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Main actions
Idle/Walk
Peppino dancing in rage during a combo of 50 or higher or during the third phase of the Pizzaface boss fight.
Peppino panicking during Pizza Time
Peppino shivering in Refrigerator-Refrigerador-Freezerator.
Peppino's walking animation during a combo of 25 to 49 or during the first phase of the Pizzaface boss fight. Also seen in older builds when defeating an enemy.
Peppino's walking animation during a combo of 50 or higher or during the third phase of the Pizzaface boss fight. This is a possible reference to The Simpsons when Moe funk dances for self defense.
Peppino looking at the player disappointedly. Also used after screaming in the beginning of The Noise's boss fight, Also shows in the ending when the player fails to collect all of the secret treasures. And when the player idles for long enough.
Jump
Crouch
Super Jump
Body Slam
Peppino standing up after a body slam. Also seen in the Pizzaface boss fight.
Hurt/Death/Defeated
Peppino screaming in his death animation. Seen in the "Time's Up" screen. When touching a Mushroom Ghost, only one frame is used. Also used when thrown by The Noise in Swap Mode with 2 players.
Peppino's defeated animation in a boss fight. Also seen when getting hit as Peppino during Swap Mode.
Level Progression
Peppino flinching after the exit gate shuts behind him. Also seen in the "Time's Up" screen when the player is caught by Pizzaface.
Peppino collecting a Tower Secret Treasure, a giant key, or a Pepper Pizza.
Grab
Attacking
Mach Running
Peppino doing a spin-jump at Mach 1, used when jumping off a Weenie Mount or Grind Rail while at mach 1; also used as the first 2 frames of the start of a body slam.
Taunts
Peppino's first Super Taunt, where he strikes a pose while pointing. A nod to the "Mash" pose in WarioWare Gold.
Peppino striking a flex while facing away from the camera. A nod to one of Wario's victory animations in Wario Land 4, or Usain Bolt's victory pose.
Peppino striking a pose with his back facing the camera. Possibly referencing the victory pose of Street Fighter's Akuma.
Peppino laying shirtless with a rose in his mouth. A nod to the "Draw me like one of your French girls" meme, originating from Titanic.
Peppino with one of his hands closer to the camera, appearing smug. References Daffy Duck in a Zoot Suit.
Peppino parrying an attack through an uppercut. A nod to the Superguard in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
Revolver
Other actions
Peppino getting bit by a Piraneapple.
Peppino in the air after getting bit by a Piraneapple.
Peppino being grabbed by a Grabbie Hand.
Peppino during The Vigilante's duel.
Peppino in a Fightball with The Noise.
Peppino noticing the huge Noise balloon and screaming before looking back at The Noise furiously in the Phase 2 transition.
Peppino's idle animation before he takes a swing at Greaseball.
Peppino taking a swing at Greaseball.
Peppino starting to Corpse surf. He screams fearfully.
Peppino Corpse surfing. Looking uncomfortable.
Peppino hanging on a Ladder.
Peppino climbing up a Ladder.
Peppino sliding down a Ladder.
Peppino getting grabbed by Mr. Pinch.
Peppino getting launched upward by touching a Present.
Peppino holding on to a Rat Balloon.
Peppino preparing to be launched by Trash Pan.
Peppino being launched by Trash Pan.
Peppino preparing to fall after being launched by Trash Pan.
Peppino falling after being launched by Trash Pan.
Peppino going inside the Pizza Portal.
Peppino getting out of the Pizza Portal.
Peppino's first Technical Difficulties screen, depicting him lying dead. Might be a nod to the Peter Griffin death pose.
Peppino's second Technical Difficulties screen, depicting him severely injured with a broken leg with "Mom" written on its cast.
Peppino's third Technical Difficulties screen, depicting him looking at the player sternly with his ice cream having fallen onto the floor.
Peppino looking at his pizzeria during the intro of the Pizzaface boss fight.
