Charlie Owens

**Charlie Owens** is one out of the four main characters in the Ice Scream Franchise. He is also Lis' brother.

## Overview

Charlie was shown for the first time in the intro of Ice Scream 1, when he goes to Rod to ask for some ice cream. Rod seems to be nice at first, greeting Charlie in a friendly manner, when in reality, he was actually trying to lure and trick Charlie. He then picks up the unsuspecting Charlie, freezes him, and throws him into his van while calling him a "Little Bastard." While playing for the first time, J. will see Charlie frozen and trapped in a cage. However, once J. travels to another location, Charlie will unfreeze, but will still be trapped, thus making him the first victim of Rod among J's friends, Charlie is also one of the Main four of the Ice Scream Franchise.

## Appearance

Charlie is as an obese boy with a stained red and white shirt, dark brown shorts, and red and white shoes. He has ginger hair, along with freckles.

## History

### Background

Charlie was born in 1972, later on in his life, he got J and Mike as friends, together with his older sister Lis he formed a Group, he also loves to play Runner Pillar and kept playing it until he got the highest score.

### Getting Captured by Rod

On December 27, 1982, J looks out of his bedroom window to see his friend, Charlie, walk up to the ice cream van while being greeted by Rod, the ice cream maker. Rod will then grab Charlie and freeze him, after which, he will lock Charlie in a cage inside his van, and then it's up to J. to rescue him.

Once J. unlocks the cage, Charlie will get out and open the back doors of the ice cream van, giving J. the idea to jump, in which both him and Charlie jump. As the two watch Rod drive off into the distance, not realizing Charlie's escape, Charlie will applaud J. and then give him Rod's Blender as a reward, which marks the end of the game.

### The Secret Lair

On December 28, 1982, you can meet him, along with Mike, at Dungeon Comics, which is also known as the "Secret Lair." It is located at the Circus and requires the Special Pass to enter. "Hey you! Only those who have their identification card can enter here. Identify yourself!" Once you have the Special Pass, Charlie will welcome you into the comic store. He can be seen wearing a cardboard crown and a Tennis Gun, which he is wielding. Interacting with him for the first time will make him introduce himself, referring to himself as the "King." Any further interactions with him will make him say that he is the "best player in the world" and that no one will exceed his record. He is referring to the arcade game called Runner Pillar, which is located on the other side of the room, which can be played. In the game, Charlie has the highest score of 305. If J. beats that high score, Charlie will be in denial at first but will offer J. his Tennis Gun, which can be useful as it contains 10 balls, each of which can be used to instantly knock-out Rod for 60 seconds.

After J. frees Lis from her cage, J. will jump out of the van like previously in Ice Scream 1, but Lis instead remains inside the van because she is too afraid that she will hurt herself by jumping from the moving vehicle. Later, Charlie and Mike will see Lis still inside the van, passing by the Secret Lair. Charlie is dumbfounded and confused with how Lis got captured like himself previously.

### Hiding as a Box

On January 3, 1983, Charlie is once again at the Circus, but is instead hiding in a cardboard box atop a tall building. Once you find him, you have to convince him to trust you to hide in Rod's van until you can rescue Mike. We can also see that Charlie calls himself the bravest, and that he hates being called a coward, when he actually gets scared easily, and is kind of a coward. This is how you should convince Charlie:

1. Charlie: "J., is that you? What happened? How did Rod capture Lis?"

Choose the second option which is - "Okay, yes. He captured her just the day after you... I shut up so you wouldn't panic."

2. Charlie: "I am not afraid of that stupid ice cream maker. How did you not tell me that Rod had my sister? Are we not friends anymore?

Choose the first option which is - "Of course we are. But I imagined that I could handle myself that... matter."

3. Charlie: "Well, it looks like you didn't do very well... For the next time keep me in mind. Remember that I am the bravest of the 4.

Choose the third option which is - "Now that you mention it... Mike has been captured by Rod too. I need you to help me."

4. Charlie: "Well, yes...(coughing)... What can I do for you?

Choose the first option which is - "Follow me to Rod's van and watch hidden from there. We will arrive home safe and sound all 4."

5. Charlie: "Yeah. Let's go!" This means you have successfully convinced Charlie.

This will convince Charlie, choosing the wrong option will make him say "What nonsense is this? Leave me alone!", "No way! You and I not friends anymore." or "You don't understand me, blah!".

### Friends' Reunion

Once J. unlocks Mike from the cage, all four characters, J., Charlie, Lis, as well as Mike himself will cheer happily upon reunion in the van. Unfortunately, their little celebration is soon interrupted when Rod hears them and finds out that they were all hiding in his van all along. Rod freezes everyone except for J., since he was hiding behind his friends. J. leaves the van with the Secret Ingredient that Rod accidentally dropped, and then watches as Rod drives off with Charlie, Lis, and Mike, to then look at the Secret Ingredient in his hands.

