights|general]] [[Homos|political]] [[Niggos|views]], he seems to be in favor – or at least accepting – of gun control legislation.<ref>[[A Public Announcement for Congress]]</ref> Whether or not he has a firm understanding of what he's saying, we'll likely never know.

Interestingly, Chris seems to have a ''very'' skewed view of the idea of "self-defense," which is exemplified with the acquisition of pepper spray. Pepper spray, like most defensive weapons, should be used as a last resort, to keep people from attacking you. As seen with the [[26 December 2014|GameStop attacks]], Chris uses it as a means to keep anyone he doesn't like away. Using that event as an example, the man he sprayed wasn't even near him and Chris decided to spray a quick spritz on his chest without any provocation. It got worse when, days later, he began a commotion in a [[Walmart]] using the device. To Chris, it's the ultimate troll and [[jerkop]] deterrent, when in actuality, he's waving around assault charges on a stick.

==Timeline==
The following is a list of incidents Chris has had with the law. This list may not be complete; in a telephone conversation with [[Ivy]] in 2009, [[Bob]] told her that Chris had in the past six or seven incidents with the law,<ref>[[Ivy Q&A#The end]]</ref> and yet this article lists only three incidents that precede 2010.

===2004===
On 11 September [[2004]], Chris was detained at [[Charlottesville Fashion Square]] for loitering, and continually arguing with the staff over several months. The incident is depicted in [[Sub-Episode 1]]. Chris was banned from returning to the mall on his own and without his parents' company. However, it appears that this ban was lifted or ignored soon afterward.

===2005===
On 20 July [[2005]], Chris was charged with disorderly conduct<ref name="2005 Disorderly Conduct">[[:File:20050720-GC05009339-00.png|Disorderly conduct charge, 20 July 2005]]</ref> and trespassing<ref name="2005 Trespassing">[[:File:20050720-GC05009340-00.png|Trespassing charge, 20 July 2005]]</ref> at Target, as depicted in [[Sub-Episode 7]] and [[Sub-Episode 8]]. After 2 hearings,<ref name="2005 Disorderly Conduct" /><ref name="2005 Trespassing" /> prosecutors chose to drop the case and Chris was not punished.

5 days later, Chris caused an auto accident when he followed another car too closely and rear-ended it. This went to court on 12 September 2005.<ref name="2005 Following Too Close">[[:File:20050728-GT05011195-00.png|Following too close, 28 July 2005]]</ref> He was fined $30 and had to pay $56 in court costs.

===2010===
Chris's various run-ins at [[The GAMe PLACe]] have resulted in the cops being called on him a couple of times. At least once after Chris called in his parents after he was initially banned from the location and tried to weasel his way back in, and again when he trespassed on the property, though he wasn't charged with anything on either occasion.<ref>[[Michael Snyder is ColdHearted and Mean]]</ref>

On 4 [[June 2010]], Chris made yet another pilgrimage to The GAMe PLACe. Chris was armed with his camera, and while Mike was concerned that Chris wanted pictures of his daughter for [[Mass debating|disturbing reasons]], Chris maintains that he merely wanted a picture of Mike [[Death threats|for use as]] [[CWC is Angry|a dartboard]] – still disturbing, but in entirely different ways. Chris was caught in the parking lot despite trying to run away and was questioned by the police, who made him delete the pictures he had taken and told him to quit his shit. Chris made his [[6 June 2010]] video in response to these events.

===2011===
In a [[May 2011]] [[Tomboys And Tomgirls of Virginia]] post, Chris said that he has begun to use the ladies' restroom at his local mall while dressed in drag; he recounts an incident in which ''"a woman complains and tattles on me, and a [[JERK|stereotypical Brute male]] shouts me out. I felt embarassed. [sic] When in skirt, I am still gonna go to the Ladies, because there is no goin' back for me."'' This supposed brute male may or may not have been with mall security.

In his [[Calling Out|3 new videos]] posted after an 8-month-long hiatus from YouTube he tries to do something which some viewers of ''The Chandler Show'' believe to be blackmail. Chris admitted it by typing word ''blackmail'' in tags for last of them; however, trolls hoping for a lawsuit [[saga]] shouldn't get their hopes up, because it's unlikely any of the trolls threatened by it would want to report him, given that they've all been trying to get him back onto the internet for months and wouldn't want to drive him off again. Not to mention Chris probably doesn't have anything on them at all. Note that under Virginia law, his demands are more likely to be considered extortion (still a class five felony) rather than blackmail.

In the same video, Chris also point-blank accused Mike of molesting his daughter, all while admitting that he doesn't have any concrete proof of his allegation. Given how prone he is to accuse others of slandering him (like pointing out his bad qualities that are extremely evident to everyone but Chris), Chris's accusations are very hypocritical. If Mike did want to sue Chris in civil court, he would indeed have a case against him as Chris's allegations are textbook defamation. However, it's questionable what Snyder would win in litigation, aside from a [[PlayStation 3]] and numerous children's [[toys]].

On [[28 October 2011]], Chris ended up in the worst possible scenario, netting a felony charge and 2 misdemeanors in what appears to be a ''3rd'' attempt to enter the GAMe PLACe, although all charges were reduced to misdemeanors upon sentencing.

As a direct result of his 28 October 2011 run-in with Michael Snyder, Chris had found both himself and [[Barb|his mother]] on the receiving end of a civil suit. Having been sentenced to community service and put under probation, and being charged with paying Snyder's medical bills, this may very well have been the first time that he has felt ramifications for his accusations and threats. However, it is much more likely that he simply [[Chris and his Ego|doesn't care]] or still feels as if he were the [[Kick the Autistic|real victim]] in all of this.

===2012===
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On 4 [[February 2012]], it was revealed on his [[Facebook]] that Chris no longer has respect for ''any'' sort of law enforcement after the events of 28 October 2011, officially deeming everyone who upholds the law a Jerkop. At the same time, he revealed another encounter with the boys in blue that day. As he attempted to pass out fliers while at the mall, encouraging others to stay away from the GAMe PLACe, two Jerkops (or as Chris puts it, "a Jerkop and an accomplice") approached him. Despite the officers simply wanting to talk to him and letting him know he wasn't in any trouble, Chris's paranoia kicked in and he ran. While the story Chris gives seems to hint that the officers just wanted to tell him to knock off the distribution of fliers, Chris believed otherwise, citing that one of them called out his name and making him think they wanted to post another encounter with him on the Internet. He escaped by diving into a Mitsubishi, most likely replacing the dying piece of scrap that is [[Son-Chu]], and driving off.

On 12 [[April 2012]], Chris [[Virgin with rage#No longer a virgin (No word on the rage)|announced the loss of his virginity]], giving off strong hints that he had slept with a hired prostitute. He all but [[Facebook#Hey.2C_Trollies|confirmed this]] on 1 May, when he said that he "found her on the backpage," most likely meaning that he found it on the website Backpage.com, a Craigslist clone shut down by the FBI that also allowed solicitation of prostitutes – Chris's prostitute was codenamed [[Mia Hamm]], as seen on the website. In the state of Virginia, this constitutes a Class 1 Misdemeanor and is therefore illegal. It is unknown whether or not Chris is aware of this, but it's very likely that if he is, he simply doesn't care.

On 28 April 2012, Chris revealed another incident in the mall. Before his Facebook note on 30 [[March 2012]], Chris got into a shouting match with a troll on his cell phone at the mall. The shouting did not go unnoticed, and Chris bolted once security was called in. On 25 April, Chris received a ban from the mall,<ref>[[Facebook#Maniacal Laughter from Who now? Oh, wait, It Is ME! >8D]]</ref> though it is unknown if it was for that incident or an incident that happened between those two dates.

On 10 [[July 2012]], Chris was arraigned in court for the 28 October 2011 incident. After calling Snyder a "thieving liar" in the courtroom, Chris was sentenced to community service and put under one-year probation. He was also ordered to pay Snyder's medical bills.

===2013===
In September 2013, Chris committed an act of vandalism (an arrestable offense) by defacing a [[HEXbox]] One display at a Walmart but got off easy by merely just being banned from the store. Given his furious reaction to this and his track record with a certain store owner who also did the same, it remains to be seen if Chris would follow up on his threat to have his revenge. Also, much like his tantrum at the [[Fashion Square Mall]] in 2005, Chris was confronted by a jerkop at a local restaurant after scratching a woman's car with his, and screaming out loud in public. Chris claimed he was [[Chris and religion|cursing God for all his misfortune recently]].

===2014===
On 29 [[March 2014]], a report surfaced on the [[CWCki Forums]] saying that earlier that month Chris has been spotted trying to steal merchandise from [[Best Buy]]. The next day Chris denied the truthfulness of the report, but [[Kim]] confirmed that the attempted shoplifting had indeed occurred.<ref>[[March 2014 Facebook Posts#Rumour]]</ref>

On Friday, [[26 December 2014]], Chris vandalized a Sonic Boom display in GameStop in the [[Charlottesville Fashion Square]] and was forced out due to a previous ban, but not before he attacked a staff member with pepper spray who was calling security. By the 28th, he was confirmed to be in jail. He was released on bail on Monday, 29 December.

===2015===
Throughout most of 2015, Chris behaved himself, presumably because his sojourn to the jailhouse was fresh in his memory. His punishment for the pepper spray incident was eventually decided (after '''seven''' hearings) in October – a very light sentence of a three-figure fine and a six-month prison sentence that he won't have to serve unless he breaks the law again during probation.

===2016===
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On July 1 of this year, Chris finally paid his $541.00 fine from his 2014/2015 court hearing. His probation also appears to have ended earlier in the year in April.

In August, Chris was fined $121 by Greene County for two charges, each misdemeanors, of failing to acquire dog tag and rabies licenses for his and [[Barbara]]'s dogs, [[Clover and Snoopy]].

In November, Chris made several death threats against President [[Pmurt|Trump]]. He is blissfully unaware that threatening the President or President-elect is one of the few restrictions on freedom of speech in America, and could land Chris with a fine and/or up to five years in prison.

===2018===
{{see also|March 2018 trespass charge}}
{{quote|The manager of [[Charlottesville Fashion Square|the mall]] threw a damned, Late Trespassing notice against me while I was there a few weeks ago. That is all; caught me in a trap like at the [[The GAMe PLACe|PLace]], except I didn't go to freaking jail, okay?|Chris<ref>https://archive.md/recKB</ref>}}

[[File:DocketComplete.png|thumb|Charlottesville takes over the case for the Therapeutic Docket.]]

In March, Chris was charged with Trespass after Forbidden,<ref>[[:File:Christine Chandler Trespass After Forbidden charge, 23 March 2018.png]]</ref> a misdemeanor count. The offense occurred on 23 March and was filed under the Albemarle Traffic/Criminal Court.

Chris repeatedly signed his name as "[[Chris Chan Sonichu]]" on court documents, despite it not being his legal name, though no action was taken by court staff on the matter.<ref>https://archive.md/aZ2DC</ref>

Chris was represented by a public defender. After several continuances, the court decided to direct Chris to a court-diversion program, the [[Therapeutic Docket]], for nine months as an alternative to a jail sentence. The trespass case was transferred to Charlottesville's jurisdiction on 10 July to supervise the Docket check-ins, until Chris graduated from the Docket on 23 April 2019, resulting in the court dismissing his trespass charge.

===2019===
23 April saw the early end of Chris's [[Therapeutic Docket]] and the dismissal of his Trespassing after Forbidden charge.

Chris [[Trolls#Chris the troll|trolled himself]] again on 5 August, when he absent-mindedly hit someone else's vehicle with [[Son-Chu]]. [[Jerkops|Police]] soon came to him and his mother about it; [[Barbara Chandler|Barb]] was more involved with the situation at hand, while Chris soothed himself by kicking the police car several times before the police left. Fortunately for Chris, he was not penalized.<ref name=kick></ref>

===2021===
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{{main|Affair with Mother|Jail Saga}}

{{quote|he said he was dating this girl for months,m this 72 year old lady [...] he said he wanted to confess something to me and i suspected it bc he said it was illegal|[[Bella]] on Chris telling her about [[Affair with Mother|his incestuous relationship with his mother]].<ref>[[Chess Club Chats#Bella Reacts to Incest Call]]</ref>}}

[[File:2021 Chris Chan mugshot.jpg|thumb|200px|Chris's mugshot for his incest charge, Henrico County Sheriff's Office.]]

[[File:2021 Chris Chan mugshot 2.jpg|thumb|200px|Chris's second mugshot on 2 August when transferred to Central Virginia Regional Jail.]]

One of the darkest events in Christory happened in 2021, which came close to spelling the end of the tale of Chris-Chan as we knew it.
A series of events so controversial and massive, that they caused this very wiki to crash due to the event persistently trending on [[Twitter]] (amusingly even overtaking the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Summer_Olympics Olympic Games] for a time).

On 29 [[July 2021]], the [[Incest Call]], where he had casually admitted to repeatedly having sex with [[Barbara Chandler|his mother]] since late June, was leaked. Chris also indicated that Barb was confused, telling him to stop at times, raising the possibility of it being [[Chris and sex#Rape|non-consensual]], especially since some have speculated that Barb may be suffering from dementia. Bella played along for several minutes, pretending to approve of Chris's new habit so she could record more information.

After hundreds of people contacted the police as a result of the leaks, authorities conducted a [[welfare check]] on Barb and issued an Emergency Protective Order on Chris on the following day, essentially a temporary restraining order that would last around a week, prohibiting access to Barbara and [[14 Branchland Court|his home]] until 5 August 2021. (Chris's neighbors took care of their pets after both Chandlers were taken from their home.){{cite}}

Made temporarily homeless by this turn of events, Chris decided to make matters even worse for himself by committing yet another crime; he stole $750 from Barbara's bank account to pay for hotel accommodations (and alleviate ''his negative bank balance'' at the time),{{cite}} which left him about $550 after the latter fact, before shelling out $384 for the hotel and wasting most of the remaining money on toys ([[Chris and Money|because ''of course'' he fucking did]]),{{cite}} leaving him with next to nothing yet again ($1.03 according to a Bank of America alert).<ref>[[:File:BoA alert 1 Aug 2021.png]]</ref> This crime, however, would land Chris in much hotter water than the many other times he stole from his parents: after discovering what Chris had done and being lied to about it during the confrontation, Null immediately cut ties and washed his hands of Chris,{{cite}} and proceeded to shut down the GoFundMe page intended to aid him on his planned trip to [[Everfree Northwest]] ([[List of places that have banned Chris|who banned him from entry after learning about the news]]), and refunding everyone involved.{{cite}} It should be noted that Chris had intended to use some of the funds to pay back his mother once they cleared,{{cite}} but, as stated before, he took the funds without permission and in violation of the Protective Order, which is, at the very least, a strong case for a theft charge to be laid on him later.

Chris's [[Patreon]], due to the scandal, also came under review,{{cite}} leaving many to speculate that it would most likely see deletion on top of his long-term [[Chris and negligence|neglect]] of the page and his subscribers. Sure enough, on 2 August 2021, his account was suspended, pending review - which remains until the creator logs back in.{{cite}} However, considering Chris's incarceration, it is unlikely he will be able to do so, ensuring that his account will permanently remain "under review."

Oddly enough ([[Chris and reality|or perhaps due to his enhanced delusions]]), Chris remained in seemingly good spirits during his arrest.
Despite this arrest being far more major than anything else he has previously been charged for and potentially ruining his life, Chris did not resist arrest and even disturbingly stated that being frisked by one of the [[Jerkops|officers]] [[Homos|felt good]] before being taken away.{{cite}} He also noted that the [[Dimensional Merge]] was in the process of happening, which is likely why he believed that he could weasel his way out of this somehow.{{cite}} Despite his apparent good nature, however, bodycam footage released in August 2024 showed that Chris was also quick to inform the officers that he was telepathically ordering Magi-Chan to assault them; when one jokingly responded that they didn't feel anything, Chris commanded his non-existent husband to 'punch him harder'.

Chris's case was initially up for review on 8 [[August 2023]].<ref>[[:File:Court Record - Greene Circuit Court - Incest - (Chris, CR22000141-00) - 7 March 2023.png]]</ref> He was [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arraignment arraigned] on 5 August 2021 and held without bond pending a mental health evaluation until 16 September, likely making matters worse by interrupting the court proceedings to beg for his toys.{{cite}} The hearing for 16 September was continued to 18 November, apparently for more time to evaluate Chris.{{cite}} During this time, he was held at the Central Virginia Regional Jail. Another continuance was then granted, with the next hearing taking place on 3 [[February 2022]].<ref>[[Kiwi Farms posts (other users)#Incest Case November '21 Continuance]]</ref> Another continuance was granted to 28 [[July 2022]],{{cite}} however, Chris was [[Jail Saga#transfer|transferred]] to [[Western State Hospital]] on 28 [[February 2022]],{{cite}} for treatment of incompetency, then was returned to the jail.

===2023===
On 27 [[March 2023]], Chris was released from jail.<ref>[[:File:VineLink Out of Custody 27 March 2023 - 1 49 pm update.png]]</ref> For several months, his whereabouts were unknown.

On 25 [[August 2023]], Chris's case was dismissed by the court.<ref>[[:File:Court Record - Greene Circuit Court - Incest - (Chris, CR22000141-00) - 25 August 2023.png]]</ref> Chris's lawyer, [[David Heilberg]], successfully plead for an [[autism disorder deferred disposition]].

During Chris's livestream on [[The Return of Jesus Christ Chan Sonichu Prime|26 October 2023]], he became visibly nervous when sirens unexpectedly sounded in the background, indicating that he harbors a lingering fear of being arrested again.

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==Chris's parents and the law==
It's not hard to figure out why Chris thinks the law should serve him and him alone. His parents, too, have the same problem:

* When Chris was thrown out of the [[Wikipedia:Cub Scouting (Boy Scouts of America)|Cub Scouts]] after an [[autism|unknown incident]], his parents attempted to sue the [[Wikipedia:Boy Scouts of America|Boy Scouts of America]] for [[Kick the Autistic|discrimination]].<ref>[[Mailbag 18]]</ref>
* When Chris threw a tantrum that required him to be restrained, Bob attempted to ''sue the school for restraining him''.<ref>[[Nathanael Greene Elementary School#The_aftermath]]</ref>
* When Barb and Bob had their absurd case against Greene County used against them, their first reaction was to run to another county.<ref>[[Greene County Conspiracy]]</ref>
* [[Bob]] claims that a man in [[Richmond]] by the name of Jamie Dunn tried to get him thrown in jail circa [[1999]] for unknown reasons.<ref>[[Ivy Q&A#The End]]</ref> This may be part of the reason the Chandlers decided to move back to [[Ruckersville]] in [[2000]].
* When [[Daniel Mimms|Mimms]] and [[Lucas]] took a picture of Chris and uploaded it to the Internet, Chris's parents threatened them with legal action (but as usual never followed through).
* When [[Snorlax]] thought she had indigestion, she acted like she was going to sue the Chinese establishment the food came from. When it turned out to be [[Wikipedia:colitis|colitis]], she dropped the subject.
* When [[Asperchu|Alec]] [[Matthew Nobles call|called the Chandler household]] posing as [[The GAMe PLACe]] employee Matthew Nobles, Bob and Barb claimed that taking pictures of somebody without their knowledge or consent was "not illegal," and also glossed over and/or justified Chris harassing the store after his ban. This came after threatening to sue Mimms and Lucas for doing exactly that.<ref name="Matthew Noble call">[[Matthew Noble call]]</ref>
* During that same call, Bob will not countenance the idea that an individual can be prohibited from private property, saying, "it's a business place," which has no bearing on private property laws.<ref name="Matthew Noble call"/> He and Barb also had an extremely dismissive and angry attitude towards "Matthew," which makes one wonder how they communicated with other retail workers.
* On 28 October 2011, Barb was arrested for not only fleeing the scene of an accident but also felony assault on a police officer, an extremely foolish crime that a remotely sensible person would never commit due to the serious consequences attached to it (mandatory minimum of six months' imprisonment on conviction); however, the recent death of her husband, her age, her bad health and her hopeless, dependent clod of a son seem to have helped elicit her some clemency.
* On 10 [[July 2012]], Barb was arraigned in court for her participation in the 28 October 2011 incident. She was sentenced to community service and served two-year probation.
* On 2 [[August 2021]], Chris was charged with incest with Barb. He was not charged with rape, meaning that Barb may have consented to the acts or simply did not want to pursue rape charges against her own son.
* On 23 [[November 2021]], Barb totaled her [[Son-Chu#Barb's Dodge Caravan|van]] when she failed to yield right-of way and got in a accident with a tractor trailer. Barb paid a $30 fine and $76 in court costs the following month.<ref>[[:File:Barbara Chandler Fail to Yield Right-of-Way charge.png]]</ref>
* According to [[Jail Letter - 4 July 2022]], Chris has been attempting to blackmail Barb into moving out of [[14 Branchland Court]] with various crimes he claims she is guilty of. These include negligence towards her pets, abusive behavior towards Chris and her use of Chris's [[monthly tugboat]] for herself. Obviously, it is unknown if Barb is really guilty of any of these things.

==Chris's ORIGINAL and OFFICIAL laws==
[[Image:AL cover.gif|thumb|Where Chris's ORIGINAL and OFFICIAL laws come from.]]
Chris believes the police in real life are corrupt, and sees them in the same light as he sees the Jerkops in his comic – the Jerkops act as a stand-in for police who wronged him, and are portrayed as being impostors with no legal authority (probably indicating that Chris does not recognize real policemen as legitimate authority). In light of these things, Chris has his spin on the law. The penalties for [[Alcohol|drinking]], smoking and internet harassment involve physical violence, including a "Kick in the Teeth," which Chris inexplicably portrays as a punch in the first and only of his supposed series of Q&A videos.<ref>[[Chris Chan Q&A 27 October 2008]]</ref>

On 31 [[December 2009]], Chris orated about a law he wanted to be made to prevent [[Jack Thaddeus]] from using the ad space he paid for:

{{quote|I Have The Instinct, and I Have Already [[CWC-ism|Snail-Mailed]] President Barack Obama on how this sort of bad advertisement is going on and how it is Wrong and should be made Illegal. On HOW if the Main Captain does not WANT or IS OFFENDED with the listed Ads within his own Website or Works, REGARDLESS of who controls the AdSpace, WOULD REMOVE THOSE ADS or face JAILTIME. And the F.B.I. would be FULLY INVOLVED in all this, and THEY have the Power, Tools and Balls to seek, hunt down and bring in the Individual Internet Trolls and Ad-Spammers.|Chris<ref>[[ChrisChanSonichu and WikiSysop correspondence#THAT DOES NOT MATTER (CCS)]]</ref>}}

As one can see, Chris is seeking the direct intervention of the president of his country and beseeching him to [[Chris and reality|outlaw advertisements he doesn't like.]] Aside from the fact that Obama himself couldn't have done anything about this, the fact is that Chris was mandated by law to display the ads Jack paid to display. Chris should have written to his congressman about this rather than the president, but either way, he would have received no response.

This attitude is also reflected in his relationship with [[Mary Lee Walsh]]. [[2003|More than a decade ago]], she put a stop to Chris [[Love Quest#Conflicts with Mary Lee Walsh|soliciting sex]] on her campus. [[Curse-ye-ha-me-ha|War ensued]] and Chris received a well-deserved [[Autism papers|time-out]] for [[Chris and anger|his behaviour]]. Six years later, in [[2009]], Chris decided it was time to make peace. He went to her office and left her a [[:File:Apology to Mary Lee.jpg|"Framed Hand-Drawn Apology"]] on her doorstep out of the blue.<ref>[[One Blessing, and One Curse]]</ref> Her reaction was to file a trespassing notice. Chris disastrously believed that since he didn't read the letter and returned it to the sender, he wasn't liable for it.<ref>[[Mailbag 26]]</ref> Thankfully, Chris didn't trespass again.

[[Mailbag 55]] posits a few more original laws: one, that it should be illegal for [[JERKS|men]] to ever show their [[Reldnahc|bare chest]] (because, according to Chris, no one in the entire world ever wants to see a man's bare chest, presumably disregarding [[women]], [[Homos|gay men]] and boxing enthusiasts), and two, he wants to [[Women's rights|force all women]] in any kind of relationship to wear rings (purely for his benefit of course), thus defeating all symbolism and significance of them.

In the aftermath of distancing himself from the Internet, Chris began to formulate a new law, the "Bill for Anti Online Bad-Mouthing," starting with his second [[Flipnote Hatena|Flipnote]], [[Don'tGetTrolled!]]. The details are unknown, but Chris essentially wants to make so that online, nobody can ever speak negatively of anybody else under threat of prosecution. There do exist laws against cyber-crime and online harassment but these laws vary by country (and concern rather more serious deeds than drawing [[Rosechu]] with a dick), and so even if Chris's law were somehow implemented federally, only his fellow USA residents would be held accountable. Chris is failing to comprehend that people besides Americans use the internet, or worse, assuming the entire world can be held to the USA's laws.

==In CWCville==
During the [[Idea Guys]] saga, Chris was told that [[Jamsta]] Sonichu had been put on trial for molesting [[Punchy]]. Chris didn't want Jamsta to suffer in jail as he had, so he tried using his psychic powers to talk to the [[CWCville]] judge to convince him to release Jamsta, regardless of the crime he had committed. The Idea Guys informed him that the judge was unconvinced since Chris was no longer mayor, so Chris then turned his attention to the jurors. This worked but sparked a city-wide riot.<ref>[[Idea Guy Q&A]]</ref>

==In the comic==
[[File:0862-Cwcville11.JPG|right|thumb|[[CWCville]] used to have a police station, but no more.]]
The law, such as it is, in the comics is a horrifying totalitarianism where anybody anywhere is subject to the whims of a dictator. In CWCville, Chris is "mayor" (read: god-king) and has banned many things in his city. Smoking or drinking alcohol would lead one to be either sentenced to ten years in prison or a US$1,500 fine (which Chris [[Chris and money|considers an equally bad punishment]]). CWCville has its own currency (despite being nothing more than a small city) and why fines are levied in USD is unknown.<ref name="Chris Chan Q&A 27 October 2008">[[Chris Chan Q&A 27 October 2008]]</ref> Importing tobacco or alcohol incurs a greater punishment than murder or rape.<ref name="Chris Chan Q&A 27 October 2008"/> However, it should be noted that Chris [[Rollin' and Trollin'|repealed the law against alcohol]] in [[June 2009]].

The Rosechus often congregate to "protest" for [[women's rights]]. These protests usually involve nudity and/or pornography. They campaign for basic, archaic things like eligibility to vote, suggesting Chris (or one of his predecessors) has imposed discriminating laws against women in CWCville.

It is never clear whether or not CWCville is legally a part of the United States (and thus subject to its federal laws), as Chris characteristically sends mixed messages a lot – some things are distinctly American (the aforementioned USD fines, for instance. However there are {{w|Ecuador|foreign}} {{w|Zimbabwe|countries}} in the real world that use USD.), but CWCville has its currency and its own set of "laws," the likes of which would never be permitted in a developed or even undeveloped country, even if CWCville were some sort of Vatican-like sovereign state. The only arrangement that makes even the slightest amount of sense is that CWCville is just that – a sovereign state on US soil. Chris doesn't seem to have thought this out though and believes the mayor of a town is legally entitled to act as an authoritarian dictator.

As a mayor, Chris does nothing bureaucratic, ever, and makes [[Allison Amber|his secretary]] do all the paperwork (as per his thoughts on women) while he goes off on another one of his sweetheart searches. He has mandated "[[dating education|Dating Education]]" classes for students so that they can learn to go on dates, as well as how to "stay straight."

[[List of Sonichu characters#Constables Gerald Grant and Louis Perez|Actual police officers]] did not appear until [[Sonichu 10|quite late]] in the series and even then, they did nothing whatsoever, giving the impression that Chris and his [[Pokémon]] abominations are the only thing standing between peace and violent anarchy. However, [[Sonichu 9|''Sonichu'' #9]] seems to reveal that there are three sets of "other" protectors: a (possibly) nondescript police force (distinct from [[Mary Lee Walsh]]'s [[jerkops]]), as well as his team of [[Power Rangers]] and a team of [[Transformers]].

{{quote|Is CWCville under Martial Law?|[[Jack Thaddeus]] citing the truth as he sees it}}

In conversation with [[Jack Thaddeus]], Chris revealed that CWCville is the home of a paramilitary force equipped with tanks which he uses as a "Police Force," and all his [[Electric Hedgehog Pokémon]] enjoy immunity from prosecution and are above the law.<ref>[[Jack Thaddeus Phone Call 3]]</ref> Add this to the fact that Chris cannot be deposed as mayor ("there [[Chris and English|is]] no elections") and the fact that the police and a fleet of superpowered goons obey anything Chris demands of them, and it paints a very frightening picture. According to Chris, [[Magi-Chan]] mentally scans the city perimeters for any sexual acts, and reports any [[homos|homosexual]] activity to the authorities. The participants are then "tried and fined HEAVILY; $500 or 50 Hours of Community Service."<ref>[[Mailbag 31#Magi-Chan knows when you fuck]]</ref> Apparently in CWCville, the [[Wikipedia:Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution]] does not apply in matters of personal sexual choice, and neither does the [[wikipedia:Lawrence v. Texas|U.S. Supreme Court ruling]] finding sodomy laws to be unconstitutional.

Even though Chris's deranged laws exist only within his city-state-country-whatever of CWCville, he exacts his deranged fury unto people whether they're actually in his jurisdiction or not. [[Sonichu 10|''Sonichu #10'']] shows four distinct crimes committed outside of CWCville: the destruction of the [[4-cent garbage]] building, the murder of over one hundred alleged "trolls" in said destruction, breaking and entering, and destroying Internet files and property. There was no evidence to suggest that this act of mass murder was even investigated by the authorities, and the comic portrays this act of [[Twin Falling Towers|terrorism]] as Chris and his goons heroically defeating a gang of criminals.

Chris may be able to murder without being reprimanded, but of course, this doesn't apply to everyone. Following the death of [[Simonla]], the culprits ([[Alec]], [[Mao]], [[Sean]] and [[Evan]]) are subjected to a show trial, and given no defense attorney by the state (violating the [[Wikipedia:Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Sixth Amendment]]) forcing Sean to act as their lawyer despite being [[Tobacky|high as a kite]]. There is no solid evidence presented for the murder charge, aside from the Voltorb remote (which the prosecutor never tried to prove belonged to them) and wholly unreliable "psychic evidence" extracted by Magi-Chan. When they're railroaded and found guilty, they're ''killed by the people they've wronged'' (read: murdered brutally by cartoon characters), in a gross violation of the [[Wikipedia:Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Eighth Amendment]] forbidding cruel and unusual punishment.

Demonstrating Chris's limited understanding of trials (as his knowledge of trials stems purely from television), the kangaroo court integrates both elements of civil and criminal trials. The Asperpedia Four are not only prosecuted for murder by a [[Marvey Blaziken|state attorney]], as per a criminal trial, but also charged with defamation of character, libel, and copyright infringement (as well as several charges such as "profanity to the max" that would hold no water in an actual court) by Chris and his cohorts, as per a civil trial. Surely enough, Chris, Sonichu, and Rosechu are sitting in a benchmarked "PLAINTIF" [sic]. That both civil and criminal charges are included in one trial not only demonstrates a poor understanding of the courtroom process but is further proof that Chris considers "slanderous mockeries" and other torts on par with major crimes such as murder and assault. To add to the equation, one cannot be given a death sentence (or any sentence, for that matter) for being guilty in a civil trial, but in the Asperpedia Four trial, civil charges are the primary reason for the death sentence. In summary, the CWCville court system is a constitutional nightmare that violates multiple articles and amendments and has no concept of due process. One must wonder why it is allowed to exist within the borders of the U.S.

Were it not obvious by now, any semblance of law in CWCville exists solely to further the wishes of its tyrannical (and murderous) creator god.

==Fan video==
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==See also==
*[[Chris and copyright]]
*[[Debt]]
*[[Jerkop]]
*[[Manajerks]]
*[[Parody]]
*[[Therapeutic Docket]]

== References ==
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{{quote|...I was about to be handcuffed, but I would not have another handcuffing, so I fought, I was pinned, and I was handcuffed.|Chris describing a typical skirmish with authorities.<ref name=kick>[[28 October 2011#Email?]].</ref>}}

{{quote|I foreknew and foresaw that I was gonna end up in jail anyway. It was just popular in most of the other timelines.|Chris while awaiting legal proceedings on his [[incest]] charge.<ref>[[Jail Call - 1 November 2021]]</ref>}}

[[Image:116-CWCCop.jpg|thumb|Chris always keeps a watchful eye out for criminal scum who would dare [[Chris and hypocrisy|steal his already-stolen characters]].]]

'''Laws''' are a set of formal rules established by a society, generally to protect its members and ensure the orderly function of society. Their observance is usually maintained by [[Jerkop|law enforcement]], and penalties are placed on those who disobey the laws.

For [[Christian Weston Chandler|Chris]], however, these just serve as another deterrent in his endless [[Love Quest|quest]] for [[china]] and a weapon with which to threaten his real and supposed [[trolls|enemies]].

As of 2018, Chris has seven misdemeanors – three from [[28 October 2011|hitting Michael Snyder with his car]], one from [[26 December 2014|macing the Yellow-Shirted Foe]], two from failing to acquire proper tags for [[Snoopy and Clover]] and one for trespassing after being banned from [[Charlottesville Fashion Square]] – which resulted in him being placed on the [[Therapeutic Docket]].

Virginia has a {{w|three-strikes law}} – which usually means that if someone is brought in a third time for a felony or misdemeanor, the sentence if found guilty is more severe than usual (in some states, the sentence is life in prison). The specifics of a three-strikes law vary by state, with some states having several such laws. Seeing as how Chris has never been sentenced to jail time despite several misdemeanors, he may not fall under the scope of the Virginia law. However, since the state law seems to say that third-time ''violent'' offenders will receive harsher sentencing (and Chris appears to have two – hitting Snyder and pepper-spraying a manager), this could come into play if Chris ever finds himself facing charges for a third violent offense (which, it should be noted, he is currently not as of 2022 – he has been charged with [[Affair with Mother|incest]], not rape).

Ironically, in Chris's birth year of 1982, Virginia passed a law that would protect citizens from dangerous repeat offenders. Unfortunately, they could not protect [[Michael Snyder]] from being hit by a car, the [[Yellow-Shirted Foe]] from being pepper-sprayed, countless innocent women from being stalked and harassed, and [[Barbara Chandler]] from being fucked by her own son.

Ironically enough, Chris's grandfather's occupation is given as a security guard according to his death certificate <ref name=RobertSr>https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9P2-BH61-Q?cc=1584959</ref>

==Understanding==
{{quote|I have been giving him reasons since the [[Jerkop|police]] came in June of [[2008]], and nothing has sunken into that [[Hello, Juffalo|clown head]] of his.|[[Michael Snyder]]<ref><s>[http://www.youtube.com/all_comments?v=6odVsyr3I40]</s> (the video is fine, but that comment is no longer present as of Jun 2014)</ref>}}

[[Image:Impliedshooting.jpg|thumb|left|Violence is [[Christian Weston Chandler (comic character)|Comic Chris]]'s usual solution to law enforcement.]]

Like his grip on [[Chris and reality|reality]], Chris's understanding of the law is tenuous at best, and dangerously [[naïve]] at worst. Chris legitimately believes trolling is illegal. He regularly threatens internet [[trolls]] with legal action and makes no distinction in severity between a troll [[Ivy Q&A|threatening violence]] against Chris and a troll uploading a harmless picture of [[Rosechu]] with a [[pickle]] to the Internet. Chris himself is prone to making [[I'LL BREAK YOU DEAD|extremely violent threats]], such as [[Sign Destruction Video|threatening to murder]] [[Vivian Gee]] and her entire family because of her creating the [[audiobooks]]. He's done everything from calling the police to convincing his father to write to then-President [[George W. Bush]] in an attempt to get rid of his [[Encyclopedia Dramatica]] page. He has even poorly attempted to impersonate the President in a hilarious attempt to convince the trolls at ED to take down his page,<ref><s>http://encyclopediadramatica.rs/index.php?title=Chris-chan&diff=prev&oldid=1997405266</s> (dead link as of Jun. 2014)</ref> and has attempted to contact the former President, [[Barack Obama]], to stop people from posting gay ads on the CWCipedia. Chris also believes that the laws in [[CWCville]] and the laws stated in ''[[Sonichu (comic)|Sonichu]]'' should be enforced ''in real life''.<ref>[[Mailbag 55#Draconian fun!]]</ref>

Chris himself doesn't have much respect for laws and rules, particularly when [[Chris and hypocrisy|their enforcement inconveniences him]]. During his time at [[Target]], he saw nothing wrong with exploiting the free refill policy and loitering for hours at a time in a privately-owned establishment while harassing female customers and apparently [[Attraction Sign|soliciting hanky-panky]]. Chris often remarks that his [[Virgin with rage|emotional state]] entirely justifies his actions, stating in [[Vivitheg's AIM chat]] that he should be excused for disturbing the peace by literally screaming "NOOOOOOO!" loudly in the middle of a crowded mall.<ref>[[Sonichu 1#Sub-Episode 2: Christian Chandler in "The Rise & Fall of My Heart"]]</ref>

Self-contradictory as ever, though, Chris's disregard of many laws does not stop him from rigidly observing others, often with completely skewed priority: In [[Sonichu Special 4]], his cartoon avatar makes a point of obeying the speed limit – while on his way to confront [[Liquid Chris]] and assault him with a [[Megatron pistol|deadly weapon]]. In a [[May 2010]] video, Chris states that he believes a man who brutally beat his girlfriend to death with his bare hands deserved twenty years in prison for his crimes, which is just twice the penalty he wants for [[Tobacky|smoking one cigarette]].<ref>[[05142010]]</ref>

Also, Chris has very little respect for those who enforce the law:

{{quote|Verbal Combat had started, and during the fight, I ran off, still giving verbal punishment, as well as da finger, and many “[[Curse-Ye-Ha-Me-Ha]]s.” I nearly backed up onto him with my car, and I gave him another finger. Then I dashed off.|Excerpt from Chris's [[CWC's Diary|diary]]}}

The above quote pretty much defines Chris's attitude towards law enforcement officials. He feels that it is completely appropriate to flip off, insult, and [[List of Chris's lies|lie]] to people who are simply doing their jobs. And, of course, as any rational person would understand, running away from law enforcement officials is a seriously bad idea. Chris is truly a rebel without a cause (or effect).

The correspondence with Jackie revealed that in the hearings on the Target incident, Chris thought that his work with the [[The GAMe PLACe#Chris the TCG gamer|Pokémon TCG League]] let him off the hook.<ref>[[Jackie e-mails Part 2#Chris lies about The Game Place]]</ref> In reality, the court probably acquitted him either on a technicality or insufficient evidence. Chris probably mentioned the volunteer work because he believed a person's merits, no matter how unrelated, would automatically make one innocent of all charges. It is also telling that he recounted the charge as "Soliciting," whereas the actual charge was "Disorderly Conduct"; he feels that he was only persecuted because of his [[Love Quest]] efforts, and not because he was tard raging.

Of interesting note, is that contrary to Chris's [[Women's rights|general]] [[Homos|political]] [[Niggos|views]], he seems to be in favor – or at least accepting – of gun control legislation.<ref>[[A Public Announcement for Congress]]</ref> Whether or not he has a firm understanding of what he's saying, we'll likely never know.

Interestingly, Chris seems to have a ''very'' skewed view of the idea of "self-defense," which is exemplified with the acquisition of pepper spray. Pepper spray, like most defensive weapons, should be used as a last resort, to keep people from attacking you. As seen with the [[26 December 2014|GameStop attacks]], Chris uses it as a means to keep anyone he doesn't like away. Using that event as an example, the man he sprayed wasn't even near him and Chris decided to spray a quick spritz on his chest without any provocation. It got worse when, days later, he began a commotion in a [[Walmart]] using the device. To Chris, it's the ultimate troll and [[jerkop]] deterrent, when in actuality, he's waving around assault charges on a stick.

==Timeline==
The following is a list of incidents Chris has had with the law. This list may not be complete; in a telephone conversation with [[Ivy]] in 2009, [[Bob]] told her that Chris had in the past six or seven incidents with the law,<ref>[[Ivy Q&A#The end]]</ref> and yet this article lists only three incidents that precede 2010.

===2004===
On 11 September [[2004]], Chris was detained at [[Charlottesville Fashion Square]] for loitering, and continually arguing with the staff over several months. The incident is depicted in [[Sub-Episode 1]]. Chris was banned from returning to the mall on his own and without his parents' company. However, it appears that this ban was lifted or ignored soon afterward.

===2005===
On 20 July [[2005]], Chris was charged with disorderly conduct<ref name="2005 Disorderly Conduct">[[:File:20050720-GC05009339-00.png|Disorderly conduct charge, 20 July 2005]]</ref> and trespassing<ref name="2005 Trespassing">[[:File:20050720-GC05009340-00.png|Trespassing charge, 20 July 2005]]</ref> at Target, as depicted in [[Sub-Episode 7]] and [[Sub-Episode 8]]. After 2 hearings,<ref name="2005 Disorderly Conduct" /><ref name="2005 Trespassing" /> prosecutors chose to drop the case and Chris was not punished.

5 days later, Chris caused an auto accident when he followed another car too closely and rear-ended it. This went to court on 12 September 2005.<ref name="2005 Following Too Close">[[:File:20050728-GT05011195-00.png|Following too close, 28 July 2005]]</ref> He was fined $30 and had to pay $56 in court costs.

===2010===
Chris's various run-ins at [[The GAMe PLACe]] have resulted in the cops being called on him a couple of times. At least once after Chris called in his parents after he was initially banned from the location and tried to weasel his way back in, and again when he trespassed on the property, though he wasn't charged with anything on either occasion.<ref>[[Michael Snyder is ColdHearted and Mean]]</ref>

On 4 [[June 2010]], Chris made yet another pilgrimage to The GAMe PLACe. Chris was armed with his camera, and while Mike was concerned that Chris wanted pictures of his daughter for [[Mass debating|disturbing reasons]], Chris maintains that he merely wanted a picture of Mike [[Death threats|for use as]] [[CWC is Angry|a dartboard]] – still disturbing, but in entirely different ways. Chris was caught in the parking lot despite trying to run away and was questioned by the police, who made him delete the pictures he had taken and told him to quit his shit. Chris made his [[6 June 2010]] video in response to these events.

===2011===
In a [[May 2011]] [[Tomboys And Tomgirls of Virginia]] post, Chris said that he has begun to use the ladies' restroom at his local mall while dressed in drag; he recounts an incident in which ''"a woman complains and tattles on me, and a [[JERK|stereotypical Brute male]] shouts me out. I felt embarassed. [sic] When in skirt, I am still gonna go to the Ladies, because there is no goin' back for me."'' This supposed brute male may or may not have been with mall security.

In his [[Calling Out|3 new videos]] posted after an 8-month-long hiatus from YouTube he tries to do something which some viewers of ''The Chandler Show'' believe to be blackmail. Chris admitted it by typing word ''blackmail'' in tags for last of them; however, trolls hoping for a lawsuit [[saga]] shouldn't get their hopes up, because it's unlikely any of the trolls threatened by it would want to report him, given that they've all been trying to get him back onto the internet for months and wouldn't want to drive him off again. Not to mention Chris probably doesn't have anything on them at all. Note that under Virginia law, his demands are more likely to be considered extortion (still a class five felony) rather than blackmail.

In the same video, Chris also point-blank accused Mike of molesting his daughter, all while admitting that he doesn't have any concrete proof of his allegation. Given how prone he is to accuse others of slandering him (like pointing out his bad qualities that are extremely evident to everyone but Chris), Chris's accusations are very hypocritical. If Mike did want to sue Chris in civil court, he would indeed have a case against him as Chris's allegations are textbook defamation. However, it's questionable what Snyder would win in litigation, aside from a [[PlayStation 3]] and numerous children's [[toys]].

On [[28 October 2011]], Chris ended up in the worst possible scenario, netting a felony charge and 2 misdemeanors in what appears to be a ''3rd'' attempt to enter the GAMe PLACe, although all charges were reduced to misdemeanors upon sentencing.

As a direct result of his 28 October 2011 run-in with Michael Snyder, Chris had found both himself and [[Barb|his mother]] on the receiving end of a civil suit. Having been sentenced to community service and put under probation, and being charged with paying Snyder's medical bills, this may very well have been the first time that he has felt ramifications for his accusations and threats. However, it is much more likely that he simply [[Chris and his Ego|doesn't care]] or still feels as if he were the [[Kick the Autistic|real victim]] in all of this.

===2012===
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On 4 [[February 2012]], it was revealed on his [[Facebook]] that Chris no longer has respect for ''any'' sort of law enforcement after the events of 28 October 2011, officially deeming everyone who upholds the law a Jerkop. At the same time, he revealed another encounter with the boys in blue that day. As he attempted to pass out fliers while at the mall, encouraging others to stay away from the GAMe PLACe, two Jerkops (or as Chris puts it, "a Jerkop and an accomplice") approached him. Despite the officers simply wanting to talk to him and letting him know he wasn't in any trouble, Chris's paranoia kicked in and he ran. While the story Chris gives seems to hint that the officers just wanted to tell him to knock off the distribution of fliers, Chris believed otherwise, citing that one of them called out his name and making him think they wanted to post another encounter with him on the Internet. He escaped by diving into a Mitsubishi, most likely replacing the dying piece of scrap that is [[Son-Chu]], and driving off.

On 12 [[April 2012]], Chris [[Virgin with rage#No longer a virgin (No word on the rage)|announced the loss of his virginity]], giving off strong hints that he had slept with a hired prostitute. He all but [[Facebook#Hey.2C_Trollies|confirmed this]] on 1 May, when he said that he "found her on the backpage," most likely meaning that he found it on the website Backpage.com, a Craigslist clone shut down by the FBI that also allowed solicitation of prostitutes – Chris's prostitute was codenamed [[Mia Hamm]], as seen on the website. In the state of Virginia, this constitutes a Class 1 Misdemeanor and is therefore illegal. It is unknown whether or not Chris is aware of this, but it's very likely that if he is, he simply doesn't care.

On 28 April 2012, Chris revealed another incident in the mall. Before his Facebook note on 30 [[March 2012]], Chris got into a shouting match with a troll on his cell phone at the mall. The shouting did not go unnoticed, and Chris bolted once security was called in. On 25 April, Chris received a ban from the mall,<ref>[[Facebook#Maniacal Laughter from Who now? Oh, wait, It Is ME! >8D]]</ref> though it is unknown if it was for that incident or an incident that happened between those two dates.

On 10 [[July 2012]], Chris was arraigned in court for the 28 October 2011 incident. After calling Snyder a "thieving liar" in the courtroom, Chris was sentenced to community service and put under one-year probation. He was also ordered to pay Snyder's medical bills.

===2013===
In September 2013, Chris committed an act of vandalism (an arrestable offense) by defacing a [[HEXbox]] One display at a Walmart but got off easy by merely just being banned from the store. Given his furious reaction to this and his track record with a certain store owner who also did the same, it remains to be seen if Chris would follow up on his threat to have his revenge. Also, much like his tantrum at the [[Fashion Square Mall]] in 2005, Chris was confronted by a jerkop at a local restaurant after scratching a woman's car with his, and screaming out loud in public. Chris claimed he was [[Chris and religion|cursing God for all his misfortune recently]].

===2014===
On 29 [[March 2014]], a report surfaced on the [[CWCki Forums]] saying that earlier that month Chris has been spotted trying to steal merchandise from [[Best Buy]]. The next day Chris denied the truthfulness of the report, but [[Kim]] confirmed that the attempted shoplifting had indeed occurred.<ref>[[March 2014 Facebook Posts#Rumour]]</ref>

On Friday, [[26 December 2014]], Chris vandalized a Sonic Boom display in GameStop in the [[Charlottesville Fashion Square]] and was forced out due to a previous ban, but not before he attacked a staff member with pepper spray who was calling security. By the 28th, he was confirmed to be in jail. He was released on bail on Monday, 29 December.

===2015===
Throughout most of 2015, Chris behaved himself, presumably because his sojourn to the jailhouse was fresh in his memory. His punishment for the pepper spray incident was eventually decided (after '''seven''' hearings) in October – a very light sentence of a three-figure fine and a six-month prison sentence that he won't have to serve unless he breaks the law again during probation.

===2016===
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File:Dogcourtcase2.png|Chris fined – No county dog tag 2
File:Dogcourtcase1.png|Chris fined – No rabies certificate 2
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On July 1 of this year, Chris finally paid his $541.00 fine from his 2014/2015 court hearing. His probation also appears to have ended earlier in the year in April.

In August, Chris was fined $121 by Greene County for two charges, each misdemeanors, of failing to acquire dog tag and rabies licenses for his and [[Barbara]]'s dogs, [[Clover and Snoopy]].

In November, Chris made several death threats against President [[Pmurt|Trump]]. He is blissfully unaware that threatening the President or President-elect is one of the few restrictions on freedom of speech in America, and could land Chris with a fine and/or up to five years in prison.

===2018===
{{see also|March 2018 trespass charge}}
{{quote|The manager of [[Charlottesville Fashion Square|the mall]] threw a damned, Late Trespassing notice against me while I was there a few weeks ago. That is all; caught me in a trap like at the [[The GAMe PLACe|PLace]], except I didn't go to freaking jail, okay?|Chris<ref>https://archive.md/recKB</ref>}}

[[File:DocketComplete.png|thumb|Charlottesville takes over the case for the Therapeutic Docket.]]

In March, Chris was charged with Trespass after Forbidden,<ref>[[:File:Christine Chandler Trespass After Forbidden charge, 23 March 2018.png]]</ref> a misdemeanor count. The offense occurred on 23 March and was filed under the Albemarle Traffic/Criminal Court.

Chris repeatedly signed his name as "[[Chris Chan Sonichu]]" on court documents, despite it not being his legal name, though no action was taken by court staff on the matter.<ref>https://archive.md/aZ2DC</ref>

Chris was represented by a public defender. After several continuances, the court decided to direct Chris to a court-diversion program, the [[Therapeutic Docket]], for nine months as an alternative to a jail sentence. The trespass case was transferred to Charlottesville's jurisdiction on 10 July to supervise the Docket check-ins, until Chris graduated from the Docket on 23 April 2019, resulting in the court dismissing his trespass charge.

===2019===
23 April saw the early end of Chris's [[Therapeutic Docket]] and the dismissal of his Trespassing after Forbidden charge.

Chris [[Trolls#Chris the troll|trolled himself]] again on 5 August, when he absent-mindedly hit someone else's vehicle with [[Son-Chu]]. [[Jerkops|Police]] soon came to him and his mother about it; [[Barbara Chandler|Barb]] was more involved with the situation at hand, while Chris soothed himself by kicking the police car several times before the police left. Fortunately for Chris, he was not penalized.<ref name=kick></ref>

===2021===
{{Needs Updating|Needs citations}}
{{main|Affair with Mother|Jail Saga}}

{{quote|he said he was dating this girl for months,m this 72 year old lady [...] he said he wanted to confess something to me and i suspected it bc he said it was illegal|[[Bella]] on Chris telling her about [[Affair with Mother|his incestuous relationship with his mother]].<ref>[[Chess Club Chats#Bella Reacts to Incest Call]]</ref>}}

[[File:2021 Chris Chan mugshot.jpg|thumb|200px|Chris's mugshot for his incest charge, Henrico County Sheriff's Office.]]

[[File:2021 Chris Chan mugshot 2.jpg|thumb|200px|Chris's second mugshot on 2 August when transferred to Central Virginia Regional Jail.]]

One of the darkest events in Christory happened in 2021, which came close to spelling the end of the tale of Chris-Chan as we knew it.
A series of events so controversial and massive, that they caused this very wiki to crash due to the event persistently trending on [[Twitter]] (amusingly even overtaking the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Summer_Olympics Olympic Games] for a time).

On 29 [[July 2021]], the [[Incest Call]], where he had casually admitted to repeatedly having sex with [[Barbara Chandler|his mother]] since late June, was leaked. Chris also indicated that Barb was confused, telling him to stop at times, raising the possibility of it being [[Chris and sex#Rape|non-consensual]], especially since some have speculated that Barb may be suffering from dementia. Bella played along for several minutes, pretending to approve of Chris's new habit so she could record more information.

After hundreds of people contacted the police as a result of the leaks, authorities conducted a [[welfare check]] on Barb and issued an Emergency Protective Order on Chris on the following day, essentially a temporary restraining order that would last around a week, prohibiting access to Barbara and [[14 Branchland Court|his home]] until 5 August 2021. (Chris's neighbors took care of their pets after both Chandlers were taken from their home.){{cite}}

Made temporarily homeless by this turn of events, Chris decided to make matters even worse for himself by committing yet another crime; he stole $750 from Barbara's bank account to pay for hotel accommodations (and alleviate ''his negative bank balance'' at the time),{{cite}} which left him about $550 after the latter fact, before shelling out $384 for the hotel and wasting most of the remaining money on toys ([[Chris and Money|because ''of course'' he fucking did]]),{{cite}} leaving him with next to nothing yet again ($1.03 according to a Bank of America alert).<ref>[[:File:BoA alert 1 Aug 2021.png]]</ref> This crime, however, would land Chris in much hotter water than the many other times he stole from his parents: after discovering what Chris had done and being lied to about it during the confrontation, Null immediately cut ties and washed his hands of Chris,{{cite}} and proceeded to shut down the GoFundMe page intended to aid him on his planned trip to [[Everfree Northwest]] ([[List of places that have banned Chris|who banned him from entry after learning about the news]]), and refunding everyone involved.{{cite}} It should be noted that Chris had intended to use some of the funds to pay back his mother once they cleared,{{cite}} but, as stated before, he took the funds without permission and in violation of the Protective Order, which is, at the very least, a strong case for a theft charge to be laid on him later.

Chris's [[Patreon]], due to the scandal, also came under review,{{cite}} leaving many to speculate that it would most likely see deletion on top of his long-term [[Chris and negligence|neglect]] of the page and his subscribers. Sure enough, on 2 August 2021, his account was suspended, pending review - which remains until the creator logs back in.{{cite}} However, considering Chris's incarceration, it is unlikely he will be able to do so, ensuring that his account will permanently remain "under review."

Oddly enough ([[Chris and reality|or perhaps due to his enhanced delusions]]), Chris remained in seemingly good spirits during his arrest.
Despite this arrest being far more major than anything else he has previously been charged for and potentially ruining his life, Chris did not resist arrest and even disturbingly stated that being frisked by one of the [[Jerkops|officers]] [[Homos|felt good]] before being taken away.{{cite}} He also noted that the [[Dimensional Merge]] was in the process of happening, which is likely why he believed that he could weasel his way out of this somehow.{{cite}} Despite his apparent good nature, however, bodycam footage released in August 2024 showed that Chris was also quick to inform the officers that he was telepathically ordering Magi-Chan to assault them; when one jokingly responded that they didn't feel anything, Chris commanded his non-existent husband to 'punch them harder'.

Chris's case was initially up for review on 8 [[August 2023]].<ref>[[:File:Court Record - Greene Circuit Court - Incest - (Chris, CR22000141-00) - 7 March 2023.png]]</ref> He was [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arraignment arraigned] on 5 August 2021 and held without bond pending a mental health evaluation until 16 September, likely making matters worse by interrupting the court proceedings to beg for his toys.{{cite}} The hearing for 16 September was continued to 18 November, apparently for more time to evaluate Chris.{{cite}} During this time, he was held at the Central Virginia Regional Jail. Another continuance was then granted, with the next hearing taking place on 3 [[February 2022]].<ref>[[Kiwi Farms posts (other users)#Incest Case November '21 Continuance]]</ref> Another continuance was granted to 28 [[July 2022]],{{cite}} however, Chris was [[Jail Saga#transfer|transferred]] to [[Western State Hospital]] on 28 [[February 2022]],{{cite}} for treatment of incompetency, then was returned to the jail.

===2023===
On 27 [[March 2023]], Chris was released from jail.<ref>[[:File:VineLink Out of Custody 27 March 2023 - 1 49 pm update.png]]</ref> For several months, his whereabouts were unknown.

On 25 [[August 2023]], Chris's case was dismissed by the court.<ref>[[:File:Court Record - Greene Circuit Court - Incest - (Chris, CR22000141-00) - 25 August 2023.png]]</ref> Chris's lawyer, [[David Heilberg]], successfully plead for an [[autism disorder deferred disposition]].

During Chris's livestream on [[The Return of Jesus Christ Chan Sonichu Prime|26 October 2023]], he became visibly nervous when sirens unexpectedly sounded in the background, indicating that he harbors a lingering fear of being arrested again.

{{clear}}

==Chris's parents and the law==
It's not hard to figure out why Chris thinks the law should serve him and him alone. His parents, too, have the same problem:

* When Chris was thrown out of the [[Wikipedia:Cub Scouting (Boy Scouts of America)|Cub Scouts]] after an [[autism|unknown incident]], his parents attempted to sue the [[Wikipedia:Boy Scouts of America|Boy Scouts of America]] for [[Kick the Autistic|discrimination]].<ref>[[Mailbag 18]]</ref>
* When Chris threw a tantrum that required him to be restrained, Bob attempted to ''sue the school for restraining him''.<ref>[[Nathanael Greene Elementary School#The_aftermath]]</ref>
* When Barb and Bob had their absurd case against Greene County used against them, their first reaction was to run to another county.<ref>[[Greene County Conspiracy]]</ref>
* [[Bob]] claims that a man in [[Richmond]] by the name of Jamie Dunn tried to get him thrown in jail circa [[1999]] for unknown reasons.<ref>[[Ivy Q&A#The End]]</ref> This may be part of the reason the Chandlers decided to move back to [[Ruckersville]] in [[2000]].
* When [[Daniel Mimms|Mimms]] and [[Lucas]] took a picture of Chris and uploaded it to the Internet, Chris's parents threatened them with legal action (but as usual never followed through).
* When [[Snorlax]] thought she had indigestion, she acted like she was going to sue the Chinese establishment the food came from. When it turned out to be [[Wikipedia:colitis|colitis]], she dropped the subject.
* When [[Asperchu|Alec]] [[Matthew Nobles call|called the Chandler household]] posing as [[The GAMe PLACe]] employee Matthew Nobles, Bob and Barb claimed that taking pictures of somebody without their knowledge or consent was "not illegal," and also glossed over and/or justified Chris harassing the store after his ban. This came after threatening to sue Mimms and Lucas for doing exactly that.<ref name="Matthew Noble call">[[Matthew Noble call]]</ref>
* During that same call, Bob will not countenance the idea that an individual can be prohibited from private property, saying, "it's a business place," which has no bearing on private property laws.<ref name="Matthew Noble call"/> He and Barb also had an extremely dismissive and angry attitude towards "Matthew," which makes one wonder how they communicated with other retail workers.
* On 28 October 2011, Barb was arrested for not only fleeing the scene of an accident but also felony assault on a police officer, an extremely foolish crime that a remotely sensible person would never commit due to the serious consequences attached to it (mandatory minimum of six months' imprisonment on conviction); however, the recent death of her husband, her age, her bad health and her hopeless, dependent clod of a son seem to have helped elicit her some clemency.
* On 10 [[July 2012]], Barb was arraigned in court for her participation in the 28 October 2011 incident. She was sentenced to community service and served two-year probation.
* On 2 [[August 2021]], Chris was charged with incest with Barb. He was not charged with rape, meaning that Barb may have consented to the acts or simply did not want to pursue rape charges against her own son.
* On 23 [[November 2021]], Barb totaled her [[Son-Chu#Barb's Dodge Caravan|van]] when she failed to yield right-of way and got in a accident with a tractor trailer. Barb paid a $30 fine and $76 in court costs the following month.<ref>[[:File:Barbara Chandler Fail to Yield Right-of-Way charge.png]]</ref>
* According to [[Jail Letter - 4 July 2022]], Chris has been attempting to blackmail Barb into moving out of [[14 Branchland Court]] with various crimes he claims she is guilty of. These include negligence towards her pets, abusive behavior towards Chris and her use of Chris's [[monthly tugboat]] for herself. Obviously, it is unknown if Barb is really guilty of any of these things.