Peppino noticing Pizzaface.
Peppino punching his fists together and yelling at Pizzaface.
Peppino starting to lunge forward at Pepperman. This isn’t seen in-game.
Peppino lunging at Pepperman. Seen in slow motion in-game for dramatic effect before the beatdown.
Peppino punching. Seen when attacking the marble blocks during the Pepperman boss battle, when attacking a boss during the Pizzaface/Pizzahead boss fight's third phase, or when releasing the Ghost King from a TV in Pizzascare. Also seen in earlier builds of the game.
Peppino smacking down Pizzahead.
Peppino's full beatdown animation with Pizzahead.
Peppino piledriving Pizzahead.
Close-up shot of Peppino piledriving Pizzahead.
Peppino dancing in the Sound Test.
Transformations
Ball
Knight
Firebutt
Firemouth
Ghost
Mort
Weenie Mount
Barrel
Rocket
Peppino tumbling down after crashing into a wall. Also seen in the intro to the Pizzaface boss fight.
Cheeseball
Sticky Cheese
Boxed
Pepper Pizza
Peppino feeling the adrenaline after eating a Pepper Pizza.
Shotgun
Animatronic
Animatronic Peppino/Peshino walking while playing the concertina. Seen when Peppino is caught by a Toppin Monster and in Floor 5 near the entrance for Don't Make A Sound.
Clown
HUD
Peppino laughing happily with two thumbs up on the HUD. Appears when picking up Toppins or Big Pizza Toppings.
Peppino's high combo HUD, Depicting him watching through the TV while looking evil. Seen when getting a combo of 3 to 49.
Peppino's very high combo HUD, depicting a detailed close-up of Peppino's face while menacingly staring at the player in fury. Seen when getting a combo of 50 or higher.
Peppino panicking in the HUD during Pizza Time.
Cheeseball Peppino’s HUD, depicting him sitting on top of a cheesy meatball sandwich, about to be hit by a giant cheeseball.
Shotgun Peppino’s HUD, depicting him with a much more muscular appearance while wielding the shotgun.
HUD after the player gets hurt 10 times, showing presumably Peppino in a blue shirt adjusting a red tie while having red skin and grinning.
HUD after the player gets hurt 20 times, depicting a disturbing image of a toothy mouth with eyes in the upper gums shouting.
HUD after the player gets hurt 30 times, depicting a depressed Peppino wearing a tracksuit sitting in the dark illuminated by a spotlight.
HUD after the player gets hurt 40 times, depicting a weird Peppino with eyes that resemble Secret Eyes with brown irises.
HUD after the player gets hurt 50 times, depicting Peppino with stretched and mangled proportions, striking a resemblance to Fake Peppino.
HUD after the player gets hurt 60 times, depicting an Animatronic version of Gustavo from some of Don't Make A Sound's concept art.
HUD after the player gets hurt 70 times, depicting what is presumably Peppino's eye frantically looking around.
HUD after the player gets hurt 80 times, depicting a horrifically demented version of Peppino staring down the player. This HUD is a remake of one you can see in builds before April 2021 after getting hurt a certain amount of times.
HUD after the player gets hurt 90 times, depicting an old man talking with a microphone in his hand. Another remake of an old HUD sprite.
Ranks
Peppino's D rank animation, depicting him looking sternly at the player and sarcastically praising them.
Final Judgements
The "Confused?" rank's animation, depicting Peppino confused while pointing at a content Cheeseslime, while asking the player if they thought sparing the enemies’ lives would reward them with Pizza Points.
The "That's the one, Officer!!" rank's animation, depicting Peppino completely bruised, pointing at the player while an angry Hamkuff glares at the player from behind Peppino.
The "Not Bad... Not Bad at All!" rank's animation, depicting Peppino with a smug grin, striking a massive thumbs-up at the player.
The "WOW" rank's animation, depicting Peppino looking at the player, amazed, with his hands splayed out.
