Chiya (BST)/Coverage/Season One

This article gives an overview of Chiya's appearances throughout "Season One" of *BillionSurpriseToys*

## Summary

Chiya's role was astronomically decreased between "Season Zero" and "Season One". In the former, he appeared in almost every single video—his absences could be counted on one hand. In this season, he is still a major character and sometimes is as important as the new main hero, his brother Johny. However, in many videos he only appears in a minor role or even as a cameo. Some videos even imply he is not a member of the Johny-Family, though others do make explicit that he is. In almost every video, Chiya appears in many pictures around Johny's house, even in ones wherein he does not otherwise appear. Ironically, even though his role has been so diminished, this is the season that gives him his name, and he is one of the few characters who is consistently identified with his own name, rather than it changing a few times.

Chiya's role as the former hero is acknowledged in the background: many portraits around the house feature him, and Johny's iconic pink shirt features Chiya alongside IceCream, reflecting the fact that Johny's role in the series is essentially as a one-to-one replacement for Chiya, including as the closest human friend of IceCream.

Chiya's physical appearance fluctuates considerably throughout the season; he looks different in almost every video. Earlier ones generally featured something resembling his late "Season Zero" design, whereas those around the middle and towards the end of the season were somewhat closer to his "Season Two" one; it was a relatively neat transition. These later ones often have hair, for example, usually wispy, blond-grey hair. Sometimes he does not seem to have eyebrows; sometimes he wears a hat. This varies between the simple skullcap he wore sometimes in "Season Zero" and "Season Two" to odd caps with animal ears on.

Chiya's twin also makes various appearances in this season, which muddies the waters of Chiya's role herein. It is possible that some videos featuring Chiya actually feature his twin, which could explain why he is sometimes not shown as an explicit Johny-Family member.

## Coverage

In "Johny Johny Yes Papa", Chiya sits next to Johny in class at Kids Kindom School (est. 1908). They talk to one another and give one another a wink and thumbs-up. Chiya looks shocked when Johny is scolded by the teacher for talking in class. He does not come home from school with Johny in this video, but neither does Dolly. It is possible that Chiya and Dolly had some sort of commitment that required them to come home late. Later, Johny watches Chiya play catch with his sister and runs out to play with them when his mother gives him permission. Various portraits of Chiya can be seen around Johny's house, showing that even then he lived there.

In "Are You Sleeping", Chiya and his twin both appear, one seated at the back of the classroom and one directly behind Johny. Which is which is not known, as both only appear as cameos.

In "Baby Bath time with Bubbles", Chiya is all but confirmed to still be a member of the family in some way, as Emily supervises him and Johny as they take a bath together.

"Baby Brothers Song with Parents" officially confirms (via its original title, which has since been changed to the disturbing "Daddy Feeling Hungry") that Johny and Chiya are brothers. In it, they make fun of one another for eating doughnuts and lollipops in secret, but ultimately share the treats with one another, demonstrating their closeness.

In "Johny Johny Yes Papa - REFRIGERATOR Remix", Chiya requests, and is given, chocolate from Robo Fridge, with whom he and Johny then play catch, with Chiya pulling off a rather forceful header. He laughs with the Fridge when he lies to Dolly about having a cupcake, then participates in the family selfie at the end of the video, in which he displays the victory sign.

In "Little Babies Went For Swimming", Chiya is the first to be hidden from Emily's view by his sister. He is not concerned by his concealment and enjoys fooling about in the swimming pool before returning to his mother at the end.

In "ICE CREAM SONG 2", Chiya can be seen playing in the background for the first half of the video, both with his sister and on his own. The second half of the video commences when Chiya and Henry go to get ice cream together, after which they begin playing with the ice-cream man. Chiya purchases a scoop of "brownish, brownish chocolate" ice-cream, of which he says, "It's yummy and make me happy". He does not slide with Henry, Johny, and Dolly at the end, instead standing at the base of the slides with IceCream and watching.

