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* QuestForSex: Nowadays it's obvious that Christian's "Love Quest" is actually this. He wants to get laid so badly that he's willing to reveal all kinds of personal information about himself, including details about his masturbation habits, as well as draw pornographic comic starring himself, photograph himself wearing diapers and film himself running around naked and displaying "random-access humor", masturbating, humping a love doll, drinking his own semen or demonstrating how he would pleasure a woman orally if he thinks it will help him score. [[{{Squick}} And yes, he actually did all these things]]. Interestingly, though perhaps unsurprisingly, one thing he won't do to get laid is actually improving himself, as evidenced by [[http://www.cogsdev.org/cwcki/Jackie_e-mails_Part_3 Jackie e-mails]].
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/QuestForSex Quest For Sex]: Nowadays it's obvious that Christian's "Love Quest" is actually this. He wants to get laid so badly that he's willing to reveal all kinds of personal information about himself, including details about his masturbation habits, as well as draw pornographic comic starring himself, photograph himself wearing diapers and film himself running around naked and displaying "random-access humor", masturbating, humping a love doll, drinking his own semen or demonstrating how he would pleasure a woman orally if he thinks it will help him score. [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Squick And yes, he actually did all these things]. Interestingly, though perhaps unsurprisingly, one thing he won't do to get laid is actually improving himself, as evidenced by the [[Jackie e-mails Part 3|Jackie e-mails]].
** He also won't pay for a prostitute, despite spending well over a thousand dollars on games he will never play.
** He also won't pay for a prostitute, despite spending well over a thousand dollars on games he will never play.
** He is also too coward to even talk to a prostitute, as some trolls once sent TWO hookers to his house and according to them, he panicked and hid behind of his mom until she asked them to leave.
** He is also too coward to even talk to a prostitute, as some trolls once sent TWO hookers to his house and according to them, he panicked and hid behind of his mom until she asked them to leave.
* RapeIsLove: Implied in the 'relationship' between Clyde Cash and [=PandaHalo=]. Chris now believes that they are HappilyMarried.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RapeIsLove Rape Is Love]: Implied in the 'relationship' between Clyde Cash and PandaHalo. Chris now believes that they are [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HappilyMarried Happily Married].
** Chris-Chan also believes this to be TruthInTelevision.
** Chris-Chan also believes this to be [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TruthInTelevision Truth In Television].
* RealityIsUnrealistic: Clips of one of Chris' videos was featured on a radio show, prompting one of the hosts to say that if Chris were a character in a DavidLynch movie, he'd think Lynch was trying too hard.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RealityIsUnrealistic Reality Is Unrealistic]: Clips of one of Chris' videos was featured on a radio show, prompting one of the hosts to say that if Chris were a character in a [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DavidLynch David Lynch] movie, he'd think Lynch was trying too hard.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Pretty much all of them. Basically anything that ''[=CChanSonichuCWC=]'' ('the impersonator', 'Brown Chris', 'Liquid Chris') posts.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheReasonYouSuckSpeech The Reason You Suck Speech]: Pretty much all of them. Basically anything that ''CChanSonichuCWC'' ('the impersonator', 'Brown Chris', 'Liquid Chris') posts.
** There has been at least [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYCLNJGaZgQ one time]] Chris has delivered a very effective TheReasonYouSuckSpeech ... [[FacePalm to himself.]]
** There has been at least [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYCLNJGaZgQ one time] Chris has delivered a very effective [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheReasonYouSuckSpeech The Reason You Suck Speech] ... [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FacePalm to himself.]
*** Kacey's father gave Chris what is essentially a two-hour-long version of this in a phonecall.
*** Kacey's father gave Chris what is essentially a two-hour-long version of this in a phonecall.
** Alec Benson Leary delivered a few of these to him in the phone calls, calling him out on being lazy and belligerent. And Chris hung up.
** Alec Benson Leary delivered a few of these to him in the phone calls, calling him out on being lazy and belligerent. And Chris hung up.
** ''Sonichu Revolution'' is pretty much one big TRYSS in comic form, calling Chris out on his ego, laziness, unoriginality and hypocrisy. Naturally, [[CompletelyMissingThePoint this all flies right over Chris's head]] and he just complains about the violence.
** ''Sonichu Revolution'' is pretty much one big TRYSS in comic form, calling Chris out on his ego, laziness, unoriginality and hypocrisy. Naturally, [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CompletelyMissingThePoint this all flies right over Chris's head] and he just complains about the violence.
