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* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RunningTheAsylum Running The Asylum]: Apparently after finishing ''Sonichu 10'' Chris decided that playing video games and raging against CWCki is more interesting than updating his comic, and thus he stopped updating it. At the end of April 2010 his [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Troll TRUE and HONEST fans] realized that if they want to see new issues they have to draw them themselves - which they did, and then found a way to make the CWCipedia Sysop upload them to Christian's wiki. So far the fans' run resulted in <font color="#FFFFFF">the deaths of Bubbles, Sandy, Wild and Sonichu's and Rosechu's kids (and technically also Angelica, though apparently she got better), Sonichu and Rosechu breaking up and Christian's Sonic recolors finally realizing that the mayor of CWCville is [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Understatement somewhat incompetent].</font> Sadly Chris couldn't stand someone writing and drawing better than he does and removed fan-created pages.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RunningTheAsylum Running The Asylum]: Apparently after finishing ''Sonichu 10'' Chris decided that playing video games and raging against CWCki is more interesting than updating his comic, and thus he stopped updating it. At the end of April 2010 his [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Troll TRUE and HONEST fans] realized that if they want to see new issues they have to draw them themselves - which they did, and then found a way to make the CWCipedia Sysop upload them to Christian's wiki. So far the fans' run resulted in <font color="#FFFFFF">the deaths of Bubbles, Sandy, Wild and Sonichu's and Rosechu's kids (and technically also Angelica, though apparently she got better), Sonichu and Rosechu breaking up and Christian's Sonic recolors finally realizing that the mayor of CWCville is [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Understatement somewhat incompetent].</font> Sadly Chris couldn't stand someone writing and drawing better than he does and removed fan-created pages.
** At the end of May 2010 Vivian Gee took control of CWCipedia and started uploading her new comic "Sonichu Season 2" to the wiki.
** At the end of May 2010 Vivian Gee took control of CWCipedia and started uploading her new comic "Sonichu Season 2" to the wiki.
* SailorEarth: [[Sailor Megtune]].
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SailorEarth Sailor Earth]: [[Sailor Megtune]].
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ScheduleSlip Schedule Slip]: It only took Chris six days to start slipping when he finally set up a regular schedule for himself after Kacey and her father told him off for being such a slacker - before that, updates could come any number of months apart, and it apparently took several years to finish the first issue after Sonichu's inception. Even so, Chris plans his comics far in advance (with previews for forthcoming issues already available), so he really has no reason for his [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ScheduleSlip Schedule Slips] other than being a [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LazyArtist Lazy Artist].
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ScheduleSlip Schedule Slip]: It only took Chris six days to start slipping when he finally set up a regular schedule for himself after Kacey and her father told him off for being such a slacker - before that, updates could come any number of months apart, and it apparently took several years to finish the first issue after Sonichu's inception. Even so, Chris plans his comics far in advance (with previews for forthcoming issues already available), so he really has no reason for his [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ScheduleSlip Schedule Slips] other than being a [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LazyArtist Lazy Artist].
** After being called out on his Schedule slips several times, Chris wrote a [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CharacterFilibuster Character Filibuster] [http://cogsdev.110mb.com/cwcipedia/index.php/Issue_10/Page_98 that says he doesn't need one.] And later he wrote an entire rant on this subject, claiming (among other things) [[CWC Blog#March 2010|that Honest, True and Loyal fans are as bad as trolls and Mary Lee Walsh if they want him to update his comic regularly]].
** After being called out on his Schedule slips several times, Chris wrote a [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CharacterFilibuster Character Filibuster] [http://cogsdev.110mb.com/cwcipedia/index.php/Issue_10/Page_98 that says he doesn't need one.] And later he wrote an entire rant on this subject, claiming (among other things) [[CWC Blog#March 2010|that Honest, True and Loyal fans are as bad as trolls and Mary Lee Walsh if they want him to update his comic regularly]].
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* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AntiRoleModel Anti Role Model]: For people with [[Asperger Syndrome]] or [[Autism]], Chris Chan is pretty much this, their [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Comicbook/Superman Bizzaro], their [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CaptainAmerica Red Skull]. The complete negative embodiment of the Autistic Spectrum brought to life. Go onto any AS forum and ask about him and they will either refuse to talk about him or will spew off exactly why they hate him, then the thread will be locked quickly as a result.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AntiRoleModel Anti Role Model]: For people with [[Asperger Syndrome]] or [[Autism]], Chris Chan is pretty much this, their [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Comicbook/Superman Bizzaro], their [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CaptainAmerica Red Skull]. The complete negative embodiment of the Autistic Spectrum brought to life. Go onto any AS forum and ask about him and they will either refuse to talk about him or will spew off exactly why they hate him, then the thread will be locked quickly as a result.
