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{{DISPLAYTITLE: <font color="yellow">The Vigilante</font>}} |
{{DISPLAYTITLE: <font color="yellow">The Vigilante</font>}} |
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{{Header|[[File:Levelicon10.png|link=]]|4279661871}}{{Infobox enemy|image1=Vigi idle.gif|health=9|species=Cheeseslime|first_appearance= |
{{Header|[[File:Levelicon10.png|link=]]|4279661871}}{{Infobox enemy|image1=Vigi idle.gif|health=9|species=Cheeseslime|first_appearance=The Vigilante Boss Fight|first_demo_appearance=[[Peppino's Xmas Break|Peppino's Xmas Break]] (Decoration in Noise's Boss Fight) |
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[[List of builds|Westernbuildv1]] (Major Character)}} |
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{{Quote|Cockslime likes your cock|Toppinbot.}} |
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{{Quote|Vigilante is Above the Law. When you're a sharpshooter, nobody gets out of your crosshairs.|Toppinbot.}} |
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'''The |
'''The Vigilante''' is the second [[List of bosses|boss]] in [[Pizza Tower]]. |
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==Description== |
==Description== |
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The |
The Vigilante is a [[Cheeseslime]] wearing a cowboy hat. He is the grandson of [[John E. Cheese]], the former owner of [[Fun Farm]], which he now owns. He was apparently tricked by [[Pizzaface]] into thinking Peppino is a wanted criminal using forgery, leading to his fight at the [[Western District]]. |
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==Boss Room== |
==Boss Room== |
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To access the boss room, the player needs to pay [[Mr. Stick |
To access the boss room, the player needs to pay [[Mr. Stick]] 150$, or 15 [[Toppins]]. |
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The room is a stage play-like arena, made out of painted wood with desert-themed cutouts, and with the background being a painted wall of the Tower. As [[Peppino]] enters the boss fight, The |
The room is a stage play-like arena, made out of painted wood with desert-themed cutouts, and with the background being a painted wall of the Tower. As [[Peppino]] enters the boss fight, The Vigilante looks at a "wanted" poster with Peppino on it. |
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During the second phase, the background changes to sunset and everything else is silhouetted. |
During the second phase, the background changes to sunset and everything else is silhouetted. |
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==Boss Fight== |
==Boss Fight== |
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=== Main Gimmick of the Fight === |
=== Main Gimmick of the Fight === |
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The |
The Vigilante hands Peppino a pistol to use for the whole fight. This replaces the grab and can rapidly fire bullets or be charged for a giant, stronger bullet. However, the stronger bullet gets shot immediately after being charged, so the player needs to wait for the right moment to use it. The pistol is the player's only means of damaging The Vigilante, as he does not leave himself open for any other attacks. |
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Regular shots can take one of The Vigilante's HP in 8 shots. The stronger shot deals 6 damage out of 8 required. |
Regular shots can take one of The Vigilante's HP in 8 shots. The stronger shot deals 6 damage out of 8 required. |
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=== Phase 1 === |
=== Phase 1 === |
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After each hit, he changes his attack pattern: |
After each hit, he changes his attack pattern: |
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* Cheese Bullets; Dash and Dive Kick |
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* Dynamite Toss; |
* Dynamite Toss; Cheese Bullets; Dash and Dive Kick |
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* Bullet Spray; Dynamite Toss |
* Bullet Spray; Dynamite Toss |
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* Bullet Spray; Cheese Bullets |
* Bullet Spray; Cheese Bullets |
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* Herd Call; Dynamite Toss; Cheese Bullets |
* Herd Call; Dynamite Toss; Cheese Bullets |
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After each hit and some of the attacks, The |
After each hit and some of the attacks, The Vigilante slides away from the player, making him temporarily invincible. |
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==== Cheese Bullets ==== |
==== Cheese Bullets ==== |
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==== Dash and Dive Kick ==== |
==== Dash and Dive Kick ==== |
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The |
The Vigilante runs with his high cowboy boots then dive kicks low to the ground with the boots in front of him. |
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==== Cardboard Target ==== |
==== Cardboard Target ==== |
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==== Dead Grandpa ==== |
==== Dead Grandpa ==== |
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At 4 HP, The |
At 4 HP, The Vigilante's dead farmer grandfather, [[John E. Cheese]], will start appearing through out the fight. John will slowly fly towards the player with a pitchfork, but can be dispatched by a single bullet. |
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==== Bazooka ==== |
==== Bazooka ==== |
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The |
The Vigilante jumps high into the air, and fires a bazooka towards the middle of the arena, creating an explosion on impact and a shockwave travelling outwards. |
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==== Flamethrower ==== |
==== Flamethrower ==== |
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==== Herd Call ==== |
==== Herd Call ==== |
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The |
