Food Theory: The Disturbing Lore of Chuck E Cheese

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You all seemed to really enjoy my dive into the lore of the Rainforest Cafe, so I figured it was time to return to the real life FNAF that is Chuck E Cheese. I want to know the story behind the mascot. No, not the history of the restaurant. The story of the animatronics made to entertain us. Theorists, this story is TRAGIC!
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Credits:
Writers: Matthew Patrick and Brittany Leigh Turnbull
Editors: JayskiBean and Koen Verhagen
Sound Editor: Yosi Berman
#chuckecheese #chuckecheeseplaytime #Pizza #Lore #Restaurant #FoodTheory #MatPat #GameTheory #FilmTheory

[@MoonWielder]

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

[@DerpyPossum]

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

[@sweatercat]

Someone hasn’t seen Stuart Little

[@5peciesunkn0wn]

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

[@ZhuLeeDTT]

@@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]

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

[@wrigzreanimates3397]

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

[@djamtz]

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

[@copycat500]

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]

The Lore of a Chair

[@MackRangerPower]

New to the channel?

[@djamtz]

@@dej.v The type of wood

[@Jo_shhh]

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

[@Catzzz92]

I now right😂

[@1vanElBajista]

​@@Catzzz92know*

[@zoomedcheese]

@@1vanElBajistadon’t be the grammar police

[@SkyPerson]

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_]

And it’s crazy that he had nightmares of Bonnie

[@Kiaanisthebest]

At this point I am convinced MatPat can find lore in even a random rock outside his house

[@aistiera_chaosandmusic]

I need this to be an episode.

[@DoPiMotion123]

I quite agree 😅

[@ttteproductions7609]

Even the dirt 💀

[@yongyilim1655]

If he did carbon dating with an actual archaeologist? Absolutely.

[@Moon_dude_offical]

Yes, that’s Dave The Rock. He has LOREEEEEEEEEE

[@unknownvariable9239]

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!”

[@justagiantnerd8001]

It was originally going to be a coyote, also the freaking bots!!

[@harryxyz2982]

@Soundwrath [ALT] average soundwrath L

[@studentcopyofburgerking8108]

@@justagiantnerd8001 Isn't that worse?

[@madnessarcade7447]

He’s a mouse not a rat

[@katelynmusslewhite4638]

especially after seeing fnaf videos their friends recommended

[@kylerivera3470]

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.

[@MultiversalGamerMan]

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

[@squaredonuts9706]

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

[@giasharma4522]

@@MultiversalGamerMan q1

[@melaniegotcha8368]

umhm

[@katylepetsos7512]

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

[@purplebean7]

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]

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

[@purplebean7]

@@funforlife9893 Yeah good point

[@whyrwehere]

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

[@purplebean7]

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

[@predi2137]

cant believe they stole it from fnaf sb

[@TheOfficialGordianKnot]

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]

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

[@mousepat9256]

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

[@user-pc8sv2vl5f]

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

[@chocomelo454]

so me

[@salomonolvera2143]

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

[@wolfman-zd1ed]

Pretty on brand. We will NEVER escape FNAF.

[@deez6687]

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

[@NotoriousFoxxx]

You must be new here. Welcome! ^^

[@ActuallyHoudini]

welp, thats matt pat.

[@thisisfuckenstupid]

The arcade floor plan at my local Chuck E. Cheese was too small to fit a stage nearby, so the animatronics were in this separate room where it was dark until you chose a song using a little screen at the base of the stage with a little rolly ball. It was honestly quite terrifying.

[@sofiadoeseverything]

no way what location is this at?

[@JosephWolfson]

@@sofiadoeseverything greensburg?

[@Catnap4Real]

lol

[@cashbanooca1071]

You're just describing an early Showbiz Pizza.

[@alondrazaragoza5234]

braaaa i live where the first ever chucky cheese was made & there was a rumor that a staff died on the second floor janitors closet😭

[@rozharris6834]

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

[@beckya6822]

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

[@bevhe]

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!

