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Guess Who This Is!; Hint: rhymes with Ruck Ree Reese
Topic Started: Jul 4 2012, 10:46 AM (239 Views)
Lady BlizShadow
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That's right, it's Chuck E. Cheese. The pizza chain is finally giving the rat a makeover.

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The company that operates the chain of children's pizza restaurants is retiring the giant rodent's image - and the man who voiced its character for nearly two decades. CEC Entertainment Inc. said it plans to launch a national ad campaign Thursday with a revamped image of Chuck E. Cheese as a hip, electric-guitar-playing rock star. It will be voiced by Jaret Reddick, the lead singer for the pop-punk band Bowling for Soup.

It's just the latest makeover for the 35-year-old mascot, which started life as a New Jersey rat who sometimes carried a cigar.

According to ShowBizPizza.com, a Chuck E. Cheese fan site, Duncan Brannan learned of his replacement only after coming across "Chuck's Hot New Single" online and realizing it was sung by someone else.
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I personally think he looks fantastic, like something I may have drawn if given the chance: basically an actual rodent. On top of that, he's being voiced by the man who sung Endless Possibility for Sonic Unleashed. I'm perfectly okay with this rebranding, but feel free to lament about yet another death of your childhood. xP
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I personally don't mind the revamp. I always thought the commercials/ad campaign used for Chuck E. Cheese were... cheesy (no pun intended) [Of course, I've had yet to see anything beyond this new design, so maybe they'll still be meh]. I'm pretty sure the ads they have aired have been the same old same old since I was young, with a few new ones here and there, or maybe that's me. A revamp is refreshing to the say the least.

I was never really a big fan of the place myself. Most likely because the closest one to where I lived when I was kid was a couple cities over, about 30-45 minute drive. If we wanted pizza/arcade games we'd just go to Shakey's.
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Tammy
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I don't really care for the pizza joint anymore, but credit where it's due:

That is one sweet-ass-looking guitar.
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Oh cool! To be honest I was thinking of having my 15th birthday there. x3 (Don't judge) And it's about time the mouse got a makeover, or revamp or whatever. He looks cool. The older one in the costume scared me to be honest o.o So I'm glad he's getting a revamp.
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Jul 4 2012, 07:16 PM
Oh cool! To be honest I was thinking of having my 15th birthday there. x3 (Don't judge) And it's about time the mouse got a makeover, or revamp or whatever. He looks cool. The older one in the costume scared me to be honest o.o So I'm glad he's getting a revamp.
I was recently at a Chuck E. Cheese's and that fuggin' animatronic thing was kind of creepy as hell to be honest.
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Okay, there is a reason why I LOVE the new look and there's a reason why I HATE the new look.

Reason why I love it: It seems more child-friendly. Not creepy as the older ones. Especially the robotic ones that played music when you went to Chuck E' Cheese's.

Reason why I hate it: I'm that person that would hate something, but would hate it even more if it was changed. I'd rather have them keep the original, but still, the original was creepy and I was scared of it as a kid so I'd stick with this new one.
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