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** 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]].
* SailorEarth: [[Sailor Megtune]].
* ScheduleSlip: 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 {{Schedule Slip}}s other than being a LazyArtist.
* [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 CharacterFilibuster [[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) [[http://www.cogsdev.org/cwcki/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]].
* TheScrappy: Sonichu and Rosechu's kids. [[http://www.cogsdev.org/cwcki/Sonichu_and_Rosechu%27s_Children To quote CWCki]]: "The children are widely hated by everybody. Even more so than the other characters". ''This'' is saying '''a lot'''.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheScrappy]: Sonichu and Rosechu's kids. [[Sonichu and Rosechu's Children|To quote CWCki]]: "The children are widely hated by everybody. Even more so than the other characters". ''This'' is saying '''a lot'''.
** They also have slight hints of TheWesley in them, since Chris-chan seems to favor them and think they are adorable, but then, he thinks all of his characters are good, so the only difference between the Sonees and Rosees and all the others is that the babies are just hated more.
** They also have slight hints of [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheWesley The Wesley] in them, since Chris-chan seems to favor them and think they are adorable, but then, he thinks all of his characters are good, so the only difference between the Sonees and Rosees and all the others is that the babies are just hated more.
* ScrewLearningIHavePhlebotinum: Somehow, getting smacked with a powered-up hedgehog or a rainbow instantly gives wild rodents the ability to talk and reason like humans.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ScrewLearningIHavePhlebotinum Screw Learning I Have Phlebotinum]: Somehow, getting smacked with a powered-up hedgehog or a rainbow instantly gives wild rodents the ability to talk and reason like humans.
* SdrawkcabName: Reldnahc Notsew Naitsirhc.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SdrawkcabName Sdrawkcab Name]: Reldnahc Notsew Naitsirhc.
* SealedEvilInACan: Count Graduon, the oddly named evil spirit defeated long ago by the Cherokee and [[CriticalResearchFailure Wasabi]] tribes.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SealedEvilInACan Sealed Evil In A Can]: Count Graduon, the oddly named evil spirit defeated long ago by the Cherokee and [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CriticalResearchFailure Wasabi] tribes.
* SecretRelationship: Bubbles and Blake keep their relationship a secret because... well, it's never really stated.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SecretRelationship Secret Relationship]: Bubbles and Blake keep their relationship a secret because... well, it's never really stated.
* SelfDeprecation: Chris has (likely unintentionally) done this a couple of times, as in one scene where Sonichu thinks to himself that Chris's love quest is doomed to failure, and another where Rosechu, having just been informed that Chris has a date, has a reaction of utter shock and disbelief.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SelfDeprecation Self Deprecation]: Chris has (likely unintentionally) done this a couple of times, as in one scene where Sonichu thinks to himself that Chris's love quest is doomed to failure, and another where Rosechu, having just been informed that Chris has a date, has a reaction of utter shock and disbelief.
* {{Selfcest}}: Averted; his future wife ended up having sex with him under the pretense that he was his future self.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Selfcest Selfcest]: Averted; his future wife ended up having sex with him under the pretense that he was his future self.
* SexAsRiteOfPassage: A recurring theme. Many trolls believe that Chris is only doing his Love Quest because sex is a "grown up thing", as sex would be rather painful with his bent penis and the fact he seems to take a very long time to climax (the man can't run around for 40 seconds without breathing heavy).
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SexAsRiteOfPassage Sex As Rite Of Passage]: A recurring theme. Many trolls believe that Chris is only doing his Love Quest because sex is a "grown up thing", as sex would be rather painful with his bent penis and the fact he seems to take a very long time to climax (the man can't run around for 40 seconds without breathing heavy).
* ShallowLoveInterest: Rosechu. She pretty much only exists to show that Sonichu is [[HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday STRAIGHT]].
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ShallowLoveInterest Shallow Love Interest]: Rosechu. She pretty much only exists to show that Sonichu is [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday STRAIGHT].
** Ivy O'Neil in the comics can be considered this too. She's told by God and Jesus that her true love is to be Chris himself once he escapes from the mirror, and she accepts this without question or protest. She's pretty much not characterised at all, either.
** Ivy O'Neil in the comics can be considered this too. She's told by God and Jesus that her true love is to be Chris himself once he escapes from the mirror, and she accepts this without question or protest. She's pretty much not characterised at all, either.
** In fact, every single female character is this. Chris really doesn't care about anyone except himself, to he makes all the male characters either heroic clones of himself or [[CardCarryingVillain one-dimensional villains]], and he makes all the female characters into sex objects so passive they'd make [[{{Twilight}} Bella Swan]] look like [[TheFaerieQueene Britomart]].
** In fact, every single female character is this. Chris really doesn't care about anyone except himself, to he makes all the male characters either heroic clones of himself or [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CardCarryingVillain one-dimensional villains], and he makes all the female characters into sex objects so passive they'd make [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Twilight Bella Swan] look like [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheFaerieQueene Britomart].