==Chris's ORIGINAL and OFFICIAL laws==
[[Image:AL cover.gif|thumb|Where Chris's ORIGINAL and OFFICIAL laws come from.]]
Chris believes the police in real life are corrupt, and sees them in the same light as he sees the Jerkops in his comic – the Jerkops act as a stand-in for police who wronged him, and are portrayed as being impostors with no legal authority (probably indicating that Chris does not recognize real policemen as legitimate authority). In light of these things, Chris has his spin on the law. The penalties for [[Alcohol|drinking]], smoking and internet harassment involve physical violence, including a "Kick in the Teeth," which Chris inexplicably portrays as a punch in the first and only of his supposed series of Q&A videos.<ref>[[Chris Chan Q&A 27 October 2008]]</ref>

On 31 [[December 2009]], Chris orated about a law he wanted to be made to prevent [[Jack Thaddeus]] from using the ad space he paid for:

{{quote|I Have The Instinct, and I Have Already [[CWC-ism|Snail-Mailed]] President Barack Obama on how this sort of bad advertisement is going on and how it is Wrong and should be made Illegal. On HOW if the Main Captain does not WANT or IS OFFENDED with the listed Ads within his own Website or Works, REGARDLESS of who controls the AdSpace, WOULD REMOVE THOSE ADS or face JAILTIME. And the F.B.I. would be FULLY INVOLVED in all this, and THEY have the Power, Tools and Balls to seek, hunt down and bring in the Individual Internet Trolls and Ad-Spammers.|Chris<ref>[[ChrisChanSonichu and WikiSysop correspondence#THAT DOES NOT MATTER (CCS)]]</ref>}}

As one can see, Chris is seeking the direct intervention of the president of his country and beseeching him to [[Chris and reality|outlaw advertisements he doesn't like.]] Aside from the fact that Obama himself couldn't have done anything about this, the fact is that Chris was mandated by law to display the ads Jack paid to display. Chris should have written to his congressman about this rather than the president, but either way, he would have received no response.

This attitude is also reflected in his relationship with [[Mary Lee Walsh]]. [[2003|More than a decade ago]], she put a stop to Chris [[Love Quest#Conflicts with Mary Lee Walsh|soliciting sex]] on her campus. [[Curse-ye-ha-me-ha|War ensued]] and Chris received a well-deserved [[Autism papers|time-out]] for [[Chris and anger|his behaviour]]. Six years later, in [[2009]], Chris decided it was time to make peace. He went to her office and left her a [[:File:Apology to Mary Lee.jpg|"Framed Hand-Drawn Apology"]] on her doorstep out of the blue.<ref>[[One Blessing, and One Curse]]</ref> Her reaction was to file a trespassing notice. Chris disastrously believed that since he didn't read the letter and returned it to the sender, he wasn't liable for it.<ref>[[Mailbag 26]]</ref> Thankfully, Chris didn't trespass again.

[[Mailbag 55]] posits a few more original laws: one, that it should be illegal for [[JERKS|men]] to ever show their [[Reldnahc|bare chest]] (because, according to Chris, no one in the entire world ever wants to see a man's bare chest, presumably disregarding [[women]], [[Homos|gay men]] and boxing enthusiasts), and two, he wants to [[Women's rights|force all women]] in any kind of relationship to wear rings (purely for his benefit of course), thus defeating all symbolism and significance of them.

In the aftermath of distancing himself from the Internet, Chris began to formulate a new law, the "Bill for Anti Online Bad-Mouthing," starting with his second [[Flipnote Hatena|Flipnote]], [[Don'tGetTrolled!]]. The details are unknown, but Chris essentially wants to make so that online, nobody can ever speak negatively of anybody else under threat of prosecution. There do exist laws against cyber-crime and online harassment but these laws vary by country (and concern rather more serious deeds than drawing [[Rosechu]] with a dick), and so even if Chris's law were somehow implemented federally, only his fellow USA residents would be held accountable. Chris is failing to comprehend that people besides Americans use the internet, or worse, assuming the entire world can be held to the USA's laws.

==In CWCville==
During the [[Idea Guys]] saga, Chris was told that [[Jamsta]] Sonichu had been put on trial for molesting [[Punchy]]. Chris didn't want Jamsta to suffer in jail as he had, so he tried using his psychic powers to talk to the [[CWCville]] judge to convince him to release Jamsta, regardless of the crime he had committed. The Idea Guys informed him that the judge was unconvinced since Chris was no longer mayor, so Chris then turned his attention to the jurors. This worked but sparked a city-wide riot.<ref>[[Idea Guy Q&A]]</ref>

==In the comic==
[[File:0862-Cwcville11.JPG|right|thumb|[[CWCville]] used to have a police station, but no more.]]
The law, such as it is, in the comics is a horrifying totalitarianism where anybody anywhere is subject to the whims of a dictator. In CWCville, Chris is "mayor" (read: god-king) and has banned many things in his city. Smoking or drinking alcohol would lead one to be either sentenced to ten years in prison or a US$1,500 fine (which Chris [[Chris and money|considers an equally bad punishment]]). CWCville has its own currency (despite being nothing more than a small city) and why fines are levied in USD is unknown.<ref name="Chris Chan Q&A 27 October 2008">[[Chris Chan Q&A 27 October 2008]]</ref> Importing tobacco or alcohol incurs a greater punishment than murder or rape.<ref name="Chris Chan Q&A 27 October 2008"/> However, it should be noted that Chris [[Rollin' and Trollin'|repealed the law against alcohol]] in [[June 2009]].

The Rosechus often congregate to "protest" for [[women's rights]]. These protests usually involve nudity and/or pornography. They campaign for basic, archaic things like eligibility to vote, suggesting Chris (or one of his predecessors) has imposed discriminating laws against women in CWCville.

It is never clear whether or not CWCville is legally a part of the United States (and thus subject to its federal laws), as Chris characteristically sends mixed messages a lot – some things are distinctly American (the aforementioned USD fines, for instance. However there are {{w|Ecuador|foreign}} {{w|Zimbabwe|countries}} in the real world that use USD.), but CWCville has its currency and its own set of "laws," the likes of which would never be permitted in a developed or even undeveloped country, even if CWCville were some sort of Vatican-like sovereign state. The only arrangement that makes even the slightest amount of sense is that CWCville is just that – a sovereign state on US soil. Chris doesn't seem to have thought this out though and believes the mayor of a town is legally entitled to act as an authoritarian dictator.

As a mayor, Chris does nothing bureaucratic, ever, and makes [[Allison Amber|his secretary]] do all the paperwork (as per his thoughts on women) while he goes off on another one of his sweetheart searches. He has mandated "[[dating education|Dating Education]]" classes for students so that they can learn to go on dates, as well as how to "stay straight."

[[List of Sonichu characters#Constables Gerald Grant and Louis Perez|Actual police officers]] did not appear until [[Sonichu 10|quite late]] in the series and even then, they did nothing whatsoever, giving the impression that Chris and his [[Pokémon]] abominations are the only thing standing between peace and violent anarchy. However, [[Sonichu 9|''Sonichu'' #9]] seems to reveal that there are three sets of "other" protectors: a (possibly) nondescript police force (distinct from [[Mary Lee Walsh]]'s [[jerkops]]), as well as his team of [[Power Rangers]] and a team of [[Transformers]].

{{quote|Is CWCville under Martial Law?|[[Jack Thaddeus]] citing the truth as he sees it}}

In conversation with [[Jack Thaddeus]], Chris revealed that CWCville is the home of a paramilitary force equipped with tanks which he uses as a "Police Force," and all his [[Electric Hedgehog Pokémon]] enjoy immunity from prosecution and are above the law.<ref>[[Jack Thaddeus Phone Call 3]]</ref> Add this to the fact that Chris cannot be deposed as mayor ("there [[Chris and English|is]] no elections") and the fact that the police and a fleet of superpowered goons obey anything Chris demands of them, and it paints a very frightening picture. According to Chris, [[Magi-Chan]] mentally scans the city perimeters for any sexual acts, and reports any [[homos|homosexual]] activity to the authorities. The participants are then "tried and fined HEAVILY; $500 or 50 Hours of Community Service."<ref>[[Mailbag 31#Magi-Chan knows when you fuck]]</ref> Apparently in CWCville, the [[Wikipedia:Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution]] does not apply in matters of personal sexual choice, and neither does the [[wikipedia:Lawrence v. Texas|U.S. Supreme Court ruling]] finding sodomy laws to be unconstitutional.

Even though Chris's deranged laws exist only within his city-state-country-whatever of CWCville, he exacts his deranged fury unto people whether they're actually in his jurisdiction or not. [[Sonichu 10|''Sonichu #10'']] shows four distinct crimes committed outside of CWCville: the destruction of the [[4-cent garbage]] building, the murder of over one hundred alleged "trolls" in said destruction, breaking and entering, and destroying Internet files and property. There was no evidence to suggest that this act of mass murder was even investigated by the authorities, and the comic portrays this act of [[Twin Falling Towers|terrorism]] as Chris and his goons heroically defeating a gang of criminals.

Chris may be able to murder without being reprimanded, but of course, this doesn't apply to everyone. Following the death of [[Simonla]], the culprits ([[Alec]], [[Mao]], [[Sean]] and [[Evan]]) are subjected to a show trial, and given no defense attorney by the state (violating the [[Wikipedia:Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Sixth Amendment]]) forcing Sean to act as their lawyer despite being [[Tobacky|high as a kite]]. There is no solid evidence presented for the murder charge, aside from the Voltorb remote (which the prosecutor never tried to prove belonged to them) and wholly unreliable "psychic evidence" extracted by Magi-Chan. When they're railroaded and found guilty, they're ''killed by the people they've wronged'' (read: murdered brutally by cartoon characters), in a gross violation of the [[Wikipedia:Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Eighth Amendment]] forbidding cruel and unusual punishment.

Demonstrating Chris's limited understanding of trials (as his knowledge of trials stems purely from television), the kangaroo court integrates both elements of civil and criminal trials. The Asperpedia Four are not only prosecuted for murder by a [[Marvey Blaziken|state attorney]], as per a criminal trial, but also charged with defamation of character, libel, and copyright infringement (as well as several charges such as "profanity to the max" that would hold no water in an actual court) by Chris and his cohorts, as per a civil trial. Surely enough, Chris, Sonichu, and Rosechu are sitting in a benchmarked "PLAINTIF" [sic]. That both civil and criminal charges are included in one trial not only demonstrates a poor understanding of the courtroom process but is further proof that Chris considers "slanderous mockeries" and other torts on par with major crimes such as murder and assault. To add to the equation, one cannot be given a death sentence (or any sentence, for that matter) for being guilty in a civil trial, but in the Asperpedia Four trial, civil charges are the primary reason for the death sentence. In summary, the CWCville court system is a constitutional nightmare that violates multiple articles and amendments and has no concept of due process. One must wonder why it is allowed to exist within the borders of the U.S.

Were it not obvious by now, any semblance of law in CWCville exists solely to further the wishes of its tyrannical (and murderous) creator god.

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==See also==
*[[Chris and copyright]]
*[[Debt]]
*[[Jerkop]]
*[[Manajerks]]
*[[Parody]]
*[[Therapeutic Docket]]

== References ==
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[[File:cwc-jan2024.jpeg|thumb|Chris in January 2024 sporting a new version of [[The Classic]].|350px]]
'''2024''' is the seventeenth year since [[Chris]]'s discovery. This will be Chris's first full year not spent in [[jail]] since [[2020]], assuming he keeps his nose clean.

2024 will also mark the U.S. presidential election, with [[Pmurt]] attempting to retake the presidency from [[Joe Biden]]. Chris is eligible to vote, because his [[incest]] case was dropped without any charges.

==January==
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Chris attended his first post-jail convention, [[Animate! Raleigh]], and, unsurprisingly, was kicked out. Chris would also be interviewed by [[Keffals]].

==February==
{{main|February 2024}}
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This month consisted of Chris releasing streams and videos under the influence of [[Praetor]] and getting spotted at [[Liberty University]]. Chris spent his 42nd birthday playing [[Pokémon GO]].<ref>[[Sightings_(2024)#Liberty_University]]</ref>

==March==
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This month consisted of Chris releasing streams and videos under the influence of [[Praetor]] and [[BABSCon#2024|getting banned from BABScon]]. Chris would also be interviewed by [[TheGamerFromMars]].<ref>[[Sightings_(2024)#River_Ridge_Mall_(March,_second_sighting)]]</ref>

==April==
{{main|April 2024}}
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Chris's [[April 2024 social media posts|internet activity slowed down a considerable amount]] compared to previous months since his [[Jesus Christ Chan Sonichu Prime Resurrected and Returned|online return]]. Chris also did not stream this month, which he had done at least once per month the previous six months. Chris would make his first video at [[14 Branchland Court]] since [[July 2021]] to promote the fake rocks on his [[OfficialCWCmart|Etsy store]].<ref>[[Harvesting Process, Gravel at the Sonichu Temple]]</ref>

==May==
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Chris flew on an airplane for the first time in [[Cole_Smithey#California_(1980-96)|35 years]] as he was spotted at a Dallas Airport terminal. Chris's online activity this month consisted of [[AI_Chris_Chan_Vs_Christ_Chan#AI_Chris_Chan_Vs_Christ_Chan_-_Suvwl'_van_bom|a single video]] and complaining about being photographed in public despite his continued [[Honor roll|refusal to dress normally]]. CCTV cameras were used at [[Lynchburg_and_Big_Island,_VA#House|Chris's house]] to discourage [[weens]] from visiting.

==June==
{{Main|June 2024}}
[[File:Cwc-jun2024.jpg|thumb|left|Chris in June 2024.|350px]]
The start of summer was marked by a lengthy period of social invisibility, making this Chris' quietest month since April. After issuing threats of legal action against anyone who recorded or photographed him unaware, he went without being sighted for almost the full length of June, being seen only once at the end of the month alongside Flutter - the first time the two had been seen together since March. He would return to streaming himself playing videogames for the first time since mid-February, but aside from advertising what would be his only video in June his online presence and social media activity likewise diminished; the most outstanding development otherwise was a post made to Twitter on the 15th, a rambling address that attributed his lack of activity to 'soul searching'.

==July==
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[[File:Cwc-jul2024.jpg|thumb|Chris in July 2024.|350px]]
July would commence with a brace of sightings a week apart, with Chris and Flutter being seen shopping at Walmart stores in Lynchburg. They would be seen once again on the road a few days after the second sighting, seemingly moving towards Charlottesville. Chris' social media activity was very sporadic with most of his few Twitter posts being made mid-July, and the month came and went without a stream, despite Chris advertising one on the 20th.
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{{quote|And [[Bob Chandler|Christian's father]] says it only takes a few hours for him to master an electronic game, and then...move onto another! I can't master any of them.|A TV anchorwoman on a younger Chris winning the [[Sonic the Hedgehog Watch & Win Sweepstakes]].}}

[[Image:LoveThatLifeUpgrade.jpg|thumb|Chris tried having sex with a video game console once. [[Chris humps his PS3|It didn't work out]].]]

In case a cursory glance at this wiki did not tell you, Chris likes '''video games'''. A lot. In fact, Chris definitely has spent more time on video games than any other activity or pursuit, including his [[Love Quest]]. He has said he spends between two and four hours a day playing games,<ref>[[Alec Benson Leary Phone Call 7]]</ref> and that figure is likely higher than what he admits to.

Without delving too deeply into armchair psychiatry, it is not hard to see why video games hold so much appeal to Chris. His brain is wired to operate according to [[Autism|absolute values and rigidly-defined processes]]. This is one of the reasons he has so much difficulty in the real world — the rules keep changing on him- if he figures out the rules in the first place. In the artificial world of video games, the challenges are the kind that his inflexible mind is able to comprehend and surmount. There, the rules never change, and all he has to do is follow them. [[Chris and reality|Reality isn't quite as simple]], which is why he spends as little time out there as possible.

==Early Years==
Chris has been an avid gamer since a very young age. He first played video games on a [[Commodore 64]] home computer system. Before he was eight years old, he had a Game Boy and a [[Nintendo]] Entertainment System, and he acquired more consoles and games throughout the 1990s. According to [[The Sonichu Chronicles]], he has been a fan of [[Sonic the Hedgehog]] since the character's [[1991]] debut for the Sega Genesis. His game collection really took off in [[1993]], when he won his famous shopping spree in the [[Sonic the Hedgehog Watch & Win Sweepstakes]] and added $1,000 worth of Sega games and hardware to his hoard.

==Chris's game collection==
[[Image:404-SpiderManSignedGame.jpg|thumb|Well, if ''[[No More Jokes|Spider-Man]]'' says it...]]

{{main|List of Chris's games}}

Although the last completely reliable account of his collection dates back all the way to [[January 2009]], Chris owns, conservatively, nearly 850 different game titles across twenty different platforms. He sold off roughly one hundred games in various trips to GameStop and local pawn shops during the late summer and early fall of 2010, but this hardly depletes the reserves, at all. He also maintained an account with the mail-order rental service GameFly until [[August 2010]].

[[Sony]] consoles dominate Chris's collection. Counting the games he has downloaded through the [[PlayStation Network]], nearly half of his games belong to the PlayStation family. Nintendo comes next, including more than 100 games for Nintendo's different portable platforms, and Sega brings [[Homos|up the rear]]. While he owns every Sega console short of an 8-bit Master System, and Sonic the Hedgehog is one of his favorite individual franchises, games for Sega consoles make up less than 15-10% of Chris's collection.

Chris's violent hatred of the [[Xbox]] is well-known, but [[Chris and hypocrisy|he likely owns, or at one point owned, an original Xbox console]]. However, it is not known how much time he has spent on Xbox games. His [[List of Chris's eBay sales|eBay account]] shows that he tried to sell off a handful of Xbox games in the summer of [[2008]]. The record of his eBay sales also indicates that, in addition to owning at least one of every machine he owns games for, he has gone through at least three or four of Sony's original PlayStation consoles over the years. It is possible that he has had to replace a few of the infamously fragile apparatuses for overuse, but this could also be an indication that he bought the systems and games in bundles.

It is virtually impossible to gauge exactly how much money has been shoveled into Chris's game collection over the past few decades. Knowledgeable [[trolls]], however, reckon that his physical collection of games and hardware represents around $20,000. His PSN downloads, meanwhile, can be accurately accounted for – there, the bill is close to $3,500 and surely climbing all the while. One of the more grievous examples of Chris's video-game-related overspending is his apparent ownership of at least two copies of the eighty-dollar ''[[Street Fighter]] IV Collector's Edition'', as evidenced by the two identical exclusive Ryu figurines he later sold on eBay. While it is possible that Chris received the second figure from an outside source or packaging error, his attempt to bribe [[BlueSpike]] [[Julie Reveals Herself: The Prequel|with a copy of the game]] and his habit of wasting money for no particular reason lend credence to the former theory.

In January 2015, it was leaked on the [[CWCki Forums]] that Chris had spent an absurd amount of money on Nintendo consoles and games, ''racking up '''585''' transactions'' in the last 4.5 years,<ref>[[Nintendo employee reveals details of Chris's Nintendo transactions]]</ref> or 150 payments a year. This list includes useless shovelware, Virtual Console games, and [[Sonic Boom Protests|both versions of a game he does not even like.]] Of these, 276 purchases are known to be handheld games, 8 are known to be video game consoles (''buying '''4''' DS and DSi consoles''), and 75 which are known to be console games. The grand total cost of all Chris's '''listed''' purchases is '''$7460.43''' or '''$1657.87/year'''. Keep in mind that 39% of the purchases Chris has on his account (such as Skylanders figures, amiibos, and his Wii U Virtual Console purchases) are not yet specified, meaning that their cost is not included in this already insanely high figure. Apparently, his main attention and [[Nintendo Power Magazine|fanboyism]] has shifted from PlayStation back to Nintendo, for unknown reasons.

This leak also revealed that Chris plays almost every game demo available on the eShop, Nintendo's online downloadable video game store, even if he has no interest in said game. This leak also confirmed he had bought every single [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic]] game and primary [[Pokémon]] RPG, proving that he is still a major fanboy of [[Sonichu (comic)|both franchises]], and also confirmed that he still makes many purchases multiple times over for no apparent reason, such as of ''Wario's Woods''.

==Game Preferences==
Going on what evidence is available, such as what he has talked about on his websites and [[YouTube]], what his PSN profile shows the most effort put into, and what he decides to construct elaborate fan-works around, Chris has fairly childish, "casual" tastes in video games. Though he puts an inordinate level of effort and time into gaming, he does so playing stuff like Sonic, ''[[Pokémon]]'', ''[[Animal Crossing]]'', ''[[Guitar Hero]]'', and other games geared toward more mainstream and less "hardcore" audiences. His favorite racing game, ''ModNation Racers'', is a straightforward title that allows players to create their own tracks and cars. ''[[LittleBigPlanet]]'' earned a rabid following with its level editor, but otherwise, it is just another side-scrolling platform game (and Chris hardly strains the level editor to the limits of its potential). Much of his PSN trophy case is filled out with achievements obtained by playing simple downloadable demoscene and indie productions.

Chris has purchased a fair share of M-rated games, such as ''Family Guy: The Video Game'', ''Grand Theft Auto'', and ''Call of Duty''<ref>[[List of Chris's video games]]
</ref>, which shows that his interest in games is not necessarily limited to the E rating. These games, however, tend to be fairly shallow in terms of gameplay. ''[[Brutal Legend Plus|Brütal Legend]]'' isn't remarkably deep as far as gameplay is concerned; while the game is an M-rated title with swearing, decapitations, heavy metal music, and tricky real-time strategy elements, for the most part, the atmosphere is still jolly and humorous enough, and the majority of gameplay consists of exploring the world and having straightforward beat-'em-up fights. Some have questioned whether or not Chris's interest in ''Brütal Legend'' was because of an affinity for director [[Wikipedia:Tim Schafer|Tim Schafer]]'s other quirky, offbeat games such as ''[[Wikipedia:Psychonauts|Psychonauts]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:Grim Fandango|Grim Fandango]]''. While Chris might be drawn to the perceived [[random-access humor]] of those games, it is more likely that they were too intelligent for him, and thus hold no appeal to his childish mind. Chris's interest in ''Brütal Legend'' was most likely due to Jack Black voicing the main character, and possibly [[Chris and music|his failed attempts to be seen as a connoisseur of music]].

The games that Chris owns are not necessarily the games that Chris plays. His PSN downloads strongly suggest that he spends money on his gaming hobby more or less out of compulsion. Witness the $65 he spent on downloadable content for ''Disgaea 3'', a game he had only played to 7% completion several months after originally buying all those downloads. It is reasonable to assume that Chris has similar spending habits in real life, a theory bolstered somewhat by his retro game collections and a house full of junk. Chris's collections of games for the Sega CD, Sega Saturn, and a couple of other now-dead consoles are dominated by bargain-bin trash, extremely common or poor quality games that are easily bought at low prices. No knowledgeable gamer would ever pay money for ''Power Factory Featuring C+C Music Factory'', except maybe as a gag gift, but Chris apparently thought it was worth owning. This habit seems to be picked up from [[Barbara Chandler|Barbara]] and continues to this day in the form of eShop shovelware and Virtual Console downloads.

His collection does a good job of telling us what sort of games Chris does not play, though. Outside of the ''Pokémon'' series, for instance, he evinces no interest in role-playing games. Most of the non-Pokémon RPGs in his collection, like ''Suikoden'' and ''Final Fantasy VII'', are PlayStation retro releases he impulse-bought through the PSN. Chris buys those up like penny candy – he has even downloaded several digital duplicates of PlayStation games of which he already owns physical copies. Even during his short ''[[Hyperdimension Neptunia]]'' phase in late 2017, he only showed an interest in the anime adaptation of the games and has never shown any indication he has either been interested in or played the games.

Despite being obsessed with ''Pokémon'', he is not a hardcore Nintendo fan as some might suspect. He never seems to show interest in the latest content from Nintendo, and the hardcore Nintendo games he does own (such as games from the ''Metroid'', ''The Legend of Zelda'' and ''Mario'' franchises) are most likely just collecting dust on his game collection racks. However, a January 2014 leak by a Nintendo Employee revealed that Chris had, in fact, returned to his Nintendo roots, buying nearly every single game on the eShop.

He owns almost no sports games. In the [[Mailbag 2|Mailbag]], he once noted that "Sports titles do not really thrill me," although he did not explain exactly [[Obesity|why.]]

With a few exceptions, Chris has no apparent interest in video games marketed towards his own age group, which is unsurprising. "Hardcore" games aimed at "adults" are games that simply would not interest Chris because of his juvenile mindset. Video games (and anything else, for that matter) with mature themes that are not two-dimensionally crass and full of [[random-access humor]] would probably confuse and bore Chris and make him feel awkward and uncomfortable, adding to the fact he probably would not be able to get very far in the game. This is supported by the fact that he did try out ''Bioshock'', a first-person shooter with RPG elements, but only for a short time and never touched it again. Most likely the whole game itself flew right over Chris's head and he decided to play some ''Wheel of Fortune'' instead. However, ever since his [[100 2357.MOV|sixth declaration that he has left the internet]] in late [[2010]], some more high-profile games aimed at adults have appeared on his PSN Trophy list (such as ''Grand Theft Auto IV'' and ''Fallout: New Vegas''). Apparently the ''Hannah Montana'' PS3 game is no longer enough to fill his abundance of free time, and he has taken to playing games he would not normally be doing anything else with his life.

While he sometimes gets tagged with the "[[Japanophilia|weeaboo]]" label, Chris does not appear to prefer games made in Japan over any other part of the world. In fact, his favorite games of 2008-2009, the period where he has told us the most about what he plays, are pretty evenly divided between Japan (''Sonic'', ''Pokémon''), the United States (''Guitar Hero'', ''Brütal Legend''), Canada (''ModNation Racers''), and Europe (''LittleBigPlanet''). He counts a few Japanese Game Boy and Nintendo DS imports in his larger collection, but they are obviously titles he picked up to try and impress/bribe [[Megan Schroeder]] — almost all of them are spin-offs from popular anime, especially magical girl series like ''Sailor Moon'' and ''Pretty Cure''.

When Chris and Megan still got along well together, they were serious players of the arcade version of ''[[Soul Calibur]] III''. There is also an arcade in Chris's plans for the [[CWCville Shopping Center]]. However, given Chris's inclinations to retreat into the comfortable confines of his bedroom, the chances he goes to arcades are slim.

==Chris, the Brave Console Warrior==
Chris thinks the perennial "Console Wars" between rival manufacturers of game machines are extremely serious affairs, and engages in them with all of the bile and fervor of a 10-year-old child soldier in the PlayStation Army. On rare occasions, he has almost seemed rational in this respect, saying he "just doesn't like" or "doesn't care much for" the Xbox, but most of the time he does not mince words when describing the vile, loathsome, and blatantly stupid [[HEXBox]]. By comparison, he has waxed poetic when describing the awesomeness of the [[PS3]], most prominently in his [[PS3 History Level]] for ''LittleBigPlanet''. According to [[Mimms and Lucas Q&A#Video games|Lucas]], Chris would even express his fury over the Xbox in public while hanging out at [[The GAMe PLACe]].

It is hard to tell where Chris's religious devotion to the PlayStation comes from, but to call it "religious" is not hyperbole. Like his faith in [[Chris and religion|GodJesus]], his support for Sony is blind and unthinking. Though he can come up with a simple justification for his opinions in a pinch — typically he brings up the annual fee for online gaming on Xbox Live — Chris shows no sign of having put any serious thought or research into his choice of consoles. His descriptions of the PS3's advantages in places like his [[Chris Chan Update 13 October 2008|Columbus Day 2008 video]] tend to sound like a collection of marketing buzzwords (as filtered through the mind of a [[Chris's room|cave-dwelling]] autist, anyway).

Interestingly, Chris was not always a blindly devoted fan of Sony. In the [[Animal Crossing Documentary]], we see that back in [[2003]], Chris pledged his allegiance to Nintendo and the GameCube, stating that both the predecessors of the PS3 stank as much as the original Xbox. His feelings changed when he bought a PS1 at a "rummage sale" for cheap, intending to resell it elsewhere for profit, but instead played it and found it was not bad.<ref>[[Jackie E-mails 14]]</ref> One would expect this to be a lesson against nonsensical [[Chris and brand loyalty|brand loyalty]], but instead Chris just focused his hatred on Microsoft. Likely, prior to this Chris was a Sega fanatic at Nintendo's expense; if true, then it demonstrates how [[List of Chris's sweethearts|fickle]] Chris is regarding devotion.

When asked what his thoughts were on the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Switch Nintendo Switch], Nintendo's up and coming console for 2017, Chris responded in Chris [[Mailbag 29|fashion]], and simply stated that he has no [[Exercise|thoughts]] on it, due to being [[stress|preoccupied]].

[[File:Thoughts_On_Switch_Jan_19_2017.png|thumb|[[Mailbag 29|Whatever]]]]

Unsurprisingly, Chris is ignorant of things he has chosen not to like. The only 360 game he seems to shown interest in, [http://news.vgchartz.com/news.php?id=6182 "Don't Be Nervous Talking to Girls"], seen in [[Sonichu 10|''Sonichu'' #10]] being modified for the PS3, was suggested to him by the fans. Though the game is just a crappy dating sim, and though there are other 360-exclusive games which would appeal to him, Chris claims that it is the only game worth playing on the 360.

Even slinging mud at the names of the consoles is very serious business to Chris. In [[Lars Call]], Chris says he does not like it when people call PS3 the "PS Triple", because that is what [[trolls]] call it. Of course, this comes from a man who [[Chris and hypocrisy|ceaselessly rants about the "Hex Box"]].

==Chris and Online Gaming==
Perhaps unsurprisingly, given his antisocial nature, Chris is not fond of online multiplayer games in any genre, be they sports sims, shooters, racing games, or whatever else. Though he owns several games for the PS3 and other consoles that would allow him to play online and interact with other people, his PSN profile shows that he has put little time into multiplayer games.

In 2010 and afterward, two exceptions to this rule emerged. He did a good deal of online racing in ''ModNation Racers'' during the summer of 2010, while, early in 2011, Chris began to show an interest in an online role-playing game for the first time, ''DC Universe Online''. His fondness for ModNation competition eventually passed, but it remains to be seen whether or not he will develop a lasting interest in MMO gaming.

Dedicated observers of Chris's gaming habits may notice a bit of a paradox developing here: Chris claims to hate the Xbox 360 because Microsoft requires a $50 annual subscription fee for online multiplayer gaming. It is a mystery, then, why this would wind him up so badly, when he hardly plays any multiplayer games, but such is the nature of Chris. [[Mailbag]] correspondents have tried to point out the seeming contradiction here, not to mention the weird contrast between Chris's thriftiness as far as Xbox Live is concerned and the massive amounts of money he willing wastes on worthless digital trinkets through Nintendo and the PSN. For all the good it has done, though, they may as well have tried to change his opinion of [[Asperger syndrome]].

Recently, Chris has started playing online games on his Switch and PC, playing titles such as [[Tetris 99]] and PayDay 2.

===Chris, the Trophy Whore===
While Chris has little evident interest in directly interacting with other humans in online games, he does seem to enjoy building up a massive trophy case to passively show off on his PlayStation Network profile. He has doggedly played through a number of games in order to earn every available achievement, and on occasion he appeals to his [[fanbase]] for help in earning trophies. For instance, he begged readers of his [[Twitter]] feed to download his ''ModNation Racers'' levels so he could pick up one more trophy.

Slacker that he is, Chris prefers to put forth as little effort as possible to earn his trophies. Presented with a trophy in ''LittleBigPlanet 2'' that asked him to contribute a custom level to the game's online community, he fulfilled the requirement by uploading an empty level with no work put into it. (When this level was deleted by the community's administrators, he took the next-easiest route and uploaded his old levels made with the first ''LittleBigPlanet''.) In an [[Jackie E-mails 6|e-mail to Jackie]], he expressed great pleasure when the ''ModNation'' experience system was patched to make certain trophies easier to acquire.

==Chris and PC Games==
Games for personal [[computers]] are conspicuously absent from Chris's collection and his evident game-playing habits. The only sign that he has ever even owned any PC games comes from his eBay account, which shows that he tried to auction off a collection of vintage ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing games for the PC in the summer of 2008. He also owned a copy of the first ''[[Lego Island]]'' game for PC (as seen by his possession of the Infomaniac minifigure – which was only obtainable from early copies of the said game). In the [[Fanmail Reading]] video, after a [[troll|fan]] sent him a copy of ''[[wikipedia:Half-Life 2|Half-Life 2]]'', Chris explained, "I don't play PC games. I used to, but I don't anymore." He failed to indicate why he gave them up, though. In [[Mumble 1|his first Mumble chat]], he claimed to "remember ''[[wikipedia:Touhou|Touhou]]''", but later backpedaled and said "I never really heard of that."

Due to the influence of the [[Idea Guys]] and him acquiring a decent computer, Chris has picked up PC gaming. He has a steam profile and has played PayDay 2, at least. {{cite}}

==Chris, the Industry Insider==
Chris gets most of his information about the gaming industry from comparatively mainstream sources. He was an avid reader of ''Game Informer'' magazine. As for publications and/or other media sources that have since gone defunct, he was also a dedicated reader of Sony's online magazine ''Qore'', and regularly followed the G4 cable network; he apparently even still took the [[Congrats, Jack Black|Spike TV Video Game Awards]] seriously, which puts him about five years behind anybody with even a passing interest in the games' business.

==Chris, the Game Designer==
{{main|Sonichu (game)|Christian Weston Chandler's Adult Chronicles}}

At various times, especially during the [[Miyamoto saga]], but going as far back as the late 1990s (when he had a prophetic dream of a Sonic game for the Game Boy), Chris has imagined that he could launch himself into a career as a game designer. It is telling, however, that nearly all of his "ideas" for potential video game projects simply involve swapping Sonichu or other Chris-spawned characters into an existing game concept. ''[[Pokémon: Lightning Version]]'' is a Pokémon RPG with Sonichu in it. ''[[Sonichu Adventure]]'' is ''Sonic Adventure'' with Sonichu in it. ''[[John's Custom Gundam: Sisterly Rescue]]'' is ''Gundam: Journey to Jaburo'' with [[Megan Schroeder|Megan's]] quasi-retarded brother in it, and so on.

The closest he has gotten to coming up with something like an original idea is ''[[Christian Weston Chandler's Adult Chronicles]]'', and it is not actually known what that game is supposed to amount to, beyond what Chris drew on the cover, and occasional haphazard mentions. It is entirely possible that the answer is unknown to Chris himself.

Nevertheless, Chris sincerely believes that his characters and game ideas are ready for commercial success. He once rejected an e-mail from the Mailbag that brought up the notion of a not-for-profit fan-made Sonichu game, and brushed off similar suggestions in his first [[IRC (16 October 2008)|IRC fan chat]]. In [[Chris dispels videogame rumors|the video about dispelling rumors of an official Sonichu game]], he scoffed at the idea of his game ideas being made with 2D graphics.

===Modding and Customization===
One of the great ironies of Chris's existence is that he loves to create and share his creations, even though he possesses almost no genuine innate creativity. He tends to gravitate strongly towards video games that allow him to create his own content and share it online.

Since console games are often not modifiable, while PC game modding tends to demand more technical skill than he possesses, Chris has only been able to show off his creativity in this field so much. That said, the PS3 games ''LittleBigPlanet'' and ''[[ModNation Racers]]'' exerted a powerful grip on him with their customization capabilities. Chris made a ton of levels in ''LittleBigPlanet,'' dropping out of sight for the better part of a month when he first acquired the retail version of the game. Likewise, he has made levels, characters and custom cars for ''ModNation Racers'', and it resulted in a similar disappearance during the summer of 2010. His output has not shown too much actual competence, but it is not for lack of time and effort spent.

Even in games that offer only light customization features, Chris makes a point of personalizing his experience as much as possible. He spent considerable time on a ''Guitar Hero'' band, up to drawing [[CWCRockin4Way.jpg|disturbing pictures]] of his virtual bandmates. The amount of time he spent on tweaking his ''Animal Crossing'' villages is simply colossal. According to the [[Regina e-mails]], Chris made a similarly big deal about ''F-Zero GX'' and ''Jet Set Radio'', even though both games limit their customization options to things like swapping around car parts or personalizing small decals.

Likewise, as the gallery below displays, Chris enjoys customizing his game hardware. He has splattered Sonichu artwork all over his Gamecube, a Nintendo DS, a couple of Game Boy Advances, a PSP, his now-deceased original PS3, and possibly other consoles or handhelds. One of his [[Pokéwalker of Fail|Pokéwalkers]] also appears to have received the Sonichu treatment, being repainted in blue and yellow.

====Sonic World====
Chris became interested in Sonic the Hedgehog fan game and modding project [[Sonic World]] in late 2020. After joining its [[Discord]] group, he requested creators make based on Sonichu and his female obsession at the time, [[ProjectSNT]]. In December of that year, Chris found a Sonichu mod and wished to add his voice acting into it. While he did want to get into contact with the original creator and ask if he could add to the mod, Chris opted going without permission and downloaded the mod, replaced the original voice clips with his own, and reposted it. Because of the original mod's appropriation, Chris was banned from the mod-hosting website GameBanana. He was banned from the Sonic World Discord group not long after due to his passive-aggressive-yet-[[Messiah complex|megalomaniacal]] confrontation with the Sonichu mod's creator.

==Chris's Perception of Video Game Technology==
Chris obviously has no idea about how video games or video game consoles work. For example, as seen in a panel of ''Sonichu'' #10, he seems to think that games are interchangeable and can work on any console ("DO NOT BUY OR DOWNLOAD ILLEGAL COPIES OF L.B.P. ON Wii OR XBox360; IT IS PUNISHABLE BY LAW!"), even though he could easily check and see that he cannot play his copy of ''LittleBigPlanet'' on his Wii, although he is either too lazy, or is afraid of having [[14 Branchland Court|his house]] raided by [[jerkop]]s.

Neither is he aware of the technology's current capabilities. As stated in the survey of [[Chris and reality]], he once suggested that Nintendo should create a PokéBall peripheral which could display holographs, which can only be seen in science fiction, currently.

==Decline of gaming passion==
Chris's passion for gaming seems to have relatively subsided by the late 2010s. By 2020, it had been months since he touched his [[PS4]] and has not shown much interest in the new PlayStation's first and third party titles. A look at his then-recent [[Twitter|tweets]] and [[Wish list]] suggested he was busy [[Television|binging TV shows and movies]]. However, Chris continued to regularly play [[Tetris 99]] on the [[Nintendo Switch]] from 2019 up until his arrest in 2021.

On 11 September 2020, during Chris's phase of role-playing as Sonichu, Chris was asked the following question in [[Discord Q&A 6]]:
{{quoteboxgreen|Dear Christine, are you getting any of the next gen consoles? If so, what games are you excited for?}}

Chris responded:

{{quoteboxyellow|Taking you mean the new [[Playstation|PS5]] or [[Hex-Box|XBox S]] generation of consoles; Mama had not really given that much thought, and I haven’t as much either, considering we’ll be in a [[COVID-19#Stopping the pandemic|new timeline free of this pandemic and all of that.]]}}

==During the jail saga==

During Chris's time behind bars, for perhaps the first time in his life, he was deprived of any ability to access his game collection. The various letters he sent to assorted acquaintances over the course of his confinement made little mention of his electronic hoard, and the status of his collection is itself unknown – with Chris having been away from his home for the better part of two years at time of writing, and reports that items belonging to him were thrown out of the house, there is every likelihood that the games and consoles he cherished so dearly and intended to pass down to children of his own have simply been sold off, given away, or tossed in a landfill.

However, in an apparent bid to make the most of his newfound freedom after his release in March 2023, he was swift to visit a local Walmart and purchase another Nintendo Switch, according to an eyewitness account. This account was swiftly corroborated by others who posted images of Chris's online activity, images that paint an unsurprising picture; since his new acquisition, he has wasted little time catching up on games he has missed. Pokemon is front and center, as screenshots of his playtime hours and tweets he has posted suggest he has purchased at least four games within that franchise since leaving jail. This was clarified on the 26th of February 2024 when he posted photos of his entire on-console library to Twitter, confirming that since his release he has purchased Pokemon Legends Arceus, Shining Pearl and Scarlet – despite insisting that he wouldn't even play the latter until his own imaginary Pokemon games are released – with the possibility of New Pokemon Snap also being a post-jail acquisition. He has also purchased several other titles that were released while he was behind bars, including but not limited to Metroid Dread, Sonic Frontiers, Superstars and Colors Ultimate, and Life is Strange Remastered and True Colours. Assuming these were bought from standard marketplaces and assuming standard Switch game prices, Chris stands to have spent anywhere from 40 to 60 dollars on each of these alone, to say nothing of acquiring an assortment of indie releases. In total, Chris has spent somewhere around $1500 on Switch games, not including the Switch itself, since his release from jail, raising the total spent to over $3500.

More curiously, his PSN profile was spotted as being active online after years of silence in August 2023, showing that he was dabbling with the demo version of Street Fighter 6 – on a PS''5'', despite Chris stating on a [[November 2023 livestreams#First JCWCSP Gaming Live Stream %E2%9A%A1%EF%B8%8F%F0%9F%92%99%E2%9A%A1%EF%B8%8F|November 2023 livestream]] that he does not yet own a PS5. Compared to his Switch usage, however, his passion for the Playstation still appears to have simmered; since his time in jail he has only half-heartedly experimented with a few Vocaloid games, before appearing to settle on using a PS4 as another way to play Minecraft.

Even so, this nevertheless shows that even after time away from his electronic stash, time in which self-reflection could have been carried out and in which he could have sworn himself to spending only in moderation, Chris is still entirely capable of flushing away hundreds on new consoles and games, still more than willing to pony up vast sums of money in support of his passions, even in the face of an extremely uncertain future. Old habits always die hard – at least, for Chris.

==Gallery==
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Image:092-PSPSonichu.jpg|[[PSP]] skins
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File:Mail4b.jpg|Pictures of Chris's PSN profile on the PS3
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==See also==
* [[List of Chris's video games]]
* [[List of Chris's PSN game downloads]]
* [[Club Nintendo]]
* [[Fandoms]]
* [[PlayStation 3]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://psnprofiles.com/Sonichu Chris's PlayStation Network profile]

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{{quote|And [[Bob Chandler|Christian's father]] says it only takes a few hours for him to master an electronic game, and then...move onto another! I can't master any of them.|A TV anchorwoman on a younger Chris winning the [[Sonic the Hedgehog Watch & Win Sweepstakes]].}}

[[Image:LoveThatLifeUpgrade.jpg|thumb|Chris tried having sex with a video game console once. [[Chris humps his PS3|It didn't work out]].]]

In case a cursory glance at this wiki did not tell you, Chris likes '''video games'''. A lot. In fact, Chris definitely has spent more time on video games than any other activity or pursuit, including his [[Love Quest]]. He has said he spends between two and four hours a day playing games,<ref>[[Alec Benson Leary Phone Call 7]]</ref> and that figure is likely higher than what he admits to.

Without delving too deeply into armchair psychiatry, it is not hard to see why video games hold so much appeal to Chris. His brain is wired to operate according to [[Autism|absolute values and rigidly-defined processes]]. This is one of the reasons he has so much difficulty in the real world — the rules keep changing on him- if he figures out the rules in the first place. In the artificial world of video games, the challenges are the kind that his inflexible mind is able to comprehend and surmount. There, the rules never change, and all he has to do is follow them. [[Chris and reality|Reality isn't quite as simple]], which is why he spends as little time out there as possible.

==Early Years==
Chris has been an avid gamer since a very young age. He first played video games on a [[Commodore 64]] home computer system. Before he was eight years old, he had a Game Boy and a [[Nintendo]] Entertainment System, and he acquired more consoles and games throughout the 1990s. According to [[The Sonichu Chronicles]], he has been a fan of [[Sonic the Hedgehog]] since the character's [[1991]] debut for the Sega Genesis. His game collection really took off in [[1993]], when he won his famous shopping spree in the [[Sonic the Hedgehog Watch & Win Sweepstakes]] and added $1,000 worth of Sega games and hardware to his hoard.

==Chris's game collection==
[[Image:404-SpiderManSignedGame.jpg|thumb|Well, if ''[[No More Jokes|Spider-Man]]'' says it...]]

{{main|List of Chris's games}}

Although the last completely reliable account of his collection dates back all the way to [[January 2009]], Chris owns, conservatively, nearly 850 different game titles across twenty different platforms. He sold off roughly one hundred games in various trips to GameStop and local pawn shops during the late summer and early fall of 2010, but this hardly depletes the reserves, at all. He also maintained an account with the mail-order rental service GameFly until [[August 2010]].

[[Sony]] consoles dominate Chris's collection. Counting the games he has downloaded through the [[PlayStation Network]], nearly half of his games belong to the PlayStation family. Nintendo comes next, including more than 100 games for Nintendo's different portable platforms, and Sega brings [[Homos|up the rear]]. While he owns every Sega console short of an 8-bit Master System, and Sonic the Hedgehog is one of his favorite individual franchises, games for Sega consoles make up less than 15-10% of Chris's collection.

Chris's violent hatred of the [[Xbox]] is well-known, but [[Chris and hypocrisy|he likely owns, or at one point owned, an original Xbox console]]. However, it is not known how much time he has spent on Xbox games. His [[List of Chris's eBay sales|eBay account]] shows that he tried to sell off a handful of Xbox games in the summer of [[2008]]. The record of his eBay sales also indicates that, in addition to owning at least one of every machine he owns games for, he has gone through at least three or four of Sony's original PlayStation consoles over the years. It is possible that he has had to replace a few of the infamously fragile apparatuses for overuse, but this could also be an indication that he bought the systems and games in bundles.

It is virtually impossible to gauge exactly how much money has been shoveled into Chris's game collection over the past few decades. Knowledgeable [[trolls]], however, reckon that his physical collection of games and hardware represents around $20,000. His PSN downloads, meanwhile, can be accurately accounted for--there, the bill is close to $3,500 and surely climbing all the while. One of the more grievous examples of Chris's video-game-related overspending is his apparent ownership of at least two copies of the eighty-dollar ''[[Street Fighter]] IV Collector's Edition'', as evidenced by the two identical exclusive Ryu figurines he later sold on eBay. While it is possible that Chris received the second figure from an outside source or packaging error, his attempt to bribe [[BlueSpike]] [[Julie Reveals Herself: The Prequel|with a copy of the game]] and his habit of wasting money for no particular reason lend credence to the former theory.

In January 2015, it was leaked on the [[CWCki Forums]] that Chris had spent an absurd amount of money on Nintendo consoles and games, ''racking up '''585''' transactions'' in the last 4.5 years,<ref>[[Nintendo employee reveals details of Chris's Nintendo transactions]]</ref> or 150 payments a year. This list includes useless shovelware, Virtual Console games, and [[Sonic Boom Protests|both versions of a game he does not even like.]] Of these, 276 purchases are known to be handheld games, 8 are known to be video game consoles (''buying '''4''' DS and DSi consoles''), and 75 which are known to be console games. The grand total cost of all Chris's '''listed''' purchases is '''$7460.43''' or '''$1657.87/year'''. Keep in mind that 39% of the purchases Chris has on his account (such as Skylanders figures, amiibos, and his Wii U Virtual Console purchases) are not yet specified, meaning that their cost is not included in this already insanely high figure. Apparently, his main attention and [[Nintendo Power Magazine|fanboyism]] has shifted from PlayStation back to Nintendo, for unknown reasons.

This leak also revealed that Chris plays almost every game demo available on the eShop, Nintendo's online downloadable video game store, even if he has no interest in said game. This leak also confirmed he had bought every single [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic]] game and primary [[Pokémon]] RPG, proving that he is still a major fanboy of [[Sonichu (comic)|both franchises]], and also confirmed that he still makes many purchases multiple times over for no apparent reason, such as of ''Wario's Woods''.

==Game Preferences==
Going on what evidence is available, such as what he has talked about on his websites and [[YouTube]], what his PSN profile shows the most effort put into, and what he decides to construct elaborate fan-works around, Chris has fairly childish, "casual" tastes in video games. Though he puts an inordinate level of effort and time into gaming, he does so playing stuff like Sonic, ''[[Pokémon]]'', ''[[Animal Crossing]]'', ''[[Guitar Hero]]'', and other games geared toward more mainstream and less "hardcore" audiences. His favorite racing game, ''ModNation Racers'', is a straightforward title that allows players to create their own tracks and cars. ''[[LittleBigPlanet]]'' earned a rabid following with its level editor, but otherwise, it is just another side-scrolling platform game (and Chris hardly strains the level editor to the limits of its potential). Much of his PSN trophy case is filled out with achievements obtained by playing simple downloadable demoscene and indie productions.

Chris has purchased a fair share of M-rated games, such as ''Family Guy: The Video Game'', ''Grand Theft Auto'', and ''Call of Duty''<ref>[[List of Chris's video games]]
</ref>, which shows that his interest in games is not necessarily limited to the E rating. These games, however, tend to be fairly shallow in terms of gameplay. ''[[Brutal Legend Plus|Brütal Legend]]'' isn't remarkably deep as far as gameplay is concerned; while the game is an M-rated title with swearing, decapitations, heavy metal music, and tricky real-time strategy elements, for the most part, the atmosphere is still jolly and humorous enough, and the majority of gameplay consists of exploring the world and having straightforward beat-'em-up fights. Some have questioned whether or not Chris's interest in ''Brütal Legend'' was because of an affinity for director [[Wikipedia:Tim Schafer|Tim Schafer]]'s other quirky, offbeat games such as ''[[Wikipedia:Psychonauts|Psychonauts]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:Grim Fandango|Grim Fandango]]''. While Chris might be drawn to the perceived [[random-access humor]] of those games, it is more likely that they were too intelligent for him, and thus hold no appeal to his childish mind. Chris's interest in ''Brütal Legend'' was most likely due to Jack Black voicing the main character, and possibly [[Chris and music|his failed attempts to be seen as a connoisseur of music]].

The games that Chris owns are not necessarily the games that Chris plays. His PSN downloads strongly suggest that he spends money on his gaming hobby more or less out of compulsion. Witness the $65 he spent on downloadable content for ''Disgaea 3'', a game he had only played to 7% completion several months after originally buying all those downloads. It is reasonable to assume that Chris has similar spending habits in real life, a theory bolstered somewhat by his retro game collections and a house full of junk. Chris's collections of games for the Sega CD, Sega Saturn, and a couple of other now-dead consoles are dominated by bargain-bin trash, extremely common or poor quality games that are easily bought at low prices. No knowledgeable gamer would ever pay money for ''Power Factory Featuring C+C Music Factory'', except maybe as a gag gift, but Chris apparently thought it was worth owning. This habit seems to be picked up from [[Barbara Chandler|Barbara]] and continues to this day in the form of eShop shovelware and Virtual Console downloads.

His collection does a good job of telling us what sort of games Chris does not play, though. Outside of the ''Pokémon'' series, for instance, he evinces no interest in role-playing games. Most of the non-Pokémon RPGs in his collection, like ''Suikoden'' and ''Final Fantasy VII'', are PlayStation retro releases he impulse-bought through the PSN. Chris buys those up like penny candy – he has even downloaded several digital duplicates of PlayStation games of which he already owns physical copies. Even during his short ''[[Hyperdimension Neptunia]]'' phase in late 2017, he only showed an interest in the anime adaptation of the games and has never shown any indication he has either been interested in or played the games.

Despite being obsessed with ''Pokémon'', he is not a hardcore Nintendo fan as some might suspect. He never seems to show interest in the latest content from Nintendo, and the hardcore Nintendo games he does own (such as games from the ''Metroid'', ''The Legend of Zelda'' and ''Mario'' franchises) are most likely just collecting dust on his game collection racks. However, a January 2014 leak by a Nintendo Employee revealed that Chris had, in fact, returned to his Nintendo roots, buying nearly every single game on the eShop.

He owns almost no sports games. In the [[Mailbag 2|Mailbag]], he once noted that "Sports titles do not really thrill me," although he did not explain exactly [[Obesity|why.]]

With a few exceptions, Chris has no apparent interest in video games marketed towards his own age group, which is unsurprising. "Hardcore" games aimed at "adults" are games that simply would not interest Chris because of his juvenile mindset. Video games (and anything else, for that matter) with mature themes that are not two-dimensionally crass and full of [[random-access humor]] would probably confuse and bore Chris and make him feel awkward and uncomfortable, adding to the fact he probably would not be able to get very far in the game. This is supported by the fact that he did try out ''Bioshock'', a first-person shooter with RPG elements, but only for a short time and never touched it again. Most likely the whole game itself flew right over Chris's head and he decided to play some ''Wheel of Fortune'' instead. However, ever since his [[100 2357.MOV|sixth declaration that he has left the internet]] in late [[2010]], some more high-profile games aimed at adults have appeared on his PSN Trophy list (such as ''Grand Theft Auto IV'' and ''Fallout: New Vegas''). Apparently the ''Hannah Montana'' PS3 game is no longer enough to fill his abundance of free time, and he has taken to playing games he would not normally be doing anything else with his life.

While he sometimes gets tagged with the "[[Japanophilia|weeaboo]]" label, Chris does not appear to prefer games made in Japan over any other part of the world. In fact, his favorite games of 2008-2009, the period where he has told us the most about what he plays, are pretty evenly divided between Japan (''Sonic'', ''Pokémon''), the United States (''Guitar Hero'', ''Brütal Legend''), Canada (''ModNation Racers''), and Europe (''LittleBigPlanet''). He counts a few Japanese Game Boy and Nintendo DS imports in his larger collection, but they are obviously titles he picked up to try and impress/bribe [[Megan Schroeder]] — almost all of them are spin-offs from popular anime, especially magical girl series like ''Sailor Moon'' and ''Pretty Cure''.

When Chris and Megan still got along well together, they were serious players of the arcade version of ''[[Soul Calibur]] III''. There is also an arcade in Chris's plans for the [[CWCville Shopping Center]]. However, given Chris's inclinations to retreat into the comfortable confines of his bedroom, the chances he goes to arcades are slim.

==Chris, the Brave Console Warrior==
Chris thinks the perennial "Console Wars" between rival manufacturers of game machines are extremely serious affairs, and engages in them with all of the bile and fervor of a 10-year-old child soldier in the PlayStation Army. On rare occasions, he has almost seemed rational in this respect, saying he "just doesn't like" or "doesn't care much for" the Xbox, but most of the time he does not mince words when describing the vile, loathsome, and blatantly stupid [[HEXBox]]. By comparison, he has waxed poetic when describing the awesomeness of the [[PS3]], most prominently in his [[PS3 History Level]] for ''LittleBigPlanet''. According to [[Mimms and Lucas Q&A#Video games|Lucas]], Chris would even express his fury over the Xbox in public while hanging out at [[The GAMe PLACe]].

It is hard to tell where Chris's religious devotion to the PlayStation comes from, but to call it "religious" is not hyperbole. Like his faith in [[Chris and religion|GodJesus]], his support for Sony is blind and unthinking. Though he can come up with a simple justification for his opinions in a pinch — typically he brings up the annual fee for online gaming on Xbox Live — Chris shows no sign of having put any serious thought or research into his choice of consoles. His descriptions of the PS3's advantages in places like his [[Chris Chan Update 13 October 2008|Columbus Day 2008 video]] tend to sound like a collection of marketing buzzwords (as filtered through the mind of a [[Chris's room|cave-dwelling]] autist, anyway).

Interestingly, Chris was not always a blindly devoted fan of Sony. In the [[Animal Crossing Documentary]], we see that back in [[2003]], Chris pledged his allegiance to Nintendo and the GameCube, stating that both the predecessors of the PS3 stank as much as the original Xbox. His feelings changed when he bought a PS1 at a "rummage sale" for cheap, intending to resell it elsewhere for profit, but instead played it and found it was not bad.<ref>[[Jackie E-mails 14]]</ref> One would expect this to be a lesson against nonsensical [[Chris and brand loyalty|brand loyalty]], but instead Chris just focused his hatred on Microsoft. Likely, prior to this Chris was a Sega fanatic at Nintendo's expense; if true, then it demonstrates how [[List of Chris's sweethearts|fickle]] Chris is regarding devotion.

When asked what his thoughts were on the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Switch Nintendo Switch], Nintendo's up and coming console for 2017, Chris responded in Chris [[Mailbag 29|fashion]], and simply stated that he has no [[Exercise|thoughts]] on it, due to being [[stress|preoccupied]].

[[File:Thoughts_On_Switch_Jan_19_2017.png|thumb|[[Mailbag 29|Whatever]]]]

Unsurprisingly, Chris is ignorant of things he has chosen not to like. The only 360 game he seems to shown interest in, [http://news.vgchartz.com/news.php?id=6182 "Don't Be Nervous Talking to Girls"], seen in [[Sonichu 10|''Sonichu'' #10]] being modified for the PS3, was suggested to him by the fans. Though the game is just a crappy dating sim, and though there are other 360-exclusive games which would appeal to him, Chris claims that it is the only game worth playing on the 360.

Even slinging mud at the names of the consoles is very serious business to Chris. In [[Lars Call]], Chris says he does not like it when people call PS3 the "PS Triple", because that is what [[trolls]] call it. Of course, this comes from a man who [[Chris and hypocrisy|ceaselessly rants about the "Hex Box"]].

==Chris and Online Gaming==
Perhaps unsurprisingly, given his antisocial nature, Chris is not fond of online multiplayer games in any genre, be they sports sims, shooters, racing games, or whatever else. Though he owns several games for the PS3 and other consoles that would allow him to play online and interact with other people, his PSN profile shows that he has put little time into multiplayer games.

In 2010 and afterward, two exceptions to this rule emerged. He did a good deal of online racing in ''ModNation Racers'' during the summer of 2010, while, early in 2011, Chris began to show an interest in an online role-playing game for the first time, ''DC Universe Online''. His fondness for ModNation competition eventually passed, but it remains to be seen whether or not he will develop a lasting interest in MMO gaming.

Dedicated observers of Chris's gaming habits may notice a bit of a paradox developing here: Chris claims to hate the Xbox 360 because Microsoft requires a $50 annual subscription fee for online multiplayer gaming. It is a mystery, then, why this would wind him up so badly, when he hardly plays any multiplayer games, but such is the nature of Chris. [[Mailbag]] correspondents have tried to point out the seeming contradiction here, not to mention the weird contrast between Chris's thriftiness as far as Xbox Live is concerned and the massive amounts of money he willing wastes on worthless digital trinkets through Nintendo and the PSN. For all the good it has done, though, they may as well have tried to change his opinion of [[Asperger syndrome]].

Recently, Chris has started playing online games on his Switch and PC, playing titles such as [[Tetris 99]] and PayDay 2.

===Chris, the Trophy Whore===
While Chris has little evident interest in directly interacting with other humans in online games, he does seem to enjoy building up a massive trophy case to passively show off on his PlayStation Network profile. He has doggedly played through a number of games in order to earn every available achievement, and on occasion he appeals to his [[fanbase]] for help in earning trophies. For instance, he begged readers of his [[Twitter]] feed to download his ''ModNation Racers'' levels so he could pick up one more trophy.

Slacker that he is, Chris prefers to put forth as little effort as possible to earn his trophies. Presented with a trophy in ''LittleBigPlanet 2'' that asked him to contribute a custom level to the game's online community, he fulfilled the requirement by uploading an empty level with no work put into it. (When this level was deleted by the community's administrators, he took the next-easiest route and uploaded his old levels made with the first ''LittleBigPlanet''.) In an [[Jackie E-mails 6|e-mail to Jackie]], he expressed great pleasure when the ''ModNation'' experience system was patched to make certain trophies easier to acquire.

==Chris and PC Games==
Games for personal [[computers]] are conspicuously absent from Chris's collection and his evident game-playing habits. The only sign that he has ever even owned any PC games comes from his eBay account, which shows that he tried to auction off a collection of vintage ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing games for the PC in the summer of 2008. He also owned a copy of the first ''[[Lego Island]]'' game for PC (as seen by his possession of the Infomaniac minifigure - which was only obtainable from early copies of the said game). In the [[Fanmail Reading]] video, after a [[troll|fan]] sent him a copy of ''[[wikipedia:Half-Life 2|Half-Life 2]]'', Chris explained, "I don't play PC games. I used to, but I don't anymore." He failed to indicate why he gave them up, though. In [[Mumble 1|his first Mumble chat]], he claimed to "remember ''[[wikipedia:Touhou|Touhou]]''", but later backpedaled and said "I never really heard of that."

Due to the influence of the [[Idea Guys]] and him acquiring a decent computer, Chris has picked up PC gaming. He has a steam profile and has played PayDay 2, at least. {{cite}}

==Chris, the Industry Insider==
Chris gets most of his information about the gaming industry from comparatively mainstream sources. He was an avid reader of ''Game Informer'' magazine. As for publications and/or other media sources that have since gone defunct, he was also a dedicated reader of Sony's online magazine ''Qore'', and regularly followed the G4 cable network; he apparently even still took the [[Congrats, Jack Black|Spike TV Video Game Awards]] seriously, which puts him about five years behind anybody with even a passing interest in the games' business.

