The Cheep Charger is a kart appearing in the Mario Kart series, debuting in Mario Kart Wii as an unlockable Small kart. It takes the design of a Cheep-Cheep with wheels and the tailfin as the booster. It has impressive stats for a kart, but has troubling speed and is the lightest kart in the game.
This kart also appears in Mario Kart Tour.
Description[]
As its name implies, the Cheep Charger largely resembles a Cheep-Cheep, which is mechanical-powered and bears wheels, with its tailfin as the exhaust. To make it a kart, part of the Cheep Cheep's body is removed for the driver to sit on. The character's emblem is located on the sides of the kart.
Color variants[]
| Character | Color | Model | ||
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| Body | Underside | Wheels | ||
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Red | White | Navy Blue | 
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Green | White | Navy Blue | 
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Pink | White | Blue | 
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Orange | White | Teal | 
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Dark Blue | White | Red | 
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Magenta | White | Deep Pink | 
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Lime Green | Cream | Sea Green | 
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Dark Gray | White | Dark Brown | 
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 Male |
Sky Blue | White | Navy Blue | 
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Female |
Yellow | White | Navy Blue | 
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How to Unlock[]
- Purchase it from the Daily Selects for 500 Coins if it appears.
- Or obtain it from the Pipe.
Appearances[]
Mario Kart Wii[]
Artwork of Baby Peach in the Cheep Charger with Triple Bananas stacked behind her.
The Cheep Charger makes its Mario Kart debut in this game, as an unlockable kart for Small racers. It's one of three unlockable karts in the Small class along with the Tiny Titan and the Blue Falcon. During races, its wings move when a trick is performed. Its bike counterpart is the Quacker, since they are based on an aquatic creature and have similar stats, as well as being the lightest vehicle of each type, while its medium counterpart is the Classic Dragster.
In terms of its statistics, the Cheep Charger has rather low Speed, and low Weight, making it the lightest kart in the game, as well as tying with the Magikruiser and the Bullet Bike for the 4th lightest vehicle in the game, behind the Quacker, the Bit Bike, and the Standard Bike S. It has high stats everywhere else - especially Acceleration, which is the highest of all karts and the second highest of all vehicles, behind the Quacker - apart from Off-Road, which is above-average. Its stat total is 336.
Excluding weight, it shares its Speed and Mini-Turbo with the Daytripper, its Handling and Off-Road with the Wario Bike and its Drift with the Shooting Star and the Wild Wing.
Statistics[]
| Stat Name | Stat Value |
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| Speed | 34/80
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| Weight | 24/80
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| Acceleration | 64/80
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| Handling | 56/80
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| Drift | 59/80
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| Off-Road | 45/80
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| Mini-Turbo | 54/80
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| Total | 336 |
Staff Ghost usage[]
- Koopa Cape (Normal) (paired with Koopa Troopa with a time of 03:03:022 by Nin★Rose)
- GBA Shy Guy Beach (Normal) (paired with Koopa Troopa with a time of 01:45:568 by Nin★Kato)
Mario Kart Tour[]
The Green Cheep Charger in Mario Kart Tour.
The Cheep Charger reappears as of the release of the mobile spin-off game, Mario Kart Tour, as a Normal Kart. The Cheep Charger has Jump Boost Plus, which increases the length of and the points earnt from Jump Boosts. It reuses Baby Mario's variant from Mario Kart Wii, now with a more regular seat, and it is equipped with the Sponge tires from Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
There is another version of this kart, dubbed the Green Cheep Charger, which reuses Baby Luigi's variant. Like the regular Cheep Charger, it also has Jump Boost Plus and is classified as a Normal Kart. There is also a gold version, dubbed the Gold Cheep Charger, which is classified as High-End.
There is another kart in this game that looks very similar to the Cheep Charger, dubbed the Cheep Snorkel, which has snorkel gear. This kart is classified as High-End. This Kart also has a gold version, dubbed the Gold Cheep Snorkel.
Trivia![]
- The Cheep Charger is battery-powered, meaning when it is flipped the battery is located on the underside, like the Blue Falcon.
- This is the only unlockable kart revealed before Mario Kart Wii's release.
- Toad and Baby Peach were seen driving it, and they also have artworks of them driving it.
- The Cheep Charger is one of the five vehicles to come in with all of the traditional colors of the rainbow. The other four being the Classic Dragster, the Daytripper, the Dolphin Dasher, and the Honeycoupe.
- This is the only small vehicle to come with all the traditional colors of the rainbow.
- Dry Bones is the only character to have a gray seat, lips and tailfin instead of a yellow tailfin and seat and pink lips. This is due to Dry Bones' achromatic color-scheme.
- Koopa Troopa is the only character to have a beige underside as opposed to a white one.
- The Cheep Charger is one of the few vehicles that reacts when the player performs a Trick, along with the Super Blooper, the Booster Seat, and the Piranha Prowler.
- If combined with Toadette, it can drift off road. It shares this trait with the Quacker.
- Several variants of the Cheep Charger resemble actual variants of the Cheep Cheep: Baby Mario's resembles the regular Cheep Cheep, Baby Luigi and Koopa Troopa's resembles the Deep Cheep (while the former's resembles it more), a Female Mii's resembles the Eep Cheep and Toadette's resembles the Spiny Cheep Cheep (without the spines).
- Baby Mario's and Baby Luigi's Cheep Charger are the only color schemes to reappear in Mario Kart Tour.
- In Mario Kart Tour, smoke only exits the lower portion of the tailfin.
Gallery[]
Artworks[]
Miscellaneous[]
| Mario Kart Wii vehicle parts | ||||
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| Karts | Small | Standard Kart S • Booster Seat • Mini Beast • Cheep Charger • Tiny Titan • Blue Falcon | ||
| Medium | Standard Kart M • Classic Dragster • Wild Wing • Super Blooper • Daytripper • Sprinter | |||
| Large | Standard Kart L • Offroader • Flame Flyer • Piranha Prowler • Jetsetter • Honeycoupe | |||
| Bikes | Small | Standard Bike S • Bullet Bike • Bit Bike • Quacker • Magikruiser • Jet Bubble | ||
| Medium | Standard Bike M • Mach Bike • Sugarscoot • Zip Zip • Sneakster • Dolphin Dasher | |||
| Large | Standard Bike L • Flame Runner • Wario Bike • Shooting Star • Spear • Phantom | |||