Kids are losing the Chuck E. Cheese animatronics. They were for the parents, anyway

Chuck E. Cheese, the frontman for the animatronic Munch's Make Believe Band at the Chuck E. Cheese location in Northridge, Calif. This animatronic band is the last remaining one in the United States as locations remodel in favor of screens and interactive dance floors. (Maggie Shannon for NPR)

If anyone was going to throw a fit at Chuck E. Cheese on a recent Saturday, it was going to be the adults.

After the “eatertainment” franchise announced it would be getting rid of its signature animatronics at most locations, Kyle Cooper brought his 3-year-old to the chain for the first time. He was hoping to share with her a piece of his childhood.

“I took my daughter specifically to see the animatronics, ’cause that’s what I grew up with,” he said.