Pizzahead

Pizzahead
Information
Affiliation	Pizzaface
Gameplay
Health	8
Debut	Pizzaface (Arena)
Build Debut	Rework

Pizzahead is the overarching antagonist and true final boss of Pizza Tower. He is the true identity of Pizzaface.

Description

Pizzahead is a tall and lean humanoid cheese pizza slice wearing a white shirt with a red bow tie, red cheeks, white gloves, blue overalls, brown shoes, and a big red nose. He also holds a brown smoking pipe in his idle animation. He doesn't appear to take anything seriously, and constantly wears a huge grin.

Personality-wise, Pizzahead is shown to be cheerful, unhinged, and comically villainous. He is lenient towards Peppino and takes delight at hurting him as comedically as possible. This is shown as he had broadcasted all of Peppino's suffering during his run throughout the tower and threatened to destroy his restaurant at the beginning.

Pizzaboy, a pizza mascot who appears throughout the tower in the form of cardboard cutouts and posters, bears a striking resemblance to Pizzahead. It's likely that he created the Pizza Boy mascot himself, basing them on his old self.

Boss Room

Following Pizzaface's defeat and transition into phase 2, the background shifts to be much more outlandish, with scrolling spirals, TVs displaying Pizzahead, the sky fading into purple, and the moon now bears his grinning face.

When Pizzaface's health is depleted, his face opens up to reveal Pizzahead within, on the toilet reading a newspaper. Pizzaface explodes, launching Pizzahead into the air. He lands head-first on the ground and Peppino screams in terror. Pizzahead gets up and laughs at him before continuing the fight.

When phase 3 starts, the background becomes much darker, with a raging storm raining down and the occasional lightning strike. The Pizzahead moon is now eclipsed.

Pizzahead lays on the ground and pretends to be defeated for a couple seconds, then spins back into a standing position, unharmed. He walks to the right edge of the screen and retrieves all of the previous bosses to fight Peppino, much to his dismay. Pizzahead laughs at him, which sends him into a pure state of rage as he clutches his hands onto his head, before screaming as hard as he ever could, scaring the bosses.

Peppino then pummels all of them into submission. After dealing the final hit on Pizzahead, Peppino starts relentlessly beating him until they reach high up in the sky, then piledrives Pizzahead straight back into the tower in a giant explosion.

After defeating Pizzahead, the background returns to normal, an opening in the floor becomes accessible, and Pizzahead's head is lodged into the floor. In the ending, he is seen beaten down alongside the remains of Pillar John. If the player has collected all of the Tower Secret Treasures, they will resurrect John into his true form and Pizzahead will once again spin back up unharmed, before receiving a well-deserved uppercut into the sky from John.

Boss Behavior

Phase 2

At the start of the Phase, Pizzahead will run to the right, pull up a pistol pickup, and throw it to the player. The player uses the pistol through the entirety of Phase 2. Afterwards, Pizzahead runs across to the other side of the tower, and reaches below to pull up one of 6 attacks. After taking 3 hits, a broken Pizzaface will spawn and start dropping cogs that roll towards the player.

Regular shots can take one of Pizzahead's HP in 22 shots.

For each attack Pizzahead will run to either side of the screen, before pulling the attack offscreen. After he performs the attack, he will perform a spin, before running to the opposite side of the screen to perform another attack. He will not do damage while running between attacks, but will deal contact damage while spinning.

Tumbling Television

Pizzahead will gasp in delight before pulling up a TV, showing a terrified Peppino. The TV will bounce 3 times before shattering. As Pizzahead loses more health, the speed of the TV will increase.

Dynamite Drop

Pizzahead will pull out 5 sticks of dynamite and throw them in random spots.

Bullet Spray

Pizzahead will pull out a small blue uzi, identical to the one used by The Vigilante, and shoot cheese bullets in several directions. During this attack, the safe spot is staying on the ground. Once out of ammo, Pizzahead will throw the uzi, which can also deal damage.

Fork Spree

Pizzahead will pull up a small chunk of the tower still attached to a sword used for Knight Peppino, which launches up several Forknights. When these Forknights hit the ground, they die and throw up their forks, which can damage the player.

