Game Theory: Sauce, Cheese, REVENGE! (Pizza Tower)

[@mommy0-0wommy]

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." 💀💀

[@Vilkku_taken]

NOT THE BEAR

[@god-rj5wf]

i think we all can relate to that

[@marcusdupuis6798]

Fake peppino is just a copy of faker from fnf sonic.exe mod

[@ilikepie4685]

Even she's tired of this madness.

[@mungusnotsus]

Nice

[@DM_STUDIOS_4132]

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

[@jaco8822]

I think Gustavo was either dragged in by Peppino or they were close to the point where Gustavo would join him.

[@Ms_Semi]

​@@jaco8822And everything else?

[@Ithinktemishere]

12:55 the laser in the background

[@jaco8822]

@mskonkon i think in the pizz pizza franchize, they might be twins.

[@iamwillisaclown]

@@jaco8822 iirc Gustavo is an adventurer similar to mario, and had no correlation to Peppino before the tower events, since he was holding a map before he was ran over by Peppino, and I feel like if Peppino knew Gustavo he wouldn't do that, and another thing, im pretty sure the DMAS arcade cabinets are jus silly lil dev references

[@lucasthebigl]

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?

[@LordDragox412]

Things that don't fit into the theory get ignored. That's because MatPat just writes fanfics about games, the "theories" aren't based on any evidence. So you really shouldn't expect anything more.

[@cirnotheartist]

the Noise isn't beaten and bloody when you're done with him. On floor 4, after Noisette takes him, he's got marks everywhere. What the hell did Noisette do to him is my question.

[@snatch6129]

not everything needs an explanation

[@marker9978]

Soo no one is gonna talk about "snick,snick.exe and how peppino knew about the sage 2019?"(now THATS lore)

[@RaymondSimmons-z9k]

1. Pepperman is an artist that Pizzaface has hired. Pizzaface has hired him, the Vigilante, and the Noise. He's just a narc who obsesses over himself and his art. 2. Noisette took Noise because of some... action. 3. Gustavo is basically the Mario to Peppino. (according to the wiki) 4. Portals. There was actual lore before being scrapped. Apparently there was a pizza wizard. Yet, the current lore is that John and his brother Gerome lived in the tower, with all of these worlds. Then Pizzahead showed up and forced John to become a pillar to hold all of the portals to be there. 5. Well, the whole game is styled like a 90's cartoon. SO maybe it's like a 10 minute segment. Also, Pepperman is shown to be beat up in Floor 2, like the Noise in Floor 4. Yet, I feel like Noisette did that more of that than Peppino.

[@elieschitour8148]

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.

[@ChrisHinners008]

Conspiracy Theory: Pepperman is the graphic designer, thus tying everything together.

[@agustron2479]

I think he just there because the pizza family wanted some paintings (made that theory in less than a minute)

[@RafaPro44]

PepperMan's ego will be demolished once he learns this information

[@trollsansofficial]

​@@agustron2479 probably more right than the actual theory

[@thebeaglechannel3]

Pepperman:im only a figment of your imagination *dissapears*

[@use_spore3512]

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.

[@saladthewasp9485]

And he still saved them at the end too!

[@bigjalapeno7061]

That's what I was thinking too. Peppino was still doing the right thing even if it meant turning his back on the family. He probably just wanted to have a pizza place but not work at one that's dangerous

[@lyosmoly]

I agree!

[@endrylgoes2892]

Yes

[@doo_lissdu_lighost6133]

@@bigjalapeno7061 Plus, it seems like the family wasn't that great to him in the first place. His beginning schtick was that he was terrorized by Noise and Noisette.

[@Trust751]

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!"

[@Hyperlaser_Merc]

I think Peppino and Gustavo went after they saw how dangerous the place is. Then they called the inspector to take it down.

[@TheTrenchesYT]

The Wall Street Journal talking about Gen Z be like:

[@Bald_Fred]

I think matpat has confused the game with five nights at Freddy's again.

[@karanaher5030]

Well, matpat is a capitalist, what can you expect?

[@japbstudios]

@@karanaher5030 HEH?! What does this comment even say?

