History YMMV / VirginVsChad

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Shlad started out as a parody of the new, low-effort OCs people kept adding to the sub. He quickly became a beloved character in his own right and it's hard to find a comments section where he's not mentioned.
** To a lesser extent, we have the Lad for [[UnpopularPopularCharacter numerous]] [[CrossesTheLineTwice reasons]].

* MoralEventHorizon: The Lad ([[DependingOnTheWriter sometimes]]) crosses this in certain comics where he's portrayed as a [[MemeticPsychopath deranged psychopath]] who performs downright atrocious actions like ''going on a rampage and killing innocent bystanders'' [[DisproportionateRetribution because of a small inconvenience]] ([[BigDamnHeroes only to be stopped by Chad himself]]). However, this is mostly PlayedForLaughs.
* MisaimedFandom: The original meme was supposed to parody regular people's insecurity and awkwardness as being "shameful", while "cool guys" would be rude and not even listen to music. The meme is often used by some as a plain "bad vs. good" meme where the Virgin is something they don't like and the Chad is something they like. Some posts invert that formula, putting something popular and well-liked as the Virgin and something unpopular as the Chad, but it's still using the format as a "good vs. bad" meme, albeit in a less straightforward way. However, both uses of the meme received backlash from many people who accused it -- along with other similar memes such as WebOriginal/{{Creamsicle}} -- as a form of [[NoTrueScotsman gatekeeping]], and responded with the [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/gatekeeping-yuri "Gatekeeping yuri/yaoi" meme]]; subverting the RightWayWrongWayPair formula of said memes by shipping both characters together, thus representing harmony between two opinions or two different forms of self-expression.

** The original form of the meme depicts the Virgin doing a normal thing, and the Chad doing a completely absurd inverse of the normal thing, with any additional characters being more insane.

* MisaimedFandom: The original meme was supposed to parody regular people's insecurity and awkwardness as being "shameful", while "cool guys" would be rude and not even listen to music. The meme is often used by some as a plain "bad vs. good" meme where the Virgin is something they don't like and the Chad is something they like. Some posts invert that formula, putting something popular and well-liked as the Virgin and something unpopular as the Chad, but it's still using the format as a "good vs. bad" meme, albeit in a less straightforward way. However, both uses of the meme received backlash from many people who accused it -- along with other similar memes such as WebOriginal/{{Creamsicle}} -- as a form of [[NoTrueScotsman gatekeeping]], and responded by shipping the Virgin and Chad together to represent harmony between two opinions or two forms of self-expression.

* MisaimedFandom: The original meme was supposed to parody regular people's insecurity and awkwardness as being "shameful", while "cool guys" would be rude and not even listen to music. The meme is often used by some as a plain "bad vs. good" meme where the Virgin is something they don't like and the Chad is something they like. (Some posts invert that formula, putting something popular and well-liked as the Virgin and something unpopular as the Chad, but it's still using the format as a "good vs. bad" meme, albeit in a less straightforward way.)

* NarmCharm: Chad's surname is Thunder''cock''. It would normally be an example of UnfortunateNames, but considering how over the top Chad is, it fits him like a glove.

** The Wraith invokes this in-universe.

*** In the latter, is he a ObliviouslyEvil CloudCuckooLander who is completely out of touch with reality or theSociopath who is a gleefully psychotic LaughablyEvil AxCrazy maniac? Note that this isn't actually controversial, it just a case of whatever you think is funnier for the context of the particular meme you are making.