| Chuck E. Cheese in the Galaxy 5000 | |
| Director: | David Orr |
| Producer: | Gen Fukunaga Cindy Fukunaga Executive: Gen Fukunaga Jon Rice Daniel Cocanougher Associate: Barry Watson |
| Starring: | Galen Beyea Duncan Brannan Georgia Denney Jeremy Blaido Christopher Sabat |
| Music: | Dave Butler David Rennke Mark Lovrich |
| Cinematography: | David Orr |
| Studio: | Creative Engineering, Inc. CEC Entertainment, Inc. |
| Distributor: | FUNimation Productions |
| Runtime: | 62 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
Chuck E. Cheese in the Galaxy 5000 is a 1999 direct-to-video film that was based upon Chuck E. Cheese's. It was released on October 5, 1999 in CEC restaurants and also sold at Toys "R" Us.[1] The plot is that a boy named Charlie Rockit needs $50,000 to fix his aunt and uncle's tractor engine, so Chuck E. Cheese and his friends go to the Galaxy 5000 to win it in a race.[2] The distribution company would go on to become Crunchyroll, one of the biggest anime streaming services.[3]
The film stars Chuck E. Cheese and his friends, Helen Henny, Jasper T. Jowls, Mr. Munch and Chef Pasqually.
During a day at Pasqually's diner, Chuck E. is visited by his friend Charlie Rockit, whose aunt and uncle are in danger of losing their farm because they need $50,000 to replace their broken tractor. To Pasqually's suggestion, Chuck E. decides to raise the money by racing in an intergalactic race called the Galaxy 5000 on the Planet Orion, where the grand prize is the exact amount of money needed.
Using Pasqually's Awesome Adventure Machine, Chuck E., Helen, Jasper, Munch, and Charlie teleport to Planet Orion where Chuck E. is presented a run-down spacecraft called the Songbird, which gets fixed and tuned-up with the help of Pasqually's old co-pilot and mechanic, Flapjack. Among the racers are the X-Pilots Peter and Ivan, the race's champions who want nothing to do with them and are suspected of cheating, and a woman named Astrid whom Chuck E. falls in love with, making Helen jealous and left out. In the qualifying round, the X-Pilots inhale an energy-boosting substance called Zoom Gas before achieving a speed of Vega-2 which leaves the Songbird in the dust; when Chuck E. attempts at it, he loses control at the final stretch through Dead Man's Canyon, and the team ends up finishing last. Later during Chuck E. and Astrid's date at the Soda Shop, Helen shows up with the X-Pilots alongside her, making it look like she has betrayed him as they mock his loss, not knowing she was really going undercover to expose their cheating. Helen is then brought to the X-Pilots' captain Dr. Zoom, who reveals the X-Pilots have cheated every year by using the Zoom Gas to help them see better while achieving Vega-2 speeds, which is produced by juicifying captive chickens, and locks up Helen as his mass-producing victim.
The night before the Galaxy 5000, Chuck E. goes for a practice flight alone for another attempt at Vega-2, but loses control again and ends up crashing into the underground home of a cave-dwelling hermit named Harry, who bears a resemblance to Pasqually back home. With Chuck E. feeling nothing is going right, Harry reveals he didn't do any training before the qualifiers and was unprepared, so he helps Chuck E. learn how to believe in himself to win while helping him train for the race, while Helen manages to break out of her cage along with the other chickens, knocking out Dr. Zoom in return. On the day of the final race, Astrid reveals she never liked Chuck E. as he thought and was only interested in the prize money, betraying his team for the X-Pilots. Just before the race begins, Chuck E. returns in time for everyone to tell him the truth, and Helen also rejoins the team and apologizes to Chuck E. for her supposed betrayal, and the two reconcile.
During the final race, Chuck E. was successful at achieving Vega-2, but the X-Pilots cheat again and send the Songbird back into last place, getting lost in the Black Forest and going off-course as a result. Through the encouragement of his teammates and what he learned from Harry, Chuck E. faces his fears and overcomes all his self-doubts, achieving the highest speed possible, Vega-3 and manages to overtake the X-Pilots at the final stretch and crosses the finish line. After winning the prize money which he shares with Charlie, Dr. Zoom and the X-Pilots are arrested for their Zoom Gas scheme and taken into custody, while Astrid shuns them and leaves them in disgrace. Chuck E. embraces his newly discovered teamwork and the true help of his friends and everyone sings and dances to celebrate his victory as the film ends.