Mr. Stick
"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 and bald man with a large nose who wears an orange suit and pants, along with a white undershirt and a black tie. He sports a pair of long, black shoes, a pair of white gloves, and a fedora with a black strip on it. He is also usually seen wearing a pair of glasses. While it seems like he just wants Peppino to pay off his debt at first, he's actually a con man who tries to scam him for his points. His true alignment is currently unknown, as he has been seen both helping and hurting Peppino.
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.
After purchasing all 5 boss gates from Mr. Stick, a new character (that definetly isn't Mr. Stick in disguise trying to take away the player's remaining money) will appear next to the Pizzaface boss gate. This gray 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 Behavior
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.
- PTG 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.
- 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 and orange suits.
- This is not 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.
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. Originally used when accidentally hit during The Noise boss fight in Strongcold.
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Money icon.
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Mr. Stick in a trash can in a secret room in Slum.
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Mr. Stick in the game's ending.
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Mr. Stick getting away with Peppino's money. Appears in the game's ending.
Scrapped animations
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Unused Mr.Stick boss arena.
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Mr. Stick's unused 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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Drawings of Mr.Stick before Pizza Tower.
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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.
