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You're an awful person.
~ Grace expressing her dislike for Chanel.
And remember, Chanel Oberlin is above the law.
~ Chanel Oberlin

Chanel Oberlin is the main protagonist of the FOX horror/comedy television series Scream Queens.

She is a sociopathic and cold-hearted mean girl who leads the Kappa Kappa Tau sorority with an iron fist. She is the commander of The Chanels, a group of mean girls who are her henchwomen and so named because she doesn't know their names and doesn't care to know what they are.

She was portrayed by Emma Roberts, who also played Jill Roberts in Scream 4 and Madison Montgomery and Maggie Esmerelda in American Horror Story: Coven and American Horror Story: Freak Show, respectively. She was also portrayed by Alison Gobuzzi as a child.

Description[]

Chanel is known for being the most popular and the meanest girl at Wallace University. She wears a lot of Chanel, because she is "the peacock of the group and has to really stand out", said the show’s costume designer Lou Eyrich.

Chanel is mean-spirited, ruthless, and shallow. All her life, all she has wanted to do is be the president of KKT, have a great boyfriend, and rule the roost. She is particularly mean to Chanel #5 and always calls her names.

Biography[]

Pilot[]

Chanel introduces herself as Chanel #1 as the most popular girl at the KKT sorority. She accidentally injures Melanie Dorkus by spraying her with spray tan she was unaware the killers had added hydrochloric acid to it. Cathy Munsch believed that Chanel did it on purpose so that she could take the sorority and own it herself.

Chanel meets with her maid, Ms. Bean whom she is very rude to and horribly calls her “White Mammy.” They go to a barista cafe where she meets her former stalker Pete Martinez. He is showing interest in Grace Gardner but Chanel reveals to her his past of him stalking her leaving Grace slightly disgusted by his actions.

Chanel comes up with a prank to pretend to kill Miss Bean by shoving her head into a deep fryer that wasn’t switched on. Unknown to Chanel though, the Red Devil Killer had switched the deep fryer on. Chanel ends up shoving her head in the deep fryer, burning her face and killing her. Chanel reveals that she was unaware it was on and it was supposed to be switched off. Grace Gardner believed Chanel did and was going to go to the police but Chanel threatened to place the blame on her for it. They all end up hiding her body in the store room. Unfortunately Grace tells Pete about it and later when they come back, her body is missing, which causes Chanel to wonder if she is didn’t die.

When Chanel #2 (Sonya Herfmann) is murdered, Chanel thinks that Miss Bean killed her as revenge for what happened to her. Chanel refuses to call the police though due to believing she’d be falsely accused for attempted murder.

Hell Week[]

After the night that Tiffany was murdered by the Red Devil, Gigi reveals that she will hire security guards to protect the girls. But because of this, they decide they have to get rid of Chanel 2’s body, so they throw it in the freezer.

Chanel is having sex with Chad in bed, then Chad says her would love to have sex with her corpse. This leads to Chanel breaking up with him. Chad is not happy with this as he thinks he never gets dumped and he’s the one who does the breaking up. Chad goes back to his room with his friend Boone who claims that he is scared that there is a killer. Boone says it would be nice if he could crawl into bed with Chad. Chad points out the last time he crawled into bed with him, about how he tried to touch his genitals. Boone promises not to touch him and Chad let’s him get in the same bed with him.

Meanwhile Chanel is looking for Chad, feeling bad about breaking up with him, then she walks into his room where she sees him and Boone laying in the same bed and sees Boone with a huge erection. Chanel runs back out believing that Chad is gay and says that he’s gay. Chad denies it and says it’s not his fault that everyone wants to have sex with him. He then says he is breaking up with Chanel, which angers her and she says “Excuse me, I broke up with you.” Chanel storms off.

The next day, Chanel comes running down the the stairs saying the red devil tried to kill her. Denise says not to go upstairs but they all go upstairs anyway. The killer however is not in the house as he is killing officer Shondel Washington. They see graffiti written on the wall saying “sluts will die”.

When they are having dinner they are all accusing each other of being the killer while Chanel says that everyone needs to respect each other. Chad and Denise then come into the room and reveal that Shondel and Boone were murdered.

Chainsaw[]

Chanel and Chanel number 5 are having an argument over Chanel 2’s body missing. Chanel 5 had gone into the freezer because she was bored to find that her body was missing. Chanel 5 says she doesn’t care her body is missing and that it’s Chanel #1’s problem. Chanel 5 walks away and Chanel swears she will destroy her.