[@basically_boring]

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

[@lazybones8962]

Note this is game theory and not game fact

[@zoonisha4387]

i knew youd be here

[@djamtz]

@@zealousboar450 That was pure rage not smoky-smoky

[@rullisampan6461]

@@zealousboar450 yeah maybe pepino is high and depress because of debt and the whole thing is hallucination maybe pepperman is someone trying to defend themselves from peppino, vigilante is a police trying to stop peppino, noise is peppino friend that try to calm him down and peppino faker is when he started to get too high

[@M.R.Gorilla]

@@rullisampan6461 Maybe Gustavo is his friend trying to comfort him or calming him down. Maybe both Noise and Gustavo are Peppino’s friends out of the hallucinations.

[@bismuth7398]

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

[@YahavPlayz]

I agree. Matpat takes every game as having a definitive villian.

[@BluZombie]

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)

[@Space_geep]

Yeah matter a fact your comment just says a lot he missed about this theory I didn't think the stretcher was the vigilante at all

[@BluZombie]

@spacegalax7213 I did really enjoy his theory on everything, although I had my own ideas, usually generalized around *why* some things are the way they are

[@acekman007]

John E. Cheese (as a ghost) also appears in Vigilante's boss fight to aid his grandson using his pitchfork

[@ashleycd6487]

iirc John was cursed to become a pillar, and gerome was cursed to become a janitor

[@Chrismorgan6]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXLQnp-Hj6-Zb5o Finally it’s here🤠

[@colekiesler6218]

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

[@JSSJSSSSuper]

Bruh truh

[@MOVEDACCOUNT-d1n]

​@dontgotomypage4072stfu

[@CallMeGrapefruit]

Dude many parts of the generation loss by ranboo is out

[@scottlaing9265]

Lol😊

[@mauro27279]

The one and only *clickbait* 😌

[@Syndicate_LS]

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

[@elumbreonespacial4361]

I know, I was expecting to wait 2 weeks at least

[@lucianocastrogiovanni2879]

Well, it is a pretty fast game, quite on brand for it to get a fast theory so soon after he played it

[@SammieV707]

@@wotzinator6282 SAME 😭😭

[@peachybanjo]

they've been prerecording a lot of stuff on GTLivr lately, I bet that footage is from May or even April

[@Syndicate_LS]

@@peachybanjo I do know they do that. However in the GTLive they said it was recorded on Monday. It was less than a week ago

[@SwankemasterSupreme]

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

[@anonyguyy]

Wait, really? Cuz tbh I too wasn't buying it (the tHeOrY)

[@SwankemasterSupreme]

@@anonyguyy yes

[@anonyguyy]

@@SwankemasterSupreme awesome

[@tommothepomo9395]

Thats why its called a theory A GAME THEORY

[@abbyadventure5689]

Wheres the proof that he said that his theory is 100% wrong?

[@Stoooby]

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

[@myleswelnetz6700]

That doesn’t sound to me like something a villain would do.

[@pizzaman2453]

@@myleswelnetz6700 exactly

[@SarahAbramova]

And he wasn't wrong about the safety hazards that they were ignoring.

[@Home-or-Casa]

@@thedigiboi and mr.stick? but snotty idk and mort idk

[@Beastking156]

@@myleswelnetz6700exactly

[@_madnessentity8553]

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

[@scriptot]

​@myronholy2999nah

[@datamal]

or both

[@labfire8964]

⁠@myronholy2999yo bots are getting alts now? Legit saw this exact same reply on a different account done multiple times just like you

[@Unbake]

@@labfire8964 no its just using the same prompt. Just because it says the same thing doesn't mean its the same person.

[@sonicXstarhedgehog]

Come on, be understanding with this sad old man. He's been haunted by FNAF for years now. Obviously he'd see dead children and revenge everywhere.

[@IsCheeseAnObject69]

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.

[@LutasticLu]

Pepperman the poster artist

[@MbitaChizi]

Matpatt is my inspiration my parents said if I get 10k followers They'd buy me a mic for recording..begging u guys, literally begging

[@SmilerStyler]

@@MbitaChizi hey didn’t you comment this before

[@SmilerStyler]

@@MbitaChizi do subscribers count

[@BenShenWhiteKnight]

@@LutasticLu something else,pepperman used to be the final boss in the demos, meaning that he owned the tower,but after the explosion of popularity pizz-pizza,pepperman let pizzaface become the owner while he became the artist for the posters

[@mbcodes18]

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

[@ollybfdifan5474]

Yeah

[@BingIzkewl]

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-

[@TheRealPhantomStalks]

Idk if Vigilante owns the fun farm Noisette is just Noisette Matpat makes mistakes (also maybe the vid was a but clickbaity)

[@TheIncorrectCorrector]

The "MC is actually the villain" thing was just a joke, because he's done that a lot throughout the years, and he knows a lot of them are dumb and basically laughs at himself.

