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Charlie was an absentee on the first day of military school so he missed the most important rule of explosives handling. After lighting the fuse, STAND BACK. Nevertheless, he can blast his way out of any tricky situation.
~ BATTD description
Throws high power explosives for big area damage.
~ Short description

C4 Charlie is a Character in Bloons Adventure Time TD. He is unlocked in Haunted Swamp campaign Loch'd and Loaded on any difficulty. An explosives expert, Charlie operates like the Bomb Shooter, throwing bombs with 18 blast radius that can be upgraded to deal extra damage to MOABs and stun bloons, among other things, including several elements of the Mortar Monkey.

Description[]

C4 Charlie is a short brown haired monkey with the typical tan face. He wears a lime green Brodie helmet with a grey "C4" on the top of the lid. A pair of goggles are wrapped around the top of the helmet, alongside a long antenna on the right side of the head. Besides the head, C4 Charlie wears an ascot of the same lime green coloration, a backpack and green gloves.

Pros
  • Explosive damage
Cons
  • Can't pop black bloons

Upgrades[]

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Frag Bombs
COST: $400
Description: Sharp frags fly out of explosions
Effect: Releases 6 frags with 1 pierce and 1 sharp damage from explosion, all frags will hit a single target if it's big enough, otherwise only 1~3 frags hit a bloon depending on angle, doesn't benefit from damage or pierce increases, but bloon specific damage increasing trinkets, like Engineers Blueprints and such, will work.
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Bouncing Bombs
COST: $1,750
Upgrade(s) Required:
Frag Bombs
Locked by
MOAB Mauler
Description: Bombs bounce to other bloons on detonation
Effect: After exploding, the bomb does one more bounce towards nearby bloons.
Icon double bomb
Double Bomb
COST: $1,250
Requires Star Level 3+

Upgrade(s) Required:
Bouncing Bombs
Description: Exploding bombs leave behind a second explosive
Effect: Every explosion drops another bomb that explodes after TBA seconds
Icon bigger bombs
Bigger Bombs
COST: $350
Description: Bombs are bigger, louder and more devastating
Effect: +10 pierce and +5 blast radius
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Bloon Impact
COST: $1,500
Upgrade(s) Required:
Bigger Bombs
Description: Explosions will stun Bloons caught in the blast
Effect: Bloons hit by explosions are stunned for 1 second
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Burny Stuff
COST: $2,000
Requires Star Level 5+

Upgrade(s) Required:
Bloon Impact
Description: Red hot explosions set fire to Bloons
Effect: Bloons hit by explosions take 1 burning damage every 0.5 seconds for 5 seconds, can burn Ghost Bloons
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Signal Flare
COST: $3,000
Upgrade(s) Required:
Bloon Impact
Locked by
MOAB Assassin
Description: Ability: Strips all modifiers from all bloons on the field
Effect: Remove some modifiers(camo,regrow,zomble,shield) from all bloons, including DDTs. onscreen for 8 seconds with True Infinite PierceInfinite Pierce. 40 second cooldown
Icon long range bombs
Long Range Bombs
COST: $250
Description: Increases Charlie's range
Effect: +5 range
Icon radder faster 01
Attack Speed
COST: $500
Upgrade(s) Required:
Long Range Bombs
Description: Charlie attacks faster
Effect: +15% attack speed
Icon moab mauler
MOAB Mauler
COST: $800
Upgrade(s) Required:
Attack Speed
Description: Devastating missiles designed for MOAB damage
Effect: Main explosion attack now deals +60 damage to MOAB class bloons
Icon moab assassin
MOAB Assassin
COST: $4,000
Requires Star Level 7+

Upgrade(s) Required:
MOAB Mauler
Locked by
Signal Flare
Description: Ability: Targets largest MOAB for massive damage
Effect: Immediately launches missile towards strongest MOAB class bloon for 8k damage; cannot penetrate additional blimp layers but leaves behind a 3 damage area splash with 100 pierce(?). 60 second cooldown

Star Boost[]

Charlie will receive the following permanent boosts as he levels up:

  • 2 stars - Base attack blast radius increased by 2
  • 4 stars - Base attack speed increased by 0.1
  • 6 stars - Base range increased by 5
  • 8 stars - Base attack blast radius increased by 2
  • 9 stars - Base attack speed increased by 0.1
  • 10 stars - All attacks can pop black and zebra bloons

Strategy[]

C4 Charlie is the Bomb Shooter equivalent for Bloons Adventure Time TD, throwing a simple explosive attack that damages multiple bloons and is resisted by Black Bloons, Ghost Bloons, and DDTs. He also serves as a Mortar Monkey analogy to a small extent as Mortar upgrades can be seen on this monkey as well, such as Burny Stuff, which lets him pop Ghost bloons, and Signal Flare.

C4 Charlie is great early game as he is the only guaranteed source of consistently decamoing DDTs the player can acquire for free, outside of using powers. His MOAB Mauler also deals decent damage against MOABS. He however ends up falling off in the lategame as his DPS does not keep up with other towers despite his MOAB Maulers. Oddly enough, he actually does more MOAB DPS with his frags with the Double Bomb path if he has Engineers Blueprints equipped. Note that frags do not benefit from pierce and non-specific bonus damage. For MOAB DPS, the best way of using him ends up becoming selling and rebuying him so the player can spam the MOAB Assassin ability, in such a case, Soul Stone is recommended so that one less upgrade must be purchased, letting the player buy and resell him faster.

An alternative build for C4 Charlie that stays viable throughout all parts of the game is an eco-focused build that takes advantage of an unexpected interaction with his explosions and King of Ooo's Scepter. When his explosions coat a bloon in gold, it results in him instead adding 50 cash for the player. Like all eco builds, Banana Replicator and attack speed trinkets and weapon is recommended. This means that if extra range is needed for an eco character, he can be useful for reaching across multiple lanes, although at the cost of trinket slots that could contribute MOAB DPS. This income build is best used in No Allies Martian Games so that the player can afford the necessary upgrades for their towers as soon as possible.

Note that with Time Bomb, a pre-level 10 C4 Charlie can infinitely stall a Ghost Bloon with the Bloon Impact upgrade and enough attack speed, much in the same way Purple Bloon Farming is performed.

Quotes[]

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When selected:

When upgraded:

When activating ability:

When a MOAB Class Bloon appears:

When a MOAB Class Bloon pops:

When a bloon leaks:

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Character Profile and Levelling Up[]

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Trivia[]

  • If the player waits on the character screen, C4 Charlie will either briefly move the bomb closer to the camera or he will juggle the bomb.
  • Most of C4 Charlie's upgrades derive from the Bomb Shooter and Mortar Monkey upgrades.
  • His "Attack Speed" upgrade could have been called "Rapid Reload" to match the name of Mortar Monkey's speed increasing upgrade rather than bearing a generic stat name for an upgrade.
  • The "phoney" he is referring to is the shadowy version of himself, since Finn mentioned in the Cursed Mirrors intro that the real one is inside the dome-shaped chamber at the center of the map.
  • He shares a name with Charlie, one of Jake and Lady Rainicorn's five children from the main Adventure Time series.
  • He is one of two towers that uses a bomb as its weapon, the other being Captain Cassie.
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