The "Holy Shit!!" rank's animation, depicting Peppino, jumping out of his chair absolutely flabbergasted while looking at a TV.
Swap Mode
Peppino bruised and angry, seen on the results screen when The Noise gets a higher score than him in Swap Mode.
One of The Doise’s rocks hitting Peppino in the head, seen when finishing The Doise as Peppino. Originally was used when Peppino would get hit with junk or other objects in older builds
Peppino taking the lead when swapping characters. This was used in older demos when Peppino jumped while building up speed at mach 1
Gustavo, Brick, and Peppino standing. This appears when the player escapes The Crumbling Tower of Pizza in swap mode. Brick's cowboy hat might be a reference to the hat recieved for completing all the cowboy tasks in the Sage 2019 demo.
Peppino in the icon for Swap Mode with The Noise.
Main Menu
Peppino sitting in the darkness, shown before any input is received.
Peppino lunging at the screen, jumpscaring the player before closing the game. Seen after 40 seconds in the dark without an input.
Peppino on the first save file.
Peppino on the first save file looking at the player depressingly after being selected.
In-game Misc.
Peppino running through Cheeseslimes at Mach 2/3 during the intro.
Peppino's VS portrait. Also used by Fake Peppino when he is encountered for the first time on a save file.
Peppino's name on the VS screen. Also used by Fake Peppino before he is defeated for the first time on a save file. Also used when fighting Fake Peppino in Noise's campaign.
A portrait of a depressed looking Peppino drawn by Pepperman.
Peppino's super attack HUD, seen before the transition to a different phase in each of the boss fights. Seen at a lower frame-rate in-game.
Peppino in Noise's HUD Seen as the Noise
Peppino anxiously looking at the window while riding a taxi in The Pig City.
Peppino freaking out once again while riding a rocket in Deep-Dish 9.
Peppino celebrating Oktober Fest with the Toppin Monsters.
Peppino riding on a Bad Rat. Appears in the ending.
Ghost Peppino eating ice cream with other ghost characters while The Noise stares in shock with his video camera. Appears in the game's ending.
Peppino seen on a TV (presumably the same TV from the HUD) screaming, during one of Pizzahead's attacks.
Peppino’s head in the Audio settings where he angrily winces to The Noise’s head listening to music through headphones.
Peppino as seen in the loading screen that resembles to the Fake Peppino.
Unused/Scrapped Animations
Idle/Walk
Peppino's original standing animation. The first frame of the animation would later be used as the base for the final version's animation, and one of the frames would be used for the :ohgod: emote in the Pizza Tower Discord.
Jump
An unfinished jump animation, probably was to be used for jumping when Pizza Time has run out, or its actual purpose at the time, when the player only has 1 HP left.
Peppino starting a high jump. Seen in the Early Test Build by jumping while holding up.
Peppino high jumping. Was activated after body slamming and then immediately pressing the jump button upon touching the floor.
Super Jump
Peppino starting to Super Jump. This animation is only seen in the Early Test Build.
Peppino's old super jump animation. The first frame was used as a base for the new super jump animation.
Peppino preparing to perform a Super Side Jump. Though Peppino could never do this, a similar was given to The Noise when his moveset was overhauled.
Peppino performing a Super Side Jump. Though not in the final game, the shoulder bash does the same action.
Body Slam
Peppino's old ground pound sprite. Through being only one sprite, it was planned to be a full animation before it was scrapped, as seen from game's files.
Idle
Peppino vomiting on the ground. This was used in the Early Test Build and GOLF demo, as an idle animation when Peppino has one slice of health left.
A possible Co-op idle animation of The Noise and Peppino doing a rain dance ritual to make spaghetti.
Unused animation of Peppino looking angrily at the player after getting attacked by a Piraneapple.
Grab
Attacking
Peppino kicking his legs upwards while spinning as an attack that throws the enemy in the air diagonally.
Peppino throwing his hand downwards in the air as an attack that throws the enemy diagonally downwards.
