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* GrandFinale: Locations featuring the band ended with a best of show hosted by Rolfe and Earl while the animatronics underwent changes to be turned into Chuck and his friends.
* TakeThat: In the third segment of the 1982 New Year's Eve showtape, Mitzi tells a bad joke. After the group argues about it, she can be heard saying "Well, what did you expect? I got it from Creator/ChuckECheese!". Also doubles as HilariousInHindsight, given Showbiz Pizza's buyout of Chuck E. Cheese's that ultimately led to the infamous Concept Unification process.

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* GrandFinale: Locations featuring the band ended with a best of best-of show hosted by Rolfe and Earl (voiced by different actors due to Creative Engineering not being involved in this show) while the animatronics underwent changes to be turned into Chuck and his friends.
* TakeThat: In the third segment of the 1982 New Year's Eve showtape, Mitzi tells a bad joke. After the group argues about it, she can be heard saying "Well, what did you expect? I got it from Creator/ChuckECheese!". Also doubles as HilariousInHindsight, given Showbiz [=ShowBiz=] Pizza's buyout of Chuck E. Cheese's that ultimately led to the infamous Concept Unification process.
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* GrandFinale: Locations featuring the band ended with a best of show hosted by Rolfe and Earl while the animatronics underwent changes to be turned into Chuck and his friends.
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* TakeThat: In the third segment of the 1982 New Year's Eve showtape, Mitzi tells a bad joke. After the group argues about it, she can be heard saying "Well, what did you expect? I got it from Creator/ChuckECheese!".

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* TakeThat: In the third segment of the 1982 New Year's Eve showtape, Mitzi tells a bad joke. After the group argues about it, she can be heard saying "Well, what did you expect? I got it from Creator/ChuckECheese!". Also doubles as HilariousInHindsight, given Showbiz Pizza's buyout of Chuck E. Cheese's that ultimately led to the infamous Concept Unification process.
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* FiveManBand:
** TheLeader: Billy Bob and Fatz.
** TheLancer: Looney Bird.
** TheSmartGuy: Beach Bear.
** TheBigGuy: Fatz.
** TheChick: Mitzi.
** SixthRanger: Rolfe/Earl and Uncle Klunk.
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[[caption-width-right:350:HEEEEEEEEEEERE WE GOOOOOOO AGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIN![[note]]Cover from "Gee, Our First Album!". From left to right: [[DeadpanSnarker Beach Bear]], [[TagalongKid Mitzi Mozzarella]], [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys Fatz Geronimo]], [[BearyFriendly Billy Bob Brockali]], [[TheBully Earl Schmerle]], [[GadgeteerGenius Looney Bird]], [[SmallNameBigEgo Rolfe DeWolfe]], and [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Dook LaRue]]. Also, [[LivingProp Birthday Bird, Antioch and (not shown) Choo-Choo]].[[/note]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:HEEEEEEEEEEERE WE GOOOOOOO AGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIN![[note]]Cover from "Gee, Our First Album!". From left to right: [[DeadpanSnarker Beach Bear]], [[TagalongKid Mitzi Mozzarella]], [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys Fatz Geronimo]], [[BearyFriendly Billy Bob Brockali]], [[TheBully Earl Schmerle]], [[GadgeteerGenius Looney Bird]], [[SmallNameBigEgo Rolfe DeWolfe]], and [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Dook LaRue]]. Also, [[LivingProp Birthday Bird, Antioch Bird and (not shown) Choo-Choo]].Antioch]]. Not shown: Choo-Choo, UsefulNotes/TheSun and UsefulNotes/TheMoon.[[/note]]]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:HEEEEEEEEEEERE WE GOOOOOOO AGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIN![[note]]Cover from "Gee, Our First Album!". From left to right: [[DeadpanSnarker Beach Bear]], [[TagalongKid Mitzi Mozzarella]], [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys Fatz Geronimo]], [[BearyFriendly Billy Bob Brockali]], [[TheBully Earl Schmerle]], [[GadgeteerGenius Looney Bird]], [[SmallNameBigEgo Rolfe DeWolfe]], and [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Dook LaRue]]. Also shown are [[LivingProp Birthday Bird and Antioch]].[[/note]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:HEEEEEEEEEEERE WE GOOOOOOO AGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIN![[note]]Cover from "Gee, Our First Album!". From left to right: [[DeadpanSnarker Beach Bear]], [[TagalongKid Mitzi Mozzarella]], [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys Fatz Geronimo]], [[BearyFriendly Billy Bob Brockali]], [[TheBully Earl Schmerle]], [[GadgeteerGenius Looney Bird]], [[SmallNameBigEgo Rolfe DeWolfe]], and [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Dook LaRue]]. Also shown are Also, [[LivingProp Birthday Bird Bird, Antioch and Antioch]].(not shown) Choo-Choo]].[[/note]]]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:HEEEEEEEEEEERE WE GOOOOOOO AGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIN![[note]]From left to right: [[DeadpanSnarker Beach Bear]], [[TagalongKid Mitzi Mozzarella]], [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys Fatz Geronimo]], [[BearyFriendly Billy Bob Brockali]], [[TheBully Earl Schmerle]], [[GadgeteerGenius Looney Bird]], [[SmallNameBigEgo Rolfe DeWolfe]], and [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Dook LaRue]].[[/note]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:HEEEEEEEEEEERE WE GOOOOOOO AGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIN![[note]]From AGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIN![[note]]Cover from "Gee, Our First Album!". From left to right: [[DeadpanSnarker Beach Bear]], [[TagalongKid Mitzi Mozzarella]], [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys Fatz Geronimo]], [[BearyFriendly Billy Bob Brockali]], [[TheBully Earl Schmerle]], [[GadgeteerGenius Looney Bird]], [[SmallNameBigEgo Rolfe DeWolfe]], and [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Dook LaRue]].LaRue]]. Also shown are [[LivingProp Birthday Bird and Antioch]].[[/note]]]]
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** The earliest showtapes didn't have any interaction among the three stages, nor did the Rock-afire Explosion members themselves have any spoken skits.