In "Balloon Family Song", Chiya is identified by name for the first time.*[citation needed]*. He and his family blow balloons together. Chiya requests and receives a red, heart-shaped balloon from his father James (marking their first interaction since "Season Zero"). Later, Chiya blows a yellow, star-shaped balloon for Dolly but ultimately throws it up out of reach instead of giving it to her, displaying an impishness to his sister that was also seen in the aforementioned "Johny Johny Yes Papa - REFRIGERATOR Remix".

In "It's Playing time", Chiya sits with his younger siblings and Henry, bored. His elder sister emerges from a nearby door and invites him and the others to play in the family's large indoor playroom. Chiya appears apprehensive about the slide, but he and his sister put a ball pit at the bottom and he slides into it. He and the others spell out "BILLION SURPRISE TOYS" with toy puzzle pieces, though what the significance of those words is to them as fictional characters is unknown. Finally, all of them jump on a "bouncer" (a bouncy castle of sorts).

In "Puppy & Babies Song", Chiya comes across Poppy eating dog biscuits. Tapping a baseball bat threateningly against his hand, he asks the dog to confess the "offence", which he eventually does. Chiya glares at the creature, which wanders off. Later, he and the rest of the family share a large cake with Poppy.

"Rain Rain go away" sees Chiya tossing a football (or soccer ball to the uneducated) in his garden when the titular rain comes. He beseeches it to leave so that he might continue his sport. When his wish is answered, he recommences the tossage, waving to a passing Dolly as he does so. Later, he and Johny run along the side of the road and hail their mother (who is with Dolly and her other daughter in the car). She lets them in and the family drives off together to go shopping.

In "Little Babies SURPRISE", Chiya and co. are once again seen loafing, bored, in their house. Here, it is Emily who promises entertainment, which she and James deliver in the form of a giant inflatable balloon (similar to the hereinabove-mentioned bouncer from "It's Playing time"). Thereon, they seek various concealed surprise eggs (not of the sentient variety). Chiya is the only one who does not find one, and he is left very woebegone. Emily endeavours to console him, but it takes finding a purple surprise egg of his own in the second round of seeking to lift his spirits. When the time comes to open the eggs, Chiya and Henry appear to swap theirs, for it is Henry's blue egg that Chiya opens, revealing a small red toy car. He kisses his father on the cheek in gratitude, then plays with his spoils in the inflatable after it is filled with water.

"Good Manners Song" is the first video in which Chiya explicitly refers to Emily and James as his parents in "Season One", erasing any doubts as to their relation (though the series itself will seemingly forget this later on). He and Johny ask their parents to teach them something new, so they are taught good manners.

The bizarrely-titled "Brushing Babies Song" is similar to the previous video (aside from the strange inclusion of Henry), but focused solely on the boys learning to brush their teeth.

Chiya appears only briefly in "Health Care Song", and it is rather a queer appearance considering the recent solidification of Chiya's status as a member of the Johny-Family. In it, he is sitting dismally in the waiting room when Dolly visits the doctor, and cheers up at the sight of her, waving her goodbye as she leaves. It would be odd enough that he was there separately from his sister, but he is accompanied by an elderly man who greatly resembles him. Who this man is is not known, but he is one of several Chiya lookalikes, whose role will be further discussed hereinafter. It is possible that this "Chiya", whose name is not given in the episode, is in fact his unnamed twin, who is presumably *not* a member of the Johny-Family.

In "ANIMAL SONG With BABIES", Chiya appears only in the framing device, asking his grandparents for a story. When quizzed on the moral of the story they were told (that of the Aesop's fable of the Lion and the Mouse), Chiya posits that it is that "mercy never goes unrewarded", which is deemed correct.

In "Surprise Fun Ball Pit Song" (original title presently unknown), Chiya and his younger siblings, along with Henry, are entertained by the parents via the use of model animals and plastic balls. The first animal, an elephant, is identified both by Dolly and Chiya, but Chiya does not deign to join the others in imitating the elephant's trumpet, He does, however, clamber onto the elephant and later mimics the bellow of the next animal, an alligator. Chiya both identifies (along with Henry) and imitates the third animal—a cow—and the fourth—a lion. However, when his parents imitate the lion's roar too realistically, he runs off in terror with the other children. He returns to identify (again with Henry) the fifth and final animal, a sheep. He and Dolly kiss their father on the cheek to thank him.

