Charles

### Likes

His family, being with Hansel, flying carpets, tranquility, parades, sports (mainly football and basketball), magic, organization, music, cleanliness, his lamp, almonds, children, dancing, celebrations, blessing ceremonies

### Dislikes

EverRealm (formerly), isolation, fire, chaos, Wolfgang, disorganization, monsters, pressure, arguments, Blacktail and Dalila's deaths, family issues and threats, losing Hansel, muzzles, Sebastian's disappearance, Hansel in danger

### Powers and abilities

Powerful genie magic
Shapeshifting

### Paraphernalia

Lamp
Wand

## Family information

### Parents

Robert Pup (father)
Giselle Pup (mother)
Prince Marley (adoptive father)

### Siblings

Dwayne (older brother)
Sierra (older sister)
Hansel (younger brother)

### Other relatives

Jade † (paternal grandmother)
Magnus † (paternal grandfather)
King Odin † (paternal step grandfather)
Kirby (brother-in-law)
Ralph (sororal nephew)
Amber (sister-in-law)
Yukon (fraternal step nephew)
Maize (fraternal step niece)
Eddie (paternal uncle)
Angel † (paternal aunt by marriage)
Wolfgang † (paternal uncle)
King Blacktail † (paternal step uncle)
Queen Dalila † (paternal step aunt)
Bloodmoon (paternal step uncle)
Luna (paternal step-aunt)
Burnskin (paternal step uncle)
Blackmane (step uncle by marriage)
Arianna (maternal aunt)
Duke (maternal uncle)
Angus Shepherd Sr. (maternal uncle by marriage)
Sebastian (paternal step cousin)
Adam (paternal step cousin)
Karen (paternal step cousin)
Timmy (paternal step cousin)
Ace (paternal step cousin)
Runt (paternal step cousin)
Abigail (paternal step cousin)
Martin (paternal step cousin)
Brodi (paternal cousin)
Archibald (paternal cousin)
Artie (paternal cousin)
Stella (paternal cousin)
Charlie (maternal cousin)

“*After I got my powers from the gods, I asked them to give me another blessing. Hansel, the gods blessed me with you.*”
―Charles expressing his love for his brother, Hansel

**Charles Pup** is one of the main characters in *The Enchanted Pup* franchise. He's the middle son of Robert and Giselle, the younger brother of Dwayne and Sierra and the older brother of Hansel. Born into the royal family of EverRealm and was blessed with genie magic on his eighth birthday. When his uncle, Wolfgang made an attempt on him and his family, Charles was sent to live on the planet Snowi with his siblings. Having been traumatized by the event, Charles becomes bitter and develops a hatred of EverRealm. His hatred of the planet strained his bond with his younger brother, Hansel. For years, the brothers would remain estranged until an adventure through the aforementioned planet allows the two dogs to bond and repair the broken bond. At the end of the first film, Charles fully reconciles with Hansel and moves back into the palace where he works alongside Hansel during his reign as king.

## Background

Born into the Pup family, Charles is the middle child of Robert Pup and Lady Giselle, younger brother of Dwayne and Sierra, and older brother of Hansel. In addition to being the nephew of Bloodmoon, Luna, Burnskin, Wolfgang, Eddie, Angel, Blackmane, Blacktail and Dalila, Charles is also the cousin of Archibald, Artie, Stella, Brodi, Adam, Ace, Timmy, Runt, Martin, Abigail, Karen and Sebastian. Charles lived in the palace with his older siblings, parents and extended family. As a pup, Charles suffered from many insecurities of not living up to his parents' expectations but was counseled several times by them that he doesn't need to live by any expectations. He should be himself. On the night of his eighth birthday, the Greek God, Zeus blessed Charles with cosmic powers, the abilities of a genie.

Charles later became an older brother to his infant brother, Hansel. The two pups became best friends and have been inseparable for their entire childhood. Charles also spent a good amount of his childhood, exploring the strength of his phenomenal cosmic powers in an attempt to find himself. One day, the royal family of EverRealm was found dead and the king's stepbrother, Wolfgang was crowned king. Use of magic was outlawed with the punishment being death. Worried about his safety, Charles begun to wear gloves in an effort to conceal his powers.

Robert wanted his kids to express their magic freely, leading him to want to leave EverRealm and seek refuge on another planet. Unfortunately, that didn't happen when an electrical fire was ignited at Robert's electric company. The Pups retreated to different planets while they were presumed dead by the EverRealmians. Robert and Giselle started their own businesses on planet Earth while Charles and his siblings became monarchs on Snowi and the foster children of Prince Marley. To prevent her children from going back to EverRealm, Giselle used her magic to alter her children's memories, making them think that they lived in the palace as servants and not as monarchs. Having been left traumatized by this event, Charles has become bitter, overprotective towards his siblings and has developed a newfound hatred of EverRealm due to his uncle's reign that forbids magic.

