Charlie

2007-12-31T02:48:21Z

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{{Person
| name = Charlie
| image = Tara Rushton3.jpg
| age =
| birthday = August 11th
| youtube = KateModernLG15
| revver =
| myspace =
| bebo = ChazOnToast
| forum-posts =
| actor = [[Tara Rushton]]
| first = [[Sangas]]
| last = [[I Did It!]]
| color = #ae2301}}
'''Charlie''' is [[Kate]]'s best friend and roommate in the [[KateModern]] series. She lives in East London, where Charlie works for a P.R. Company. Kate believes she is a bit mad, but she excuses this because Charlie introduced her to Vegemite.

Charlie grew up in the suburbs in Melbourne, Australia. While she was there, she dated a few guys whom she called "boring mincers." Since moving to London, she has let her hair down a bit, and enjoys partying and dancing. Her favorite foods are tomato sauce and [[sangas]]. She has a sister named [[Rose (character)|Rose]] and a niece named [[Kim]]. Charlie wants to have a daughter someday.

From the beginning, Charlie has [[Charlie's Workout|looked out]] for Kate, trying to keep her away from guys like "Creepy [[Steve]]." When Gavin [[Trait Positive|contacted her]] with information regarding Kate's safety, she rushed down to his office. However, the two ended up locked in the building, and had to rely on fans to [[Carnaby Street, Saturday 18th August, 10AM|help save Kate]].

While trapped in the office, Charlie slept with [[Gavin]]. Later, she believed this encounter may have caused her to become pregnant. Luckily, though, she discovered that it was- as the video was titled- a '[[False Alarm|false alarm]]'.

Charlie and her friends then went to see the movie "[[Disturbia]]," and she quickly became obsessed with the starring actor, Shia LaBeouf. She [[Saved By LaBeouf|went to the Regency Grand Hotel]], in an attempt to meet up with him, but was stopped by [[Gavin]], who instead asked her to be his girlfriend. She accepted, and the two began a close [[KM Relationships#Charlie and Gavin|relationship]].

Later, Kate was [[Who Watches The Watcher?|contacted]] by her [[Dr. William Griffin|blood specialist]], who had faked his death. He asked Kate to meet him in the woods, and Charlie [[Girl Power|came along]] to help protect her friend. She quickly became scared for her life and asked that if she didn't return, her niece Kim would be told [[Tell Kim I Love Her|how much]] she was loved. Luckily, both girls got home [[Super Kate|safely]].

Kate was soon invited to feature her art at a prestigious gallery, where she and Charlie witnessed a [[Dudley did it!|shooting]]. Afterwards, Charlie convinced Kate to take a short vacation to [[Devon]]. On returning to London, [[Why?|Kate assaulted Charlie and disappeared]] after a meeting with [[Michelle Clore]].

Despite this inexplicable behavior, Charlie attempted to [[A Quiet Night Out|get]] [[Hymn of One (video)|help]] from Kate's friends to find her, but was met with much resistance. Along the way, [[Enter The Order|she learned]] that Michelle Clore was an [[Elder]] in the [[Hymn of One]], but was reassured when [[Dr. William Griffin]] told her that there was still time to save Kate before she could be "Ceremonied." This fact was later [[Hear My Song|verified]] by Steve.

Shortly after Steve realized this connection, the same van that Kate got into with Michelle Clore began following him. He [[No Turning Back|called Charlie and Tariq]] and asked them to come see, but things quickly got violent with the [[Watcher]] who had been driving the van. In order to save his friends, [[Tariq]] hopped in the newly-vacated van and ran over the Watcher. He, Charlie, and Steve then took off in the van, in which they ended up [[Van Sandwich|finding a laptop]] that potentially contained information about Kate's whereabouts.

The trio camped out in the woods, examining the materials left in the van, hoping to find any information about Kate. After days of no success, Charlie called [[My Last Resort|Dudley]] to ask him for his help. However, that ended badly after Dudley pulled a gun, which resulted in the group [[The Message|fleeing]] from the van. However, one good thing came of it; Charlie received a text message from Kate.

Charlie went home, and along with Gavin, [[Kate Returns|met up with Kate]], who informed Charlie that she did not want to be found. This angered Charlie, who had just spent a week living in a van searching for her friend. She stormed off, but later realized that Kate was still brainwashed by Michelle Clore and vowed to continue trying to help her friend.

