Chauncey

"Ow! You gave me an owie!"

- Chauncey

Chauncey, the Spoiled Baby (Japanese: ベビーラ Bebīra) is one of the Portrait Ghosts that Luigi meets in Luigi's Mansion, and he also serves as the boss of Area 1. He is the son of Neville and Lydia and the brother of Henry and Orville. Being an infant, Chauncey is shown to be immature and prone to throwing tantrums, although he is also capable of coherent speech. He occasionally shows aversion to adults. His father Neville notes in his baby care diary that Chauncey is talented at scaring people, even surpassing his older brothers.

Chauncey was at one point captured by Professor Elvin Gadd and turned into a portrait. He was then freed again later, when King Boo broke into the gallery to get Boolossus out of captivity. Chauncey's portrait number in E. Gadd's gallery is 4.

''Luigi's Mansion
Chauncey is one of the Portrait Ghosts that haunt the building during Luigi's Mansion. He is found in the Nursery, although his influence on the area can be noticed before he is directly encountered. Chauncey is shown to be capable of manipulating the chandelier in the Foyer and will make it fall down if Luigi lingers underneath (upon which Chauncey's voice can be heard). This trap ceases to function after Chauncey has been captured.

Chauncey becomes directly accessible after Luigi obtains the key to the Nursery through Lydia's defeat. Chauncey can be heard crying after Luigi steps out of Lydia's room with the key in his possession. Upon entering the Nursery, Chauncey can be seen above a crib, hovering a few feet in the air. He cannot be stunned with the flashlight. Examining his heart with the Game Boy Horror gives the player a hint that points towards a rocking horse in the room. Luigi has to make the horse move with the Poltergust 3000. This excites Chauncey and he offers to play with Luigi.

The game Chauncey has envisioned consists of using his rattle to conduct floating teddy bears towards Luigi. There are three teddy bears in total in the room, and Chauncey sends out one at a time. Upon contact, they damage Luigi and they also respawn. The bears can be permanently disposed of by using the vacuum. To proceed to the next phase of the encounter, Luigi has to catch a ball that is lying around and shoot it at Chauncey with the vacuum. The latter then throws a violent tantrum, complaining about Luigi being bigger than him, and uses his ghost abilities to make Luigi shrink.

The actual boss battle against Chauncey then takes place inside an isolated realm on a giant version of Chauncey's crib. The battle consists of three phases that follow each other in a set order. During the first phase, Chauncey summons enormous rocking horses and makes them charge at Luigi in a straight line (or a wave-like motion in the PAL-version's Hidden Mansion). They usually attack one at a time, but occasionally, Chauncey will summon two of them at once. What follows is the second phase in which Chauncey makes various balls appear, bounce around, and then disappear again. One of the balls will stay behind and Luigi has to use the vacuum to launch that one at Chauncey. The baby will then be stunned and Luigi can try to catch him with the Poltergust 3000. It is impossible to catch Chauncey within the first try though. If the player fails to stun Chauncey with the ball, the battle will go back to phase one again. If they are successful, the battle will proceed with phase three. This phase consists of Chauncey bouncing around on the battlefield, trying to crush Luigi. The battle then loops back to phase one again and the procedure is repeated until Luigi captures Chauncey. This lets Luigi return to the Nursery, where a treasure chest with the key to Area 2 appears.

Trivia

 * Even in Hidden Mansion mode, it is impossible to capture Chauncey in one try; the game forces Luigi to let go at forty-seven HP. In the PAL version, Chauncey is much harder as the rocking horses are larger and move in a wave left and right. He is also much faster when stomping around the room.
 * Chauncey made a small cameo in Mario Kart DS, where portraits of him line the walls of the Luigi's Mansion course.
 * Chauncey was also visible in the form of similar portraits in the Luigi's Mansion battle course Mario Kart Double Dash!!.
 * In the Nursery, pictures of a small human child similar in appearance to what one may expect a living Chauncey to look like can be seen lining the walls and drawers. While these pictures can be assumed to depict Chauncey before his death, such an assumption is contradicted by the fact that Chauncey's profile lists him as born as a ghost. Because of this, this might be one of his cousins.
 * King Boo's laugh in Super Mario Sunshine is very similar to (and may even be a reuse of) Chauncey's.
 * Chauncey in the only boss ghost whose heart can be checked.
 * He is the youngest of all the ghost with known ages.