The Vigilante calls up to drop a crate onto the stage. After the box drops, a cow spawns. The cow will bounce around the arena for a while, but can be taken down with bullets. |
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=== Phase 2 === |
=== Phase 2 === |
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After getting hit 9 times, The |
After getting hit 9 times, The Vigilante regenerates his HP back and his attacks become faster. The pattern of attacks is also different, relying mostly on singular attacks, rather than multiple: |
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* Dynamite Toss |
* Dynamite Toss |
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* Dash and Dive Kick |
* Dash and Dive Kick |
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* Cheese Bullets |
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* Dynamite Toss; Bazooka |
* Dynamite Toss; Bazooka |
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* Herd Call (only once); Flamethrower |
* Herd Call (only once); Flamethrower |
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* Herd Call; Bullet Spray |
* Herd Call; Bullet Spray |
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* Herd Call; Dash and Dive Kick |
* Herd Call; Dash and Dive Kick |
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* Cheese Bullets |
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==== Quick Draw Finale ==== |
==== Quick Draw Finale ==== |
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After finishing the second phase, the Quick Draw duel starts. Once the word "DRAW" appears, the player needs to shoot The |
After finishing the second phase, the Quick Draw duel starts. Once the word "DRAW" appears, the player needs to shoot The Vigilante for the final hit. The timer is not very strict, however if the player fails to do so, The Vigilante shoots Peppino first, and the last attack repeats. If the player shoots before "DRAW" appears, the result will be the same as if the timer would ran out. |
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=== Boss Rematch === |
=== Boss Rematch === |
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After beating the [[Pizzahead|Final Boss]]' 2nd Phase, the villain will bring in the four previous boss characters, and sends each of them to attack. Despite each boss having 8 HP and extra 8 HP afterwards, 4 HP will be drained per hit. The player fights each of the bosses one by one, they use some of the same attacks as before. After defeating Pepperman, [[Gustavo]] will appear for you to grab and throw him at the remaining 3 bosses to stun them. |
After beating the [[Pizzahead|Final Boss]]' 2nd Phase, the villain will bring in the four previous boss characters, and sends each of them to attack. Despite each boss having 8 HP and extra 8 HP afterwards, 4 HP will be drained per hit. The player fights each of the bosses one by one, they use some of the same attacks as before. After defeating Pepperman, [[Gustavo]] will appear for you to grab and throw him at the remaining 3 bosses to stun them. |
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The |
The Vigilante is the second boss refought. The player is forced to throw Gustavo at him, as they are not given a gun. |
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The |
The Vigilante will attack in this order: |
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* Dynamite Toss; |
* Dynamite Toss; Cheese Bullets; Dash and Dive Kick |
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* Dynamite Toss; |
* Dynamite Toss; Cheese Bullets; Dash and Dive Kick |
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* Bazooka; Dash and Dive Kick; Bullet Spray; Flamethrower |
* Bazooka; Dash and Dive Kick; Bullet Spray; Flamethrower |
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* Dynamite Toss; Dash and Dive Kick |
* Dynamite Toss; Dash and Dive Kick |
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After 4 hits, The |
After 4 hits, The Vigilante will go down, and the player will face [[The Noise]]. |
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== In the comics== |
== In the comics== |
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The |
The Vigilante appears in [https://pizzatower.fandom.com/wiki/Comics#The_Bad,_The_Ugly,_and_The_Even_Uglier_(???_Comic) ''The Bad, The Ugly, and The Even Uglier'' comics.] |
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In The |
In The Bad, The Ugly, and The Even Uglier, he is the sheriff of a western town and is first seen while [[Pepperman]] was attacking the town. After Pepperman barges into his building and asks if he was the sheriff of the town, he quickly surrenders. Afterwards, he is seen tied up alongside the banker of the town while Pepperman and his troops were robbing the bank. |
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== Pre-release == |
== Pre-release == |
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''For early appearances and scrapped ideas, see the pre-release page here: [[The Vigilante |
''For early appearances and scrapped ideas, see the pre-release page here: [[The Vigilante/Pre-release]]'' |
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==[[Chef Tasks]]== |
==[[Chef Tasks]]== |
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{{Cheftask |
{{Cheftask |
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|name = The |
|name = The Ugly |
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|image = Spr achievement bosses 1.png |
|image = Spr achievement bosses 1.png |
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|description = Defeat The |
|description = Defeat The Vigilante without getting hurt. |
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}} |
}} |
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==Trivia== |
==Trivia== |
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* The |
* The Vigilante, then known as Cowboy Cheeseslime, was originally created as a mod for Mega Man 8-bit Deathmatch. PTG was feeling tired of drawing Peppino, so he opted to do a Cheeseslime with a cowboy hat instead. He ended up liking him enough to make him an important character in the main game. |
