85 Facts About Chuck Bartowski

At the outset of the show, Chuck Bartowski is presented as a twenty-something underachiever who lives in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California and works at a dead end job at the Burbank Buy More in its Nerd Herd division.

Chuck Bartowski lost his college girlfriend, Jill Roberts.

At some point over the next five years Chuck Bartowski becomes the Nerd Herd supervisor.

Chuck Bartowski's mother left when Chuck was in the fifth grade and his father was "never really around" even before he left, so Chuck and Ellie increasingly had to fend for themselves.

Unbeknownst to Chuck Bartowski, the Intersect computer has been destroyed, making his brain the only location of this top-secret information.

The government learns that Chuck Bartowski was the last known person that Bryce Larkin contacted, so both the CIA and NSA send agents to find him.

Chuck Bartowski is very worried about his future and wants desperately to remove the Intersect from his brain, although by the beginning of season three he has come to accept his role as the Intersect.

Chuck Bartowski is often involved in the major and secondary episodic plots and the two sometimes intertwine.

Chuck Bartowski acquiesces and tells Sarah that regardless of how they feel towards each other, they can never be together.

Chuck Bartowski is of course afraid that Sarah will fall for him.

The other two love triangles involved Chuck Bartowski seeking a real relationship, with Lou the sandwich girl and later with his ex-girlfriend Jill Roberts.

Chuck Bartowski ultimately chooses to stay with Chuck, which resolves that love triangle, but Chuck doesn't learn of her choice until Bryce tells him in the Intersect room.

Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak have suggested that Chuck Bartowski re-uploading the Intersect will have implications for his developing relationship with Sarah.

Chuck Bartowski was initially happy to do so, but by the time he met with her at their agreed rendezvous point had changed his mind and declined so he could go to Prague and become a real spy.

When she finds Chuck Bartowski, he is unconscious and has nearly completed Phase Three-a lobotomy removing all portions of his brain not pertaining to the Intersect.

Chuck Bartowski tells him that she would marry him if he were to propose.

Chuck Bartowski attempted to propose in "Chuck Bartowski Versus the Balcony" but is repeatedly disrupted.

However just as Chuck Bartowski is about to pop the question Sarah is arrested as a setup for an undercover operation.

Chuck Bartowski was given false information about her past by Nicholas Quinn, and was under the impression that Chuck used the intersect for evil reasons.

Chuck Bartowski becomes a CIA asset when his former nemesis "Bryce Larkin" sends him an email containing coded images.

Later Bryce Larkin gives Chuck Bartowski intersect glasses that upgrade the intersect with new Intel that was discovered after he sent Chuck Bartowski the email.

When Sarah, Casey, and Chuck Bartowski come to save him Bryce is shot.

In many episodes Chuck Bartowski has adopted a fantasy alias, "Charles Carmichael", who is endowed with all the characteristics he believes a super-spy should have, except he doesn't really have the physical abilities to go with the skills.

Carmichael has been referred to as where Chuck Bartowski thought he would be by this time in his life had he not been expelled from Stanford: a millionaire semiretired software magnate.

Moments later, it is further revealed that Chuck Bartowski carries a badge and credentials which give him some degree of authority over local and federal law enforcement agencies, including the police and FBI.

Chuck Bartowski has been charting every piece of information he can find on Fulcrum unknown to his handlers, the Intersect and various figures connected to the CIA and NSA on a board hidden behind the Tron poster in his bedroom, and continues to express a desire to have the intel removed from his brain.

Chuck Bartowski succeeds in doing what the CIA and NSA could not; he gets the attention of Orion who recognizes Chuck as the Intersect and thus wants to meet him.

Chuck Bartowski was fired by Beckman after failing his spy training in "Chuck Bartowski Versus the Pink Slip", but by the end of the episode proved his value and was reinstated on the team.

Chuck Bartowski was sent on his first solo mission by Daniel Shaw in "Chuck Versus First Class".

Chuck Bartowski quits being a spy but after finding his father's secret room it is uncertain whether he'll remain a civilian.

Chuck had been attempting to locate his father for Ellie's wedding but had met with limited success, as Stephen Bartowski didn't want to be found.

Chuck Bartowski went to work for Stephen's rival Ted Roark to help the CIA stop a major virus attack.

Chuck Bartowski was ultimately unable to protect his sister from his spy life.

Chuck Bartowski was further manipulated by Justin Sullivan and was in his "protective custody" when Chuck, Sarah, and Casey unwittingly trailed Shaw to a CIA facility as part of Shaw's plan to discredit Operation Bartowski.

Chuck Bartowski accidentally revealed his spy connections when he punched out Justin in front of Ellie.

The events lead to the death of Stephen, who Shaw murdered for the sole purpose of compromising Chuck Bartowski's emotions, rendering the Intersect unusable.

However, Chuck Bartowski was forced to begin lying to Ellie again at the beginning of Season 4 after being coerced back into the Agency by General Beckman when his rogue search for his mother coincided with Casey and Sarah's own missions to bring down Volkoff Industries.

Chuck Bartowski did eventually admit to Ellie that he was searching for Mary but kept his return to government work a secret.

Ellie announced to Chuck Bartowski that she was pregnant at the beginning of season 4, which was a contributing factor to him not telling her of the search for their mother.

Interviews with Chris Fedak and Josh Schwartz have likened Chuck Bartowski's development in the first two seasons to an origin story, describing Chuck Bartowski as Luke Skywalker and born into his role as opposed to Peter Parker who stumbled into it.

Zachary Levi has suggested that the new skills Chuck Bartowski learns from Intersect 2.0 will fade again after use.

