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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongebobSquarepantsMovie'' had Goofy Goober's, basically Chuck E. Cheese combined with [[http://farrellsusa.com Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour]][[note]]One of the favorite childhood places of the series' creator[[/note]], with a dancing peanut named Goofy Goober. Unlike most other parodies, this place is portrayed as not being soul crushingly/depressing/scary/awkward/cheap, and is probably the most light hearted example on here. While the place itself isn't soul-crushing, [=SpongeBob=] came here to [[DrowningMySorrows drown his sorrows]] in gallons and gallons of [[DrunkOnMalts ice-cream sundaes.]] When the sun rises the next morning, he's an ''absolute mess'', covered in smears of vanilla ice-cream and chocolate syrup. Also, the employees don't seem too enthusiastic about their jobs.

* ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' has "Chubby Cheese's", which featured animatronic Creator/HannaBarbera characters doing the MushroomSamba with Dexter and employees who were part of a [[MilkmanConspiracy secret conspiracy]], complete with Bond-style hidden lair.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongebobSquarepantsMovie'' had Goofy Goober's, basically Chuck E. Cheese combined with [[http://farrellsusa.com Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour]][[note]]One of the favorite childhood places of the series' creator[[/note]], with a dancing peanut named Goofy Goober. Unlike most other parodies, this place is portrayed as not being soul crushingly depressing/scary/awkward/cheap, and is probably the most light hearted example on here. While the place itself isn't soul-crushing, [=SpongeBob=] came here to [[DrowningMySorrows drown his sorrows]] in gallons and gallons of [[DrunkOnMalts ice-cream sundaes.]] When the sun rises the next morning, he's an ''absolute mess'', covered in smears of vanilla ice-cream and chocolate syrup. Also, the employees don't seem too enthusiastic about their jobs.

* In "Keen On Keane," WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls secretly set up a date between their teacher Ms. Keane and their dad Professor Utonium, with the date taking place at a kiddie pizza restaurant. A nonplussed waiter in a canine mascot costume comes up to the couple and, mustering whatever dignity he has left, says in monotone "Bowa wowa wowa...may I take your order nowa?"

* Funso's Fun Zone is a semi recurring location in ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'' that Webby and the triplets frequent when they aren't going on globetrotting adventures with their Uncle Scrooge (Webby is downright estatic at having her birthday party there in the series finale). [[spoiler:And on a more important note: Magica is later forced to get a job there as a party magician when she loses all her powers, the guy in the mascot costume is the Phantom Blot, and the whole thing is actually a front for F.O.W.L. with a secret lair in the basement level that's accessed via the ball pit (they figured it'd be the one place that Scrooge would never go).]]

** The sequel, ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2'', takes place during the grand reopening of the pizzeria. It's revealed that it's actually a prequel taking place in the week leading up to the infamous Bite of '87. The place itself looks a lot better and isn't as seedy, but the various animatronics are even nastier. Not to mention, whereas the original had four animatronics -- five if you count the EasterEgg of Golden Freddy -- the sequel has ''eleven'' (including the aforementioned Golden Freddy becoming a regular threat). Possibly up to ''fourteen'', depending on which ones you count.

* In ''[[ComicBook/RobinSeries Robin]]'' comics, Tim Drake's best friend Ives formerly worked at the Bomp'n'Stomp as costumed mascot Ricky Rat. This was such a craptacular job Tim suspected Ives was being abused.

* One of these appears in the ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' episode "Fuzzy Dice" which the Park Crew dread going to, but have to do so since it's where the titular dice are being held and a birthday present Pops wants. And indeed the place is an absolute mess; sticky floors, unruly children and apathetic employees (save for the woman at the front who wouldn't let them in without a kid[[note]]Which is a rule that is enforced in certain Chuck E. Cheese restaurants[[/note]]. The crew have to dress up Rigby to gain entrance). [[spoiler:It turns out that the animatronic characters are actually a trio of criminals who have been waiting out the statute of limitations on a diamond heist they perpetrated.]]

