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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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* 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) And in many, he still is! Upchuck as comedically perverted foil is still the most common portrayal. However, since the show ended, he's been increasingly given different portrayals.
* Some stories give him a positive
* 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.
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