Sonic X Episode 51 (Japanese) - Chris' Long Journey
Christopher Thorndyke (Kurisutofā Sōndaiku), also simply known as Chris (Kurisu), is the main human protagonist in the anime series Sonic X, and its comic series published by Archie Comics. He is a kind and caring boy who lives in Station Square on Earth. At the start of the series, Chris finds Sonic the Hedgehog at the bottom of his swimming pool and saves him from drowning. He then hosts him, Miles "Tails" Prower Amy Rose, Cream the Rabbit and Cheese for most of the series. Chris, very much like Tails, looks up to Sonic like an older brother figure and is always willing to do whatever he can to help his new friends.
Why He Rocks
- He has outstanding character development. As he started off as a lonely rich kid with emotional hang-ups and insecurity problems caused by his wealthy parent's unintentional negligence, which caused him to throw himself wholeheartedly into the adventures and friendship of Sonic and his friends to fill that void when they accidentally got transported to Chris' world, and the confidence Sonic gave him has motivated Chris to do very brave and heroic things. But its also caused him to be very clingy and dependent on Sonic, that it was very difficult for him to part ways with Sonic. But as he became a teenager, he grows past all of that and has become a scientist and inventor like his grandfather, and his dependency on Sonic has improved to which he doesn't really depend on Sonic anymore to do outstanding things.
- He has a very caring and compassionate and likable personality, and cares very deeply for his friends and family.
- He has saved Sonic and his friends a lot of times. One moment in particular is when he saved Sonic from drowning the very first time they met when Sonic landed in Chris's pool in his backyard.
- He has helped Sonic and his friends save the planet and the universe from total destruction.
- He has helped Sonic and his friends foil tons of plans of Sonic's arch-enemy Dr. Eggman.
- He is usually willing to put his own needs and wants aside for someone else, or for just the greater good.
- Like Tails, he is a very skilled inventor, and has invented shoes for Sonic that each one has its own unique abilities.
- Also due to him being a very skilled inventor, he has managed to invent a teleporting portal that could transport himself to Sonic's world.
- He has done some pretty brave things, despite them being quite painful. Like being striked by energy from the Chaos Emeralds when he grabbed them from Dr. Eggman, and convinced Shadow the Hedgehog to save the planet from destruction despite Shadow wounding Chris at his attempts to convince Shadow.
- Whenever he does something bad or lets his feelings get the best of him, he is remorseful for that action, and will try to fix it as it would be best for everything.
Bad Qualities
- He deeply treasures the bond he has with Sonic because he's given Chris tons of company and has helped Chris develop better confidence within himself, and helped cope with his emotional problems, too. Which was due to the loneliness, insecurity, and negligence he has experienced all throughout his childhood due to his millionaire famous parents, who's constant absences made Chris experience that pain. Thus, Chris has developed a fear of sinking back into that exact same pain he has experienced if Sonic were to leave him forever. So he would try to do anything to preserve his friendship with Sonic. Which has caused him to have a bit of a selfish, and reckless streak. Like when he purposely stopped Sonic from going back to his world by shutting down the teleporting portal.
- He can at times be annoying.
Videos
Sonic X- Chris Travels To Sonic's World
Sonic X-Mr. Stewart Keeps Chris After Class
Sonic X Chris's Older Life & Final Moments With Sonic English Sub