Darlie

Darlie is the romantic pairing of Drew Osbourne and Charlie Swan (D/rew and Ch/arlie). This pairing rivals many others, including Chyler (Ch/arlie and T/yler), Carlie (C/ody and Ch/arlie) and Dashley (D/rew and Ashley). It is one of the most important/popular ships on the show, because if Charlie and Drew had not been friends, Charlie would most likely have been dead by now, having nearly been killed by her mother Mary-Lou Swan.

Drew has a known crush on Charlie; although it is hinted that Charlie returns the feelings, this is still to be discovered.

The reason Darlie was created, as Boris revealed, was to create a love-hope equivalent to relationships such as Creddie of iCarly or Flyna from A.N.T. Farm, seeing how love-hopes often tend to be rather humorous and sweet at the same time. Darlie would have been easily scrapped if it had not been for its large fanbase, as Drew would have fallen for another girl in a future episode and never have feelings for Charlie again.

Jasper mentioned that Drew's crush on Charlie would be a long-running one, and it would be up to Charlie to decide whether she wanted to take the risk with him. A problem with the ship, however, is that Charlie has very tight and secure walls built around her in order for her not to open up to others and later get hurt; these walls were built when her then-distraught father Jason Swan revealed that he and Charlie's mother, Mary-Lou, were to get divorced. Seeing how hurt her father was, Charlie swore never to get to close to others or to love, as revealed in an episode of The Wizard.

Other (but rarely used) names for the couple include: Drarlie (Dr/ew and Ch/arlie), Chew (Ch/arlie and Dr/ew), Chardrew (Char/lie and Drew), Drewlotte (Drew and Char/lotte), Darlotte (D/rew and Ch/arlotte) and Drarlotte (Dr/ew and Ch/arlotte).

Megan, who portrays Charlie, has expressed, on many occasions, her preference for Darlie to happen, especially because of Charlie's secure manner and the way Drew is able to see through that. However, she wants to see tension build between the two if they ever get together and see if they remain a couple, as that would show whether they're strong enough to be in a relationship with one another or not. Megan also ships Dashley, so she wouldn't mind if either relationship occured.