Chad

(Note: The actual existence of this character is unclear, as they were introduced during Sir's coma.)
(Trigger Warning: Pedophilia, adult-minor relationship, statutory rape)
Chad is a young male rodent and newly introduced resident of Oakdale Wells as well as student at Oakdale Wells High School. He is the best friend and boyfriend of series' antagonist, Victor and one of the bullies of series' protagonist, Sir. 
== Appearance ==
Chad is a tall male teenage rodent with brown fur with a beige muzzle and inner ears. He has a sharp jawline, big forehead, and oval shaped ears. He has slicked back dark brown hair, a long pink nose and dark brown eyes. 
He has a notably muscular build (being the only character in the show with this kind of muscle) and noticeable six-pack abs, which makes him stand out from others. He also has buckteeth and a long pink tail. 
He wears a merlot v-neck shirt with medium sleeves, and black pants that reach his ankles. He also has a pair of green shorts that he wears when cleaning his truck. 
== Personality ==
Chad's name was suggested by fans, and the literal meaning of it is a reference to Chads as they are conceptualized by incel forum communities, also known as the manosphere. The name itself is commonly recorded as meaning "battle" or "warrior", and is associated with physical strength, youth, and vitality. Although not so much intellect in modern times, as its personification is often seen as a hybrid of both jock and frat boy stereotypes, which is exemplified in Chad's characterization throughout the series and his way of speaking.
In the show, Chad is an uncompassionate, sadistic bully who actively encourages Victor's bad behavior, yet ironically seems to only care about Victor. Sir comments that he's "a pretty stacked idiot," after he pushed Victor to the ground in school. This speaks to his general knowledge on how his actions can effect others, as well as how he's confident in his ability to get out of any consequences. 
The romantic side of his relationship with Victor also casts him in a (albeit confusing) negative light. (See: Love Interest(s)) While Chad does make his feelings towards Victor obvious on multiple occasions -often spending his time with him, and going out of his way to get a gift for him- he'll also pursue others despite his "courting" of Victor. While they are not formally together, it characterizes him as someone who does what (and who) he wants, when he wants. No rhyme or reason given, besides that he desires it. Though this behavior might also be a form of attention seeking; an attempt to get Victor jealous and longing for his presence when Chad makes himself no longer available. Viewing his actions in this way would make him an incredibly manipulative individual as well, on top of the forceful way that he already goes about seducing Victor. 
Him leading Victor to his house and showing off his (or his father's) gun collection also leads to further questions about Chad's morality; while also exposing his greedy, showboating side(which was also shown when he showed off his newly purchased car) which is only supported by Victor's constant and consistent praise. Chad seems to be very aware of how his financial status helps him to win over and impress others, and this is most often used in the context of impressing Victor or (by the narrative) further exposing the difference between him and Sir. 
== Early Life ==
At some point, Chad was born, then named Chad. (It is possible that this is a shortened version of a longer name, such as Charles, Chadrick, Chadwick, or Chaddeus.) It can be assumed that Chad lived with his father somewhere else before Oakdale Wells. Based off of his accent, Chad may have lived in the southern part of the state of California. (Although that does not rule out the possibility that he lived somewhere nearby to Oakdale Wells.) 
== Current Life ==
Chad is a high school junior at Oakdale Wells High School and the boyfriend of Victor.
As was made clear by the Oakdale Wells police officer that helped to arrest Ms. Cindy, Chad is a minor. Based off of the age of consent and driving laws in real life in the area that Oakdale Wells could be in, this would put Chad between the ages of 13 and 17. As Sir was in the tenth grade during Chad's introduction, and appears older than other students, it's likely that he's 15 or older.
=== Welcome to Oakdale ===
Chad possibly moved into his house in Oakdale Wells with his father sometime before or after November 2019, and possibly began attending Oakdale Wells High School the week of November 17-24, 2019. This makes his arrival to Oakdale Wells similar to Sir's, as Sir arrived in Oakdale Wells well after the school year had started and might have made friends with Victor (among others) during this time. 
Sir saw him for the first time during that week, then later again at the local grocery store listening to Victor brag to him, “Let’s just say, the problem isn’t a problem anymore. All the evidence has been destroyed. I can get out of anything.” The second time he was seen was an identical situation, with Victor bragging to him then, “They got nothing on me!” 
