Editing Chet Rippo

{{character-infobox
|image=[[File:Chet Rippo 64.png]][[File:Chet Rippo.png]]<br>Chet Rippo in ''Paper Mario'' and ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario]]'' ([[List of games by date#2000|2000]])
|species=Unknown (''Paper Mario'')<br>[[Shaman]] (''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'')
|latest_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
}}
'''Chet Rippo''' is a character found in ''[[Paper Mario]]'' and ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. In ''Paper Mario'', the player can have him upgrade one of [[Mario]]'s stats by two levels, while downgrading the others by one level. This is contrary to his claims that he simply upgrades one level with no side effects. Chet Rippo appears in [[Toad Town]] near [[Harry's Shop]]. He charges thirty-nine [[coin]]s for his services, claiming they are normally worth three hundred ninety. Chet's body is obscured by a cloak and has a head resembling that of a duck or platypus, but with a red antenna.

In ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'', he essentially does the same thing; this time upgrading and downgrading each level one at a time. He can also raise a partner's level by one rank while decreasing another partner's level by one rank. The price for either of these services is thirty-nine coins. Chet Rippo can only be visited after clearing Chapter 5 as the player is required to use [[Admiral Bobbery]] to blow up a wall blocking a [[Warp Pipe]] leading to Chet Rippo's house in the background near the main entrance to [[Rogueport Sewers]]. In this game, he explains the drawbacks of using his services beforehand, unlike in the previous game. Chet is redesigned to appear as a shaman like [[Merlon]], but with tattered clothing and a wooden bucket over his head instead of a hood.

Visiting Chet Rippo is entirely optional as his services are not required to advance through the main plot of either game.

In ''Paper Mario'', he's the negative equivalent of [[Rip Cheato]]. Both their names are derived from the words "cheat" and "rip off". Both "Chet" and "Rip" are actual names. When Mario reaches the maximum level of 30 in ''Paper Mario'', he can no longer change any stats because of an [[List of badges in Paper Mario|unassisted]] maximum of 50 HP, 50 FP, and 30 BP. If one of his stats is at its respective minimum, he will not be present at all.

==Tattle information==
===''Paper Mario''===
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*''"He claims that he can upgrade your point levels...but there's something suspicious about him. I don't know... I just don't trust him for some reason. Who knows, though? I guess you can't judge a book by its cover."''

===''Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door''===
*''"That's Chet Rippo, the adjuster. He can adjust your stats or your partner's ranks. Me, I wouldn't trust this guy with anything more complex than plucking back hair, I know I always say you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, but still..."''

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=レベーラ
|JapR=Rebēra
|JapM=Pun of "level" (レベル, ''reberu''). Could mean "Leveler".
|Ger=Z. Orro
|GerM=
|Ita=Livellibus
|ItaM=From "livello" (level)
|Fra=Chet Rippo
|FraM=
|Chi=调级师
|ChiR=Tiáojí Shī
|ChiM=Level Adjuster
}}

==Trivia==
*In ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', it is possible for Chet Rippo to reduce Mario's maximum HP down to 5, half of the amount he starts with in the game. Since Mario does his Danger animation at 5 HP or lower, he does this even at maximum HP.

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