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* In "Keen On Keane," WesternAnimation/{{The Powerpuff Girls|1998}} 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?"

* ''Film/WillysWonderland'' has Creator/NicolasCage playing a janitor at the titular restaurant, fighting animatronics that are possessed by Satanist serial killers. Basically ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' as a movie.

* Corny's Family-Style Restaurant in ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKidTheThirdWheel''. Greg has a traumatic experience trying to get his little brother out of the playground.
** An earlier book featured an unnamed one of these where Rowley had his birthday party at. It comes to a screeching halt when Greg uncovers a kid who wasn't invited in the ballpit -- it transpires he was from an earlier party and nobody had found him in there, forcing the staff to try and track down his parents!

** Corny's Family-Style Restaurant. Greg has a traumatic experience trying to rescue Manny from the indoor playground, and the serving staff and overall chaos easily makes up for the lack of animatronic robots and video games. Remember, anyone who comes in wearing a tie clearly isn't having ''fun'' and ''will'' get it snipped off.

* Hap. E Hippo's, where Rodrick and his friends attempt to steal a drum stick for their band from one of the animatronics.

* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'': In "Burgerboss", Bob visits a restaurant called Family Funtime.

* There's a parody called "Yucky Cheese" in ''WesternAnimation/BeingIan''.

* PlayedForHorror throughout the ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' series:

* The ''WesternAnimation/BackAtTheBarnyard'' episode "Arcade of Doom" has "Donk E. Cheese's", where the gang goes to win a [[BlandNameProduct Z-Box 360]]. Freddy falls in love with one of the animatronics.

** Goofy Goober's Ice Cream Party Boat is 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 Stephen Hillenburg[[/note]], with a dancing peanut named Goofy Goober. Unlike most other parodies, this place isn't portrayed as soul-crushing or cheap, instead being a fairly light-hearted example beloved by [[ManChild SpongeBob and Patrick]]. That said, [=SpongeBob=] came here to [[DrowningMySorrows drown his sorrows]] in gallons and gallons of [[DrunkOnMalts ice cream sundaes]] (another way in which this sticks out from most examples, since it has an ice cream counter specifically for older patrons). When the sun rises the next morning, he's an ''absolute mess'', covered in smears of vanilla ice cream and chocolate syrup. The employee we see doesn't seem too enthusiastic about his job, though this might just be since he has to deal with ice cream-drunk [=SpongeBob=].

* Subverted by Pizza Planet in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'', 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.[[note]]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.[[/note]] Disneyland Paris also features a Pizza Planet with a slightly better execution.
* ''WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie'' had a tourist trap called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is8Cewwjj8s "Lester's Possum Park"]] that was partly this and partly a [[AffectionateParody self-deprecating reference]] to the ''Ride/CountryBearJamboree'' at the Disney theme parks; and to top it off, Goofy plants a possum mascot hat atop his son's head much to Max's apparent humiliation.

* ''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]] (another way in which this sticks out from most examples since it shows the place also has a separate area for older patrons). 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.
** Later episodes of the series would revisit it and give it a slightly sinister edge. When Patrick gets hired, it turns out to be a vaguely cult-like organization that forces employees to believe in aliens ([[ChurchOfHappyology yes, like that]]) but is outwardly very polite to employees.

--->"You're the birthday, you're the birthday, you're the birthday [[GenderNeutralWriting boy or girl!]]"

* ''VideoGame/PizzaTower'' has "Don't Make A Sound", a level set within a dilapitated BlackoutBasement pizza restaurant, complete with animatronics that try to chase the player. [[spoiler:Posters around the place imply that it belonged to the FinalBoss, Pizzahead, before it went out of business]].

* ''Series/TheGoldenGirls'' had an episode with one of these: ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLkOhCXSEe4 Mr. Haha's Hotdog Hacienda]]). It was Rose's attempt to make a fun birthday for Dorothy. It didn't work, naturally.

* An [[WhatCouldHaveBeen alternate opening]] for ''WesternAnimation/TheMitchellsVsTheMachines'' took place at a "Chester Cheeser" restaurant as the machine uprising began. All of the arcade attack their players, and the happy animatronic mouse descends upon the customers until the Mitchells drive through and decapitate it.

