History Characters / ChooChooCharles

!!The Archivist

!!Eugene

!!Paul

!!The Dirty Countryman

!!Sgt. Flint

!!The Pickle Lady

!!Daryl

!!Sasha

!!Ronny

[[folder:Charles]]
!!Choo-Choo Charles

!!Warren Charles III

!!The Mob

!!Barry

[[folder:Boulder Field Ghost]]
!!Ghost of the Boulder Field

!!Gus the Bus

* OnlyKnownByThierNickname

* BreakoutCharacter: Sort of. Second to Charles, Eugene is the second most recognized character from the game and this due to his [[spoiler: death in the claws of Charles and other stuffs that involves numerous YouTubers trying to keep him alive through the use of mods or by exploiting glitches in the code.]]

* OhCrap: They will begin to scream in terror whenever Charles gets near them.

* ShoutOut: The quest you encounter it in is a rather blatant one to ''[[VideoGame/{{Slender}} Slender: The Eight Pages]]'', complete with eight pages you need to collect while an invincible monster that causes InterfaceScrew.

[[folder:Gus the Bus '''(Spoilers)''']]
!!Gus the Bus

An unseen character whom Charles apparently fears.

* TheGhost: Despite being mentioned in some notes, Gus never appears.
* HorrifyingTheHorror: Apparently this "bus" has made ''Charles'' afraid of him.

[[folder:The Pickle Lady]]
!!The Pickle Lady

A resident of Araneareum who loves pickles.

* CloudCuckoolander: She's a little ''too'' obsessed with pickles.
* MeaningfulName: It tells you everything you need to know about her and her love for pickles.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: In case it wasn't obvious from her name, she loves pickles.

[[folder:Daryl]]
!!Daryl

A resident of Araneareum.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite giving you a lot of attitude in your first meeting, Daryl does give you lock picks to help you get something he needs for a mission, and even lets you keep them afterward. He gives you scraps afterwards, and says you've earned his respect.

[[folder:Sasha]]
!!Sasha

* ShoutOut: Her mission is one to ''VideoGame/{{Slender}}'', which entails you to find eight drawings while being chased by a ghost.

[[folder:Ronny]]
!!Ronny

* {{Hypocrite}}: He whines about being underpaid, but only pays you one single scrap piece.
* {{Jerkass}}: He only bothers giving you a single scrap metal piece for risking your life to retrieve his contract with Warren, and this is ''after'' he condescendingly talks to you. [[{{Hypocrite}} Then he complains he's not getting paid enough]].

* BigBadEnsemble: He, along with his indirect namesake Warren Charles III, are the main antagonists of the game.

* RoamingEnemy: Charles wanders all over the map, so he can pop up out of nowhere until his health is lowered enough.

* TacticalWithdrawal: Once his health is low enough, Charles will run off to lick his wounds and leave you alone. That's part of the problem for the player, since they need to kill him. He will also immediately break off chase if you drive onto the large wooden bridge, since he knows going onto it is dangerous.

* BigBadEnsemble: He, along with his indirect namesake, Warren Charles III, are the main antagonists of the game.

* TacticalWithdrawal: Once his health is low enough, Charles will run off to lick his wounds and leave you alone. That's part of the problem for the player, since they need to kill him.

!The Characters
[[folder:Choo-Choo Charles]]
!!Choo-Choo Charles

The eponymous lead of the game, he is a demonic, man-eating spider train who terrorizes the island of Aranereum.

