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 this animatronic due to it’s cost.
History
After the Awesome Adventure Machine concept failed, the one animatronic show concept was still being considered. Soon enough, ShowBiz reached out to a few manufactures one being Creative Presentations. But being unable to help ShowBiz, they suggested that they contacted Garner Holt.(1) In 1997, Garner Holt built their first batch of 32 function Chuck E. Cheese animatronics, the first appearance being on October 3rd, 1997 for an invite only event at the ShowBiz Pizza Time Corporate Office and a hand-full of locations. In February 1998 Chuck E. was unveiled at the 1998 CEC General Managers Las Vegas Convention (Event)|General Managers Convention. 160 of these Chuck E. Animatronics were placed in locations by the year 2000 and later ended production in 2001, only finishing one batch that year.
Internals
Bit # Movement
1 ARM OUT 2 ARM SWING 3 ELBOW UP 4 WRIST TURN 5 WAVE 6 ARM OUT 7 ARM SWING 8 ELBOW UP 9 WRIST TURN 10 WAVE 11 LEFT ARM FORWARD 12 BODY FORWARD 13 BODY LEFT SIDE BEND 14 BODY RIGHT SIDE BEND 15 TORSO TWIST RIGHT 16 TORSO TWIST LEFT 17 RIGHT ARM FORWARD 18 HEAD TURN LEFT 19 HEAD TURN RIGHT 20 HEAD UP 21 MOUTH 22 HEAD TILT RIGHT 23 HEAD TILT LEFT 24 EYE BLINK DOWN 25 EYE BLINK UP 26 NOSE 27 EYE TURN LEFT 28 EYE TURN RIGHT 29 EYEBOWS UP 30 EYEBROWS DOWN 31 EARS 32 FOOT TAP
Known Serial Numbers
(Original) Location S/N R&D
Garner Holt Productions 001 None (1997) Dallas, TX (13125 Montfort Dr) 002 None (1997) Brookfield, WI (19125 W Blue Mound Rd) 003 None (1997) Grand Chute Appleton, WI (4671 Michales Dr) 005 None (1997) Plano, TX (1604 Preston Rd) 006 None (1997) Thousand Oaks, CA (130 W Hillcrest Dr) 007 None (1997) Kent, WA (25817 104th Ave) 008 None (1997) Canton, OH (6370 Strip Ave) 010 None (1997) Orlando, FL (7419 International Dr) 011 None (1997) Altamonte Springs, FL (541 W Hwy 436) 012 None (1997) Salinas, CA (1447 North Davis Rd) 013 None (1997) Orlando (West), FL (7456 West Colonial Dr) 015 None (1997) Fayetteville, NC (511 North McPherson Church Rd) 016 None (1997) West Islip, NY (155 Sunrise Hwy) 019 None (1997) Fort Wayne, IN (711 Coliseum Blvd) 022 None (1997) Las Vegas, NV (7381 W Lake Mead Blvd) 024 None (1997) Lakewood, CA (5151 Lakewood Blvd) 025 None (1997) Palm Desert, CA (72513 Hwy 111) 027 None (1997) Redwood City, CA (2541-43 El Camino Real) 030 4698 Bradenton, FL (905 44th Ave) 033 4698 Richmond, VA (9030 Broad St) 034 4698 Phoenix, AZ (3329 E Bell Rd) 037 4698 Victorville, CA (12790 Amargosa Rd) 038 4698 Humble, TX (124 E FM 1960 Bypass) 039 4698 Jacksonville, FL (6065 Youngerman Circle) 041 4698 Fairfax, VA (9404 Main Street) 046 4698 Parma, OH (7601 W Ridgewood Rd) 047 4698 Jacksonville, FL (9820 Atlantic Blvd) 048 4698 Henderson, NV (1521 W Sunset Rd) 050 4698 Long Island City, NY (3419 48th St) 052 4698 Scottsdale, AZ (8890 E Indian Bend Rd) 053 4698 Littleton, CO (7510 Parkway Dr) 057 4698 Merrillville, IN (2961 E 80th Ave) 058 4698 Dickson City, PA (1003 Commerce Blvd) 059 4698 Winston-Salem, NC (620 Hanes Mall Blvd) 060 4698 Atlanta, GA (2990 Cumberland Blvd) 063 2199 Louisville, KY (2030 S Hurstbourne Pkwy) 064 2199 Costa Mesa, CA (2300 Harbor Blvd) 065 2199 Englewood, CO (1001 W Hampden Ave) 066 2199 Warwick, RI (650 Bald Hill Rd) 067 2199 Sterling Heights, MI (13745 Lakeside Circle) 070 2199 Grand Rapids, MI (3671 28th St) 072 2199 Bridgewater, NJ (600 Promenade Blvd) 074 2199 Spokane, WA (10007 N Nevada St) 075 2199 Jonesboro, GA (335 Upper Riverdale Rd) 077 2199 Batavia, IL (511 N Randall Rd) 078 2199 Rochester, NY (1000 Hylan Dr) 084 2199 Buffalo, NY (4408 Milestrip Rd) 085 2199 Norfolk, VA (920 N Military Hwy) 087 4599 Norcross, GA (5019 Jimmy Carter Blvd) 088 4599 Maple Grove, MN (12945 Elm Creek Blvd N) 089 4599 Orlando (East), FL (449 N Alafaya Trail) 091 4599 Midland, TX (4703 W Loop 250) 094 4599 St Charles, MO (2669 Veterans Memorial Pkwy) 096 4599 Downingtown, PA (911 E Lancaster Ave) 098 4599 Methuen, MA (90 Pleasant Valley Rd) 102 4599 Crystal Lake, IL (4725 Northwest Hwy) 105 4599 Waldorf, MD (2928 Festival Way) 109 4599 Miamisburg, OH (30 Prestige Place) 110 4599 San Jose, CA (2445 Fontaine Rd) 111 4599 Clearwater, FL (25921 US-19) 114 4599 Wyomissing, PA (2721 N Meridian Blvd) 115 4599 Fresno, CA (3117 W Shaw Ave) 116 4599 Miami (Kendall), FL (8701 SW 124th Ave) 118 4599 Mayfield Heights, OH (1615 Golden Gate Plaza) 119 4599 Douglasville, GA (6890 Douglas Blvd) 121 4599 Pittsburgh, PA (20 McIntyre Square Dr) 122 4599 Princeton, NJ (520 Nassau Park Blvd) 124 4599 Whitby, Ontario, Canada (75 Consumers Dr) 125 4599 Harrisburg, PA (3883 Union Deposit Rd) 127 4599 Miami, FL (18575 S Dixie Hwy) 129 4599 Austin (Round Rock), TX (401 W Louis Henna Blvd) 130 4599 Warren, OH (2082 Niles Cortland Rd) 137 4599 Colorado Springs, CO (5156 N Academy Blvd) 138 4599 Meriden, CT (533 S Broad St) 140 5000 Cedar Falls, IA (5911 University Ave 100) 141 5000 Hempstead, NY (162 Fulton Ave) 142 5000 Villa Park, IL (200 W Roosevelt Rd) 144 5000 Concord, NC (7970 Lyles Lane) 148 5000 Sioux Falls, SD (2600 Louise Ave) 150 5000 Alpharetta, GA (925 North Point Dr) 151 5000 Hickory, NC (2032 Catawba Valley Blvd) 152 5000 Boca Raton, FL (21699-A State Rd) 154 5000 Dallas, TX (13364 Montfort Dr) 155 5000 Mays Landing, NJ (4215 Black Horse Pike) 156 5000 San Antonio, TX (11735 Bandera Rd) 160 5000 Grapevine, TX (2755 E Grapevine Mills Circle) 161 5000 Cordova, TN (1636 N Germantown Pkwy) 166 1401 Murfreesboro, TN (1720 Old Fort Pkwy) 167 1401 Hampton, VA (5 Towne Centre Way) 169 1401 Bridgeville, PA (1035 Washington Pike) 170 1401 Rockville, MD (5270 Randolph Rd) 173 1401 Denton, TX (341 South I-35) 176 1401 Houston, TX (600 Gulfgate Mall Center) 177 1401 Frederick, MD (7210 Guilford Dr) 183 1401
Stages Used In
- Studio C (1997)|Studio C Alpha: Installed from 1997-2002, 2012, 2015. 8 left as of August 2024
- Studio C Prototype|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. 1 left as of August 2024
- Circles of Light : Installed from 2012, 2013, 2015. 1 left as of August 2024
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.