[@aadeboy]

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

[@enderdragoncrafter2412]

Of course why didn't I think of that

[@cheesy7805]

Destruction 100

[@Narra0002]

MatPat 2022

[@Boxolotl]

💀💀💀

[@demon_exe]

lol

[@Maxx-00]

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

[@demon_exe]

we all do

[@melaniegotcha8368]

frfr

[@Mundwasser]

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

[@alexbrown8618]

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

[@Mundwasser]

@@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

[@spysfirearms]

Matpat and animitronics a pair that cannot be broken

[@-Name-here-]

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

[@Vanillamilkshake_420]

I mean it involves puppets and feeding misinformation

[@cometcraft4950]

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

[@InvestmentIdea]

Here is the full clip explaining why chuck e cheese shouldn't hv done this : kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3TJipxta5hnqLc

[@reikotanara8677]

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]

Oh I think it will be 𝚗𝚘 𝚋𝚒𝚐 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚕

[@dreamidiot6769]

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]

Lol a fnaf theory came out the same day

[@CZsWorld]

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! 🐀

[@InvestmentIdea]

Fr

[@LizTheLizardLord]

Dude I love your channel and I loved that video

[@wooperman6960]

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]

Yeah,Agreed.

[@partypooper3836]

@@InvestmentIdea shut up bot

[@krunchymittens]

The whole plot of Chucky (aka Charles Entertainment Cheese) being a rat orphan and doesn't know when his birthday is and so he gives bday parties to kids makes a lot of sense actually.

[@chocomelo454]

definitely more wholesome than the version where he's just a perfectionist and bullies his employees purely to give perfect birthday parties to kids 💀💀

[@Maddy-qf7dm]

7:20 Alvin and the Chipmunks who?

[@FrozenBox]

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!!!!

[@myrealnameisjohndoe116]

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]

😂

[@cachenoble7528]

@@myrealnameisjohndoe116 it’s a different menu with a lot more toppings and options. As well as special combos.

[@myrealnameisjohndoe116]

@@cachenoble7528 Is the quality any better, though?

[@cachenoble7528]

@@myrealnameisjohndoe116 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.

[@imperialbricks1977]

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

[@pessskychaos4874]

Wait what

[@roboninjasaur6729]

Kinda forgot the number there pal

[@king_fisherXX]

It's been 2 years, wdym?

[@imperialbricks1977]

@@king_fisherXX Yeah sorry that's what I meant to say I typed this in the car so I couldn't exactly proofread 😅

[@FirebaII0]

What

[@NotReallyAYouTubeChannel]

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.

[@marshallt7752]

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!!!!!!

[@ayedunno3255]

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]

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

[@ayedunno3255]

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

[@ScarlettKate729]

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]

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]

@@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.

[@Kromer__]

Man Mat really flipped the script with this one

[@goatmom2980]

He really did.

[@thegamingcats3719]

@Secret bot

[@osmosisjones4912]

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

[@Just_Some_Gal]

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

[@isaacdavis2641]

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

[@KawaiiHippityHop-cl5bb]

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.

[@dalniente2020]

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.

[@Niko_sama]

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

[@the_hoodie_kid6657]

I spy a tommyinnit fan

[@sungflower]

This joke has spread very far

[@gregmartell1235]

MatPat he always WRONG!!! 80% Wrong.

[@collinlangston6980]

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!

[@asher6810]

@Classic Tate SHUT UP, BOT

[@SergioLeonardoCornejo]

Really makes you think.

[@janetstreet7264]

😳 No, not BARNEY! 🤢

[@laurentheseagull4785]

omg yea and I remember there was one of those rideable games at my Chuck E Cheese where you sit with Barney!!!!

[@nikkittykatplayzzz6619]

​@@laurentheseagull4785 Omg that's insane im gonna die

[@bogeefn]

At this point Matt Pat could make fig Newton lore lol

[@garrettviewegh677]

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.

[@xandernoyes9717]

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

[@Pudding404]

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]

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

[@cooliostarstache5474]

He's a being not of this world, obviously

[@MoonDisast]

We need Theorists LORE

[@nez.kamado._8300]

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

[@TheSilentZebra64]

This video is clearly sponsored by pasqually’s😂 hello

[@bagofmoss4710]

The urge to make an animatic to this theory

[@ZukatokuBN]

The fact they named it Chuck E Cheese to force us to smile was never a reason in my mind, once they told us I was confused since saying the name never forced me to smile LOL

[@Rachel-mo9lr]

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]

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 kzbin.infoUgkxAYsew08Vu1k0Ow2ILvLHhAm5RLjaSLkd

[@marcosatheundesirable]

yeah that was the first version in 1997

[@williamplayzgames8613]

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]

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

[@bdogstudios4848]

Uh oh, you know what else started nice and innocent? Matt's first Freddy theory, and look where we are now.

