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 Mona, 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
- Mona (Leslie Swan)
- A Pop Star (Some bits?)
- 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)
Mona: This here is Mona Pizza!
Makers of the world's best eatsa!
Fresh sauce and cheese galore,
Brought straight to your front door! (Yum! Yum! Yum! Yum!)
This here is Mona Pizza!
Makers of all tasty treatsa!
Our pies' crispy, crunchy crust
Leaves others in the dust!
Grab a hot slice and take a big bite!
It's so good that you'll start a fight!!!
For more Mona Pizza!
Mona Pizza!
Mona Pizza!
Mona Pizza!
Organ solo (5 bars)
Slightly down feel; modulate to E minor
Organ out; electric guitar in for certain lyrics where the Dinosaurs sing; brass section 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!
Electric guitar out; brass section before each line
The Dinosaurs: Mona Pizza's got nothing on us,
'Cause we've got 6000 stores plus!
Organ/electric guitar 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.