Charles Muntz

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Performer:	Christopher Plummer
Appeared in:	Up

Charles F. Muntz is the main antagonist in the film Up. He is a famous, greedy, paranoid explorer, who was an adventurer that Carl and Ellie admired when they were kids. He is now Carl's nemesis and rival.

Charles departed for South America after scientists claimed that Charles had faked his discovery of the skeleton of a 13-foot tall tropical bird, vowing to find a living specimen. Unfortunately, the countless years, that Charles spent there has made him greedy and paranoid, believing that anyone who came to Paradise Falls was after the bird to steal his glory.

Charles is an avid dog lover and inventor, being able to train them to do practically anything, and has invented devices that translate their thought into speech. He is the master of many dogs, including Dug (who is now Carl's pet, and Carl is now Dug's master), Alpha, Beta, and Gamma.

He has white hair. He wears a white dirty short-sleeved shirt with a brown jacket. He wears tan pants and brown shoes, and carries a cane. His eyes are aqua. He also has a moustache, and wields a rifle.

After having been accused of faking the discovery of a tropical bird, he is now searching for one (Kevin) at Paradise Falls. It is revealed that Charles has become quite ruthless in order to obtain the bird; he goes as far as to attempt at killing Russell, among other things. Presumably, he dies after having been knocked off of his blimp, Spirit of Adventure] (with Carl's old house).

Trivia

• Charles' name comes from Charles Mintz, who tried to sue Walt for their Oswald the Lucky Rabbit character (from where the Mickey Mouse character later spawned). He is voiced by Christopher Plummer.