==Chris, the Game Designer==
{{main|Sonichu (game)|Christian Weston Chandler's Adult Chronicles}}

At various times, especially during the [[Miyamoto saga]], but going as far back as the late 1990s (when he had a prophetic dream of a Sonic game for the Game Boy), Chris has imagined that he could launch himself into a career as a game designer. It is telling, however, that nearly all of his "ideas" for potential video game projects simply involve swapping Sonichu or other Chris-spawned characters into an existing game concept. ''[[Pokémon: Lightning Version]]'' is a Pokémon RPG with Sonichu in it. ''[[Sonichu Adventure]]'' is ''Sonic Adventure'' with Sonichu in it. ''[[John's Custom Gundam: Sisterly Rescue]]'' is ''Gundam: Journey to Jaburo'' with [[Megan Schroeder|Megan's]] quasi-retarded brother in it, and so on.

The closest he has gotten to coming up with something like an original idea is ''[[Christian Weston Chandler's Adult Chronicles]]'', and it is not actually known what that game is supposed to amount to, beyond what Chris drew on the cover, and occasional haphazard mentions. It is entirely possible that the answer is unknown to Chris himself.

Nevertheless, Chris sincerely believes that his characters and game ideas are ready for commercial success. He once rejected an e-mail from the Mailbag that brought up the notion of a not-for-profit fan-made Sonichu game, and brushed off similar suggestions in his first [[IRC (16 October 2008)|IRC fan chat]]. In [[Chris dispels videogame rumors|the video about dispelling rumors of an official Sonichu game]], he scoffed at the idea of his game ideas being made with 2D graphics.

===Modding and Customization===
One of the great ironies of Chris's existence is that he loves to create and share his creations, even though he possesses almost no genuine innate creativity. He tends to gravitate strongly towards video games that allow him to create his own content and share it online.

Since console games are often not modifiable, while PC game modding tends to demand more technical skill than he possesses, Chris has only been able to show off his creativity in this field so much. That said, the PS3 games ''LittleBigPlanet'' and ''[[ModNation Racers]]'' exerted a powerful grip on him with their customization capabilities. Chris made a ton of levels in ''LittleBigPlanet,'' dropping out of sight for the better part of a month when he first acquired the retail version of the game. Likewise, he has made levels, characters and custom cars for ''ModNation Racers'', and it resulted in a similar disappearance during the summer of 2010. His output has not shown too much actual competence, but it is not for lack of time and effort spent.

Even in games that offer only light customization features, Chris makes a point of personalizing his experience as much as possible. He spent considerable time on a ''Guitar Hero'' band, up to drawing [[CWCRockin4Way.jpg|disturbing pictures]] of his virtual bandmates. The amount of time he spent on tweaking his ''Animal Crossing'' villages is simply colossal. According to the [[Regina e-mails]], Chris made a similarly big deal about ''F-Zero GX'' and ''Jet Set Radio'', even though both games limit their customization options to things like swapping around car parts or personalizing small decals.

Likewise, as the gallery below displays, Chris enjoys customizing his game hardware. He has splattered Sonichu artwork all over his Gamecube, a Nintendo DS, a couple of Game Boy Advances, a PSP, his now-deceased original PS3, and possibly other consoles or handhelds. One of his [[Pokéwalker of Fail|Pokéwalkers]] also appears to have received the Sonichu treatment, being repainted in blue and yellow.

====Sonic World====
Chris became interested in Sonic the Hedgehog fan game and modding project [[Sonic World]] in late 2020. After joining its [[Discord]] group, he requested creators make based on Sonichu and his female obsession at the time, [[ProjectSNT]]. In December of that year, Chris found a Sonichu mod and wished to add his voice acting into it. While he did want to get into contact with the original creator and ask if he could add to the mod, Chris opted going without permission and downloaded the mod, replaced the original voice clips with his own, and reposted it. Because of the original mod's appropriation, Chris was banned from the mod-hosting website GameBanana. He was banned from the Sonic World Discord group not long after due to his passive-aggressive-yet-[[Messiah complex|megalomaniacal]] confrontation with the Sonichu mod's creator.

==Chris's Perception of Video Game Technology==
Chris obviously has no idea about how video games or video game consoles work. For example, as seen in a panel of ''Sonichu'' #10, he seems to think that games are interchangeable and can work on any console ("DO NOT BUY OR DOWNLOAD ILLEGAL COPIES OF L.B.P. ON Wii OR XBox360; IT IS PUNISHABLE BY LAW!"), even though he could easily check and see that he cannot play his copy of ''LittleBigPlanet'' on his Wii, although he is either too lazy, or is afraid of having [[14 Branchland Court|his house]] raided by [[jerkop]]s.

Neither is he aware of the technology's current capabilities. As stated in the survey of [[Chris and reality]], he once suggested that Nintendo should create a PokéBall peripheral which could display holographs, which can only be seen in science fiction, currently.

==Decline of gaming passion==
Chris's passion for gaming seems to have relatively subsided by the late 2010s. By 2020, it had been months since he touched his [[PS4]] and has not shown much interest in the new PlayStation's first and third party titles. A look at his then-recent [[Twitter|tweets]] and [[Wish list]] suggested he was busy [[Television|binging TV shows and movies]]. However, Chris continued to regularly play [[Tetris 99]] on the [[Nintendo Switch]] from 2019 up until his arrest in 2021.

On 11 September 2020, during Chris's phase of role-playing as Sonichu, Chris was asked the following question in [[Discord Q&A 6]]:
{{quoteboxgreen|Dear Christine, are you getting any of the next gen consoles? If so, what games are you excited for?}}

Chris responded:

{{quoteboxyellow|Taking you mean the new [[Playstation|PS5]] or [[Hex-Box|XBox S]] generation of consoles; Mama had not really given that much thought, and I haven’t as much either, considering we’ll be in a [[COVID-19#Stopping the pandemic|new timeline free of this pandemic and all of that.]]}}

==During the jail saga==

During Chris's time behind bars, for perhaps the first time in his life, he was deprived of any ability to access his game collection. The various letters he sent to assorted acquaintances over the course of his confinement made little mention of his electronic hoard, and the status of his collection is itself unknown - with Chris having been away from his home for the better part of two years at time of writing, and reports that items belonging to him were thrown out of the house, there is every likelihood that the games and consoles he cherished so dearly and intended to pass down to children of his own have simply been sold off, given away, or tossed in a landfill.

However, in an apparent bid to make the most of his newfound freedom after his release in March 2023, he was swift to visit a local Walmart and purchase another Nintendo Switch, according to an eyewitness account. This account was swiftly corroborated by others who posted images of Chris's online activity, images that paint an unsurprising picture; since his new acquisition, he has wasted little time catching up on games he has missed. Pokemon is front and center, as screenshots of his playtime hours and tweets he has posted suggest he has purchased at least four games within that franchise since leaving jail. This was clarified on the 26th of February 2024 when he posted photos of his entire on-console library to Twitter, confirming that since his release has purchased Pokemon Legends Arceus, Shining Pearl and Scarlet - despite insisting that he wouldn't even play the latter until his own imaginary Pokemon games are released - with the possibility of New Pokemon Snap also being a post-jail acquisition. He has also purchased several other titles that were released while he was behind bars, including but not limited to Metroid Dread, Sonic Frontiers, Superstars and Colors Ultimate, and Life is Strange Remastered and True Colours. Assuming these were bought from standard marketplaces and assuming standard Switch game prices, Chris stands to have spent anywhere from 40 to 60 dollars on each of these alone, to say nothing of acquiring an assortment of indie releases. In total, Chris has spent somewhere around $1500 on Switch games, not including the Switch itself, since his release from jail, raising the total spent to over $3500.

More curiously, his PSN profile was spotted as being active online after years of silence in August 2023, showing that he was dabbling with the demo version of Street Fighter 6 - on a PS''5'', despite Chris stating on a [[November 2023 livestreams#First JCWCSP Gaming Live Stream %E2%9A%A1%EF%B8%8F%F0%9F%92%99%E2%9A%A1%EF%B8%8F|November 2023 livestream]] that he does not yet own a PS5. Compared to his Switch usage, however, his passion for the Playstation still appears to have simmered; since his time in jail he has only half-heartedly experimented with a few Vocaloid games, before appearing to settle on using a PS4 as another way to play Minecraft.

Even so, this nevertheless shows that even after time away from his electronic stash, time in which self-reflection could have been carried out and in which he could have sworn himself to spending only in moderation, Chris is still entirely capable of flushing away hundreds on new consoles and games, still more than willing to pony up vast sums of money in support of his passions, even in the face of an extremely uncertain future. Old habits always die hard - at least, for Chris.

==Gallery==
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Image:092-PSPSonichu.jpg|[[PSP]] skins
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File:Mail4b.jpg|Pictures of Chris's PSN profile on the PS3
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==See also==
* [[List of Chris's video games]]
* [[List of Chris's PSN game downloads]]
* [[Club Nintendo]]
* [[Fandoms]]
* [[PlayStation 3]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://psnprofiles.com/Sonichu Chris's PlayStation Network profile]

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{{quote|And [[Bob Chandler|Christian's father]] says it only takes a few hours for him to master an electronic game, and then...move onto another! I can't master any of them.|A TV anchorwoman on a younger Chris winning the [[Sonic the Hedgehog Watch & Win Sweepstakes]].}}

[[Image:LoveThatLifeUpgrade.jpg|thumb|Chris tried having sex with a video game console once. [[Chris humps his PS3|It didn't work out]].]]

In case a cursory glance at this wiki did not tell you, Chris likes '''video games'''. A lot. In fact, Chris definitely has spent more time on video games than any other activity or pursuit, including his [[Love Quest]]. He has said he spends between two and four hours a day playing games,<ref>[[Alec Benson Leary Phone Call 7]]</ref> and that figure is likely higher than what he admits to.

Without delving too deeply into armchair psychiatry, it is not hard to see why video games hold so much appeal to Chris. His brain is wired to operate according to [[Autism|absolute values and rigidly-defined processes]]. This is one of the reasons he has so much difficulty in the real world — the rules keep changing on him- if he figures out the rules in the first place. In the artificial world of video games, the challenges are the kind that his inflexible mind is able to comprehend and surmount. There, the rules never change, and all he has to do is follow them. [[Chris and reality|Reality isn't quite as simple]], which is why he spends as little time out there as possible.

==Early Years==
Chris has been an avid gamer since a very young age. He first played video games on a [[Commodore 64]] home computer system. Before he was eight years old, he had a Game Boy and a [[Nintendo]] Entertainment System, and he acquired more consoles and games throughout the 1990s. According to [[The Sonichu Chronicles]], he has been a fan of [[Sonic the Hedgehog]] since the character's [[1991]] debut for the Sega Genesis. His game collection really took off in [[1993]], when he won his famous shopping spree in the [[Sonic the Hedgehog Watch & Win Sweepstakes]] and added $1,000 worth of Sega games and hardware to his hoard.

==Chris's game collection==
[[Image:404-SpiderManSignedGame.jpg|thumb|Well, if ''[[No More Jokes|Spider-Man]]'' says it...]]

{{main|List of Chris's games}}

Although the last completely reliable account of his collection dates back all the way to [[January 2009]], Chris owns, conservatively, nearly 850 different game titles across twenty different platforms. He sold off roughly one hundred games in various trips to GameStop and local pawn shops during the late summer and early fall of 2010, but this hardly depletes the reserves, at all. He also maintained an account with the mail-order rental service GameFly until [[August 2010]].

[[Sony]] consoles dominate Chris's collection. Counting the games he has downloaded through the [[PlayStation Network]], nearly half of his games belong to the PlayStation family. Nintendo comes next, including more than 100 games for Nintendo's different portable platforms, and Sega brings [[Homos|up the rear]]. While he owns every Sega console short of an 8-bit Master System, and Sonic the Hedgehog is one of his favorite individual franchises, games for Sega consoles make up less than 15-10% of Chris's collection.

Chris's violent hatred of the [[Xbox]] is well-known, but [[Chris and hypocrisy|he likely owns, or at one point owned, an original Xbox console]]. However, it is not known how much time he has spent on Xbox games. His [[List of Chris's eBay sales|eBay account]] shows that he tried to sell off a handful of Xbox games in the summer of [[2008]]. The record of his eBay sales also indicates that, in addition to owning at least one of every machine he owns games for, he has gone through at least three or four of Sony's original PlayStation consoles over the years. It is possible that he has had to replace a few of the infamously fragile apparatuses for overuse, but this could also be an indication that he bought the systems and games in bundles.

It is virtually impossible to gauge exactly how much money has been shoveled into Chris's game collection over the past few decades. Knowledgeable [[trolls]], however, reckon that his physical collection of games and hardware represents around $20,000. His PSN downloads, meanwhile, can be accurately accounted for--there, the bill is close to $3,500 and surely climbing all the while. One of the more grievous examples of Chris's video-game-related overspending is his apparent ownership of at least two copies of the eighty-dollar ''[[Street Fighter]] IV Collector's Edition'', as evidenced by the two identical exclusive Ryu figurines he later sold on eBay. While it is possible that Chris received the second figure from an outside source or packaging error, his attempt to bribe [[BlueSpike]] [[Julie Reveals Herself: The Prequel|with a copy of the game]] and his habit of wasting money for no particular reason lend credence to the former theory.

In January 2015, it was leaked on the [[CWCki Forums]] that Chris had spent an absurd amount of money on Nintendo consoles and games, ''racking up '''585''' transactions'' in the last 4.5 years,<ref>[[Nintendo employee reveals details of Chris's Nintendo transactions]]</ref> or 150 payments a year. This list includes useless shovelware, Virtual Console games, and [[Sonic Boom Protests|both versions of a game he does not even like.]] Of these, 276 purchases are known to be handheld games, 8 are known to be video game consoles (''buying '''4''' DS and DSi consoles''), and 75 which are known to be console games. The grand total cost of all Chris's '''listed''' purchases is '''$7460.43''' or '''$1657.87/year'''. Keep in mind that 39% of the purchases Chris has on his account (such as Skylanders figures, amiibos, and his Wii U Virtual Console purchases) are not yet specified, meaning that their cost is not included in this already insanely high figure. Apparently, his main attention and [[Nintendo Power Magazine|fanboyism]] has shifted from PlayStation back to Nintendo, for unknown reasons.

This leak also revealed that Chris plays almost every game demo available on the eShop, Nintendo's online downloadable video game store, even if he has no interest in said game. This leak also confirmed he had bought every single [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic]] game and primary [[Pokémon]] RPG, proving that he is still a major fanboy of [[Sonichu (comic)|both franchises]], and also confirmed that he still makes many purchases multiple times over for no apparent reason, such as of ''Wario's Woods''.

==Game Preferences==
Going on what evidence is available, such as what he has talked about on his websites and [[YouTube]], what his PSN profile shows the most effort put into, and what he decides to construct elaborate fan-works around, Chris has fairly childish, "casual" tastes in video games. Though he puts an inordinate level of effort and time into gaming, he does so playing stuff like Sonic, ''[[Pokémon]]'', ''[[Animal Crossing]]'', ''[[Guitar Hero]]'', and other games geared toward more mainstream and less "hardcore" audiences. His favorite racing game, ''ModNation Racers'', is a straightforward title that allows players to create their own tracks and cars. ''[[LittleBigPlanet]]'' earned a rabid following with its level editor, but otherwise, it is just another side-scrolling platform game (and Chris hardly strains the level editor to the limits of its potential). Much of his PSN trophy case is filled out with achievements obtained by playing simple downloadable demoscene and indie productions.

Chris has purchased a fair share of M-rated games, such as ''Family Guy: The Video Game'', ''Grand Theft Auto'', and ''Call of Duty''<ref>[[List of Chris's video games]]
</ref>, which shows that his interest in games is not necessarily limited to the E rating. These games, however, tend to be fairly shallow in terms of gameplay. ''[[Brutal Legend Plus|Brütal Legend]]'' isn't remarkably deep as far as gameplay is concerned; while the game is an M-rated title with swearing, decapitations, heavy metal music, and tricky real-time strategy elements, for the most part, the atmosphere is still jolly and humorous enough, and the majority of gameplay consists of exploring the world and having straightforward beat-'em-up fights. Some have questioned whether or not Chris's interest in ''Brütal Legend'' was because of an affinity for director [[Wikipedia:Tim Schafer|Tim Schafer]]'s other quirky, offbeat games such as ''[[Wikipedia:Psychonauts|Psychonauts]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:Grim Fandango|Grim Fandango]]''. While Chris might be drawn to the perceived [[random-access humor]] of those games, it is more likely that they were too intelligent for him, and thus hold no appeal to his childish mind. Chris's interest in ''Brütal Legend'' was most likely due to Jack Black voicing the main character, and possibly [[Chris and music|his failed attempts to be seen as a connoisseur of music]].

The games that Chris owns are not necessarily the games that Chris plays. His PSN downloads strongly suggest that he spends money on his gaming hobby more or less out of compulsion. Witness the $65 he spent on downloadable content for ''Disgaea 3'', a game he had only played to 7% completion several months after originally buying all those downloads. It is reasonable to assume that Chris has similar spending habits in real life, a theory bolstered somewhat by his retro game collections and a house full of junk. Chris's collections of games for the Sega CD, Sega Saturn, and a couple of other now-dead consoles are dominated by bargain-bin trash, extremely common or poor quality games that are easily bought at low prices. No knowledgeable gamer would ever pay money for ''Power Factory Featuring C+C Music Factory'', except maybe as a gag gift, but Chris apparently thought it was worth owning. This habit seems to be picked up from [[Barbara Chandler|Barbara]] and continues to this day in the form of eShop shovelware and Virtual Console downloads.

His collection does a good job of telling us what sort of games Chris does not play, though. Outside of the ''Pokémon'' series, for instance, he evinces no interest in role-playing games. Most of the non-Pokémon RPGs in his collection, like ''Suikoden'' and ''Final Fantasy VII'', are PlayStation retro releases he impulse-bought through the PSN. Chris buys those up like penny candy – he has even downloaded several digital duplicates of PlayStation games of which he already owns physical copies. Even during his short ''[[Hyperdimension Neptunia]]'' phase in late 2017, he only showed an interest in the anime adaptation of the games and has never shown any indication he has either been interested in or played the games.

Despite being obsessed with ''Pokémon'', he is not a hardcore Nintendo fan as some might suspect. He never seems to show interest in the latest content from Nintendo, and the hardcore Nintendo games he does own (such as games from the ''Metroid'', ''The Legend of Zelda'' and ''Mario'' franchises) are most likely just collecting dust on his game collection racks. However, a January 2014 leak by a Nintendo Employee revealed that Chris had, in fact, returned to his Nintendo roots, buying nearly every single game on the eShop.

He owns almost no sports games. In the [[Mailbag 2|Mailbag]], he once noted that "Sports titles do not really thrill me," although he did not explain exactly [[Obesity|why.]]

With a few exceptions, Chris has no apparent interest in video games marketed towards his own age group, which is unsurprising. "Hardcore" games aimed at "adults" are games that simply would not interest Chris because of his juvenile mindset. Video games (and anything else, for that matter) with mature themes that are not two-dimensionally crass and full of [[random-access humor]] would probably confuse and bore Chris and make him feel awkward and uncomfortable, adding to the fact he probably would not be able to get very far in the game. This is supported by the fact that he did try out ''Bioshock'', a first-person shooter with RPG elements, but only for a short time and never touched it again. Most likely the whole game itself flew right over Chris's head and he decided to play some ''Wheel of Fortune'' instead. However, ever since his [[100 2357.MOV|sixth declaration that he has left the internet]] in late [[2010]], some more high-profile games aimed at adults have appeared on his PSN Trophy list (such as ''Grand Theft Auto IV'' and ''Fallout: New Vegas''). Apparently the ''Hannah Montana'' PS3 game is no longer enough to fill his abundance of free time, and he has taken to playing games he would not normally be doing anything else with his life.

While he sometimes gets tagged with the "[[Japanophilia|weeaboo]]" label, Chris does not appear to prefer games made in Japan over any other part of the world. In fact, his favorite games of 2008-2009, the period where he has told us the most about what he plays, are pretty evenly divided between Japan (''Sonic'', ''Pokémon''), the United States (''Guitar Hero'', ''Brütal Legend''), Canada (''ModNation Racers''), and Europe (''LittleBigPlanet''). He counts a few Japanese Game Boy and Nintendo DS imports in his larger collection, but they are obviously titles he picked up to try and impress/bribe [[Megan Schroeder]] — almost all of them are spin-offs from popular anime, especially magical girl series like ''Sailor Moon'' and ''Pretty Cure''.

When Chris and Megan still got along well together, they were serious players of the arcade version of ''[[Soul Calibur]] III''. There is also an arcade in Chris's plans for the [[CWCville Shopping Center]]. However, given Chris's inclinations to retreat into the comfortable confines of his bedroom, the chances he goes to arcades are slim.

==Chris, the Brave Console Warrior==
Chris thinks the perennial "Console Wars" between rival manufacturers of game machines are extremely serious affairs, and engages in them with all of the bile and fervor of a 10-year-old child soldier in the PlayStation Army. On rare occasions, he has almost seemed rational in this respect, saying he "just doesn't like" or "doesn't care much for" the Xbox, but most of the time he does not mince words when describing the vile, loathsome, and blatantly stupid [[HEXBox]]. By comparison, he has waxed poetic when describing the awesomeness of the [[PS3]], most prominently in his [[PS3 History Level]] for ''LittleBigPlanet''. According to [[Mimms and Lucas Q&A#Video games|Lucas]], Chris would even express his fury over the Xbox in public while hanging out at [[The GAMe PLACe]].

It is hard to tell where Chris's religious devotion to the PlayStation comes from, but to call it "religious" is not hyperbole. Like his faith in [[Chris and religion|GodJesus]], his support for Sony is blind and unthinking. Though he can come up with a simple justification for his opinions in a pinch — typically he brings up the annual fee for online gaming on Xbox Live — Chris shows no sign of having put any serious thought or research into his choice of consoles. His descriptions of the PS3's advantages in places like his [[Chris Chan Update 13 October 2008|Columbus Day 2008 video]] tend to sound like a collection of marketing buzzwords (as filtered through the mind of a [[Chris's room|cave-dwelling]] autist, anyway).

Interestingly, Chris was not always a blindly devoted fan of Sony. In the [[Animal Crossing Documentary]], we see that back in [[2003]], Chris pledged his allegiance to Nintendo and the GameCube, stating that both the predecessors of the PS3 stank as much as the original Xbox. His feelings changed when he bought a PS1 at a "rummage sale" for cheap, intending to resell it elsewhere for profit, but instead played it and found it was not bad.<ref>[[Jackie E-mails 14]]</ref> One would expect this to be a lesson against nonsensical [[Chris and brand loyalty|brand loyalty]], but instead Chris just focused his hatred on Microsoft. Likely, prior to this Chris was a Sega fanatic at Nintendo's expense; if true, then it demonstrates how [[List of Chris's sweethearts|fickle]] Chris is regarding devotion.

When asked what his thoughts were on the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Switch Nintendo Switch], Nintendo's up and coming console for 2017, Chris responded in Chris [[Mailbag 29|fashion]], and simply stated that he has no [[Exercise|thoughts]] on it, due to being [[stress|preoccupied]].

[[File:Thoughts_On_Switch_Jan_19_2017.png|thumb|[[Mailbag 29|Whatever]]]]

Unsurprisingly, Chris is ignorant of things he has chosen not to like. The only 360 game he seems to shown interest in, [http://news.vgchartz.com/news.php?id=6182 "Don't Be Nervous Talking to Girls"], seen in [[Sonichu 10|''Sonichu'' #10]] being modified for the PS3, was suggested to him by the fans. Though the game is just a crappy dating sim, and though there are other 360-exclusive games which would appeal to him, Chris claims that it is the only game worth playing on the 360.

Even slinging mud at the names of the consoles is very serious business to Chris. In [[Lars Call]], Chris says he does not like it when people call PS3 the "PS Triple", because that is what [[trolls]] call it. Of course, this comes from a man who [[Chris and hypocrisy|ceaselessly rants about the "Hex Box"]].

==Chris and Online Gaming==
Perhaps unsurprisingly, given his antisocial nature, Chris is not fond of online multiplayer games in any genre, be they sports sims, shooters, racing games, or whatever else. Though he owns several games for the PS3 and other consoles that would allow him to play online and interact with other people, his PSN profile shows that he has put little time into multiplayer games.

In 2010 and afterward, two exceptions to this rule emerged. He did a good deal of online racing in ''ModNation Racers'' during the summer of 2010, while, early in 2011, Chris began to show an interest in an online role-playing game for the first time, ''DC Universe Online''. His fondness for ModNation competition eventually passed, but it remains to be seen whether or not he will develop a lasting interest in MMO gaming.

Dedicated observers of Chris's gaming habits may notice a bit of a paradox developing here: Chris claims to hate the Xbox 360 because Microsoft requires a $50 annual subscription fee for online multiplayer gaming. It is a mystery, then, why this would wind him up so badly, when he hardly plays any multiplayer games, but such is the nature of Chris. [[Mailbag]] correspondents have tried to point out the seeming contradiction here, not to mention the weird contrast between Chris's thriftiness as far as Xbox Live is concerned and the massive amounts of money he willing wastes on worthless digital trinkets through Nintendo and the PSN. For all the good it has done, though, they may as well have tried to change his opinion of [[Asperger syndrome]].

Recently, Chris has started playing online games on his Switch and PC, playing titles such as [[Tetris 99]] and PayDay 2.

===Chris, the Trophy Whore===
While Chris has little evident interest in directly interacting with other humans in online games, he does seem to enjoy building up a massive trophy case to passively show off on his PlayStation Network profile. He has doggedly played through a number of games in order to earn every available achievement, and on occasion he appeals to his [[fanbase]] for help in earning trophies. For instance, he begged readers of his [[Twitter]] feed to download his ''ModNation Racers'' levels so he could pick up one more trophy.

Slacker that he is, Chris prefers to put forth as little effort as possible to earn his trophies. Presented with a trophy in ''LittleBigPlanet 2'' that asked him to contribute a custom level to the game's online community, he fulfilled the requirement by uploading an empty level with no work put into it. (When this level was deleted by the community's administrators, he took the next-easiest route and uploaded his old levels made with the first ''LittleBigPlanet''.) In an [[Jackie E-mails 6|e-mail to Jackie]], he expressed great pleasure when the ''ModNation'' experience system was patched to make certain trophies easier to acquire.

==Chris and PC Games==
Games for personal [[computers]] are conspicuously absent from Chris's collection and his evident game-playing habits. The only sign that he has ever even owned any PC games comes from his eBay account, which shows that he tried to auction off a collection of vintage ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing games for the PC in the summer of 2008. He also owned a copy of the first ''[[Lego Island]]'' game for PC (as seen by his possession of the Infomaniac minifigure - which was only obtainable from early copies of the said game). In the [[Fanmail Reading]] video, after a [[troll|fan]] sent him a copy of ''[[wikipedia:Half-Life 2|Half-Life 2]]'', Chris explained, "I don't play PC games. I used to, but I don't anymore." He failed to indicate why he gave them up, though. In [[Mumble 1|his first Mumble chat]], he claimed to "remember ''[[wikipedia:Touhou|Touhou]]''", but later backpedaled and said "I never really heard of that."

Due to the influence of the [[Idea Guys]] and him acquiring a decent computer, Chris has picked up PC gaming. He has a steam profile and has played PayDay 2, at least. {{cite}}

==Chris, the Industry Insider==
Chris gets most of his information about the gaming industry from comparatively mainstream sources. He was an avid reader of ''Game Informer'' magazine. As for publications and/or other media sources that have since gone defunct, he was also a dedicated reader of Sony's online magazine ''Qore'', and regularly followed the G4 cable network; he apparently even still took the [[Congrats, Jack Black|Spike TV Video Game Awards]] seriously, which puts him about five years behind anybody with even a passing interest in the games' business.

==Chris, the Game Designer==
{{main|Sonichu (game)|Christian Weston Chandler's Adult Chronicles}}

At various times, especially during the [[Miyamoto saga]], but going as far back as the late 1990s (when he had a prophetic dream of a Sonic game for the Game Boy), Chris has imagined that he could launch himself into a career as a game designer. It is telling, however, that nearly all of his "ideas" for potential video game projects simply involve swapping Sonichu or other Chris-spawned characters into an existing game concept. ''[[Pokémon: Lightning Version]]'' is a Pokémon RPG with Sonichu in it. ''[[Sonichu Adventure]]'' is ''Sonic Adventure'' with Sonichu in it. ''[[John's Custom Gundam: Sisterly Rescue]]'' is ''Gundam: Journey to Jaburo'' with [[Megan Schroeder|Megan's]] quasi-retarded brother in it, and so on.

The closest he has gotten to coming up with something like an original idea is ''[[Christian Weston Chandler's Adult Chronicles]]'', and it is not actually known what that game is supposed to amount to, beyond what Chris drew on the cover, and occasional haphazard mentions. It is entirely possible that the answer is unknown to Chris himself.

Nevertheless, Chris sincerely believes that his characters and game ideas are ready for commercial success. He once rejected an e-mail from the Mailbag that brought up the notion of a not-for-profit fan-made Sonichu game, and brushed off similar suggestions in his first [[IRC (16 October 2008)|IRC fan chat]]. In [[Chris dispels videogame rumors|the video about dispelling rumors of an official Sonichu game]], he scoffed at the idea of his game ideas being made with 2D graphics.

===Modding and Customization===
One of the great ironies of Chris's existence is that he loves to create and share his creations, even though he possesses almost no genuine innate creativity. He tends to gravitate strongly towards video games that allow him to create his own content and share it online.

Since console games are often not modifiable, while PC game modding tends to demand more technical skill than he possesses, Chris has only been able to show off his creativity in this field so much. That said, the PS3 games ''LittleBigPlanet'' and ''[[ModNation Racers]]'' exerted a powerful grip on him with their customization capabilities. Chris made a ton of levels in ''LittleBigPlanet,'' dropping out of sight for the better part of a month when he first acquired the retail version of the game. Likewise, he has made levels, characters and custom cars for ''ModNation Racers'', and it resulted in a similar disappearance during the summer of 2010. His output has not shown too much actual competence, but it is not for lack of time and effort spent.

Even in games that offer only light customization features, Chris makes a point of personalizing his experience as much as possible. He spent considerable time on a ''Guitar Hero'' band, up to drawing [[CWCRockin4Way.jpg|disturbing pictures]] of his virtual bandmates. The amount of time he spent on tweaking his ''Animal Crossing'' villages is simply colossal. According to the [[Regina e-mails]], Chris made a similarly big deal about ''F-Zero GX'' and ''Jet Set Radio'', even though both games limit their customization options to things like swapping around car parts or personalizing small decals.

Likewise, as the gallery below displays, Chris enjoys customizing his game hardware. He has splattered Sonichu artwork all over his Gamecube, a Nintendo DS, a couple of Game Boy Advances, a PSP, his now-deceased original PS3, and possibly other consoles or handhelds. One of his [[Pokéwalker of Fail|Pokéwalkers]] also appears to have received the Sonichu treatment, being repainted in blue and yellow.

====Sonic World====
Chris became interested in Sonic the Hedgehog fan game and modding project [[Sonic World]] in late 2020. After joining its [[Discord]] group, he requested creators make based on Sonichu and his female obsession at the time, [[ProjectSNT]]. In December of that year, Chris found a Sonichu mod and wished to add his voice acting into it. While he did want to get into contact with the original creator and ask if he could add to the mod, Chris opted going without permission and downloaded the mod, replaced the original voice clips with his own, and reposted it. Because of the original mod's appropriation, Chris was banned from the mod-hosting website GameBanana. He was banned from the Sonic World Discord group not long after due to his passive-aggressive-yet-[[Messiah complex|megalomaniacal]] confrontation with the Sonichu mod's creator.

==Chris's Perception of Video Game Technology==
Chris obviously has no idea about how video games or video game consoles work. For example, as seen in a panel of ''Sonichu'' #10, he seems to think that games are interchangeable and can work on any console ("DO NOT BUY OR DOWNLOAD ILLEGAL COPIES OF L.B.P. ON Wii OR XBox360; IT IS PUNISHABLE BY LAW!"), even though he could easily check and see that he cannot play his copy of ''LittleBigPlanet'' on his Wii, although he is either too lazy, or is afraid of having [[14 Branchland Court|his house]] raided by [[jerkop]]s.

Neither is he aware of the technology's current capabilities. As stated in the survey of [[Chris and reality]], he once suggested that Nintendo should create a PokéBall peripheral which could display holographs, which can only be seen in science fiction, currently.

==Decline of gaming passion==
Chris's passion for gaming seems to have relatively subsided by the late 2010s. By 2020, it had been months since he touched his [[PS4]] and has not shown much interest in the new PlayStation's first and third party titles. A look at his then-recent [[Twitter|tweets]] and [[Wish list]] suggested he was busy [[Television|binging TV shows and movies]]. However, Chris continued to regularly play [[Tetris 99]] on the [[Nintendo Switch]] from 2019 up until his arrest in 2021.

On 11 September 2020, during Chris's phase of role-playing as Sonichu, Chris was asked the following question in [[Discord Q&A 6]]:
{{quoteboxgreen|Dear Christine, are you getting any of the next gen consoles? If so, what games are you excited for?}}

Chris responded:

{{quoteboxyellow|Taking you mean the new [[Playstation|PS5]] or [[Hex-Box|XBox S]] generation of consoles; Mama had not really given that much thought, and I haven’t as much either, considering we’ll be in a [[COVID-19#Stopping the pandemic|new timeline free of this pandemic and all of that.]]}}

==During the jail saga==

During Chris's time behind bars, for perhaps the first time in his life, he was deprived of any ability to access his game collection. The various letters he sent to assorted acquaintances over the course of his confinement made little mention of his electronic hoard, and the status of his collection is itself unknown - with Chris having been away from his home for the better part of two years at time of writing, and reports that items belonging to him were thrown out of the house, there is every likelihood that the games and consoles he cherished so dearly and intended to pass down to children of his own have simply been sold off, given away, or tossed in a landfill.

However, in an apparent bid to make the most of his newfound freedom after his release in March 2023, he was swift to visit a local Walmart and purchase another Nintendo Switch, according to an eyewitness account. This account was swiftly corroborated by others who posted images of Chris's online activity, images that paint an unsurprising picture; since his new acquisition, he has wasted little time catching up on games he has missed. Pokemon is front and center, as screenshots of his playtime hours and tweets he has posted suggest he has purchased at least four games within that franchise since leaving jail. This was clarified on the 26th of February 2024 when he posted photos of his entire on-console library to Twitter, confirming that since his release has purchased Pokemon Legends Arceus, Shining Pearl and Scarlet - despite insisting that he wouldn't even play the latter until his own imaginary Pokemon games are released - with the possibility of New Pokemon Snap also being a post-jail acquisition. He has also purchased several other titles that were released while he was behind bars, including but not limited to Metroid Dread, Sonic Frontiers, Superstars and Colors Ultimate, and Life is Strange Remastered and True Colours. Assuming these were bought from standard marketplaces and assuming standard Switch game prices, Chris stands to have spent anywhere from 40 to 60 dollars on each of these alone, to say nothing of acquiring an assortment of indie releases.

More curiously, his PSN profile was spotted as being active online after years of silence in August 2023, showing that he was dabbling with the demo version of Street Fighter 6 - on a PS''5'', despite Chris stating on a [[November 2023 livestreams#First JCWCSP Gaming Live Stream %E2%9A%A1%EF%B8%8F%F0%9F%92%99%E2%9A%A1%EF%B8%8F|November 2023 livestream]] that he does not yet own a PS5. Compared to his Switch usage, however, his passion for the Playstation still appears to have simmered; since his time in jail he has only half-heartedly experimented with a few Vocaloid games, before appearing to settle on using a PS4 another way to play Minecraft.

Even so, this nevertheless shows that even after time away from his electronic stash, time in which self-reflection could have been carried out, Chris is still entirely capable of spending hundreds on new consoles and games, still more than willing to pony up vast sums of money in support of his passions, even in the face of an extremely uncertain future. Old habits always die hard - at least, for Chris.

==Gallery==
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Image:121-CWCsGamecube.jpg|GameCube skin
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Image:204-SonichuGBA2.jpg|GBA skin
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Image:092-PSPSonichu.jpg|[[PSP]] skins
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File:Mail4b.jpg|Pictures of Chris's PSN profile on the PS3
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==See also==
* [[List of Chris's video games]]
* [[List of Chris's PSN game downloads]]
* [[Club Nintendo]]
* [[Fandoms]]
* [[PlayStation 3]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://psnprofiles.com/Sonichu Chris's PlayStation Network profile]

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{{quote|And [[Bob Chandler|Christian's father]] says it only takes a few hours for him to master an electronic game, and then...move onto another! I can't master any of them.|A TV anchorwoman on a younger Chris winning the [[Sonic the Hedgehog Watch & Win Sweepstakes]].}}

[[Image:LoveThatLifeUpgrade.jpg|thumb|Chris tried having sex with a video game console once. [[Chris humps his PS3|It didn't work out]].]]

In case a cursory glance at this wiki did not tell you, Chris likes '''video games'''. A lot. In fact, Chris definitely has spent more time on video games than any other activity or pursuit, including his [[Love Quest]]. He has said he spends between two and four hours a day playing games,<ref>[[Alec Benson Leary Phone Call 7]]</ref> and that figure is likely higher than what he admits to.

Without delving too deeply into armchair psychiatry, it is not hard to see why video games hold so much appeal to Chris. His brain is wired to operate according to [[Autism|absolute values and rigidly-defined processes]]. This is one of the reasons he has so much difficulty in the real world — the rules keep changing on him- if he figures out the rules in the first place. In the artificial world of video games, the challenges are the kind that his inflexible mind is able to comprehend and surmount. There, the rules never change, and all he has to do is follow them. [[Chris and reality|Reality isn't quite as simple]], which is why he spends as little time out there as possible.

==Early Years==
Chris has been an avid gamer since a very young age. He first played video games on a [[Commodore 64]] home computer system. Before he was eight years old, he had a Game Boy and a [[Nintendo]] Entertainment System, and he acquired more consoles and games throughout the 1990s. According to [[The Sonichu Chronicles]], he has been a fan of [[Sonic the Hedgehog]] since the character's [[1991]] debut for the Sega Genesis. His game collection really took off in [[1993]], when he won his famous shopping spree in the [[Sonic the Hedgehog Watch & Win Sweepstakes]] and added $1,000 worth of Sega games and hardware to his hoard.

==Chris's game collection==
[[Image:404-SpiderManSignedGame.jpg|thumb|Well, if ''[[No More Jokes|Spider-Man]]'' says it...]]

{{main|List of Chris's games}}

Although the last completely reliable account of his collection dates back all the way to [[January 2009]], Chris owns, conservatively, nearly 850 different game titles across twenty different platforms. He sold off roughly one hundred games in various trips to GameStop and local pawn shops during the late summer and early fall of 2010, but this hardly depletes the reserves, at all. He also maintained an account with the mail-order rental service GameFly until [[August 2010]].

[[Sony]] consoles dominate Chris's collection. Counting the games he has downloaded through the [[PlayStation Network]], nearly half of his games belong to the PlayStation family. Nintendo comes next, including more than 100 games for Nintendo's different portable platforms, and Sega brings [[Homos|up the rear]]. While he owns every Sega console short of an 8-bit Master System, and Sonic the Hedgehog is one of his favorite individual franchises, games for Sega consoles make up less than 15-10% of Chris's collection.

Chris's violent hatred of the [[Xbox]] is well-known, but [[Chris and hypocrisy|he likely owns, or at one point owned, an original Xbox console]]. However, it is not known how much time he has spent on Xbox games. His [[List of Chris's eBay sales|eBay account]] shows that he tried to sell off a handful of Xbox games in the summer of [[2008]]. The record of his eBay sales also indicates that, in addition to owning at least one of every machine he owns games for, he has gone through at least three or four of Sony's original PlayStation consoles over the years. It is possible that he has had to replace a few of the infamously fragile apparatuses for overuse, but this could also be an indication that he bought the systems and games in bundles.

It is virtually impossible to gauge exactly how much money has been shoveled into Chris's game collection over the past few decades. Knowledgeable [[trolls]], however, reckon that his physical collection of games and hardware represents around $20,000. His PSN downloads, meanwhile, can be accurately accounted for--there, the bill is close to $3,500 and surely climbing all the while. One of the more grievous examples of Chris's video-game-related overspending is his apparent ownership of at least two copies of the eighty-dollar ''[[Street Fighter]] IV Collector's Edition'', as evidenced by the two identical exclusive Ryu figurines he later sold on eBay. While it is possible that Chris received the second figure from an outside source or packaging error, his attempt to bribe [[BlueSpike]] [[Julie Reveals Herself: The Prequel|with a copy of the game]] and his habit of wasting money for no particular reason lend credence to the former theory.

In January 2015, it was leaked on the [[CWCki Forums]] that Chris had spent an absurd amount of money on Nintendo consoles and games, ''racking up '''585''' transactions'' in the last 4.5 years,<ref>[[Nintendo employee reveals details of Chris's Nintendo transactions]]</ref> or 150 payments a year. This list includes useless shovelware, Virtual Console games, and [[Sonic Boom Protests|both versions of a game he does not even like.]] Of these, 276 purchases are known to be handheld games, 8 are known to be video game consoles (''buying '''4''' DS and DSi consoles''), and 75 which are known to be console games. The grand total cost of all Chris's '''listed''' purchases is '''$7460.43''' or '''$1657.87/year'''. Keep in mind that 39% of the purchases Chris has on his account (such as Skylanders figures, amiibos, and his Wii U Virtual Console purchases) are not yet specified, meaning that their cost is not included in this already insanely high figure. Apparently, his main attention and [[Nintendo Power Magazine|fanboyism]] has shifted from PlayStation back to Nintendo, for unknown reasons.

This leak also revealed that Chris plays almost every game demo available on the eShop, Nintendo's online downloadable video game store, even if he has no interest in said game. This leak also confirmed he had bought every single [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic]] game and primary [[Pokémon]] RPG, proving that he is still a major fanboy of [[Sonichu (comic)|both franchises]], and also confirmed that he still makes many purchases multiple times over for no apparent reason, such as of ''Wario's Woods''.

==Game Preferences==
Going on what evidence is available, such as what he has talked about on his websites and [[YouTube]], what his PSN profile shows the most effort put into, and what he decides to construct elaborate fan-works around, Chris has fairly childish, "casual" tastes in video games. Though he puts an inordinate level of effort and time into gaming, he does so playing stuff like Sonic, ''[[Pokémon]]'', ''[[Animal Crossing]]'', ''[[Guitar Hero]]'', and other games geared toward more mainstream and less "hardcore" audiences. His favorite racing game, ''ModNation Racers'', is a straightforward title that allows players to create their own tracks and cars. ''[[LittleBigPlanet]]'' earned a rabid following with its level editor, but otherwise, it is just another side-scrolling platform game (and Chris hardly strains the level editor to the limits of its potential). Much of his PSN trophy case is filled out with achievements obtained by playing simple downloadable demoscene and indie productions.

Chris has purchased a fair share of M-rated games, such as ''Family Guy: The Video Game'', ''Grand Theft Auto'', and ''Call of Duty''<ref>[[List of Chris's video games]]
</ref>, which shows that his interest in games is not necessarily limited to the E rating. These games, however, tend to be fairly shallow in terms of gameplay. ''[[Brutal Legend Plus|Brütal Legend]]'' isn't remarkably deep as far as gameplay is concerned; while the game is an M-rated title with swearing, decapitations, heavy metal music, and tricky real-time strategy elements, for the most part, the atmosphere is still jolly and humorous enough, and the majority of gameplay consists of exploring the world and having straightforward beat-'em-up fights. Some have questioned whether or not Chris's interest in ''Brütal Legend'' was because of an affinity for director [[Wikipedia:Tim Schafer|Tim Schafer]]'s other quirky, offbeat games such as ''[[Wikipedia:Psychonauts|Psychonauts]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:Grim Fandango|Grim Fandango]]''. While Chris might be drawn to the perceived [[random-access humor]] of those games, it is more likely that they were too intelligent for him, and thus hold no appeal to his childish mind. Chris's interest in ''Brütal Legend'' was most likely due to Jack Black voicing the main character, and possibly [[Chris and music|his failed attempts to be seen as a connoisseur of music]].

The games that Chris owns are not necessarily the games that Chris plays. His PSN downloads strongly suggest that he spends money on his gaming hobby more or less out of compulsion. Witness the $65 he spent on downloadable content for ''Disgaea 3'', a game he had only played to 7% completion several months after originally buying all those downloads. It is reasonable to assume that Chris has similar spending habits in real life, a theory bolstered somewhat by his retro game collections and a house full of junk. Chris's collections of games for the Sega CD, Sega Saturn, and a couple of other now-dead consoles are dominated by bargain-bin trash, extremely common or poor quality games that are easily bought at low prices. No knowledgeable gamer would ever pay money for ''Power Factory Featuring C+C Music Factory'', except maybe as a gag gift, but Chris apparently thought it was worth owning. This habit seems to be picked up from [[Barbara Chandler|Barbara]] and continues to this day in the form of eShop shovelware and Virtual Console downloads.

His collection does a good job of telling us what sort of games Chris does not play, though. Outside of the ''Pokémon'' series, for instance, he evinces no interest in role-playing games. Most of the non-Pokémon RPGs in his collection, like ''Suikoden'' and ''Final Fantasy VII'', are PlayStation retro releases he impulse-bought through the PSN. Chris buys those up like penny candy – he has even downloaded several digital duplicates of PlayStation games of which he already owns physical copies. Even during his short ''[[Hyperdimension Neptunia]]'' phase in late 2017, he only showed an interest in the anime adaptation of the games and has never shown any indication he has either been interested in or played the games.

Despite being obsessed with ''Pokémon'', he is not a hardcore Nintendo fan as some might suspect. He never seems to show interest in the latest content from Nintendo, and the hardcore Nintendo games he does own (such as games from the ''Metroid'', ''The Legend of Zelda'' and ''Mario'' franchises) are most likely just collecting dust on his game collection racks. However, a January 2014 leak by a Nintendo Employee revealed that Chris had, in fact, returned to his Nintendo roots, buying nearly every single game on the eShop.

He owns almost no sports games. In the [[Mailbag 2|Mailbag]], he once noted that "Sports titles do not really thrill me," although he did not explain exactly [[Obesity|why.]]

With a few exceptions, Chris has no apparent interest in video games marketed towards his own age group, which is unsurprising. "Hardcore" games aimed at "adults" are games that simply would not interest Chris because of his juvenile mindset. Video games (and anything else, for that matter) with mature themes that are not two-dimensionally crass and full of [[random-access humor]] would probably confuse and bore Chris and make him feel awkward and uncomfortable, adding to the fact he probably would not be able to get very far in the game. This is supported by the fact that he did try out ''Bioshock'', a first-person shooter with RPG elements, but only for a short time and never touched it again. Most likely the whole game itself flew right over Chris's head and he decided to play some ''Wheel of Fortune'' instead. However, ever since his [[100 2357.MOV|sixth declaration that he has left the internet]] in late [[2010]], some more high-profile games aimed at adults have appeared on his PSN Trophy list (such as ''Grand Theft Auto IV'' and ''Fallout: New Vegas''). Apparently the ''Hannah Montana'' PS3 game is no longer enough to fill his abundance of free time, and he has taken to playing games he would not normally be doing anything else with his life.

While he sometimes gets tagged with the "[[Japanophilia|weeaboo]]" label, Chris does not appear to prefer games made in Japan over any other part of the world. In fact, his favorite games of 2008-2009, the period where he has told us the most about what he plays, are pretty evenly divided between Japan (''Sonic'', ''Pokémon''), the United States (''Guitar Hero'', ''Brütal Legend''), Canada (''ModNation Racers''), and Europe (''LittleBigPlanet''). He counts a few Japanese Game Boy and Nintendo DS imports in his larger collection, but they are obviously titles he picked up to try and impress/bribe [[Megan Schroeder]] — almost all of them are spin-offs from popular anime, especially magical girl series like ''Sailor Moon'' and ''Pretty Cure''.

When Chris and Megan still got along well together, they were serious players of the arcade version of ''[[Soul Calibur]] III''. There is also an arcade in Chris's plans for the [[CWCville Shopping Center]]. However, given Chris's inclinations to retreat into the comfortable confines of his bedroom, the chances he goes to arcades are slim.

==Chris, the Brave Console Warrior==
Chris thinks the perennial "Console Wars" between rival manufacturers of game machines are extremely serious affairs, and engages in them with all of the bile and fervor of a 10-year-old child soldier in the PlayStation Army. On rare occasions, he has almost seemed rational in this respect, saying he "just doesn't like" or "doesn't care much for" the Xbox, but most of the time he does not mince words when describing the vile, loathsome, and blatantly stupid [[HEXBox]]. By comparison, he has waxed poetic when describing the awesomeness of the [[PS3]], most prominently in his [[PS3 History Level]] for ''LittleBigPlanet''. According to [[Mimms and Lucas Q&A#Video games|Lucas]], Chris would even express his fury over the Xbox in public while hanging out at [[The GAMe PLACe]].

It is hard to tell where Chris's religious devotion to the PlayStation comes from, but to call it "religious" is not hyperbole. Like his faith in [[Chris and religion|GodJesus]], his support for Sony is blind and unthinking. Though he can come up with a simple justification for his opinions in a pinch — typically he brings up the annual fee for online gaming on Xbox Live — Chris shows no sign of having put any serious thought or research into his choice of consoles. His descriptions of the PS3's advantages in places like his [[Chris Chan Update 13 October 2008|Columbus Day 2008 video]] tend to sound like a collection of marketing buzzwords (as filtered through the mind of a [[Chris's room|cave-dwelling]] autist, anyway).

Interestingly, Chris was not always a blindly devoted fan of Sony. In the [[Animal Crossing Documentary]], we see that back in [[2003]], Chris pledged his allegiance to Nintendo and the GameCube, stating that both the predecessors of the PS3 stank as much as the original Xbox. His feelings changed when he bought a PS1 at a "rummage sale" for cheap, intending to resell it elsewhere for profit, but instead played it and found it was not bad.<ref>[[Jackie E-mails 14]]</ref> One would expect this to be a lesson against nonsensical [[Chris and brand loyalty|brand loyalty]], but instead Chris just focused his hatred on Microsoft. Likely, prior to this Chris was a Sega fanatic at Nintendo's expense; if true, then it demonstrates how [[List of Chris's sweethearts|fickle]] Chris is regarding devotion.

When asked what his thoughts were on the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Switch Nintendo Switch], Nintendo's up and coming console for 2017, Chris responded in Chris [[Mailbag 29|fashion]], and simply stated that he has no [[Exercise|thoughts]] on it, due to being [[stress|preoccupied]].

[[File:Thoughts_On_Switch_Jan_19_2017.png|thumb|[[Mailbag 29|Whatever]]]]

Unsurprisingly, Chris is ignorant of things he has chosen not to like. The only 360 game he seems to shown interest in, [http://news.vgchartz.com/news.php?id=6182 "Don't Be Nervous Talking to Girls"], seen in [[Sonichu 10|''Sonichu'' #10]] being modified for the PS3, was suggested to him by the fans. Though the game is just a crappy dating sim, and though there are other 360-exclusive games which would appeal to him, Chris claims that it is the only game worth playing on the 360.

Even slinging mud at the names of the consoles is very serious business to Chris. In [[Lars Call]], Chris says he does not like it when people call PS3 the "PS Triple", because that is what [[trolls]] call it. Of course, this comes from a man who [[Chris and hypocrisy|ceaselessly rants about the "Hex Box"]].

==Chris and Online Gaming==
Perhaps unsurprisingly, given his antisocial nature, Chris is not fond of online multiplayer games in any genre, be they sports sims, shooters, racing games, or whatever else. Though he owns several games for the PS3 and other consoles that would allow him to play online and interact with other people, his PSN profile shows that he has put little time into multiplayer games.

In 2010 and afterward, two exceptions to this rule emerged. He did a good deal of online racing in ''ModNation Racers'' during the summer of 2010, while, early in 2011, Chris began to show an interest in an online role-playing game for the first time, ''DC Universe Online''. His fondness for ModNation competition eventually passed, but it remains to be seen whether or not he will develop a lasting interest in MMO gaming.

Dedicated observers of Chris's gaming habits may notice a bit of a paradox developing here: Chris claims to hate the Xbox 360 because Microsoft requires a $50 annual subscription fee for online multiplayer gaming. It is a mystery, then, why this would wind him up so badly, when he hardly plays any multiplayer games, but such is the nature of Chris. [[Mailbag]] correspondents have tried to point out the seeming contradiction here, not to mention the weird contrast between Chris's thriftiness as far as Xbox Live is concerned and the massive amounts of money he willing wastes on worthless digital trinkets through Nintendo and the PSN. For all the good it has done, though, they may as well have tried to change his opinion of [[Asperger syndrome]].

Recently, Chris has started playing online games on his Switch and PC, playing titles such as [[Tetris 99]] and PayDay 2.

===Chris, the Trophy Whore===
While Chris has little evident interest in directly interacting with other humans in online games, he does seem to enjoy building up a massive trophy case to passively show off on his PlayStation Network profile. He has doggedly played through a number of games in order to earn every available achievement, and on occasion he appeals to his [[fanbase]] for help in earning trophies. For instance, he begged readers of his [[Twitter]] feed to download his ''ModNation Racers'' levels so he could pick up one more trophy.

Slacker that he is, Chris prefers to put forth as little effort as possible to earn his trophies. Presented with a trophy in ''LittleBigPlanet 2'' that asked him to contribute a custom level to the game's online community, he fulfilled the requirement by uploading an empty level with no work put into it. (When this level was deleted by the community's administrators, he took the next-easiest route and uploaded his old levels made with the first ''LittleBigPlanet''.) In an [[Jackie E-mails 6|e-mail to Jackie]], he expressed great pleasure when the ''ModNation'' experience system was patched to make certain trophies easier to acquire.

==Chris and PC Games==
Games for personal [[computers]] are conspicuously absent from Chris's collection and his evident game-playing habits. The only sign that he has ever even owned any PC games comes from his eBay account, which shows that he tried to auction off a collection of vintage ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing games for the PC in the summer of 2008. He also owned a copy of the first ''[[Lego Island]]'' game for PC (as seen by his possession of the Infomaniac minifigure - which was only obtainable from early copies of the said game). In the [[Fanmail Reading]] video, after a [[troll|fan]] sent him a copy of ''[[wikipedia:Half-Life 2|Half-Life 2]]'', Chris explained, "I don't play PC games. I used to, but I don't anymore." He failed to indicate why he gave them up, though. In [[Mumble 1|his first Mumble chat]], he claimed to "remember ''[[wikipedia:Touhou|Touhou]]''", but later backpedaled and said "I never really heard of that."

Due to the influence of the [[Idea Guys]] and him acquiring a decent computer, Chris has picked up PC gaming. He has a steam profile and has played PayDay 2, at least. {{cite}}

==Chris, the Industry Insider==
Chris gets most of his information about the gaming industry from comparatively mainstream sources. He was an avid reader of ''Game Informer'' magazine. As for publications and/or other media sources that have since gone defunct, he was also a dedicated reader of Sony's online magazine ''Qore'', and regularly followed the G4 cable network; he apparently even still took the [[Congrats, Jack Black|Spike TV Video Game Awards]] seriously, which puts him about five years behind anybody with even a passing interest in the games' business.

==Chris, the Game Designer==
{{main|Sonichu (game)|Christian Weston Chandler's Adult Chronicles}}

At various times, especially during the [[Miyamoto saga]], but going as far back as the late 1990s (when he had a prophetic dream of a Sonic game for the Game Boy), Chris has imagined that he could launch himself into a career as a game designer. It is telling, however, that nearly all of his "ideas" for potential video game projects simply involve swapping Sonichu or other Chris-spawned characters into an existing game concept. ''[[Pokémon: Lightning Version]]'' is a Pokémon RPG with Sonichu in it. ''[[Sonichu Adventure]]'' is ''Sonic Adventure'' with Sonichu in it. ''[[John's Custom Gundam: Sisterly Rescue]]'' is ''Gundam: Journey to Jaburo'' with [[Megan Schroeder|Megan's]] quasi-retarded brother in it, and so on.

The closest he has gotten to coming up with something like an original idea is ''[[Christian Weston Chandler's Adult Chronicles]]'', and it is not actually known what that game is supposed to amount to, beyond what Chris drew on the cover, and occasional haphazard mentions. It is entirely possible that the answer is unknown to Chris himself.

Nevertheless, Chris sincerely believes that his characters and game ideas are ready for commercial success. He once rejected an e-mail from the Mailbag that brought up the notion of a not-for-profit fan-made Sonichu game, and brushed off similar suggestions in his first [[IRC (16 October 2008)|IRC fan chat]]. In [[Chris dispels videogame rumors|the video about dispelling rumors of an official Sonichu game]], he scoffed at the idea of his game ideas being made with 2D graphics.

===Modding and Customization===
One of the great ironies of Chris's existence is that he loves to create and share his creations, even though he possesses almost no genuine innate creativity. He tends to gravitate strongly towards video games that allow him to create his own content and share it online.

Since console games are often not modifiable, while PC game modding tends to demand more technical skill than he possesses, Chris has only been able to show off his creativity in this field so much. That said, the PS3 games ''LittleBigPlanet'' and ''[[ModNation Racers]]'' exerted a powerful grip on him with their customization capabilities. Chris made a ton of levels in ''LittleBigPlanet,'' dropping out of sight for the better part of a month when he first acquired the retail version of the game. Likewise, he has made levels, characters and custom cars for ''ModNation Racers'', and it resulted in a similar disappearance during the summer of 2010. His output has not shown too much actual competence, but it is not for lack of time and effort spent.

Even in games that offer only light customization features, Chris makes a point of personalizing his experience as much as possible. He spent considerable time on a ''Guitar Hero'' band, up to drawing [[CWCRockin4Way.jpg|disturbing pictures]] of his virtual bandmates. The amount of time he spent on tweaking his ''Animal Crossing'' villages is simply colossal. According to the [[Regina e-mails]], Chris made a similarly big deal about ''F-Zero GX'' and ''Jet Set Radio'', even though both games limit their customization options to things like swapping around car parts or personalizing small decals.

Likewise, as the gallery below displays, Chris enjoys customizing his game hardware. He has splattered Sonichu artwork all over his Gamecube, a Nintendo DS, a couple of Game Boy Advances, a PSP, his now-deceased original PS3, and possibly other consoles or handhelds. One of his [[Pokéwalker of Fail|Pokéwalkers]] also appears to have received the Sonichu treatment, being repainted in blue and yellow.

====Sonic World====
Chris became interested in Sonic the Hedgehog fan game and modding project [[Sonic World]] in late 2020. After joining its [[Discord]] group, he requested creators make based on Sonichu and his female obsession at the time, [[ProjectSNT]]. In December of that year, Chris found a Sonichu mod and wished to add his voice acting into it. While he did want to get into contact with the original creator and ask if he could add to the mod, Chris opted going without permission and downloaded the mod, replaced the original voice clips with his own, and reposted it. Because of the original mod's appropriation, Chris was banned from the mod-hosting website GameBanana. He was banned from the Sonic World Discord group not long after due to his passive-aggressive-yet-[[Messiah complex|megalomaniacal]] confrontation with the Sonichu mod's creator.

==Chris's Perception of Video Game Technology==
Chris obviously has no idea about how video games or video game consoles work. For example, as seen in a panel of ''Sonichu'' #10, he seems to think that games are interchangeable and can work on any console ("DO NOT BUY OR DOWNLOAD ILLEGAL COPIES OF L.B.P. ON Wii OR XBox360; IT IS PUNISHABLE BY LAW!"), even though he could easily check and see that he cannot play his copy of ''LittleBigPlanet'' on his Wii, although he is either too lazy, or is afraid of having [[14 Branchland Court|his house]] raided by [[jerkop]]s.

Neither is he aware of the technology's current capabilities. As stated in the survey of [[Chris and reality]], he once suggested that Nintendo should create a PokéBall peripheral which could display holographs, which can only be seen in science fiction, currently.

==Decline of gaming passion==
Chris's passion for gaming seems to have relatively subsided by the late 2010s. By 2020, it had been months since he touched his [[PS4]] and has not shown much interest in the new PlayStation's first and third party titles. A look at his then-recent [[Twitter|tweets]] and [[Wish list]] suggested he was busy [[Television|binging TV shows and movies]]. However, Chris continued to regularly play [[Tetris 99]] on the [[Nintendo Switch]] from 2019 up until his arrest in 2021.

