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'''Charles/Chuck Ruttheimer III'''
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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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, 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
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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[[Image:Upchuck.gif|right|frame|Upchuck and Daria ("[[The Invitation]]")]]
==What's in a name?==
In both his first appearance and the later "[[The Lab Brat]]" and "[[Fair Enough]]", he called himself "Chuck". His cousins call him this as well, a sign of being close. His teachers always call him the more formal "Charles". Every student calls him "Upchuck" as standard, with [[Sandi Griffin]] once or twice calling him "Charles" to be cuttingly frosty.
==Upchuck in Fanfiction==
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* [[Anne D. Bernstein]] created the character.
* Upchuck
▲* In his first appearance, he called himself "Chuck Ruttheimer". Later episodes - and most fanfiction - have gone with "Charles" instead, while the DVD boxset's Profiles feature went with Chuck.
* 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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