Abandoned Chuck E. Cheese Animatronic
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About
Abandoned Chuck E. Cheese Animatronic is an image macro and image edit series based on a photograph of a decrepit Chuck E. Cheese animatronic character.
Origin
On June 23rd, 2020, Redditor tacoskins posted the earliest available version of the picture in the /r/pics[1] subreddit (shown below).
Spread
Minutes later, Redditor[2] Finneagan posted the image in the /r/photoshopbattles subreddit, where the post received more than 43,000 points (95% upvoted) and 830 comments in less than one year (examples below).
Later that year, on September 10th, 2020, YouTuber [3] Freaky Attractions posted the video "There‘s A Cursed Animatronic In The Desert – Chuck E Cheese Creepypasta," which featured the photo. The post received more than 360,000 views in less than one year. A commenter called CEC Florida responded to the video, writing, "I actually own this animatronic today. I paid $6,000 for him. He was in Mt. Olive Landfill in Birmingham."
The following year, on February 23rd, 2021, Twitter [4] user @ddoniolvalcroze tweeted, "Abandoned Chuck E. Cheese animatronic found in a landfill." The tweet received more than 175,000 likes and 30,000 retweets in less than three days (shown below).
Several media outlets covered the image, including Newsweek,[5] AV Club[6] and more.
Various Examples
Search Interest
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External References
[2] Reddit – /r/photoshopbattles
[3] YouTube – There‘s A Cursed Animatronic In The Desert – Chuck E Cheese Creepypasta
[4] Twitter – @ddoniolvalcroze's Tweet
[5] Newsweek – Creepy Photo of Abandoned Chuck E. Cheese Animatronic Goes Viral
[6] AV Club – Look upon Chuck’s works, E. mighty, and Cheesepair
Top Comments
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Feb 26, 2021 at 06:49PM EST
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