History WebVideo / PizzaTimePizza

-> ''"Pizza Time Pizza is not a cult."''

!! These tropes are not a cult:

* AncientEvil: The Pizza Man is hinted to be this. [[spoiler: There's no telling just how long he has been jumping hosts.]]

* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler: Julian becomes the new host for The Pizza Man and Alex is killed. One secret video also reveals the cult has a massive freak out when The Pizza Man abandons them.]]

* BloodMagic: [[spoiler: The Pizza Man]] carves an eye in the host's hand for the host jump spell, suggesting the current host bleeding is necessary for the spell to work.

* EvilWearsBlack: The Pizza Man, being Alex’s SuperpoweredEvilSide and responsible for the entire conflict of the series, starting the titular group, wears a black shirt in Alex's mind.

** The adverts for Pizza Time Pizza show the Pizza Man as nice and someone to be idolised, hiding the group’s true nature as a cult.
** The Pizza Man in person has moments of this. [[spoiler:He talks with Julian normally for the most of Pizza Time Pizza 8, before noting that if Julien doesn’t stay out of his business, he will kill him and everyone he cares about.]]

* GoryDiscretionShot: In Pizza Time Pizza 10, after [[AncientEvil The Pizza Man]] [[spoiler:jumps hosts from Alex to Julien, Julien, under the control of the Pizza Man, [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness shoots Alex]], resulting in a few drops of blood splattering Julien’s face.]]
* HearingVoices: A ruse by the cult leader to make his followers think he speaks for The Pizza Man. [[spoiler: The irony is that Alex really ''does'' hear the voice of The Pizza Man, but it's The Pizza Man himself doing the ruse.]]

* IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure: [[spoiler: Jessica is killed to punish Alex for his disobedience and trying to reveal The Pizza Man through Julian.]]

** [[spoiler: Alex from ''Promos'', who previously was a VillainProtagonist kidnapper that was placed in jail at the end of the series, returns as the Pizza Man’s host in this series.]]

* ShootTheShaggyDog: [[spoiler:Jessica O'Brien. She is indoctrinated by the cult, goes missing and then returns in Episode 7 to get killed to prove Noah’s loyalty to the Pizza Man.]]

* StealthSequel: [[spoiler:To ''Promos''. At first it seems to be a new series, but Julien, the HeroAntagonist of that show, appears as the main protagonist of Episode 6, before it’s revealed the Pizza Man is Alex Bale, the VillainProtagonist of Promos.]]

* VillainPossessedBystander: [[spoiler: The case for Joseph Goodwin. He was possessed by the Pizza Man, before kidnapping Alex so he can be possessed by the Pizza Man. He has no significance besides that, and to show that the Pizza Man jumps from hosts to hosts in a specific way.]]

** [[spoiler:Pizza Time Pizza 6, featuring [[WebVideo/{{Promos}} Julien]] as the main protagonist, revealing that the series is a StealthSequel to that show, and revealing the Pizza Man’s identity as Alex from that show, both further cementing it as a stealth sequel and revealing who the main villain is.]]
** [[spoiler: Pizza Time Pizza 10, where it is revealed that Alex is possessed by the Pizza Man, who jumps from host to host in a specific fashion. It also reveals the meaning of the eye hand symbol and ends the series on a cliffhanger as the Pizza Man jumps to Julien.]]

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: Alex is shot and killed after The Pizza Man jumps to Julian, with him no longer being needed as his only role was to be a host for the Pizza Man.]]

* BigBad: The Pizza Man

%%* EvilWearsBlack: The Pizza Man wears a black shirt in Alex's mind.
%%* FaceHeelTurn:
%%** [[spoiler:Alex from ''{{WebVideo/Promos}}'']] when revealed as The Pizza Man.
%%** Ultimately {{Averted}} when the nature of The Pizza Man is revealed in ''Pizza Time Pizza'' 9.
%%* FauxAffablyEvil:
%%** Common in the Pizza Time Pizza ads, often for comedic effect, but in-universe obfuscates what Pizza Time Pizza actually is with absurd humor.
%%** The Pizza Man in person has moments of this when his rage takes over.

%%* HorrorComedy: Starts mostly comedy and shifts more into horror.
%%* InsaneTrollLogic: A common tactic of the cult and The Pizza Man.
%%-> ''"Ted Cruz is the Zodiac Killer, but Pizza Time Pizza is not a cult."''