On 11 September 2020, during Chris's phase of role-playing as Sonichu, Chris was asked the following question in [[Discord Q&A 6]]:
{{quoteboxgreen|Dear Christine, are you getting any of the next gen consoles? If so, what games are you excited for?}}

Chris responded:

{{quoteboxyellow|Taking you mean the new [[Playstation|PS5]] or [[Hex-Box|XBox S]] generation of consoles; Mama had not really given that much thought, and I haven’t as much either, considering we’ll be in a [[COVID-19#Stopping the pandemic|new timeline free of this pandemic and all of that.]]}}

==During the jail saga==

During Chris's time behind bars, for perhaps the first time in his life, he was deprived of any ability to access his game collection. The various letters he sent to assorted acquaintances over the course of his confinement made little mention of his electronic hoard, and the status of his collection is itself unknown - with Chris having been away from his home for the better part of two years at time of writing, and reports that items belonging to him were thrown out of the house, there is every likelihood that the games and consoles he cherished so dearly and intended to pass down to children of his own have simply been sold off, given away, or tossed in a landfill.

However, in an apparent bid to make the most of his newfound freedom after his release in March 2023, he was swift to visit a local Walmart and purchase another Nintendo Switch, according to an eyewitness account. This account was swiftly corroborated by others who posted images of Chris's online activity, images that paint an unsurprising picture; since his new acquisition, he has wasted little time catching up on games he has missed. Pokemon is front and center, as screenshots of his playtime hours and tweets he has posted suggest he has purchased at least four games within that franchise since leaving jail. This was clarified on the 26th of February 2024 when he posted photos of his entire on-console library to Twitter, confirming that since his release has purchased Pokemon Legends Arceus, Shining Pearl and Scarlet - despite insisting that he wouldn't even play the latter until his own imaginary Pokemon games are released - with the possibility of New Pokemon Snap also being a post-jail acquisition. He has also purchased several other titles that were released while he was behind bars, including but not limited to Metroid Dread, Sonic Frontiers, Superstars and Colors Ultimate, and Life is Strange Remastered and True Colours. Assuming these were bought from standard marketplaces and assuming standard Switch game prices, Chris stands to have spent anywhere from 40 to 60 dollars on each of these alone, to say nothing of acquiring an assortment of indie releases.

More curiously, his PSN profile was spotted as being active online after years of silence in August 2023, showing that he was dabbling with the demo version of Street Fighter 6 - on a PS''5'', despite Chris stating on a [[November 2023 livestreams#First JCWCSP Gaming Live Stream %E2%9A%A1%EF%B8%8F%F0%9F%92%99%E2%9A%A1%EF%B8%8F|November 2023 livestream]] that he does not yet own a PS5. Compared to his Switch usage, however, his passion for the Playstation still appears to have simmered; since his time in jail he has only half-heartedly experimented with a few Vocaloid games, before appearing to settle on using a PS4 another way to play Minecraft.

Even so, this nevertheless shows that even after time away from his electronic stash, time in which self-reflection could have been carried out, Chris is still entirely capable of spending hundreds on new consoles and games, still more than willing to pony up hundreds in support of his passions, even in the face of an extremely uncertain future. Old habits always die hard - at least, for Chris.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Image:121-CWCsGamecube.jpg|GameCube skin
Image:122-CWCsGamecubeP2.jpg
Image:204-SonichuGBA2.jpg|GBA skin
Image:205-SonichuGBASP2.jpg
Image:CWCGameCube1.jpg
Image:CWCGameCube2.jpg
Image:CWCGameCube3.jpg
Image:CWCGameCube4.jpg
Image:CWCGameCube5.jpg
Image:CWCGameCube6.jpg
Image:092-PSPSonichu.jpg|[[PSP]] skins
Image:SonichuPSPCover.jpg
Image:282-ChaoticComboPSPWall.jpg
Image:518-PaRappa-the-Rapper-Um-Jammer-Lammy-PSP-Wallpaper.jpg
Image:Sonichugame.png
File:Mail4b.jpg|Pictures of Chris's PSN profile on the PS3
File:Mail6e.jpg
File:Mail3vah.jpg
File:Mail1lbf.jpg
File:Mail5.jpg
File:Mail2u.jpg
File:Maildma.jpg
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[List of Chris's video games]]
* [[List of Chris's PSN game downloads]]
* [[Club Nintendo]]
* [[Fandoms]]
* [[PlayStation 3]]

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
* [https://psnprofiles.com/Sonichu Chris's PlayStation Network profile]

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2024

2024-07-03T22:29:16Z

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{{Ongoing}}
[[File:cwc-jan2024.jpeg|thumb|Chris in January 2024 sporting a new version of [[The Classic]].|350px]]
'''2024''' is the seventeenth year since [[Chris]]'s discovery. This will be Chris's first full year not spent in [[jail]] since [[2020]], assuming he keeps his nose clean.

2024 will also mark the U.S. presidential election, with [[Pmurt]] attempting to retake the presidency from [[Joe Biden]]. Chris is eligible to vote, because his [[incest]] case was dropped without any charges.

==January==
{{main|January 2024}}
{{stub}}
Chris attended his first post-jail convention, [[Animate! Raleigh]], and, unsurprisingly, was kicked out. Chris would also be interviewed by [[Keffals]].

==February==
{{main|February 2024}}
{{stub}}
[[File:IHaveNotWatchedAnyHentai.png||thumb|left|Chris in February 2024.|350px]]
This month consisted of Chris releasing a streams and videos under the influence of [[Praetor]] and getting spotted at [[Liberty University]]. Chris spent his 42nd birthday playing [[Pokémon GO]].<ref>[[Sightings_(2024)#Liberty_University]]</ref>

==March==
{{main|March 2024}}
{{stub}}
[[File:Praetor_Sonichu_Amiibo_5.jpg|thumb|Chris in March 2024.|350px]]
This month consisted of Chris releasing a streams and videos under the influence of [[Praetor]] and [[BABSCon#2024|getting banned from BABScon]]. Chris would also be interviewed by [[TheGamerFromMars]].<ref>[[Sightings_(2024)#River_Ridge_Mall_(March,_second_sighting)]]</ref>

==April==
{{main|April 2024}}
{{stub}}
[[File:Cwc-apr2024.jpeg|thumb|left|Chris in April 2024.|350px]]
Chris's [[April 2024 social media posts|internet activity slowed down a considerable amount]] compared to previous months since his [[Jesus Christ Chan Sonichu Prime Resurrected and Returned|online return]]. Chris also did not stream this month, which he had done at least once per month the previous six months. Chris would make his first video at [[14 Branchland Court]] since [[July 2021]] to promote the fake rocks on his [[OfficialCWCmart|Etsy store]].<ref>[[Harvesting Process, Gravel at the Sonichu Temple]]</ref>

==May==
{{main|May 2024}}
{{stub}}
[[File:Cwc-may2024.jpg|thumb|Chris in May 2024.|350px]]
Chris flew on an airplane for the first time in [[Cole_Smithey#California_(1980-96)|35 years]] as he was spotted at a Dallas Airport terminal. Chris's online activity this month consisted of [[AI_Chris_Chan_Vs_Christ_Chan#AI_Chris_Chan_Vs_Christ_Chan_-_Suvwl'_van_bom|a single video]] and complaining about being photographed in public despite his continued [[Honor roll|refusal to dress normally]]. CCTV cameras were used at [[Lynchburg_and_Big_Island,_VA#House|Chris's house]] to discourage [[weens]] from visiting.

==June==
{{Main|June 2024}}
{{stub}}
[[File:Cwc-jun2024.jpg|thumb|left|Chris in June 2024.|350px]]
The start of summer was marked by a lengthy period of social invisibility, making this Chris' quietest month since April. After issuing threats of legal action against anyone who recorded or photographed him unawares, he went without being sighted for almost the full length of June, being seen only once at the end of the month alongside Flutter - the first time the two had been seen together since March. He would return to streaming himself playing videogames for the first time since mid-February, but aside from advertising what would be his only video in June his online presence and social media activity likewise diminished; the most outstanding development otherwise was a post made to Twitter on the 15th, a rambling address that attributed his lack of activity to 'soul searching'.
{{References}}
{{timeline}}

2024

2024-07-03T22:28:35Z

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{{Ongoing}}
[[File:cwc-jan2024.jpeg|thumb|Chris in January 2024 sporting a new version of [[The Classic]].|350px]]
'''2024''' is the seventeenth year since [[Chris]]'s discovery. This will be Chris's first full year not spent in [[jail]] since [[2020]], assuming he keeps his nose clean.

2024 will also mark the U.S. presidential election, with [[Pmurt]] attempting to retake the presidency from [[Joe Biden]]. Chris is eligible to vote, because his [[incest]] case was dropped without any charges.

==January==
{{main|January 2024}}
{{stub}}
Chris attended his first post-jail convention, [[Animate! Raleigh]], and, unsurprisingly, was kicked out. Chris would also be interviewed by [[Keffals]].

==February==
{{main|February 2024}}
{{stub}}
[[File:IHaveNotWatchedAnyHentai.png||thumb|left|Chris in February 2024.|350px]]
This month consisted of Chris releasing a streams and videos under the influence of [[Praetor]] and getting spotted at [[Liberty University]]. Chris spent his 42nd birthday playing [[Pokémon GO]].<ref>[[Sightings_(2024)#Liberty_University]]</ref>

==March==
{{main|March 2024}}
{{stub}}
[[File:Praetor_Sonichu_Amiibo_5.jpg|thumb|Chris in March 2024.|350px]]
This month consisted of Chris releasing a streams and videos under the influence of [[Praetor]] and [[BABSCon#2024|getting banned from BABScon]]. Chris would also be interviewed by [[TheGamerFromMars]].<ref>[[Sightings_(2024)#River_Ridge_Mall_(March,_second_sighting)]]</ref>

==April==
{{main|April 2024}}
{{stub}}
[[File:Cwc-apr2024.jpeg|thumb|left|Chris in April 2024.|350px]]
Chris's [[April 2024 social media posts|internet activity slowed down a considerable amount]] compared to previous months since his [[Jesus Christ Chan Sonichu Prime Resurrected and Returned|online return]]. Chris also did not stream this month, which he had done at least once per month the previous six months. Chris would make his first video at [[14 Branchland Court]] since [[July 2021]] to promote the fake rocks on his [[OfficialCWCmart|Etsy store]].<ref>[[Harvesting Process, Gravel at the Sonichu Temple]]</ref>

==May==
{{main|May 2024}}
{{stub}}
[[File:Cwc-may2024.jpg|thumb|Chris in May 2024.|350px]]
Chris flew on an airplane for the first time in [[Cole_Smithey#California_(1980-96)|35 years]] as he was spotted at a Dallas Airport terminal. Chris's online activity this month consisted of [[AI_Chris_Chan_Vs_Christ_Chan#AI_Chris_Chan_Vs_Christ_Chan_-_Suvwl'_van_bom|a single video]] and complaining about being photographed in public despite his continued [[Honor roll|refusal to dress normally]]. CCTV cameras were used at [[Lynchburg_and_Big_Island,_VA#House|Chris's house]] to discourage [[weens]] from visiting.

==June==
{{Main|June 2024}}
{{stub}}
[[File:Cwc-jun2024.jpg|thumb|left|Chris in June 2024.|350px]]
The start of summer was marked by a lengthy period of social invisibility, making this his quietest month since April. After issuing threats of legal action against anyone who recorded or photographed him unawares, he went without being sighted for almost the full length of June, being seen only once at the end of the month alongside Flutter - the first time the two had been seen together since March. He would return to streaming himself playing videogames for the first time since mid-February, but aside from advertising what would be his only video in June his online presence and social media activity likewise diminished; the most outstanding development otherwise was a post made to Twitter on the 15th, a rambling address that attributed his lack of activity to 'soul searching'.
{{References}}
{{timeline}}

2024

2024-07-03T09:36:42Z

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{{Ongoing}}
[[File:cwc-jan2024.jpeg|thumb|Chris in January 2024 sporting a new version of [[The Classic]].]]
'''2024''' is the seventeenth year since [[Chris]]'s discovery. This will be Chris's first full year not spent in [[jail]] since [[2020]], assuming he keeps his nose clean.

2024 will also mark the U.S. presidential election, with [[Pmurt]] attempting to retake the presidency from [[Joe Biden]]. Chris is eligible to vote, because his [[incest]] case was dropped without any charges.

==January==
{{main|January 2024}}
{{stub}}
Chris attended his first post-jail convention, [[Animate! Raleigh]], and, unsurprisingly, was kicked out. Chris would also be interviewed by [[Keffals]].

==February==
{{main|February 2024}}
{{stub}}
[[File:IHaveNotWatchedAnyHentai.png||thumb|left|Chris in February 2024.|350px]]
This month consisted of Chris releasing a streams and videos under the influence of [[Praetor]] and getting spotted at [[Liberty University]]. Chris spent his 42nd birthday playing [[Pokémon GO]].<ref>[[Sightings_(2024)#Liberty_University]]</ref>

==March==
{{main|March 2024}}
{{stub}}
[[File:Praetor_Sonichu_Amiibo_5.jpg|thumb|Chris in March 2024.|350px]]
This month consisted of Chris releasing a streams and videos under the influence of [[Praetor]] and [[BABSCon#2024|getting banned from BABScon]]. Chris would also be interviewed by [[TheGamerFromMars]].<ref>[[Sightings_(2024)#River_Ridge_Mall_(March,_second_sighting)]]</ref>

==April==
{{main|April 2024}}
{{stub}}
[[File:Cwc-apr2024.jpeg|thumb|left|Chris in April 2024.|350px]]
Chris's [[April 2024 social media posts|internet activity slowed down a considerable amount]] compared to previous months since his [[Jesus Christ Chan Sonichu Prime Resurrected and Returned|online return]]. Chris also did not stream this month, which he had done at least once per month the previous six months. Chris would make his first video at [[14 Branchland Court]] since [[July 2021]] to promote the fake rocks on his [[OfficialCWCmart|Etsy store]].<ref>[[Harvesting Process, Gravel at the Sonichu Temple]]</ref>

==May==
{{main|May 2024}}
{{stub}}
[[File:Cwc-may2024.jpg|thumb|Chris in May 2024.|350px]]
Chris flew on an airplane for the first time in [[Cole_Smithey#California_(1980-96)|35 years]] as he was spotted at a Dallas Airport terminal. Chris's online activity this month consisted of [[AI_Chris_Chan_Vs_Christ_Chan#AI_Chris_Chan_Vs_Christ_Chan_-_Suvwl'_van_bom|a single video]] and complaining about being photographed in public despite his continued [[Honor roll|refusal to dress normally]]. CCTV cameras were used at [[Lynchburg_and_Big_Island,_VA#House|Chris's house]] to discourage [[weens]] from visiting.

==June==
{{Main|June 2024}}
{{stub}}
June 2024 was marked by the longest period of social invisibility from Chris since his release from jail. After issuing threats of legal action against anyone who recorded or photographed him unawares, he went without being sighted for almost the entire month, being seen only once at the end of the month alongside Flutter - the first time the two had been seen together since March. His social media activity and online presence were similarly diminished; aside from advertising what would be his only video this month, the most outstanding development was a post made to Twitter on the 15th, a rambling address that attributed his lack of activity to 'soul searching'.
{{References}}
{{timeline}}

Chris and negligence

2024-06-12T07:11:25Z

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[[Image:Please,_Donate_(720p).mp400001.png|thumb|Chris, begging for money in his toy-stuffed room, October 2016.]]

{{Quote|Ah, yeah. Big price items. '''PLEEEEASE PLEASE''' buy those now so I can get. This. Car. Worked. On. Right. Now. '''ToDAYYYYYYYY'''!|Chris, [[My Car is Heating Up Worse; PLEASE BUY from my eBay and HELP|after going well over a full year without an oil change]]<ref>[[Son-Chu#Ford Focus]]</ref>}}

Merriam-Webster defines '''negligence''' as [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/negligence|"failure to exercise the care that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in like circumstances" ]. A negligent person frequently finds themselves in trouble caused by their own inability to identify a problem and deal with it properly. Chris is in no short supply of negligence, and it frequently leads to him [[Trolls#Chris the troll|trolling himself]].

==Examples of Chris's Negligence==

There are several examples of Chris's negligence that have negatively impacted himself, his family, his community, and his fans. The effects of his negligence have ranged from [[Chris's_room | letting his room go]], to [[eBay#Suspension of Chris's eBay | getting his eBay banned]], to even possibly [[Destruction Of Chris's House#Actual Timeline of Events|burning down his own house]]. Chris's failure to properly deal with problems often leads him into tricky situations that bring humorous responses. A significant portion of Chris's content can be attributed either directly or indirectly to his negligence.

===Vehicles===
[[Image:Chris car April 2021-3.jpg|thumb|left|Chris's Car after backing into a big rig in April, 2021.]]
[[Image:Totem_after_CWC_1.jpeg|thumb|The box Chris shipped the [[Sonic Totem]] in, in all its scotch-taped glory.]]

Chris has a long history of vehicular struggles. His first car, the [[Son-Chu#Ford Escort|original Son-Chu]], went through horror as it was revealed in October 2010 that he went well over a year without changing the oil. Unsurprisingly, the car didn't make it much longer. Fast-forwarding to July 2018, it became clear that Chris failed to learn his lesson; in [[My_Car_is_Heating_Up_Worse;_PLEASE_BUY_from_my_eBay_and_HELP |a begging video]], Chris revealed that his 2010 Ford Focus was heating up and wouldn't start. Despite fans sending him money to get the car fixed, the car died three months later. It was reported by [[The Captain]] that the car's engine was permanently broken. Being that the car had only 110,000 miles on it, it's likely that Chris's neglect was the cause of the car's untimely failure.

In 2021 a fan snapped a picture of the fourth iteration of [[Son-Chu]] in the wild, featuring a dented rear door and smashed rear windshield with a plastic covering. Another fan texted Chris, asking about the damage done to the van. Chris responded, revealing that he had backed into the trailer of a big rig.

===Finances===
{{Main|Chris and money}}

Beginning in 2014, Chris took to eBay as a means to supplement his [[Monthly_tugboat|tugboat]]. Capitalizing on his internet legacy, Chris began producing Sonichu [[medallions]], [[Sonichu_Amiibo|custom Amiibo]], [[commissions]], [[autographed photos]], [[2014-2015_Sales_Listings#Bob.27s_Straduarius_Violin|family heirlooms]], [[Sonic_Totem|Relics of Fail]], and several other items. Almost as soon as Chris started ramping up his eBay presence, buyers began complaining. On eBay, feedback is incredibly important. Anything short of 90% positive feedback is considered very poor, and if enough complaints are levied against a seller, eBay will take action. Chris has struggled to maintain an 85% positive feedback percentage. Many buyers complained that Chris was taking too long to ship items, of items coming in broken due to faulty packaging, or of outright not receiving purchased items altogether. One buyer even reported being sent "an empty envelope" after purchasing a bootleg Pokemon game from Chris in [[March 2018|March]] of [[2018]].

These complaints levied against Chris frequently caused his PayPal to become frozen, preventing him from pulling funds out. This enraged Chris, and resulted in him getting into scuffles with various buyers. One notorious example was when a buyer, referred to as [[Medallions#The_Mr._Smith_Situation|Mr. Smith]], opened up a dispute after Chris failed to make and ship a Sonichu medallion and commission within the specified two-week period, resulting in Chris' PayPal getting frozen. In response, Chris [[Dox|doxed]] the buyer on Facebook. Chris then proceeded to send an [https://sonichu.com/cwcki/File:Chris%27s_Commission_to_Mr._Smith_(compressed).jpg art of an exasperated Sonichu] along with an [https://sonichu.com/cwcki/File:Mrsmithangryeyessonichu.jpg angry-eyed Sonichu medallion]. The buyer, refusing to lift the dispute until Chris sent the item described in the listing, eventually received a proper Sonichu medallion along with a full refund from eBay. Chris's eBay exploits eventually came to an end in [[June 2019]], as [[eBay#Suspension of Chris's eBay|eBay finally restricted his account]] after years of complaints.

In [[2015]], Chris began using [[Etsy]] as an alternative to eBay, after breaking the site's rules too many times. Things went as per usual, until Chris purchased a [[PS4]] in [[March 2016]], which sucked his attention away from his Etsy orders, and led to him ignoring several of them, often for months. This caused his Etsy shop to be eventually shut down in [[June 2016|June]]. Chris would return to Etsy in [[2020]] with the help of [[Praetor]], but the quality of his shipments and items haven't improved much.

===Art===
{{main|Chris and art}}

Chris has always viewed [[Sonichu (character)|Sonichu]] and the [[Sonichu (comic)|series he headlines]] as his pride and joy, but to call his updates infrequent or inconsistent is an understatement. While personally attributing his slipshod schedule to the idea that his inspiration 'comes in and out' - which, on the surface, is something that does affect those with creative persuasions - Chris has been known to go vast lengths of time without any news on the progress of his work. The most glaring example of this was ''[[Sonichu 11]]'', a book first mentioned and conceived in 2009, that was effectively abandoned twice over the staggeringly long course of its production: once in 2010 the wake of the infamously divisive ''[[Sonichu 10]]'', and again five years later, shortly after Chris summoned up the willpower to dust off his work and after he was paid to produce more pages by two separate parties, a delay that lasted two more years with little in the way of clear explanation.

In the [[Alec Benson Leary]] saga, over the course of numerous [[Alec Benson Leary calls|phone calls]], Alec frequently took Chris to task for his lack of consistent work ethic - in particular, he emphasized the importance of keeping to a schedule to maintain a constant level of external interest in his output. There, he attributed his diminished productivity to the existence and pressure of outside stressors. More specifically, he pinned the blame for his creative drought on the existence of ads on the [[CWCipedia]], the presence of which proved so troublesome that he couldn't stand to look at them, and hence couldn't use the site to upload his work. This simply proves how easy it is for Chris to be sidelined, or to put off work simply because other factors make him feel vaguely uncomfortable - in the years since, he has often said that he hasn't taken up producing his comic due to the lingering presence of various external factors, all of which can be boiled down to "stress". Another likely reason for this crushing negligence despite Chris's myriad explanations in his lack of timeliness is that ''Sonichu'' isn't a work that's held aloft by any real creative inspiration on his part. Rather, most of the time, it's a semi-autobiographical account of Chris' own life wearing the garb of a nonsensical fantasy realm. While the passing of his father in late 2011 doubtlessly impacted his drive, a combination of factors such as a lack of anything going on in his life, lingering discomfort regarding the events of ''Sonichu 10'' and its perceived violation of his personal imaginary world, and Chris' own enduring laziness - even when paid $1000 with the express purpose of making 100 new pages in mind - have ultimately led to his negligence smothering his creativity.

===House fire===
{{Main|2014 house fire}}

Perhaps among the most consequential events in Christory, many have speculated that the [[Destruction Of Chris's House|fire at the Chandler residence]] may have been caused indirectly by Chris. According to the person who leaked the fire report, the fire appears to have been caused by a spark from an extension cord running through the bathroom door, of which the plastic coating had been rubbed away. The report seems to corroborate this claim, indicating that the fire started from the downstairs bathroom. Chris had run an extension cord from the bathroom to power a Keurig machine in the hallway, which was plugged in at the time of the fire.<ref>[[BraveryJerk Interviews]]</ref><ref>[[Catie Date Conversation Transcript]]</ref> How much of the blame that [[Barb]] shares for allowing the brazen fire hazard to exist, along with the hoard's role in the fire, however, is up for debate.

===Body===
{{main|Chris and health}}

Surprising absolutely nobody, one of the biggest things Chris's negligence has affected is [[Chris and health|himself]]. As mentioned plenty of times on this site, he has shown to not take anything close to good care of his hygiene or diet, no doubt causing various health problems that could potentially endanger his very life. One noticeable example is Chris's eating habits, where he rarely eats vegetables or fruit, and when he does, he usually adds something unhealthy. Also worth noting is his well known lack of showering, leading him to smell horrid.

==Causes of Chris's Negligence==

There are several potential causes of Chris's negligence. Perhaps the most apparent cause is Barb's own negligence. Several [[Tour of Chris's House II|house tours]] of the Chandler residence shine a light on just how large the hoard has become. Barb seems to have little regard for the squalor that she, and Chris, live in. The hoard seems to have started long ago, but absolutely exploded after the death of [[Bob]]. This would suggest that Bob had his own part to play in just how bad the Chandler residence got. Bob even commented on this during the infamous [[THAT IS MY HOUSE]] video from August 2009.

Another contributing factor could possibly be Chris' [[ego]]. Chris tends to see himself, and everything he creates, as flawless. In recent years, he has begun developing an outright [[god]] complex. It is entirely possible that this perceived flawlessness prevents Chris from being able to acknowledge any mistake he may make, causing problems for him down the road. These problems he encounters only further fuel his victim complex.

==See also==
* [[Chris and health]]
* [[Chris and his ego]]
* [[Chris and reality]]
* [[Chris and the law]]

==References==
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[[File:396-PokePizzaria.jpg|thumb|300px|Chris's dream restaurant. At least he's honest about how fat that crap will make you.]]
[[Chris]] isn't much of a cook, nor were any of the [[Barbara Chandler|current]] or [[Bob Chandler|former]] residents of his previous house, [[14 Branchland Court]]. When Chris isn't eating reheated frozen dinners, he's usually chowing down at a variety of local '''restaurants'''. Keeping with the theme of [[Chris and brand loyalty|commercial consumerism]], all of Chris's favorite restaurants are chains.

==Applebee's==
'''[[Wikipedia:Applebee's|Applebee's]]''' is a popular chain of sit-down restaurants. Chris has occasionally eaten here, but it's generally too dear for his budget. His most notable visit was [[Catie Date Conversation Transcript|his date]] with [[Catherine]] and her [[Cousin Al|cousin Al]] on 31 [[October 2014]], where he horrified staff and patrons alike. During the [[father call]], he mentions taking Kacey there and leaving a 15% tip on a bill of (somehow) ten dollars – a whole $1.50. Chris would also have a date with an obese woman; he later revealed her name as [[Faeryn]].

== Arby's ==

'''[[:wikipedia:Arby's|Arby's]]''' is a large quick-service sandwich chain known for having the meats. In one [[IRC (18 December 2008)|IRC chat]] Chris considered Arby's as one of the possible restaurants to which he will take his first date.

== Baja Bean ==

'''Baja Bean''' was a small chain serving Mexican food. A look at their website suggests they now have only one restaurant.<ref>[https://www.bajabean.com/ Baja Bean's website]</ref> Interestingly, their location in Richmond was located only blocks from where Barb raised Cole Smithey near campus of Virginia Commonwealth University. They also had a location in Charlottesville that Chris is known to have visited, but this has since closed down.

===Appearances===
*Chris tried to set up a meeting with [[Regina e-mails|Regina]] at that restaurant.<ref>[[Regina e-mails#Chris rambles like a motherfucker]]</ref>
*On 25 [[October 2010]] Chris mentioned that he once went to Baja Bean at Charlottesville but does not go there much anymore.<ref>[[DayOut]]</ref>

== Burger King ==
{{main|Burger King}}
Chris favors McDonald's, whereas [[Bob Chandler|Bob]] preferred its rival, Burger King. Thus, Chris usually only ate here when he was out with his father.

== Chick-fil-A ==

[[Image:ChickFilA.jpg|thumb|right|Admittedly, the store might've been a [[Chris and writing|literary influence]].]]

'''Chick-fil-A''' is a fast-food restaurant chain originating in the American South that Chris frequents, famous for its chicken sandwiches and lemonade and for always being closed on Sundays (due to their founder's Christian "seventh day of rest" beliefs). Chick-fil-A is generally considered to be one of the healthier fast food options in the United States.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20080808162349/http://health.yahoo.com/experts/eatthis/11230/americas-bestand-worstrestaurants/</ref> However, Chris has mentioned it much less often than its [[Chris and health|artery-clogging]] big brother, [[McDonald's]]. The reason for this is unknown; possibilities include [[Chris and brand loyalty|its lack of marketing campaigns]] aimed at [[Chris|children]] or [[Chris and contests|an absence of foolish sweepstakes]] or [[My Coke Rewards|"reward programs"]]. As such, Chris has never been banned from a Chick-fil-A in an [[Sonichu 3#Sub-Episode 4: Christian Chandler in "McAttack"|epic showdown]] battling [[jerkop|jerkops]]. Even when the company came under fire for its founder's anti-[[homosexuality]] views and its involvements in "family values" movements, both of which would likely endear it to Chris, it did not seem to curry any favor with him.

===Appearances===
*Chris met up with [[Emily]] in front of the Chick-fil-A at [[Charlottesville Fashion Square]]. [[Apology to Emily|Or at least tried to by calling out to the patrons (who were undoubtedly amused and perplexed)]].

*The Fashion Square Chick-fil-A was the site of one of the missed meetings between Chris and [[Surfshack Tito (troll)|Surfshack Tito]]'s agents during the drama over destroying Chris's [[PS3]].

*The [[CWCville Shopping Center]] includes a lone Chick-fil-A on the second floor.

== Collegeville Italian Bakery ==
'''Collegeville Italian Bakery Pizzeria Napoletana''' is an Italian restaurant in the [[wikipedia:Philadelphia|Philadelphia]] suburb of [[wikipedia:Collegeville, Pennsylvania|Collegeville]]. Chris visited on 23 [[June 2018]] after he was booted from the [[TooManyGames]] convention for inappropriate behavior. He plugged the restaurant on [[Twitter]] and suggested a new pizza called "The Sonichu Zap!" made with yellow peppers.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20191215143742/https://twitter.com/cwcsonichu/status/1010629975366668288</ref>

== Country Cookin ==
[[File:Son11p25.jpg|thumb|Simonla calls for Country Cookin.]]
'''Country Cookin''' was [[Christian]]'s not-quite-fast-food restaurant of choice. It was a Virginia-based chain of rustic steak house/buffet and grill restaurants, akin to [[Golden Corral]], ''Roadhouse Grill'' or ''Ponderosa/Bonanza Steakhouse'' in the US, and ''Harvester'', ''Beefeater'' or ''Brewer's Fayre'' in the [[Tito Got No Luck Against We Brits, Irish and Scots!|United Kingdom]].

Chris had mentioned it on several occasions and even had taken his troll friend [[Joshua Martinez]] there.

The company closed all of its locations in [[October 2020]] as a result of the [[COVID-19]] pandemic.

===References by Chris===
* In an e-mail conversation with [[Anna McLerran]] from 2007, Chris mentioned his regular trips to the restaurant with Joshua.
* In [[Mumble 2]], Chris mentioned Country Cookin as one of his favorite restaurants.
* A Country Cookin branch is located in the [[CWCville Shopping Center]].
*In [[Sonichu 11|''Sonichu'' #11]], a newly-resurrected [[Simonla]] recommends going for some Country Cookin food.

==Crozet Pizza==
A pizzeria located in [[wikipedia:Crozet, Virginia|Crozet, Virginia]], a town 12 miles (19 km) west of Charlottesville. [[Anna McLerran]] had her 20th birthday party here in August [[2005]], which Chris attended and allegedly helped to plan.

==El Agave==
A Mexican restaurant chain with a location in Ruckersville where Chris and his parents have eaten.

===References by Chris===
* In [[Jackie Chat 8]], Chris mentions going to El Agave with his parents using his [[monthly tugboat|tugboat]] money.
* In [[September 2013]], Chris scraped a woman's car while backing up in the El Agave parking lot.<ref>[[September 2013 Facebook Posts#God Trolls Chris Yet Again]]</ref><ref>[[MHS classmate E-mails]]</ref>
* The [[$500 gift card]] shows that Chris made four separate visits to El Agave between 19 September and 30 [[September 2015]], spending a total of $39.88.<ref name=rainboom>[[Sonic Rainboom (Kiwi Farms user)]]</ref>

==Food Lion==
Food Lion is a regional supermarket chain based in North Carolina, with over a thousand locations across the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern US. Chris was [[Post-jail_sightings_(2023)#Food_Lion|sighted]] at the Ruckersville branch in early September 2023 following his release from jail approximately half a year prior. It was Chris' sighting at this location that alerted others to the existence of [[Flutter]], who would later appear alongside Chris in several future sightings during the following months.

== Golden Corral ==
'''Golden Corral''' is an all-you-can-eat buffet chain, well-known in the American South and Midwest as ''the'' place to go for a maximum ratio of calories consumed to cash expended. Just don't think too much about where it all came from. During Chris's [[Emily Date Conversation Transcript|date with Emily]], [[Bob Chandler|Bob]] mentions that he had a heart attack there while paying for the family's meal, but was caught by [[Barb]] before he fell to the floor.<ref>[[Emily Date Conversation Transcript#Bob's health problems revisited (0:29:59–0:32:11)]]</ref> Despite this, it was one of Chris's favorite places to eat, probably since he could [[obesity|stuff his face]] with fatty, low-quality food at a [[Chris and money|low price]]. However, the Charlottesville branch went out of business in 2010<ref>http://www.dailyprogress.com/news/article_65967a91-e979-5f58-9c05-093af6241996.html</ref> and became a [[China|Chinese]] buffet.<ref>http://www.yelp.com/biz/hibachi-grill-supreme-buffet-charlottesville</ref>

===References by Chris===
*[[Caitlin]], a waitress Chris had a crush on for a day or so, worked at Golden Corral.
*In [[Mumble 2]], he mentioned that it's one of his favorite places to eat.
*Describing his ideal date spots in an [[IRC (18 December 2008)|IRC chat]], Chris proposed Golden Corral as a second-date destination.
*Chris's visits to the Corral with his family seem to be tightly scheduled. In a [[MySpace]] conversation from 4 September 2005, he noted that they'd be there from 3:30 to 4:45 the next day.
*Perhaps because of that precise schedule, or perhaps because he was simply overwhelmed by [[stress]], during his final [[BlueSpike Skype Logs 13|Skype conversation with BlueSpike]] Chris unexpectedly abandoned the conversation to take off for the Corral.
*Chris listed it as his favorite restaurant in his profile at [[The Hook Cafe|''The HooK'' Cafe]].
*In a [[May 2014 Facebook Posts|May 2014 Facebook]] post, responding to news that a fire had destroyed the Chinese restaurant where the Golden Corral once stood, he angrily demanded that his favorite restaurant be rebuilt on the site.

==IHOP==
A restaurant chain best known for its pancakes and other breakfast foods. Chris's parents would go there for dinner every week during the classic Chris era to take advantage of the senior discount.<ref>[[Kacey Call 11]]</ref> Chris was usually not brought along (ostensibly because it would disqualify them from the discount), but his parents would get takeout with their meal and bring it home to him afterwards. Chris was fond of their grilled chicken sandwiches.<ref>[[BlueSpike PSN Chat 1]]</ref><ref>[[Kacey Call 6]]</ref>

===References by Chris===
*Chris discusses IHOP with [[Julie]] in [[BlueSpike PSN Chat 1]].
*Chris discusses IHOP with [[Kacey]] in [[Kacey Call 6]]. Kacey takes issue with the fact that Chris's parents go to a pancake house for sandwiches.
*Chris mentions IHOP in [[Kacey Call 11]].
*Chris mentions IHOP in [[DayOut]].
*In [[Common Questions]] Chris mentions IHOP as one of the restaurants he goes to besides McDonald's or Burger King.
*In [[Jackie Chat 8]] Chris claims that he treated his parents to dinner at IHOP twice in one month using his [[monthly tugboat|tugboat]] money. Since Chris has previously said that his parents routinely go there without him and that it is cheaper for them to pay for the food using their senior discount, this claim is dubious.
*In the [[Rebeckah Bentley E-mails]] Chris mentions going to IHOP on his 32nd birthday for the free ice cream dinner.

==Isabella's Italian Trattoria Restaurant==
An Italian restaurant in [[Lynchburg, VA]]. Chris and [[Flutter]] were spotted and photographed eating dinner there in December 2023 by Redditor JacksonStarship, who posted about it to [[r/ChrisChanSonichu]]. JacksonStarship claimed that Chris ate spaghetti like a toddler and that Flutter paid for the meal and kept Chris's behavior in check.<ref>[[Post-jail sightings (2023)#Isabella's Italian Trattoria Restaurant]]</ref>

==McDonald's==
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Chris's cheap-and-easy fast food of choice. When he wanted to cut down on his Big Mac and McNugget intake, he stopped eating there... more than twice a week or so.

==O'Toole's==
An Irish pub Chris briefly referenced in his [[KCWC broadcast]] from [[1998]], with two locations in Midlothian and [[Richmond]].

==Papa John's Pizza==
A pizza chain with a location in Ruckersville. It was [[August_2019_social_media_posts#Chris_caused_a_fender-bender_and_kicked_a_cop_car;_discovers_he's_blacklisted_from_Papa_Johns|reported]] in August 2019 that Chris was banned from receiving deliveries from a location in Charlottesville, with trolls having regularly contacted the location to make bogus orders under Chris' name.

===References by Chris===
* The [[$500 gift card]] to Chris shows that he made a $12.46 purchase from Papa John's on 24 [[September 2015]].<ref name=rainboom></ref>

==Rylie's Diner==
'''Rylie's Diner''' (misspelled as "Riley's Diner" by Chris) is a diner in Ruckersville where Bob and Barb once ate. Barb got in an argument with the "bitchy" owner for bringing a [[q-sand]] from McDonald's into the restaurant and continuing to eat it even when told by the owner to stop. Barb was told to leave, at which point she walked out to her car with her cup of tea from the restaurant in hand and filled up her own personal cup with it. Unsurprisingly, Chris took his mother's side in the quarrel.<ref>[[Jackie E-mails 31]]</ref>

== Sheetz ==
[[File:CWC-EdBoySenpai-min.jpg|thumb|200px|Chris at Sheetz, posing with a fan, Reddit user EdBoySenpai, in August 2020.]]
{{w|Sheetz}} is a hybrid gas station/mini-mart chain based in Pennsylvania, with stores in five other states (including Virginia) in the United States. Among the chain's selling points is an array of fast food options.

===References by Chris===
*Chris ended [[Mumble 5]] by saying he needed to [[duck]] out to Sheetz to get his mother a sandwich.
*In the e-mail revealing the [[muscle bra]], Chris mentioned that he'd sought a job application at Sheetz.
*Chris bought gas at a Sheetz in Streetsboro, Ohio on his [[Ohio trip|trip to Cleveland]] in [[February 2009]].
*Attempting to defend his dietary choices in one of the [[Kacey Call 8|Kacey phone calls]], Chris claimed that he enjoyed fruit smoothies from Sheetz (which can easily crack 600 calories apiece).[[File:Nnocac.jpg|thumb|right|Note he ordered no [[pickles]]]]
*On 4 [[June 2011]], Chris told [[Jackie]] that recently he was at Sheetz with his mother, where a man approached Chris and asked him if he were a homosexual. Chris replied that he was a [[Tomgirl]].<ref>[[Jackie E-mails 28]]</ref>
*On 2 [[September 2013]], Chris wrote on [[Facebook]] that a couple of weeks earlier (presumably at August) he met [[Michael Snyder]] in [[Ruckersville]] at Sheetz and at [[McDonald's]] in the same morning. During the Sheetz encounter Snyder gave Chris the finger, while at the McDonald's encounter Snyder told Chris that he won't hurt him.<ref>[[September 2013 Facebook Posts#Offline Troll/Bully]]</ref>
*On 15 [[June 2014]], Chris gave Sheetz a [[:File:CWCreviewsSheetz.png|five-star review]] on [[June 2014 Facebook Posts|Facebook]].
*On 29 [[July 2018]], Chris, driving his mother's Dodge Caravan back home from [[BronyCon]], found that the car had broken down while at a Sheetz gas station in Bealeton, VA. He recorded [[Waiting for the tow truck]].
*On 22 [[August 2020]], Reddit user EdBoySenpai met Chris at Sheetz and snapped a photo with him, posting it to Reddit two years later.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/ChrisChanSonichu/comments/wusxoi/today_marks_the_time_i_ran_into_chris_chan_at/ilc8qac/?context=3 ([https://archive.ph/0NAkp archive])</ref>
*On 9 [[September 2023]], Discord user DooDoo fard2874 harassed Chris, following him by car and shouting at him. Both pulled into a Sheetz parking lot during the fiasco, then Chris drove away.<ref>[[Post-jail sightings (2023)#Sheetz/On the road Part II]]</ref>
*On 11 [[March 2024]], Chris was spotted shopping at a Sheetz in Lynchburg, VA.<ref>[[Sightings (2024)#Sheetz (March)]]</ref>

== Sonic ==
[[wikipedia:Sonic Drive-In|Sonic Drive-In]] is a fast food drive-in chain which coincidentally has the same name as our autistic hero's [[Sonic the Hedgehog|favorite video game franchise]]. It has no locations in Chris's area, so he is not a regular patron. During his [[Ohio trip]], however, Chris visited a Sonic location in [[wikipedia:Streetsboro, Ohio|Streetsboro, Ohio]], perhaps intrigued by the restaurant's name. He ordered a hamburger with mayonnaise and no [[pickles]] and a lemonberry slushie "made from real fruit."<ref>[[Sarah May Skype Logs]]</ref>

==Starbucks==
'''Starbucks''' is a very popular Seattle-based coffee chain which Chris has used as a place for dates and meetings with strangers as well as to satisfy his craving for sugary drinks. There is a Starbucks café near [[Charlottesville Fashion Square]], and there used to be a Starbucks kiosk inside the mall as well. Chris has patronized both locations.

===References by Chris===
* The [[CWCville Shopping Center]] includes a Starbucks on the first floor.
* [[Hanna]] worked at the Starbucks kiosk at Charlottesville Fashion Square. Her "date" with Chris involved getting drinks from the kiosk.
* Chris went to the Starbucks kiosk with [[Kacey]] and [[Kim]] sometime in 2009.<ref>[[Kacey#Kacey Date Log]]</ref>
* In the [[Jackie E-mails]] Chris repeatedly tries to set up a date with [[Jackie]] at the Starbucks café throughout summer 2010.
* Chris arranged to meet [[Surfshack Tito|Tito]] and [[Clyde Cash|Clyde]]'s agent at the Starbucks kiosk on 31 August 2010 to receive his reward for destroying his PS3. He waited around there for over an hour but nobody turned up.<ref>[[Clyde and Tito PS3 E-mails]]</ref>
* In two [[April 2017 Facebook posts|Facebook posts]] from [[April 2017]] Chris praises Starbucks's [[wikipedia:Unicorn Frappuccino|Unicorn Frappuccino]].
* [[Toffee Rosechu|Toffee]] and [[Punchy]]'s first date takes place at the CWCville Shopping Center Starbucks.<ref>[[July 2021 social media posts#Toffee and Punchy]]</ref>.

== Subway ==
[[wikipedia:Subway (restaurant)|Subway]] is the world's largest fast-food chain, selling cheap and mediocre submarine sandwiches. There are several Subway locations in the Charlottesville area, including one in Ruckersville.

===References by Chris===
* In the [[Sarah May Skype Logs]], Chris mentions a Subway located in a [[Walmart]] in Streetsboro, [[Ohio trip|Ohio]].
* Chris mentions the Forest Lakes Subway in [[DayOut|DayOut5]].
* "Foglechu", named for former Subway mascot and convicted [[pedofork]] [[Wikipedia:Jared Fogle|Jared Fogle]], was one of [[The 69 Destined Sonichus and Rosechus]].
* Chris says that he likes Subway in [[Jail Call - 1 November 2021]].

==Taco Bell==
A "Mexican-inspired" fast-food chain with a location in Ruckersville.

===References by Chris===
* The [[$500 gift card]] to Chris shows that he purchased $5.47 worth of food from Taco Bell on 26 [[September 2015]].<ref name=rainboom></ref>
* While coming home from the post office, Chris stops at Taco Bell for "a little edibles, a little filling, a little good stuff".<ref>[[Walking_to_the_post_office#Chris_is_back_home]]</ref>

== TGI Fridays ==
[[wikipedia:TGI Fridays|TGI Fridays]] is a casual dining chain where Chris used to hang out with his friend [[Joshua Martinez]]. Chris usually paid for both of their meals. On one occasion Chris had no money for food, so Josh paid for his own meal and ate while Chris looked on in envy.<ref>[[Ivy Q&A#Stalking]]</ref>

As of [[2013]] Chris would still go to TGI Fridays on occasion, even though he and Josh had long ceased to be friends. He claimed in an email to [[Kim]] that it was the only [[Alcohol|bar-like]] establishment which he still patronized at the time, although he did not make it clear whether he came there to drink or merely to eat.<ref>[[LoveYouLongTime E-mails, 2013-2014#Madicon]]</ref>

The chain's [[Charlottesville]] location, probably the one which Chris frequented, has since closed.

==Wood Grill Buffet==
A buffet chain with a location in Charlottesville. Despite being a buffet restaurant, Chris seems to think of the place as a high-quality eatery.

===References by Chris===
* In a [[LoveYouLongTime E-mails, 2009#Rambling|Gal-pal email]] from November 2009, Chris mentions getting dressing for his Thanksgiving dinner at Wood Grill Buffet.
* In a [[January 2014 Facebook Posts#Donations|Facebook post]] from January 2014, Chris asks for gift cards for restaurants such as Wood Grill Buffet, iHop, McDonald's and Burger King. He then disparages the latter two restaurants, claiming that they are "last choices" and that he prefers "good food".
* In an [[October 2019]] chat in [[The Place]] Discord server, Chris mentioned he and Barb went to Wood Grill Buffet for lunch on her birthday.<ref>[[The Place chats (October 2019)#Birthdays]]</ref>

==References==
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[[File:396-PokePizzaria.jpg|thumb|300px|Chris's dream restaurant. At least he's honest about how fat that crap will make you.]]
[[Chris]] isn't much of a cook, nor were any of the [[Barbara Chandler|current]] or [[Bob Chandler|former]] residents of his previous house, [[14 Branchland Court]]. When Chris isn't eating reheated frozen dinners, he's usually chowing down at a variety of local '''restaurants'''. Keeping with the theme of [[Chris and brand loyalty|commercial consumerism]], all of Chris's favorite restaurants are chains.

==Applebee's==
'''[[Wikipedia:Applebee's|Applebee's]]''' is a popular chain of sit-down restaurants. Chris has occasionally eaten here, but it's generally too dear for his budget. His most notable visit was [[Catie Date Conversation Transcript|his date]] with [[Catherine]] and her [[Cousin Al|cousin Al]] on 31 [[October 2014]], where he horrified staff and patrons alike. During the [[father call]], he mentions taking Kacey there and leaving a 15% tip on a bill of (somehow) ten dollars – a whole $1.50. Chris would also have a date with an obese woman; he later revealed her name as [[Faeryn]].

== Arby's ==

'''[[:wikipedia:Arby's|Arby's]]''' is a large quick-service sandwich chain known for having the meats. In one [[IRC (18 December 2008)|IRC chat]] Chris considered Arby's as one of the possible restaurants to which he will take his first date.

== Baja Bean ==

'''Baja Bean''' was a small chain serving Mexican food. A look at their website suggests they now have only one restaurant.<ref>[https://www.bajabean.com/ Baja Bean's website]</ref> Interestingly, their location in Richmond was located only blocks from where Barb raised Cole Smithey near campus of Virginia Commonwealth University. They also had a location in Charlottesville that Chris is known to have visited, but this has since closed down.

===Appearances===
*Chris tried to set up a meeting with [[Regina e-mails|Regina]] at that restaurant.<ref>[[Regina e-mails#Chris rambles like a motherfucker]]</ref>
*On 25 [[October 2010]] Chris mentioned that he once went to Baja Bean at Charlottesville but does not go there much anymore.<ref>[[DayOut]]</ref>

== Burger King ==
{{main|Burger King}}
Chris favors McDonald's, whereas [[Bob Chandler|Bob]] preferred its rival, Burger King. Thus, Chris usually only ate here when he was out with his father.

== Chick-fil-A ==

[[Image:ChickFilA.jpg|thumb|right|Admittedly, the store might've been a [[Chris and writing|literary influence]].]]

'''Chick-fil-A''' is a fast-food restaurant chain originating in the American South that Chris frequents, famous for its chicken sandwiches and lemonade and for always being closed on Sundays (due to their founder's Christian "seventh day of rest" beliefs). Chick-fil-A is generally considered to be one of the healthier fast food options in the United States.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20080808162349/http://health.yahoo.com/experts/eatthis/11230/americas-bestand-worstrestaurants/</ref> However, Chris has mentioned it much less often than its [[Chris and health|artery-clogging]] big brother, [[McDonald's]]. The reason for this is unknown; possibilities include [[Chris and brand loyalty|its lack of marketing campaigns]] aimed at [[Chris|children]] or [[Chris and contests|an absence of foolish sweepstakes]] or [[My Coke Rewards|"reward programs"]]. As such, Chris has never been banned from a Chick-fil-A in an [[Sonichu 3#Sub-Episode 4: Christian Chandler in "McAttack"|epic showdown]] battling [[jerkop|jerkops]]. Even when the company came under fire for its founder's anti-[[homosexuality]] views and its involvements in "family values" movements, both of which would likely endear it to Chris, it did not seem to curry any favor with him.

===Appearances===
*Chris met up with [[Emily]] in front of the Chick-fil-A at [[Charlottesville Fashion Square]]. [[Apology to Emily|Or at least tried to by calling out to the patrons (who were undoubtedly amused and perplexed)]].

*The Fashion Square Chick-fil-A was the site of one of the missed meetings between Chris and [[Surfshack Tito (troll)|Surfshack Tito]]'s agents during the drama over destroying Chris's [[PS3]].

*The [[CWCville Shopping Center]] includes a lone Chick-fil-A on the second floor.

== Collegeville Italian Bakery ==
'''Collegeville Italian Bakery Pizzeria Napoletana''' is an Italian restaurant in the [[wikipedia:Philadelphia|Philadelphia]] suburb of [[wikipedia:Collegeville, Pennsylvania|Collegeville]]. Chris visited on 23 [[June 2018]] after he was booted from the [[TooManyGames]] convention for inappropriate behavior. He plugged the restaurant on [[Twitter]] and suggested a new pizza called "The Sonichu Zap!" made with yellow peppers.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20191215143742/https://twitter.com/cwcsonichu/status/1010629975366668288</ref>

== Country Cookin ==
[[File:Son11p25.jpg|thumb|Simonla calls for Country Cookin.]]
'''Country Cookin''' was [[Christian]]'s not-quite-fast-food restaurant of choice. It was a Virginia-based chain of rustic steak house/buffet and grill restaurants, akin to [[Golden Corral]], ''Roadhouse Grill'' or ''Ponderosa/Bonanza Steakhouse'' in the US, and ''Harvester'', ''Beefeater'' or ''Brewer's Fayre'' in the [[Tito Got No Luck Against We Brits, Irish and Scots!|United Kingdom]].

Chris had mentioned it on several occasions and even had taken his troll friend [[Joshua Martinez]] there.

The company closed all of its locations in [[October 2020]] as a result of the [[COVID-19]] pandemic.

===References by Chris===
* In an e-mail conversation with [[Anna McLerran]] from 2007, Chris mentioned his regular trips to the restaurant with Joshua.
* In [[Mumble 2]], Chris mentioned Country Cookin as one of his favorite restaurants.
* A Country Cookin branch is located in the [[CWCville Shopping Center]].
*In [[Sonichu 11|''Sonichu'' #11]], a newly-resurrected [[Simonla]] recommends going for some Country Cookin food.

==Crozet Pizza==
A pizzeria located in [[wikipedia:Crozet, Virginia|Crozet, Virginia]], a town 12 miles (19 km) west of Charlottesville. [[Anna McLerran]] had her 20th birthday party here in August [[2005]], which Chris attended and allegedly helped to plan.

==El Agave==
A Mexican restaurant chain with a location in Ruckersville where Chris and his parents have eaten.

===References by Chris===
* In [[Jackie Chat 8]], Chris mentions going to El Agave with his parents using his [[monthly tugboat|tugboat]] money.
* In [[September 2013]], Chris scraped a woman's car while backing up in the El Agave parking lot.<ref>[[September 2013 Facebook Posts#God Trolls Chris Yet Again]]</ref><ref>[[MHS classmate E-mails]]</ref>
* The [[$500 gift card]] shows that Chris made four separate visits to El Agave between 19 September and 30 [[September 2015]], spending a total of $39.88.<ref name=rainboom>[[Sonic Rainboom (Kiwi Farms user)]]</ref>

==Food Lion==
Food Lion is a regional supermarket chain based in North Carolina, with over a thousand locations across the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern US. Chris was [[Post-jail_sightings_(2023)#Food_Lion|sighted]] at the Ruckersville branch in early September 2023 following his release from jail approximately half a year prior. It was Chris' sighting at this location that alerted others to the existence of [[Flutter]], who would later appear alongside Chris in several future sightings during the following months.

== Golden Corral ==
'''Golden Corral''' is an all-you-can-eat buffet chain, well-known in the American South and Midwest as ''the'' place to go for a maximum ratio of calories consumed to cash expended. Just don't think too much about where it all came from. During Chris's [[Emily Date Conversation Transcript|date with Emily]], [[Bob Chandler|Bob]] mentions that he had a heart attack there while paying for the family's meal, but was caught by [[Barb]] before he fell to the floor.<ref>[[Emily Date Conversation Transcript#Bob's health problems revisited (0:29:59–0:32:11)]]</ref> Despite this, it was one of Chris's favorite places to eat, probably since he could [[obesity|stuff his face]] with fatty, low-quality food at a [[Chris and money|low price]]. However, the Charlottesville branch went out of business in 2010<ref>http://www.dailyprogress.com/news/article_65967a91-e979-5f58-9c05-093af6241996.html</ref> and became a [[China|Chinese]] buffet.<ref>http://www.yelp.com/biz/hibachi-grill-supreme-buffet-charlottesville</ref>

===References by Chris===
*[[Caitlin]], a waitress Chris had a crush on for a day or so, worked at Golden Corral.
*In [[Mumble 2]], he mentioned that it's one of his favorite places to eat.
*Describing his ideal date spots in an [[IRC (18 December 2008)|IRC chat]], Chris proposed Golden Corral as a second-date destination.
*Chris's visits to the Corral with his family seem to be tightly scheduled. In a [[MySpace]] conversation from 4 September 2005, he noted that they'd be there from 3:30 to 4:45 the next day.
*Perhaps because of that precise schedule, or perhaps because he was simply overwhelmed by [[stress]], during his final [[BlueSpike Skype Logs 13|Skype conversation with BlueSpike]] Chris unexpectedly abandoned the conversation to take off for the Corral.
*Chris listed it as his favorite restaurant in his profile at [[The Hook Cafe|''The HooK'' Cafe]].
*In a [[May 2014 Facebook Posts|May 2014 Facebook]] post, responding to news that a fire had destroyed the Chinese restaurant where the Golden Corral once stood, he angrily demanded that his favorite restaurant be rebuilt on the site.

==IHOP==
A restaurant chain best known for its pancakes and other breakfast foods. Chris's parents would go there for dinner every week during the classic Chris era to take advantage of the senior discount.<ref>[[Kacey Call 11]]</ref> Chris was usually not brought along (ostensibly because it would disqualify them from the discount), but his parents would get takeout with their meal and bring it home to him afterwards. Chris was fond of their grilled chicken sandwiches.<ref>[[BlueSpike PSN Chat 1]]</ref><ref>[[Kacey Call 6]]</ref>

===References by Chris===
*Chris discusses IHOP with [[Julie]] in [[BlueSpike PSN Chat 1]].
*Chris discusses IHOP with [[Kacey]] in [[Kacey Call 6]]. Kacey takes issue with the fact that Chris's parents go to a pancake house for sandwiches.
*Chris mentions IHOP in [[Kacey Call 11]].
*Chris mentions IHOP in [[DayOut]].
*In [[Common Questions]] Chris mentions IHOP as one of the restaurants he goes to besides McDonald's or Burger King.
*In [[Jackie Chat 8]] Chris claims that he treated his parents to dinner at IHOP twice in one month using his [[monthly tugboat|tugboat]] money. Since Chris has previously said that his parents routinely go there without him and that it is cheaper for them to pay for the food using their senior discount, this claim is dubious.
*In the [[Rebeckah Bentley E-mails]] Chris mentions going to IHOP on his 32nd birthday for the free ice cream dinner.

==Isabella's Italian Trattoria Restaurant==
An Italian restaurant in [[Lynchburg, VA]]. Chris and [[Flutter]] were spotted and photographed eating dinner there in December 2023 by Redditor JacksonStarship, who posted about it to [[r/ChrisChanSonichu]]. JacksonStarship claimed that Chris ate spaghetti like a toddler and that Flutter paid for the meal and kept Chris's behavior in check.<ref>[[Post-jail sightings (2023)#Isabella's Italian Trattoria Restaurant]]</ref>

==McDonald's==
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Chris's cheap-and-easy fast food of choice. When he wanted to cut down on his Big Mac and McNugget intake, he stopped eating there... more than twice a week or so.

==O'Toole's==
An Irish pub Chris briefly referenced in his [[KCWC broadcast]] from [[1998]], with two locations in Midlothian and [[Richmond]].

==Papa John's Pizza==
A pizza chain with a location in Ruckersville. It was [[https://sonichu.com/cwcki/August_2019_social_media_posts#Chris_caused_a_fender-bender_and_kicked_a_cop_car;_discovers_he's_blacklisted_from_Papa_Johns|reported]] in August 2019 that Chris was banned from receiving deliveries from a location in Charlottesville, with trolls having regularly contacted the location to make bogus orders under Chris' name.

===References by Chris===
* The [[$500 gift card]] to Chris shows that he made a $12.46 purchase from Papa John's on 24 [[September 2015]].<ref name=rainboom></ref>

==Rylie's Diner==
'''Rylie's Diner''' (misspelled as "Riley's Diner" by Chris) is a diner in Ruckersville where Bob and Barb once ate. Barb got in an argument with the "bitchy" owner for bringing a [[q-sand]] from McDonald's into the restaurant and continuing to eat it even when told by the owner to stop. Barb was told to leave, at which point she walked out to her car with her cup of tea from the restaurant in hand and filled up her own personal cup with it. Unsurprisingly, Chris took his mother's side in the quarrel.<ref>[[Jackie E-mails 31]]</ref>

== Sheetz ==
[[File:CWC-EdBoySenpai-min.jpg|thumb|200px|Chris at Sheetz, posing with a fan, Reddit user EdBoySenpai, in August 2020.]]
{{w|Sheetz}} is a hybrid gas station/mini-mart chain based in Pennsylvania, with stores in five other states (including Virginia) in the United States. Among the chain's selling points is an array of fast food options.

===References by Chris===
*Chris ended [[Mumble 5]] by saying he needed to [[duck]] out to Sheetz to get his mother a sandwich.
*In the e-mail revealing the [[muscle bra]], Chris mentioned that he'd sought a job application at Sheetz.
*Chris bought gas at a Sheetz in Streetsboro, Ohio on his [[Ohio trip|trip to Cleveland]] in [[February 2009]].
*Attempting to defend his dietary choices in one of the [[Kacey Call 8|Kacey phone calls]], Chris claimed that he enjoyed fruit smoothies from Sheetz (which can easily crack 600 calories apiece).[[File:Nnocac.jpg|thumb|right|Note he ordered no [[pickles]]]]
*On 4 [[June 2011]], Chris told [[Jackie]] that recently he was at Sheetz with his mother, where a man approached Chris and asked him if he were a homosexual. Chris replied that he was a [[Tomgirl]].<ref>[[Jackie E-mails 28]]</ref>
*On 2 [[September 2013]], Chris wrote on [[Facebook]] that a couple of weeks earlier (presumably at August) he met [[Michael Snyder]] in [[Ruckersville]] at Sheetz and at [[McDonald's]] in the same morning. During the Sheetz encounter Snyder gave Chris the finger, while at the McDonald's encounter Snyder told Chris that he won't hurt him.<ref>[[September 2013 Facebook Posts#Offline Troll/Bully]]</ref>
*On 15 [[June 2014]], Chris gave Sheetz a [[:File:CWCreviewsSheetz.png|five-star review]] on [[June 2014 Facebook Posts|Facebook]].
*On 29 [[July 2018]], Chris, driving his mother's Dodge Caravan back home from [[BronyCon]], found that the car had broken down while at a Sheetz gas station in Bealeton, VA. He recorded [[Waiting for the tow truck]].
*On 22 [[August 2020]], Reddit user EdBoySenpai met Chris at Sheetz and snapped a photo with him, posting it to Reddit two years later.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/ChrisChanSonichu/comments/wusxoi/today_marks_the_time_i_ran_into_chris_chan_at/ilc8qac/?context=3 ([https://archive.ph/0NAkp archive])</ref>
*On 9 [[September 2023]], Discord user DooDoo fard2874 harassed Chris, following him by car and shouting at him. Both pulled into a Sheetz parking lot during the fiasco, then Chris drove away.<ref>[[Post-jail sightings (2023)#Sheetz/On the road Part II]]</ref>
*On 11 [[March 2024]], Chris was spotted shopping at a Sheetz in Lynchburg, VA.<ref>[[Sightings (2024)#Sheetz (March)]]</ref>

== Sonic ==
[[wikipedia:Sonic Drive-In|Sonic Drive-In]] is a fast food drive-in chain which coincidentally has the same name as our autistic hero's [[Sonic the Hedgehog|favorite video game franchise]]. It has no locations in Chris's area, so he is not a regular patron. During his [[Ohio trip]], however, Chris visited a Sonic location in [[wikipedia:Streetsboro, Ohio|Streetsboro, Ohio]], perhaps intrigued by the restaurant's name. He ordered a hamburger with mayonnaise and no [[pickles]] and a lemonberry slushie "made from real fruit."<ref>[[Sarah May Skype Logs]]</ref>

==Starbucks==
'''Starbucks''' is a very popular Seattle-based coffee chain which Chris has used as a place for dates and meetings with strangers as well as to satisfy his craving for sugary drinks. There is a Starbucks café near [[Charlottesville Fashion Square]], and there used to be a Starbucks kiosk inside the mall as well. Chris has patronized both locations.