### Development

Charles' role in the series remained the same despite the changes in the story's plot, theme, setting and characters. In the first draft of the Enchanted Pup, Charles was the first born son of the Wootens and Matthew's older brother. The two brothers used to be close as children but the two grew apart after their parents were killed in a fire and were forced to go into hiding. The plot of the draft was mainly focused on Matthew restoring his bond with Charles. In the later drafts, Charles became the third born child of the families but became Hansel's second-older brother with Dwayne and Sierra being the oldest.

### Personality

The genies in the EverRealmian community are described as jovial beings who use their magic to befriend other creatures in the kingdom. Charles, however, is unique from the other genies because of his stubborn and irritable personality. As a pup, Charles lived in crippling insecurity. Although, Charles was loved dearly by his parents, Charles felt that he needed to gain attention and recognition from his parents and siblings. Being the younger brother of Dwayne and Sierra, Charles wanted to be just as successful as them so that he can be a good brother figure to his youngest brother, Hansel. Aside from living in fear of rejection, embarrassment, failure and the idea of disappointing his family, Charles still maintained a close bond with his family and valued his relationship with them. Unlike his uncle, Wolfgang, Charles never let his insecurities get the best of him.

Before being forced out of the kingdom due to Wolfgang's anti-magic law, Charles adored magic and spent his the entirety of his childhood, experimenting his powers. As a pup, Charles experimented with his powers in an attempt to "get in touch with his genie side." When the use of magic was outlawed in EverRealm with the punishment being death, Charles was terrified and wanted to do everything in his power to protect himself and his family. Charles' views on magic began to slowly change after his uncle outlawed magic. Robert promised his children that they would move away from EverRealm and to a planet where they would free to perform magic again. This gave Charles hope knowing that he would out of danger very soon. Unfortunately, after the fire nearly killed him and his family and having to be relocated for their protection, Charles was left traumatized by this and figured the best way to protect his siblings is by not using their powers at all. As a result of this, Charles became bitter, serious and strict. To make matters worse, Charles and Hansel became estranged due to the two brothers' polar opposite personalities and views.

During his life as a resident in the palace, Charles was distant from most of his relatives but still loved and cared for their well-being. Although he had limited interaction with Adam and his siblings in the first film, he treated them as if they were his family, despite having lost memory of his familial connection to them. After being forced out of their home, Charles' main objective was looking out for his siblings and keep them from leaving Snowi, most notably Hansel.

Charles didn't want anything to do with EverRealm so in an attempt to forget his life there completely, Charles became devoted to his duties in Snowi and hoped that his hard work would earn him the Snowi throne. Charles never have time to cope with the separation of his parents and transition into a new life on a new planet. Charles secretly wanted things to return to normal as he missed the times where he could use his powers and where he was close with his siblings.

While Charles was distant with Hansel, he didn't stop loving his brother. In the EverRealmian dungeon, Charles told everyone that even though it seems that he doesn't want things to normal, he truly does. He misses the times where it was just him, Hansel, his siblings and his parents together. Charles' adventure through EverRealm allowed the brothers to bond again and realized that they're not different after all. Charles almost losing his brother to Wolfgang made him realize that his stubbornness and bad temper will destroy his relationships. Not wanting to lose his family, Charles started to be patient with others and express his emotions healthily so that it wouldn't come in the form of rage and depression.

Following his adventure in EverRealm, Charles has become calmer and has bonded with his family and becomes close with them again. He also fully reconciles with Hansel and the two brothers become closer than they were when they were kids. Charles always looks out for Hansel's safety and is the first to come to his side when he's hurt.

### Physical appearance

Charles is an EverRealmian American Bulldog with blue fur due to him being part genie. Being a fan of American sports like basketball and football, Charles wears a red soccer jersey with the name "Bulldogs" on front. When traveling to EverRealm to find Hansel, Charles changed into a black tank top and cargo pants in case he had to battle any monsters.

### Powers and abilities

**Genie Physiology:** Charles was blessed with the magical characteristics and abilities of a genie, a supernatural Arab creature. The type of genie Charles is, is a free-willed genie, meaning that he's under no one's control. Although, he has a magic lamp, he is not bound by it and any damages or destruction to it won't have any affect on him. Charles' genie nature allows him to grant wishes that can manipulate reality. As an almighty genie, Charles has supernatural speed and strength. Charles can channel his mystical power through his hands but his powers can be better controlled if it is used by a magical object like a wand.

