Food Theory: The Disturbing Lore of Chuck E Cheese

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  • @MoonWielder
    @MoonWielder 2 роки тому +21002

    I still can’t believe the fact that they seriously gave an animatronic rat an orphanage backstory.

    • @DerpyPossum
      @DerpyPossum 2 роки тому +508

      And I would die peacefully if it was ever given an adult live-action horror-comedy movie adaptation.

    • @sweatercat
      @sweatercat 2 роки тому +301

      Someone hasn’t seen Stuart Little

    • @5peciesunkn0wn
      @5peciesunkn0wn 2 роки тому +94

      @@sweatercat Wasn't Stuart Little an actual child of the couple tho?

    • @ZhuLeeDTT
      @ZhuLeeDTT 2 роки тому +1

      @@5peciesunkn0wn yeah in the book he's just an extremely small child to his parents that looks like a mouse. The movies made him into an orphan

    • @nob7995
      @nob7995 2 роки тому +176

      @@5peciesunkn0wn Ayo nah man, they adopted him.

  • @wrigzreanimates3397
    @wrigzreanimates3397 2 роки тому +5297

    I like how MatPat can look at a completely normal thing and go:
    But what if there’s LOOOOOOOOOORE?!?!

    • @djamtz
      @djamtz 2 роки тому +21

      Reminds you of that meme " X gameplay, X lore "

    • @copycat500
      @copycat500 2 роки тому +59

      Rule 87: if it exists, there’s lore for it, and if it’s not all revealed then eventually Matpat will make a theory on it.

    • @dej.v
      @dej.v 2 роки тому +13

      The Lore of a Chair

    • @MackRangerPower
      @MackRangerPower 2 роки тому +6

      New to the channel?

    • @djamtz
      @djamtz 2 роки тому +5

      @@dej.v The type of wood

  • @kylerivera3470
    @kylerivera3470 2 роки тому +2451

    I absolutely love the idea that a business that is starting to go out of business would make a lore explanation for when they close.

    • @Pluto624
      @Pluto624 2 роки тому +93

      About to close? Oh no it's completely true. Next thing we know nightguards are going to go missing

    • @squaredonuts9706
      @squaredonuts9706 2 роки тому +65

      Next thing you know a Chuck-e- cheeses Jr is opened

    • @giasharma4522
      @giasharma4522 2 роки тому +3

      @@Pluto624 q1

    • @melaniegotcha8368
      @melaniegotcha8368 2 роки тому +3

      umhm

    • @katylepetsos7512
      @katylepetsos7512 2 роки тому +1

      Multiverse Gaming And eventually one of them is gonna have a chunk of their head bitten off.

  • @Jo_shhh
    @Jo_shhh Рік тому +1016

    After all the years of FNaF this feels just like it was written by Scott himself 💀

    • @Catzzz92
      @Catzzz92 Рік тому +16

      I now right😂

    • @1vanElBajista
      @1vanElBajista Рік тому +4

      ​@@Catzzz92know*

    • @zoomedcheese
      @zoomedcheese Рік тому +5

      @@1vanElBajistadon’t be the grammar police

    • @SkyPerson
      @SkyPerson Рік тому +6

      If that were the case then there would be a second and third story line and style of world building being told simultaneously that only confuses fans
      *cough* Glitchtrap *cough*

    • @_679_
      @_679_ 11 місяців тому

      And it’s crazy that he had nightmares of Bonnie

  • @Maxx-00
    @Maxx-00 2 роки тому +2203

    Everyday I gain more information and proof that Matpat can really find lore in anything.

    • @demon_exe
      @demon_exe 2 роки тому +17

      we all do

    • @melaniegotcha8368
      @melaniegotcha8368 2 роки тому +7

      frfr

    • @Mundwasser
      @Mundwasser 2 роки тому +7

      Nah, it's just lore that exists already, matpat just puts the puzzle together

    • @alexbrown8618
      @alexbrown8618 2 роки тому +8

      @@Mundwasser …yeah? he finds the pieces of the lore… and can do it to anything…

    • @Mundwasser
      @Mundwasser 2 роки тому +3

      @@alexbrown8618 yep. What I was meaning to convey is that he isn't the first to come up with this, anyone with a few hours of time and a goal can do this no problem

  • @salomonolvera2143
    @salomonolvera2143 2 роки тому +2701

    I love how seriously MatPat takes the lore of a pizza restaurant known for hosting 5 year olds’ birthday parties.

    • @wolfman-zd1ed
      @wolfman-zd1ed 2 роки тому +79

      Pretty on brand. We will NEVER escape FNAF.

    • @deez6687
      @deez6687 2 роки тому +30

      yeah, pretty sure he's been doing that for a couple of years now:
      FNAF

    • @NotoriousFoxxx
      @NotoriousFoxxx 2 роки тому +12

      You must be new here. Welcome! ^^

    • @ActuallyHoudini
      @ActuallyHoudini 2 роки тому +6

      welp, thats matt pat.

  • @FrozenBox
    @FrozenBox 2 роки тому +932

    12:25 Fun fact, I do doordash deliveries and one time I picked pizza in Chuck E Cheese but it was under Pasqually's Pizza & Wings. Customer was just as confused and I explained how some restaurants are doing ghost kitchen stuff.
    I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS ALL LORE!!!!

    • @B33nj4m1n
      @B33nj4m1n 2 роки тому +38

      Yep - UberEATS has the same kind of system, so if you don't know about Pasqually... You might end up ordering a Chuck E Cheese pizza(and/or wings).
      They also have Chuck E Cheese with the same exact location, so it'd be interesting to know if there's any difference if you order from one of those or the other.

    • @Im_Number3
      @Im_Number3 Рік тому +5

      😂

    • @cachenoble7528
      @cachenoble7528 Рік тому +9

      @@B33nj4m1n it’s a different menu with a lot more toppings and options. As well as special combos.

    • @B33nj4m1n
      @B33nj4m1n Рік тому +3

      @@cachenoble7528 Is the quality any better, though?

    • @cachenoble7528
      @cachenoble7528 Рік тому +11

      @@B33nj4m1n I work there and I’d say all more care is put into it. But its made from the same dough. The options for topping and sauces are a lot better for Pasquale though.

