Cheese E. Pizza’s

## Characters

### Cheese E.’s Party Time Band

* Cheddar Entertainment “Cheese E.” Pizza (voiced by Mark Hamill (May 1977- January 1997), Cam Clarke (April 1994 - April 2012 (well, for new dialogue), singing voice only until April 1997), and Aaron T.Z. (July 2012-present) - A red possum with an orange, later yellow, muzzle who comes from New York City. His personality varies from an angry boss (1977-1983), to a kindhearted host with the most (1983-1997) to both (1997-present).
* Heather Highquack (voiced by Pat Stevens, (January 1978 - December 1979), Marla Frumkin (June 1983 - December 1984), B.J. Ward (January 1985 - December 2001), Mindy Cohn (January 2002 - December 2015, speaking), Bets Malone (2002-2015, singing) and Kate Micucci (January 2016 - present) - A yellow duck from California who was the first ever Guest Star but was later upgraded to the permanent female. Her personality varies from a quirky accident prone young lady (1978-1979), a romantic but stubborn Movie diva (1983-1990) to a thoughtful and kindhearted teenager who still had her romantic and stubbornness, just toned down (1990-1997) to romantic but easily-offended (1997-2012) to a cheerful social media addict (2012-present). She was retired from 1979-1983 and her 3 Guest Showtapes were January 1978, November 1978, and December 1979.
* Casper Johnathon Saddles (voiced by Daws Butler (1977-April 1988), Mark Schiff (July 1988 - April 1996), and Jeff Bergman (1994 - September 2021, Full Time Foxpower only until July 1996), and Jim Conroy (Christmas 2021-present) - A brown horse with a blonde mane from North Carolina who originally wore a red and white striped shirt and blue trousers. His personality varies from a dim witted jokester that laughed at everything and even himself (1977 - 1988), a daydreamer (1988 - 1996), to a snarky commenter (1996-present). He plays the banjo and the electric guitar.
* Mr. Barthomelow Crunch (voiced by Daws Butler (November 1978 - April 1988), Greg Burson (July 1988 - January 1991), Joe Alaskey (April 1991 - April 2000), and Chris Edgerly (July 2000 - present) - A blue bear wearing a yellow bib from Ohio. He is usually hungry and is the only one with a consistent character design throughout the years. He plays a piano.
* Macaron LeMoi (voiced by Daws Butler (May 1977 - April 1988), Eli Farrell (July 1988 - December 2001), René Auberjonois (January 2002 - April 2012), and Eric Bauza (July 2012-present) - A chef from France.
* Beauty, Cutie, and Tootie (The Singing Giraffes) (voiced by Cree Summer) - First show being September 2001. Beauty is red, Cutie is green, and Tootie is blue.
* Babette Brazil Beagle (Screen Character January 2018-September 2021, Animatronic Christmas 2021-present) (voiced by Kate Kelly Ricci) - A beagle from Brazil who speaks Portuguese. She is still learning English like the others are learning her language. She also plays an acoustic guitar as part of the band.
* Fiddles Tailswish Fox (voiced by Mel Brooks (1977-1996) and Ben Diskin (2021-present) - A silver Fox wearing a blue shirt. Like The Original Look for Cheese E., He doesn’t wear pants. He was removed 1978 and was replaced by Crunch, but was supposed to return for concept combination replacing Knox DeCat from Starlight Pizza Place’s Fuzzy Rocking Rambunction during the prototype stage. When He came back 2021, He became a part of the band, without Brooks reprising his role cause they wanted to revamp him to be younger. He had a cartoon on Shires Channel called Full Time Foxpower, running from 1994 to 1996. One more thing is that He has an interest of basketball and wears a basketball outfit for both versions of him.

### Arena

* The Chief (voiced by Don Francks (1979-1992) and Eric Bauza (2017-present) - A raccoon from Canada who would teach life lessons, often in song.
* Molly Woodles (voiced by Carol Burnett (1978-2017) - An orange sheep wearing a purple dress. She was added 1978 and deleted 1982, and was the only member of the piano trio that came back.
* The Monkeys - Ape versions of The Monkees, Added 1980 and deleted 1995, but came back 2021. The members were Gravy Jones (A Panamanian White-Faced Capuchin), Monkey Dolenz (A golden Lion tamarin), Michael Treeswing (A Marmoset), and Peter Cork (A Cotton Top Tamarin), each a different type of monkey.
* The Dodos - Some dodo bird girls who are parodies of The Go-Go's. They were added in 1984, had a 2nd showtape in 1987, and were deleted in 1992 but like the others on the list, returned 2021, but puppet versions of them appeared in 2020.