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[[file:New Character Teaser.png|thumb|227x227px|The teaser picture showing the 4 possible characters.]] |
[[file:New Character Teaser.png|thumb|227x227px|The teaser picture showing the 4 possible characters.]] |
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*Before it was revealed that The |
*Before it was revealed that The Vigilante would be a playable character, Pizza Tower Guy had been teasing a third playable character for around a week in the Discord server with a picture showing 4 possible characters it could be, those being [[Gustavo]], [[Pepperman]], [[Snick]], or The Vigilante, then known as Cowboy Cheeseslime, and gave various hints to who it could be. These hints included: |
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**Already exists in |
**Already exists in Pizza Tower lore |
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**Angry |
**Angry |
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**Inspired by an old actor |
**Inspired by an old actor |
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**A band that's relevant still has a popular song relating to the actor and/or character |
**A band that's relevant still has a popular song relating to the actor and/or character |
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***The "inspired by an old actor" hint refers to Clint Eastwood, while the "band that's still relevant" in question is Gorillaz. |
***The "inspired by an old actor" hint refers to Clint Eastwood, while the "band that's still relevant" in question is Gorillaz. |
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**Doesn't |
**Doesn't play video games |
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**One interesting thing of note about this image, is that all of these characters ended up becoming playable at some point, but Snick ended up being [[SAGE 2019 Demo]] exclusive, and |
**One interesting thing of note about this image, is that all of these characters ended up becoming playable at some point, but Snick ended up being [[SAGE 2019 Demo]] exclusive, and Pepperman's appearance in [[Refrigerator-Refrigerador-Freezerator]] was scrapped. In the end, Gustavo was the only one of the four who ended up playable in the final game. |
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*An MM8BDM mod called Grand Classes, both add Peppino and Vigilante as playable characters, though Vigilante uses the same sprites as the original skin mod, he has a move revamp, making his moves the same ones as from Pizza Tower, that being his revolver and a stick of dynamite which can be used to get height or a slight speed boost. |
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*It has been said that Vigilante's full name is Vigert Ebenezer Lantte, shortened to Vigilante. ''[Citation needed]'' |
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*When entering the stage for The Vigilante, the fight does not start until Peppino picks up the revolver from the box thrown at him. This is likely a reference to the fight against Meta Knight in Kirby Super Star, where in both the enemy offers you a weapon to make the fight fair. |
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**If the player does not pick up the gun when the Vigilante offers it, after a few seconds the Vigilante will stare at the screen with an annoyed expression. |
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*Vigilante's moveset is inspired by the Worms series, and his coming to a dead stop before firing most of his guns is a reference to the turn-based nature of those games. Most familiar to the Worms series are his bazooka, flamethrower, staggering his aerial momentum by firing an uzi downwards, and calling down a cow with a radio in lieu of a Concrete Donkey. |
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*The cowboys on the cardboard targets are depictions of Lowercase Bob and Uppercase Bob, two characters made by lead developer McPig before Pizza Tower. They can be seen in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FalvF-ikTzY this animation], and appear as a playable duo in the “Bring Your Own Class” Doom mod. |
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*Sertif (co-programmer) has stated that Vigilante is his favorite character. |
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==Gallery == |
==Gallery == |
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=== Regular animations === |
=== Regular animations === |
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<gallery widths="185"> |
<gallery widths="185"> |
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Spr vigilante intro1 0.gif| |
Spr vigilante intro1 0.gif|Vigilante standing while looking at a "Wanted" poster depicting Peppino. |
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Spr vigilante intro2 0.gif| |
Spr vigilante intro2 0.gif|Vigilante turning around and pointing at Peppino. |
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Vigi idle.gif| |
Vigi idle.gif|Vigilante's idle animation. |
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Spr playerV idle5.gif| |
Spr playerV idle5.gif|Vigilante looking at the player disappointingly if they ignore the pistol. |
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Spr playerV revolverstart.gif| |
Spr playerV revolverstart.gif|Vigilante pulling out his revolver. |
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Spr playerV revolverhold.png| |
Spr playerV revolverhold.png|Vigilante holding his revolver. |
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Spr playerV revolvershoot.gif| |
Spr playerV revolvershoot.gif|Vigilante shooting his revolver. |
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Spr playerV mach1.gif| |
Spr playerV mach1.gif|Vigilante preparing to dash. |
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Spr playerV bootsmove 0.gif| |
Spr playerV bootsmove 0.gif|Vigilante's dashing animation. |
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Spr playerV divekickstart.gif| |