** Although he does inspire people to do better in life, simply by looking at what he does and then doing the exact oppositie to ensure you never end up like him.
** Although he does inspire people to do better in life, simply by looking at what he does and then doing the exact oppositie to ensure you never end up like him.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AntiSue]: Chris IS this. He has ''zero'' positive traits: no standards to follow, no skills to admire, no mindset to enjoy, no life to behold, his body is a wreck, he has no real ambitions, and worst of all, he thinks that he's ''the complete opposite of this.'' It's like he's the [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Exalted Ebon Dragon] to humanity; the antithesis to all we should strive for and the embodiment of all our flaws.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AntiSue Anti Sue]: Chris IS this. He has ''zero'' positive traits: no standards to follow, no skills to admire, no mindset to enjoy, no life to behold, his body is a wreck, he has no real ambitions, and worst of all, he thinks that he's ''the complete opposite of this.'' It's like he's the [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Exalted Ebon Dragon] to humanity; the antithesis to all we should strive for and the embodiment of all our flaws.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ArchEnemy Arch Enemy]: [[Clyde Cash]], the most persistent of trolls, is probably the closest to being Christian's archnemesis. Chris himself appears to see Clyde that way, as he (rightfully or not) blames Clyde for all kinds of bad things that happened to him in recent years [[Don't Mess With Me|and occasionally threatens to murder him]].
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ArchEnemy Arch Enemy]: [[Clyde Cash]], the most persistent of trolls, is probably the closest to being Christian's archnemesis. Chris himself appears to see Clyde that way, as he (rightfully or not) blames Clyde for all kinds of bad things that happened to him in recent years [[Don't Mess With Me|and occasionally threatens to murder him]].
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Arson Murder And Jaywalking]: "[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NightmareFuel That Is A NIGHTMARE to me], EVEN WORSE than the nightmare I had where I was in a [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SmokeAndFireFactory factory] and I watched [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ConveyorBeltODoom PEOPLE lying on a conveyor belt] with their [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NoSmoking mouths full of cigarettes], [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KillItWithFire going through BURNING OVENS], coming out singed [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AvertedTrope (not] [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IncendiaryExponent ON FIRE)], then [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DrowningMySorrows dunked into a huge tank of Alcohol] that [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DisintegratorRay DISSOLVED THEM to DUST] [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HollywoodAcid like ACID would do], and [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DeaderThanDead their remains would come out of the factory's smokestacks in puffs of smoke and ashes.] [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CrowningMomentOfFunny And another detail, the Front of the factory is SKULL-SHAPED."]
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Arson Murder And Jaywalking]: "[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NightmareFuel That Is A NIGHTMARE to me], EVEN WORSE than the nightmare I had where I was in a [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SmokeAndFireFactory factory] and I watched [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ConveyorBeltODoom PEOPLE lying on a conveyor belt] with their [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NoSmoking mouths full of cigarettes], [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KillItWithFire going through BURNING OVENS], coming out singed [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AvertedTrope (not] [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IncendiaryExponent ON FIRE)], then [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DrowningMySorrows dunked into a huge tank of Alcohol] that [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DisintegratorRay DISSOLVED THEM to DUST] [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HollywoodAcid like ACID would do], and [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DeaderThanDead their remains would come out of the factory's smokestacks in puffs of smoke and ashes.] [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CrowningMomentOfFunny And another detail, the Front of the factory is SKULL-SHAPED."]
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* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheFundamentalist The Fundamentalist]: Chris is quick to condemn homosexuals to the fires of hell, but like many fundamentalists is blind to his own transgressions in the eyes of God - he draws pornography, masturbates to pre-existing lesbian porn, threatens to murder people, has made getting laid the focus of his existence, and wears an idol around his neck almost all the time. The CWCki offers a [[Chris and religion|fascinating study]] of his religious beliefs.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheFundamentalist The Fundamentalist]: Chris is quick to condemn homosexuals to the fires of hell, but like many fundamentalists is blind to his own transgressions in the eyes of God - he draws pornography, masturbates to pre-existing lesbian porn, threatens to murder people, has made getting laid the focus of his existence, and wears an idol around his neck almost all the time. The CWCki offers a [[Chris and religion|fascinating study]] of his religious beliefs.
::"''I PRAY TO GOD AND JESUS TO KILL JASON KENDRICK HOWELL!''"
::"''I PRAY TO GOD AND JESUS TO KILL JASON KENDRICK HOWELL!''"