* RefugeInAudacity: Several fanworks, including ''Sonichu the Animated Series'' and ''Sonichu is Gay''.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RefugeInAudacity Refuge In Audacity]: Several fanworks, including ''Sonichu the Animated Series'' and ''Sonichu is Gay''.
* TheRemake: The {{deviantART}} member [[http://gabmonteiro9389.deviantart.com/ gabmonteiro9389]] is [[http://gabmonteiro9389.deviantart.com/art/Sonichu-Remake-Issue-0-Cover-117025346 redoing]] ''Sonichu'' and giving it [[SoCoolItsAwesome awesome]] art. The crap story is still there, but at least the eyesore isn't.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheRemake The Remake]: The [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DeviantART deviantART] member [http://gabmonteiro9389.deviantart.com/ gabmonteiro9389] is [http://gabmonteiro9389.deviantart.com/art/Sonichu-Remake-Issue-0-Cover-117025346 redoing] ''Sonichu'' and giving it [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SoCoolItsAwesome awesome] art. The crap story is still there, but at least the eyesore isn't.
** [[FridgeHorror Considering]] the [[ColdBloodedTorture contents]] of later issues, [[YourMileageMayVary better art might not be such a good thing]].
** [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FridgeHorror Considering] the [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ColdBloodedTorture contents] of later issues, [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/YourMileageMayVary better art might not be such a good thing].
* {{Rickroll}}: An ''unintentional'' example, [[http://www.cogsdev.org/cwcki/Chris_Chan_Update_24_September_2008#Video believe it or not.]]
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Rickroll Rickroll]: An ''unintentional'' example, [[Chris Chan Update 24 September 2008#Video|believe it or not.]]
* TheRival: Liquid Chris; a literal rival in the singing contest. In his videos, Liquid shows himself as a sort of GodModeSue {{Doppelganger}} to Chris, copying his mannerisms and (claimed) skills, but doing them pretty well: Liquid actually is fairly handsome and quite talented. Liquid claims to have grown up and taken his creation ''Sonichu'' to future success in the video game and comic industry, much to the chagrin of regular Chris.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheRival The Rival]: Liquid Chris; a literal rival in the singing contest. In his videos, Liquid shows himself as a sort of [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GodModeSue God Mode Sue] [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Doppelganger Doppelganger] to Chris, copying his mannerisms and (claimed) skills, but doing them pretty well: Liquid actually is fairly handsome and quite talented. Liquid claims to have grown up and taken his creation ''Sonichu'' to future success in the video game and comic industry, much to the chagrin of regular Chris.
**And now we have Alec Benson Leary's [[http://hsienko.com/asperchu/index.php?title=Main_Page Asperchu]], which Chris now believes is "stealing" Sonichu's fanbase.
**And now we have Alec Benson Leary's [http://hsienko.com/asperchu/index.php?title=Main_Page Asperchu], which Chris now believes is "stealing" Sonichu's fanbase.
* RootingForTheEmpire: Some of the troll depictions portray the Private Villa of Corrupted Citizens as heroic rebels trying to overthrow a PsychopathicManchild dictator and his army of superpowered enforcers.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RootingForTheEmpire Rooting For The Empire]: Some of the troll depictions portray the Private Villa of Corrupted Citizens as heroic rebels trying to overthrow a [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PsychopathicManchild Psychopathic Manchild] dictator and his army of superpowered enforcers.
** More humorlously, and technically in an instance of TheEmpire rooting for itself, when Chris depicted 4chan as a building, "The 4 Cent Garbage Building," where ''Satan'' works as a receptionist, the building is 72 (66 + 6) floors tall, and exists mainly to display Chris's poor sense of humor, he chose to depict its employees as having only one job: drinking beer all day. Instead of being offended, as Chris hoped, the unanimous response was "Fucking with Chris and drinking beer all day and getting paid for it? That sounds like the best job ever."
** More humorlously, and technically in an instance of [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheEmpire The Empire] rooting for itself, when Chris depicted 4chan as a building, "The 4 Cent Garbage Building," where ''Satan'' works as a receptionist, the building is 72 (66 + 6) floors tall, and exists mainly to display Chris's poor sense of humor, he chose to depict its employees as having only one job: drinking beer all day. Instead of being offended, as Chris hoped, the unanimous response was "Fucking with Chris and drinking beer all day and getting paid for it? That sounds like the best job ever."
*** And drawing RuleThirtyFour art.
*** And drawing [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RuleThirtyFour Rule Thirty Four] art.
** From the Meta angle, arguably, anyone who takes sides (see EvilVersusEvil).
** From the Meta angle, arguably, anyone who takes sides (see [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EvilVersusEvil Evil Versus Evil]).
