Chowchilla Charlie was a petty criminal and forger, serving as a side character in Year 2.
Background[]
After being thrown out of the High Rollers Lounge for printing fake betting stubs, he comes to the Calavera Café. Manny is frustrated with him for not being able to pay off his tab, but allows him to stay.
Charlie claims to have an infallible method for winning slot machines.
Role in Year 2[]
He set Manny out to find his money that Maximino stole from him after a large bet went wrong; in return he promised to fake Manny a Union Card. However when Manny got the suitcase for him, he saw that it was filled with Double-N tickets. Charlie turned on Manny with a gun and demanded the case back; he gave Manny his Union Card and backed away.
Role in Year 4[]
Charlie was seen again in Hector's Casino in El Marrow sitting at the slots. He loses every time until Manny gets the nearby LSA agent to rig the machine without Charlie realizing. He was seduced by Mercedes Colomar who was able to get his suit for Manny.
Trivia[]
- Chowchilla Charlie Is based on the character Ugarte, played by Peter Lorre in the classic film Casablanca. The stature, demeanour and especially voice are all a undeniable impersonation of the iconic and sleazy gaming room character. Ugarte was also a man who was able to obtain almost anything, in Casablanca also documents, by any means necessary.
- His forgeries seem to be far from perfect, as almost everyone Manny showed them to recognized them as fake.
- When Manny shows Doug from the ticket exchange booth one of the fake betting stubs, he immediately recognizes it as one of Charlie's forgeries and threatens to throw Manny out of the racetrack.
- Velasco could also tell it was made by Charlie, and remarked that it's good that the captain of the SS Limbo is farsighted.
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