Not gonna lie. I decided to watch this very important theory in our living room again. And as soon as he said FNAF my mom walked past and groaned, "Not the bear." 💀💀

Even ten years later matpat is still saying that the Italian man is the true main villain.

Matpat:*spends 16:56 minutes on a theory explaining why Peppino is the bad guy* Pepperman:Hunny i'm not even here i'm a hallucination.

I find it funny that the creators of the game said that Matpat was %100 wrong.

Things MatPat forgot - Pepperman existing - The Vigilante having his own lore (owning like a farm) - The Noise having like a TV show thing - Noisette stopping The Noise from killing Peppino - Why is Gustavo with Peppino - How is Peppino considered a villain for making a health and safety violation

game dev: "finally, i finished my game with absolutely no lore or story whatsoever" matpat: im gonna pretend i didnt see that

I don’t think calling a safety inspector is evil when the place is literally dangerous enough that the safety inspector ended up dead.

I don't think this necessarily makes Peppino the villain. It just means that he has history with everyone and everything in the game.

Even in this theory, Peppino isn’t the bad guy. He reported something that he knew was legitimately dangerous, they just SAW it as a betrayal.

Peppino: *Undervalued employee breaks away from Big Corporation to focus on what they love, only to be sabotaged and threatened by their former employers who have a history of H&S violations, homicide and cover-ups.* MatPat: "YOU ARE THE REAL VILLAIN! YOU STARTED THIS! YOU'RE THE ONE AT FAULT!"

Like others said, Peppino definitely isn't a villain, even for calling the health inspector. Even his anxiety seems like a man who's been abused and traumatized being confronted with his past abusers.

Note: the stretcher is not the vigilante, it's the cheese animatronic.

matpat:lore is in everything pizza tower: you sure? matpat: ... pizza tower: what? matpat: found it!

MatPat: “The hero is the true villain.” Also MatPat: “Imagine if a normal pizza was also the true villain as well.”

The devs made a full theory-bait parody fnaf level and matpat still fell for it

To be honest, the cheese animatronic is terrifying. Its eyes may not look like it, but that gaping mouth is the exact definition of game over

Matpat is the type of guy to link every indie game to either dead children or a main character of it seeking revenge

matpat trying to make non-existent lore make sense:

Basically MatPat when a new game comes out (looking at the main character) “is this the true villain?”

Matpat: peppino is the true villain *Peppino saving his co workers from the entire place crumbling down*

I really hope he does a part two because we’re missing some stuff: -who’s Pepperman -why did Noisette stop the Noise from killing Peppino? -why did Gustavo join Peppino? -how the hell is there a whole universe in this Tower? But most importantly, when is the Gustavo and Brick tv show?

Fun fact: Some if the chemicals in Diet Coke can cause brain damage and Mat has been guzzling the stuff.

MAT PAT THAT WAS PERFECTION OF A ITALLION ACCENT 1:17

What a quick turnaround from us seeing the game on GTLive to getting a theory.

A few things missed that I think might stand out to help or contest the theory: - Peshino and Fake Peppino aren't the only clones of Peppino here. In *Peppibot Factory,* one of the levels in the Slums, the *main enemy* is a robot Peppino Robot, clunky in design but still definitely made to copy Peppino. - There are hidden rooms all over the tower's Floors; not just secrets, but places to sneak in cut content from the final game, such as a *mansion* on Floor 5 that alludes to a much larger family history in the Tower, including origins of boss 1, Pepperman. - Vigilante isn't quite the mascot of Pizzaboy's, theres an animatronic in that level that is the "Stretcher" seen in the ad. Vigilante has his own lore; he owns the Fun Farm, left behind to him after his grandfather John E. Cheese passed (the farmer cheeseslime seen in some pictures littered throughout the Farm level on floor 2) - Some of the arcades in *Don't Make A Sound"* are references to defunct or joke concepts for other games, i.e. Pizza Crawler being a dungeon crawling concept that got dropped at some point - in the finale of the game, you find the original Pillar John holding up the whole tower. If you get all the treasures in the game, you revive him after the tower crumbles and he punches the seemingly-indestructible Pizzahead into the horizon, before celebrating with Gerome the Janitor (the two are presumed family)

13:10 “You want fun?! Peppino will show you fun!”

