Mona Pizza is a song for the company Mona Pizza, as a long advertising jingle, which first debuted in the game WarioWare: Twisted!. This jingle is sung almost completely by Sal Out, with interludes of "Yum! Yum! Yum! Yum!", as well as various comments (some of which were in Italian) from the manager Joe. The latter parts of the song are sung by The Dinosaurs, who are employees of the rival pizzeria Pizza Dinosaur, and advertises Pizza Dinosaur and its variously shrewd techniques.
Contents
Game Appearances
- WarioWare: Twisted! (2004)
- WarioWare: Touched (2005) (secret hidden clip)
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008) (contains a different arrangement)
- WarioWare Gold (2018)
Genre
- Girl Pop
- Rock
Sung By
- Sal Out (Christina Peyser)
- Pizza Dinosaur employees (Nate Bihldorff and Andy Hartpence)
Music and Lyrics by
- Kenichi Nishimaki
Arranged and Produced by
- Kenichi Nishimaki
- Masanobu Matsunaga
- Yasuhisa Baba
Length
- 1:36 (Twisted!; Touched!; Gold)
- 2:37 (Brawl)
Lyrics
Upbeat brass/organ/bass melody backed with pop drums, up-tempo 4 (E major)
Spoken lyrics by Manager Joe are in all caps
Sal Out: This here is Mona Pizza!
Makers of the world's best eats-a!
Fresh sauce and cheese galo-ore,
Brought straight to your front do-or! (Yum! Yum! Yum! Yum!)
This here is Mona Pizza!
Manager Joe: BUON GIORNO!
Sal Out: Makers of all tasty treats-a!
Manager Joe: BUONO!
Sal Out: Our pie's crispy, crunchy cru-ust
Manager Joe: BELLISIMA!
Sal Out: Leaves others in the du-ust!
Manager Joe: MAMMA MIA!
Brass section after each line for the next 2 lines sung
Sal Out: Grab a hot slice and take a big bite!
It's so good that you'll start a fight for more!
All instruments in
Sal Out: Mona Pizza!
Manager Joe: I'M THE MANAGER OF THIS JOINT!
Sal Out: Mona Pizza!
Manager Joe: MY NAME IS JOE!
Sal Out: Mona Pizza!
Manager Joe: IT'S-A PIZZA ART!
Sal Out: Mona Pizza!
Manager Joe: I SAID-A PIZZA ART! HA-HA-HA!
Organ solo (5 bars)
Electric guitar in, slightly down feel (E minor)
Organ out; electric guitar after each line
The Dinosaurs: We represent Pizza Dinosaur!
We got the most stores in the world!
Our crust is tough and our sauce is thin,
But we're everywhere so you gotta give in!
Brass section before each line
The Dinosaurs: Mona Pizza's got nothing on us,
'Cause we've got six-thousand stores plus!
Organ in; intensity builds
The Dinosaurs: Pizza Dinosaur!
Pizza Dinosaur!
Song ends with the Dinosaurs laughing maliciously
The Dinosaurs: Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!!! Wa-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!!!
Key Change
- E Major
- e minor
- F Major (Japanese version, Brawl and Gold versions)
- f minor (Japanese version, Brawl and Gold versions)
Trivia
- A subtitled version of the jingle (complete with a picture slideshow featuring limited animation) is unlockable in the form of a secret "Mona Pizza" souvenir in WarioWare: Touched!; this souvenir can only be unlocked by playing WarioWare: Touched! with WarioWare: Twisted! in the Nintendo DS's Game Boy Advance slot.
- An excerpt of the song appears in the second stage of the microgame Castanet, First Chair in WarioWare: Smooth Moves.
- An arranged version of the song, pitched one semitone up, also appears in both English - in an edited version - and Japanese in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, under the name "Mona Pizza's Song." WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase has a record called "Mona ★ Pizza," made by 18-Volt.
- In the Gold version, the same song, pitched one semitone up, was played.