Gustavo Gallery

Basic Actions

Gustavo & Brick

Walk/Turn

Gustavo & Brick's regular walking animation.

Gustavo & Brick drifting to turn around.

Jump, Fall and Landing

Gustavo & Brick jumping.

Gustavo & Brick falling.

Gustavo & Brick landing.

Gustavo & Brick during a double jump.

Gustavo & Brick landing after double jump.

Gustavo & Brick preparing to bounce off a wall.

Gustavo & Brick bouncing off an enemy or a Big Mushroom.

Hurt

Gustavo & Brick's hurt animation.

Gustavo & Brick getting caught by Pizzaface.

Gustavo's death animation.

Brick's death animation. (It's the same as Stupid Rat's defeat sprite)

Level Progression

Gustavo & Brick waiting at the switch sign.

Gustavo & Brick getting back up.

Gustavo & Brick's switch sign.

Gustavo & Brick entering a door.

Gustavo & Brick walking out of a door.

Idle

Gustavo & Brick's idle animation, where Brick sniffs towards the screen, and Gustavo scratches his chin.

Gustavo & Brick's idle animation.

Mach Run

Gustavo & Brick dashing at Mach 1 and 2.

Gustavo & Brick dashing at Mach 3.

Gustavo & Brick jumping at Mach 3.

Gustavo & Brick slamming into a wall.

Taunts/Parry

Gustavo & Brick's Super Taunt, showing a peace sign while sitting on Brick.

Gustavo looking angry while sitting on a footless Snick.

Gustavo & Brick having a lot of hair and fur.

Dr. Gustavo giving Brick a check-up. Possibly a reference to Dr. Mario.

Gustavo showing a peace sign while sitting on Brick. Possibly a reference to Super Mario World.

Gustavo & Brick swapping roles with each other.

Gustavo & Brick standing next to each other while crossing arms. This seems to be referencing a particular render of Mario & Luigi from the DS/GCN era.

Gustavo & Brick standing next to each other, showing thumb ups and having big grins. Possibly a nod to Wallace & Gromit.

Gustavo & Brick's parry animation. This is likely a reference to Yoshi's tongue attack from Super Mario World, along with a misconception that Mario hits Yoshi during said attack.

Rat Balloon

Gustavo & Brick floating after eating a Rat Balloon.

Gustavo & Brick launching upward after eating a Rat Balloon.

Gustavo & Brick preparing to fall after eating a Rat Balloon.

Gustavo & Brick falling after eating a Rat Balloon.

A cloud that appears after launching upward with the Rat Balloon.

Gustavo Alone

Stand/Walk

Gustavo's idle animation.

Gustavo's walking animation.

Gustavo drifting to turn around. This seems to be referecing various Mario games.

Jump

Gustavo jumping.

Gustavo bouncing off an enemy or Big Mushroom. This is most likely a reference to how Mario jumps in various games.

Gustavo falling.

Gustavo falling after bouncing off an enemy or Big Mushroom.

Crouch

Gustavo's idle while crouching animation.

Gustavo crawling.

Stomp

Gustavo preparing to perform stomp.

Gustavo falling during stomp Or seen falling in a level to tell the player to exit.

Gustavo landing after stomp.

Hurt

Gustavo's hurt animation. This animation appears to be referencing Mario's death animation in Super Mario World.

Attacking

Gustavo kicking Brick.

Gustavo doing a spin attack with balled-up fists. A reference to Zangief's "Double Lariat" attack from the Street Fighter series and possibly a reference to one of Rayman's attacks in Rayman Legends/Origins too.

Mach Run

Gustavo running at Mach 1 and 2.

Gustavo jumping at Mach 3.

Gustavo dashing at Mach 3.

Gustavo hitting a wall while running at Mach 3.

Other actions

Gustavo climbing up a Ladder.

Gustavo sliding down a Ladder.

Gustavo hanging on a Grind Rail.

Gustavo climbing across Grind Rail.

Brick Alone

Brick rolling.

Brick hitting a wall. This frame also appears when Brick is captured by a Hamkuff or hit by a wall after getting thrown by Pizzahead.

Brick coming back to Gustavo.

Brick waiting for Gustavo and reading a book about cheese.

HUD

Gustavo & Brick's default HUD.

Gustavo showing a thumbs up at the screen while Brick does a cool pose behind him in the HUD. Appears when either Toppins or Big Pizza Toppings are picked up.

Gustavo & Brick's hurt HUD.

Gustavo & Brick's Pizza Time HUD.

In-game Misc.

Gustavo first appearing in the game's intro.

Gustavo holding a map in the game's intro.

Gustavo pointing to the tower when the game begins in a new save.

Gustavo pointing towards exit during Pizza Time.

Brick chasing Gustavo on Floor 1.

Gustavo being chased by Brick on Floor 1.

Gustavo & Brick having a big fight with each other on Floor 2.

Gustavo drunk during Fast Food Saloon's escape.

Gustavo hurt on Floor 3.

Brick hurt on Floor 3.

Gustavo & Brick's only Technical Difficulties image.

The screen seen when switching to Gustavo & Brick.

A rocket with Gustavo's face that Gustavo appears out of during Deep-Dish 9 escape.

Gustavo & Brick playing Poker on Floor 4.

Gustavo & Brick in a Taxi in The Pig City.

Gustavo wearing a winter suit in Refrigerator-Refrigerador-Freezerator.

A frozen Gustavo during Pizza Time in R-R-Freezerator.

Gustavo & Brick hugging each other in fear in Floor 5.

Gustavo & Brick trying to play it cool when seeing Peppino in Floor 5.

