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The fact of how desperate the chuck e cheese company was to get rid of the animatronics is very fnaf-like

Corporate really told their employees to go full FNAF 3 Purple Guy on those poor bots

Imagine inviting someone over for the first time and their reaction realizing your house is just full of Chuck E Cheese animatronics

The fact this guy has the balls to sleep while the animatronic is in his home is terrifying

You'd think that with the rise and popularity of Five Nights at Freddy's, Chuck E. Cheese would have capitalized on that success and actually decided to take care of their animatronics. Hell, FNAF is the only reason I even know about The Rock-afire Explosion and Showbiz Pizza in the first place. Aaron even made a video on his KZfaq channel years ago, where he threw a FNAF themed birthday for a kid named Blake: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/msWSlJWA0teaeX0.htmlsi=fuyWlgQ-SWo9hK6Y

This is all about Sullys Plan to recreate the bite of 87

the thing is, it's sad to see that CEC don't care about preserving their past. But hey, at least there are many people that try to restore and preserve the animatronics.

it honestly sucks that theyre actively destroying pieces of history like that

Ironically enough i feel like five nights at freddy's kinda bought back the animatronic pizza chain back into the limelight.

11:02 That was the most badass way too end a video

THANK YOU FOR THIS! The issue of animatronic preservation is only really something prevalent within our niche community. I hope this video gets pushed out more so people can learn about these important pieces of entertainment history.

It's sad to see corporate types being so anti-history These things are relics that need to be preserved

The nearest location to me still has an animatronic , A lone chuck who stands on a separate stage from the TV's, who just looks around. He doesn't sing, talk or do anything besides blinking and moving his head from side to side. Quite sad when his friends were up with him, singing and having fun.

As someone who is way too young to remember this (as well as someone who does lives in a country that does not even have chuck e. Cheese restaurants), it's genuinely really interesting to hear about stuff like this. I never got to experience any of this so it's neat to hear about it from someone who has. Also, I had no idea that it'd be this hard to render an animatronic completely unrecognisable.

Great to see some proper discussion on the state of animatronic archival, I don't think its ever really been covered outside of the inner fandom circles!

Great video Sully! As someone who has saved many animatronics from Chuck E Cheese dumpsters I found this video very interesting.

As someone who is not American, the moment where you stood next to Jasper, I was like 'holy shizz these things are huge!"

Imagine just walking into someone's house and instead of a TV, they have a full animatronic band that plays only the same 3 songs over and over again

9:59 the fact that chuck e even *HUMBLY ACCEPTS* the fact that he's getting removed is heartbreaking. he's giving the best birthday a child could ask for in the clouds.

Love to see Sully, A fan of Animatronics real and fictional. Documenting this subject in a fun and informative way. As a Disney Parks fan, I find people like Nolan Bushnell and Aaron Fechter have the same vision as entertainers like Walt Disney. Leave it to the corporate suits to slowly ruin everything overtime and make it cold and soulless. :(

I never would’ve expected you to actually have Jasper cosmetics to put on Beach Bear, glad to see you saved a piece of restaurant history! 😂

It's kinda sad seeing Chuck E Cheese's Animantronics being messed up but this is good history.

I love the fact the a bigger youtuber actually likes and cares for C.E.C and R.A.E animatronics

I would love to see more animatronic content from you! It saddens me seeing what chuck e cheese is doing just to make sure nobody gets their hands on animatronics. Ive been a fan of animatronics for years now

I’m the only crazy one to actually pay an attorney over $4k to successfully secure rights and rebrand of one of the abandoned PTT characters🤪😂 And thank goodness it worked 😅🤚🏼

“Move the animatronics to stores that have animatronics for parts” *those words summoned some fnaf 6 vibes into my brain*

My dad actually was hired by Chuck E Cheese to do the electric work of the remodeling for phase 2.0, and they were very strict. For instance. They weren't allowed to record or take photos during work hours. They weren't allowed to take anything with Chuck E cheeses' name on it or anything considered Chuck E cheese memorabilia. I was super upset I couldn't get the fursuit, but luckily, we were allowed to keep the chairs, lol.

7:04 I thought he was greenscreened over the video, it freaked me out when he touched billybob.

It’s a shame that the corporation is so determined to wipe these from the earth! They are amazing pieces of history and somebody worked hard to bring those characters to life! There are many people who would pay top dollar for them too!!

Its kinda surprising they didn't auction them off because they could've made a lot of money from it.

Very entertaining video, Sulley. It's good to see one of these beginner/basic CEC info videos that is not crammed full of FNAF references. You did an amazing job with this

A while ago i was obsessed with chuck e cheese animatronics and history, but now that all of the animatronics are gone i just couldn't keep supporting them

I’m surprised you didn’t mention the original 70’s portrait animatronics that were on display at corporate headquarters for some time but were half destroyed because of intellectual property during a renovation but they were actually on loan from a woman who owned them. Fortunately Chuck and Crusty survived and were eventually bought by a collector.