* AdvancingBossOfDoom: His MO in the game is to chase after your train and tear it apart to eat you. Do enough damage to him without your train getting destroyed, he'll whimper off and go hide. Fail, and you're his next meal.
* AlliterativeName: '''Ch'''oo-'''Ch'''oo '''Ch'''arles.
* AmbiguousGender: Though he's referred to by male pronouns, he is capable of laying eggs like females. That said, he was named because "Charles" was on the side of his body.
* AntagonistTitle: The game is named after him, though InUniverse, he's indirectly named after Warren Charles III.
* AttackItsWeakPoint: Charles is mostly made out of metal, but his face is pure flesh. Aim there to do more damage when he's chasing you.
* {{Bathos}}: Yes, Charles is an admitted riff on Thomas the Tank Engine, but he's damn terrifying, and will eat you when given the chance.
* BigBadEnsemble: He, along with his indirect namesake, Warren Charles III, are the main antagonists of the game.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: Charles is a a giant, man-eating spider train, and has the spider legs to befit that description.
* BoomHeadshot: Again, taking out Charles the fastest involves hitting him in the face.
* BringIt: The only way to defeat Charles is to challenge him to a DuelToTheDeath. [[spoiler:This can only happen when you activate the prism, turning him into Hell Charles]].
* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: Even in cutscenes, it's possible for Charles to still kill you.
* CoolTrain: A terrifying one with spider legs, but still cool.
* CorruptedCharacterCopy: He's one of the eponymous lead of ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'', being a sentient steam locomotive with a white-colored, humanoid face that lives on an island and doesn't need a driver (though Thomas' need to have one [[JustTrainWrong has been pretty inconsistent]]). But while Thomas is blue, friendly, and a big help to his friends, Charles is red and a murderous man-eater who terrorizes the people around him.
* CowardlyBoss: Though he's the main threat to the game, Charles will turn and run if his health is low enough. He'll only stay if you challenge him to a DuelToTheDeath.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: The player's goal is to kill Charles, and he is hurt a lot during his pursuit of them. [[spoiler:He winds up biting it at the end.]]
* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:The player detonates the bridge Charles is walking on, and he falls to his death on an improvised spike, face first.]]
* TheDreaded: His reign of terror on Aranereum is so bad, everyone rightly fears when he shows up. Some folks are trying to take him down, but he's no walk in the park.
* DugTooDeep: [[spoiler:Charles became a threat in the first place because Warren's mining company accidentally excavated the eggs that gave rise to the monster.]]
* EvilIsNotAToy: Warren Charles III's cult has tried to control the monster, but Charles himself cannot be controlled in any way.
* {{Expy}}: He's an evil version of Thomas the Tank Engine.
* FluffyTheTerrible: A demonic, man-eating spider train he may be, Charles is a pretty mundane name.
* FuryFueledFoolishness: If challenged to a battle to the death, Charles will not whimper away when his health is low, or avoid the unstable bridge he so greatly fears.
* GiantSpider: Or at least, a steam locomotive that's part giant spider.
* HellIsThatNoise: Charles' whistle. If you hear it, ''run''.
* HorrifyingTheHorror: There's apparently only one thing in this game that Charles fears, and it's called [[spoiler:Gus the Bus]].
* ImAHumanitarian: If the description wasn't obvious enough, Charles feasts on the flesh of humans. Two of his unlucky victims were [[spoiler:Eugene]] and [[spoiler:Warren Charles III]].
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:Charles' reign of terror finally ends when a series of explosives takes out the bridge he so fears. But the explosions don't kill him so much as falling face-first onto the now extremely sharp bridge support pillar, stabbing him right where it hurts.]]
* InvincibleBoogeyman: {{Downplayed}}. You can't kill Charles if you're outside your train or not indoors, since he'll just eat you alive, but you can hurt him while you're in your train. The main goal of the game is to get him into a DuelToTheDeath to finally take him down for good.
* JustTrainWrong: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]]. Charles does not use the rails, needs no driver, and possesses a level of sentience thanks to his body being a spider occupying the shell of a steam engine. And it's all played for pure horror.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Get his health low enough, Charles will eventually skitter away to recover. [[spoiler:When you activate the prism to force him into the final battle, he enters into a murderous frenzy and loses in the end.]]
* MadeOfIron: Since he is part steam locomotive, he is durable, but he's far from invincible. Hitting him in his non-metallic face is a good way to chip him down.
* MechanicalAbomination: He's part train, part spider, all man eater, and a horrid creature of nightmares that consumes all in his path. Whatever and wherever he truly came from is unknown, but it still frightens the mind to make one wonder about his origins...
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: He's got a big chunk of chompers ready to consume anyone unlucky enough to be in his path.
* MotherOfAThousandYoung: [[spoiler:TheStinger reveals that Charles has apparently laid thousands of eggs, and they're all ready to hatch.]]
* MythicalMotifs: Charles brings to mind the ''Oboroguruma'' Yokai from Japanese folklore, as they are both vehicles bearing faces on their fronts who only come out at night.
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: InUniverse, he's indirectly named after Warren Charles III, since that spider merged with a steam locomotive belonging to his company, and it so happened to bear his name on the sides.
* NinjaPirateRobotZombie: Charles is a demonic, man-eating spider train.
* NothingIsScarier: The only time you hear any music playing is when Charles shows up.
* OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler:Activating the prism causes Charles to turn into "Hell Charles", giving him longer spider legs with sharper points.]]
* ProperlyParanoid: For whatever reason, Charles will not approach the bridge. [[spoiler:This turns out to be a good thing for him, as when he turns into Hell Charles and chases the protagonist to the bridge, it's detonated and he falls off, being impaled on one of the support pillars.]]
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Charles definitely qualifies, since he has red and black paint, and is a man-eating spider train who will devour all in his path.
* RedIsViolent: Charles is a red-painted spider train who eats humans.
* RoamingEnemy: Charles wanders all over the map, so he can pop up out of nowhere until his health is lowered enough.
* SlasherSmile: Charles has a big old, violent grin across his face as he hunts you down. [[spoiler:He loses it when he falls to his death.]]
* SlidingScaleOfGameplayAndStoryIntegration: According to Paul, Charles will avoid the bridge at all costs, and won't chase you if you go across it. [[spoiler:As Hell Charles, he has no such compulsions.]]
* SpikesOfVillainy: [[spoiler:His spider legs get bigger and longer when he turns into Hell Charles.]]
* TacticalWithdrawal: Once his health is low enough, Charles will run off to lick his wounds and leave you alone. That's part of the problem for the player, since they need to kill him.
* TomTheDarkLord: Yeah, Charles isn't what one would call the scariest name for an evil spider train.
* UncannyValley: Played for sheer horror. His humanoid face is terrifying, his teeth are razor sharp, and he devours humans for breakfast while he skitters around the island like a spider.
* VillainTeleportation: [[spoiler:Upon turning into Hell Charles, he can teleport himself and the Archivist's train all over the island (though fortunately for the player, their train always stays on the rails). This winds up being Charles' undoing, since he teleports the two to the bridge he so fears, and it's destroyed to send him to his death.]]
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: He fears only two things: the bridge on the island, and something called [[spoiler:Gus the Bus]].

