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For other incarnations, see Charlie the Funland Robot (disambiguation).

Charlie was a robot designed and built by Mr. Jenkins to help run Funland whenever he was busy. He was sabotaged by Sarah Jenkins because she didn't want robots near the kids.

Physical appearance

Charlie was a tall, humanoid machine made of metal. He has no mouth, but he does have what looks like a nose, and his light orange eyes resemble tiny headlights. The top part of his head, fused with his round "ears", is vaguely shaped as a construction helmet. Charlie's entire body is predominantly painted in two different shades of blue, except for his purple thorax and beige face.

Personality

It is unknown what Charlie was like after first being activated, but when Sarah Jenkins sabotaged him, the robot became mischievous and, at times, destructive. Since being repaired after having been short-circuited, his programming was improved to be friendlier, which was seen to be successful when he was able to gently scratch Scooby-Doo's ears, to the latter's great pleasure.

Powers and abilities

Charlie was created with superhuman strength and endurance. For example, he was able to tear through a brick wall without harm. He was also incredibly fast. Charlie had control over almost every aspect of Funland from the rides and the lights to the food stands, and even the cash registers. The android's only weakness was a powerful electromagnet.

History

Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!

Season one

Charlie the 2nd

Reprogrammed as Charlie the Second.

The robot went haywire and left a path of destruction when Jenkins's sister, Sarah messed it up, since she believed robots should not work in a place where children were present. Her brother agreed and repaired him, giving him a sense of emotion, renaming him Charlie the Second. He proved his new gentler reprogramming had worked as he gave Scooby-Doo a few strokes on his head.

Scooby-Doo (DC Comics)

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Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?

Season one

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Appearances

Notes/trivia

  • Charlie can be considered to be the first "real monster" to appear in the entire franchise, and not a common criminal in a mask.
  • Being a robot, Charlie had no means of wrongdoing on his own, as he was reprogrammed to wreak havoc, and as such is not at fault like most of the other show's villains.
  • Charlie is in the opening theme song and closing credits for season 1, until he was replaced by the Hawaiian Witch Doctor for the season 2 intro
  • In Shaggy Busted, Shaggy and Scooby are put in prison and encounter various costumed villains from the original show such as the Ghost Clown, the Ghost of Redbeard, and Charlie the Funland Robot. However, Charlie was not a man in a costume but an actual functioning robot. This further supports the idea that this episode is not canon (although DC Comics also made the same mistake).
  • He appears as a recurring enemy in the 'Secret Lab' area of the PS2/GC video game Scooby-Doo! Night of 100 Frights. He's called 'Funland Robot' and is unlockable in the Monster Gallery by Monster Token.

References

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