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* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/InternetToughGuy Internet Tough Guy]: He has threatened people with [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FrivolousLawsuit Frivolous Lawsuit]s and Curse-ye-hamehas because they mocked him or plagiarized his work. <font color="#FFFFFF">It doesn't work if the work is derived from another Intellectual Property.</font>
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/InternetToughGuy Internet Tough Guy]: He has threatened people with [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FrivolousLawsuit Frivolous Lawsuit]s and Curse-ye-hamehas because they mocked him or plagiarized his work. <font color="#FFFFFF">It doesn't work if the work is derived from another Intellectual Property.</font>
** Now Chris has switched a gear and directly menaces people with brutally killing them with his ridiculously tiny knife. It ''still'' doesn't works because Chris is a well known real-life coward who immediately begs, whines and backpedals at the first sign of danger.
** Now Chris has switched a gear and directly menaces people with brutally killing them with his ridiculously tiny knife. It ''still'' doesn't works because Chris is a well known real-life coward who immediately begs, whines and backpedals at the first sign of danger.
* {{Irony}}: It's rather strange that Chris, nominally a devout Christian, is a fan of ''FamilyGuy'', a series which has been [[{{Understatement}} downright vitriolic towards religion in general, most specifically Christianity]].
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Irony]: It's rather strange that Chris, nominally a devout Christian, is a fan of ''[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FamilyGuy Family Guy]'', a series which has been [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Understatement downright vitriolic towards religion in general, most specifically Christianity].
** Not to mention how a Season 9 episode of ''FamilyGuy'' delivered a not-so-subtle message against people like Chris.
** Not to mention how a Season 9 episode of ''[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FamilyGuy Family Guy]'' delivered a not-so-subtle message against people like Chris.
** Another to add on is that as much as Chris hates gay men, he hates [[DoesNotLikeMen men in general]] for "taking all the pretty girls away with none for him to choose from." If there were more gay men, he wouldn't have this problem, now would he?
** Another to add on is that as much as Chris hates gay men, he hates [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DoesNotLikeMen men in general] for "taking all the pretty girls away with none for him to choose from." If there were more gay men, he wouldn't have this problem, now would he?
*** He wouldn't have the problem of women brushing him off with claims of boyfriends, you mean. He'd still have the problem of being an astoundingly creepy narcissist harboring violent revenge fantasies of everyone who has ever crossed him (in reality or his mind) and an apparent lack of boundaries with women he's sexually infatuated with. For some reason, women have trouble getting past that part.
*** He wouldn't have the problem of women brushing him off with claims of boyfriends, you mean. He'd still have the problem of being an astoundingly creepy narcissist harboring violent revenge fantasies of everyone who has ever crossed him (in reality or his mind) and an apparent lack of boundaries with women he's sexually infatuated with. For some reason, women have trouble getting past that part.
*** In one of the Mailbags, someone actually told Chris that if there were more gay men, he would have less romantic rivals. [[http://cogsdev.org/cwcki/Mailbag_22#The_implications_of_this_are_staggering Chris claimed that still wouldn't help him, because... well... yeah]].
*** In one of the Mailbags, someone actually told Chris that if there were more gay men, he would have less romantic rivals. [[Mailbag 22#The implications of this are staggering|Chris claimed that still wouldn't help him, because... well... yeah]].
* ItsAllAboutMe: How about the fact that Chris only started ''Sonichu'' the comic series as an accomplishment he could brag about to potential girlfriend candidates, and in fact appears in said comic as the main character's father, the mayor of the city where most of the action takes place, as well as his GodModeSue alter-ego with ridiculous ComboPlatterPowers and a Transformer for a car? And this is only the premise...
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ItsAllAboutMe It's All About Me]: How about the fact that Chris only started ''Sonichu'' the comic series as an accomplishment he could brag about to potential girlfriend candidates, and in fact appears in said comic as the main character's father, the mayor of the city where most of the action takes place, as well as his [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GodModeSue God Mode Sue] alter-ego with ridiculous [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ComboPlatterPowers Combo Platter Powers] and a Transformer for a car? And this is only the premise...
