The Crumbling Tower of Pizza

The Crumbling Tower of Pizza
World	Staff Only
Escape time limit	5:40
S Rank cap	5500
States used	Shotgun, Weenie Mount, Rocket, Firebutt, Ball
Soundtrack	Bye Bye There!
Level order
Previous level	Pizzaface Boss Fight

The Crumbling Tower of Pizza is the twentieth and final level in Pizza Tower, and the fifth level in Staff Only.

After the boss fight with Pizzaface and Pizzahead, Peppino must finally escape the tower with everything he has collected. The player must backtrack through the entire hub whilst enduring a barrage of enemies, transformations, and a final golf challenge, to reach the entrance of the tower and escape before it collapses.

The level's title card shows Peppino inside the walls of the crumbling tower, folding his arms victoriously while staring at the camera with an enraged look on his face as he stands atop of a gigantic pile of various objects and characters from the game.

Enemies

• Cheeseslime
• Kentucky Bomber
• Pizza Soldier
• Clownmato
• Pizzard
• Ghostknight
• Pepperoni Goblin Bat
• Cardboard Tank
• Pineapple Monster
• Piraneapple
• Peppibot
• Ninja Slice
• Mr. Pinch
• Fake Santa
• Snowman
• Pizzice
• Pizza Slug
• Shrimp Thug
• Spit Cheese
• Pickle
• Noise Goblin
• Bad Rat
• U.F.Olive
• Pineacool
• Burger Golfer
• Cannon Pizza Goblin
• Swedish Monkey
• Pepperoni Goblin
• Greaseball
• Captain Pizza Goblin
• Tribe Cheese
• Bandito Chicken
• Ranch Shooter
• Potato Farmer
• Pizza Boy

Mechanics

Transformations

• Shotgun
• Weenie Mount
• Rocket
• Firebutt
• Ball

Gimmicks

• Big Mushroom
• Water Currents
• Grind Rail
• Ramp
• Anti-gravitational Olive
• Dash Pad
• TNT Block
• Boiling Sauce
• Cow
• Banana Peel

Collectables

Instead of Toppins, several characters from the game appear throughout the level and can be collected in a similar manner, although they do not award Pizza Points. These characters only appear if the level is entered after defeating Pizzahead and are completely absent if the level is entered through its door in the hub. The collectable characters are:

• Gustavo and Brick, at the beginning.
• Mr. Stick, in the Staff Only hub area.
• Fake Peppino, in the Slum hub area.
• Snotty, in the Slum hub area if he was not killed.
• The Noise, in the Vacation Resort hub area.
• Mort, in the Western District hub area.
• The Vigilante, in the Western District hub area.
• Pepperman, in the Tower Lobby hub area.
• Gerome, in the John Gutter Hall hub area.

Trivia

• The characters and objects shown in the big pile below Peppino in the title card are, from left to right: the jester from Gnome Forest, a TV showing a hurt Peppino, The Noise, a rocket, Mushroom Toppin Monster, Greaseball, Hamkuff, Pepperman, Forknight, Cow, Pizzaface, Horsey, Pineacool, Pizza Granny, Gustavo, Noisey, Pillar John, Ghost King, the combo meter's puppet, the Secret Eye, the Vigilante, one of Gnome Forest's Gnomes, Bee, Pizza Boy, and Stupid Rat. Gerome and a flying Priest can also be seen in the background.
  • Oddly enough, the Cow doesn't seem to be beaten up like the rest of the characters.
• This level has the lowest S-Rank score requirement, likely due to the lack of secrets, Lap 2, and other optional collectibles.
• Completing the level normally right after Pizzaface's boss fight does not allow the player to see the rank they have obtained, instead showing the ending cutscene.
• This level originally had Forknights and extra platforms at the end of the stage, right before the Tower Lobby hub area. It was nerfed in subsequent patches, removing both elements and replacing them with Dash Pads.
• Due to Pizzaface having been defeated, the crumbling tower replaces him at the right end of the Pizza Time time meter. If time runs out, the player also instantly gets a "Time's Up" instead.
• This is the only main level which does not have the ability to enter Lap 2 through a Pizza Portal once the entrance is reached. As such, "The Death That I Deservioli" never plays in this level.
  • "Bye Bye There!" also plays instead of "It's Pizza Time!" when Pizza Time is active, making this the only level with Pizza Time with a unique song for it.
  • The title "Bye Bye There!" might also be a reference to how "It's Pizza Time!" uses a sample of a voice saying "Hello there.."
  • Due to the lack of Lap 2, as well as secrets and the Tower Secret Treasure, to get a P-rank the player only needs to get the score requirement of an S-rank and keep a combo for the entire level.
• This is the only non-boss level to not play a jingle during the title card, remaining with silence.
• This is the only level to not have any Chef Tasks. It also does not count towards the Chef Tasks to S or P-Rank all levels in Staff Only. However, P-Ranking the level is still required to obtain 101%.
  • This level also doesn't count for unlocking the Golden God and TV Purple clothes.
• The level's name is a wordplay on the Leaning Tower of Pisa, an Italian landmark and popular tourist attraction in Pisa, Italy.
  • Coincidentally, Pizza Tower was originally named "The Leaning Tower of Pizza."
• Using panic in the console while in the hub will activate this stage, likely due to the fact that parts of the level consist of the hub itself.
  • Entrances to other levels are disabled if The Crumbling Tower of Pizza is activated, but deactivating it can allow the characters collected throughout the stage to be brought to other stages, as well as boss fights (as shown here). Upon completing whatever stage or boss is entered, however, they will disappear.
• The Slums and the Western District hubs are the only rooms with two characters to save: Fake Peppino and (potentially) Snotty in the Slums, and Mort and the Vigilante in the Western District.

Gallery

Regular sprites

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  Background #1. A room made out of purple bricks, with windows, a TV, chair, popcorn and movie camera.

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  Background #2. Sunrise.

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  Background #3. TVs in the darkness displaying static.

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  Background #4. A room made out of purple bricks, with doors and a lot of TVs, all of which are displaying static.

Hub assets

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  Level gate.

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  Level gate background. A sunrise with falling bricks.

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  Level gate background decoration #1. An open wall.

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  Level's icon on Pizza Granny sign.

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  Level's title card.