Spr playerV divekickstart.gif|Vigilante preparing to dive kick. |
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Spr playerV divekick.gif| |
Spr playerV divekick.gif|Vigilante dive kicking. |
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Spr playerV dynamitethrow.gif| |
Spr playerV dynamitethrow.gif|Vigilante throwing his dynamite, Or The Gun. |
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Spr vigilante uziprepare 0.gif| |
Spr vigilante uziprepare 0.gif|Vigilante preparing to shoot with his uzi. |
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Spr vigilante uzi 0.gif| |
Spr vigilante uzi 0.gif|Vigilante shooting with his uzi. |
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Spr vigilante bazooka 0.gif| |
Spr vigilante bazooka 0.gif|Vigilante shooting a bazooka. |
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Spr vigilante flamethrowerintro 0.gif| |
Spr vigilante flamethrowerintro 0.gif|Vigilante preparing to use the flamethrower. |
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Spr vigilante flamethrower 0.gif| |
Spr vigilante flamethrower 0.gif|Vigilante using the flamethrower. |
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Spr vigilante flamethrowerturn 0.gif| |
Spr vigilante flamethrowerturn 0.gif|Vigilante turning around while using the flamethrower. |
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Spr vigilante flamethrowerend 0.gif| |
Spr vigilante flamethrowerend 0.gif|Vigilante ending his flamethrower attack. |
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Spr vigilante order 0.gif| |
Spr vigilante order 0.gif|Vigilante calling in bovine support. |
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Spr playerV hurt.gif| |
Spr playerV hurt.gif|Vigilante's hurt animation. |
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Spr playerV crouchmove 0.gif| |
Spr playerV crouchmove 0.gif|Vigilante's sliding animation. |
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Spr vigilante duel 0.gif| |
Spr vigilante duel 0.gif|A silhouetted Vigilante preparing for the Quick Draw duel. |
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Spr playerV angryidle.gif|Vigilante's idle animation during the cutscene at the start of phase 3 of the [[Pizzaface]] boss battle, Also Used when vigilante hit an enemy in previous demos. |
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Spr playerV angryidle.gif|Angry, |
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Spr playerV panic.gif|Vigilante's idle animation during [[The Crumbling Tower of Pizza]], Also used when he was playable on [[Pizza Time]]. |
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Spr playerV panic.gif|WHAT WHAT WHY YOU GUYS FARTING |
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Spr playerV move.gif| |
Spr playerV move.gif|Vigilante's walking animation during [[The Crumbling Tower of Pizza]], Also used when he was playable. |
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Spr peppino duel 0.gif| |
Spr peppino duel 0.gif|A silhouetted Peppino nervous before the Quick Draw duel. |
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</gallery> |
</gallery> |
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=== Boss Fight projectiles === |
=== Boss Fight projectiles === |
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<gallery> |
<gallery> |
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Spr johnecheese 0.gif| |
Spr johnecheese 0.gif|John E. Cheese's flying animation. |
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Spr johnecheese dead 0.png| |
Spr johnecheese dead 0.png|John E. Cheese's defeat sprite. |
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Spr dynamite.gif| |
Spr dynamite.gif|The Vigilante's dynamite. |
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Spr vigilantecrate 0.png| |
Spr vigilantecrate 0.png|Cow crate. |
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Spr vigilantecrate alert 0.png| |
Spr vigilantecrate alert 0.png|Cow crate alert. |
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Spr cowidle 0.png| |
Spr cowidle 0.png|Cow. |
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File:Cowmeat.gif| |
File:Cowmeat.gif|Beef cut "particles" that appear when a Cow dies. |
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Spr targetguys 0.png| |
Spr targetguys 0.png|Target picture 1. |
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Spr targetguys 1.png| |
Spr targetguys 1.png|Target picture 2. |
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Spr bazookavigi 0.gif| |
Spr bazookavigi 0.gif|Bazooka missile. |
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Spr cheesebullet 0.gif| |
Spr cheesebullet 0.gif|Cheese bullet forming. |
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Spr cheesebullet dead 0.gif| |
Spr cheesebullet dead 0.gif|Cheese bullet disintegrating. |
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</gallery> |
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=== Arena === |
=== Arena === |
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<gallery> |
<gallery> |
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Spr gate vigilante 0.png| |
Spr gate vigilante 0.png|The Vigilante arena gate. |
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Spr gate vigilanteBG 0.png| |
Spr gate vigilanteBG 0.png|The Vigilante arena gate background. |
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Bg vigilantearena 0.png|Arena's ground sprite. |
Bg vigilantearena 0.png|Arena's ground sprite. |
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Bg vigiboss 0.png|Phase 1 background. Blue wall with painted desert, clouds and sun. |
Bg vigiboss 0.png|Phase 1 background. Blue wall with painted desert, clouds and sun. |
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Bg vigiBGcloud 0.png| |
Bg vigiBGcloud 0.png|Background decoration. Clouds. |
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Bg vigiboss dark 0.png| |
Bg vigiboss dark 0.png|Phase 2 background. |
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File:Vigilante Arena's ground Black.png| |