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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The band had several differences in their early years. Notably, Fechter also voiced Beach Bear, who was portrayed as a DumbJock back then with a voice to match, as well as Mitzi, who had a WesternAnimation/MinnieMouse-esque voice.

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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The band had several differences in their early years. Notably, years.
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Fechter also voiced Beach Bear, who was portrayed as a DumbJock back then with a voice to match, as well as Mitzi, who had a WesternAnimation/MinnieMouse-esque voice.voice.
** Dook had a completely different outfit.
** Fatz and Dook's names were spelled as "Fats" and "Duke", respectively. The current spellings were adopted in 1981, likely for trademark purposes.
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* TakeThat: In the third segment of the 1982 New Year's Eve showtape, Mitzi tells a bad joke. After the group argues about it, she can be heard saying "Well, what did you expect? I got it from Creator/ChuckECheese!".
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The band had several differences in their early years. Notably, Fechter voiced Beach Bear, who was portrayed as a DumbJock back then with a voice to match, along with Mitzi, who had a WesternAnimation/MinnieMouse-esque voice.

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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The band had several differences in their early years. Notably, Fechter also voiced Beach Bear, who was portrayed as a DumbJock back then with a voice to match, along with as well as Mitzi, who had a WesternAnimation/MinnieMouse-esque voice.
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* UsefulNotes/TheMoon: One of two backup singers for the band.
* UsefulNotes/TheSun: One of two backup singers for the band.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The band had several differences in their early years. Notably, Fechter voiced Beach Bear, who was portrayed as a DumbJock back then, along with Mitzi.

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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The band had several differences in their early years. Notably, Fechter voiced Beach Bear, who was portrayed as a DumbJock back then, then with a voice to match, along with Mitzi.Mitzi, who had a WesternAnimation/MinnieMouse-esque voice.
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* ThatSyncingFeeling: This [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfVgtOArj1E skit for Showbiz Pizza in the 80s]] involved Rolfe Dewolfe claiming he would be singing a tribute to Music/FrankSinatra, to the dismay of his sentient ventriloquist puppet Earl. But Rolfe simply lip-syncs to a record of Sinatra's song "Witchcraft," and Earl notices something screwy when the record glitches...

