▁threaten ing ▁statements ▁directed ▁at ▁Ne ville ▁Bart os , ▁a ▁character ▁based ▁on ▁a ▁real ▁person ▁who ▁the ▁real ▁Cho pper ▁alleg edly ▁shot ▁before ▁going ▁to ▁prison , ▁but ▁with ▁whom ▁Cho pper ▁is ▁now ▁good ▁friends . ▁Franklin ' s ▁port ray al ▁of ▁Read ▁is ▁as ▁much ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁real ▁Cho pper ▁as ▁it ▁is ▁on ▁Eric ▁B ana ' s ▁take ▁on ▁the ▁man ▁as ▁port rayed ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁Andrew ▁Domin ik ▁film ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁name . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁second ▁season , ▁rather ▁than ▁Cho pper ▁having ▁a ▁new ▁job ▁every ▁week , ▁the ▁sketch es ▁are ▁set ▁in ▁his ▁a partment . ▁In ▁one ▁episode ▁Cho pper ▁introdu ces ▁a ▁Pu ppet ▁version ▁of ▁himself , ▁" M ini - Cho pper ", ▁and ▁teach es ▁children ▁about ▁" Str anger ▁D anger ". ▁In ▁a ▁later ▁sketch ▁he ▁s ings ▁nur ser y ▁rh ym es . ▁In ▁another ▁episode ▁a ired ▁in ▁an ▁earlier ▁times lot , ▁he ▁mentioned ▁that ▁due ▁to ▁TV ▁c ensor ship ▁laws ▁he ▁was ▁restricted ▁to ▁saying ▁the ▁word ▁f uck ▁ 1 5 ▁times ▁per ▁episode , ▁and ▁after ▁exceed ing ▁the ▁ 1 5 ▁word ▁limit , ▁the ▁word ▁was ▁b leep ed ▁from ▁there on . ▁ ▁The ▁sketch ▁where ▁Cho pper ▁presents ▁the ▁weather ▁became ▁something ▁of ▁a ▁phenomen on ▁on ▁the ▁internet , ▁with ▁people ▁all ▁over ▁Australia ▁forward ing ▁the ▁clip ▁on ▁to ▁other ▁people .