%%* ReturningBigBad:
%%** [[spoiler: Alex from ''Promos'', though as a host for The Pizza Man.
%%** However, a line from The Pizza Man suggests he was in control during some of ''Promos'', so he would qualify as well.]]

%%* ShootTheShaggyDog: [[spoiler:Jessica O'Brien.]]
%%-> ''"She did absolutely nothing wrong."''

%%* StealthSequel: [[spoiler:To ''Promos''.]]

%%* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: ''Pizza Time Pizza'' 3 in a nutshell.
%%-> ''"All the missing people? Nothing to do with us."''
%%* VillainPossessedBystander: [[spoiler: The case for Joseph.]]
%%Break these into separate examples for separate wham episodes:
%%* WhamEpisode: ''Pizza Time Pizza'' 6, 7, and 9.
%%** Reveals Julian and Alex as the main characters
%%** Noah killing Jessica
%%** The reveal that Alex is possessed by The Pizza Man.

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: Alex is shot and killed after The Pizza Man jumps to Julian.]]

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* SurrealHorror

%%* AntiHumor: The signature early humor, in line with Alex Bale's usual comedic work.

%%* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to Alex Bale's previous full series {{WebVideo/Promos}}.

%%* DeathAsComedy: A few videos play with this, most notably the Halloween message.

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: ''Pizza Time Pizza'' 4, which introduces a proper story through live-action segments following a girl named Jessica O'Brien trying to join Pizza Time Pizza. The rest of the series has segments like this.

''Pizza Time Pizza'' is a BlackComedy about a strange pizza place that is definitely not a cult, starting as a series of bizarre ads before growing into a story. It includes a separate website with secret videos and some LeaningOnTheFourthWall here and there. The series was made by Alex Bale, a youtube film maker who mainly produces BlackComedy shorts.

!! This series provides examples of:

* AntiHumor: The signature early humor, in line with Alex Bale's usual comedic work.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to Alex Bale's previous full series {{WebVideo/Promos}}.

* DeathAsComedy: A few videos play with this, most notably the Halloween message.
* {{Determinator}}: Julian is way over his head, but he never gives up trying to take down Pizza Time Pizza.

* EvilWearsBlack: The Pizza Man wears a black shirt in Alex's mind.
* FaceHeelTurn:
** [[spoiler:Alex from ''{{WebVideo/Promos}}'']] when revealed as The Pizza Man.
** Ultimately {{Averted}} when the nature of The Pizza Man is revealed in ''Pizza Time Pizza'' 9.
* FauxAffablyEvil:
** Common in the Pizza Time Pizza ads, often for comedic effect, but in-universe obfuscates what Pizza Time Pizza actually is with absurd humor.
** The Pizza Man in person has moments of this when his rage takes over.

* HorrorComedy: Starts mostly comedy and shifts more into horror.
* InsaneTrollLogic: A common tactic of the cult and The Pizza Man.
-> ''"Ted Cruz is the Zodiac Killer, but Pizza Time Pizza is not a cult."''

* LackOfEmpathy: The Pizza Man and the family member guiding Noah.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: The Pizza Man made an entire [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReiFDCggGmQ response video]] to youtuber Inside A Mind, who covered the series.

* ManipulativeBastard: The Pizza Man. He runs a cult and tricks and manipulates every character in the series.

* ReturningBigBad: [[spoiler: Alex from ''Promos'', though as a host for The Pizza Man. However, a line from The Pizza Man suggests he was in control during some of ''Promos'', so he would qualify as well.]]

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler:Joseph]] decides it is not a good idea to stick around for The Ascension.
* ShootTheShaggyDog: [[spoiler:Jessica O'Brien.]]
-> ''"She did absolutely nothing wrong."''

* StealthSequel: [[spoiler:To ''Promos''.]]

* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: ''Pizza Time Pizza'' 3 in a nutshell.
-> ''"All the missing people? Nothing to do with us."''
* VillainPossessedBystander: [[spoiler: The case for Joseph.]]

''Pizza Time Pizza'' is a BlackComedy about a strange pizza place that is definitely not a cult, starting as a series of bizarre ads before growing into a story. It includes a separate website with secret videos and some LeaningOnTheFourthWall here and there.

%%* AffablyEvil: The Pizza Man in person.

%%* AntiHumor: The signature early humor, in line with Alex Bale's usual comedic work.

