Gustavo/Gallery

Basic Actions

Gustavo with Brick

Idle/Walk

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  Gustavo & Brick's idle animation.
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  Gustavo & Brick's regular walking animation.
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  Gustavo & Brick drifting to turn around.

Jump

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  Gustavo & Brick jumping.
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  Gustavo & Brick falling.
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  Gustavo & Brick landing.
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  Gustavo & Brick during a double jump.
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  Gustavo & Brick landing after double jump.
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  Gustavo & Brick preparing to bounce off a wall.
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  Gustavo & Brick bouncing off an enemy or a Big Mushroom.

Hurt

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  Gustavo & Brick's hurt animation.
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  Gustavo & Brick getting caught by Pizzaface.
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  Gustavo's death animation.

Level Progression

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  Gustavo & Brick waiting at the switch sign.
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  Gustavo & Brick getting back up.
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  Gustavo & Brick's switch sign.
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  Gustavo & Brick entering a door.
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  Gustavo & Brick walking out of a door.

Idle

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

Mach Run

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  Gustavo & Brick dashing at Mach 1 and 2.
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  Gustavo & Brick dashing at Mach 3.
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  Gustavo & Brick jumping at Mach 3.

Taunts/Parry

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  Gustavo & Brick's Super Taunt, showing a peace sign while sitting on Brick. This appears to be in reference to Super Mario World.
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  Gustavo looking angry while sitting on a footless Snick.
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  Gustavo & Brick having a lot of hair and fur.
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  Dr. Gustavo giving Brick a check-up. Possibly a reference to Dr. Mario.
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  Gustavo & Brick swapping roles with each other.
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  Gustavo showing a peace sign while sitting on Brick.
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  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.
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  Gustavo & Brick standing next to each other, showing thumb ups and having big grins. Possibly a nod to Wallace & Gromit.
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  Gustavo & Brick’s parry animation, a reference to Mario (allegedly) hitting Yoshi from Super Mario World. This was originally used for a scrapped move where Brick spits the enemy out after eating it.

Rat Balloon

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  Gustavo & Brick floating after eating a Rat Balloon.
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  Gustavo & Brick being launched upward and falling after eating a Rat Balloon.
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  Cloud that appears after launching upward.

Gustavo Alone

Stand/Walk

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  Gustavo's idle animation.
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  Gustavo's walking animation.
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  Gustavo drifting to turn around.

Jump

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  Gustavo jumping.
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  Gustavo bouncing off an enemy or Big Mushroom, based on how Mario jumps in various games.
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  Gustavo falling.
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  Gustavo falling after bouncing off an enemy or Big Mushroom.

Crouch

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  Gustavo's idle while crouching animation.
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  Gustavo crawling.

Stomp

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  Gustavo preparing to perform stomp.
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  Gustavo falling during stomp.
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  Gustavo landing after stomp.

Hurt

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  Gustavo's hurt animation, referencing Mario's classic death pose.

Attacking

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  Gustavo kicking Brick.
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  Gustavo doing a spin attack with balled-up fists. A reference to Zangief's "Double Lariat" attack from the Street Fighter.

Mach run

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  Gustavo running at Mach 1 and 2.
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  Gustavo dashing at Mach 3.
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  Gustavo jumping at Mach 3.
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  Gustavo hitting a wall while running at Mach 3.

Other actions

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  Gustavo climbing up a Ladder.
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  Gustavo sliding down a Ladder.
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  Gustavo hanging on a Grind Rail.
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  Gustavo climbing across Grind Rail.

Brick Alone

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  Brick rolling.
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  Brick hitting a wall. This frame also appears when Brick is captured by a Hamkuff.
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  Brick coming back to Gustavo.
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  Brick waiting for Gustavo.

HUD

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  Gustavo & Brick's default HUD.
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  Gustavo & Brick's happy HUD. Appears when either Toppins or Big Pizza Toppings are picked up.
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  Gustavo & Brick's hurt HUD.
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  Gustavo & Brick's Pizza Time HUD.

In-game Misc.