Much to Sir's displeasure, they began to cause trouble around town and bully him together soon after the accident. Sir admits to hoping that Victor would have been too distracted to bother Sir, though his dreams were crushed in this regard. During his first physical appearance, Chad is shown standing beside Victor while he walked up to and intimidated Sir at the mall. During the encounter, Victor had said to Sir, "I wonder what that marble would look like down there with you splattered all over it.” The two laughed after. This established the fundamental dynamic in their relationship. Chad encouraging Victor's bad behavior, and Victor enjoying every bit of it. Sir replied with a homophobic remark, that the two of them made a cute couple and to make sure that he got an invite to their wedding, then promptly ran away. (Their reactions are not elaborated on, though it can be assumed he may have been chased after.) 
He gained a new car (possibly with the financial aid of his father) sometime before March 10, 2020. 
== Relationships ==
=== Family ===
Unnamed father - Sir mentions that Chad probably bought his monster truck with "daddy's money", implying that Chad's relationship with his father is parasitic and his father is a very generous man(at least when it comes to his son or family). He was also gone from the house for two days (from May 12, 2020 to May 14, 2020), which Chad took advantage of by inviting Victor to his house for the first time and sharing his gun collection, as well as explosives. 
=== Love Interest(s) ===
Victor - (In Sir's coma) From the moment of Chad's introduction as the mysterious new kid, the pair seemed to be closer to each other than what is typical for recent friends. Victor consistently sharing important information with him while bragging, which supported Sir's theories on his misdeeds. Saying things such as, "Let's just say, the problem isn't a problem anymore. All the evidence has been destroyed. I can get out of anything." and "They got nothing on me!" to the new kid implied that this fresh relationship had more going on behind the scenes that what Sir was able to gather. It could imply that Victor is bragging for the sake of bragging, or sought approval from a peer he simply had a particular affinity for. 
When Chad is first physically seen by Sir at the mall, him and Victor are together. Sir says that he, "...thought it was bad dealing with just Victor, but he's been hanging out with the new kid and causing trouble all over town. At first I thought he'd [Victor] be distracted and leave me alone. Well, today they both came up to me in the mall." When Victor said to Sir, "I wonder what that marble would look like down there with you splattered all over it," they both laughed. Sir's reaction was that he: "...told him [Victor] that that they make a cute couple and to make sure I get an invite to the wedding. Yeah, then I ran like hell." While it is positioned as just a homophobic gripe from Sir designed to get at Victor, it sets up future interactions between Chad and Victor to be seen in a different lens. These kinds of comments can change the dynamic of relationships, and it isn't out of the question to assume this may have planted a seed in both of their minds. 
At Cora's New Year's party, Chad kisses him before the ball even drops. The two are standing next to each other and smiling before Chad does this. In response, Victor pushes him away and wipes his mouth, which Chad reacts to sadly. The aftermath of this is never seen. However, despite this blunder from Chad, the two can still be seen together only two days later on their bikes, laughing and smiling, kicking over trash cans. Sir comments, "Victor and the new kid must be out creating chaos all over Oakdale... I was hoping he wasn't a jerk like Victor, but it seems like they're best friends now. He seemed like a cool guy. All the girls seem to like him." This is strange to hear after witnessing the New Year's party kiss and Victor's reaction to it, but no further explanation is given on the situation. 
When winter break is almost over, Sir comments, "Tomorrow is the first day back at school and I'm a little worried about Chickter... that's what I started calling Chad and Victor. I'm going to hide my meds under my tongue and spit them out ...so I can think straight at school and avoid these pirates." Combining the names of two characters is a common ship name convention in fandoms, and Sir relayed one directly. 
When Chad pushed Victor to floor in the middle of the hallway in school, Sir said, "So I witnessed Chad push Victor down to the floor today in the hall between 2nd and 3rd period. He tried to laugh it off, but you see it hurt his little feelins'. Chad is a pretty stacked idiot, so it'll be interesting to see what happens next." Sir says that Victor's feelings are hurt by this action from Chad, and Chad himself is an idiot while also being physically strong. The point of this post implied a set up for a rift to form between Victor and Chad as a result of Chad's actions towards Victor, resulting in serious consequences (See: the golden rule). This could imply that Sir has picked up on the fact that Chad has become an ingrained and important part of Victor's life, and/or that after so many months of enduring bullying from Victor, it has finally been done "unto him" as cosmic karma. 
Sir's pointing out of Chad's intelligence deficiency (which hasn't been closely elaborated on) also implies that Chad does not realize that these actions could even have consequences, and this is visually demonstrated with how Chad happily pushes Victor down, frowns angrily at him when Victor does not immediately react positively, then smiles when Victor does laugh. This all contributes to Chad being built up as a character that has a forceful way of keeping people in place, or at least lacking the self-awareness to know when too far is too far. Possibly even that there even is a "too far" to begin with. (This can also be supported by the fact that Chad is rich, kicks puppies, and might hit on people's girlfriends.) 