Pizza Tower is one of those games where there is no deep lore and nothing should be taken seriously. It is a trap, an anti-theory. And MatPat gracelessly fell into the trap of thinking there is one. Man’s chasing clout at this point. I miss the old GT.

Things MatPat forgot - Pepperman existing - The Vigilante having his own lore (owning like a farm) - The Noise having like a TV show thing - Noisette stopping The Noise from killing Peppino - Why is Gustavo with Peppino - How is Peppino considered a villain for making a health and safety violation I may have forgotten a few things, if so my bad lol-

Small correction: The Amazing Stretcher (The cheese slime) is actually the second toppin monster in the level. He is a deformed cheese slime who, like the other monsters (Mushroom, Tomato, Sausage and pineapple), chase peppino to put him in the animatronic shell of peshino. Also another thing, vigilante did not work at pizz-pizza and worked on fun farm with his grandfather John E. Cheese before he died. Plus no mention of other levels like Peppibot Factory (LITERALLY A FACTORY DEDICATED TO BUILDING PEPPINO ROBOTS) and many other levels with small tidbits to lore like Bruno’s pizza being located in the tower via looking closely at the background of the outside of peppino’s pizza 2.

14:06 "taunted and trolled by the noise *TWINS*" huh. weird. since they're LITERALLY MARRIED

"Nor can i find it in any other level" 12:55:am i a joke to you?

I feel like mcpig is sitting in his chair leaned back with his hand over his face listening to this knowing damn well he didn't make the story that deep.

After seeing this I still dont get why pepino is the bad guy. Reporting unsafe practices, leaving what looks like a toxic enviroment (we know how stressed looks at the end) saving every boss at the end of the game and (if you get the true ending) reviving the pilar John that is on the background of floor 5, and we know that Pilar John Hits Pizza head away. This theory only proves that the real villan is Pizzahead

i just know that i'm unhealthily obsessed with pizza tower when i can tell matpat is 100% wrong and why

matpat when the box of peppin-o's in the background of pizzascape destroys his entire theory

Wait, if Pizz-Pizza had extreme health and safety dangers to the point where the health inspector literally *died*, doesn't that mean that Peppino going rogue and calling a health inspector on the pizzeria should make him a hero ? He basically nipped the entire storyline of FNAF in the bud.

Watching MatPat using gags that make no sense as "evidence" is hilarious

So, you eat a salad instead of my pizzeria?

Actually, in the lore, Pizzahead is the protagonist of a game called Pizza Boy Tower, where the villain is Peppino, known as Chef Raider, a chef that raids the tower for ingredients. Peppino isn't a customer of the Pizza Tower.

This theory has as many holes as the swiss cheese Peppino uses in his pizzas, but it was still entertaining.

I cant believe how many things he got wrong, and fun fact,Pizza crawler was one of the pizza based game ideas mcpig had for making a game, gustavo being in the arcade machine is a reference to him being the main character of the game which was potentially also his debut.

11:44 and that’s when they- AD: “Get a hair cut with just 30 dollars!”

This just makes it seem Pipipino is fairly fine. He is doing what is reasonable honestly

so in other words, Peppino just wanted to do his own thing and all his old coworkers got mad at him for outing their safety violations, sounds like Peppino wasn't in the wrong at all

So, some misconceptions: Vigilante is NOT the stretcher. He either currently owns or is affiliated with the World 2 level, Fun Farm, as his grandfather, John E. Cheese (who appears in the Vigilante boss fight), is known to have owned the fun farm before he died. There are more peppino clones than in the Fake Peppino boss fight and WAR. In the World 4, Peppibot Factory, the titular Peppibots appear. While I'm here, I'm gonna drop a theory of my own In the World 4 level, The Pig City, the room where the police car is has a secret. Next the the police car, there are strands of bacon on the cieling. Superjump into them, and you'll find a door that leads to the Bacon Room. This is a room full of bacon (which is pretty unsettling when you remember that this is a city full of pigs.) In the background, a shadowy figure approaches Peppino. After a while, the figure will give a thumbs up and leave. The figure is named the Bacon God. It's pretty strange that there is a police car right next to this room. Note that the police car is disguised as a taxi. Almost as if they were trying to ambush somebody. They arrested Peppino, but he has no correlation to the bacon room, right? They must've mistaken him for someone, but who... Well, maybe someone who *looks* like Peppino could've been the suspect? Do we know anybody who can be found in World 4 and looks like Peppino? Fake Peppino. Fake Peppino must have some sort of association with the bacon room. What is the association? Idk, im not a theorist If you have any theories/ideas about this, leave them in the replies

