Editing Chuckster

{{species infobox
|image=[[File:SMS DP Shine 06.png|250px]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' ([[List of games by date#2002|2002]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
|variant_of=[[Pianta]]
}}
{{quote|Howdy! I'm a chuckster! You'd better be careful when speaking to powerful Piantas. Some'll chuck you straight up, but most chuck you backward. When it comes to tossing folk, I'm... Well, I'm a chuckster!|Chuckster|Super Mario Sunshine}}
'''Chucksters''', also known as '''Pianta Throwers''',<ref>{{cite|author=Black, Fletcher|title=''Mario Party 8'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|page=26|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|date=May 25, 2007|language=en-us|isbn=0-7615-5618-4}}</ref> are a variant of [[Pianta]] in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''. They are capable of throwing [[Mario]] a good distance behind them or above them. Chucksters usually toss Mario after he speaks to them.

==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario Sunshine''====
[[File:Secret of the Village Underside.png|thumb|left|The Pianta Village episode Secret of the Village Underside is centered around chucksters.]]
In ''Super Mario Sunshine'', a chuckster can be first found on the roof of a building in [[Delfino Plaza]]. Mario has to have at least one [[coin]] to pay the chuckster to throw Mario behind him, into an isolated room of a building that has the [[Shine Sprite]] of [[Mario Toss]]. In [[Ricco Harbor]], there are two Piantas who become increasingly skilled at throwing Mario in later [[mission|episodes]]. Lastly, chucksters are the main focus of the [[Pianta Village]] episode [[Secret of the Village Underside]], where Mario needs the assistance of several chucksters to move between areas and obtain the Shine Sprite at the end. The angle at which Mario speaks to a chuckster determines where he will be thrown, which is exceptionally noticeable in the episode Secret of the Village Underside, as talking to a chuckster at a bad angle here can result in Mario being thrown into the surrounding [[pit]], costing him a life.

====''Super Mario Galaxy 2''====
In ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'', chucksters are found exclusively throughout [[Starshine Beach Galaxy]] during the level [[Climbing the Cloudy Tower]]. Mario does not need to initiate dialogue with them to be thrown, as simply coming into contact with them from the front has them throw Mario into the air.

===''Mario Party 8''===
In ''[[Mario Party 8]]'', if the player lands on a [[Event Space|Green Space]] on [[Goomba's Booty Boardwalk]] in front of a yellow Pianta, the Pianta tosses them a short distance.

==Quotes==
*"''I'm a chuckster!''"
*"''Don't hold back! Grrrarrgaah!''"
*"''I may be little, but I never give up!''"
*"''Higher! Higher!''"
*"''Howdy! Throw me a coin, and I'll throw you for a loop!''"
*"''Yeeaaah! And awaaaaay you go!''"
*"'' My wife can toss people farther than I can!''"

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=ごっちゃん
|JpnR=Gotchan
|JpnM=Contraction of「ごっちゃ」(''gotcha'', a term for "disorderly" or "messy") and {{wp|Japanese honorifics#Chan|the honorific}}「~ちゃん」(''-chan'')
|Fre=Lanceur
|FreM=Thrower
|Ita=Lanciagente
|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|quote=Come va! Sono un lanciagente!|author=Chuckster|publisher=''Super Mario Sunshine''}}</ref>
|ItaM=People-tosser; possibly a play on ''salvagente'' ("lifesaver", lit. "people-saver")
|Ita2=Palmense Chuckster
|Ita2C=<ref>{{cite|date=2002|title=''Mario Sunshine. Guida strategica''|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|language=it|isbn=8890092211|page=16}}</ref>
|Ita2M=Pianta Chuckster
|Spa=Lanzapeleles
|SpaM=Dummy Launcher
}}

==References==
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{{Piantas}}
{{Super Mario Sunshine}}
[[Category:Piantas]]
[[Category:Super Mario Sunshine characters]]
[[it:Lanciagente]]