Stupid Rat

Stupid Rat
Gameplay
Debut	Pizzascape (Large) Crust Cove (Small) Pizzascape (Pin) GOLF (Small Pin)
Build Debut	Beachandforest (Old behaviour, Large) Rework (Current behaviour, Small, Pin, Small Pin)

Stupid Rats are characters in Pizza Tower.

Description

Stupid Rats are stupid-looking, rotund, giant ceil-colored rats, with eyes looking at different directions. Its small version is the same, except for being square-shaped.

Pin Stupid Rats are similiar, but shaped like bowling pins with two pink stripes. These also have a small variant.

Behaviour

Stupid Rats block the way at certain parts in a level, and can only be defeated using transformations and projectiles (though not all of them work). Despite being more of a level asset, it adds to combos, similarly to enemies. Pin stupid rats can be destroyed with the ball transformation (unlike regular ones). Bumping into a Stupid Rat while grabbing or running will make the player slightly bounce off. All Stupid Rats also make a quiet sniffing sound.

Appears in

• (Large) Pizzascape, Ancient Cheese, Oregano Desert, Fun Farm, Fast Food Saloon, Crust Cove, Deep-Dish 9, Peppibot Factory, Oh Shit!, WAR, The Crumbling Tower Of Pizza, Secrets Of The World.
• (Small) Crust Cove, Peppibot Factory, Secrets Of The World.
• (Pin) Pizzascape, GOLF, Pizzascare, Secrets Of The World.
• (Small Pin) GOLF, Pizzascape, Tricky Treat, Secrets Of The World.

Chef Tasks

This character is tied with the following Chef Task:

Volleybomb Kill a rat using a bomb dropped by an enemy in Ancient Cheese.

Trivia

• Before the Rework Build, Stupid Rat had a different function. It would block the path until the player delivers pizza to a gnome.
  • Stupid Rats replaced all of the transformation specific blocks in the Rework Build.
  • In the Rework build, there were still some Stupid Rats which would function that way. These were removed in the Eggplant Build.
• There were supposed to be more counterparts corresponding to specific transformations, but they go unused.
• Bowling Pin Rats are called "obj_rattumble_big" In the files.
• Before the final game, Stupid Rats did not have a bumping animation and would act as a solid block instead of making the player bounce off.
• Stupid Rats have a similar function to Prince Froggy from Wario Land 3.
• Stupid Rat appears playable in a DOOM mod called "Bring Your Own Class", spitting up projectiles and using various objects like cheese and Rat Balloons to fight demons.
• When getting caught by Pizzaface as Gustavo & Brick, Brick's defeat animation has Stupid rat's defeat sprite used.
• Despite Pin Stupid Rats being designed only for ball transformation, they can be killed with a few other transformations such as Mort Transformation, Barrel Transformation (only on contact), and Boxed Transformation.
• This is the only enemy/level asset to have an official plush on Fangamer.

Gallery

Regular animations

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  Stupid Rat's idle animation.
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  Stupid rat's bumping animation.
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  Stupid Rat's defeat sprite.
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  Small Stupid Rat's idle animation.
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  Small Stupid rat's bumping animation.
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  Small Stupid Rat's defeat sprite.
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  Pin Stupid Rat's idle animation.
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  Pin Stupid Rat's bumping animation.
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  Pin Stupid Rat's defeat sprite.
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  Small Pin Stupid Rat's idle animation.
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  Small Pin Stupid Rat's bumping animation.
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  Small Pin Stupid Rat's defeat sprite.

Pizzahead's attack

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  Pizzahead pulling up a Stupid Rat before changing into his baseball pitcher uniform.
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  Stupid Rat being thrown by Pizzahead, also seen when double jumping as Gustavo and Brick
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  The Stupid Rat thrown by Pizzahead after hitting a wall, also seen when kicking Brick into a wall

In-game Miscellaneous

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  A Stupid Rat in an astronaut suit with an air tank filled with "cheesium". Appears as a decoration in Deep-Dish 9.
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  Tiny Stupid Rat moving in Don't Make A Sound.
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  Tiny Stupid Rat eating a pizza slice in Don't Make A Sound.
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  "Whack The Rat", appears as a decoration in Don't Make A Sound.
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  A Stupid Rat with its tongue stuck to a pizza slice and tears coming from the eyes, in one of Refrigerator-Refrigerador-Freezerator's backgrounds.
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  A Stupid Rat in the air in Crust Cove's titlecard.
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  A small Stupid Rat smiling in Don't Make A Sound's titlecard.
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  A Stupid Rat sitting next to cheese and eating a pizza slice in one of the backgrounds in Don't Make A Sound.
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  A Stupid Rat sitting next to a box of "Rat Poison Pizza", with a pizza slice (presumably from the box) in front of the rat. Appears in one of Don't Make A Sound's backgrounds.
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  A Stupid Rat sitting on a pipe, sometimes looking to the right, in one of Oh Shit!'s backgrounds.
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  The Vigilante riding rats with Peppino and Gustavo. Appears in the end credits.

Miscellaneous

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  Stupid Rat on Steam User Background.
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  Art from the Ancient Aliens stream.
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  Unused version of the previous art.

Scrapped animations

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  Stupid Rat chasing a sentient piece of cheese after delivering pizza to a gnome.
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  Cardboard Stupid Rat's idle animation.
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  Cardboard Stupid Rat's defeat sprite.
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  Cap Stupid Rat's idle animation.
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  Cap Stupid Rat's defeat sprite.
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  Glasses Stupid Rat's idle animation.
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  Glasses Stupid Rat's defeat sprite.
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  Cowboy Stupid Rat's idle animation.
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  Cowboy Stupid Rat's defeat sprite.
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  Medieval Stupid Rat's idle animation.
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  Medieval Stupid Rat's defeat sprite.
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  Marshmallow Stupid Rat's idle animation.
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  Marshmallow Stupid Rat's defeat sprite.
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  Unused sprite of a Stupid Rat holding a sign, intended to be used during boss fights.

Miscellaneous

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  Stupid Rats as included in concept art for a Lemmings and Pikmin inspired game staring Bigfoots. Was shared by McPig on the Discord.

Audio

Audio	Description	Additional notes
	The rat sniffing (for the normal rat AND the bowling pin rat)
	Normal Rat death sound	This sound plays multiple times.
		This sound plays at the same time as the above sound.
	Bowling pin rat death