The chain was created by Nolan Bushnell, the founder of Creator/{{Atari}}. It reached its heyday between the 80s and 90s, but also suffered bad publicity as a hunting ground for sexual predators and in recent years, [[https://www.insideedition.com/21437-violent-boozed-up-adults-create-chaos-at-some-chuck-e-cheese-kiddie-parties-across-america as a stomping ground for adult brawls.]] It has inspired a number of knock-offs throughout the country which have gone into similar decline, with the most prominent being Showbiz Pizza Place and its band, Theatre/TheRockAfireExplosion. The one exception is an ''adult'' version called [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_%26_Buster%27s Dave & Buster's]] (other wiki), which is actually flourishing because, unlike the above which (unsuccessfully) play the RuleOfCute, it plays the RuleOfCool, caters to a wide audience (including the popular sports bar crowd) and has absolutely NO animatronics or mascots. Similar properties exist outside the US, including the UK's [[http://www.wackywarehouse.co.uk/ Wacky Warehouse]], though they rarely make their way into media.[[note]]Wacky Warehouse also has the important redeeming feature of almost always being attached to a proper restaurant and bar, and no animatronic mascots.[[/note]] As an interesting footnote, in Mexico and the Middle East, Chuck E. Cheese's used the name of Showbiz Pizza, which was the previous name of their matrix company in the States before converting all their locations into Chuck E. Cheese's instead. ''Unlike'' in the U.S., Showbiz Pizza in those regions never had the same problems their American Chuck E. Cheese's equivalents had, other than the franchise having died in Mexico in the 90s, albeit it still exists in the Middle East to this date. [[note]]Albeit it was announced a Mexican branch of Chuck E. Cheese's would open in the Mexican state of Aguascalientes in 2017.[[/note]]

The chain was created by Nolan Bushnell, the founder of Creator/{{Atari}}. It reached its heyday between the 80s and 90s, but also suffered bad publicity as a hunting ground for sexual predators and in recent years, [[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122878081364889613.html as a stomping ground for adult brawls.]] It has inspired a number of knock-offs throughout the country which have gone into similar decline, with the most prominent being Showbiz Pizza Place and its band, Theatre/TheRockAfireExplosion. The one exception is an ''adult'' version called [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_%26_Buster%27s Dave & Buster's]] (other wiki), which is actually flourishing because, unlike the above which (unsuccessfully) play the RuleOfCute, it plays the RuleOfCool, caters to a wide audience (including the popular sports bar crowd) and has absolutely NO animatronics or mascots. Similar properties exist outside the US, including the UK's [[http://www.wackywarehouse.co.uk/ Wacky Warehouse]], though they rarely make their way into media.[[note]]Wacky Warehouse also has the important redeeming feature of almost always being attached to a proper restaurant and bar, and no animatronic mascots.[[/note]] As an interesting footnote, in Mexico and the Middle East, Chuck E. Cheese's used the name of Showbiz Pizza, which was the previous name of their matrix company in the States before converting all their locations into Chuck E. Cheese's instead. ''Unlike'' in the U.S., Showbiz Pizza in those regions never had the same problems their American Chuck E. Cheese's equivalents had, other than the franchise having died in Mexico in the 90s, albeit it still exists in the Middle East to this date. [[note]]Albeit it was announced a Mexican branch of Chuck E. Cheese's would open in the Mexican state of Aguascalientes in 2017.[[/note]]