[@pancontuflas]

14:07 the creepy part is that they started removing the animatronics

[@jackofalltradeshermes]

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?!

[@AngelicStrawberryLemonade]

Truth

[@alchemistcat4877]

Shhh not so loud he might here you!

[@AngelicStrawberryLemonade]

@@alchemistcat4877 true my bad...

[@marsh1159]

According to fnaf the musical

[@anintrovertonyoutube5271]

Confirmed

[@musearrives2am]

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.

[@Eddy-xc4ni]

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]

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

[@demon_exe]

was the purple monster... WILLIAM AFTON

[@enricofermi3471]

It's always hilarious when someone starts applying real-world analysis to cartoon / comic book / magic fantasy / fairy tale logic. Very entertaining.

[@Lyon_plays]

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

[@cactusparty3119]

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]

Bite of 83 almost happened to you holy crap dude 😭

[@cactusparty3119]

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

[@k.b.4264]

good thing it wasn't spring-locked

[@nabilllaauria9944]

@@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]

Except it would be Bite of ‘10

[@potatonuggets4846]

The long awaited Chuck E Cheese Theory 🎉

[@Willow_2]

True

[@thegamingcats3719]

Dude, bots are all over the comment section

[@miruyx]

The recycled pizza theory:

[@NoNameJester]

This is the second chuck e cheese theory

[@Brayden1987]

There is another

[@thinklyfriends490]

for those that come down here to the comments, I can confirm that Fetch works like that, and you can get gift cards of up to $50, keep on doing what you do best theory team, headed by the beloved Matpat of course

[@AndrewRocks095]

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

[@SarcasticSloth69]

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]

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

[@zoey9502]

Same

[@izzyandkoolaid11]

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]

he already did an episode on this

[@tomasreyes2254]

Bro That is so stupid

[@carlosvazquezreyes4970]

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

[@FrogToob]

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]

you need all sorts of nutrition, 4 months? dunno

[@Random-rk6wd]

5:04 for some reason, reminds me of the Fnaf VHS tapes.

[@dedebyte5660]

That is fair.

[@nnnnmhughuuhhjiijj9457]

They were probably inspired by this.

[@Thebestbobbyboy]

Ye

[@cartoonbrostoonchannel1996]

Because the music from the concept Unification tape was used for the fazbear mantinence manual from squimpus mcgrimpus.

[@megamilk9585]

I'm a little terrified that a real restaurant, owned by real businessman, making real money and serving real people, that has been around since before the internet! would devote such time and marketing into making some kind of real ARG FNAF style story about themselves! I kind of want it to keep going.

[@chiefbeef5906]

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]

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

[@asher6810]

@yes SHUT UP, BOT

[@chiefbeef5906]

@@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 👍

[@Someperson657]

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

[@uwumunchies4191]

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]

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

[@donatoclemente4421]

@@basicallyperidot5299 chad

[@sticky_octo5799]

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.

[@nationalinstituteofcheese3012]

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

[@TheCausualJoker]

I love how you manage to shove *SO MUCH* into your intros!! (All intros)

[@oakenshadow6763]

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

[@CloverChats]

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.

[@PairOfKoopas]

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.)

[@chuutruther]

Actually the most terrifying thing to get out of this was the fact Chuckie is an orphan

[@mapledemon5601]

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

[@boogie_4203]

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.

[@InternetBiPerson]

Never been there (I’m from England)

[@PeterGriffin11]

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

[@justinabakugou5813]

@@PeterGriffin11 same I never even heard of that game

[@Just_Some_Gal]

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

[@InvestmentIdea]

Here is the full clip explaining why chuck e cheese shouldn't hv done this : kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3TJipxta5hnqLc

[@ElloAsty]

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

[@MonsterPrincessLala]

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

[@butterflyenjoyer230]

The arch nemesis of a guy with a mustache

[@YoGalMirror]

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

[@milawanner6112]

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

[@immortalityFNF]

One of the animatronics looks very similar to the one that you can find at Jungle Jims in Ohio. He's a cat that mimics/Impersonates Elvis just by the way of his outfit. I know this because I saw him. he lives near the candy section at Jungle Jims, and every 5 minutes he'll play the full song of one of Elvis's songs throughout his career. Don't know why I had to write this; I just had an urge to just tell you! anyway Love the videos! We all Love you and the team that puts all of this together for us to enjoy!!!