[@superlionrw]

I’m pretty convinced that, according to this theory, Gustavo soon followed peppino to join him after, as due with the Gustavo puppet after

[@rypyd8857]

He also overlooked that the cheese stretcher is actually just the animatronic cheese character in that level, not the vigilante. It’s implied because the cheese stretcher animatronic has sunken and stretched out proportions from being pulled too far

[@sivrios]

@@TheRealPhantomStalks Noisette literally saved Peppino from being killed by Theodore J. Noise with a gatling gun in the end of his fight.

[@ItsPeku]

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

[@salmonhead1650]

this theory was completely stupid in my opinion and matpat dug too deep for lore about a game that had no lore

[@Akkhazin]

@@salmonhead1650i agree with you but i think the game still has some lore it's just that it's not that deep and pretty shallow

[@agustron2479]

​@@salmonhead1650if it has lore or no its a GOTY

[@LeafRazorStorm]

@@salmonhead1650 I say he didn't dig deep enough. When the theory falls apart with a single question of "Who is this other character you never talked about and what do they do?" it goes to show MatPat was more interested in writing a fanfic than actually paying attention to the game.

[@b0bert1]

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

[@Originalshy]

Ha! Funny comment

[@b0bert1]

@Текаshi 6ix9ine music 🅥 01101111 01101011

[@katiesherman6517]

I love this! It is so accurate!

[@allanbaker3958]

Aaaand, he got most of it right... except when he called Noise and Noisette twins... They are husband and wife.

[@BigSillyOrangeCat]

@@allanbaker3958more like boyfriend and girlfriend

[@hashashafashasha]

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

[@luiluiruirui]

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.

[@eligaming1529]

He digged to deep

[@luiluiruirui]

@spamtongspamton5001 yes correct

[@destdehat]

one thing i was REALLY surprised he got wrong was the stretcher guy, i don't know how he didn't even think of the cheese toppin monster, the stretcher poster has the cheeseslime's eyes popping out, and it's way wider, like the cheese toppin monster

[@henedinojosephjr.eduarte4746]

​@spamtongspamton5001pepperman: am i a joke to you?

[@TheRealPhantomStalks]

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

[@GLITCHYIMPOSTER]

he didnt play t he whole game I think he just watched parts of walkthroughs

[@fortress_brawlr]

thats actually a pretty damn solid theory

[@martimsilva1755]

First of all, yes the vigilante probably never worked for a pizzaria as a mascot and for me that just seems absurd, and even though I believe that the pizza tower used to be it's own company, I don't think ANY of the characters in this game are "seeking revenge" for peppino or that the chef himself used to work with them. As for your theory I like to think that yeah it's possible that a random fake peppino, when they started getting created and released, somehow...broke a law (killed citizens) and accidentally did that demonic thing we see in pig city. Now I don't think it was on purpose, I don't even think those clones can think of plans or anything, like how we saw in the war level where the clones would just go into your way and...I can't really explain it, they simply look dumb and with no goals. As for THE fake peppino, in my opinion the only thing who makes him stand out is that this one was more complete in the making, and probably the first one, and the only one it was ment to exists, meanwhile the other ones were created on accident and so they quickly got all over the place messing everything up. I don't think it had necessarily to be THE fake peppino who did THAT thing, the chances are unlikely.

[@PinocchioArts]

Finally someone called him out about his theory, listen i like the man but making up stuff about best game to date i start to doubt him

[@alt_user6236]

Thank god there is someone like you making a reasonable theory thank you @therealphantonstalks

[@banannabanna]

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

[@BadVideoBot8273]

It was huh

[@314Pirasy]

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.

[@walkerphillips2818]

You know what they say: If MatPat calls someone the villain, he’ll never, no never, say he’s wrong.

[@raze1669]

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.

[@TheSillyFrog742]

then he'd just go "k-"

[@New3DSLuigi364]

@@TheSillyFrog742 He Deconfirmed the PTSD Theory; HE'S GOING TO DECONFIRM T-H-I-S TOO!!