In "Listen to our Parents", Chiya's role is decreased somewhat. In class, he imagines his future as a successful university graduate with his picture in the newspaper. He is roused from this daydream by the teacher, whereupon the blue-eyed blonde Dolly laughs at him, and he brushes her off, annoyed. Oddly, he does not go home with Johny and Dolly at the end of the video.

Chiya also has a small role in "One Little Gumball machine". He is the partner of the fifth gumball machine, the black one.

"Playing in the Park Song" sees Chiya portrayed once again as seemingly unrelated to Johny. Johny comes to the indoor playground with Dolly and Henry, and suddenly encounters Chiya there, challenging him to a race on some low-riding trikes. Chiya gains a sudden burst of speed and wins the race, being awarded a trophy. Why he was not present from the start of the video is unclear.

In Franko's debut video (whose title and exact airdate have been lost to time), Chiya is introduced to Franko for the first time after Johny creates him. He and the others are instantly welcoming, and Chiya invites the creature to take a bath. He and the others all walk Franko through various activities.

In "Wheels on the Bus", Chiya is first seen reading a book, though he does not seem to be enjoying it. When Johny, Dolly, and Franko invite him to drive a bus with them, he is delighted to oblige, and later invites Henry along. Ultimately, James forbids them all from "driving without license", so they go and play in a ball pit instead.

In "Family Beach Song", Chiya and Henna have to ride at the top of the bus alone, though neither seems perturbed by this. Chiya points out that the bus has a "beep beep horn". At the beach, he plays volleyball with Johny. When the others make shapes in the sand, Chiya simply continues bouncing his volleyball alone, though he later claims credit for helping make "a lot of toys".

In "Learn Fruits with Five Little Babies", Chiya gives in and eats pineapple after the doctor informs him it is good for bone health. This reflects his relative unimportance in this season compared to his lead role in the previous one—besides Henna, he is the least important member of the group, with the later-introduced Henry taking any role he might have had even as a tritagonist.

In "Daily Routine Song", which focuses on Henry, Chiya appears at school (therefore, it could also be his twin). He looks shocked when Henry is accused of talking in class, but smiles when he promises to listen to the teacher. Even if this were Chiya's twin, Chiya himself appears later, playing football with his younger siblings, whereupon Henry rushes out to play with them after getting permission.

Throughout "One Little Ice Creams Song", Chiya is heavily associated with chocolate ice-cream, reflecting his love of it from "ICE CREAM SONG 2".

In "Types of Ice Cream", Chiya is at the park with his family when IceCream arrives. His love of chocolate ice cream is further demonstrated as it is the first kind he eats, though he is also later seen eating a green one (presumably pistachio—or "pista", as it is known in-universe) while on the see-saw.

Chiya again appears separately from Johny and Dolly in "Safety Rules for kids". However, this time he is accompanied for the first time since "It's Playing time" by his elder sister. This could imply that Chiya was at this time living both with Johny and his parents *and* with his elder sister (and possibly Uncle Bob), which would explain why he sometimes did not go home with his younger siblings—peradventure he went home with his elder one instead. He, Sandy, and a pig are taught by his sister how to safely cross the road.

Chiya appears in "Humpty Dumpty and the Castle" alongside Henry as one of the "king's men", seemingly working at the titular castle. How a boy of his age acquired such a position is unclear.

In "Baa Baa Black Sheep", Chiya receives a bag of brown wool from the sheep, who describes him as "little Chiya who own a lot of toys".

"Learn about Strangers" (whose original release date is unknown) sees various Chiya lookalikes (including Uncle Bob and his unnamed elderly relative from "Health Care Song"), mostly imagined but one real, harass Chiya and his fellows at the park, with apparently nefarious intent. Why these imagined threats take the form of Chiya lookalikes is not known, but Chiya himself does not appear to recognise them, implying they may all be some sort of species rather than family members of Chiya (this does not explain the strange role of Uncle Bob, who is definitely related to Chiya yet appears, in reality rather than imagined, and is described as a stranger).