* ''Creator/MeowWolf'''s Convergence Station is home to the Pizza Pals Playzone, created by ''Website/EverythingIsTerrible''. During the 1980s, the PPP was the world's largest corporate pizza chain and playplace. Everything changed when ‍the Denver flagship location opened October 7th, 2002, but closed the same day under mysterious circumstances.

* ''Creator/MeowWolf'''s Convergence Station is home to the Pizza Pals Playzone, created by ''Website/EverythingIsTerrible''. During the 1980s, the PPP was the world's largest corporate pizza chain and playplace. Everything changed when ‍the Denver flagship location of the Pizza Pals Playzone opened October 7th, 2002, but closed the same day under mysterious circumstances.

* ''WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie'' had a tourist trap called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is8Cewwjj8s "Lester's Possum Park"]] that was partly this and partly a [[AffectionateParody self-deprecating reference]] to the ''Ride/CountryBearJamboree'' at the Disney theme parks; and to top it off, he plants a possum mascot hat atop his son's head much to Max's apparent humiliation.

* ''VideoGame/PizzaTower'' has "Don't Make A Sound" level that is a dilapitated BlackoutBasement pizza restaurant, complete with animatronics that try to chase the player. [[spoiler:Posters around the place imply that it belonged to the FinalBoss, Pizzahead, before it went out of business]].

* To no surprise whatsoever, every single fanfic based off of ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' and [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2 all]] [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys3 of its]] [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys4 sequels]]. It comes with the territory. To somewhat greater surprise, the ''FanFic/JustAnotherNightAtFreddys'' series introduced a ''second'' one in the form of Pizza Baron: a [[DidntThinkThisThrough badly-planned, badly-executed]] ripoff of Freddy Fazbear's Pizza that uses [[FunnyForeigner stereo]][[StockForeignName types,]] [[CoolButStupid bizarre, made-up instruments]] and [[SlidingScaleOfRobotIntelligence awful animatronics that barely count as interactive.]] Needless to say, when the guys running it kidnap Foxy to use him in their show, [[RelativeButton the resulting]] [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge shitfest]][[note]]One that actually ''[[YourHeadAsplode gets someone killed,]]'' no less,[[/note]] only ''speeds up'' their inevitable failure.[[note]]When you manage to [[BewareTheNiceOnes piss off goddamn]] ''[[FaceOfTheBand Freddy Fazbear,]] the [[BewareTheNiceOnes calmest and most composed of the animatronics,]]'' you clearly [[DidntThinkThisThrough didn't think your plan through very well.]]

* ''VideoGame/PizzaTower'' has "Don't Make A Sound" level that is a dilapitated BlackoutBasement pizza restaurant, complete with animatronics that try to chase the player.

--->"Oh I'm sorry, you need fifteen tickets to live!"

* A ''Webcomic/SomethingPositive'' strip has Rory blackmailing Vanessa into taking him to the genuine article.
-->'''Vanessa''': I want black olives on my half of the pizza, and for him -- what do you have that goes with emotional blackmail?

* To no surprise whatsoever, every single fanfic based off of ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' and [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2 all]] [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys3 of its]] [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys4 sequels]]. It comes with the territory. To somewhat greater surprise, the ''FanFic/JustAnotherNightAtFreddys'' series introduced a ''second'' one in the form of Pizza Baron: a [[DidntThinkThisThrough badly-planned, badly-executed]] ripoff of Freddy Fazbear's Pizza that uses [[FunnyForeigner stereo]][[StockForeignName types,]] [[CoolButStupid bizarre, made-up instruments]] and [[SlidingScaleOfRobotIntelligence awful animatronics that barely count as interactive.]] Needless to say, when the guys running it kidnap Foxy to use him in their show, [[RelativeButton the resulting]] [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge shitfest]][[note]]One that actually ''[[YourHeadAsplode gets someone killed,]]'' no less,[[/note]] only ''speeds up'' their inevitable failure.[[note]]When you manage to [[BewareTheNiceOnes piss off goddamn]] ''[[FaceOfTheBand Freddy Fazbear,]] the [[BewareTheNiceOnes calmest and most composed of the animatronics,]]'' you clearly [[DidntThinkThisThrough didn't think your plan through very well.]][[/note]]