Pizza Tower OST - PIZZA TIME NEVER ENDS (Boss 4) 

“The only way you’ll get better is if you race a deformed clone of yourself, Luigi”

I love the part at 0:34 where it tries to replicate the rising tone of the original song but stumbles on itself

I love the concept of someone that's made of Dough taking shape of you and trying to best you at everything but ends up being this abomination that LOOKS like you, but isnt

A friend asked me to stream Pizza Tower for them right as I got to this fight. They immediately assumed that Pizza Tower was a horror game.

I genuinely love the psychotic "bah" sample chromaticisms that play throughout the second half. kinda makes it feel like something's trying to emulate a happy, friendly feeling without understanding the concept itself.

This is the boss fight that made the realize "oh god, the funny pizza game has lore, doesn't it?"

I love how you don't genuinely beat him. You ESCAPE him.

There NEEDS to eventually be a mod that lets you play as Fake Peppino. Those mach runs up walls that lead into mach runs across ceilings just look too fun

I've noticed that this track seems to have a somewhat longer playtime then the other songs, I like to imagine that this reflects how stubborn and frighteningly persistent Fake Peppino is as an opponent, technically Peppino doesn't defeat him, so much as just escape, with that _thing_ watching and waiting for the next poor soul to wander into it's lair

I think my favorite part about this boss has to be the Peppino VS screen when the player first enters the boss gate; At first it shows a mirrored version of Peppino but upon replaying the stage you're greeted with the boss's true horrific face. With this in mind though I couldn't help but wonder if the game's intro sequence changes if the player has beaten Fake Peppino?

I absolutely love everything about this boss. The concept, the gameplay itself, the pepperman-like chase at the end, and the music having the pizza time leitmotif. Fake peppino was honestly my last guess as boss 4 but dang is he so good.

DO ENTER NOT INSIDE

I was unfortunate enough to get spoiled on the existence of Fake Peppino via thumbnails, but none of them showed the boss in progress so I was still absolutely floored from the fight itself and I'm so glad that was the case. The visceral and goofy disgustingness of the boss is so good to experience blind, even if you know there is a Fake Copy Boss somewhere in the tower.

Since this is basically Fake Peppino’s version of “Pizza Time!” I wonder what “The Death I Dezervioli” would sound like for Fake Peppino.

I really love how everything about this boss is pretty much designed to make you think "Just where the hell did this guy come from anyway!?" From the warped versions of all of your attacks to the summoning of other fake clones to what look like the corpses of other failed Peppino clones laying in the background coupled with the giant Peppino mural and sign that devolve into utter gibberish once phase 2 kicks in. Then when you think you beat him finally you then have to run away from him now as a giant warped eldritch abomination.

He honestly feels like Peppino's anxiety-driven fever dream version of a successful expansion of his franchise. Like, becoming so desaturated from the original, that your original idea of fastfood chain becomes distorted amalgam of what it was intended to be. Most certainly it is a blank take on the meaning of this boss, but whatever.

This whole song slaps harder than my pops but that beat drop at 2:08 is way more savage than it needs to be

Having not kept up with the development, I truly wondered going in "Why is the game hiding the 4th boss, there's no real plot, what could be so important to hide" Then the boss door appeared and I realized that a Shadow Link esque fight makes sense to hide. Then I actually enter the boss fight and see this awful funhouse mirror version of Peppino and realize even more why the game hid him. Then the fucker quickly looks to not just be cartoonishly exaggerated but melting and oh god there's a lot of him, and this arena is getting more cluttered and insane by the second. It was just such a cacophony of surprises after surprises that really leave you beyond disheveled as this boss does everything in its damn power to overwhelm you and throw you off. The final sequence being the perfect finisher, as after Noise you may forget most bosses had a final "attack" consistently, and especially after you dedicated most of your brainpower to keeping track of the Real and Fake Peppino in that mess of a fight. Keeping him hidden to add to the overall effect was the perfect choice, even for those unaware of his Faker's history in the game's development.

Imagine being Peppino Spaghetti having to witness and experience this.

Nothing Compares

I like how people call fake peppino Bruno sometimes. He seems like he'd be a bruno

I like how at the end of the game peppino lets this thing loose on the earth.

"FRTXJPIHCBATT2RDIHJPS!" great quotes

I think the fact the drum beat keeps going out of sync with the beat of the song is just really cool, and just adds to the creepy factor.