What is also important is that Sir added #troubleinparadise to this post, furthering his "cute couple" comment he made at the mall, as this is a possible reference to the 1932 film, Trouble in Paradise. The film is about a gentleman thief and a lady pickpocket who fall in love with one another, and join forces to con a beautiful woman who is the owner of a perfume company. (Note: Victor has stolen from Mr. Tim.) Though it's possibly just simple usage of the idiom, often used to describe problems in supposedly positive situations. 
The two can be seen spending time with each other outside of school when Matt is advertising his concert, and later at the concert itself, though Victor is with Mr. Tim (which is not commented on by Sir) and Chad is seen speaking with Cora. 
On a later post where both Chad and Victor tackle and spit on Sir (because they assume he snitched that they were stealing from the school store), during the title card Chad confessed, "God, I love you, Victor." To which Victor responded with a completely shocked, "What?!" This is one of the first things Chad has ever said in the series. It follows the pattern in their relationship seen in the series, of Chad making incessant romantic advances on Victor, with Victor on the receiving end of that (what was previously assumed to be) unwanted attention. 
Victor does do things for Chad's attention/approval, as seen when he asks Chad to "watch this" and slingshots a rock through Sir's flower. (Notably, they're sitting in the bushes together.) 
The day after Victor receives the extravagant Valentine's Day gift from Chad (a basket that includes a teddy with a heart, a heart shaped box of chocolates, and a glass plaque that says 'Best Buds' with two hearts) he began to question his sexuality and relationship with Chad. (This is known because at the point of Victor's second Captain's Log, it had been twenty-five days since the previous Captain's Log. Therefore, it can be inferred that instead of "Day 23" being a measure of how many Captain's Logs have been created, it is in actuality the days passed that Victor has been struggling with these feelings about Chad. He specifically says after stating the days that have passed, "Chictor certainty in unknown state.") 
In his second Captain's Log, Victor talked openly about his feelings for Chad, and how he "needs him" after he had been gone from school for three weeks(Note: Chad did show up at the Presidential Debate, so Victor just hadn't seen him). He specifically said that it "drains the juice out of his hot dog". How he had been only just getting to know him better, and feels sad now that he's not around. (Notably, when Victor mentions that, "There's been some things that he's [Chad] done that are different, and I'm okay with that." which overall refers to all of what Chad has done to Victor that has been witnessed on the show, it shows a clip of Chad pushing Victor to the ground. Implying that Victor might have a masochistic side to himself that associates pain with a comfortable or familiar place. This puts Victor's self harm in a different light.) As he concluded, he said, "I've just not felt this way about another dude, and I'm trying to process it all." Showing how Chad's behavior has deeply effected how Victor views himself and Chad. He finally asks the question, "Am I gay?" although based off of Sir's caption for the post, Victor is still thinking over the answer. Because of Chad, (and likely other factors) Victor wasn't his normal self that day.
In an unexpected turn of events only two days later, Chad pulled up to school in a brand new monster truck, rolling the window down when he stopped the car. Chad smiled, laughing and making eye contact with Victor while receiving oral sex from Cindy. It is later implied that Victor reported Cindy to the authorities for getting in his way, as he laughs gleefully when she is escorted out of the school for statutory rape. The next day, (while Victor is shown to be holding illicit magazines, and seeing whether looking at men or women garners a psychical reaction from himself) Sir says that he's, "...not even sure if him [Victor] and Chad are friends anymore. I haven't seen them together, hardly at all." In the video, Victor says in response to the magazine with women in it, "Hm. Hm, that’s not- That’s not doin’ it." and has no physical reaction it, while frowning. In response to the magazine with men in it, he says, "Oh yeah. That’s the ticket. Oh- oh boy." and likely has a physical reaction to it, smiling to himself.
On a later post while the CORA-virus quarantine is in effect Sir says, "I thought I'd look out the window and see him ride his bike by my house or out walking with Chad, but nothing." Meanwhile, Victor was asking a magic eight-ball if he's gay. In response, the eight-ball shows him a flame emoji, and three frogs say one after the other, "You. Are. Gay!" a likely reference to the 1995 Budweiser Super Bowl commercial.
