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Lesser Gods

    Aran Ryan 
Aran Ryan, God of Irish Fighters
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    Eduardo Perez/El Macho 
Eduardo Perez, God of Latin American Manliness (El Macho)
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click to see his El Macho persona
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  • Lesser God (Intermediate God under the effects of PX-11)
  • Symbol: His luchador mask, or when acting in the law the menu for Salsa y Salsa
  • Theme Music: El Macho
  • Alignment: Neutral Evil
  • Portfolio: Masterfully Machiavellian Macho Mexican, Big Bad, Affably Evil, Heavyset Villains That Still Know How To Salsa And Charm The Senoritas, Faking the Dead In The Coolest Way Possible, Masked Luchador, Living Legend, Red Is Violent, Known As El Macho, Did We Mention How Macho He Is Enough?
  • Domains: Mexicans, Manliness, Villainy, Cunning, Strength
  • Heralds: Antonio Perez (his son), El Polito (his pet chicken)
  • Interested in: The Pillar Men, Ancient Ogre
  • Allies: Balthazar Bratt, Dr Eggman (game and Sonic X incarnations to be specific), Bowser, Ernie the Giant Chicken, Bane, The Evil Geniuses
  • On good terms with: Leopold "Butters" Stotch
  • Enemies
  • Respects: Raoh
  • Respected by: Bender
  • Disrespects: Hal Stewart/Titan
  • Drinking buddies: Oberyn Martell
  • Publicly Eduardo Perez is owner of the Mexican restaurant at a mall, Salsa y Salsa. He's charming, macho Mexican, but privately he is the thought to be deceased supervillain El Macho. El Macho is a Masked Luchador villain famed for being really macho; he pulled off heists with his bare hands. He faked his death in the coolest way possible; riding a shark with 250 pounds of dynamite strapped to his chest into an active volcano. Plotting world domination, he managed to convince Dr Nefario to side for him for a time and turn the Minions savage with the PX-41 serum, making them a ferocious army. He may have succeeded if he convinced Gru to be his amigo, and though he lost he remains one of the more memorable villains of his world.
  • Eduardo Perez was considered an attractive choice for the Macho Latino as "Testosterone Poisoning Latin American" is his whole identity. However he's not just a meathead, as he effortlessly faked his death, made a huge machine and plane and is a macho planner. There might be a lot more serious and dangerous villains out there than him, but he's still a pro at what he does. Despite the bad blood between the two (also, his son cheated on one of Gru's daughters) Gru still respects him for what a brilliant badass he is, and El Macho also holds respect for him. However, he is still trying to take over the world and Gru is a member of the Anti-Villain League.
  • Cunning and quite colorful in his villainy, Eduardo Perez got a letter of accommodation from the Evil Geniuses. They consider El Macho to be very effective in the art of evil, and have asked him to become a supporting member of their organization. Many noted his similarities with the Blue Saint, a heroic luchador, who El Macho wished had ascended in some capacity as "I'd love to see if he can prove himself a Worthy Opponent against me". To test him, they requested he fight the Australian badass Saxton Hale, but El Macho insisted he do so "mano e mano, no tricks or gadgets". He wasn't exactly secret about wanting to steal Australium, though. Though he gave Saxton Hale a challenge, being somewhat out of shape caused him to be exhausted. Despite scheming against him there's a mutual respect for each other's badassery and a desire to prove what country is more macho; Mexico, or Australia.
  • Because of how much of a fun, cheery guy he is in spite of his evil, many Mexican superheroes see him more of a Worthy Opponent they have to stop in order to save the world rather than someone to actively despise. Speedy Gonzales is a particularly fun Friendly Enemy of El Macho's as they both represent pretty positive stereotypes of Mexicans. He really likes squaring off against Rey Mysterio, who's "beef" started because Eduardo challenged him for the title of Masked Luchador. His manliness and villainy has made Eduardo one of Bender's exceptions to his "kill all humans" list (something normally reserved for his friends)" and he even got El Macho's autograph. Eduardo is somewhat disappointed by Bender for how fast he gave up his superhero career and is a bit too impulsive to be a proper supervillain...but he is hilarious so El Macho thinks he has some potential. But if he wants another autograph, he better improve his Spanish.
  • He and Balthazar Bratt aren't friends, but he does see potential in a fellow supervillain and enemy of Felonius Gru. Inspired by the supervillains of Marvel and DC, Eduardo Perez envisions himself leading a Legion of Doom to defeat their shared enemies, take over the world...and monitor some of the less stable or cunning Illumination supervillains. In all honesty, he'd prefer it if Gru or Nefario would side with him but that's not going to be an option. One (via adaptation) Illumination supervillain he absolutely wanted on his team, though, was Bowser. He's definitely macho, is usually Affably Evil and occasionally proves just as cunning as El Macho.
  • One of the things that help him and Bowser get along is that they are both loving fathers even if they are also villains, though El Macho doesn't get his kid involved in his schemes. While he has nothing against Ozai's plan for world domination, his personal cruelty is something the supervillain abhorrent and he holds contempt for the Child Abuse Supporters in general, saying "you lot give villainy a bad name!" Though usually not a villain, he has issues with Peter Griffin for his bad parenting. These issues were only enhanced when he and Ernie the Giant Chicken met. Eduardo Perez is quite fond of his pet chicken, and he recognizes Ernie's ability to kick ass. So he decided to train him in physical fitness, which was also done to get himself back into shape. As such, he has been labeled "an accessory to my greatest enemy!" by Peter.