The chain was created by Nolan Bushnell, the founder of Creator/{{Atari}}. It reached its heyday between the 80s and 90s, but also suffered bad publicity as a hunting ground for sexual predators and, [[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122878081364889613.html more recently, as a stomping ground for adult brawls]]. It has inspired a number of knock-offs throughout the country which have gone into similar decline, with the most prominent being Showbiz Pizza Place and its band, Theatre/TheRockAfireExplosion. The one exception is an ''adult'' version called [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_%26_Buster%27s Dave & Buster's]] (other wiki), which is actually flourishing because, unlike the above which (unsuccessfully) play the RuleOfCute, it plays the RuleOfCool, caters to a wide audience (including the popular sports bar crowd) and has absolutely NO animatronics or mascots. Similar properties exist outside the US, including the UK's [[http://www.wackywarehouse.co.uk/ Wacky Warehouse]], though they rarely make their way into media.[[note]]Wacky Warehouse also has the important redeeming feature of almost always being attached to a proper restaurant and bar, and no animatronic mascots.[[/note]] As an interesting footnote, in Mexico and the Middle East, Chuck E. Cheese's used the name of Showbiz Pizza, which was the previous name of their matrix company in the States before converting all their locations into Chuck E. Cheese's instead. ''Unlike'' in the U.S., Showbiz Pizza in those regions never had the same problems their American Chuck E. Cheese's equivalents had, other than the franchise having died in Mexico in the 90s, albeit it still exists in the Middle East to this date. [[note]]Albeit it was announced a Mexican branch of Chuck E. Cheese's would open in the Mexican state of Aguascalientes in 2017.[[/note]]

* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'':
** The show had Crust E. Crotch's, a direct pastiche of Chuck E. Cheese's. It, later on, became Whistling Willy's, a real life knock-off in Denver.

** ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSecurityBreach'' takes the trope a step further. This time, the animatronics are in a large shopping mall-like complex with multiple areas. However, once again, Fazbear Inc's devil-may-care attitude towards their locations continues to show- customers complain about Freddy breaking down, the Daycare Attendant's creepy nature, pizza being served from the trash, and the fact that they even opened a new location when everyone knows what happened last time. [[spoiler:And as if that wasn't bad enough, the true ending reveals that the location was built over the previous entry's location- and the murderer is ''still'' alive and stuck down there.]]

** In [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys1 the first game]], you play as the nightguard of Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, where the management is incompetent, corners are cut, employees are paid minimum wage, the [[UnnecessarilyCreepyRobot animatronics]] are [[AIIsACrapshoot out to kill you]], and [[BreadEggsMilkSquick children were killed]]. The place is [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome set to close within two months]] after many incidents in previous locations; chiefly, the mentioned dead children.

One for the StockParodies: an obvious [[SatireParodyPastiche pastiche]] of [[Creator/ChuckECheese Chuck E. Cheese's]], a combination pizza restaurant and "family fun" center. It's the home of arcade games, ball pits, subpar pizza, and costumed and animatronic characters from the depths of the UncannyValley. A fun place for kids? More like a FateWorseThanDeath for parents.

** ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSecurityBreach'' takes the trope a step further. This time, the animatronics are in a large shopping mall-like complex with multiple areas. However, once again, Fazbear Inc's devil-may-care attitude towards their locations continues to show- customers complain about Freddy breaking down, the Daycare Attendant's creepy nature, pizza being served from the trash, and the fact that they even opened a new location when everyone knows what happened last time. [[spoiler:And as if that wasn't bad enough, the true ending reveals that the location was built over the previous entry's location- and the murder is ''still'' alive and stuck down there.]]

** The upcoming ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSecurityBreach'' takes the trope a step further. This time, the animatronics are in a large shopping mall-like complex with multiple areas.

* One of the members of the Anime Club in KC Greens recent strips reviews a "Whyme R. Reiner's" as a possible location for the new, HQ-less Anime Club. They revisit it at the end of part 5, only to find that [[spoiler:the club could have just met in Clyde's mom's basement all along.]]

* In ''Webcomic/{{Rhapsodies}}'' Michelle takes Dielle, and some children she's babysitting, to a [[CelestialBureaucracy celestial]] one called Cheezy Nezumi's

* Macki Macaw's from ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries''. The [[MonsterOfTheWeek Experiment of the episode]] was convinced to take over the broken animatronics so it could indulge its attention-seeking nature and use its ability to control inanimate objects to help others instead of hurt them.

