“ | Are you blackmailing me? I don't have any money, Hitchcock. I'm still paying my uncle's funeral bills. I rear-ended the hearse. It was a mess. | ” |
―Charles Boyle |
Detective Charles Boyle is a main character of the show. He is the precinct's workhorse. He is shown to be not that brilliant, and not physically gifted, although he tries harder than anyone else.
Biography
Charles is close with his father Lynn Boyle, who he would later discover was not his biological father due to his mother's affair. Lynn knowingly decided to forego determining Charles' parentage and raise him as his own, since he loved him either way.[2] Charles has at least one sibling, a sister, but she isn't seen at his father's wedding.[3] His grandmother bought him and his sister a Princess Tower, which he played with when he was younger.
Charles was married to a woman named Eleanor. At some point, Eleanor asked Charles to get a vasectomy, leading him to freeze some of his sperm in case he later wanted children. A year later, a perp repetitively hit Charles with a baseball bat in the crotch, making him completely sterile. He even says that he "shoots dust"[4]. In 2010, Charles and Eleanor divorced[5]. He hasn't been in a slump since. [6]After his divorce, Charles lived in Hercules' basement, his ex-wife's boyfriend.
When a criminal attempted to shoot Diaz, Boyle leapt in front of her and was shot twice in the butt. She believed that he saved her life.[7] For his act of bravery, he was awarded a medal of valor.[8]
Towards the end of season one, Boyle gets engaged to Vivian Ludley, a woman who works with Kevin Cozner, but they never got married because she wanted to move to Canada.
Every year, Charles dresses up for Halloween, and every year, no-one understands what his costume is — although they sometimes just pretend not to, to wind him up.
Charles used to be madly in love with Detective Rosa Diaz, with whom he stood no chance at all. Charles has since moved on with Vivian Ludley and is currently in a relationship with Genevieve Mirren-Carter, with whom he has an adoptive son, Nikolaj Boyle.
Personality
Charles is mild-mannered, eccentric and optimistic. He is also an intensely critical foodie, but is also needlessly critical of almost everything around him.
He has an extremely close, almost brotherly relationship with Jake Peralta - who acts primarily as Charles's guide. Charles worships Jake to the extent that he becomes violently jealous at the concept of being replaced.[9] He also involves himself unnecessarily deeply with Jake's relationship with Amy, which both parties see as creepy and annoying. In spite of this, Charles cares a great deal about his friends.
His critical-as-hell nature leads him to completely unnecessary acts: when photographing a criminal, Charles worries hysterically about how the lighting of his position doesn't contribute to the man's complexion on the photo.[10]
Charles also is known for his families closeness and weird traditions such as giving up. At one point he stated that his family crest is a white flag. He also likes to use weird abbreviations that lead to a lot of confusion. On his wedding invitation it says STD (Sexually Transmitted Disease) which he says means Save The Date. He also likes to use BM (Bowel Movement) which he says means Best Man.
He is also incredibly dramatic - when Jake comments on how he read a certain book, he violently snapped Quit calling it a book. It was a visual journey!. He also commented at one point his belief that the god of rhythm was Sebastian from The Little Mermaid.
In spite of his eccentricities, Charles has frequently shown himself to be extremely brave when he needs to be - he throws himself in the path of an armed criminal when he realizes that Rosa was about to be shot by that criminal, only to end up getting shot himself.
It is a running joke that Charles often says sexual things unintentionally.
Terry describes him to be one of the most hard-working detectives in the precinct, despite not being the most brilliant of them.
Relationships
Jake Peralta
Charles is one of Jake's best friends. Though at time Charles can be ridiculous, the two look out for each other, such as when Jake helps Charles when he goes "Full Boyle".
In the episode "The Bet", Charles starts to tease Jake that he may have a crush on Amy. He does the same in "Tactical Village", and encourages Jake to ask out Amy.
Charles often gets jealous whenever Jake seems to develop new friendships. It is evident in "Undercover", "The Cruise", and "The 9-8". He is also incredibly loyal, as Jake mentions in "Yippie Kayak". This trait of his is evident in multiple episodes throughout the series.
