Numchuck the Monkey

Numchuck the Monkey eating a banana in WarioWare: Touched!.

“It's a monkey! Aww...cute! We'll name you Numchuck!”

—Kat & Ana, WarioWare: Touched!

Numchuck the Monkey is a monkey that appears in WarioWare: Touched!. It appears in Kat & Ana's story.

Ana decides to eat bananas one day, but she finds them missing. Panicking, she frantically searches everywhere, unknowing that Numchuck had stolen it. She then determines that a thief had stolen it, so she and her dog Shadow decide to put the thief to justice. Shadow finds a banana peel and some footprints belonging to Numchuck leading outside. Before following them Ana writes a note to her sister Kat and takes off. Later Kat and Shuriken the Falcon give chase to the thief. Eventually they find the monkey thief, but instead of retaliating against it they are overwhelmed by its cuteness. Afterwards they befriend it and name it Numchuck, and the thievery was forgotten.

Numchuck also makes a cameo in WarioWare: D.I.Y. as one of the instruments to make records with.

Naming

Numchuck's name is based on "nunchaku" (also known as "nun chucks"), a Japanese weapon.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Note(s)	Ref.
Japanese	おさるのムサシ Osaru no Musashi	Musashi the Monkey		[?]
Chinese	皮皮 Pípí	Likely from「调皮」(tiáopí, naughty)
French	Chichi le singe	Chichi the monkey		[?]
German	Numchuck, der Affe	Numchuck, the Monkey		[?]
Italian	Cece la scimmia	Cecil the monkey		[?]
Korean	원숭이 꼬몽이 Wonsungi Kkomongi	Kiddie the Monkey		[?]
Spanish	Musashi el mono	Musashi the monkey		[?]