* ItGotWorse: Initially, /v/ only knew two things about Chris. He made a horrible fancomic, and he stalked girls at the mall. Now the trolling has a separate board dedicated to trolling Chris and an entire wiki documenting his life. This happened in the space of a few years.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ItGotWorse It Got Worse]: Initially, /v/ only knew two things about Chris. He made a horrible fancomic, and he stalked girls at the mall. Now the trolling has a separate board dedicated to trolling Chris and an entire wiki documenting his life. This happened in the space of a few years.
** Also, Chris-chan's life in general.
** Also, Chris-chan's life in general.
* JerkassWoobie: On one hand, Chris is a horribly prejudiced individual with delusions of grandeur and is completely out of touch with reality and other people, while on the other he does seem to have genuine problems that Trolls absolutely delight in taking advantage of and enjoy tormenting far in excess in what he deserves if they would have just ignored him. However, it gets harder and harder to feel sorry for him the more you read about him.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/JerkassWoobie Jerkass Woobie]: On one hand, Chris is a horribly prejudiced individual with delusions of grandeur and is completely out of touch with reality and other people, while on the other he does seem to have genuine problems that Trolls absolutely delight in taking advantage of and enjoy tormenting far in excess in what he deserves if they would have just ignored him. However, it gets harder and harder to feel sorry for him the more you read about him.
** Chris ''wants'' to be TheWoobie, (in fact, he seems to think the best way to get a girlfriend is to get women to date him out of pity) but it [[{{Understatement}} doesn't quite work.]] In fact, one reason the [=CWCki=] seems to exist is to make sure that no one is fooled by Chris's "poor me" act by presenting and preserving all his abhorrent behavior.
** Chris ''wants'' to be [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheWoobie The Woobie], (in fact, he seems to think the best way to get a girlfriend is to get women to date him out of pity) but it [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Understatement doesn't quite work.] In fact, one reason the CWCki seems to exist is to make sure that no one is fooled by Chris's "poor me" act by presenting and preserving all his abhorrent behavior.
** [[EnsembleDarkhorse Bob]] could also qualify JerkassWoobie. A redneck racist and homophobic (he grew up before the Civil Rights Movement, unlike Chris), two of his children want nothing to do with him, the youngest refuses to move out or do anything at all to better himself, and he's stuck in a bad marriage with the youngest's mother. Not to mention that he has to put up with trolling ''and'' being plastered over the internet by his idiot son. He seems to be genuinely lonely as well, based on his interactions with trolls.
** [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EnsembleDarkhorse Bob] could also qualify as a [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/JerkassWoobie Jerkass Woobie]. A redneck racist and homophobic (he grew up before the Civil Rights Movement, unlike Chris), two of his children want nothing to do with him, the youngest refuses to move out or do anything at all to better himself, and he's stuck in a bad marriage with the youngest's mother. Not to mention that he has to put up with trolling ''and'' being plastered over the internet by his idiot son. He seems to be genuinely lonely as well, based on his interactions with trolls.
*** Although given what we know about both Bob and [[WhiteSheep one of his sons]], it's likely that the kids are perfectly justified in wanting nothing to do with the sod.
*** Although given what we know about both Bob and [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WhiteSheep one of his sons], it's likely that the kids are perfectly justified in wanting nothing to do with the sod.
* JustifyingEdit: The [=CWCki=] will often have sections of pages that will try to explain the contents of the article. For example, they say that Chris's incredibly hypocritical look at the Bible is probably due to his priest (the only authority he acknowledges) being incredibly liberal when it comes to alternate interpretations.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/JustifyingEdit Justifying Edit]: The CWCki will often have sections of pages that will try to explain the contents of the article. For example, they say that Chris's incredibly hypocritical look at the Bible is probably due to his priest (the only authority he acknowledges) being incredibly liberal when it comes to alternate interpretations.
* {{Kayfabe}}: For example, BillyMays from PVCC is [[strike:not]] dead and was [[strike:not]] replaced by Anthony Sullivan, Ryan and Clyde Cash did [[strike:not]] kill themselves, Liquid Chris is [[strike:an impostor]] the TRUE and HONEST Christian Weston Chandler, and Solid Chris is [[strike:Christian Weston Chandler]] an impostor called Ian Brandon [[strike:Anderson]] [[OverlyLongGag Something]].