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[[folder:The Archivist]]
!!The Archivist

The player character, who's come to Araneareum to kill Choo-Choo Charles.
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[[folder:Warren Charles III]]
!!Warren Charles III

A prominent businessman who leads the Cult of Charles. It was he who indirectly inspired the name of the lead monster.

* CorruptedCharacterCopy: In the same way that Charles is one of Thomas The Tank Engine, it's safe to say that Warren Charles III is one of Thomas' boss, Sir Topham Hatt. Both are prominent business owners on a island that wear a big top hat, but Hatt is normally a ReasonableAuthorityFigure who cares for the well-being of his engines and the people living on Sodor (unless one of the former is misbehaving, in which case he'll lay down the law), while Charles III has let Araneareum fall to the mercy of a demonic, man-eating spider train while keeping the rest of the populous under his thumb.
* EatenAlive: [[spoiler:He's devoured by Hell Charles during the final battle.]]
* TheQuisling: What he might be in the game. [[spoiler:Having nearly witnessed Charles turning into Hell Charles, he hid the eggs around the island to prevent it from happening again. That said, he still lets Charles roam free and evacuated the villagers, not to mention he still runs the island like a dictatorship.]]
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: The only reason Charles is running about on the island is because [[spoiler:Warren Charles' mining company unearthed the eggs where Charles hatched, causing him to merge with one of the company's locomotives.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: He might be this, considering his goal is [[spoiler:to prevent the rise of Hell Charles, even if he still lets the monster roam free on the island.]]
* YouFool: [[spoiler:Says this verbatim when you activate the prism.]]