Jeez, this is insane. I’m happy to see that people like you and Jack are preserving these pieces of history. Also love how this video ends…First, Thomas Elmers, then Rory Felton, and now…Chuck E. Cheese, let’s dance!

Get the whole band back together and then record a few shows! These old robots are a national treasure. It's horrifying that the rich show a lack of respect to them.

Chuck E. Cheese animatronics: goes to the collector's prompt hands Corporate: I HOPE YOU DIE IN A FIRE!

Its really sad that they're doing that. Animatronics cost so much and they're so cool. For them to just destroy them like that is CRAZY to me, such a waste

bruh that reveal at the end... I'm happy to see that someone else cares about these animatronics too, they look great by the way, and I wanna say thank you for sharing these with us and not letting them go forgotten..

lmao i never knew how accurate fnaf 2 was to reallife imagine some fazbear employee just dragging a whole fukin withered bonnie into their car tho 😂

I've been in the CEC community for a while now and it's always been one of my biggest interests, its always great to see things like this be saved and more people to learn about this companies history and actually appreciate tha art of animatronics and how special they are. I can't fault CEC for the decision to remove animatronics as they have fallen out of popularity within the past 20 years. I'm still glad to be a part of a community that still cares and wants to preserve its history.

That was a awesome ending to the video. I love jasper’s dumb face wave at the camera like if he was saying “Hi Showbiz, I’m right here. Ahyug!”

I very well enjoyed this video and learned about how desperate the corporate side of Chuck E Cheese to destroy history. The whole Billy Bob just being taken home is a funny thing to me. Kinda reminds of how there is a place here in West Virginia called Billy Bob's Wonderland which basically straight up refused to do concept unification. Instead just changed the name.

Thank you so much for talking about this!! As someone with a niche obsession with animatronics sparked by FNaF years ago, eventually developing into full passion separate from FNaF all together, it makes incredibly distressed how little Chuck E. Cheese cares about their history. Even Disney is way better about this stuff. You didn't even go over the countless pizza time theatre cosmetics and full animatronics that have actually been entirely destroyed. Some survived but some are just gone forever. I still don't understand why Chuck E. Cheese cares so much in the first place, since it's not like they'll be competing against animatronic shows anymore if their plan is to remove all animatronics. If it's the IP they care so much about, why don't they just strip and incinerate the cosmetics and then auction off the animatronics themselves? They'd be indistinguishable from the countless still existing RAE animatronics in circulation, which they don't even own the rights to. Then they'd even make a few extra bucks from the auctions, rather than burning money by destroying them. It makes me mad and I think more people should be aware of it. Maybe if enough people cared and made noise about it, it would impact their (non-existent) profits or something, idk.

I'd love to get a Rolf animatronic at some point, these old bands are so interesting (We don't have animatronic bands in the UK, never did)

... So Corporate wanted to get rid of the animatronics as a cost saving measure, and saw people trying to buy or salvage them for large sums of money... and thought to destroy them rather than auction them off? Like I get it may not be a large sum of money compared to their typical renvue and it being a niche market of collectors, but at least some profit could be made or even just reduce the cost of destroying the animatronics by only destorying the ones that weren't sold in an auction or something

Your restoration of them look REALLY well done. Nice job!

I’m really glad people like you are saving these animatronics. I only got to see an actual Chucky Cheese show a few times as a kid and I mourned too, because I was there too when they phased out coins and swapped it for tickets, and eventually the swipe card machines. It’s nice to see there’s people who are committed to restoring and taking care of these shows and even restoring them fully. I know there’s never a guarantee way to make something last forever but sometimes I wish there were still legacy restaurants to visit a snapshot of time. Like the 70s version? I would have loved to just watch those routines.

This commentary was absolutely amazing! You deserve more views for the content you make! 👍

A company deciding not to use something anymore and spending so much money and time uselessly making sure no one else can use or will never cease to be funny and depressing

Ain't no way CEC used the "Die in the fire" card.

you're very well spoken and your comedic timing is nice - im glad people like you care enough to try to preserve this odd but fascinating niche. it truly is a fascinating world i wish i were born slightly earlier to truly enjoy!

Would be 10 times better for the company if they just sold those animatronics And didn’t destroy them That would be a huge revenue stream for them

One of the first videos i ever watched on KZfaq was a Chuck E Cheese training video and 15 years later, wow someone finally has the animatronics saved.

Im personally thrilled to see you rescuing these from destruction. If i was rich i would do the same. I collect vintage toys and comics and save them from destruction as well. I have hundreds of mint sealed figures from the 70s, 80s, and 90s. Oh i also have dozens of halloween animatronics 😎

1:00 You can hear the Fnaf one theme or the Finnuff seem the most iconic theme

2:28 brock was not a founder of pizza time theatre, brock hotels was supposed to franchise pizza time theatre locations, but broke off when he saw the wolf pack 5 at IAAPA

I just recently a few months ago left my amazing job at Chuck E Cheese. It was the best job I've ever had, but during my time there, we went from a Studio C to a Dance Floor. While I wasn't able to save the animatronic, I did something I shouldn't have. With the help of the contractors in charge of 2.0, I was able to save a sign that once hung above the registers. It is Cool Chuck in his yellow sweater and red and green hat. It is one of my most prized possessions and it is currently hanging up in my home game room.

