Talk:The Superhero Code/@comment-7180588-20160323125854/@comment-27914650-20160323172528

lol, it's fine. I love all the characters for their imperfections/quirks. I love analyzing characters but I get my analysis can come across as bashing sometimes. I promise it isn't intended as such.

But with Chase in lab rats he had an ego from the pilot just like he does in Elite force. It came to the foreground in a lot of episodes. feeding off the attention by the president, bragging about his intelligence when he fixed something or altered Donald's equipment, but Donald was always there to one-up him on the ego trip, to point out how his brilliance saved the day over Chase. What we are seeing in Elite force is Chase's ego without Donald getting in the way.

I think William nailed in on the head in his interview when he said that Chase was a byproduct of Donald. Constantly overshadowed by his father figure stealing his thunder, having to fight to get an ounce of credit from him. Mighty Med vs Lab rats was a good episode for showing this, they worked together on the energy transponder but Donald took all the glory, Chase tried to get  what he thought deserved which lead to problems. unlike Adam, Bree and Leo who had their own personality/skill nitch in which to grow up into and explore naturally as they aged. Chase was designed to be the smartest human alive yet Donald, a genius himself, never gave that space to grow and explore himself, so instead of learning humility he just had to fight for attention following the example set by Donald. you add on to that fact that Adam and Bree are constantly putting him down, and it's easy to see how it messes with his self worth. it was either an inflated ego to fight it or depressive self hate. not forgiving his ego, it is a huge character flaw, but given his upbringing it's understandable. (hopefully that made sense)