File:Vigilante Arena's ground Black.png|Phase 2 arena's ground sprite |
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Spr preparetodraw 0.png| |
Spr preparetodraw 0.png|Sign from final phase's quick draw. |
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Spr draw 0.png| |
Spr draw 0.png|Second sign from final phase's quickdraw. |
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</gallery> |
</gallery> |
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=== In-game miscellaneous=== |
=== In-game miscellaneous=== |
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<gallery> |
<gallery> |
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Spr vsvigilante 0.png| |
Spr vsvigilante 0.png|Vigilante's VS screen portrait. |
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Spr vstitle vigilante 0.png| |
Spr vstitle vigilante 0.png|Vigilante's name on VS screen. |
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Spr bossfight vigiHP 0.gif| |
Spr bossfight vigiHP 0.gif|Vigilante's HP icon. |
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Spr list5 9.png| |
Spr list5 9.png|Vigilante's boss fight icon on [[Pizza Granny]] sign. |
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Spr vigilanteunsure 0.gif| |
Spr vigilanteunsure 0.gif|Vigilante staring at the giant John statue in [[Staff Only]]. |
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Spr vigilanteunsure2 0.gif| |
Spr vigilanteunsure2 0.gif|Vigilante looking towards the player when approached in Staff Only. |
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Spr vigilantenoisette1 0.gif| |
Spr vigilantenoisette1 0.gif|Vigilante holding a cup in [[List of miscellaneous characters#Noisette|Noisette]]'s Cafe. |
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Spr vigilantenoisette2 0.gif| |
Spr vigilantenoisette2 0.gif|Vigilante drinking from a cup in Noisette's Cafe when approached. |
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Spr intro vigi 0.gif| |
Spr intro vigi 0.gif|Vigilante in the game's intro. |
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Spr towerending base 0.png| |
Spr towerending base 0.png|Vigilante in the game's ending. |
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Spr ending cards 3.png| |
Spr ending cards 3.png|Vigilante wrangling [[Stupid Rat]]s with [[Peppino]], [[Gustavo]], and Brick. Appears in the ending. |
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Spr ending cards 5.png| |
Spr ending cards 5.png|Vigilante teaching the [[Toppins]] how to handle a revolver. Appears in the ending. |
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Spr ending cards 11.png|Vigilante looking at a "Wanted" poster depicting Pizzahead as the others chase Peppino. Appears in the ending. |
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Spr ending cards 11.png|>:( News Paper |
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File:Spr ending cards 10.png| |
File:Spr ending cards 10.png|The Vigilante dressed as a cow. Appears in the end credits. |
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File:Vigilante end.png| |
File:Vigilante end.png|PNG version of Vigilante in the ending |
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</gallery> |
</gallery> |
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=== Miscellaneous === |
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<gallery widths="185"> |
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Cowboy Slime mod sprites.png|Vigilante's sprites for the MM8BDM mod. |
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Cowboy Cheese in the game.png|The mod in-game. |
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Vigilante going postal.gif|Vigilante shooting a shotgun in [[Pizza Tower Versus]]. |
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Toppin Bot Vigilante.png|Toppinbot's Description of Vigilante on the Pizza Tower Discord. |
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Vigilante.png|Toppinbot's Portrait of Vigilante. |
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Noisette telling Vigilante it's fine.png|Vigilante ready to kick some italian butt after Peppino tried to steal. |
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PEPPINO VS VIGILANTE.png|The epic battle ensues. |
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Noisetteshopconcept6.png|Vigilante being impressed by Noisette's extreme finger skateboarding tricks. |
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Noisette giving Vigilante peanut butter spaghetti.png|Vigilante liking the idea of peanut butter spaghetti. |
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Noisette gives Vigilante diarrhea.png|Vigilante regretting eating the peanut butter spaghetti after it gives him turbo diarrhea. |
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Noisette offering a chocolate corncob.png|Vigilante admitting his diarrhetic rage to Noisette who then offers him a chocolate corncob. |
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Noisetteshopconcept997.png|Vigilante getting Pepperman to leave by offering him the unholy chocolate corncob. |
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Noisette wonders about the chocolate corncob.png|Vigilante immediately blasting off to the bathroom to blast out some super turbo diarrhea. |
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Bad pirahna.png|Vigilante being utterly dumbfounded at Noisette and Peppino's shenanigans. |
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VIGI consept.png|Vigilante holding a barrel weapon that shoots big cheese projectiles. |
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VIGI consept2.png|Vigilante holding a cheese grater weapon. |
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VIGI consept3.png|Concept art for the Vigilante's Dynamite stick. |
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</gallery> |
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Revision as of 09:55, 18 July 2023
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"Vigilante is Above the Law. When you're a sharpshooter, nobody gets out of your crosshairs."
