Chuck E. Cheese's Backstories (Johnsonverse)

This is a list of character backstories shown on the official Chuck E. Cheese's website. Animated videos based on the backstories were produced in 2019, titled Chuck E. Cheese: Behind the Cheese.
==Chuck E. Cheese==
Chuck E. Cheese was born one Charles Entertainment Cheese at St. Marinara Hospital in Rodentville, New Jersey, on May 17th around 25 years ago. If you're wondering why his middle name is "Entertainment", that's because his parents planned to give him the middle name Richard, but his dad (himself a famous entertainer) remarked, "Entertainment oughta be his middle name", and the hospital took it a little too literally.
The little rat grew up perfecting his musical skills, hoping to follow in the footsteps of his beloved father, as well as hanging out with the other kids in the neighborhood and playing sports with them. When he wasn't learning music, or singing, or playing sports with the neighborhood kids, Chuck E. loved playing video games. His favorite game was called Pong. Chuck E. almost never lost. In fact, one day Chuck E. won a Pong tournament and received a trophy and $50. That $50 was enough for him to buy a bus ticket to New York City. It was his magic ticket.
Chuck E. waved goodbye to his family as he took a bus trip to New York City. When he got there, he was amazed at how big the city is. But Chuck E. felt lonely. He missed his family and friends, and developed a bitter attitude over it. After telling cheesy jokes and singing equally cheesy songs at every club in the city, Chuck E. was asked to sing at a child's birthday party. He accepted, and when he sang "Happy Birthday" and a medley of other songs, Chuck E. was met with a standing ovation, having found his footing as a children's entertainer.
He met a friendly Italian pizza cook (and aspiring comedian) named Pasqually P. Pieplate, who agreed to join with him. Together, the two saw great success and moved to San Jose to create a place where kids could laugh, sing, and play. After inviting several other friends to his group and convincing Pasqually to bring in his other favorite thing (games), Chuck E. opened up the first of many restaurants where he and his friends entertained people with music and fun; as time went on, he softened up into the friendliest rat you'll ever meet. And the rest is history.
== Crusty T. Cat ==
In California, a black Tuxedo cat named Marion Theodore Cat moved to the local orphanage. Because he was an orphan, nobody knew what his birthday was for a long time (when he did find his parents as an adult, he found out he was born on February 13th around 26 years ago), which made Crusty sad. But not for long, as he had formed a close bond with the other kids in the orphanage, despite initially being mocked for his name. His favorite sport growing up was baseball, and he often tuned in to baseball games and played ball with the other kids in the orphanage, earning the nickname "Crusty" for his tendency to make biting comments (a much cooler name he would always go by going forward). When he was old enough, Crusty played for the local baseball team, the Swingers, for several years before falling victim to an injury. His baseball career over, Crusty turned to another interest of his: comedy.
After some training from a famed entertainer, Crusty performed in various nightclubs. One night, he was noticed by a cosmic purple monster by the name of Mr. Munch, and became one of three entertainers who performed at the first Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre restaurant in San Jose.
A few shows in, however, Crusty was fired by Pizza Time Theatre for becoming a Communist. But don't fret: he was the worst Communist in the world. He thought the Proletariat was the enemy, when he was the Proletariat himself. Realizing his errors, Crusty co-founded a rock band called Bowling for Fish, which was hugely successful and earned him big money.
Crusty used his residuals to buy a bankrupted talent agency, San Jose Talent Management, and renamed it to Crusty Talent Management, as well as buying and flipping real estate. He even acquired the Swingers and their legendary stadium, and since then, the team has never been more successful. During this time, he married his girlfriend Beth and bore two children, Crusty Jr. and Lexi.
One day, Crusty met Chuck E. again for the first time in years after winning his band's contract in a coin toss. He agreed to become the band's lead guitarist and agent, and now spends his time signing contracts and shredding guitar tracks.
== Bella B. Conejita ==
In the village of Isla Umbú, Paraguay on September 23rd about eight years ago, Roberto and Paula Conejita begot a girl named Izabella Brinca Conejita, the seventeenth of their twenty-five children. She was unable to use her legs, thus leaving her to use a wheelchair. At an early age, the little rabbit's intelligence had already shined; she was able to recite complex equations and words, as well as reading books far beyond her years. She also displayed an aptitude for painting beautiful pictures of flowers, and loved watching classic movies (that doesn't mean she didn't enjoy cartoons, though!) and even attending operas.
When she was two, Bella discovered a love of saxophone playing after listening to old Gato Barbieri records her grandparents owned. She would often spend the mornings practicing her saxophone skills (she affectionately named her sax "Marita," after her great-grandmother) and snark, the afternoons helping her mother (her father was a soldier who was deployed for a few years) and littermates with their toy business by painting toy trains and dolls, as well as playing with her favorite My Little Pony dolls and watching cartoons, and the nights studying for school by reading books and doing homework. At the age of four, Bella was already in the fifth grade.
