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Who’s to say there’s aren’t two?

Chen & his cousin Chad, almost identical in appearance, though Chad is more of a jerk, and they pull the classic ‘impersonation switch’ move so they’re never in the same place at the same time.

Yes I like to make in-universe theories for what is probably just a spelling and/or script error and/or marketing error

i’ve come to the life altering decision of whether or not to call chen the cheerleader ‘chad’

So there might actually be movie evidence to this! I don’t care that the movie uses many of the same minifigures and the same thing happens to other school kids and you can spot the same character designs at the beach as you can at school - in-universe theory explanation, more twins and/or some might be ditching.

So we know Chen the cheerleader (or maybe this one is Chad because he’s a jerk) is at school when the GarmAlarm sounded. The school’s procedure is “Duck and Cover”, so all students should remain in the building (minus the m!ninja, with the infamous “bathroom pass” excuse). But right before that scene, as Garmadon calls for his generals to do specific tasks during his first attack (ex. “General #2, pop that kid’s balloon!”), we see-

The heck are you doing out of school, cheerleader? Especially since, when we cut back to the class-

Sitting right behind Kai.

Coincidence? I think NOT-

i’ve come to the life altering decision of whether or not to call chen the cheerleader ‘chad’

What’s the Deal with Chen the Cheerleader? A TLNM Theory

So I’ve mentioned it before in this post a while back, but I think it’s time to make an official theory post on this.

So. Chen the Cheerleader- or Chad the Cheerleader, depending on your source. Seems to be a pretty 1-note bully with one mean cheer and no other importance in the movie, only point of interest is that he shares a name from a major antagonist from the show, yada yada.

But what if I were to tell you...

There’s two of him?

That’s right, identical twins (or, rather, identical cousins) Chen and Chad. And bonus cousin Skylor, though we’ll get back to that.

But Imp!, you cry, how are you so certain there’s two?

Because, my beloved fellow fans- I have evidence. And I chose to find the in-universe explanation for “they just reused a lot of the same models.

Take the bus scene at the start of the film. Lloyd gets on the bus- and who’s that about two rows behind him?

Chen (even sitting next to Maggie). But when we cut to the school, as the bus is still pulling up (before it even lets anyone off)-

There he is again! On and off the bus at the same time!

And that’s not all- during the GarmAlarm, we see a bunch of Generals do what Garmadon commands- including “pop that kid’s balloon!” And in the background-

Yet when we cut back to Ninjago High almost immediately after-

Conclusion: Chen and Chad are two separate people, possibly identical cousins or twins.

And bonus- though less of a theory and more of a headcanon- is that their last name is Amber / Chen (so Chen is Chen “the Cheerleader” Amber- or, for his full name, Chenifer Chenber Jamber Amber II, and Chad is Chad Amber- or for his full name, Chadler Jamber Amber Jr III), they’re related to Skylor (personal hc is that she gets to be an evil girlboss in the movieverse), Master Chen (or, rather, Mafia Chen), and have the potential to be inheritors of the Element of Amber (in personal hc Chen actually has it, though his family, including Chen, believe Chad has it).

But that’s just a theory!