— Toppinbot.
The Vigilante is the second boss in Pizza Tower.
Description
The Vigilante is a Cheeseslime wearing a cowboy hat. He is the grandson of John E. Cheese, the former owner of Fun Farm, which he now owns. He was apparently tricked by Pizzaface into thinking Peppino is a wanted criminal using forgery, leading to his fight at the Western District.
Boss Room
To access the boss room, the player needs to pay Mr. Stick 150$, or 15 Toppins.
The room is a stage play-like arena, made out of painted wood with desert-themed cutouts, and with the background being a painted wall of the Tower. As Peppino enters the boss fight, The Vigilante looks at a "wanted" poster with Peppino on it.
During the second phase, the background changes to sunset and everything else is silhouetted.
Boss Fight
Main Gimmick of the Fight
The Vigilante hands Peppino a pistol to use for the whole fight. This replaces the grab and can rapidly fire bullets or be charged for a giant, stronger bullet. However, the stronger bullet gets shot immediately after being charged, so the player needs to wait for the right moment to use it. The pistol is the player's only means of damaging The Vigilante, as he does not leave himself open for any other attacks.
Regular shots can take one of The Vigilante's HP in 8 shots. The stronger shot deals 6 damage out of 8 required.
Phase 1
After each hit, he changes his attack pattern:
- Cheese Bullets; Dash and Dive Kick
- Dynamite Toss; Cheese Bullets; Dash and Dive Kick
- Bullet Spray; Dynamite Toss
- Bullet Spray; Cheese Bullets
- Dash and Dive Kick
- Bazooka; Dynamite Toss; Cheese Bullets; Dash and Dive Kick
- Flamethrower; Dynamite Toss
- Flamethrower
- Herd Call; Dynamite Toss; Cheese Bullets
After each hit and some of the attacks, The Vigilante slides away from the player, making him temporarily invincible.
Cheese Bullets
The southern swiss slime fires his revolver at the player, firing cheesy bullets that the player needs to quickly jump over. As the fight progress, the bullets will come out faster and more will be fired.
Dash and Dive Kick
The Vigilante runs with his high cowboy boots then dive kicks low to the ground with the boots in front of him.
Cardboard Target
Occasionally, a large cardboard cutout of a cowboy will fall from the sky, creating a target for Peppino’s bullets to hit. It also can act as a shield for The Vigilante, as the bullets only hit the cutout. It will be destroyed after 5 small bullets, or can be dispatched with one big bullet.
Dynamite Toss
The Vigilante throws dynamite high into the air, exploding on contact with the ground. If the small explosion the dynamite creates touches the player it will hurt them, but not the dynamite sticks themselves. The amount of dynamite The Vigilante throws is random.
Bullet Spray
The Vigilante jumps high into the sky, firing a cheese Uzi towards the ground as he flies by.
Dead Grandpa
At 4 HP, The Vigilante's dead farmer grandfather, John E. Cheese, will start appearing through out the fight. John will slowly fly towards the player with a pitchfork, but can be dispatched by a single bullet.
Bazooka
The Vigilante jumps high into the air, and fires a bazooka towards the middle of the arena, creating an explosion on impact and a shockwave travelling outwards.
Flamethrower
The Vigilante slowly moves around the arena with a fire-spitting flamethrower.
Herd Call
The Vigilante calls up to drop a crate onto the stage. After the box drops, a cow spawns. The cow will bounce around the arena for a while, but can be taken down with bullets.
