Toppin Monsters

The Toppin Monsters are group of enemies in Pizza Tower, consisting of Mushroom Monster, Cheese Monster, Tomato Monster, Sausage Monster and Pineapple Monster, their leader. The Toppin Monsters are a group of Toppin-themed creatures that lurk throughout Don't Make A Sound. Each of them are based on a different type of Toppin.

When a Patroller sees the player, it will begin a countdown. If the countdown reaches zero, or if the player taunts while a patroller is onscreen, any Toppin Monsters in the room will activate and begin chasing the player. If the player is caught even on invincibility frames, they get jumpscared and sent to the beginning of the room. Getting jumpscared ends any combo and also turns Peppino into an animatronic. The player loses points rapidly while in this state. Toppin Monsters also have the ability to break Outlets by walking into them. They can be defeated with a Shotgun transformation, falling into a pit (Except the Tomato Monster) or Gustavo and Brick's brick kick (unseen normally).

• Mushroom Monster
• Cheese Monster
• Tomato Monster
• Sausage Monster
• Pineapple Monster

Mushroom Monster
First Appearance	Don't Make A Sound
First Demo Appearance	April 2021 Build

Mushroom Monster is an enemy in Pizza Tower.

Description

Mushroom Monster is a lanky robotic-looking animatronic that is entirely brown and only wears a pair of gloves.

Behaviour

Mushroom Monster chases the player with average speed. Due to its tall height, it can't get through most obstacles. It is locked on the ground, and cannot catch the player if they are in the air or on a wall. It is also able to break Outlets.

Appears in

• Don't Make A Sound

Trivia

• Mushroom Monster originally would wander around and start the chase after spotting the player. It would also throw hands to try to hurt the player.

Gallery

Regular animations

Mushroom Monster's inactive sprite.

Mushroom Monster starting the chase animation.

Mushroom Monster's idle sprite.

Mushroom Monster's chasing animation.

Mushroom Monster's defeat sprite.

Mushroom Monster's jumpscare sprite.

Mushroom Monster's falling animation.

Mushroom Monster's fallen animation.

Scrapped animations

Mushroom Monster spotting the player.

Mushroom Monster's walking animation.

Cheese Monster
First Appearance	Don't Make A Sound
First Demo Appearance	April 2021 Build

Cheese Monster is an enemy in Pizza Tower.

Description

Cheese Monster looks somewhat like a demented Cheeseslime, with its eyes being much smaller than its eyeholes and its mouth always appearing wide open. It also has two orange arms that it crawls around with.

Behaviour

Cheese Monster chases the player with average speed. It has the ability to invert gravity at it's will, effectively jumping and allowing it to more effectively pursue Peppino. Though contrary to popular belief, they are NOT able to pass through narrow gaps or through terrain, however in appears to do so in certain places where monster solids (collision objects for Toppin Monsters) are not placed. It can also pass through Outlets.

Appears in

• Don't Make A Sound

Trivia

• Cheese Monster originally would wander around and start the chase after spotting the player.
• In one of the backgrounds in Don't Make A Sound, Cheese Monster is referred to as "Stretcher".
• It is one of the Toppin Monsters to appear in comics.

Gallery

Regular animations

Cheese Monster's inactive sprite.

Cheese Monster starting the chase animation.

Cheese Monster's chasing animation.

Cheese Monster's jumping animation.

Cheese Monster's idle sprite. Seen when the player is directly above Cheese Monster on a different platform.

Cheese Monster's defeat sprite.

Cheese Monster's jumpscare sprite.

Scrapped animations

Cheese's walking animation.

Tomato Monster
First Appearance	Don't Make A Sound
First Demo Appearance	April 2021 Build

Tomato Monster is an enemy in Pizza Tower.

Description

Tomato Monster is a small puppet with a red body, a clown-like nose, and red cheeks. It wears a red shirt with a green collar, buttons, and shoes, as well as a pair of white gloves.

Behaviour

Tomato Monster flies towards the player, passing through all walls and objects. In some rooms, possibly due to bugs, it can jumpscare the player in seconds after Patrollers activate without the need to touch the player. This glitch can be a nuisance to deal with.

Appears in

• Don't Make A Sound

Trivia

• Originally, Tomato Monster would try to teleport around the room, trying to intentionally get the player to touch it.

Gallery

Regular animations

Tomato Monster's inactive sprite.

Tomato Monster starting the chase animation.

Tomato Monster's chase animation.

Tomato Monster's defeat sprite.

Tomato Monster's jumpscare sprite.

Scrapped animations

Tomato Monster's falling sprite.

Tomato Monster's landing animation.

Sausage Monster
First Appearance	Don't Make A Sound
First Demo Appearance	April 2021 Build

Sausage Monster is an enemy in Pizza Tower.

Description

Sausage Monster is a monster resembling a butcher, with its outfit looking like that of one, with a blue apron and a white shirt and pants underneath, as well as a pair of brown shoes and blue gloves. Its head is a sausage with bloodsauce spewing out of it and its arms are a similar red color to that of the sauce.

Behaviour

Sausage Monster chases the player with very fast speed. Like the Mushroom Toppin Monster, it is also locked onto the ground and is also able to break Outlets.

Appears in

• Don't Make A Sound

Trivia

• Based on a poster in one of the backgrounds in Don't Make A Sound, it is implied that the Sausage Monster was a regular butcher before being decapitated and having his head replaced with a sausage.
• In the game files, Sausage Monster is referred to as "hillbilly".

Gallery

Regular animations

Sausage Monster's inactive sprite.