Later, on Easter, Mr. Tim comments that he thinks that Victor and Chad are too old for Easter, asking why they don't do their "little egg hunt" over the internet. Victor responds with anger, saying that he needs, "...Chad to come over for Easter..." This is notably the first time they're said to be in communication with each other after weeks of not being seen together.
On the cruise with Matt, Sir (while looking out of a porthole) saw Chad and Victor on the beach holding hands, smiling fondly at each other while speaking absolute gibberish.  
During the outro of the post where Sir took Daniel to the gas station, Victor says triumphantly, "Chictor is canon, bitches!" Two days after that, Chad drove Victor by Sir's house, to which Victor then threatened Sir with a fake water gun that was modeled after a real gun. What was notable about this is that in reference to Chad's car, Sir has previously said, "Of course Chad shows up today with a brand new truck, all jacked up and customized with daddy’s money. I guess Ms. Cindy needed a ride to school. I saw her get out when they pulled up. Lucky rich boy gets whatever he wants. Victor looked mad! Probably because he expected a ride to school, but had to take his bike instead." Meaning that Victor has not only finally gotten to ride in Chad's car, but coincidentally where Cindy once sat. Metaphorically and literally, he has taken her place. 
The day after that, Chad invited Victor to his house for the very first time while his father is away for two days, hinting very suggestively that the two of them are going to have fun together in his absence. After that comment, Chad leads Victor into his basement, where he shows off his gun collection. Victor is not only very impressed by his house, but the fact that Chad has a basement. Even more so by said gun collection. Chad laughs in response to Victor's obvious excitement and admiration. 
The next day, Victor and Chad are somewhere outside (presumably on or near his property) shooting into the water of a lake. While Victor is having a lot of fun already, Chad lets Victor know that he has a surprise for him, a "special treat," which is a propane tank he put in a tree. He promptly shoots the tank, which causes an explosion that sends Chad flying backwards into Victor, landing face down on top of him. While they are in this position, Chad smiles down at Victor, and leaned in to attempt a kiss. Victor quickly pushes him away, demanding he get off. The proceeding events are not shown. 
The day after that, Victor rides his bike by Chad's house while Chad is hosing off his truck. Chad, noticing Victor's presence, is surprised, then switches his tone to act more casual. He tells him that he'll be done with his truck soon, offering to hang out with Victor for the day. Victor initially responds positively, excited, until he then remembers yesterday's events. More specifically, the moment where Chad tried to kiss him. Chad seems to be unaware of Victor's thought process, laughing to himself. Victor, deterred by the memory, makes up an excuse about his oven, then his laundry. He then bikes away, leaving Chad disappointed. 
During a monologue about Cora, Sir is talking intensely of his romantic attraction towards her and their bond with one another. However, instead of the video itself showing romantic scenes between the two, it is showing several romantic scenes between Victor and Chad.  
Sir's monologue: "Man, we really spent a lot of time together. We even finish each other’s sentences. We shared all the same hobbies. I mean like, we like all the same things! I mean like, there were some things that bothered me, but I tried to just ignore them. Life can be confusing sometimes, but one thing’s for sure: I love her. I really do. I’m gonna find you, Cora."
It's most important to note that Sir brings up multiple things that do not have story evidence for his relationship. Sir does not spend most of his time with Cora, they have never been shown finishing each other's sentences, and they've never been portrayed as sharing similar hobbies, or any hobby for that matter. The only thing Sir says that has evidence is there being things that bothered him, which can be noted as times where Sir felt his romantic feelings for Cora were not being fully reciprocated, and instead being targeted toward Victor on two occasions, and Chad also on two occasions. It seems as though Sir is imagining the depth of his relationship with Cora, while Victor and Chad are ignoring the obvious, true intimacy of theirs.  
Nine days after their last encounter, Chad drove his motorcycle through Oakdale (presumably to show Victor) and eventually reached Victor. He offers him a ride, which Victor initially declines, claiming it would "tear his asshole up". Chad insists, and Victor is then sat on the back. Holding onto the back of the motorcycle, Victor is visibly uncomfortable with the position. Chad, noticing this, takes Victor's hands and puts them around his waist, telling him, "... not like that- like this". There is then the sound of a spring door stopper used, implying that Chad and/or Victor became aroused by this sudden change. The ride continues, this time with Chad laughing to himself while Victor still groans, or possibly moans in discomfort.  
