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Charles "Upchuck" Ruttheimer the Third was a student at [[Lawndale High]], in Daria's class. His chief characteristic appears to have been attempting to arouse female interest by (badly) affecting a sophisticated persona, seemingly based in part on James Bond, Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, and a distasteful parody of a bad Las Vegas comedian. For example, he often referred to females as "ladies," and always spoke the term in a salacious tone.
Interestingly, he for the most part appears to buy into his delusions of being a "Casanova". Delusions, however, is the proper term to describe his belief, as he appears to be among the least-popular students at [[Lawndale High School|Lawndale High]], at least as far as the females were concerned. His status was confirmed by [[Tiffany]] with the brief phrase, "Upchuck? Ewww...." (See the episode [[Jake of Hearts]].) This extends to females he encounters outside of school, including the cop from [[I Loathe a Parade]] who referred to him disparagingly as "Don Guano".
Perpetually-undeterred, Upchuck would make a sexual comment almost every time he appeared on-screen in the company of females, and would frequently deliver his catch phrase "Grrr... feisty!" in response to any insult or rejection thrown his way by women. In "[[Too Cute]]" however, it is revealed that when push comes to shove, actually chickens out, being MORTIFIED by the sheer concept behind the breast implants Daria got from [[Dr. Shar]].
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