Chuck

AGE: Young.

NICKNAME(S): Yellow Bird.

SPECIES: Exceptionally rare bird species, (Atlantic Canary (Serinus canaria).

GENDER: Male.

HEIGHT: 115 BMUs, 150 cm (Classic).

COLOR SCHEME: Yellow, white tummy, orange beak, black tail and crest, red eyebrows.

FEATHER COLOR: Yellow.

HAIR COLOR: Black.

EYE COLOR: Black, (originally brown or blue).

ALIGNMENT: Good.

AFFILIATION(S): Angry Birds.

LIKES: Moving at lightning speed, Pranks, Karate, His hundreds of hobbies, Being the best at everything, Red, Posing, Showing off, Sports.

DISLIKES: The pigs, Bomb, Feeling disrespected, Feeling undervalued, Doing something wrong, Failing, Being defeated, The Blues, Terence, Darkness.

SKILLS: Super speed, Super strength, Wizardry, Vehicle intuition.

Chuck, originally known as the Yellow Bird, is a recurrent character that appears in the Angry Birds series. He is a triangular bird and a member of the Angry Birds, known for his super speed and hyperactive personality. Chuck is very competitive and strives to prove his worth to Red, whom he sees as a hero. Despite his confident exterior, he harbors insecurities and can be very cowardly.

The character debuted in Poached Eggs in the original Angry Birds, and has since been one of the most prominent cast members. In the games, Chuck is best at destroying wood and possesses the ability to fly at super speeds in mid-air, allowing him to reach distant structures.

Chuck has an unusual triangular body and is covered in yellow feathers. He has a white chest, red eyebrows, and a small yet long beak. His tuft consists of four pointy black feathers pointing backwards, and his tail has three similar feathers that point upwards. In concept artwork, Chuck was going to be round like Red. In Angry Birds Toons, Chuck's design was slightly modified. His body is now shown to be cone-shaped, and his face is placed slightly higher up.

Chuck has a very scatterbrained, hyperactive nature. He prioritizes speed over precision, often resulting in incomplete or poorly done tasks, as he tires himself out and falls asleep accidentally. Although he constantly trains, he struggles to keep focus as he has hundreds of thoughts a minute, sometimes leading to catastrophic results. These tendencies make Chuck easily get bored of what he does, jumping from project to project before moving to something else. As a result, he has adopted hundreds of hobbies, like karate, surfing, painting, origami, and many more.

Chuck is extremely arrogant and loves showing off, often looking at himself in the mirror and posing. His hubris can even lead to him believing there are Internet memes named in his honor. Believing that he is underappreciated, Chuck has a highly competitive spirit fueled by a desire to be the best at everything and prove himself to Red, whom he views as a hero. This can lead him to the absurd, like deliberately taking the eggs away at night to later claim he saved them, and carrying a box of dynamite sticks with him to simulate Bomb's explosiveness. Beneath the confident façade he pushes, however, Chuck is insecure and cowardly, being scared of the paranormal, thunderstorms, and Terence. He tries to hide his fears to avoid embarrassment in front of Red, but is nevertheless willing to confront them if it means receiving admiration in return.

Chuck's most noticeable ability is his super speed, which allows him to launch himself at lightning speeds to enemy fortresses and bring them down easily. Though the exact extent of his speed is unknown, he is said to reach hypersonic speeds (3,836–7,673 mph, or 1,715–3,430 m/s) and is fast enough to travel millions of years back in time. From his perspective, everything moves in slow motion when going at such high speeds.

Chuck is a skilled mechanic and driver, capable of making, upgrading and driving his own karts. Coupled with his reflexes, he is capable of driving around tight, sharp curves without losing speed. To a lesser extent, Chuck is also known for being an experienced wizard and an expert in alchemy. He can summon all kinds of clouds to attack enemies and heal his allies, as well as a group of lightning spheres that can protect his target ally, and a copy of one of his allies that will attack an enemy before disappearing.

Red: Chuck is fiercely loyal to Red, seeing him as a hero. He always unquestioningly supports Red's ideas and strategies in the battles against the pigs and is willing to do anything to impress him. However, Chuck's scatterbrained and careless nature tends to frustrate Red.

The Blues: Chuck has a mutual dislike for the Blues, believing that they do not give him the respect he deserves. He often bosses them around and attempts to impress them, much to their frustration.

Bomb: Chuck has a competitive rivalry with Bomb. He is often annoyed by the attention Bomb receives for his explosive abilities, but envies his natural skills and fears that he is scheming to take his place as Red's second-in-command, something that fuels his determination to prove himself. Nevertheless, the two have been shown to be a capable duo when they put their differences apart.

Hal: It is Chuck who rescues Hal from the Bad Piggies' cage in Danger Above 6-4. While the two birds have a friendly relationship, in one comic featured in Angry Birds Magazine, Hal gently reminds Chuck not to ruin The Blues' belief in Santa Claus, as Chuck does not believe in his existence.

Terence: Despite his confident and show-off behavior, Chuck is secretly terrified of Terence, whose imposing presence and silent demeanor intimidate him, making him feel anxious and fearful. Chuck goes out of his way to avoid Terence as much as possible to not be seen as weak.

Corporal Pigs: Chuck has more in common with the Corporal Pigs than meets the eye: both are loyal to their leader and have a tendency to make mistakes with disastrous consequences. As the Corporals are always trying to bring King Pig the Angry Birds' eggs, they have become opponents of the birds, specially Chuck; whenever he encounters one of the Corporals, their conflicts quickly escalate. However, Chuck is always able to foil the Corporal Pigs' plots.

Angry Birds, The Blues, Bomb (rival/best friend), Bubbles, Hal, Matilda, Red (best friend), Stella, Terence. Melody, Jo, Ruby, Tony.

Piggy kingdom, Corporal Pig, Helmet Pigs, (rivals), Foreman Pig, King Pig, Minion Pigs.

Throughout Season 1 of Angry Birds Toons, Chuck's feathers turn from normal yellow to pale yellow. Ayrton Senna is the sixth bird to be based on a real person, the first three being the Developer Birds (based on Peter Vesterbacka, Jaako Iisalo, and Serdar Soganci), Freddie Mercury being the fourth and Slash being the fifth. Senna is also the second bird to have his character modeled on Chuck, the first being Freddie Mercury. They are also the only birds made in tribute to deceased people (Freddie died in 1991 and Senna died in 1994). The reason why you have to win 41 races as Senna to get his helmet is because this is the same number of victories the real Ayrton Senna had during his Formula One career. When he turns into a corpse, Chuck rolls like a ball, even though his body is a cone, possibly because all the birds share the same hitbox. In the early cutscenes before the Birdday update of Angry Birds, Chuck was the same size as the Blues along with having a similar design to Red, but was later on changed to his normal appearance. Chuck looks similar to Bert from Sesame Street minus the ears, mouth, and body. Chuck has astraphobia, a great fear of thunder, shown in Thunder Chuck. As revealed in the Angry Birds 2 website, Chuck can run up to 100 mph, and sometimes faster. Chuck is a little different in the bonus levels of Rocket Rumble in Angry Birds Rio. He has a big fire arrow hanging under his body and he wears pilot glasses. When he is launched, he starts to spin around while flying and he will fly very fast to the direction that his arrow is pointing at when the screen is tapped. The arrow wrecks everything it hits and will finally explode in the same way as normal firework does.

"BMUs" stands for "Bird Measurement Units", but has no officially confirmed equivalences.