  • @nationalinstituteofcheese3012
    @nationalinstituteofcheese3012 Рік тому +39

    Dog: You got more dough than anyone in town
    Pasqually; *Preparing how to cook dog*

  • @CZsWorld
    @CZsWorld 2 роки тому +3378

    In April, I did a 30 minute Horror History on the FULL lore of Charles Entertainment Cheese. I even talked about the Food Theory where Mat Pat talks about the irregular shape of the pizzas. This video makes a great companion piece! 🐀

    • @LizTheLizardLord
      @LizTheLizardLord 2 роки тому +32

      Dude I love your channel and I loved that video

    • @wooperman6960
      @wooperman6960 2 роки тому +47

      When you advertise yourself and people agree with you … you know you mare something good… im going to give this a watch after food theory

    • @smiththeinspiringanimator7042
      @smiththeinspiringanimator7042 2 роки тому +4

      Yeah,Agreed.

    • @partypooper3836
      @partypooper3836 2 роки тому

      @Emotional Damage shut up bot

    • @treyhouseknecht6800
      @treyhouseknecht6800 2 роки тому +3

      thats just par for the course down here at theory land

  • @ayedunno3255
    @ayedunno3255 2 роки тому +2494

    I’m a former employee, and I was employed in 2020. I don’t know what happened, but after isolation, our district had some of the best financial success we’d had, according to a one-off comment from my manager. Don’t worry, Chuck’s won’t be going away anytime soon. The animatronics are being removed one location at a time, though, and being replaced by a dance floor, if those plans are still in place. The mascot costume isn’t being phased out, either, much to employees’ despise. The shows are just getting shorter and shorter to accommodate how laborious the shows are.
    We all learn Chuck’s backstory during training. Whether or not we actually make an effort to remember it is up to the individual. I always did, because I’m a lore-conscious cast member.

    • @matthewgarber5517
      @matthewgarber5517 2 роки тому +103

      They mentioned that the animatronics were inspired by Disney. Did Chuck E Cheese also refer to the employees as cast members?

    • @ayedunno3255
      @ayedunno3255 2 роки тому +134

      @@matthewgarber5517 Indeed they did, and customers were guests. And our phone-answer was “Makin’ magic at Chuck E. Cheese in ____”

    • @ScarlettKate729
      @ScarlettKate729 2 роки тому +59

      i’m a currently employee at chuck e. cheese’s and they just got rid of our animatronics and the dance floor sucks. such a big headache from it.

    • @anotherrandomguy8871
      @anotherrandomguy8871 2 роки тому +58

      That sucks that the dance floor is being cleared. I don’t care how much those animatronics used to creep me out as a kid, It’s just not Chucky E Cheese without the them. It’s like removing the mascots and animatronics at Disney land, it’s just not the same without them.

    • @ayedunno3255
      @ayedunno3255 2 роки тому +58

      @@anotherrandomguy8871 This was in 2020, so business plans might have changed. I also don’t see them replacing the newer ones that have the 32 movement model. Also, a little boy petitioned this year to have them keep the animatronics. Idk how far that went, but I think CEC is pretty conflicted because the animatronics are extremely outdated (still run on floppy disks, each location gets a new floppy disk in the mail every few months with the new programming that corresponds to the animatronic model they have in place), but the animatronics are also a big part of the charm, especially because, based on my experience, many kids 10 and older come in excited because they’re fnaf fans and want to see a real animatronic.

  • @xandernoyes9717
    @xandernoyes9717 2 роки тому +1028

    matpat really delves into the abyss of the internet to find the most absurd tokens of lore no one knew. this guy is a legend. never ceases to amaze me how much lore he can scoop out

  • @PairOfKoopas
    @PairOfKoopas Рік тому +13

    Former Employee & fan of Chuck E Cheese,
    Munch was originally a MONSTER
    (NOT an Alien).
    He only became an Alien after being Rebranded during the current Rockstar era (beginning in 2012).
    His first song on the matter was "Planet Purple Point of View" in 2017.
    Then, 3 years later, he became "An Interstellar Monster" as recited in the song "He's Mr. Munch" in 2020.
    Thus, for nearly 40 years, starting from 1978, Munch was still recognized as a Monster by the Chuck E Cheese company CEC Entertainment LLC. (Formerly CEC Entertainment Inc., Showbiz Pizza Time Inc., and Pizza Time Theatre, Inc.)

    • @ChaseYDD
      @ChaseYDD 2 місяці тому +2

      I have seen an old chuck e cheese comic I think that was from the 70s-80s it was about chuck e cheese going to a planet and finding Mr munch so he did not not become an alien in the rockstar era

  • @unknownvariable9239
    @unknownvariable9239 2 роки тому +3131

    I’ve always wondered how it was possible that someone sat down and thought: “You know what small children would absolutely love??? A six foot tall robotic rat!”

  • @aadeboy
    @aadeboy 2 роки тому +845

    "Because he was an orphan, he was constantly struck by the feeling that something in his life was missing, like parents."
    -MatPat

  • @imperialbricks1977
    @imperialbricks1977 2 роки тому +1031

    It's crazy to think that Food Theory has already been with us for over 2 years

  • @theslaya1576
    @theslaya1576 Рік тому +9

    0:41 let's just take that out of context and throw it in a compilation along with him going crazy saying that golden Freddy never existed.

