Charlie Ames is a supporting character in the 1986 anime series Story of Pollyanna. He is an adult male with black eyes and gray hair cut to approximately ear length. Professionally, Charlie Ames is a medical specialist and a doctor, holding the alias of Ames-hakase or Doctor Ames. He is introduced later in the narrative when the primary character, Pollyanna Whittier, finds herself confined to a wheelchair following an accident. At the recommendation of Pollyanna's primary physician, Doctor Thomas Chilton, who is a personal friend, Pollyanna is sent to Charlie Ames for specialized care and assistance with her long-term recovery and future well-being. His role in the story is therefore that of a specialist physician brought in to manage a critical turning point in the protagonist's physical health. The character maintains a friendship with Doctor Chilton and is assisted in his medical duties by Della Wetherby. His professional relationship with Pollyanna is defined as a doctor-patient dynamic, with his expertise directly influencing her circumstances during the latter part of the series. Charlie Ames appears in a significant number of episodes following his introduction, with his presence documented in episodes twenty-five through twenty-seven, twenty-nine, thirty-one, thirty-seven through thirty-nine, and forty-three.