Chuck Bartowski first appeared in the role in "Chuck Versus the Ring: Part II", and returned in the Season 4 premiere, "Chuck Versus the Anniversary".

Chuck Bartowski's personality stands in contrast to the role into which he is thrust, a conflict which drives the series from several angles.

Chuck Bartowski is portrayed as a sincerely well-meaning underachiever, so when he is caught up in a larger struggle, he has to draw on his potential and become something new to meet the threat, while trying to maintain his good nature.

Chuck Bartowski, who has an aversion to violence and a low tolerance for pain, unwittingly enters a world of people willing to do violence to him.

Chuck Bartowski is caring and sensitive, and those around him are often placed in danger.

Chuck Bartowski is a trusting individual suddenly surrounded by people who constantly deceive him as a matter of course, to include his allies, one of whom is his love interest; adversaries and allies alike take advantage of his naivete and generally friendly nature.

Chuck Bartowski is trustworthy, dependable and supportive of those he cares about, and he is forced to lie to, disappoint and even shame them in order to protect them.

Chuck Bartowski has a deep sense of personal responsibility and honor, but these can put him in even greater danger; however, this sense and his determination to do the right thing has the habit of inspiring those around him to act against their nature and do the right thing themselves.

Sarah immediately gets the impression that Chuck Bartowski is a good guy after they meet, which leads her to protect him rather than suspect him of being a villain, and breaks protocol repeatedly to help Chuck Bartowski.

At base, Chuck Bartowski has inherited and developed a powerful intellect and has an impressive ability to solve puzzles.

Chuck Bartowski's well-developed geek interests, from music to video games to learning the Klingon language, have managed to come in handy on several missions.

Chuck Bartowski has used a Tron movie poster and a comic book to hide his personal research from his handlers.

Chuck Bartowski was eager for an opportunity to get out from under his teammates' control and not have to "stay in the car".

Devon notes the ease with which Chuck Bartowski is able to lie to his sister, and he "burned" his first asset by using the relationship and turning him over to the same protective custody he himself was once faced with.

In "Chuck Bartowski Versus the Honeymooners", Morgan reveals that Chuck Bartowski suffers from eczema and is an avid fan of DC Comics.

Chuck Bartowski's personality is a big factor in Lou's attraction to him.

Chuck Bartowski became the Intersect unwittingly, and was essentially forced into a life in which he has no privacy and greatly reduced personal freedom, in which his relationships with his friends and family are strained, and in which he and those around him are in constant danger.

Chuck Bartowski did not initially respond positively to this, but cooperated one mission at a time, all the while insisting he was not a hero.

Chuck Bartowski frequently expressed a desire to return to a "normal" life, based partly on his understanding that having the Intersect in his head is a barrier to a real relationship with Sarah.

Chuck Bartowski was determined to remove the Intersect from his head once he began to believe it was a possibility, and pursued that possibility even at risk to himself.

Once the Intersect was removed, Chuck Bartowski turned down an offer to become an analyst on the new Intersect project.

Chuck Bartowski strongly insists on joining the mission to the Intersect room and argues that he is uniquely qualified to help.

Chuck Bartowski soon turns down an offer from Sarah to run away together, choosing instead to go through with the training.

Chuck Bartowski begins to challenge himself to prove he is a real spy.

For most of the series, Chuck Bartowski has been strongly pacifistic.

Chuck Bartowski specifically told Sarah he dislikes guns and showed a preference of avoiding or preventing conflict.

Chuck Bartowski was deeply disturbed by Sarah's execution of Fulcrum agent Mauser.

However, when options necessitate the use of violence, Chuck Bartowski is able to use means that could injure or kill.

The device was flawed, and except for Chuck Bartowski, those subjected to the test were killed or driven insane.

When Chuck Bartowski saw Casey sneak up to the controls, although fully aware of what would happen to the Fulcrum agents who were in the test room, Chuck Bartowski signaled Casey to activate the Intersect in order to prevent them from testing on Sarah.

Chuck Bartowski later asked Sarah if he gets to have a gun for their rescue of his father in "Chuck Bartowski Versus the Colonel".

Chuck Bartowski was later ordered to kill a rogue CIA agent selling secrets to the Ring.

Chuck Bartowski was ultimately unable to avoid resorting to deadly force, and when Shaw attempted to kill Sarah, Chuck Bartowski was forced to shoot him first.

Shaw survived the shot, and Chuck Bartowski, given a second chance decided on arrest rather than vengeance; while Shaw said it made him weak, Sarah said it is what makes him great.

In Season Four, Chuck Bartowski has still, to date, not been directly responsible for killing another person, and has been more successful finding a non-violent method to prevent catastrophe.

Chuck Bartowski prevents his mother from using a gun to dispatch Volkoff's guards, tranqs them himself and informs Mary that he's going to have a talk about the benefits of tranq guns.

Ironically, despite his dislike of guns and aversion to using lethal force, several episodes have suggested that Chuck Bartowski is an excellent shot even without the aid of the Intersect.

Josh Schwartz has stated that Chuck Bartowski will continue to evolve and gain confidence in his new role.

Chuck Bartowski has become more proficient through the development of the Intersect, as well.

Chuck Bartowski is noticeably less squeamish around blood in "Chuck Versus the Angel de la Muerte" than he was in previous seasons.

Quinn, having been relegated by the CIA after this, makes it his personal mission to acquire the Intersect he had been promised and kill Chuck Bartowski for "stealing" the career he was supposed to have.

Chuck Bartowski has developed in other ways since the series started.

Chuck Bartowski is stuck in a bad job, unsure if he even wants to advance within the company, and lacks confidence that he can do better.

Chuck Bartowski has proposed that they would be together in 30 years.