  • Eduardo Perez's passion for Mexico is strong. He has a chest tattoo of the Mexican flag, is dressed like a Mexican super wrestler and his lair is decorated very Aztec-like. He's quite impressed by the Pillar Men, or "Aztec gods of fitness" as some have called them, and he sees their toned bodies as motivation to get back into shape. He's sympathetic towards Butters due to how much he has helped the country of Mexico, and amused by his adorable attempt as supervillainy in the form of Professor Chaos. Despite having differing goals and being from series with much different tones, El Macho gets along with Bane as they're both Macho Latinos with an impressive amount of cunning.
  • While a villain from another country, El Macho admires Captain America for his heroic spirit and being a great, positive representation of the United States. Steve appreciates the compliment, though he still regards him as an enemy since he's a supervillain aspiring for world domination. El Macho jokes that their fight "will be another Mexican-American War, but this time we win!" Like many supervillains, El Macho detests the Red Skull and will actively help Cap stop him. Due to his more flamboyant and comedicnote  demeanor, the Mexican supervillain is more than likely to find himself fighting Team America in what he's jokingly called "another Mexican-American War".
  • He's wondered what effect Bane's Venom might've had on the Minions, especially if used in conjunction with PK-41. Perhaps more appealing to Eduardo is Chemical X. As such, he has sought out (read: kidnapped) Professor Utonium and tried to get him to make more for him. As badass as he is El Macho is still human and ended up losing. He was a Graceful Loser, admitting that even he makes mistakes like not playing the long game dealing with them, and said they are still welcome to go to his restaurant. Professor Utonium refuses to accept any of his Affably Evil behavior as his scheme painfully reminds him of Dick Hardly. Given what a monster Dick was, Eduardo Perez takes offense to the comparison.
  • El Macho doesn't just use rattlesnake venom as a chaser, he eats the glass. Moe Syzlack doesn't get how he could possible enjoy that, but he made sure to use his snake handler talents for this rather exotic dish. One of the barflies present at the same time was Oberyn Martell, who's from a region of Westeros inspired by Spanish and Moorish culture. El Macho took a liking to the Red Viper for his guile and Hot-Blooded personality, and his charm with the senoritas. While Eduardo Perez is a supervillain, he's pleasant company and definitely more moral than a lot of those Westeros can undeniably label as "evil" so Oberyn finds him a good conversationalist. Eduardo really likes Dornish spicy food and would like to study more of the culture.
  • Being the badass that he is, Eduardo Perez does not want to be reminded of how his final defeat was with a fart gun. This is why he drops any affably evil traits around the New Kid. Oh sure, even he isn't above some Toilet Humor now and then, but fighting your opponents with farts? Now that, he just can't let that stand! On another note, while he's a villain who gained a superpowered form for a time thanks to a variant of the mutagen used on the Minions, he's no fan of Hal Stewart and considers him pathetic. On the flip side he respects Raoh for how awesome his actual death was.

    Liquid Snake 
Eli, God of Diabolical British Men (Nyoka ya Mpembe, White Mamba, A Youth who Curses his Fate, Liquid Snake, Brother of Dark, "Master Miller", Eliquid)
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  • Lesser God
  • Symbol: A snake wrapped around a sword, with the words "Temptation Revelation" at the top of the sword behind The FOXHOUND Logo
  • Theme Music: Light Vs. Darkness
  • Alignment: Chaotic Evil
  • Portfolio: Manages to shoot down two F-16s with a Hind D, wanting "chaos and honor", Blood Knight, being the only person Solid Snake could not flat out kill, Forever War, evil little BRRRROOOOOOTTTTHHHHEEEEEEERRRR, evil British people
  • Domains: War, Fighting, Destruction, Hatred, Genetics
  • Herald: Decoy Octopus
  • Followers: Mad Mod, Mr. Gold, Anti-Cosmo
  • Allies: Mordred, Monsoon, Souther, Bryan Fury, Juri Han
  • Enemies: Solid Snake, Big Boss, Solidus Snake, Revolver Ocelot, Raiden, Simba, Arturia, Skull Face
  • Ascended when he realized that his brother and father ascended, and decided that they needed to be destroyed. He found where Solid Snake resided and announced himself by saying BRRRROOOOOTTTTHHHEEEEEERRRR.
  • Realized that the Pantheon had grown weak with all the hope bringers and heroes, so he decided to use the resources here to "bring chaos and honor to a Pantheon gone soft". Also believes that the Main House is only filled with liars and hypocrites and that they shouldn't be in charge. As a result, Liquid tries to push many nonviolent or pacifist members of the Pantheon to become killers, believing that they need the thrill of battle to snap them.
  • He somehow earned the hatred of Toph Beifong, though this maybe due to the fact that he sounds like her father. This also earned him strange looks from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Leonardo the most.
    • Also earned a few strange stares from Sora as he sounds like Simba, much to his confusion.
  • Works surprisingly well with Souther. Some say it is because they sound similar to each other.
  • Decided to get FOXHOUND into the Pantheon, even though he's their, C.O. and not their mother, starting with Psycho Mantis.
    • Has managed to ascend Psycho Mantis and gained his loyalty when Mantis realized this would be another chance to kill many people. With Mantis's help, they were able to ascend Sniper Wolf, but she decided not to work for Liquid again. The Main House also denied Decoy Octopus the chance to ascend, leaving Vulcan Raven as Liquid's last possible ally.