===References by Chris===
* The [[CWCville Shopping Center]] includes a Starbucks on the first floor.
* [[Hanna]] worked at the Starbucks kiosk at Charlottesville Fashion Square. Her "date" with Chris involved getting drinks from the kiosk.
* Chris went to the Starbucks kiosk with [[Kacey]] and [[Kim]] sometime in 2009.<ref>[[Kacey#Kacey Date Log]]</ref>
* In the [[Jackie E-mails]] Chris repeatedly tries to set up a date with [[Jackie]] at the Starbucks café throughout summer 2010.
* Chris arranged to meet [[Surfshack Tito|Tito]] and [[Clyde Cash|Clyde]]'s agent at the Starbucks kiosk on 31 August 2010 to receive his reward for destroying his PS3. He waited around there for over an hour but nobody turned up.<ref>[[Clyde and Tito PS3 E-mails]]</ref>
* In two [[April 2017 Facebook posts|Facebook posts]] from [[April 2017]] Chris praises Starbucks's [[wikipedia:Unicorn Frappuccino|Unicorn Frappuccino]].
* [[Toffee Rosechu|Toffee]] and [[Punchy]]'s first date takes place at the CWCville Shopping Center Starbucks.<ref>[[July 2021 social media posts#Toffee and Punchy]]</ref>.

== Subway ==
[[wikipedia:Subway (restaurant)|Subway]] is the world's largest fast-food chain, selling cheap and mediocre submarine sandwiches. There are several Subway locations in the Charlottesville area, including one in Ruckersville.

===References by Chris===
* In the [[Sarah May Skype Logs]], Chris mentions a Subway located in a [[Walmart]] in Streetsboro, [[Ohio trip|Ohio]].
* Chris mentions the Forest Lakes Subway in [[DayOut|DayOut5]].
* "Foglechu", named for former Subway mascot and convicted [[pedofork]] [[Wikipedia:Jared Fogle|Jared Fogle]], was one of [[The 69 Destined Sonichus and Rosechus]].
* Chris says that he likes Subway in [[Jail Call - 1 November 2021]].

==Taco Bell==
A "Mexican-inspired" fast-food chain with a location in Ruckersville.

===References by Chris===
* The [[$500 gift card]] to Chris shows that he purchased $5.47 worth of food from Taco Bell on 26 [[September 2015]].<ref name=rainboom></ref>
* While coming home from the post office, Chris stops at Taco Bell for "a little edibles, a little filling, a little good stuff".<ref>[[Walking_to_the_post_office#Chris_is_back_home]]</ref>

== TGI Fridays ==
[[wikipedia:TGI Fridays|TGI Fridays]] is a casual dining chain where Chris used to hang out with his friend [[Joshua Martinez]]. Chris usually paid for both of their meals. On one occasion Chris had no money for food, so Josh paid for his own meal and ate while Chris looked on in envy.<ref>[[Ivy Q&A#Stalking]]</ref>

As of [[2013]] Chris would still go to TGI Fridays on occasion, even though he and Josh had long ceased to be friends. He claimed in an email to [[Kim]] that it was the only [[Alcohol|bar-like]] establishment which he still patronized at the time, although he did not make it clear whether he came there to drink or merely to eat.<ref>[[LoveYouLongTime E-mails, 2013-2014#Madicon]]</ref>

The chain's [[Charlottesville]] location, probably the one which Chris frequented, has since closed.

==Wood Grill Buffet==
A buffet chain with a location in Charlottesville. Despite being a buffet restaurant, Chris seems to think of the place as a high-quality eatery.

===References by Chris===
* In a [[LoveYouLongTime E-mails, 2009#Rambling|Gal-pal email]] from November 2009, Chris mentions getting dressing for his Thanksgiving dinner at Wood Grill Buffet.
* In a [[January 2014 Facebook Posts#Donations|Facebook post]] from January 2014, Chris asks for gift cards for restaurants such as Wood Grill Buffet, iHop, McDonald's and Burger King. He then disparages the latter two restaurants, claiming that they are "last choices" and that he prefers "good food".
* In an [[October 2019]] chat in [[The Place]] Discord server, Chris mentioned he and Barb went to Wood Grill Buffet for lunch on her birthday.<ref>[[The Place chats (October 2019)#Birthdays]]</ref>

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This article will act as a namespace for the misinformation variant of the [[Template:Unreliable|"Unreliable"]] template and the [[Template:Misinfo|"Misinfo"]] template, explaining what kind of misinformation, misconceptions, or unproven claims are commonly believed about the article's subject.

==[[Affair with Mother]]==
*Many have come to believe that Chris had sexually assaulted his own mother when the news came out that he has had an incestuous affair with her following the leak of the infamous [[Incest Call]]. This notion would be perpetuated by several YouTubers and news panels, sometimes indirectly by claiming that Barb has dementia. Despite this, Chris has only ever been charged with "INCEST W/ OWN CHILD OR GRANDCHILD"<ref group = note>This charge appears to be used for all instances of parent-child and grandparent-grandchild incest at the jail Chris was sent to, probably due to character limits in the charge descriptions.</ref> after this affair, and was never officially charged for rape or sexual assault. Along with that, claims that Barbara had dementia had primarily came from begging videos where she could be playing up her frailty to elicit pity for money. (See: [[CWCki:Gossip#Barbara Chandler|Barbara Chandler]]). Therefore, whether or not this affair was entirely consensual is inconclusive.

==[[Barbara Chandler]]==
*It is often speculated by Christorians and observers that Barbara may have some degenerative brain disease, most often dementia. However, any official diagnosis of Barb's mental state is yet to be seen. It's worth noting that [[Guard Dogs|trusted sources]] have claimed to have talked to Barb, and have stated that she's pretending to be senile in order to get money<ref>[[Kiwi Farms posts (The Captain)]]</ref>.

==[[Christian Weston Chandler]]==
*It is common for observers to attempt to diagnose Chris as having "more than just autism", speculating what other types of disabilities or disorders he may have.
*It is often stated that Chris admitted to adopting a [[transgender]] identity solely so that he could hook up with lesbians. While this claim is not outside the realm of possibility, no direct confession from Chris has ever been shared or leaked.

==[[Clyde Cash]]==

*It is believed by some that the Clyde Cash persona was played by multiple people taken on by one identity. While several people would go under the name "Clyde Cash", mostly for completely unrelated plans, the original persona most associated with Christory was played by a single troll. This same troll would play as other characters in Christory, including [[Vivian Gee]], Gregg Mays, and [[Mao Ling]].

==[[GiBi]]==
[[File:GiBi discusses Bella and the Suitress screenshot.png|thumb|200px|GiBi did not redact a phone number when showing screenshots (under red censor bar; screenshot was uncensored in his video). The number allegedly belonged to the Suitress. This was the basis for much speculation.]]

GiBi, a semi-popular Christuber would attempt to make a daily series regarding the [[Affair with Mother|Incest Saga]] of Christory. He would consult several conflicting sources for information regarding the act, one of which was Bella, who was already framing [[Fiona]] as being the voice in the [[incest call]]. Bella would try to convince him that she wasn't "Kelly Osborn", which GiBi kept arguing for, while also leaking Fionas's phone number in a video. While talking to Bella, he would also attempt to make several comments regarding his findings and get more information on the matter in a megathread about Bella on the Kiwi Farms, reacting to many opposing comments on his findings rather unprofessionally. This predictably would get him under scrutiny by the Farms.

*Before the uploading of the infamous video by him where he leaks Fiona's phone number, GiBi would mention on the Kiwi Farms about getting information on the leaks from a "friend" of his, alongside Bella. The "friend" that GiBi was talking to was presumed to be [[The WCT]]. In actuality, the friend was a CCCC user that went under the username "LavenderBonez" on that server, who seemed to be supportive of Fiona leaking a chunk of the incest call, even going as far as calling her a "hero".<ref>[[Incest fallout chat leaks#CCCC Incest Call Leak]]</ref>

*The [[GiBi]] section of the [[Orbiter Wave]] page initially characterized his leaking of the Fiona's number as intentional from being prompted by Bella's disinformation. The section originally stated that ''Immediately accepting Bella's story that the entire scandal was the fault of Fiona, he then leaked Fiona's phone number in one of his videos for thousands to see.'' It appears to be speculation that there was a link between the phone number leak and Bella's story. The section was also revised to clarify that the leak was in the form of screenshots of text messages between Bella and Fiona in which a phone number was not redacted.

==[[Incest Call]]==
A key aspect regarding the drama that followed from Chris's affair had primarily come from how clips of this call had been leaked. So far, only four clips of varying lengths of this call had ever been leaked, all with various amounts of context. Because of this, many unproven claims regarding the people involved in the [[Incest]] and [[Watchmen]] sagas have been heavily propagated.

*The date of the Call is unclear, which in turn has lead to gossip on what [[Bella]] wanted to do with the call. Evidence points to either 27 July 2021 or 28 July 2021 as the call date, however much of the evidence was from Bella's screenshots, and she has a history of creating [[Fabricated BDSM texts|fabricated texts at least once.]]

==[[Isabella Loretta Janke]]==
Isabella Loretta Janke is most known for her involvement in a call where Chris describes incestuous acts he's performed towards his mother. Before this, Bella had been in touch with Chris for almost a year, acting nice around him, while also showing many instances of A-logging or wishing harm towards him in Discord chats, sometimes outright claiming to want to make him harm himself. She would also roleplay as prior [[gal pal]]s like Kellie Andes and an employee for the Curiosity Stream, and has been known to encourage the verbal harassment and bullying of other students at her university. This edgy behavior would lead to many instances of misinformation or unproven claims resulting from the chaos around the [[Incest Call]], gossip on [[Kiwi Farms]] being taken at face value, and Bella's alleged plots towards Chris.

*It is often stated that Bella had convinced Chris to commit incest on his mother. In actuality, Bella was in a call with him, where Chris had discussed the matter openly with her. Chris had told her multiple times of instances of having an affair with a "sweetheart over 50", and had even admitted to having a wet dream of his mother in one other instance.
*It was initially written that Bella had a suicide plot towards Chris dating back to 25 April 2020. This was based on a Discord user, ZorgothTDK, who alleged that DMs between him and Bella, in which a Deleted User states "That's what we're trying to do with Chris [...] Get him be suicidal [...] Bc he's retarded", were Bella discussing Chris Chan. However, Bella knew of two other people named Chris - her cousin and another Discord user - making it unclear if she was referring to Chris Chan. Though ZorgothTDK claims that Bella was referring to Chris Chan, the full log of his conversation with the Deleted User makes no indication that Chris Chan was being discussed.<ref>https://kiwifarms.net/threads/bella-janke-allegedly-planning-cwc-suicide-since-april-2020.97773/</ref> In addition, communication between Bella and Chris Chan has not been established for the time frame of April 2020 - [[Bella chats#Curiosity Stream|the earliest known message from Bella to Chris Chan occurred in October 2020]]. The exact time at which Bella had actually started interacting with Chris is not known, but she has claimed in one instance to have started trolling Chris for almost a year to one of her Chess Club associates in a July 2021 Discord message.<ref>[https://kiwifarms.net/attachments/servers-zip.2416454/ Zip file of Chess Club Discord leaks hosted at Kiwi Farms]. See "Chess club - chess" at 19-Jul-21 11:29 AM timestamp</ref> However, in two other instances, Bella would claim to a friend that she did have a plan to get Chris to kill himself in one instance,<ref>[[Chess Club Chats#Suicide Plan Claims]]</ref> and claim that she wanted Praetor members to convince him to cut off his penis in another, and hoping that he would die from a gender reassignment surgery accident.<ref name=animation>{{cite farms|thread=79414|post=8539683|title=YT 11/13/20 - Chris Chan Sonichu Intro animation}}</ref>
*It was initially written that Bella had a blackmail plot involving the [[Incest Call]]. Usually this claim is in conjunction with the claim that Bella wanted to record Chris having sex with the Suitress. While Bella had intended to leak the call after an unspecified point, and had created fake texts where Chris states he performed BDSM-style sex with Barb in the meantime, it is not known for sure if this would have involved blackmailing Chris.
*It was initially written that Bella wanted to film Chris having sex with an autistic woman for blackmail purposes. This appears to be a rumor loosely based on two excerpts from the [[Incest Call]], the first in which Bella discusses her friend [[Fiona]] (who held a crush on Chris) and tries to encourage Chris to pursue a relationship with her; and the second in which Bella said she would create a slideshow of romantic stuff between Chris and the Suitress during the [[Everfree Northwest]] convention festivities. Bella does not seem to actually state wanting to put any sexual content into the presentation. Adding onto that, Chris already seemed to discuss with Bella about the planned sexual intercourse he'd have with Fiona before she made the call.
*It was initially written that Bella self-assigned her bodyguard role for [[Everfree Northwest]], however Chris had assigned her the role.<ref>[[Bella chats#The Selected Few]]</ref>
*It is believed by some that Bella had an incest fetish, part of the reason for her call with Chris. This would even be written a few times in articles that mention her. However, whether or not Bella was actually into incest is unclear. This in part seems to come from an incest fanfiction that she had allegedly created under the account '''narutoisgay77897''', which involves a father-son relationship between Naruto characters. However, the link between this account and Bella is unclear, and the account itself has "Im into engineering and electromagnetism and shit but u wont find any of that shit here, only gay hentai bitches." as its description, suggesting that it could be a troll account, if created by her. The account therefore cannot be used to prove this, as its legitimacy is questionable. A user by the name of '''Gungann''' would also continuously question Bella on this point, citing part of a transcription of her call with Chris which claims that she talked to Chris while aroused, though he doesn't give the source for this particular transcript, or where he was reading it from.
*It was once written on the [[Discord]] page that Bella was a member of the [[Discord#Official CWCki Server|Official CWCki Server]] before the call. This was loosely based off a policy on the server where mentioning or talking about her is prohibited, as moderators on the server were notified about harassment on the server, and were concerned of the possibility that either she or her friends would report the server if they found out that anyone was discussing her.





==[[Liquid Chris]]==

*It is often stated that Liquid Chris was a single person. In actuality, Liquid was played by a set of twins, Christopher and Jon Duckworth. While Christopher played as Chris in Youtube videos and PVCC chats, Jon played Liquid during the Sing-Star Challenge.
*Liquid Chris started trolling Chris a month before the [[Rollin' and Trollin']] video, and was barely influenced by this video.


==[[Praetor]]==
*It is believed by some that Praetor was solely a group of trolls that wanted to get Chris to tase himself. In actuality, Chris had discussed plans with Watchmen members [[Naught]] and [[Kyle]] about plans to shock his [[Gate Crystal]] and [[Celestial Key]] quartz crystals in order to open up a portal to another dimension, citing a Gaia article about ancient civilizations using piezoelectricity to open up portals. Chris wanted to borrow a taser from Praetor to tase the crystals. Praetor was initially willing to allow him to use it under their supervision. The rumor that they wanted to get him to tase himself was first started by the Watchmen leader [[Naught]], who had posted out-of-context clips of Watchmen members talking to the founder and leader of Praetor, [[Caden Peck]], and alleging that "Caden and cwc as Sonichu prime discuss the tazer and who will be tazed". Naught had also left out a clip where the Watchman Val Valentino brought up the subject, and is asking if Chris would tase himself, and Caden Peck discussing how he felt it would be a bad idea. Interestingly, [[Isabella Janke]], a minor member of Praetor, had also spread a rumor that she had tried convincing Praetor members to get Chris to harm himself by getting him to cut his penis off, while claiming she was only "recruited".

==[[Fiona]]==

To many, Fiona, aka the Suitress, is a much more sympathetic Christorical figure than most, especially [[Jessica Quinn|when]] [[Idea Guys|compared]] [[Larry Vaughn|to]] [[Teen Troon Squad|others]] [[Jacob Sockness|in]] [[Ben Saint|more]] [[Watchmen|recent]] [[Bella|years]]. This is in part due to Bella's attempt to frame her as being responsible for Chris's affair, The WCT having partially revealed her identity, the Christuber [[GiBi]] accidentally revealing her phone number during these accusations, as well as being the first to reveal that Chris was having such an affair in the first place. As a result of this, as well as her previously being a well-known Chris fan, great pains were made in the CWCSphere to conceal her identity, including on this website. Ironically, these attempts to conceal her identity, as well as the general need in the community to protect her had led to the unintended result of having her true involvement with Chris very hazy, which led to her motives becoming very difficult to make out.

*It was a commonly held belief that Fiona wanted to be Chris's sweetheart. While she had admitted to having an actual crush on him, she had never actually stated to have a desire to be a sweetheart of his, or to be in a long-term relationship with him. She would claim in texts, however, that she was "fine with the friends with benefits thing" and that Chris considers her his "first real sweetheart".<ref>[[Incest fallout chat leaks#Discussion of Incest]]</ref>

*Along with the first point, it is often speculated by observers why Chris supposedly didn't pursue a relationship with Fiona, and chose Barbara over her. In reality, Chris seemed to have held a rather conflicting standpoint towards her attraction towards him, claiming in chats and calls that he didn't see the relationship lasting long, forseeing that she'd meet a long-term sweetheart in college. However, Chris would also promise to her in a recording regarding Everfree Northwest not to be enraged at the G5 merchandise that may show up, and state that he "loved" her. He would also claim in a text that having sex with her would be the right step for her to take both for her "emotional and mental development". Fiona would also claim in a conversation with Bella that Chris was "embarressed and nervous" at the thought of his first real sweetheart. Chris would also refer to her by a pet name that he had given to her in a [[Jail Letter - 4 July 2022|jail letter]]. Along with all of that, Chris had been having his affair with his mother since late June, roughly a month before he ever met Fiona.

*It was initially written that Fiona had been recruited into Bella's [[Chess Club]] Discord server. She had actually been invited into a separate server, [[Chess Group 15|chess group #15]]. This error was based on mislabeled folders of Discord server chatlogs which were passed around on Kiwi Farms - the folders were labelled "Chess Club" and "Chess Club ft [the Suitress] and CWC", however the actual content was [[Chess Club]] and [[Chess Group 15|chess group #15]] chatlogs.

*Claims have been made that Fiona was "institutionalized" or brought to a "mental hospital" following the events of the Incest Call leaks. No official documents have come out to confirm this, however. This rumor seemed to originate sometime after the revelations. This is an over-exaggeration of a statement a Kiwi Farms user made regarding an alleged interview he had with Physical-Floor, one of the Fiona's best friends, where he claimed that her parents were thinking of putting her in "inpatient psychiatric care", around the time when her internet privileges were supposedly revoked following the leaks.<ref>[[:File:MentalHealthClaim.png]]</ref>

*It is believed by some that Fiona is a trans woman, a reason some give for Chris's conflicted views on her attraction, as a result of her appearance. However, voice recordings that she's in show her voice to be feminine, and leaked childhood photos of her also have a more feminine appearance.



==[[Watchmen]]==

*The Watchmen are often misleadingly referred to as an organization of enablers. In reality, the "Watchmen" were a clique of Chris's most prominent enablers and white knights, who had used several different Discord servers. The clique was given the unofficial name "Watchmen" by one of the members in 2020 as a nod to the DC comic mini-series.

==[[The WCT]]==

One of the primary members of the [[Watchmen]].

*It was initially written that The WCT wanted Chris to kill himself. This originated from a rumor spread by [[MKRNightVee]], his former associate in the Watchmen Discord server [[The Place]]. In June 2021, the [[Watchmen]] clique was infighting over [[Naught]] posting The WCT's dox onto Kiwi Farms. WCT responded by informing Chris, who left The Place. Angry over this development, MKR took to Twitter to spread a rumor that WCT "probably wants Chris to kill himself".<ref>https://twitter.com/MKR11217089/status/1410103600932548609 (archive: https://archive.md/UKGom)</ref> A month later, the rumor was further spurred by Kiwi Farms forum posters, who assumed from both MKR's rumor and WCT's interactions with Bella (who had claimed on at least two occasions to want to get Chris to harm himself or commit suicide) that WCT was in on Bella's supposed plots. Despite this, no evidence has surfaced that WCT knew of Bella's claimed plots.
*It was initially written in a few articles that Chris had directly contributed to the mass doxing of Fiona by sharing one of her pictures with the WCT. Chris, although posting her photograph to him, would also refer to her by her pen name, "Fifi Vixenhart". The WCT wouldn't have become aware of her real name, or actually dox her, until later, when Bella had told him in the [[Regarding Chris]] chats that Fiona was the sole provider of fabricated texts where Chris states he's done BDSM on Barb while she was doxing her on multiple websites. The WCT would post one of the Suitress's videos and use her first name, partially revealing her identity and bringing attention from trolls onto her.
*It was initially written that The WCT had been recruited into Bella's [[Chess Club]] Discord server. He had actually been invited into a separate server, [[Chess Group 15|chess group #15]]. This error was based on mislabeled folders of Discord server chatlogs which were passed around on Kiwi Farms - the folders were labelled "Chess Club" and "Chess Club ft [the Suitress] and CWC", however the actual content was [[Chess Club]] and [[Chess Group 15|chess group #15]] chatlogs.

==[[Transgender|Chris' gender identity]]==

Chris' shift in gender identity and subsequent identification as a lesbian/bisexual transwoman has been a subject of intense debate and scrutiny within and outside of LGBT+ circles, with some believing that it is yet another act designed to enable him to shack up with lesbian women, and still others claiming that Chris openly admitted that this was the case. While the possibility of the former cannot be entirely discounted, no known admission of this nature has ever been made by Chris personally, and none of the assorted chat logs and correspondences leaked since Chris began his transition suggest this either.

{{Notes}}
{{References}}

CWCville Shopping Center

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[[File:157-CityOfCwcville.jpg|thumb|Early appearance on a ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' card.]]
[[File:Mall.PNG|thumb|Aerial view]]

'''CWCville Shopping Center''', sometimes called the '''CWCville Mall''', located at the center of downtown [[CWCville]], is the location of Chris's [[CWCville Mayoral Office|Mayoral Office]] and a temple to consumerism in CWCville. It also lies in Chris's version of his beloved [[Charlottesville Fashion Square]], where he is [[Coping|not banned but rather is welcomed and employed there]].

Chris designed the mall as a [[CADD]] project in [[PVCC|college]], and since [[Hotel Ricky Ricardo|no good school project goes unrecycled and unpublished]], went and put the design in the comics. The plans were in the [[Scrapbook of Fail]],<ref>[[Blanca_E-mails#Chris_does_not_waste_any_time_in_hinting_at_a_relationship|Blanca E-mails]], 20 [[August 2008]] 5:27 AM</ref> and Chris's original AutoCAD files were leaked.

Chris also built a rudimentary model of the mall with [[Lego]]. In 2014, the old Lego mall having been destroyed in the [[Destruction Of Chris's House|house fire]], Chris dreamed of recreating it at a much grander scale, a "stud-to-stud replica." This was such a compelling vision that he started a [[Kickstarter]] campaign to raise $5000 for this project. Of course, nothing came of this.

Chris has said that the city of CWCville owns the mall,<ref>[[Mailbag 13]]</ref> while most real-life malls (even ones that are close to dead) are owned by real estate companies such as Simon Property Group, former owners of Charlottesville Fashion Square. Furthermore, Chris has included several stores that either don't exist in real life, or used to exist but no longer do; the store placement, selection, size, and other fine details are all over the place. Among other things, the mall features a disproportionately large number of restaurants and even a Big Lots, an off-price retailer that almost never locates in malls.

Placing a mall downtown isn't entirely unfeasible; there is, however, no excuse for putting the fucking ''Mayor's office'' in the mall (except perhaps if the government's finances are in such a dreadful condition that they need to in order to save on rent). Chris may have done this as a reference to the [[Adult Swim]] show ''[[Wikipedia:Tom Goes to the Mayor|Tom Goes to the Mayor]]''.

[[Image:CWCMallSpaz.jpg|thumb|The Mall, as accurately depicted by Spazkid28 in ''[[Sonichu the Animated Series|Sonichu: The Animated Series]]''.]]
[[File:0869-Cwcville18.JPG|thumb|Lego version of the Shopping center.]]
[[File:Kickstarter 5.jpg|thumb|The CADD mall blueprints.]]

== History ==

Between 2019 and 2020, CWCville Shopping Center presumably lost its original anchor tenants, other than The Pokémon Center: {{w|Sears}} left Charlottesville in March 2019, followed by {{w|JCPenney}} in November 2020. It is unclear whether Chris found replacement anchor retailers.

== Mall Stores ==

Take note of how many of the stores featured here have either been long since defunct or renamed.

Floor and orientation information are according to the [[#External links|archived CAD plans]]: for example, “1 W” means the western side of Floor 1, and “1+2 E” means the eastern side of Floors 1 and 2. Stores in '''bold''' also appears/appeared in the Charlottesville Fashion Square.

{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Store
! {{abbr|Floor|Floor and orientation}}
! Status
! Notes
|-
| {{w|Abercrombie & Fitch}}
| 1 W
| Extant
| Even after {{w|Abercrombie & Fitch#Jeffries' 2006 target demographic quote|this}}.
|-
| {{w|Aéropostale (clothing)|Aeropastale}} [sic]
| 2 W
| Extant
|
|-
| '''{{w|American Eagle Outfitters}}'''
| 1 NE
| Extant
|
|-
| Arcade World (Video Games)
| 1 SW
|
| That is not a typo. Chris wrote 'Video Games' beside it, despite arcades not usually having that.
|-
| '''{{w|Bath & Body Works}}'''
| 1 W
| Extant
| <ref name="directory">[https://web.archive.org/web/20210322130700/https://charlottesvillefashion.com/directory/ Fashion Square Directory], archived 22 March 2021.</ref>
|-
| [[Chris's resume|Books-a-Million]]
| 1 W
| Extant
| abbreviated as ''BAM!''
|-
| [[Burger King]]
| 1 W
| Extant
|
|-
| {{w|Cellular One}}
| 2 W
| Defunct
| Merged into Verizon in 2005.<ref>In 2020, Cellular One operated in Louisiana and Texas, as well as in parts of Arizona, New Mexico, and New York.</ref> Presumed to be closed, because there is a separate Verizon location in the Mall.
|-
| '''[[Chick-fil-A]]'''
| 1 SW
| Extant
|
|-
| {{w|Christopher & Banks}}
| 2 W
| Defunct
| Dissolved in January 2021.
|-
| [[Chris and ego|Christopher's Pizza]]
| 2 NE
|
|
|-
| {{w|Circuit City|Circuit City Express}}
| 1 NE
| Defunct
| Dissolved on 8 March 2009, but revived as an online-only retailer since 2018.
|-
| {{w|Coffee Beanery}}
| 1 NE
| Extant
|
|-
| '''Collector’s Heaven'''
| 2 SW
| Defunct
| Defunct since circa 2020.<ref>[https://goo.gl/maps/6reZjztZxEEqdnmZ9 Google Maps] entry, accessed 1 February 2021.</ref>
|-
| [[The GAMe PLACe|Comic, Game & Hobby Place]]
| 2 W
| Defunct
| Closed in 2014.
|
|-
| [[Country Cookin]]
| 1 SW
| Defunct
| Dissolved on 18 October 2020.
|-
| '''[[Li'l Chris|Create-A-Critter]]'''
| 2 SW
| Extant
| A brand of {{w|Build-A-Bear Workshop}}.
|-
| [[Cutco]] Outlet
| 2 SE
| Extant
|
|-
| {{w|CVS Pharmacy|CVS}}
| 2 NE
| Extant
|
|-
| {{w|Dairy Queen}}
| 1 SW
| Extant
|
|-
| {{w|Dollar Tree}}
| 1 NE
| Extant
|
|-
| '''{{w|Foot Locker}}'''
| 1 SE
| Extant
|
|-
| '''{{w|Foot Locker|Footaction USA}}'''
| 1 NE
| Extant
| A brand of Foot Locker: the Fashion Square Mall did have separate locations for Foot Locker brands.<ref name="directory"/>
|-
| '''[[GameStop]]'''
| 1 W
| Extant
|
|-
| {{w|Gap (clothing retailer)|Gap}}
| 1 NE
| Extant
|
|-
| {{w|Gap (clothing retailer)|Gap Kids}}
| 1 W
| Extant
|
|-
| {{w|Great American Cookies|Great American Cookie}} [sic]
| 2 SE
| Extant
|
|-
| {{w|Hallmark Cards|Hallmark}}
| 1 NW
| Extant
|
|-
| [[Megan Schroeder|Hot Topic]]
| 1 W
| {{w|Hot topic|Extant}}
|
|-
| '''{{w|JCPenney|JCPenny}}''' [sic]
| 1+2 NW
| Defunct
| Still around as a company, but left the Fashion Square in November 2020.
|-
| '''{{w|Sterling_Jewelers|Kay Jewlers}}''' [sic]
| 1 W
| Extant
| Subsidiary of Sterling Jewelers.<ref name="directory"/>
|-
| [[Sonic Watch and Win Sweepstakes|KB Toys]]
| 1 SE
| Defunct
| Dissolved on 9 February 2009.
|-
| Kohr Bros. Frozen Yougurt] [sic]
| 1 W
| Extant
| Presently at the Woodbrook Shopping Village.<ref>[http://www.kohrbros.com/va.html Location list] at the Kohr Bros. website, accessed 2 June 2021.</ref>
|-
| {{w|Foot Locker|Lady Foot Locker}}
| 2 NE
| Extant
| A brand of Foot Locker.
|-
| [[Lego]] Outlet
| 1 NE
| Extant
|
|-
| {{w|Limited Too}}
| 1 W
| Defunct
| Merged into {{w|Justice (store)|Justice}} in June 2010, before closing on 17 December 2020. Now online-only.
|-
| MasterCuts
| 1 SW
| Extant
| Subsidiary of Signature Style.<ref>[https://www.signaturestyle.com/brands/mastercuts.html Official website] of Signature Style, accessed 31 January 2021.</ref>
|-
| [[McDonald's]]
| 1 SW
| Extant
|
|-
| '''[[The Tale Of The Crazy Pacer|Pacific Sunwear]]'''
| 1 W
| Extant
| Currently trading as {{w|PacSun}}.
|-
| {{w|Payless ShoeSource|Payless Shoe Source}}
| 2 W
| Defunct
| Dissolved in May 2019, but revived as Payless, an online-only retailer.
|-
| data-sort-value="Pokémon Center, The" | [[Pokémon|The Pokémon Center]]
| 1+2 NE
|
| Unsurprisingly, this is given two floors and roughly 14 times the retail space of most of the other stores.
|-
| {{w|RadioShack}}
| 1 W
| Defunct
| No longer in Charlottesville: mainly online-only since 2017.
|-
| {{w|Red Robin}}
| 1 NE
| Extant
|
|-
| '''{{w|Sbarro}}'''
| 1 SW
| Extant
|
|-
| '''{{w|Sears}}'''
| 1+2 E
| Defunct
| Left the Fashion Square in March 2019, although an appliance repair office still exists.<ref>[https://goo.gl/maps/7ZaiJErnCT5mozhY8 Google Maps] entry for Sears Home Services (one of the remnants of {{w|Sears}}), accessed 1 February 2021.</ref>
|-
| {{w|Spencer Gifts}}
| 1 NE
| Extant
| Currently trading as Spencer's.
|-
| [[Hanna|Starbucks]]
| 1 SE
| Extant
|
|-
| {{w|Suncoast Motion Picture Company|Suncoast}}
| 1 W
| Extant
| Only three stores remaining in Ohio, Texas and North Carolina.
|-
| data-sort-value="T C Nails" | T&C Nails
| 1 SW
| Extant
| A real nail salon in the Fashion Square.<ref>[https://g.page/tandcnailsllc?share Google Maps] entry</ref>
|-
| [[Chris's Sonichu IRC Chloe Introduction|Taco Bell]]
| 1 W
| Extant
|
|-
| Tokyo Shogun
| 1 W
|
| Virginia-based Japanese mall cuisine. Likely refers to a restaurant of the same name located within the Chesterfield Towne Centre, which closed ca. 2006.
|-
| data-sort-value="Toy Place, The" | [[The GAMe PLACe|The Toy Place]]
| 2 W
|
|
|-
| {{w|Verizon}}
| 2 SE
| Extant
|
|-
| {{w|Victoria's Secret|victoria's [sic] Secret}}
| 1 SE
| Extant
|
|-
| {{w|Waldenbooks}}
| 1 SE
| Defunct
| Dissolved on 18 July 2011.
|-
| [[Wendy's]]
| 1 W
| Extant
|
|-
| {{w|Western Sizzlin'}}
| 1 SE
| Extant
|
|-
| {{w|YesAsia|YesAsia.com Outlet Store}}
| 1 W
|
| YesAsia is an online-only retail company: they later opened an outlet store called YesStyle in San Francisco, but it did not last long.<ref>[https://goo.gl/maps/j7TPAgUzawEspwiB9 Google Maps] entry.</ref>
|-
| {{w|Zale Corporation|Zales Jewelry}}
| 1 SE
| Extant
|
|-
| {{w|Zany Brainy|Zany-Brainy}}
| 1 NE
| Defunct
| Dissolved in 2001.
|}

* [http://www.annajoys.com/ Anna Joy's] (local bridal shop)
* April's Sports (local sporting goods)
* [[Wikipedia:Big Lots|Big Lots]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080901010232/http://www.brmsstore.com/ Blue Ridge Sports] (defunct since 8 February 2016)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050331094929/http://www.cache.com/ Cache] [sic] (defunct since 2015)
* [[Wikipedia:Carlton Cards|Carlton Cards]] ([[wikipedia:American Greetings|American Greetings]] subsidiary; 2 separate ones)
* [[Wikipedia:Champs_Sports|Champ's [sic]]] Sports
* [http://www.cinnamonster.com Cinnamonster]
* [[Wikipedia:Claire's|Claire's Boutique]] (Known simply as Claire's)
* [[Wikipedia:Disney Store|Disney Store]]
* [[Wikipedia:Finish Line, Inc.|Finish Line]]
* [[Wikipedia:FYE_(retailer)|F.Y.E.]]
* [[Nintendo|GCN]] (? - second floor, he may have meant [[Wikipedia:GNC (store)|GNC]])
* [http://www.glamourshots.com Glamour Shots]
* [[Wikipedia:Hat World|Hat World]] (currently operating as Lids)
* [[Wikipedia:Journeys (company)|Journeys]]
* [[Wikipedia:LensCrafters|LensCrafters]] (listed twice beside each other)
* [[Wikipedia:The Limited|Limited]] (defunct since 2017)
* [[Wikipedia:Destination Maternity|Motherhood Maternity]]
* [[Wikipedia:Mrs. Fields|Mrs. Field's [sic] Cookies]]
* Paint & Play (exists, but no website for Virginia chain)
* [[Wikipedia:Pearle Vision|Pearl [sic] Vision Express]]
* [[Wikipedia:Ritz Camera|Ritz Camera]] (liquidated in [[2012]] and online-only now)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090326065232/http://www.rockstarbodyjewelry.com/ Rock Star Body Jewelry]
* [[Wikipedia:Sam Goody|Sam Goody]] (defunct since 2006)
* [[Wikipedia:Stride Rite Corporation|Stride Rite]]
* The Briar Patch ([http://www.shopbriarpatch.com/ website] is dead, presumably defunct)
* [http://www.thehappycook.com/ The Happy Cook]
* [http://www.thingsremembered.com/ Things Remembered] (closed in 2022, online-only since 2013)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100316015436/http://www.tradesecret.com/home.aspx| Trade Secret]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101102185938/http://www.victoriasgallery.com/| Victoria's Art Gallery]
* [[Wikipedia:Warner Bros. Studio Store|Warner Bros. Store]] (only online since 2001)

==Non-Store Facilities==
* [[Wikipedia:Bank of America|Bank of America]] ATM
* [[Wikipedia:BB&T|BB&T]] ATM (Merged into Suntrust in 2019, now Truist)
* [[CWCville Mayoral Office]]
* [[Jerkop|Mall Security]]/Customer Service
* [[DIRTY, CRAPPED BRIEFS|Restrooms]] [Multiple]
* [[Wikipedia:Wachovia|Wachovia]] ATM (Acquired and absorbed by [[Wikipedia:Wells Fargo|Wells Fargo]] since 2008)

== Sources ==
<references/>

==See also==
*[[Charlottesville Fashion Square]] - The IRL version of the CWCville mall.

==External links==
* [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1419446823/lego-cwcville-shopping-center-with-mayor-office Kickstarter page]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20190404085345if_/https://ac1d9f88-a-62cb3a1a-s-sites.googlegroups.com/site/theinterwebs/CwcvilleShoppingCenterFloorOne.pdf?attachauth=ANoY7crGKZoec-WrE3Fi3Y5Rtiu4md3b1qQOdtami4PIPTAhMIVnD9BDeWXuWsGoLkTRps55k1ei6VcyMtkVd3Okv6iJFPsC7z-GWOk05ew3LnFNLYkdy9ge-aM23w17pHIYu3tFZfTkMVvI-0K6OUCIUsZzgC3Byv5g7LBPU6ZDJeo9Tx9OlgI0kK8GU8_RIZ95UQy1rFCodnB8ABxtelk8-PdRiuQHUAoYH44j-AhFrfeB-suF6m4%3D&attredirects=0 Plans, Floor 1]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20190404085349if_/https://ac1d9f88-a-62cb3a1a-s-sites.googlegroups.com/site/theinterwebs/CwcvilleShoppingCenterFloor2.pdf?attachauth=ANoY7cp4bf1mV1gIyxwH0kYzFQRSwxh1PNoaIzv4d7i5flkKNu7xq6r27ooKVsLvV_8bucm32DZkkvya3SkmoE4BhBi2FiLJWtx9AYNuLuV_pvKqyOjKq7c2bnSKUuk1g4opRcykxror9G1hTUDCIKUbkO1kBo9qi0A3CSN1hF0njfHJKr-Q9dawCuHkg7ANA6PypVUne_ZSyhtest35JjM1MYfNzYEjnWQ6mK8dSYdN3XJ3dpBUnZw%3D&attredirects=0 Plans, Floor 2]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20190404085351if_/https://ac1d9f88-a-62cb3a1a-s-sites.googlegroups.com/site/theinterwebs/MayorsOfficeModel1.pdf?attachauth=ANoY7crf_awUoH_dcpkjVoGSu6ajf3651nZZLOUYdybQjLN8uicqCcPZG7Y6a3wOWu70KuQMcGBj-UMKHiJzDOqp0mIejJ9SHrBdmRdzXEGunm3lPnl_kzW717ipTGaRgKS_KXUy3vcJ1pFGZpmBBNCQcx1gmprAuEWrX5aqSb6dyu5VqVZIRuJjzCrvH-I3HVOr_JY_k4Dc7Lp2i02nN3Zk-uTWvKhQgwRrOfp8rHlu-xbxT5tsccE%3D&attredirects=0 Plans, Mayor's Office]

{{CWCverse}}

[[Category:Fictional places]]

CWCville Shopping Center

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[[File:157-CityOfCwcville.jpg|thumb|Early appearance on a ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' card.]]
[[File:Mall.PNG|thumb|Aerial view]]

'''CWCville Shopping Center''', sometimes called the '''CWCville Mall''', located at the center of downtown [[CWCville]], is the location of Chris's [[CWCville Mayoral Office|Mayoral Office]] and a temple to consumerism in CWCville. It also lies in Chris's version of his beloved [[Charlottesville Fashion Square]], where he is [[Coping|not banned but rather is welcomed and employed there]].

Chris designed the mall as a [[CADD]] project in [[PVCC|college]], and since [[Hotel Ricky Ricardo|no good school project goes unrecycled and unpublished]], went and put the design in the comics. The plans were in the [[Scrapbook of Fail]],<ref>[[Blanca_E-mails#Chris_does_not_waste_any_time_in_hinting_at_a_relationship|Blanca E-mails]], 20 [[August 2008]] 5:27 AM</ref> and Chris's original AutoCAD files were leaked.

Chris also built a rudimentary model of the mall with [[Lego]]. In 2014, the old Lego mall having been destroyed in the [[Destruction Of Chris's House|house fire]], Chris dreamed of recreating it at a much grander scale, a "stud-to-stud replica." This was such a compelling vision that he started a [[Kickstarter]] campaign to raise $5000 for this project. Of course, nothing came of this.

Chris has said that the city of CWCville owns the mall,<ref>[[Mailbag 13]]</ref> while most real-life malls (even ones that are close to dead) are owned by real estate companies such as Simon Property Group, former owners of Charlottesville Fashion Square. Furthermore, Chris has included several stores that either don't exist in real life, or used to exist but no longer do; the store placement, selection, size, and other fine details are all over the place. Among other things, the mall features a disproportionately large number of restaurants and even a Big Lots, an off-price retailer that almost never locates in malls.

Placing a mall downtown isn't entirely unfeasible; there is, however, no excuse for putting the fucking ''Mayor's office'' in the mall (except perhaps if the government's finances are in such a dreadful condition that they need to in order to save on rent). Chris may have done this as a reference to the [[Adult Swim]] show ''[[Wikipedia:Tom Goes to the Mayor|Tom Goes to the Mayor]]''.

[[Image:CWCMallSpaz.jpg|thumb|The Mall, as accurately depicted by Spazkid28 in ''[[Sonichu the Animated Series|Sonichu: The Animated Series]]''.]]
[[File:0869-Cwcville18.JPG|thumb|Lego version of the Shopping center.]]
[[File:Kickstarter 5.jpg|thumb|The CADD mall blueprints.]]

== History ==

Between 2019 and 2020, CWCville Shopping Center presumably lost its original anchor tenants, other than The Pokémon Center: {{w|Sears}} left Charlottesville in March 2019, followed by {{w|JCPenney}} in November 2020. It is unclear whether Chris found replacement anchor retailers.

== Mall Stores ==

Take note of how many of the stores featured here have either been long since defunct or renamed.

Floor and orientation information are according to the [[#External links|archived CAD plans]]: for example, “1 W” means the western side of Floor 1, and “1+2 E” means the eastern side of Floors 1 and 2. Stores in '''bold''' also appears/appeared in the Charlottesville Fashion Square.

{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Store
! {{abbr|Floor|Floor and orientation}}
! Status
! Notes
|-
| {{w|Abercrombie & Fitch}}
| 1 W
| Extant
| Even after {{w|Abercrombie & Fitch#Jeffries' 2006 target demographic quote|this}}.
|-
| {{w|Aéropostale (clothing)|Aeropastale}} [sic]
| 2 W
| Extant
|
|-
| '''{{w|American Eagle Outfitters}}'''
| 1 NE
| Extant
|
|-
| Arcade World (Video Games)
| 1 SW
|
| That is not a typo. Chris wrote 'Video Games' beside it, despite arcades not usually having that.
|-
| '''{{w|Bath & Body Works}}'''
| 1 W
| Extant
| <ref name="directory">[https://web.archive.org/web/20210322130700/https://charlottesvillefashion.com/directory/ Fashion Square Directory], archived 22 March 2021.</ref>
|-
| [[Chris's resume|Books-a-Million]]
| 1 W
| Extant
| abbreviated as ''BAM!''
|-
| [[Burger King]]
| 1 W
| Extant
|
|-
| {{w|Cellular One}}
| 2 W
| Defunct
| Merged into Verizon in 2005.<ref>In 2020, Cellular One operated in Louisiana and Texas, as well as in parts of Arizona, New Mexico, and New York.</ref> Presumed to be closed, because there is a separate Verizon location in the Mall.
|-
| '''[[Chick-fil-A]]'''
| 1 SW
| Extant
|
|-
| {{w|Christopher & Banks}}
| 2 W
| Defunct
| Dissolved in January 2021.
|-
| [[Chris and ego|Christopher's Pizza]]
| 2 NE
|
|
|-
| {{w|Circuit City|Circuit City Express}}
| 1 NE
| Defunct
| Dissolved on 8 March 2009, but revived as an online-only retailer since 2018.
|-
| {{w|Coffee Beanery}}
| 1 NE
| Extant
|
|-
| '''Collector’s Heaven'''
| 2 SW
| Defunct
| Defunct since circa 2020.<ref>[https://goo.gl/maps/6reZjztZxEEqdnmZ9 Google Maps] entry, accessed 1 February 2021.</ref>
|-
| [[The GAMe PLACe|Comic, Game & Hobby Place]]
| 2 W
| Defunct
| Closed in 2014.
|
|-
| [[Country Cookin]]
| 1 SW
| Defunct
| Dissolved on 18 October 2020.
|-
| '''[[Li'l Chris|Create-A-Critter]]'''
| 2 SW
| Extant
| A brand of {{w|Build-A-Bear Workshop}}.
|-
| [[Cutco]] Outlet
| 2 SE
| Extant
|
|-
| {{w|CVS Pharmacy|CVS}}
| 2 NE
| Extant
|
|-
| {{w|Dairy Queen}}
| 1 SW
| Extant
|
|-
| {{w|Dollar Tree}}
| 1 NE
| Extant
|
|-
| '''{{w|Foot Locker}}'''
| 1 SE
| Extant
|
|-
| '''{{w|Foot Locker|Footaction USA}}'''
| 1 NE
| Extant
| A brand of Foot Locker: the Fashion Square Mall did have separate locations for Foot Locker brands.<ref name="directory"/>
|-
| '''[[GameStop]]'''
| 1 W
| Extant
|
|-
| {{w|Gap (clothing retailer)|Gap}}
| 1 NE
| Extant
|
|-
| {{w|Gap (clothing retailer)|Gap Kids}}
| 1 W
| Extant
|
|-
| {{w|Great American Cookies|Great American Cookie}} [sic]
| 2 SE
| Extant
|
|-
| {{w|Hallmark Cards|Hallmark}}
| 1 NW
| Extant
|
|-
| [[Megan Schroeder|Hot Topic]]
| 1 W
| {{w|Hot topic|Extant}}
|
|-
| '''{{w|JCPenney|JCPenny}}''' [sic]
| 1+2 NW
| Defunct
| Still around as a company, but left the Fashion Square in November 2020.
|-
| '''{{w|Sterling_Jewelers|Kay Jewlers}}''' [sic]
| 1 W
| Extant
| Subsidiary of Sterling Jewelers.<ref name="directory"/>
|-
| [[Sonic Watch and Win Sweepstakes|KB Toys]]
| 1 SE
| Defunct
| Dissolved on 9 February 2009.
|-
| Kohr Bros. Frozen Yougurt] [sic]
| 1 W
| Extant
| Presently at the Woodbrook Shopping Village.<ref>[http://www.kohrbros.com/va.html Location list] at the Kohr Bros. website, accessed 2 June 2021.</ref>
|-
| {{w|Foot Locker|Lady Foot Locker}}
| 2 NE
| Extant
| A brand of Foot Locker.
|-
| [[Lego]] Outlet
| 1 NE
| Extant
|
|-
| {{w|Limited Too}}
| 1 W
| Defunct
| Merged into {{w|Justice (store)|Justice}} in June 2010, before closing on 17 December 2020. Now online-only.
|-
| MasterCuts
| 1 SW
| Extant
| Subsidiary of Signature Style.<ref>[https://www.signaturestyle.com/brands/mastercuts.html Official website] of Signature Style, accessed 31 January 2021.</ref>
|-
| [[McDonald's]]
| 1 SW
| Extant
|
|-
| '''[[The Tale Of The Crazy Pacer|Pacific Sunwear]]'''
| 1 W
| Extant
| Currently trading as {{w|PacSun}}.
|-
| {{w|Payless ShoeSource|Payless Shoe Source}}
| 2 W
| Defunct
| Dissolved in May 2019, but revived as Payless, an online-only retailer.
|-
| data-sort-value="Pokémon Center, The" | [[Pokémon|The Pokémon Center]]
| 1+2 NE
|
| Unsurprisingly, this is given two floors and roughly 14 times the retail space of most of the other stores.
|-
| {{w|RadioShack}}
| 1 W
| Defunct
| No longer in Charlottesville: mainly online-only since 2017.
|-
| {{w|Red Robin}}
| 1 NE
| Extant
|
|-
| '''{{w|Sbarro}}'''
| 1 SW
| Extant
|
|-
| '''{{w|Sears}}'''
| 1+2 E
| Defunct
| Left the Fashion Square in March 2019, although an appliance repair office still exists.<ref>[https://goo.gl/maps/7ZaiJErnCT5mozhY8 Google Maps] entry for Sears Home Services (one of the remnants of {{w|Sears}}), accessed 1 February 2021.</ref>
|-
| {{w|Spencer Gifts}}
| 1 NE
| Extant
| Currently trading as Spencer's.
|-
| [[Hanna|Starbucks]]
| 1 SE
| Extant
|
|-
| {{w|Suncoast Motion Picture Company|Suncoast}}
| 1 W
| Defunct
| Only 4 stores operating in Texas, Nebraska, North Carolina, and Ohio.
|-
| data-sort-value="T C Nails" | T&C Nails
| 1 SW
| Extant
| A real nail salon in the Fashion Square.<ref>[https://g.page/tandcnailsllc?share Google Maps] entry</ref>
|-
| [[Chris's Sonichu IRC Chloe Introduction|Taco Bell]]
| 1 W
| Extant
|
|-
| Tokyo Shogun
| 1 W
|
| Virginia-based Japanese mall cuisine. Likely refers to a restaurant of the same name located within the Chesterfield Towne Centre, which closed ca. 2006.
|-
| data-sort-value="Toy Place, The" | [[The GAMe PLACe|The Toy Place]]
| 2 W
|
|
|-
| {{w|Verizon}}
| 2 SE
| Extant
|
|-
| {{w|Victoria's Secret|victoria's [sic] Secret}}
| 1 SE
| Extant
|
|-
| {{w|Waldenbooks}}
| 1 SE
| Defunct
| Dissolved on 18 July 2011.
|-
| [[Wendy's]]
| 1 W
| Extant
|
|-
| {{w|Western Sizzlin'}}
| 1 SE
| Extant
|
|-
| {{w|YesAsia|YesAsia.com Outlet Store}}
| 1 W
|
| YesAsia is an online-only retail company: they later opened an outlet store called YesStyle in San Francisco, but it did not last long.<ref>[https://goo.gl/maps/j7TPAgUzawEspwiB9 Google Maps] entry.</ref>
|-
| {{w|Zale Corporation|Zales Jewelry}}
| 1 SE
| Extant
|
|-
| {{w|Zany Brainy|Zany-Brainy}}
| 1 NE
| Defunct
| Dissolved in 2001.
|}

* [http://www.annajoys.com/ Anna Joy's] (local bridal shop)
* April's Sports (local sporting goods)
* [[Wikipedia:Big Lots|Big Lots]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080901010232/http://www.brmsstore.com/ Blue Ridge Sports] (defunct since 8 February 2016)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050331094929/http://www.cache.com/ Cache] [sic] (defunct since 2015)
* [[Wikipedia:Carlton Cards|Carlton Cards]] ([[wikipedia:American Greetings|American Greetings]] subsidiary; 2 separate ones)
* [[Wikipedia:Champs_Sports|Champ's [sic]]] Sports
* [http://www.cinnamonster.com Cinnamonster]
* [[Wikipedia:Claire's|Claire's Boutique]] (Known simply as Claire's)
* [[Wikipedia:Disney Store|Disney Store]]
* [[Wikipedia:Finish Line, Inc.|Finish Line]]
* [[Wikipedia:FYE_(retailer)|F.Y.E.]]
* [[Nintendo|GCN]] (? - second floor, he may have meant [[Wikipedia:GNC (store)|GNC]])
* [http://www.glamourshots.com Glamour Shots]
* [[Wikipedia:Hat World|Hat World]] (currently operating as Lids)
* [[Wikipedia:Journeys (company)|Journeys]]
* [[Wikipedia:LensCrafters|LensCrafters]] (listed twice beside each other)
* [[Wikipedia:The Limited|Limited]] (defunct since 2017)
* [[Wikipedia:Destination Maternity|Motherhood Maternity]]
* [[Wikipedia:Mrs. Fields|Mrs. Field's [sic] Cookies]]
* Paint & Play (exists, but no website for Virginia chain)
* [[Wikipedia:Pearle Vision|Pearl [sic] Vision Express]]
* [[Wikipedia:Ritz Camera|Ritz Camera]] (liquidated in [[2012]] and online-only now)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090326065232/http://www.rockstarbodyjewelry.com/ Rock Star Body Jewelry]
* [[Wikipedia:Sam Goody|Sam Goody]] (defunct since 2006)
* [[Wikipedia:Stride Rite Corporation|Stride Rite]]
* The Briar Patch ([http://www.shopbriarpatch.com/ website] is dead, presumably defunct)
* [http://www.thehappycook.com/ The Happy Cook]
* [http://www.thingsremembered.com/ Things Remembered] (closed in 2022, online-only since 2013)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100316015436/http://www.tradesecret.com/home.aspx| Trade Secret]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101102185938/http://www.victoriasgallery.com/| Victoria's Art Gallery]
* [[Wikipedia:Warner Bros. Studio Store|Warner Bros. Store]] (only online since 2001)

==Non-Store Facilities==
* [[Wikipedia:Bank of America|Bank of America]] ATM
* [[Wikipedia:BB&T|BB&T]] ATM (Merged into Suntrust in 2019, now Truist)
* [[CWCville Mayoral Office]]
* [[Jerkop|Mall Security]]/Customer Service
* [[DIRTY, CRAPPED BRIEFS|Restrooms]] [Multiple]
* [[Wikipedia:Wachovia|Wachovia]] ATM (Acquired and absorbed by [[Wikipedia:Wells Fargo|Wells Fargo]] since 2008)

== Sources ==
<references/>

==See also==
*[[Charlottesville Fashion Square]] - The IRL version of the CWCville mall.

==External links==
* [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1419446823/lego-cwcville-shopping-center-with-mayor-office Kickstarter page]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20190404085345if_/https://ac1d9f88-a-62cb3a1a-s-sites.googlegroups.com/site/theinterwebs/CwcvilleShoppingCenterFloorOne.pdf?attachauth=ANoY7crGKZoec-WrE3Fi3Y5Rtiu4md3b1qQOdtami4PIPTAhMIVnD9BDeWXuWsGoLkTRps55k1ei6VcyMtkVd3Okv6iJFPsC7z-GWOk05ew3LnFNLYkdy9ge-aM23w17pHIYu3tFZfTkMVvI-0K6OUCIUsZzgC3Byv5g7LBPU6ZDJeo9Tx9OlgI0kK8GU8_RIZ95UQy1rFCodnB8ABxtelk8-PdRiuQHUAoYH44j-AhFrfeB-suF6m4%3D&attredirects=0 Plans, Floor 1]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20190404085349if_/https://ac1d9f88-a-62cb3a1a-s-sites.googlegroups.com/site/theinterwebs/CwcvilleShoppingCenterFloor2.pdf?attachauth=ANoY7cp4bf1mV1gIyxwH0kYzFQRSwxh1PNoaIzv4d7i5flkKNu7xq6r27ooKVsLvV_8bucm32DZkkvya3SkmoE4BhBi2FiLJWtx9AYNuLuV_pvKqyOjKq7c2bnSKUuk1g4opRcykxror9G1hTUDCIKUbkO1kBo9qi0A3CSN1hF0njfHJKr-Q9dawCuHkg7ANA6PypVUne_ZSyhtest35JjM1MYfNzYEjnWQ6mK8dSYdN3XJ3dpBUnZw%3D&attredirects=0 Plans, Floor 2]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20190404085351if_/https://ac1d9f88-a-62cb3a1a-s-sites.googlegroups.com/site/theinterwebs/MayorsOfficeModel1.pdf?attachauth=ANoY7crf_awUoH_dcpkjVoGSu6ajf3651nZZLOUYdybQjLN8uicqCcPZG7Y6a3wOWu70KuQMcGBj-UMKHiJzDOqp0mIejJ9SHrBdmRdzXEGunm3lPnl_kzW717ipTGaRgKS_KXUy3vcJ1pFGZpmBBNCQcx1gmprAuEWrX5aqSb6dyu5VqVZIRuJjzCrvH-I3HVOr_JY_k4Dc7Lp2i02nN3Zk-uTWvKhQgwRrOfp8rHlu-xbxT5tsccE%3D&attredirects=0 Plans, Mayor's Office]

{{CWCverse}}

[[Category:Fictional places]]

CWCville Shopping Center

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[[File:157-CityOfCwcville.jpg|thumb|Early appearance on a ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' card.]]
[[File:Mall.PNG|thumb|Aerial view]]

'''CWCville Shopping Center''', sometimes called the '''CWCville Mall''', located at the center of downtown [[CWCville]], is the location of Chris's [[CWCville Mayoral Office|Mayoral Office]] and a temple to consumerism in CWCville. It also lies in Chris's version of his beloved [[Charlottesville Fashion Square]], where he is [[Coping|not banned but rather is welcomed and employed there]].

Chris designed the mall as a [[CADD]] project in [[PVCC|college]], and since [[Hotel Ricky Ricardo|no good school project goes unrecycled and unpublished]], went and put the design in the comics. The plans were in the [[Scrapbook of Fail]],<ref>[[Blanca_E-mails#Chris_does_not_waste_any_time_in_hinting_at_a_relationship|Blanca E-mails]], 20 [[August 2008]] 5:27 AM</ref> and Chris's original AutoCAD files were leaked.

Chris also built a rudimentary model of the mall with [[Lego]]. In 2014, the old Lego mall having been destroyed in the [[Destruction Of Chris's House|house fire]], Chris dreamed of recreating it at a much grander scale, a "stud-to-stud replica." This was such a compelling vision that he started a [[Kickstarter]] campaign to raise $5000 for this project. Of course, nothing came of this.

Chris has said that the city of CWCville owns the mall,<ref>[[Mailbag 13]]</ref> while most real-life malls (even ones that are close to dead) are owned by real estate companies such as Simon Property Group, former owners of Charlottesville Fashion Square. Furthermore, Chris has included several stores that either don't exist in real life, or used to exist but no longer do; the store placement, selection, size, and other fine details are all over the place. Among other things, the mall features a disproportionately large number of restaurants and even a Big Lots, an off-price retailer that almost never locates in malls.

Placing a mall downtown isn't entirely unfeasible; there is, however, no excuse for putting the fucking ''Mayor's office'' in the mall (except perhaps if the government's finances are in such a dreadful condition that they need to in order to save on rent). Chris may have done this as a reference to the [[Adult Swim]] show ''[[Wikipedia:Tom Goes to the Mayor|Tom Goes to the Mayor]]''.

[[Image:CWCMallSpaz.jpg|thumb|The Mall, as accurately depicted by Spazkid28 in ''[[Sonichu the Animated Series|Sonichu: The Animated Series]]''.]]
[[File:0869-Cwcville18.JPG|thumb|Lego version of the Shopping center.]]
[[File:Kickstarter 5.jpg|thumb|The CADD mall blueprints.]]

== History ==

Between 2019 and 2020, CWCville Shopping Center presumably lost its original anchor tenants, other than The Pokémon Center: {{w|Sears}} left Charlottesville in March 2019, followed by {{w|JCPenney}} in November 2020. It is unclear whether Chris found replacement anchor retailers.

== Mall Stores ==

Take note of how many of the stores featured here have either been long since defunct or renamed.

Floor and orientation information are according to the [[#External links|archived CAD plans]]: for example, “1 W” means the western side of Floor 1, and “1+2 E” means the eastern side of Floors 1 and 2. Stores in '''bold''' also appears/appeared in the Charlottesville Fashion Square.