Peppino rolling. Was activated after pressing grab button twice. This move was only present in the Western v3 build.
Peppino jumping while performing a kung fu move, was also used in the eggplant build when peppino hit a wall while super jump cancelling.
Peppino performing a kung fu move in the air by rapidly spinning his legs, which may be a reference to Liu Kang's Bicycle Kick.
Mach Running
Peppino falling at building up speed at mach 1. This animation is reused in Swap Mode when taking the lead.
Peppino running after jumping at building up speed at Mach 1. Used only in Demo 0 and the May 2019 Patreon demo.
An older animation of Peppino jumping at building up speed at Mach 1 or while moving. Used in Demo 0, the Christmas Race Build and Monthly Build 1.
Peppino Mach running up a wall. Used in the Blue Block Land build up to early versions of the SAGE 2019 Demo.
Peppino trying to cling onto a wall to regain speed. Only seen when climbing a wall at very slow speeds such as when Peppino jumps off a grind rail as soon as possible. Used in the Eggplant and October 2022 Builds.
Taunts
One of Peppino's scrapped taunts, depicting him giving himself a "PRRRROMOTION!". A nod to Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog. Removed because McPig didn't feel like finding a way to make it so "promotion" faces the right way no matter what direction the player taunts in.
Peppino's taunt of him putting his hands on his hips and looking at the player. A nod to a picture of Peter Griffin from Family Guy. This taunt was used in SAGE 2019 Demo and was removed because McPig wanted the game to have less direct meme references.
Peppino striking a pose in air. A nod to Sonic Adventure. Removed for the same reason as the previous taunt.
Transformations
Ball
Knight
Firebutt
Peppino's butt being exposed from the fire. This animation was removed likely due to it being time-consuming.
Firemouth
Ghost
Peppino being shot by a Ranch Shooter's bullet, thus dying and turning into Ghost Peppino. Originally used as Peppino's death sprite before being replaced by the full version of the current death animation in the Desert build.
Mort
Mort Peppino's Oldest Idle Animation (Shown in Thing of the Week 5 & 6). It was scrapped for Its small size
Barrel
Sticky Cheese
Boxed
Meteor
Shotgun
Peppino using the shotgun to double jump. Used in the 2018 Halloween Demo and would be re-worked into the ground pound move in the final game.
Peppino shoulder bashing while holding the shotgun. Used in SAGE 2019 and throughout development before the Grab key fired the Shotgun in the final game without a button combo.
An unused animation for Peppino holstering the Shotgun. Most likely used during Preearlytestbuild, and was never reused since.
Bomb
Pizza Car
Clown
Pizza Cutter Buzzsaw
Old Pizza Cutter Buzzsaw
Older Pizza Cutter Buzzsaw (Pizza Massacre)
Revolver
HUD (Demo)
Peppino's default HUD. Used to be a placeholder for Peppino inside a TV for one of Pizzahead's attacks.
Peppino's HUD when standing still during Pizza Time.
Peppino's HUD when having the Firebutt or Bomb transformation. Also seen when beginning Pizza Time.
Peppino pushing The Noise's HUD. Seen when taking the lead in a scrapped co-op mode.
Once again, another old TV HUD after hurting Peppino every 3 times, depicting a red-faced Peppino lividly shouting. Unlike the others, this one was never in the April 2021 build or any others after the HUD remake.
Co-op
A possibly unfinished co-op idle animation of Peppino and The Noise doing a rain dance ritual to make spaghetti.
Misc
Peppino's full death animation. Seen in the March Build 2 when the timer runs out or out of health. Only the last part of the animation ended up being used. The third pose would become a favorite in the Pizza Tower fandom, who would dub said frame “Beppino”, or “Bep”.
Peter Griffin dressed as Peppino. This replaced every single one of Peppino's sprites in a joke version of the Early Test Build.
