Fake Peppino

Template:Basic Enemy Info (Better) Fake Peppino the fourth boss in Pizza Tower.

Description

Fake Peppino is an unknown being with a close resemblance to Peppino. He's much taller than Peppino with his elongated skinny legs. His head features Peppino's long nose, black hair and short black moustache with the unsettling additions of a loose eye and a permanent smile. He also, much like Peppino, wears a white apron over a black T-shirt, black pants and a white chef's hat. Additionally, in one of his bossfight attacks, he takes his head off like a mask, revealing nothing but a brain with eyes.

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 inside a suit, most likely some sort of Cheeseslime as seen with the Cardboard Tank, though this has not been confirmed in any way. However in the offical release of the game, his tongue has be recolored to brown, like Peppino's, thus throwing a wrench into this theory. Officially, Fake Peppino's origins are a mystery.

Boss Behaviour

Fake Peppino directly copies Peppino's moveset and attributes, right down to having the same amount of max health as the player. The player will need to grab into him twice before they can hurt him.

Fake Peppino follows the motto of "anything you can do, I can do weirder." He has his own Grab Dash, is able to perform a super jump of sorts, can Mach Run around the arena and even super taunt, creating many bouncing cheesy projectiles. He can also throw his head as a projectile (which can be crouched under), leaving his brain exposed.

The fight is made ever more hectic with the presence of darker coloured Fake Peppino clones that can do all of the previously mentioned attacks, but can't be attacked themselves, quickly turning the fight from a 1 on 1 duel, to a bullet-hell. Upon reaching phase 2, the "real" Fake Peppino will be mixed with the clones, forcing the player to focus on where the real one is.

Once phase 2 is beaten, the floor collapses, and the player is chased by a giant, monstrous Fake Peppino in a small dark hallway. Note that the beast will only move at the speed the player does.

Enemy Behaviour (Unused)

Fake Peppino's moveset is inspired directly from the real Peppino's. He will chase and try to grab Peppino to strike them with his toxic tongue. He always chases after Peppino and will follow him into any rooms he 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, however it's currently planned to have Fake Peppino to be a rare appearance that possibly replaces Pizzaface during Pizza Time.

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 Peppino, while in subsequent builds, if hacked in, his tongue would damage Peppino 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.

Fake Peppino also had his limbs scattered in Mansion level, that would attack the player if they stand close to them.

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).
In the third background for War, a Peppino-like figure can be seen in a test tube, presumably meaning that Peppino is being cloned. This figure somewhat resembles Fake Peppino, possibly explaining his origins
Fake Peppino was planned to be the main enemy of Mansion, but as Mansion was scrapped, So too was Fake Peppino’s role as an enemy.