[@BagelBotter]

​@@New3DSLuigi364 watch him confirm this instead it would be so funny

[@spod715]

well atleast it was fun finishing the game 3 times

[@New3DSLuigi364]

@@BagelBotter NOT GONNA HAPPEN!!

[@PearangeProductions]

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

[@Sci_X1]

I get bro is in debt but he still wouldn’t use Swiss cheese in pizza

[@ivanorbu8677]

Sorry for the bad English

[@amiramir-bp9uq]

I'm Italian and I say that this theory is not ananas pizza

[@okimightcomeback]

Every game theory after that chrono trigger one:

[@gripoufromdiscord]

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

[@manutosis598]

Sweet home alabama

[@sammygfilms9393]

Yeah, the MaCaulay twins called, they want their schtick back 😂😂😂

[@chilidog2469]

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”

[@fernoagent8581]

they better not touch my boi brick

[@mustardpocket4124]

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

[@SprinchelArt]

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

[@fighttheb8500]

its also funny how in one video he fr CONFIRMS that he looks into stuff alot

[@g.l.o.w.s.s6900]

fr bro like the granny pizza dialogue he hinges the whole theory on was ai generated by the devs as a joke. for sure the first game theory I've just straight up hated

[@gamercentral2417]

@@g.l.o.w.s.s6900same. Like bro this isn’t even close to the background. There’s probably MUCH better theories with even LESS evidence

[@ManlyKirby]

this whole theory is just hilarious like i was happy matpat made a theory about pizza tower but then i was totally filled dissapointment when i saw how bad this theory was

[@cyxy5292]

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

[@yannick290107]

This laser is FAKE. It may be placed for decoration.

[@mandiesmith5483]

That’s not a lazer

[@Kaprosuchus-99]

@@yannick290107 Right, and I'm guessing the peppino fetus clone and john clone are also decorations. Besides, not like the laser Looks anything like the laser as seen in- OH LOOK IT DOES!

[@colekiesler6218]

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.

[@Safetyswitch]

95% certain that mcPig stated that dmas has literally nothing to do with fnaf

[@bakrobertjohnston4889]

Or mcpig just wanted to make a funny fnaf reference?

[@oatmealraizin]

“fnaf lore syndrome” ain’t taking over games, it’s taking over YOU. McPig probably just wanted to make a funny fnaf reference with no lore whatsoever, but you took that as lore.

[@thegalacticflamingo207]

@@Safetyswitch its 100% intended as a fnaf reference but mcpig himself never played fnaf

[@Safetyswitch]

@@thegalacticflamingo207 OK, I retract my argument then

[@dinoeebastian]

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

[@syafiqchua1670]

Who would thought of Peppino being in the wrong?

[@dinoeebastian]

@Syafiq's Croissant Studio well Matt started with saying that it's a "the hero was the villain all along kinda thing."

[@syafiqchua1670]

@@dinoeebastian Can't blame you

[@mattman92]

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

[@DarkRayquaza121]

I mean you can also just say that they all eventually got other jobs after the restaurant failed.

[@Giraff3.]

and just... deleting Pepperman. He doesn't even say the character's name

[@casperdoordocasper3414]

and the dead chef in pizzaboys that might of also been an attempt to make a new mascot by stuffing their head in a sausage

[@Fleshdothboiled]

​@@casperdoordocasper3414 personally I think the sausage monsters is a reference to Springtrap- this guy's a cook who got his head stuck in the sausage animatronic's head peice.

[@casperdoordocasper3414]

@@Fleshdothboiled no

[@NooN1]

matpat trying to make non-existent lore make sense:

[@Choujifangirl]

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”

[@luigipowdemo6458]

THERE'S NO ESCAPE

[@Choujifangirl]

@@luigipowdemo6458 yup

[@AJADoggPapay]

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.

[@bearalphanations5532]

The stretcher is the cheese toppin monster

[@Thesuperj29lol]

​@@bearalphanations5532THATS WHAT I THOUGHT

[@spoopycateatingpopcorn]

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

[@SirDanielErnestHemmingboone1]

Okay, I am going to say something. Why would Pepperman have to be here if he had no lore to contribute otherwise, Mat would have added him into the conversation. Should I make a random theory on how Forknights cause cancer and should be removed, and then find out a way to incorperate Snotty into it?

