History YMMV / PizzaTower

** "Golf" was initially created as an April Fools Day demo that was intentionally frustrating, and aside from the debut of [[HumanoidAbomination Fake]] [[EvilKnockoff Peppino]], was forgettable. Its final incarnation in the full game has reworked the golfing sections to work in tandem with dashing through it without a care in the world, the [[https://youtu.be/NWoTeTZL-C8 music]] is extremely catchy, and uses the [[BeTheBall golf ball transformation]] to full effect, culminating with a [[EscapeSequence Pizza Time]] involving a mad dash through a golf course and two extended Ball sections, great for keeping up/creating a nice combo.

** "Don't Make a Sound" is a bizarre ([[SurprisinglyCreepyMoment and surprisingly legitimately scary]]) StealthBasedMission that plays homage to ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'', complete with the series' staple animatronic {{Jump Scare}}s. What makes this level especially memorable is the climax where [[CatharsisFactor Peppino gets a shotgun and proceeds to massacre all the previously invincible animatronics and enemies while escaping]].

** The game has some overlap with the ''WebAnimation/TheAmazingDigitalCircus'' fandom, due to the latter also starring a protagonist whose typical emotional disposition ranges from "anxious dread" to "apocalyptic panic attack", and whom is also bedeviled by floating hellions of dubious morality. Also helping matters is that both are heavily inspired by cartoons and other media from TheNineties.

* FandomRivalry: Used to have one with ''VideoGame/Cocoon2023'', mostly due to ''Cocoon'' being seen by many ''Pizza Tower'' fans as [[AwardSnub having snubbed]] Pizza Tower's "Best Debut Indie Game" award, with many also trashing ''Cocoon'' for being too conventually artsy compared to ''Pizza Tower'', which is more experimental. This is to the point where ''Cocoon'' got review-bombed on Steam by many ''Pizza Tower'' fans, simply due to this fact. However, this has since died down due to both fandoms getting sick of it.

* FandomRivalry: With ''VideoGame/Cocoon2023'', mostly due to ''Cocoon'' being seen by many ''Pizza Tower'' fans as [[AwardSnub having snubbed]] Pizza Tower's "Best Debut Indie Game" award, with many also trashing ''Cocoon'' for being too conventually artsy compared to ''Pizza Tower'', which is more experimental. This is to the point where ''Cocoon'' got review-bombed on Steam by many ''Pizza Tower'' fans, simply due to this fact.

** Despite many expecting the game to win the "Best Debut Indie Game" award at The Game Awards 2023 for how popular it was at the start of the year, it ended up losing to ''{{VideoGame/Cocoon| 2023}}'' instead. To say people got mad is one hell of an understatement; many ''Pizza Tower'' fans started contesting that ''PT'' should have won due to ''Cocoon'' not having anywhere near the same level of acclaim, as it had just come out two months before the event. Others started accusing The Game Awards of being biased in favor of conventionally artsier games rather than something adventurous and different like ''PT''. Many fans were also asserting that ''Cocoon'' didn't belong in the rankings for debut indie games because Jeppe Carlsen (the man behind ''Cocoon'') had also worked on ''VideoGame/Limbo2010'' and ''VideoGame/Inside2016'', and ''Cocoon'' publisher Creator/AnnapurnaInteractive is worth millions of dollars and is headquartered in Los Angeles, as opposed to ''PT'' being self-published and made on Patreon funds with no more than 5 developers. This has led to ''Cocoon'' getting fiercely attacked by fans of the game (to the point of it even being review bombed on Steam).

** Despite many expecting the game to win the "Best Debut Indie Game" award at The Game Awards 2023 for how popular it was at the start of the year, it ended up losing to ''{{VideoGame/Cocoon| 2023}}'' instead. To say people got mad is one hell of an understatement; many ''Pizza Tower'' fans started contesting that ''PT'' should have won due to ''Cocoon'' not having anywhere near the same level of acclaim, as it had just come out two months before the event. Others started accusing The Game Awards of being biased in favor of conventionally artsier games rather than something adventurous and different like ''PT''. Many fans were also asserting that ''Cocoon'' didn't belong in the rankings for debut indie games because Jeppe Carlsen (the man behind ''Cocoon'') had also worked on ''VideoGame/{{Limbo}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Inside}}'', and ''Cocoon'' publisher Creator/AnnapurnaInteractive is worth millions of dollars and is headquartered in Los Angeles, as opposed to ''PT'' being self-published and made on Patreon funds with no more than 5 developers. This has led to ''Cocoon'' getting fiercely attacked by fans of the game (to the point of it even being review bombed on Steam).

