# Chuck E. Cheese is a sleeze **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 3, 2025, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-e-cheese-is-a-sleeze/1022715 "2025-09-03T16:57:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-e-cheese-is-a-sleeze/1022715/1 "2025-09-03T16:57:55Z")
Police have released bodycam video of their arrest of Chuck E Cheese at work. He had stolen cheddar off someone’s credit card. > **[Video shows moment Chuck E. Cheese mascot gets arrested, escorted out of...](https://www.foxcarolina.com/2025/09/02/video-shows-moment-chuck-e-cheese-mascot-gets-arrested-escorted-out-building-front-kids/)** > > Police in Florida have released body cam video from an arrest in July in which a man in a Chuck E. Cheese mascot uniform was taken into custody. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-e-cheese-is-a-sleeze/1022715/2 "2025-09-03T17:04:36Z")
Never got a chance to put his ill gotten gains into a Swiss bank. He needed a better Goudaway plan. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-e-cheese-is-a-sleeze/1022715/3 "2025-09-03T17:10:08Z")
Turns out the “E” stands for “embezzlement.” ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-e-cheese-is-a-sleeze/1022715/4 "2025-09-03T17:31:28Z")
I wonder if they will turn him into an informant, so he can rat on the Big Cheese? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-e-cheese-is-a-sleeze/1022715/5 "2025-09-03T17:31:49Z")
I always thought the “E” was for Emmenthaler. The cops sure moved _his_ cheese. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-e-cheese-is-a-sleeze/1022715/6 "2025-09-03T17:33:19Z")
I wonder if he ever had his cheese pushed in, big time! ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-e-cheese-is-a-sleeze/1022715/7 "2025-09-03T17:37:01Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > He had stolen cheddar off someone’s credit card. Someone should have told him ‘that’s nacho cheese’. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-e-cheese-is-a-sleeze/1022715/8 "2025-09-03T19:37:52Z")
Not totally surprising given that Chuck grew up in a orphanage in New Jersey. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-e-cheese-is-a-sleeze/1022715/9 "2025-09-03T19:52:12Z")
Kids should’ve said, “Cheese it, the cops!” ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-e-cheese-is-a-sleeze/1022715/10 "2025-09-03T20:10:33Z")
A rat promoting a pizza with fake cheese always bothered me. I mean it’s a rat folks. A rat. Not good. ---
**Author:** ![X.L.Lent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a5b964/32.png) [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-e-cheese-is-a-sleeze/1022715/11 "2025-09-03T20:42:38Z")
That was an interesting tale. Did someone rat him out? ---
**Author:** ![mtnmatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a3d4f5/32.png) [@mtnmatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mtnmatt)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-e-cheese-is-a-sleeze/1022715/12 "2025-09-03T20:45:12Z")
When he was little, my son was terrified of Chuck E. Cheese, which was a problem given so many birthday parties would be held there. So if we got an invitation, my wife and I had to talk in code about Charles Fromage. ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-e-cheese-is-a-sleeze/1022715/13 "2025-09-03T23:28:37Z")
You can hear a kid in the background crying “No, Chucky, no!” I feel sorry for the poor kid, but I can’t help wanting to laugh. Just a little. ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-e-cheese-is-a-sleeze/1022715/14 "2025-09-03T23:34:05Z")
I was never that fondue him. ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-e-cheese-is-a-sleeze/1022715/15 "2025-09-03T23:58:23Z")
In another caper, he used dynamite to blow open a vault. De Brie was everywhere. He Compte a plea. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2025, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-e-cheese-is-a-sleeze/1022715/16 "2025-09-04T00:50:29Z")
Eons ago I worked for a gentleman (truly) who was an adult immigrant to the USA from Pakistan. When something was vexing he always said: > That really cheeses me off! I have no idea whether that was his personal pet phrase or was common in Pakistani English. But the various puns here fit that mould. Makes me bleu it does ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2025, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-e-cheese-is-a-sleeze/1022715/17 "2025-09-04T01:02:49Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > That really cheeses me off! > > I have no idea whether that was his personal pet phrase or was common in Pakistani English. I know an Australian chap who uses the expression. ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2025, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-e-cheese-is-a-sleeze/1022715/18 "2025-09-04T01:05:34Z")
I’ve heard the expression “cheesed off” now and then. I’ve assumed it was a thing in regular US conversation, even if it’s not frequently used. I don’t think I’ve ever said it. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2025, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-e-cheese-is-a-sleeze/1022715/19 "2025-09-04T09:29:48Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@LSLGuy](#): > > > > > [@](#): > > > > > > That really cheeses me off! > > > > I have no idea whether that was his personal pet phrase or was common in Pakistani English. > > I know an Australian chap who uses the expression. British English too, though the “cheesed off” formulation is more common