* SadisticChoice: Bluespike/Julie/Max is a master at this.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SadisticChoice Sadistic Choice]: Bluespike/Julie/Max is a master at this.
** More recently trolls put ''Sonichu'' comics on sale on Lulu.com, forcing Chris to choose whether he should officially condemn them, thus breaking his earlier promise that he will leave the Internet (and presumably upsetting some external force that almost certainly made him make that promise in the first place), or whether he should keep aforementioned promise and just watch his precious ''Sonichu'' being "stolen" from him. [[http://www.cogsdev.org/cwcki/F_Abstinance Chris made his choice rather quickly.]]
** More recently trolls put ''Sonichu'' comics on sale on Lulu.com, forcing Chris to choose whether he should officially condemn them, thus breaking his earlier promise that he will leave the Internet (and presumably upsetting some external force that almost certainly made him make that promise in the first place), or whether he should keep aforementioned promise and just watch his precious ''Sonichu'' being "stolen" from him. [[F Abstinance|Chris made his choice rather quickly.]]
* SecretTestOfCharacter: Both Clyde and Bluespike used these on Chris. He failed all of them.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SecretTestOfCharacter Secret Test Of Character]: Both Clyde and Bluespike used these on Chris. He failed all of them.
** Clyde worked with [=PandaHalo=] to claim she was raped and pregnant with his child. Chris treated the rape like it was an affair and agreed to give the hypothetical child to Clyde the moment he offered to do so. Later, Panda made use of the Australian Brushfires to fake her death. Chris moved on to Julie in less than twelve hours.
** Clyde worked with PandaHalo to claim she was raped and pregnant with his child. Chris treated the rape like it was an affair and agreed to give the hypothetical child to Clyde the moment he offered to do so. Later, Panda made use of the Australian Brushfires to fake her death. Chris moved on to Julie in less than twelve hours.
** Speaking of Julie, during his hostage negotiations with Bluespike, he caught on to the secret test (He had to pick Julie or his PSN account) and picked Julie, expecting that he'd pass the test and get the PSN back for making the right choice, revealing that Chris sees women on the same level of overpriced gaming consoles.
** Speaking of Julie, during his hostage negotiations with Bluespike, he caught on to the secret test (He had to pick Julie or his PSN account) and picked Julie, expecting that he'd pass the test and get the PSN back for making the right choice, revealing that Chris sees women on the same level of overpriced gaming consoles.
* SevenDeadlySins: Chris embodies ''all'' of them. Thankfully, Sloth means he will never act seriously on the others... or at least he won't act on them [[http://www.cogsdev.org/cwcki/6_June_2010 most of the time]].
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SevenDeadlySins Seven Deadly Sins]: Chris embodies ''all'' of them. Thankfully, Sloth means he will never act seriously on the others... or at least he won't act on them [[6 June 2010|most of the time]].
** Sloth: He is a parasite who lives on government welfare checks, doesn't work, and can't be arsed to maintain his shitty comic or improve himself.
** Sloth: He is a parasite who lives on government welfare checks, doesn't work, and can't be arsed to maintain his shitty comic or improve himself.
** Lust: He owns all manner of sex toys, has had sex with a blowup doll, views female friends as women who are withholding sex from him, and generally acts like a [[StalkerWithACrush creepy stalker]] to gal-pal and stranger alike.
** Lust: He owns all manner of sex toys, has had sex with a blowup doll, views female friends as women who are withholding sex from him, and generally acts like a [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StalkerWithACrush creepy stalker] to gal-pal and stranger alike.
** Wrath: He throws tantrums, verbally abused his college dean, and shouts internet death threats all the time.
** Wrath: He throws tantrums, verbally abused his college dean, and shouts internet death threats all the time.
** Envy: He is jealous of men who have girlfriends, and blames them for preventing him from having one (instead of his poor hygiene, awful manners, deplorable behavior, stalkerish tendencies, multiple prejudices, no job, etc).
** Envy: He is jealous of men who have girlfriends, and blames them for preventing him from having one (instead of his poor hygiene, awful manners, deplorable behavior, stalkerish tendencies, multiple prejudices, no job, etc).
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** Gluttony: He overeats on junk food and other assorted crap.
** Gluttony: He overeats on junk food and other assorted crap.
** Pride: He is incapable of taking criticism, he considers his poorly drawn cartoon on par with professionals, he sees himself as entitled to so much despite providing so little, and generally acts like a smug, pompous brat when he isn't raging or sad at some relatively trivial thing.