    • Now Vulcan Raven has ascended. Many in the Pantheon are awaiting Liquid's next move.
    • When questioned about his plans Liquid merely claimed, "We'll be able to bring Chaos and Honor back to this Pantheon gone soft!"
  • Extends an Alliance to Mordred as he sympathizes with him and knows what it's like to be the child/clone of a Legendary Warrior only for them to want nothing to do with their child. Though he congratulates Mordred on being able to have his revenge while Solid Snake stole Liquid's Chance.
  • Also present in the House of Villainous Appearances.

    Menat 
Menat, Goddess of the Egyptian Walk (Fortune Teller, The Eyes of the Future)
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  • Lesser Goddess
  • Symbol: A crystal ball
  • Theme Music: Insights from a Fortune Teller*
  • Alignment: Neutral Good
  • Portfolio: Adorkable, Cat Motif, The Apprentice, Badass Adorable, Black Magician Girl, Belly Dancing Fighter, Early-Bird Cameo, Forgetful Jones, Magic Missile Storm, Nice Girl, Plucky Girl, Supermodel Strut, Walking the Earth
  • Domains: Fortune Telling, Soul Power, Destiny, Apprentices
  • Allies: Rose (Her master), Shantae, Madame Xanadu, The Phantom Thieves of Hearts (starting with Futaba Sakura), Muhammad Avdol, Many gods from Egyptian Mythology (especially Bastet), Anakaris, Madoka Kaname, Hibiki Tachibana
  • Enemies: Eliza, M. Bison, Set, Apophis, Imhotep, Kuphulu
  • A mysterious young fortune teller from Egypt who travels the world sharing the future and fortune of anyone she comes across, Menat is a free spirit who is well versed in Soul Power, channeling it into a crystal ball named Left Eye of the Lion both in profession and in combat. She came into notoriety when she appeared before fighters associated with the World Warrior Sagas, telling them about the prophecies she saw of them, before finding her way into a new dimension and doing the same with encounters from a few of the denizens of this odd world. Before very long, she was summoned before the Court of the Gods, informed that she was now ascended to a place called the Trope Pantheon, and assigned a temple given the way she moves around being distinct to her culture. She was surprised that the one that asked for her ascension was none other that her master, the Soul Power Savant known as Rose. Knowing that her presence in this realm was approved by the person she most idolizes, Menat was very excited to be part of the Pantheon.
  • She was curious to know more about the House of Prophecy and what it held inside. There she met many different deities who had different power and perceptions regarding the future and would like to learn more about them. She particularly befriended Madame Xanadu, a fellow fortune teller who walked the Earth and is credited with creating the Tarot. Menat admires Xanadu a great deal, as the older Romani reminds her a lot of her master Rose, even trusting her with one of her own dislikes about their trade. Since her primary job is to tell people about their future, she is rather distraught when she learns about many deities' Bad Future. Of course she is used to it now, as it's par of the course when it comes to fortune telling, but she wants to do her best to prevent it. Xanadu encouraged her by explaining that sometimes what she sees may not be what's inevitable, but rather what's possible, and if she can learn to make the distinction, she may be able to help good deities avoid some bad futures. She was also personally glad to meet another Egyptian fortune teller in the form of Muhammad Avdol. She considers the Stand user to be her older Spear Counterpart, and rather than forming any type of rivalry when it comes to fortune telling, the two seem to have a sibling-like relationship, to where he occasionally gives her advice and helps her with training.
  • Many initially confused her for Futaba Sakura, as they are both endearing young women who sound sound extremely similar. While one would think Menat being a dark-skinned Egyptian would preclude this confusion entirely, Futaba's Shadow and Palace took the form of a female Pharaoh inside her tomb, an Egyptian pyramid. Because of this, even the Phantom Thieves themselves had to battle the thought that Menat was the Shadow of Futaba manifesting itself into the Pantheon and find out who she really was. After the confusion was cleared, Menat befriended Futaba and the others, even becoming interested in aiding the Phantom Thieves in one of their future missions.
  • Her journey around the Pantheon led her to meet both Madoka Kaname and Hibiki Tachibana, both of whom she quickly noticed sounded very similar, given these encounters took place after her meeting Futaba. Fortunately, upon learning that their motivations were also very similar, she was able to become close friends with the both of them. On the other hand, she was very uneasy when she found out her looks were being compared to those of a woman called Eliza; following her intuition, she did some due research and discovered the horrible history of the Crimson Scourge, including her true name Neferu and her supernatural skeleton being a Theonite (or "parasite", as they became known because of her) named after Sekhmet. When they finally crossed paths while both were visiting the House of Life and Death, Menat was struck with dread and disgust at the sight of Eliza, instantly sensing that her aura reeked of the blood of others. She tried to attack using her Soul Powered crystal ball abilities, but was effortlessly parried by Eliza's blood weapons. Eliza on her part found her attempt adorable and considered her not worth her time, neglecting to kill Menat after taking her down. Menat swears she will stop Neferu's schemes from taking over the Pantheon.
