Food Theory: Did FNAF Kill Chuck E Cheese?

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Chuck-E-Cheese has been DYING for years, but FNAF may have just put the final nail in the mouse's coffin. What has Chuck E. Entertainment been doing right? What has he been doing WRONG? And how can he capitalize on Five Nights at Freddy's for future success?
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Writers: Matthew Patrick, Santi Massa, and Brett Turley
Editors: Tyler Mascola, Warak, JayskiBean, and Jerika (NekoOnigiri)
Sound Designer: Yosi Berman
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[@NiceGuyGB]

I worked at Chuck E Cheese as a manager for 2 years and it was a daily question, "Where is the Animatronics?" "is it true kids got stuffed in them?" "Do you know Fnaf?"

[@Megavoltron4]

I'm surprised people ask those questions

[@RemiIia_ScarIet]

I got a question Is the 1987 bite incident true? And... were the missing children conspiracies of 2020 really true?

[@GOJOSATORUWILLIVE]

Bro made an entire essay about why Chuck E Cheese removed its animatronics, plain and simple: Adaptation

[@NbNgMOD]

​@@Deviljhoslayersure it was the frontal? Or was the occipitol 👀 or was it... both

[@ZiddersRooFurry]

@@Deviljhoslayer You know FNAF isn't real, right?

[@dionettaeon]

Let's be honest, FNAF didn't _make_ animatronics creepy, it just brought that sentiment to the forefront.

[@fern4311]

Nuh uh

[@airfried._.airfryer]

Yes yes. Animatronics were a bit creepy by themselves. Might be the way they move, might be how when they get older they break down frequently and look creepier and creepier.

[@arthurmartin4616]

Kinda like how "It" brought creepy clowns to the forefront.

[@astatine-linux-gd]

In my opinion, the fnaf animatronics are much less creepy than the chuck e cheese ones.

[@ZZchaosfactory]

I 1000% no doubt about it agree. Chuck E cheese animatronics are HORRIFYING@@astatine-linux-gd

[@michaeltopfer1155]

So in this video we learn that the FNAF lore is basically just an overcomplication of the real history of Chuck E Cheese. Originally a robotics engineer was amazed by animatronic shows, started an own pizzeria with them and was ripped off with a superior brand, then had to merge with that to survive. Now just like in the FNAF lore, the key to the franchise‘s survival is turning the old kid‘s pizzeria into a horror attraction. All of this is happening exactly like in the lore, in 2023.

[@worthybutter2004]

Wow! Scott Cawthon predicted the future!! Jk

[@0atmeal__]

The fact that the Fazbear Frights attraction (the FNaF 3 location, I mean) takes place in 2023 makes this even crazier.

[@izsokok]

I think matpat said something about this, where he said that fnaf lore was heavily inspired by what happened real life with chuck e cheese

[@Parasolhyena]

I mean that's the theory matt made while heavily using Chuck E Cheese's real life history to help the fnaf lore fit into a cohesive timeline. He even says in the lore video he made that a lot of that is based on Chuck E Cheese's history and speculation of the fnaf lore. I know at least one of the books portrayed Henry and William as business partners from the very beginning but there are too many books now and they don't fit with the game lore so doesn't really matter.

[@Yaboipottphil420]

Minus the dead kids

[@ratatoskrgaming4963]

I actually had a recent idea that Chuck E Cheese could do their normal thing during the day, then convert just before sunset to a FNAF style attraction

[@WilsonEvergreens-rv3uj]

If you said that in an interview, the interviewer would laugh in your face.

[@rayesafan9628]

Duuuuude, this would be awesome!

[@spicyflamingo5769]

GENIUS

[@RealTuxChuck]

There ripping fnaf off with a bad movie five nights of fun and other stuff

[@ttahadrianex]

@@RealTuxChuckthey’re not making a movie😭😭

[@user-up3gt3eq9l]

For those wondering, Scott said he wouldnt make FNAF a real thing as a park, restaurant, or anything like that because he's scared someone would make the games real to become famous or something

[@makiahdale]

That’s probably for the best

[@Shadowwarrior2288]

I love that he said that I never knew. There are demented people out there.

[@Shaso-xv3tw]

To be fair someone already made a real live FNAF game so too late

[@GOJOSATORUWILLIVE]

Bro made an entire essay about why Chuck E Cheese removed its animatronics, plain and simple: Adaptation

[@derrickdaniels3955]

Valid. Copycat killers are a thing and I'm convinced someone would be crazy enough to try be the real William Afton minus the genius intellect in making sophisticated animatronics.

[@jacobhogan3208]

You know FNAF has messed you up when Matpat tells the story of a real guy and you treat it like a lore theory.

[@Vibing_Colors]

Chuck E. Cheese's merging with Showbiz IS LITERALLY the same as William's and Henry's restaurant combining LOL

[@ShockwaveFurbyOfficial]

@@Vibing_Colors no :P (I’m sorry I’m a huge fan of irl animatronics and I don’t really like it when people compare them to fnaf ☺️)

[@Ealais76]

⁠@@Vibing_Colorsvery big difference. Afton robotics was always independent of Freddy’s or was the company that provided Fazbear ent with its robots(atleast originally)

[@Vibing_Colors]

@@Ealais76 Oh yeah, I forgot about that! Thanks for the clarification

[@AK_804]

why?@@ShockwaveFurbyOfficial

[@DapperThorns]

I remember going to chuck e cheese with my uncle as a kid. He worked with all sorts of technology so we always stayed after the place closed while he talked to the staff about the robots, lights, and sound system. I remember being right there on the stage and looking at the animatronics up close, and even being able to look at the ways they hid some of the animatronics that weren't working without removing them from the stage altogether. It is one of my favorite memories and I am truly saddened by the fact that they are getting rid of the animatronics

[@vanifanai7470]

Elizabeth? Charlie? Cassie?

