Chad Meeks-Martin

Chad Meeks-Martin is a major character in Scream (2022), and its sequel, Scream VI (2023 film). 
He is a survivor of the 25th anniversary Legacy Killings (2021) in Woodsboro, California, which was committed by Stab (1997) fanatics.
He is the nephew to original Scream character, Randy Meeks, son of Martha Meeks. Despite being Randy's nephew, he does not share many characteristics with his uncle, unlike his twin sister, Mindy. Chad was part of the Woodsboro High Football Team and won the heart of Liv McKenzie.
When a new Ghostface entity strikes, Chad immediately suspects Vince Schneider who had stalked Liv's Instagram, having previously been in a relationship with her. When Vince attempts to steal Liv back, Chad threatens him. Vince is later murdered, making Chad a suspect.
He is later attacked after trying to track down Liv at Wes Hicks' memorial party at Amber's house. After being stabbed seemingly to death and left to bleed out, he was somehow resuscitated, and appears in medical emergency recovery in his last frame.
Chad later enrols at Blackmore University and moves to New York City where they both attend. He is assigned to be roommates with Ethan Landry who he forms a close friendship with. As he gets closer to Tara, he strikes up a romantic relationship with her and he is later stabbed multiple times by two Ghostface killers whilst trying to protect her and is left for dead, however he is able to survive his injuries once more.
He is portrayed by . 
==Biography==
===Background===
Chad was born in approximately September 2003 alongside his twin sister, Mindy to approx. 21-year-old, Martha Meeks (appears in Scream 3).
The question of his paternity was alluded to by actress Heather Matarazzo, who stated in a March 16, 2022 Twitter Q&A that she was aware of his identity. Then after several rejected speculations by fans, she finally liked a tweet with a still of cameraman, Joel (appears in Scream 2), fueling this idea further.
If so, the Scream 2 character whose news van was an accessory to his uncle's murder, possibly developed a relationship with the Meeks family after the murders.
It is unknown whether he grew up in Woodsboro, California as a child or lived with his father (possibly in Ohio if it is Joel) or if he relocated sometime after the Second Woodsboro Murders (2011), during the time when Sam Carpenter babysat him (approx. 2012—2016). Given his absence in Scream 4 (2011), it appears likely he was living with his father at the time. 
===Scream (2022)===
After Tara Carpenter is attacked, Chad and his friends go to visit her in the hospital after calling Tara's sister, Samantha Carpenter, back to Woodsboro. Chad is questioned about the bruises on his arm and then defends his girlfriend, Liv McKenzie, against Vince Schneider, a former summer romance of hers who is now stalking her through Woodsboro. As the friends hang out in a bar, Vince confronts them causing Chad to threaten him and getting everyone kicked out.
The next day, Chad and Mindy host all their friends, Samantha, Richie Kirsch, and Dewey Riley at their home as they discuss the latest attacks and try to figure out who the Killer is or what their motive is. After everyone accuses Samantha of being the Killer she leaves in anger.
The next night, Amber Freeman hosts a party at her house which Chad dedicates to Wes Hicks's memory, as he was killed the day before. Amber scolds Chad for doing shots at Wes' memorial party, which he defends by saying it's how he mourns and is distracting himself from "the looming spectre of Death". Later, Liv and Chad are seen making out on the couch downstairs. Liv tells Chad she wants to go all the way with him, but being distrustful of everyone, he respectfully declines, causing Liv to storm out of the party. 
Chad then gets a text from Liv with a GPS tracker of her phone and he follows her to try and apologize, unaware that it's actually a trap set by the Killer. Chad tries to flee but Ghostface bursts out of a shed behind him and chases him, stabbing him seven times before he is interrupted by Sam, Tara and Richie's vehicle pulling up in front of the house, causing Ghostface to flee as he bleeds out.
Liv claims to have found his body outside, believing him to be dead when she's accused of being the killer for having his blood on her hands. Chad is later revealed to have survived his attack, being wheeled out on a stretcher conscious, exchanging a glance with Mindy, who also survived her attack.
====Aftermath====
After recovering from his injuries, Chad enrols at Blackmore University with Mindy and the pair move to New York City with Tara, who is also attending, with Sam following them not long after to be with Tara. Chad is assigned to be roommmates with Ethan Landry, who manipulated the allocations to get close to him, and he forms a close friendship with him.