  • @Rachel-mo9lr
    @Rachel-mo9lr 2 роки тому +694

    This story has changed a few times over the years. The one I remember most is the one where Chuck and Munch co founded the place out of an abandoned building

    • @Burning_Gojira_1995
      @Burning_Gojira_1995 Рік тому

      This comment needs to be higher ngl it will clear up many things in most people's minds here
      If enyone needs more proof the story has changed here ua-cam.com/users/clipUgkxAYsew08Vu1k0Ow2ILvLHhAm5RLjaSLkd

    • @marcosatheundesirable
      @marcosatheundesirable Рік тому +1

      yeah that was the first version in 1997

  • @cometcraft4950
    @cometcraft4950 2 роки тому +1675

    Matt is done with FNAF, he's had his fun, he's had his pratice. He is ready to bring his horror into the real world. G E T. R E A D Y

    • @reikotanara8677
      @reikotanara8677 2 роки тому +28

      Concerned but also intrigued. Also im genuinely getting tired of the bots, i check the comment replies cuz i wanna see what ppl think and opinions but the fucking bots 💀

    • @thatbox9308
      @thatbox9308 2 роки тому +6

      Oh I think it will be 𝚗𝚘 𝚋𝚒𝚐 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚕

    • @dreamidiot6769
      @dreamidiot6769 2 роки тому +11

      For real (about the bots and what you said about Matpat). He always did say that he wanted to work with Fnaf creator to make a real horror pizzaria. (Also, just block the bots)

    • @henrybyrd8381
      @henrybyrd8381 2 роки тому +10

      Lol a fnaf theory came out the same day

    • @The_Holy_Avocado
      @The_Holy_Avocado 2 роки тому +8

      That’s what we all thought until half an hour ago

  • @Niko_sama
    @Niko_sama 2 роки тому +305

    MatPat is the kind of guy to say, "is there any lore in that?" and not wait for an answer

  • @rozharris6834
    @rozharris6834 Рік тому +61

    I've never seen a Chuck E Cheese in real life and it looks terrifying.

    • @beckya6822
      @beckya6822 Рік тому +8

      haha its not, it was super fun as a kid. the animatronics are prob the least interesting part of it, everyone was so focused on the arcade games that we didn't care lol

    • @jjkm17
      @jjkm17 4 місяці тому +1

      Depends on how your looking at it if your a kid you’d probably thing is cool as a grown up not so much

    • @superk9letsplays419
      @superk9letsplays419 16 днів тому

      It was great pre fnaf, but afterwards, I was terrified

  • @collinlangston6980
    @collinlangston6980 2 роки тому +616

    Here’s another interesting theory idea: Chuck E. Cheese’s connections to Barney The Dinosaur! Because there’s actually quite a lot of them.
    1. The original voice of Barney from 1988 to 2000, Bob West, also voiced Jasper and Pasqually around the same time.
    2. Duncan Brennan, the voice of Chuck E from the early 90s to the early 2010s including in the Galaxy 5000 video, was also the singing voice for Barney for a short period of time.
    3. One of the writers of Barney previously was a writer for Chuck E Cheese.
    4. Chuck E Cheese was a sponsor for Barney on PBS for a long time!

  • @Pudding404
    @Pudding404 2 роки тому +835

    Matpat's theories are so interesting and thought out as always, but when are we getting a theory of how Matpat's mind comes up with a topic?

    • @dellrha05
      @dellrha05 2 роки тому +18

      Look at the coffee is soup video he tells you there.

    • @cooliostarstache5474
      @cooliostarstache5474 2 роки тому

      He's a being not of this world, obviously

    • @MoonDisast
      @MoonDisast 2 роки тому +5

      We need Theorists LORE

    • @nez.kamado._8300
      @nez.kamado._8300 2 роки тому +11

      It’s the jacket dude. It’s the jacket. Only GTLive watchers would know what I’m talking about though 😂

    • @TheSilentZebra64
      @TheSilentZebra64 2 роки тому +4

      This video is clearly sponsored by pasqually’s😂 hello

  • @musearrives2am
    @musearrives2am 2 роки тому +142

    I vividly remember those anamatronics playing on stage in the early 2000s, but does anyone remember the comic strips that were printed on the side of the arcade games giving backstories to some of the side characters? There was one where they talked about the dog being a raceway driver, the chicken going out to take photos (on the side of the photo booth where you sat in a car with Chucke) and the band meeting the purple monster. Should totally see if you can find those to add to the lore.

    • @RustyNips
      @RustyNips 2 роки тому +10

      Yes a full deep dive into the full lore and storys of them would be cool
      Wonder how much of the lore/storys like this has become lost media tracking down images and footage of the storys o the rides would be wierd and interesting

    • @taurus6392
      @taurus6392 2 роки тому +3

      its official: the Chuck E Cheese dog is a NASCAR driver

    • @demon_exe
      @demon_exe 2 роки тому +2

      was the purple monster... WILLIAM AFTON

  • @mikethegoo
    @mikethegoo Рік тому +4

    "Gaslighting"? Was he lying in order to make everyone question their sanity?
    If he wasn't, then it was just lying, not gaslighting.
    Oh, yeah, now I see it

  • @izzyandkoolaid11
    @izzyandkoolaid11 2 роки тому +268

    I love how in-depth MatPat gets when making any theory.
    Also I lived near a Chuck E. Cheese and my brother used to work there, but it shut down a little before the pandemic. It's still just dirt, I pass by almost everyday and it just brings back memories.
    Also I have a question: How long could someone survive off of one singular food, for example, tortillas, or beans?

    • @aryanmadan
      @aryanmadan Рік тому +3

      he already did an episode on this

    • @tomasreyes2254
      @tomasreyes2254 Рік тому

      Bro That is so stupid

    • @carlosvazquezreyes4970
      @carlosvazquezreyes4970 Рік тому +7

      Tortillas and beans? *looks confused, in Mexican heritage*

    • @FrogToob
      @FrogToob Рік тому +1

      I remember going to Chuck E Cheese... it sadly got turned into a 5 below and now the closest one to me is in York PA and I’m in Lancaster

    • @owenliu7229
      @owenliu7229 Рік тому

      you need all sorts of nutrition, 4 months? dunno

  • @Kromer__
    @Kromer__ 2 роки тому +1022

    Man Mat really flipped the script with this one

    • @goatmom2980
      @goatmom2980 2 роки тому +3

      He really did.

    • @thegamingcats3719
      @thegamingcats3719 2 роки тому +4

      @Secret bot

    • @osmosisjones4912
      @osmosisjones4912 2 роки тому +1

      When did ratatouille he said skinner was the good guy even though he tried to make the same deal with Remy

    • @Just_Some_Gal
      @Just_Some_Gal 2 роки тому +2

      *with sweat falling as he kept trying to figure this out*

    • @isaacdavis2641
      @isaacdavis2641 2 роки тому +1

      You forgot the word Pat the most important part 😅😅😂

  • @chiefbeef5906
    @chiefbeef5906 2 роки тому +146

    I actually remember having pretty good times in the Chuck E cheese in Altoona. Sure it's shut down now, but it was decent fun with friends and the animatronics didn't really bother us at all. Kinda sad it fell on hard times like it did,. but glad that theories like this bring up the memories every once in a while.