Chanel finds Chad walking with people holding candles. Chanel asks Chad how he’s feeling about Boone’s supposed death. Chad explains that he is upset about his death. Chanel asks Chad if he wants to get back with her if he sleeps with less women and doesn’t cheat on her. Chad seems to think that she is too controlling and makes excuses for having sex with random girls saying he always uses protection and doesn’t love them. After saying he doesn’t love the other girls, Chanel believes that Chad loves her, however Chad doesn’t want to get back with her and says he’s breaking up with her again because the sorority is full of losers.

Chanel catches Hester looking in her closet and looking through her clothes. Chanel gets annoyed with her and says her closet is the most precious thing in her life. She says that it is like a second vagina to her and that Hester has done a heinous violation. Hester asks Chanel if it’s true that Karl Lagerfeld is her uncle. Chanel states that he is not really her uncle and that she only calls him that due to his close relationship with her mother. Chanel states that he sometimes comes over with clothes for her to try on and that she keeps the ones she wants and burns the rest. She says she doesn’t donate the ones she doesn’t want to charity because she says it depresses her to see poor people with rich clothes on. Chanel remembers how Chad broke up with her because the sorority is full of losers, and realizes if she fixes Hester up, there will be one less loser. Hester thanks her and keeps calling her Mommy.

Chanel introduces Hester as Chanel Number 6 which angers Chanel 5 and she says we can’t make a pledge as a Chanel. Chanel complains and says she needs more minions since 2 Chanel’s are already dead. Chanel 5 says Chanel has no respect for any of the girls pr the rules of the sorority, and that she doesn’t deserve to be president. Chanel says that tonight they are going to play a game called cocaine or dildo, then Cathy and Gigi walk into the room. Cathy, having overheard what she said says, “Ooh, that sounds like fun!”, implying she wants to join in. Chanel says it’s a house only night but Cathy says that works for her since she and Gigi are moving in to keep an eye on the girls.

Haunted House[]

Chanel starts talking about Chanel-o-ween where she gives Halloween presents to her Instagram fans. She states that she loves Halloween since it’s the one day of the year where you can terrify children and not be looked at as a psychopath. She shows the gifts she went shopping for and it then shows videos of people’s reactions to getting Chanel-o-ween presents. Chanel States how one of her followers Susan keeps posting videos of her dad life so she’s driving down to her house to deliver them in person.

Everyone has made pumpkins for Chanel’s Chanel-o-ween and each person shows their pumpkin to her, but she looks rather unimpressed with most of them. When Chanel questions Zayday’s pumpkin saying “Yes I can,” Zayday says she’s running for president of kappa kappa which leaves Chanel horrified. Chanel gets very angry and says she will destroy her reputation.

Chanel is sharpening knifes in her closet but she is crying as she thinks her place at Kappa Kappa will be ruined if Zayday wins. Chanel 3 and Chanel 5 try to make her feel better and say they will have a party to raise money for the black hairy tongue disease so that everyone will vote Chanel.

After the invitations are given out, Chanel’s 1, 3, 5 and Hester begin to eat cotton ball to prevent them from gaining weight. Chanel 1 decides she wants to get pizza which the other girls agree to, but they are interrupted by a guy named Tommy. He says he is going as a “Dude having awesome sex with you” which angers the girls. His friend Rich intervenes and assures them he’s just saying how hot they look. Chanel Oberlin says the culture saying that it’s okay for a man to objectify a woman for her appearance is the same culture that pressures women into eating disorders. Tommy then says he will call them sweethearts since it’s a kind signature move, which angers Hester, leading her to kick him between his legs. He calls Hester a bitch and then Chanel 1 punches him and the face. The girls all start attacking Rick and Tommy and throwing trash at them. At the end of the episode, everyone is discussing Zayday's kidnapping. It is then announced that Ms. Bean's body was found at Shady Lane House dead, which Chanel pretends to be sad about. Grace says she thinks Chanel is the killer after Chanel rejected the idea of searching for Zayday.

Pumpkin Patch[]

The Chanel’s are excited about meeting the person who will organize the pumpkin patch party, which is revealed to be Cliff Woo. But Chanel is angered when she realizes that he built a corn maze that wasn’t as big as the one in the shining. He said it would’ve been too expensive. Chanel assures him that money is not a problem for her due to her being rich, so he decides to leave and prepare the maze she wanted. Chanel 3 and Hester hired musicians but Chanel 5 wasn’t able to hire Led Zeppelin who she wanted to hire because one of them died. Chanel thinks it’s a lame excuse and wastes no time yelling at her.

Later, the girls follow Chanel to her closet, where she introduces them to the theme of their Halloween costumes, wives of fallen presidents. Chanel tells #5 that she will go to the pumpkin patch as Mary Todd Lincoln, because she is most likely to end in an asylum nursing a watering can. Angered, Chanel 5 screams that she cannot take this anymore, that she is done with Chanel. Chanel doesn't take it seriously, because Chanel 5 said multiple times in the past that she is done with her, and yet she doesn't follow through on her actions. Chanel puts an ultimatum, either she goes as Mary Todd Lincoln and remain inebriated for the whole duration of the Halloween party or she can pack her things and leave the clique.

