Chuck the Plant
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Chuck the Plant is a mascot of sorts in several of LucasArts' games.
Chuck the plant is first found in the library of Maniac Mansion. It appears to be an ordinary plant, but using the cursor to examine it (or otherwise attempt to manipulate it) reveals that this is, in fact, Chuck. Apart from the unusual property of having a human name, the plant is otherwise unremarkable and useless in terms of game play.
Another plant with the label Chuck appears in the game Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure in Henry Jones' house. This is the only appearance where the plant has a certain use in the game: it just needs to be moved to another place, because it blocks Indy from opening a desk. In a newer version of the game, it is a taller plant strangely called "LeChuck the Plant".
In Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, there is an object labelled "the Plant", but it was cut from the final game. It is visible only with cracking programs such as SCUMMrev.
Of course, Chuck reappears in the Maniac Mansion sequel Day of the Tentacle as a large, and presumbly mutated, cactus.
The origin of the name is not clear, nor why it has been given recurring appearances in so many games. It appears that may simply be another in-joke that is completely unfathomable to the rest of the world.
There are rumors that a cast crew member, called Chuck, wanted to have his name in one of Lucas Arts game. This was used as trivia for LeChuck from the Monkey Island series but not officially applied to Chuck the plant, although a lot of fans think that the "Chuck" similarity is intentional (see the renaming of the plant higher).
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