When she was six, Bella and her family moved to the United States in hopes of a better life, settling in Texas. She continued honing her intellectual skills as the Conejitas spent the next few years struggling to sell their toys in a crowded market. One day, as they were on the brink of losing their toy business and potentially being evicted from their home, Bella, now eight and in the ninth grade, went to a park in Dallas and started playing some blues, collecting donations from people who listened and hoping to provide for her family. Just then, a wolf named Mike noticed her and offered her a job as one of his clients for Ducky Cheese's, a local pizza restaurant. She accepted... only to immediately learn that she would only write the songs rather than perform them (which would instead be sang by Ducky Cheese himself, who could only quack, and Justin Beaver, who had an overly shrill, grating voice), and that Mike would personally take credit for these songs and force her to keep it a secret while she would only be paid with counterfeit $5 bills that Justin drew in crayon. Worse, Ducky Cheese's was a poorly-run knockoff of another, infinitely better pizza chain, Chuck E. Cheese's, it didn't have any disability accommodations, and its pizza was disgusting! Enraged, Bella exploded at him and quit the job.
After a stint at ShowBiz Pizza Place that only lasted five minutes before Rolfe DeWolfe's smarminess made her quit, Bella then contacted a guitar-playing chicken named Helen Henny and a drum-playing coyote named Harmony Howlette, both of whom she had befriended upon moving to the States. Helen and Harmony decided she deserved a proper spotlight and took the young rabbit to Chuck E.'s Pizza Time Band's hangout in Irving. When they arrived, Bella met Chuck E. Cheese himself, who was impressed after she played some blues on her sax. She was officially accepted into the band as the eighth member.
==Helen Henny==
About 28 years ago, on May 27th, Helen Maxine Henny was hatched into the world. She spent her early life in Australia with her family; father Harry and older brothers, Henry and Harvey. During Helen's early childhood, the Henny children were cared for by a nanny due to Harry's job as an oil rig worker, as Helen's mother had passed away shortly after she was born.
From a young age, Helen had a deep passion for music. Some nights, she would spend hours in her room singing into a hairbrush and imagining she was performing on stage in front of a cheering audience, as well as crafting a guitar with her bare wings and using it to hone her guitar-playing skills. She dreamed of one day becoming a famous singer and touring the country, performing for her fans. When Helen wasn’t singing and playing, she was interested in fashion and vegetarianism. When Helen was five years old, the Hennys moved to the United States and settled in Alabama after Harry got a job as a photographer.
At 15, Helen auditioned for a play, and got the lead role. On her first performance, she got a standing ovation from the audience, earning her additional gigs in other plays, including musicals. On her spare time, Helen would practice with a bass guitar, as she still had a passion for guitar playing, and she started playing video games with her new adoptive sister, Haven. At 20, she moved to Manhattan full-time and later made it to the Broadway stage. She also managed to become a black belt in karate around this time, partly to make some of her roles more convincing.
During one of her performances, a rat named Chuck E. Cheese was in the audience. He was amazed at Helen's singing abilities, and after the play the two met for the first time. Helen played a short song to Chuck E., who joined in. Their chemistry was undeniable, and from then on the two formed a very close friendship, which later became a romantic relationship. And when it came time for Chuck E.'s friend Mr. Munch to recruit a new singer and bassist for his band…
well, guess who he called?
==Harmony Howlette==
On January 19th about 27 years ago, in a farm on the outskirts of Los Hermanos, Texas, a coyote named Harmony Montana Howlette was adopted by farmers Melody and Harper Howlette. When she was two, Harmony was already making catchy beats using cowbells she gathered.
At ten, the young coyote was already making waves in the music and rodeo scenes. She would spend weekdays going to school and drumming in concerts, and weekends riding cattle and working at her parents' farm with her brothers, Harland, Houston, and Hunter. During her free time, Harmony would hone her strength by lifting heavy objects such as hay and even machinery, as well as testing her fighting skills with punching bags.
Eventually, when she became an adult, Harmony started carving out a career as a drummer. After an extremely brief tenure with the greedy Mike Wolf's band that saw her quit before performing a single song, she was hired to be part of a rotation of guest stars by a New Jersey-born rat named Chuck E. Cheese, who was the mascot of a San Jose-based pizza restaurant called Pizza Time Theatre, though she didn't get to drum during her appearances. Unfortunately, this didn't last long, as she was laid off after Pizza Time Theatre went bankrupt and merged with ShowBiz Pizza Place.
