# Chuckster Chuckster is a Pianta NPC in Super Mario Sunshine (2002) who throws Mario based on his approach angle, making the 'Secret of the Village Underside' Shine Sprite famously hard to clear[1]. Years of misthrows and lost lives turned the character's 'I'm a Chuckster!' catchphrase into a running joke about the game's cruelest level, fueling edits like a Lion King scene where Scar hurls Mufasa while shouting the line[3]. By September 2020, the Super Mario 3D All-Stars release had revived the hate across Twitter. ## Origin Nintendo released Super Mario Sunshine on the GameCube on August 25th, 2002, with Chuckster NPCs scattered across Pianta Village as required tools for one specific Shine Sprite challenge[1]. The challenge, 'The Secret of the Village Underside', forces Mario to chain multiple Chuckster throws across floating platforms, and one wrong camera angle sends him straight into the death pit below[3]. Nintendo developed the game and the NPC; the memes around the character were produced by frustrated players rather than any single confirmed originator. - **Platform:** Super Mario Sunshine (source) / Reddit, Twitter, Facebook (viral spread) - **Creator:** Unknown - **Date:** 2002 ## Overview Posts in the meme typically cast the Chuckster as a sadistic or demonic figure whose only purpose is to murder Mario by tossing him into the void below the platforms. A widely shared edit splices the 'I'm a Chuckster!' dialogue into unrelated throw scenes, most famously a Lion King clip by user @cappnriki where Scar hurls Mufasa off the cliff while delivering the line, shared by the Facebook page King K Rool on August 1st, 2019[3]. The humor leans on the gap between the Pianta's cheerful delivery and the near-certain death that follows a bad camera angle. Players who suffered through 'The Secret of the Village Underside' tend to supply the material, from screenshots of the exact platform they died on to photoshops that paint the level's designer as the devil himself[6]. ResetEra threads about the worst parts of Sunshine often use a Chuckster screenshot captioned with 'pick your worst nightmare' as a stand-in for the entire game's frustration[4]. ## How to Use The format typically pairs the 'I'm a Chuckster!' line with any scene where one character throws, drops, or betrays another. Common conventions include edits that dub the catchphrase over real-life or film tosses, screenshots of the Pianta Village platforms captioned as traps, and devil imagery standing in for the level's unnamed designer[6]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Chuckster? Chuckster is a type of Pianta NPC in Super Mario Sunshine who throws Mario behind him based on the angle of approach, and whose 'I'm a Chuckster!' line became a joke among frustrated players[1][3]. ### Where did Chuckster come from? The character first appeared in Super Mario Sunshine, released on the GameCube on August 25th, 2002, where Chucksters are required to complete the 'Secret of the Village Underside' Shine Sprite challenge[1][3]. ### What does Chuckster mean? In the game it is a job title for a Pianta who literally chucks Mario; in meme usage it stands in for the frustrating Village Underside level and the catchphrase 'I'm a Chuckster!' that plays before each throw[2]. ### How do you use Chuckster? People typically pair the 'I'm a Chuckster!' line with any scene of one character throwing another, such as @cappnriki's Scar and Mufasa edit shared by the King K Rool Facebook page in August 2019[3]. ### Is Chuckster still popular? The meme revived with the September 2020 Super Mario 3D All-Stars release, when Twitter users like @malb1e and @Pluckmin posted fresh complaints about the Chuckster level[5][6]. ## References 1. [https://www.metacritic.com/game/gamecube/super-mario-sunshine]() 2. [https://www.reddit.com/r/supermariosunshine/comments/diht2d/pianta_village_secret_of_the_village_underside_is/]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/chuckster]() 4. [https://www.resetera.com/threads/super-mario-sunshine-is-a-better-game-than-mario-odyssey-if-you-ask-me.117684/page-3#post-20892071]() 5. [https://twitter.com/malb1e/status/1307775374462464000]() 6. [https://twitter.com/Pluckmin/status/1307791487061630977]() 7. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KotSwIoSOK8]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/chuckster Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library