[@Nick-ou8hl]

That's really cool mate

[@Winnie589]

Me too

[@orangetheorange]

3-stage? Im guessing you're talking about mr.building and the moon. Who can be hidden behind the backdrop?

[@glamrockfoxina]

Maybe the oldest animatronics or secret animatronics we haven’t seen before on stage but got out order

[@revelare_xvii6269]

The only thing stopping Scott from making a real world Fazbear Pizzeria is his fear that someone will copy what William did to the 5 kids.

[@burningflamesofdivinedragon]

I don't blame him with all the messed up folks out there in the world Scott shouldn't chance it.

[@darling..............]

​@@burningflamesofdivinedragonafter the real life squid game incident,i dont blame him

[@xlbthedemigod5662]

Yeah he shouldn’t.

[@burningflamesofdivinedragon]

@@darling.............. Real-life Squid Game incident? Not sure I follow? What happened? The only one I heard of was when those girls stabbed another girl over the Slenderman video game thing. That was years ago and thankfully she is OK now.

[@JDReC100]

@@burningflamesofdivinedragon i hadnt heard of that. i am familiar with netflix making their own IRL SquidGame Gameshow...and are now being sued for contestant injuries

[@Tyriad_]

I think the main mistake a lot of "family friendly" companies are making is that they put way too much focus on being unoffensive to the parents. Theyre so careful not to give the parents any reason to *not* bring their kids to their restaurants, that they completely neglect to give the *kids* any reason to *want* to go in the first place. Would a FNAF event at Chuck E Cheese upset some parents? Sure. But kids would be *begging* to go check it out, and that would drum up so much more business than theyd potentially lose

[@akramaleaked8539]

Ye

[@Masterge77]

I agree, there are times when I feel like we never truly got out of the moral panics of the 20th century that claimed things like Dungeons and Dragons and Pokemon were "evil". It really doesn't help that most of these companies, especially in the United States, are ran by the older generation (what we call "boomers"), who is largely stuck in a pre-internet world as to what is and isn't socially acceptable, and only care about upholding the status quo as to avoid controversy and lawsuits.

[@cobbletarts]

There's a Chuck E. Cheese about 30 or 40 minutes away from me that I always played in as a kid, but it was when they still had tokens to play those games. Now, they switched to cards which I do not trust one bit in comparison to tokens. In my mind, tokens have more value as it's usually one token or two tokens to play per game along with the opportunity to find random tokens on the ground to play more games for "free" and you can save leftover tokens for the next visit. Not to mention the paper tickets which you could also save. With those cards, the credits per game makes me feel like I'm not playing as many games as I could while the "tickets" is also a no go. If I lose the card then I lose both my chance of playing games and getting prizes. Not to mention, you can't find a random card on the ground that gives you the chance to play more games for "free".

[@Silentgrace11]

Without a doubt. Kids being involved with the newest indie horror because it's cheap and accessible in the new digital era is the norm, and they should adapt with it. My 5th grade students all went to see the most recent adaptation of IT when it came out. My little brother is 10 and is *obsessed* with mascot horror - has been since he was 4. Businesses have to be willing to embrace that, just like they had to embrace my generation becoming fascinated with anime and other like mediums, and that sort of adaptation is sink or swim for the most part.

[@New3DSLuigi364]

@@Masterge77 I mean; I'm Still not going to buy another D&D Material; Because 1. My Parents would find out; and they WOULDN'T be OK with it 2. THERE are Literal DEMONS in the world of D&D; Including The Tieflings; and I'm NOT fond of Anything that's Openly & Blatently Demonic; Like Helluva Boss, Hazbin Hotel, The Owl House, Shin Megami Tensei, etc

[@h0m3st4r]

Chuck E Cheese's was already on its last legs back in the mid-2000s. Frankly, I'm amazed it's even lasted this long.

[@VillainDeku1]

At his point, they are laying on a hospital bed begging to be released.

[@VillainDeku1]

At his point, they are laying on a hospital bed begging to be released.

[@VikTimmy]

It’s been dead to me ever since it took over the discovery zone location my parents frequented with me in tow as a kid.

[@GOJOSATORUWILLIVE]

Bro made an entire essay about why Chuck E Cheese removed its animatronics, plain and simple: Adaptation

[@theoutsiderjess4869]

Same

[@elawinjala1635]

My mom worked at chuck-e-cheese as a teen and when she was watching the FNAF movie with me, especially right when they enter for the first time, she kept pausing and telling me about how much it looked the same. The employee video, the rack, apparently even the layout of the games!

[@annaliesecancilla894]

I actually think it would be really cool if Chuck E Cheese came up with their own non fnaf related scary restaurant. Maybe with a meow wolf style story that you can figure out by looking around.

[@TibsisTops]

Oh that's a rad idea! An omega mart chuck e cheese! Someone HAS to pitch this

[@schulteq]

I think the problem they want to avoid is if they lean TOO HEAVILY into the fnaf side then some psycho might attempt to recreate the games irl. That’s exactly why Scott has said he doesn’t want really pizzerias.

[@zachwhitaker.]

Feel like the best approach would be to just add something like pirates cove to their restaurants with just foxy, and then start selling fnaf merchandise. It would keep the Chuck E. Cheese brand

[@ishowslow5044]

Not the bite of 2024

[@alexjustalexyt1144]

Really? You seriously think someone will want to recreate the game lore?

[@schulteq]

@@alexjustalexyt1144 people can be twisted in the head dude

[@jesusfreak180]

That’s exactly what I was going to say.

[@vexusvexed]

Thing is, I think Chuck could still make it if they KEPT their animatronics. The issue isn’t FNAF, it’s that the old animatronics haven’t had any design updates really since their inception. If they used new technology not only for their food but for their Animatronics they really could have Disney Imagineer level animatronics that aren’t scary to kids.