** Pride: He is incapable of taking criticism, he considers his poorly drawn cartoon on par with professionals, he sees himself as entitled to so much despite providing so little, and generally acts like a smug, pompous brat when he isn't raging or sad at some relatively trivial thing.
* SelfDeprecatingHumor: In a FAQ, the [=CWCki=] wonders "who really has no life here: Chris, or the people who obsessively document and debate everything he does?"
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SelfDeprecatingHumor Self Deprecating Humor]: In a FAQ, the CWCki wonders "who really has no life here: Chris, or the people who obsessively document and debate everything he does?"
* SelfInflictedHell: Chris is basically strangling himself with his internet connection.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SelfInflictedHell Self Inflicted Hell]: Chris is basically strangling himself with his internet connection.
** There's even a saying among the trolls: "No one trolls Chris better than Chris."
** There's even a saying among the trolls: "No one trolls Chris better than Chris."
* SelfFanService: Mary Lee Walsh went from being an old lady in {{canon}} to being a beautiful succubus-resembling demon in trollfics.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SelfFanService Self Fan Service]: Mary Lee Walsh went from being an old lady in [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Canon canon] to being a beautiful succubus-resembling demon in trollfics.
** Justified in that Chris's art style is so crude that at first most people couldn't tell she was supposed to have gray hair, the only real visual indication of her age in the comic. Early "fan" artists assumed she was younger and had blond hair and red horns instead of a yellow helmet. The design just stuck afterward.
** Justified in that Chris's art style is so crude that at first most people couldn't tell she was supposed to have gray hair, the only real visual indication of her age in the comic. Early "fan" artists assumed she was younger and had blond hair and red horns instead of a yellow helmet. The design just stuck afterward.
*** That, and because when the people saw her, they interpreted her golden viking helmet, again, due to Chris' terrible art skills, as her being depicted as having Marylin Monroe like blonde hair, and little she-devil horns. Troll's admiration of her calling Chris out on his bullshit, one of the few people who don't know him from the internet, coupled with the crude representation of her in the comics led to them interpreting her as a [[http://www.cogsdev.org/w/images/8/8e/Sonichu_Finale_2_Page_23_by_Plombard.jpg sexy blonde she devil who trolls Chris IRL]].
*** That, and because when the people saw her, they interpreted her golden viking helmet, again, due to Chris' terrible art skills, as her being depicted as having Marylin Monroe like blonde hair, and little she-devil horns. Troll's admiration of her calling Chris out on his bullshit, one of the few people who don't know him from the internet, coupled with the crude representation of her in the comics led to them interpreting her as a [[:File:Sonichu Finale 2 Page 23 by Plombard.jpg|sexy blonde she devil who trolls Chris IRL]].
* SexIsCool: This seems to be a central part of Christian's world view. He apparently thinks that because he is obsessed with his "Love Quest" and wants to have sex so badly, everyone else should want it as well, and he's unwilling or unable to comprehend that someone [[CelibateHero might not be involved in romantic and/or sexual relationship out of choice]] and perhaps even [[{{Asexuality}} might not be interested in romance and sex at all]]. This belief also shows up in his comic, as he finds it necessary to pair his Sonic recolors up and refuses to break them up (because they simply can't be happy if they aren't in relationships), makes [[strike:Mary Lee Walsh]] Slaweel Ryam say that she became evil because she was never loved and eradicates asexuality in ''Sonichu 10''.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SexIsCool Sex Is Cool]: This seems to be a central part of Christian's world view. He apparently thinks that because he is obsessed with his "Love Quest" and wants to have sex so badly, everyone else should want it as well, and he's unwilling or unable to comprehend that someone [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CelibateHero might not be involved in romantic and/or sexual relationship out of choice] and perhaps even [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Asexuality might not be interested in romance and sex at all]. This belief also shows up in his comic, as he finds it necessary to pair his Sonic recolors up and refuses to break them up (because they simply can't be happy if they aren't in relationships), makes <strike>Mary Lee Walsh</strike> Slaweel Ryam say that she became evil because she was never loved and eradicates asexuality in ''Sonichu 10''.
* ShlubbAndKlumpEnglish: Chris tends to misuse words and phrases that aren't even in common usage in modern English (phrases like "I do not care much for" instead of "I don't like". He even makes up words occasionally (like "instinctions" instead of "distinct instances"). These made-up words have been dubbed "[[http://www.cogsdev.org/cwcki/CWC-isms CWC-isms]]" by his [[{{Troll}} followers]].
