Lego Island: The history of Pepper Roni & where he is today

[@Nictrain123]

Wow, I thought Pepper would’ve ditched the island and went to college on the mainland somewhere, lol As a person who grew up with Lego Island, I’m sure glad Lego remembers it in some form even to this day. :)

[@SONICX1027]

Let’s not forget the Lego Island Project, which is bringing the Lego Island and Pepper Roni back

[@Vaillant.87]

How about... The 2014 delivery guy IS Pepper, but BEFORE the events of 1997's Lego Island, not after. That's why this minifig has braces on his teeth, which would be gone as Pepper grew up. That's why the bio of this 2014 minifig says: He's using a bike, but needs the use of a skateboard "sometimes". Over time, his skills on a skateboard have significantly increased, up to what we see in the video games. Aaaaand "Pepper & Roni's Pizza Stop" IS his father's, but BEFORE 1997's Lego Island. When his father eventually disappeared, Pepper's best turnaround was to work as a delivery guy for another pizzeria. That's how he ended up at Brickolini's. That would be an awesome story to tell!

[@moltenpermit]

I've actually considered this, and I think it's a great theory. I might cover that theory in a future Lego video (MG)

[@LitrlyMeowtooth]

Pepper should appear in Lego City Adventures witch Chase McCain, even as a cameo or as the "main" character of an episode, it would be lovely to see the good old lego fan favourites nowadays

[@cheesymiccheeseballs8227]

I played that whole ass first Chase game just to see if there was any references

[@Harrisonidk]

Probably one of the coolest looking mini figures to exist

[@moltengarnet]

Still my favorite to this day.

[@keytester2733]

did you know the pepper roni refrence in the Unity LEGO microgame, where you can make basic games by combining input (touch, variable, pickup, etc) and output (win, lose, shoot, move, etc) bricks. you can also build like actual lego, but it also lets you make basic platforming or puzzles as well!

[@moltengarnet]

Yes I did! I don’t consider that part of this timeline but I love any fun references to Lego Island.

[@carloschamorro6331]

I need to go to that Pizza place 😭

[@moltenpermit]

I feel like I’m obligated to go now. It’s basically a religious journey (MG)

[@techy804]

why does this only has 127 views?

[@moltenpermit]

I ask myself that every day (MG)

[@Maniac4Bricks]

There's also a reference minifigure in the 2019-2020 theme Hidden Side; in the set 70422 Shrimp Shack Attack, as well as 1 of the magazine gift promos, a sleeveless minifigure with a pizza shirt and red hair makes an appearance. His name: Ronny. Cheeky designers. Hard to say initially if Pepper took a jetski or train to visit Newbury, but the Hidden Side there also references lots of other original LEGO themes such as Rock Raiders, Blacktron, Bionicle and RES-Q, to name a few. Connecting those themes would possibly place Ronny in this timeline. Otherwise good job! I would argue that the holiday party was after LIXS because that is the exact appearance of Pepper in that game and the corresponding LEGO sets.

[@moltengarnet]

I knew about Ronney when I wrote the script but I didn’t want to make the timeline too confusing with possible alternate timelines (although I think KZbin’s algorithm likes confusing timeline videos). Pepper just going to live there for a while and changing his name is possible but feels like a stretch.

[@GermanPeter]

2:06 No, that's the design from the physical Lego sets, which came out much later than Lego Island 2. I find it surprising you didn't mention them at all, to be honest. I also don't think the Pizza Delivery Man is meant to be Pepper, it seems more like a nod towards the games more than anything. Like, if you work at the pizzeria, you gotta be able to skateboard and chase criminals. Notice how it says he uses his bike, which Pepper never does, and he has braces, which Pepper also doesn't. You could say this is a younger Pepper, but he was already a child in 1, a teen in 2 and an older teen in Stunts, but never had braces at any point.

[@rennythespaceguy7285]

Honestly I love all the weird ways LEGO characters are connected. Like did you know the LEGO House randomly decided that that the Monster Scientist from Series 14's Lab assistant is the Demolition Dummy. No idea why but it's fun

[@retrowild6778]

You do great work, this is quality!

[@FreemanLIVE]

Great video. Lego Island 2 will always be one of my favorite games. 😁

[@AlienMyth64]

thanks for making this vid!!!

[@mrfoxly6833]

It’s funny, looking at Pepper nowadays he comes off as a product of his time with the attitude and the skateboard, but I can’t deny his adventures were a big part of my childhood. Hey, who remembers the interactive flash adventures he had with Luna Rom on the Lego website?

