Charles Calvin/Personality and Relationships (2024)

A detail of the personality and relationships of Charles Calvin.

Personality

Charles is a young and experienced pilot for the Government. In the Triple Threat route, he is able to stop his chopper mid-flight so the rotor blades don't chop up Henry Stickmin and Ellie Rose as they leave the sabotaged rocket. This is an incredibly difficult maneuver to pull off and he does it easily.

Because of his abilities as a pilot, General Hubert Galeforce seems to always trust him with missions despite his history of hilariously failing to assist Henry, most famously when he crashes his helicopter in two fails. Despite his silliness and accident-prone tendencies, Charles is easily one of the more noble characters in the series, and is even willing to sacrifice himself for his allies as shown in the Valiant Hero route.

His answer to any problem he and Henry encounter throughout the series is to crash his helicopter into it. While it normally ends badly, in Completing the Mission, this both works for and against him when the resulting crash critically damages the station's core, leading to a series of events that results in Charles being unable to escape the station with Henry.

Compared to both Henry and Ellie, whose morality are dependent on the players' choice, Charles is the only one in the main trio who's outright noble and heroic from the get-go. As such, Charles will only help out Henry in routes where he aligns with the Government.

Charles has a tendency to try and make small talk and stumble his words which shows that he's more sociable than Henry and much more nonchalant about missions despite the known severity of them. He also has plenty of background knowledge on Government weapons and other such tools.

If Henry sides with the Government, Charles shows complete confidence and trust in Henry in any missions they team up in, showing how loyal he is to a close friend. He is also shown to take things literally at times, demonstrated when he shut the power of the Airship off when asked, without realizing the airship needs power to fly.

Charles is amiable, sociable, half-witted yet intelligent, and an above average pilot who firmly sticks with his side, but does have a more open mind considering he put his faith in Henry in the Pardoned Pals route despite Henry going rogue and stealing the Romanian Ruby, and gave Henry a chance to side with him over joining the Toppats or surrendering to the Wall.

Charles is also able to remain calm in stressful or dangerous situations, keeping his composure and not sounding worried. A good example of this is in the Special BROvert Ops route, where he loses control of his helicopter while trying to snipe someone, and doesn't sound panicked in the slightest while trying to regain control; Henry actually looks more worried than Charles sounds. Charles is also very optimistic as seen in the Valiant Hero ending, where he assures Henry that he will find a way out of the Toppat Orbital Station, which is about to explode.

Relationships

Henry Stickmin

In every path where Henry is allied with the government (Government Supported Private Investigator), Henry and Charles see each other like best friends, even in paths where they don’t interact much. This especially happens in Cleaned 'em Out where the duo don't interact at all but are shown to still be friends that keep in touch. Special BROvert Ops portrays a brotherly bond between the two in how they work together and are happy to connect as they work on more missions with each other. Valiant Hero shows the very close bond that Henry and Charles share by having them really excited to work with each other again.

Even if Henry goes against the Government in the Pure Blooded Thief route, Henry is still seen as somewhat of an ally to Charles as he asks Henry to help him take down the Toppats in the TR/PP routes. This is even more emphasized at the end of Pardoned Pals when Charles refers to Henry as a "friend".

In paths where Henry is allied with the Toppat Clan, Henry and Charles don’t interact at all but they would be enemies since Henry is in the Toppat Clan.

Ellie Rose

Charles, Henry and Ellie each share a mutual friendship in Triple Threat and are all friends in Pardoned Pals. This is because, "Any friend of Henry is a friend of mine."

In Pardoned Pals, Henry and Ellie team up with Charles to take down the Toppat Clan before their rocket launches. However, in Toppat Recruits, they go against him. Reginald and the Right Hand Man shoot him down, causing him to fall back.

General Hubert Galeforce

Despite both being in the military, and Hubert Galeforce being a general who takes his job seriously, the two are very friendly towards each other, nicknaming him "Charlie".

Reginald Copperbottom

Charles and Reginald don't have any strong interactions but are enemies due to being in completely opposing factions. Charles discovers about Reginald and the Toppats through General Galeforce's intel on them and his plan to bring them to justice and agrees on the mission to get Henry to help them take the clan down.

At the end of RBH, Henry lends Reginald over to Galeforce, Charles, and Rupert Price to insure his pardon. This is the closest Reginald and Charles get to a proper interaction throughout the series. Reginald and Henry trick Charles and Galeforce into believing that Henry captured him and that they fell down safely in Rapidly Promoted Executive as they float off in the airship. In Government Supported Private Investigator, Henry works with Charles to capture incriminating evidence against Reginald and the Toppats.

In Pardoned Pals, Charles get Henry and Ellie to work with the Government so they can kill Reginald and the Right Hand Man and get rid of the Toppats once and for all.

Toppat Clan

As a member of the government, Charles hates the Toppat Clan. At the start of Valiant Hero, he tells Henry that they've caused a bunch of problems for him. He then asked for Henry's help in taking them out, stating "it's starting to get personal".

Jacked Hughman

As a member of the Toppat Clan, Jacked and Charles were enemies before they even met. Charles met Jacked shortly after Henry and Charles prepare for their ride back to Earth, when they are suddenly ambushed by Jacked. Henry is forced out of the escape pod, prompting Charles to tackle Jacked and throw Henry back inside. Before Charles can make it back to the pod himself, Jacked tackles him down. The pod closes with only Henry inside and launches into space for Earth, leaving Charles on the doomed space station. Before the pod takes off, Charles tells Henry not to worry about him and that he'll find another way to escape.

A worrisome Henry is contacted by Charles, who informs him that he was able to overpower and defeat Jacked and that a spare escape pod should be nearby. Stating that their mission was complete, Charles remarks that it was a good plan, probably even the greatest plan; and those were his last words before the space station explodes, and the communication is abruptly cut. Shattered at this sight, Henry screams in grief, and pounds on the pod's window, attempting to reach out to Charles, without success.