  • Her traditional outfit matches her performative fighting style, which each borrow elements from belly dancing, creating the perception that she's a Sultry Belly Dancer in her spare time as well. This commonality led to her and Shantae hearing of each other, and they met and became good friends at some point. She also got attention for her Battle outfit which resembles a mummy, which, she does get along with and respect Anakaris, but has nothing good to say about Kuphulu and Imhotep. She was surprised to meet several gods from the Egyptian Pantheon and she even ended up befriending a few of them, most notably Bastet since quite a few of Menat's mannerisms are based on cats. (In fact, as far as deified mortals paying tributre to her, Bastet likes Menat a lot more than Eliza.) That said, she doesn't think high of Set and believes Apophis should be expelled from the Pantheon.
  • Also present in the House of Quirks.
"Have you considered your destiny? Do you believe in fate?"

    Remy (Street Fighter) 
Remy, God of French Jerks (In a Cross Between Love and Hate)
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    Soda Popinski 
Soda Popinski, Herald of Drunk Russians and God of Ambiguously Alcoholic Drinks (Vodka Drunkenski)
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    Zoran Lazarević 
Zoran Lazarević, God of Balkan Bastards (Lazarebitch)
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  • Lesser God (Intermediate God after drinking from the tree of life)
  • Symbol: His Sawed-off Shotgun
  • Alignment: Chaotic Evil
  • Portfolio: Large Ham, Evil Is Hammy, Genius Bruiser, Bad Boss, Bald of Evil, Wicked Cultured, Moral Event Horizon, The Berserker, Final Boss
  • Domains: Bosses, Villains
  • Herald: Harry Flynn
  • Allies: Lucifer, Maleficent, Lex Luthor, Millenium, HYDRA, Gauron, Muruta Azrael, Lord Djibril, Raul Menendez, Colonel Mael Radec, Ares, Sundowner
  • Enemies: Nathan Drake, the Princesses of Heart (Aurora, Cinderella, Snow White, Alice, Jasmine, Belle, Kairi), Niko Bellic, Indiana Jones, John MacClane, Lara Croft, Jago, Rana Linchen
  • Opposes: Pacifists
  • Lazarević ascended when he found out the secrets of the Cintamani stone in the legendary city of Shambhala, and drank from the sap of the Tree of Life to heal himself and gain super strength and immunity to bullets. How he was able to survive being mauled to death by the Shambhala Guardians has gotten even Hades talking.
  • The first thing he did was rally up all of his forces and secure all perimeters on the House of Luck and Fortune, the place where Nathan Drake was staying and ordered his men to shoot everyone who dared enter or leave said house. Drake had no other choice but to shoot his way out and seek aid with the Court of Gods. While he did manage to hold back Lazarević's forces, the warlord still plans of having his revenge against him.
  • The reason why he got the title of bald villains is unknown to him but rumors say that Lex Luthor has something to do with that. The latter has been interested in getting ahold of the Cintamani stone in hopes of defeating Superman and is trying to convince the warmonger to work for him.
  • Getting to Lazarević isn't easy, since he's got an entire army of henchman, all equally evil and love crossing the Moral Event Horizon, to guard him. The House of War is quite astonished on how such an army was able to last this long, especially with Lazarević being the Bad Boss he is.
  • He has tried hiring both Indiana Jones and Lara Croft under his services but both refused to cooperate with a criminal. As a result, he ordered his men a "shoot on sight" if they ever came across them, similar to what they do with Drake.
    • He also despises John MacClane because he reminds him a little too much of Drake. Plus, a heroic bald guy is not ok in his book.
  • Having lost the powers of the sap of the Tree of Life, Lazarević has sworn loyalty to Lucifer in the hopes of finding another source of power that he could use to conquered lands in his universe. Little does Lazarević know is that Vanitas has his sights on him, thinking that his army would be the perfect distraction as he goes after Madoka to fool the pantheon, while he tries to kidnap Sailor Moon.
    • Lazarević is also thinking of going after the Princesses of Heart and using them to obtain the power of darkness, having heard about their powers from the Disney Villains. While he would have a chance of success, he would need thirteen beings of darkness to fully unlock said power, first.
  • Given the sheer amount of forces he brought to try finding the hidden city of Shambala, Lazarević attracted the attention of powerful terrorist organizations like HYDRA or Millenium. He has considered working with them, but only if they help him regain the powers of the Tree of Life.
    • He also allied with other powerful terrorist leaders in the pantheon like Muruta Azrael or Raul Menendez, mostly because they want to have a piece of the Cintamani stone. Lazarević just limits himself to working with them, but he has no qualms on getting rid of them after their agreement is over.
  • He worships men like Genghis Khan, Hitler, Stalin and Pol Pot because, in his words, they had the will to make what other men could not.
    • He sees Adenoid Hynkel in a much better light, but can't stand his silly antics and prefers to ignore him.
    • That said, Lazarević indeed respects Ares as the supreme god of war. He has promised to him that he will try helping him return to his glory days.
  • He is disappointed on Niko Bellic because he is the only man that comes from the same country yet refused to work for him. Besides having given up crime for a while now, Lazarevic reminds him too much of Ray Bulgarin.
  • He earned the ire of both Jago and Rana Linchen after they heard that he ravaged an entire Tibetan village just to capture one man. Being Tibetan themselves, they have expressed that Lazarević will be struck down because of his crimes.
  • Please, do not remind him about the time he put on some weight◊. He will probably execute you for your insolence.
  • Don't try to take any of Lazarevic's men as a hostage. He'd just shoot them himself without any care. He also regularly executes his minions if they don't meet his standards, making everyone in their forces be nervous around him.