Rat Baseball

Pizzahead will put on baseball clothes and throw a Stupid Rat at the player. The Stupid Rat will bounce until it hits the wall, in which it then returns to Pizzahead. As Pizzahead loses more health, the amount of times the Stupid Rat will bounce on the ground increases.

A Picture

Pizzahead will pull up a pinup picture of himself in a bikini. He will look embarrassed, then quickly put the picture back down. This has no effect, and Pizzahead shortly pulls up another attack afterwards.

Phase 3

After getting hit 8 times, Pizzahead will recover from any damage done to him. He then pulls up the four previous bosses, and starts to laugh at Peppino. Peppino clutches his head and screams at the top of his lungs, scaring both Pizzahead and the other four previous bosses, causing The Vigilante, The Noise, and Fake Peppino to fly off-screen as a result. Peppino then charges at Pepperman and pummels him.

From this point, the player must go through a boss rush with the four previous bosses one by one. Whenever Peppino hits a boss, he will pummel them, doing 4 health of damage. The bosses use attacks throughout both phases of their respective fights. After defeating Pepperman, Gustavo will appear for the player to grab and throw him at the remaining 3 bosses to stun them. This is notably the only way to stun and deal damage to the Vigilante, though Gustavo is entirely optional for defeating the Noise and Fake Peppino.

After defeating Fake Peppino, Pizzahead reappears to fight Peppino once again, and uses 4 different attacks. He has 3 full HP bars, and requires 6 hits to defeat, and his attack window becomes smaller as well. After each hit, he changes his attack pattern:

• Somersault; Boxing Gloves
• Somersault; Flyswatter
• Somersault; Sumo Stomp
• Somersault; Boxing Gloves; Flyswatter
• Somersault; Sumo Stomp; Boxing Gloves
• Somersault; Boxing Gloves; Flyswatter; Sumo Stomp

Somersault

Pizzahead will jump over Peppino in an acrobatic way, dealing contact damage while in the air. This move is always used first in a pattern. It is important to note that this attack cannot be parried.

Boxing Gloves

Pizzahead will adorn a pair of Boxing gloves and will attempt to hit Peppino at close range.

Flyswatter

Pizzahead gets out a flyswatter and will dash across the arena while swinging it around.

Sumo Stomp

Pizzahead's body will grow large, and he will stomp the ground with one foot. If Peppino is on the ground when Pizzahead stomps, he will be stunned and flung into the air, but will not take damage.

Peppino’s Beatdown

After hitting Pizzahead 6 times, Peppino then does a beatdown on Pizzahead. During this, they slowly rise up into the air, and once they are high enough, Peppino piledrives Pizzahead back into the tower. making Pizzahead lodged upside down with his head stuck inside the tower.

Trivia

This section is dedicated to trivia and miscellaneous information about Pizzahead.
Remember to read the wiki's trivia guidelines before adding trivia or making changes.