### Former

* The Ladybugs (Lady, Brady, and Paloma) (voiced by Buffy Sainte-Marie (1977-1987) and The Roches (1988-2001) - 3 Pink Ladybugs. Lady wore yellow, Brady wore blue, and Paloma wore pink. They existed until 2001 when they were replaced by Singing Giraffes. Lady was the one in blue, Brady was the one in yellow, and Paloma was the one in pink.
* Signora “Nora” Moo (voiced by Paula Mulchay (April 1978 - March 1983) and Nika Futterman (2017) - A green and pink cow who spoke in an Italian accent. She was added 1978 and deleted 1983. Nowadays, She’s just mentioned as a serious regret as “Macaron’s Ex Girlfriend”, except for in 2017’s Halloween at Cheese E. Pizza’s. Her Showtapes were April 1978, January 1979, Christmas 1980, January 1981, September 1982, and March 1983.
* Colleen Kirkcatrick (voiced by Helen Reynolds (October 1978 - September 1983) and Tress MacNeille (1988-1996) - An Irish-accented calico cat. Like Nora, She was added 1978 and deleted 1983, even though unlike Nora, She showed up in the 1988 movie (same thing goes for Fiddles, Molly, Arnold, and CC). Her Showtapes were October 1978 (also the last one with Fiddles), April 1979, April 1980, Christmas 1981, September 1982, and September 1983.
* Sassy McNut (voiced by Lady Bianca) - A mauve squirrel with a streak in her hair hair wearing a pink dress who would roast Cheese E. everytime He roasted her. She was added 1979 and deleted 1980. Her 2 Showtapes were September 1979 and January 1980.
* Arnold Almondine (voiced by Allan Oppenheimer) - A deer wearing a cape. Added 1980 and deleted 1982 and like Molly, had 2 Showtapes.
* Symphony Silhouette (voiced by Karlissa Hegar) - A female yellow horse with a braided pigtail mane. Added 1981 and deleted 1982 as an animatronic. Her Showtapes were July 1981 and April 1982, and appeared again as a screen character in The September and December 1988 tapes.
* CC Confetti (voiced by B.J. Ward) - A blue hippo wearing pink clothing. Added 1982 and deleted 1983 and unlike Molly and Arnold, only had 1 showtape.
* Crunch Sr. - He was a character who appeared in 1990 - 2021 tapes and told stories during intermissions, usually only interacting with Crunch but at specials interacted with the other characters. He was deleted in favor of Babette.
* The Rockwell Quartet (voiced by Bill Cole (Rolan), Thurl Ravenscroft (Nolan), and Daws Butler (Colin and Semicolin) - A human barbershop quartet that were Short-Lived Arena characters. The members were Rolan, the leader, Nolan, the deep-voiced one, Colin, the pessimistic one, and Semicolin, the half pessimistic half silly one.
* The Close Friends Picture - 4 human teenagers.
* Hot Sauce - A mariachi band of 2 humans and a Wolf.
* Elephant John - An elephant version of Elton John.
* David Bowwowie - A dog version of David Bowie.
* Road Boss - A cougar wearing shiny apparel.

### Screen

* Carey Boo (January 2016-present) (voiced by Eric Bauza) - A Caribou who brags about himself and hosts a game show that asks questions nobody knows about. Unlike Harry and Malick, however, He does have a soft side, having a secret gay relationship with Casper.
* Miguel the Orangatan (January 2014-present) (voiced by Carlos PenaVega) - An Orangatan who is Cheese E.'s nextdoor neighbor.
* Jerry the Stagehand (April 1990 - Christmas 2014, Christmas 2021-present) (voiced by Harland Williams)
* Bertha Baker (Christmas 1999 - Christmas 2014) - A human woman who tries to be a baker, but always messes up due to how dumb She is.
* Stan Rivers (April 2012 - September 2019, December 2021-present) - A coach human who The Coach of The Pizza City Possums, which is The Basketball Team Fiddles is in.
* Carl Lightning (April 1992 - September 1999, Christmas 2008 - April 2009, July 2014)
* Malick I. Yote (January 2015-present) (voiced by J.P. Karliak) - A coyote who is currently the main antagonist of select shows, often rotating between him and Carey.
	+ Sneezy's Torture Time Band - Malick I.'s Henchcreatures.
		- Sneezy Pizza - A parakeet allergic to his own feathers.
		- Leather Jacket - A Bunny who is Heather's Social Media Rival.
		- Gasper G. Yote - Malick's Brother and Leather's boyfriend.
		- Mr. Bunch - A tough snow leopard.
* Dude Worthy (April 1999 - January 2015) (voiced by Jeff Bergman) - A human who was a commentator for "Sir Casper the Great". He was retired in January 2015 due to failure to find post-Sir Casper things for him.
* Martin the “Hip” Hyena (1990 - 1994, 1996-2002, 2012-2014, 2021-present) (voiced by Cam Clarke (1990 - 2012, 2021-present) and Curtis Armstrong (2012-2014) - A hyena who believes things are the newest trends when they're been around for a long time.
* Hand (January - April 1995) - A bare-handed puppet. He was removed after just 2 shows cause He wasn’t so popular.
* S.T.A.R. (September 1995 - April 1996) (voiced by Tress MacNielle) - A red-colored female robot. She was retired after being used for 4 shows due to Charles Craft (her creator and ex-entertainment director from 1990 to 1996) leaving the company and taking his character with him.
* Lyle Squirrellen (September 2013 - July 2015) (voiced by Robbie Daymond) - A squirrel who served as an antagonist for the September 2013, January 2014, September 2014, and July 2015 shows. He disappeared due to both Carey and Malick taking his spot as antagonist.
* Darius (April 1999-present) (voiced by Dana Snyder) - Cheese E.’s Cat. He has been a mute until April 2019 during the song segment “Pet Sitting”.
* Toolbox Tank (April 2012 - Christmas 2014)
* Jeannie (April 2012 - Christmas 2014) - Toolbox Tank's Niece.

