Charlie Benson

Charlie Benson is a supporting and main character in Penguin and Beeky Show and a main character in his own series, Charlie Goofs Up. He is the most famous Benson although he was not the first.

## Biography

Charlie Benson grew up in the Benson family alongside with his brother, Johnny and his sisters Mae and Clara. Charlie grew up watching many television shows and ended up auditioning on some. He auditioned on X-Factor three times in 2008 to 2012 but got rejected on his three times he auditioned.

Charlie grew up as a famous icon being known as a model who dressed up a lot. He was also known to act like a diva and loved eating bagels and jellybeans. He even said that his grandma was a jellybean although his Grandma Rosalind was not.

It is noted that Charlie and presumably most of the Benson family attended Clara and Waddles' weddings in 2012 and 2015. We know that he attended the wedding in 2020.

## Before the show

Charlie Benson before auditioned on X-Factor three times. In 2008, he auditioned but got four no's from the judges. In 2011, he auditioned singing Simply the Best but got once again four no's. His final audition in 2012 he sang the song Till The World Ends but got four no's again this time he was furious and yelled at the judges and audience. His auditions were viewed in Penguin and Beeky Show.

## Personality

Charlie is known to be very egotistical about himself and usually only thinks about himself. He comes across as selfish to others but still is a good friend to the other toys, especially Owen Owl. Toys can view him as a 'brat' saying that he was spoiled by his parents. Charlie is also seen to be very strict as in the Summer episode where he is strict to toys but when he gets put in his place by Dominic and Miss Mitchell he goes back to being his usual self

Charlie very rarely thinks about other toys and usually only thinks about himself and how big of an ego he has. He is viewed as rude when he tries to become the centre of attention and in the spotlight all the time.

## Season 3

Charlie Benson was first seen in Season 3. His most famous song was Charlie is the Best where he sang about how cool he was. He sang the song with his longtime best friend, Owen Owl. Charlie was known to act narcisstic and egotistical and strongly disliked Beeky and his company, TZM causing them to have lots of fights. He also disliked many other toys like Stewart Squirrel and Joan Parker.

He sang many songs including Charlie is the Best, Charlie's Our Leader and Charlie's Christmas Rap in which he all rapped and sang about himself. Lots of people disliked him especially when he disrupted Clara and Waddles' wedding in July 2020. Charlie also had a bad relationship with the press and reporters one being John Brookes

## Season 4

Charlie Benson was seen lots in Season 4. He was seen the most for Charlie Goofs Up where he acted for famous director, Gerald McQuoid who fictionally directed many famous films and film franchises. Charlie worked with Gerald who had a short temper but got fired which stirred lots of controversy in the news.

Charlie also prepared a birthday for his best friend Owen Owl although this went wrong when it was messed up. Although he apologised to Owen and turned it around by preparing a nice wedding. Beeky and Charlie became friends in Season 4. Charlie was also a member of King Corty's team and was promoted by King Corty to head of the household also this role was stricken immediately by the head of the household who told Corty off.

## Season 5

Charlie was seen a lot again for Charlie Goofs Up with him fighting with his brother Johnny Benson constantly. Charlie was also seen getting in trouble with the boyfriends and showed Beeky around. Charlie also left King Corty's team and joined the other team's side which annoyed King Corty and his team.

Charlie disappeared where he was replaced with Charlie Sr. Walsh, the brother of Charlie Jr. also when he re-appeared he sang a song about his return and how he disliked Charlie Sr.

Charlie did lots of travelling that year with him travelling away to visit his Grandma Jean and many other of his family members which explained why he disappeared a bit from the series during the early episodes of 2022 however he appeared from April and May 2022 onwards and appeared in many more episodes from June to December 2022. When he returned, Charlie wrote his own song telling us his return. According to the director of the series, Charlie went missing in early 2022 around January and was found later.

