Charley

This article is about the cartoon character. For his enemy counterpart, see Piper.

Overview

Gallery

Charley
Charley's cutout in Bendy and the Dark Revival.
Character Information
Gender	Male
Species	Unknown
Occupation	Leader of the Butcher Gang
Debut Information
First cartoon appearance	The Butcher Gang (1935)
First comic appearance	To the Moon (1936)

"Ruination!" — Charley's catchphrase

Charley is a cartoon character from the Bendy cartoons by Joey Drew Studios and the leader of the Butcher Gang, as well as one of the main antagonists of the in-universe Bendy franchise.

General Description

Physical Appearance

Charley, the tallest of the gang, is a nearly bald primate-like humanoid whose own species currently unidentified with only a few wide, triangular-shaped teeth. He has large ears, oval-shaped head, a black animalistic nose, hair-like sideburns, and a beard with a resemblance to Bendy's horns. He wears a tailcoat and vest, a black tie, white gloves, and black shoes.

Personality

The leader of the Butcher Gang, Charley is devious, impatient, and hot-tempered. He is morally ambiguous as well as unscrupulous when carrying out his schemes, seen when stealing coins from the cash register in the "Tasty Trio Troubles" cartoon.

Cartoon Appearances

• The Butcher Gang (1935) - Charley's first appearance along with Barley and Edgar.
• Tasty Trio Troubles (1935) - As one of the main characters. At the restaurant, he's in charge as a cashier.
• Demonic Tonic (year unknown) - With his other members, Charley shrunk and trapped Bendy in a bottle.

Comic Appearances

• To the Moon (1936) - Charley's first comic appearance. He tricks and sends Bendy, Boris and Alice to the moon. He reappears in the last panel after the trio crashland onto him and his ship.
• Construction Corruption (1941) - This is the promotional comic for its cartoon. Charley tries to 'go straight', but Bendy and Boris ruin it with their tomfoolery.
• Giddyup, Bendy! (1946) - Charley appears in this comic with Barley and Edgar, but is not the Butcher Gang leader this time.

Sightings

Bendy and the Ink Machine

There is a horrifically disfigured enemy counterpart named Piper while his original self only appeared in posters and cartoon clips as a cameo.

• In Chapter 3: Rise and Fall, Charley and the other two only appear in the "The Butcher Gang" cartoon poster seen at the end of the power hallway where the entrance to the last room on Level K is located, before his enemy counterpart Piper behind tearing the poster into a giant hole by Henry's approach.
• In Chapter 4: Colossal Wonders, Charley with the other members appeared in the "Demonic Tonic" cartoon poster located in the balcony of the Research & Design location.
• In Chapter 5: The Last Reel, a couple of cartoon clips of the Butcher Gang members ("The Butcher Gang "and "Demonic Tonic") are seen in the throne room.

Bendy and the Dark Revival

In the first chapter, Charley's cutout can be found. Piper also returns to antagonize Audrey.

Trivia

• Charley is theMeatly's favorite character of the Butcher Gang group.
• The design for Charley is very similar to the Fleischer cartoon character Grampy because of the similar-looking clothing along with the vest, oval-shaped head with little-to-no hair, pie eyes, and a black nose.
• Due to his species being unconfirmed, Charley was thought to be a chimpanzee judging by the large ears and a black nose similar to the distinctive features of rubberhose monkey characters in vintage cartoon media like Fleischer. The animator TimetheHobo deconfirms this.