Zapped to the Extreme

Zapped to the Extreme is an American live-action/animated coming-of-age comedy drama series based on the life of internet personality Christian Weston Chandler, famously known as Chris-Chan, created by Bill Sparks and Ryan Murphy for Netflix, which premiered on February 20, 2023.

The series is about the life of Christopher Weston Chandler (Michael Pakenham), whose silent and traumatic childhood led him to wanting to legally change his name to Christian and grew up to create his long-lived comic character Sonichu, where he is treated to years of internet infamy and cyberbullying. This series, inspired by GenoSamuel's documentary web-series, Chris Chan: A Comprehensive History, documents Christian's life from his point of view.

Zapped to the Extreme was met with positive reviews, praising the writing adapting to television from his life events, Pakenham's performance as Chris, and the blend of live-action and animation for Chris' fantasies.

Premise
Christopher Weston Chandler's life had a rocky start after his abusive babysitter gave him a hard time, leaving him with a speech delay up to the age of 7. After several life-changing events from the name change to Christian to creating his long-lived character, Sonichu, Chris was eventually discovered on the Internet, which lead to years of infamy and trolling by dozens of people.