"Gustavo"'s Pizzascare escape falling animation. This is a nod to a Pizza Tower show that McPig had ideas for, where at night, Gustavo would become a "Wererat".

"Gustavo" pointing towards the exit in Pizzascare's escape.

A Gustavo puppet that appears during Don't Make A Sound's escape.

Gustavo in an army suit during WAR.

Gustavo shooting Brick during WAR.

Brick being shot out of Gustavo's bazooka during WAR.

Gustavo looking ready to fight during the final phase of Pizzaface's bossfight,

Gustavo trying to calm Peppino down by patting his back in the game's ending cutscene.

Brick looking around in the game's ending.

Gustavo, Brick, and Peppino standing. This appears when you escape the Crumbling Tower of Pizza in swap mode.

Gustavo and Brick wrangling rats with Peppino and The Vigilante. Appears in the ending.

Brick winning a hot dog eating contest while Peppino and Gustavo prepare some more hot dogs. Appears in the ending.

Gustavo & Brick dressed as Dr. Frankenstein and his monster at a Halloween costume party. Appears in the ending.

Gustavo dancing in the Sound Test.

Gustavo on the 2nd save file in the menu.

Gustavo on the 2nd save file after being selected in the menu.

Gustavo's Animatronic form in the HUD after Peppino gets hurt 60 times.

Gustavo and Brick dressed as Frankenstein and Frankenstein's Monster. Seen in Floor 1 in the Halloween update.

Scrapped Animations

Gustavo with Brick

Gustavo & Brick's tumbling animation.

Gustavo & Brick's idle animation while holding enemy in mouth. (only one frame is used in the parry animation)

Gustavo & Brick's jumping animation while holding enemy in mouth.

Gustavo & Brick falling while holding enemy in mouth.

Brick swallowing an enemy.

Gustavo & Brick climbing on a wall.

Brick Alone

Brick rocketing downward.

Brick hitting the floor after rocketing downward.

Gustavo Alone

Gustavo being squished after hitting a wall

Gustavo (NPC)

Gustavo's idle animation.

Gustavo making a pizza for Peppino to deliver.

Gustavo showing the pizza after making it.

Gustavo giving the pizza to Peppino.

Gustavo pointing at Peppino after taking the pizza.

Gustavo screaming after Peppino fails to deliver the pizza.

Gustavo kneeling in defeat after Peppino fails to deliver a pizza.

An infuriated Gustavo getting up after Peppino fails a delivery, powering up in the process.

Gustavo powering up in rage after Peppino fails to deliver a pizza. Most likely a reference to Goku, with his Super Sayian ability.

Gustavo preparing to pummel Peppino.

Gustavo flying to grab a screaming Peppino. Possibly a Sonic.exe reference.

Gustavo assaulting Peppino when he fails to deliver a pizza.

An old and scrapped version of Gustavo sitting on a chair in Golf .

Gustavo's Pizzeria

An oven.

A wooden table with a tomato, knife and mushroom on it.

3 pizza boxes stacked up, probably a reference to the boxes that Peppino delivers.

An ordinary fridge.

A purple phone on a table, Possibly a reference to an unused object that activated Pizza Time.

Gustavo's pizzaria building, made out of wood, with "Gustavo Pizza" text on top, his face near it, and a pan on the wall.

Miscellaneous

Gustavo getting kicked in the head by Peppino, going wild singing a song.

Gustavo dressed as a barber as part of a quartet, constisting of himself, Peppino, Brick, and a fly in the background. Seen on the album cover of the Original Soundtrack Vinyl Record.

The first sprite of Gustavo made for Pizza Tower, picturing him talking.

A full turnaround of Gustavo's sprite.

Joke sprite of Gustavo being decapitated.

Gustavo with a cast supporting his head. This appears to be a continuation of sorts to the previous image.

Gustavo coming out of a present, seen during The Noise boss fight in Strongcold.

Gustavo within a present, seen during The Noise boss fight in Strongcold.

Gustavo going back inside the box, seen during The Noise boss fight in Strongcold.

Gustavo’s defeat sprite, seen when Peppino accidentally attacks him during The Noise boss fight in Strongcold.

Gustavo in a sleigh with Peppino's other allies.

Gustavo seen in Peppinos Xmas Break end screen.

Animations made for Pizza Crawler.

Gustavo holding a knife. May be a nod to his catchphrase: “I’m going to kill you”, which McPig jokingly stated was his catchphrase.

Early version of Pizza Crawler.

Slightly later version of Pizza Crawler, in which they ditched the "turn-based" aspect.

Toppinbot's Description of Gustavo on the Pizza Tower Discord.

Unused sprite of Gustavo holding a sign, intended to be used during boss fights.

Gustavo as he appears in Mushroom Kingdom Fusion, modded in by McPig over Arthur of Ghosts & Goblins fame. He can be seen on McPig’s livestreams of the game on Twitch.

MKF Gustavo, but in his underwear, signaling that he is on his last hit point.

MKF Gustavo’s victory pose. Note that his level complete theme at time of writing is the entirety of Hamster Dance. It is not skippable.

Concept Artworks

Concept Art for Playable Gustavo.

Sketches of Peppino, The Noise, and Gustavo.

Concept art of Animatronic Gustavo, who would peer in through windows to lure in Peppino.

Gustavo and Brick in the concept art for Peppino Pizza, a Pizza Tower spin-off. Note their more adventurous outfits, as well as Gustavo wielding a shotgun.

Gameplay concepts for Peppino Pizza, staring the adventurous chef and rat.

The preposed extended cast of Peppino Pizza, including Gustavo and Brick.