**Shapeshifting:** Charles is capable of shapeshifting into humans, other animals, monsters, aliens, mythical creatures and inanimate objects. Charles' morphing ability allows him to transform into air, fire, plasma and smoke.

## Appearances

### The Enchanted Pup

Charles is shown to be living peacefully in the Snowi Palace where he tends to everyday duties as a Snowi monarch. Charles hopes to eventually become the ruler of Snowi after Marley retires. Charles is shown to have a strained relationship with his youngest brother, Hansel as the two brothers share different views on magic. Hansel wants to express his magic freely while Charles only uses his magic for protection. He always disapproves Marley taking Hansel on trips outside of space but they do it nonetheless. Charles forbids Hansel from ever visiting the kingdom of EverRealm, saying that the kingdom is dangerous for people with magic.

On an ordinary day, after eating breakfast and playing a game of ball with Buzzy, Hansel discovers a squirrel who is shown to be the physical embodiment of the element, wind. Believing that the squirrel is trying to lure him to EverRealm. He tells his siblings about this. Although, Sierra and Dwayne are interested by the story, Charles forbids Hansel from going to EverRealm as he said before that the planet is a dangerous place for people born with magic. Charles leaves to resume his duties. Unbeknownst to Charles, Hansel, Marley and Buzzy take a spaceship to EverRealm not before Marley orders his squire to keep his whereabouts a secret. Charles eventually learns about Hansel's disappearance and since the squire was sworn to secrecy, he uses a machine to lock on the spaceship's trail which leads to EverRealm. Suspicious to what Hansel is up to, Charles, Sierra and Dwayne take a spaceship to EverRealm.

The next morning, the Pup children arrive and Charles immediately spots Hansel at Windy Holm. He goes over to confront Hansel for going against his orders but Marley defends him saying that it was all his idea and that he sworn his servants to secrecy. Nevertheless, he attempts to take Hansel back to Snowi but he tells Charles that he must find the Wind Spirit, Zephyr and the person who send him the love letter. Charles is unmoved by the reasons but relents when Hansel promises that as soon as he finds them both, they can head home. Charles agrees to help Hansel with finding these people but firmly reminds him that they are not staying in EverRealm. The kingdom that Hansel's secret admirer resides in is through the forest kingdom of Pawpaw. There lives the Twin Paw, an alien clan restricted to the forest after Wolfgang was crowned king. Their king, Jordan refuses to let them past. Hansel tries to convince them that he has to, even claims that he's connected to the elemental spirits of the kingdom. Suddenly, the fire spirit sets the Twin Paw's houses on fire. Hansel manages to freeze the fires but the Twin Paw is angry at him because they believed that he summoned the fire spirit to destroy the houses. They kick Hansel and the gang out of the forest and restrict them from the kingdom.

Although, the Twin Paw won't allow them to pass, Adam decided to bring his father's bodyguard, Kirby over to help him get to the kingdom of Elkwood. While the gang waited, Hansel learned from the Oceanmane children that they were born with powerful magic that they hoped to express freely but was ruined when Wolfgang outlawed magic. Charles sees that the Oceanmane children aren't as different as he thinks. Kirby arrives at the Windy Holm and agrees to help Hansel get to Elkwood. Before doing so, the gang help Hansel dress for his date. He leaves for his date not before Charles tells his brother to break a leg. Later that night, Hansel returns to the cave and tells the gang that his date with Amber was wonderful. While the others went into different places in the cave for the night, Hansel and Charles slept next to each other for the night. The two had a conservation and began to bond. Charles promised that once this is all over, he'll let Hansel visit EverRealm anytime he wants. Hansel smiles and thanks Charles for being a good brother. The two then went to sleep for the night.

The next morning, Hansel receives a letter from the Twin Paw where Jordan challenges Hansel to a battle. In secret, it's a plot devised by Wolfgang to have Hansel killed, so his reign and plans will be secured. Fortunately, Kirby helps Hansel train for the battle. A few days later, Hansel is ready to fight. In the forest, Charles sits at the top row of the stands. He roots for Hansel and is surprised at how he was battling Jordan with no struggle. During the battle, Jordan fell off the waterfall and was about to plummet to his doom. Luckily, Hansel rescued Jordan with help from the Water Spirit. Realizing that he was wrong about Hansel, Jordan and the Twin Paw reconcile with him and cheer for him as their hero. The gang heads back to the cave where Jordan offers to help find the Elementals. Suddenly, the gang is attacked by a monster known as the Smogtaur. He chases the gang out of the cave and into the kingdom of Elkwood. The gang hides into the Elkwood Palace but not for long as the Smogtaur locates them and attacks them. He chases them into the small kingdom of Lakeville that is ruled by King Buttons.