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FutureLoser]: While he was never sucsessful to begin with, Chris is a pathetic shell of his former, high-school self. And given that he does nothing, he'll undoubtely become a transient, if not die early from his terrible eating habits.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FutureLoser Future Loser]: While he was never sucsessful to begin with, Chris is a pathetic shell of his former, high-school self. And given that he does nothing, he'll undoubtely become a transient, if not die early from his terrible eating habits.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Gaslighting Gaslighting]: Liquid Chris. It counts because the target, albeit already mentally defective, became ''[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BeyondTheImpossible more]'' mentally defective.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Gaslighting Gaslighting]: Liquid Chris. It counts because the target, albeit already mentally defective, became ''[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BeyondTheImpossible more]'' mentally defective.
** And naturally, most fanworks continue this tradition by having Liquid Chris as Christian Weston Chandler and Regular/Solid Chris as Ian Brandon Anderson.
** And naturally, most fanworks continue this tradition by having Liquid Chris as Christian Weston Chandler and Regular/Solid Chris as Ian Brandon Anderson.
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** It makes him look like future Prison or Mental Asylum material if he doesn't puts an end to it.
** It makes him look like future Prison or Mental Asylum material if he doesn't puts an end to it.
** You have to wonder just how dangerous a 2-inch penknife really is in the hands of someone who takes [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OverlyLongFightingAnimation at least 5 seconds to pull it out and open it with both hands]. [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EpicFail When he manages to open it at all].
** You have to wonder just how dangerous a 2-inch penknife really is in the hands of someone who takes [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OverlyLongFightingAnimation at least 5 seconds to pull it out and open it with both hands]. [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EpicFail When he manages to open it at all].
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KnightTemplar]: Subverted. He tries to make himself look like one, but it's clear that the only thing fuelling his self-righteousness is ego.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KnightTemplar Knight Templar]: Subverted. He tries to make himself look like one, but it's clear that the only thing fuelling his self-righteousness is ego.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KnowNothingKnowItAll Know Nothing Know It All]: Chris repeatedly proves that he knows nothing about relationships, sex, parenting, copyright, drawing and several other subjects. That of course doesn't stop him from considering himself the greatest expert ever on these subjects and offering advice on them to [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Troll fans].
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KnowNothingKnowItAll Know Nothing Know It All]: Chris repeatedly proves that he knows nothing about relationships, sex, parenting, copyright, drawing and several other subjects. That of course doesn't stop him from considering himself the greatest expert ever on these subjects and offering advice on them to [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Troll fans].
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LackOfEmpathy Lack Of Empathy]: Chris is a terrifying combination of Autism, which makes it difficult for him to understand when and how to be empathetic, Narcissism which makes him incredibly self centered and a child-like naïvete which makes him simply unaware of what other people consider traumatic. When he ''comforts'' people he usually says "move on" or starts talking about how his dog died. To provide a particularly grisly example, [[Twitter#02 March 2010|when he tweeted about his father's hospitalization]] as a result of congested heart failure, his main concern was apparently his own level of stress, thanks to only getting four hours of sleep. His [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Hatedom fanbase] had to wait more than two months until Chris finally decided to [[Some Favored Comedians|briefly mention]] that his father recovered... even though in the meantime he posted a few tweets and blog entries, as well as several new videos, raging or ranting on various subjects mostly related to himself, but not even mentioning what was happening to his father. Bob is in his eighties and has had four heart attacks; his hospitalization isn't something that should be taken so lightly.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LackOfEmpathy Lack Of Empathy]: Chris is a terrifying combination of Autism, which makes it difficult for him to understand when and how to be empathetic, Narcissism which makes him incredibly self centered and a child-like naïvete which makes him simply unaware of what other people consider traumatic. When he ''comforts'' people he usually says "move on" or starts talking about how his dog died. To provide a particularly grisly example, [[Twitter#02 March 2010|when he tweeted about his father's hospitalization]] as a result of congested heart failure, his main concern was apparently his own level of stress, thanks to only getting four hours of sleep. His [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Hatedom fanbase] had to wait more than two months until Chris finally decided to [[Some Favored Comedians|briefly mention]] that his father recovered... even though in the meantime he posted a few tweets and blog entries, as well as several new videos, raging or ranting on various subjects mostly related to himself, but not even mentioning what was happening to his father. Bob is in his eighties and has had four heart attacks; his hospitalization isn't something that should be taken so lightly.