[@IzzyRoseDoesArt]

This isn't fully true actually. If you rlly dig into CEC history you'd know that Chuck n the band have gone through a lot of iterations. Especially Chuck, as for a while they made a ton of new versions of him while they were trying to downsize from the full band. The newest ones are incredibly child friendly.

[@PZTIG]

I don't think any amount of rebranding is going to save them. MatPat's take is honestly what people have been asking for forever. In terms of relation between generations, Gen Alpha and Gen Z have the most overall interests in common that we've seen between generations in a while. Horror is one of the most popular subjects even amongst young children in today's day and age, to the point where horror games such as Poppy Playtime and Baldi's Basics are literally being turned into slop shoveled in to low quality childrens advertisements. I think a rebrand, not even necessarily an official collaboration between fnaf, in the FNaF style would help sky rocket their sales. Better yet, maybe just turn it into a weekly thing. Maybe every Saturday night, after hours, a special horror themed day could be a thing.

[@Yumi_Jay]

I work at a Halloween costume store and one of the popular costumes was indie horror game characters like FNAF and Poppy Playtime. And it was for kids sizes.

[@blazryvlogs2535]

It’s also that they never really did much with the opportunities they’ve been given Here’s what I mean by that: When CEC merged with Showbiz and got their animatronics, it was a big deal. The Showbiz animatronics were leagues more capable in movement compared to the cyberamic ones that they originally had. When concept unification finished, CEC had THEIR characters on WAY better robots, capable of so much more, but after only a bout a year or so, they just went back to using the animatronics in stiff ways, instead of the full-of-life ones they inherited. This is the problem; they never fully take advantage of their opportunities, it’s not that the robots are bad, they’re just not doing anything with them when they very well could

[@BeingOfEvil0]

Tell me you didn't watch the video without telling you didn't watch the video

[@Negative_.0]

I worked for Chuck E. Cheese about 2 years ago and it’s been an ongoing thing that they’ve been removing animatronics from several restaurants. Almost a year and a half ago it was confirmed that they were actually removing them from EVERY restaurant

[@NoodleNuggz]

It was actually confirmed In 2019 after 2 years of tests then put on hold due to COVID but now it’s back in full swing

[@mr.greenandfriends]

Me being an employee at the billings CEC I completely agree with this! Our characters here in billings are 1 of the last 5 original 3 stage sets and no one i work with including the managers, want the characters gone. So im all for this. We as the fan base just need to step up and save the animatronics we all know and love!

[@colekiesler6218]

Remember that Chuck E. Cheese was the actual main reason why FNAF happened in the first place. So I think the best thing Charles Entertainment could do is not only Collaborate Chuck E. Cheese with FNAF, but also possibly make a trip down memory lane to FNAF’s history and most Chuck E. Cheese’s history as well.

[@thenerdbird5596]

They just need to add hot thicc chicken and dilf bear animatronic and see the money flow.

[@normalchannel2185]

not gonna happen, seeing how scott does not want irl william aftons

[@0racle.sunrise3570]

@@normalchannel2185 Yh, as a FNAF fan a collab would be exciting, but as a FNAF fan I agree with Scott & wouldn't want to take the risk.

[@nicholashodges201]

It'd make for a helluva Halloween event for CC.

[@BossKnight]

@@normalchannel2185 it wouldn’t be a real fnaf location though, scott has had horror events where we see the animatronics, It is fully possible

[@revelryinthedark]

As a kid in the 90s the Chuck E Cheese animatronics were barely working and they were scary to me. Timeskip to now, and as someone who loves FNAF I would love to see a collab between FNAF and Chuck E Cheese. Heck I'm sure the kids going to Chuck E Cheese love FNAF

[@GiannaLugari-fn2th]

They do! The little kids on my school bus are obsessed with fnaf

[@haydentang3981]

Chuck e cheese: you’re just a knockoff Fnaf: Oh no no no, I’m the upgrade

[@Jar.Jo.Binx96]

My mind is boggled. Old people like fnaf too?

[@GiannaLugari-fn2th]

@@Jar.Jo.Binx96 yea my mom likes fnaf

[@CordeliaWagner1999]

They have to invest and the kids will move on soon. And there aren't enough hardcore FNAF Fans to make it profitable. Plus would you go to a place with screaming kids????

[@TheFunArchivist]

The whole reason Chuck E. Cheese's in Northridge CA is keeping their animatronics, is because of my best friend. He started a petition to save the animatronics 2 years ago. (Before the movie even came out) Chuck E. Cheese has been removing the stages for years. The movie had nothing to do with it.

[@brianbeers4251]

I love the subtle yet poignant distinction between kids and grown up kids at 6:16

[@colekiesler6218]

It’s actually interesting that Chuck E. Cheese was starting to file for bankruptcy similar to how FNAF kind of did it mostly in the first game. This possibly states that Chuck E. Cheese is now officially FNAF but in real time.

[@ICU-rv3il]

And then it burned down for some reason

[@notanfbiagent6835]

Even the 2 competing animatronic restaurants merging like in FNAF

[@dustifiez]

Yall aren't ready for 2027...

[@MicyPie]

​@@dustifiez"Was that the bite of 27?!"

[@Offical_LadaRiva_1982]

"... Why were the animatronics removed? What happened to them? Why did we replace them with a disco floor? If you get asked these questions, answer with this: Chucke does not exist. His band doesn't exist. Nothing happened to anyone."

[@xtrager4358]

Honestly if the real life FNAF franchise made a theme park or a restaurant attraction of some sort, it would probably be a major hit and I would go. [EDIT] Just something fun to theorize about bc I'd love to go to a real-life mega pizzaplex as seen in security breach yknow but there are too many Aftons in the world \:

[@Lee-wh3ht]

Chuck E. Cheese should of sold to fnaf

[@user-qe2vu1yx1k]

I would go, but I think someone would do a bit of aftoning. aka doing the lore

[@RedRazorS]

me2

[@wesleyvanderark967]

somebody would try to cause the bite of '87 or something i bet

[@vladivascanu108]

some crazy guy is probably gonna do a bit of trolling cuz of the story.

