Toppins

"Toppins are uhhhhh..."
— Toppinbot.

Toppins are characters and collectibles in Pizza Tower.

Description

Toppins are small pizza topping-shaped creatures. Each of them have unique designs. There are five different kinds of Toppins, each being based off a different pizza topping. Those being Mushroom Toppins, Cheese Toppins, Tomato Toppins, Sausage Toppins, and Pineapple Toppins. Toppins are planned to be required by Mr. Stick to enter boss fights

Behaviour

The player has to save them from Pizza Boxes. Upon saving a Toppin, the player is given 1000 points. The Toppins will also follow behind them in a line after being saved. Toppins are counted as a collectible, and appear under a stage's score when selecting a stage, as well as during Rank screen. Missing Toppins are black, while collected toppins can be fully seen.

Trivia

• The Sausage, Tomato and Pineapple Toppins are based on enemies' designs - Peasanto, Smoked Weenie and Pineacool.
• Originally Toppins were used on boss fights to transform into Toppin Warriors to help the player, however that idea, as well as Toppin Warriors themselves, are currently unused.
• In earlier drafts of the redesign, Cheese had legs, Sausage had a hat, and Pineapple had a mouth.
• The Sausage Toppin was originally red in early demos, but was changed to be brown because people thought it looked like ketchup or something else (it also may be to contrast itself from the tomato toppin, which is already red).
• In older demos, Toppins could be fed to Pillar John. After feeding it enough Toppins, he will let you pass through. Pillar John now activates Pizza Time upon defeat instead, and as such, the purpose of the Toppins was changed as well.
• Back in some builds, the pause screen showed what Toppins were collected, and which ones needed to be saved. They also weren't trapped in Pizza Boxes, but instead found around the level on their own. The Pizza Boxes instead held complete pizzas.
• The Toppins originally had a panicking animation that they used to use in older demos for getting fed to Pillar John or running away after the player gets hit while the Toppins are following them.
• In Peppino's Xmas Break, the Toppins have exclusive sprites made by wazzuper25. Each Toppin is Christmas-themed, with the Mushroom Toppin being replaced with a Tree, the Cheese Toppin being replaced by a Gift, the Tomato Toppin being replaced by a Snowball, the Sausage Toppin being replaced by Ham, and the Pineapple Toppin being replaced by a Candy Cane.
  • For unknown reason, Snowball's Toppin's being collected animation does not exist in game. Instead, their running animation is used instead.
• The internal filename for them is "pizzakin". Referencing their prototype name.

Gallery

Mushroom Toppin animations

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  Mushroom Toppin being collected.
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  Mushroom Toppin's idle animation.
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  Mushroom Toppin's running animation.
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  Mushroom Toppin's panic animation.

Old Mushroom & Tree Toppin animations

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  Mushroom Toppin's old idle animation.
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  Mushroom Toppin's old running animation.
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  Mushroom Toppin's old panic animation. Seen when it being fed to Pillar John or getting hurt in earlier demos.
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  Mushroom Toppin's underwater walking animation. Not used as there is no water that can be accessed.
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  Mushroom Toppin's old uncollected animation. Shows up in the stage's total if the player didn't collect them yet.
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  Tree Toppin being collected.
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  Tree Toppin's idle animation.
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  Tree Toppin's running animation.

Cheese Toppin animations

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  Cheese Toppin being collected.
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  Cheese Toppin's idle animation.
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  Cheese Toppin's running animation.
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  Cheese Toppin's panic animation.

Old Cheese & Present Toppin animations

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  Cheese Toppin's old idle animation.
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  Cheese Toppin's old running animation.
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  Cheese Toppin's old panic animation. Seen when it being fed to Pillar John or getting hurt in earlier demos.
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  Cheese Toppin's underwater walking animation. Not used as there is no water that can be accessed.
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  Cheese Toppin's old uncollected animation. Shows up in the stage's total if the player didn't collect them yet.
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  Present Toppin being collected.
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  Present Toppin's idle animation.
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  Present Cheese Toppin's running animation.

Tomato Toppin animations

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  Tomato Toppin being collected.
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  Tomato Toppin's idle animation.
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  Tomato Toppin's running animation.
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  Tomato Toppin's panic animation.

Old Tomato & Snowball Toppin animations

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  Tomato Toppin's old idle animation.
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  Tomato Toppin's old running animation.
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  Tomato Toppin's old panic animation. Seen when it being fed to Pillar John or getting hurt in earlier demos.
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  Tomato Toppin's underwater walking animation. Not used as there is no water that can be accessed.
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  Tomato Toppin's old uncollected animation. Shows up in the stage's total if the player didn't collect them yet.
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  Snowball Toppin's idle animation.
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  Snowball Toppin's running animation.

Sausage Toppin animations

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  Sausage Toppin being collected.
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  Sausage Toppin's idle animation.
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  Sausage Toppin's running animation.
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  Sausage Toppin's panic animation.

Old Sausage & Ham Toppin animations

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  Sausage Toppin's old idle animation.
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  Sausage Toppin's old running animation.
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  Sausage Toppin's old panic animation. Seen when it being fed to Pillar John or getting hurt in earlier demos.
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  Sausage Toppin's old uncollected animation. Shows up in the stage's total if the player didn't collect them yet.
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  Old red Sausage Toppin's idle animation, used in the first two demos.
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  Old red Sausage Toppin's running animation, used in the first two demos.
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  Old red Sausage Toppin's panic animation. Seen when it being fed to Pillar John or getting hurt in earlier demos.
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  Old red Sausage Toppin's underwater walking animation. Not used as there is no water that can be accessed.
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  Ham Toppin being collected.
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  Ham Toppin's idle animation.
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  Ham Toppin's running animation.

Pineapple Toppin animations

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  Pineapple Toppin being collected.
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  Pineapple Toppin's idle animation.
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  Pineapple Toppin's running animation.
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  Pineapple Toppin's panic animation.

Old Pineapple & Candy Cane Toppin animations

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  Pineapple Toppin's old idle animation.
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  Pineapple Toppin's old running animation.
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  Pineapple Toppin's old panic animation. Seen when it being fed to Pillar John or getting hurt in earlier demos.
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  Pineapple Toppin's underwater walking animation. Not used as there is no water that can be accessed.
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  Pineapple old uncollected animation. Shows up in the stage's total if the player didn't collect them yet.
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  Candy Cane Toppin being collected.
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  Candy Cane Toppin's idle animation.
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  Candy Cane Toppin's running animation.

Miscellaneous

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  Toppinbot's description of Toppins on the Pizza Tower Discord.