These theories got me overthinking things man. 15:43 it was so deep until the noise decided to come along 💀

It was Pizza Head who wanted revenge, not Peppino.

I love the fact that you completely ignored the fact that noise has a tv station and might’ve just sponsored the restaurant and tower Edit: my god this is the most likes I’ve ever gotten on anything

Honestly the fact that the level Don’t make a sound which is a FNAF like level is the main key point to the lore of Pizza Tower. Which also is showing the past of Peppino and Pizzahead is honestly giving us the reason that the FNAF lore syndrome has now officially been taking over other popular games and especially with a Wario Land like successor.

8:04 the other dudes: …… Pizza boy on the stage: MUSIC MAKES YOU LOSE CONTROL-

Pepperman is just vibing in his art studio avoiding stupid food drama

9:21 Here we see MatPat overthinking it yet again. That's just the Cheese Toppin Monster in Don't Make a Sound.

I'd love to see a theory about the short story "I have no mouth and I must scream" like do you think a supercomputer like AM would be possible? And could he really keep the last 5 humans alive for 110 years?

The reason Pepperman wasn’t included is because McPig said Pepperman did his own raid of the pizza tower for money. Pizzahead then promised him a room entirely dedicated to his art. He obliged, so there you have it.

Not a lot of this makes sense to me, but the whole thing about Pizz Pizza being dangerous makes sense when you consider in the background there’s also a box labeled “Pizza flavored Rat Poison”

3:14 yeah, I know, I know. as soon as I saw that level I thought “oh God, Matt Pat is going to have an absolute conniption”

Congratulations, you found lore where there doesn't need to be lore

MatPat you have to play jumping Julian it is so cool it’s almost like Fnaf it has confusing timelines secrets clicking on things they are supposed to click putting them in certain orders and a lot a lot more

So, some misconceptions: Vigilante is NOT the stretcher. He either currently owns or is affiliated with the World 2 level, Fun Farm, as his grandfather, John E. Cheese (who appears in the Vigilante boss fight), is known to have owned the fun farm before he died.

Only MatPat can make a theory on a man named Peppino Spaghetti

I think matpat has gone mad, he says all of this with such confidence 😭

It seems that Pizza Tower feel into the Fnaf Singularity, it's becoming so large that even non mascot horror indie games are being caught up in it.

I don't know if it's exactly amoral to shut down a company who's building(that would have plenty of children) is filled to the brim with lethally dangerous toys

5:47 the purpose of the Pizza Boy cutout in the jail cell is so the player can continue their combo and not drop it while going for a P rank.

The stretcher is just the second monster you see in the level but the vigilante is on a arcade machine and so are a few other bosses

You had me until the last minute-and-thirty. What ground basis is there for Peppino to rat out Pizz-Pizza? I could easily argue that they got found out anyway and Pizzahead decided to finish off Peppino for still being around and successful.

love how matpat just ignored pepperman and the fact that the noise is the brand mascot for a massive pizza corporation. and that the vigilante doesnt know who peppino is until the bossfight, only knowing him from the wanted posters that pizzahead used to trick him

Matpat will never escape indie games about pizzerias

I think that all the bosses , peppino and gus use to work for pizzahead but all of them left and started their own career (peppino and gus left to open a pizzeria, pepperman became an artist, vigilante became a bounty hunter and noise and noisette started a tv show idk anything about fake peppino)

15:56 megadeth sweating bullets reference

I swear MatPat will find lore in everything when it’s not even supposed to be there.