He welcomes the gang into the kingdom after learning that Hansel saved Buzzy, a former member of the Honeybear. While staying in the town, Wolfgang uses his hypnosis magic to put the Rhino Guards under his spell, forcing them to obey his orders. They are ordered to kill Amber. Fortunately, Hansel and Amber's son, Yukon, they subdue the guards and exit Lakeville. The gang then decides to follow the Earth Spirit's trail to his residence. However, once they reached the top of the mountain, there was nothing. Believing that Hansel was running a wild goose chase, he argues with Hansel. Hansel wishes that Charles would listen and Charles then disowns Hansel as his brother. Hansel is shocked at this insult and Charles immediately regrets what he said. Before Hansel could reply, Wolfgang, the Smogtaur and the royal guards corners the gang as Wolfgang reveals that the sign to the mountaintop was a trick. He puts magic-proof handcuffs on Hansel, sedates him and throws him off of the mountain to his death. Charles screams Hansel's name as his brother plummets to his doom and attempts to angrily attack Wolfgang for what he did but is restrained and muzzled. Afterwards, they are taken back to the palace to be imprisoned for harboring a fugitive.

Unbeknownst to Charles and the others, Hansel survived the fall and has made way to the Gold Volcano where he is introduced to the Council of Elements. They reveal to Hansel it was Wolfgang who murdered the royal family in order to gain power over the kingdom and that he is Robert's brother, thus making him his uncle and the Oceanmane family are Pup family members as well. Now knowing the truth about Wolfgang and willing to set things right. In the palace's dungeon, the others start panicking over what their punishment is going to be. Having enough of this, Charles silences everyone. He says that it's bad enough that they're imprisoned, it's worst that he lost his brother after he made a promise to protect his family. Charles mourns the apparent loss of his brother and is comforted by Marley. Fortunately, Hansel returns to palace where he reunites with his family, who are happy to see Hansel. He frees the gang and tells them the truth about Wolfgang. Charles embraces Hansel and promises to never doubt him ever again. Hansel forgives Charles, thus restoring their bond.

The gang then flies to Mount Olympus to rescue the Greek Gods from Wolfgang's revenge. He releases an army of giant demons known as the Growlers who are physical manifestations of natural disasters. With help from Hansel, Cerberus and Bradley's magical abilities, they defeat the Growlers. Hansel also manages to tame the Smogtaur and uses his ice magic to transform him back to his true form, the Frostaur. Wolfgang then attacks Hansel for ruining his plans. Charles tries to defend his brother but Wolfgang puts Charles in an immobilization spell, leaving him defenseless. Fortunately, by using the power of the Olympian Staff, he defeats Wolfgang. As Wolfgang died so did his magic, thus freeing Charles from his spell.

With Wolfgang finally gone for good, Hansel uses the Olympian Staff to locate his parents, who have relocated to the state of Massachusetts. By using Marley's spaceship, they fly over there where the Pup children reunite with them after being separated from them for nearly twenty years. Hansel is crowned the new king of EverRealm and Charles moves into the palace and fully embrace his genie magic. Charles is told by Marley to take care of his brother before bidding a farewell to the Pup children. Charles is shown to have adopted a more fun-loving and outgoing personality and is happily embracing his newly-restored bond with Hansel, whom he promises to never leave his side.

### The Enchanted Pup 2

Taking one year after the events of *the Enchanted Pup,* Charles has fully adapted to his newly-found royal status and has become closer to his family, once again. Charles is shown to be good friends with the Everpaw Prowlers, usually greeting them whenever they visit the palace. Charles is then tasked with looking after the kingdom when Hansel has to go to a village in the snowy country, Nepal to find the person that his powers are leading him to. It turns out that the person is a young Mastiff named Brodi who turns out to his cousin. He becomes Hansel's royal herald and moves into the palace along with his family.

### Animal Planet

Charles joins Hansel on another adventure through the magical kingdom, Basel's Garden and protects their new friends from the evil bird who nicknamed. himself, Red Bird.

### The North Pup

Charles leads another search party for Hansel when he goes missing again. On Amber's orders, Charles calls over the Everpaw Prowlers to come and help. A few days later, Hansel returns home but with the North Winds saying that he needs with healing a massive group of mutant children. The mission is a success as all of the children are saved and the evil Professor Whiskers is defeated.

### Robin Hood

Charles travels to the kingdom of Nottingham to help Robin Hood with restoring peace to the kingdom when Prince John selfishly abuses his power as king.

### The Fox and the Pooch

In this film, Charles assists Hansel with protecting Foxwood and Wayne from the evil Chief

### The Enchanted Pup: The Series

Charles serves as a major character in the cartoon series. On every adventure, that Hansel ventures, Charles joins him and protects him along the way.