Chris Thorndyke

> **Please listen. When wisdom and valor fail, all that remains is faith. And it can overcome all** - Chris' speech to his friends.
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**Christopher "Chris" Thorndyke** is the human protagonist of Sonic X: Heroes Forever.

## Personality

Chris is a kind boy who suffers from confidence issues. He can also be reckless at times. However, he's learned his lesson and volunteers to stay out of missions with his Mobian friends if it can be helped.

As the series goes on, his courage and self-confidence grows.

## Powers & Abilities

* **Art Talent**: Chris is a talented artist. All his friends say his drawing are well detailed. This talent extends to sculpting as well.
* **Martial Arts**: Chris is learning Martial Arts from Lupe.

## Weaknesses

* **Confidence**: Chris suffers from self-doubt.
* **Chaos Energy**: If Chris is exposed to too much Chaos Energy, he will get Chaos Poisoning. This is shared with all humans.

## Former Weaknesses

* **Trauma**: After nearly falling to his death, Chris gained a fear of Dr. Eggman that caused him to freeze in fear.

## Relationships

* **Sonic**: Sonic and Chris are good friends. Sonic helps boost Chris' confidence if he needs it.
* **Sally**: Sally and Chris are good friends. Sally is concerned over Chris' self doubt.
* **Hope**: Hope and Chris are good friends. Hope often looks out for Chris so he isn't put in danger, similar to an older sister.
* **Chuck**: Chuck is the closest thing to a parental figure Chris has in his life and he even showed his drawings to him before anyone else.
* **Frances**: One of Chris' best friends.
* **Danny**: One of Chris' best friends.
* **Helen**: One of Chris' best friends and current crush.
* **Lupe**: Chris and Lupe have a student/teacher relationship. She often gives him advice when he needs it and teaches him martial arts.
* **Knuckles**: Despite not having much interaction, Chris and Knuckles are good friends. Knuckles defended Chris when Fiona insulted.

## Differences from his Sonic X Counterpart:

* Unlike the original series, Chris secretly enjoys drawing comics and sculpting with clay, despite his perceived lack of skills in either. Because of Hope constantly keeping Chris in check, he doesn't get out as much as he did in the original series. This is especially noticeable in episode 3, where Hope goes in the Tornado with Tails instead of Chris. That doesn't mean he slips out on occasion though, such as episode 4. He is scolded by Hope at the end though.
* Later episodes reveal Chris has self confidence issues due to his parents' absence as well as being afraid of Eggman, while in the real series, this isn't touched upon very much.

## Appearances

* **Season 1:** Episode 1, Episode 2, Episode 3, Episode 4, Episode 5, Episode 6, Episode 7, Episode 8, Episode 9, Episode 10, Episode 11, Episode 12, Episode 13, Episode 14, Episode 15, Episode 16, Episode 17 (mentioned), Episode 18, Episode 19, Episode 20, Episode 21, Episode 22, Episode 23, Episode 24, Episode 25, Episode 26.
* **Season 2:** Episode 27, Episode 28, Episode 29, Episode 30, Episode 31, Episode 32, Episode 33, Episode 34, Episode 35, Episode 36, Episode 37, Episode 38, Episode 39, Episode 40, Episode 41, Episode 42, Episode 43, Episode 44, Episode 45, Episode 46, Episode 47, Episode 48
* **Specials:** Special 1 (Both parts), Special 2 (Part 1 only), Special 3 (Part 1 only), Special 5 (Both parts)
* **Holiday Specials:** Holiday Special 1
* **One-Shots:** One-shot 3, One-Shot 4, One-Shot 6 (Mentioned), One-Shot 8, One-Shot 11
* **Shard's Journey:** Episode 3, Episode 13
* **The Gamma Files:** Episode 10, Episode 16
* **Crossovers:** Crossover 1, Crossover 2, Crossover 4 (mentioned)
* **Movies:** Movie 1

## Trivia

* In episode 26, he says Eggman's Egg Fort II looks like the Starship Enterprise, hinting he is a Trekkie (Star Trek fan).
* While he was cured, Chris is the first human seen to suffer the effects of Chaos Poisoning.