#pt pepperman

We start off with Peppino Spaghetti, being an anxious Italian kid who may or may not have anger issues, to being an anxious Italian man, who also may or may not have anger issues. He’s always had a love of cooking and making food for his friends and family since his parents were both wonderful cooks. His childhood best friend and current best friend is Gustavo and his pet Brick. They’ve been through thick and thin together and have always come out of it together, even when Peppino got carried away with his hometown wrestling matches that his brother Maurice encouraged him to do through very insulting and passive aggressive taunts. When Peppino got kicked out after this, him and Gustavo met a very charming and suave Totino, or as the others called him, “Pizzahead”. At the time, PH and his family were running a small restaurant called Pizzaboy Pizz-Pizza, a family owned business that PH’s parents used to own before giving it to their eldest son, Totino. Gustavo and Peppino quickly adjusted and got along great with everyone there. They quickly made a name for themselves and for the brand. The others loved having them around and the franchise quickly grew. Aside from the silly Pizzaboy cut-outs from PH’s childhood, they suddenly got more and more money from Gustavo and Peppino’s amazing cooking and with Mr. Stick being their PR manager, he was able to fund more merch lines, more ads, more everything. It was perfect, almost too perfect, and it was. At first Peppino loved working in the Pizz-Pizza Tower, spending more time with his best friend Gus, making awesome pizzas that made the company even more money, which keeps Stick’s and PH happy, finally making a name for himself besides the wreckless fighter. Everything was going great, amazing even, but still, Peppino always wanted to strike it out on his own, to have his own pizzeria, and with his newfound enemy The Noise and frenemy Noisette, he found it oh so hard to deal with the newfound stress of being in the Pizza Tower. Constantly having so much pressure on him from Mr. Stick and PH, having to keep up with the Tom and Jerry type live-action show of Peppino, Noise and Noisette, even off camera Noise was pestering him, having his face everywhere for this company, and knowing all the dirty secrets of the tower but not being able to say a thing, he desperately wanted to get a restaurant of his own, and that’s exactly what he did. He felt a surge of confidence, like the whole world was his oyster, he started standing up for himself to Noise, not letting himself be pushed around by the others, he even got Mr. Stick and Gustavo to come with him on his pizzeria journey. Of course, Stick’s wasn’t so easily convinced but since Peppino had already made such a good name for himself, he decided it was worth a shot. But once the others had heard about Peppino’s sudden departure, they were heartbroken, their best chef just left them without so much as a goodbye! But of course, the most heartbroken was PH… He had thought of him as family, you don’t just walk out on family… so he got desperate as he lost his two best chef’s and PR manager. He started making new games, merch, puppets, ect. But it was never enough, Peppino’s was blowing up and PH was losing his spark… but not until he started cloning Peppino.