%%* ArcWords: "The Ascension"
%%* AndYourLittleDogToo: The Pizza Man threatens this with [[spoiler: Julian.]]

%%* BigBad: The Pizza Man.

%%* TheCorruption: [[spoiler: The Pizza Man.]]
%%* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to {{WebVideo/Promos}}

%%* DeathAsComedy: A few videos play with this, most notably the Halloween message.
%%* {{Determinator}}: Julian is way over his head, but he never gives up trying to take down Pizza Time Pizza.

%%* FaceHeelTurn:
%%** [[spoiler:Alex from ''{{WebVideo/Promos}}'']] when revealed as The Pizza Man.
%%** Ultimately {{Averted}} when the nature of The Pizza Man is revealed in ''Pizza Time Pizza'' 9.
%%* FauxAffablyEvil:
%%** Common in the Pizza Time Pizza ads, often for comedic effect, but in-universe obfuscates what Pizza Time Pizza actually is with absurd humor.
%%** The Pizza Man in person has moments of this when his rage takes over.
%%* GenreShift: Goes from BlackComedy to outright Horror.

%%* HorrorComedy: Starts mostly comedy and shifts more towards horror, though not without some dark humor.
%%* InsaneTrollLogic: A common tactic of the cult and The Pizza Man.
%%-> ''"Ted Cruz is the Zodiac Killer, but Pizza Time Pizza is not a cult."''

%%* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: The Pizza Man.]]

%%* LackOfEmpathy: The Pizza Man and the family member guiding Noah.

%%* ManipulativeBastard: The Pizza Man. He has all the traits of a cult leader, even though Pizza Time Pizza is definitely not a cult.

%%* ReturningBigBad: [[spoiler: Alex from ''Promos'', though as a host for The Pizza Man. However, a line from The Pizza Man suggests he was in control during some of ''Promos'', so he would qualify.]]

** ''Pizza Time Pizza'' 6 reveals this is a sequel to ''Promos'' and the two series share a recurring villain.

%%* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler:Joseph]] decides it is not a good idea to stick around for The Ascension.
%%* ShootTheShaggyDog: [[spoiler:Jessica O'Brien.]]
%%-> ''"She did absolutely nothing wrong."''

* SplitPersonalityMerge: PlayedWith. The implication in this series is that Alex was being influenced by one in ''Promos'', but the two weren't entirely separate, meaning they split later. [[spoiler:It takes time for The Pizza Man to take over a host entirely, unless they're willing to kill of their own free will.]]

%%* StealthSequel: [[spoiler:To ''Promos''.]]

%%* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: ''Pizza Time Pizza'' 3 in a nutshell.
%%-> ''"All the missing people? Nothing to do with us."''
%%* VillainPossessedBystander: [[spoiler: The case for Joseph.]]

%%* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: Alex wasn't as lucky as Joseph.]]

''Pizza Time Pizza'' is a BlackComedy about a strange pizza place that is definitely not a cult, starting as a series of bizarre ads before growing into a story. It includes a separate website with secret videos and some LeaningOnTheFourthWall here and there. The series was made by Alex Bale, and it's a StealthSequel to Bale's previous series, ''{{WebVideo/Promos}}''.

There's a new pizza restaurant in town, and unlike Papa John's and Pizza Hut, they are [[{{SuspiciouslySpecificDenial}} not a cult]]. They use fresh, homegrown ingredients, and there is a 100% chance that you will die if you do not consume some of their delicious pizza today. All the missing people you may have heard about have nothing to do with them. Join the Pizza Time Pizza family today and kill your parents. Kill your parents. ''Kill your parents.''

''Pizza Time Pizza'' is a {{Main/Black Comedy}} about a strange pizza place that is definitely not a cult, starting as a series of bizarre ads and growing a story proper as of Pizza Time Pizza 4. The series was made by Alex Bale and includes some unfiction elements, including a separate website with secret videos and some [[{{Main/LeaningOnTheFourthWall}} forth wall leaning]] here and there. [[spoiler:It's also a {{Stealth Sequel}} to Alex Bale's previous series {{WebSeries/Promos}}.]]

The series playlist can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM1pV4v1KGU&list=PL8ti6Pq4tANU937BydKgZ7vKf2aH586Z_ here]]. Don't forget to explore the [[https://pizzatimepizza.wixsite.com/pizzatimepizza website!]]