• Given that Pizzahead and Pizzaface attack Peppino separately during phase 2 of the boss fight, it's possible that Pizzaface is a separate entity from Pizzahead, rather than just being a machine piloted by him. This is also supported by the fact that when Pizzahead is revealed at the start of phase 2, he doesn't appear to have been paying attention to the fight or controlling Pizzaface at all, instead sitting on the toilet and reading a newspaper nonchalantly.
  • However, the fact that in phase two Pizzaface drops cogs and spews smoke seems to confirm he is at least mechanical.
• According to the concept art, Pizzahead has a bunch of attacks that were left on the cutting room floor:
  • One attack had Pizzahead pull up a bomb and carry it. If Peppino tried to attack Pizzahead while he had the bomb, Pizzahead would quickly give Peppino the bomb and run away, likely giving Peppino the now-scrapped bomb transformation.
  • Pizzahead's hand would loop around and snatch up the Peppino head that used to sit in the old HUD. He would then throw the head and it would bounce across the floor. It was likely replaced with the TV attack to accommodate the current HUD.
  • Pizzahead pulls up Gustavo, and then throws him forward.
  • Pizzahead wears a musketeer hat and has a sword fight with Peppino in the knight transformation.
  • Instead of throwing the Stupid Rat, Pizzahead would quickly shove it into his mouth and regain some health.
• Also according to the concept art, Phase 3 would originally have Pizzahead go crazy and drop all cartoonish props to attempt to fight Peppino with his fists. This phase was scrapped because McPig wanted to keep Pizzahead's image as a silly and strange character. Scrapped attacks from this phase include:
  • Pizzahead doing a spinning punch.
  • Pizzahead doing a spinning kick.
  • A move where Pizzahead dashes forward and then slams his fist on the ground.
  • A move where Pizzahead winds up and performs a kick that extends across the stage.
  • A move where Pizzahead slams his face onto the ground and starts running across the stage.
  • Pizzahead screaming at Peppino to "GET OUT", which he would've needed to crouch to avoid.
• When Pizzahead pulls up a section of the tower, he does so by grabbing the sword used to activate the knight transformation, but it remains stuck in the rock. This is possibly referencing the legendary sword Excalibur, which is often depicted as being found stuck in a rock, and can only be pulled out by the divinely appointed king, in that case being King Arthur. This suggests Pizzahead is unworthy of wielding the sword, while Peppino is.
• The SMG that Pizzahead uses seems to be based on a Skorpion Vz. 61, despite it being labeled as an IMI Uzi in the game's files.

Gallery

Regular Animations

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  Pizzaface opening up, revealing Pizzahead.

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  Pizzahead being launched after Pizzaface explodes.

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  Pizzahead landing after being launched.

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  Pizzahead's walking animation.

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  Pizzahead preparing to pull up an object.

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  Pizzahead pulling up a pistol pickup.

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  Pizzahead's idle animation.

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  Pizzahead throwing an object and shrugging.

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  Pizzahead pulling up a pinup picture of himself.

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  Pizzahead pulling up a stick of dynamite.

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  Pizzahead pulling up and throwing the TV from the HUD.

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  The TV with Peppino screaming.

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  The TV bouncing off the floor.

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  TV debris #1.

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  TV debris #2.

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  TV debris #3.

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  Pizzahead pulling up The Vigilante's Uzi gun.

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  Pizzahead shooting with the Uzi gun.

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  The Uzi itself.

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  Pizzahead failing to pull out the sword out of the stone, instead pulling up a part of Pizzascape.

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  Pizzahead pushing down Pizzascape.

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  Pizzahead pulling up a Stupid Rat, then changing outfits.

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  Pizzahead in a baseball outfit idling.

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  Pizzahead throwing a Stupid Rat at the player.

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  Pizzahead catching a Stupid Rat

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  A Stupid Rat rolling. The same animation is used for when Brick is in a ball-like position.

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  The Stupid Rat after hitting the wall. The same sprite is used for when Brick hits a wall or is caught by a Hamkuff.

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  Pizzahead's hurt animation during final attack zoom.

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  Pizzahead faking death before going into Phase 3.

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  Pizzahead recovering into Phase 3.

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  Pizzahead pulling up a boss during the start to Phase 3.

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  Pizzahead becoming scared after Peppino yells.

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  Pizzahead preparing to use a flyswatter.

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  Pizzahead using a flyswatter while dashing.

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  Pizzahead punching with boxing gloves.

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  Pizzahead walking toward the player in Phase 3.

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  Pizzahead walking away from the player in Phase 3.

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  Pizzahead doing a sumo stomp.

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  Pizzahead somersaulting in Phase 3.

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  Pizzahead's hurt animation.

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  Peppino preforming an open-palm strike on Pizzahead.

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  Peppino kicking Pizzahead in the chin.

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  Peppino performing a violent shoulder jab on Pizzahead.

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  Peppino punching Pizzahead.

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  Peppino uppercutting Pizzahead on the chin.

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  Peppino kicking Pizzahead in the chest.

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  Peppino ramming his head into Pizzahead's face, caving it in.

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  Peppino kicking Pizzahead right on the cheek.

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  Peppino punching Pizzahead in the stomach.