Rosa Diaz
Charles had a large crush on Rosa, up until meeting Vivian. By moving on from Rosa, Charles is able to form a close friendship with her, and the two remain best friends throughout the series.
Charles was the first character who Rosa told that she was bisexual and in a relationship with a woman.
Gina Linetti
Charles and Gina started sleeping together occasionally as of the end of season one, although it was only casual, and the two eventually end their friends with benefits relationship. They accidentally cause their parents to hook up, via inviting them both to a sex hotel. They attempt to break them apart, but this ends when Gina gives Charles father, Lynn, the blessing to marry her mother, Darlene.
Terry Jeffords
Despite Charles's obvious jealousy and one-sided rivalry with Terry, they seem to have a close relationship. They are shown to be friendly when Jake takes them both to Lohank's Stink Puddle Manor, and help each other through it. At times, Charles has exhibited surprising amounts of strength comparable to Jeffords, as shown when he lifted Jeffords back to his desk when his leg was broken.
Raymond Holt
Charles and Holt have a friendly, professional relationship. Charles is shown to be loyal to Holt, as he sometimes feels conflicted when both Jake and Holt ask him to do different things. Charles is shown to want to bond with Holt and he is happy when Holt is revealed to be a natural chef.
Genevieve Mirren-Carter
See Charles-Genevieve Relationship
Charles and Genevieve are a couple, and share a lot of strange habits and quirks in common with one another, which others often find repulsive. They decide to have a child together, and adopted Nikolaj, despite only having been together for a few months.
Vivian Ludley
See Charles-Vivian Relationship
Charles and Vivian were previously engaged, however they broke up over disagreements on moving to Canada. They met in the episode "The Party" and were both shown to be foodies. Vivian was very impressed by Charles's culinary knowledge, and the two ended up making out in the closet. Vivian, like Charles, is shown to go 'Full Boyle'.
Trivia
- Charles is a major food lover and critic.
- Charles’ best friend is Jake Peralta.
- His favorite cop movie is "Turner and Hooch".
- He had a crush on the teapot from "Beauty and the Beast".
- Charles went to Sarah Lawrence College.[11]
- Charles was born in Staten Island, NY, as seen on his marriage certificate.[12]
- He played Pocahontas in his third-grade play, because all the girls were too big.[13]
- The academy invented a new weight class for him, and he is the undisputed bubbleweight champion.[14]
- Charles is right-handed.
- Charles has always been a huge supporter of Jake and Amy’s relationship from the beginning. During Jake and Amy’s first meeting in 2009, Charles says he “hears wedding bells”.
- Every summer, he and his father take a road trip across the country using an RV.
- Charles was the first in the Nine-Nine to find out that Rosa was bisexual ("99").
- In Maximum Security, Charles states that he is unsure as to whether or not he believes in God, which implies that Charles might be a Agnostic.
- Charles states in Captain Latvia that all Boyle men are blessed with a flat ass (as opposed to Jake's bubble butt physique), but in Bureau, he is said to have a bubble butt.
- In the episode Christmas, Charles states that he has gone 42 years without getting a lump of coal. You might think that means he's 42, but that's because he calculates his age from the time his parents met.
- His grandma used to yell at him so much whilst cooking that he would at times faint. She's also the reason why he turned out to be such a bossy and unbearable cooking chef.
- It is implied that Charles has a large penis.[15]
- He is sterile and cannot have children naturally.
- He is the only one of the main characters to never win a heist.
- Charles gets nightmares after watching Grimm. [16]
Quotes
- Jake: Did Nancy Drew solve a lot of murders?
- Boyle: Yeah, she did. Murder on Ice. Recipe for Murder. Nancy was a wonderful detective. I wanted to be her when I grew up.[17]
- Rosa: Hey, you're off the floor.
- Boyle: Yeah. Well, it's like my dad use to say; "Real Men don't cry, for more than three days".