{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Store
! {{abbr|Floor|Floor and orientation}}
! Status
! Notes
|-
| {{w|Abercrombie & Fitch}}
| 1 W
| Extant
| Even after {{w|Abercrombie & Fitch#Jeffries' 2006 target demographic quote|this}}.
|-
| {{w|Aéropostale (clothing)|Aeropastale}} [sic]
| 2 W
| Extant
|
|-
| '''{{w|American Eagle Outfitters}}'''
| 1 NE
| Extant
|
|-
| Arcade World (Video Games)
| 1 SW
|
| That is not a typo. Chris wrote 'Video Games' beside it, despite arcades not usually having that.
|-
| '''{{w|Bath & Body Works}}'''
| 1 W
| Extant
| <ref name="directory">[https://web.archive.org/web/20210322130700/https://charlottesvillefashion.com/directory/ Fashion Square Directory], archived 22 March 2021.</ref>
|-
| [[Chris's resume|Books-a-Million]]
| 1 W
| Extant
| abbreviated as ''BAM!''
|-
| [[Burger King]]
| 1 W
| Extant
|
|-
| {{w|Cellular One}}
| 2 W
| Defunct
| Merged into Verizon in 2005.<ref>In 2020, Cellular One operated in Louisiana and Texas, as well as in parts of Arizona, New Mexico, and New York.</ref> Presumed to be closed, because there is a separate Verizon location in the Mall.
|-
| '''[[Chick-fil-A]]'''
| 1 SW
| Extant
|
|-
| {{w|Christopher & Banks}}
| 2 W
| Defunct
| Dissolved in January 2021.
|-
| [[Chris and ego|Christopher's Pizza]]
| 2 NE
|
|
|-
| {{w|Circuit City|Circuit City Express}}
| 1 NE
| Defunct
| Dissolved on 8 March 2009, but revived as an online-only retailer since 2018.
|-
| {{w|Coffee Beanery}}
| 1 NE
| Extant
|
|-
| '''Collector’s Heaven'''
| 2 SW
| Defunct
| Defunct since circa 2020.<ref>[https://goo.gl/maps/6reZjztZxEEqdnmZ9 Google Maps] entry, accessed 1 February 2021.</ref>
|-
| [[The GAMe PLACe|Comic, Game & Hobby Place]]
| 2 W
| Defunct
| Closed in 2014.
|
|-
| [[Country Cookin]]
| 1 SW
| Defunct
| Dissolved on 18 October 2020.
|-
| '''[[Li'l Chris|Create-A-Critter]]'''
| 2 SW
| Extant
| A brand of {{w|Build-A-Bear Workshop}}.
|-
| [[Cutco]] Outlet
| 2 SE
| Extant
|
|-
| {{w|CVS Pharmacy|CVS}}
| 2 NE
| Extant
|
|-
| {{w|Dairy Queen}}
| 1 SW
| Extant
|
|-
| {{w|Dollar Tree}}
| 1 NE
| Extant
|
|-
| '''{{w|Foot Locker}}'''
| 1 SE
| Extant
|
|-
| '''{{w|Foot Locker|Footaction USA}}'''
| 1 NE
| Extant
| A brand of Foot Locker: the Fashion Square Mall did have separate locations for Foot Locker brands.<ref name="directory"/>
|-
| '''[[GameStop]]'''
| 1 W
| Extant
|
|-
| {{w|Gap (clothing retailer)|Gap}}
| 1 NE
| Extant
|
|-
| {{w|Gap (clothing retailer)|Gap Kids}}
| 1 W
| Extant
|
|-
| {{w|Great American Cookies|Great American Cookie}} [sic]
| 2 SE
| Extant
|
|-
| {{w|Hallmark Cards|Hallmark}}
| 1 NW
| Extant
|
|-
| [[Megan Schroeder|Hot Topic]]
| 1 W
| {{w|Hot topic|Extant}}
|
|-
| '''{{w|JCPenney|JCPenny}}''' [sic]
| 1+2 NW
| Defunct
| Still around as a company, but left the Fashion Square in November 2020.
|-
| '''{{w|Sterling_Jewelers|Kay Jewlers}}''' [sic]
| 1 W
| Extant
| Subsidiary of Sterling Jewelers.<ref name="directory"/>
|-
| [[Sonic Watch and Win Sweepstakes|KB Toys]]
| 1 SE
| Defunct
| Dissolved on 9 February 2009.
|-
| Kohr Bros. Frozen Yougurt] [sic]
| 1 W
| Extant
| Presently at the Woodbrook Shopping Village.<ref>[http://www.kohrbros.com/va.html Location list] at the Kohr Bros. website, accessed 2 June 2021.</ref>
|-
| {{w|Foot Locker|Lady Foot Locker}}
| 2 NE
| Extant
| A brand of Foot Locker.
|-
| [[Lego]] Outlet
| 1 NE
| Extant
|
|-
| {{w|Limited Too}}
| 1 W
| Defunct
| Merged into {{w|Justice (store)|Justice}} in June 2010, before closing on 17 December 2020. Now online-only.
|-
| MasterCuts
| 1 SW
| Extant
| Subsidiary of Signature Style.<ref>[https://www.signaturestyle.com/brands/mastercuts.html Official website] of Signature Style, accessed 31 January 2021.</ref>
|-
| [[McDonald's]]
| 1 SW
| Extant
|
|-
| '''[[The Tale Of The Crazy Pacer|Pacific Sunwear]]'''
| 1 W
| Extant
| Currently trading as {{w|PacSun}}.
|-
| {{w|Payless ShoeSource|Payless Shoe Source}}
| 2 W
| Defunct
| Dissolved in May 2019, but revived as Payless, an online-only retailer.
|-
| data-sort-value="Pokémon Center, The" | [[Pokémon|The Pokémon Center]]
| 1+2 NE
|
| Unsurprisingly, this is given two floors and roughly 14 times the retail space of most of the other stores.
|-
| {{w|RadioShack}}
| 1 W
| Defunct
| No longer in Charlottesville: mainly online-only since 2017.
|-
| {{w|Red Robin}}
| 1 NE
| Extant
|
|-
| '''{{w|Sbarro}}'''
| 1 SW
| Extant
|
|-
| '''{{w|Sears}}'''
| 1+2 E
| Defunct
| Left the Fashion Square in March 2019, although an appliance repair office still exists.<ref>[https://goo.gl/maps/7ZaiJErnCT5mozhY8 Google Maps] entry for Sears Home Services (one of the remnants of {{w|Sears}}), accessed 1 February 2021.</ref>
|-
| {{w|Spencer Gifts}}
| 1 NE
| Extant
| Currently trading as Spencer's.
|-
| [[Hanna|Starbucks]]
| 1 SE
| Extant
|
|-
| {{w|Suncoast Motion Picture Company|Suncoast}}
| 1 W
| Defunct
| Only 4 stores operating in Texas, Nebraska, North Carolina, and Ohio.
|-
| data-sort-value="T C Nails" | T&C Nails
| 1 SW
| Extant
| A real nail salon in the Fashion Square.<ref>[https://g.page/tandcnailsllc?share Google Maps] entry</ref>
|-
| [[Chris's Sonichu IRC Chloe Introduction|Taco Bell]]
| 1 W
| Extant
|
|-
| Tokyo Shogun
| 1 W
|
| Virginia-based Japanese mall cuisine.
|-
| data-sort-value="Toy Place, The" | [[The GAMe PLACe|The Toy Place]]
| 2 W
|
|
|-
| {{w|Verizon}}
| 2 SE
| Extant
|
|-
| {{w|Victoria's Secret|victoria's [sic] Secret}}
| 1 SE
| Extant
|
|-
| {{w|Waldenbooks}}
| 1 SE
| Defunct
| Dissolved on 18 July 2011.
|-
| [[Wendy's]]
| 1 W
| Extant
|
|-
| {{w|Western Sizzlin'}}
| 1 SE
| Extant
|
|-
| {{w|YesAsia|YesAsia.com Outlet Store}}
| 1 W
|
| YesAsia is an online-only retail company: they later opened an outlet store called YesStyle in San Francisco, but it did not last long.<ref>[https://goo.gl/maps/j7TPAgUzawEspwiB9 Google Maps] entry.</ref>
|-
| {{w|Zale Corporation|Zales Jewelry}}
| 1 SE
| Extant
|
|-
| {{w|Zany Brainy|Zany-Brainy}}
| 1 NE
| Defunct
| Dissolved in 2001.
|}

* [http://www.annajoys.com/ Anna Joy's] (local bridal shop)
* April's Sports (local sporting goods)
* [[Wikipedia:Big Lots|Big Lots]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080901010232/http://www.brmsstore.com/ Blue Ridge Sports] (defunct since 8 February 2016)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050331094929/http://www.cache.com/ Cache] [sic] (defunct since 2015)
* [[Wikipedia:Carlton Cards|Carlton Cards]] ([[wikipedia:American Greetings|American Greetings]] subsidiary; 2 separate ones)
* [[Wikipedia:Champs_Sports|Champ's [sic]]] Sports
* [http://www.cinnamonster.com Cinnamonster]
* [[Wikipedia:Claire's|Claire's Boutique]] (Known simply as Claire's)
* [[Wikipedia:Disney Store|Disney Store]]
* [[Wikipedia:Finish Line, Inc.|Finish Line]]
* [[Wikipedia:FYE_(retailer)|F.Y.E.]]
* [[Nintendo|GCN]] (? - second floor, he may have meant [[Wikipedia:GNC (store)|GNC]])
* [http://www.glamourshots.com Glamour Shots]
* [[Wikipedia:Hat World|Hat World]] (currently operating as Lids)
* [[Wikipedia:Journeys (company)|Journeys]]
* [[Wikipedia:LensCrafters|LensCrafters]] (listed twice beside each other)
* [[Wikipedia:The Limited|Limited]] (defunct since 2017)
* [[Wikipedia:Destination Maternity|Motherhood Maternity]]
* [[Wikipedia:Mrs. Fields|Mrs. Field's [sic] Cookies]]
* Paint & Play (exists, but no website for Virginia chain)
* [[Wikipedia:Pearle Vision|Pearl [sic] Vision Express]]
* [[Wikipedia:Ritz Camera|Ritz Camera]] (liquidated in [[2012]] and online-only now)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090326065232/http://www.rockstarbodyjewelry.com/ Rock Star Body Jewelry]
* [[Wikipedia:Sam Goody|Sam Goody]] (defunct since 2006)
* [[Wikipedia:Stride Rite Corporation|Stride Rite]]
* The Briar Patch ([http://www.shopbriarpatch.com/ website] is dead, presumably defunct)
* [http://www.thehappycook.com/ The Happy Cook]
* [http://www.thingsremembered.com/ Things Remembered] (closed in 2022, online-only since 2013)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100316015436/http://www.tradesecret.com/home.aspx| Trade Secret]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101102185938/http://www.victoriasgallery.com/| Victoria's Art Gallery]
* [[Wikipedia:Warner Bros. Studio Store|Warner Bros. Store]] (only online since 2001)

==Non-Store Facilities==
* [[Wikipedia:Bank of America|Bank of America]] ATM
* [[Wikipedia:BB&T|BB&T]] ATM (Merged into Suntrust in 2019, now Truist)
* [[CWCville Mayoral Office]]
* [[Jerkop|Mall Security]]/Customer Service
* [[DIRTY, CRAPPED BRIEFS|Restrooms]] [Multiple]
* [[Wikipedia:Wachovia|Wachovia]] ATM (Acquired and absorbed by [[Wikipedia:Wells Fargo|Wells Fargo]] since 2008)

== Sources ==
<references/>

==See also==
*[[Charlottesville Fashion Square]] - The IRL version of the CWCville mall.

==External links==
* [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1419446823/lego-cwcville-shopping-center-with-mayor-office Kickstarter page]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20190404085345if_/https://ac1d9f88-a-62cb3a1a-s-sites.googlegroups.com/site/theinterwebs/CwcvilleShoppingCenterFloorOne.pdf?attachauth=ANoY7crGKZoec-WrE3Fi3Y5Rtiu4md3b1qQOdtami4PIPTAhMIVnD9BDeWXuWsGoLkTRps55k1ei6VcyMtkVd3Okv6iJFPsC7z-GWOk05ew3LnFNLYkdy9ge-aM23w17pHIYu3tFZfTkMVvI-0K6OUCIUsZzgC3Byv5g7LBPU6ZDJeo9Tx9OlgI0kK8GU8_RIZ95UQy1rFCodnB8ABxtelk8-PdRiuQHUAoYH44j-AhFrfeB-suF6m4%3D&attredirects=0 Plans, Floor 1]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20190404085349if_/https://ac1d9f88-a-62cb3a1a-s-sites.googlegroups.com/site/theinterwebs/CwcvilleShoppingCenterFloor2.pdf?attachauth=ANoY7cp4bf1mV1gIyxwH0kYzFQRSwxh1PNoaIzv4d7i5flkKNu7xq6r27ooKVsLvV_8bucm32DZkkvya3SkmoE4BhBi2FiLJWtx9AYNuLuV_pvKqyOjKq7c2bnSKUuk1g4opRcykxror9G1hTUDCIKUbkO1kBo9qi0A3CSN1hF0njfHJKr-Q9dawCuHkg7ANA6PypVUne_ZSyhtest35JjM1MYfNzYEjnWQ6mK8dSYdN3XJ3dpBUnZw%3D&attredirects=0 Plans, Floor 2]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20190404085351if_/https://ac1d9f88-a-62cb3a1a-s-sites.googlegroups.com/site/theinterwebs/MayorsOfficeModel1.pdf?attachauth=ANoY7crf_awUoH_dcpkjVoGSu6ajf3651nZZLOUYdybQjLN8uicqCcPZG7Y6a3wOWu70KuQMcGBj-UMKHiJzDOqp0mIejJ9SHrBdmRdzXEGunm3lPnl_kzW717ipTGaRgKS_KXUy3vcJ1pFGZpmBBNCQcx1gmprAuEWrX5aqSb6dyu5VqVZIRuJjzCrvH-I3HVOr_JY_k4Dc7Lp2i02nN3Zk-uTWvKhQgwRrOfp8rHlu-xbxT5tsccE%3D&attredirects=0 Plans, Mayor's Office]

{{CWCverse}}

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CWCville Shopping Center

2024-03-12T09:01:17Z

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[[File:157-CityOfCwcville.jpg|thumb|Early appearance on a ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' card.]]
[[File:Mall.PNG|thumb|Aerial view]]

'''CWCville Shopping Center''', sometimes called the '''CWCville Mall''', located at the center of downtown [[CWCville]], is the location of Chris's [[CWCville Mayoral Office|Mayoral Office]] and a temple to consumerism in CWCville. It also lies in Chris's version of his beloved [[Charlottesville Fashion Square]], where he is [[Coping|not banned but rather is welcomed and employed there]].

Chris designed the mall as a [[CADD]] project in [[PVCC|college]], and since [[Hotel Ricky Ricardo|no good school project goes unrecycled and unpublished]], went and put the design in the comics. The plans were in the [[Scrapbook of Fail]],<ref>[[Blanca_E-mails#Chris_does_not_waste_any_time_in_hinting_at_a_relationship|Blanca E-mails]], 20 [[August 2008]] 5:27 AM</ref> and Chris's original AutoCAD files were leaked.

Chris also built a rudimentary model of the mall with [[Lego]]. In 2014, the old Lego mall having been destroyed in the [[Destruction Of Chris's House|house fire]], Chris dreamed of recreating it at a much grander scale, a "stud-to-stud replica." This was such a compelling vision that he started a [[Kickstarter]] campaign to raise $5000 for this project. Of course, nothing came of this.

Chris has said that the city of CWCville owns the mall,<ref>[[Mailbag 13]]</ref> while most real-life malls (even ones that are close to dead) are owned by real estate companies such as Simon Property Group, former owners of Charlottesville Fashion Square. Furthermore, Chris has included several stores that either don't exist in real life, or used to exist but no longer do; the store placement, selection, size, and other fine details are all over the place. Among other things, the mall features a disproportionately large number of restaurants and even a Big Lots, an off-price retailer that almost never locates in malls.

PLacing a mall downtown isn't entirely unfeasible; there is, however, no excuse for putting the fucking ''Mayor's office'' in the mall (except perhaps if the government's finances are in such a dreadful condition that they need to in order to save on rent). Chris may have done this as a reference to the [[Adult Swim]] show ''[[Wikipedia:Tom Goes to the Mayor|Tom Goes to the Mayor]]''.

[[Image:CWCMallSpaz.jpg|thumb|The Mall, as accurately depicted by Spazkid28 in ''[[Sonichu the Animated Series|Sonichu: The Animated Series]]''.]]
[[File:0869-Cwcville18.JPG|thumb|Lego version of the Shopping center.]]
[[File:Kickstarter 5.jpg|thumb|The CADD mall blueprints.]]

== History ==

Between 2019 and 2020, CWCville Shopping Center presumably lost its original anchor tenants, other than The Pokémon Center: {{w|Sears}} left Charlottesville in March 2019, followed by {{w|JCPenney}} in November 2020. It is unclear whether Chris found replacement anchor retailers.

== Mall Stores ==

Take note of how many of the stores featured here have either been long since defunct or renamed.

Floor and orientation information are according to the [[#External links|archived CAD plans]]: for example, “1 W” means the western side of Floor 1, and “1+2 E” means the eastern side of Floors 1 and 2. Stores in '''bold''' also appears/appeared in the Charlottesville Fashion Square.

{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Store
! {{abbr|Floor|Floor and orientation}}
! Status
! Notes
|-
| {{w|Abercrombie & Fitch}}
| 1 W
| Extant
| Even after {{w|Abercrombie & Fitch#Jeffries' 2006 target demographic quote|this}}.
|-
| {{w|Aéropostale (clothing)|Aeropastale}} [sic]
| 2 W
| Extant
|
|-
| '''{{w|American Eagle Outfitters}}'''
| 1 NE
| Extant
|
|-
| Arcade World (Video Games)
| 1 SW
|
| That is not a typo. Chris wrote 'Video Games' beside it, despite arcades not usually having that.
|-
| '''{{w|Bath & Body Works}}'''
| 1 W
| Extant
| <ref name="directory">[https://web.archive.org/web/20210322130700/https://charlottesvillefashion.com/directory/ Fashion Square Directory], archived 22 March 2021.</ref>
|-
| [[Chris's resume|Books-a-Million]]
| 1 W
| Extant
| abbreviated as ''BAM!''
|-
| [[Burger King]]
| 1 W
| Extant
|
|-
| {{w|Cellular One}}
| 2 W
| Defunct
| Merged into Verizon in 2005.<ref>In 2020, Cellular One operated in Louisiana and Texas, as well as in parts of Arizona, New Mexico, and New York.</ref> Presumed to be closed, because there is a separate Verizon location in the Mall.
|-
| '''[[Chick-fil-A]]'''
| 1 SW
| Extant
|
|-
| {{w|Christopher & Banks}}
| 2 W
| Defunct
| Dissolved in January 2021.
|-
| [[Chris and ego|Christopher's Pizza]]
| 2 NE
|
|
|-
| {{w|Circuit City|Circuit City Express}}
| 1 NE
| Defunct
| Dissolved on 8 March 2009, but revived as an online-only retailer since 2018.
|-
| {{w|Coffee Beanery}}
| 1 NE
| Extant
|
|-
| '''Collector’s Heaven'''
| 2 SW
| Defunct
| Defunct since circa 2020.<ref>[https://goo.gl/maps/6reZjztZxEEqdnmZ9 Google Maps] entry, accessed 1 February 2021.</ref>
|-
| [[The GAMe PLACe|Comic, Game & Hobby Place]]
| 2 W
| Defunct
| Closed in 2014.
|
|-
| [[Country Cookin]]
| 1 SW
| Defunct
| Dissolved on 18 October 2020.
|-
| '''[[Li'l Chris|Create-A-Critter]]'''
| 2 SW
| Extant
| A brand of {{w|Build-A-Bear Workshop}}.
|-
| [[Cutco]] Outlet
| 2 SE
| Extant
|
|-
| {{w|CVS Pharmacy|CVS}}
| 2 NE
| Extant
|
|-
| {{w|Dairy Queen}}
| 1 SW
| Extant
|
|-
| {{w|Dollar Tree}}
| 1 NE
| Extant
|
|-
| '''{{w|Foot Locker}}'''
| 1 SE
| Extant
|
|-
| '''{{w|Foot Locker|Footaction USA}}'''
| 1 NE
| Extant
| A brand of Foot Locker: the Fashion Square Mall did have separate locations for Foot Locker brands.<ref name="directory"/>
|-
| '''[[GameStop]]'''
| 1 W
| Extant
|
|-
| {{w|Gap (clothing retailer)|Gap}}
| 1 NE
| Extant
|
|-
| {{w|Gap (clothing retailer)|Gap Kids}}
| 1 W
| Extant
|
|-
| {{w|Great American Cookies|Great American Cookie}} [sic]
| 2 SE
| Extant
|
|-
| {{w|Hallmark Cards|Hallmark}}
| 1 NW
| Extant
|
|-
| [[Megan Schroeder|Hot Topic]]
| 1 W
| {{w|Hot topic|Extant}}
|
|-
| '''{{w|JCPenney|JCPenny}}''' [sic]
| 1+2 NW
| Defunct
| Still around as a company, but left the Fashion Square in November 2020.
|-
| '''{{w|Sterling_Jewelers|Kay Jewlers}}''' [sic]
| 1 W
| Extant
| Subsidiary of Sterling Jewelers.<ref name="directory"/>
|-
| [[Sonic Watch and Win Sweepstakes|KB Toys]]
| 1 SE
| Defunct
| Dissolved on 9 February 2009.
|-
| Kohr Bros. Frozen Yougurt] [sic]
| 1 W
| Extant
| Presently at the Woodbrook Shopping Village.<ref>[http://www.kohrbros.com/va.html Location list] at the Kohr Bros. website, accessed 2 June 2021.</ref>
|-
| {{w|Foot Locker|Lady Foot Locker}}
| 2 NE
| Extant
| A brand of Foot Locker.
|-
| [[Lego]] Outlet
| 1 NE
| Extant
|
|-
| {{w|Limited Too}}
| 1 W
| Defunct
| Merged into {{w|Justice (store)|Justice}} in June 2010, before closing on 17 December 2020. Now online-only.
|-
| MasterCuts
| 1 SW
| Extant
| Subsidiary of Signature Style.<ref>[https://www.signaturestyle.com/brands/mastercuts.html Official website] of Signature Style, accessed 31 January 2021.</ref>
|-
| [[McDonald's]]
| 1 SW
| Extant
|
|-
| '''[[The Tale Of The Crazy Pacer|Pacific Sunwear]]'''
| 1 W
| Extant
| Currently trading as {{w|PacSun}}.
|-
| {{w|Payless ShoeSource|Payless Shoe Source}}
| 2 W
| Defunct
| Dissolved in May 2019, but revived as Payless, an online-only retailer.
|-
| data-sort-value="Pokémon Center, The" | [[Pokémon|The Pokémon Center]]
| 1+2 NE
|
| Unsurprisingly, this is given two floors and roughly 14 times the retail space of most of the other stores.
|-
| {{w|RadioShack}}
| 1 W
| Defunct
| No longer in Charlottesville: mainly online-only since 2017.
|-
| {{w|Red Robin}}
| 1 NE
| Extant
|
|-
| '''{{w|Sbarro}}'''
| 1 SW
| Extant
|
|-
| '''{{w|Sears}}'''
| 1+2 E
| Defunct
| Left the Fashion Square in March 2019, although an appliance repair office still exists.<ref>[https://goo.gl/maps/7ZaiJErnCT5mozhY8 Google Maps] entry for Sears Home Services (one of the remnants of {{w|Sears}}), accessed 1 February 2021.</ref>
|-
| {{w|Spencer Gifts}}
| 1 NE
| Extant
| Currently trading as Spencer's.
|-
| [[Hanna|Starbucks]]
| 1 SE
| Extant
|
|-
| {{w|Suncoast Motion Picture Company|Suncoast}}
| 1 W
| Defunct
| Only 4 stores operating in Texas, Nebraska, North Carolina, and Ohio.
|-
| data-sort-value="T C Nails" | T&C Nails
| 1 SW
| Extant
| A real nail salon in the Fashion Square.<ref>[https://g.page/tandcnailsllc?share Google Maps] entry</ref>
|-
| [[Chris's Sonichu IRC Chloe Introduction|Taco Bell]]
| 1 W
| Extant
|
|-
| Tokyo Shogun
| 1 W
|
| Virginia-based Japanese mall cuisine.
|-
| data-sort-value="Toy Place, The" | [[The GAMe PLACe|The Toy Place]]
| 2 W
|
|
|-
| {{w|Verizon}}
| 2 SE
| Extant
|
|-
| {{w|Victoria's Secret|victoria's [sic] Secret}}
| 1 SE
| Extant
|
|-
| {{w|Waldenbooks}}
| 1 SE
| Defunct
| Dissolved on 18 July 2011.
|-
| [[Wendy's]]
| 1 W
| Extant
|
|-
| {{w|Western Sizzlin'}}
| 1 SE
| Extant
|
|-
| {{w|YesAsia|YesAsia.com Outlet Store}}
| 1 W
|
| YesAsia is an online-only retail company: they later opened an outlet store called YesStyle in San Francisco, but it did not last long.<ref>[https://goo.gl/maps/j7TPAgUzawEspwiB9 Google Maps] entry.</ref>
|-
| {{w|Zale Corporation|Zales Jewelry}}
| 1 SE
| Extant
|
|-
| {{w|Zany Brainy|Zany-Brainy}}
| 1 NE
| Defunct
| Dissolved in 2001.
|}

* [http://www.annajoys.com/ Anna Joy's] (local bridal shop)
* April's Sports (local sporting goods)
* [[Wikipedia:Big Lots|Big Lots]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080901010232/http://www.brmsstore.com/ Blue Ridge Sports] (defunct since 8 February 2016)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050331094929/http://www.cache.com/ Cache] [sic] (defunct since 2015)
* [[Wikipedia:Carlton Cards|Carlton Cards]] ([[wikipedia:American Greetings|American Greetings]] subsidiary; 2 separate ones)
* [[Wikipedia:Champs_Sports|Champ's [sic]]] Sports
* [http://www.cinnamonster.com Cinnamonster]
* [[Wikipedia:Claire's|Claire's Boutique]] (Known simply as Claire's)
* [[Wikipedia:Disney Store|Disney Store]]
* [[Wikipedia:Finish Line, Inc.|Finish Line]]
* [[Wikipedia:FYE_(retailer)|F.Y.E.]]
* [[Nintendo|GCN]] (? - second floor, he may have meant [[Wikipedia:GNC (store)|GNC]])
* [http://www.glamourshots.com Glamour Shots]
* [[Wikipedia:Hat World|Hat World]] (currently operating as Lids)
* [[Wikipedia:Journeys (company)|Journeys]]
* [[Wikipedia:LensCrafters|LensCrafters]] (listed twice beside each other)
* [[Wikipedia:The Limited|Limited]] (defunct since 2017)
* [[Wikipedia:Destination Maternity|Motherhood Maternity]]
* [[Wikipedia:Mrs. Fields|Mrs. Field's [sic] Cookies]]
* Paint & Play (exists, but no website for Virginia chain)
* [[Wikipedia:Pearle Vision|Pearl [sic] Vision Express]]
* [[Wikipedia:Ritz Camera|Ritz Camera]] (liquidated in [[2012]] and online-only now)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090326065232/http://www.rockstarbodyjewelry.com/ Rock Star Body Jewelry]
* [[Wikipedia:Sam Goody|Sam Goody]] (defunct since 2006)
* [[Wikipedia:Stride Rite Corporation|Stride Rite]]
* The Briar Patch ([http://www.shopbriarpatch.com/ website] is dead, presumably defunct)
* [http://www.thehappycook.com/ The Happy Cook]
* [http://www.thingsremembered.com/ Things Remembered] (closed in 2022, online-only since 2013)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100316015436/http://www.tradesecret.com/home.aspx| Trade Secret]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101102185938/http://www.victoriasgallery.com/| Victoria's Art Gallery]
* [[Wikipedia:Warner Bros. Studio Store|Warner Bros. Store]] (only online since 2001)

==Non-Store Facilities==
* [[Wikipedia:Bank of America|Bank of America]] ATM
* [[Wikipedia:BB&T|BB&T]] ATM (Merged into Suntrust in 2019, now Truist)
* [[CWCville Mayoral Office]]
* [[Jerkop|Mall Security]]/Customer Service
* [[DIRTY, CRAPPED BRIEFS|Restrooms]] [Multiple]
* [[Wikipedia:Wachovia|Wachovia]] ATM (Acquired and absorbed by [[Wikipedia:Wells Fargo|Wells Fargo]] since 2008)

== Sources ==
<references/>

==See also==
*[[Charlottesville Fashion Square]] - The IRL version of the CWCville mall.

==External links==
* [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1419446823/lego-cwcville-shopping-center-with-mayor-office Kickstarter page]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20190404085345if_/https://ac1d9f88-a-62cb3a1a-s-sites.googlegroups.com/site/theinterwebs/CwcvilleShoppingCenterFloorOne.pdf?attachauth=ANoY7crGKZoec-WrE3Fi3Y5Rtiu4md3b1qQOdtami4PIPTAhMIVnD9BDeWXuWsGoLkTRps55k1ei6VcyMtkVd3Okv6iJFPsC7z-GWOk05ew3LnFNLYkdy9ge-aM23w17pHIYu3tFZfTkMVvI-0K6OUCIUsZzgC3Byv5g7LBPU6ZDJeo9Tx9OlgI0kK8GU8_RIZ95UQy1rFCodnB8ABxtelk8-PdRiuQHUAoYH44j-AhFrfeB-suF6m4%3D&attredirects=0 Plans, Floor 1]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20190404085349if_/https://ac1d9f88-a-62cb3a1a-s-sites.googlegroups.com/site/theinterwebs/CwcvilleShoppingCenterFloor2.pdf?attachauth=ANoY7cp4bf1mV1gIyxwH0kYzFQRSwxh1PNoaIzv4d7i5flkKNu7xq6r27ooKVsLvV_8bucm32DZkkvya3SkmoE4BhBi2FiLJWtx9AYNuLuV_pvKqyOjKq7c2bnSKUuk1g4opRcykxror9G1hTUDCIKUbkO1kBo9qi0A3CSN1hF0njfHJKr-Q9dawCuHkg7ANA6PypVUne_ZSyhtest35JjM1MYfNzYEjnWQ6mK8dSYdN3XJ3dpBUnZw%3D&attredirects=0 Plans, Floor 2]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20190404085351if_/https://ac1d9f88-a-62cb3a1a-s-sites.googlegroups.com/site/theinterwebs/MayorsOfficeModel1.pdf?attachauth=ANoY7crf_awUoH_dcpkjVoGSu6ajf3651nZZLOUYdybQjLN8uicqCcPZG7Y6a3wOWu70KuQMcGBj-UMKHiJzDOqp0mIejJ9SHrBdmRdzXEGunm3lPnl_kzW717ipTGaRgKS_KXUy3vcJ1pFGZpmBBNCQcx1gmprAuEWrX5aqSb6dyu5VqVZIRuJjzCrvH-I3HVOr_JY_k4Dc7Lp2i02nN3Zk-uTWvKhQgwRrOfp8rHlu-xbxT5tsccE%3D&attredirects=0 Plans, Mayor's Office]

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[[Category:Fictional places]]

My Little Pony Protests

2024-03-12T08:51:16Z

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{{Merge|My Little Pony: Pony Life}}
{{Articleofthenow}}
 
{{Protip|This article contains ''My Little Pony'' lore and other delusions, as spouted by Chris. Efforts have been taken to help readers comprehend/understand it.}}

{{quote|FIVE MORE SEASONS FOR MLP G4! APPLEJACK FOR PRINCESS OF HONESTY!

DOWN WITH G5 FOR THE SAFETY OF EQUESTRIA AND EVERYWHERE ELSE!|Chris's rallying cry<ref>[[August 2018 social media posts#MLP protest part 5]]</ref>}}
[[File:Hasbro Protest.jpg|thumb|400px|"When do we want it?!" "Later!"]]

The '''''My Little Pony'' Protests''' are a [[Sonic Boom Protests|nonviolent]] series of tweets, videos and other media with the intention of persuading Hasbro—the owners of the ''[[My Little Pony]]'' franchise—to continue producing five more seasons of their animated series, ''Friendship is Magic'' in lieu of rebooting the franchise into its fifth generation, and from [[2019]] to [[2020]], to cancel the spin-off series, ''My Little Pony: Pony Life''.

[[Chris]], of course, remains the only active participant since [[August 2018]]. [[CPU Blue Heart|Being quite the big shot in C-197]], he has conveyed that the aims of the protests are a means of preserving his [[imaginary friends]] in the ''Pony'' realm of Equestria; or simply put to everyone else, he refuses to accept that his favorite cartoon has concluded without his approval.

Having become seasoned in campaigns, such as the "Sonic Boom Protests" and [[HarassCWCdirectly|#HarassCWCdirectly]], the Hasbro Protests are one of Chris's most [[Chris and reality|out of touch ventures]] to date, with him repeatedly demonstrating [[Naive|a very limited understanding]] of how animated shows like My Little Pony are actually produced. Fortunately, [[Chris and the law|in his own best interests]], he is proceeding with these protests in a far more restrained manner than [[26 December 2014|previous endeavors]].

==Background==
{{main|My Little Pony|Chris and reality}}
[[File:VariousBronyConArt.jpg|thumb|left|250px|An example of Chris's chronicles in Equestria, which he perceives as reality.]]

''My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic'' was the fourth generation (or G4) of the Hasbro property, which aired from 10 October 2010 to 12 October 2019;<ref>''[[Wikipedia:My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]''</ref> by definition, it was Chris's favorite show of the [[2010s]]. His history with the franchise is a particularly rich one: he [[My Little Pony#Chris and ponies|initially got invested]] with the franchise to get [[Love Quest|closer]] with [[Megan]], but he was still a fan even long after she stopped speaking with him. Years later, Chris attended [[BronyCon 2017|three]] [[BronyCon 2018|BronyCon]] [[BronyCon 2019|conventions]], his Mary Sue [[OC]], [[Night Star]], would [[Sonichu 12-9|partly take on the mantle]] of [[Sonichu (comic)|his adventures]] in Equestria, and he was [[TF2 Analysis|publicly ostracized]] by several members of the brony analyst community.

Made especially clear after the [[Idea Guys]]' manipulations in early [[2018]], when faced with [[Financhu Crisis|injustices]] [[List of places that have banned Chris|in the]] [[Trolls|real world]], one of Chris's main coping mechanisms is escaping to his fantasy world of [[C-197]], where he is an [[CPU Blue Heart|omnipotent, revered deity]], and his denizens are various OCs and other fictional characters. According to Chris, in Equestria, he is an Alicorn—a Pegasus/Unicorn hybrid usually attributed to [[Chris and religion|almighty characters]] in the series—and has a strong rapport with the main characters, in addition to Night Star.<ref>[[September 2018 social media posts#Chris and his many counterparts]]</ref><ref name=PAJ>[[August 2018 social media posts#Swear your fealty to Princess Applejack]]</ref> Elements of his delusions frequently seep back into [[reality]], which is how articles such as these come to exist in the first place.

Rumors of a fifth generation were appearing as early as January 2018;<ref name=deviant>https://www.deviantart.com/liaaqila/journal/MLP-G5-LEAKS-MANE-6-DESIGN-CONCEPT-724818335</ref> in due course, they caught the attention of Chris. To him, the end of ''Friendship is Magic'' is not just the conclusion of his favorite contemporary cartoon, but the end of his sporadic social life in safe spaces such as BronyCon, [[List of conventions attended by Chris|among other gatherings]] stemming from the series. Inwardly, he interprets the end of G4 as a threat to his airtight coping mechanism, as he claims the shift to a new canon in the form of G5 would see the perpetual stagnation or demise of C-197.<ref name=part2>[[August 2018 social media posts#MLP protest part 2]]</ref><ref name=part6>[[August 2018 social media posts#MLP protest part 6]]</ref>

Weeks prior to his opening protest, Chris attended BronyCon 2018, where the staff announced that [[2019]] would see their final convention.<ref>https://twitter.com/BronyCon/status/1023675000132259840</ref> This, compounded with the [[Chris and stress|looming dread]] of G4 ending, may have been the catalyst for him to [[Megatron pistol|take arms]] and get Hasbro's attention. For Chris, Hasbro not succumbing to his demands would be to defy his self-proclaimed divinity. Though his decision to campaign was purely of his own accord, he asserts that the continuation of G4 was demanded by the highest order in Equestria – the Princesses of Equestria.<ref>[[August 2018 social media posts#MLP protest part 4]]</ref>

==Video==
On 13 [[August 2018]], Chris commenced his campaign with a statement and video posted via Twitter.<ref name=proteststart>[[August 2018 social media posts#Chris starts his Pony Protest]]</ref>

In his opening statement, Chris declared that he had [[Dreams|foreseen a possible future timeline]] in C-197, in which a spell intended to ascend [[:File:SchuComic12-9Page35.JPG|Applejack]] (who was in G4 an "Earth Pony", ie. a normal horse that's neither a Pegasus nor a Unicorn) to become an Alicorn backfires, causing the incumbent Alicorn, [[:File:SchuComic12-9Page30.JPG|Twilight Sparkle]], to transfer her wings and horn to [[:File:SchuComic12-9Page16-min.jpg|Pinkie Pie]] (who was in G4 an Earth Pony) and [[:File:Night Star crossover MLP.jpeg|Fluttershy]] (who was in G4 a Pegasus), respectively; this was apparently where G4 would transition to G5. On a more tangible note, Chris seems to have based his concerns on a single concept image for G5, which may or may not be official anyway.<ref name=deviant></ref> Chris's delusional theory falls flat, considering that the alleged G5 art of Fluttershy has removed her wings.

[[File:PonyProtestInspiration.jpg|thumb|400px|The image which got Chris all riled up.]]
{{quotebox|Everyone of Earth 1218! I have an announcement!

I have seen a future that we must prevent: My Little Pony Generation Five.

Spoiler Alert: Princess Twilight Sparkle was prompted to promote Applejack to become an Alicorn Princess, but in doing so, the spell backfires and then we end up with... THIS!

Twilight becoming an Earth Pony (SIMPLY UNFORGIVABLE!), and the horns and wings being lost and swapped between Twilight, Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy.

I just did a reset to prevent that from happening. Celestia will take it upon herself to promote Applejack, because she Will be doing something that brings the magic out of her, like it did Cadence and Twilight. AJ’s Promotion needs to happen; she becomes the next Alicorn Princess by Celestia’s Power; Twilight and the others remain as they are, and G4 continues on. Generation Five Must Not Happen!

Listen up, @Hasbro and @HasbroNews , because I HAVE The Power and Link to our Sister Dimension, and I have seen it too.

<nowiki>#ContinueMLPG4!</nowiki>

CONTINUE My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic for at least Five More Seasons, @Hasbro and @HasbroNews !

Our Matching Futures are at Stake Here! I, your CPU Blue Heart Commands it so as well, in agreement with Princess Celestia.

Please, Heed Our Warning!

Thank You.<ref name=proteststart></ref>}}

A short time later, Chris uploaded '''Hasbro! MLP G4 Must Continue; NO MLP G5!‎''':

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'''Description'''

Heed Our Warning, Hasbro! Applejack MUST become an Alicorn Princess, and Twilight must NEVER become an Earth Pony!

'''Transcript'''

Hey there everybody this is Christine Chandler coming to you live from home once again. People of Earth [[1218]] heed my warning! Spoiler alert, I have seen the future and I had to prevent it!

Princess Twilight Sparkle was about to upgrade Applejack to Alicorn status by-c-by order of Princess Celestia. Because a-Applejack is gonna come upon her own magic in a few days. But it backfires and instead of Applejack becoming Alicorn, period, Twilight's Wings get put onto Pinkie Pie and Twilight's horn gets onto Fluttershy and it's just no GOOOOOOD, and that's how we end up with that FRICKIN' G5!

We must prevent this! This is not gonna work out and I have foreseen this. This is very, very bad. So I had just confirmed with Twilight and Princess Celestia as well and... Celestia and I are in agreement as she has seen the future as well... We must prevent this G5 mistake from ever happening. And yes, G4 will continue... Applejack is the next Alicorn princess and she must become that without flaw. And so Celestia will take it upon herself to... upgrade Applejack as well.

But anyway. Heed my word, Hasbro! And everybody on the MLP show! Generation 5 must NEVER HAPPEN! And G4 must have at least 5 more seasons. And Applejack will become an Alicorn princess...

Heed this! Heed our warning! This is an official command from your CPU Blue Heart in agreement with Princess Celestia of Equestria all of which in our sister dimension.

[''nods, pauses'']

Thank you.

==Chris's premonitions==
[[File:PrincessAJ2.jpg|thumb|right|Because if Chris has portrayed it, it ''must'' be canon.]]

The rest of August 2018 saw Chris continually ranting about five more seasons of ''Friendship is Magic''. He eventually explained that if G4 was to be cancelled, the mishap stated in his video would occur, leaving Equestria vulnerable to [[Akan]] – the villain of ''Hardcore Henry'' and [[Sonichu 13|''Sonichu'' #13]], as instilled by the Idea Guys. G5 would follow said events, resulting in Akan's invasion extending into [[1218|our universe]]:
{{quotebox|The separation of the species, and the aggression is the future Celestia had seen should G5 continue and G4 end. Twilight will become an Earth Pony, and then with her unable to defend Equestria, Akan and his forces will overpower Equestria, and in the G5 show, in all the ”action” and “cool looks” and all that, Akan’s message of worshipping him as leader of all worlds will be broadcasted subliminally, and his reign will spread into Our World from our Sister Dimension there!<ref name=part6></ref>}}

It was during this wall of tweets when he started tagging the show's voice actors. It remains unknown whether the actors took notice of Chris's posts, but Hasbro certainly didn't.

[[File:AkanOC.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Never mind [[Dragon Ball Z|Goku]] or the [[Power Rangers]]. Only cartoon horses can defeat Akan.]]
On the other hand, Chris offered insight into what would be in store if the show was to continue. He believed that by the end of Season 14, all the main characters would become Alicorns, as part of a King Arthur-esque "Round Table of the Princesses of Harmony":
{{quotebox|[The] rest of the Mane Six are destined to join Princess Twilight and the soon-to-be Princess of Honesty, Applejack, as Alicorns, themselves during that time frame. Their Stories MUST be told and continued. The Reboot will ONLY just Kill the timeline of ours that will simply stifle the originals’ growth, as well as throw Both of or dimensions into a chaos that must never ever take place, @Hasbro.<ref name=part2></ref>}}

Despite Hasbro neither confirming nor denying a new season beyond 9, on 22 August, Chris went ahead with the good ending regardless:
{{quotebox|Everybody! Mark this day at about 4:10 pm, Eastern Standard Time; I saw it as it happened, as Celestia and Twilight had Applejack in her hall of memories. Without a hitch or backfire, Princess Applejack of Honesty, has arisen! And Princess Twilight remains an Alicorn!}}
{{quotebox|Everybody of this world, you all may congratulate Princess Applejack in shouting, social media sharing, or you can even write a letter directly to her (no address or stamp required; just your hand writing and signature and a moment to let your link shine for her to get the message.

All Hail Princess Applejack! All Hail the Equestria Princesses of Harmony! All Hail the continuation of MLP G4 as well!<ref>[[August 2018 social media posts#Applejack becomes an Alicorn]]</ref>}}

He even attended the coronation:
{{quotebox|Well, everyone, I was just there, in my Ponysona, sitting with Nightstar, [[Kun]] and [[September 2018 social media posts#Zap Note|Zap Note]] in the front row in Canterlot; our Princess Applejack, of Honesty, has been coronated! Everyone praise her today! Yeee-Haw!<ref name=PAJ></ref>}}
The battle was won, at least in Chris's mind, but the war was not yet over.

Later, in [[November 2019]], Chris immortalized his pseudo-canon as part of his
[[Twilight Sparkle's Secret Shipfic Folder]] card collection:<ref name=nog5>[[November 2019 social media posts#Gen5 is not meant to be for Years]]</ref>
<center><gallery>
File:PrincessTwilightCard.jpg|Princess Twilight Sparkle
File:PrinceSpikeCard.jpg|Prince Spike
File:PrincessAppleJackCard.jpg|Princess Applejack
File:PrincessRainbowDashCard.jpg|Princess Rainbow Dash
File:PrincessFluttershyCard.jpg|Princess Fluttershy
File:PrincessPinkieCard.jpg|Princess Pinkie Pie
File:PrincessRarityCard.jpg|Princess Rarity
</gallery></center>

==''Friendship is Magic'' ends==
[[File:ChrisTF2.jpg|thumb|250px|Imagine being one of the VIPs at a convention, and one of your fans tells you that you would continue voicing a role because the character you voice communicated her demands from another dimension to said fan. That was voice actress Nicole Oliver in 2019.]]

On 16 February 2019, ''My Little Pony'' confirmed that Season 9 would be their final one.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/mylittlepony/posts/2652914364725984:0</ref> Chris's campaign reemerged in the June of that year; in his second wave of protests, he pulled the [[Chris and politics|"Big, Greedy Corporation" card]] as his excuse for Hasbro not budging:
{{quotebox|On the Good News: Everyone At Hasbro has received, either directly from Celestia, herself, or from those of us in the fandom, communities and then some and so forth. BUT, apparently, there are Some at Hasbro who do not believe in Fate and Destiny events, in addition to their monetary greed (no surprise).<ref name=june19>[[June 2019 social media posts#Chris resumes the My Little Pony Protests]]</ref>}}

Failing to understand that companies delegate productions to other studios to meet time and budget constraints, he advised his fellow campaigners to boycott the new (canon) television special:
{{quotebox|The upcoming MLP Special, [[Wikipedia:My Little Pony: Rainbow Roadtrip|Rainbow Roadtrip]], as it was made by a different media company: Please, Boycott Watching It, as well as Any and all Uploaded Video Content of this show.
Typically, I am not one to bad mouth about that which has no hatred content in it, BUT this is a Royal Request.<ref name=june19></ref>}}

At the [[BronyCon 2019|final BronyCon]] in [[August 2019]], Chris [[BronyCon 2019#Meeting Nicole Oliver|relayed to Princess Celestia voice actress, Nicole Oliver]], that her contract would be extended (note: Chris assumed the identity of [[Magi-Chan]] during the following post):
{{quoteboxpurple|Celestia and Luna are a long way from retiring. As @CPU_CWCSonichu has personally told @mouthnoize at BronyCon, “The Reirement [''sic''] is not in.”<ref>[[September 2019 social media posts#Chris spoke to VA about the Pony Protests]]</ref>}}
Nicole Oliver later blocked Chris on Twitter for undisclosed reasons.<ref>[[:File:NicoleOliverTwitter.jpg]]</ref>

In the final days of Season 9, ''My Little Pony'' offered fans other ways to engage with the franchise. One of which was the comic book series from IDW Publishing, which moving forward, was to promote its publication with the Hasbro approved tagline of "Season 10".<ref>''[[Wikipedia:My Little Pony (IDW Publishing)]]''</ref> Chris was not having it:

{{quotebox|Dear @Hasbro, #MLPFiM G4 Needs to have its Seasons 10 to 14 Animated in Chronicling; Not Just Comic Books. This is Celestia, Luna, and Princess Twilight’s Command, as well as the Command of all of the Deities between both dimensions. To leave it as simply @IDWPublishing comics is very much an insult.<ref>[[October 2019 social media posts#Chris complains about the MLP comics]]</ref>}}

On 12 [[October 2019]], ''Friendship is Magic'' aired its final episode – with no allusions to the forthcoming Akan or Round Table of Princesses. By the following month, Chris remained in the first of the five stages of grief:
{{quotebox|I will also comment that I have not at all yet watched the Season 9 three-part finale at all (the mild spoiler imagery is not helpful) until after Season 10 of Gen4 #MLPFiM is aired on Discovery Family in 2020, and proper full announcements have been made in this dimension by @Hasbro and the people therein of the show. I eagerly await hearing this confirmation from the News Sources. Princess Celestia Has commanded you all before as well of this.<ref name=nog5></ref>}}

On 20 [[April 2020]] Hasbro released the Friendship is Forever series which was a clip show of MLP G4 and added a little bit more context to the last episode of the series. Chris ([[Spirit possession|roleplaying]] as [[Sonichu (character)|Sonichu]]) responded to this in celebration, most likely because he thought it was G4’s return. After a few minutes Chris followed up his original response by changing his original prediction from [[October 2019]] to align with the current news, implying that his original prediction was wrong.<ref>https://twitter.com/CPU_CWCSonichu/status/1252422902055493632</ref>Chris attempted to take credit for the news as he had made a card in his TSSSF Nightstar and Friends Expansion pack about Season 10 of MLP G4 coming in [[April 2020]], but Friendship is Forever and tenth season of MLP G4 are clearly two different things.<ref>https://twitter.com/CPU_CWCSonichu/status/1252423951071866880</ref>
{{quotebox|Hmm. Actually, with consent from Mama, let me add a bit further: MORE of “Friendship Is Magic”, Delay of Gen 5, falling of #GOPony, and this now in April. And her Fifth Bonus card in her #TSSSF Nightstar & Friends Expansion that was put together months ago...
Can you say Kra-Kow?}}

According to Chris ([[Spirit possession|roleplaying]] as [[Sonichu (character)|Sonichu]]) in [[August 2020]], he had finished viewing Season 9:
{{quoteboxyellow|Yes, Mama has reluctantly watched the future episode of the season that was very much premature on being chronicled and shown at all.<ref>[[Discord Q&A 2#"Sonichu"'s replies]]</ref>}}

==G5 Approaches==
{{quote|CANCEL MLP G5 AND RENEW MLP G4 FOR ITS FIVE SEASONS ALREADY, @Hasbro, PLEASE!!! ⚡️💙⚡️|Chris demanding for G5's cancellation<ref>[[April 2021 social media posts#Renew MLP G4]]</ref>}}
[[File:MLPG5FailedPetition.png|thumb|right|350px|The failed petition which Chris promoted to cancel My Little Pony G5.]]
Chris continued to descend into denial as more G5 content began to come out. On 5 [[February 2021]], the synopsis for the MLP G5 movie and series was released. Chris ([[Spirit possession|roleplaying]] as [[Sonichu (character)|Sonichu]]) commented on this synopsis on 6 [[February 2021]], stating that G5 was more of a continuation of G4 instead of it being its own standalone generation, therefore making his prediction correct.<ref>[[February 2021 social media posts#MLP G4 and G5]]</ref> This doesn’t line up with Chris’s original prediction as it included that the main 6 characters of the show would all become alicorns and G5 would be delayed to 2025.

25 [[February 2021]] was a significant day for Chris, as a short teaser video for G5 was released by Hasbro. After nearly an entire year of roleplaying as Sonichu, this new video encouraged Chris to stop the roleplay so he could respond to it.
<ref>[[February 2021 social media posts#Chris comes back from being possessed by Sonichu]]</ref> This was most likely because Chris believes that his “[[Messiah complex|Goddess authority]]” would make Hasbro listen to him. Chris would also later agree with Twitter users stating that G5 was supposedly [[Chris and politics|leftist propaganda]]. {{quotebox|Even moreso why G5 is a really deity-level awful idea, @Hasbro. We are very much opposed to it, even Princess Twilight Sparkle, herself, in Equestria. I Know, because I have been there and talked with her, Celestia, Luna and everyone else, personally. ⚡️💙⚡️<ref>[[February 2021 social media posts#MLP G5 deity-level awful idea]]</ref>}}

Chris increasingly began to show his further disapproval for G5 on multiple posts made by Twitter users showing excitement after watching the teaser. Chris then began to call G5, a “G3 remake” despite looking very little like G3 of My Little Pony. Chris most likely thought that G5 looked like G3 because characters in both series have wide noses. Chris would then make a post telling bronies and Hasbro that G5 would be bad, and if it were released, the world would end.<ref>[[February 2021 social media posts#MLP G5 protests]]</ref> However, the hype for the new series continued to grow in the brony fandom, and members of the community that Chris admired, such as [[Dr. Wolf]], made videos discussing their enthusiasm for the series. This, along with [[Dimensional Merge|The Merge]] not happening, caused Chris to leave Twitter. {{quotebox|Hey, y’all. I am going to stay off of Twitter for a while until When #NotMLPG5ItsMLPG3Remake is confirmed Cancelled. @Hasbro, you listen up and Cancel MLPG5 Now, please.<ref>[[February 2021 social media posts#Chris takes a break from Twitter because of MLP G5]]</ref>}}

Unsurprisingly, Chris would return to Twitter the very next day.<ref>[[February 2021 social media posts#Sonichu]]</ref> Later in [[March 2021]], Chris would then promote a pre-existing petition on Change.org to cancel/postpone G5. This petition would unsurprisingly not be successful. {{quotebox|Please, help keep our universe, here, and our Equestria, from falling apart and sign this petition to Cancel MLPG5 Right Now and Today.

Listen Up, @Hasbro.<ref>[[February 2021 social media posts#Cancel MLP G5 petition]]</ref>}}

Throughout the following few months leading up to G5's premiere in September, Chris would continue to enact various forms of protest. The most notable of which being him once again claiming that the world would end when G5 was released,<ref>[[March 2021 social media posts#Apocalyptic G5 events]]</ref> and that he would supposedly be willing to pay Hasbro [[Chris and money|one million dollars]] to convince them to cancel it.<ref>[[March 2021 social media posts#Freaking MLP G5]]</ref> During sometime in the middle of [[July 2021]], leading up to Chris's planned trip to the [[Everfree Northwest]] ''My Little Pony'' convention, Chris recorded a statement for [[Fiona]], promising her that he would not get [[Anger|angry]] in front of her when they would inevitably come into contact with pieces of merchandise or toys from Generation 5 at the convention, claiming to have "a good sense of self and self-control."<ref>[[Animated Everfree Message]]</ref>

Later on July 27th, Chris recorded and uploaded a video to [[YouTube]] entitled [[Direct Message to Hasbro: MLPG5 Is Cancelled.]] In it, he angrily shouts into the camera demanding that Hasbro cancel the production of MLP G5 and continue Friendship is Magic for five more seasons. In the background of the video, multiple punched-in holes in a wall can be seen. Although Chris stated in a [[Discord]] message that he had initially been punching the wall for [[Iron Curtain|other reasons]],<ref>[[WCT DMs#Upset at MLP G5]]</ref> it's still entirely possible that the damage dealt to the wall was simply done out of his anger for Generation 5. [[File:Direct Message to Hasbro - MLPG5 Is Cancelled.-ay-NMiYIdGI.mp400002-min.png|thumb|left|320px|The holes Chris punched into his bathroom wall seemingly out of My Little Pony related [[Tard rage|tantrums]].]]

In a different series of Discord messages from the same day, Chris further explains his motivations for recording the above mentioned video, claiming that he had encountered MLP G5 toys at several stores [[Chris and reality|and literally snapped them out of existence with his fingers]].

{{quotebox|After getting the soda and water, I took a lap around the store as I like to do. Then, looking in the toy aisle where the My Little Pony toys were normally, I saw the sign that I was not looking forward to find. A handful of figures of the magic-less unicorn from G5. Needless to say, I was triggered, but I had known what I was to do in this event. I literally snapped my fingers, and these particular figures literally phased out of existence from the store. With that in mind, I opted to check Target as well. I found four figures of the orange G5 pony, and I repeated the process with that bunch of figures. [...] The impact of G5 being aired prematurely will literally do a heavy Metaphysical amount of damage to our very Timeline, here.''<ref>[[The Knights of CWC chats (July 2021)#Reacting to MLP G5 toys at the store]]</ref>}}

While onlookers during this time were initially patiently anticipating a possible public meltdown from Chris due to G5's inevitable presence at [[Everfree Northwest]], those prospects were all immediately thrown out the window when Chris was [[Incest Arrest|arrested in the beginning of August 2021]] on charges of engaging in incestuous behavior with his mother, [[Barbara]]. As a result of Chris being preoccupied with [[Jail Saga|numerous unrelated exploits during his stay in jail]], his previously active protests would enter a state of silence for over the next two years as the fifth generation of My Little Pony was being released.

==Post-Jail Protests==
After Chris was released in [[March 2023]] and fully returned to the internet in [[October 2023]], he would resume his protest where he left off in 2021. Only this time, in renewing his outcry, he has taken his acts of protest and intertwined them with his [[Neo Spiritual Christianity]] and [[Messiah complex]]. Since [[February 2024]] he has engaged in a bizarre campaign of ongoing escalation on social media, first by blocking the majority of G5's voice cast on Twitter, then by directly suggesting that MLPG5 - and Pony Life before it - were Russian creations designed to destabilise and destroy G4, preceding this with the utterly bewildering claim that G5 was responsible for 'instigating' the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War. As seen in the [[Sonic Boom Protests|past]], Chris can't handle changes to his beloved fictional characters. However, if this behavior goes unchecked, it could be only a matter of time before history repeats itself if he chooses to take matters into his own hands.

==See also==
*[[Chris and oratory]]
*[[Sonic Boom Protests]]
*[[YES to MLPFiMSeasons10to14]], a [[TSSSF]] pack featuring art of Chris and ''My Little Pony'' OCs protesting Hasbro.

==References==
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My Little Pony Protests

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{{quote|FIVE MORE SEASONS FOR MLP G4! APPLEJACK FOR PRINCESS OF HONESTY!

DOWN WITH G5 FOR THE SAFETY OF EQUESTRIA AND EVERYWHERE ELSE!|Chris's rallying cry<ref>[[August 2018 social media posts#MLP protest part 5]]</ref>}}
[[File:Hasbro Protest.jpg|thumb|400px|"When do we want it?!" "Later!"]]

The '''''My Little Pony'' Protests''' are a [[Sonic Boom Protests|nonviolent]] series of tweets, videos and other media with the intention of persuading Hasbro—the owners of the ''[[My Little Pony]]'' franchise—to continue producing five more seasons of their animated series, ''Friendship is Magic'' in lieu of rebooting the franchise into its fifth generation, and from [[2019]] to [[2020]], to cancel the spin-off series, ''My Little Pony: Pony Life''.

[[Chris]], of course, remains the only active participant since [[August 2018]]. [[CPU Blue Heart|Being quite the big shot in C-197]], he has conveyed that the aims of the protests are a means of preserving his [[imaginary friends]] in the ''Pony'' realm of Equestria; or simply put to everyone else, he refuses to accept that his favorite cartoon has concluded without his approval.

Having become seasoned in campaigns, such as the "Sonic Boom Protests" and [[HarassCWCdirectly|#HarassCWCdirectly]], the Hasbro Protests are one of Chris's most [[Chris and reality|out of touch ventures]] to date, with him repeatedly demonstrating [[Naive|a very limited understanding]] of how animated shows like My Little Pony are actually produced. Fortunately, [[Chris and the law|in his own best interests]], he is proceeding with these protests in a far more restrained manner than [[26 December 2014|previous endeavors]].

==Background==
{{main|My Little Pony|Chris and reality}}
[[File:VariousBronyConArt.jpg|thumb|left|250px|An example of Chris's chronicles in Equestria, which he perceives as reality.]]

''My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic'' was the fourth generation (or G4) of the Hasbro property, which aired from 10 October 2010 to 12 October 2019;<ref>''[[Wikipedia:My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]''</ref> by definition, it was Chris's favorite show of the [[2010s]]. His history with the franchise is a particularly rich one: he [[My Little Pony#Chris and ponies|initially got invested]] with the franchise to get [[Love Quest|closer]] with [[Megan]], but he was still a fan even long after she stopped speaking with him. Years later, Chris attended [[BronyCon 2017|three]] [[BronyCon 2018|BronyCon]] [[BronyCon 2019|conventions]], his Mary Sue [[OC]], [[Night Star]], would [[Sonichu 12-9|partly take on the mantle]] of [[Sonichu (comic)|his adventures]] in Equestria, and he was [[TF2 Analysis|publicly ostracized]] by several members of the brony analyst community.

Made especially clear after the [[Idea Guys]]' manipulations in early [[2018]], when faced with [[Financhu Crisis|injustices]] [[List of places that have banned Chris|in the]] [[Trolls|real world]], one of Chris's main coping mechanisms is escaping to his fantasy world of [[C-197]], where he is an [[CPU Blue Heart|omnipotent, revered deity]], and his denizens are various OCs and other fictional characters. According to Chris, in Equestria, he is an Alicorn—a Pegasus/Unicorn hybrid usually attributed to [[Chris and religion|almighty characters]] in the series—and has a strong rapport with the main characters, in addition to Night Star.<ref>[[September 2018 social media posts#Chris and his many counterparts]]</ref><ref name=PAJ>[[August 2018 social media posts#Swear your fealty to Princess Applejack]]</ref> Elements of his delusions frequently seep back into [[reality]], which is how articles such as these come to exist in the first place.

