Category:The Charlie Arc

The Charlie Arc is a series of episode-style scripts by Project B detailing Charlie's arrival at South Park, her mother's arrest and subsequent trial, and how Charlie and Becca Pierzynski settle into their new lives in with the Marshes and Cartmans. It takes place in the fall and winter of the third grade.

Progress
As of December 31, 2011, five episodes of The Charlie Arc have been published to FanFiction.Net. The Arc is expected to be concluded after the seventh installment (although this will not herald the end of Charlie's adventures with Stan, Kyle, Cartman, and Kenny).

Relation to other episodes
In addiction to the Arc, Project B has released several other episode scripts including Charlie as a character. They all take place after the expected conclusion of the Arc; "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner" and "Elephant Balls" take place in the spring of third grade, "Hedgehog" occurs during the summer between third and fourth grade, and "Girl Scout Cookies" takes place at some point during the fourth grade.

Because Charlie is shown living with the Marsh family and Becca is shown living with the Cartmans in episodes occurring after the end of the Arc, it can be assumed that, unlike their brother, Charlie and Becca will not be moved to different homes during the final two episodes.

Episodes of The Charlie Arc

 * Episode 1: "Charlie" (Complete)
 * Episode 2: "Brainwashing" (Complete)
 * Episode 3: "Sisters Suck" (Complete)
 * Episode 4: "Project B" (Complete)
 * Episode 5: "Post-Dramatic Stress Disorder" (Complete)
 * Episode 6: "Fall of the House of Pierzynski" (Unreleased)
 * Episode 7: Unknown (Unreleased)

Trivia

 * The Charlie Arc was first written as an unnamed three-part series by Project B in 2007. The three parts of the original were similar to the three parts released now; apart from minor edits, "Charlie" and "Brainwashing" are essentially identical to the originals. Although "Sisters Suck" ends ambiguously, the series was abandoned until 2011, when Project B edited the first two installments, rewrote the third, and decided to continue on with further episodes.
 * In early plans, Charlie and her siblings were adopted by a gay couple who moved to town. Later, plans included Charlie being adopted by a single woman while Joe Pierzynski regained custody of his biological children, but these plans were ultimately abandoned in favor of stronger familial relationships between Charlie and the Marshes and Becca and the Cartmans.
 * The only Pierzynski child to disappear from the series is baby Davy, who is relocated to a foster home in Denver. It is unknown whether he will reappear in later episodes, but it seems unlikely that he will return to South Park, as he does not appear in any post-Arc episodes.
 * The most out-of-character moments in the series include Cartman's interactions with Becca. However, these moments are not too OOC: Cartman is aware of his strange behavior and even tries to overcome it in the fourth episode of the series, "Project B"