58 Facts About Chuck Bass

Charles Bartholomew Bass is a fictional character in the novel and television series Gossip Girl.

Since they were children, Chuck Bass has been best friends with Nate Archibald, Serena van der Woodsen and Blair Waldorf, who is his main romantic interest throughout the series.

Chuck Bass is introduced by author Cecily von Ziegesar in her Gossip Girl series of teen novels, the first of which was published in 2002.

Chuck Bass got his nickname, Chuck Bass, from his signature chuckle in a bass tone, which often sounds like a raspy whisper.

Chuck Bass's role is initially that of an antagonist to the main characters.

Chuck Bass is largely lonely as his only friends are Blair, Nate and Serena, but is tolerated by the others because of his family's enormous wealth.

Chuck Bass is described as having flamboyant fashion sense, with a penchant for scarves, and has a pet monkey named Sweetie.

When next mentioned in Gossip Girl spin-off, The Carlyles, it is stated that Chuck Bass never showed up to military school, and his whereabouts thereafter are unknown.

Chuck Bass was then reconfigured as a more central character, an antiheroic playboy whose on-off relationship with Blair Waldorf serves as one of the show's major ongoing storylines.

Chuck Bass is the resident "bad boy" of the Upper East Side, and like Blair, is both vengeful and manipulative; the two often scheme elaborate plans together.

Chuck Bass grew up on the Upper East Side with his three best friends and fellow elites Nate Archibald, Blair Waldorf, and future-stepsister Serena van der Woodsen.

Chuck Bass's father is Bart Bass, a self-made billionaire, which is irregular, compared to the Bass' old money friends.

Chuck Bass is often described as the "bad boy of his circle", being a playboy and womanizer who sees women as recreational tools.

When Serena begins receiving mysterious packages, she automatically blames Chuck Bass, who had made multiple remarks expressing his desire to sleep with her.

Bart subsequently forces Chuck Bass to move out of the family home.

At Bart and Lily's wedding at the end of Season 1, Chuck Bass apologizes and confesses to Nate that he was in love with Blair.

Blair leaves for Tuscany without him, as Chuck Bass has decided to seduce Amelia, tossing the roses for Blair in the trash can.

Chuck Bass regretted his actions but told this to Blair too late as she was already dating Lord Marcus Beaton.

Blair asks Chuck Bass to tell her he loves her, but his fear of commitment stops him.

When Chuck Bass later discovers that Dan was using him for a story, he feels betrayed and tells Dan that he was lying about all of it.

Lily adopts him so that he's able to own Chuck Bass Industries, making Serena and Eric his sister and brother.

When Blair begins dating Nate again, Chuck Bass realizes his true feelings for her.

Halfway through the season, Chuck Bass meets a woman claiming to be his mother called Elizabeth Fisher.

Jack Bass, Chuck's sinister uncle, informs the media anyway and necessitates Chuck signing the hotel over to Elizabeth to appease the public.

Chuck Bass betrays him and signs the hotel over to Jack, whom she loves.

Chuck Bass then reveals to Chuck that she is not his mother and she does not know whether his real mother is alive or dead.

Chuck Bass tries desperately to win Blair back, doing everything from banning all of the other Upper East Side men from dating her to asking her to meet him on top of the Empire State Building.

Blair decides that Chuck Bass is her true love and she's going to meet him, but Dorota suddenly goes into labor and she ends up being two hours late.

Chuck Bass, thinking she is finally over him, leaves the building heartbroken and nearly suicidal.

Blair appears later in Chuck Bass's suite, apologizing for being late, and the two reunite.

Chuck Bass is about to propose to Blair at the hospital, as they visit Dorota and her new baby, when Dan appears and rashly delivers a punch to Chuck Bass's face.

Blair breaks things off with Chuck Bass and informs him that it's over for good.

Chuck Bass gets robbed by two muggers who insist on taking the ring that Chuck intended on proposing to Blair with and when Chuck puts up a fight, he gets shot.

Chuck Bass creates a fake name and persona as he no longer wants to be the manipulative Chuck Bass.

Chuck Bass eventually reveals who he really is and returns to New York City with her, at the request of Blair and Serena.

Chuck Bass eventually falls for one of her schemes and breaks up with Eva.

Chuck Bass realizes his mistake and begs her to take him back, but she refuses, saying that he showed his true feelings by continuing to believe Blair over anyone else.

Chuck Bass asks Blair whether she still has feelings for him, and she denies it, prompting him to declare "war" on her.

Chuck Bass tries to "take" Columbia from her, and arranges for Jenny Humphrey to return to the city in order to stir up trouble for Blair, who still hasn't told her minions why she banished Jenny from the Upper East Side in the first place.

In "The Witches of Bushwick", Chuck Bass accidentally tells Blair during foreplay that he loves her and, not knowing whether his words are true, Blair chooses to gloss over the moment.

Chuck Bass confesses that he loves her, and the pair kiss in front of everyone after the curtain concealing them is pulled down.

Chuck Bass gets drunk and embarrasses Blair in front of Louis' mother, and later tries to force himself on her, while pushing her down and smashing a glass window right next to her face, after she tells him about her engagement.

Later, Blair is kidnapped by Russell, but Chuck Bass saves her, and the two go to a Bar Mitzah.

Blair decides she is going to leave Louis, but Chuck Bass stops her, telling her that she needs to be with Louis because he makes her happy.

Chuck Bass meets a psychiatrist, Eliza Barnes, who tells him that he acts out because he never had a childhood, and needs help.

When Chuck Bass finds this out, he publicly exposes both Dr Barnes and Louis, leaving Blair devastated.

Chuck Bass assures her that she is going to be "an amazing mother", having come to terms with her relationship with Louis.

Chuck Bass resolves to keep his distance from her after that, but in "The Big Sleep No More", a conflicted Blair seduces him in the hope to prove that his efforts to be a better man is just a ploy to win her back.

Lily reveals at the conclusion of the episode that Blair is awake and doing fine, but whether or not Chuck Bass has survived was not revealed.

We later discover that Chuck Bass did indeed survive the accident after a blood transfusion was donated to him.

Chuck Bass wakes up to a very distant Blair, very opposite to the one he got into an accident with.

Blair reluctantly goes back to Louis, despite an offer from Chuck Bass to pay her dowry.

In "The Princess Dowry", Chuck Bass pays Blair's dowry so she can be free, but wishes for it to remain a secret.

Chuck Bass finds out and accuses him of wanting to own her.

Chuck Bass admits that he paid the dowry, but for her freedom and her freedom only.

Blair later tells Chuck to re-enter the building once everyone is gone, which he does, and it is revealed that Bart Bass is still alive.

Chuck Bass can be the devil, but at times he can be very charming.

Chuck Bass found Westwick's portrayal of Chuck was similar to James Spader of Pretty in Pink and Robert Downey Jr.