Pepper Roni

Pepper Roni is the star of the LEGO Island video game trilogy, making his debut as a physical minifigure in 2002's Island Xtreme Stunts theme.
== Background ==
Pepper Roni was born on September 24.LEGO Magazine September-October 2002 - page 24 His father, Bologna Roni, was an explorer who vanished mysteriously one day. Pepper was adopted by Mama Brickolini and Papa Brickolini on June 14.Minifig Handbook: Mama Brickolini's Scrapbook - page 3
Pepper is the young delivery boy who delivers pizza to the citizens of LEGO Island. According to his card in Island Xtreme Stunts, his favorite colour is tomato red. He is a skateboard pro who can't read or spell very well, however he is surprisingly great at math. Because of his poor literature ability, he was taught to read by the police officer Laura Brick.
=== LEGO Island ===
As Pepper arrives at the Pizzeria, he is given the task of delivering a pizza to the jail by Papa Brickolini. When Pepper delivers the spicy pizza to the Brickster at the jail, the criminal uses the fumes of the pizza to unlock the jail door, and then escapes in the nearby police helicopter. Pepper gives chase to the Brickster and finds the pieces necessary to rebuild the helicopter, after the Brickster leaves some of the pieces scattered across the island, after he steals bricks from many of the island's buildings and structures. With the help of Nick Brick, his sister Laura, and Papa's helicopter mounted Turbo Pizza (and Donut) Chucker, Pepper is able to trap the Brickster, allowing Nick Brick and Laura Brick to close in and arrest him. At the end, the Brickster is put back in jail, and Pepper is commended for his efforts by every resident on the island.
(See the LEGO Island page for more information)
===LEGO Island 2===
Papa Brickolini once again gives Pepper the task of delivering a pizza to the jailed Brickster. The Brickolinis assure Pepper that it is safe, because the pizza is not the spicy kind that the Brickster would need to break out of jail. When Pepper delivers the pizza however, the Brickster adds his own spices, then uses the pizza to melt the lock on his cell. He escapes in a nearby helicopter (once again), and proceeds to steal the Infomaniac's Constructopedia. This causes the destruction of all of the buildings on LEGO Island. (Although Pepper is mainly upset because the Brickster did not pay for the pizza, he is perfectly ready and willing to also catch the Brickster to keep him from hurting innocent people). Pepper is then tasked with recovering all of the Constructopedia pages, and once again capturing the Brickster. After chasing him from island to island, Pepper catches up to him on the Brickster's own Ogel Island. Pepper then defeats him using Papa's New White Hot Ogel Special pizzas, and subsequently returns with Mama and Papa Brickolini, victorious, to a rebuilt LEGO Island.
===Island Xtreme Stunts===
Pepper is the lead stuntman in the new action movie Xtreme Stunts, which is being filmed and premiered on LEGO Island. The Brickster has also been let out of jail, in order to star as the villain for the movie, and has most of the islanders convinced that he has reformed, except for Pepper, Nick Brick, and the Infomaniac. Throughout the game, Pepper undergoes several stunts to pull off, but is triumphant in each. At the conclusion of the filming, the Brickster reveals that he and his Brickster-Bots have built a tower structure that can control every brick on the island. Pepper immediately races to the tower, avoiding several obstacles to make it to the top. Pepper once again manages to defeat the Brickster, and his friend, Sky Lane, shuts down the tower. As a result, The Brickster is put back in jail. However he escapes once again to attend the premiere of the new movie that he recently starred as the villain in, where he sits in utter embarrassment in front of almost everyone on LEGO Island, as Pepper is seen heroically foiling the Brickster's plans. Unlike the first two game's Pepper is now mostly a silent hero, but can say exclamations when doing stunt work.
===LEGO Microgame===
In the LEGO Microgame, a tutorial project for the Unity game engine co-developed with LEGO, one of the four default playable minifigures is a "Pizzaboy" clearly modeled after Pepper. He uses Ronny's shirt from Hidden Side (himself a reference to Pepper), with sleeves, legs, and a hat/hair piece that more closely resemble the original character. Changing the player character is the subject of one of the tutorials on the Unity website.
=== Fortnite ===
The LEGO Group created LEGO Tycoon: Tilted Towers as part of their LEGO Islands series of custom content in the game. One of the minifigures present in this area is Pepper, using the Ronny shirt from his previous appearance, though this time using the appropriate minifig face from the Xtreme Stunts sets. He also wears a red cap instead of the usual white.
==Gallery of Variants==
== Appearances==
*3386 Pepper Roni
*6731 Skateboarding Pepper (Neck Bracket)
*6734 Beach Cruisers (Neck Bracket)
*6736 Beach Lookout
*6738 Skateboard Challenge (Neck Bracket)
*6739 Truck & Stunt Trikes
*6740 Xtreme Tower (Neck Bracket)
*9247 Community Workers (Knit Cap)
=== Online Game Appearances ===
* LEGO Island Comic Adventures
* Pepper's Skateboard Challenge
* Scavenger Hunt
===Video Game Appearances===
*LEGO Island
*LEGO Island 2: The Brickster's Revenge
*Island Xtreme Stunts
*Fortnite
=== Other Appearances ===
* LEGO Club Magazine (2016)
==Notes==
*Pepper's full name is a pun on the pizza topping pepperoni.