A few days later, the two are outside with each other again, presumably in Chad's backyard. They're both playing around with explosives (several of which being M-80s) and laughing. As Chad lifts up an (already lit) explosive between his fingers, he looks at Victor, and Victor is smiling at him. When Chad looks back at the explosive, Victor's expression changes just slightly enough to be much fonder. Then, the explosive blows off Chad's index finger. The finger somehow becomes lodged in his throat, and Chad begins to choke. Victor noticing both the lost finger and the choking, acts quickly, performing the Heimlich maneuver on Chad in a very suggestive fashion. He's successful, and Chad coughs out the finger, which lands on the grass in front of them. Chad begged Victor to take him to the hospital for his injury, while Victor picked up the severed finger, suggesting that it (referring to it as "little dick finger") be put in a bag. Chad, with a surprised, "Brooo..." laughs in response.  
The two are seen together again a month later, riding their bikes together on Sir's street. Victor makes note of Sir's tree house that he's building (again) with Daniel, both insulting the two for their efforts and making plans with Chad to build their own tree house. (As Victor said to himself before, he found theirs pretty cool.) During construction, Chad hammers his index finger off again, causing it to spout blood like before, as well as fall into Victor's mouth, who chokes on it, then spits it out. As Victor previously referred to said finger as Chad's "little dick finger", this could be considered a symbolic depiction of fellatio.  
The following day, Sir confronted Victor about the arson (with Daniel riding with him). Victor takes credit for the crime, despite the fact that it was strongly implied that Mr. Tim was at fault for the destruction of their first tree house. With this in mind, there's a possibility that Victor may be using Sir's accusation as an opportunity to show off in front of Chad. In response to Victor's taunts, Chad further escalates by threatening to burn down the new tree house and assault Sir, until his finger is bitten off by Yukiko. Chad yells, and the two run away together.  
In Chad's first monologue in the series, he discusses the recent events he's experienced with Victor and how that has effected him. He refers to having bad luck in regards to the three closely occurring occasions where he's lost his index finger, but seems happy that he's able to spend time with Victor. He uses vague language when talking about "weirdness" experienced during "situations" that they were in together. Despite using the word in its plural form, the only event shown is the tank explosion before Chad attempted to kiss Victor. He brings up the fact that Victor avoided hanging out with him for a short amount of time after, but brushed it off as being the fault of Mr. Tim due to being "a dick", which is likely because of the excuse Victor used at the time. When Chad says that he thinks they're going to go back to their regular routine, the time that Victor was riding on the back of Chad's motorcycle is shown.  
Chad's monologue uses vague language that seems almost deliberate on the part of Chad, that avoids discussing any of his more obviously romantically-coded behavior with too much depth. It lacks self-reflection and makes him seem ignorant of how his actions have effected his relationship with Victor. The monologue comes off as an attempt to ignore and brush aside the obvious, if anything else. Although, the mood of the monologue is specifically supposed to highlight Chad as ignorant and foolish, so it can be interpreted anyway.  
Ms. Cindy - Two days after Victor's second captain's log, Chad drove Cindy to school in his brand new monster truck, while receiving road head from her. He smiled at Victor as he rolled down the window when Cindy was finished. Afterwards, he appeared sad seeing her be detained by police, while Victor laughed gleefully. Later in early April, when prisoners were being released during the CORA-virus quarantine, Cindy was freed, along with other notable series' child predator, Crazy Pete. When she was out, she could be seen in Chad's arms. 
Cora - Cora finds Chad to be attractive, as when she saw him at the mall (while with her boyfriend, Sir) she blushed, causing Sir to get almost violently jealous. Day later, she was seen talking to Chad at Matt's concert by Sir, after telling him that she wouldn't be going, and knowing that Sir would not be going either as a result. When he went anyway and saw them together, Sir said, "And, well, What the actual?! Seems like Chad likes kicking 🐕’s and trying to get my girlfriend’s 🐱" 
=== Friends ===
Victor - Victor brags a lot to Chad about the stuff that's he's gotten away with. Spent most of his time with him prior to the CORA-virus pandemic. 
Mr. Tim - Encourages Victor to use him as an aid in bullying Sir. Refers to him as a dick in his monologue. 
=== Enemies ===
Sir - Helps Victor bully Sir. Is envied by Sir for being more muscular and more wealthy. Chased him into Mr. McAllister's yard, farted in his face and tied him to the flagpole.
== Trivia ==
# According to the comment sections of past posts, Chad's name comes from a fan theory group chat on Instagram christening Chad as "Chad Rat" and proposing the name to the account. 
# According to an Instagram Q&A, Chad is not white. 
# He cameos in the "Southern Storms" music video alongside Victor, laughing at what he says. 
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