Mr. Stick

Mr. Stick
Information
Aliases	Mr. Mooney

"I don't care about this fortune nonsense. Just tell me if we can patent this bot thingamajig."
— Mr. Stick.

Mr. Stick is an NPC in the Hub area of Pizza Tower.

He appears to rent boss gates to Peppino in exchange for money earned from rescuing Toppins from the levels, and sometimes as a fill-in for Gustavo during Pizza Time.

Description

Mr. Stick is a slim, fair-skinned man with glasses, a bald head, and a comically large nose. He wears an orange suit and pants that visually looks like a jumpsuit over a white dress shirt and a black tie. He also sports a pair of long, black shoes, a pair of white gloves, and an orange fedora with a black strip on it.

As "Mr. Mooney", he wears a fake grey beard and mustache fastened onto his face with a string, an orange hat with with a black strip on it and the top of it popped open, and an orange blanket with a white patch draped over his body. He's also usually seen holding a tin can in his right hand.

He is not native to the tower, but asks Peppino for money to construct the boss gates. He's an inventor and a salesman who is always looking to make a profit.

Behaviour

Mr. Stick is a shrewd businessman and will appear on the Hub near every boss gate. Mr. Stick requires an arbitrary amount of money from Peppino before they allowed access to the boss gate, forcing the player to collect a certain amount of Toppins before being allowed to continue their quest. Despite taking advantage of Peppino in such a manner, he does seem to genuinely care about him, or, at the very least, his continued ability to give him money, guiding him to level exits during Pizza Time along with Gustavo.

After purchasing all 5 boss gates from Mr. Stick, a new character (that definitely isn't Mr. Stick in disguise trying to take away the player's remaining money) will appear next to the Pizzaface boss gate. This grey bearded character, Mr. Mooney, will ask the player for a little charity, requesting the last $90 dollars the player can get. Once the money is given to Mooney, the player will unlock Mooney Orange.

Scrapped Boss Fight

Originally the 4th boss of the game was supposed to be Mr. Stick.

Boss Behaviour

Mr. Stick will never attack the player directly, as he instead opts to get away or lead the player into a trap. Due to this, there is no way to parry Mr. Stick, but he has no parry either. Instead, he summons other bosses to distract the player, in the hopes that they'll be too busy fighting them off to attack him. In fact, if the player goes roughly 10 seconds without approaching Mr. Stick, he will pull out a beach chair and relax.

Trivia

• He was first said to be Peppino's accountant, then later on his landlord. But in the final game, he has no previous relation to Peppino whatsoever.
• Mr. Stick's original name was Mr. Stiff, but was changed for sounding too much like a phallic innuendo.
• McPig has gone on record to say that Mr. Stick was a character before Pizza Tower, and is probably his second most drawn character. Peppino was the fifth.
• McPig has talked about an idea for a Mr Stick centered game. It would be a puzzle platformer about his daily life in his apartment complex where he has to deal with the supernatural.
• He has a friend named Burton that never appeared in Pizza Tower but does appear in a lot of McPig's earlier as well as more recent sketches.
• Mr. Stick originally could have been hit to get a free boss fight once per save file. After the second attempt to hit him, he would have defended himself with a big shield. Despite this idea not being used, a single frame of it is still in the files of the game.
• Mr. Stick bears more than a passing resemblance to Wes Weasley, a character from the 1993 television series Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, based on the Sonic the Hedgehog series of video games. Both are bald, skinny, humanoid salesmen dawning glasses, orange suits, and fedoras.
  • Though this hasn’t been officially confirmed by McPig himself, this would not be the only reference to Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, as one of Peppino's taunts is a reference to a frame of Dr. Robotnik holding a diploma.
• He also bears a very strong resemblance to Gus Flynn, the main character of the french comic Gus by Christophe Blain. They are both tall and skinny and have the same iconic nose, Gus even wears a suit and hat just like Stick in some instances.
  • Though McPig has said that he had never read the comic before and that this was a complete accident.

• Below is an old comic featuring Mr. Stick and his friend Burton, here is a rough translation of the text.