    • @Toaster003
      @Toaster003 2 роки тому +1

      Altoona Pennsylvania? That one's still open and still even has the animatronics.

    • @asher6810
      @asher6810 2 роки тому

      @yes SHUT UP, BOT

    • @chiefbeef5906
      @chiefbeef5906 2 роки тому +1

      @@Toaster003 Wow! Really? I was certain that whole area [minus the putput course near sheetz and the movie theaters] had the recreational areas like those shut down. That's pretty cool to hear that the kids in Tuna town can still have a place to go for birthdays and stuff. Thanks man, that's pretty wholesome news 👍

    • @Vee1221
      @Vee1221 2 роки тому

      There’s still a Chucky E. Cheese close to were I live

  • @-Name-here-
    @-Name-here- Рік тому +19

    11:52 reminded me a lot of DHMIS for some reason lol

  • @SarcasticSloth69
    @SarcasticSloth69 2 роки тому +440

    as kid who grew up having bday parties at Chuck E. Cheese’s just wanna say thanks for bringing some good old nostalgia into my system 😂

    • @kitesinthetrees
      @kitesinthetrees Рік тому +3

      i was always jealous of you if you had a birthday party there

    • @zoey9502
      @zoey9502 Рік тому

      Same

  • @williamplayzgames8
    @williamplayzgames8 2 роки тому +166

    Fun Fact: In the most recent Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book, Greg and one of Rodrick's bandmates go to a pizzeria arcade with animatronics, (clearly a Chucky Cheese reference) and in that part of the story, a woman gets mad because the pizzas have uneven sliced that 'appear to be made of other people's recycled pizzas.'

    • @djamtz
      @djamtz 2 роки тому +10

      Guess that`s just a well-known thing to say about pizzareias, I saw something similar in a fiction pizza place in a tv show

  • @Grassxoxo
    @Grassxoxo 2 роки тому +103

    I’m a HUGE Chuck E Cheese buff, like I know everything. I was so excited to this posted, and I highly recommend you make a video diving into the VERY interesting backstory and history of the franchise :)

  • @marshallt7752
    @marshallt7752 Рік тому +12

    I knew the backstory before I watched this video. Here is what I know "Chuck E. Cheese is an orphan who didn't know his birthday. He found a restraint that served great pizza. The cook tried to murder Chuck, Chuck sang and was made a star." THANK GOD this video did not give me nightmares! Love your videos Matpat!!!!!!

  • @purplebean7
    @purplebean7 Рік тому +648

    1:50 hold up, wasn't this one of the notes in Security Breach?
    Edit: Yep, just checked the wiki, here it is: "CUSTOMER COMPLAINT - The pizza we ordered was weird. Some pieces were different sizes or didn't fit together. One slice even had different toppings. Did you recycle the old pizza from the trash? I am never coming back here unless I am given some sort of major discount. - Angry Mom"
    Edit #2: Please stop saying "the fnaf thing was a reference to this irl incident" I KNOW THAT

    • @funforlife9893
      @funforlife9893 Рік тому +54

      FNAF follows this man everywhere I would be surprised if there wasn’t a FNAF reference

    • @purplebean7
      @purplebean7 Рік тому +5

      @@funforlife9893 Yeah good point

    • @whyrwehere
      @whyrwehere Рік тому +27

      This wasn't a FNAF reference. It was an actual call conspiracy a few years ago.

    • @purplebean7
      @purplebean7 Рік тому +5

      @@whyrwehere Yeah ik, I was saying that this must be why they included that note in SB

    • @predi2137
      @predi2137 Рік тому +3

      cant believe they stole it from fnaf sb

  • @CloverChats
    @CloverChats 2 роки тому +108

    I actually worked at Chuck E. Cheese’s, and during orientation/training I had to read Chuck E Cheeses official backstory on a tablet. It was surprising.

  • @vdubdesigns6530
    @vdubdesigns6530 2 роки тому +62

    The story of concept unification (aka turning all the rockifire explosion into cec characters) is actually really sad as all of the props and whatnot that weren't reused for cec were destroyed. They didn't want them to be able to be sold so the corporation had them destroyed and now there are very few good quality rockifire props/animatronics and whatnot left.
    And now cec is trying to faze out the animatronics all together, it's pretty sad for all those out there that who are passionate about this stuff including myself.

  • @Salty-grinds
    @Salty-grinds 8 місяців тому +3

    The way he mentioned FNAF in a food theory and not game theory.he also mentioned it IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FREANCHISE

  • @jackofalltradeshermes
    @jackofalltradeshermes 2 роки тому +349

    Then:
    "But when you do die-"
    "I've taken steps to ensure that never happens"
    Now:
    "I like pizza. I like animatronics. I like murder"
    MatPat is William Afton confirmed?!

  • @uwumunchies4191
    @uwumunchies4191 2 роки тому +107

    just what i needed before my little cousin’s birthday party at chuck e. cheese tomorrow. now i’m not only scared of getting the plague from some putrid toddlers, i also have LORE to think of!! matpat you have done it again…

    • @basicallyperidot5299
      @basicallyperidot5299 2 роки тому +12

      Lol watching this while getting ready to go into work at Chuck E Cheese

    • @donatoclemente4421
      @donatoclemente4421 2 роки тому +1

      @@basicallyperidot5299 chad

    • @sticky_octo5799
      @sticky_octo5799 2 роки тому +2

      Putrid toddlers? I can tell you’ve never even stepped foot in a Chuck E. Cheese’s before. The one near me is really clean.

  • @kgrfirdjy
    @kgrfirdjy 2 роки тому +248

    I laugh at the concept of being afraid of animatronic robots as I had amazing fun every time I went to the former Showbiz Pizza when I was a little boy. This was what ours were called in the southeastern U.S. in the 1980's & early 1990's prior to being converted to Chuck E. Cheese. It made me want to open a video game arcade.

