Winchester Pasqually (Animatronic)
Winchester Pasqually was an animatronic featured at the San Jose, CA (370 S Winchester Blvd) Pizza Time Theater. It would be used from the location's opening until it was replaced by the standard Cyberamic model in 1980.
Design
This would be the first ever design for Pasqually. His attire and features were based around a stereotypical Italian pizza chef. His right hand holds a pizza cutter, while the other holds an uncut pizza. He is dressed in a red and white striped shirt, with a white apron and red neckerchief over it. His hat is a plain white chef's toque, sitting atop a head of curly hair.
His face brandishes a large fuzzy mustache, with an exaggerated lip and chin under it. His nose is spherical, pointing upwards from the mustache. His eyes are moved to the farthest upper corners of his face, with pupils looking down on the audience. His eyelids pose an extremely angry expression, with the left one slightly raised.
His hands are attached to the kitchen doors that can open and close, covering the animatronic in its entirety. This is designed to appear as if Pasqually is coming in and out of his kitchen. The door's have two fake windows and a large split sign reading "Pasqually's Kitchen" over them.
In 1978 an additional copyright plaque labeled "© Pizza Time Theatre Inc. 1978" would be put on the bottom of his frame.
Corp Adjustments
During his stay at the Showbiz Pizza Time Corporate Office, most of his cosmetics would be changed to ones from the 3-Stage Pasqually animatronic. This included his scarf, his mustache, his hat (being an updated hat from the first 3-Stage hat), his latex hands, and his apron. Additionally, his pupils would be moved from looking down-left to up-right, with stars painted across their surface. It is unclear if these were the original pupils, or replacement ones after the originals potentially falling off. It is unknown what was done with the old cosmetics after this change, though they were likely thrown away during refurbishment, or later during the remodel or move of the corporate office.
Corporate Move and Destruction
After Pizza Time Theatre vacated the Sunnyvale building in 1985, Pasqually, along with Winchester's Chuck E. Cheese V2 and Jasper T Jowls would be rescued by Jul Kamen. Jul would end up loaning all three portrait bots to SPT Headquarters to display in a museum dedicated to the history of Chuck E. Cheese's. The museum plans would never go through and the animatronics would simply be used as display pieces.
In 2004, Corporate would undergo a remodel and the portrait bots would be removed from their spot on the wall. The animatronics were ordered destroyed as part of CEC's strict 'de-identification' policy. While Chuck E. was saved by employees, Jasper and Pasqually were destroyed. The person who destroyed them is unknown.
Gallery
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Close-up, 2002
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Promo Photo, 1977