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  Gustavo first appearing in the game's intro.
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  Gustavo holding a map in the game's intro.
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  Gustavo pointing towards the tower in the intro after selecting an empty save file.
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  Gustavo pointing towards exit during Pizza Time.
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  Brick chasing Gustavo on Floor 1.
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  Gustavo being chased by Brick on Floor 1.
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  Gustavo & Brick fighting each other on Floor 2.
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  Gustavo being drunk during Fast Food Saloon escape.
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  Gustavo being hurt on Floor 3.
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  Brick being hurt on Floor 3.
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  Gustavo & Brick's only technical difficulty image.
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  The screen seen when switching to Gustavo & Brick.
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  The rocket Gustavo appears out of during Deep-Dish 9 escape.
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  Gustavo & Brick playing poker on Floor 4.
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  Gustavo & Brick in a Taxi in The Pig City.
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  Gustavo appearing in Refrigerator-Refrigerador-Freezerator.
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  Gustavo being frozen during Freezerator escape.
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  Gustavo & Brick hugging each other in fear on Floor 5.
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  Gustavo & Brick trying to play it cool when seeing Peppino on Floor 5.
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  Either Gustavo transformed into a rat or Brick in a Gustavo costume, falling during Pizzascare escape.
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  Pointing towards exit during Pizzascare escape.
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  Gustavo animatronic that appears during Don't Make A Sound escape.
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  Gustavo in army suit during WAR.
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  Gustavo shooting during WAR.
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  Brick being shot out of bazooka during War.
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  Gustavo appearing during Pizzahead fight.
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  Gustavo helping Peppino in the game's ending by patting his back.
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  Brick in the game's ending.
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  Gustavo and Brick wrangling rats with Peppino and The Vigilante. Appears in the ending.
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  Brick winning a hot dog eating contest, while Gustavo gets more hot dog buns. Appears in the ending.
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  Gustavo & Brick dressed as Dr. Frankenstein and his monster at a costume party. Appears in the ending.
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  Gustavo dancing in Sound Test room.
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  Gustavo on the 2nd save file in the menu.
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  Gustavo on the 2nd save file after being selected in the menu.
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  Gustavo's Animatronic form in the HUD after Peppino gets hurt 60 times.
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  Gustavo and Brick wearing Dr. Frankenstein and his Monster costume during Pumpkin Hunt event.
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  A Gustavo mask in Pizzascare.

Scrapped Animations

Gustavo with Brick

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  Gustavo & Brick's tumbling animation.
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  Gustavo & Brick's idle animation while holding enemy in mouth. (only one frame is used in the parry animation)
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  Gustavo & Brick's jumping animation while holding enemy in mouth.
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  Gustavo & Brick falling while holding enemy in mouth.
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  Brick swallowing an enemy.
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  Gustavo & Brick climbing on a wall.

Brick Alone

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  Brick rocketing downward.
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  Brick hitting the floor after rocketing downward.

Gustavo alone

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  Old sprite of Gustavo hitting a wall while running at Mach 3.

Gustavo NPC

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  Gustavo's idle animation.
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  Gustavo making a pizza for Peppino to deliver.
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  Gustavo showing the pizza after making it.
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  Gustavo giving pizza to Peppino.
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  Gustavo pointing at Peppino after he takes the pizza.
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  Gustavo screaming after the player fails to deliver the pizza and prepares to fly towards Peppino.
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  Gustavo flying to grab a screaming Peppino.
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  Gustavo assaulting Peppino when he fails to deliver a pizza.
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  Gustavo sitting on a chair in GOLF.

Gustavo's Pizzeria

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  An oven.
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  A wooden table with a tomato, knife and mushroom on it.
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  3 pizza boxes stacked up, probably a reference to the boxes that Peppino delivers.
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  An ordinary fridge.
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  A purple phone on a table, Possibly a reference to an unused object that activated Pizza Time.
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  Gustavo's pizzeria building, made out of wood, with "Gustavo Pizza" text on top, his face near it, and a pan on the wall.

Miscellaneous

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  The first sprite of Gustavo made for Pizza Tower, picturing him talking.
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  A full turnaround of Gustavo's sprite.
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  Joke sprite of Gustavo being decapitated.
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  Gustavo with a cast supporting his head. This appears to be a continuation of sorts to the previous image.
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  Gustavo coming out of a present, seen during The Noise boss fight in Strongcold.
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  Gustavo within a present, seen during The Noise boss fight in Strongcold.
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  Gustavo going back inside the box, seen during The Noise boss fight in Strongcold.
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  Gustavo after being hit, seen when accidentally hit during The Noise boss fight in Strongcold. This was also a crude placeholder in the September 25th 2021 build, used to transform the player into Gustavo and Brick.
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  Gustavo in a sleigh with Peppino's other allies.
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  Gustavo seen in Peppinos Xmas Break end screen.
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  Animations made for Pizza Crawler.
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  Gustavo brandishing a kitchen knife.
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  Early version of Pizza Crawler.
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  Slightly later version of Pizza Crawler, in which they ditched the "turn-based" aspect.
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  Toppinbot's Description of Gustavo on the Pizza Tower Discord.
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  Unused sprite of Gustavo holding a sign, intended to be used during boss fights.
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  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.
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  MKF Gustavo, but in his underwear, signaling that he is on his last hit point.
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  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.
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  Gustavo's Steam trading card.
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  Brick's Steam profile background, titled "Brick's Miscellaneous Adventures".
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  Gustavo in a banner for the Pumpkin Hunt patchnotes.

Concept Artworks

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  Concept Art for Playable Gustavo.
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  Sketches of Peppino, The Noise, and Gustavo.
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  Concept art of Animatronic Gustavo, who would peer in through windows to lure in Peppino.
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  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.
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  Gameplay concepts for Peppino Pizza, staring the adventurous chef and rat.
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  The preposed extended cast of Peppino Pizza, including Gustavo and Brick.