Fake Peppino

Template:Basic Enemy Info (Better) Fake Peppino is an enemy in Pizza Tower.

Description

Fake Peppino is some sort of evil clone or doppelgänger of Peppino that tries to kill him. He's much taller than Peppino with his elongated skinny legs and one of his eyes seems to constantly fall out of its socket on his permanent shiny-cheeked smile. His other features are more faithful to their source material. He wears the exact same clothes as Peppino, a white apron over a black T-shirt with black pants and a white chef's hat, as well as sports his long nose, small black moustache, and balding black hair.

It's unknown what exactly Fake Peppino is, though a hint may lie in his tongue, which is an odd yellow colour. This has lead to the theory of Fake Peppino possibly being a cheese monster-controlled suit, most likely some sort of Cheeseslime as seen with the Cardboard Tank, though this has not been confirmed in any way. Officially, Fake Peppino's origins are a mystery.

Behaviour

Fake Peppino's moveset is inspired directly from the real Peppino's. He will chase and try to grab the player to strike them with his toxic tongue. He always chases after the player and will follow them into any rooms they go into, so there's no way to hide from him.

As Fake Peppino isn't properly implemented yet, other aspects of his behaviour are not finalized.

Fake Peppino was originally planned to come out during Pizza Time, but where exactly is unknown. In the GOLF demo, however, Fake Peppino can be summoned to the player's location upon pressing F9.

The effects of his tongue vary among his current available appearances. In the GOLF demo, his tongue simply damages the player, while in subsequent builds, if hacked in, his tongue would damage the player before properly killing them, killing him instantaniously in some cases. Not to mention, if loaded into the Western Build Patreon Demos, he could close and crash the game if on a successful grab.

Trivia

• Fake Peppino has a decorative appearance in Strongcold. In it, he sits in a corner, wearing a Santa hat and ringing a bell in his hand beside a bucket, appearing to be homeless and asking for change.
• Fake Peppino was originally planned to make his first appearance in a level known simply as Lights Out, which would have been the third level of the Horror Passage before being scrapped in favor of some sort of "penultimate level" (exact details unknown).

Gallery

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  Fake Peppino's idle animation
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  Fake Peppino's running animation.
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  Fake Peppino's toxic tongue attack
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  Fake Peppino's grab animation
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  Fake Peppino crawling.
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  Fake Peppino preparing to jump.
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  Fake Peppino jumping
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  Fake Peppino falling.
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  Fake Peppino landing after a jump.
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  Fake Peppino asking for money, as seen in Strongcold.
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  Early concept art of Fake Peppino.
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  Another early concept art of Fake Peppino
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  Concept art with Fake Peppino on the ceiling
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  Disturbing concept art of Fake Peppino
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  Even Scarier concept art of Fake Peppino
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  A terrifying concept art of Fake Peppino
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  Concept art with Fake Peppino covered in pizza slime