    • @krio1267
      @krio1267 2 роки тому +14

      imagine an alternate universe where a murder incident in chuck-e cheese happened in 1983 where 5 children were killed

    • @gabrielkawa3477
      @gabrielkawa3477 2 роки тому +9

      You wouldn't like it if they were possessed or malfunctioning

    • @theterpenater6414
      @theterpenater6414 2 роки тому +5

      EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRR HEARD OF *FIVE* *NIGHTS* *AT* *FREDDY'S*

    • @ShadowWingTronix
      @ShadowWingTronix Рік тому +2

      I never found the Chuck E. Cheese animatronics scary. I kept popping in tokens to hear more songs as a kid on the rare visits we made to the restaurant. I'd even sneak into the bar area to make those play their songs. I didn't go in the ball pit much but I had to make at least one trip to the strobe light cave.
      The same goes for Teddy Ruxpin and friends. I never understood why anyone found those scary so by the time the Freddy's franchise started they were playing on an internet famous fear my mind can't comprehend existing.

  • @NotReallyAYouTubeChannel
    @NotReallyAYouTubeChannel Рік тому +15

    I just watch the concept unification for changing the animatronics’ cosmetics to Chuck E Cheese characters and it is sort of creepy, but the jazz in the background is comforting. Maybe that’s just me. It’s definitely the inspiration for that parts and repairs video by battington… or the inspiration for the video that battington’s one was based off.

  • @mintrydoesstuff9221
    @mintrydoesstuff9221 2 роки тому +86

    i work at a chuck e. cheese, and apparently before my current gm took over they would make our cast members learn the backstory as part of their training, and i got to hear the whole backstory when i was closing once

    • @mintallyunstable
      @mintallyunstable Рік тому +1

      did anyone make a remark about how dark the backstory is?

    • @mintrydoesstuff9221
      @mintrydoesstuff9221 Рік тому +2

      @@mintallyunstable no one’s really asked me tbh. sometimes kids will ask questions here and there but nothing about this stuff lol

  • @BloodmoonAndLunarNumber1Fan
    @BloodmoonAndLunarNumber1Fan 2 роки тому +134

    Its finally here. The video we’ve all been waiting for. *The Chuck E. Cheese theory.*

  • @Scrimblyz
    @Scrimblyz 2 роки тому +40

    1:16
    You see, as a kid, I only saw this game as a simple game. Now apparently it's more than I bargained for. Way more

  • @Maddy-qf7dm
    @Maddy-qf7dm Рік тому +14

    7:20 Alvin and the Chipmunks who?

  • @TheOfficialGordianKnot
    @TheOfficialGordianKnot Рік тому +276

    There was a girl in my kindergarten class named Maria who LOVED cats. Every Wednesday, she would be excused and when I say every, I mean it. Every Wednesday, she would go to Chuck E Cheese. When we shared about our day in the morning, all she shared about was that she went to Chuck E Cheese. She missed SO much school just because of that hellhole.

    • @wisteria8155
      @wisteria8155 Рік тому +10

      I did the math and from where I live, she would've missed over 5 weeks of school, (I think)

    • @mousepat9256
      @mousepat9256 Рік тому +14

      Why did the parents do this? Did they work there and just couldn’t leave her at school without anyone to pick her up?

    • @Sofia-k7m2o
      @Sofia-k7m2o 11 місяців тому +3

      Wow.😯 did she fail? I bet she failed 💀

    • @chocomelo454
      @chocomelo454 10 місяців тому +2

      so me

  • @oakenshadow6763
    @oakenshadow6763 2 роки тому +42

    "A hippo with jiggle physics." >XD 4:33

  • @potatonuggets4846
    @potatonuggets4846 2 роки тому +841

    The long awaited Chuck E Cheese Theory 🎉

    • @Willow_2
      @Willow_2 2 роки тому

      True

    • @thegamingcats3719
      @thegamingcats3719 2 роки тому +8

      Dude, bots are all over the comment section

    • @miruyx
      @miruyx 2 роки тому +7

      The recycled pizza theory:

    • @SeaBunnny
      @SeaBunnny 2 роки тому +7

      This is the second chuck e cheese theory

    • @Brayden1987
      @Brayden1987 2 роки тому +4

      There is another

  • @icycrafter3079
    @icycrafter3079 Рік тому +3

    MatPat: “Everyone’s favorite mouse”
    Me: Mickey?

  • @mapledemon5601
    @mapledemon5601 2 роки тому +146

    Am I the only one who was absolutely horrified by the Big Bertha thing as a kid?

    • @boogie_4203
      @boogie_4203 2 роки тому +9

      I was too. Every time my family went to Cicis Pizza while it was still open, i always cried and fought for my life as I tried to defeat that beast once and for all. I never succeeded.

    • @Thatguyfromdiscord
      @Thatguyfromdiscord 2 роки тому +1

      Never been there (I’m from England)

    • @PeterGriffin11
      @PeterGriffin11 2 роки тому +2

      I’m a 2000s kid when I went to Chuk. E Cheeses that game wasn’t around anymore.

    • @justinabakugou5813
      @justinabakugou5813 2 роки тому

      @@PeterGriffin11 same I never even heard of that game

  • @ArrisAkane
    @ArrisAkane 2 роки тому +60

    I love how Mat really had the “it all adds up” strings in the section where he sounds the craziest on saying a fictional character was aware of the loss of popularity 😂

  • @cactusparty3119
    @cactusparty3119 2 роки тому +309

    I'm an employee at Chuck E Cheese. Part of my training included reading Chuck E's backstory. Yes. He is an orphan, canonically.
    We got rid of the animatronics very recently. My location only ever had the one. Stage C Beta. When I was young, I had my birthday party there. My cousin dragged me behind the purple stage curtain and tried to shove my head in Chuck E's mouth. Mind you this happened in 2010.
    Anyway, good video! Gonna send this to my coworkers haha

    • @doubtyou
      @doubtyou 2 роки тому +144

      Bite of 83 almost happened to you holy crap dude 😭

    • @cactusparty3119
      @cactusparty3119 2 роки тому +74

      @@doubtyou I'm a meme among a very small portion of the fnaf community at this point too 😭

    • @KateCat420
      @KateCat420 2 роки тому +50

      good thing it wasn't spring-locked

    • @nabilllaauria9944
      @nabilllaauria9944 Рік тому +33

      @@cactusparty3119 i'm lucky i'm not drink when i read this or i'm gonna spit out of laugh, dammit you almost going to munch-munch.