* AffablyEvil: The Pizza Man in person.

* AntiHumor: The signature early humor, in line with Alex Bale's usual comedic work.
* ArcNumber: 14, which tends to pop up in secret videos. [[spoiler:The implication is this is how many people Noah has killed when The Ascension finally occurs.]]
* ArcSymbol: The eye in a hand. It's a symbol that's appeared previously in Alex Bale's other videos, including [[spoiler:{{WebSeries/Promos}}]], but it finally has significance here. [[spoiler:It's the symbol that The Pizza Man makes in his host's hand to jump bodies.]]
* ArcWords: "The Ascension"
* AndYourLittleDogToo: The Pizza Man threatens this with [[spoiler: Julian.]]
* [[spoiler:TheBadGuyWins]]: [[spoiler: Julian becomes the new host for The Pizza Man and Alex is killed. One secret video also reveals the cult has a massive freak out when The Pizza Man abandons them.]]
* BadLiar: Pizza Time Pizza ads are very bad at making you think they're not a cult. {{Averted}} [[{{Main/InUniverse}} in-universe]] as people just think it's viral irony marketing.
* BigBad: The Pizza Man.
* BloodMagic: [[spoiler: The Pizza Man carves an eye in his host's hand for the host jump spell, suggesting the current host bleeding is necessary for the spell to work.]]
* TheCameo: [[spoiler:[[{{WebSeries/Promos}} Jodi and Austin]] as illusions in Alex's mind in Pizza Time Pizza 8 and 9.]]
* TheCorruption: [[spoiler: The Pizza Man.]]
* DarkerAndEdgier: [[spoiler: Compared to {{WebSeries/Promos}}]]

* DeathAsComedy: A few videos play with this, most notably the Halloween message.
* {{Main/Determinator}}: [[spoiler: Julian]] is way over his head, but he never gives up trying to take down Pizza Time Pizza.
* EnemyWithin: [[spoiler: The Pizza Man is some sort of entity that needs to exist alongside a human host. It acts as a dark reflection of the host, even taking some of their personality traits and skills as its own.]]
* EvilWearsBlack: The Pizza Man [[spoiler:wears a black shirt in Alex's mind.]]
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Alex from {{WebSeries/Promos}} when revealed as The Pizza Man. Ultimately {{Main/Averted}} when the nature of The Pizza Man is revealed in Pizza Time Pizza 9.]]
* FauxAffablyEvil: Common in the Pizza Time Pizza ads, often for comedic effect, but [[{{InUniverse}} in-universe]] obfuscate what Pizza Time Pizza actually is with absurd humor. The Pizza Man in person has moments of this when his rage takes over.
* GenreShift: Goes from BlackComedy to outright Horror.
* HearingVoices: A ruse by [[spoiler: Alex]] to make his followers think he speaks for The Pizza Man. [[spoiler: The irony is that Alex really ''does'' hear The voice of The Pizza Man, but it's The Pizza Man himself doing the ruse.]]
* HopeCrusher: The Pizza Man does this to [[spoiler: Noah, in order to keep him loyal and stomp out any rebellious thoughts, by pressuring him into killing Jessica]], and [[spoiler: Julian, to see if he would kill of his own free will and make a suitable host by teasing him with Jessica's death.]]
* HorrorComedy: Starts mostly comedy and shifts more towards horror, though not without some dark humor.
* HumanSacrifice: It's implied that The Ascension requires human sacrifice. [[spoiler: May not be the case, as the killings committed by the cult were possibly instead done to see if any of them would be worthy hosts for The Pizza Man. There was no mention of any mass killings revolving around Joseph's case.]]
* InsaneTrollLogic: A common tactic of the cult and The Pizza Man.
-> ''"Ted Cruz is the Zodiac Killer, but Pizza Time Pizza is not a cult."''

* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: The Pizza Man.]]

* LackOfEmpathy: The Pizza Man and the family member guiding Noah.