[@robozaogameryt]

Fun fact: A character even more similar to Pepper Roni than the Pizzaboy from the Minifigures line appears in the LEGO Unity tutorial thing

[@technoshaman001]

thanks for the upload!

[@markstermanz]

Driving ain't like skateboarding

[@slappybird4660]

He's now back in Fortnite's LEGO Titled Tower Tycoon

[@marilyngee]

Awesome vid 😎 I love Pepper 🌶 Roni

[@moltenpermit]

Thanks! We plan on making a few more Lego Island videos at some point in the future. -MG

[@neilfarrell6173]

I think him in the holiday party in the magazine is just his minifigure from the Island Xtreme Stunts sets

[@moltenpermit]

Whoa! You’re right! I’ll mention that in an update video.

[@neilfarrell6173]

@@moltenpermit 😁 I figured him in the lego magazine, whoever did the art looked up the best reference available, which was probably the minifigure itself!

[@LegoMaestro]

Great video

[@Belabrixstudios]

1:57 that is not wild style (Lucy) thats skate girl

[@nemnyoom]

i disagree with pepper roni being the pizza delivery man. there's a certain level of dweebiness in the pdm that pepper roni simply doesn't possess. instead, i posit that the pdm is a successor of some sort to pepper roni, who has gone on to do greater things. perhaps he is now the chef at pepper & roni's, which may have been renamed when mama and papa brickolini passed the property down to him. there could be a lineage of pizza chef to delivery guys. or maybe pepper roni has transcended the simple forms of lego lands and islands; rising above in a rapidly-rebuilding helicoptor to become some sort of pizza-fuelled demigod of lego. or, saddeningly, in a world where the day is saved by ninjas and sun wukong and superheroes, maybe pepper roni was left behind. in this day and age, driving almost any vehicle and doing extreme stunts is a common skill amongst minifigures. maybe pepper roni moved from lego island to the big lego city, where he realised that, all along, he'd been a normal-sized fish in a small pond, and, now, he was a minnow amongst sharks. with age, his hair darkens, and, finding nothing else to do with his life, he works at a pizza place. i reiterate - he is not the best driver, pilot, skateboarder, or anything else; not here, not anymore. customers would be disappointed with how long he took to deliver pizzas to them in this fast-paced city, and, thus, he would be given a different job: dressing as a slice of pizza and handing out flyers. all the while, he still tries to maintain that crooked, carefree smile from his youth, but, beaten down by the world, it no longer reaches his eyes. thanks for reading my thesis on how pepper roni is now either ascended or lego minifigures series 19 pizza costume guy

[@slappybird4660]

Shoot, now I feel sad

[@samcamworm]

i could be wrong but at the pizza place in legoland florida it plays mama papa brickolini. haven’t been in a while but someone said that in the high quality mama papa brickolini song video like I said I could be wrong though

[@moltenpermit]

I’d believe it, but they were playing regular radio music when I was there a few months ago. -MG

[@Brickticks]

The Brickster died. He’s buried in Knighton, and had his grave brought to life by monstrux. Poor Pepper. Also, I’m pretty sure that Mr. Coconut died too, and possibly even Professor Voltage.

[@jackb3555]

Amazing video!

[@wazargadarg]

this is crazy yo

[@Scootakip]

I think the evidence that the pizza guy is Pepper is pretty flimsy. He's Liquid Pepperoni

[@jamieisanidiot]

Pepper Roni > 2014 Lego Pizza Guy

[@moltengarnet]

I’d consider reading that fan fiction if it existed. Maybe Lego island would be Mother Base. Venom Snake would be the unity Lego game’s pepper lookalike. I guess Solidus would be that Lego coloring book skateboard kid who looks like pepper.

[@ABiscuitCrumble]

Just wanna point out that the world map on the original Lego Island game looks like the USA

[@Juannybonnie]

Wow

[@sergeant_lolmaxx]

Very cool!🍕

[@OuroborosFlatwoods]

God bless Pepper Roni

[@jdbextras]

Pepper is in a Lego hidden side set. The shrimp shack. He has a pizza shirt and orange hair 🤔

[@moltenpermit]

As far as I can tell, that's actually somebody else named Ronny. Ronny is clearly based on Pepper but is not Pepper.

[@DJDerpyify]

@@moltenpermit my head canon: Pepper just nicknamed himself Ronny cuz he got embarrassed by his name when he grew up .

[@meadow7108]

Eat banana peel

[@robozaogameryt]

Fun fact: A character even more similar to Pepper Roni than the Pizzaboy from the Minifigures line appears in the LEGO Unity tutorial thing