    • @giovanniaofficial6148
      @giovanniaofficial6148 Рік тому +33

      Except it would be Bite of ‘10

  • @dalniente2020
    @dalniente2020 Рік тому +10

    As a kid I was a HUHE fan of going to Chuck E Cheese’s. That said it was because of the pizza, the arcade and the playground. The animatronics were ALWAYS horrifying.

  • @bevhe
    @bevhe Рік тому +35

    great video! matpat included a lot of details that i rarely see talked about, however he did get a few details wrong. Chucks name was originally *ricky* rat, and it was actually Bushnells friend who bought the original costume, and a friend who told him having rat in the name was a bad idea. Bushnell also wasn’t a huge disney fan, but his daughter was. he used to work for disney parks and used their scrapped idea for an animatronic eat-in as a basis for Check E Cheese. as well as him wanting to make more money off of Atari games, as the versions of in-home games that existed at the time looked weird, and no one really wanted them. other than those small details (and a few more that didn’t matter much,) a great covering of Chucks history and story!

  • @pieguy38
    @pieguy38 2 роки тому +56

    YESSSSSSSS. As an ex Cec employee I’m glad you’re looking at the lore. It’s so weird. And it makes me so happy you watched that acid trip of a movie 😂. Also there was a another human member of the gang called Steve waters who advertised Pepsi max. So many weird things that company has done.

  • @Rainingsunshine346
    @Rainingsunshine346 2 роки тому +35

    I have a food theory idea; my friend found a water brand called liquid death, and when we read the label we discovered that there is lore. Just thought this would be funny and cool to look into.

  • @JJ2NEXUS
    @JJ2NEXUS Рік тому +2

    Technically, Chuckie has stopped singing and performing for a little while now at all locations still featuring animatronics

  • @angeldeb82
    @angeldeb82 2 роки тому +31

    I used to go to Chuck E. Cheese's for parties and birthdays when my brothers and I were little. We used to play games and in the ball pool and slide. This brings back so many memories!

  • @jookie4207
    @jookie4207 2 роки тому +91

    Kind of shocked we haven’t done this episode already

  • @Retro_666
    @Retro_666 2 роки тому +57

    Jasper has good taste in books though, I had to read ‘of mice and men’ last year in school and it’s a great book, i recommended, the book has amazing characters and an amazing plot twist, it pulls off funny and just devastating events in scenes, if you ever have the option to read this book i recommend, it’s a great book. 👍🏻

    • @jellyandcream9471
      @jellyandcream9471 2 роки тому +1

      Noo not Of Mice and Men! That book was so sad ;(. However, I must admit it was well written.

  • @KawaiiHippityHop-cl5bb
    @KawaiiHippityHop-cl5bb Рік тому +4

    Pablo: I remember the time me and Marvin went to the moon and made friends with aliens and ate moon cheese.
    Martha May: There’s no such thing as moon cheese.

  • @cyber-thundr_
    @cyber-thundr_ 2 роки тому +206

    Its so awesome to have somebody who's really famous on UA-cam who is finally talking about the entire characters of Chuck E. Cheese. I mean serisously, outside Chuck E., the rest of the cast are tragically underrated. 👌🏻😆 Pasqually & Mr. Munch are my boys

    • @BoggyBranchet
      @BoggyBranchet Рік тому +1

      I agree completely, although I'm on the side of the Rock Afire

  • @scourgethehedgehog2283
    @scourgethehedgehog2283 2 роки тому +28

    1:25 Thanks for giving me a heart attack Mat Pat

  • @jbroz_tv0138
    @jbroz_tv0138 2 роки тому +78

    There's a tape out there that contradicts Chuck E's backstory. It was one of the earlier anniversary celebrations that also give him a backstory. And it literally says he left his parents house to go start a career in New York.

    • @dafilmqueen556
      @dafilmqueen556 Рік тому

      Can it be proven to be his or not? Just asking in case it turns out to be fake..

    • @jbroz_tv0138
      @jbroz_tv0138 Рік тому +2

      @@dafilmqueen556
      How? It had the VA's for animatronics at the time. And it was the same song for all the anniversary celebrations throughout the years.

    • @dafilmqueen556
      @dafilmqueen556 Рік тому

      @JBroZ Tv , ok, just making sure it wasn't another Pasqually lie made up to gaslight Chuck E.

    • @ab-qf1iv
      @ab-qf1iv Рік тому +1

      If you can find it, please send a link

    • @iknowyoursearchhistory
      @iknowyoursearchhistory Рік тому

      @@ab-qf1iv youtube doesnt allow links anymore btw

  • @mintyaquagreen1675
    @mintyaquagreen1675 Місяць тому +2

    Man, Chuck E's story is something else.

  • @josecerda96
    @josecerda96 2 роки тому +32

    The backstory mentioned is from the Chuck E Cheese song "every boy every girl". However, it's from the 2017 version of the song as there are 2 more versions of it prior to the rock star era & both seem to come from the avenger era, 1997 & 2007.
    In both versions, Chuck mentions how when he left his home so long ago, about 20 years ago in 1997 & 30 for 2007, he said goodbye to his folks before working at every club across New York making cheesy songs & jokes, & doing shows for kids which was where his dream started. As for Pasqually's side of the story, he sold pizza from door to door when Chuck needed a master chef who could sing & the two went off to California meeting the other members of Munch's Make Believe Band.
    So while the backstory you shared in the video may be true for the 2017 rock star Chuck E., the backstory for the 1997 & 2007 versions which are pretty much the same tells a different story, one of Avenger Chuck. It explains that Chuck has a family but left to start a new life with dreams of entertaining others & Pascqually was just an ordinary pizza chef who got a gig thanks to the mouse.
    So, either Avenger Chuck considered the orphanage his "folks" if he indeed was an orphan or maybe CEC entertainment sort of retcon the backstory for the 2017 version of the song, which probably wouldn't matter if Rock Star Chuck is a DIFFERENT character from Avenger Chuck.

