Charlie Richardson

This article is about the late high schooler. To read about Red Forman's war buddy, go to Charlie Schmidt.

Charlie Richardson
Born	Charles Brighton Richardson
Birthday	February 21, 1960
Nickname(s)	Idiot (by himself) Annoyingly Nice Kid (by Eric) New Guy, Monkey, Freak, Hotshot (by Fez) Pervert (by Red)
Occupation	Student at Point Place High School (graduated)
Died	June 4, 1979
Relationships
Family	Allen Richardson (father) Unnamed grandmother
Friends	Toby (friend) Eric Forman (friend) Donna Pinciotti (friend) Steven Hyde (friend) Michael Kelso (friend) Jackie Burkhart (friend) Fez (friend)
Series
Portrayed by	Bret Harrison
Season(s)	7 • 8 (That '70s Show)
First seen	"Take It Or Leave It"
Last seen	"Bohemian Rhapsody" (flashback)
Episodes	4

"Thanks, guys. It feels so good to finally belong to something, you know. It's like the first day of the rest of my life!”

—Charlie to Kelso, Donna and Fez before he falls to his death

Charles "Charlie" Brighton Richardson was the son of Allen Richardson, who was one of Red Forman's war buddies.

Biography

Eric held a grudge against him from the time that he let some sick children win "Eric's" goldfish in an egg toss. Red was looking forward to getting to know Charlie, him being the son he always wanted and a good confidante--as well as a mentee. The gang welcomed him in once he allowed them to get drunk at his father's beer warehouse.

Fez bullied him as Charlie was the new guy and he felt it was only fair after the hazing he took. Much was made about the fact that Charlie was still a virgin. The other guys somewhat mentor and mislead Charlie as to "teach him the ropes." Once he's drunk, passed out and put in a dress, Eric says to him, "Welcome to Point Place."

Before the beginning of Season 8, Charlie accidentally fell off the water tower and died, still a virgin and with no kids. The water tower is named the Charlie Richardson Memorial Water Tower in his honor.

Appearances

That '70s Show

Season 7

• "Take It Or Leave It"
• "Short and Curlies"
• "Till the Next Goodbye"

Season 8

• "Bohemian Rhapsody" (Flashback)

Trivia

• The original idea was to have Charlie stay on the show the entire eighth season as a replacement for Eric, but Harrison got an offer for his own show The Loop as well as guest spots on other shows. So they killed his character off (being the first and only character to have this done to himself).
• Charlie likely had extremely weak endurance to physical trauma, given that the other boys (including Eric) in the group had survived falling off the water tower.

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