[@cosmicspacething3474]

@@SirDanielErnestHemmingboone1 I’d like to see that

[@Wibblepip]

​@chef imma be honest here dude, he appears in the don't make a sound level on the pizza tower defense arcade machine. Is that not important? Brick also appears on the machine which leads to two things. Either brick and Gustavo knew each other before the events of the game (which doesn't make sense), or that the machine featuring him isn't important which brings things like the noise poster into question. We're not annoyed that pepperman isn't in the video because we just want him to be, we're mad because he makes sense to be.

[@myleswelnetz6700]

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

[@Game_Byle]

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)

[@citrusreality64]

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.

[@psychicchicken5263]

Yeah, this whole theory seems like tons of overthinking.

[@citrusreality64]

@@psychicchicken5263 peppino never worked for pizzahead theres not proof, just overthinking. Also he doesnt even know what pizza crawler is, he didnt look at the wiki. And he didnt even talk about Jaun and Gerome, AND the pizza granny statement at the end is ai generated, it literally means nothing

[@TheRealPhantomStalks]

It could've easily been any enemy, honestly a thug shrimp or thug pizza would've fit better, but the pizza does seem out of place.

[@CreamCakes420]

@@psychicchicken5263 like I think that’s the fun parts

[@Foxthatisaplush]

@@TheRealPhantomStalks they can END your combo, making p-ranks harder than they already are.

[@eli3998]

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

[@derrickhaggard]

Agreed so if anything Peppino did the right thing by calling the health department and getting PizzPizza shut down.

[@augustleded]

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

[@manutosis598]

Same

[@TheOneAndOnlyMal]

Me too...

[@ollybfdifan5474]

Me to

[@jayzelallensayco7104]

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

[@PinocchioArts]

That what I said

[@Njajv]

The most stupid thing that matpat came up with.

[@heleakedallovertheplace]

Yeah, I don't see why he chose vigi, we see the toppin monster like a minute later.

[@PanduDraws]

​@@heleakedallovertheplaceikr and he even theorized about the dang EYES, like if they dont shape every second for a cartoony style

[@Blaise_Zion_546]

Yeah but one thing kind of tips me off, the stretcher has no arms while the cheese toppin monster does

[@RobertoDeMundo]

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

[@ZorThePuppet]

@Matpat Recommends 🅥 forgot to mention that your father left u?

[@MintFlavoredSprite]

Well spoken, Gelatin

[@flabberghasttothe2nd]

And he’s the only one to fail at it :|

[@ManlyKirby]

@@flabberghasttothe2nd yes i just felt this theory was just bad

[@kubamcmillan3078]

This still shows pepino as the hero against toxicity and danger

[@Thatonemetalsonicfan]

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

[@BedsheetGhost_]

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

[@durandol]

Agreed.

[@flabberghasttothe2nd]

Agreed.

[@inkedstory9559]

Agreed

[@jacobg6299]

Agreed

[@MariaHernandez-pr2qm]

But how though? Because I genuinely believe this theory could be possibly

[@evagarcia865]

Matpat will never escape indie games about pizzerias

[@A-Rune-bear]

It’s tradition.

[@DeltaSanz]

Matpat sure loves making short italians look evil.

[@elizabethhuntley6056]

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

[@ManlyKirby]

that's probablly why this theory is so bad

[@G.reviewz]

explains a lot

[@Lehoanggia-ry9lw]

Second,diet coke has cancer inside it

[@birdboy1092]

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.

[@CottonCandySharks]

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.

[@4ndr00med4]

Oh I bet you, Matpat just tossed a coin to choose if he's gonna go with the generic and old yet trustworthy "the MC is evil" theory or the much more fitting "the MC has a very sad background" theory.

[@watchman0062]

@@4ndr00med4I remember way back then when he made his first theory on fnaf where he tried to link the game with the real life tragedy that happened in Colorado. I think even Scott himself had to say that this theory wasn’t true, but I could be wrong.

[@henrymartinvo]

@@watchman0062not even joking, that was probably one of his best theories. everything clicks so well even if its super dark. i still think that game is a reference to the crime, even though if he did that today he'd prolly get flak because his channel is too big now

[@watchman0062]

@@henrymartinvo Yeah but I still doubt that it’s a reference to that if even Scott confirmed that it was just a coincidence.