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ShlubbAndKlumpEnglish Shlubb And Klump English]: Chris tends to misuse words and phrases that aren't even in common usage in modern English (phrases like "I do not care much for" instead of "I don't like." He even makes up words occasionally (like "instinctions" instead of "distinct instances"). These made-up words have been dubbed "[[CWC-isms]]" by his [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Troll followers].
* {{Shoutout}}: ''MetalGearSolid'' is very popular with CWC trolls, which can be seen in their antics and parodies; shoutouts to the series are so rampant that it warrants its [[http://www.cogsdev.org/cwcki/Metal_Gear_Solid own page]] on the [=CWCki=]. To a lesser extent, ''{{Earthbound}}'' references (especially of [[NightmareFuel Giygas]]) are also common, though mostly only in {{fanvid}}s.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Shoutout Shoutout]: ''[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MetalGearSolid Metal Gear Solid]'' is very popular with CWC trolls, which can be seen in their antics and parodies; shoutouts to the series are so rampant that it warrants its [[Metal Gear Solid|own page]] on the CWCki. To a lesser extent, ''[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Earthbound Earthbound]'' references (especially of [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NightmareFuel Giygas]) are also common, though mostly only in [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FanVid fanvid]s.
** Chris-Chan himself is like a real life version of Porky Minch: Just compare [=CWCville=] with New Pork City. Or rather, don't.
** Chris-Chan himself is like a real life version of Porky Minch: Just compare CWCville with New Pork City. Or rather, don't.
* SignificantAnagram: Trolls have noted that "Christian Weston Chandler" is an anagram of "AntiChrist Enhances World." Hmm...
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SignificantAnagram Significant Anagram]: Trolls have noted that "Christian Weston Chandler" is an anagram of "AntiChrist Enhances World." Hmm...
* SkewedPriorities: [[http://www.cogsdev.org/cwcki/Common_Questions#22_February_2010 On the list of the worst things that have ever happened to Chris]], posted by the man himself, deaths of his "sweethearts" [=PandaHalo=] and Sarah Jackson were ranked ''below'' apparently more tragic events, such as trolls hacking his PSN accounts and his original ''Sonichu'' site, as well as him getting banned from the game store where he used to play ''Pokémon'' and ''Yu-Gi-Oh''. And poor Ivy wasn't mentioned at all. For that matter, neither was Chris' aunt Corrina ''who died in real life''.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SkewedPriorities Skewed Priorities]: [[Common Questions#22 February 2010|On the list of the worst things that have ever happened to Chris]], posted by the man himself, deaths of his "sweethearts" PandaHalo and Sarah Jackson were ranked ''below'' apparently more tragic events, such as trolls hacking his PSN accounts and his original ''Sonichu'' site, as well as him getting banned from the game store where he used to play ''Pokémon'' and ''Yu-Gi-Oh''. And poor Ivy wasn't mentioned at all. For that matter, neither was Chris' aunt Corrina ''who died in real life''.
** There's also the fact that he doesn't want to kill his Sonic recolors, because [[DaydreamBeliever they are real to him...]] yet in the comic he gleefully murders (sometimes in a gory way) ''real people'' who "wronged" him. In fact, Chris in general empathises more with fictional characters than with real people. For example, he was only in a mild disagreement with a troll roleplaying as [[ThoseWackyNazis Josef]] [[MadDoctor Mengele]] [[http://www.cogsdev.org/cwcki/Mailbag_35#In_which_Chris_almost_figures_it_out who suggested marking the homosexual people and taking them to camps to experiment on them]]; by contrast, he seemed genuinely disturbed by [[http://www.cogsdev.org/cwcki/Mailbag_54 the other troll's suggestion to include in his comic a character that used to eat baby Sonees (i.e. Sonichus' hatchlings) alive or put them in blenders and drink them]].
** There's also the fact that he doesn't want to kill his Sonic recolors, because [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DaydreamBeliever they are real to him...] yet in the comic he gleefully murders (sometimes in a gory way) ''real people'' who "wronged" him. In fact, Chris in general empathises more with fictional characters than with real people. For example, he was only in a mild disagreement with a troll roleplaying as [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ThoseWackyNazis Josef] [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MadDoctor Mengele] [[Mailbag 35#In which Chris almost figures it out|who suggested marking the homosexual people and taking them to camps to experiment on them]]; by contrast, he seemed genuinely disturbed by [[Mailbag 54|the other troll's suggestion to include in his comic a character that used to eat baby Sonees (i.e. Sonichus' hatchlings) alive or put them in blenders and drink them]].
