C4 Charlie

C4 Charlie
General Information
Short name	C4 Charlie
Game	Bloons Adventure Time TD
Unlocked at	Loch'd and Loaded
Weapon Type	Bomb
Star Level Currency	Dynamite
Voice Actor	Daniel Qin
Statistics (at level 1)
Cost	$600
Damage Type	Explosion
Attack Speed	0.65[verify?]
Range	40
Damage	1
Pierce	1 (16 explosion pierce)
Other Statistics
Placeable on	Land
Camo?	Yes (Signal Flare ability only, will decamo all bloons on the field)
Abilities	Signal Flare MOAB Assassin

“	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 that can be upgraded to deal extra damage to MOABs and stun bloons, among other things.

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

	Frag Bombs COST: $400
	Description: Sharp frags fly out of explosions Effect: Releases 6 Sharp-damaging(?) frags with 1 pierce from explosion, all frags will hit a single target if it's big enough, starting with MOAB, otherwise only 1~3 frags hit a bloon depending on angle, doesn't benefit from damage increase, unless using bloon specific damage increasing trinkets, like Engineers Blueprints and such.

	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.

	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

	Bigger Bombs COST: $350
	Description: Bombs are bigger, louder and more devastating Effect: +4 pierce and +TBA% blast radius

	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 TBA seconds

	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 TBA seconds for TBA seconds

	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: Removes camo from all bloons, including DDTs, onscreen. 40 second cooldown

	Long Range Bombs COST: $250
	Description: Increases Charlie's range Effect: +TBA range

	Attack Speed COST: $500
	Upgrade(s) Required: Long Range Bombs
	Description: Charlie attacks faster Effect: +15% attack speed

	MOAB Mauler COST: $800
	Upgrade(s) Required: Attack Speed Locked by Bouncing Bombs
	Description: Devastating missiles designed for MOAB damage Effect: Main explosion attack now deals +60 damage to MOAB class bloons

	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(?). TBA 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 serves primarily as a Bomb Shooter analogy for Bloons Adventure Time TD, throwing a simple explosive attack that packs a punch and is resisted by Black and Zebra Bloons. Typical upgrades such as Bigger Bombs, Frag Bombs, MOAB Mauler, Cluster Bombs, Bloon Impact and MOAB Assassin makes a return from the main series BTD5 and BTD6. He also serves as a Mortar Monkey analogy to a small extent as Mortar upgrades can be seen on this monkey as well, them being Burny Stuff and Signal Flare.

C4 Charlie is a great tower when it comes to blasting large piles of non-MOAB Class bloons thanks to upgrades like Bouncing Bombs and Double Bomb being very effective at maximizing Charlie's damage output on top the many resulting frags from each explosion. On some occasions, the sheer quantity of frags and explosions even outshines the MOAB Mauler upgrade in terms of raw power, as Trinkets that increase damage benefit attack types with many low damage attacks more than those with a single high-damage one. It would be great path to go if you don't have MOAB Assassin ability unlocked yet.

However, the MOAB Mauler upgrade allows him to rip through MOAB Class Bloons with ease due to the high damage against it. If struggling against rounds with MOAB-class bloons such as round 75, it is usually better to go for this upgrade. The proper Trinkets such as Engineers Blueprints, Baker's Shard (applies to Bouncing Bomb as well) and weapons such as the Time Bomb Weapon will massively boost C4 Charlie's MOAB-class bloon popping power.

The MOAB Assassin serves as an extention of his predecessor MOAB Mauler, allowing him to instantly deal massive amounts of damage to a single strong bloon. He is mainly used against the BAD on round 75 to pop it faster, but there will need to be enough measures to handle the DDTs in the BAD once it pops.

A weakness that Charlie inherits from the original towers is the lack of Black-Popping Power outside of Frag Bombs, lacking common workarounds such as Bloon Impact being able to damage explosive-resistant bloons in BTD5(the Bloon Impact in this game only stuns bloons). However, the upgrade Burny Stuff negates this weakness, along with the Dagger of Chilled Glass and a max-level(10 stars) C4 Charlie.

Another problem for C4 Charlie is the lack on camo-popping power, which is compensated by the ability Signal Flare, allowing him and other non-Camo detecting towers to attack Camo Bloons and especially DDTs. Take note that DDTs also have properties of Black bloons, so trinkets or weapons that help solve this problem(mentioned above) should help.

A third weakness is the lack of Ghost-popping power, which prevents all forms of damage by physical means(including bombs). In this case, it is better to equip other characters that deal damage by non-physical means such as Princess Bubblegum, Sam or Ice King to deal with them instead, or using trinkets like Plasma Goggles(works on all types of bloons) to overcome this weakness.

Overall, C4 Charlie is a great ranged character and you should include him in your party if you can work a way around his weaknesses and maximise his strengths.

Quotes

When placed:

• "Things are about to go BOOM!"
• "Bombs away!"
• "The fuse has been lit!"
• "Hey, Sai! Can I get one of those Flash Bombs?" (when you place Sai the Shadow)
• "Hey phoney! You're gonna get blown up!" (when placed in Cursed Mirrors)

When selected:

• "Ha!"
• "Watch out!"
• "Ready to blow!"
• "Ooh! Ooh!"
• "Ahh! Don't touch that!"
• "Can't you see I'm holding a bomb?" (when annoyed)

When upgraded:

• "Bigger! BIGGER!"
• "This is the bomb!"
• "What a BLAST!"

When activating ability:

• "FIIIIIIREE! HAHA!" (MOAB Assassin)
• "Can't hide from me!" (Signal Flare)

When a MOAB Class Bloon appears:

• "Woooh! That guy would make the BEST explosion!"

When a MOAB Class Bloon pops:

• "BOOM! This is my favorite part!"

When a bloon leaks:

• "We're getting blown up here!"

Gallery

Character Profile and Levelling Up

C4 Charlie's Profile without any Trinket augmentation.

C4 Charlie on the adventure menu of Loch'd and Loaded

C4 Unlocked

C4 Charlie stats with no items equipped

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

Level 5

Level 10

C4 Charlie’s level up animation (GIF)

C4 Charlie Star Old Level 8 Part 1

C4 Charlie Star Old Level 8 Part 2

C4 Charlie Star Old Level 8 Part 3

C4 Charlie Old Level 9 Part 1

C4 Charlie Old Level 9 Part 2

Upgrades

C4 Charlie throwing a grenade (Frag Bombs Upgrade)

C4 Charlie grenade producing more than 6 fragments (pre-1.X.X)

C4 Charlie about to use Signal Flare

C4 Charlie using Signal Flare

The board/sky tinted red by Signal Flare

Weapons

C4 Charlie Throwing his regular bombs (if no other bomb is equipped)

C4 Charlie with Exploding Pineapples equipped to him

C4 Charlie’s idle animation with Butterscotch Bomb (GIF)

C4 Charlie attacking with Butterscotch Bomb

C4 Charlie’s idle animation with M.O.A.P.

C4 Charlie attacking with M.O.A.P.

C4 Charlie’s idle animation with Time Bomb

C4 Charlie attacking with Time Bomb

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.
  • For Bomb Shooter, Frag Bombs, Cluster Bombs (Bouncing Bombs and Double Bomb), Bigger Bombs, Bloon Impact, Extra Range (Long Range Bombs), MOAB Mauler, and MOAB Assassin.
  • For Mortar Monkey, Rapid Reload (Attack Speed), Burny Stuff, and Signal Flare.
• 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.