History YMMV / ChuckECheese

* TheScrappy: Bella is seen as this by fans, mainly due to not having much of a personality and being poorly-developed, as well as a shallow attempt to add diversity. Not helping is that Pasqually's role has dwindled in favor of Bella.

** The announcement in summer 2017 that the animatronics would be removed from all locations was, to put it lightly, not very well received. An AuthorSavingThrow was later given, when it was announced that the Northridge location would be keeping its 1-Stage permanently, and that franchise owners can choose to keep their animatronics if they want to.

** The announcement in summer 2017 that the animatronics would be removed from all locations was, to put it lightly, not very well received.

** Whatever you do, don’t ''ever'' claim to a fan that Chuck E. Cheese’s [[WebVideo/ShaneDawson recycles their pizzas]]. Especially if said fan is/was an actual employee of a Chuck E Cheese’s restaurant. The main reason the pizzas look the way they do is because the tool used to make slices isn't very sharp. As such, employees have to essentially force the cutter down the pizzas just to slice them. This results in pizzas with uneven slices, and toppings seemingly without a second half because it fell off during the process. Furthermore, uneven slices [[OlderThanTheyThink are nothing new in the industry]]. Order a pizza from any establishment, and the slices will most likely be uneven. Most pizza joints prioritize timeliness when it comes to serving customers, so it simply isn't worth the effort to make sure the pizzas are evenly cut.

** Whatever you do, don’t ''ever'' claim to a fan that Chuck E. Cheese’s [[WebVideo/ShaneDawson recycles their pizzas]]. Especially if said fan is/was an actual employee of a Chuck E Cheese’s restaurant.

** Dolli Dimples, a character that makes many sexual innuendos and regularly seduces the audience, simply put would not fly in the modern day. To be fair, Dolli was geared more towards the parents (she was located in a separate room with a bar), but the problem is that the kids would likely be attracted to her anyway simply because [[AnimationAgeGhetto she's another animatronic]]. This is mostly why she was later replaced with Artie and B.B. around the early 80's, who are significantly more child-friendly.

* ValuesDissonance: Several of the early showtapes have very racy material that wouldn't fly if they were made today.

* VindicatedByHistory: The earlier Studio C stages. They used to be panned for having only Chuck, but after the 16 movement bots and especially the removal of the animatronics, people have been softer to the stage over the years. The fact that the stage became increasingly common in the [=2000s=] helps.

** Chuck E. Cheese saying "poggers".[[labelnote:Explanation]]In 2020, Chuck E. Cheese released Website/{{Twitch}} streams in which a puppet of Chuck E. played various games. One of these streams became infamous and hilarious due to Chuck E. randomly saying "poggers" while playing ''VideoGame/FallGuys'' for no reason. This is especially notable because this is the only time he spoke during the streams.[[/labelnote]]
** [[https://youtu.be/BFOhhfjcNgk?t=83 "I'm Chuck E.]] [[BrokenRecord I'm Chuck E. I'm Chuck E."]][[labelnote:Explanation]]An infamous segment of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN-Ua6xvs_0 this]] [[Website/GoAnimate grounded video]] where Chuck E. Cheese "sings" a song... that is just him repeatedly saying "I'm Chuck E." in a deadpan voice while stock acid jazz music plays, without any attempt to harmonize the two elements.[[/labelnote]]

* VindicatedByHistory: The earlier Studio C stages. They used to be panned for having only Chuck, but after the 16 movement bots and especially the removal of the animatronics, people have been softer to the stage over the years.

* AccidentalNightmareFuel: The design of the animatronics, mainly the Cyberamics and the original portraits, looks ''very'' off, and appeared creepy and unsettling for some children. It's been said to be among the inspirations for ''Franchise/FiveNightsAtFreddys''.

* ViewerNameConfusion: Sometimes, people think Chuck's name is Chucky or Chuckie instead of Chuck [[MysteriousMiddleInitial E]].

* AccidentalNightmareFuel: The design of the animatronics, mainly the Cyberamics and the original portraits, looks ''very'' off, and appeared creepy and unsettling for some children. There's a reason ''Franchise/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' exists...

* AccidentalNightmareFuel: The design of the animatronics, mainly the Cyberamics and the original portraits, looks ''very'' off, and appeared creepy and unsettling for some children. There's a reason ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' exists...

* AccidentalNightmareFuel: The design of the animatronics, mainly the Cyberamics and the original portraits, looks ''very'' off, and appeared creepy and unsettling for some children.

** Naturally with the rise of "Dave & Busters" gaining more ground, this started to become the case for a lot of fans. With some citing D&B as the "more mature Chuck E Cheese".

** Some Chuck E. Cheese fans also enjoy ''Series/BarneyAndFriends''. It helps that both franchises share actors (most notably Bob West), as they were both produced in Texas.
** There's a notable amount of overlap between the Chuck E. Cheese fandom with ''WesternAnimation/{{Veggietales}}'' of all franchises. Why exactly? It's because several Silly Songs with Larry segments were used during the showtapes. Several notable creators in the Veggietales fandom have also created their own stage replicas on software like Blender.

** The initial Studio C shows from 1998, due to CEC corporate's attempts at getting rid of Chuck E.'s friends and their ill-received show format that notoriously had the characters [[{{MST}} make comments over music videos]] instead of actually singing; both were scrapped when Jeremy Blaido became Director of Entertainment and the shows saw an uptick in quality.

** A case of this has arisen with the ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' fandom; the massive popularity of the aforementioned games (especially with young kids) led to Chuck E.-themed videos and blogs getting swarmed with FNAF fans who frequently spammed Freddy-themed posts, causing fans of the former to get sick of it. Unfortunately, this led to some [=CEC=] fans harassing FNAF fans who made Freddy-themed posts on [=CEC=]-themed videos.

** Chris Hill (the voice of Munch since 2014) is also seen as one to the previous voice actors, due to his attempt at replicating the Pizza Time Theatre-era voice falling flat.