[@waybisplayz7301]

13:49 if you read the Chuck E. Cheese poster it says “a special appearance by everyone’s favorite purple guy” I mean come on

[@PipHalsey]

I actually have fond recent memories of taking my Niece to Chuck e Cheese, and her being absolutely enraptured by the Chuck e Cheese animatronics. They really don't need to get rid of them, just update them with modern technology.

[@archedmash2]

Some Chuck E Cheese locations used to have interactive consoles where kids could look at different camera feeds placed around the restaurant. They should have kept those around to appeal to FNAF fans.

[@WhoDidWhat17]

There is actually 1 of those left at the Chuck E. Cheese's in Bridgewater, New Jersey

[@TaniaXtreme150]

I’m glad someone finally said it. I have young cousins who love fnaf, and I would totally love to take them to a chuck e. cheese if they created some sort of partnership with fnaf. Heck, I would personally go there to celebrate my birthday with my friends at my grown age! I feel like horror unites all ages, so this would be a great opportunity for everyone involved. I’ve been thinking about this a long time, but I’m glad Matpat put it out there!!

[@xKarenWalkerx]

There's always Dave and busters

[@GOJOSATORUWILLIVE]

Bro made an entire essay about why Chuck E Cheese removed its animatronics, plain and simple: Adaptation

[@mongoose9851]

I think instead of a partnership with FNAF, CC should invent their own game with their own lore and a fresh backstory.

[@Brixster]

@@GOJOSATORUWILLIVEYou clearly didn't watch the second half of the video, yet you are spamming this comment everywhere. Literally missing the whole point of the argument

[@scootinkermie]

​@@GOJOSATORUWILLIVEbro wasted precious moments of their life on making useless comments

[@gamingonamonday6342]

I think a eating location mixed with animatronics, arcade games, horror and maybe even a interactive mystery to solve for the guests that the employees were in on would be a big hit attraction. Either way, animatronics are a part of entertainment history. They deserve to be preserved, at the very least for others to learn about.

[@pajmak5542]

And make it adult entry only so no one would try to recreate the games

[@qwop2893]

Random, but I love how even now you and/or your editors still put a random but on-topic image at the end of the videos. Not only for the novelty of it, being how you've done it after what I can only assume is over a decade by now, but because sometimes the images you guys pick genuinely make me chuckle.

[@binxwaxcap7832]

I am not even kidding, I mean this so wholeheartedly: as a 29 year old, full grown, adult woman; if a franchise opened up that was based around five nights at Freddy's and heavily Five Nights at Freddy's themed Not only would I go, I would probably be a regular

[@NightDragonYT]

Me too lol

[@littlejourneyseverywhere]

My seven year old and I are big FNAF fans so we second this wholeheartedly xD

[@gamerperson_epik]

its all fun until a guy dressed in purple kills five kids

[@sydmohammadali6421]

@@gamerperson_epik prob me

[@therandomcommenter6629]

​@@littlejourneyseverywhere It's all fun and games until somebody gets in a yellow rabbit suit and lures that same 7-year-old into the backroom

[@LevelRaze]

As someone who works at a Main Event as a technician, I can attest to the fact that maintanence and repair of attractions takes a lot of money, especially depending on what broke. If it's a lane, generally the parts are gonna be expensive due to the wear and tear they need to endure and how big they are, and with how pricey bowling is, they get paid for on that alone as bowling next to dining and scheduled events are the big money makers. Games on the other hand have to pay for themselves due to their high initial cost, and make their revenue based on who plays them throughout the day via game cards or tokens. If a part on a game breaks down, the cost of the part comes from how much it makes, so if a coin pusher breaks a motor, and the motor is $130 and the game makes $1000 a week, than it's an easy buy. If a shooter game has its gun break down and the gun is $900 but the game makes $500 a week, it's a lot harder to justify keeping the game, especially if its an old one. Another example would be if te game promotes a gimmick that contributes nothing to gameplay and is purely fun/cosmetic, if thst breaks down and te revenue the game brings in isn't enough to justify fixing the gimmick but the game works regardless, than it can be left operable just without that flashing light, more so if the gimmick continuously breaks. I imagine with big animatronic characters this kind of logistics is applied even more so, as they are an attraction but don't necessarily bring in their own revenue, they're just for show like a tv and rely on what the resturant earns to keep their upkeep in check.

[@fer3671]

Dude I believe you described my dream job ♡ can I ask you how you got into that field? Where you started? I don't know just solving those types of problems in machines and overall working in the entertainment industry sounds really fun

[@LevelRaze]

Mainly got my start with the Transformers franchise, would always take the figures apart and put'em back together, also helps with figuring out how engineering and physics worked. From there did the same with my GameBoy and Nintendo DS and kept going till I made my first PC in 2017, that really helped with understanding what's required to make a computer run (more so in making GTA 5 run at the time lol) and eventually got into the field in 2020 after leaving the movie theaters as a general employee to a different entertainment place who had the same attractions as ME pretty much, just worse management. From there eventually went to ME and they've been great ever since. Training is a tad steep for begineers but it's a great field to get into as it can lead into the trade of car maintanence and such, and having spent 3 going on 4 years of doing this it is absolutely my dream job, I can tell you that. It's tough and challenging at times due to the issues that can arise with diagnosing an attraction and certainly dangerous on the bowling machines, so safety is absolutely the most important thing to remember and push for, but it is also fun and rewarding to understand how it all works and can be a great step into a life-long career. Hope this to-long of a comment answers some of that lol.

[@justinkornock2603]

@@fer3671good luck. Working at Main Event can be sick but a lot can come at you at once. My center had 16 corporate events this Saturday, 7 kids birthday parties and a bar mitzvah (I think were the center with the highest revenue in December though)

[@thegreygoblin5165]

huh, thank you for the insight.