[@gabe_gamer9320]

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

[@ooommm4024]

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]

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

[@gabrielkawa3477]

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

[@theterpenater6414]

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

[@ShadowWingTronix]

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.

[@theslaya1576]

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.

[@alldayagain]

The Rat always made sense to me since... who knew cheese better than a rat?

[@egg_daddy_official]

6:18 TED

[@neverg0nnag1vey0uup]

TED NIVISONNN

[@elytra404]

HE WOULD BE SO PROUD

[@k_ehm]

I can’t believe that made it into the video

[@ShadowSentry211]

Guess he really did succeed

[@bowley4895]

He would love this

[@iamliterallyme]

12:45 "Everyone's favorite mouse" 💀

[@frankmiranda09]

It's Mickey not chuck

[@AmazingAudreyoffical]

How deep can MatPat go when it comes to these channels. He will one day probably make a video about how Elsa might not actually be owned by Disney.

[@mctulkyviperbit6166]

3:20 idk why the coyote animation makes me laugh so much

[@liekwhatupdanger]

I must give an o7 to whoever’s idea it was to add the Ted Nivison audio. This is the second video mentioning him and I think we deserve a crossover soon!

[@PureAsbestos]

(6:15)

[@mintrydoesstuff9221]

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]

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

[@mintrydoesstuff9221]

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

[@mikethegoo]

"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

[@LunaFicsASMR]

"Welcome to Freddy-I mean Chuck E Cheeses, come play in our child casino and eat our weirdly shaped pizza! If you dare..."

[@jookie4207]

Kind of shocked we haven’t done this episode already

[@Grassxoxo]

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 :)

[@Official-Salty-]

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

[@Olli3innit]

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

[@jbroz_tv0138]

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]

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

[@jbroz_tv0138]

@@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]

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

[@ab-qf1iv]

If you can find it, please send a link

[@iknowyoursearchhistory]

@@ab-qf1iv youtube doesnt allow links anymore btw

[@ArrisAkane]

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 😂

[@SnowLily123]

In classic MatPat fashion, we’re turning the bad guys into the good ones and good guys into the bad ones. 🤘

[@ThatBirdBitch]

Hey, theory rater here, Matpat, for us Australians, got any ideas for Aussie theorys?

[@Scrimblyz]

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

[@pieguy38]

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.

[@selinaarmenta-ki8tw]

“There’s a natural order to the universe that says when ever animatronic animals are inside a dining establishment bad things will happen” man just explained fnaf in 21 words

[@DavidhenshawSZU]

I never thought I would see the day where marketing is so successful that they manage to create more out of real life events like the bankruptcy and Pasqualli's launching during COVID

[@vdubdesigns6530]

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.

[@cyber-thundr_]

Its so awesome to have somebody who's really famous on KZbin 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]

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

[@user-hz9vs6zo5o]

I remember my local chuck e cheese used to have a tube maze but they removed it

[@FirstLast-kr6ek]

I watched this video 4 times. This is so good. 10/10

[@BloodmoonsNumber1Fan]

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

[@scourgethehedgehog2283]

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

[@raccoon.smiles]

I love that when they rebranded they just switched who the manipulating meanie was. Original Chuck literally called for Jasper to be turned off and for Pasqually to be sent back to the kitchen. Many of the guests bickered with Chuck too. Good to see someone still gets to be mean.

[@Hollowdude15]

Chuck e cheeses is so cool and great video man :]

[@skyrunnergamer4989]

10:43 he got taste in books

[@Rainingsunshine346]

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.

[@floobix1]

this sentence is confusing

[@mlppainter451]

We neeeeed a video about that Movie alone! I would definitely watch it :D

[@avamoser2043]

You can NEVER escape creepy animatronics, Matpat ✨