Chuckya

Chuckyas, also formatted as Chuck-Yas, are a large purple variant of Bob-ombs found in Super Mario 64 and its remake, Super Mario 64 DS. They are found in Wet-Dry World, Tall, Tall Mountain, Rainbow Ride, the "huge" area of Tiny-Huge Island, and in Bowser in the Sky; in the remake, they are additionally found in the Battle Fort.

In Super Mario 64, they have red spheres for hands and purple arms, as well as a yellow antenna with a red orb on their heads; their backs have a black, diamond-shaped plate, and they move about by sliding across the ground on a metal point. In Super Mario 64 DS, they have a somewhat different appearance; they now have grey arms with boxing glove-like hands, their antennas are white, and the plate on their backs is replaced by a gold windup key, giving them a closer resemblance to normal Bob-ombs. When moving, they produce winding sounds, similar to Heave-Hos.

Chuckyas patrol a small area, occasionally pausing to turn around. When Mario is in range, they charge towards him; if they catch him, the Chuckya picks him up and throws him in a random direction, similar to the Big Bob-omb. Chuckyas are usually placed in areas where they can throw Mario down a cliff or platform and cause him to take fall damage upon landing, or even off the map, costing him a life. It is possible to escape from a Chuckya's grasp by pressing and/or pushing the Control Stick from the inside to the outside 11 times before the Chuckya throws Mario.

To defeat a Chuckya, Mario must pick the creature up from behind and throw it, causing the enemy to explode and release five coins. In Super Mario 64 DS, Yoshi cannot defeat Chuckyas as a result of this, and must use the Mario Cap, Luigi Cap or Wario Cap instead.

Trivia

 * The Chuckya's method of attack may have been reworked from an unused Super Mario 64 enemy named "Motos," which was discovered in 2020 from assembled source code and shares the same form of attack as the Chuckya.