[@kpoponbeet]

So basically the plot of wreck it Ralph

[@KittyGlitterKnitsAndNails]

Sooooo fun story: Chuck E. Cheese was definitely selling beer back in the early-mid 90s because that’s the only way we could convince my great-grandmother to go with us! I can’t remember where for sure (my dad’s job moved us around a lot as kids) but it was either in Tampa or Jackson, MS. The thing I do remember though is having my tiny mind blown when my great-grandmother ordered herself a pitcher of beer and told my parents that was the only reason she would tolerate being there!

[@ashtontheartist6751]

4:47 let's not forget that before the pandemic a certain youtuber with a big following made a theory about there pizza. I'm sure that also did damage to chuck e cheese.

[@cameronbaines3149]

As a engineering major, it is sad to see the decline of animatronic, that was part of the reason I wanted to become an engineer.

[@THRITCHIE76]

I think that once someone creates longer lasting animatronic parts that aren't too costly it may pick back up again. I wonder if Aaron Fecter (who created the Showbiz Pizza's The Rock-a-fire Explosion animatronics of the early days) would be interested in creating such products. But we must make certain that he gets the credit that he deserves (got the shaft for the creation of the Whack-a-mole). He's in Florida but had to let go of the old building recently. He has his own KZbin channel.

[@THRITCHIE76]

@@slowstone72 I just now thought of Boston Dynamics. According to how confident they are with their robotic dogs to be out on the streets, they must have figured it out but you have to have military grade servos and mechanisms. I don't think that the price range would be reasonable for the lay person. I guess Disney doesn't want to cough up the dough in order to make their animatronics work for a longer duration. BTW, what do you have against Aaron Fechter?

[@raslenmorjen4358]

The fact matpat still remembers fnac(five nights at candy) and mentions it is amazing

[@williamklemp3764]

Wow....what a waste....they had the perfect opportunity to have it as SNAC and all they had to do was add an extra day. This disappoints me...

[@Handelle]

make this the most liked reply on youtube

[@New3DSLuigi364]

Yeah. . . It's pretty much one of ONLY 2 Games to avoid ANY Controversy within the FNAF Fandom; alongside The Joy of Creation!!

[@GOJOSATORUWILLIVE]

Bro made an entire essay about why Chuck E Cheese removed its animatronics, plain and simple: Adaptation

[@ghost.ink.]

​@@williamklemp3764Six Nights At Candy's Cave: SNACC

[@CarnisonVoid]

😅 that rainforest cafe at 7:50 is the only one I’ve ever been to. I recognized it immediately

[@dancesmokesmile344]

8:35 I love those cocktail clubs with arcades, never seen a bar with an arcade though!

[@basically_boring]

I am genuinely surprised chuck e cheese is still in business. the health code violations, the bankruptcy, and an actual attempt to make a bootleg of the fnaf movie. how is it still open?

[@Megavoltron4]

It's old, and still eh fine

[@ukaszwalczak1154]

My guy, you're asking us why Chuck E Cheese is still open, when you should be asking why Fazbear Entertainment is still open-

[@ghost.ink.]

​@@ukaszwalczak1154Fazbear Entertainment is fictional, Chuck E Cheese's is a real company

[@basically_boring]

@@ukaszwalczak1154 Stopped asking that a long time ago, something about faz-goo and cancer babies idk.

[@orrorsaness5942]

@@basically_boringthat, as well as the fact that they are literally getting subsidized by Chuck E Cheese’s.

[@Oldladies_o7]

I think it was actually really smart of them to take advantage of all the Hype around the FNAF movie, and make it look like this is WHY they got rid of the animatronics. It gave them the excuse they’ve been wanting for years and brought more attention to the brand, however, I think they need some long term solutions or they’re going to have to ride out the wave and wait until our generation (heavily focused on nostalgia) comes back with our own kids.

[@leepicscoop]

3:47 bro got so young he stopped existing

[@CenturyGuard]

💀

[@jordaxplayz]

9:55 Matt has entered his full on dad phase

[@mongoose9851]

I think instead of a partnership with FNAF, CC should invent their own game with their own lore and a fresh backstory.

[@gamekid2310]

I’m so messed up I thought you mean Crying Child.

[@ellotheearthling]

*CEC

[@Winnie589]

I thought you meant the crying child And yes, they should

[@iknowyoursearchhistory]

*CEC

[@lukeorendorff1293]

They should either make it an ARG or mobile game that appeals to a wider audience.

[@justadude450]

Isn't Scott hesitant to make a real Freddy's because he thinks someone will try to "re-create the story of the games"

[@VillainDeku1]

Yes and i fully agree with that.

[@New3DSLuigi364]

Yes. . . That's the VERY Reason He's not going to create a Real Life Location; To Prevent someone from Recreating Afton's Serial Killing Spree!!

[@yasterday5377]

Wasn't there an irl location in LA to promote the movie tho?

[@Cyborg2457]

@@New3DSLuigi364yes the thing is. It’s very unlikely to actually happen in real life because there will be a lot of security unlike in the story

[@RedyIsCool200]

I remember when I was 4, and I went to a few Chuck E. Cheese birthday parties for my friends. I was always fascinated with the animatronics. But little did I realize the year 2014, when I was 4, would be the year of the creation of the FNaF franchise, and the slow downfall of the Chuck E. Cheese franchise. When I was 10, I came back for another party to find the animatronics not there. Being a FNaF fan since I was 5 (mainly cause I was scared to death of FNaF 4), I had a pretty good idea on why the old robots weren’t there…

[@nemarianaart7307]

As a scare actor I can confirm people will SWARM to scary stuff. On one of our busier days this year we had about 8,000 people at our haunt. Also yes animatronics are annoyingly hard to maintain. We had a few break on us this year, one huuuge one that was a wraith hung like 10ft in the air even fell face first into the ground in front of customers…that was a chaotic night

[@kelm102]

Definitely agree with the thoughts about Rainforest and Dave & Busters. I went to a Rainforest Cafe in Orlando in 2015, and I felt like I paid more for the, objectively bad, experience of having to yell across the table to talk to people, as opposed to the food. Dave & Busters used to have fun arcade games when I was growing up, but they've been replacing them with oversized versions of mobile apps.

