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His father is [[Charles Ruttheimer the Second]], who seems to own his own business. He also has two cousins, [[Brad]] and [[Brett]], who are handsome, funny men who can attract girls - yet are shown to be on close terms with Upchuck (who they call "Chuck") and share his catchphrase. Both seem aware of his unflattering nickname.
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==Background Information==
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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 shows his skills with computers again (see also below) and some nifty business skills: swiftly creating his own dotcom business which does ''trans-pacific imports'' simply to impress the Wizard Foundation. Upchuck even competed with both Jodie and Daria in that episode, two of the smartest kids in the school, and went for tactical schmoozing in order to win over the interviewer - unfortunately for him, he sucks at schmoozing.
''[[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 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.
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