He make many clones that would go on the streets of Italy and make him look horrible, causing the real Peppino to lose business, and so Peppino’s restaurant was failing, but he wasn’t going down without a fight, oh no, he made one final blow to PH’s business, he called for an emergency health and safety inspection, which accidentally killed the health inspector and thus, Pizz-Pizza was bankrupt, getting major fines and lawsuits that sent the business down. In a fit of shame and rage, PH got rid of all his merch in the slum map, and vowed to get revenge on the man who destroyed his business by making a new clone simply named Fake Peppino. PH started teaching him how to be like Peppino, how to cook like Peppino, how to walk, talk, eat, everything. But of course it didn’t go without lots of trauma inflicted by PH himself. While PH thought it was silly fun to jab at FP, after a while FP started to resent him, the way PH would laugh in his face when one of his pranks scared him or how he’d never take him seriously when FP was in distress like having an identity crisis. It was all a game to PH but not to FP. Fakey became insane, like AM, seeing as how no one gave a shit when he did something or anything whether it was good or bad or how he was never treated like others. PH noticed this and decided to plant a seed in FP’s head. He told him, “If you want to be Peppino, you need to become one with him.” and that was all Fakey needed to hear. Finally, PH was being serious! He spent days, weeks, months perfecting how he'd become Peppino, using the other smaller fake’s as practice dummies, and so was PH. He was also figuring out a way to take down Peppino and finally came up with an idea. He got the other mascots, Pepperman, The Vigilante, Noise, and Fakey all to stay in their respective levels and when Peppino comes to them, beat him down as best they can. He even got Mr. Stick to join in, giving him access to the boss gates and making Peppino pay for it, and Sticks would share the money to PH as to repay for paying the bosses. Of course, PH lied to all of them but that’s just business. He didn’t even have to do much to get things started, just send a little threat Peppino’s way and hopefully watch run after him so Fakey could be the new Peppino. And that’s exactly what he did. Peppino fought for his restaurant just like PH had hoped he would. But seeing Peppino defeat Fakey, that’s when he started getting worried, but of course he’d never show that to Peppino. He just hid in Pizzaface’s compartment until phase 2 hits but still made sure to keep his silly act together so as to not lose face in danger. But after Pillar John kicks him to God knows where, that’s where things end, at least, that’s what everyone else thinks. PH only sent a clone of himself to fight the last battle, he didn’t actually want to fight Peppino, seeing how he had already gotten through the tower and still managed to live, that’s why we see PH in a trenchcoat at the final ending screen. That’s why Noise was able to get him for his movie/update. The game takes place in 2023 obvi, but the company was popular in the early 2000’s, I’d say 2002 to be exact. But in 2023 is when I arrive, I meet PH first and he’s able to woo and charm me into being his girlfriend. Me not knowing anything about who he really is makes things easier for him until I meet Peppino. At first he’s shocked to see PH have a girlfriend but lets us be. Fakey comes up to us and freezes at the sight of PH. I freak out because there’s a huge clone thing! I ask PH wtf Fakey exists which PH dodges. I now know he isn’t what he seems and demands answers after we’re alone which PH answers with lies but it’s so well acted I believe it’s real. After a few more months, PH is able to discreetly clone me and make Rose on Valentine’s day, 2024 but I don’t know this. After doing more research and talking with Peppino and the others, I realise that PH isn’t the man I fell in love with and I break up with him but he doesn’t mind cuz now he has Rose.

I find my own place to stay and end up working with Peppino at his restaurant which is super cool until one day he goes missing, then Gustavo, then Mr. Stick and soon all of our friends are gone. One day I’m opening up the shop and see a single letter on the table. It’s from PH and it says, “If you wish to find your friends, come to our palace and let’s make amends.” I was furious cuz wtf does he randomly want to see me and why has he kidnapped all my friends?! I rush outside to find a trail of breadcrumbs leading to the new and improved Pizza Castle. Before I get inside, Noisette and Snick rush up to me and tell me they want to go on the adventure with me. I happily agree and we get through the castle together. Once I get to Rose’s room it all goes to shit. I’m in disbelief that PH made a fucking clone of me but now I have to fight her! She tells me I’m a fool for leaving him and I remind her of how she was made, that she exists because of me and before her with PH it was me and him and that there was a reason I left. I try to tell Rose that he’s been lying to her which just makes her more angry and tries to attack me. I manage to get away but not right before Rose breaks down the door with her giraffe neck and runs out into the pig city. I run away as fast as I can and head up to the final floor. Once I get to PH, I find everyone trapped in cages behind him. I go through the stages and finally get to the boss rush where PH releases the clones of all my friends and Rose. As Rose looks up to see his captives, she sees Junior. She freezes and stares at him in which Junior instantly falls in love but doesn’t realize what this feeling is. She then looks over to PH and reminds him of how he said she was the only clone. PH starts to panic a bit while Rose gets more and more angry with him. She sees the other clones of the bosses fighting me and eats them quickly and brutally in front of everyone. She then looks over to me with a newfound understanding that I was right. She then looks back to PH and tears him limb from limb and eats him. She then spits out several keys which are the keys to unlocking everyone’s cages. I quickly retrieve them and set everyone free. Rose runs over to Junior and they begin to examine one another. The castle begins to crumble as everyone is scattered. I start at the top and work my way down, getting everyone I can but Rose refuses to come along, she says she needs to die, knowing that everything in her life was a lie, what was her life to begin with? Junior refuses to let her die like this and picks her up, running along with us. Rose hugs him and doesn’t let go until we all escape. Once out of the castle, Rose runs off and stays in the woods for a few months. Junior tries looking for her every night and does on July 4th when he spots her trying to make her way to us to steal some food. Junior goes up to her and when she sees him, he tackles him, pinning him to the ground and asking if he loves her. Junior doesn’t really know what love is so he tries to ask what love is. Rose takes this as a no and tries to eat him like she did with PH. Junior puts up a good fight but needs help so he starts screaming. Me and the others manage to stop her but then she tries to eat us in which Junior saves us and manages to knock Rose out. Junior takes her home and puts her in his bed and stays with her all night watching the fireworks from the window. When he wakes up, she’s gone again but has left a note saying, “I’ll leave you for now but just know I’m still watching you, waiting for you to love me, it’s my purpose and I won’t let this go.” Rose sneaks into our vents and watches us for days. She sneaks into Junior’s room and watches him sleep and watches us work. She finally reveals herself when she sees Junior’s drawings of her in his room. She slinks into his bed and sleeps next to him. When he wakes up, he sees Rose next to him and freaks out! Rose pins him down and asks if he loves her.