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* ThatSyncingFeeling: This [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfVgtOArj1E skit skit]] for Showbiz [=ShowBiz=] Pizza in the 80s]] 80s involved Rolfe Dewolfe claiming he would be singing a tribute to Music/FrankSinatra, to the dismay of his sentient ventriloquist puppet Earl. But Rolfe simply lip-syncs to a record of Sinatra's song "Witchcraft," and Earl notices something screwy when the record glitches...
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[[caption-width-right:350:HEEEEEEEEEEERE WE GOOOOOOO AGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIN![[note]]From left to right: [[TheConscience Beach Bear]], [[GirlyGirl Mitzi Mozzarella]], [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys Fatz Geronimo]], [[BearyFriendly Billy Bob Brockali]], [[TheBully Earl Schmerle]], [[GadgeteerGenius Looney Bird]], [[SmallNameBigEgo Rolfe DeWolfe]], and [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Dook LaRue]].[[/note]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:HEEEEEEEEEEERE WE GOOOOOOO AGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIN![[note]]From left to right: [[TheConscience [[DeadpanSnarker Beach Bear]], [[GirlyGirl [[TagalongKid Mitzi Mozzarella]], [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys Fatz Geronimo]], [[BearyFriendly Billy Bob Brockali]], [[TheBully Earl Schmerle]], [[GadgeteerGenius Looney Bird]], [[SmallNameBigEgo Rolfe DeWolfe]], and [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Dook LaRue]].[[/note]]]]
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The band had several differences in their early years. Notably, Fechter voiced Beach Bear, who was portrayed as a DumbJock back then, along with Mitzi.
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[[caption-width-right:350:HEEEEEEEEEEERE WE GOOOOOOO AGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIN![[note]]From left to right: [[TheConscience Beach Bear]], [[GirlyGirl Mitzi Mozzarella]], [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys Fatz Geronimo]], [[TheHeart Billy Bob Brockali]], [[TheBully Earl Schmerle]], [[GadgeteerGenius Looney Bird]], [[SmallNameBigEgo Rolfe DeWolfe]], and [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Dook LaRue]].[[/note]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:HEEEEEEEEEEERE WE GOOOOOOO AGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIN![[note]]From left to right: [[TheConscience Beach Bear]], [[GirlyGirl Mitzi Mozzarella]], [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys Fatz Geronimo]], [[TheHeart [[BearyFriendly Billy Bob Brockali]], [[TheBully Earl Schmerle]], [[GadgeteerGenius Looney Bird]], [[SmallNameBigEgo Rolfe DeWolfe]], and [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Dook LaRue]].[[/note]]]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:HEEEEEEEEEEERE WE GOOOOOOO AGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIN![[note]]From left to right: [[TheConscience Beach Bear]], [[GirlyGirl Mitzi Mozzarella]], Fatz Geronimo, [[TheHeart Billy Bob Brockali]], [[TheBully Earl Schmerle]], [[GadgeteerGenius Looney Bird]], [[SmallNameBigEgo Rolfe DeWolfe]], and [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Dook LaRue]].[[/note]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:HEEEEEEEEEEERE WE GOOOOOOO AGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIN![[note]]From left to right: [[TheConscience Beach Bear]], [[GirlyGirl Mitzi Mozzarella]], [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys Fatz Geronimo, Geronimo]], [[TheHeart Billy Bob Brockali]], [[TheBully Earl Schmerle]], [[GadgeteerGenius Looney Bird]], [[SmallNameBigEgo Rolfe DeWolfe]], and [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Dook LaRue]].[[/note]]]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:HEEEEEEEEEEERE WE GOOOOOOO AGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIN![[note]]From left to right: [[TheConscience Beach Bear]], Mitzi Mozzarella, Fatz Geronimo, [[TheHeart Billy Bob Brockali]], Earl Schmerle, [[GadgeteerGenius Looney Bird]], [[SmallNameBigEgo Rolfe DeWolfe]], and [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Dook LaRue]].[[/note]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:HEEEEEEEEEEERE WE GOOOOOOO AGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIN![[note]]From left to right: [[TheConscience Beach Bear]], [[GirlyGirl Mitzi Mozzarella, Mozzarella]], Fatz Geronimo, [[TheHeart Billy Bob Brockali]], [[TheBully Earl Schmerle, Schmerle]], [[GadgeteerGenius Looney Bird]], [[SmallNameBigEgo Rolfe DeWolfe]], and [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Dook LaRue]].[[/note]]]]
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AGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIN![[note]]From left to right: [[TheConscience Beach Bear]], Mitzi Mozzarella, Fatz Geronimo, [[TheHeart Billy Bob Brockali]], Earl Schmerle, [[GadgeteerGenius Looney Bird]], [[SmallNameBigEgo Rolfe DeWolfe]], and [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Dook LaRue]].[[/note]]]]
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''The Rock-afire Explosion'' is an animatronic show created by Aaron Fetcher and his company Creative Engineering out of UsefulNotes/{{Florida}}, often considered to be one of the greatest animatronic bands of all time. First featured in Showbiz Pizza Place family entertainment centers, they are now found in very few locations.

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''The The Rock-afire Explosion'' Explosion is an animatronic show created by Aaron Fetcher Fechter and his company Creative Engineering out of UsefulNotes/{{Florida}}, often considered to be one of the greatest animatronic bands of all time. First featured in Showbiz [=ShowBiz=] Pizza Place family entertainment centers, centers between 1980-1992, they are now found in very few locations.
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* UsefulNotes:TheMoon: One of two backup singers for the band.

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''The Rock-afire Explosion'' is an animatronic show created by Creative Engineering out of UsefulNotes/{{Florida}}. First featured in Showbiz Pizza Place family entertainment centers, they are now found in very few locations.

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''The Rock-afire Explosion'' is an animatronic show created by Aaron Fetcher and his company Creative Engineering out of UsefulNotes/{{Florida}}.UsefulNotes/{{Florida}}, often considered to be one of the greatest animatronic bands of all time. First featured in Showbiz Pizza Place family entertainment centers, they are now found in very few locations.
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''The Rock-afire Explosion'' is an animatronic show created by Creative Engineering out of Florida. First featured in Showbiz Pizza Place family entertainment centers, they are now found in very few locations.

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''The Rock-afire Explosion'' is an animatronic show created by Creative Engineering out of Florida.UsefulNotes/{{Florida}}. First featured in Showbiz Pizza Place family entertainment centers, they are now found in very few locations.

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* ThatSyncingFeeling: This [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfVgtOArj1E skit for Showbiz Pizza in the 80s]] involved Rolfe Dewolfe claiming he would be singing a tribute to Music/FrankSinatra, to the dismay of his sentient ventriloquist puppet Earl. But Rolfe simply lip-syncs to a record of Sinatra's song "Witchcraft," and Earl notices something screwy when the record glitches...
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* AwesomeButImpractical: In a promotional photo Beach Bear has a Gibson Les Paul, but in the actual shows a fake guitar resembling a combination of a Fender Swinger and other obscure '50s-'60s electric guitars was used instead, likely because the Les Paul would damage his arms.
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