I love how whenever the song sounds like it’s about to end- it never does. Like the title says, pizza time will NEVER end here It really feels like fake peppino is doing everything he can to keep the song- and by extension the fight going for as long as possible, not letting the song reach a natural end. I absolutely love it 🙏

Guys, I just figured out that the head throw attack is mimicking the enemy throw

Personally, Fake Peppino is a living representation of how I feel towards what I'd like to consider "cutesy mascot" iterations of existing characters. They're designed to be small, appealing, and adorably funny...but there's something about them that frustrates me. They're all frauds that distort the original trying to make the spotlight all on themselves, and I just sense mindlessness in people enjoying them, like they forgot what it means to make a character with real soul. Fake Peppino shows how I see them on the inside, and then some.

I could honestly hear this song as an EarthBound boss theme, especially around 2:07

2:05 is my favorite part. Bringing another game in as an example, Marvel vs Capcom 1's Venom theme comes to mind in this part. Just the barely contained, yet rhythmic chaos of the song and its beat feels similar. It's unhinged, yet a banging track.

imagine for a moment you're running a simple pizzeria and a massive tower pops up one day that also sells pizza and starts taking all your business, then you find out the pizza they've been using to take all of your success is just a cheap mass-produced imitation of your own recipe, complete with a shape-shifting doppelganger chef. That's how Peppino felt during this boss fight.

I'm still confused about how you end up in a run down place called Bruno's Pizzaria after the fight. I thought a former Pizza man called Bruno who has a grudge on Peppino might end up being the final boss or something.

I love how it starts so easy-going and then becomes an absolute banger

Is it weird that I want a metal cover of this?

Imitation is the best form of flattery, and it's also really, REALLY creepy.

This is a really cool, really creepy fight. The music is kind of a throwback to Wario Land 4: there, the final boss music was a warped remix of the escape sequence music, like what we have here. I doubt the parallel there was a deliberate one, as the primary significance of this song is as a freaky Dark Reprise of what is, essentially, Peppino's leitmotif, but I still think it's rather interesting.

Nothing Compares.

actual liquid peppino

2:07 This part is insane!

Fake Pep is such an interesting character to me, he's the perfect balance between uncanny and just straight up goofy While part of me kind of wished they didn't retcon the whole idea of him being a cheese enemy in disguise, making him his own thing is way more interesting. Personally, i like to think that he kind of just showed up one day out of nowhere, and Pizzaface let him stay for the sake of it

Now this was a surprise. Thought he was a random meme ditched during the betas. He kinda encapsulates the insanity of pizza tower and its memes. A somehow crazier and more exadurated peppino. Pure insanity as it starts running up the walls and throwing its own head off. Also this remix slaps and is paced so well with the craziness unfolding.

nothing compares to this song

I love that Fake Peppino's theme radiates a sort of genetic WMD created in a lab, an ultimate lifeform kind of energy. I have the mental image of a figure not unlike Mewtwo, but it's just this goofy and yet eerie-ass gooey Italian "man".

Huh, never thought that Tour de Pizza would put the Thing in their game

The music starts off so slow and creepy like and slowly turns epic as it continues, great theme

Fake Peppino kind of seems like this games take on Batamon from Kirby's Dream Land 3 to me and I absolutely love that. For those who don't know Batamon is a mysterious enemy in KDL3 who bears an uncanny resemblance to the protagonist, Kirby, however in most cases you cannot actually fight this enemy as they are always out of reach. I think this boss kind of nailed that unsettling feeling of accidentally coming across one of those hidden Batamon enemies albeit without that secret nuance and in a more blatant spooky required boss way.

Shame they nerfed the escape sequence, on release that son of a bitch was really quick and really gave you the feeling that you need to GTFO of there immediately.

POV: you play rock paper scissors against yourself in the mirror and you lose

Appreciate you keeping the thumbnail spoiler free.

Fakino is so perfect for world 4 because he can count as an 'urban myth.'

Gotta wonder if the speech bubble is gibberish or a secret cipher.

Gotta be one of the best moments in the game (and there's at least a couple dozen of those) - love everything about that boss sequence as I really enjoy Weird Fakes Trying To Be Something They're Not - amazing (and spooky) 👏👏👏

I love how Fake Pep started of as a ye classic faker mook, became a pizza time chaser, scrapped, and returned as a boss with a bang! Honestly. As a mook I was kinds nonchalant about him, but as a full on character, he now has so much character and nuance. Going from nothing to become best character.

I gotta hand it to the devs for making an amazingly terrifying boss and the fact that they hide his true appearance until you beat the fight is really cool too, also he doesn’t know English as seen in the art of him for his pizzeria, making him more uncanny, and he changes his look based on your costume? There was so much effort put into this guy it’s surprising, oh, and they referenced Peppino’s unused Sonic Adventure taunt in this fight? It’s really well done! Oh and don’t forget that you don’t beat Fake Peppino, you escape Fake Peppino.