Never thought to see Shattered Chucky. Reminds me of the Shattered animatronics in Five Nights At Freddy's.

I only really remember Rock Afire. By the time our local Showbiz turned into a CEC, I only cared about pizza and games and didn't really sit and watch the shows.

YOU'RE THE ONE WHO BOUGHT THEM! I called about that showbiz pizza animatronic set the day after you bought it. I saw the listing on craigslist...My mom grew up in that place, we still have tokens floating around from there, I'm sure. I'm so glad they're in a good home! As i was watching i saw them come up and was like "Damn I almost bought a set just like that" Then you said in the Topeka Kansas area, and I about spat my drink out!

brilliant video! thank you for saving these animatronics from becoming nothing more than scrap metal. It's truly nice to see them in a better home.

“Uhh… the animatronics do get a bit quirky at night” Sully: “TURN ON LIGHT CLOSE DOOR OPEN DOOR TURN OFF LIGHT TURN ON LIGHT CLOSE DOOR TURN OFF LIGHT…. AHH THERES ONE IM HERE! ❤all the credit this guy gets 👍👍two thumbs up! 😅

im just praying an engineer with way too much time on his hands will somehow recreate the animatronics.

Holy cow, great video, it was very well put together and that ending was icing on the cake.

7:24 HA! My arm made it in the video!😂😂

I couldn't have been prepared for that outro and he's my favorite one - finally some happy tears about all this. 😭Maybe one day we'll be able to see a "short" of him boppin' around doin' his thing.

This video was just so good. Loved the jabs by showing your collection. This was really informative and learned some things I didn’t know.

Great video! You covered the history really well, also live that ending lol

THIS PART WAS CRAZY!!😂 11:04

Man just casually has a 3 stage Jasper in his house and i love it

Just be careful about them moving around at night. We don't need a 3rd bite for the lore.

It’s awesome that you own a Jasper animatronic!

Looking forward to your inevitable follow-up video about how Northridge and another location have gotten/are getting a 2.0 that keeps the animatronics and some classic decorations!!!

Hello GSully ! To correct a bit of misinformation, Robert Brock was not a founder of CEC. He signed up to be the largest franchisee of CEC's Pizza Time Theatre stores. This was a year or two after PTT incorporation. Robert had also been the largest franchisee of Holiday Inns previous to signing up for the PTT franchise. But when Bob attended the annual IAAPA trade show, he saw Aaron's animatronics, and chose to break away from CEC franchising. Thus began the lawsuit and counter-lawsuit. I know this information because I was the 7th PTT, Inc Corporate office employee after Nolan bought the assets from Warner Communications in 1978. -dale

1:25 yeah im obsessed with the intro for some reason

2:46 WAS THAT THE CRASH OF 87?

Everyone watch out. Sully is slowly gonna start wearing purple clothes and speaking through a rotary phone

I don't think I've caught on to why they want all of the animatronics to be destroyed. They could of made thousands if they sold them.

Chuck E Cheese: no more Sully and Scott: mhm yeah sure thing

It's so crazy how they're getting rid of all of this history. Especially with the popularity of FNAF you'd think business would go up a bit.

I heard this story over a hundred times from diffrent pepole on this platform, but you still menaged to catch my attention through the whole video, also I belive that Billy Bob was not used during Concept Unification just to piss Aaron off

Holt crap I never realised how big beach bear/jasper was. Amazing video!

As someone who also loves animatronics I must say this video is awesome! Wishing you luck keeping these animatronics alive 👍

Didn't chuck e cheese literally file for bankruptcy a few years ago? why would they be so against selling the animatronics when they NEED MONEY!?!?!?!

man i wish the bite of 83 could’ve occurred here..

Corporate people are just plain stupid!!! I love and honor you and the collectors for saving as much as you can from those greedy corporate folks

The wait is finally over, I can sleep more peacefully now that this video is out. Thank you for educating new people about CEC and the RAE.

Destroying the animatronics was just dumb. They should have sold them off for thousands of dollars. If you're not going to be using the animatronics anyway, what's the point in preventing anyone else using them? It's not going to be competition.

Nice job Sully, I'm glad that other popular KZfaqrs are spreading awareness of this.

How... how did I survive the 90s without ever once knowing Chuck-e-cheese had animatronics?! It makes no sense

did you seriously drill holes into a 1980 mech for jasper cosmetics.

This was an AWESOME video!! Would love to see more like this on other nostalgic subjects in the future (assuming your wallet can take the hit! Oof!)

As an animatronics fan I'm glad you finally made this video

It makes me feel so much better that there are people like you out there that are determined to save our beloved childhood friends. Thank you!!!

the bite of 🧀

as a chucky cheese, i can confirm, i am destroyed.

I LOVED this video. I love seeing people talk about the history of cec and showbiz, it’s so interesting

Chuck E. Cheese was not ready for “if it leaves a mark it leaves a mark”

If it wasn't for that darn William Afton...