[@BuzzAesthetic]

Funny how this theory could've been on food theory, game theory, AND film theory now that the movie is finally out

[@VillainDeku1]

It could also go on Style Theory if we look abit sideways.

[@11epicnoob]

​@@VillainDeku1yup- probably similar to the fung shue vid

[@midgetman946]

Why did I laugh at "FNoF" 13:40

[@MumboJ]

13:36 I cannot get over "special appearance by everyone's favorite purple guy". 🤣 That kills me and I would absolutely assume this was a parody if I saw this poster out of context.

[@goldbergvids]

Can you do a theory on restaurant special sauces? I’m not usually a fan of them, but from my experience, a lot of them look and/or taste the same, despite being “unique” special sauces. I wonder if there’s something behind that? Edit: wow this comment got a lot of likes fast

[@endieisded]

That would be interesting, maybe. It seems like they're all just a mix of mayonnaise, ketchup, and mustard with a bit of different seasoning sometimes.

[@Darth_Sheepus_the_wise]

Yeah that would be a good episode

[@Crisjola]

I have an unofficial theory about this (including the “special sauces” at places like Hibachi Grills). I’m 90% positive all of them are mayo based, use some kind of vinegar to break down the thickness of the mayo (anything from Asia probably used rice vinegar which, to me, taste a tiny bit sweet because wrapping a sushi role in regular vinegared rice sounds awful), paprika for the various shades of orange to red, and probably completely emulsified onions or something similar to give it a different kind of a bite. Did you watch the Burger theory an episode or two back? Where Sanchi (I completely butchered his name I’m so sorry >.< ) told MatPat that there _isn’t_ Thousand Islands dressing in BK’s burgers? Same thing: I think it’s probably some mayo derivative with other stuff added in but it’s all the _same_ stuff just in different amounts. So it tastes similar but is just slightly varied enough that A) no one can sue, and B) it complements the food it happens to be on. (Also I’m operating from ancient memories of any special sauce that has paprika in it because I discovered the very hard way I’m allergic to that family of plants >.

[@Shadowwarrior2288]

Probably old sauces getting ready to expire along with any seasonings/other sauces etc about to expire within a certain time frame.

[@capybara2515]

It’s all fun and games until Chuck E Cheese gets a Missing Persons report out of spite.

[@-_TC_-]

And a murderer on the loose.

[@Moonlight_0419]

Creepy fact: If you were living under a rock, in 2020 there was a report on 5 kids going missing at a CEC location and parents complaining of a weird stench coming from the animatronics... They also made the staff wear mascot masks so that the animatronics didn't think that they were intruders...

[@Jurassic_Park_II_Enjoyer]

@@Moonlight_0419Both of those are fake.

[@-_TC_-]

@@Moonlight_0419 Yeah, I was living under a rock back in 2020 then-

[@zipzapzach2281]

THANK YOU MATPAT! IVE BEEN WAITING ON THIS ONE FOR SUCH A LONG TIME! YEEEEEES!

[@iannabben2]

That card with responds SCREAMS 80's 😂

[@FurbyRocker]

As a Chuck E. Cheese fan, this episode title sure did make me curious on how this topic would be covered LOL Tbh I think a large portion of factors can be mentioned in regards to the animatronic band removal but it's still pretty tragic They used to have a slogan that said "Make magic, without it we're just another pizza place!" and now that feels bitter because of them removing the one thing that REALLY set them apart from anything else It's honestly quite a shame and as nice as it is that they're keeping the band at Northridge, that band has several issues that I doubt they'll fix anytime soon I hope more stores keep their band [or more reopen with the band as a retro store gimmick] however it's all unpredictable at this point, tbh wouldn't surprise me if the brand itself dies within the next decade

[@MrTarakan]

Ironically they became just another pizza placr

[@LeoBeastmode]

Retheming their animatronics to give a horror experience would definitely be a bigger draw than dancing/music (plenty of other options for that). I think they should have attempted to adapt to that angle no later than 4 or 5 years ago. It might be too little too late now...they could even keep the face of the franchise (Chuck) as kind of the 'good guy' character trying to protect the kids from his robotized friends.

[@hazakurasuyama9016]

So sorta like glamrock freddy?

[@TheSkelliz]

Hey! I have an amazing idea for a video! There's been a controversy lying around regarding the flavour of IRN-BRU (Scottish drink since 1909). Some say it's orange bubblegum, others say it's more akin to sprite or orangeade. As an avid drinker of the stuff, even I don't know how to describe it! Figuring out the flavour scientifically as well as perhaps the recipe to the soda would be IMMENSELY cool. Cheers, The Skelliz

[@makotohan166]

I remember there’s a Barcadia down in the city (not going there since it’s in a bad area), but we ended up getting a better one nearby called Game On & it has laser tag, bowling, axe throwing, arcade, & a bar

[@BrandonVout]

I remember when Chuck E Cheese issued a DMCA on a creepypasta reader for a video taking place there. Good times.