===Scream VI===
Chad attends a Halloween frat party with Ethan, Tara, Mindy and her girlfriend Anika Kayoko and is called in as a reinforcement when Tara is groomed by a date-raper student who wants to take advantage of her. Chad gets into a physical altercation with the student and the fight is broken up by Sam who tases the student in the testicles. Chad leaves the party with the rest of the group and witnesses Sam being ambushed by internet trolls who believe she framed Richie for the Woodsboro Murders.
Chad returns to Sam and Tara's apartment, which they share with roommmate, Quinn Bailey, and comforts Tara before confessing his feelings for her. He leans in for a kiss but they are interrupted by Quinn who is looking for her phone. Chad and the rest of the group watch a news report on the murder of Jason Carvey. The next morning, Chad joins Mindy and the rest of the group where Mindy discusses the rules about the "sequel to the requel".
The group gather for dinner that night and Chad nicknames the survivors the "core four". When they are ambushed by Ghostface, who murders Quinn, Chad and Tara are able to escape whilst Mindy, Sam and Anika are forced to escape through a window using a ladder and Anika is thrown off the ladder to her death. In the aftermath, Chad accuses Ethan of being the killer as he was the only one not with the group that night.
Gale Weathers then reunites with the group and takes them to a shrine allegedly built by Jason which is dedicated to Ghostface. When Wayne Bailey, Quinn's father, devises a plan to trace the killer, Chad hides in a police van with Mindy, Ethan and Kirby Reed whilst she tracks down a phone call from Ghostface. When Gale is then attacked by Ghostface, Chad goes to the hospital with the rest of the group and Tara comes up with a plan to trap Ghostface and Wayne instructs them to travel in public.
The group board a subway but are separated from Ethan and Mindy after they are held back by commuters. When they arrive at the shrine, Sam sends her boyfriend, Danny Brackett, away whilst the rest of the group hide inside. Chad and Tara finally kiss but Tara is attacked from behind by the killer. Ghostface attacks the group and Chad lands a few blows to his head and holds him back so Tara and Sam can flee. A second Ghostface then emerges and stabs Chad, and both killers stab Chad and leave him for dead, much to Tara’s horror and sadness.
Chad's fate is unknown until he is rolled out of the theatre on a stretcher, still alive. Tara is overjoyed and kisses him in happiness. Mindy shows up and goes in the ambulance with him to the hospital. 
==Abilities==
*Peak Physical Strength: Chad has great physical strength, this is shown in Scream (2022), when he is attacked by Ghostface outside Amber's house, just after being stabbed in the leg by him, Chad rams him which manages to leave Ghostface knocked out for a few seconds, giving Chad a chance to get away from him. In Scream VI, Chad comes face to face against both Ghostfaces (Ethan and Quinn) separately and manages to land several blows on both of them (and even a kick to the stomach to one of them), immobilizing them for several seconds.
*Physical Speed: Chad is quite fast, which makes him quite a difficult target for the killers to catch. 
**And it's quite likely that if he hadn't been stabbed in the leg, he could have successfully escaped from Ghostface.
*Quick reflexes: Chad has shown to have peak human reflexes, in Scream (2022) he reacts quickly enough to Ghostface's surprise attack and manages to block the stab and redirect it to his left leg. In Scream VI, in his battle with Ghostface, Chad manages to successfully avoid all of Ghostface's slash attempts.
*Endurance: Chad has great physical resistance, this is shown in both films, since despite the fact that on both occasions he is stabbed a lot of times in the torso (the first time by Amber and the second by Ethan and Quinn), he manages to survive both times.
*Intelligence: He has average smart wits in disastrous situations, as for when Ghostface returned he suggest that he and his late girlfriend Liv should have trackers on each other in case of emergencies. Then at a memorial party for Wes at Amber’s house, he goes out to find her only to be ambushed by the new Ghostface and runs off to cover attempting to call for help but was unable due to the blood making his hand slippery and tosses it so he could be traced more.
*Charisma: His sportsmanship and sense of humor grants him the ability to inspire other people during their struggles and challenges. As drinking shots at Wes’s memorial causes everyone to shout "To Wes" on Chad’s lead due to his quarterback reputation during high school, in Scream VI he also reminds Tara that she’s very special for not letting everything she went through last year define her life at being happy and normal which she found charming towards him in wanting a relationship.
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