Peppino doing the classic "I'm not gonna sugarcoat it" pose. Seen when defeating Pepperman in earlier builds before Peppino got the victory animation we see today.
An old version of Peppino’s Firebutt animation. This was used in the credits room of earlier demos before it was given an animation and function.
Shotgun backup icon, was used when picking up a second shotgun in the SAGE 2019 Demo.
A hyperrealistic portrait of Peppino. Only appeared in the files of the game. Its purpose is currently unknown. It is possibly a reference to the O-face from Egoraptor's Awesome Series.
Peppino riding on a skateboard, seen in the Early Test Build.
Clown transformation HUD. Unused as the HUD doesn't appear in the hub world, though it can be seen through debugging (activating Pizza Time in the hub world while the clown transformation is active)
An HUD of Peppino, showing him with a thought bubble containing a question mark. This was shown in a stream by McPig.
Peppino getting squished by a Boulder.
Peppino screaming during the start of Strongcold's fight or any arena event. Also was used when The Noise appeared in older demos.
Peppino sliding on an Ice Block or a Banana Peel in Demo 1, Demo 2, the SAGE 2019 Demo, and Peppino's Xmas Break.
"The judgement was final." screen, originally used back when ranks were permanent for each save file. It is now used in Tricky Treat when the player attempts to exit the level in the Ghost transformation, albeit without the text, making it more ominous.
Peppino doing an attack stance. The purpose of this animation may have been for the scrapped Kung-Fu level.
An early version of Peppino noticing the huge Noise balloon and screaming during The Noise's Phase 2 transition.
Promotional art
Peppino seemingly pointing to himself, scared. One of the few drawings where Peppino has fingernails.
A piece of artwork that uses the original design for the Noise, as this was made earlier in development.
A T-shirt design, featuring him running along with the pineapple and mushroom toppin's old designs, an outlet, a dead Cheeseslime, a pizza, some Pizza Points and a screaming The Noise
Peppino holding pizza toppings, while standing near Toppins, Gerome and some Secret Eyes. seen on the Steam page.
Miscellaneous
Peppino congratulating the player for sucking too much. Was later animated and turned into a rank screen. This was found in the Early Test Build's files.
Old animation PTG made back in the end of 2018 saying "Peppino’s new year resolution. Happy new year (soon)!". Note the use of the cut Big Peppino transformation and the also cut spaghetti eating animation
Artwork showing SAGE's server exploding (due to a high quantity of people visiting it at the same time).
A sprite of Peppino as a hamburger saying that "his buns are very toasty" that was posted in the Thing of the Week/Day channel on the Discord server. A reference to PaRappa the Rapper 2.
Mockup animation of Peppino talking in a dialogue window. Some frames were also used in Pizza Tower Guy's January Update video on Youtube and Twitter.
A following animation, when PTG posted this one he posted it with examination music from Ace Attorney. Also used in the same video as Peppino "coughing."
A third animation, made to be Peppino shouting "OBJECTION!" as in Ace Attorney. Also seen in the thumbnail for the exact same video.
Peppino going wild at a party while accidentally kicking Gustavo and knocking out Noise, as depicted in the Pizza Tower album cover.
A sketch from PTG’s Twitter account showing Peppino and an anthropomorphic Pizzaface in sumo getups, with Peppino preparing to throw Pizzaface onto a large fork The Noise is wielding. This was drawn as a response to after Peppino won Vargskelethor's Vinewrestle 2023.
Another sale promotion showing Peppino in blank tank top grilling “25% OFF” on a BBQ grill, seen on PTG’s Twitter page telling other users that the game is 25% off on the summer.
A sketch from PTG’s Twitter account showing another “25% OFF” sale for the game, with Peppinoise (a fusion of Peppino and The Noise) writing the sale on a slip of paper.
Peppino dressed as a barber as part of a quartet, consisting of himself, Gustavo, Brick, and a fly in the background. Seen on the album cover for the Original Soundtrack Vinyl Record.