*A number of other similar minifigures have appeared in LEGO sets since Pepper's last physical appearance, including the young skateboarder in 7641 City Corner and Ronny from Hidden Side.
*He is voiced by John Morris in the original LEGO Island game, who's known for voicing Woody and Buzz's first owner Andy from the Toy Story films.
*He would have appeared in LEGO Adventurers on a quest to find his lost father, Papa "Rootin-Tootin" Roni.https://brickstobytes.org/games/lego-adventurers/inhouse-preliminary-design
==Gallery==
LI1PepperRoni2.png|Pepper in the original LEGO Island
LEGOIslandLearningProject.png|Storyboards containing Pepper for The LEGO Island Learning Project.
LICharacterDesigns.png|Several designs for the main characters of LEGO Island, including Pepper Roni
4 PepperPhenomes.jpg|Pepper's phenomes in the first LEGO Island game
Magazine ComesToLife.jpg|An ad with an early design for Pepper
EarlyPepper.jpg|Early concept art and building gameplay details for Pepper in the first LEGO Island game
LI1PepperConceptArt.png|Concept art for Pepper in the first LEGO Island game
LEGO Island 2 Design V1 doc-0000000001.png|Pepper as he appeared in Krisalis Software's canceled version of LEGO Island 2
LEGO Island 2 Design V1 doc-0000000002.png|Another concept render of Pepper solving a puzzle in Krisalis's version of LEGO Island 2
Demo Disc 2000-01 Pepper.jpg|Pepper as he appears in a 2000-2001 LEGO Software Demo Disc
5659 32558.jpg|Pepper on an early version of the LEGO Island 2 box art
Lego-island-2---pepper-sprite-sheet 6150393037 o.jpg|Early development sprites for Pepper in the Game Boy Advance port of LEGO Island 2
LI2 pepper 2.png|Pepper in LEGO Island 2
LI2 pepper 3.png|Pepper in LEGO Island 2
LI2 pepper run.png|Pepper in LEGO Island 2
LI2 pepper pizza.png|Pepper in LEGO Island 2
LI2 pepper throw.png|Pepper in LEGO Island 2
LI2 pepper skate.png|Pepper in LEGO Island 2
LI2 pepper skate back.png|Pepper in LEGO Island 2
LI2 pepper skate trick.png|Pepper in LEGO Island 2
LI2 pepper diving.png|Pepper in LEGO Island 2
LI2 pepper diving 2.png|Pepper in LEGO Island 2
LI2 pepper diving stingray shock.png|Pepper in LEGO Island 2, shocked by a stingray
LI2 pepper knight 2.png|Pepper in LEGO Island 2
LI2 pepper knight.png|Pepper in LEGO Island 2
LI2 pepper knight 3.png|Pepper in LEGO Island 2
LI2 pepper sandboard.png|Pepper in LEGO Island 2
LI2 pepper sandboard 2.png|Pepper in LEGO Island 2
LI2 pepper sandboard 3.png|Pepper in LEGO Island 2
LI2 pepper space skydive.png|Pepper in LEGO Island 2
LI2 pepper space skydive 2.png|Pepper in LEGO Island 2
LI2 pepper space parachute.png|Pepper in LEGO Island 2
LI2 pepper space parachute 2.png|Pepper in LEGO Island 2
LI2 pepper space.png|Pepper in LEGO Island 2
LI2 pepper space 2.png|Pepper in LEGO Island 2
LI2 pepper space skate.png|Pepper in LEGO Island 2
LI2 pepper space skate 2.png|Pepper in LEGO Island 2
LI2 pepper space skate 3.png|Pepper in LEGO Island 2
Comic adventures style Pepper.PNG|Pepper in the LEGO Island Comic Adventures
LI3CharacterBible Pepper.png|Pepper's LEGO Island 3 Character Bible Bio
IXS pepper 1.png|Pepper in Island Xtreme Stunts
IXS pepper 2.png|Pepper in Island Xtreme Stunts
LI3PepperStunt.png|Pepper's filming outfit in Island Xtreme Stunts
PepperXS.png|Pepper in the Island Xtreme Stunts ending movie
2FA13C28972F4D4CBF554C48B9944293.png|Prototype Pepper minifigure owned by a Silicon Dreams programmer
57A93E3755FE45258E09DE192C6CD09C.png|Prototype Pepper minifigure owned by a Silicon Dreams programmer
Cty147.jpg|Some speculate that this minifigure from 7641 is a younger version of the Pepper character.
Lego club magazine nov dec 2016 pull out poster.png|Pepper in a poster from the November-December 2016 LEGO Club Magazine
Lego microgame pepper 1.png|The "Pizzaboy" in the LEGO Microgame
Lego microgame pepper 2.png|The "Pizzaboy" in the LEGO Microgame
Personalize-your-game.png|The "Pizzaboy" in the LEGO Microgame
Share-your-playable-game.jpg|The "Pizzaboy" in the LEGO Microgame
==See Also==
*Mama Brickolini
*Papa Brickolini
*Hotpot Brickolini
*Rosie Brickolini
*Bologna Roni
*Ronny
==References==
Category:LEGO Island Minifigures
Category:Minifigures introduced in 1997
Category:Minifigures first introduced in Video Games