## Parodies

* Dawkins' Lab - Parodied in one episode as Breezy's Pizza, which had a handicapped possum named Breezy, a dog, a gorilla, a woodpecker, and a squid. The two-headed Bear (Val and Pablo) parodied Crunch Sr.
* Back at the Zoo - Parodied in "Arcade of Fierce" as Monk E.'s Pizza.
* Family Dude - Parodied in one episode as "Cheesy Charles".
* North City - Parodied in one episode as "Pepperon E.'s Pizza".
* The Nutty FalseParents - Parodied in one episode as "Rick E. Rabbitella’s Pizza Funhouse", which also had the parody name for Ritzy from Starlight Pizza Place.
* The Stevensons - Parodied in one episode as "Rall E. Weasel’s”. Rall E. Weasel parodied Cheese E. Pizza, The Beaver parodied Crunch, The Red-Skinned Man parodied Macaron, The Black Hen playing the guitar parodied Heather (mainly her original 1978 version), The Pig parodied Casper, and the others weren’t parodied.

## Stages

1. The Window Show
2. Cheese E.’s Showboat
3. The General Store - The first stage with full bodied animatronics, sized before that, the only ones on the main stage were The Ladybugs.
4. The House - The one in use that replaced The Fuzzy Rocking Rambunction at Starlight Pizza Place.
5. The Neighborhood - A stage set like a neighborhood. Cheese E. was full bodied but the rest were half bodied, peeking out windows and The Ladybugs are placed near Macaron. The stage stopped production in 1993 due to difficulties with the windows covering the characters, and The Ladybugs were removed from the stage in 2001 and they didn’t add The Singing Giraffes into it.
6. The Hangout - A stage when Cheese E. was in the middle on a turntable while the rest were full bodied animatronics that appeared (Heather and Macaron on left, Casper and Crunch on right). The Ladybugs (later The Singing Giraffes) appeared peeking out a window.
7. Studio E - A stage where Cheese E. and The Singing Giraffes are the only animatronics (also accompanied by a clapper board) while the rest are puppets on the screen.
8. Cardboard Stars - A stage when Cheese E. is an animatronic, Macaron, Crunch, and The Singing Giraffes are moving cardboard cutouts, and Heather and Casper were costumed characters on the screen but they only had custom footage for that in 2010-2012.
9. New Era Stage - The stage that is currently being introduced. It was first shown as a sneak peak in July 2021 because of the 4th Gen Heather Animatronic.

## History

### Rich (1990-1997)

In 1990, when Concept Combimation Happened, The Animatronics were revamped.

In 1991, they started using puppets instead of the animatronics for footage.

### Radical (1997-2012)

This era started in April 1997. Cheese E. was recasted for the first time as part of the revamp.

From April 1997 to January 1999, they retired the puppets for animated characters, but the puppets came back in April 1999 (The Animated Characters stayed in use though).

### Pop Rock (2012-present)

In 2012, they gave the characters the CGeyes.

After July 2015, due to executive meddling by 2014 - 2020 CEO Devon Mintz, CEP stopped doing covers cause He wanted to niche audience the shows.

There were 2 theatatrical shorts done by CEO without Devon's involvement. Halloween at Cheese E. Pizza’s in 2017 and No Place Like North Carolina in 2018.

In 2020, The workers kicked Devon out of the studio. By July 2021, they were doing covers again.

The new bots also debuted for The Christmas 2021 show. These were made cause execs noticed a decline in show watching, so they upgraded the bots to be more advanced.

### Intermissions

1. CEP News (1991-1999)
2. Heather’s Star Struck (1991-1993, 2014)
3. Jerry Backstage (1993-2012)
4. Macaron’s Cheesy Jokes (1994, 2012-present)
5. Sir Casper the Great (1999-2012)
6. Bertha Tries to Bake (1999-2014)
7. Hungry Survivor (2001-2007)
8. Story Time (2007-2012)
9. Fan Mail Time (2007-2012)
10. Crunch Asks a Question (2019-present)
11. Did You Know? (2020-present)

## International Locations

1. CEP Italy
2. CEP Mexico
3. CEP Spain
4. Macaron’s
5. Missy Marinara
6. Pizzaria Festa