Though they left before Amy could see Sonic, they soon after came clear. When Amy later was caught by people possessed by Dark Gaia, Chip unknowingly exorcised them when he took a picture. As Amy left, Chip unintentionally depressed Sonic by noting how different he was. Chip and Sonic returned to Spagonia at night where they met Amy who was unable to recognize Sonic as Werehog. They then found the local Gaia Temple, which Chip discovered he could activate, allowing Sonic to restoring the Emerald and Mazuri's continent. Sonic and Chip shortly after visited Mazuri where Sonic saved the villagers from Eggman before they pursued and drove Eggman off. Back in Spagonia, Pickle explained how Dark Gaia was responsible for the planet's shattering and that they could restore the planet and seal Dark Gaia by taking the powerless Chaos Emeralds to the Gaia Temples. The trio tracked the Professor to Mazuri where they freed him from Eggman's base and reclaimed the Gaia Manuscripts. When they got there however, they learned Professor Pickle had been kidnapped by Eggman. Soon after, Chip and Sonic found Tails, who took them to Spagonia to see Professor Pickle, who could shed some light on Dr. After fruitlessly searching Apotos for anyone who knew Chip, night fell and Chip witnessed Sonic become a Werehog again. When the two arrived in Apotos, Chip took an instant liking to the Ice Cream Vendor's Chocolate Chip Sundae Supreme, which Sonic named him after. Dawn then arrived, and Chip saw Sonic return to his old self. Chip soon realized his amnesia though and panicked until Sonic promised to help him regain his memories. When he was found by Sonic, Chip was briefly frightened when he saw Sonic's Werehog form. He ended up unconscious in Windmill Isle where he unknowingly used his powers to break Sonic the Werehog's fall from space. Eggman used his Chaos Energy Cannon to awaken Dark Gaia and shatter the earth, giving Chip retrograde amnesia. Some tens of thousands of years ago, Chip had just finished another cycle of destruction and recreation of the world with Dark Gaia, before returning to dormancy for Dark Gaia's return.Ĭhip was awoken prematurely when Dr. Despite his many years of duty, Chip never came to learn about the earth itself. Chip would then return Dark Gaia to dormancy in the planet's core, rebuild the planet, and go back to sleep in the core again, thus restarting the cycle. In this cycle, Chip would awaken from the planet's core after Dark Gaia had incubated in it for millions of years and broken the planet apart during the time of awakening. It was back then that Chip began his job of protecting the earth from Dark Gaia who sought its destruction, starting an endless cycle of destruction and rebirth of the planet. Pickle has speculated that both Chip and Dark Gaia are manifestations of the planet's desire for a balance between light and darkness. Born as Dark Gaia's opposite, Chip originates from the beginning of time and has lived on the earth since when the planet first began.