Charles Dupont


 * "Charles" and "Charlie" redirect here. For the botanist, see Charles Parker. For the moonshine dealer, see Charlie Watchbird.

Charles "Charlie" Dupont is a main character featured in Season 4 of Criminal Case, where he serves as the Inventor of the Concordian Flying Squad.

Profile
27 years of age, Charles has green eyes, blond hair, and a blond mustache. He wears a beige vest over a white shirt and a red striped necktie. He also wears golden glasses, a magnifying device on his head, a strap, and a pouch strapped onto his left forearm.

Charles is known to be enthusiastic and reckless. Because of his childlike optimism, he is more prone to overly trust others. He enjoys playing horseshoes, reading the works of Jules Verne, and inventing many objects, which he often does in his tenure in the Concordian Flying Squad.

It is known that he is friends with Wilhelm Röntgen, discoverer of X-rays.

Meeting Charles
Charles was first mentioned in The Darkest Hour when his great-grandson Armand Dupont asked the player to find his notebook, where Charles had narrated his adventure with an agent who happened to have the same characteristics as the player. Dupont, on his deathbed, then entrusted the notebook to the player.

In the notebook, the story began with Charles and Maddie welcoming the aforementioned agent to the city of Concordia in the late 19th century.

Behind the Mask
After discovering George Buchanan's killer, Charlie requested to speak with the player and Maddie. He explained that while Maddie was drunk from absinthe, she ended up taking a piece of equipment from his lab, and it was vital to the machine he and Dick were making for the World Exhibition. Since the deadline to submit it was today, Maddie and the player decided to search the pool, as that was where Maddie last remembered having it.

Analyses
As the Inventor of the Concordian Flying Squad, Charles has the responsibility of analyzing various devices and inventions, along with inventing numerous objects, and to inform the team of such results after a certain amount of time or a speed-up process using Criminal Case Cash. His task-wait rates vary depending on the difficulty of the task, but they all cost 1 Criminal Case Cash per 30 minutes.

Below is the list of analyses Charles performs throughout the course of the game:

Case #1: Welcome to Concordia!
 * Strange Device (12:00:00)
 * Control Panel (06:00:00)

Case #4: A Murder Carol
 * Strange Device (06:00:00)

Case #5: Shear Murder
 * Unknown Device (12:00:00)

Case #7: Let Me Down Gently
 * Open Box (12:00:00)
 * Chain (12:00:00)
 * Dolly's Belt (09:00:00)

Case #8: The Talking Dead
 * Spirit Board (12:00:00)
 * Painting (09:00:00)

Case #9: Sweet Revenge
 * Chess Pieces (06:00:00)

Case #10: Let Her Eat Cake
 * Strange Machine (06:00:00)

Gameplay
The player may choose Charles to join the investigation of each crime scene (in any Mysteries of the Past case) and provide hint bonuses. He is available as a 5-hint partner. (Note that this feature is only available on the mobile version of the game.)

Trivia

 * Charles is one of the few characters to physically appear in two different seasons.
 * Charles is one of the characters who animate (or move) during at least one cutscene in the game.

Case appearances

 * The Darkest Hour (Case #56 of World Edition)
 * Welcome to Concordia! (Case #1 of Mysteries of the Past)
 * Slash and Burn (Case #2 of Mysteries of the Past; mentioned)
 * In the Line of Fire (Case #3 of Mysteries of the Past; mentioned)
 * A Murder Carol (Case #4 of Mysteries of the Past)
 * Shear Murder (Case #5 of Mysteries of the Past)
 * Let Me Down Gently (Case #7 of Mysteries of the Past)
 * The Talking Dead (Case #8 of Mysteries of the Past)
 * Sweet Revenge (Case #9 of Mysteries of the Past)
 * Let Her Eat Cake (Case #10 of Mysteries of the Past)
 * That Sinking Feeling (Case #11 of Mysteries of the Past)
 * Behind the Mask (Case #12 of Mysteries of the Past)