Chip Chilla / Characters

Here are the Characters from Chip Chilla.

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Chilla Family

As a whole

Accessory-Wearing Cartoon Animal: Chinny dons some fancy earrings (that become a plot point in "The Three Chillateers") and Charla has a cord made of beads that holds her ponytail in place.
Alliterative Family: Chip Chilla, Charla Chilla, Chubbly Chilla, Chinny Chilla and Chum Chum Chilla.
Barefoot Cartoon Animal: Chip and Charla wear shirts (and Charla also dons a green skirt), but no shoes. Chubbly, however, has feet coverings as part of his jumpsuit. Chum Chum also wears no shoes.
Cheerful Child: All three Chilla siblings are this, though Chip leans on the "bratty" side, Charla leans on the "responsible" side and Chubbly is one or the other.
Family Theme Naming: The father of the chinchilla family is called Chum Chum while his wife is called Chinny. Their children are Chip, Charla and Chubbly.
Good Parents: Chum Chum and Chinny care deeply about their children.
Graceful Ladies Like Purple: Chinny and Charla have purple fur.
Pink Girl, Blue Boy: Subverted. The male members of the family (Chum Chum, Chip, and Chubbly) are blue, while the female members of the family (Chinny and Charla) are purple.
Strong Family Resemblance: Chip and Chubbly have Chum Chum's fur and facial features, while Charla inherited Chinny's fur and long hair.
Tertiary Sexual Characteristics: Chinny has a fancy bowl cut and Charla has a short ponytail with a bead hair tie. They also have eyelashes. In contrast their male counterparts only have limited strands of Idiot Hair and no eyelashes.

Chip Chilla

Blue Is Heroic: He has blue fur and is a good-hearted person underneath his brash exterior.
Bratty Half-Pint: While Charla is more polite, Chip tends to be brazen.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Often acts abrasive to Charla and Chubbly, with one Aesop even being about how he should treat his siblings kindly, but also deeply cares about them.

Charla Chilla

Acquired Situational Narcissism: After being elected President, Charla gains a superiority complex over the rest of the household, and instills rules that favour her, such as her ruling term being longer than everyone else's.
Feminine Women Can Cook: In the first episode, she is praised for her cooking skills.

Chubbly Chilla

The Baby of the Bunch: Literally, as he's the only toddler, while Chip and Charla are pre-teens.
Idiot Hair: His sticks upwards.

Chinny Chilla

Happily Married: To Chum Chum.
Only Sane Woman: She's probably the only one of the Chilla family who isn't a complete idiot.
Straight Man: Chum Chum is a clueless ditz, whereas Chinny functions as this.

Chum Chum Chilla

Bumbling Dad: Chum Chum Chilla is this, big time.
Charla: "Why is there a waffle on the ceiling?"
Chum Chum: "Because I wanted to see if it would stick."
Character Catchphrase: "It's Chilla Time!" when he declares the start of a new game for his family to play.
Foreign Culture Fetish: He enjoys cosplaying as an Ancient Roman.
Happily Married: To his wife Chinny.
Shout-Out: Chum Chum's notched right ear resembles that of Stitch's.

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