The Chris Chan Sonic Boom Protest meme stems from a series of real-life demonstrations by internet personality Christine Weston Chandler in 2014. Upset by the character Sonic the Hedgehog being given blue arms instead of the traditional tan ones for the Sonic Boom franchise, Chris Chan staged protests at local retailers and online. The image of Chris holding a protest sign has since become a symbol for extreme fan entitlement and over-the-top reactions to trivial media changes. Today, it is used to mock people who get unnecessarily angry over minor aesthetic updates or obsessive nitpicking in pop culture fandoms.