  • @gabe_gamer9320
    @gabe_gamer9320 2 роки тому +66

    In a way, Pasqually is *ALMOST* like the real life William Afton.

  • @jesusmejia79
    @jesusmejia79 Рік тому +160

    The origins of Chuckie cheese is similar to alivne and the chipmunks Dave wanted to get rid of them in his home once they sing and he heard their singing he brought them to his house and used them later got attached to them got the girls and later adopted them as his kids

    • @magical7491
      @magical7491 Рік тому +1

      😀🌪🌈☄️🌗🌔🌘🌒🌒🍕 2:34 2:34 🌫 2:34 🌫🌫🌫

    • @jesusmejia79
      @jesusmejia79 Рік тому

      ​@@magical7491I beg your pardon

  • @ClarenceBenning
    @ClarenceBenning 2 місяці тому +2

    Jasper: We can all get jobs. You know, I saw a help wanted sign down at the Chicken Palace.

  • @thecrappyportalmaster2963
    @thecrappyportalmaster2963 2 роки тому +61

    Me, a gal that spends too much time researching animatronics for the funsies:I’m ready to hear Mat tell me things I already know

  • @Just_Some_Gal
    @Just_Some_Gal 2 роки тому +338

    *I swear if Matpat's right, I'm never stepping foot near a CEC's ever again!*

    • @ElloAsty
      @ElloAsty 2 роки тому

      You're contributing to that's rats death if you don't support him!

    • @MonsterPrincessLala
      @MonsterPrincessLala 2 роки тому +8

      I'm like 20 years ahead of you on that decision lmao

    • @butterflyenjoyer230
      @butterflyenjoyer230 2 роки тому +3

      The arch nemesis of a guy with a mustache

    • @YoGalMirror
      @YoGalMirror 2 роки тому +13

      Wait but if you stop going your risking chuck E’s life because if there are no customers Pasqualey may end chuck e and the gang

    • @GamingMaster43210
      @GamingMaster43210 2 роки тому +1

      @@YoGalMirror yep these people want to get rid of them

  • @brandonprater4613
    @brandonprater4613 2 роки тому +48

    I used to work at a Chuck E. Cheese AS Chuck E. Cheese & I never heard anything even half as interesting as the stuff in this video! Thank you, Team Theorist, this video was quite the treat!

    • @kinsou3865
      @kinsou3865 2 роки тому +1

      Chuck E. Cheese should not get into horror crap, they are just a kids restaurant…

    • @brandonprater4613
      @brandonprater4613 2 роки тому +4

      @@kinsou3865
      I was just surprised that I never heard any of the lore despite working there. But full disclosure, I quit that job because it was making me hate children... & their parents. I don't know what it is about wearing a mascot costume(which reeked) that made kids(including teens) wanna beat me up, but it was constant & thankless.

  • @AndrewRocks095
    @AndrewRocks095 Рік тому +3

    Ironic that a guy’s Pizzeria went Bankrupt because of the company he Co-founded!

  • @MrHatTheHat
    @MrHatTheHat 2 роки тому +22

    4:03, most oddly terrifying frame ever

  • @myleswelnetz6700
    @myleswelnetz6700 2 роки тому +24

    5:38
    Both good ideas.

  • @skyrunnergamer4989
    @skyrunnergamer4989 2 роки тому +23

    10:43 he got taste in books

  • @Olli3innit
    @Olli3innit Рік тому +4

    we havent been scared from animatronics we have been TERRIFIED
    you scared me so much with FNAF when i was 7 lol

  • @girlyanimefan
    @girlyanimefan 2 роки тому +21

    I once had my cousin come over and he said we were gonna watch the chucky movie. Only being 6 years old at the time, I assumed he was talking about the Chuck E Cheese movie, but instead I was tricked into watching a horror movie about a serial killer doll. Now I’m wondering if the Chucky movie I watched wasn’t so bad compared to the one I could’ve watched…

  • @sethhorst6158
    @sethhorst6158 2 роки тому +21

    I kinda see some issues with that considering that Pasqually referred to Chuck E as "boss" in quite a bit of early Pizza Time Theater skits, also Chuck got away with roasting even Pasqually in the segments during those timelines.

  • @iamliterallyme
    @iamliterallyme 2 роки тому +23

    12:45 "Everyone's favorite mouse" 💀

  • @Lyon_plays
    @Lyon_plays Рік тому +11

    Oh my god!!! The subtitles say its all lies!!! 11:59

  • @MK_XXXIX
    @MK_XXXIX 2 роки тому +71

    That whole oppressive business relationship, by which Pasquale kept poor Chucky in a perpetual state of singing and smiling (under pain of death), reminds me of Slurms MacKenzie - mascot of the Slurm Centralized Industrial Fabrication Unit (SCIFU) on _Planet_ _Wormulon_ - in the episode of Futurama called, _"Fry_ _and_ _the_ _Slurm_ _Factory",_ where Slurms had to party non-stop to promote business or else the Slurm Queen would crush him like a worm… crushing a smaller worm… 😅
    *DRINK* *SLURM!*
    _"It's_ _highly_ _addictive!"_

    • @greenamber9827
      @greenamber9827 Рік тому +1

      He's the original party worm.

    • @zenkim6709
      @zenkim6709 Рік тому +3

      Fry: [spits out Slurm in shock & horror, starts sipping more Slurm]
      Lela: Fry!
      Fry: [spits out Slurm again, pauses before sipping again]
      Lela: FRY!!

  • @BlindSin
    @BlindSin 2 роки тому +45

    Love your videos!
    Figured its worth mentioning that the video breakdown of the animatronic character is actually Mitzi from The Rockafire explosion.
    The two bands are actually created by two different people(companies), but, some of the rockafire explosion characters were retrofitted into chuck-e-cheese characters! Pretty neat actually 🔥

  • @hippyhopohskippydop5792
    @hippyhopohskippydop5792 2 роки тому +22

    11:30 why hasn’t this picture in particular become a meme already?

