Chuck E. Cheese 32m (Animatronic)

The Chuck E. Cheese 32m Animatronic is an animatronic figure created by Garner Holt Productions Inc. for Chuck E. Cheese's locations, manufactured from 1997-2001. The Chuck E. Cheese 16m (Animatronic) was created in 2002 to replace the 32m because of costs.

History
After the failure of the Awesome Adventure Machine, the idea to replace Munch's Make Believe Band with only one animatronic was still being considered by Showbiz. In the late 90s, Showbiz reached out to a few manufactures one being Creative Presentations. But being unable to help Showbiz, they suggested that they contacted Garner Holt.

In the summer of 1997, Showbiz commissioned Garner Holt to designs and prototype for the future animatronic; so after a few revisions, they commission their first 32 animatronics to be made.

The first appearance of this Animatronic was on October 3rd, 1997 for an invite only event at the Showbiz Pizza Time Corporate Office. Then was unveiled at the 1998 CEC General Managers Las Vegas Convention.

Stages Used In

 * Studio C Alpha: Installed from 1997-2002, 2012, 2015. 40 left as of January 2023
 * Studio C Alpha/Beta Mix: Installed from 2000-2001. None left as of October 2022
 * Studio C Beta, 32m: Installed from 2000-2003, 2009, 2019.
 * Circles Of Light, 32m: Installed from 2012, 2013, 2015. 2 left as of February 2023

Trivia

 * The prototype animatronic had wrists that turned 180 degrees. This was considered unnatural so they changed it to just 90 degrees.
 * Figures made in 1997 had wire in their hands so that they were able to have their fingers bent to hold things.
 * The Garner Holt website in the late 1990s to early 2000s erroneously stated that the animatronic had 33 movements.