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Yo guys... it's friday... y'know what that means...?
FAKE PEPPINO FRIDAAAAAAAAAAAAAY-*explostion*
Finally I participate in this silly thing, and how do I do it? By sharing some useless headcanons. Let's-a go!
Useless HC 1: B E A N S
Why beans you ask? In my headcanon Fake Peppino has (very limited) shapeshifting abilities. At will he can make himself become a bit more animal-like (or monster-like, as seen in his "chase" form). He uses the "beans" transformation to stick to walls like a frog or a gecko. The paw pads are very grippy and allows them to stick to any wall with ease (including the ceiling).
Useless HC 2: Peppino has freaked his clone out as much as his clone has freaked him out.
Fake Peppino had very limited knowledge of the real world (and humans) after the events of the tower. As much as he's been learning and discovering, it's still all very strange and confusing. As a result, Fake Peppino quickly learned how Peppino felt when they first met, and how what was mundane and normal to one individual seemed freakish and hostile to the other. A prime example of this is when Fake Peppino learned about sneezing. Now Fake Pep, due to his physiology being like a frog's, is physically unable to sneeze. They were completely unaware that this was a thing among humans and such until a short while after the tower, when Peppino had an allergic reaction to a cat. Having no clue what the sudden, mildly terrifying outburst was about, Fake Pep assumed that this was a thing that humans did to assert dominance and got upset and confused as to why Peppino would do that to such an innocent creature. After a bit of explaining Fake Peppino became a bit relieved that what Peppino did wasn't out of malice, though still didn't quite understand WHY that reaction had to be so... violent? And sudden? Even after learning what it was, they still haven't been able to hear a sneeze without freaking out a little bit.
Useless HC 3: the weather affects Fake Peppino's physical state
In cooler environments, Fake Pep becomes more "solid". His body becomes a lot less watery and becomes a sort of thick pizza dough consistency- it's tough enough to hold together but you can phase through it if you use enough strength. In hotter environments, he will become quite runny in consistency, making it harder for him to hold himself together.
The visual above is an exaggeration, snow and winter weather will cause him to go into hibernation (frog DNA thing). He does melt a lot to a certain degree but he will not transform into a fried egg (unless he wants to).
Temperature swings can become an issue for him in certain situations, as in if they happened to be in a tight place at the time and it gets cold... as a result, Fake Pep has gotten stuck in pipes. Here is a badly drawn example of that happening:
Don't worry though, all you need is a blow drier, portable heater, or other source heat to melt and unstick him.
That's all for now! Thanks for tuning in on my ted talk. Expect more bullshit in the future :3