[@bradleyc.5425]

No matter the reason, I think it's really sad that they're retiring the animatronics. Chuck e cheese was such a big part of my childhood and it won't be the same without them, even though I thought the animatronics were creepy back then

[@Caterpillartears]

Its not like youre ever going back for yourself 🙄 your nostalgia doesnt matter

[@bradleyc.5425]

@@Caterpillartears well that's a bit aggressive and uncalled for

[@ExhaustedRaccoon200]

I totally agree, I loved Chuck E. Cheese as a kid

[@Paradoxcity10]

Who hurt you?@@Caterpillartears

[@Jurassic_Park_II_Enjoyer]

@@Paradoxcity10Chuck e Cheese racially profiled him

[@Lord_Creep]

a fazbears fright style chucke cheese restauraunt would be soo cool

[@ShutupandListen]

Being 26, I will always remember my birthday at my first Chuck E Cheese (I was in the single digits then); it had the singing animatronics on the stage(two actually), a disco dance floor(with a camera setup on the dance floor that broadcasted children on the dance floor all around the restaurant periodically), and sky tubes that stretched over the entire restaurant 😂😅 And Mat, we did in fact love those Dance floors😂 I was actually heartbroken when we moved to Georgia and the those here couldn’t even come close to the one in Orlando

[@Dio-ew2kb]

Matpat is the most important person in fnaf after Scott cawthon

[@THEJPIndustry]

Idk why but I laughed at that for 10 minutes

[@Opionatedhomosexual]

I feel like Markiplier and living tombstone should be a honorable mention, but matpat is the largest KZbinr keeping fans lore afloat rn.

[@BlueTyphoon2017]

@@THEJPIndustrywhy was it funny though? I don’t get it.

[@hilosky]

Mat, Scott and markiplier all equally important. Of course it wouldn't exist without Scott, but wouldn't be as popular without the let's plays and theories.

[@Dio-ew2kb]

@@hilosky ur right but i think mat is l bit more important cus he did very very very much for the fnaf community

[@MozartTheGOAT]

Style Theory is the only channel to have yet escaped the grasp of Freddy... but not for long

[@Everyoneneedsafriend]

Wait till he makes a theory on his own FNAF merch🤣

[@riptyurass302]

nah he made FNAF licensed merch awhile ago

[@ZimbabweanBugbite]

@@riptyurass302yea but he hasn’t made a theory yet, just wait tho

[@serge263]

Soon™

[@Articfoxgamez]

Do springlock suits count as fashion?

[@_Lillee_The_Demon_]

My favorite eatertainment place, and the only one I like, is Pirates Dinner Adventure. It's an interactive show with human performers doing cool stunts, actually good food, you get to talk to the performers after the show, people can get called up to be an actual part of the show, the performers throw people necklaces (they threw me one when I went there), the story is simple enough for kids to understand but complicated enough where it isn't boring, and it's an experience that I would wanna go to again. It was super fun and I would recommend it to anyone looking for a fun interactive show.

[@joshuahowington9952]

As someone who works at Chuck e cheese. We very rarely get any questions about FNAF. My store has had the band gone for at least 2 years. And a person gets In the chucke suit and is able to interact with the kids which is why they are moving from a band playing. To an interactive thing for the kids.

[@madixj]

As a kid I was more afraid of Chuck E. Cheese than fnaf 😂

[@user-yn1ve1jr6c]

me too lol

[@Roy_1]

Yeah, I don't think FNAF could mess with Chuck E Cheese in real life.

[@xKarenWalkerx]

Same and I was already 20 when fnaf came out

[@GOJOSATORUWILLIVE]

lol yess

[@HannibalTorrance]

The Chuck E. Cheese animatronics were WAY more threatening and unnerving to me than the Fnaf ones.

[@NevadaLewis]

13:54 "Don't say: 'Yeah, the characters look kind of similar, huh? Wait until you see them when we're closed! Whoa!'" I'd definitely be fired because this is exactly what I'd say to everyone.

[@dark_galaxyy]

Ok but just imagine how much lore matpat would get if they made in person Fnaf locations

[@gamemasteranthony2756]

Interesting thing to note: Freddy's is also the name of a burger chain. I was almost tempted to put into their suggestion box: "If you want to hire someone for the weekday dinner shift, don't say you are looking to hire someone five nights a week. TRUST ME ON THIS ONE!" Surprised they ALSO haven't tried to ride on FNAF's coattails as well.

[@Super64Legend]

Removing animatronics from Chuck E Cheese is literally removing the reason they are open in the first place.

[@trustindean5164]

I would definitely prefer that we keep some tactile stuff like these animatronics around, there's just simply no comparing a screen and a physical robot the latter is WAY more fun, but uh I don't think fully going in on horror is the move here.

[@gracerose5832]

A rainforest cafe in my state shut down a while ago, so my family went to one a state over. Before we even got food we bought some things in the gift shop and at checkout my step brother was asked if he wanted to get some membership for savings. He said yes, and the employees looked shocked. Everyone in my family was losing it because we wondered when the last time someone ever got the membership was in this location (note: we went pre COVID) Once we got our food the manager pulled up a chair and started talking to my parents and stepbrother. The whole thing was hilarious, we felt like celebrities for a day

[@brycemuller2081]

Please make this theoryware a yearly tradition so in a few years time when I’m not broke (hopefully) I can get some.

[@Pika25-fw7fq]

Man I really want a colab like this to happen. maybe it will be with FNAF's 10th anniversary and the FNAF 2 movie on it's way. Chuck,E and Scott got a lot of potential with this one :D

[@ChibiSteak]

10:21 sponsor skip

[@justpeachy1857]

8:51 this felt like a cry for help, for a game suggestion if you dont mind violence then shadow of war if you do mind it then well i guess mincraft?

[@fredfredburger5583]

12:45 I have that exact megumin figure. I love it

[@tormentorchick1755]

I'd LOVE to see Chuck E. Cheese take on a horror adaptation. This might sound silly but, growing up, I was terrified of that place, the animatronics, and the ppl in the suits- VERY similar to FNAF- and that's what attracted me to FNAF in the first place. Since Scott doesn't want to open restaurant or amusement park, C.E.C has a HUGE advantage because they already have that + the history of creepy animatronics! I would go just for the nostalgic fear and unease I felt as a kid.

[@worthybutter2004]

Well, there's always this fangame called "Five Night's Chuck E. Cheese's" which is like Fnaf, but with Chuck E. Cheese characters of course.