Charlie's spirits were lifted when she received a [[Trait Negative|message]] from [[Spencer|Spencer Gilman]] in Los Angeles about a serum she could use to make Kate trait negative. Charlie received the serum, but was [[Creepy|attacked by Dudley]], who wanted it for his own purposes. Kate mysteriously reappeared in time to save Charlie from Dudley, but ended up pushing him out the window in the process. Kate became distraught and begged Dr. William Griffin to leave the two of them alone.

Thinking she was putting an end to the craziness in her friend's life, Charlie [[Genevieve (video)|injected Kate]] with the trait negative serum. However, Kate began to cry, apologized, and ran off, leaving Charlie bewildered.

When Charlie tried to look for Dudley, he has been taken away mysteriously by a black van; she has reported on the same video that Kate has killed Dudley because he tried to attack her.

Since then, Charlie stopped looking for Kate. This is most likely due to growing problems at her job because her colleagues started with mocking her vlogging. Her boss nearly fired her for vlogging on the job. Furthermore, Kate left without having paid the rent for the month, which caused Charlie to get evicted. Seeing Charlie in need, Gavin quickly re-let the flat and offered to share it with Charlie. Meanwhile, Charlie managed to redeem herself at work by putting together a campaign for [[KM_Product_placement#Pantene|Pantene]].

Unfortunately, Gavin's mistreatment of his employee, [[Lee]], caused Lee to steal the [[Project Orwell|software]] Gavin and Tariq had created. This culminated in a massive London-wide treasure hunt to recover it. Charlie and [[Julia]], who were becoming fast friends, [[Seven Dials: 5pm - 23rd November 2007|received the final clue]] to the software. In the video, Charlie was forced to kiss Lee in order to have him return Gavin's software. Lee was then beaten by [[Terrence]], Gavin's silent partner, and Charlie stole the software from the two of them. Terrence chased after Charlie, but the software was eventually lost to a Watcher. Gavin became increasingly depressed over the loss of his software, and Charlie was forced to have him move to another room in the flat.

Shortly after the hunt for Gavin's software, a reporter ([[Patricia|Patricia Nielson]]) had [[Sinking in|contacted]] Charlie in order to make a documentary about the [[Hymn of One]] and Dr. Griffin's faked death. At first, Charlie refused to work with her, but [[Operation Doorstep|she eventually agreed]], provided that reporter gave her a copy of all of the master tapes. Charlie was taken to meet with Dr. William Griffin in order to positively identify him and get more information about the [[trait positive]] girls. Dr. Griffin gave a list of all of the girls he had experimented on, who were in grave danger, to Patricia. The list eventually passed to Charlie, along with the documentary's master tapes, when Patricia was [[From Above|fired]]. Charlie then began a manhunt for any of the remaining girls on the list, in order to help save them.

The list was then stolen by Terrence, who believed it to be the stolen software. With the list, Gavin schemed with Terrence to trade the list of girls' names for the real stolen software with [[the Order]]. This caused Charlie to [[You Stink|leave]] Gavin.

===Tara Rushton's Views===
{{quote|Tara Rushton|
I play the character Charlie aka: Chazontoast who is an Australian art student living in London. Charlie isn’t just a ‘token’ Ozzie who busts out a couple of lines about ‘throwing shrimps onto the Barbie,’ she is a little crazy, outgoing, outspoken, and just 'out'.. As in generally out of the house party girl who is immersing herself in as much London culture as she possibly can. Charlie also has a deeper motherly side to her, which simmers underneath all of the loud behaviour, which makes her an incredibly interesting character to play. Charlie is the type of friend that would be a hoot to spend time with – the one making all of the wisecracks, dancing the craziest, pulling the most outrageous facial expression and talking the loudest even if she is having a conversation with someone sitting right next to her – when I read my script I often find myself laughing out aloud at her shenanigans. I guess that everyone can relate to aspects of Charlies personality in one way or another. She had strengths that we all wish to possess at times and weaknesses that I have definitely felt at times. I love the fact that there is an Australian character in KateModern – even though I’m not from Melbourne originally I can definitely relate to my character’s experience of being a foreigner living in London. [http://katemodern.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!53591D68208CB379!117.entry]
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===Theories===
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