Chakron: Difference between revisions

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|latest_appearance=''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey]]'' ([[List of games by date#2018|2018]])

{{quote|A consciousness bound to [[Bowser|you]], as you are to me.|Chakron|Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story}}

[[File:MLBiS - Cakroad Screenshot.png|thumb|left|185px|Chakron's voice telling Bowser to touch the Chakroad.]]

|footer=Luigi mimicking Chakron's pose.

In ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story'' and ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey]]'', when [[Bowser]] first comes across a hidden [[Chakroad]] in [[Cavi Cape]], Chakron (who is unseen, only heard as a disembodied voice) introduces Bowser to them and explains them to him, granting him use to them so he can fast-travel across the [[Mushroom Kingdom]]. Later on in the game, when [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] are searching for the Star Cures in order to stop [[Fawful]], they find Chakron atop his mountain on [[Plack Beach]]. He explains that he has frozen in his meditative pose for a thousand years, gathering knowledge from the stars. He offers them the third Star Cure if they can use an attack that would shake the ground and break his pose. During his explanation, Luigi humorously tries to imitate his pose, but falls over. He then tries to tickle Chakron, much to his annoyance.

At first, Mario and Luigi battle him in order to free him from the pose he is frozen in. After three turns, Chakron sighs and disappointingly ends the match. He tells the brothers that there is [[List of moves|an attack]] in "[[Dimble Wood|the wood]]" that will free him of his pose. Mario and Luigi then collect all 10 [[Attack Piece]]s in Dimble Wood, learning the [[Snack Basket]] [[Bros. Attack|Special Attack]], and using it in a rematch against Chakron. When the attack is performed successfully, Chakron falls over.

Outside the battle, his statues fall and he voices his displeasure at being knocked onto his back, and rather than relinquishing the Star Cure, he crawls over to the edge of his platform and falls off the cliff. The Bros. and [[Starlow]] are surprised and horrified, but Chakron then drops down from the sky unharmed, and assumes a new hand-stand position for meditating. Satisfied with the change, he gives the Mario bros. the last Star Cure and offers to teleport the brothers back to [[Toad Town]]. Any time the bros. visit him from that point onward, he will offer them the same instant transport to Toad Town, which presumably works the same way as the Chakroads, although the action is taken off-screen at the secretive Chakron's behest.

Chakron's last appearance is at the ending of the game. After [[Princess Peach|Peach's]] [[cake]] is shown, Chakron reveals in a voice-over that he monitored the player's progress and tells them their [[rank]]s, either suggesting the player tries harder next time or congratulating them on getting the highest ranks or besting the Dark Star at the lowest possible ranks.

===''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story''===

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===''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey''===

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{{main|List of Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story quotes#Chakron}}

*''"The mists of consciousness part, and [[Mario|two]] [[Luigi|figures]] emerge."''

*''"I feel nothing! Not even close. Not a wiggle. Not a single astral shimmy. Unless you have an [[Snack Basket|attack that shakes the ground]], give it up."''

{{foreign names

|SpaAM=From the English name

|SpaEM=Portmanteau of ''pulpo'' ("octopus") and ''apacible'' ("peaceful"), or possibly ''impasible'' ("impassive"), reflecting his firm pose

|FreE=Chakran

|FreEM=From the Japanese name

|FreA=Chakrond

|ItaM=From the Japanese name

|GerM=From the Japanese name

|Kor=차크란

|KorR=Chakeuran

|KorM=From the Japanese name

*Chakron's Star Cure is the only one that Mario and Luigi gain outside of [[Bowser's body]].

*With 9,999 [[Heart Point|HP]] and 999 POW, DEF and [[Speed|SPEED]], Chakron is actually the strongest boss in the game and even the entire ''Mario & Luigi'' series. However, he does not attack and cannot be defeated, as his battle will end immediately when a perfect Snack Basket is performed (likewise, Midbus's food items also have similar stats in the game's coding). As such, the title of the game's strongest boss is awarded to [[Bowser X]].

*Other than [[Scutlet (boss)|Scutlet]] and [[Dark Star Core]], Chakron is the only required boss that Mario and Luigi face to not reappear in [[The Gauntlet]].

*In the original game, Chakron was the only boss that the player is allowed to [[flee]] from. This is no longer possible in [[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey|the remake]].

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