* ShillingTheWesley: Chris in the comic. His hedgehogs have nothing but praise for him.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ShillingTheWesley Shilling The Wesley]: Chris in the comic. His hedgehogs have nothing but praise for him.
* ShockAndAwe: Sonichu, like most Electric Hedgehog Pokémon, is ostensibly a lightning user.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ShockAndAwe Shock And Awe]: Sonichu, like most Electric Hedgehog Pokémon, is ostensibly a lightning user.
** Oddly, even though most of the characters are described as "Electric Hedgehog Pokémon," Sonichu is the only one who uses electric powers with any kind of regularity, because they either have secondary typing that they focus on (the Chaotic Combo) or aren't Electric-type at all. (Jamsta, Lolisa and Simonla). [[FridgeLogic It still doesn't explain why the pure Normal-type Jamsta and Lolisa or the Ground/Bug-type Simonla are still classified as]] ''[[FridgeLogic Electric]]'' [[FridgeLogic Hedgehog Pokemon.]]
** Oddly, even though most of the characters are described as "Electric Hedgehog Pokémon," Sonichu is the only one who uses electric powers with any kind of regularity, because they either have secondary typing that they focus on (the Chaotic Combo) or aren't Electric-type at all. (Jamsta, Lolisa and Simonla). [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FridgeLogic It still doesn't explain why the pure Normal-type Jamsta and Lolisa or the Ground/Bug-type Simonla are still classified as ''Electric'' Hedgehog Pokemon.]
* ShoutOut: There are several intended shoutouts throughout the series, but they all come off as (or, using the eponymous character as a hint, ''are'') [[http://www.cogsdev.org/cwcki/Category:Things_Chris_has_ripped_off ripoffs]].
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ShoutOut Shout Out]: There are several intended shoutouts throughout the series, but they all come off as (or, using the eponymous character as a hint, ''are'') [[:Category:Things_Chris_has_ripped_off ripoffs]].
* ShowDontTell: Completely inverted. Massive walls of text explain everything that's happening, characters will discuss things that any other writer would leave offscreen (i.e. an entire page dedicated to ''a character getting a soda,'' with a conversation about getting the change for the soda machine; or Chris and his clone Sammy discussing the difference between their medallions), and as pointed out above, has entire action scenes skipped over in favor of the characters just ''talking'' about what happened. It basically boils down to him thinking everyone is as thick-headed as he is, and [[ViewersAreMorons thus everything has to be thoroughly explained.]]
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ShowDontTell Show, Don't Tell]: Completely inverted. Massive walls of text explain everything that's happening, characters will discuss things that any other writer would leave offscreen (i.e. an entire page dedicated to ''a character getting a soda,'' with a conversation about getting the change for the soda machine; or Chris and his clone Sammy discussing the difference between their medallions), and as pointed out above, has entire action scenes skipped over in favor of the characters just ''talking'' about what happened. It basically boils down to him thinking everyone is as thick-headed as he is, and [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ViewersAreMorons thus everything has to be thoroughly explained.]
** This also applies to the personalities of his characters. Yes, they do have personalities. Yes, you do need to take a deeper look. No, they never, ever display this. And even then he doesn't follow that, expecting the reader to understand that a character isn't really like that and it's just an example of his "Random Access Humor". And most ironically, the one character who has this as a ''trait'', Punchy Sonichu, never shows this.
** This also applies to the personalities of his characters. Yes, they do have personalities. Yes, you do need to take a deeper look. No, they never, ever display this. And even then he doesn't follow that, expecting the reader to understand that a character isn't really like that and it's just an example of his "Random Access Humor." And most ironically, the one character who has this as a ''trait'', Punchy Sonichu, never shows this.
** And how does Chris himself justify this? By saying that explaining things in text takes much less time and effort, letting him put out more pages faster and saving on his markers.
** And how does Chris himself justify this? By saying that explaining things in text takes much less time and effort, letting him put out more pages faster and saving on his markers.
* SickeninglySweethearts: Sonichu and Rosechu. To a lesser extent, the other couples count too.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SickeninglySweethearts Sickeningly Sweethearts]: Sonichu and Rosechu. To a lesser extent, the other couples count too.
* SissyVillain: Reldnahc Notsew Naitsirhc. Because he's gay, after all.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SissyVillain Sissy Villain]: Reldnahc Notsew Naitsirhc. Because he's gay, after all.