## Songs

Charlie is the Best was his most famous song which was a song about himself showing how egotistical he thought of himself and how narcissistic he was about himself. Charlie followed up that song with another song about himself Charlie's Our Leader with him. He later performed a Christmas Song about himself and a song I'm The Best.

Charlie helped sing the song He Lives in You at Penguin's funeral where he sang a little bit about himself calling himself Charlie the Great. Charlie later sang another Christmas Song although this time he was rapping about the year.

After his disappearance, Charlie sang a song when he returned about himself singing to the beat of the Can-Can. He later at the end of the year sang a song about the year with the song Radio Ga Ga by Queen.

### 2000s

In 2003, Charlie and his family appeared on the show 'How Clean is Your House?' with Kim Woodburn and Aggie MacKenzie. In 2004, Charlie appeared in an episode of Big Brother.

In 2005, Charlie Benson appeared on Football Icon as himself. He later appeared as an extra in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory film. He also made a comedy appearance on the Norwegian TV show, Filmstjerne. In 2006, Charlie made a guest judge appearance on Dancing On Ice for two episodes.

In 2008, Charlie appeared on X-Factor however got rejected by the judges. He later stated that he was ‘set up’ by the judges and that he was left furious. Charlie said he would return in the following year however this would later be false and he wouldn’t return in 2009. In 2009, Charlie made an appearance on America’s Best Dance Crew as a contestant however he failed to get past the first round.

### 2010s

In 2010, Charlie stated that he was was chosen as the Spokesperson for the United Kingdom at the 2010 Eurovision Competition to give out points. In 2011, Charlie re-appeared on X-Factor this time singing Tina Turner’s ‘Simply the Best’ however he failed to get past auditions. He also appeared in Johnny English Reborn as an acting cameo

In 2012, Charlie made a cameo role in the French musical, Les Miserables. He would also return for X-Factor in 2012 singing Britney Spears however he failed to get through once again. After 2010, Charlie was chosen as the UK Spokesperson again  to represent the UK. In April 2012, Charlie made a appearance on Britain’s Got Talent singing ‘Don’t Stop Believing’ by Journey where he was buzzed by Alesha Dixon and failed to get through with 4 no’s. Charlie entered America's Got Talent in 2012 getting through with three yeses making it to the Quarterfinals in July 2012 where he was eliminated. In July 2012, Charlie also made an acting cameo role as a penguin in the film, *Noah*.

Charlie made his recurring character, Landlord in Friday Night Dinner for its second season. In December 2012, Charlie made an acting appearance as ‘Norris’ in the Outnumbered Christmas Special. Charlie also made a small cameo at the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II.

In 2013, Charlie made a cameo appearance in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. He also appeared on American Idol where he sang Shania Twain’s ‘Giddy Up!’ with judge Keith Urban commenting if he was joking or not. Charlie told producers and host Ryan Seacrest that he was ‘fuming’ and wouldn’t ever appear on the show again. Charlie also auditioned for X-Factor USA 2013 however failed to get through auditions. In the audition, he sang Rihanna however judge Demi Lovato said he was ‘too pitchy’ and ‘all over the place’.

In 2015, Charlie re-appeared as a UK Spokesperson for Eurovision Song Contest alongside food writer, Nigella Lawson. Afterwards he told the show he would not be returning as a spokesperson. Charlie also appeared on The Great British Bake Off as a guest judge for two episodes.

In 2016, Charlie re-appeared on X-Factor after a three year gap since 2012. He told the judges that this was his fourth time auditioning. Benson sang Celine Dion’s ‘My Heart Will Go On’ but the judges all said no. Charlie reportedly sweared at the judges and stormed off kicking off backstage at producers. He later took to social media to apologise to the show’s producers and said he would not be returning on the show again.

In 2017, Charlie had worked on Cars 3 with Pixar Animation Studios and even was credited for ‘Additional Voices’ apparently voicing one of the race cars which had the same name as him. Charlie also appeared on the British sitcom, ‘This Country’ playing Kerry Mucklowe’s brother-in-law.