Phase 2
After getting hit 9 times, The Vigilante regenerates his HP back and his attacks become faster. The pattern of attacks is also different, relying mostly on singular attacks, rather than multiple:
- Dynamite Toss
- Dash and Dive Kick
- Cheese Bullets
- Dynamite Toss; Bazooka
- Herd Call (only once); Flamethrower
- Herd Call; Bullet Spray
- Herd Call; Dash and Dive Kick
- Cheese Bullets
Quick Draw Finale
After finishing the second phase, the Quick Draw duel starts. Once the word "DRAW" appears, the player needs to shoot The Vigilante for the final hit. The timer is not very strict, however if the player fails to do so, The Vigilante shoots Peppino first, and the last attack repeats. If the player shoots before "DRAW" appears, the result will be the same as if the timer would ran out.
Boss Rematch
After beating the Final Boss' 2nd Phase, the villain will bring in the four previous boss characters, and sends each of them to attack. Despite each boss having 8 HP and extra 8 HP afterwards, 4 HP will be drained per hit. The player fights each of the bosses one by one, they use some of the same attacks as before. After defeating Pepperman, Gustavo will appear for you to grab and throw him at the remaining 3 bosses to stun them.
The Vigilante is the second boss refought. The player is forced to throw Gustavo at him, as they are not given a gun.
The Vigilante will attack in this order:
- Dynamite Toss; Cheese Bullets; Dash and Dive Kick
- Dynamite Toss; Cheese Bullets; Dash and Dive Kick
- Bazooka; Dash and Dive Kick; Bullet Spray; Flamethrower
- Dynamite Toss; Dash and Dive Kick
After 4 hits, The Vigilante will go down, and the player will face The Noise.
In the comics
The Vigilante appears in The Bad, The Ugly, and The Even Uglier comics.
In The Bad, The Ugly, and The Even Uglier, he is the sheriff of a western town and is first seen while Pepperman was attacking the town. After Pepperman barges into his building and asks if he was the sheriff of the town, he quickly surrenders. Afterwards, he is seen tied up alongside the banker of the town while Pepperman and his troops were robbing the bank.
Pre-release
For early appearances and scrapped ideas, see the pre-release page here: The Vigilante/Pre-release
Chef Tasks
Trivia
- The Vigilante, then known as Cowboy Cheeseslime, was originally created as a mod for Mega Man 8-bit Deathmatch. PTG was feeling tired of drawing Peppino, so he opted to do a Cheeseslime with a cowboy hat instead. He ended up liking him enough to make him an important character in the main game.
![](http://static.miraheze.org/pizzatowerwiki/thumb/9/9b/New_Character_Teaser.png/210px-New_Character_Teaser.png)
- Before it was revealed that The Vigilante would be a playable character, Pizza Tower Guy had been teasing a third playable character for around a week in the Discord server with a picture showing 4 possible characters it could be, those being Gustavo, Pepperman, Snick, or The Vigilante, then known as Cowboy Cheeseslime, and gave various hints to who it could be. These hints included:
- Already exists in Pizza Tower lore
- Angry
- Inspired by an old actor
- A band that's relevant still has a popular song relating to the actor and/or character
- The "inspired by an old actor" hint refers to Clint Eastwood, while the "band that's still relevant" in question is Gorillaz.
- Doesn't play video games
- One interesting thing of note about this image, is that all of these characters ended up becoming playable at some point, but Snick ended up being SAGE 2019 Demo exclusive, and Pepperman's appearance in Refrigerator-Refrigerador-Freezerator was scrapped. In the end, Gustavo was the only one of the four who ended up playable in the final game.
- An MM8BDM mod called Grand Classes, both add Peppino and Vigilante as playable characters, though Vigilante uses the same sprites as the original skin mod, he has a move revamp, making his moves the same ones as from Pizza Tower, that being his revolver and a stick of dynamite which can be used to get height or a slight speed boost.
- It has been said that Vigilante's full name is Vigert Ebenezer Lantte, shortened to Vigilante. [Citation needed]
- When entering the stage for The Vigilante, the fight does not start until Peppino picks up the revolver from the box thrown at him. This is likely a reference to the fight against Meta Knight in Kirby Super Star, where in both the enemy offers you a weapon to make the fight fair.
- If the player does not pick up the gun when the Vigilante offers it, after a few seconds the Vigilante will stare at the screen with an annoyed expression.
- Vigilante's moveset is inspired by the Worms series, and his coming to a dead stop before firing most of his guns is a reference to the turn-based nature of those games. Most familiar to the Worms series are his bazooka, flamethrower, staggering his aerial momentum by firing an uzi downwards, and calling down a cow with a radio in lieu of a Concrete Donkey.