Unfortunately for Chanel, Dean Munsch declares that Halloween will be cancelled, and that any student can leave their sorority houses. Chad puts on a speech about courage in vain. He wastes no time blaming Chanel for Dean Munsch's decision to cancel Halloween while flirting with Hester by complimenting her breasts in an effort to make her jealous. Still hellbent on keeping her pumpkin patch party, Chanel changes her party to November 1st at 12:01 AM.

Subsequently, Detective Chisolm interrupts a class where Chanel Oberlin is actively cheating on an exam to announce that she has been arrested for the murder of Agatha Bean. He takes her to the police car where she sees The Chanels and Jennifer watching her get arrested and realizes that they might have been responsible for turning her in. In jail, she befriends Millie, Eva, and Maria. At lunch, Millie reveals that Chanel sent her the biggest present for Chanel-o-ween last year, before she killed a gas station attendant with fake amputated food full of jelly beans. Millie proceeds to say that she is Chanel's biggest Instagram fan, and compliments her by saying that she is a style genius, which makes Chanel glad. Millie also says that the real friendships are the ones that are made inside of prison. Chanel thanks the three women for their kindness, and suggests to be "besties for life". A jail security guard interrupts their conversation to inform that Chanel's bail has been paid and is now free. Chanel stands up from the table the girls are eating lunch and says, "Later, losers.", leaving Millie, Maria, and Eva really shocked and offended. Chanel 3 and Sam go to bail Chanel out of prison and Chanel says that they are true friends, and that is time to seek revenge on Chanel 5.

Upon Chanel's return to Kappa house, she notices that Chanel 5 is wearing her Halloween costume as Jackie Kennedy and immediately lashes her wrath out on her by accusing her of getting her arrested for killing Ms. Bean while refusing to hear her side of the story. Chanel threatens to kill Chanel 5 with a pick and stabbing her eye socket. She says that if she wants forgiveness, then she will have to go to prepare for the Pumpkin Patch party that will be celebrated, regardless of Dean Munsch's decision. When Chanel 5 refuses to because of the curfew and the fact that the killer will be outside. Despite her adamant protest, Chanel threatens to show her boyfriends Roger and Dodger a video of Chanel 5 regularly masturbating in her room while watching Dora The Explorer, effectively blackmailing her into submission. When it came time for the presidency, Chanel hastily rushes the event before Zayday and Grace show up so she can win the presidency by default. However, her plan got foiled once Zayday returned while explaining what the Red Devil kidnapped her and set up a dinner date with her favorite foods, but managed to escape after stabbing him in the hand with a fork. Grace returns and hugs Zayday. Chanel has had enough and wants to vote.

Victims[]

Names in bold are of deceased victims.

  • Ms. Agatha Bean: Drowned in cooking oil (Unintentionally)
  • Hester Ulrich: Pushed down a flight of stairs (Survived due to neckbrace)
  • Melanie Dorkus: Attempted to stab her with scissors.

Trivia[]

  • Chanel Oberlin is similar to Alison DiLaurentis, Charlotte DiLaurentis and Mona Vanderwaal from Pretty Little Liars.
  • Also shares a similarity to Courtney Shayne from Jawbreaker, in that they go way out of their ways to cover up the accidental murders they committed. Also, both make over an unpopular girl who happens to know about the accidental murder.
  • Chanel is partially responsible for the Green Meanie killing spree, as she motivated two of the four killers (albeit the more dangerous of the killer inspiration).
  • Her character was heavily inspired by Jill Roberts. However, Chanel is considered to be much less evil than her inspiration.
  • Her creators also drew inspiration from Queen Bee characters, such as Regina George and Heather Chandler.
    • There are also similarities between Chanel Oberlin and Heather Duke. Both were abused underlings, and both rushed to fill the power vacuum, when their former leaders were gotten rid of, Heather Chandler was killed, and Melanie Dorkus was severely burnt with hydrochloric acid which was put into her spray tan solution.

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           Scream-queens-logo-png-5 Villains

The Chanels
Chanel Oberlin | Sonya Herfmann | Sadie Swenson | Libby Putney

Killers
The Red Devil
Hester Ulrich | Boone Clemens | Pete Martinez

The Green Meanie
Cassidy Cascade | Ingrid Hoffel | Wes Gardner | Jane's Brother |

Others
Mary Mulligan | Nurse Thomas | Jane Hollis | Gigi Caldwell |

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