In the years since, Harmony continued her rodeo and music careers while also being the sheriff of Los Hermanos and forming a romantic relationship with her former bandmate, a dog named Jasper... then a black cat named Crusty called her up and asked her to rejoin the Chuck E. Cheese's lineup (himself having rejoined), this time as a full-time drummer.
And she immediately howled at the opportunity.
==Jasper T. Jowls==
On August 26th around 25 years ago, on a small farm a few miles outside of Nashville, Jennie Jowls gave birth to twelve healthy hound dog pups. Of all the litter, there was one pup whose love for music and performing made him the most entertaining one in the bunch.
His name was Jasper Tennessee Jowls, and he loved nothing more than making his brothers and sisters smile. He spent his nights entertaining all the pups on the farm until they fell asleep. In the mornings, he would wake everybody up with a happy tune from his grand-paw’s old country records.
Jasper grew to love those country records so much, that he taught himself how to play almost any instrument he could find. He jammed on the bass, strummed the guitar, and above all else, Jasper plucked the banjo. In fact, he enjoyed playing the banjo so much; he saved up his allowance for an entire school year, just to get his grand-paw’s old antique banjo fixed up and ready to play. He even gave the banjo a name, “Paw,” as a loving nod to his old hero.
When he was a little older, Jasper moved to a cabin in the woods. One day, he was practicing the bass on his front porch. That’s when a rickety old car rolled by, breaking down in front of his family’s barn. Once the car came to a stop, out came a purple monster. Jasper, being a reliable hound, was quick to lend a helping hand to the traveler.
Jasper walked up to the bus and introduced himself. The monster told Jasper that his name was Mr. Munch and that he was told by a rat named Chuck E. Cheese to find another musician for his band, the Pizza Time Players. Jasper couldn’t believe his floppy ears. Immediately, he grabbed his banjo and laid down a smooth banjo line. Munch was so impressed that he invited Jasper to join him on their trip to San Jose.
Jasper’s uncle Jed fixed up the car, and they were on their way. Chuck E., impressed with Jasper's banjo skills, accepted him into the group. Jasper T. Jowls was now Chuck E.’s new right-hand man and rat's best friend.
==Mr. Munch==
Light years away and a few galaxies over on what we Earthians call March 1st around 127 years ago (around 20 years ago to humans), Dennis Eustace Lachlan Issac Connor Immanuel Oliver Ulysses Santiago Maury Macdonald Munchington (henceforth Mr. Munch, to keep things simple) was born on Planet Purple. His people were highly educated, and though Munch was just as smart as the next Purple Monster (to the point of being fluent in every galactic language there is), he always felt as if he didn’t fit in.
As a result, he spent most of his time in his room, practicing the keyboard and researching other planets. That’s where Munch honed his musical talents, and developed a particular interest in a planet called Earth. More specifically, he became fascinated with a substance the Earthlings called “pizza.” Munch had never tried pizza before, but from his research he knew that it was the ultimate secret to the Earthlings’ powers.
As was customary on his planet, Munch grew up and was sent out into the universe, with the objective of learning all he could about other planets and galaxies. Munch’s heart fluttered as he packed up his spaceship with pictures of his family and his favorite keyboard. He fired up his ship and blasted off, knowing exactly where his first stop would be: planet Earth.
After a bumpy ride through space, Munch had finally made it, landing with a smile in San Jose. Though the sights and sounds of the city amazed Munch, he knew that there was something he had to do.
Minutes later, Munch was on a bench in a park with his first slice of pepperoni pizza in his hand. But the taste just didn’t amount to his expectations. He pulled his keyboard out of his large purple pocket and played a slow, sad song. For the next week, Munch went to every pizza restaurant he could find, searching for a slice that lived up to the idea he had built up in his head. Everything he tasted fell short, and just as he was about to give up hope, he stumbled upon a place called Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre.
One whiff, and he knew he had hit the jackpot.
Munch excitedly went inside and ordered a pepperoni pizza. He took his first bite, and erupted into tears of joy. The pizza was everything he had ever imagined and more.
Just then, Chuck E. himself asked Munch to find three more musicians to perform with him. After finding a dog, a chicken and a cat, Munch was made an understudy performer; after the cat was fired, Munch was immediately promoted to a main band member, and grabbed his keyboard.
From the first note, it was clear that Munch was the band’s missing piece. After the show, Munch and the band spent the rest of the night jamming.
==Pasqually P. Pieplate==
About 43 years ago, a woman named Priscilla Pieplate and her husband, Pietro left the town of Naples, Italy with a simple dream: to bring the art of authentic Italian pizza making to the United States.
