The Camera

##### Overview

The camera is a seemingly non-existent object that only the kids (Chip, Allison, Blake) and Dhalia can see. The camera is described as following the characters around, and Blake claims that it has "Three Creatures" behind it (Meant to reference the show's three creators). The camera starts off as not being able to interact with the world but it seems to gain power over the course of the series, with Dhalia claiming that it's helping her.

##### Appearances

Season 1:

* Chip turns to the camera and claims that he's "Very uncomfortable with the energy created in the studio"
* Chip turns to the camera to remark that Connie looks uncomfortable

Season 2:

* Chip turns to the camera and begrudgingly asks why the writers won't let him have peace
* Chip turns to the camera to remind Disney that they can't sue them because they made a parody of spiderman's theme song, and parodies are fair use.
* Dhalia and Chip turn to the camera curiously to discuss amongst themselves why nobody else can see it
* Chip turns to the camera to remark that putting another character in a coma was courtesy of one of the voice actors, and proceed to talk directly to the voice actor to tell them that it was a bad idea.

Season 3:

* Chip turns to the camera and remarks that convincing Connie to get food was easy
* Chip turns to the camera to foreshadow Connie getting shot

Season 4-present:

* Chip turns to the camera to ask one of the creators why people in the show keep randomly finding out their enemies are related to them
* Chip turns to the camera and remarks that they have to fill the run time of the episode
* Blake turns to the camera and asks Chip if he can see it too. Chip replies that he can, and Allison confirms that they can as well.
* Dhalia explains to Blake what the camera is and tells him what it's called.
* Blake remarks that he saw the three creators of the show behind the camera (He refers to them as "Three Creatures")
* Dhalia tries to convince Blake that they're the same because they can both see the camera
* Chip turns to the camera and celebrates with the audience after kissing Allison
* Chip turns to the camera to call the writers lazy and say that they're "Phoning it in"
* Calypso, Helga, Alice, Rowan, Azatha, Chip, Blake, and Allison have a conversation about it in the car. Helga mentions that Dhalia said something about the camera having power, and Allison seems to not be able to see it anymore.
* Chip, as the shot follows him, angrily turns to the camera and tells it to "Go capitalize off of someone else's misery". The camera nods (moves up and down) and the shot cuts to another character.

##### Trivia

* It seems that the characters can only see it for a small amount of their lives- As the kids in the show grow up, they all gradually stop being able to see it. Blake stops seeing it when Dhalia tells him that he is the reincarnation of an adult, Allison stops seeing it randomly in the car, and Chip finally stops seeing it and lets go of it at the end of the series, turning to it and thanking it at the conclusion of the first series.
* In the bonus episode, when Connie and Chip switch bodies, it is noted several times that Connie could see the camera but Chip no longer could. This sort of supports the idea that the characters can only see it as kids.
* Chip doesn't like the camera or the feeling of being watched at first, but by the more recent seasons he seems to have a friendship or at least a close relationship with it.