[@codycurlz]

12:47 idk Mat, that megumin figure kinda fire

[@ggkidd2146]

Onb

[@RockinRobinRCH]

No..Carrot Topp from the Radioactive Chicken Heads did😂

[@PoultryPopRecords]

I was just about to say this🤣

[@alexc9532]

Hey Matpat, I have a challenge for you. I saw that in the video at 12:46 an anime figure from the comedy isekai anime Konosuba. Konosuba had a movie back in 2019 called Konosuba Legend of Crimson where at the end of the movie the explosion maniac of the group Megumin had decided to release her final explosion but when using saw that it was amped up by Kazuma the weakest member of their group and sort of love interest. In the final scene we see it from space and how big it was. Wanted to see if you could check how much tnt would be needed to make the same explosion. Bonus challenge if you could also see what it takes for MHA's explosion hero Bakugo to do the same level of explosion

[@chuckatronics]

map pat what you said isn't true they have been removing stages since 2019. what they did announce is they would keep a stage right after the fnaf movie

[@Asgardian30]

Wasn't his first theory video about Fnaf about events mirroring a real life incident at a Chuck E Cheese location. This came full circle huh?

[@user-ul5lt5jq1g]

Exactly, things like this take quite a while to happen. From approval to actual removal

[@xenagabby9501]

This is really interesting because I think a lot of this is area specific. Our local Chuck E Cheese brings in both kids and adults. And a lot of people think they have some of the best pizza in the area. We also are one of the few ones left that has the full band on stage. There's another Chuck E Cheese less than 2 hours away that only has Chuck on stage.

[@Burning_Gojira_1995]

Cherish it while it's there corporate wants every stage gone by like 2025 or 2024

[@dcbandit]

I think more mature themed restaurants are a ting that would be awesome! One thing I think would be cool would be a DnD style fantasy tavern, with a wanted board full of strange characters, character actors, maybe a few puppets, and coming I'm character is encouraged. Just things like this built to feel like a real place from an imaginary location would be awesome!

[@dcbandit]

I actually remember that Disney tried to make a Star Wars experience styled as an intergalactic cruise with roleplay moments. It's biggest fault was that it was mistaken as a hotel that was Star Wars themed rather than the full on Star Wars experience that it was.

[@shannonsmith924]

Now that would be cool. I had a dream one night of an idea of an interactive theater where anyone could come in and improv/choose your adventure becoming a temporary actor, or opt to be part of the audience. All with the level of special effects that Disney or universal had. You would have the main actors that keep the story going and a conclusion. You as the audience and the actors. A dream for theater kids probably.

[@TheFullmetal88m]

Glad you mentioned the experience vs material... I mentioned wanting to take my wife and 2 kids to Disney world.. tickets and hotel came to about 4k... I'd rather drop that much money on my children having those memories over anything material...

[@cous3004]

Congrats on 5 mil subs

[@jakepowers7316]

TBH that aurora Jacket looks so good

[@MozartTheGOAT]

FNAF was Scotts way of getting revenge on Chuck E. Cheese for causing him childhood trauma woth their animatronics

[@Spookworm]

Also as a sidenote, I've heard that the digital Mickey n Minnie ride actually breaks down and falls out of sync fairly often, and I just personally hate when they project digital faces onto an animatronic. The Elsa animatronic with the digital face scares me more than tarantulas, and I have severe arachniphobia so idk that might say something about how janky their half digital-half robot tech is right now

[@Spookworm]

Don't take my word for truth on the ride break-downs, I'm not laying down facts or sources, I might be relaying older info since I haven't been researching this topic before commenting

[@BigJonB36]

In my 20s when I first went to Dave and Busters, I was genuinely shocked kids were allowed in

[@Floffy_3ars]

10:51 i was looking for the word springlocks

[@kali_herureiza]

8:50 "keep him quietly playing in the corner" even when i was younger i'd always talk to myself while playing games XD

[@anry0324]

Been curious if in a survival situation, can we survive out of pet foods?

[@interstate80.]

Yes

[@juliemesser2053]

Yes,but it would be gross.🤮

[@benjamincase1038]

Growing up in a suburban area as they started phasing them out, they never repaired the ones at ours, and I thought the stage thing was just a huge decoration! I also have a very vague memory of getting scared when I saw one move FOR THE FIRST TIME.

[@leonthaloser6460]

This is just so cool. Even as a 22 year old I love the theories, man!

[@Hi_My_Names_Ryan]

Im allergic to cheese, so I never ate at a chuck e cheese but went regularly. So its always confusing to me when people refer to the place as a restaurant.😂 My whole childhood, it was always an Arcade first to me.

[@Aquariusshorti]

Same here my family never liked eating there lol!! But always for chuckkee and to play arcade games with my family

[@torazely]

Now we just wait for the Style Theory Video about which suit would be easiest to wear.

[@-_TC_-]

I think it would be the springlock suits, as they *are* made to be worn, unlike the Freddy suit which are just made for endoskeletons.

[@torazely]

@@-_TC_- okay, but which one? Bonnie or Freddy?

[@-_TC_-]

@@torazely I think Fredbear. (And just saying, it's Springbonnie and Fredbear, not Bonnie and Freddy!)

[@VillainDeku1]

The original Performer suits before they became Animatronics. (Like the thing Glitchtrap was wearing.)

[@Cyborg2457]

@@-_TC_-technically it’s just Bonnie and fredbear because no one ever called him springbonnie in the story (and yes I know that’s just a nickname)

[@jefftiebout1376]

Hey mat pat, I want to suggest you do a theory on ware chocolate comes from and who harvests it, I got my inspiration for making a suggestion from this video Chocolate: last week tonight with John Oliver Have a nice day bye-bye!

[@NintegaDario]

Well Mat, CEC has been trying to phase out the animatronics since the 90s, they literally made Studio C with the intention of only having Chuck E. but went with a concept suggested by someone at the company to just have his friends on a screen as puppets.