A sprite that McPig allegedly made of Peppino without any kind of clothing, having him be fully naked.
Peppino’s profile background called 'You own Lionhearted and Italian.' on Steam. The bottom-right illustration is a reference to the sketch of Mario stabbing Peppino with a sword.
Art that McPig made for a Pizza Tower midweek deal, showing Peppino and The Noise in polo shirts with ties trying to keep it cool while having coffee.
The characters from Woon, Pepperoni Goblin and Peppino wishing everyone a Happy Halloween.
Peppino as a plush toy, seen in its Fangamer page.
Peppino as a plush, but as he is depicted in the title card of Gnome Forest. Shown on his Fangamer page.
Peppino as shown in the "Still working on it?" video while he points at a HUD. The suit he wears is similar to that in the HUD when Peppino is hurt ten times.
Ditto, but at the end of the video. This jump scare is similar to that on the main menu when leaving Peppino in the dark, and also the Cheese Toppin Monster jump scare.
Peppino in a slightly puzzled expression. This sprite was meant to be a newer version of the old head hud made during McPig's livestreams before making the TV huds.
Concept artwork
Several Peppino sketches, plus a Wario with a Cease & Desist paper (Most likely due to this concept ripping off his old design from Super Mario Land). The smaller Peppino is a reference to Tiny Wario, a form Wario takes when damaged in the earlier Wario Land games, as well as upon riding Penny's bike in WarioWare: Smooth Moves.
Transformation sketches. The middle one is currently the only one that made it, as the Firebutt Peppino form.
More sketches of Peppino crushing a Cheeseslime, holding a mushroom Toppin, and performing a Super Jump. The artwork in the bottom-right corner later became the base art for Eruption Man, one of the 3 Chef Tasks for Bloodsauce Dungeon.
A drawing of Peppino making 3 faces, showing him unamused, nervously looking behind him, and grinning menacingly.
The birth of "Evil Peppino", where Peppino cuts his hand off and has it replaced with a pizza cutter.
Peppino in various outfits, including a fancy tuxedo, a sumo-like getup, American football gear and a military helmet, possibly before opening his pizzeria as the title suggests.
Sketch drawn by Pizza Tower Guy, jokingly showing Peppino's past as the antagonist of a fictional videogame, in a reference to Wario's backstory.
Sketches of Peppino using the Pizza Cutter Buzzsaw to bounce over spikes and Peppino firing downward with the shotgun.
Sketches of Knight Peppino, including some showing various sword-based attacks that were scrapped from the transformation.
Sketches of Revolver Peppino, Peppino hitting his head on a ceiling, Barrel Peppino and Peppino sliding down a slope.
A sketch of Peppino fighting Pepperman featuring a scrapped feature where the game would look like a fighting game during boss fights.
Peppino looking through all the items he's grabbed during Pizza Time. Strangely enough, Pillar John hasn’t been defeated yet.
Sketches of Peppino riding a skateboard, striking two peace signs, flipping the player off and panicking. Note that as he's doing all of these poses, he's sent airborne.
Peppino slam dunking a Pepperoni Goblin into a pit of fire.
Peppino using a finishing move during a boss fight.
Sketches of a scrapped "mashing finisher" move where Peppino would repeatedly attack enemies as a finisher.
Sketches of Peppino attempting to sneak away from a scrapped dog enemy, but failing as he steps on a toy bike horn and makes a run for it.
Pencil artwork of Peppino, Clownmato and a Cheeseslime.
Concept arts of boss fights, including Pizzamancer.
Concept art for the cast of a potential game idea. Peppino stands among the cast, wearing an actual apron, holding a shotgun in hand, and the pizza cutter chainsaw on his back.
More concept art of the game, showing sprites of the potential extended cast. Peppino stanced and ready to fight.






































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































