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Charlie is the Dangerous Emissions Supervisor of Sector 7-G. He is one of Homer Simpson’s friends.

Role in The Simspons

Bad Luck

Charlie is known to have bad luck and usually is in a recurring joke where he experiences it. In The Trouble With Trillions he is arrested for threating to beat up local officals over the slow progress of HDTVs. In The Last Temptation of Homer he tries to escape a nuclear meltdown and is sent to a foreign land and is forced to dance on a table for its inhabitants but can't seem to do it right. In Homer at the Bat he claims that he has to use his sister's wooden leg as a baseball bat. In "King-Size Homer" he was briefly disabled as stated by Lenny after Homer notices he is not at the plant. However, he is well and healthy at the end of the episode. In "Homie the Clown" he, along with other employees, were set on fire due to Homer's negligence.

Primary Role

Charlie has spoken in very few episodes, but has been seen in the background more. He speaks more in the show's earlier days rather then the newer seasons. He also made 3 background appearances in The Simpsons Movie.

Supporting Appearances

He made a supporting appearance in The Last Temptation of Homer where he is replaced by Mindy Simmons after him, Homer, Lenny, and Carl play a prank on a worker and cause a meltdown. He is then sent to an Asian country as a result and is forced to dance on a table but fails ultimately. It is unknown how he comes back.

Resemblances

Characters in The Simpsons

Charlie bears a resemblence to Sam, one of the barflies at Moe's Tavern. this could be because they both have big glasses, they both have trouble with alcholism, they have sruffy looks, worried eyes, and have bag's under their eyes. They also ocassionally are seen hanging out at Moe's Tavern as well.

Characters in Other Media

In Matt Groening's second show Futurama the character Terry appears to resemble Charlie including his primary role of being a background filler and his usal role of having bad luck.

Creation

Voice

He is voiced by Dan Castellaneta, who said that he was "doing an imitation of Lenny" according to the commentary for Homer at the Bat. His voice sounds more like the Blue-Haired Lawyer and Arnie Pie who are also voiced by Castellaneta.