| Charles "Chuckie" Finster, Jr. | |
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| Name | Charles Crandall Finster III |
| Gender | Male |
| Birth | April 13, 1989 (Age 23) |
| Occupation | (none) |
| Interests | Playing with his friends and his sister Kimi. Spending time with his mother, Kira, and his father, Chaz. |
| Relatives | Chaz (Father) Kira (Mother) Kimi (Sister) Shirley (Grandmother) Marvin (Grandfather) Melinda (Biological Mother; Deceased) |
| Friends | Tommy, Phil, Lil, Kimi, Susie, Dil, Spike. |
| Enemies | Angelica, Fluffy. |
| First Appearance | Tommy's First Birthday (Rugrats, 1991) |
| Last Appearance | Brothers Grimm (All Grown Up!, 2008) |
| “ | I'm glad were a family. | ” |
Charles Crandall Norbert "Chuckie" Finster, Jr. III is the best friend of Tommy Pickles and acts as the series' deuteragonist. In "Rugrats in Paris: The Movie", however, he serves as the protagonist. Chuckie's mother Melinda died from an illness when Chuckie was a baby. In "Rugrats in Paris", his father Chaz was going to marry Coco LaBouche, a evil woman who hates children, and tries to get Chaz to fall in love with her. But in the end, Chaz fell in love with and married Kira, Kimi's mother. His beautiful new mother is loving and caring, just as his father. Chuckie also has a puppy named Sparky, although it is never seen.
Description
Chuckie is pessimistic and scares easily, and at the first suggestion that he and the other babies should do something or go somewhere, he will always say, "Maybe this isn't such a good idea." All the same, he's still friends with Tommy, Dil, Susie and the DeVille twins (Phil and Lil). Among his fears are adventures, clowns, as revealed in Circus Angelicus, and the "guy on the oatmeal box with the scary hat" (a parody of Quaker Oats). Chuckie eats 2 candy bars at the movies. He is loyal and often brave, facing his fears briefly to come through for his friends, whenever there's a problem, Chuckie's there to help his friends get through it emotionally. Chuckie doesn't really like misbehaving, but his friends often get him into trouble. He is very close to his father Chaz and is usually the main target of Angelica's bullying. Chuckie was the only character who did not come from a two-parent household before the remarriage. It is revealed inThe Alien that Chuckie has an outie belly button.
Looks
Chuckie has peach skin with freckles, uncontrollable red hair, a pair of purple square-lense glasses and wears a blue shirt with a picture of Saturn on it, green shorts with light green wavy lines, yellow-orange socks and partially untied red shoes. While being potty trained, he wore white bear patterned, light blue or beige training pants, then dark blue or white briefs.
Appearances
Charles Finster has appeared in most episodes of Rugrats and All Grown Up!. His first appearance was in Tommy's First Birthday. His last appearance was in Brothers Grimm (an All Grown Up! episode).
Behind the Scenes
The character is voiced by Christine Cavanaugh in a "croaky" voice. However, after Cavanaugh's retirement in 2002, Nancy Cartwright (of Simpsons fame) took over the role. Chuckie was briefly voiced by Candi Milo for a Rugrats video-game, before Cartwright became Chuckie's new actress. To nostalgic fans, they see Nancy Cartwright as inferior for the role as Chuckie, as her voice for him sounds too similar to her role as Bart Simpson, than what Christine Cavanaugh once did. .
Trivia
- Kira adopted Chuckie In Finsterella, therefore Kira is Chuckie's mother, not stepmother.
- Chuckie kept his appearance in All Grown Up!
Gallery
To view the Chuckie Finster gallery, click here.