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Kayfabe Kayfabe]: For example, [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BillyMays Billy Mays] from PVCC is <strike>not</strike> dead and was <strike>not</strike> replaced by Anthony Sullivan, Ryan and Clyde Cash did <strike>not</strike> kill themselves, Liquid Chris is <strike>an impostor</strike> the TRUE and HONEST Christian Weston Chandler, and Solid Chris is <strike>Christian Weston Chandler</strike> an impostor called Ian Brandon <strike>Anderson</strike> [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OverlyLongGag Something].
* KickTheDog: Chris does this on a regular basis.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KickTheDog Kick The Dog]: Chris does this on a regular basis.
** A prime example is poor sonichuizcool, a young, mentally retarded girl who was almost certainly the only genuine fan Chris ever had. He, [[EpicFail of course]], mocked her and her disabilities until she went away because he decided, without anything vaguely resembling evidence, that she was a troll. This was before Chris was heavily targeted by actual trolls, so you can't even chalk it up to paranoia.
** A prime example is poor sonichuizcool, a young, mentally retarded girl who was almost certainly the only genuine fan Chris ever had. He, [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EpicFail of course], mocked her and her disabilities until she went away because he decided, without anything vaguely resembling evidence, that she was a troll. This was before Chris was heavily targeted by actual trolls, so you can't even chalk it up to paranoia.
* KidsAreCruel: Even when he deserved it, one does have to admit that what [=BlueSpike=] (13 years) did with Chris (Playing with him, making him do disgusting/humiliating things, including breaking his medallion and ''[[AssShove shoving the pieces up his own ass]]'') was cruel. He also seemed to enjoy torturing him.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KidsAreCruel Kids Are Cruel]: Even when he deserved it, one does have to admit that what BlueSpike (13 years) did with Chris (Playing with him, making him do disgusting/humiliating things, including breaking his medallion and ''[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AssShove shoving the pieces up his own ass]'') was cruel. He also seemed to enjoy torturing him.
** And voluntarily spending hours listening to Chris masturbating. It's probably safe to say that he's [[CreepyChild got a few screws loose]] himself.
** And voluntarily spending hours listening to Chris masturbating. It's probably safe to say that he's [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CreepyChild got a few screws loose] himself.
*KillEmAll: What seems to be going on in season 2...which is shaping up to be WAY better than season 1!
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KillEmAll Kill Em All]: What seems to be going on in season 2... which is shaping up to be WAY better than season 1!
* KnifeNut: Chris somehow managed to obtain a knife. Judging by the fact that in a short period of time he threatened [[http://www.cogsdev.org/cwcki/Don%27t_Mess_With_Me Clyde Cash]], [[http://www.cogsdev.org/cwcki/Tito_Got_No_Luck_Against_We_Brits,_Irish_and_Scots! some other troll]] [[http://www.cogsdev.org/cwcki/CWC_Blog#14_March_2010 and the editors of CWCki]] with it, having a knife makes him feel powerful and he thinks it will solve all his problems. [[SarcasmMode This of course doesn't make him look creepy and mentally unbalanced at all.]]
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KnifeNut Knife Nut]: Chris somehow managed to obtain a knife. Judging by the fact that in a short period of time he threatened [[Don't Mess With Me|Clyde Cash]], [[Tito Got No Luck Against We Brits, Irish and Scots!|some other troll]] [[CWC Blog#14 March 2010|and the editors of CWCki]] with it, having a knife makes him feel powerful and he thinks it will solve all his problems. [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SarcasmMode This of course doesn't make him look creepy and mentally unbalanced at all.]
** 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 [[OverlyLongFightingAnimation at least 5 seconds to pull it out and open it with both hands]]. [[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].
* KnowNothingKnowItAll: 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 [[{{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].
* LackOfEmpathy: 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, [[http://www.cogsdev.org/cwcki/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 [[{{Hatedom}} fanbase]] had to wait more than two months until Chris finally decided to [[http://www.cogsdev.org/cwcki/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.
* LackOfEmpathy: 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, [[http://www.cogsdev.org/cwcki/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 [[{{Hatedom}} fanbase]] had to wait more than two months until Chris finally decided to [[http://www.cogsdev.org/cwcki/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.
** To be fair, his father isn't the most likable person there is; it's not a very good FreudianExcuse but neither are great people. Bob's only popular becuase he antagonizes Chris.
** To be fair, his father isn't the most likable person there is; it's not a very good FreudianExcuse but neither are great people. Bob's only popular becuase he antagonizes Chris.

Revision as of 19:59, 12 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.
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.