Sausage Monster starting the chase animation.

Sausage Monster's chasing animation.

Sausage Monster's defeat sprite.

Sausage Monster's jumpscare sprite.

Scrapped Animations

Sausage Monster's idle sprite.

Pineapple Monster
First Appearance	Don't Make A Sound
First Demo Appearance	April 2021 Build

Pineapple Monster is an enemy in Pizza Tower.

Description

Pineapple Monster is a orange-skinned disco dancer-themed monster that wears a white suit, shades, and has green hair.

Behaviour

Pineapple Monster summons Piraneapples and activates the other Toppin Monsters during Pizza Time.

Appears in

• Don't Make A Sound
• The Crumbling Tower of Pizza

Trivia

• Pineapple Toppin Monster would instead be originally a normal Pineapple Toppin, that regularly turns towards the player and grin. After Pizza Time starts, it would then take forms of other Toppin Monsters.
• Pineapple Monster might be based on singer Elvis Presley or the character Flabber from Big Bad Beetleborgs.
• The Pineapple Monster is the only Toppin Monster to appear in more than one level.

Gallery

Regular animations

Pineapple Monster's first pose.

Pineapple Monster's second pose.

Pineapple Monster's third pose.

Pineapple Monster's defeat sprite.

Scrapped animations

Pineapple Toppin's smile animation. A single frame is used for the Pineapple Toppin's 3rd taunt pose.

Pineapple Monster's jumpscare sprite

Chef Task

And This... Is My Gun On A Stick! Kill every chasing monster in the escape section of Don't Make A Sound.

Audio

Audio	Description	Additional Note
	Cheese Monster's Walking Sound.
	Mushroom Monster's Walking Sound.	Heard when Mushroom Monster running. This sound is originally from Metal Clanging, Loud Metal and Footsteps. CLANG!
	Mushroom, Cheese, Tomato and Sausage Monster Jumpscare.	the sound is originally from Funny Man Screams High-Pitched 'Owww!' OOOOWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!

Trivia

• Each Toppin Monster would originally spawn after the player gets the Toppins of same type. Then they would start to wander around the building. Mushroom and Sausage Toppin Monsters would traverse between floors by getting to the end of each floor, while Tomato and Cheese Toppins were able to traverse between each room from each floor. If the player gets caught by Toppin Monsters, they lose a life, Peshino was also supposed to be used as a health system. After getting caught without Peshino, the player would get teleported back to beginning of the level. The Toppin Monsters were also much slower.
• Rarely, when the player is caught by a Toppin Monster, an image depicting Peppino, Mushroom Toppin Monster, and Tomato Toppin Monster celebrating Oktoberfest appears in place of a jumpscare, complete with high-pitched stock yodelling rather than a scream. The player still gets turned into Peshino, however.
• During June 2022, an idea was brought up of 3D being used in game with prerendered models, ideas were brought up such as the spinning rat in the bg of Pizzahead's fight, a 3D attack for Pizzahead, or 3D Jumpscares for Don't Make a Sound. Out of these only the jumpscares got far, as they were nearly complete, but because of artstyle consistency concerns they were never added in the final release.
  • On May 26th, 2023, Orca, the original creator of the jumpscare models, has released them to the public and can be found here.
• The Toppin Monsters are referred to as chasing monsters in the description of the "And this... is my gun on a stick!" Chef Task.
  • The Chef Task, "And this... is my gun on a stick!", is a possible reference to the quote "This... is my boomstick!" from the movie "Army of Darkness"
• Despite increasing the combo when killed, the Toppin Monsters do not contribute to the Super Taunt.
• The sound effect used for the jumpscares are also used on the title screen when Peppino jumpscares you if you don't do anything for too long.
• The Toppin Monsters actually used to count towards your combo, but when The Noise update was released, they just refill your combo.
• If the player is caught by a Toppin Monster while playing as The Noise, he temporarily will lay on the floor, dead.
  • Another Noise will appear after a few seconds when playing The Noise Campaign.
  • In Swap Mode, The Noise will still stay dead, making Peppino the only playable character until the player enters another room.

In-game miscellaneous

Toppin Monsters' off-screen icon.

The "Oktober Fest!" Jumpscare, a Secret jumpscare, that rarely replaces any other jumpscare sprite.

Ditto but it's The Noise instead of Peppino

The Toppin Monsters’ appearance on the Don’t Make A Sound titlecard.

Misc. Sketches

Original concept art of the Toppin Monsters.

Peshino concept art featuring the Mushroom Toppin Monster.

Peshino concept art featuring the Mushroom Toppin Monster.

Peshino Concept art with Peppino.

Art of an interaction between The Noise and the Mushroom Toppin Monster.

Art of a Gustavo animatronic. This concept appears on the HUD screen after you've hurt Peppino 60 times.

Art of the Cheese Toppin Monster at Noisette Cafe. (Part 1)

Art of the Cheese Toppin Monster at Noisette Cafe. (Part 2)

Misc.

Unused 3D jumpscares for each toppin monster by Orca.

3D Jumpscare of Mushroom Monster. (found in the 3D model release of Toppin Monsters)

3D Jumpscare of Cheese Monster. (found in the 3D model release of Toppin Monsters)

3D Jumpscare of Tomato Monster. (found in the 3D model release of Toppin Monsters)

3D Jumpscare of Sausage Monster. (found in the 3D model release of Toppin Monsters)

3D Jumpscare of Pineapple Monster. (found in the 3D model release of Toppin Monsters)