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** Villain Jason Howell is portrayed as having a leashed 17-year-old girlfriend/slave with whom he does things "illegal in all 50 states." Mostly this is a case of [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DidNotDoTheResearch Did Not Do The Research], because in most American states, the age of consent is 16 or 17. Though since owning a slave is illegal, technically anything you do to her is likely illegal.
** Villain Jason Howell is portrayed as having a leashed 17-year-old girlfriend/slave with whom he does things "illegal in all 50 states." Mostly this is a case of [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DidNotDoTheResearch Did Not Do The Research], because in most American states, the age of consent is 16 or 17. Though since owning a slave is illegal, technically anything you do to her is likely illegal.
** In a possible subversion, "Lolisa" Rosechu is the oldest Rosechu at age 20.
** In a possible subversion, "Lolisa" Rosechu is the oldest Rosechu at age 20.
* MacGuffin: The seven Sonichu Balls (<strike>[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IThoughtItMeant not what you're thinking], though Sonichu's genitalia are examined in worrisome detail in issue #8</strike> [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FreudWasRight exactly what you're thinking]), reminiscent of the [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DragonBall Dragon Balls] and [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SonicTheHedgehog Chaos Emeralds]. Their full powers have yet to be explored, and though it was likely they would have be used to bring Chris back from his [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PutOnABus bus trip], even this theory proves incorrect as Magi-chan simply brings Chris back with his generously used powers. It turns out they make [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GodModeSue God Mode Sues] [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MoreThanInfinite even more Godlike].
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MacGuffin MacGuffin]: The seven Sonichu Balls (<strike>[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IThoughtItMeant not what you're thinking], though Sonichu's genitalia are examined in worrisome detail in issue #8</strike> [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FreudWasRight exactly what you're thinking]), reminiscent of the [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DragonBall Dragon Balls] and [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SonicTheHedgehog Chaos Emeralds]. Their full powers have yet to be explored, and though it was likely they would have be used to bring Chris back from his [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PutOnABus bus trip], even this theory proves incorrect as Magi-chan simply brings Chris back with his generously used powers. It turns out they make [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GodModeSue God Mode Sues] [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MoreThanInfinite even more Godlike].
* AManIsNotAVirgin: Averted. As in RealLife, the comic version of Chris is fully committed to his "Love Quest", and isn't shy about declaring to the world that he is still a virgin. A [[UnstoppableRage Virgin With Rage]], to be precise.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AManIsNotAVirgin A Man Is Not A Virgin]: Averted. As in [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RealLife Real Life], the comic version of Chris is fully committed to his "Love Quest", and isn't shy about declaring to the world that he is still a virgin. A [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/UnstoppableRage Virgin With Rage], to be precise.
** Subverted: In Sonichu 10, he has sex with his ''future wife'', having mistaken him for the Chris she married.
** Subverted: In Sonichu 10, he has sex with his ''future wife'', having mistaken him for the Chris she married.
* MarySuetopia: [=CWCville=], where all benefit from the wise and magnanimous rule of Christian Weston Chandler. "[[NoSmoking Tobacky]]" and alcohol are banned, though the mayor has eventually abandoned his principles and gotten on the booze.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MarySuetopia Mary Suetopia]: CWCville, where all benefit from the wise and magnanimous rule of Christian Weston Chandler. "[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NoSmoking Tobacky]" and alcohol are banned, though the mayor has eventually abandoned his principles and gotten on the booze.
* [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything The Mayor Who Doesn't Do Anything]]: Despite being [=CWCville=]'s mayor, Chris delegates his duties to assistant, former movie star [[SexySecretary Allison]] [[HypercompetentSidekick Amber]] (who quit her glamorous film career to pursue her life-long dream of doing menial labour for an insane manchild), leaving him free to loiter around business as part of his Love Search or fight the forces of evil.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything The Mayor Who Doesn't Do Anything]: Despite being CWCville's mayor, Chris delegates his duties to assistant, former movie star [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SexySecretary Allison] [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HypercompetentSidekick Amber] (who quit her glamorous film career to pursue her life-long dream of doing menial labour for an insane manchild), leaving him free to loiter around business as part of his Love Search or fight the forces of evil.