*** And still, even though his Sonic recolors are real, sentient beings for him, and even though he is probably more attached to them than to real people, he killed Simonla just to get his [=CWCipedia=] back. Interpret that as you will.
*** And still, even though his Sonic recolors are real, sentient beings for him, and even though he is probably more attached to them than to real people, he killed Simonla just to get his CWCipedia back. Interpret that as you will.
** Also, Chris thinks that it's A-OK to show sex and graphic violence in his (allegedly child-friendly) comic, yet censors [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous even mild swearing]].
** Also, Chris thinks that it's A-OK to show sex and graphic violence in his (allegedly child-friendly) comic, yet censors [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous even mild swearing].
* TheSlacker: At the advice of his father, Chris has declined to seek a job, and instead subsists on his "monthly tugboat," $800 of Social Security funding. Records show that American taxpayers' money have bought Chris a PS3 and [[CaughtWithYourPantsDown literally gone up his ass]]. He'd fit the trope perfectly were it not for his puritanical views on drugs (although his exposure to drinking may change this).
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheSlacker The Slacker]: At the advice of his father, Chris has declined to seek a job, and instead subsists on his "monthly tugboat," $800 of Social Security funding. Records show that American taxpayers' money have bought Chris a PS3 and [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CaughtWithYourPantsDown literally gone up his ass]. He'd fit the trope perfectly were it not for his puritanical views on drugs (although his exposure to drinking may change this).
** Now he claims that he had "Never been Really Sure on the whole making money thing, or of any other aspirations"; that he does ''Sonichu'' for fun; hates that it's "being pressured onto me like as if it was a Job" (read: hates that people try to make him ''at least update his own webcomic regularly''); is "tired of trying to please MILLIONS" (because he tried so hard...) and says that fans (or "fans", as he put it - apparently he considers only [[{{Lickspittle}} those who accept everything he does as perfect]] to be his TRUE and LOYAL fans) who told him they stopped reading his comic because he failed to update it regularly are "among the People I am most annoyed with". In short, apparently he doesn't want to make money off ''Sonichu'' anymore, not because he's afraid of Sega and Nintendo, but because he realized that it would require working on his comic regularly.
** Now he claims that he had "Never been Really Sure on the whole making money thing, or of any other aspirations"; that he does ''Sonichu'' for fun; hates that it's "being pressured onto me like as if it was a Job" (read: hates that people try to make him ''at least update his own webcomic regularly''); is "tired of trying to please MILLIONS" (because he tried so hard...) and says that fans (or "fans", as he put it - apparently he considers only [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Lickspittle those who accept everything he does as perfect] to be his TRUE and LOYAL fans) who told him they stopped reading his comic because he failed to update it regularly are "among the People I am most annoyed with". In short, apparently he doesn't want to make money off ''Sonichu'' anymore, not because he's afraid of Sega and Nintendo, but because he realized that it would require working on his comic regularly.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Despite there being at most ONE ''Sonichu'' fan, Chris has confused the people watching him out of horror for a devoted fanbase, and still entertains dreams of ''Sonichu'' video games and merchandise. During the [[http://www.cogsdev.org/cwcki/Miyamoto_saga Miyamoto Saga]], Chris believed that the big man of {{Nintendo}} himself wanted to meet with him, and even made a slideshow presentation about a proposed Sonichu game (which turned out to be mostly about Chris and his creations), in which he claimed professional-level drawing skills.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SmallNameBigEgo Small Name Big Ego]: Despite there being at most ONE ''Sonichu'' fan, Chris has confused the people watching him out of horror for a devoted fanbase, and still entertains dreams of ''Sonichu'' video games and merchandise. During the [[Miyamoto Saga]], Chris believed that the big man of [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Nintendo Nintendo] himself wanted to meet with him, and even made a slideshow presentation about a proposed Sonichu game (which turned out to be mostly about Chris and his creations), in which he claimed professional-level drawing skills.
** Even worse, he was certain that Miyamoto would be more honored to meet ''him''.
** Even worse, he was certain that Miyamoto would be more honored to meet ''him''.
** Chris's madness has been growing to the point where he seems convinced he can ''curse people,'' and has been falling back on "my Love Quest is a divine mandate!" more and more. Be afraid.
** Chris's madness has been growing to the point where he seems convinced he can ''curse people,'' and has been falling back on "my Love Quest is a divine mandate!" more and more. Be afraid.
