Anyway I really like the cartoon version of Cham, he has a funner personality and looks nicer too *shot* ouch…

I’m serious, he looks more Alien and a lot cuter, the first and reboot versions of him made him look like he was about 30 even though he was only suppose to be a teen and my reaction to the threeboot version was “lolwhat?”

Really though, the threeboot design for him is just plain wrong ~_~

Anyway the cartoon. Cham doesn’t appear until the second season, which is a shame really as he’s a defiant favorite of mine and the cartoon definitely doesn’t show enough of him. He is portrayed as being the joker of the teem, always trying to Chere everyone up (At least that’s what he looks like to me)

He’s RJ’s son in this as well, from before the season starts, which the Legion finds very useful from the very beginning. Also leading to a few comic moments and one of his timeless lines “My dad’s RICH! Remember?”

It appears that he can only morph into other creatures in the cartoon, and not plants or other inanimate objects, he doesn’t seem to be as as good a detective either. Although he more than makes up for this with his people skills.

Also when Timberwolf is accused of being a murderer Chameleon Boy is the one who stands up for him as his lawyer, as well as being the one to help him escape (With a little help from Phantom Girl)

Chameleon Boy is one of the few to welcome Karate Kid when he joins, whilst most others shunned him for not having Super Powers. In an attempt to get both on Cosmic Boy’s good side and get Karate Kid properly into the Legion (Rather than just having him do laundry) Chameleon Boy Comes up with a Plan to capture the bad guy and save the day.

It fails spectacularly. And Karate Kid nearly gets blown up! But Cham, being the hero he is, went back to save him.

How does Cosmic Boy repay Cham for such a Nobel deed? By suspending him! Leading to his second timeless line “I swear Cosmic Boy hates me!”

And I would write more but I’m exhausted, practically dead on my feet, so I’m going to go to bed.

After all 16 year olds like myself need all the sleep we can get!

Well, yes and no… They’re all tied up in the first dozen or so years of Legion, but disappear entirely in the late 70’s, and only show up sporadically thereafter. Even given Kon-Welling’s appearance in the Reboot, and Kara’s return to the Threeboot Legion, those aren’t going to be nearly as daunting as Imra, Rokk, and Garth…

Besides, at this point, I’ve gone through the history of the Legion approximately a dozen times, and each pass gives me a better idea of how and when the best bits are. By the time we’re done, I suspect that I’ll be able to quote panel and page of Legion appearances…

I don’t think that Ultra Boy and Mon-El will be that hard, as I have most of the major beats of their story down in my head… The boys are among my favorites, actually.

http://legionabstract.blogspot.com/2006/09/i-have-cracked-freaking-code.html