  • If there is one thing he cannot stand that would be Pacifists. After all, he believes that Compassion is for the weak. This is one of the many reasons he despises Drake so much because he dared not to execute him at Shambala.

Demigods

    Peppino Spaghetti 
Peppino Spaghetti, God of Rambunctious Italians
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  • Demigod, able to pummel higher-ranking deities when sufficiently pissed off
  • Symbol: His TV HUD, or the logo for Peppino's Pizzeria
  • Theme Music: Unearthly Blues "Spaghetti", "Hot Spaghetti", "Cold Spaghetti"; "It's Pizza Time!" and (less urgently) "The Death That I Deservioli" when he's in a hurry, and "Unexpectancy, Part 3" when he's REALLY pissed off
  • Alignment: Chaotic Neutral, leaning toward Neutral Good
  • Portfolio: Very expressive Italian pizza chef (with a very unflattering name), switches on a dime between being a constantly anxious Cowardly Lion — even letting out a horrified scream at the sight of most bosses, yet still shows confidence when stacking large combos and enjoys the small victories — or filled with rage (hinted at by the usual look in his eyes), usually a Nigh-Invulnerable One-Man Army, will not give up despite his fear and no matter how much pain and humiliation he has to endure, able to run up to Mach 4 and speedily climb walls and still pummel everything in his way — often with his balding head, sometimes with a spinning uppercut, a piledriver, or even a shotgun — despite his portly stature (which provides him several similarities to Wario), especially when he hits his Rage Breaking Point, Doesn't Mind Pineapples on Pizzas, strategy gamer, dancer, and sculptor (and possibly Shell-Shocked Veteran, assuming he didn't imagine it), the red oni to Gustavo's blue oni, Unmoving Plaid, Willing to Escape the Tower With His Enemies
  • Domains: Cooking (especially Pizza), Adventure, Emotions
  • Heralds: Gustavo, Brick the Rat, Mr. Stick, the Toppins, the Pizza Grannies, Gerome the Janitor, the Priests, Snotty, the original Pillar John
  • Followers: Chef Gino and Baker Mario
  • Allies: Courage the Cowardly Dog, pizza fans (i.e. the Ninja Turtles, Dante, S.A.T. 8), Sonic the Hedgehog, the Teen Titans (Robin I/Nightwing, Starfire, Raven, Cyborg, and Beast Boy), Joel, Vinny, Ed, Edd, and Eddy, those who have made pizza deliveries (such as Spider-Man, Power Rangers Jungle Fury, the Samurai Pizza Cats, SpongeBob, Squidward), Kirby
  • Odd Friendship: Madeline (Celeste), Malina of the Helltaker's demon harem
  • Friendly Rivalry: Wario
  • Focus of Interest for: Spooky, the Ghostbusters, Father Damien Karras and Father Lankester Merrin Moe Szyslak, Oleander
  • Enemies: Pizzaface, The Animatronics of Fazbear's Pizza, especially William Afton, the Noid, the League of Super Evil, Vito Scaletta, Joe Barbaro
  • Avoids: the Team Fortress mercs, the House of Military and Warfare
  • Sympathizes with: Hitori Gotoh, Cindy Cimolestes
  • Peppino Spaghetti was a seemingly ordinary, middle-aged, portly Italian chef, working at his failing restaurant — Peppino's Pizzeria — when a floating pizza referred to as Pizzaface floated over to threaten to blow up his establishment with a giant laser mounted on a tall and purple tower: the Pizza Tower. Without much choice — and despite his abject terror — the Italian chef made his way to the origins of this mysterious pizza, alongside Gustavo and Mr. Stick, tracking him back to the Pizza Tower. After some time had passed, lots of effort was put forth, and a climactic battle took place at the top, the tower collapsed, with the chef — and several other characters following closely behind — escaping the structure's destruction, and not only did Peppino make it out with enough money to pay off his debts, but he also saved the life of the one suffering most from the Pizza Tower: Pillar John, who was forced to hold up the entire tower himself (alongside clones that Pizzahead (the mastermind behind Pizzaface) made of him to hold up each level of the Tower).
  • One day, Peppino got a call for a delivery of pizza with some...rather unusual toppings. Even more unusual was that they told him to "enter the portal" to get to the right address. He spotted said portal half a mile away from his establishment. Apprehensively, he mounted his moped, loaded the ordered pizzas, and sped through the portal. All the insanity he experienced in the Pizza Tower didn't prepare him for the Pantheon. After he picked his jaw up off the floor, he followed the instructions he was given and found himself delivering the pizzas to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Initially, he jumped out of his skin at the sight of them; they reminded him of a clan of pizza ninjas (yes, you read that correctly) he faced at one point in the tower. He tensed up, ready to fight if they chose to come at him, but after the turtles made it clear they had no intention of hurting him (even the usually-aggressive Raphael wasn't up for it at the time), allowing the chef to relax. He had several questions about this place; Leonardo directed him to the Main House, telling him they could explain it better than he could. Sure enough, Peppino had his questions about the Pantheon answered, and in the process, it had been noticed how expressive — and Italian — he was. They proposed that he have a spot here in the Pantheon, promising that he'd still be able to go back to his hometown whenever he wanted.