** Most of Chris's narcissism seems to stem from the few contests he has won during his lifetime, one being a raffle he entered as a child for $1000 worth of Sega games and won by sheer, dumb luck, and another being a [=GameStop=] ''GuitarHero'' contest he won after his FanHaters voted for him in droves, which lead him to believe that his work had a sizeable fanbase. Ever since then, Chris has been obsessed with success (he threw a massive hissy fit when his high school neglected to reward him for his art skills, and another when he lost a ''{{Parappa The Rapper}}''-themed contest and accused the winner of cheating), and frequently appeals to his "True and Loyal fanbase" for help against the trolls.
** Most of Chris's narcissism seems to stem from the few contests he has won during his lifetime, one being a raffle he entered as a child for $1000 worth of Sega games and won by sheer, dumb luck, and another being a GameStop ''[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GuitarHero Guitar Hero]'' contest he won after his [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FanHaters Fan Haters] voted for him in droves, which lead him to believe that his work had a sizeable fanbase. Ever since then, Chris has been obsessed with success (he threw a massive hissy fit when his high school neglected to reward him for his art skills, and another when he lost a ''[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ParappaTheRapper Parappa The Rapper]''-themed contest and accused the winner of cheating), and frequently appeals to his "True and Loyal fanbase" for help against the trolls.
** It's gotten worse: Apparently, Christian has [[http://www.cogsdev.org/cwcki/Chris_and_copyright#Copyright_registration applied for a copyright for the name Sonichu]] with absolutely no thought of the repercussions he could suffer if Nintendo and/or Sega discover his completely unoriginal character. Big Ego indeed. By the way? One fan e-mailed Nintendo.
** It's gotten worse: Apparently, Christian has [[Chris and copyright#Copyright registration|applied for a copyright for the name Sonichu]] with absolutely no thought of the repercussions he could suffer if Nintendo and/or Sega discover his completely unoriginal character. Big Ego indeed. By the way? One fan e-mailed Nintendo.
** Not only that, he seriously believes that [[http://www.cogsdev.org/cwcki/Chris_and_Wikipedia he deserves his own article on]] ThatOtherWiki and believes that his birthday (February 24th) should be a ''national holiday''.
** Not only that, he seriously believes that [[Chris and Wikipedia|he deserves his own article on]] [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ThatOtherWiki That Other Wiki] and believes that his birthday (February 24th) should be a ''national holiday''.
** As it turns out, [[http://www.cogsdev.org/cwcki/Mailbag_48 he thinks he has "way over a million fans worldwide"]] (perhaps [[http://www.cogsdev.org/cwcki/Common_Questions#26_January_2010 even more than a billion of them]], though in this case [[WritersCannotDoMath he might not have realized how high the number he typed was]]).
** As it turns out, [[Mailbag_48|he thinks he has "way over a million fans worldwide"]] (perhaps [[Common Questions#26 January 2010|even more than a billion of them]], though in this case [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WritersCannotDoMath he might not have realized how high the number he typed was]).
** Additional proof of both his gargantuan ego and him being completely out of touch with reality: [[http://www.cogsdev.org/cwcki/ChrisChanSonichu_and_WikiSysop_correspondence#THAT_DOES_NOT_MATTER_.28CCS.29 he thinks he's "the Mayor of Cwcville, VA, IN REAL LIFE as its Main Creator"]].
** Additional proof of both his gargantuan ego and him being completely out of touch with reality: [[ChrisChanSonichu and WikiSysop correspondence#THAT DOES NOT MATTER (CCS)|he thinks he's "the Mayor of Cwcville, VA, IN REAL LIFE as its Main Creator"]].
** When Chris contacted troll who hacked his PSN accounts, he sent (among others) 17 rather incoherent messages that ended with the phrase: "[[http://www.cogsdev.org/cwcki/Samantha_Thaddeus_E-mails#The_last_straw_7.2F12.2F09 thou will only be forgiven truly if thou returns the Accounts thou has stolen from the son of God who truly has Christ in his name and in his heart]]" (the "son of God" portion referring to [[AGodAmI Chris-chan himself]]). He also threatened the troll that "God will reign down with a Vengance upon you until you give me back my Japan, Spain, Hong Kong, France and Germany Playstation Network Accounts".
** When Chris contacted troll who hacked his PSN accounts, he sent (among others) 17 rather incoherent messages that ended with the phrase: "[[Samantha Thaddeus E-mails#The last straw 7/12/09|thou will only be forgiven truly if thou returns the Accounts thou has stolen from the son of God who truly has Christ in his name and in his heart]]" (the "son of God" portion referring to [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AGodAmI Chris-chan himself]). He also threatened the troll that "God will reign down with a Vengance upon you until you give me back my Japan, Spain, Hong Kong, France and Germany Playstation Network Accounts".
