Stupid Rat

Template:BlockStupid Rat is a character and level asset in Pizza Tower.

Description

Stupid Rats are stupid 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.

Behaviour

Stupid Rats block the way at certain parts in a level, and can only be defeated using a transformation 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 simply make the player slightly bounce off.

Appears in

Pizzascape, Ancient Cheese, Oregano Desert, Fun Farm, Fast Food Saloon, Deep-Dish 9, Peppibot Factory, Oh Shit!, WAR, The Crumbling Tower Of Pizza (Large)

Crust Cove, Peppibot Factory (Small)

Pizzascape, Golf, Pizzascare (Pin)

Golf, Pizzascare (Small Pin)

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.
There were supposed to be more counterparts corresponding to specific transformations, but they go unused.
Stupid Rats emit a quiet sniffing sound.
Gustavo is played as a duo with another Stupid Rat named Brick.
Stupid Rats appear in some level titlecards and backgrounds.
Stupid Rats have a similar function to Prince Froggy from Wario Land 3.
In Don't Make A Sound, tiny Stupid Rats can be found, either moving or eating a slice of pizza. They only exist as a decoration, and don't interact with the player in any way.
Pizzahead can throw a Stupid Rat during the 2nd phase of his bossfight.
In The Pig City, there are Rat Balloons which look very similiar to Stupid Rat, but are round and blue.
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.
In the Rework build, some levels have mini Stupid Rats stacked on top of eachother.
In the Rework build, one of the Flush cards was Stupid Rat's nose.

Gallery

Regular animations

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

Pizzahead's attack

Pizzahead pulling up a Stupid Rat before changing into his baseball pitcher uniform.
Stupid Rat being thrown by Pizzahead.
The Stupid Rat thrown by Pizzahead after hitting a wall.

In-game Miscellaneous

A Stupid Rat in an astronaut suit with an air tank filled with "cheesium". Appears as a decoration in Deep-Dish 9.
Tiny Stupid Rat moving in Don't Make A Sound.
Tiny Stupid Rat eating a pizza slice in Don't Make A Sound.
A Stupid Rat in one of Refrigerator-Refrigerador-Freezerator's backgrounds.
A Stupid Rat in Crust Cove's titlecard.
A Stupid Rat in Don't Make A Sound's titlecard.

A Stupid Rat in Don't Make A Sound's titlecard.
A Stupid Rat in one of the background in Don't Make A Sound.
Ditto.