Matpat sure loves making short italians look evil.

I feel like Pepperman helped make designs for the Piz Pizza brand as he is an artist

6:44 Naw bro that's Pizza All-Might 💀

Pizza tower is proof that some games don’t need theories

6:56 the way he says ‘which begs the question’ is so nice?

who here watching matpat after his goodbye video and eating pizza

A short theory you might wish to pay attention to. Due to the OST, every floor is based off of a day of the week. Floor 1 is monday Floor 2 is tuesday and so on. Does this mean Peppino spent a week in the tower?

Fun fact: the Pizza Crawler arcade cabinet is a reference to one of McPig’s scrapped games. Pizza Tower Golf is a reference to the level or demo Golf…..obviously And Pizza Tower Defense was a reference to a few concept arts (Tell me if I got some of these references wrong)

3:16 Everywhere MatPat turns he finds FNAF

This still shows pepino as the hero against toxicity and danger

I wonder if the developers are gonna agree with Matpat or straight up just tell him it's not that deep

Great AU idea MP. I'll keep it in mind for my next one

5:45 the pizzaboy is for keeping your combo

What if Peppino not only left because of his popularity, but also because of the working conditions he had to face? Not only that, only him and Gustavo started out as actual chefs, not mascots. Of course Peppino and Gustavo may have tried to unionize, but for the most part it didn't work. As a result, they decided it would be better if they worked on their own terms, and Peppino contacted OSHA (ie the health inspector) for working condition violations. I interpret the Pashinos replacing Peppino as commentary for automation replacing blue collar jobs, but without Peppino's charisma they were nothing but empty shells.

Interesting. I would also like to point out the ending of the game: Following the destruction of the tower, Peppino and all of the bosses return to Peppino's restaurant and seemed to get along pretty well, having hot-dog eating contests and other activities. So they did seem to mend their relationship in the end. However, there are a few things that require a bit more explaining: For starters, if Gustavo wanted revenge on Peppino, why was he actively helping him in certain levels and the final boss? If we were to go along with this theory, I'm guessing Gustavo Tagged along with Peppino, effectively removing two main characters at once, so it checks out. As for the vigilante, I did want to point out that the cheese slime in the poster might actually be the one that chases us in the fnaf level: note the gaping black holes behind the eyes and the fact that the cheese animatronic has similar eyes to the one in the poster. I say all this because the vigilante actually obtains a bounty for Pizza Head in the end credits, plus I think it was stated that the vigilante was just a normal bounty hunter and nothing more. Jusy wanted to point that out.

I don't think him wanting to branch out and do his own thing makes him a villain he just didn't wanna live in someone else's shadow for the rest of his life

Happy 1 year anniversary pizza tower!🎉😄🥳

5:12 "later in the fnaf level"😂

10:56 Bro forgor Pepperman 💀💀💀💀

Mat pat sees scribblings on a napkin....there is so much lore here!!

I feel like the arcade cabinets that show Peppino in the fnaf level are just joke decorations, also, the stretching cheese on the poster that is supposedly the vigilante is probably just the cheese animatronic that appears in the level

Let's appreciate how Pizza Tower not only created a boss rush as the final boss, but also balanced it so that neither you nor the opponent too over/underpowered.

funny how he added how peppino called the health inspector without any evidence at all

Kinda sounds like Peppino was acting similar to the head chef from Ratatouille who MatPat said was the real hero, but when Peppino tries to alert the health inspector to bad restaurant conditions suddenly he's the bad guy? Curious

If you accidentally break blocks on certain floors of the building you’ll find other places, the most notable being Noisette Cafe, Pizzaboy‘s Wash N‘ Clean, and the mansion

i can't wait for mat to start a theory like ""and the villain may just have been the villain all along!!?!"

This game has like 1 minute of story, and yet, MatPat gets deep and jiggy with it

Well actually Pizza crawler at the background of don't make a sound as a reference to a scrap game that mcpig was working on

Hey game theorists te faltó hacer una teoría sobre el final de pizza tower, ya que se puede ver que peppino rescató a todos los boss o algo así :D