In 2019, Charlie auditioned for British talent show, Pop Star singing Bonnie Tyler’s ‘Total Eclipse of the Heart’ and The Carpenter’s ‘Superstar’ however he was sent home by all three judges. Charlie had also auditioned once again for Britain’s Got Talent doing some upbeat funky dancing however all four judges buzzed eliminating him from the competition. Charlie also auditioned for America’s Got Talent doing some rapping however he once again got four no’s. Later in the year, Charlie appeared in ‘Afterlife’ alongside comedian, Ricky Gervais. In the show he played the recurring role of the Postman called Pat which is a joke of Postman Pat. Charlie also appeared as an extra in Joker and Spider-Man: Far From Home.

### 2020s

In 2020, Charlie released his first album with his songs being ‘Charlie is the Best’, ‘Charlie’s Our Leader’ and later on his Christmas song which he released. Charlie also made a cameo appearance in the 2020 film, Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga after his Spokesperson in the past years. Charlie also appeared again in ‘Afterlife’ for its second season. In July 2020, Charlie started his own show Charlie Goofs Up which ran from 2020 to the end of 2022. Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, Charlie couldn't do his comedy gigs and events which had to be postponed to next year however he did do comedy meetings online on Zoom.

In 2021, Charlie appeared once again on Pop Star singing ‘Human’ by The Killers however he failed to get through. Charlie also made a cameo appearance in ‘Don’t Look Up’ and ‘Free Guy’. Charlie also in May 2021, appeared on Eurovision 2021 as the UK Spokesperson again. In June 2021, Charlie re-appeared on America’s Got Talent. In July 2021, Charlie had told people that he had helped with the ‘Luca’ film and even performed ‘Additional Voices’ in the animated film. In November and December 2021, he appeared as a guest shark on Shark Tank.

In 2022, Charlie appeared on Pop Star singing A-Ha’s ‘Take on Me’ and The Beatles ‘Here Comes the Sun’ and although he got two yeses he got two no’s sending him home. In June and July 2022, Charlie appeared in many films, TV shows. On July 2022, he appeared on America’s Got Talent singing Kate Bush’s ‘Running Up That Hill’ however he was sent home with four no’s. Charlie also recurred his role as Pat on Afterlife. From July to September 2022, Charlie was a guest judge on the reality show, Shark Tank alongside Peter Jones and Kevin Hart. On 4th June 2022, Charlie appeared in the show, *Platinum Party at the Palace* as a cameo appearance singing for the Queen's Jubilee which he had previously done back in 2012.

In September 2022, Charlie made a guest appearance on The Late Night Show with Jimmy Fallon and later the Jimmy Kimmel show. He also made a guest appearance on *Rise of the Forgotten*. In November 2022, Charlie made a cameo appearance in S5 of *The Crown*.

In March 2023, Benson appeared on a episode of Toy's Got Not Talent in Episode 4 of Auditions where he sang to Dancing Queen however all four judges buzzed him. He got a no from all judges except Lola who actually liked the singing.

In May 2023, Charlie was scheduled to appear again on BGT however due to a song he made and was promoting he didn't have the time to audition for a fourth time however he prompted his friend Beeky to go on again which appeared in the auditions.

In November 2023, it was announced that Cal Creeper had left the Toy's Don't Got Talent Show as a unsuccesful judge which left the decision of Charlie replacing him as a fourth judge on the panel. This is the first time Charlie has judged a talent competition show.

## Charlie Goofs Up

*Main article: Charlie Goofs Up (series)*

Charlie Benson was the main character of his series, Charlie Goofs Up. He goofed up a lot in his episode and made lots of mistakes hence the title of the series. Charlie appeared in all his episodes alongside Owen as a main character. He showed lots of character development in this series and it showed a lot of his life with lots of guest characters, toys and family members.

## Relationships

Main article: *Charlie Benson/Relationships*

### Owen Owl

Charlie and Owen Owl have a great relationship and are best friends. They show that they are best friends when they help each other in certain situations. Owen and Charlie throw lots of parties and enjoy singing and rapping together. We see how great there relationship is when they travel together, spend most time together and go to each other parties.

