Carlton (Carl) Ulysses Wheezer
Carl, Carlito,
Carlton, the Carlinator, Carlple tunnels-syndrome…However
you say it, Carl Wheezer is your everyday, run-of-the-mill,
allergy-prone, chubby, phobic, red-headed nerd (I like
hyphens!) fated to live his life as a boy genius’s guinea
pig. This stout, shrinking violet is Jimmy Neutron’s right
hand man and personal test subject.
Carl drew the short straw when it
comes to coolness: he’s pretty much
an oddball in every way, with a tendency for babyish whining and a
bizarre love for llamas and Jimmy’s mom. Carl’s parents are even
weirder than he is, if that’s at all possible. His father, Mr. Wheezer,
runs a tight ship in terms of hygiene, quoting such things as “early to
bed, early to rise makes a body less prone to bronchial infection.” His
mother has a man-voice that sinks so low it scares little children, and
the family enjoys partaking in long-winded and annoying songs about
household activities such as “sitting and singing” or “folding and
singing”. Carl has trouble getting to sleep unless his mother rubs his
tummy and sings “nonny nonny nonny”, which needless to say just adds
another layer to his weirdness cake.
Carl is afraid of pretty much everything, so it’s surprising that
he is
able to put up with Jimmy’s
experimentations. He is artistically and
scientifically inept, not even able to spell the word “science”. Still,
he manages to be lovable. In “Carl Wheezer Boy Genius”, his Swedish pen
pal, Elke
Ekberg, falls for him. Their romance is adorable but
short-lived, existing only in that one episode. For the majority of the
series, Carl spends his time daydreaming of Mrs. Neutron. This bizarre
choice of love-interest provides much needed humor when the romance
between Cindy and Jimmy or between Sheen and Libby gets too serious.
This llama lover can often be found at either the
Candy Bar, Jimmy's
lab, or under a table somewhere trying to avoid one of Jimmy's
out-of-whack inventions (hey look, more hyphens!) Carl seems to be a
coward most of the time, but is it possible that underneath it all
there's a speck of courage just waiting to break free? Nah!
Useful (or useless) Info
Age: 11
Grade: 5th
Hair color: Reddish-orange
Eye color: who knows?
Hair: Unmanageable dread-lock-type-curls (hyphens!)
Hobbies: Eating, singing (shiver), eating, crying, whining, llamas,
eating, screaming, eating, dreaming about Jimmy’s mom, eating, being
electrocuted, pricked, prodded, shoved, pushed, bitten, transported to
different universes against his will, etc.
Other points of interest:
-In
the movie, Carl has suspenders, but he loses them in the series
-Carl
is voiced by Rob Paulsen, who also does Jack Fenton's voice on Danny
Phantom as well as numerous other Nickelodeon voices
-Carl is Jimmy's next door neighbor
-In
the good future, Carl is a world-renown llama breeder
-In
the bad future, Carl is a fugitive, wanted for crimes of
fashion
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