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|firstappearance= [[The Invitation]]
|lastappearance= [[Is It College Yet?]]
|voicedby= [[Marc Thompson]] (S1)<br>[[Geoffrey Arend]] (S2-IICY) <br>
|episodecount= 26 (3 non-speaking) <br> 1 TV movie (Is It College Yet?)
|gender= Male
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'''Charles
In the script for "[[The Invitation]]", he is described as "the least popular person at the party, besides Daria and Jane. This is due to his large ears, bad haircut, and the fact that he is really quite annoying".
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==Background Information==
<br><br><br><br><br><br>Very little was ever revealed about Charles's personal life, as he was a secondary character founded on a stereotype, one of many comic relief devices used in the series (see also the characters [[Kevin Thompson]] and [[Brittany Taylor]]). His mother only appeared once in the entire series (in "[[Legends of the Mall]]"), and this was a ''faux'' flashback to illustrate an urban legend of [[Lawndale]]. The character portrayed as Upchuck's mother may or may not bear any resemblance to Upchuck's "real" mother and was never given a name in any case.
From both the "III" attached to his name and ''[[The Daria Diaries]]'', we know his father's name was [[Charles Ruttheimer the Second|Charles]] too. In [[Malled]], there is the implication that his father is rich; ''Diaries'' has his father as a businessman with "associates" who spent time overseas, confirming his wealth. Upchuck borrows his dad's credit card in "Malled" but manages to piss him off in "Diaries" by recording comedy answering messages on the house phone.
His two cousins appear in "[[Daria Dance Party]]". As they've come out of town just to watch him perform, intend to hang out afterwards, and share his catchphrase, he presumably has a close relationship with them.
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[[Image:Upchuck_DJ.jpg|left|thumb|230px|Upchuck lays down the hits ("[[Daria Dance Party]]"]]
There are a couple of indications that Upchuck was smart, at least in some senses. He does well in training the mouse in "[[The Lab Brat]]", undone only by Brittany explaining the experiment instead; he also turned out to be a skilled blackmailer. In "[[Prize Fighters]]", he
''[[The Daria Diaries]]'' reveals that he maintains his own website ([[Ultrasuave Universe]], at www.ultrasuave.com) with an archive of pick-up lines, jokes, pictures of himself, snippets of songs, and a "Gallery of Feisty Babes" (which includes Eleanor Roosevelt, noting she wasn't hot "but just you try denying she was feisty - you cannot!"). He's working on a Shemp Howard Search Engine. The links and Feisty Woman section show he's a fan of the Aeon Flux cartoon; of comedians Jerry Lewis, the Three Stooges, and Monty Python; and superhero comic books, specifically Captain Muscle. In 2000, MTV's website revealed Upchuck now owned [http://web.archive.org/web/20000817201930/mtv.com/mtv/tubescan/animation/daria/homepage_upchuck/index.html now ran] [[The Hubba Hubba Hub]], after Ultrasuave was "destroyed by a virus slyly concealed within the now infamous SEXXXY SCULLY SNAPS attachment". The new site had different sections for different genders.
[[Image:Upchuck.gif|right|frame|Upchuck and Daria ("[[The Invitation]]")]]
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==Upchuck in Fanfiction==
* For a long time, Upchuck was portrayed as slime in ''Daria'' fanfics, exaggerating his canon persona. (See the first [[The Look-Alike Series]] story, where Upchuck being physically assaulted is cheered by other characters and meant to be cheered by the reader)
* Some stories give him a positive portrayal, often focusing more on on his native intelligence and wide range of interests. Two of the earliest fics to do this are "[[Blast from the Past]]" by [[Nemo Blank]], where Chuck becomes an ally trying to assist Daria; and "[[A Midsummer Nightmare's Daria]]" by [[The Angst Guy]] (2002), where he's a romantic and caring boyfriend.
