Charlie Bradbury is a human that exists in the Apocalypse World that Jack opened.
She is an alternate reality version of Charlie Bradbury.
History
Season 13
Charlie captured by angels
Charlie was captured by angels who would smite some members of the human resistance on a bridge. As she was about to be submitted to the same fate, the angel commander halted her execution having recognized her as one of the higher ups. Charlie is taken into custody by the angels for questioning, as Dean Winchester and Arthur Ketch witness this act.
At an angel camp, Charlie is beaten by angels and remains ever defiant towards their torture by not talking except to insult. Annoyed, the angel commander gives the order for her to be executed.
Charlie is taken out to the middle of the camp where she was to be executed by decapitation. However, the camp is attacked by Dean and Arthur who kill the guards and free Charlie from her binds. She questions who they are but is told by them to run which she complies.
Charlie travels with Dean and Arthur
After getting a safe distance from the camp, Charlie talks with Dean learning he and Arthur are from another world which is not a war zone and that another version of herself was there but she was dismayed to hear she was dead. She is told of the close bond that Dean had with her counterpart and was pleased to learn that she preferred females, stating she likes how she sounded.
Charlie is then asked about Jack and Mary Winchester who she was shocked to hear is Dean's mother. Charlie tells him of how she last heard of them fighting in Dayton, Ohio before she questions if he is telling the truth and he shows her the Rift, which confirms his words, to her amazement.
As the rift is closing, Arthur and Charlie both tell Dean to return to his world, though he wants Charlie to accompany him. She declines his offer as she wants to defend her world and tells him to come back with a way to defeat Michael as Dean voices he can't lose her again.
Charlie and Arthur hold off the angels
Though touched by his words, Charlie tells him it wasn't really his call. Seeing her resolve, Dean then tosses her his gun loaded with angel killing bullets as angels led by the Angel Commander appear. Charlie and Arthur then hold them off, as Dean returns to the other world and the rift closes behind him.
When Dean returned to his world, he informed Sam about Charlie as he was surprised she was in that world.
Charlie about to be tortured by Castiel
In Exodus, Charlie goes on a mission to ambush an angel death squad and has Arthur join her. However, it proves to be a trap and the angels take Charlie captive and force Arthur to surrender his weapon. The angels torture Arthur and Charlie for information, but Arthur refuses to break and taunts the angels. The angels then bring in an expert torturer: the alternate Castiel who taunts Charlie before he administers the torture. However, Dean, Sam Winchester, Mary, Jack and Castiel arrive to rescue them. Released from her shackles, Charlie is helped by Sam who hugs her to Charlie's confusion. Remembering she's not his world's Charlie, Sam apologizes as she taps him on the arm, as gratitude for the rescue and returns to camp with them.
Charlie joins the exodus back through the rift to the bunker, she tells the brothers she'd see them on the other side. Arriving in the other world, she is relieved and amazed by the differences.
Charlie with Rowena MacLeod.
During the celebration that follows, Charlie shares a drink with Arthur and Rowena MacLeod.
In Let the Good Times Roll, Bobby and Mary mention that Charlie went onto travel with Rowena MacLeod presumably after she was taught to adjust to the main earth. Bobby and Mary remarked that the duo sounded like trouble.
Personality
Charlie is shown to be a more serious and hardened person compared to her counterpart who was nervous and joked about. This was seen when she remained defiant even after suffering a beating from angels while held captive. However, when faced with execution by the Executioner Angel and torture by the alternate Castiel, her scared reaction was identical to the Main Universe Charlie. Despite being more serious and hardened, she retained her counterpart's humor and many of her mannerisms with her more serious side coming out when in danger or combat.
After being saved by Dean, she was surprised to hear from him that there were other worlds which were better than her own. She was also satisfied to hear about her counterpart's preferences though was surprised to hear that she was dead. While she was interested in these things, she gave off a skeptical air but this changed after she saw the rift that caused her to believe everything.
When Dean offered her a chance to get away from the chaos of her world, she refused as her friends were there and she needed to help them. Like her counterpart, she made a friend out of Dean as shown when she was touched at him trying to save her and putting faith in him to stop Michael. This later extended to Sam who freed and hugged her, though she was confused by this gesture but she was grateful for the rescue. She had friendly banter with the brothers after she evacuated to their world.
This Charlie is known to be an effective leader. By the time Dean met her, she had risen to be one of the resistance's inner circle as noted by the Prison Camp Commander. Bobby Singer trusted Charlie to lead a mission against an angel death squad while even Arthur Ketch was happy to follow her lead.
Unlike her Main Universe counterpart, this version of Charlie got along well with Rowena MacLeod. While the Main Universe Charlie often bickered with and got frustrated with Rowena, this Charlie shared a drink with her at the party in Exodus and they even embarked upon a roadtrip together, something that Bobby and Mary Winchester joked was trouble.
Appearances
- Season 13
- Bring 'em Back Alive
- Beat the Devil (mentioned only)
- Exodus
- Let the Good Times Roll (mentioned only)
- Season 14
Trivia
- Charlie's comments after being told about her counterpart confirm that she is also a lesbian.
- Charlie is the fifth alternate version of a character shown in Apocalypse World, with Bobby Singer, Michael, Kevin Tran, and Zachariah being the first four.