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The protagonist and narrator of the show. In flashbacks, we see Earl before he began reforming himself: a jobless ne'er-do-well with no respect for authority or just about anyone. Self-described as the guy who would've stolen anything that wasn't nailed down, Earl now stands by the principle of karma. He explains karma by saying, "do good things and good things happen, do bad things and bad things happen." He was supposed to be named after his father, Carl, but an extra loop on a cursive "C" was Earl's first step into a life of misfortune. Earl has never had a photograph taken without blinking at the wrong moment, something regularly demonstrated throughout the show. Earl knew he wanted to spend the rest of his life with a moustache when he first drank chocolate milk, and in episode 3.01 he implies that it is one of his two favorite things. (wikipedia.org)