### Rod's Factory (Ice Scream 4, 6, and 7)

##### Ice Scream 4

In Ice Scream 4, Charlie makes his appearance trapped in a cage within the Quality Control room and can be seen constantly attempting to break open the cage, to no avail. Once you rescue him, Lis, and Mike, you can see him hugging Lis happily after getting freed, but then they all jump through the pipes after Rod hears them, and then started chasing them. It turns out the pipe Charlie went into led him into the Factory's Kitchen, which marks the beginning of the events of Ice Scream 6.

##### Ice Scream 5

In Ice Scream 5, Charlie spent the whole game cowering behind the door in the factory's kitchen.

##### Ice Scream 6

In Ice Scream 6, Charlie can be seen hiding behind a door and terrified. He wonders why his friends aren't nearby to save him. He initially assumes that the kitchen is harmless and even thinks of trying some of the ice cream being made there. However, he then sees Mati, the robotic Head-Chef, who is walking around. He realizes that he needs to make a plan to escape, and plans to make the ice cream taste disgusting, with some help from J., who will help him by communicating with him and solving puzzles in the museum area in order to give Charlie access to certain areas of the kitchen, and help him get the required items which will help him put spice in the sugar, put rotten eggs in with the normal ones, and put a moldy sock in the milk to spoil the ice cream. When Mati drinks it, she will get knocked-out for a short amount of time due to the horrible taste, and soon after, Charlie will have to take her key to unlock the door to the Control Room, to escape and reunite with J. and Mike. They all hug each other happily, and then start making plans to rescue Lis, when Charlie says he instead needs to do something else that is more important to him, which is playing with a stapler, pretending it's an airplane.

##### Ice Scream 7

Hours after Ice Scream 6, Charlie was at first playing with Mike's Electro Gun but later when Mike takes his Electro Gun back and jumps down the pipe Lis went, Charlie falls asleep. Charlie is then awakened by J who tells him to find what's in Rod's safe in the Parking area, after Charlie does some puzzles to get the three keys to Rod's safe and discovering Rod is working on some kind of invention, he opens Rod's safe to find a newspaper and the keycard, He then goes to the Quality Control area where he drops the keycard down the pipe, then he sees a cake atop a cage and goes to eat it, much later Rod opens the Extraction Room door and discovers that Charlie ate the cake, then Rod chases Charlie to the Control Room where Lis and Mike have came back already, then Rod starts banging on the door and the kids hold the door with all their might.

### Ice Scream 8

The door was about to be broken, but J found a secret vent for them to escape by, Rod activated the Factory security system to make the factory go into lockdown, but the kids disabled the Generators, Charlie used Rod's invention to destroy a tower that was powering the last generator, the kids then escaped the factory, they did crash the van but they continued on foot.

Lis cries at something during ending credits, Charlie seems to be pretending to dead, This means that Charlie is still alive.

## Personality

Charlie is rather naive and can get into trouble quite easily, as it is shown in Ice Scream 1 how easily he was captured by Rod. According to his bio in Horror Brawl, he is talkative and a funny kid to be with. He can also be quite over-confident about his high scores in Arcade Games. Compared to J. and Mike, he is more childish as we can see at the end of Ice Scream 6, when he takes a stapler and plays with it as an airplane. In Horror Brawl, Charlie's bio also reads that Charlie had been practicing on his toy guns a lot and thus warns the player that his aim has improved a lot, and to look out when he's chasing you. Moreover, if you play as Charlie, you can collect more ammo and if you upgrade Charlie's abilities at Level 5, you get an extra slot for an extra weapon. He also thinks he is the bravest among his friends, when in reality, he can be scared more easily and gets annoyed when someone calls him a coward.

## Gallery

### Renders

Charlie scaredCharlie in Rod's CageCharlie in Ice Scream 2Charlie without Ball Gun
### Screenshots

Rod kidnaps Charlie (Is 1.)Charlie frozen in cage (Is 1.)Charlie after frozen (Is 1.)Charlie in Bad Ending (Is. 1)Charlie and J.Dialogue with Charlie Ice Scream 2Charlie in the icon of Ice Scream 6
## Trivia

* Charlie's full name is Charlie Owens and is voiced by Alex Rain (as revealed in the Ice Scream 4 credits).
* Even though his name is Charlie, the Apple App Store refers to him as "Bob" in the app description of the Ice Scream 1.
	+ However, the Google Play Store correctly refers to him as "Charlie" for the same app.
* Charlie is similar to the character Chowder from the 2006 Horror Film, "Monster House."
* Charlie was revealed to be shorter than Lis when Keplerians showed the canon heights for the Ice Scream characters.
* Charlie is a playable character in Horror Brawl, Ice Scream 6, and Ice Scream 7.

### Videos

ICE SCREAM Full CUTSCENES - J. SAVES CHARLIE - High DefinitionJ. saved Charlie! (Is. 1 good ending)ICE SCREAM 2 Full CUTSCENES - MIKE declares his LOVE for LIS - High DefinitionCharlie and Mike in secret lair (Is. 2 good ending)