Main franchise | Chuck E. Cheese in the Galaxy 5000
Chuck E. Cheese is always giving kids a good laugh, and anything involving him is no exception.
Advertising
- One commercial from the late 90s shows a boy walking his dog...by using an RC car with a bone attached to it as the dog chases it.
- In one commercial
, a class is giving a role call, one of the students happening to be Chuck E. in disguise, complete with him pulling off the live action kid suit to expose himself. - One commercial has Chuck E. falling out of the sky on a piano and a mother and daughter notice.Chuck E.: Does a quarter have the power to stop a falling piano?
(The mother flings a quarter at the piano; it does nothing, and the piano crashes.)
Chuck E.: Guess not... - A 2008 "Fundraising Nights" commercial starts with four kids hauling a CGI Chuck E. Cheese's all the way to their schoolhouse...which promptly bumps against the outside.Chuck E.: You can't bring Chuck E. Cheese's to your school!
- One commercial has two boys winning a game and being dispensed a myriad of tickets; this cues everyone in the restaurant to notice and give a large round of "WHOA!!!"
- At the start of the 2014 "Chucktober" commercial, Chuck E. is advertising the "Something new at Chuck E. Cheese's" promotion, and it ends with him going, "NEW NEW NEW!"; on the third "new", he suddenly sprouts a third arm pointing to the word, and he looks at this with bewilderment.
- In a commercial advertising the 2014 "Every Kid's a Winner Game":Chuck E.: You can win tokens... tickets... a turn in the Ticket Blaster... this shoe...
(Music stops)
Chuck E.: Phew!! NOT the shoe, definately NOT the shoe!!
Showtapes and videos
- The "Possibilities" video begins with Pasqually talking to Helen about goals. Munch then cuts in and talks about various goals found in sports, and a flustered Chuck E. stops him, all while we're treated to a freeze-frame shot of his exasperated face.
- A short video called "Chuck E's Big Bowling Date" features Chuck E. and Helen going bowling while Munch, Jasper, and Pasqually sabotoge all of Chuck E.'s attempts in various ways, such as replacing his balls with a lightweight which stops in the middle of the ally, a bouncy ball which bounces down the ally, and smearing glue all over the third ball which gets stuck to Chuck E.'s hand.
- The "CEC TV News" sketches are FULL of these.
- The "Spanning the Globe" opening begins with a Couch Gag of something happening to the spinning globe in the background, such as Munch fanning it, the globe spinning twice as fast, getting inflated, being replaced by a potato, and again by a basketball. The last aforementioned gives the following statement:Chuck E.: Pssst! Munch, what happened to our globe?
Munch: I had to take it into the shop to get it rotated.
(The announcer bursts into hysterical laughter) - Chuck E.'s introductory phrases as of the 1996 rebrand are full of Visual Puns:
- "Munch Ado About Nothing": Chuck E. begins by presenting the breaking news — dropping a sheet of news on the floor and breaking it. Then he presents the late breaking news — dropping it on the ground, then three seconds pass, followed by it breaking.
- "The Tater": Chuck E. begins with "today's hard-hitting news", followed by Munch hitting him in the head with a newspaper.Chuck E.: Man, I hate that part of the show...
- "World's Largest Pizza": Chuck E. introduces the news briefs...then pulls out a pair of briefs with "NEWS" written all over them.
- "Air Dog": Chuck E. introduces himself as "your ace reporter" and shows his card, an ace of spades.Chuck E.: And I've got 51 more where that came from!
- Chuck E. has an issue himself after his introduction in "Munch Ado About Nothing":Chuck E.: Moving on now, we go to a brand-new feature on the show here. So get ready to share some deep thoughts from a real stinker!
Pasqually: (holding Chuck E.'s cue card) Psst! Chuck E., that's thinker, THINKER!
Chuck E.: Oh...uh, thorry... - The "Tater" installment is beyond the craziest, complete with potato puns one after the other.
- It starts with Chuck E. introducing the commentator — a potato at a news desk, aka a commen-tater.