    Peppino: ...Y'know what? Why not. More customers for-a Peppino is all that means
    • As a result, Peppino's Pizzeria was declared to be the chef's temple, with a new door installed leading directly to the Pantheon. Of course, he's usually busy at his Pizzeria, occasionally having to deliver his pizzas via moped (because no matter how speedy he is — and he's surprisingly speedy for someone of his stature and weight — his legs need to rest at times). Among his most frequent customers are, of course, some of the biggest pizza fans in the Pantheon, such as the aforementioned Ninja Turtles (who, after Peppino explained his initial fear during their first meeting, were not surprised to hear about anthropomorphic pizza slices as ninjas considering all the bizarre things they've encountered over the course of their multiple lifetimes (one per timeline)), Dante, and S.A.T. 8.
  • Not long after he was properly settled into the Pantheon, Peppino was accosted by Wario, who was impressed with how fast the chef was in his adventure. To the greedy treasure hunter, it reminded him of his times adventuring the lands and taking its treasures before WarioWare Inc. made him more than enough money that he could retire. Now that Peppino had reestablished his Pizzeria in the Pantheon, Wario decided to help him by teaching him about how to make more money than he did back at home, though it's unclear whether it's truly to help him out or if it's to make Peppino a Worthy Opponent to himself.
  • Madeline made her way to Peppino's Pizzeria after a particularly tough mountain she conquered. While she awaited her pizza, she decided to ask about his adventure, hearing a little bit about his trek up the Pizza Tower. Peppino obliged, and not sugarcoating his story, told her about the foes he had faced going up the tower and the treasures he had found. She was surprised to hear how his entire adventure only took about two hours, deciding to tell her story about her trek. The Italian Chef was impressed with her prowess, even if she looked ordinary. On occasion, Peppino follows Madeline on her expeditions, their maneuvering styles allowing them to race up to the tops of peaks.
  • Unlike many, Peppino actually doesn't mind having pineapples on his pizza, whether he's serving such pizza to others or having some himself. While it's not uncommon for people to politely decline having pineapples, one particularly dangerous individual, Ghiaccio, absolutely abhors pineapples on pizza. Hell, as far as he's concerned, Peppino's Pizzeria is a stain on Italian pride because of this, not even bothering to order Pizza Margherita — the "one true pizza", according to him — from his restaurant. Another particularly picky customer is Beerus, who is confounded as to why a fruit such as pineapple is allowed on a pizza, though unlike the Passione mobster, the God of Destruction is satisfied with just having a loaded meat pizza.
  • It was a few months since Peppino had ascended to the Pantheon, and truth be told, he was getting pretty comfortable with the place. Sure, it was heavily chaotic and he had made his share of enemies, but he'd also made plenty of friends who'd happily help him, and his restaurant was thriving thanks to people wanting to see the guy that took out the Pizza Tower. Even if it wasn't perfect, he still would take this realm over spending another minute in the Pizza Tower with Pizzaface, who he hadn't seen in months. That all changed when, during a pizza delivery on his moped, he suddenly heard a very familiar laugh echo throughout the area. At that very moment, Peppino realized just who was laughing and immediately sped away, terrified out of his mind and wondering how on earth Pizzaface managed to find him in another dimension. Eventually, the giant pizza managed to corner him, but instead of just killing him, he giddily informed him that someone in the Pantheon was very impressed with Pizzaface and granted him a spot, and is now using his new position to get revenge on the chef. He didn't make it to the last part however, as Peppino had launched himself at Pizzaface while he was talking and started beating the sauce out of him, ending with Pizzahead being yanked out of his mech and launched into the stratosphere with a clean uppercut. The two have since resumed their conflict, with Pizzaface launching numerous inane schemes to mess with Peppino while the chef has to deal with his shenanigans.
  • Due to the experiences of Pizza Tower, specifically with one of the areas hosting an abandoned pizzeria with killer animatronic monsters, hearing about the Animatronics from Fazbear's Pizza roaming the Pantheon exasperated Peppino instead of filling him with dread. Before he could grab a shotgun from the House of Weapons to dismantle the Fazbear animatronics, Mike Schmidt intervened, telling him why they are the way they are. Unsurprisingly, the story made the chef go pale, and his ire is now directed towards the perpetrator instead. Either way, Peppino was perfectly willing to be banned from watching the animatronics due to his literal gung-ho nature with his shotgun.
  • While he hasn't any need to worry about the Noise, hearing about the Noid caused him to swap between hysteria to fury every few seconds. Sometimes, when he's doing a delivery, he has the displeasure of encountering the Domino's anti-mascot, and he has to fight tooth and nail to keep him from ruining the pizza he's trying to deliver. Fortunately, Peppino fights so fiercely, the Noid backs off pretty quickly, but the little red-garbed gremlin keeps trying every time Peppino delivers. The Noid works hard to attempt to ruin pizza, but it seems Peppino's Pizza is about as difficult for him to wreck as Domino's, more due to Peppino's aggressive defense rather than the strategies Domino's employs. For this reason, the Noid and Peppino are bitter enemies.
  • Peppino and Sonic finally met in the Pantheon, the chef feeling sheepish for not coming to SAGE (the Sonic Amateur Game Expo, instead going to Snick's SAGE). Sonic was more than a bit bemused to see how fast the Italian Chef can go and keep on going, walls be damned. He didn't get a straight answer as to HOW he's able to go so fast, either; when pressed, Wario (who happened to be passing by) leaned over and boasted that Peppino "learned from the best".
