Charlie Farnsworth

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Charlie Farnsworth is a paranoid, accusatory neighbor whose escalating fear and suspicion help drive the mob mentality and chaos in the classic Twilight Zone episode "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
television character
appearsIn The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street NERFINISHED
appearsInEpisodeNumber 22
appearsInSeason The Twilight Zone season 1 NERFINISHED
appearsInSeries The Twilight Zone NERFINISHED
countryOfOriginWork United States NERFINISHED
createdBy Rod Serling NERFINISHED
firstAppearance The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street (1960) NERFINISHED
genreOfWork anthology television
science fiction television
hasOccupation neighbor
hasPersonalityTrait accusatory
paranoid
suspicious
hasRoleInPlot contributes to chaos on Maple Street
instigator of mob mentality
source of escalating fear
languageOfWork English
medium television
narrativeFunction heightens tension among neighbors
helps illustrate dangers of hysteria
networkOfOriginalBroadcast CBS NERFINISHED
partOfFictionalUniverse The Twilight Zone universe NERFINISHED
portrayedBy Barry Atwater NERFINISHED
settingOfActivity Maple Street NERFINISHED
themeInvolving fear of the unknown
mob psychology
paranoia
scapegoating

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