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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!
Angeldrawsstuff DTIYS Submission
FINALLY DONE- I kept starting and stopping like 5 other ideas for this DTYS and finally picked the original idea I had- I got it done in time :D This is for the lovely @angeldrawsstuffs' DTIYS (which you still have three days to enter)
Chen the Cheerleader, beloved blorbo and Master of Amber <3