Editing Chanchako

{{Another language|Japanese}}
{{Character infobox
|image=[[File:Chanchako SML3.jpg|200px]]
|species=[[Whale]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario (Kodansha manga)|Super Mario]]'' (''[[Super Mario Land 3 (manga)|Super Mario Land 3]]'') (1990)
}}
'''Chanchako''' is a young [[whale]] that wears a pink sailor cap and sailor collar. He appeared in the third chapter of the ''[[Super Mario Land 3 (manga)|Super Mario Land 3]]'' manga.

While [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], and {{a|PP|Peach}} are sailing looking for [[Tetris Shima]], they encounter Chanchako, that is looking for someone to help him free his [[Chanchako's mother|mother]] from the ice of Tetris Shima. Following him, Mario and his friends reach the island and promise him to help his mother after dealing with [[King Tetris]], but as they step foot on a ice rink, King Tetris ambushes them and traps them between giant {{wp|Tetromino|Tetriminos}}. Chanchako emerges from under the ice below Mario, and uses his blowhole to help him jump over the blocks he then clears by repositioning them. When King Tetris tries to run away, Chanchako leaps from the water and bites his leg to stop him, getting clobbered by two of his [[polar bear]] minions. Mario and his friends reach him, shooing away the bears and saving Chanchako. When another Ice Hockey Tetris begins, Chanchako helps Team Mario winning and the island breaks, freeing Chanchako's mother, with whom he reunites. The two whales then bid goodbye to Mario, Luigi, and Peach and part ways with them.

==Gallery==
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Super mario comics.jpg
Tetris Island SML3.jpg
Tetris Human SML3.jpg
Chanchako's mother SML3.jpg
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==Names in other languages==
{{Foreign names
|Jpn=ちゃんちゃこ
|JpnR=Chanchako
|JpnM=Name shared with a Japanese folk duo whose most famous song is「空飛ぶ鯨」(''Sora Tobu Kujira'', "Flying Whale"); according to the duo, their name derives from a corruption of「やんちゃこ」(''yanchako'', "mischievious child")
|JpnC=<ref>{{File link|Chanchako SML3.jpg}}</ref>
}}

==References==
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[[Category:Cetaceans]]
[[Category:Allies]]
[[Category:Children]]
[[Category:KC Deluxe]]