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  Peppino hitting Pizzahead in the chin with his elbow.

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  Peppino uppercutting Pizzahead with the side of his fist.

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  Peppino ramming his feet into Pizzahead's torso.

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  Peppino preforming another open-palm strike on Pizzahead.

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  Peppino punching Pizzahead to the left.

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  Peppino punching Pizzahead into the air.

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  Full animation of Peppino beating down Pizzahead.

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  Peppino piledriving Pizzahead.

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  Close-up shot of a teary-eyed Peppino piledriving Pizzahead into the Tower.

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  Pizzahead's head stuck in a cracked floor after being defeated. The entire sprite is not normally seen in-game, due to it getting cut off of the screen.

Arena

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  Arena phase 2 background. Purple sky with a Pizzahead moon.

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  Arena phase 2 background decoration #1. Swirls and blue balls.

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  Arena phase 2 background decoration #2. A TV with Pizzahead.

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  Arena phase 2 background decoration #3. Another TV with Pizzahead.

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  Arena phase 2 background decoration #4. Yet another TV with Pizzahead.

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  Arena phase 3 background. A red sky with a moon.

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  Arena phase 3 background decoration #1. Clouds.

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  Arena phase 3 background decoration #2. Rain.

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  Arena phase 3 background decoration #3. Lightning.

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  Arena ground with hole.

In-game miscellaneous

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  Pizzahead's HP icon.

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  Pizzahead beat up in the game's ending.

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  Pizzahead flying away after getting hit by John.

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  Pizzahead, dressed as a clown, sneaking into the costume party. Appears in a scene during the ending.

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  Pizzahead wearing a friendly Pizzaface costume during the Pumpkin Hunt event.

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  A Pizzahead pop-up from the Pumpkin Hunt event.

Miscellaneous

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  Pizzahead on the Steam user background.

Scrapped animations

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  Pizzahead's phase 3 idle animation. Used in the October 2022 Build, not completely unused as a single frame from this animation is seen in Pizzahead's stomp attack.

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  Pizzahead's stunned animation. Used in the October 2022 Build whenever Pizzahead is hit by Gustavo, which isn't possible in the final game.

• Enraged Pizzahead, the only known sprite of Pizzahead intended for the scrapped third phase.

  Enraged Pizzahead, the only known sprite of Pizzahead intended for the scrapped third phase.

Concept Art

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  Concept art for Pizzahead's boss fight.

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  More concepts.

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  Pizzaface opening up, revealing Pizzahead.

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  Pizzahead jumping out of Pizzaface after he explodes.

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  Pizzahead preparing to grab an object.

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  Pizzahead grabbing an object.

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  Pizzahead pulling up a sexy picture of himself.

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  Pizzahead hiding the sexy picture.

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  Pizzahead throwing an object.

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  Pizzahead running with a comically large bomb.

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  Pizzahead's bomb out of his hands.

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  Pizzahead running away from the bomb.

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  Pizzahead holding a Stupid Rat.

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  Pizzahead eats the Stupid Rat, not even chewing.

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  Pizzahead in a musketeer getup, a scrapped attack.

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  Pizzahead holding Peppino's old HUD from old demos.

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  An animation of a scrapped attack, showing Pizzahead holding a present, that launches torwards the player.

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  Pizzahead phase 3 idle sprite.

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  Pizzahead preparing kick in the scrapped phase 3 attack.

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  Pizzahead launching the big kick.

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  Pizzahead's Leg.

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  Pizzahead dashing.

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  Pizzahead punching the floor, missing the player.

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  Scrapped concept art for the 3rd phase of Pizzahead, showing enraged versions of Pizzahead and Peppino (who is naked).

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  Pizzahead slamming his head in the floor.

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  Pizzahead damaging his face after smashing it into the floor.

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  Pizzahead screaming "GET OUT" at the player.

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  Pizzahead's "GET OUT" projectile.

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  Pizzahead impacts a giant punch onto the floor.

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  Pizzahead spinning and punching like a maniac.

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  Pizzahead doing a spin-kick attack.

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  Pizzahead spinning his arms, while his hands are fists.