Charlie Dompler

Body Charlie is a big yellow Critter with a large nose and big lips. His eyes are brown,. He has a fairly podgy build and light body hair on his chest and belly. Charlie seems to have an average stature. When he is shocked, surprised, or in pain, his eyes widen to reveal his white sclerae.

Clothing Charlie regularly wears a brown cap, an orange hoodie with a grey undershirt, dark grey pants, and a white pair of nondescript shoes. Charlie is also shown to wear white boxer shorts. In colder temperatures, Charlie wears dark red gloves and a brown beanie.

Personality Charlie is a nonchalant and laid-back critter with a fairly rational and calm outlook on life, if not slightly pessimistic. He tends to speak in a monotone voice, only raising his voice in moments of fear, panic, surprise, anger or pain. Charlie often acts as the straight man to Pim and encourages other characters to calm down in an indifferent manner. Despite this, Charlie considers himself an 'alpha male', and sometimes escalates situations by trying to take control, such as when he tries wrestling a gun off an aggravated DJ Spit in "Frowning Friends" twice. Charlie often bickers with Pim about mundane topics and semantics, even escalating to an argument which causes Charlie's death in "Charlie Dies and Doesn't Come Back", but the two always eventually reconcile their differences.

Compared to Pim, Charlie is much more pragmatic, often trying to help people in ways that might help in the long term, such as trying to repair Mr. Frog's image when the disgraced host said he wasn't sorry for swallowing the TMZ reporter, or when he tried to help Shrimp become more attractive and move on rather than try to win Shrimpina back, as he figured out that there was probably a reason as to why the two broke up. However, this pragmatism is often in the form of outright laziness, if not downright cynicism, as he often tries to get a job done as quickly as possible despite the consequences, such as suggesting he and Pim let Desmond kill himself rather than help fix him. Charlie also seems to care about his image more than Pim, or at the very least dislikes cancel culture, stating that he doesn't dress up for Halloween in case his costume is deemed offensive in ten years' time it’s also possibly because he doesn’t want the bad parts of cancel culture to effect him later on. Despite his sloth and selfishness, Charlie does have some morals, as he opposes homicide of any kind and goes out of his way to solve Simon S. Salty's murder.

Unlike Pim, who seems to be trying to seek out a relationship, Charlie was dating a human woman during the events of Season 1, although the two seem to bicker about asinine things. Charlie may be bisexual or pansexual, as he reciprocated Mip's attempt to seduce him in "Enchanted Forest" and kissed Pim on the head in "A Allan Adventure." In "Who Violently Murdered Simon S. Salty?", Mustard also attempts to seduce Charlie - this could imply that Charlie is considered an attractive critter.

Charlie enjoys fast food - particularly Salty's. In "Charlie Dies and Doesn't Come Back", Charlie is seen playing Rust on his gaming laptop in the Smiling Friends office, much to the chagrin of Pim. Despite his rather sinful habits, he is a devout Catholic, as not only does he own a crucifix necklace but he also instinctively prays to God in times of great stress, as seen in "Charlie, Pim, and Bill vs The Alien.", and in "Who Violently Murdered Simon S. Salty?" he states that he’d never break the 6th commandment. It’s likely his devotion got much stronger once he met and was saved by God himself.

A more submissive side of Charlie is seen in "Gwimbly: Definitive Remastered Enhanced Extended Edition DX 4K (Anniversary Director’s Cut)", when aggressive client James takes advantage of the Smiling Friends Inc. policy of employees needing to go through with their customers' every demand. Charlie begrudgingly complies with every request out of fear of what James might do to him, at one point exhaustedly pleading for a smile from him while wearing a maid dress.

Background Charlie's family seems to be cursed with bad luck, and violent accidents often occur to his family. In "Mr. Frog", Charlie mentions that he took a bottle of sleeping pills from his uncle which were prescribed to him after he rammed his car into a crowd of people. In "Shrimp's Odyssey", Charlie tells Pim that his grandma passed away after eating a peanut. In "Charlie Dies and Doesn't Come Back", Charlie's grandma tells Charlie that she permanently resides in Hell because she said 'damn' in 1958 when she saw her husband get shot in the head by a burglar which Charlie reasonably believes is an overreaction by Satan. Charlie himself dies earlier in the same episode after a Christmas tree he was chopping down fell on him and killed him instantly. However, he was eventually revived and removed from Hell by God.

He’s also been shown to have a drinking problem, and claims to have a pacemaker installed due to having chronic heart problems.

Relationships Pim Pim is Charlie's best friend and workmate at Smiling Friends Inc. Cynical and laidback, Charlie tends to doubt Pim's ambitious methods to make their clients smile and often suggests doing something more practical and requiring less work. However, there are times where Charlie finds Pim's optimism and energy humorous and he has shown to value his friendship with him. Charlie is quick to point out Pim's naivety in the field, such as when Pim mistook a human woman for a female Shrimp while trying to reunite Shrimp with his estranged girlfriend and when he screamed "I love kids" in public. Charlie got very defensive when Pim criticized his pessimism and laziness in Charlie Dies and Doesn't Come Back. In A Allan Adventure, Charlie kisses Pim on the head, again suggesting his possible bisexual tendencies. The two have known each other for 7 years, as revealed in a line from Charlie, Pim, and Bill vs The Alien.

Allan Allan is Charlie's workmate at Smiling Friends Inc. The two appear to be on relatively good terms, with Charlie laughing and calling Allan a "crazy character," during which Allan playfully nipped at his nose. However, it was later revealed that Charlie was disturbed by this act, with the two awkwardly talking it out while taking care of Jason, later getting into an argument and physical fight over who was responsible for Jason's perceived death. Charlie had also reacted with surprise when Allan arrested him while he was working for Frowning Friends security. Overall, while they tend to get along fine, they are not especially comfortable around each other.

The Boss Charlie hasn't shown much direct interaction with the Boss but showed concern when he became paranoid with the Frowning Friends' establishing their business across the street. Despite this, the Boss appears to trust Charlie with the jobs he assigns him and he delivered a poetic eulogy at Charlie's funeral shortly before he was resurrected.

Glep Glep is Charlie's workmate at Smiling Friends Inc. The two have had little no to interaction, though Glep did willfully punch Charlie in the leg while the former worked as security for Frowning Friends Inc., hinting at some animosity.