* SoBadItsHorrible: ''Fanfic/MyImmortal'' has a sort of grandeur to it, since it has been ([[StealthParody possibly]]) carefully constructed to be as terrible as possible. ''This'' is no parody. This is a man's life - his failures, his neuroses, his fantasies, his warped worldview, proudly displayed for the world on paper and pixels. Reading ''Sonichu'' and learning about its author is nothing less than a descent into someone's personal hell, made all the more terrible for the fact that the author intends for the experience to ''entertain'' people. That they would ''purchase'' it. There is no joy, no fun in [=CWCville=] - there is only layer upon layer of ''horror''.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SoBadItsHorrible So Bad It's Horrible]: ''[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Fanfic/MyImmortal]'' has a sort of grandeur to it, since it has been ([http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StealthParody possibly]) carefully constructed to be as terrible as possible. ''This'' is no parody. This is a man's life - his failures, his neuroses, his fantasies, his warped worldview, proudly displayed for the world on paper and pixels. Reading ''Sonichu'' and learning about its author is nothing less than a descent into someone's personal hell, made all the more terrible for the fact that the author intends for the experience to ''entertain'' people. That they would ''purchase'' it. There is no joy, no fun in CWCville - there is only layer upon layer of ''horror''.
* SpeciesSurname: Most Sonichus and Rosechus.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SpeciesSurname Species Surname]: Most Sonichus and Rosechus.
* SpotlightStealingSquad: The comic eventually centers mostly on Chris and his troubles, at least until he gets PutOnABus.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SpotlightStealingSquad Spotlight Stealing Squad]: The comic eventually centers mostly on Chris and his troubles, at least until he gets [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PutOnABus Put On A Bus].
* {{Squick}}: "Highlights" of Issue #8 include detailed descriptions on how Sonichu sex works, the aforementioned Rosechu "photoshoot", and resident [[AntiHero anti-hero]] Black Sonichu unwittingly having sex with a [[DroppedABridgetOnHim hermaphrodite Rosechu]]. Other issues include "face rape" and cameltoe crotchshots.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Squick Squick]: "Highlights" of Issue #8 include detailed descriptions on how Sonichu sex works, the aforementioned Rosechu "photoshoot", and resident [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AntiHero anti-hero] Black Sonichu unwittingly having sex with a [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DroppedABridgetOnHim hermaphrodite Rosechu]. Other issues include "face rape" and cameltoe crotchshots.
** One of the big sources of the squickiness comes from the fact that this ''looks'' like a kid-drawn comic - badly drawn figures, general lack of details - but then you notice that there are ''disturbing little details'' in the comic that the ''did'' manage to include. Sometimes you can't even notice them the first time you read the comic. As in "Oh my God...he's...he drew...that's a bloody ''codpiece'', that's what it is."
** One of the big sources of the squickiness comes from the fact that this ''looks'' like a kid-drawn comic - badly drawn figures, general lack of details - but then you notice that there are ''disturbing little details'' in the comic that the ''did'' manage to include. Sometimes you can't even notice them the first time you read the comic. As in "Oh my God...he's...he drew...that's a bloody ''codpiece'', that's what it is."
** Even more bonus {{squick}} points for the Rosechu photoshoot being traced from porn... [[spoiler:including [[FamilyGuy Meg Griffin]] and {{Transformers}} [[PerverseSexualLust porn]].]]
** Even more bonus [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Squick squick] points for the Rosechu photoshoot being traced from porn... <font color="#FFFFFF">including [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FamilyGuy Meg Griffin] and [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Transformers Transformers] [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PerverseSexualLust porn].</font>
** In issue 11, one of the baby Rosechus is playing the Virgin Mary in a school play, she says "I'm the Virgin Mary, that's my story and I'm sticking to it."[[hottip:*:(this line is quoted verbatim from ''FamilyGuy'']]
** In issue 11, one of the baby Rosechus is playing the Virgin Mary in a school play, she says "I'm the Virgin Mary, that's my story and I'm sticking to it."<sup>(this line is quoted verbatim from ''[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FamilyGuy Family Guy]''</sup>
* StayInTheKitchen: Rosechu, strictly speaking, should be at least ''as'' powerful as Sonichu (in fact, she should actually be ''more'' powerful since she evolved from a Raichu), but her life revolves around shopping (and spending too much money when she does it), giving gifts to Sonichu, and [[DistressedDamsel getting kidnapped]]. [[http://www.cogsdev.org/cwcki/Sonichu_Game_Talk This is even her entire storyline in Chris's hypothetical ''Sonichu'' game]].
* StayInTheKitchen: Rosechu, strictly speaking, should be at least ''as'' powerful as Sonichu (in fact, she should actually be ''more'' powerful since she evolved from a Raichu), but her life revolves around shopping (and spending too much money when she does it), giving gifts to Sonichu, and [[DistressedDamsel getting kidnapped]]. [[http://www.cogsdev.org/cwcki/Sonichu_Game_Talk This is even her entire storyline in Chris's hypothetical ''Sonichu'' game]].
* StrangledByTheRedString: Every single couple.
* StrangledByTheRedString: Every single couple.

Revision as of 22:24, 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.