  • One day, when Peppino had gotten done delivering for a pizza party in the House of Sports, he slipped on something — nobody remembers what — and landed in a basketball cart. The next thing he knew, he was grabbed by a very large hand, changing him into his Ball Form! It seems that one of the Monstars — who were playing nearby — reached into the cart without looking and grabbed him, mistaking him for a basketball. Poor Peppino was bounced around for a whole minute before they realized their mistake. As the Monstars sheepishly apologized to the very dazed chef, everyone discussed what they just saw. It seemed that, also like Wario, Peppino could transform via suffering misfortune, and considering what he could potentially experience in the Pantheon — not to mention the fact that Peppino is a Toon — there are likely more forms he could end up taking that he hadn't in the Pizza Tower.
    • He isn't the only one who had spent time as a ball; Kirby had been cursed once or twice to be stuck in a spherical form. He found Peppino in his ball form at another point and got excited. From there, Peppino got properly introduced to the lil' puffball. He's happy to feed Kirby, so long as the latter doesn't ask for a LOT of pizza; Peppino has his work cut out for him as is.
    • One transformation at his disposal is his Ghost Form; if he is scared badly enough to force his soul to leave his body — i.e. at the metaphorical hands of the Mushroom Ghosts in the Pizza Tower — he turns into a ghost that, given enough ghost peppers, can move fast enough and with enough force to damage foes and smash through metal boxes. This has caught Spooky's attention; she believes he would make a fine addition to her ghost army.
      • On the subject of Peppino and ghosts, it seems Peppino was able to defeat a ghost in the Pizza Tower with just a pistol, and as he was escaping the Tower while it was crumbling, he took out a couple more ghosts using a shotgun! The Ghostbusters have made a note to keep him in mind for this reason. On a similar note, with power granted to him by the Priests in the Pizzascare level, Peppino could take out other ghosts, something that exorcists like Fathers Karras and Merrin have taken notice of...
    • While traversing the Pizza Tower, Peppino would sometimes find a sword — well, scratch that, a knife — embedded in a stone. He was able to pull this knife out, and whenever he did, a bolt of lightning would hit him and change him into his knife form. His armor was cumbersome and ill-fitting — he couldn't move his arms to use the knife, and if he stepped on an incline, he'd slide down it — but he was able to double-jump in that thing (an ability he otherwise lacked, unless you count his spinning uppercut as an extra jump), and he was invincible. When Pizzahead tried to pull this knife out, all he accomplished was pulling a chunk of the level it was sitting in up with it — it would seem that whatever qualities Peppino had, Pizzahead lacked. This similarity to the Sword in the Stone caught the attention of both King Arthur and Artoria, making them wonder if Peppino would be able to use Excalibur if he needed to...
    • Spicy enough food causes Peppino's mouth to light on fire; this form is referred to as Firemouth Peppino. REALLY spicy food — such as the Pepper Pizza (or the "Satan's Choice Pizza") he found in the Refrigerator-Refrigerador-Freezerator (the Pizza Tower's giant freezer) — turns his skin red and makes him invincible, as well as giving him a special spinning jump, all the while spewing flames. Chief Wiggum has expressed curiosity as to what the Guatemalan Doom Pepper would do to Peppino...
  • Some were surprised to find that Peppino does play video games, and he seems to favor strategy games (which makes sense; a strategic mind can be helpful in running a restaurant). He has bonded with fellow strategy game enthusiast Malina over this, often setting aside time playing co-op with, or competing against, each other in such games.
    • One genre of games he doesn't ever play is first-person shooters, especially Team Fortress 2, which apparently hit too close to home for him. When he found that most of the actual playable characters of that game (plus some NPCs) were in the Pantheon, he timidly turned around and ran. He has avoided the mercs ever since.
      • When we say that first-person shooters hit too close to home, we're referring to him possibly being a war veteran. We say "possibly", because someone had claimed that he "probably imagined the whole thing". Whether they were referring to his wartime experiences or whatever happened in the WAR level of the Pizza Tower was not clear. Either way, he seems to prefer to stay away from the House of Military and Warfare.
      • The possibility of him being a Phony Veteran has gotten the attention of Coach Oleander, who is baffled at how — if Peppino's status as a war veteran really is false — the chef can genuinely believe he's a war vet; Olly is at least self-aware on that front. One person pointed out the possibility that Peppino was in the army, but in a role that kept him within his side's camp rather than being on the front lines. The jury is still out on Peppino's status as a veteran, but Oleander is curious, either way.
  • Another thing about him that seems to surprise people is that despite his pudgy figure, he is a skilled dancer, even able to breakdance at a moment's notice. It seems that, when he is particularly angry (usually from knocking down at least 50 enemies in a row), he does some kind of "angry dance". Moe Szyslak noticed how familiar this dance looked, and was rather baffled, as he had no recollection of Peppino ever attending one of his "Funk Dancing for Self-Defense" classes.
  • Peppino has found himself relating to other nervous wrecks like Hitori Gotoh and Cindy Cimolestes, but Hitori is too anxious to even think of socializing with anyone outside of her friend group, and Cindy is usually very scared of those who are bigger than her, which tends to be a lot of people in the Pantheon, including Peppino. The pizza chef respectfully, and understandingly, gives each of them their space.
  • He does not get along with Vito Scaletta or Joe Barbaro. One was a WWII vet who fought in Europe, and is now a high-ranking mafioso and runs an Italian restaurant (among other legal businesses) where he is a Supreme Chef. The other is, similarly to Peppino, a Rambunctious Italian, but for several negative reasons, being a gangster and all.