* MadnessMantra: [[spoiler:In one of the last secret videos, some of the abandoned cult start wildly typing "IT'S NOT A CULT!" over and over.]]
* ManipulativeBastard: The Pizza Man. He has all the traits of a cult leader, even though Pizza Time Pizza is definitely not a cult.
* MarkOfTheBeast: The eye in the hand. [[spoiler: It represents The Pizza Man, who carves an eye in his current host's hand in order to jump into a new host.]]
* ReturningBigBad: [[spoiler: Alex from {{WebSeries/Promos}}, though as a host for The Pizza Man. However, a line from The Pizza Man suggests he was in control during some of {{WebSeries/Promos}}, so he would qualify.]]
* TheReveal: Pizza Time Pizza 6 reveals [[spoiler: this is a sequel to {{WebSeries/Promos}} and Alex is the villain once more.]] Pizza Time Pizza 9 then reveals [[spoiler: Alex is possessed by an evil entity, and may have been responsible for some of his more extreme actions in {{WebSeries/Promos}}.]]
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler:Joseph]] decides it is not a good idea to stick around for [[spoiler: The Ascension.]]
* ShootTheShaggyDog: [[spoiler:Jessica O'Brien.]]
-> ''"[[spoiler:She]] did absolutely nothing wrong."''
* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: Pizza Time Pizza 4, which introduces a proper story through live-action segments following a girl named Jessica O'Brien trying to join Pizza Time Pizza. The rest of the series has segments like this.
* SplitPersonalityMerge: {{Played With}}. [[spoiler: The implication in this series is that Alex was being influenced by The Pizza Man in {{WebSeries/Promos}}, but the two weren't entirely separate, meaning they split later. It takes time for The Pizza Man to take over a host entirely, unless they're willing to kill of their own free will.]]
* SplitPersonalityTakeover: [[spoiler: Alex allowed The Pizza Man to take over to save him from dying in prison. He now has trouble regaining control. By series end, it seems that The Pizza Man completely takes over Julian, being a host that's willing to kill of its own will.]]
* StealthSequel: [[spoiler:To {{WebSeries/Promos}}.]]
* StylisticSuck: The Pizza Man's avatar is a stock photo with the water marks left in. Helps sell their ads as purposefully bad viral marketing.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Pizza Time Pizza 3 in a nutshell.
-> ''"All the missing people? Nothing to do with us."''
* SymbioticPossession: [[spoiler: Arguably what was happening to Alex in {{WebSeries/Promos}} and what happens to Julian at the end of the series, though that second case is more ambiguous.]]
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: A possible motivation for the Pizza Time Pizza family, alongside a mix of threats, fear, and mind games. [[spoiler: They don't take it well when The Pizza Man vanishes during The Ascension.]]
* VillainPossessedBystander: [[spoiler: The case for Joseph. Alex is more debatable.]]
* WhamEpisode: Pizza Time Pizza 6, 7, and 9. [[spoiler:The reveals of Julian and Alex as the main characters, Noah killing Jessica, and the reveal that Alex is possessed by The Pizza Man.]]
* XanatosGambit: [[spoiler: If Julian managed to escape, The Pizza Man would still have a cult at his disposal, plus it wouldn't be hard to keep Alex in line. It would just be a minor setback as he went looking for a new host, assuming the Ascension isn't time sensitive.]]
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: Alex wasn't as lucky as Joseph.]]

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: {spoiler:Joseph]] decides it is not a good idea to stick around for [[spoiler: The Ascension.]]

* ReturningBigBad: [[spoiler: Alex from {{WebSeries/Promos}}, though as a host for The Pizza Man. However, a line from The Pizza Man suggests he was in control during some of {{WebSeries/Promos}}, so he would qualify.}}

* XanatosGambit: [[spoiler: If Julian managed to escape, The Pizza Man would still have a cult at his disposal, plus it wouldn't be hard to keep Alex in line. It would just be a minor setback as he went looking for a new host, assuming the Ascension isn't time sensitive.]]

* TheCameo: [[spoiler:[[{{WebSeries/Promos}} Jodi and Austin]] as illusions in Alex's mind in Pizza Time Pizza 8 and 9.]]

* SplitPersonalityMerge: {{PlayedWith}}. [[spoiler: The implication in this series is that Alex was being influenced by The Pizza Man in {{WebSeries/Promos}}, but the two weren't entirely separate, meaning they split later. It takes time for The Pizza Man to take over a host entirely, unless they're willing to kill of their own free will.]]

* WhamEpisode: Pizza Time Pizza 6, 7, and 9. [[spoiler:The reveals of Julian and Alex as the main characters, Noah killing Jessica, and the reveal that Alex is possessed by The Pizza Man.]]

-> ''"All the missing people? Nothing to do with us."''