With smiles on their faces, and a secret family recipe up their sleeves, the couple packed up their belongings and headed to America, along with their newborn son, Pasqually Pietro Pieplate, who was born on December 1st.
Pietro and Priscilla loved their son so much, that when the couple finally opened up their restaurant in America, they named it “Pasqually’s Pizza”, with the hope that one day their boy would take over the family business.
From the very start, Pasqually had pizza making in his blood. While having fun for other kids was tossing around balls, Pasqually enjoyed tossing around pizza dough. Most days, he spent his free time in the kitchen, studying everything, from the way his parents spread the marinara to the way they sprinkled mozzarella. And when his parents welcomed another bundle of joy into the family, Pasqually couldn’t wait to teach his new sister, Paola, the ropes of the family business.
As soon as Pasqually could read, he memorized every last word of his family’s secret recipe. He wanted to make sure that no matter what happened to that piece of paper, he would never forget it. He even turned the recipe into a song, which he would sing every night while he played on his father's accordion.
But Pasqually wanted to do more than just bring authentic Italian pizza to the United States. He wanted to become the greatest pizza maker and entertainer the world had ever seen.
And that’s exactly what he did.
As years went on, Pietro and Priscilla eventually decided to retire and move to Florida. By then, Paola had been making waves in the video game industry, and Pasqually was given complete control of the family business. With his son Gino at his side, Pasqually was ready to let all he had learned from his parents shine.
The food had never been better, but for some reason the restaurant just wasn’t bringing in enough people. Pasqually thought comedy was the answer, but his jokes were horrible enough to drive more people away. He was all ready to throw in the towel and shut down his restaurant, resorting to selling pizzas door to door.
Then one day, a chance encounter with a singing rodent changed Pasqually’s life forever. But that, my friends, is a whoooole ‘nother story.
== Tati Truong ==
About 12 years ago, in Miles City, Montana on July 2nd, Vietnamese immigrants Lam and Giang Truong welcomed a beautiful girl into their family, whom they named Tatiana Lily Truong after two local musicians (though she always went by Tati). At school, other children would mock her for her tall height, making her very timid.
On her fifth birthday, Tati was given a tambourine as a present. Immediately, she demonstrated her ability to make quite the beats, playing it while watching preschool shows on television. She would doodle cutesy stickers on its front, such as rainbows and kittens, and adorn it with glitter.
When she was ten, Tati's family moved to New Mexico, where Lam started up a repair business, Troung Repair Services; as Tati displayed an aptitude for repairing broken objects, she joined her father's business, which was renamed to Troung & Daughter Repair Services, with Lam hoping that his pride and joy would one day take over the family business. She eventually developed an aptitude in not only repairing objects, but building them as well, and gained the confidence to stand up for herself. In the meantime, she also joined her local Camping Explorer troop, eventually becoming its leader.
One day, after ordering a pizza slice at a state fair, she happened to come across a purple monster. She trembled in fear, before the monster asked, "You gonna eat that?" He introduced himself as Dennis Eustace Lachlan Issac Connor Immanuel Oliver Ulysses Santiago Maury Macdonald Munchington, or Mr. Munch for short, before assuring Tati that he'd rather eat pizza and have good times than ever scare people. He noticed the tambourine Tati held, and took out his keyboard. The two proceeded to play a song together, with the people at the fair cheering and wanting an encore. Tati and Munch played more songs for them until night.
The next day, Tati received a text message from a rat named Chuck E. Cheese, who had been at the fair as well. Chuck E. invited her to play at his band's hangout in Irving, Texas. Once she arrived, she started playing the tambourine while singing a song that she had written at ten. The others - a cat, a chicken, a dog, a chef, a coyote, a rabbit, and of course, Munch, all applauded, and she was officially welcomed into the band.
==Madame Oink==
On August 19th about 32 years ago, Chantelle Marie Oink was born in France.
==Foxy Colleen==
In a small Irish town, Foxy Colleen was born Florence Quinn Flanagan 30 years ago.
==Sally Sashay==
==Dolli Dimples==
==Charlie Rockit==
==Artie Antlers==
==B.B. Bubbles==
==The King==
Elton Aaron Catsley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi in a two-room house.
==Glen Camel==
==Elkton John==
== The Beagles ==
The Beagles were founded by John Leashon in Liverpool, England, in 1956. The band achieved monumental success in the 1960s, causing a craze known as "Beaglemania".
== The Beach Bowzers ==
The Beach Bowzers were founded in Hawthorn, California, in 1961. The band became very popular in the mid-1960s, with such albums as, "Shut Up: Volume 5" (1964), "Surfer Pup" (1963), "Dog Sounds" (1966), and more.
== The Four Little Shavers ==
==Steve Waters==
==Justin Beaver==
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