** In [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys1 the first game]], you play as the nightguard of Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, where the management is incompetent, corners are cut, employees are paid minimum wage, and the [[UnnecessarilyCreepyRobot animatronics]] are [[AIIsACrapshoot out to kill you]]. The place is [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome set to close within two months]] after many incidents in previous locations; chiefly, five children being kidnapped and murdered by a man in an animatronic suit.

** In ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys4'', the pizzeria isn't Freddy's, but its predecessor, Fredbear's Family Diner. The place has two animatronics: Fredbear, [[spoiler:who is Golden Freddy before he was decommissioned]], and Spring Bonnie, [[spoiler:whose suit the murderer wore during his spree]]. It ends up being shut down after [[spoiler:the older brother of the protagonist and his friends accidentally cause Fredbear to bite the protagonist in what has gone down as the Bite of '87]].

** ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSecurityBreach'' takes the trope a step further. This time, the animatronics are in a large shopping mall-like complex with multiple areas.

* Subverted by Pizza Planet in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'', which is actually a [[RuleOfCool very cool place]] (the only "Suck E." part is Sid breaking the games). According to the DVDCommentary, the goal was to design a pizza place so cool that they just ''had'' to build it. [[{{Defictionalization}} And they did!]] It was in Disney's Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World from 1997 up until 2016. (Tragically, the real version wasn't as cool as the version seen in the film, consisting of a pizza counter and the same arcade games to be found all over the resort.) Disneyland Paris also features a Pizza Planet with a slightly better execution.

The chain was created by Nolan Bushnell, the founder of Creator/{{Atari}}. It reached its heyday between the 80s and 90s, but also suffered bad publicity as a hunting ground for sexual predators and, [[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122878081364889613.html more recently, as a stomping ground for adult brawls]]. It has inspired a number of knock-offs throughout the country which have gone into similar decline. The one exception is an ''adult'' version called [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_%26_Buster%27s Dave & Buster's]] (other wiki), which is actually flourishing because, unlike the above which (unsuccessfully) play the RuleOfCute, it plays the RuleOfCool, caters to a wide audience (including the popular sports bar crowd) and has absolutely NO animatronics or mascots. Similar properties exist outside the US, including the UK's [[http://www.wackywarehouse.co.uk/ Wacky Warehouse]], though they rarely make their way into media.[[note]]Wacky Warehouse also has the important redeeming feature of almost always being attached to a proper restaurant and bar, and no animatronic mascots.[[/note]] As an interesting footnote, in Mexico and the Middle East, Chuck E. Cheese's used the name of Showbiz Pizza, which was the previous name of their matrix company in the States before converting all their locations into Chuck E. Cheese's instead. ''Unlike'' in the U.S., Showbiz Pizza in those regions never had the same problems their American Chuck E. Cheese's equivalents had, other than the franchise having died in Mexico in the 90s, albeit it still exists in the Middle East to this date. [[note]]Albeit it was announced a Mexican branch of Chuck E. Cheese's would open in the Mexican state of Aguascalientes in 2017.[[/note]]

** One of the animatronics is a beaver that very closely resembles Billy Bob, the bear character from the Rockafire Explosion that served as the mascot of Showbiz Pizza Place. Another beaver looks like Mitzi Mozzarella, another Rockafire member.

* ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'': If the descriptions given by [[BurgerFool the employee]] [[NoNameGiven otherwise known]] as [[TheArtifact Burgerpants]] are [[UnreliableNarrator anything]] to go [[TheCynic by]], ICE-E's [[XtremeKoolLetterz PEEZA]] is one of these. They are hell on Earth for the [[BurgerFool employees]], are so badly organized that they have all the employees outside wearing silly costumes instead of running the place, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and dislike slacking and retort]] with an [[BerserkButton absurd slogan]].
-->'''Burgerpants:''' I can't slack off for SECONDS without hearing... "Be a team player, there's no I in PEZZA!" ''YES THERE IS. YOU JUST TOOK IT OUT.''