[[folder:Paul]]
!!Paul

A resident of Araneareum and Eugene's son.

* DramaticIrony: He's completely unaware of the fact that [[spoiler:Charles ate his dad, though the protagonist is unable to tell him.]]
* MrExposition: He's the one who tells the Archivist about Charles' fear of the bridge.

[[folder:The Dirty Countryman]]
!!The Dirty Countryman

A resident of Araneareum who's long given up hope that Charles can finally be destroyed.

* TheEeyore: It's clear that he thinks you're just plain crazy to take on Charles, since the monster has been roaming around the island for way too long.

[[folder:Barry]]
!!Barry

A swamp monster who terrorizes the island's swamplands.

* {{Expy}}: Of Kaernk from ''VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent'', as both games require you to avoid being eaten by a water creature.
* OneHitKill: If he grabs you, it's game over for you.
* SwampMonster: He hides in Araneareum's swamps to await for his pray, and gobbles up anyone who gets unlucky enough to wander into his path.

[[folder:The Pickle Lady]]
!!The Pickle Lady

A resident of Araneareum who loves pickles.

* CloudCuckoolander: She's a little ''too'' obsessed with pickles.
* MeaningfulName: It tells you everything you need to know about her and her love for pickles.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: In case it wasn't obvious from her name, she loves pickles.

[[folder:Daryl]]
!!Daryl

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite giving you a lot of attitude in your first meeting, Daryl does give you lock picks to help you get something he needs for a mission, and even lets you keep them afterward. He gives you scraps afterwards, and says you've earned his respect.

[[folder:Sasha]]
!!Sasha

A resident of Araneareum.

* ShoutOut: Her mission is one to ''VideoGame/{{Slender}}'', which entails you to find eight drawings while being chased by a ghost.

[[folder:Ronny]]
!!Ronny

A resident of Araneareum.

* {{Hypocrite}}: He whines about being underpaid, but only pays you one single scrap piece.
* {{Jerkass}}: He only bothers giving you a single scrap metal piece for risking your life to retrieve his contract with Warren, and this is ''after'' he condescendingly talks to you. [[{{Hypocrite}} Then he complains he's not getting paid enough]].

[[folder:The Cult of Charles]]
!!The Cult of Charles

A group of residents working for Warren Charles III, who have devoted themselves to worshiping Choo-Choo Charles.

[[folder:Gus the Bus '''(Spoilers)''']]
!!Gus the Bus

An unseen character whom Charles apparently fears.

* TheGhost: Despite being mentioned in some notes, Gus never appears.
* HorrifyingTheHorror: Apparently this "bus" has made ''Charles'' afraid of him.

* TacticalWithdraw: Once his health is low enough, Charles will run off to lick his wounds and leave you alone. That's part of the problem for the player, since they need to kill him.

[[folder:The Cult of Charles]]
!!The Cult of Charles

A group of residents working for Warren Charles III, who have devoted themselves to worshiping Choo-Choo Charles.

* LuredIntoATrap: It's possible to take them out permanently if you can lure them towards your train. Once they're in your line of sight, open fire (or run them over), and they're out of the picture.
* MalevolentMaskedMen: They're part of a cult that worships Charles, and wear blood-red and white masks with the intent of killing anyone who stands in their way.
* OptionalStealth: You're not required to sneak around the cultists, since they can either be run past with good timing, or just lured towards your train and gunned down.
* ReligionOfEvil: They're a cult that worships Charles, and sacrifices anyone they run into to the spider-train.

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* CorruptedCharacterCopy: In the same way that Charles is one of Thomas The Tank Engine, it's safe to say that Warren Charles III is one of Thomas' boss, Sir Topham Hatt. Both are prominent business owners on a island that wear a big top hat, but Hatt is normally a ResonableAuthorityFigure who cares for the well-being of his engines and the people living on Sodor (unless one of the former is misbehaving, in which case he'll lay down the law), while Charles III has let Araneareum fall to the mercy of a demonic, man-eating spider train while keeping the rest of the populous under his thumb.

[[folder:Gus the Bus]]