Rumors of a fifth generation were appearing as early as January 2018;<ref name=deviant>https://www.deviantart.com/liaaqila/journal/MLP-G5-LEAKS-MANE-6-DESIGN-CONCEPT-724818335</ref> in due course, they caught the attention of Chris. To him, the end of ''Friendship is Magic'' is not just the conclusion of his favorite contemporary cartoon, but the end of his sporadic social life in safe spaces such as BronyCon, [[List of conventions attended by Chris|among other gatherings]] stemming from the series. Inwardly, he interprets the end of G4 as a threat to his airtight coping mechanism, as he claims the shift to a new canon in the form of G5 would see the perpetual stagnation or demise of C-197.<ref name=part2>[[August 2018 social media posts#MLP protest part 2]]</ref><ref name=part6>[[August 2018 social media posts#MLP protest part 6]]</ref>

Weeks prior to his opening protest, Chris attended BronyCon 2018, where the staff announced that [[2019]] would see their final convention.<ref>https://twitter.com/BronyCon/status/1023675000132259840</ref> This, compounded with the [[Chris and stress|looming dread]] of G4 ending, may have been the catalyst for him to [[Megatron pistol|take arms]] and get Hasbro's attention. For Chris, Hasbro not succumbing to his demands would be to defy his self-proclaimed divinity. Though his decision to campaign was purely of his own accord, he asserts that the continuation of G4 was demanded by the highest order in Equestria – the Princesses of Equestria.<ref>[[August 2018 social media posts#MLP protest part 4]]</ref>

==Video==
On 13 [[August 2018]], Chris commenced his campaign with a statement and video posted via Twitter.<ref name=proteststart>[[August 2018 social media posts#Chris starts his Pony Protest]]</ref>

In his opening statement, Chris declared that he had [[Dreams|foreseen a possible future timeline]] in C-197, in which a spell intended to ascend [[:File:SchuComic12-9Page35.JPG|Applejack]] (who was in G4 an "Earth Pony", ie. a normal horse that's neither a Pegasus nor a Unicorn) to become an Alicorn backfires, causing the incumbent Alicorn, [[:File:SchuComic12-9Page30.JPG|Twilight Sparkle]], to transfer her wings and horn to [[:File:SchuComic12-9Page16-min.jpg|Pinkie Pie]] (who was in G4 an Earth Pony) and [[:File:Night Star crossover MLP.jpeg|Fluttershy]] (who was in G4 a Pegasus), respectively; this was apparently where G4 would transition to G5. On a more tangible note, Chris seems to have based his concerns on a single concept image for G5, which may or may not be official anyway.<ref name=deviant></ref> Chris's delusional theory falls flat, considering that the alleged G5 art of Fluttershy has removed her wings.

[[File:PonyProtestInspiration.jpg|thumb|400px|The image which got Chris all riled up.]]
{{quotebox|Everyone of Earth 1218! I have an announcement!

I have seen a future that we must prevent: My Little Pony Generation Five.

Spoiler Alert: Princess Twilight Sparkle was prompted to promote Applejack to become an Alicorn Princess, but in doing so, the spell backfires and then we end up with... THIS!

Twilight becoming an Earth Pony (SIMPLY UNFORGIVABLE!), and the horns and wings being lost and swapped between Twilight, Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy.

I just did a reset to prevent that from happening. Celestia will take it upon herself to promote Applejack, because she Will be doing something that brings the magic out of her, like it did Cadence and Twilight. AJ’s Promotion needs to happen; she becomes the next Alicorn Princess by Celestia’s Power; Twilight and the others remain as they are, and G4 continues on. Generation Five Must Not Happen!

Listen up, @Hasbro and @HasbroNews , because I HAVE The Power and Link to our Sister Dimension, and I have seen it too.

<nowiki>#ContinueMLPG4!</nowiki>

CONTINUE My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic for at least Five More Seasons, @Hasbro and @HasbroNews !

Our Matching Futures are at Stake Here! I, your CPU Blue Heart Commands it so as well, in agreement with Princess Celestia.

Please, Heed Our Warning!

Thank You.<ref name=proteststart></ref>}}

A short time later, Chris uploaded '''Hasbro! MLP G4 Must Continue; NO MLP G5!‎''':

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'''Description'''

Heed Our Warning, Hasbro! Applejack MUST become an Alicorn Princess, and Twilight must NEVER become an Earth Pony!

'''Transcript'''

Hey there everybody this is Christine Chandler coming to you live from home once again. People of Earth [[1218]] heed my warning! Spoiler alert, I have seen the future and I had to prevent it!

Princess Twilight Sparkle was about to upgrade Applejack to Alicorn status by-c-by order of Princess Celestia. Because a-Applejack is gonna come upon her own magic in a few days. But it backfires and instead of Applejack becoming Alicorn, period, Twilight's Wings get put onto Pinkie Pie and Twilight's horn gets onto Fluttershy and it's just no GOOOOOOD, and that's how we end up with that FRICKIN' G5!

We must prevent this! This is not gonna work out and I have foreseen this. This is very, very bad. So I had just confirmed with Twilight and Princess Celestia as well and... Celestia and I are in agreement as she has seen the future as well... We must prevent this G5 mistake from ever happening. And yes, G4 will continue... Applejack is the next Alicorn princess and she must become that without flaw. And so Celestia will take it upon herself to... upgrade Applejack as well.

But anyway. Heed my word, Hasbro! And everybody on the MLP show! Generation 5 must NEVER HAPPEN! And G4 must have at least 5 more seasons. And Applejack will become an Alicorn princess...

Heed this! Heed our warning! This is an official command from your CPU Blue Heart in agreement with Princess Celestia of Equestria all of which in our sister dimension.

[''nods, pauses'']

Thank you.

==Chris's premonitions==
[[File:PrincessAJ2.jpg|thumb|right|Because if Chris has portrayed it, it ''must'' be canon.]]

The rest of August 2018 saw Chris continually ranting about five more seasons of ''Friendship is Magic''. He eventually explained that if G4 was to be cancelled, the mishap stated in his video would occur, leaving Equestria vulnerable to [[Akan]] – the villain of ''Hardcore Henry'' and [[Sonichu 13|''Sonichu'' #13]], as instilled by the Idea Guys. G5 would follow said events, resulting in Akan's invasion extending into [[1218|our universe]]:
{{quotebox|The separation of the species, and the aggression is the future Celestia had seen should G5 continue and G4 end. Twilight will become an Earth Pony, and then with her unable to defend Equestria, Akan and his forces will overpower Equestria, and in the G5 show, in all the ”action” and “cool looks” and all that, Akan’s message of worshipping him as leader of all worlds will be broadcasted subliminally, and his reign will spread into Our World from our Sister Dimension there!<ref name=part6></ref>}}

It was during this wall of tweets when he started tagging the show's voice actors. It remains unknown whether the actors took notice of Chris's posts, but Hasbro certainly didn't.

[[File:AkanOC.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Never mind [[Dragon Ball Z|Goku]] or the [[Power Rangers]]. Only cartoon horses can defeat Akan.]]
On the other hand, Chris offered insight into what would be in store if the show was to continue. He believed that by the end of Season 14, all the main characters would become Alicorns, as part of a King Arthur-esque "Round Table of the Princesses of Harmony":
{{quotebox|[The] rest of the Mane Six are destined to join Princess Twilight and the soon-to-be Princess of Honesty, Applejack, as Alicorns, themselves during that time frame. Their Stories MUST be told and continued. The Reboot will ONLY just Kill the timeline of ours that will simply stifle the originals’ growth, as well as throw Both of or dimensions into a chaos that must never ever take place, @Hasbro.<ref name=part2></ref>}}

Despite Hasbro neither confirming nor denying a new season beyond 9, on 22 August, Chris went ahead with the good ending regardless:
{{quotebox|Everybody! Mark this day at about 4:10 pm, Eastern Standard Time; I saw it as it happened, as Celestia and Twilight had Applejack in her hall of memories. Without a hitch or backfire, Princess Applejack of Honesty, has arisen! And Princess Twilight remains an Alicorn!}}
{{quotebox|Everybody of this world, you all may congratulate Princess Applejack in shouting, social media sharing, or you can even write a letter directly to her (no address or stamp required; just your hand writing and signature and a moment to let your link shine for her to get the message.

All Hail Princess Applejack! All Hail the Equestria Princesses of Harmony! All Hail the continuation of MLP G4 as well!<ref>[[August 2018 social media posts#Applejack becomes an Alicorn]]</ref>}}

He even attended the coronation:
{{quotebox|Well, everyone, I was just there, in my Ponysona, sitting with Nightstar, [[Kun]] and [[September 2018 social media posts#Zap Note|Zap Note]] in the front row in Canterlot; our Princess Applejack, of Honesty, has been coronated! Everyone praise her today! Yeee-Haw!<ref name=PAJ></ref>}}
The battle was won, at least in Chris's mind, but the war was not yet over.

Later, in [[November 2019]], Chris immortalized his pseudo-canon as part of his
[[Twilight Sparkle's Secret Shipfic Folder]] card collection:<ref name=nog5>[[November 2019 social media posts#Gen5 is not meant to be for Years]]</ref>
<center><gallery>
File:PrincessTwilightCard.jpg|Princess Twilight Sparkle
File:PrinceSpikeCard.jpg|Prince Spike
File:PrincessAppleJackCard.jpg|Princess Applejack
File:PrincessRainbowDashCard.jpg|Princess Rainbow Dash
File:PrincessFluttershyCard.jpg|Princess Fluttershy
File:PrincessPinkieCard.jpg|Princess Pinkie Pie
File:PrincessRarityCard.jpg|Princess Rarity
</gallery></center>

==''Friendship is Magic'' ends==
[[File:ChrisTF2.jpg|thumb|250px|Imagine being one of the VIPs at a convention, and one of your fans tells you that you would continue voicing a role because the character you voice communicated her demands from another dimension to said fan. That was voice actress Nicole Oliver in 2019.]]

On 16 February 2019, ''My Little Pony'' confirmed that Season 9 would be their final one.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/mylittlepony/posts/2652914364725984:0</ref> Chris's campaign reemerged in the June of that year; in his second wave of protests, he pulled the [[Chris and politics|"Big, Greedy Corporation" card]] as his excuse for Hasbro not budging:
{{quotebox|On the Good News: Everyone At Hasbro has received, either directly from Celestia, herself, or from those of us in the fandom, communities and then some and so forth. BUT, apparently, there are Some at Hasbro who do not believe in Fate and Destiny events, in addition to their monetary greed (no surprise).<ref name=june19>[[June 2019 social media posts#Chris resumes the My Little Pony Protests]]</ref>}}

Failing to understand that companies delegate productions to other studios to meet time and budget constraints, he advised his fellow campaigners to boycott the new (canon) television special:
{{quotebox|The upcoming MLP Special, [[Wikipedia:My Little Pony: Rainbow Roadtrip|Rainbow Roadtrip]], as it was made by a different media company: Please, Boycott Watching It, as well as Any and all Uploaded Video Content of this show.
Typically, I am not one to bad mouth about that which has no hatred content in it, BUT this is a Royal Request.<ref name=june19></ref>}}

At the [[BronyCon 2019|final BronyCon]] in [[August 2019]], Chris [[BronyCon 2019#Meeting Nicole Oliver|relayed to Princess Celestia voice actress, Nicole Oliver]], that her contract would be extended (note: Chris assumed the identity of [[Magi-Chan]] during the following post):
{{quoteboxpurple|Celestia and Luna are a long way from retiring. As @CPU_CWCSonichu has personally told @mouthnoize at BronyCon, “The Reirement [''sic''] is not in.”<ref>[[September 2019 social media posts#Chris spoke to VA about the Pony Protests]]</ref>}}
Nicole Oliver later blocked Chris on Twitter for undisclosed reasons.<ref>[[:File:NicoleOliverTwitter.jpg]]</ref>

In the final days of Season 9, ''My Little Pony'' offered fans other ways to engage with the franchise. One of which was the comic book series from IDW Publishing, which moving forward, was to promote its publication with the Hasbro approved tagline of "Season 10".<ref>''[[Wikipedia:My Little Pony (IDW Publishing)]]''</ref> Chris was not having it:

{{quotebox|Dear @Hasbro, #MLPFiM G4 Needs to have its Seasons 10 to 14 Animated in Chronicling; Not Just Comic Books. This is Celestia, Luna, and Princess Twilight’s Command, as well as the Command of all of the Deities between both dimensions. To leave it as simply @IDWPublishing comics is very much an insult.<ref>[[October 2019 social media posts#Chris complains about the MLP comics]]</ref>}}

On 12 [[October 2019]], ''Friendship is Magic'' aired its final episode – with no allusions to the forthcoming Akan or Round Table of Princesses. By the following month, Chris remained in the first of the five stages of grief:
{{quotebox|I will also comment that I have not at all yet watched the Season 9 three-part finale at all (the mild spoiler imagery is not helpful) until after Season 10 of Gen4 #MLPFiM is aired on Discovery Family in 2020, and proper full announcements have been made in this dimension by @Hasbro and the people therein of the show. I eagerly await hearing this confirmation from the News Sources. Princess Celestia Has commanded you all before as well of this.<ref name=nog5></ref>}}

On 20 [[April 2020]] Hasbro released the Friendship is Forever series which was a clip show of MLP G4 and added a little bit more context to the last episode of the series. Chris ([[Spirit possession|roleplaying]] as [[Sonichu (character)|Sonichu]]) responded to this in celebration, most likely because he thought it was G4’s return. After a few minutes Chris followed up his original response by changing his original prediction from [[October 2019]] to align with the current news, implying that his original prediction was wrong.<ref>https://twitter.com/CPU_CWCSonichu/status/1252422902055493632</ref>Chris attempted to take credit for the news as he had made a card in his TSSSF Nightstar and Friends Expansion pack about Season 10 of MLP G4 coming in [[April 2020]], but Friendship is Forever and tenth season of MLP G4 are clearly two different things.<ref>https://twitter.com/CPU_CWCSonichu/status/1252423951071866880</ref>
{{quotebox|Hmm. Actually, with consent from Mama, let me add a bit further: MORE of “Friendship Is Magic”, Delay of Gen 5, falling of #GOPony, and this now in April. And her Fifth Bonus card in her #TSSSF Nightstar & Friends Expansion that was put together months ago...
Can you say Kra-Kow?}}

According to Chris ([[Spirit possession|roleplaying]] as [[Sonichu (character)|Sonichu]]) in [[August 2020]], he had finished viewing Season 9:
{{quoteboxyellow|Yes, Mama has reluctantly watched the future episode of the season that was very much premature on being chronicled and shown at all.<ref>[[Discord Q&A 2#"Sonichu"'s replies]]</ref>}}

==G5 Approaches==
{{quote|CANCEL MLP G5 AND RENEW MLP G4 FOR ITS FIVE SEASONS ALREADY, @Hasbro, PLEASE!!! ⚡️💙⚡️|Chris demanding for G5's cancellation<ref>[[April 2021 social media posts#Renew MLP G4]]</ref>}}
[[File:MLPG5FailedPetition.png|thumb|right|350px|The failed petition which Chris promoted to cancel My Little Pony G5.]]
Chris continued to descend into denial as more G5 content began to come out. On 5 [[February 2021]], the synopsis for the MLP G5 movie and series was released. Chris ([[Spirit possession|roleplaying]] as [[Sonichu (character)|Sonichu]]) commented on this synopsis on 6 [[February 2021]], stating that G5 was more of a continuation of G4 instead of it being its own standalone generation, therefore making his prediction correct.<ref>[[February 2021 social media posts#MLP G4 and G5]]</ref> This doesn’t line up with Chris’s original prediction as it included that the main 6 characters of the show would all become alicorns and G5 would be delayed to 2025.

25 [[February 2021]] was a significant day for Chris, as a short teaser video for G5 was released by Hasbro. After nearly an entire year of roleplaying as Sonichu, this new video encouraged Chris to stop the roleplay so he could respond to it.
<ref>[[February 2021 social media posts#Chris comes back from being possessed by Sonichu]]</ref> This was most likely because Chris believes that his “[[Messiah complex|Goddess authority]]” would make Hasbro listen to him. Chris would also later agree with Twitter users stating that G5 was supposedly [[Chris and politics|leftist propaganda]]. {{quotebox|Even moreso why G5 is a really deity-level awful idea, @Hasbro. We are very much opposed to it, even Princess Twilight Sparkle, herself, in Equestria. I Know, because I have been there and talked with her, Celestia, Luna and everyone else, personally. ⚡️💙⚡️<ref>[[February 2021 social media posts#MLP G5 deity-level awful idea]]</ref>}}

Chris increasingly began to show his further disapproval for G5 on multiple posts made by Twitter users showing excitement after watching the teaser. Chris then began to call G5, a “G3 remake” despite looking very little like G3 of My Little Pony. Chris most likely thought that G5 looked like G3 because characters in both series have wide noses. Chris would then make a post telling bronies and Hasbro that G5 would be bad, and if it were released, the world would end.<ref>[[February 2021 social media posts#MLP G5 protests]]</ref> However, the hype for the new series continued to grow in the brony fandom, and members of the community that Chris admired, such as [[Dr. Wolf]], made videos discussing their enthusiasm for the series. This, along with [[Dimensional Merge|The Merge]] not happening, caused Chris to leave Twitter. {{quotebox|Hey, y’all. I am going to stay off of Twitter for a while until When #NotMLPG5ItsMLPG3Remake is confirmed Cancelled. @Hasbro, you listen up and Cancel MLPG5 Now, please.<ref>[[February 2021 social media posts#Chris takes a break from Twitter because of MLP G5]]</ref>}}

Unsurprisingly, Chris would return to Twitter the very next day.<ref>[[February 2021 social media posts#Sonichu]]</ref> Later in [[March 2021]], Chris would then promote a pre-existing petition on Change.org to cancel/postpone G5. This petition would unsurprisingly not be successful. {{quotebox|Please, help keep our universe, here, and our Equestria, from falling apart and sign this petition to Cancel MLPG5 Right Now and Today.

Listen Up, @Hasbro.<ref>[[February 2021 social media posts#Cancel MLP G5 petition]]</ref>}}

Throughout the following few months leading up to G5's premiere in September, Chris would continue to enact various forms of protest. The most notable of which being him once again claiming that the world would end when G5 was released,<ref>[[March 2021 social media posts#Apocalyptic G5 events]]</ref> and that he would supposedly be willing to pay Hasbro [[Chris and money|one million dollars]] to convince them to cancel it.<ref>[[March 2021 social media posts#Freaking MLP G5]]</ref> During sometime in the middle of [[July 2021]], leading up to Chris's planned trip to the [[Everfree Northwest]] ''My Little Pony'' convention, Chris recorded a statement for [[Fiona]], promising her that he would not get [[Anger|angry]] in front of her when they would inevitably come into contact with pieces of merchandise or toys from Generation 5 at the convention, claiming to have "a good sense of self and self-control."<ref>[[Animated Everfree Message]]</ref>

Later on July 27th, Chris recorded and uploaded a video to [[YouTube]] entitled [[Direct Message to Hasbro: MLPG5 Is Cancelled.]] In it, he angrily shouts into the camera demanding that Hasbro cancel the production of MLP G5 and continue Friendship is Magic for five more seasons. In the background of the video, multiple punched-in holes in a wall can be seen. Although Chris stated in a [[Discord]] message that he had initially been punching the wall for [[Iron Curtain|other reasons]],<ref>[[WCT DMs#Upset at MLP G5]]</ref> it's still entirely possible that the damage dealt to the wall was simply done out of his anger for Generation 5. [[File:Direct Message to Hasbro - MLPG5 Is Cancelled.-ay-NMiYIdGI.mp400002-min.png|thumb|left|320px|The holes Chris punched into his bathroom wall seemingly out of My Little Pony related [[Tard rage|tantrums]].]]

In a different series of Discord messages from the same day, Chris further explains his motivations for recording the above mentioned video, claiming that he had encountered MLP G5 toys at several stores [[Chris and reality|and literally snapped them out of existence with his fingers]].

{{quotebox|After getting the soda and water, I took a lap around the store as I like to do. Then, looking in the toy aisle where the My Little Pony toys were normally, I saw the sign that I was not looking forward to find. A handful of figures of the magic-less unicorn from G5. Needless to say, I was triggered, but I had known what I was to do in this event. I literally snapped my fingers, and these particular figures literally phased out of existence from the store. With that in mind, I opted to check Target as well. I found four figures of the orange G5 pony, and I repeated the process with that bunch of figures. [...] The impact of G5 being aired prematurely will literally do a heavy Metaphysical amount of damage to our very Timeline, here.''<ref>[[The Knights of CWC chats (July 2021)#Reacting to MLP G5 toys at the store]]</ref>}}

While onlookers during this time were initially patiently anticipating a possible public meltdown from Chris due to G5's inevitable presence at [[Everfree Northwest]], those prospects were all immediately thrown out the window when Chris was [[Incest Arrest|arrested in the beginning of August 2021]] on charges of engaging in incestuous behavior with his mother, [[Barbara]]. As a result of Chris being preoccupied with [[Jail Saga|numerous unrelated exploits during his stay in jail]], his previously active protests would enter a state of silence for over the next two years as the fifth generation of My Little Pony was being released.

==Post-Jail Protests==
After Chris was released in [[March 2023]] and fully returned to the internet in [[October 2023]], he would resume his protest where he left off in 2021. Only this time, in renewing his outcry, he has taken his acts of protest and intertwined them with his [[Neo Spiritual Christianity]] and [[Messiah complex]]. Since [[February 2024]] he has engaged in a bizarre campaign of ongoing escalation on social media, first by blocking the majority of G5's voice cast on Twitter, then by directly suggesting that MLPG5 - and Pony Life before it - were Russian creations designed to destabilise and destroy G4, preceding this with the utterly bewildering claim that G5 was responsible for 'instigating' the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War. As seen in the [[Sonic Boom Protests||past]], Chris can't handle changes to his beloved fictional characters. However, if this behavior goes unchecked, it could be only a matter of time before history repeats itself if he chooses to take matters into his own hands.

==See also==
*[[Chris and oratory]]
*[[Sonic Boom Protests]]
*[[YES to MLPFiMSeasons10to14]], a [[TSSSF]] pack featuring art of Chris and ''My Little Pony'' OCs protesting Hasbro.

==References==
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My Little Pony Protests

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{{Protip|This article contains ''My Little Pony'' lore and other delusions, as spouted by Chris. Efforts have been taken to help readers comprehend/understand it.}}

{{quote|FIVE MORE SEASONS FOR MLP G4! APPLEJACK FOR PRINCESS OF HONESTY!

DOWN WITH G5 FOR THE SAFETY OF EQUESTRIA AND EVERYWHERE ELSE!|Chris's rallying cry<ref>[[August 2018 social media posts#MLP protest part 5]]</ref>}}
[[File:Hasbro Protest.jpg|thumb|400px|"When do we want it?!" "Later!"]]

The '''''My Little Pony'' Protests''' are a [[Sonic Boom Protests|nonviolent]] series of tweets, videos and other media with the intention of persuading Hasbro—the owners of the ''[[My Little Pony]]'' franchise—to continue producing five more seasons of their animated series, ''Friendship is Magic'' in lieu of rebooting the franchise into its fifth generation, and from [[2019]] to [[2020]], to cancel the spin-off series, ''My Little Pony: Pony Life''.

[[Chris]], of course, remains the only active participant since [[August 2018]]. [[CPU Blue Heart|Being quite the big shot in C-197]], he has conveyed that the aims of the protests are a means of preserving his [[imaginary friends]] in the ''Pony'' realm of Equestria; or simply put to everyone else, he refuses to accept that his favorite cartoon has concluded without his approval.

Having become seasoned in campaigns, such as the "Sonic Boom Protests" and [[HarassCWCdirectly|#HarassCWCdirectly]], the Hasbro Protests are one of Chris's most [[Chris and reality|out of touch ventures]] to date, with him repeatedly demonstrating [[Naive|a very limited understanding]] of how animated shows like My Little Pony are actually produced. Fortunately, [[Chris and the law|in his own best interests]], he is proceeding with these protests in a far more restrained manner than [[26 December 2014|previous endeavors]].

==Background==
{{main|My Little Pony|Chris and reality}}
[[File:VariousBronyConArt.jpg|thumb|left|250px|An example of Chris's chronicles in Equestria, which he perceives as reality.]]

''My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic'' was the fourth generation (or G4) of the Hasbro property, which aired from 10 October 2010 to 12 October 2019;<ref>''[[Wikipedia:My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]''</ref> by definition, it was Chris's favorite show of the [[2010s]]. His history with the franchise is a particularly rich one: he [[My Little Pony#Chris and ponies|initially got invested]] with the franchise to get [[Love Quest|closer]] with [[Megan]], but he was still a fan even long after she stopped speaking with him. Years later, Chris attended [[BronyCon 2017|three]] [[BronyCon 2018|BronyCon]] [[BronyCon 2019|conventions]], his Mary Sue [[OC]], [[Night Star]], would [[Sonichu 12-9|partly take on the mantle]] of [[Sonichu (comic)|his adventures]] in Equestria, and he was [[TF2 Analysis|publicly ostracized]] by several members of the brony analyst community.

Made especially clear after the [[Idea Guys]]' manipulations in early [[2018]], when faced with [[Financhu Crisis|injustices]] [[List of places that have banned Chris|in the]] [[Trolls|real world]], one of Chris's main coping mechanisms is escaping to his fantasy world of [[C-197]], where he is an [[CPU Blue Heart|omnipotent, revered deity]], and his denizens are various OCs and other fictional characters. According to Chris, in Equestria, he is an Alicorn—a Pegasus/Unicorn hybrid usually attributed to [[Chris and religion|almighty characters]] in the series—and has a strong rapport with the main characters, in addition to Night Star.<ref>[[September 2018 social media posts#Chris and his many counterparts]]</ref><ref name=PAJ>[[August 2018 social media posts#Swear your fealty to Princess Applejack]]</ref> Elements of his delusions frequently seep back into [[reality]], which is how articles such as these come to exist in the first place.

Rumors of a fifth generation were appearing as early as January 2018;<ref name=deviant>https://www.deviantart.com/liaaqila/journal/MLP-G5-LEAKS-MANE-6-DESIGN-CONCEPT-724818335</ref> in due course, they caught the attention of Chris. To him, the end of ''Friendship is Magic'' is not just the conclusion of his favorite contemporary cartoon, but the end of his sporadic social life in safe spaces such as BronyCon, [[List of conventions attended by Chris|among other gatherings]] stemming from the series. Inwardly, he interprets the end of G4 as a threat to his airtight coping mechanism, as he claims the shift to a new canon in the form of G5 would see the perpetual stagnation or demise of C-197.<ref name=part2>[[August 2018 social media posts#MLP protest part 2]]</ref><ref name=part6>[[August 2018 social media posts#MLP protest part 6]]</ref>

Weeks prior to his opening protest, Chris attended BronyCon 2018, where the staff announced that [[2019]] would see their final convention.<ref>https://twitter.com/BronyCon/status/1023675000132259840</ref> This, compounded with the [[Chris and stress|looming dread]] of G4 ending, may have been the catalyst for him to [[Megatron pistol|take arms]] and get Hasbro's attention. For Chris, Hasbro not succumbing to his demands would be to defy his self-proclaimed divinity. Though his decision to campaign was purely of his own accord, he asserts that the continuation of G4 was demanded by the highest order in Equestria – the Princesses of Equestria.<ref>[[August 2018 social media posts#MLP protest part 4]]</ref>

==Video==
On 13 [[August 2018]], Chris commenced his campaign with a statement and video posted via Twitter.<ref name=proteststart>[[August 2018 social media posts#Chris starts his Pony Protest]]</ref>

In his opening statement, Chris declared that he had [[Dreams|foreseen a possible future timeline]] in C-197, in which a spell intended to ascend [[:File:SchuComic12-9Page35.JPG|Applejack]] (who was in G4 an "Earth Pony", ie. a normal horse that's neither a Pegasus nor a Unicorn) to become an Alicorn backfires, causing the incumbent Alicorn, [[:File:SchuComic12-9Page30.JPG|Twilight Sparkle]], to transfer her wings and horn to [[:File:SchuComic12-9Page16-min.jpg|Pinkie Pie]] (who was in G4 an Earth Pony) and [[:File:Night Star crossover MLP.jpeg|Fluttershy]] (who was in G4 a Pegasus), respectively; this was apparently where G4 would transition to G5. On a more tangible note, Chris seems to have based his concerns on a single concept image for G5, which may or may not be official anyway.<ref name=deviant></ref> Chris's delusional theory falls flat, considering that the alleged G5 art of Fluttershy has removed her wings.

[[File:PonyProtestInspiration.jpg|thumb|400px|The image which got Chris all riled up.]]
{{quotebox|Everyone of Earth 1218! I have an announcement!

I have seen a future that we must prevent: My Little Pony Generation Five.

Spoiler Alert: Princess Twilight Sparkle was prompted to promote Applejack to become an Alicorn Princess, but in doing so, the spell backfires and then we end up with... THIS!

Twilight becoming an Earth Pony (SIMPLY UNFORGIVABLE!), and the horns and wings being lost and swapped between Twilight, Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy.

I just did a reset to prevent that from happening. Celestia will take it upon herself to promote Applejack, because she Will be doing something that brings the magic out of her, like it did Cadence and Twilight. AJ’s Promotion needs to happen; she becomes the next Alicorn Princess by Celestia’s Power; Twilight and the others remain as they are, and G4 continues on. Generation Five Must Not Happen!

Listen up, @Hasbro and @HasbroNews , because I HAVE The Power and Link to our Sister Dimension, and I have seen it too.

<nowiki>#ContinueMLPG4!</nowiki>

CONTINUE My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic for at least Five More Seasons, @Hasbro and @HasbroNews !

Our Matching Futures are at Stake Here! I, your CPU Blue Heart Commands it so as well, in agreement with Princess Celestia.

Please, Heed Our Warning!

Thank You.<ref name=proteststart></ref>}}

A short time later, Chris uploaded '''Hasbro! MLP G4 Must Continue; NO MLP G5!‎''':

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'''Description'''

Heed Our Warning, Hasbro! Applejack MUST become an Alicorn Princess, and Twilight must NEVER become an Earth Pony!

'''Transcript'''

Hey there everybody this is Christine Chandler coming to you live from home once again. People of Earth [[1218]] heed my warning! Spoiler alert, I have seen the future and I had to prevent it!

Princess Twilight Sparkle was about to upgrade Applejack to Alicorn status by-c-by order of Princess Celestia. Because a-Applejack is gonna come upon her own magic in a few days. But it backfires and instead of Applejack becoming Alicorn, period, Twilight's Wings get put onto Pinkie Pie and Twilight's horn gets onto Fluttershy and it's just no GOOOOOOD, and that's how we end up with that FRICKIN' G5!

We must prevent this! This is not gonna work out and I have foreseen this. This is very, very bad. So I had just confirmed with Twilight and Princess Celestia as well and... Celestia and I are in agreement as she has seen the future as well... We must prevent this G5 mistake from ever happening. And yes, G4 will continue... Applejack is the next Alicorn princess and she must become that without flaw. And so Celestia will take it upon herself to... upgrade Applejack as well.

But anyway. Heed my word, Hasbro! And everybody on the MLP show! Generation 5 must NEVER HAPPEN! And G4 must have at least 5 more seasons. And Applejack will become an Alicorn princess...

Heed this! Heed our warning! This is an official command from your CPU Blue Heart in agreement with Princess Celestia of Equestria all of which in our sister dimension.

[''nods, pauses'']

Thank you.

==Chris's premonitions==
[[File:PrincessAJ2.jpg|thumb|right|Because if Chris has portrayed it, it ''must'' be canon.]]

The rest of August 2018 saw Chris continually ranting about five more seasons of ''Friendship is Magic''. He eventually explained that if G4 was to be cancelled, the mishap stated in his video would occur, leaving Equestria vulnerable to [[Akan]] – the villain of ''Hardcore Henry'' and [[Sonichu 13|''Sonichu'' #13]], as instilled by the Idea Guys. G5 would follow said events, resulting in Akan's invasion extending into [[1218|our universe]]:
{{quotebox|The separation of the species, and the aggression is the future Celestia had seen should G5 continue and G4 end. Twilight will become an Earth Pony, and then with her unable to defend Equestria, Akan and his forces will overpower Equestria, and in the G5 show, in all the ”action” and “cool looks” and all that, Akan’s message of worshipping him as leader of all worlds will be broadcasted subliminally, and his reign will spread into Our World from our Sister Dimension there!<ref name=part6></ref>}}

It was during this wall of tweets when he started tagging the show's voice actors. It remains unknown whether the actors took notice of Chris's posts, but Hasbro certainly didn't.

[[File:AkanOC.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Never mind [[Dragon Ball Z|Goku]] or the [[Power Rangers]]. Only cartoon horses can defeat Akan.]]
On the other hand, Chris offered insight into what would be in store if the show was to continue. He believed that by the end of Season 14, all the main characters would become Alicorns, as part of a King Arthur-esque "Round Table of the Princesses of Harmony":
{{quotebox|[The] rest of the Mane Six are destined to join Princess Twilight and the soon-to-be Princess of Honesty, Applejack, as Alicorns, themselves during that time frame. Their Stories MUST be told and continued. The Reboot will ONLY just Kill the timeline of ours that will simply stifle the originals’ growth, as well as throw Both of or dimensions into a chaos that must never ever take place, @Hasbro.<ref name=part2></ref>}}

Despite Hasbro neither confirming nor denying a new season beyond 9, on 22 August, Chris went ahead with the good ending regardless:
{{quotebox|Everybody! Mark this day at about 4:10 pm, Eastern Standard Time; I saw it as it happened, as Celestia and Twilight had Applejack in her hall of memories. Without a hitch or backfire, Princess Applejack of Honesty, has arisen! And Princess Twilight remains an Alicorn!}}
{{quotebox|Everybody of this world, you all may congratulate Princess Applejack in shouting, social media sharing, or you can even write a letter directly to her (no address or stamp required; just your hand writing and signature and a moment to let your link shine for her to get the message.

All Hail Princess Applejack! All Hail the Equestria Princesses of Harmony! All Hail the continuation of MLP G4 as well!<ref>[[August 2018 social media posts#Applejack becomes an Alicorn]]</ref>}}

He even attended the coronation:
{{quotebox|Well, everyone, I was just there, in my Ponysona, sitting with Nightstar, [[Kun]] and [[September 2018 social media posts#Zap Note|Zap Note]] in the front row in Canterlot; our Princess Applejack, of Honesty, has been coronated! Everyone praise her today! Yeee-Haw!<ref name=PAJ></ref>}}
The battle was won, at least in Chris's mind, but the war was not yet over.

Later, in [[November 2019]], Chris immortalized his pseudo-canon as part of his
[[Twilight Sparkle's Secret Shipfic Folder]] card collection:<ref name=nog5>[[November 2019 social media posts#Gen5 is not meant to be for Years]]</ref>
<center><gallery>
File:PrincessTwilightCard.jpg|Princess Twilight Sparkle
File:PrinceSpikeCard.jpg|Prince Spike
File:PrincessAppleJackCard.jpg|Princess Applejack
File:PrincessRainbowDashCard.jpg|Princess Rainbow Dash
File:PrincessFluttershyCard.jpg|Princess Fluttershy
File:PrincessPinkieCard.jpg|Princess Pinkie Pie
File:PrincessRarityCard.jpg|Princess Rarity
</gallery></center>

==''Friendship is Magic'' ends==
[[File:ChrisTF2.jpg|thumb|250px|Imagine being one of the VIPs at a convention, and one of your fans tells you that you would continue voicing a role because the character you voice communicated her demands from another dimension to said fan. That was voice actress Nicole Oliver in 2019.]]

On 16 February 2019, ''My Little Pony'' confirmed that Season 9 would be their final one.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/mylittlepony/posts/2652914364725984:0</ref> Chris's campaign reemerged in the June of that year; in his second wave of protests, he pulled the [[Chris and politics|"Big, Greedy Corporation" card]] as his excuse for Hasbro not budging:
{{quotebox|On the Good News: Everyone At Hasbro has received, either directly from Celestia, herself, or from those of us in the fandom, communities and then some and so forth. BUT, apparently, there are Some at Hasbro who do not believe in Fate and Destiny events, in addition to their monetary greed (no surprise).<ref name=june19>[[June 2019 social media posts#Chris resumes the My Little Pony Protests]]</ref>}}

Failing to understand that companies delegate productions to other studios to meet time and budget constraints, he advised his fellow campaigners to boycott the new (canon) television special:
{{quotebox|The upcoming MLP Special, [[Wikipedia:My Little Pony: Rainbow Roadtrip|Rainbow Roadtrip]], as it was made by a different media company: Please, Boycott Watching It, as well as Any and all Uploaded Video Content of this show.
Typically, I am not one to bad mouth about that which has no hatred content in it, BUT this is a Royal Request.<ref name=june19></ref>}}

At the [[BronyCon 2019|final BronyCon]] in [[August 2019]], Chris [[BronyCon 2019#Meeting Nicole Oliver|relayed to Princess Celestia voice actress, Nicole Oliver]], that her contract would be extended (note: Chris assumed the identity of [[Magi-Chan]] during the following post):
{{quoteboxpurple|Celestia and Luna are a long way from retiring. As @CPU_CWCSonichu has personally told @mouthnoize at BronyCon, “The Reirement [''sic''] is not in.”<ref>[[September 2019 social media posts#Chris spoke to VA about the Pony Protests]]</ref>}}
Nicole Oliver later blocked Chris on Twitter for undisclosed reasons.<ref>[[:File:NicoleOliverTwitter.jpg]]</ref>

In the final days of Season 9, ''My Little Pony'' offered fans other ways to engage with the franchise. One of which was the comic book series from IDW Publishing, which moving forward, was to promote its publication with the Hasbro approved tagline of "Season 10".<ref>''[[Wikipedia:My Little Pony (IDW Publishing)]]''</ref> Chris was not having it:

{{quotebox|Dear @Hasbro, #MLPFiM G4 Needs to have its Seasons 10 to 14 Animated in Chronicling; Not Just Comic Books. This is Celestia, Luna, and Princess Twilight’s Command, as well as the Command of all of the Deities between both dimensions. To leave it as simply @IDWPublishing comics is very much an insult.<ref>[[October 2019 social media posts#Chris complains about the MLP comics]]</ref>}}

On 12 [[October 2019]], ''Friendship is Magic'' aired its final episode – with no allusions to the forthcoming Akan or Round Table of Princesses. By the following month, Chris remained in the first of the five stages of grief:
{{quotebox|I will also comment that I have not at all yet watched the Season 9 three-part finale at all (the mild spoiler imagery is not helpful) until after Season 10 of Gen4 #MLPFiM is aired on Discovery Family in 2020, and proper full announcements have been made in this dimension by @Hasbro and the people therein of the show. I eagerly await hearing this confirmation from the News Sources. Princess Celestia Has commanded you all before as well of this.<ref name=nog5></ref>}}

On 20 [[April 2020]] Hasbro released the Friendship is Forever series which was a clip show of MLP G4 and added a little bit more context to the last episode of the series. Chris ([[Spirit possession|roleplaying]] as [[Sonichu (character)|Sonichu]]) responded to this in celebration, most likely because he thought it was G4’s return. After a few minutes Chris followed up his original response by changing his original prediction from [[October 2019]] to align with the current news, implying that his original prediction was wrong.<ref>https://twitter.com/CPU_CWCSonichu/status/1252422902055493632</ref>Chris attempted to take credit for the news as he had made a card in his TSSSF Nightstar and Friends Expansion pack about Season 10 of MLP G4 coming in [[April 2020]], but Friendship is Forever and tenth season of MLP G4 are clearly two different things.<ref>https://twitter.com/CPU_CWCSonichu/status/1252423951071866880</ref>
{{quotebox|Hmm. Actually, with consent from Mama, let me add a bit further: MORE of “Friendship Is Magic”, Delay of Gen 5, falling of #GOPony, and this now in April. And her Fifth Bonus card in her #TSSSF Nightstar & Friends Expansion that was put together months ago...
Can you say Kra-Kow?}}

According to Chris ([[Spirit possession|roleplaying]] as [[Sonichu (character)|Sonichu]]) in [[August 2020]], he had finished viewing Season 9:
{{quoteboxyellow|Yes, Mama has reluctantly watched the future episode of the season that was very much premature on being chronicled and shown at all.<ref>[[Discord Q&A 2#"Sonichu"'s replies]]</ref>}}

==G5 Approaches==
{{quote|CANCEL MLP G5 AND RENEW MLP G4 FOR ITS FIVE SEASONS ALREADY, @Hasbro, PLEASE!!! ⚡️💙⚡️|Chris demanding for G5's cancellation<ref>[[April 2021 social media posts#Renew MLP G4]]</ref>}}
[[File:MLPG5FailedPetition.png|thumb|right|350px|The failed petition which Chris promoted to cancel My Little Pony G5.]]
Chris continued to descend into denial as more G5 content began to come out. On 5 [[February 2021]], the synopsis for the MLP G5 movie and series was released. Chris ([[Spirit possession|roleplaying]] as [[Sonichu (character)|Sonichu]]) commented on this synopsis on 6 [[February 2021]], stating that G5 was more of a continuation of G4 instead of it being its own standalone generation, therefore making his prediction correct.<ref>[[February 2021 social media posts#MLP G4 and G5]]</ref> This doesn’t line up with Chris’s original prediction as it included that the main 6 characters of the show would all become alicorns and G5 would be delayed to 2025.

25 [[February 2021]] was a significant day for Chris, as a short teaser video for G5 was released by Hasbro. After nearly an entire year of roleplaying as Sonichu, this new video encouraged Chris to stop the roleplay so he could respond to it.
<ref>[[February 2021 social media posts#Chris comes back from being possessed by Sonichu]]</ref> This was most likely because Chris believes that his “[[Messiah complex|Goddess authority]]” would make Hasbro listen to him. Chris would also later agree with Twitter users stating that G5 was supposedly [[Chris and politics|leftist propaganda]]. {{quotebox|Even moreso why G5 is a really deity-level awful idea, @Hasbro. We are very much opposed to it, even Princess Twilight Sparkle, herself, in Equestria. I Know, because I have been there and talked with her, Celestia, Luna and everyone else, personally. ⚡️💙⚡️<ref>[[February 2021 social media posts#MLP G5 deity-level awful idea]]</ref>}}

Chris increasingly began to show his further disapproval for G5 on multiple posts made by Twitter users showing excitement after watching the teaser. Chris then began to call G5, a “G3 remake” despite looking very little like G3 of My Little Pony. Chris most likely thought that G5 looked like G3 because characters in both series have wide noses. Chris would then make a post telling bronies and Hasbro that G5 would be bad, and if it were released, the world would end.<ref>[[February 2021 social media posts#MLP G5 protests]]</ref> However, the hype for the new series continued to grow in the brony fandom, and members of the community that Chris admired, such as [[Dr. Wolf]], made videos discussing their enthusiasm for the series. This, along with [[Dimensional Merge|The Merge]] not happening, caused Chris to leave Twitter. {{quotebox|Hey, y’all. I am going to stay off of Twitter for a while until When #NotMLPG5ItsMLPG3Remake is confirmed Cancelled. @Hasbro, you listen up and Cancel MLPG5 Now, please.<ref>[[February 2021 social media posts#Chris takes a break from Twitter because of MLP G5]]</ref>}}

Unsurprisingly, Chris would return to Twitter the very next day.<ref>[[February 2021 social media posts#Sonichu]]</ref> Later in [[March 2021]], Chris would then promote a pre-existing petition on Change.org to cancel/postpone G5. This petition would unsurprisingly not be successful. {{quotebox|Please, help keep our universe, here, and our Equestria, from falling apart and sign this petition to Cancel MLPG5 Right Now and Today.

Listen Up, @Hasbro.<ref>[[February 2021 social media posts#Cancel MLP G5 petition]]</ref>}}

Throughout the following few months leading up to G5's premiere in September, Chris would continue to enact various forms of protest. The most notable of which being him once again claiming that the world would end when G5 was released,<ref>[[March 2021 social media posts#Apocalyptic G5 events]]</ref> and that he would supposedly be willing to pay Hasbro [[Chris and money|one million dollars]] to convince them to cancel it.<ref>[[March 2021 social media posts#Freaking MLP G5]]</ref> During sometime in the middle of [[July 2021]], leading up to Chris's planned trip to the [[Everfree Northwest]] ''My Little Pony'' convention, Chris recorded a statement for [[Fiona]], promising her that he would not get [[Anger|angry]] in front of her when they would inevitably come into contact with pieces of merchandise or toys from Generation 5 at the convention, claiming to have "a good sense of self and self-control."<ref>[[Animated Everfree Message]]</ref>

Later on July 27th, Chris recorded and uploaded a video to [[YouTube]] entitled [[Direct Message to Hasbro: MLPG5 Is Cancelled.]] In it, he angrily shouts into the camera demanding that Hasbro cancel the production of MLP G5 and continue Friendship is Magic for five more seasons. In the background of the video, multiple punched-in holes in a wall can be seen. Although Chris stated in a [[Discord]] message that he had initially been punching the wall for [[Iron Curtain|other reasons]],<ref>[[WCT DMs#Upset at MLP G5]]</ref> it's still entirely possible that the damage dealt to the wall was simply done out of his anger for Generation 5. [[File:Direct Message to Hasbro - MLPG5 Is Cancelled.-ay-NMiYIdGI.mp400002-min.png|thumb|left|320px|The holes Chris punched into his bathroom wall seemingly out of My Little Pony related [[Tard rage|tantrums]].]]

In a different series of Discord messages from the same day, Chris further explains his motivations for recording the above mentioned video, claiming that he had encountered MLP G5 toys at several stores [[Chris and reality|and literally snapped them out of existence with his fingers]].

{{quotebox|After getting the soda and water, I took a lap around the store as I like to do. Then, looking in the toy aisle where the My Little Pony toys were normally, I saw the sign that I was not looking forward to find. A handful of figures of the magic-less unicorn from G5. Needless to say, I was triggered, but I had known what I was to do in this event. I literally snapped my fingers, and these particular figures literally phased out of existence from the store. With that in mind, I opted to check Target as well. I found four figures of the orange G5 pony, and I repeated the process with that bunch of figures. [...] The impact of G5 being aired prematurely will literally do a heavy Metaphysical amount of damage to our very Timeline, here.''<ref>[[The Knights of CWC chats (July 2021)#Reacting to MLP G5 toys at the store]]</ref>}}

While onlookers during this time were initially patiently anticipating a possible public meltdown from Chris due to G5's inevitable presence at [[Everfree Northwest]], those prospects were all immediately thrown out the window when Chris was [[Incest Arrest|arrested in the beginning of August 2021]] on charges of engaging in incestuous behavior with his mother, [[Barbara]]. As a result of Chris being preoccupied with [[Jail Saga|numerous unrelated exploits during his stay in jail]], his previously active protests would enter a state of silence for over the next two years as the fifth generation of My Little Pony was being released.

==Post-Jail Protests==
After Chris was released in [[March 2023]] and fully returned to the internet in [[October 2023]], he would resume his protest where he left off in 2021. Only this time, in renewing his outcry, he has taken his acts of protest and intertwined them with his [[Neo Spiritual Christianity]] and [[Messiah complex]]. Since [[February 2024]] he has engaged in a bizarre campaign of ongoing escalation on social media, first by blocking the majority of G5's voice cast on Twitter, then by directly suggesting that MLPG5 - and Pony Life before it - were Russian creations designed to destabilise and destroy G4, preceding this with the utterly bewildering claim that G5 was responsible for 'instigating' the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War. As seen in the [Sonic Boom Protests||past], Chris can't handle changes to his beloved fictional characters. However, if this behavior goes unchecked, it could be only a matter of time before history repeats itself if he chooses to take matters into his own hands.

==See also==
*[[Chris and oratory]]
*[[Sonic Boom Protests]]
*[[YES to MLPFiMSeasons10to14]], a [[TSSSF]] pack featuring art of Chris and ''My Little Pony'' OCs protesting Hasbro.

==References==
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My Little Pony Protests

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{{Protip|This article contains ''My Little Pony'' lore and other delusions, as spouted by Chris. Efforts have been taken to help readers comprehend/understand it.}}

{{quote|FIVE MORE SEASONS FOR MLP G4! APPLEJACK FOR PRINCESS OF HONESTY!

DOWN WITH G5 FOR THE SAFETY OF EQUESTRIA AND EVERYWHERE ELSE!|Chris's rallying cry<ref>[[August 2018 social media posts#MLP protest part 5]]</ref>}}
[[File:Hasbro Protest.jpg|thumb|400px|"When do we want it?!" "Later!"]]

The '''''My Little Pony'' Protests''' are a [[Sonic Boom Protests|nonviolent]] series of tweets, videos and other media with the intention of persuading Hasbro—the owners of the ''[[My Little Pony]]'' franchise—to continue producing five more seasons of their animated series, ''Friendship is Magic'' in lieu of rebooting the franchise into its fifth generation, and from [[2019]] to [[2020]], to cancel the spin-off series, ''My Little Pony: Pony Life''.

[[Chris]], of course, remains the only active participant since [[August 2018]]. [[CPU Blue Heart|Being quite the big shot in C-197]], he has conveyed that the aims of the protests are a means of preserving his [[imaginary friends]] in the ''Pony'' realm of Equestria; or simply put to everyone else, he refuses to accept that his favorite cartoon has concluded without his approval.

Having become seasoned in campaigns, such as the "Sonic Boom Protests" and [[HarassCWCdirectly|#HarassCWCdirectly]], the Hasbro Protests are one of Chris's most [[Chris and reality|out of touch ventures]] to date, with him repeatedly demonstrating [[Naive|a very limited understanding]] of how animated shows like My Little Pony are actually produced. Fortunately, [[Chris and the law|in his own best interests]], he is proceeding with these protests in a far more restrained manner than [[26 December 2014|previous endeavors]].

==Background==
{{main|My Little Pony|Chris and reality}}
[[File:VariousBronyConArt.jpg|thumb|left|250px|An example of Chris's chronicles in Equestria, which he perceives as reality.]]

''My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic'' was the fourth generation (or G4) of the Hasbro property, which aired from 10 October 2010 to 12 October 2019;<ref>''[[Wikipedia:My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]''</ref> by definition, it was Chris's favorite show of the [[2010s]]. His history with the franchise is a particularly rich one: he [[My Little Pony#Chris and ponies|initially got invested]] with the franchise to get [[Love Quest|closer]] with [[Megan]], but he was still a fan even long after she stopped speaking with him. Years later, Chris attended [[BronyCon 2017|three]] [[BronyCon 2018|BronyCon]] [[BronyCon 2019|conventions]], his Mary Sue [[OC]], [[Night Star]], would [[Sonichu 12-9|partly take on the mantle]] of [[Sonichu (comic)|his adventures]] in Equestria, and he was [[TF2 Analysis|publicly ostracized]] by several members of the brony analyst community.

Made especially clear after the [[Idea Guys]]' manipulations in early [[2018]], when faced with [[Financhu Crisis|injustices]] [[List of places that have banned Chris|in the]] [[Trolls|real world]], one of Chris's main coping mechanisms is escaping to his fantasy world of [[C-197]], where he is an [[CPU Blue Heart|omnipotent, revered deity]], and his denizens are various OCs and other fictional characters. According to Chris, in Equestria, he is an Alicorn—a Pegasus/Unicorn hybrid usually attributed to [[Chris and religion|almighty characters]] in the series—and has a strong rapport with the main characters, in addition to Night Star.<ref>[[September 2018 social media posts#Chris and his many counterparts]]</ref><ref name=PAJ>[[August 2018 social media posts#Swear your fealty to Princess Applejack]]</ref> Elements of his delusions frequently seep back into [[reality]], which is how articles such as these come to exist in the first place.

Rumors of a fifth generation were appearing as early as January 2018;<ref name=deviant>https://www.deviantart.com/liaaqila/journal/MLP-G5-LEAKS-MANE-6-DESIGN-CONCEPT-724818335</ref> in due course, they caught the attention of Chris. To him, the end of ''Friendship is Magic'' is not just the conclusion of his favorite contemporary cartoon, but the end of his sporadic social life in safe spaces such as BronyCon, [[List of conventions attended by Chris|among other gatherings]] stemming from the series. Inwardly, he interprets the end of G4 as a threat to his airtight coping mechanism, as he claims the shift to a new canon in the form of G5 would see the perpetual stagnation or demise of C-197.<ref name=part2>[[August 2018 social media posts#MLP protest part 2]]</ref><ref name=part6>[[August 2018 social media posts#MLP protest part 6]]</ref>

Weeks prior to his opening protest, Chris attended BronyCon 2018, where the staff announced that [[2019]] would see their final convention.<ref>https://twitter.com/BronyCon/status/1023675000132259840</ref> This, compounded with the [[Chris and stress|looming dread]] of G4 ending, may have been the catalyst for him to [[Megatron pistol|take arms]] and get Hasbro's attention. For Chris, Hasbro not succumbing to his demands would be to defy his self-proclaimed divinity. Though his decision to campaign was purely of his own accord, he asserts that the continuation of G4 was demanded by the highest order in Equestria – the Princesses of Equestria.<ref>[[August 2018 social media posts#MLP protest part 4]]</ref>

==Video==
On 13 [[August 2018]], Chris commenced his campaign with a statement and video posted via Twitter.<ref name=proteststart>[[August 2018 social media posts#Chris starts his Pony Protest]]</ref>

In his opening statement, Chris declared that he had [[Dreams|foreseen a possible future timeline]] in C-197, in which a spell intended to ascend [[:File:SchuComic12-9Page35.JPG|Applejack]] (who was in G4 an "Earth Pony", ie. a normal horse that's neither a Pegasus nor a Unicorn) to become an Alicorn backfires, causing the incumbent Alicorn, [[:File:SchuComic12-9Page30.JPG|Twilight Sparkle]], to transfer her wings and horn to [[:File:SchuComic12-9Page16-min.jpg|Pinkie Pie]] (who was in G4 an Earth Pony) and [[:File:Night Star crossover MLP.jpeg|Fluttershy]] (who was in G4 a Pegasus), respectively; this was apparently where G4 would transition to G5. On a more tangible note, Chris seems to have based his concerns on a single concept image for G5, which may or may not be official anyway.<ref name=deviant></ref> Chris's delusional theory falls flat, considering that the alleged G5 art of Fluttershy has removed her wings.

[[File:PonyProtestInspiration.jpg|thumb|400px|The image which got Chris all riled up.]]
{{quotebox|Everyone of Earth 1218! I have an announcement!

I have seen a future that we must prevent: My Little Pony Generation Five.

Spoiler Alert: Princess Twilight Sparkle was prompted to promote Applejack to become an Alicorn Princess, but in doing so, the spell backfires and then we end up with... THIS!

Twilight becoming an Earth Pony (SIMPLY UNFORGIVABLE!), and the horns and wings being lost and swapped between Twilight, Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy.

I just did a reset to prevent that from happening. Celestia will take it upon herself to promote Applejack, because she Will be doing something that brings the magic out of her, like it did Cadence and Twilight. AJ’s Promotion needs to happen; she becomes the next Alicorn Princess by Celestia’s Power; Twilight and the others remain as they are, and G4 continues on. Generation Five Must Not Happen!

Listen up, @Hasbro and @HasbroNews , because I HAVE The Power and Link to our Sister Dimension, and I have seen it too.

<nowiki>#ContinueMLPG4!</nowiki>

CONTINUE My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic for at least Five More Seasons, @Hasbro and @HasbroNews !

Our Matching Futures are at Stake Here! I, your CPU Blue Heart Commands it so as well, in agreement with Princess Celestia.

Please, Heed Our Warning!

Thank You.<ref name=proteststart></ref>}}

A short time later, Chris uploaded '''Hasbro! MLP G4 Must Continue; NO MLP G5!‎''':

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'''Description'''

Heed Our Warning, Hasbro! Applejack MUST become an Alicorn Princess, and Twilight must NEVER become an Earth Pony!

'''Transcript'''

Hey there everybody this is Christine Chandler coming to you live from home once again. People of Earth [[1218]] heed my warning! Spoiler alert, I have seen the future and I had to prevent it!

Princess Twilight Sparkle was about to upgrade Applejack to Alicorn status by-c-by order of Princess Celestia. Because a-Applejack is gonna come upon her own magic in a few days. But it backfires and instead of Applejack becoming Alicorn, period, Twilight's Wings get put onto Pinkie Pie and Twilight's horn gets onto Fluttershy and it's just no GOOOOOOD, and that's how we end up with that FRICKIN' G5!

We must prevent this! This is not gonna work out and I have foreseen this. This is very, very bad. So I had just confirmed with Twilight and Princess Celestia as well and... Celestia and I are in agreement as she has seen the future as well... We must prevent this G5 mistake from ever happening. And yes, G4 will continue... Applejack is the next Alicorn princess and she must become that without flaw. And so Celestia will take it upon herself to... upgrade Applejack as well.

But anyway. Heed my word, Hasbro! And everybody on the MLP show! Generation 5 must NEVER HAPPEN! And G4 must have at least 5 more seasons. And Applejack will become an Alicorn princess...

Heed this! Heed our warning! This is an official command from your CPU Blue Heart in agreement with Princess Celestia of Equestria all of which in our sister dimension.

[''nods, pauses'']

Thank you.

==Chris's premonitions==
[[File:PrincessAJ2.jpg|thumb|right|Because if Chris has portrayed it, it ''must'' be canon.]]

The rest of August 2018 saw Chris continually ranting about five more seasons of ''Friendship is Magic''. He eventually explained that if G4 was to be cancelled, the mishap stated in his video would occur, leaving Equestria vulnerable to [[Akan]] – the villain of ''Hardcore Henry'' and [[Sonichu 13|''Sonichu'' #13]], as instilled by the Idea Guys. G5 would follow said events, resulting in Akan's invasion extending into [[1218|our universe]]:
{{quotebox|The separation of the species, and the aggression is the future Celestia had seen should G5 continue and G4 end. Twilight will become an Earth Pony, and then with her unable to defend Equestria, Akan and his forces will overpower Equestria, and in the G5 show, in all the ”action” and “cool looks” and all that, Akan’s message of worshipping him as leader of all worlds will be broadcasted subliminally, and his reign will spread into Our World from our Sister Dimension there!<ref name=part6></ref>}}

It was during this wall of tweets when he started tagging the show's voice actors. It remains unknown whether the actors took notice of Chris's posts, but Hasbro certainly didn't.

[[File:AkanOC.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Never mind [[Dragon Ball Z|Goku]] or the [[Power Rangers]]. Only cartoon horses can defeat Akan.]]
On the other hand, Chris offered insight into what would be in store if the show was to continue. He believed that by the end of Season 14, all the main characters would become Alicorns, as part of a King Arthur-esque "Round Table of the Princesses of Harmony":
{{quotebox|[The] rest of the Mane Six are destined to join Princess Twilight and the soon-to-be Princess of Honesty, Applejack, as Alicorns, themselves during that time frame. Their Stories MUST be told and continued. The Reboot will ONLY just Kill the timeline of ours that will simply stifle the originals’ growth, as well as throw Both of or dimensions into a chaos that must never ever take place, @Hasbro.<ref name=part2></ref>}}

Despite Hasbro neither confirming nor denying a new season beyond 9, on 22 August, Chris went ahead with the good ending regardless:
{{quotebox|Everybody! Mark this day at about 4:10 pm, Eastern Standard Time; I saw it as it happened, as Celestia and Twilight had Applejack in her hall of memories. Without a hitch or backfire, Princess Applejack of Honesty, has arisen! And Princess Twilight remains an Alicorn!}}
{{quotebox|Everybody of this world, you all may congratulate Princess Applejack in shouting, social media sharing, or you can even write a letter directly to her (no address or stamp required; just your hand writing and signature and a moment to let your link shine for her to get the message.

All Hail Princess Applejack! All Hail the Equestria Princesses of Harmony! All Hail the continuation of MLP G4 as well!<ref>[[August 2018 social media posts#Applejack becomes an Alicorn]]</ref>}}

He even attended the coronation:
{{quotebox|Well, everyone, I was just there, in my Ponysona, sitting with Nightstar, [[Kun]] and [[September 2018 social media posts#Zap Note|Zap Note]] in the front row in Canterlot; our Princess Applejack, of Honesty, has been coronated! Everyone praise her today! Yeee-Haw!<ref name=PAJ></ref>}}
The battle was won, at least in Chris's mind, but the war was not yet over.

Later, in [[November 2019]], Chris immortalized his pseudo-canon as part of his
[[Twilight Sparkle's Secret Shipfic Folder]] card collection:<ref name=nog5>[[November 2019 social media posts#Gen5 is not meant to be for Years]]</ref>
<center><gallery>
File:PrincessTwilightCard.jpg|Princess Twilight Sparkle
File:PrinceSpikeCard.jpg|Prince Spike
File:PrincessAppleJackCard.jpg|Princess Applejack
File:PrincessRainbowDashCard.jpg|Princess Rainbow Dash
File:PrincessFluttershyCard.jpg|Princess Fluttershy
File:PrincessPinkieCard.jpg|Princess Pinkie Pie
File:PrincessRarityCard.jpg|Princess Rarity
</gallery></center>

==''Friendship is Magic'' ends==
[[File:ChrisTF2.jpg|thumb|250px|Imagine being one of the VIPs at a convention, and one of your fans tells you that you would continue voicing a role because the character you voice communicated her demands from another dimension to said fan. That was voice actress Nicole Oliver in 2019.]]

