Changes: Chuck Muckle

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“	Ignore 'owls' or loose 'job'! I want you to go out there and get what it takes to keep those mangles off my line! Attack dogs! Rot-whilers! Dobermen! I don't care, JUST GET THAT SITE CLEAR!	„
	~ Chuck barking orders to Felix through the phone.

Charles E. "Chuck" Muckle is the main antagonist of the novel Hoot and its film adaptation.

He was portrayed by Clark Gregg, who also portrayed Nat Jones in Mr. Popper's Penguins and Sarge on Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Biography

Chuck Muckle is the greedy, selfish, arrogant, conniving, and manipulative "vice president of Corporate Relations" at Mother Paula's All-American Pancake House who plots to buy up an area of land in Florida and the incorporate the 100th pancake house. He refuses to believe that there is a colony of burrowing owls living on the construction site and even attempts to dispose of them.

When Mullet Fingers interferes with the construction here and there, Muckle uses every vile method he can to take care of him, from hiring professionals, siccing guard dogs on him to attempting to run him over with his bulldozer. He does whatever he can to destroy the owl's nest so he can expand his business and keeps his employees under his thumb.

Muckle is finally defeated when he is sent to an anger management class (which he fails) after attacking a reporter.

In the movie, he is arrested for his crimes by Officer David Delinko and fired by Kimberly Lou Dixon when the burrowing owls emerge. He is sentenced to 90 days of community service, picking up trash. Muckle is then on the head by coconut and gets knocked out the day, and the judge gives another 30 days for lying down on the job.

Trivia

This was Clark Gregg's first villain role.

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+{{Villain Infobox
-[[File:Chuck_Muckle.gif|thumb|300px|Chuck Muckle]]
+|image = Chuck Muckle.gif
+|fullname = Charles E. Muckle
+|alias = Chuck<br>
+Mr. Muckle
+|origin = ''Hoot''
+|occupation = "Vice President of Corporate Relations" at Mother Paula's Pancake House <small>(formerly; fired)</small>
+|skills = Wealth<br>
+Weaponry
+|hobby = Berating Felix<br>
+Craving for his goals<br>
+|goals = Exterminate the owls beneath the construction area in order to annex the 100th pancake house and go down in history.<br>
+Kill anyone who opposes him <small>(all failed)</small>.
+|crimes = Attempted murder<br>
+Operating a bulldozer without a license<br>
+Abuse<br>
+Violating state permits<br>
+Animal cruelty<br>
+Attempted avicide
+|type of villain = Corrupt Businessman
+|size = 200
+}}
+{{Quote|Ignore 'owls' or loose 'job'! I want you to go out there and get what it takes to keep those mangles off my line! Attack dogs! Rot-whilers! Dobermen! I don't care, JUST GET THAT SITE CLEAR!|Chuck barking orders to Felix through the phone.}}
-'''Charles E. "Chuck" Muckle''' is the main antagonist of the novel ''Hoot'' and the film adaptation.
+'''Charles E. "Chuck" Muckle''' is the main antagonist of the novel ''Hoot'' and its film adaptation.
+He was portrayed by {{w|Clark Gregg}}, who also portrayed [[Nat Jones]] in ''Mr. Popper's Penguins'' and [[Sarge (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Sarge]] on ''Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.''
-He is portrayed by Clark Gregg in the film adaptation.
+==Biography==
-Chuck Muckle is a greedy, selfish, conniving business tycoon who plots to buy up an area of land in Florida and put up a pancake house, Mother Paula's. He refuses to believe that there is a colony of owls living on the construction site and even attempts to get rid of them.
+Chuck Muckle is the greedy, selfish, arrogant, conniving, and manipulative "vice president of Corporate Relations" at Mother Paula's All-American Pancake House who plots to buy up an area of land in Florida and the incorporate the 100th pancake house. He refuses to believe that there is a colony of burrowing owls living on the construction site and even attempts to dispose of them.
 When Mullet Fingers interferes with the construction here and there, Muckle uses every vile method he can to take care of him, from hiring professionals, siccing guard dogs on him to attempting to run him over with his bulldozer. He does whatever he can to destroy the owl's nest so he can expand his business and keeps his employees under his thumb.
-Muckle is finally defeated when he is sent to an anger management class (which he fails) after attacking a reporter. In the movie, he is arrested for his crimes.
+Muckle is finally defeated when he is sent to an anger management class (which he fails) after attacking a reporter.
+In the movie, he is arrested for his crimes by Officer David Delinko and fired by Kimberly Lou Dixon when the burrowing owls emerge. He is sentenced to 90 days of community service, picking up trash. Muckle is then on the head by coconut and gets knocked out the day, and the judge gives another 30 days for lying down on the job.
 ==Trivia==
+*This was Clark Gregg's first villain role.
-*Muckles' character is similar to [[Max (Hotel for Dogs)|Max]] and [[Jake (Hotel for Dogs)|Jake]] from ''Hotel for Dogs''. Both characters are mean and cruel to animals and try to kill them.
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