Chuck E. Cheese's full name is 'Charles Entertainment Cheese' and the internet can't stop laughi

Publish date: 2024-03-26

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The "E" in "Chuck E. Cheese" actually stands for something: "Entertainment."

And "Chuck," it turns out, is short for "Charles." It's not just a play on the nickname "Chucky.

Charles Entertainment Cheese is Chuck's birth name.

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It adds a whole new dimension of information to Chuck's identity. Mr. Cheese, for those who don't know, is the mascot for Chuck E. Cheese's, a restaurant chain in the Unites States. The locations serve pizza while also offering arcade games and animatronic shows to entertain kids.

Cheese's real name has actually been known for awhile now, but resurfaced in the public consciousness recently with this very good tweet from creative director Amy Schwartz:

—Amy Dracula (@amydracula) June 4, 2017

Representatives for Chuck E. Cheese's did not immediately respond to queries about why Chuck E. Cheese's full name is "Charles Entertainment Cheese." Though we're dying to know.

The people on Twitter who didn't know this were, of course, shocked:

—Tommy Valdez (@thomasav) June 4, 2017—Zachary Jacob (@zachdegaetano) June 4, 2017

One person pointed out that Scooby-Doo's real name is "Scoobert."

—Salomé (@Salome) June 4, 2017

And people also had fun with it:

—Raphael Bob-Waksberg (@RaphaelBW) June 5, 2017—John Morrison (@localcelebrity) June 4, 2017—MegaMatt X (@punk1290) June 4, 2017—Louis Block (@Blocktek) June 4, 2017

So there you go. Chuck E. Cheese's full name is "Charles Entertainment Cheese." Don't forget it.

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