Suck E. Cheese's: Difference between revisions

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One for the [[Stock Parodies]]: an obvious [[Satire, Parody, Pastiche|pastiche]] of Chuck E. Cheese's, a combination pizza restaurant and "family-fun" center. It's the home of arcade games, ball pits, mediocre pizza, [[Nightmare Fuel|creepy]] costumed characters, and really bad animatronics. Working here is worse than [[Burger Fool]].

The chain was created by Nolan Bushnell, the founder of [[Atari]]. It reached its heyday in the 1980s, but also suffered bad publicity as a hunting ground for sexual predators. It has inspired a number of knock-offs throughout the country (and even an ''adult'' version in Dave & Buster's<ref>The main difference between them is that D&B has a full bar and has a slightly wider food selection</ref>), which (except for D&B) have gone into similar decline. Similar properties exist outside the US, including the UK's [http://www.wackywarehouse.co.uk/ Wacky Warehouse], though they rarely make their way into media.

The Real Life chain was created by Nolan Bushnell, the founder of [[Atari]]. It reached its heyday in the 1980s, but also suffered bad publicity as a hunting ground for sexual predators. It has inspired a number of knock-offs throughout the country (and even an ''adult'' version in Dave & Buster's<ref>The main difference between them is that D&B has a full bar and has a slightly wider food selection</ref>), which (except for D&B) have gone into similar decline. Similar properties exist outside the US, including the UK's [http://www.wackywarehouse.co.uk/ Wacky Warehouse], though they rarely make their way into media.

Note that not all examples are terrible; some are rather awesome and kids will do anything to go there. (May still qualify as hell-on-earth for their hapless parents and the equally hapless teenage employees, though.)