- Then Jasper does a field report from a baseball game; he wasn't able to get an interview with the winning team, so he interviews a spectator instead — a potato wearing sunglasses, aka a spec-tater.
- Then Helen's field report has her present some kids dancing the Mashed Potato — dancing while mashing a bowl of potatoes.
- The final joke really sums it up:Chuck E.: Okay, we've all had our little joke, now can we just drop all the potatoes, please?!
Pasqually: We sure can!
(Thousands of potatoes drop on Chuck E.'s head)
- The "Spanning the Globe" opening begins with a Couch Gag of something happening to the spinning globe in the background, such as Munch fanning it, the globe spinning twice as fast, getting inflated, being replaced by a potato, and again by a basketball. The last aforementioned gives the following statement:
- After Chuck E.'s performance of "I'm Walkin'" for January 2004:Munch: Hey, Chuck E., that song was cool! But...where are you going?
Chuck E.: Oh, what do you mean, Munch?
Munch: You kept saying you were walking. W-w-where are you walking?
Chuck E.: Oh, I'm not actually going anywhere, Munch. Heh...where would I go? This is my place!
Jasper: Besides, he's totally bolted to the floor!
Chuck E.: Good point. - Jasper's rendition of "I've Been Everywhere" for April 2006 has long, wordy lists of the places he's been to, true to the original. When Chuck E. tries to sing a verse, he finds it real hard to handle and screws up.Chuck E.: I've been to Reno, Chicago, Fargo... Minnesota... Buffalo... and... I saw my big toe... and... went to Tampa and... Panama, and... Mattawa, La Paloma...and... Bangor... Baltimore and... Salvador and... Tocapillo and... Oh, I don't know.
- Following Helen's performance of "Fame" in the January 2007 showtape:Jasper: Hey, Helen! Since you're so famous, can I get your autograph?
Pasqually: Yeah! (giggles) An autograph! (giggles)
Munch: I want mine, too!
Chuck E.: Yeah, yeah! Sign my paw, right here!
Helen: Oh sure, guys. Just as soon as the curtains close.
(Beat; after which a rimshot sounds and everyone bursts into laughter.)
Jasper: That's a good one!
Munch: Yeah... curtains... - In the September 2009 showtape:
- Just after the "Hourglass" performance:Jasper: Man, I love that song! When did that come out? 1981? '82? '83?
Chuck E.: Hmm, you know, Jasper? I-I-I don't know, but it's a great tune.
Jasper: '84?
Chuck E.: Yeah, there's just somethin' about the songs that came out of the '80s that just make me smile.
Jasper: '85? '86?
Munch: Oh, me too! I love the '80s! It always makes me think of pizza!
Jasper: Uh, 1987?
Munch: Why, we used to go down to this place that had all the new video games, like Pac-Man, Galaga, Centipede...
Jasper: '88!
Helen: It was probably Chuck E. Cheese's, wasn't it? (giggles)
Jasper: '89?
Munch: As a matter of fact, it was! - But then the following comment sums it all up:Jasper: The next thing you're gonna tell us is that it reminds you of a kid's place with robots on the stage.
(Laughter from the Studio Audience)
Munch: Why... you're right! How did you know that?!
Jasper: Uh, just a lucky guess.
- Just after the "Hourglass" performance:
- At the start of "I Didn't Need to Be Afraid":Chuck E.: We wouldn't have had to take the spooky shortcut if you hadn't taken so long trick-or-treating!
Munch: But Chuck E., that one house was handing out pizza!
Chuck E.: That's because it was CHUCK E. CHEESE'S!
Munch: Oh! Well, that explains why they had all those video games, eh? - In this video promoting the grand reopening of the Northridge, California location, after Pasqually does some off-key singing:Chuck E. (unimpressed): Thank you, Pasqually. That was beautiful.
- This gem during "Three Ladies" from "Crusty and Madam Oink"Pasqually: Three ladies...
Warblettes: Tweedlee dee dee dee.
Pasqually: And I'm the only man, see?
Chuck E.: 'Course you're the only man, nitwit, everyone else up here's animals!