Revision as of 06:06, 28 June 2012

This article contains the main Sonichu TV Tropes page. For the Just Bugs Me and Wild Mass Guessing pages, see this page.

Go! Sonichu! Go out and zap to the extreme!
Sonichu #0
Tell me about it on CWC. Geez, when you have me facepalming at you, you have got to be pretty bad off.
David Gonterman

There is Artemis' Lover. There is Agony In Pink. There is The Girl Who Lived. There is My Immortal. There is My Inner Life. Many demonstrations could be made for the ascendant terribleness of such works, putting them above all lesser bad fanworks.

But then, standing resplendent above them all, there is Sonichu.

Sonichu was a fan TRUE and ORIGINAL webcomic created by one Christian Weston Chandler, starring (at least initially) the eponymous Electric Hedgehog Pokémon and his friends. The comic itself would be remarkable only for how unbelievably bad it is, but it has in recent years gained notoriety due to the author's antics in response to trolling and other harassment. The result is a perversely-fascinating, deeply-dysfunctional, symbiotic relationship - Mr. Chandler's creation has been saved from the curse of obscurity at the price of a "fanbase" devoted to making his life a living hell.

Sonichu started as some sort of Pokémon/Sonic The Hedgehog crossover world, and the first few issues focus on Sonichu's origin, his meeting with his "heartsweet" Rosechu (based heavily on Amy Rose), and a supporting cast of other Hedgehog Pokémon of various types. But in issue #2 and from issues #4-7, the series crystallizes into its present form, as Christian himself takes center stage and encounters and battles his enemies in real life, from mall cops to the dean of his local community college to internet trolls. Needless to say, the supposed main plot, a search for the Sonichu Bal- sorry, Sonichu Crystals, in order to use their powers to free Christian's Distaff Counterpart and "dream sibling", Crystal, from a mirror the aforementioned dean have trapped her in, takes a backseat.

Due to criticism over such a self-centered plotline, Christian eventually gets trapped in a timestream, leaving Sonichu to take up his heroic mantle of defender of CWCville. The war against Encyclopedia Dramatica and "Four-Cent Garbage" rages on, interrupted by the occasional furry sex scene, until issue #9 changes focus (again) to dating education (no, not sex education) and Christian's crude interpretation of how relationships work.