1. 1: B: "See Mr Stiff, we will jump at the bottom of this little hill. And like I told you, we will land at the same time. My weight will not change the speed at wich we will fall." | S: "Having to do a demonstration for a commoner is ridiculous. It's a waste of time." | B: "Come on Mr.Stiff." | S: "I keep my position! You will land first and you will be embarrassed."
2. B: "There's nothing embarrassing, We're just jumping off a small hill." | S: "Wait! Before being stupid (???) I want to make sure no one is watching us!" | B: *Exasperating*
3. S: "Of course I doubt he's right, but I've been so supportive of my position... I can't take a step back! That would be absolutely embarrassing!" "I have installed this propeller helmet under my hat. When I pull that rope, I'll have momentum in the air that will allow me to land last."
4. 4: B: "Ready?" | S: "Ready!"

Gallery

Regular animations

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  Mr. Stick's default idle animation.

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  Mr. Stick's first idle animation, where he puts his hands together and grins.

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  Mr. Stick's second idle animation, where he pulls out a beach chair and starts drinking some coconut water.

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  Mr. Stick's third idle animation, where he points at a comically oversized watch.

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  Mr. Stick pointing towards an exit gate.

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  Mr. Stick taking the player's money.

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  Mr. Stick running away after taking the player's money.

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  Mr. Stick preparing to fly away.

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  Mr. Stick flying away.

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  Mr. Stick's landing animation.

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  Mr. Stick's idle animation during The Crumbling Tower of Pizza.

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  Mr. Stick's walking animation during The Crumbling Tower of Pizza.

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  Mr. Stick on a TV, appearing when the player has enough money to purchase a boss gate.

Mr. Mooney animations

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  Mr. Mooney's idle animation.

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  Mr. Mooney after obtaining cash.

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  Mr. Mooney on a TV, appearing when the player has earned enough money to pay for charity.

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  Mr. Mooney's house.

In-game miscellaneous

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  Mr. Stick's defeat sprite, seen in the opening cutscene when he's hit by Pizzaface.

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  Money icon.

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  Mr. Stick in a trash can in a secret room in Slum. Potentially Mr. Mooney.

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  Mr. Stick in the game's ending.

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  Mr. Stick getting away with Peppino's money a couple seconds before the chef stops him. Appears in the game's ending.

Scrapped animations

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  Mr.Stick's boss arena.

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  Mr. Stick's old idle animation.

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  Mr. Stick talking, unused as no dialogue with him happens. Animations also exist for Peppino and Gustavo as well.

Miscellaneous

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  Mr. Stick coming out of a present, seen during The Noise boss fight in Strongcold.

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  Mr. Stick within a present, seen during The Noise boss fight in Strongcold.

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  Mr. Stick going back inside the box, seen during The Noise boss fight in Strongcold.

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  Mr. Stick in a sleigh with Peppino's other allies.

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  Toppinbot's description of Mr. Stick on the Pizza Tower Discord.

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  Toppinbot's portrait of Mr. Stick.

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  Mr. Stick on the Steam page.

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  Mr. Stick coming in to complain about the lack of a good fight only for Peppino to start looking uncomfortable.

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  Mr. Stick getting an earful of anger.

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  Mr.Stick being threatened by Peppino.

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  Mr.Stick driving Peppino and Noise somewhere.

Various Non-Pizza Tower Mr. Stick Drawings

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  Drawings of Mr. Stick long before Pizza Tower.

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  Sketch of where Mr. Stick lives.

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  Mr. Stick on the elevator of his apartment building.

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  One of Mr. Stick's inventions.

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  Mr. Stick's "logo" and "slogan" doodle.

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  Mr. Stick having an unfortunate day.

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  Mr. Stick having an even more unfortunate day.

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  Mr. Stick having an incredibly unfortunate day.

Mr. Stick and Burton

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  Mr. Stick and his best friend, Burton.

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  A really old comic of Mr. Stick and Burton.

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  Mr. Stick warning Burton about one of his inventions gone wrong.

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  Mr. Stick asking Burton if his products are purchase quality.