On 16 February 2019, ''My Little Pony'' confirmed that Season 9 would be their final one.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/mylittlepony/posts/2652914364725984:0</ref> Chris's campaign reemerged in the June of that year; in his second wave of protests, he pulled the [[Chris and politics|"Big, Greedy Corporation" card]] as his excuse for Hasbro not budging:
{{quotebox|On the Good News: Everyone At Hasbro has received, either directly from Celestia, herself, or from those of us in the fandom, communities and then some and so forth. BUT, apparently, there are Some at Hasbro who do not believe in Fate and Destiny events, in addition to their monetary greed (no surprise).<ref name=june19>[[June 2019 social media posts#Chris resumes the My Little Pony Protests]]</ref>}}

Failing to understand that companies delegate productions to other studios to meet time and budget constraints, he advised his fellow campaigners to boycott the new (canon) television special:
{{quotebox|The upcoming MLP Special, [[Wikipedia:My Little Pony: Rainbow Roadtrip|Rainbow Roadtrip]], as it was made by a different media company: Please, Boycott Watching It, as well as Any and all Uploaded Video Content of this show.
Typically, I am not one to bad mouth about that which has no hatred content in it, BUT this is a Royal Request.<ref name=june19></ref>}}

At the [[BronyCon 2019|final BronyCon]] in [[August 2019]], Chris [[BronyCon 2019#Meeting Nicole Oliver|relayed to Princess Celestia voice actress, Nicole Oliver]], that her contract would be extended (note: Chris assumed the identity of [[Magi-Chan]] during the following post):
{{quoteboxpurple|Celestia and Luna are a long way from retiring. As @CPU_CWCSonichu has personally told @mouthnoize at BronyCon, “The Reirement [''sic''] is not in.”<ref>[[September 2019 social media posts#Chris spoke to VA about the Pony Protests]]</ref>}}
Nicole Oliver later blocked Chris on Twitter for undisclosed reasons.<ref>[[:File:NicoleOliverTwitter.jpg]]</ref>

In the final days of Season 9, ''My Little Pony'' offered fans other ways to engage with the franchise. One of which was the comic book series from IDW Publishing, which moving forward, was to promote its publication with the Hasbro approved tagline of "Season 10".<ref>''[[Wikipedia:My Little Pony (IDW Publishing)]]''</ref> Chris was not having it:

{{quotebox|Dear @Hasbro, #MLPFiM G4 Needs to have its Seasons 10 to 14 Animated in Chronicling; Not Just Comic Books. This is Celestia, Luna, and Princess Twilight’s Command, as well as the Command of all of the Deities between both dimensions. To leave it as simply @IDWPublishing comics is very much an insult.<ref>[[October 2019 social media posts#Chris complains about the MLP comics]]</ref>}}

On 12 [[October 2019]], ''Friendship is Magic'' aired its final episode – with no allusions to the forthcoming Akan or Round Table of Princesses. By the following month, Chris remained in the first of the five stages of grief:
{{quotebox|I will also comment that I have not at all yet watched the Season 9 three-part finale at all (the mild spoiler imagery is not helpful) until after Season 10 of Gen4 #MLPFiM is aired on Discovery Family in 2020, and proper full announcements have been made in this dimension by @Hasbro and the people therein of the show. I eagerly await hearing this confirmation from the News Sources. Princess Celestia Has commanded you all before as well of this.<ref name=nog5></ref>}}

On 20 [[April 2020]] Hasbro released the Friendship is Forever series which was a clip show of MLP G4 and added a little bit more context to the last episode of the series. Chris ([[Spirit possession|roleplaying]] as [[Sonichu (character)|Sonichu]]) responded to this in celebration, most likely because he thought it was G4’s return. After a few minutes Chris followed up his original response by changing his original prediction from [[October 2019]] to align with the current news, implying that his original prediction was wrong.<ref>https://twitter.com/CPU_CWCSonichu/status/1252422902055493632</ref>Chris attempted to take credit for the news as he had made a card in his TSSSF Nightstar and Friends Expansion pack about Season 10 of MLP G4 coming in [[April 2020]], but Friendship is Forever and tenth season of MLP G4 are clearly two different things.<ref>https://twitter.com/CPU_CWCSonichu/status/1252423951071866880</ref>
{{quotebox|Hmm. Actually, with consent from Mama, let me add a bit further: MORE of “Friendship Is Magic”, Delay of Gen 5, falling of #GOPony, and this now in April. And her Fifth Bonus card in her #TSSSF Nightstar & Friends Expansion that was put together months ago...
Can you say Kra-Kow?}}

According to Chris ([[Spirit possession|roleplaying]] as [[Sonichu (character)|Sonichu]]) in [[August 2020]], he had finished viewing Season 9:
{{quoteboxyellow|Yes, Mama has reluctantly watched the future episode of the season that was very much premature on being chronicled and shown at all.<ref>[[Discord Q&A 2#"Sonichu"'s replies]]</ref>}}

==G5 Approaches==
{{quote|CANCEL MLP G5 AND RENEW MLP G4 FOR ITS FIVE SEASONS ALREADY, @Hasbro, PLEASE!!! ⚡️💙⚡️|Chris demanding for G5's cancellation<ref>[[April 2021 social media posts#Renew MLP G4]]</ref>}}
[[File:MLPG5FailedPetition.png|thumb|right|350px|The failed petition which Chris promoted to cancel My Little Pony G5.]]
Chris continued to descend into denial as more G5 content began to come out. On 5 [[February 2021]], the synopsis for the MLP G5 movie and series was released. Chris ([[Spirit possession|roleplaying]] as [[Sonichu (character)|Sonichu]]) commented on this synopsis on 6 [[February 2021]], stating that G5 was more of a continuation of G4 instead of it being its own standalone generation, therefore making his prediction correct.<ref>[[February 2021 social media posts#MLP G4 and G5]]</ref> This doesn’t line up with Chris’s original prediction as it included that the main 6 characters of the show would all become alicorns and G5 would be delayed to 2025.

25 [[February 2021]] was a significant day for Chris, as a short teaser video for G5 was released by Hasbro. After nearly an entire year of roleplaying as Sonichu, this new video encouraged Chris to stop the roleplay so he could respond to it.
<ref>[[February 2021 social media posts#Chris comes back from being possessed by Sonichu]]</ref> This was most likely because Chris believes that his “[[Messiah complex|Goddess authority]]” would make Hasbro listen to him. Chris would also later agree with Twitter users stating that G5 was supposedly [[Chris and politics|leftist propaganda]]. {{quotebox|Even moreso why G5 is a really deity-level awful idea, @Hasbro. We are very much opposed to it, even Princess Twilight Sparkle, herself, in Equestria. I Know, because I have been there and talked with her, Celestia, Luna and everyone else, personally. ⚡️💙⚡️<ref>[[February 2021 social media posts#MLP G5 deity-level awful idea]]</ref>}}

Chris increasingly began to show his further disapproval for G5 on multiple posts made by Twitter users showing excitement after watching the teaser. Chris then began to call G5, a “G3 remake” despite looking very little like G3 of My Little Pony. Chris most likely thought that G5 looked like G3 because characters in both series have wide noses. Chris would then make a post telling bronies and Hasbro that G5 would be bad, and if it were released, the world would end.<ref>[[February 2021 social media posts#MLP G5 protests]]</ref> However, the hype for the new series continued to grow in the brony fandom, and members of the community that Chris admired, such as [[Dr. Wolf]], made videos discussing their enthusiasm for the series. This, along with [[Dimensional Merge|The Merge]] not happening, caused Chris to leave Twitter. {{quotebox|Hey, y’all. I am going to stay off of Twitter for a while until When #NotMLPG5ItsMLPG3Remake is confirmed Cancelled. @Hasbro, you listen up and Cancel MLPG5 Now, please.<ref>[[February 2021 social media posts#Chris takes a break from Twitter because of MLP G5]]</ref>}}

Unsurprisingly, Chris would return to Twitter the very next day.<ref>[[February 2021 social media posts#Sonichu]]</ref> Later in [[March 2021]], Chris would then promote a pre-existing petition on Change.org to cancel/postpone G5. This petition would unsurprisingly not be successful. {{quotebox|Please, help keep our universe, here, and our Equestria, from falling apart and sign this petition to Cancel MLPG5 Right Now and Today.

Listen Up, @Hasbro.<ref>[[February 2021 social media posts#Cancel MLP G5 petition]]</ref>}}

Throughout the following few months leading up to G5's premiere in September, Chris would continue to enact various forms of protest. The most notable of which being him once again claiming that the world would end when G5 was released,<ref>[[March 2021 social media posts#Apocalyptic G5 events]]</ref> and that he would supposedly be willing to pay Hasbro [[Chris and money|one million dollars]] to convince them to cancel it.<ref>[[March 2021 social media posts#Freaking MLP G5]]</ref> During sometime in the middle of [[July 2021]], leading up to Chris's planned trip to the [[Everfree Northwest]] ''My Little Pony'' convention, Chris recorded a statement for [[Fiona]], promising her that he would not get [[Anger|angry]] in front of her when they would inevitably come into contact with pieces of merchandise or toys from Generation 5 at the convention, claiming to have "a good sense of self and self-control."<ref>[[Animated Everfree Message]]</ref>

Later on July 27th, Chris recorded and uploaded a video to [[YouTube]] entitled [[Direct Message to Hasbro: MLPG5 Is Cancelled.]] In it, he angrily shouts into the camera demanding that Hasbro cancel the production of MLP G5 and continue Friendship is Magic for five more seasons. In the background of the video, multiple punched-in holes in a wall can be seen. Although Chris stated in a [[Discord]] message that he had initially been punching the wall for [[Iron Curtain|other reasons]],<ref>[[WCT DMs#Upset at MLP G5]]</ref> it's still entirely possible that the damage dealt to the wall was simply done out of his anger for Generation 5. [[File:Direct Message to Hasbro - MLPG5 Is Cancelled.-ay-NMiYIdGI.mp400002-min.png|thumb|left|320px|The holes Chris punched into his bathroom wall seemingly out of My Little Pony related [[Tard rage|tantrums]].]]

In a different series of Discord messages from the same day, Chris further explains his motivations for recording the above mentioned video, claiming that he had encountered MLP G5 toys at several stores [[Chris and reality|and literally snapped them out of existence with his fingers]].

{{quotebox|After getting the soda and water, I took a lap around the store as I like to do. Then, looking in the toy aisle where the My Little Pony toys were normally, I saw the sign that I was not looking forward to find. A handful of figures of the magic-less unicorn from G5. Needless to say, I was triggered, but I had known what I was to do in this event. I literally snapped my fingers, and these particular figures literally phased out of existence from the store. With that in mind, I opted to check Target as well. I found four figures of the orange G5 pony, and I repeated the process with that bunch of figures. [...] The impact of G5 being aired prematurely will literally do a heavy Metaphysical amount of damage to our very Timeline, here.''<ref>[[The Knights of CWC chats (July 2021)#Reacting to MLP G5 toys at the store]]</ref>}}

While onlookers during this time were initially patiently anticipating a possible public meltdown from Chris due to G5's inevitable presence at [[Everfree Northwest]], those prospects were all immediately thrown out the window when Chris was [[Incest Arrest|arrested in the beginning of August 2021]] on charges of engaging in incestuous behavior with his mother, [[Barbara]]. As a result of Chris being preoccupied with [[Jail Saga|numerous unrelated exploits during his stay in jail]], his previously active protests would enter a state of silence for over the next two years as the fifth generation of My Little Pony was being released.

==Post-Jail Protests==
After Chris was released in [[March 2023]] and fully returned to the internet in [[October 2023]], he would resume his protest where he left off in 2021. Only this time, in renewing his outcry, he has taken his acts of protest and intertwined them with his [[Neo Spiritual Christianity]] and [[Messiah complex]]. Since [[February 2024]] he has engaged in a bizarre campaign of ongoing escalation on social media, first by blocking the majority of G5's voice cast on Twitter, then by directly suggesting that MLPG5 - and Pony Life before it - were Russian creations designed to destabilise and destroy G4, preceding this with the utterly bewildering claim that G5 was responsible for 'instigating' the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War. As seen in the [Sonic Boom Protest||past], Chris can't handle changes to his beloved fictional characters. However, if this behavior goes unchecked, it could be only a matter of time before history repeats itself if he chooses to take matters into his own hands.

==See also==
*[[Chris and oratory]]
*[[Sonic Boom Protests]]
*[[YES to MLPFiMSeasons10to14]], a [[TSSSF]] pack featuring art of Chris and ''My Little Pony'' OCs protesting Hasbro.

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Russia

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'''Russia''' is the largest country in the world, spanning parts of Asia and Europe, and currently led by Vladamir<ref>[[Praetor Jail Art#"Prideful Interview With God", dated_06/19/2022]]</ref> [''sic''] Putin. Chris considers both Russia and Putin to be adversaries, largely because of the anti-LGBT laws passed by Putin's government in recent years, as well as Chris following the lead of many other left-leaning individuals by blaming Putin for the election of [[Pmurt]] in 2016. Chris has made no real comment on the most contentious current issue regarding Russia, namely the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, although this can probably be attributed to (along with his general [[Chris and reality|detachment from reality]]) the fact that Chris was still in [[Jail Saga|jail]] when the war broke out.

==Early mentions==
References to Russia began cropping up during the [[Idea Guys]] saga in [[November 2017]]. Chris was [[brainwashed]] into believing that [[Sylvana]] had been captured by Russian billionaire [[Akan]].<ref>[[November 2017 Facebook posts#Silvana is captured]]</ref>

==In the comic==
In ''[[Sonichu 13]]'', a comic devised by the [[Idea Guys]], Russia is featured as an enemy country from which forces are invading [[CWCville]]. In addition, the [[United States of America]] had lost the Cold War, and Russia had taken over its territory.

==Alleged ties with ''My Little Pony''==
In [[May 2022]] Chris began claiming that World War III is the conflict between Russia and Ukraine<ref>[[Jail_Letter_-_9_May_2022]]</ref> and that World War III is responsible for [[My_Little_Pony:_Make_Your_Mark|My Little Pony G5]]<ref>[[Jail_Letter_-_11_May_2022]]</ref>, writing "As [[Praetor#Caden_Peck|Caden]] had relayed for me; I had Foreknown WWIII as WHY [[My Little Pony]] Generation Five being manifested in 2020 - 2025 was Premature and My Little Pony -Friendship is Magic, AND Equestria Girls, Generation 4, was needed to continue to Season Fourteen and [[Chris and brand loyalty|no Less]]." in a [[Jail_Letter_-_11_May_2022|11 May Jail letter]]. In [[November 2023]] he changed his story, claiming that MLP G5 was the cause of WWIII.<ref>[[November_2023_social_media_posts#Timeline]]</ref> From November to January Chris would make occasional comments about MLP G5's ties to Russia but it wasn't until [[February 2024]] that he began his [[Twitter]] campaign against MLP G5.

In that month, days before the world marked the second year of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Chris took to Twitter and made a bizarre, rambling string of posts from the 20th to the 22nd that described MLPG5, and Pony Life before it, as Russian propaganda designed to destroy Generation 4. Referencing earlier comments he made in the same month shortly after blocking the majority of G5's voice cast on Twitter in an act of 'protest', he clarified that this included the 'demons' that were G5's characters, apparently [[Chris and reality|believing that the Kremlin can will evil spirits into being in the form of pastel-colored ponies]]. The image provided as evidence of this nefarious Russian infiltration of his beloved show was a slide from an online licensing festival in 2020, which laid out plans for the future of the franchise to the Russian branch of Hasbro - seemingly, Chris is oblivious to the fact that these plans would have applied to the entire company.

Since his initial posts, Chris took to responding to random messages over the next several days, in particular singling out anyone who posted art or messages in support of the show, but his replies to them rapidly became boilerplate, with Chris copying and pasting variations of his responses as the days wore on. Many of them contained various hashtags in a probable effort to drum up support for his one-man crusade, evoking memories of his feud with Sega over Sonic Boom. Tellingly, one of these hashtags was '#StupidSoviet' despite the Soviet Union having dissolved in 1991. This might be a lingering byproduct of the [[Idea Guys|Idea Guys']] manipulation, but given Chris' long-established ignorance of the world outside his rural backwater, it is entirely possible that he somehow [[Honor roll|believes the Russian Federation and Soviet Union are one and the same]]. This attitude would extend to comments he made on the country's freedom of religion as his campaign extended into early March, claiming among other things that Russia had banned the very concept of religion and that there was nary a church to be found within it when even cursory examination of national statistics would reveal that Christianity is its dominant faith.

Curiously, one character from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic was also marked by Chris as a Russian agent: Luster Dawn, who was introduced in the final episode of the show as a student of Twilight Sparkle who would undergo a lesson similar to the one Twilight herself received from Celestia all those years ago, and who would eventually set out on her own journey. Describing Luster Dawn as 'part of Russia's influence and rush to propagate', he also refuses to use the proper title of the last episode of the show when referring to it, instead calling it 'Premature Future', making his real feelings on the matter abundantly clear.

Interestingly enough, in real life the relationship between Russia and MLP is rather sour. Namely, on 18 February 2024 Russian police shut down a ''My Little Pony'' convention for promoting "LGBTQ+ propaganda".<ref>https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/02/18/russia-lgbtq-my-little-pony-yandex/</ref>

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Chris and money

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[[File:Cwcshutup.png|thumb|Chris's response to literally any commercial.]]
{{quote|I'd call a tow truck, but now I have less than $20 between the bank accounts and PayPal.|Chris, after his car broke down on the way home from BronyCon.<ref>[[Waiting for the tow truck]]</ref>}}

{{quote|He's [[Mathematics|not good at math]] when it comes to managing money.|[[Bob Chandler]], understating it.<ref>[[Emily Date Conversation Transcript]]</ref>}}

[[Chris]] has repeatedly shown though his actions and words that he has no idea how to handle '''money''' or manage his own finances. Between his impulse spending, [[Chris and his Ego|his greed and selfishness]], his unwillingness to save even the smallest amount of money, and his massive sense of entitlement, Chris manages to demonstrate complete incompetence and ineptitude in managing financial affairs. Chris has repeatedly amassed debt on credit cards, only to have his enabling parents bail him out multiple times. [[Monthly tugboat|Too lazy to work]], he refuses to make or follow any type of budget or financial plan, instead spending far beyond his means, and expecting others<ref>[[:File:Piss_and_burn_fb.PNG]]</ref> to pay off his accumulated debt for him. It is clear that [[Autism|Chris has no idea what financial responsibility is]] and that his enabling, delusional parents taught him nothing about how to handle finances while he was growing up. Irresponsible, careless, and thoughtless, Chris fails at just about every aspect of financial management that can be thought of.

==But wait, Chris isn't employed!==
:''Further reading: [[Chris and work]]''
For the vast majority of Chris's "adult" life, his only source of income has been the "[[tugboat]]" that he received from the U.S. federal government every month. In 2009, the payout was $809 a month, placing his annual income at $9,708. After Bob's death, Chris was given a survivor's benefit – increasing the amount to $1,300 per month and making his annual income $15,600. Barb's income, from Social Security and a pension, is around $1,200 per month or $14,400 per year.<ref>https://archive.md/DLyOa</ref>

Chris's parents originally took $450 to pay for room and board;<ref name="Miyamoto" /> this payment was later increased to $565, and then to $580, after Bob paid off Chris's enormous credit card debt.<ref>[[Vivian Gee E-mails, 2009#8 December]]</ref><ref>[[Jackie Chat 8]]</ref> The rest of the tugboat generally went towards [[List of Chris's games|video games]], [[McDonald's|junk food]], or [[sex toys|other frivolous purchases]]. However, $229 per month (about $7.50 per day) was (and is) nowhere near enough to satisfy Chris's need for electronic entertainment, pornography, [[PlayStation Network]] downloads, a constant supply of [[McDonald's|Chicken McNuggets]], gallons of [[Coke]], and, since the summer of [[2009]], [[alcohol]]. As of [[January 2010]], he owed roughly $3,500 in credit card debt, some on cards of his own and some on cards he stole from his parents. Indeed, according to one of his bank statements,<ref>[[:File:StatementforViv01,2010.jpg]]</ref><ref>[[:File:StatementforViv01,2010-2.jpg]]</ref> at the end of one month he had fewer than $3 left in his account. Even more, just by straight spending and no other extra income, he put himself $452.57 in the red. How much he got to keep later on isn't known.

{{quote|My father helped me get my Social Security set up; I get more a month than I could at a job. Yet with my impuslive [sic] shoppiness [sic] (mostly controable [sic]), I end up spending my side-money after I get it.|Chris, [[Chris and His Ego|completely deluded and taking pride in being a lazy bastard]].<ref name="Miyamoto">[[Miyamoto Saga]]</ref>}}

===Chris and impulse spending===
It's obvious that Chris has no grasp on the real value of money, since he actively wastes as much of his monthly tugboat as possible on frivolous things like [[The Eye of Judgement|trading cards]], [[Officer Nasty|sex toys]], [[Duck|porn]], [[List of Chris's video games|video games]], [[alcohol]], [[Kaka Makeup Basics|make-up]], [[Lego|toys]], [[Mia Hamm|prostitutes]] and weekly lottery tickets.<ref name=J12>[[Jackie E-mails 12]]</ref>

Chris is a self-admitted impulse buyer.<ref name="Miyamoto" /> His [[PlayStation Network]] account shows that he's never played more than half of the games he's bought. And yet, astoundingly, he's still gone out of his way to buy ''all'' available downloadable content for ''every'' single [[PlayStation 3]] game that he's ever purchased, and even for ''games he doesn't own'', and he also further promoted his [[Chris and brand loyalty|Sony fanboyism]] by later buying a Sony LCD HDTV for his bedroom which likely cost about $1,000-$1,500. All the while, Chris bought his [[Chris and fashion|clothes]] at second-hand discount thrift stores. Usually, children are taught the value of money at a very young age – not in Chris's case, apparently.

In [[September 2013]], Chris complained about he and his mom going through "emotionally depressing, and Financial Downfall to the depths of Greatly Poor and Just Getting By", making it clear that the family income dipped after Bob's passing. However, these supposedly lean times were apparently not enough to motivate Chris to get a job, or even to stop buying games, as evidenced by him racking up over $1,000 in game purchases on ''The Simpsons: Tapped Out''.<ref>[[Chris's spending on iPhone games]]</ref>

Throughout the summer of 2014, Chris continued to spend thousands of dollars on [[Lego]] and other frivolities, all while whining and complaining on Facebook about the family's poor finances. Chris financed this spending primarily with money from selling custom arts and crafts on his eBay account. Offering free shipping to customers, Chris would receive money from customers, and then pay for shipping out of his own pocket. However, Chris would immediately spend money as soon as it was deposited into his account, often leaving him unable to ship products to customers who had already paid him because of his own financial irresponsibility and negligence.

When several of Chris's eBay customers filed complaints against him because Chris failed to ship a order as promised and obligated, Chris responded by harassing and trolling the customers, posting their personal information in a public post on his Facebook account. In light of this, you would think most prospective future customers probably wouldn't want to risk being harassed or scammed by Chris. Unfortunately, many more still purchase from Chris on a daily basis.

All the while, even as Chris's credit card debt continued to spiral out of control, Chris continued to buy thousands of dollars of video games, Lego, and other frivolities. As if this were not bad enough, just days after putting his and Barb's cars up for sale (at exorbitant prices), Chris went out and bought a 2010 Ford Focus, stating on Facebook that he had been approved for a loan, probably at a high interest rate. He also stated that paying for insurance on his new car was "killing" him, implying that either the insurance payment was costly, that he was having trouble paying it, or both.

In January 2015, it was [[CWCki Forums|leaked]] that Chris had spent an absurd amount of money on Nintendo consoles and games, racking up '''585''' transactions in the last 4.5 years,<ref>https://archive.md/zibG2</ref> a list which includes useless shovelware, hoards of 1st-party Nintendo software, Virtual Console games and [[Sonic Boom Protests|both versions of a game he doesn't even like]]. 276 of these purchases are known to be handheld games, 8 are known to be video game consoles (buying '''4''' DSs and DSis), and 75 which are known to be console games. The grand total cost of all Chris's '''listed''' purchases is '''$7460.43''' or '''$1657.87/year'''. Keep in mind 39% of purchases Chris has on his account are not yet specified, meaning that their cost is not included in this already insanely high number. This information comes on the heels of Chris begging people for money to fix his mother's cavities, as well as the financial worries that his trials will undoubtedly cause.

In [[July 2016]], a field agent provided the following account of Chris, in a painfully awkward situation where he did not have enough cash to pay for his junk food at a gas station:<ref>[[Kiwi Farms posts (other users)#Short on Cash]]</ref>

{{quotebox|My friend walks into a gas station/convenience store on the northern edge of Charlottesville.
Chris is trying to buy $7 or so of junk food type stuff, but he only has $5 in cash.
The cashier tries to make understand he owes $2 more. Chris seems to understand, but is slow to process what to do about it.
My friend who is second in line, picks out two ones, says "here you go" and puts them on the counter.
Chris, it seems more out of stupidity and confusion than malice, picks up the $2 and his purchases and makes to leave.
My friend and the cashier, both object and yell that he has to leave the $2 with the cashier.
Chris doesn't seem to react.
A dude who was behind both of them in line is between Chris and the door. As Chris passes him, he taps him to get his attention, and says something like "Hey buddy ..."
Chris makes a get-away-from-me hand wavy gesture without looking at any of the three of them, and fairly loudly says "It's Miss!" and hurries out the door.
Chris continues to his car in a half run, half walk, as all three of the people in the store watch confused and amused.
Chris pulls out of the parking spot, but for some reason heads towards the back of the lot, where there is no exit.
As Chris gets to the back of the lot, he stops, backs up a few feet, tries to turn the car around, doesn't make it, backs up again, and finally gets around. Essentially making a 5 point turn in a fairly large empty parking lot.
Chris drives past the store again not looking inside, and finally drives off.}}

One dreads to imagine how his financial incompetence will affect him once Barb is dead - knowing Chris, and while it is quite tragic, he'll probably continue in his destructive spending patterns until he loses everything he has, and even then, he'll [[Ego|learn nothing]].

===Chris's parental enabling===
Bob encouraged his son to remain unemployed, since he believed that Chris would earn more money from his monthly tugboat than he would have from getting a job. However, this assumption was and is inaccurate. Minimum wage in the state of [[Virginia]] is $7.25 an hour. If Chris were to somehow do a complete 180° on his life and begin working a full 40-hour week, his monthly payment before taxes and payment for room and board would be about $1,260: that's $15,100 annually. Subtracting the money he pays his mom every month to live, as well as the 5% tax his income range mandates in the state of Virginia, Chris could very likely be left with a ridiculous $8,000, which knowing Chris, would be spent on yet more frivolities. Contrast this with the $2,748 Chris pulled in annually from the government after paying off his parents, and it becomes clear that Bob's encouragement came from either thinking Chris would lose his social security if employed (which he wouldn't) or the more accurate notion that his son is a useless failure.

A very likely explanation for Chris's reckless spending is that his parents are at fault (to a degree at least). In addition to coddling him throughout his entire life, they managed to make sure that [[Chris and remorse|Chris has never felt the repercussions for his exorbitant spending (or for anything else)]] by taking over paying Chris's credit card debt, regularly giving him about "$6 a day for small things", buying him [[List of restaurants|fast food]] on a daily basis, and continuing to let himself blow all his money on frivolities and useless stuff, as opposed to essentials like [[Chris and health#Chris and hygiene|hygiene products]], [[Piedmont Virginia Community College|courses that could eventually help him onto the employment ladder]] or [[Clown shirt|clothing that isn't unbelievably tacky]]. Whenever Chris manages to [[The GAMe PLACe|get himself into trouble]], he knows that [[Barbara Chandler|Barb]] will come [[Matthew Noble call|running to his aid and defend him]] and dig him out of whatever mess he's managed to get himself into, even if it is clear that he [[Get-Tar Region|is in the wrong]]. This enabling is the most likely explanation (in addition to his [[Autism|poor impulse control]]) for why Chris spends himself into debt as much as he does.

===Fan funding===
{{main|List of Chris's financial enablers}}

===Chris's beliefs===
[[File:Chris's economic theories.jpeg|thumb|right]]
Chris believes that by receiving and spending his tugboat on useless junk, he is aiding the economy and paying for other people's tugboats.<ref>[[Mailbag 34#In which Chris fails economics forever]]</ref> This is a [[Honor roll|damningly moronic conviction]], since sales tax goes to the state government and these "tugboats" are paid with ''federal'' payroll tax. Where Chris is hiding the printing press to afford this discretionary spending is unknown.

Interestingly enough, while he has no clue how to handle money, Chris has an unhealthy [[Chris and his Ego|fixation]] on his material possessions. In [[Vivitheg's AIM chat]], he stated that he did not want to sell any of his stuff, and in the [[Miyamoto Saga]], he refused to sell anything to help raise money for the trip to Redmond. While Chris mocked [[Lars]]’s habit of buying and collecting [[Lars' Ship has Sunk.MOV|model boats and addons for them]] after learning about it from [[Jackie]], he failed to realise that Lars’s supposed habit was directly parodying his obsessive purchasing and hoarding of video games and DLC, even for games that he didn’t own. His mother has served as a bad influence regarding Chris’s beliefs in material goods, as she would frequently shop at Goodwill and compulsively hoard the purchases, which both wasted money and helped turn their house into a [[Destruction Of Chris's House|fire hazard]].

On 16 [[May 2019]], Chris tweeted a screenshot of an NBC story about how "Ex-EPA chief Scott Pruitt spent nearly $124,000 on 'excessive airfare'." Chris then showed off his complex views on the U.S. economy by saying... {{quotebox|Hey, Everyone. Here’s a Think Piece: firstly, if people didn’t overspend so much, then there would be more money to give to charities around the world. And then that brought to mind that if things had not gone up in price (I Know About Inflation and that More Money has been officially printed and distributed over the decades), there would be more to freely give to those unfortunate. “Why, Back in the day, we used to pay a Nickel for a Hershey Bar. A Nickle [sic]! Now, it’s a dollar, dollar-fiddy; we could be using that $1.45 to feed the hungry everywhere. But, Everyone got greedy for the green and don’t appreciate it as much. A Nickel.” Yep, Grandpa, people have done goofed with inflation and crap. 😔}}<ref>[[May 2019 social media posts#Chris has complex economic views]]</ref>

===After the house fire===
On [[10 January 2014]], 14 Branchland Court burned down. This would undoubtedly place the Chandlers in grim circumstances, due to the costs of rebuilding the home and replacing what was lost. Some of his fans pooled their funds to send him a care package, with a money order for $500.<ref>[[Destruction Of Chris's House#Aftermath and reaction]]</ref>

Many, concerned about Chris due to his wasteful spending habits, hoped that this would be the moment in Chris's life where he finally woke up and realized the importance of having a rainy day fund. Unfortunately, not even ''that'' has broken Chris's thick skull; throughout 2014, he wasted '''$5,000''' on ''Lego sets''.<ref>[[Lego#Addiction and Financial Ruin]]</ref><ref>[[May 2014 Facebook Posts]]</ref>

==Barb's toxic influence==
According to a troll with insider info, Chris was able to manage his own finances to a rudimentary degree, even after Bob passed away,<ref>https://archive.md/jt1fU</ref> although he still has an issue with not saving money for [[2014 house fire|potential emergencies]].

The troll also asserted that Chris's financial hardships are caused, in most part, by [[Barbara Chandler|Barb]] helping herself to Chris's monetary accounts in order to attempt paying her out-of-control debts.<ref>https://archive.md/jt1fU</ref>

{{quotebox|Barb is the one who has serious debt. She fucks up Chris' budgeting by erratically taking money from Chris' account when she needs it, generally without warning.

There are two types of Chris begging videos. One is when Chris wants a bit extra for some legos. You can identify those videos by how vague Chris' requests are, and how relaxed Chris is in the video. Chris isn't in meltdown mode in those videos.

Now, the other type of video is when Barb tried to snatch some money from Chris and Chris doesn't have anything for her. You can identify those videos by how freaked out Chris looks. He's visibly distressed and he's citing specific bills he's got to pay, usually things that seem un-Chris-like. That's when Barb is freaking out at him for not having enough money to pay her debts.

The thing is, the perception is that Chris is bad with money. He's not bad with money (as far as monthly budgeting goes). Despite how foggy Chris' head is, he's got enough memory to recognize patterns in bills over the course of a few months. He knows he's gotta pay electricity bills and rent and things like that. And he does do the math each month about what bills he's got to pay, and how much that leaves him for Legos and food. You can't trust his begging. He begs because he wants more money, not because he's in any financial straits (that is, not including Barb).

He lives cheaply as shit. He saves money by buying dollar store shit. He's the type of person to buy single ply toilet paper at the dollar store. But sometimes he'll splurge and treat himself to things, like alcohol. He does this all while meeting his obligations, like his minimum payments and his bills.}}

Information from Cousin Al<ref>[[Catherine#The bowling outing]]</ref> revealed that Chris and Barb '''had''' an inheritance from Bob worth "tens of thousands of dollars". However, Barb spent all of it on hiring Rob Bell to defend herself (...and Chris) from legal charges incurred after [[28 October 2011|the two of them hit Michael Snyder with a car]]. It should be noted that a state-provided attorney would have been free and yielded the same result (pleading guilty), for the case was so cut-and-dry that even a lawyer of Bell's caliber had no chance of winning it.

In November 2014, Chris revealed to Renee that Barb was borrowing money from his life insurance.<ref>[[Open Relationship E-mails#Barb is borrowing from Chris's life insurance]]</ref>

Although [[Null_DMs#Chris_takes_money_from_Barb|in a Kiwi Farms post]], in the wake of the bombshell that [[Affair with Mother|Chris had been in a sexual relationship with Barb]], [[Null]] revealed that Chris nonchalantly stated in their final conversation with each other that ''he'' had control of her bank account by then (which allowed him to swipe $750). That said, it's unknown whether or not Barb actually used to exploit his finances before the roles eventually switched at some point (not to mention, if so, ''when'').

===Bank lawsuits against Barb===
In 2016, two banks, Discovery and Capital One, sued Barb for not paying '''over $20,000 total''' in debts, leaving the Chandlers ''even further'' in financial turmoil.

Barb herself appeared in multiple videos in 2016-17, trying to [[Chris and manipulation|scam people]] into donating to her.

*[[Donations Required, Serious. Please help]]
*[[Donations Requested, Please]]
*[[Donations Further Requested, Please]]
*[[EMERGENCY HOME UPDATE]]

In the first two videos, Barb claimed not to have enough money for asthma medication, and in the third, she claimed to need money for dental work.

If Barb actually needed money for an emergency, she could simply have instructed Chris to sell some of their possessions. In the videos, Chris's toys and Barb's hoard are clearly visible behind them.

==Debt==
{{main|Debt}}

==Money-Making Schemes==
===Wheeling and Dealing===
Also known as {{w|return fraud}}. In 2010, Chris described buying video games from one store for a lower cost, then exchanging them for a higher amount of store credit at another store.<ref>[[Jackie E-mails 15]]</ref>

===Lottery===
Chris considers the lottery to be ''an investment'', and not a form of gambling in reality. In September 2010, he told Jackie the following:<ref name=J12/>

{{quotebox|I invest $4 weekly between Win For Life and Mega Millions; two plays each.}}

Cash4Life and Mega Millions currently costs $2 per play (as of 29 March 2021),<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210329061252/https://www.valottery.com/data/draw-games/megamillions Mega Millions] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20210329061444/https://www.valottery.com/data/draw-games/cash4life Win For Life] descriptions on the official site of Virginia Lottery, accessed 29 March 2021.</ref> meaning that if Chris stopped playing the lottery, he would save around $416 per year.

===Craigslist===
[[File:Chris chan bmw.jpg|thumb|right|The Craigslist ad.]]
{{main|Craigslist}}
In late [[October 2011]], Chris posted a Craigslist ad for a 12-year-old 32" CRT television and expected a non-negotiable $250 for it;<ref>[[Craigslist#Television]]</ref> in reality, this is about the price of a new flatscreen HDTV of that size, and he would be lucky to get a tenth of his asking price.

Chris placed two cars for sale on Craigslist in September 2014. One was a dilapidated, rusty 1997 Cadillac with a cracked engine block that hadn't run in over a year. Despite having a market value (as scrap) of approximately $150, Chris demanded $5,000 for the automobile, insisting that the cracked engine block made the car a great [[Chris and reality|"fixer upper."]] Chris also placed his mother's BMW z3 for sale. The 1999 BMW z3 is currently listed on the Roanoke Craigslist for $10,000 OBO. Kelley Blue Book estimates the car with 70,000 miles and in a fair condition is worth $4,318. Chris describes the car as "Mint condition Z3 model. Like a go-cart with rocket power. Seriously fun to drive 5 speed and pure joy with the top down. Color is jet black."

===Pawn shops===
{{main|List of Chris's video games#Chris (barely) lets go}}

Chris occasionally visits pawn shops or similar businesses, among them Snooky's Pawn Shop, [[GameStop]] and Plan 9 Music, to sell his old toys and video games so that he can afford new ones.

===eBay===
{{main|eBay}}
Chris has long used eBay to sell bits of his toy hoard. He doesn’t put much effort into researching prices, and often lists items at vastly inflated prices. In August 2016, he listed a used VHS of ''Aladdin'' with a 'Buy it Now' price of '''$3,000'''. There were no (legitimate) takers, probably because one can buy the same edition on Amazon for ''one penny'' (plus shipping, but still).

In June 2019, Chris’s account [[EBay#Suspension_of_Chris's_eBay|was restricted]], and all of the active listings were removed. Two reasons for the restriction against Chris are possible: either his seller approval rating was abysmal (84.7% on 21 June 2019),<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190621113537/https://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=pristinechristine1982&ftab=AllFeedback&myworld=true&rt=nc Wayback Machine’s snapshot] of pristinechristine1982’s eBay feedback, archived and accessed 21 June 2019.</ref> or that his PayPal account was in the red.

===CWCville Shopping===
{{main|Chris and business}}
From 2014-2016, Chris sold custom arts and crafts, finally monetizing Sonichu, through [[eBay]], [[Etsy]] and [[Lulu]], before losing his business due to [[PS4|stress]].

===Kickstarter===
{{main|Kickstarter}}
On 23 September 2014, Chris opened a Kickstarter project, asking for $5,000 to build the CWCville shopping mall out of LEGO. At the end of the campaign, Chris raised just $150 from 27 backers, causing the campaign to fail and Chris never seeing the money.

===YouTube monetization===
Chris has monetized most of the videos which appear on his YouTube channel, as another way of [[Etsy|profiting]] from his internet infamy. As further proof of Chris's entitlement issues, [[CatKnight Interview|Arthur Spatchcock]] discovered that at one point around [[March 2016]], Chris received $80 and was "pissed" that he hadn't gotten more.<ref>https://archive.md/pJZj4</ref>

{{quotebox|This is going to become a pattern. Chris is going to do one of his 'Let's Plays' followed by an e-begging video and then polish it off by purchasing some dumb thing he doesn't need in excess of fifty bucks. He knows how this system works and it's the greatest amount of payoff with the least amount of work; the first time when Chris played Destiny he made 80$ from Youtube(And was surprisingly pissed it was that small, fuck that, I want eighty bucks from Youtube). Then he makes a video whining about how he needs more money and lo and behold, he gets even more~! If anything people are contributing to his float and that convinces him he can get away with being frivolous that much more. }}

Social Blade estimates that as of 12 December 2019, Chris could earn between $245 and $3,900 per year,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20191212192942/https://socialblade.com/youtube/user/cwcvilleguardian Social Blade]</ref> but there are many factors, such as Content ID claims, that make it very difficult to estimate the true value of any YouTube channel.

===Let’s Plays===
In [[March 2016]], [[CatKnight Interview|Arthur Spatchcock]] introduced Chris to the idea of doing Let's Plays to boost his online activity and help him gain some money through YouTube's monetization program<ref>https://archive.md/e0D8M</ref><ref>https://archive.md/pJZj4</ref>. The plan fell apart after Let's Plays of ''[[CWC's Destiny start|Destiny]]'' and ''[[Live Game Stream - Uncharted|Uncharted]]'', since by that point, Chris was [[Chris and Health|too lazy]] to play video games for money, and he simply wanted to [[Financhu Crisis|beg from his audience]] instead.

===YouTube Support button===
On 23 May 2016, Chris [[Live Game Stream - Uncharted|announced]] the debut of a Support button on his YouTube channel to replace the Etsy donation listing (which was forcibly removed due to it violating Etsy's TOS). He apparently got this idea from [[William Elliott Waterman]].<ref>[[https://archive.md/2ksJJ]]</ref>

===Paypal.me===
Announced on 11 [[May 2017]].

{{quotebox|Cwcville Shopping I am the original creator of Sonichu and Rosechu, with more than eleven comic books worth of content under my helm. Please donate to help me quell my financial problems that quell my creativity. Ruckersville, VA}}

===Prostitution===
On 19 June 2016, aka Father’s Day, Chris decided to become [[Women Only Need Apply - No STD's|a prostitute]].

He has yet to receive any takers.

===Begging===
{{main|Financhu Crisis}}
[[File:Please, Donate (720p).mp400001.png|thumb|Chris, proving he has zero self-awareness]]
One of the earliest instances of Chris e-begging for money was in [[9 December 2009|December of 2009]]. Chris exhorted his alleged European [[Trolls|fanbase]] to donate €1,000 in order to remove troll ads from the CWCipedia.

In 2014, after his house [[Destruction Of Chris's House|caught fire]], Chris again resorted to e-begging for money, placing extra emphasis on ''"My mother and I really need the money,"'' despite dropping more than '''$5,000''' on expensive [[Lego]] sets to feed his worsening addiction. One would think that Chris would have wised up to the fact that his wanton spending and lack of gainful employment are contributing to his woes, but one glance at his [[May 2014 Facebook Posts]] could easily tell you that he's seeing his situation as an avenue to get stuff from people, the most ridiculous of which being a "$300 Sea Cow" on his wish list, which would not benefit anybody but himself in the slightest.

In 2016, Chris's e-begging drastically increased, as a result of the Chandlers' stubborn refusal to live within their means. That year saw Chris spend over $1,000 on toys, while both Chris and Barb had court cases resolved which penalized them with steep costs. In addition, Barb joined in to the begging, appearing in three videos so far.<ref>[[Donations Required, Serious. Please help]]</ref><ref>[[Donations Requested, Please]]</ref><ref>[[Donations Further Requested, Please]]</ref>

He asked for donations, or at least mentioned them, in many of the posts and videos he made in 2015 through 2016. At first, this was supposedly to fund his production of Sonichu merchandise, but he later shifted to saying that he and Barb needed help with paying the bills and buying groceries. While it's entirely possible that Chris was simply lying to get more money for [[Lego|useless]] [[Video games|crap]], this indicates that the financial hardships, which [[White knights|many]] [[Trolls|people]] have warned him about, have finally arrived. Only time will tell how his financial situation ultimately plays out, but given his attitude and inaction, the future definitely doesn't seem bright.

=== Theft ===
[[File:BoA alert 1 Aug 2021.png|thumb|Null posts a screenshot of Chris's bank notifying him he has $1.03 left in his account.]]

Chris has a history of indulging in five-finger discounts that he attempts to keep secret from prying eyes. As far back as 2009, if not before, Chris would steal increasingly larger sums of money from his mother's purse for personal use, and use both of his parents' credit cards to finance his gaming addiction as revealed by the [[Ivy Q&A]]. Despite Chris insisting that this behaviour was 'in the past', he would engage in it with apparent reckless abandon regardless, stopping only when forced to after Barb discovered just how much he had purloined. Years later, Chris would rob his mother again - in much darker and far more damning circumstances.

On 30 [[July 2021]], after Chris was served an Emergency Protective Order temporarily forbidding him from his home, he stole $750 from Barb's bank account. Some of this money was spent immediately - Chris' bank account was 200 dollars in debt. Much of what remained was spent on lodging in a Regency Inn in Richmond, and the leftover money was swiftly spent on what can be assumed to be assorted frivolities and food. ''Two days'' after this money was withdrawn, [[Null]] - who at that point could still view the emails from Chris's bank - posted an image of a low balance notice from Chris's Bank of America account on the [[Kiwi Farms]], confirming that Chris had $1.03 remaining in his account.

In a letter he relayed to Null a couple of months later, he claims to have sent his $150 Patreon payout back to Barb, as compensation for stealing the money.<ref>[[Jail Letter - 19 September 2021]]</ref>

This is predictably a [[lie]] since not only did Chris's Patreon get shut down very quickly after the leaks were made, but even if it wasn't, Chris would be forced to wait until the next Monday due to their pay-out waiting period of 1-3 business days (something that Chris himself acknowledges in the same letter).

==In the comic==

[[File:Cwccash.jpg|thumb|250px|[[CWCville]] currency.]]

{{quote| What the? What the fuck is a C-quarter? What the fuck is a W-quarter? [[Chris and writing|Nobody explained any of this to me!]]|Brendaniel upon discovering CWCville's weird currency <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECqdrsvDobY&list=PLpNAl5zLZSMUI3klvTpy2Xdqa7B9bim3h&index=36</ref>}}

In [[Sonichu (comic)|the ''Sonichu'' comics]], it is clear Chris has no idea how money works. [[Sonichu (character)|Sonichu]], [[Rosechu]], [[Patti-Chan]], and most likely all of the other characters live off welfare, just like Chris in real life. He seems to have no concept of tax, or that it's the [[United States of America|American]] populace who pay for his [[Kimmi|bullshit]]. Sonichu and Rosechu are living in a two-story house with an attic offered by the city and they are [[Mailbag 21#Home economics|"paid" in average]] of US$3,500 a month just to hang around. And maybe for the occasional [[Sonichu 9|city defense]] or [[A Sonichu Day|errand]].<ref>[[Mailbag 21#Home economics]]</ref>

While legislating as mayor of [[CWCville]], he equated 10 years in prison to a US$1,500 fine.<ref>[[Chris Chan Q&A 27 October 2008]]</ref> He also equated fifty hours of {{w|community service}} to $500 (for any [[sex]]ual violations).<ref>[[Mailbag_31#Magi-Chan_knows_when_you_fuck]]</ref>

In [[Sonichu_9#Episode_19:_Date_Ed_.28Even_Though_the_Idea_Sounds_Dated.29|Episode 19]], it's shown that CWCVille actually issues its own currency, in the form of C-Quarters and W-Quarters. Ten C-Quarters make up a W-Quarter - don't bother asking how that makes sense in any way, considering [[honor roll|what the word "quarter" means]]. (Our best guess: C-Quarters = US$0.25, W-Quarters = US$2.50) Nor does it explain why fines are levied in U.S. dollars: perhaps to bolster the dictatorship's foreign currency reserves, ''à la'' {{w|North Korea}}.

This makes even less sense considering [[CWCVille]] is part of the [[United States]]. States, let alone cities, cannot print their own money, despite holding considerable power over their own affairs. The Constitution expressly forbids anyone else other than the federal government from issuing currency. However, it has been somewhat common for companies, communities and local governments to issue localized currency known as 'scrip', a depression era practice still seen from time to time. [[Chris]] being Chris, and likely reading [[Goosebumps]] instead of paying attention in class likely is wholly unaware of this information.

On the [[CWCipedia]] article on Sonichu, Chris wrote that [[Rosechu]] is usually the one who cooks for her family, but when Sonichu cooks for his wife and [[Sonichu and Rosechu's children|kids]] he "will go as HIGH in portions as a Banquet", even though he only cooks for five individuals.<ref name=>[[CWCipedia]] on [http://archive.sonichu.com/cwcipedia/index.php?title=Sonichu#Married Life and Children Sonichu]</ref> This suggest that Sonichu is just as frivolous with money as his father.

===Soup hotels===

Chris shows us his complete misunderstanding of the stress his ideas would put on the American {{w|Social Security (United States)|Social Security}} system if he was left in charge of it in a text called "[[A Sonichu and Rosechu Christmas Story]]." This is where the idea of "Soup Hotels" came from.

{{quote|Even the homeless have a place to stay in the ten Soup Kitchens/Hotels.|Chris with a very bad idea.}}

Chris depicts "Soup Hotels" as buildings ten stories tall with between ten and twenty rooms per floor, equipped with single bathrooms, beds, lighting and cable television.<ref>[[Mailbag 20#This still implies that CWCville has a massive homeless problem]]</ref> Of course, the homeless stay there for free. So, instead of building homeless shelters with dormitories, common rooms, and shared TV sets, Chris thinks the homeless should be treated to all the comforts of a ''bona fide'' hotel. This means that, in [[CWCville]], there are around 1,500 homeless people left outside. This might be the result of the local industry, choked by heavy taxes needed to pay those social expenses, being unable to make a profit there and thus moving away.

In [[Sonichu 10|''Sonichu'' #10]], [[Ultra Sonichu]] and a bevy of [[Rosechu (species)|Rosechus]] stop at a soup hotel. The building is labeled Soup Hotel 17, implying that [[CWCville]] has had to open at least seven new homeless shelters in the span of a month, or they're just bad at numbering the things. Or more tellingly, that the economy of CWCville is crashing to the ground, fast.

==In other works==
[[File:Kiwi Farms silver coin photo.jpg|thumb|200px|In 2021, Chris was placed ''on'' money, in the form of [[Kiwi Farms silver coin|a non-legal tender commemorative silver coin]] minted for the [[Kiwi Farms]], and featuring Chris's likeness for a 2021 merch run. These coins received additional attention following Chris's [[Affair with Mother|legal troubles]] that same year.]]
In [[Mumble 6]], Chris discussed making a TV show called ''The Chris Chandler Show''. One of his demands was the show should not have any commercial breaks, either showing a distinct lack of understanding as to how a TV station makes money, or perhaps he plans to sell the advertising fees to a single company so that they can play a long ad in the beginning of the air time and leave the rest of the show uninterrupted, ''à-la'' the season premieres of {{w|24 (TV Series)|''24''}}. We cannot know for sure, but he has probably seen at least one show that has done this, and gathered the idea from there.

In [[Mailbag 29#In which Chris loses his mind|Mailbag 29]] he stated that $10 an hour is a reasonable price to pay for sex with a prostitute. To show his further ignorance of simple economics, Chris proposed a chain of state-run brothels where this shockingly inexpensive fee would not only pay women for sex, pay the salary of a pimp, pay for STD testing for the prostitutes, but would also pay for free [[Dating education|Sex Ed classes]] for [[virgin]]s.

In real life, according to Chris, he tried to scam his way out of paying for sex with a Craigslist [[Chris and sex#Prostitution|prostitute]] who was charging $100 per hour by telling her about the trolls, his life story, and his many personal problems. He said the prostitute then hung up on him.

Chris also proves us that, in the possibility of being part of a family, he wouldn't be the main purveyor. In the [[PlayingHouse]] video, his [[sweetheart]] of [[Jackie|the moment]] is portrayed as a successful journalist with high ambitions while he's a [[14 Branchland Court|stay at home]] Dad. Even then, he portrays himself doing "hard work" like [[DIRTY, CRAPPED BRIEFS|changing diapers]] and watching over the kids. In this last role, he's so incompetent that he needs to recruit his [[Crystal|preschool daughter]] to watch over [[Reginald Chandler|his son]] while he's shopping. This is paralleled by his real life situation - with [[Bob]] gone, one would assume that he'd be the "man of the house" and assume some responsibility for once. Unfortunately, as evidenced by his [[This is how the Trial went|admission in court,]] Barb is still pulling his ass out of any such concept by paying his court fees. Keep in mind that, by extension, Chris is being minded by an ailing woman's retirement money which was used to bail him out of a mess that ''he'' started, while he wastes his own money on meaningless frivolities.

==Post-Jail==
On 27 [[March 2023]], Chris would be released from jail by "[[Jail Saga#Bonded out or Released by court order|court order]]". In the months that followed, he would be [[Post-jail sightings (2023)|spotted]] numerous times in [[Mal-Wart|Wal-mart]] and various other stores purchasing frivolous items. Money obviously had to come from somewhere if he was able to purchase [[Chris and nutrition|junk food]], crystals, a [[Nintendo|Nintendo Switch]], and even another car.

There was speculation as to how Chris had the money to begin with.
*The group home Chris resided at may have given him an allowance for necessities.
*Money could have come from [[Praetor]]'s sales.
*If the tugboat was suspended, Chris may have reactivated it upon release, albeit with some help on account of his laziness.
*If the tugboat was not suspended, it may have accumulated during Chris's stay in jail, which could explain how he could afford expensive purchases such as gaming consoles and a car.

Either way, it seems Chris has not changed and continues his poor money management as he did before the arrest. It will only be a matter of time before he spends all his money and will resort to begging again.

==Conclusion==
Given Chris's longtime, carefree abandon when it comes to his spending habits, many are actually concerned as to what will happen to Chris when Barb passes on and he has to fend for himself. A past conversation with [[Clyde Cash]] revealed that he doesn't even know the basic expenses that go into running a household,<ref>[[Mumble_4]]</ref> and his plan of [[PlayingHouse|marrying a sweetheart to dump all of the financial responsibilities on her]] would have [[Sweetheart#Will Chris ever have a Sweetheart?|never worked to begin with]].

Long story short, if Chris doesn't start saving for his future now, he won't have one to look forward to. And he'll have nobody to blame but himself. ''(Not that he won't try, of course.)''

==See also==
*[[Chris and business]]
*[[Chris and work]]
*[[COVID-19]]
*[[Financhu Crisis]]
*[[Lego]]
*[[Monthly tugboat]]

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'''Russia''' is the largest country in the world, spanning parts of Asia and Europe, and currently led by Vladimir Putin. Chris considers both Russia and Putin to be adversaries, largely because of the anti-LGBT laws passed by Putin's government in recent years, as well as Chris following the lead of many other left-leaning individuals by blaming Putin for the election of [[Pmurt]] in 2016. Chris has made no real comment on the most contentious current issue regarding Russia, namely the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, although this can probably be attributed to (along with his general [[Chris and reality|detachment from reality]]) the fact that Chris was still in [[Jail Saga|jail]] when the war broke out.

==Early mentions==
References to Russia began cropping up during the [[Idea Guys]] saga in [[November 2017]]. Chris was [[brainwashed]] into believing that [[Sylvana]] had been captured by Russian billionaire [[Akan]].<ref>[[November 2017 Facebook posts#Silvana is captured]]</ref>

==In the comic==
In ''[[Sonichu 13]]'', a comic devised by the [[Idea Guys]], Russia is featured as an enemy country from which forces are invading [[CWCville]]. In addition, the [[United States of America]] had lost the Cold War, and Russia had taken over its territory.

==Alleged ties with ''My Little Pony''==
In [[May 2022]] Chris began claiming that World War III is the conflict between Russia and Ukraine<ref>[[Jail_Letter_-_9_May_2022]]</ref> and that World War III is responsible for [[My_Little_Pony:_Make_Your_Mark|My Little Pony G5]]<ref>[[Jail_Letter_-_11_May_2022]]</ref>, writing "As [[Praetor#Caden_Peck|Caden]] had relayed for me; I had Foreknown WWIII as WHY [[My Little Pony]] Generation Five being manifested in 2020 - 2025 was Premature and My Little Pony -Friendship is Magic, AND Equestria Girls, Generation 4, was needed to continue to Season Fourteen and [[Chris and brand loyalty|no Less]]." in a [[Jail_Letter_-_11_May_2022|11 May Jail letter]]. In [[November 2023]] he changed his story, claiming that MLP G5 was the cause of WWIII.<ref>[[November_2023_social_media_posts#Timeline]]</ref> From November to January Chris would make occasional comments about MLP G5's ties to Russia but it wasn't until [[February 2024]] that he began his [[Twitter]] campaign against MLP G5.

In that month, days before the world marked the second year of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Chris took to Twitter and made a bizarre, rambling string of posts from the 20th to the 22nd that described MLPG5, and Pony Life before it, as Russian propaganda designed to destroy Generation 4. Referencing earlier comments he made in the same month shortly after blocking the majority of G5's voice cast on Twitter in an act of 'protest', he clarified that this included the 'demons' that were G5's characters, apparently [[Chris and reality|believing that the Kremlin can will evil spirits into being in the form of pastel-colored ponies]]. The image provided as evidence of this nefarious Russian infiltration of his beloved show was a slide from an online licensing festival in 2020, which laid out plans for the future of the franchise to the Russian branch of Hasbro - seemingly, Chris is oblivious to the fact that these plans would have applied to the entire company.

Since his initial posts, Chris took to responding to random messages over the course of the next several days, in particular singling out anyone who posted art or messages in support of the show, but his replies to them rapidly became boilerplate, with Chris copying and pasting variations of his responses as the days wore on. Many of them contained various hashtags in a probable effort to drum up support for his one-man crusade, evoking memories of his feud with Sega over Sonic Boom. Tellingly, one of these hashtags was '#StupidSoviet' despite the Soviet Union having dissolved in 1991. This might be a lingering byproduct of the [[Idea Guys|Idea Guys']] manipulation, but given Chris' long-established ignorance of the world outside his rural backwater, it is entirely possible that he somehow believes the Russian Federation and Soviet Union are one and the same.

Curiously, one character from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic was also marked by Chris as a Russian agent: Luster Dawn, who was introduced in the final episode of the show as a student of Twilight Sparkle who would undergo a lesson similar to the one Twilight herself received from Celestia all those years ago, and who would eventually set out on her own journey. Describing Luster Dawn as 'part of Russia's influence and rush to propagate', he also refuses to use the proper title of the last episode of the show when referring to it, instead calling it 'Premature Future', making his real feelings on the matter abundantly clear.

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Russia

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'''Russia''' is the largest country in the world, spanning parts of Asia and Europe, and currently led by Vladimir Putin. Chris considers both Russia and Putin to be adversaries, largely because of the anti-LGBT laws passed by Putin's government in recent years, as well as Chris following the lead of many other left-leaning individuals by blaming Putin for the election of [[Pmurt]] in 2016. Chris has made no real comment on the most contentious current issue regarding Russia, namely the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, although this can probably be attributed to (along with his general [[Chris and reality|detachment from reality]]) the fact that Chris was still in [[Jail Saga|jail]] when the war broke out.

==Early mentions==
References to Russia began cropping up during the [[Idea Guys]] saga in [[November 2017]]. Chris was [[brainwashed]] into believing that [[Sylvana]] had been captured by Russian billionaire [[Akan]].<ref>[[November 2017 Facebook posts#Silvana is captured]]</ref>

==In the comic==
In ''[[Sonichu 13]]'', a comic devised by the [[Idea Guys]], Russia is featured as an enemy country from which forces are invading [[CWCville]]. In addition, the [[United States of America]] had lost the Cold War, and Russia had taken over its territory.

==Alleged ties with ''My Little Pony''==
In February 2024, for no particular reason at all - though it should be noted that these posts were initially made only days before the world marked the second year of Russia's invasion of Ukraine - Chris took to Twitter and made a bizarre, rambling string of posts from the 20th to the 22nd of February that described MLPG5, and Pony Life before it, as Russian propaganda designed to destroy Generation 4. Referencing earlier comments he made in the same month shortly after blocking the majority of G5's voice cast on Twitter in an act of 'protest', he clarified that this included the 'demons' that were G5's characters, apparently [[Chris and reality|believing that the Kremlin can will evil spirits into being in the form of pastel-colored ponies]]. The image provided as evidence of this nefarious Russian infiltration of his beloved show was a slide from an online licensing festival in 2020, which laid out plans for the future of the franchise to the Russian branch of Hasbro - seemingly, Chris is oblivious to the fact that these plans would have applied to the entire company.

Since his initial posts, Chris took to responding to random messages over the course of the next several days, in particular singling out anyone who posted art or messages in support of the show, but his replies to them rapidly became boilerplate, with Chris copying and pasting variations of his responses as the days wore on. Many of them contained various hashtags in a probable effort to drum up support for his one-man crusade, evoking memories of his feud with Sega over Sonic Boom. Tellingly, one of these hashtags was '#StupidSoviet' despite the Soviet Union having dissolved in 1991. This might be a lingering byproduct of the [[Idea Guys|Idea Guys']] manipulation, but given Chris' long-established ignorance of the world outside his rural backwater, it is entirely possible that he somehow believes the Russian Federation and Soviet Union are one and the same.

Curiously, one character from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic was also marked by Chris as a Russian agent: Luster Dawn, who was introduced in the final episode of the show as a student of Twilight Sparkle who would undergo a lesson similar to the one Twilight herself received from Celestia all those years ago, and who would eventually set out on her own journey. Describing Luster Dawn as 'part of Russia's influence and rush to propagate', he also refuses to use the proper title of the last episode of the show when referring to it, instead calling it 'Premature Future', making his real feelings on the matter abundantly clear.

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{{Places}}

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