By now me and Peppino have burst into his to see what’s going on and Rose quickly defends him thinking that we’re going to hurt him. Rose claims him as her own and tries to take him back up into the vents which Junior doesn’t go along with cuz he’s scared of her. Rose is obviously upset and starts to throw a tantrum, breaking things and screaming but this doesn’t make Junior go with her in which she gives up and crawls back into the vents. She then tries to pick me and Peppino off to secure Junior as hers which doesn’t work, we defend ourselves well and one night I’m able to ask why she’s doing this. She tells me her purpose was to love PH but now that he’s gone she needs someone else to love and she’s chosen Junior. I tell her that’s fine and she can stay with us but she can’t hurt or try to kill us or anyone. Rose isn’t too fond of the “no hurting people” rule but wants to get closer to Junior so she agrees. Junior and Peppino are very scared of her which she loves but I help her to become more gentle with others. Rose stays close to Junior at all times which kinda annoys him seeing as he just wants to do his job while Rose is a constant obstacle. Finally he snaps and goes off on her, telling her he doesn’t know what love is, is sick of being surrounded by her and wants to be left alone. This leaves her scared and stunned. She says nothing and disappears into the ground and once again leaves for a month or two. By this time it’s around Halloween and it’s getting colder which Rose does NOT like. She comes into the restaurant again and hides in the oven which works for a while until Junior puts a pizza into the oven and goes in himself wanting to get warm. He freaks out when he sees her and runs off with Rose chasing after him screaming and crying like how I used to do as a kid. Me and Peppino finally managed to catch our respective clone and try to de-escalate the situation. We hold them back as they finally talk things out with Rose desperately wanting a relationship with Junior and with him just not being ready. We suggest they start out as friends and get to know each other better without the love part. It works well for a while with Rose finally feeling a sense of belonging with Junior showing her how to make pizza (not very well but it’s ok lol) and with Rose helping him reach new heights with her neck. Soon we finally start to become a family and Junior slowly falls for Rose which despite her soul purpose for being created doesn’t pick up on, she’s completely oblivious and still thinks they’re just friends. Finally on Christmas, he makes his move with a mistletoe, he kisses her and tells her that he thinks he’s in love with her and has been trying to tell her for the past month. Rose finally understands why he’s been acting weird and happily accepts his feelings for hers has only grown since they’ve been friends. They tell me and Peppino that they feel the same for each other and don’t know what to do now which I say that they can be bf and gf which they love and go for it. Now we all work in the restaurant together with little shenanigans every now and then.

If you’ve ever wanted to know who joined from first to last here you go!

Who joined the company first to last:

Pizzahead

Mr. Stick

Noise

Noisette

Pepperman

Vigilante

Gustavo

Peppino

Fakey

Emily