In Charlie Goofs Up, Owen and Charlie's relationship is seen lots and we can see how much they like each other and how great they are together as bestfriends. Although they argue and fight sometimes they get along great.

### Clara Benson

Being siblings, although they fight a lot Clara and Charlie get on great. They enjoy fighting each other and like Owen travelling away togehter. Clara and Charlie are on good terms with each other.

In Charlie Goofs Up, it also shows how much time they spend with each other and with Clara's family as well. Although they do argue and fight a lot as well about silly situations

### Beeky Shara

Beeky and Charlie have a frenemy relationship. In the beginning, they really dislike each other and compete other everything even Charlie trying to take Beeky's title as Head of TZM and steal it for himself. This is seen again in The Shara Family where Charlie is rude to Beeky's family members.

However, Beeky and Charlie are good friends and put the past and controversy of them both behind them and are now friends. They have a mutual relationship and respect each other. Beeky decided to give Charlie a role in being co-partners as Head of TZM in 2022 to help with the company showing how big their relationship together is and how much trust they have in each other. They view each other as co-workers and partners of Owners and Heads of TZM, the company.

## Quotes

*Main article: Charlie Benson/Quotes*

"*Charlie is the Best, He's Amazing!*"
— Charlie Benson, singing his song, Charlie is the Best

"*Honestly, I'd rather be at home rather than be with this losers*"
## — Charlie to Owen when the Henrietta sisters are fighting ----
"*As a wise person once told me, friendship is more powerful on the inside than on the outside.*"
## — Charlie Benson to Owen Owl on his birthday ----
"*I know your new here. And I was new here as well. So I just want to thank you for being my friend.*"
## — Charlie Benson to Owen Owl ----
"*I'm spending my Christmas with the bagels!*"
## — Charlie Benson to Owen Owl about his Christmas plans ----
"*I just wanted it to make him feel special.*"
## — Charlie Benson to The Tiny Penguins ----
"*Could you just shut up and listen you ugly workers I don't even want to work with you. No! No! NO! Get away from me Joan. No one likes you!*"
## — Charlie yelling at Joan and Jim ----
"*SHUT UP!!!*"
— Charlie Benson to Landlord ---
## Trivia

* Charlie is the most well known Benson family member
* Benson is the main character of his own series, Charlie Goofs Up
* Charlie claimed to be the Comedian of the year in 2022
* Charlie is a fan of the television show, Thomas the Tank Engine as he is seen mentioning Sodor in his song, Charlie is the Best
* His favourite food is bagels and jellybeans. He claimed that his grandmother was a jellybean
* Charlie is one of the few toys who has made the most appearances along with Beeky and Clara
* He works as an actor, model and comedian full-time. She also works as Head of TZM
* He auditioned for X-Factor 4 times (2008,2011,2012 and 2016) with the following songs:
	+ 2008: Saturday Night (*Whigfeld*) - Out (4 no's)
	+ 2011: Simply the Best (*Tina Turner*) - Out (4 no's)
	+ 2012: Till The World Ends (*Britney Spears*) - Out (4 no's)
	+ 2016: My Heart Will Go On (*Celine Dion*) - Out (4 no's)
	+ All times he got four or three no's from the judges on the panel
* Charlie is one of the main antagonists in The Shara Family
* Charlie likes telling jokes and being a comedian. A running gag is that she tells bad jokes.
* Charlie has a frenemy relationship with Beeky Shara although they are currently co-workers and co-owners of TZM
* X-Factor used to be Charlie's favourite show until he got rejected four times on the show.
* Charlie's favourite band are The Carpenters and Coldplay. His favourite song is Clocks by Coldplay which he plays at the end of Nathan's court case showing the aftermath of the toys lives.
* Charlie also plays a Carpenters song during the royal ball (although this is unknown if Charlie played the song)