* MediumBlending: Several comics feature stills of Chris in place of the drawn version interacting with drawn characters. Unfortunately it's as seamless as it was in ''{{Cool World}}'', but even more awkward and creepy as he either brings his dog back to life through artwork or performs a horrible self-penned ''{{Power Rangers}}''-inspired song with his characters reconfigured into a circa-1999 {{Boy Band}}. The pictures are ill-posed in addition to make Chris seem even more out of place.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MediumBlending Medium Blending]: Several comics feature stills of Chris in place of the drawn version interacting with drawn characters. Unfortunately it's as seamless as it was in ''[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CoolWorld Cool World]'', but even more awkward and creepy as he either brings his dog back to life through artwork or performs a horrible self-penned ''[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PowerRangers Power Rangers]''-inspired song with his characters reconfigured into a circa-1999 [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BoyBand Boy Band]. The pictures are ill-posed in addition to make Chris seem even more out of place.
** Not to mention he actually confesses right out a shirt picked to wear for one of the scenes "was in the laundry pile".
** Not to mention he actually confesses right out a shirt picked to wear for one of the scenes "was in the laundry pile."
* MemeticMutation: How the comic and its creator became "famous" amongst the ImageBoard crowd, and, like a virus, has now spread to TVTropes.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MemeticMutation Memetic Mutation]: How the comic and its creator became "famous" amongst the [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ImageBoard Image Board] crowd, and, like a virus, has now spread to [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TVTropes TV Tropes].
* MindScrew: Basically the entire comic, albeit unintentionally.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MindScrew Mind Screw]: Basically the entire comic, albeit unintentionally.
* MisaimedFandom: The comics are aimed at [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids kids and teenagers]], yet contain gratuitous sex scenes and often center around Chris' personal life and problems, things that kids don't need to see and wouldn't be interested in, respectively. Beyond that, almost the entirety of his audience is made up of ImageBoard trolls, which is even sadder considering how frequently Chris tries to appeal to his "true and loyal fanbase", which doesn't even exist.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MisaimedFandom Misamimed Fandom]: The comics are aimed at [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids kids and teenagers], yet contain gratuitous sex scenes and often center around Chris's personal life and problems, things that kids don't need to see and wouldn't be interested in, respectively. Beyond that, almost the entirety of his audience is made up of [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ImageBoard Image Board] trolls, which is even sadder considering how frequently Chris tries to appeal to his "true and loyal fanbase", which doesn't even exist.
** One troll tactic was to try to give Chris the impression that Sonichu had acquired a {{Misaimed Fandom}} [[http://www.cogsdev.org/cwcki/Gay_4_Sonichu in the gay community]]. A [[http://www.cogsdev.org/cwcki/User:Champthom/Paper fake paper]] was also written, detailing the supposed homosexual {{subtext}} of Sonichu. Christian Weston Chandler is a [[http://www.cogsdev.org/cwcki/Homos raging homophobe with strong hints of "self-hating closet case"]], so it shouldn't be hard for you to imagine [[HilarityEnsues how he reacted]].
** One troll tactic was to try to give Chris the impression that Sonichu had acquired a [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MisaimedFandom Misaimed Fandom] [[Gay_4_Sonichu|in the gay community]]. A [[User:Champthom/Paper|fake paper]] was also written, detailing the supposed homosexual [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Subtext subtext] of Sonichu. Christian Weston Chandler is a [[Homos|raging homophobe with strong hints of "self-hating closet case"]], so it shouldn't be hard for you to imagine [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HilarityEnsues how he reacted].
* MismatchedEyes: Chris, both in the comics and in RealLife, although the comic severely exaggerates this trait. Naitsirhc, being (at least in theory) Chris's opposite, has a red right and orange left eye.
* MismatchedEyes: Chris, both in the comics and in RealLife, although the comic severely exaggerates this trait. Naitsirhc, being (at least in theory) Chris's opposite, has a red right and orange left eye.
* MoodWhiplash: "Panda died! Boo hoo for 2 frames! Let's go kick some Transformer ass like nothing happened!" A weird example of the trope in that the characters have an uncanny ability to completely forget that something absolutely awesome or something devastatingly tragic happened. It's as if the ''characters'' didn't notice the change of the mood in the situations.
* MoodWhiplash: "Panda died! Boo hoo for 2 frames! Let's go kick some Transformer ass like nothing happened!" A weird example of the trope in that the characters have an uncanny ability to completely forget that something absolutely awesome or something devastatingly tragic happened. It's as if the ''characters'' didn't notice the change of the mood in the situations.

Revision as of 18:16, 11 June 2010

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.

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.