** One that quickly popped up soon after release was attempting to do a full run back to the exit while being chased down by Pizzaface (who chases Peppino after the timer goes up and will automatically kill him if he touches him). This is possible to do in every level [[note]] It was initially thought only the easier levels were possible but all were eventually proven winnable[[/note]], but in later levels especially it requires nothing less than absolutely perfect movement and platforming with no room for error whatsoever to pull off due to Pizzaface's speed and aggressive RubberBandAI, since Pizzaface was designed to only be escapable if you were near the exit when time ran out. This culminated into a [[https://gamebanana.com/mods/429698 mod that adds Lap 3]] which requires the player to do so if they choose to go for a third lap, followed by a myriad more mods that add even more laps to the point of absurdity.

* MemeticLoser: Snotty, simply for being the only named character in the game who's able to be KilledOffForReal, before [[spoiler:The Doise]] was added, at least. To the point where fans often joke about people who killed him in their first playthrough in a YouBastard sort of way.

** "Wasteyard" presents a tone shift to eerie and depressing in a wacky game yet is still an absolute blast to play. The level is short but makes excellent use of the ghost pepper transformation to speed through obstacles, has more complex level design, the track is uniquely soulful but incredibly fun to listen to, and features a unique Pizza Time where the Piller John's ghost chases you.

* AccidentalInnuendo: The Noise's second judgement ("I'm Going To Kill You") reads "I'm Coming" on the file select screen, and, before an update fixed it, it just so happened to always be associated with the "Psycho" Pizzaboy face, which has a SlasherSmile and is sweating profusely. Yeah... Woe betide you if you got it on [[LOL69 69%]].

* CrossesTheLineTwice: When you play as The Noise, you fight [[PaletteSwap The Doise]], who after his defeat, [[KilledOffForReal dies for real]]. You can then rematch him, and all that remains is his bloody corpse, lying lifelessly on the ground. Wait, that means he's already dead -- [[MoodWhiplash hooray, a free P-Rank]]! Furthermore, The Doise and Peddito are fan characters. Imagine having your recolor [=OCs=] being canonized just for one to be a creepypasta monster that brutally kills the other.
** The Doise also stays dead during the Pizzahead BossRush, which means Pizzahead just ''grabs the corpse and tosses it in front of him'' - naturally, this means you don't have to fight him here, either. You can even obtain his outfit by ''breakdancing on the corpse'' during that fight.

** As a result of The Doise being KilledOffForReal, he puts up no challenge during Pizzahead's BossRush. Even if you use the trick that revives him for his boss fight, he still remains dead for the boss rush.

** Aside from WAR, ''Pizzascare'' is another level that's particularly challenging. Largely due to its convoluted gimmicks such as the Ghost King, its large and confusing layout, and overall, just not being a very simple level to play through, [[ThatOneSidequest much less P-Rank.]]

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: As a result of The Doise being KilledOffForReal, he puts up no challenge during Pizzahead's BossRush. Even if you use the trick that revives him for his boss fight, he still remains dead for the boss rush.

** Aside from WAR, Pizzascare is another level that's particularly challenging. Largely due to its convoluted gimmicks such as the Ghost King, its large and confusing layout, and overall, just not being a very simple level to play through, [[ThatOneSidequest much less P-Rank.]]

* AlternativeJokeInterpretation: Was The Noise's ability to [[spoiler:[[HorrifyingTheHorror scare off Fake Peppino scripted? Or was he just yelling at him for going off-script in regards to the movie his playthrough makes up]]?

* AlternativeJokeInterpretation: Was The Noise's ability to [[spoiler:[[HorrifyingTheHorror scare off Fake Peppino scripted]]? [[spoiler:Or was he just yelling at him for going off-script in regards to the movie his playthrough makes up]]?