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{{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}} | {{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> | '''Chucksters''', also known as '''Pianta Throwers''',<ref>Black, Fletcher. ''Mario Party 8'' PRIMA Official Game Guide. Page 26.</ref> are a variant of [[Pianta]]s in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''. They are capable of throwing [[Mario]] a good distance behind them or above them. Chucksters will usually toss Mario after he speaks to them. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
===''Super Mario'' series=== | ===''Super Mario'' series=== | ||
====''Super Mario Sunshine''==== | ====''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.]] | [[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 | 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 chucksters 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''==== | ====''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 | 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 will have them throw Mario into the air. | ||
===''Mario Party 8''=== | ===''Mario Party 8''=== | ||
In ''[[Mario Party 8]]'', if the player lands on | In ''[[Mario Party 8]]'', if the player lands on an [[Event Space]] in [[Goomba's Booty Boardwalk]] in front of a yellow Pianta, the Pianta tosses them a short distance. | ||
==Quotes== | ==Quotes== | ||
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{{foreign names | {{foreign names | ||
|Jap=ごっちゃん | |Jap=ごっちゃん | ||
|JapR= | |JapR=Gocchan | ||
|JapM=Contraction of「ごっちゃ」('' | |JapM=Contraction of「ごっちゃ」(''goccha'', a term for "disorderly" or "messy") and {{wp|Japanese honorifics#Chan|the honorific}}「~ちゃん」(''-chan'') | ||
|Ita=Lanciagente | |||
|ItaM=People-tosser; possibly a play on ''salvagente'' ("lifesaver") which literally means "people-saver" | |||
|Fre=Lanceur | |Fre=Lanceur | ||
|FreM=Thrower | |FreM=Thrower | ||
|Spa=Lanzapeleles | |Spa=Lanzapeleles | ||
|SpaM= Dummy Launcher | |SpaM= Dummy Launcher |