Chuck Thorndyke
About
Chuck Thorndyke is a character that appears in the Sonic X anime series and its comic series published by Archie Comics. He is an elderly human, as well as the paternal grandfather of Christopher Thorndyke. A scientist and inventor, Chuck loves conducting experiments, creating inventions, and discovering new technologies. He is also a close friend of Miles "Tails" Prower, whom he has created many inventions with, including the X Tornado.
Chuck's passion has always been to create machines and discover new technologies. He is also known to be a long-time fan of baseball.
When he was young, Chuck participated in wrestling, and became known as "Thorndyke the Throttler". At the age of 12, Chuck had a son who came to be named Nelson Thorndyke. Nelson would eventually marry Lindsey Fair, who would later give birth to Chuck's grandson - Christopher Thorndyke. However, because Nelson and Lindsey chose to focus on their careers for the sake of Chris, Chris rarely saw his parents. Chuck did not try to remedy this void in Chris' life however, because he was too absorbed in his research.
(Source: Sonic Wiki)
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At the end of the Homebound Saga, Chuck leaves a parting gift for Tails in the form of the Hyper Tornado, a new mode for Tails' Tornado 2 that he had installed in secret. When Tails found himself in trouble fighting the Grand Egg Imperial, a message from Chuck played, revealing his final gift for Tails, before giving the command to transform the Tornado 2 into the Hyper Tornado.
Over the next six years, Chuck gave Chris lessons in piloting all kinds of vehicles. He also designed a car especially for the paraplegic teenage Helen.
One day, Chuck found out that Chris had traveled to Sonic's world. Meeting up with Nelson, Lindsey, Helen, Danny and Frances, Chuck found the portal Chris had used, only to discover that it had been locked down. Chuck thus dared not to tamper with the machine out of fear that he would end up trapping Chris on Sonic's world. Chuck eventually brought the bad news to everyone, although they all soon agreed to trust that Chris would be fine in the meantime. Eventually, Chuck figured out how to send items through the portal to Sonic's world. Telling Nelson and Lindsey about it, the couple decided to use this opportunity to send Chris extra luggage.
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