Chris Thorndyke
Christopher "Chris" Thorndyke is a character in the anime series Sonic X.
Christopher's mother, Lindsay Fair, is a actress, and his father, Nelson, is a CEO of a computer company. After saving Sonic the Hedgehog from drowning in a swimming pool, he becomes friends with Sonic. Christopher joins in Sonic's adventures to retrieve the Chaos Emeralds. This involves going against Eggman's plans to rule the universe.
During the first season, he helps Sonic and the others get used to his world while getting into some trouble with Dr. Eggman. By the end of the season he worries deeply for Sonic after he is injured after Eggman's rogue robot attacks him. After Sonic's transformation, he begs Sonic not to return to his planet saying that he would be alone, being unable to do anything on his own without him.
By the second season, Chris' world and Sonic's world become one and he is happy that Sonic can stick around. In the Sonic Adventure ark of the season, he helps out Big the Cat in searching for his friend Froggy. In the Sonic Adventure 2 ark of the season, he is taken captive by Dr. Eggman after jumping on Shadow right when he was performing Chaos Control. Throughout his time aboard the ARK, he tries to convince Shadow to do the right thing. During the final episodes of the season he learns that Sonic and friends must return to their own world or else time would stop. Chris didn't want Sonic to leave him so he ends up "kidnapping" him right before he was to enter the gate that would send him back. After spending some time with Sonic he realizes that he needs to let Sonic go.
In the third season, six years has passed and Chris is now a young adult. He spent his time fixing the machine that was used to send Sonic back to his world so that he may enter it and rejoin him. It works but Chris ages down and returns to his age in the first and second season, due to an unforeseen error. However, upon arriving, he also learns that only 6 months had passed in Sonic's world. Chris' role dropped significantly in the third season due to the appearance of new comer, Cosmo. He seemed much more intelligent and mature than he was and is able to invent things for Sonic to use. By the end of the season, as well as the series, Eggman sends Chris back to his own world.
Reception[edit]
Many Sonic fans who dislike him feel that Chris upstages the other characters, especially Miles "Tails" Prower, on Sonic X. During the Sonic Adventure 2 ark of the series, he ultimately takes over Amy's role in helping Shadow remember his promise to Maria and Rouge's role in receiving Shadow's bracelet after he "dies".
Voice actors[edit]
- Suzanne Goldish (English, young)
- Pete Capella (English, old)
- Sanae Kobayashi (Japanese, young)
- Masakazu Morita (Japanese, old)
External links[edit]
- Chris Thorndyke on Absolute Anime. 2004.
