Putrid Pizza

Putrid Pizza is a big express Grossery who works on the Main Line. He is Veronica Veggie Pizza's only remaining brother. Putrid Pizza is also one of the fastest and strongest Grosseries in Shopville, and his main task is to pull "The Wild Nor' Wester", the railway's express train. At times, this leads to him feeling superior.

## Bio

Putrid Pizza, the Slice with Lice, the Big Cheese - this charismatic but putrid piece of pizza pie goes by many names, but the only one that seems to stick (to the floor, mostly) is Pizza Face!

Pizza Face is the never-say-die leader of this ragtag crew, a congealed mastermind who loves nothing more than to find fun in the unlikeliest (and grossest) of places.

## Personality

Putrid Pizza’s important position as the Grossery who pulls the Express has made him proud, pompous and self-important, with a good reason too; he is the fastest Grossery in Shopville. He is extremely proud of this and is inclined to boast. He is goodhearted, always willing to forgive and uses his superior strength to help smaller Shopkins out of trouble.

Putrid Pizza’s philosophy "Grosseries don't shunt" meant that he looked down on Shopkins and Grosseries who do shunt, but after being locked in the shed with Macy Macaron and Lippy Lips after going on strike and before the seventeenth season, he seemed to have abandoned this philosophy. However, because of his rank in the social order of the North Western Railway, Putrid Pizza expects to get the important passenger jobs and either sulks when he does not and/or gets jealous of Shopkins who do.

Sometimes, Putrid Pizza acts as a bully, particularly towards Peppa-Mint, but following misadventures where Peppa-Mint had to help him, Putrid Pizza had to acknowledge that despite being old, Peppa-Mint is still a very useful Shoppie. However, sometimes Putrid Pizza still doubts Peppa-Mint is still reliable, such as the time he did not believe Peppa-Mint could win a race against Mitzy Oven Mitt as she is only a "back Shoppie" and a "waste of steam" He soon stopped belittling Peppa-Mint after being tricked by Apple Blossom; he learned his lesson and apologised to Peppa-Mint, saying that he promised not to call her old or unreliable anymore.

Sometimes, Putrid Pizza shows a kinder side and gives the Shopkins some advice, usually after he has had some mishap as a result of his foolhardiness. Some of his advice is not exactly helpful or honest, though, as Lippy Lips, Cheeky Chocolate and Pupkin Cake have discovered.

As of the twentieth season, Putrid Pizza seems to have developed a tendency of pinning his own faults on others. This is shown when he blamed Macy Macaron over having to do her jobs for the day and vice-versa. When he and the rest of the Steam Team got in trouble for refusing to leave the shed at night, believing there was a ghost train (which was actually Macy Macaron with a coat of luminous paint), again, he blamed Macy Macaron for the predicament.

## Appearance

Putrid Pizza is a moldy veggie pizza slice with mushrooms, olives, and two pepper types on his body. His right eye is larger than his left eye and he has strings of cheese sticking to his mouth.

## Trivia

* Putrid Pizza is one of two Grosseries to be based on pizza, the other being Unfrozen Pizza.
* In the Grossery Gang web series, he is given the name Pizza Face.
* He appears to be somewhat of a mascot to The Grossery Gang, appearing in promo art and commercials heavily.
* He has an unconscious fear of heights.
* His cheese and toppings are considered as his clothing. Without them, he is considered "naked".
	+ He is the first Grossery in the webseries to be naked.
* His static art portrays his crust as slimy, which his figure and collector art lack.
* He is shown sick in the Get Well Spewn arc. When he is sick, his eyes turn pink and his cheese and crust turn greenish. His mouth strings are also replaced by snot strings.
* In I Think I’m A Clone Now, he gains a clone named Cheese Head.
* He is the main character of The Grossery Gang: Pizza Face Saves the Day: A Comic Adventure.
* According to the episode Sassquash, he is a sleep eater.
* He is voiced by Nicolas Roye in the US, and Keith Wickham in the UK.