** Not as spectacular as above examples, but Chris [[http://www.cogsdev.org/cwcki/Some_Favored_Comedians stated that he'd like Jerry Seinfeld himself to respond to one of his Youtube videos]]. Apparently he doesn't think it's unlikely that Seinfeld would do that.
** Not as spectacular as above examples, but Chris [[Some Favored Comedians|stated that he'd like Jerry Seinfeld himself to respond to one of his Youtube videos]]. Apparently he doesn't think it's unlikely that Seinfeld would do that.
* SmugSnake: [[KnowNothingKnowItAll Chris thinks that he's smarter than everyone else]], and frequently tries to use his "brilliance" to take advantage of others. In particular, he made several attempts to manipulate people to do something he wanted them to do, forgive him for his misdeeds, agree with him etc. He usually tried to achieve these goals by invoking pity in other people, for example by [[http://www.cogsdev.org/cwcki/%22Damian_Antaria%22,_PLEASE,_Don%27t_Leave_Me_-_I_NEED_YOU!!! bringing up his autism, the fact that he's a virgin,]] [[http://www.cogsdev.org/cwcki/Mailbag_45#Mistakes.2C_errors.2C_and_ordeals "deaths" of his "sweetheats" and constant trolling]], [[http://www.cogsdev.org/cwcki/Mailbag_39#In_which_Chris_describes_a_bad_dream_for_no_reason by describing nightmares he had]] [[http://www.cogsdev.org/cwcki/11052009_Kacey,_I_Love_You,_and_I_Need_You or just by faking sadness]]. He even tried to make Megan forgive him for creating [=ShecameforCWC.JPG=] [[http://www.cogsdev.org/cwcki/Megan_Emails,_2008#Chris_continues_bothering_her_about_ED by telling her that he suffered more that she did]]. In addition, he lies to achieve his goals (like the time he impersonated Liquid in an attempt to trick Kacey into sleeping with him), makes promises with no intent of keeping them (like promising Kacey that he'll find a job and move out of his parents' house) and tries to weasel his way out of doing things he doesn't want to do (e.g. the whole Simonla saga). He tries to be ManipulativeBastard, but one small detail prevents him from being one: he is utterly, hopelessly incompetent at manipulating people.
* SmugSnake: [[KnowNothingKnowItAll Chris thinks that he's smarter than everyone else]], and frequently tries to use his "brilliance" to take advantage of others. In particular, he made several attempts to manipulate people to do something he wanted them to do, forgive him for his misdeeds, agree with him etc. He usually tried to achieve these goals by invoking pity in other people, for example by [[http://www.cogsdev.org/cwcki/%22Damian_Antaria%22,_PLEASE,_Don%27t_Leave_Me_-_I_NEED_YOU!!! bringing up his autism, the fact that he's a virgin,]] [[http://www.cogsdev.org/cwcki/Mailbag_45#Mistakes.2C_errors.2C_and_ordeals "deaths" of his "sweetheats" and constant trolling]], [[http://www.cogsdev.org/cwcki/Mailbag_39#In_which_Chris_describes_a_bad_dream_for_no_reason by describing nightmares he had]] [[http://www.cogsdev.org/cwcki/11052009_Kacey,_I_Love_You,_and_I_Need_You or just by faking sadness]]. He even tried to make Megan forgive him for creating [=ShecameforCWC.JPG=] [[http://www.cogsdev.org/cwcki/Megan_Emails,_2008#Chris_continues_bothering_her_about_ED by telling her that he suffered more that she did]]. In addition, he lies to achieve his goals (like the time he impersonated Liquid in an attempt to trick Kacey into sleeping with him), makes promises with no intent of keeping them (like promising Kacey that he'll find a job and move out of his parents' house) and tries to weasel his way out of doing things he doesn't want to do (e.g. the whole Simonla saga). He tries to be ManipulativeBastard, but one small detail prevents him from being one: he is utterly, hopelessly incompetent at manipulating people.
** Ironically, whenever people notices he's attempting to manipulate them, [[OutGambitted they play along and end up manipulating him to do stupid or embarrasing things instead]].
** Ironically, whenever people notices he's attempting to manipulate them, [[OutGambitted they play along and end up manipulating him to do stupid or embarrasing things instead]].

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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.