Pepper Cat

Pepper Cat is the 1st boss in Pizza Tower: Scratch'd.

> ***"Your wife is a whore and you can lick my ass hairs"***
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## Stuffy stuffs

Pepper Cat is a humanoid red bell pepper with the face of Scratch Cat and limbs of darker red, which are sometimes swole. He wears white gloves with purple wristcuffs, white sneakers, and a pair of hoverboarding shades. His stem happens to turn into a beret whenever he's focused on artwork or artisan principles.

Pepper Cat is a self-absorbed, hypocritical contrarian snobby jerk; he is often egotistical about his artisan success and popularity. He shows some level of sadism, but tends to be very dimwitted when it comes his interactions with people and the actions he commits for personal gain. He is a massive narcissist who loves to paint pictures and sculptures of himself, depicting himself as strong and handsome. That and idiocy ultimately prove to be his biggest weaknesses.

## Boss Fight

The boss room is decorated with paintings and marble sculptures of Pepper Cat himself. Pepper Cat turns around, and laughs to himself. In the second phase, the room gains more fog, and the paintings start laughing.

### Phase 1

The phase is split between 5 attacks, that change after getting hit 2 times.

#### Shoulder Dash

Pepper Cat will enlarge his elbow, and will dash forward in attempt to hurt the player. When Pepper Cat hits the wall, he becomes vulnerable to attacks. After getting hit twice, Pepper Cat will drift after the player dodges him, and start dashing the other way.

#### Butt flop

Pepper Cat will jump above the player to ground pound onto them. After getting hit twice, Pepper Cat bounces up towards the wall in the direction he is facing, then bouncing off it back to the ground, being vulnerable only in the air.

#### Art Marble

Pepper Cat constantly doubles his Shoulder Dash, while not giving any direct opportunity to hit him. The player instead needs to attack the Art Marbles that appear on either side of the room; the marble blocks require 3 hits to be completed. After finishing the artwork, the player needs to let Pepper Cat to Shoulder Dash towards it, then he'll stop to admire it, making him vulnerable.

### Phase 2

Pepper Cat's HP regenerates and his attacks become much faster. The marble blocks that drop during Art Marbles require 6 hits to be finished instead of 3.

#### Finale

Pepper Cat shrinks down in size and runs away from the player when they get too close to him. When cornered against a wall, he jumps and starts running in the other direction. He requires only a single hit to finish the fight, but he is also shrunk down only for a limited time. If the player does not hit Pepper Cat in time, he grows back up in size and preforms his Butt Flop until damaged again.

## Playable Moveset

### Shoulder Dash

Pepper Cat is able to instantly Mach 3 via his Shoulder Dash. If the player holds the directional key of which they're dashing in, they'll soon enter Mach 4.

Enemies will be scared when close enough to Pepper Cat's dash, which will make them vulnerable for about 3 seconds until returning to normal.

### Grab Dash

Pepper Cat is able to preform a Grab Dash, though it's weaker and shorter than Peppino's. Pepper Cat is also the only playable character that cannot piledrive.

### Wallclimb

Pepper Cat's wallclimb is nerfed. He is able to wallclimb normally, but the player must mash the Grab Dash (C) key to continue climbing.

### Ground Pound

After ground pounding, if the player holds the down key and presses the jump key (X), Pepper Cat will able to leap and bounce off walls. Albeit if the player holds down for longer, Pepper Cat will be able to Super Jump after pressing the jump key (X).

### Dive Bounce

Pepper Cat is able to dive, though he descends faster than normal. If the player presses the jump key (X) during a dive, Pepper Cat will starting rolling and enter his post-Ground Pound state where he bounces off walls.

### Mini Crouch

Pepper Cat shrinks down in size and can fit through small gaps. He can jump higher, but his Shoulder Dash is slower.

## Trivia

* Pepper Cat stars in his own show, "Late Night Pepper Cat" in which he paints live, talks about art, or has special guest apperances.
* Pepper Cat's full name is Tristen Sander Peppercat, as confirmed by Random in a Discord discussion.
* Pepper Cat wears a pair of hoverboarding shades. This is a direct reference to Sonic Riders.
	+ Pepper Cat is also depicted as overweight, despite being a vegetable.

## Gallery

**Note: unfinished**

Pepper Cat's regular idlePepper Cat starting his Shoulder DashPepper Cat Shoulder DashingPepper Cat drifting his Shoulder DashPepper Cat after ramming his shoulder into a wallPepper Cat braking his Shoulder Dash, seen when playing as himA bad drawing of Pepper Cat made by Cooper2723Pepper Cat staring at the playerPepper Cat showing the player his assA frame of Pepper Cat's idle animation during a combo of 50 or higherPepper Cat eating a mushroomPepper Cat walking, seen when playing as himPepper Cat shrinking