[@watchman0062]

@@henrymartinvo But there are similarities none the less.

[@mungusnotsus]

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?

[@ostrich_man_haha_funny]

Five floors Five days Days have nights FIVE NIGHTS AT FRED-

[@mungusnotsus]

@@ostrich_man_haha_funny you picking up on this to?

[@ostrich_man_haha_funny]

@@mungusnotsus ye

[@thealientree3821]

Don't Make a Sound on the fifth floor

[@Flam_Is_Cool]

nonono, the devs were making floor 2 and the floor 1 ost was already named "mondays" so they just went for it

[@Banan_group-leader]

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

[@2leggedhorror]

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

[@Chinarider1972]

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

[@elyrienvalkyr8167]

Pretty easy to do when he just makes it up

[@scriptot]

​@myronholy2999nah

[@CamPlayerGREEN]

like my english teacher lol

[@Somerandomguy2763]

​@@elyrienvalkyr8167He makes it up and adds evidence to make it logical and possible A Theory if you will, A GA-

[@dochdkfhdkgibberish1652]

​@@Somerandomguy2763Its still entertaining either way

[@whisptrz]

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.

[@myleswelnetz6700]

It was Pizza Head who wanted revenge, not Peppino.

[@randomlittleidot]

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

[@LilRussDawg]

did watch the video with the part showing a dead health inspector?

[@randomlittleidot]

@@LilRussDawg ????

[@applesnl8077]

It's still a theory so he probably just dug in a bit

[@brianyang1151]

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.

[@klause2s]

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

[@RobertoDeMundo]

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

[@MbitaChizi]

Matpatt is my inspiration my parents said if I get 10k followers They'd buy me a mic for recording..begging u guys, literally begging

[@h3971]

​@@MbitaChiziThis is the worst way of getting internet points on the internet dude

[@V0R1EXGamer]

@@h3971 Boomer, its called subs or subscribers not internet points (No offense)

[@Connorwhatever]

​@@V0R1EXGamer .... "Internet points" is newer than the word subscriber ??

[@brunitoknolastname69420]

​@@V0R1EXGamerwell thats a universal use words that works for followers and subscribers (patreons too), so that make sense a bit

[@mr.sheeppeehs4204]

There’s gonna be a game that makes the player character the villain, and Matt’s gonna make them seem like a hero

[@fghdkjlfkghfc]

Cult of the Lamb?

[@mycomnithegreat434]

Braid, though that _is_ kind of the plot twist that the "hero" protagonist is the villain. no way of hero-ing _that_ guy

[@micklethepickl]

Nice pfp

[@mr.sheeppeehs4204]

@@micklethepickl thanks

[@alt_user6236]

I think that happens in some star wars games.

[@trustindean5164]

I find it funny how the whole theory is solid with the sole exception of Peppino being in some way morally bad to justify them wanting revenge. If you ask me, I think in all likelihood he just left to get started on his own, the health inspector came to check things out for a routine inspection, and they intentionally killed him just because they're loony (considering he's like pinned to the wall instead of just caught in something) In all likelihood they just placed the blame on him despite him having done next to nothing

[@Lavettery1231]

5:45 the pizzaboy is for keeping your combo

[@pinkapopch654]

6:44 Naw bro that's Pizza All-Might 💀

[@e.w.3711]

I was about to say that lol

[@aratherlargerodent]

Pizzall-Might A theory is here! A theory is here! A theory is here!

[@whisptrz]

Peppino went from being on the verge of a panic attack to hyped up on rage. That’s true character development.

[@icantthinkofagoodname.3983]

I love that pepperman does not fit into their theory whatsoever. I just think it’s funny that he’s just some random guy that showed up to antagonize peppino just cause.

[@MajorMccboingboing]

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

[@hamzainium]

i personally think that pizzahead was committing unspeakable acts at pizz-pizza, and peppino recognized the horrors that were happening, so he split off into his own brand, causing pizza face to start making him the villian, putting him as the enemy in spin-offs, making the other mascots be the heros and peppino the villian, peppino, who could not cope with the mental war of knowing what attrocities were happening in pizz-pizza, had it shut down.