- The cowboys on the cardboard targets are depictions of Lowercase Bob and Uppercase Bob, two characters made by lead developer McPig before Pizza Tower. They can be seen in this animation, and appear as a playable duo in the “Bring Your Own Class” Doom mod.
- Sertif (co-programmer) has stated that Vigilante is his favorite character.
Gallery
Regular animations
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Vigilante standing while looking at a "Wanted" poster depicting Peppino.
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Vigilante turning around and pointing at Peppino.
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Vigilante's idle animation.
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Vigilante looking at the player disappointingly if they ignore the pistol.
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Vigilante pulling out his revolver.
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Vigilante holding his revolver.
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Vigilante shooting his revolver.
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Vigilante preparing to dash.
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Vigilante's dashing animation.
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Vigilante preparing to dive kick.
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Vigilante dive kicking.
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Vigilante throwing his dynamite, Or The Gun.
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Vigilante preparing to shoot with his uzi.
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Vigilante shooting with his uzi.
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Vigilante shooting a bazooka.
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Vigilante preparing to use the flamethrower.
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Vigilante using the flamethrower.
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Vigilante turning around while using the flamethrower.
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Vigilante ending his flamethrower attack.
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Vigilante calling in bovine support.
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Vigilante's hurt animation.
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Vigilante's sliding animation.
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A silhouetted Vigilante preparing for the Quick Draw duel.
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Vigilante's idle animation during the cutscene at the start of phase 3 of the Pizzaface boss battle, Also Used when vigilante hit an enemy in previous demos.
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Vigilante's idle animation during The Crumbling Tower of Pizza, Also used when he was playable on Pizza Time.
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Vigilante's walking animation during The Crumbling Tower of Pizza, Also used when he was playable.
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A silhouetted Peppino nervous before the Quick Draw duel.
Boss Fight projectiles
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John E. Cheese's flying animation.
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John E. Cheese's defeat sprite.
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The Vigilante's dynamite.
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Cow crate.
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Cow crate alert.
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Cow.
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Beef cut "particles" that appear when a Cow dies.
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Target picture 1.
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Target picture 2.
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Bazooka missile.
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Cheese bullet forming.
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Cheese bullet disintegrating.
Arena
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The Vigilante arena gate.
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The Vigilante arena gate background.
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Arena's ground sprite.
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Phase 1 background. Blue wall with painted desert, clouds and sun.
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Background decoration. Clouds.
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Phase 2 background.
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Phase 2 arena's ground sprite
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Sign from final phase's quick draw.
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Second sign from final phase's quickdraw.
In-game miscellaneous
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Vigilante's VS screen portrait.
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Vigilante's name on VS screen.
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Vigilante's HP icon.
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Vigilante's boss fight icon on Pizza Granny sign.
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Vigilante staring at the giant John statue in Staff Only.
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Vigilante looking towards the player when approached in Staff Only.
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Vigilante holding a cup in Noisette's Cafe.
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Vigilante drinking from a cup in Noisette's Cafe when approached.
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Vigilante in the game's intro.
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Vigilante in the game's ending.
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Vigilante wrangling Stupid Rats with Peppino, Gustavo, and Brick. Appears in the ending.
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Vigilante teaching the Toppins how to handle a revolver. Appears in the ending.
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Vigilante looking at a "Wanted" poster depicting Pizzahead as the others chase Peppino. Appears in the ending.
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The Vigilante dressed as a cow. Appears in the end credits.
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PNG version of Vigilante in the ending
Miscellaneous
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Vigilante's sprites for the MM8BDM mod.
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The mod in-game.
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Vigilante shooting a shotgun in Pizza Tower Versus.
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Toppinbot's Description of Vigilante on the Pizza Tower Discord.
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Toppinbot's Portrait of Vigilante.
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Vigilante ready to kick some italian butt after Peppino tried to steal.
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The epic battle ensues.
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Vigilante being impressed by Noisette's extreme finger skateboarding tricks.
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Vigilante liking the idea of peanut butter spaghetti.
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Vigilante regretting eating the peanut butter spaghetti after it gives him turbo diarrhea.
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Vigilante admitting his diarrhetic rage to Noisette who then offers him a chocolate corncob.
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Vigilante getting Pepperman to leave by offering him the unholy chocolate corncob.
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Vigilante immediately blasting off to the bathroom to blast out some super turbo diarrhea.
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Vigilante being utterly dumbfounded at Noisette and Peppino's shenanigans.
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Vigilante holding a barrel weapon that shoots big cheese projectiles.
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Vigilante holding a cheese grater weapon.
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Concept art for the Vigilante's Dynamite stick.
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