  • @CyberOfficial7136
    @CyberOfficial7136 21 день тому +1

    7:26 Pasqually literally pulled out the “she can dance, she can sing, her hands can pull out helium balloons right out of her finger tips. She can dispense some ice cream..”

  • @KöÖRDUS
    @KöÖRDUS 2 роки тому +21

    10:00 now i need to see a theory on this

  • @wolfzieboiz
    @wolfzieboiz 2 роки тому +8

    As someone who works at Chuck E. Cheese, I can just say the animatronics got a whole lot less harrowingly terrifying. There's only one, and it's Chuck E. And he's cute. I love lookin' at him. I do love hearing about creepy theories surrounding the franchise, and I love being there after dark with the animatronic.

  • @kurokisaki2556
    @kurokisaki2556 2 роки тому +24

    I was literally at 7:57 and said “come on man. We still got half a theory left. Are you gonna tell me Chuck’s the Devil or not?”

    • @HANKSANDY69420
      @HANKSANDY69420 2 роки тому +8

      *LMFAO*
      no hes the victim part of this one

  • @Mila_unleashed
    @Mila_unleashed Рік тому +2

    Calling chucky is everyone’s favourite mouse completely erasing Mickey Mouse

  • @ceaslug9791
    @ceaslug9791 2 роки тому +5

    Matpat i love how your scripts always make sense wether or not you’re able to see the visual queues, it’s really amazing and I’m sure makes a lot of people super happy to watch ur videos and not miss out on anything, please keep doing it!

  • @Baby_Seal
    @Baby_Seal 2 роки тому +199

    MatPat’s consistency and quality of content never disappoints! ❤

    • @officialvickyp
      @officialvickyp 2 роки тому

      Bruh you haven't even watched the

    • @mapledemon5601
      @mapledemon5601 2 роки тому

      @don't be surprised Fe

    • @unknownvariable9239
      @unknownvariable9239 2 роки тому

      You sound like a bot 🤖

    • @saibyaboom7638
      @saibyaboom7638 2 роки тому

      @Don't Read My Profile Photo don’t worry I wont

    • @krisfinley6706
      @krisfinley6706 2 роки тому

      I only have one complaint. Not enough Stephanie!😉 I know, I know, she's busy like raising a child or something 🙄😁

  • @fitybux4664
    @fitybux4664 2 роки тому +15

    9:30 Wait WAIT WAIT WAIT.... all of their voices are the same? 😆 How terribly confusing!

  • @garrettviewegh677
    @garrettviewegh677 Рік тому +5

    Funny enough, Dave & Busters seems to have gradually been replacing Chuck E Cheese over the years. On another note, I can’t help but think Scott may have taken his kids to Chuck E Cheese a few times, being the inspiration, or at least coincidence, for Five Night’s at Freddy’s Freddy Fazbear’s pizza.

  • @oltyx6623
    @oltyx6623 2 роки тому +15

    The inner bark can be eaten raw. It can also be laid out to dry to grind into flour later (using stones if you are in an emergency situation). You could then mix with water to bake or fry over a fire (like a pancake). Another option is to cut the bark into thin strips to boil in water, like noodles. Roasting smaller pieces by the fire until they are light brown in color is also a possibility.
    Anyone want Christmas tree pancakes

  • @waitingforwhoasked6403
    @waitingforwhoasked6403 2 роки тому +22

    13:41 They aren't missing, most are guest stars (not band members) with the exception of any Warblettes retrofit, The Building, Mr. Moon, Pizza Cam and Munch Jr. They were guests on the show and eventually went on and another came in. Aside from the fact that most of the animatronic guest stars are now missing animatronic wise that's what happened to them. Now back to the characters I put aside for a bit and what happened to them, idk. When Concept Unification happened CEC retrofitted most of the characters from the Rock afire Explosion (aside from Mr. Moon) and so Munch Jr, Pizza Cam, The Building, and Mr. Moon exists without really an explanation other than them being random backup singers or just there (Munch Jr.). But Munch Jr did appear in a CEC video I'm pretty sure so I guess he's somewhat noticed by CEC. The Warblettes retrofits don't have a lot behind them or anything at all other than CEC using them to identify the PTT location back then which is also why guest stars existed at all, just to identify the location or also because it's just a side show because the pizza place was so packed back in the day that to keep the guests entertained while waiting for food. So in conclusion, not missing but guests.
    Edit: I forgot to talk about Crusty the Cat who was one of the original band members that was basically replaced 1 year after becoming a part of the band. He was replaced by Mr Munch because he wasn't very popular. (Thanks to Deadhead 9351 for reminding me)

  • @spysfirearms
    @spysfirearms Рік тому +87

    Matpat and animitronics a pair that cannot be broken

  • @rob-karryhunt817
    @rob-karryhunt817 Рік тому +2

    Why am I so tempted to go to Chucky Cheese and ask if Chucky needs help.

  • @Axe879
    @Axe879 2 роки тому +21

    0:54 so chuckecheese is pretty much the irl version of fnaf? eh close enought for me

  • @pedrostormrage
    @pedrostormrage 2 роки тому +19

    4:25 "You have yourself a chef, a dog, a pig. But also a purple alien, the moon, a lineup of singing mops, a literal building, a hippo with jiggle physics and an old man known simply as Mr.Kootch" Reminds me of Pokémon (moon = lunatone, building = (gigantamax) duraludon, purple alien = poipole,...) 😂 I guess every franchise has to jump the shark at some point (being creative all the time is hard).

    • @sunshowers3838
      @sunshowers3838 2 роки тому +1

      Pardon me, but I don't understand when people imply that using a wide variety of different source material as inspiration shows a lack of creativity-a lack of cohesion, that I would understand, but a lack of creativity? Would you be able to perhaps explain what you mean more? No trouble if you'd rather not.

  • @AKOP143
    @AKOP143 2 роки тому +24

    0:48 Matpat's Law

  • @Fnaffan777
    @Fnaffan777 Рік тому +2

    I never thought that Chuck E. Cheese could’ve been an orphan before lol