The last chapter of issue 9 depicts a lengthy battle against invading forces from the PVCC, and ends with Sonichu and friends beating them with as much resistance as a team of Mary Sues typically gets. Christian's Author Avatar is released from the timestream shortly afterwards, and this cues the beginning of Issue #10, which can best be described as a combination of undisguised Wish Fulfillment and Christian's attempt to get back at his internet antagonizers by turning both his avatar and Sonichu into bigger God Mode Sues than ever, via the Sonichu Crystals Balls, and depict them punishing in-comic representations of his enemies by either killing or injuring them, destroying their property or making them pray to him for forgiveness. As the story progresses, Christian's feud with his "enemies" from real life becomes increasingly more disturbing, and its culmination in issue #10 finale can be most charitably described as the ultimate proof that Christian is in dire need of psychiatric help. It's worth noting that in this issue Christian frequently derailed the plot so he could devote several pages to "punishing" comic books versions of people who "wronged" him most recently; by contrast, (supposedly) important plot threads (such as Crystal being trapped in Dark Mirror Hole, or Christian's feud with college dean) were resolved quickly and anticlimactically. This sequence of events create probably the most unplanned and, for newcomers, incomprehensible storyline so far in Sonichu. Christian (once again) promised that in the future issues he will give the spotlight to Sonichu and that his Author Avatar won't appear so often. However, he isn't famous for keeping his promises (having made this exact one before), so future issues can be expected to be similar storyline-wise to Sonichu 10, with new real life-based enemies introduced as more trolling undoubtedly will continue to rain down upon him. (That is, of course, assuming there will be new issues at all, which might not happen in the foreseeable future. Christian hasn't uploaded any new pages since February 2010 and is deeply offended even by mere suggestions that he should update his own webcomic. It seems that he decided to devote his time to more entertaining activities instead, such as masturbating, playing video games and whining about them on the internet, continuing his Quest For Sex on the internet, condemning internet and claiming that he is "active within his community".)

Since this comic blurs the line between fiction and reality so much, a deep understanding of Mr. Chandler's life and psyche is required to make any sense of it. The best source would be the CWCki, an entire wiki cataloging Mr. Chandler's life and works (warning: some pages and images are definitely Not Sage For Work or your mental health), while the even more NSFW Encyclopedia Dramatica page that started this whole mess can be found here. Mr. Chandler's own websites tend to be hacked and deleted with some degree of regularity. He used to have his own Sonichu wiki which could be found here; however, in response to trolls hacking and vandalizing his precious wiki (again), on 27 May 2010 he announced his decision to "relinquish what was the Cwcipedia" while "keeping ownership of what it was before yesterday". In response Vivian Gee and Alec Benson Leary took control of CWCipedia and claimed all rights to Sonichu; at the beginning of June 2010 the control of CWCipedia apparently was taken over by a mysterious individual who may or may not be the TRUE and HONEST CWC.* Well, actually it's definitely not CWC, but it's fun to pretend otherwise. And who knows, maybe it's a beginning of new saga...

Compare the Gonter Verse, Silent Hill, Hell. See also Asperchu and Moon-Pals, two much better series that you probably should be reading instead of this one, if you aren't already.

Please note that several links on this page are not work safe. Don't forget to keep the Brain Bleach close by should you decide to visit any of them, worksafe or otherwise.




But the Sonichu phenomenon cannot be contained by the comic itself. Because Christian Weston Chandler's life is inextricably intertwined with the stories he writes and his interactions with his "fanbase", just as many tropes can be applied to his not-so-private life as to his comic. Sonichu has also inspired a unique type of FanFic, the "trollfic" (not to be confused with a Troll Fic), a normal fanfic with the characters' moral alignments usually flipped. Meanwhile the blogcasts and chat channels the author uses to communicate with people can be more interesting than the actual comic, and offer profound insights into the mind of Mr. Chandler.