  • One trend that confuses the Italian Chef is all the title cards that have him paired up with a myriad of characters all across fiction. To his knowledge, the only reason Mort the Chicken was at Fun Farm was because he just so happened to choose it as his residence during the chef's adventure, said chicken dragging him around to dictate where he was going to go.
    • Another one that confuses him is when people peg different characters to be related to him — such as Kobeni (Hitori Gotoh's high priestess) being his daughter and Madeline being his niece — or when people ship him with certain characters — such as Modeus of the Helltaker's harem. That last one was especially uncomfortable for him, while Modeus — of course — is curious; it wouldn't be the first time she flirted with a pizza deliveryman...not that the more responsible members of the aforementioned harem will allow it.

    Uncle Chan 

"One more thing!"

Uncle Chan, God of Asian Rudeness (Billy Goat, Junk Man, Junk Monger [all from Tohru's mother], Chuckles)

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  • Demigod normally, Lesser God if he's using the Dog Talisman
  • Symbol: A blowfish and dead lizard; alternatively, his antique shop
  • Alignment: Chaotic Good
  • Portfolio: Chinese who knows magic Being skilled as a chi wizard, running an antique shop, only known as Uncle and considered the uncle to the whole family, hitting people with two fingers, "One more thing...", Grumpy Old Man, "Magic must defeat magic!", Kung-Fu Wizard, has no idea how to use modern technology unless it's a cellphone, favorite foods being mung beans and garlic
  • Domains: Grumpiness, Martial Arts, Seniors, Wizardry, Shops
  • Allies: Jackie Chan, Jade and Tohru (niece and apprentice, respectively), Cranky Kong, Carl Fredricksen, Iroh, Po
  • Enemies: All evil gods in the House of Magic, Lex Luthor, many Masked Luchador gods (who he's convinced are thieves, long story)
  • Pities: Anri Sonohara
  • Uncle Chan works at an antique shop in San Francisco — originally an 8-track shop in the 70s — and is also the uncle of Jackie Chan himself. He's also well versed in chi magic which has been useful against all sorts of demons and baddies that Jackie has fought over the years. He's also seen to be a bit of a jerk and grump but he cares for his family.
    • Seeing that Jackie, Jade and Tohru made it to the Pantheon before him, Uncle also moved shop there. When Jackie went to greet him, Uncle slapped him on the forehead in retaliation and questioned why Jackie never brought this up sooner.
  • His temple is a replica of his antique shop, but he hasn't made any good sales in the House of Commerce. Jade has tried to teach him about online auctioning, but the last time she did that, Uncle destroyed her laptop because he was convinced there were dark spirits in it. Yet for some odd reason, he can chant spells through a cell-phone connection or fax machine. Don't ask how that works.
  • Whenever there are giant magic affairs involved, Uncle has to reiterate that "Magic must defeat magic!", even though technology and magic often clash in the Pantheon with equal chances of success on either side, and sometimes even mesh together.
  • Does not like to be called a "billy goat", due to his rivalry with Tohru's mother. This has made him butt heads with Daniel Bryan, who has been called "Goat Face" a few times.
  • Doesn't like many of the masked gods, particularly Masked Lucahdors, due to him believing they're criminals since they wear masks. Ironically, he doesn't believe those in the House of Crime are thieves since they aren't wearing masks. Jackie…reacted accordingly. At the very least, Uncle holds respect for Rey Mysterio — since one of Rey's followers is one of Jackie's allies, El Toro Fuerte — and allows Rey to come visit to see any new antique swords Uncle has collected.
  • Upon learning about how Po is a master of Chi (and how Po is now teaching these abilities to the GUAG), Uncle is now training Po to be a Chi Wizard. Po is ecstatic to hear this since Uncle is the Uncle of the famous Jackie Chan and has decided to learn everything he can (while not also geeking out at being trained by a relative of Jackie Chan, of course).
  • Uncle's specialty is Chinese magic which can only get him so far compared to the other sorts of magic in the Pantheon. He's brushed up on some Japanese magic after the Oni Masks incident and usually is seen in the House of Knowledge and Magic to do more research.
  • Uncle is a fan of Peking Opera and was part of a theatre troupe in his younger years, going by the name of Chuckles. He's saddened to not have found any of these performances in the House of Theater yet and is hoping to one day relive his youth.
    • Speaking of that, when given the Dog Talisman, he becomes much more livelier and can be just as strong as Jackie at his youth. He only uses the talisman as a last resort.
  • He's a big fan of John Wayne, surprisingly enough. John himself was amazed at the accuracy Uncle can pull off with the spells through his puffer fish as if it was a real gun and is hoping to improve Uncle's sharpshooting techniques.
  • He doesn't like to admit it, but he actually has a secret hobby of oil paintings. Every now and then, he'll go to the House of Craft to paint (albeit he'll still strike anyone who attempts to interrupt him).
  • In the House of Narrative, he was annoyed to find another antique shop being built as he thought that meant competition. He barged into the store to see who the proprietor was, which happened to be Anri Sonohara. After the two had tea together, Uncle learned the tragedy that happened to her (losing her parents to the point she couldn't feel love due to having a cursed sword who, if they cut anyone, will make them possessed by her loving whispers) and apologized for his rudeness. While he can't find a cure to stop Saika, Anri is grateful to have an uncle figure keeping eye on her. Uncle's made sure that whatever purchases she makes in his shop are free of charge.
  • "Who else wants a piece of Uncle?"

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