[@ironencepersonal9634]

9:31 I think it's just the... cheese toppin monster that appears in the very same level

[@Macoy18gaming]

Matpat: Peppino is the true villain of it all!" Me: **Playing Pizza Tower and saving everyone in the tower**

[@CraZyK1d]

MatPat clearly hasn't actually beaten this game lol

[@AdelleLawas]

​@@CraZyK1dhe hasn't. He was still on floor 2 💀

[@yannick290107]

Happy 1 year anniversary pizza tower!🎉😄🥳

[@HassleHoffer372]

You think that MatPat will run out of things to talk about, but nope, he always comes back

[@kalebsrandomanimations4409]

HE ALWAYS COMES BACK.

[@TornadoWeather7496]

MATPAT IS WILLIAM AFTON REAL CONFIRMED😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅

[@MbitaChizi]

Matpatt is my inspiration my parents said if I get 10k followers They'd buy me a mic for recording..begging u guys, literally begging

[@HassleHoffer372]

ITS BEEN LESS THAN HALF AN HOUR HOW ARE THERE ALREADY SO MANY BOTS

[@alexanderdahms4001]

​@Black Shadow like the Rotten bunny that wlady that part of a serie that makes peapol inseane whit story

[@nota_ffs]

I legit like this theory but I’m confused on the lack of Pepperman. He wasn’t mentioned at all in Don’t Make A Sound so I wonder how he got involved with Pizz-Pizza’s revenge plot to take down Peppino in the first place?

[@jma0645]

Yeah pepperman is the only one how is missing maybe another character that was not very successful?

[@jdasleigh1238]

I dont believe the vigilante has anything to do with the defunct restaurant, and as far as the game is concerned we see the cheese slime animatronic that looks nothing like the vigilante. The first three bosses are just hires to stop peppino imo.

[@wojerd]

im fairly sure i once saw pepperman in one of the arcade machines in dont make a sound, or im just having a mandela effect right now

[@LordDragox412]

Like all of MatPat's theories, it's full of holes and doesn't make any sense if you think about it on deeper level. Just enjoy the fanfic :P

[@WheelTMA]

i fairly think the noise doesn't fit "family" so if we take the scrapped co-op or playable characters into mind, was noise (and maybe vigilante considering he was gonna be playable) also trying to destroy it

[@ImTheGuy]

I like how there is no explanation for Pepperman, he is just there.

[@UnluckyCharacter821]

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

[@ManlyKirby]

10:40 you can see brick here and he became friends with gustavo later into the game so pizza face either predicted future (wich actually sounds pretty reasonable) or the levels where just created when peppino came to the tower to mock him and make him go trough more stress

[@ManlyKirby]

4:43 or maybe y'know he could have just said that to scare peppino, said that in the sense of "my company is gonna crush your company" or the lazer could just have been hidden inside the tower

[@millerthegamer9143]

Or maybe its just a neat decoration that has no lore in it

[@YanntastischGER]

Even Pizza Tower doesn't give Matpat any rest. But what a joy to see a Game Theory video about the platformer of the year! Even tho I heard all of these theories in the community before, this was a really fun summary. I just love McPig for not only making a masterpiece, but also feeding us with delicious lore!

[@hsbsheheh5079]

16:30 so how was the salad matpat

[@user-jl7cz2pe6d]

That cheeseslime in that photo is literally an animatronic that chases you around in Don't Make A Sound And that Gustavo Marinette is a nod to the marinette form Peppino himself takes after he catches you. AND that Pizza Crawler arcade cabinet is nothing more than a callback to an actual canceled Mystery Dungeon-esque spinoff staring Gustavo of the same name..

[@michael_guy]

IKR LIKE MATPAT THIS IS JUST FANFICTION AT THIS POINT

[@jaedenking9861]

For some reason that cheese slime scares me

[@the6597]

Ive always loved the “The Hero is the Villan” theories, i know others sometimes find them tedious, but its fun to hear you break down the evidence to prove the conclusion.