This game is the perfect fusion of goofy fun moments and eldritch beings beyond our comprehension!

This is the most Wario Land 4 sounding track, and I love it.

really love how if you dont miss hitting the boss during the first phase the second phase starts right at 2:09 (unless you really rush the fight by attacking him during some of his attacks ig)

I love how the title is a reference to Mr Bones wild ride

My favorite animation is by far when he's running around the room with his brain exposed, it makes this theme so much more fitting to the character, especially at 2:26 while having a thousand fake peppinos just running around the room during the fight.

What a cool concept for a boss fight

This track folded me like a piece of paper

Gonna admit, first thought of me seeing this boss was: SKINWALKER Idk I guess it was the lankiness of fake peppino made my mind this that, but honestly didn’t expect to fight a fake version of peppino.

Thank you for keeping the background black on the thumbnail to prevent spoilers btw

2:05 here's my favorite part

Those out of time rythem parts are oddly really catchy and go well with the theme of the song.

You know its a good game if it has a boss that is a clone of you

Ngl fake peppino's theme is definitely my favorite I love the fact that its literally the pizza time theme but slightly warped with eerie sounds added in (The name is very fitting)

this track is insanely cool thematically

Even has the leitmotif seemingly related to Peppino.

ok but these 808s go HARD.

You might know everything I'm going to do, but that's not going to help you, since I know everything you're going to do! Strange, isn't it?

a monstrosity, a cheap imitation, a replacement. this monster wears your face, but doesn't make your pizza. was this creep made to replace you? or was he a simple failure. no matter the case you must stop this thing before it hurts someone. like your customers

Oh boy I sure hope this song isn't linked to a boss battle with an imperfect clone of the character trying to kill you

My own theory for this guy is that Pizza Face wants Peppino gone so that he can control it, creating Fake Peppino so that he can be more of a silly, memorable mascot of the pizzeria.

Quick question… What the actual fuck, this game was perfectly funny and stuff and then I get this. There are limbs from those garbage bags and a face leaking out of a pizza box. Why, Tour de Pizza?

Ok but the guitar solo in this theme goes Really Hard.

The part at 2:07 is amazing

This boss lagged my pc Game of the Year tbh

i love how fake peppino copys your color. it makes it feel like hes trying to be the real peppino

Peppino Peppino Peppino Peppino Peppino Peppino Peppino Peppino Peppino

the beginnning its sounds creepy but when it gets further its just....amazing

Fake peppino used to just be a background gag im happy hes a whole boss in the full game

The whole clone concept kind of reminds me of Metal Slug 3

Best music i ever heard

I know there’s so much secret around the fourth boss leading into the release of the game. But I found a video about a DOOM mod with the Noise that has Fake Peppino in it and it’s like 2 years old

pizza time! you know this, you remember this.

"annaW eeS yM daeH emoC ffO? -Peppino? Probably??

I'll be honest, the 2:35 part sounds like the boss lost his power and gave up, but it was a momentary trick to distract the player and attack as fast as possible

i really just want to replay pizza tower, this boss was too much fun

Currently up to just after Floor 4 and gotta say that this is defs my favorite boss I've gotten the P-Rank of. Would absolutely recommend getting no-hits on ALL the bosses, frankly, but especially this guy.

2:07 I like this part.

I love this song I'm addicted to it

I love that song ❤

This is definitely the most technical and impressive track in the game imo

your worst enemy is yourself

Not going to lie. The song is brilliant yet it has that hint of Street Fighter 3/Crash Bandicoot flavor to it. I love it and props to the composer(s)! :)

I thought of this question when I was listening to the song, but what is fake peppinos true identity? like, who is he really?

I like to think fake peppino’s name is bruno because in the room you get the key you can see a sign thays fallin apart and it reads “bruno’s pizza”

2:08 the best part

3:26 this part hits

Two things I especially like about this track that make it so unnerving: Around 2:25, the Pizza Time motif comes in, but the first and second halves of it are swapped between measures. This really sells the impression of fighting a demented mirror of yourself; it appears exactly the same, but just feels… wrong. Then, around one minute later at 3:24, the hi hat section sounds like it’s playing in 5/4 while the rest of the track is still in 4/4. I think this is called polyrhythm, and it does a good job at worming a sense of unsteadiness and confusion within the listener’s mind. Aside from those two things, the constant bending of pitch and tempo lay the foundation for a very trippy, nuanced and enjoyable song that perfectly fits the character of Fake Peppino. This is one of my favorite tracks in the game.