* Some stories have Chuck putting on an act, either to fake confidence he doesn't have, or (as in "[http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=43575 Children of the Scorn]" by [[Kristen Bealer]]) because he wants people to make fun of a fake him rather than the real him, or simply out of youthful idiocy he grows out of ([[TAG]]'s "[[Darkness]]" has Daria depressed to learn he'd joined the army after 9/11 and died in battle). Bealer also presented a [[pre-canon]] seventh grader Chuck Ruttheimer, still a shy unpopular boy, in "[http://web.archive.org/web/20110928180544/http://www.outpost-daria.com/fanfic/its_like_the_beginning_of_an_era.html It's Like the Beginning of an Era]". Zetor's "[http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=46174&start=50#p773629 Enough]" has the 'act' started as mockery of his playboy father and he hates being stuck with it, and drinks when depressed.
[[Image:Daria_ultrasuave.jpg|right|frame|??!!]]
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** The other two common love interests for him are Stacy (due to their interaction in [[Life in the Past Lane]]) and [[Andrea]].
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* In the [[Legion of Lawndale Heroes]] universe, Charles Ruttheimer (who is only rarely referred to as 'Upchuck' anymore) has developed into one of the more well-rounded versions of the character in the [[Daria Multiverse]]. He is considered one of the more intelligent Legionnaires, and the physical and academic training that he has received as a Legionnaire (as well as the positive influence of [[Kyle Armalin]]) has helped him evolve beyond his high-school personality. This Charles still enjoys all of the things he was involved in before his Legion life (his infatuation with all things Three Stooges and James Bond, his fast-food merchandise collectibles, and his interest in online role-playing games), but also has allowed himself to expand his horizons. As he has become more well-rounded, he has also finally had his 'growth spurt,' and now stands at six feet in height. He has an unusual quality that (to the dismay and utter disbelief of the female Legionnaires) makes him quite interesting to many young women, including [[Langston Chambers]] (who he is currently dating), [[Tainn Reynolds]], [[Chandni Kaur]], and [[Elsie Sloane]].
* Charles appeared twice in an artwork by [[Wouter]] in the first one Jane confronts him if he actually is aware of how he comes across towards girls and if he has any grasp of what actually BEING a woman is like. Charles responds by asking Jane the opposite question, did she any harbor any desires to be a man, Jane's reply leaves him in tears, knowing that Jane would have made a far more masculine man than he could ever be. Charles' second appearance is in the Halloween 2010 comic where he's seen puking after drinking the punch at Brittany's party (which Kevin had put olives in after the grapes had run out) Andrea is there to comfort him while Daria remarks that he finally "lives up to his nickname."
==Trivia==
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* [[Anne D. Bernstein]] created the character.
* Upchuck has a huge collection of
* The only time Charles was ever successful at "picking up" a girl was in the ''Daria'' movie finale, ''[[Is It College Yet?]]'' In the final scene of the movie, he tried one of his suave pick-up lines on fellow student [[Andrea]], and she nonchalantly accepted. He seemed very surprised, but took advantage of the opportunity right away. This was unusual on Andrea's part, considering her comment to him in ''[[Fair Enough]]'': "Don't touch me, you Howdy-Doody-looking creep."
* He was one of only two characters on the show with an actual catch phrase, in the traditional sense of the word. (The other was [[Jake Morgendorffer]], whose catch phrase was "Dammit!"/"Gaddammit!"). Other characters had recurring mannerisms (i.e. Tiffany's slowed speech and easy distraction, Mr. O'Neill's frightened squeals).
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* The DVD Profiles section has "Character Sketches" of Upchuck... or so it claims, as they're actually ones of ''[[Artie]]''.
* His [[Alter ego|'future ego']] in IICY? shows him as a fashion designer, surrounded by models. This is one of the more plausible future egos (the former half anyway).
==Misc. Trivia==
* In the Latin American dubbing, he was voiced by Carlos Iñigo.
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