[@profula]

Matpat is the type of person to see a game and ask "is anyone gonna make a theory about it?" and not wait for an answer

[@aquestionablenamee]

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

[@laserbeamthatplaysgames477]

DONT YOU LECTURE ME WITH YOUR 30 DOLLAR HAIRCUT

[@Kwanda1273]

8:47 is he flping us off or Tham up

[@spider_strand]

Yeah it's a thumbs up

[@Kwanda1273]

Ok

[@Trainboi1983]

If it was the middle,it would be on the middle of his fist,not the back of his hand

[@cindyalanaw]

10:56 Bro forgor Pepperman 💀💀💀💀

[@tower_defense_enjoyer]

​@colingo1stgaming37that came later

[@allisonlane3740]

@colingo1stgaming37what about Mr. Stick

[@Imaginen_un_nombre]

@@allisonlane3740 he didnt met Peppino until the tower thing

[@lobsterjake]

Mat didn’t mention anything about Pepperman, so I’m going to pitch my own theory on him. I think Pepperman is the concept artist of the Pizza Boy Pizzaria. He didn’t release any art of himself because at first, he probably wanted to be a willingly unsung hero of the group. After Peppino left the franchise, Pepperman gained a sense of narcissism and started making art of himself. And he never stopped.

[@agustron2479]

Me think he is a pizza head friend and he got allowed to live in pizza family house if he makes some paintings and art for them. And when peppino got there he just dint had anything better to do soo he striked

[@ManlyKirby]

peppino was never a part of the pizza tower in the first place but its atleast better than this whole theory

[@GoobersonThe7th]

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

[@jaedenking9861]

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

[@jaedenking9861]

Huh, 5 likes neat :)

[@jaedenking9861]

Wow, 10 likes?! I guess they agree that the cheese animatronic is scary too ;)

[@ItemlabelOtto]

All of the toppin monsters used to have 3d models in their jumpscares and "The Amazing Stretcher" was even scarier

[@jaedenking9861]

It's been 9 months

[@gracecaceres283]

@@ItemlabelOttothat is the chese animatronic

[@manolgeorgiev9664]

15:16 And there we have it folks, MatPat is off his meds again xD

[@laffytaffy9656]

You imply he is ever _on them_ to begin with

[@ethanmccullough5703]

There is a health inspector hanging in that level

[@cjkittyofficialyt]

10:42 pizza tower golf is a reference to an early tech demo released on april 1st

[@spoonaddict8805]

12:45 that panel is just a massive team fortress 2 reference. Peppino is dressed like a Soldier jumping into battle with a shovel while a heavy is eating a sandwich, notices a spy and promptly gets blown up by a demoman shouting "kapoom!"

[@Exotic_ice03]

Mat I have been watching your channels, for a little over 10 years now and the content is one of a kind.

[@average-wubbox-enjoyer]

in the worst way

[@Mrs_ruu]

I now have more reasons to relate to Peppino, thank you MatPat!^^

[@MbitaChizi]

Matpatt is my inspiration my parents said if I get 5k followers They'd buy me a mic for recording..begging u guys, literally begging

[@w0iv0]

Pizza tower when the pizza tower man breathes (its relateable)

[@TheLegendSizzle]

​@MatpatRecommends😭 you commented on another comment and didn't send this link now you send this link

[@b3n490]

So many bots but I like your pfp

[@_Mati3D]

wait so you were a pizza restaurant mascot before?

[@ImaniGithegi]

3:16 Everywhere MatPat turns he finds FNAF

[@A-Fat-Cat]

I wouldn’t be surprised if one day matpat made his own horror game just so we could all make theories on it

[@Wibblepip]

He brought up doing something like that in a gt live once I think.

[@MozartTheGOAT]

MatPat is never going to be able to escape indie games centered around pizzas / pizzerias

[@MbitaChizi]

Matpatt is my inspiration my parents said if I get 10k followers They'd buy me a mic for recording..begging u guys, literally begging

[@nota_ffs]

Pizza Tower lore is like a deep dish pizza. You gotta dig deep in the cheese to find that saucy lore.

[@MbitaChizi]

Matpatt is my inspiration my parents said if I get 10k followers They'd buy me a mic for recording..begging u guys, literally begging

[@rheyn8356]

I like the metaphor, but Chicago deep dish pizza is sauce on top of the cheese

[@Sireington]

Woag YEEEAAAAAAOAOOOUUUUGH!

[@docturgaming]

@billymaguaireofficialinstead of getting trolled, we get cute pet videos. thank you.

[@thenotfanofnintendo]

NOTA!!?!?!?!?

[@myleswelnetz6700]

As long as Gustavo still has his pet rat, none of this matters.