This one's a special thank you to the creators of not only the sprites, but the coding of the character as well. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The people who made this happen in the first place: Much love to Sutenko for the original Pepsiman sprites! Thank you Brergrsart & Jor8a very much for the creation of Extreme Pepsi Hong Meiling. I would have never been able to make a base for True Pepsiman without this character! My appreciation truly goes out to JorgeAnimation on YouTube for True Pepsiman's idle sprites, the Coca-Cola Man fatality, and his Hakai sprites. I wouldn't have made it far without his awesome work. Konn12 for his willingness to make True Pepsiman as powerful as he needed to be with his Pepsi Healing, and instantaneous power building! God Bless you NitroMugen30 for not only helping me with the coding on True Pepsiman's Time Stop and Counter Attack, but for his willingness to take time to make True Pepsiman truly epic! Specialty goes out to the homie Enrico D. Gucci for giving Pepsiman a new move, even when being on limited time for the commission and his epic mindset to add things even I haven't thought of for Pepsiman! Jesus Christ himself for keeping me at prolonging this activity and to keep me on my feet and off of my depression by having me want to create this character, the inspiration for making True Pepsiman awesome, and spectacular with memes a glow! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Personal thoughts: I had always wanted Pepsiman to be a playable character, especially in MUGEN, but because the only ones that ever existed were either too weak, or too broken that hurt themselves, I had to make something. Now, before I even made this character, I wanted to make Rivals Of Aether's Pepsiman as the playable option, but I didn't know how to make characters, so using a base of something with the design only made sense to me. I'm honestly very happy that True Pepsiman is not a spriteswap and is unique in his own right, because him being simply swapped out for sounds and sprites is far too insulting to me. He's not like Coca-Cola Man, which in itself is a literal palette swap of Pepsiman in the first place. For some strange reason, the only direct motivation that made me even like Pepsiman as a character was because how he is canonically; A goofball who messes up, but gets the job done at the end of the day. That resonates so well with me, because it's how I actually was, and I feel to some extent, still am. So I see myself as Pepsiman, and always actively try to please everyone that learns of my existence. I try to be like Pepsiman, always providing a laugh, but also finishing what was started. Now, this personal ship with Monika and Pepsiman? I don't know why I did it, but I can only assume is that because I saw myself in Pepsiman so much, while also liking Monika's character, her personality, and what her motives are, those also resonated with me considering I have the same type of thinking; Nothing feeling right, or real for that matter. So I see the ship as two people who actively fail while also trying to succeed as to not be looked down upon others when told to rise to the occassion, considering many people look up to both characters, and I see myself as trying to compete with that type of mindset, since I've always proved myself wrong for things that bring me down, and proven myself right on things that uplift me or disasters that I predicted that were bound to happen. Why do I always try to make True Pepsiman as if he were some sort of diety akin to Ultra Instinct Shaggy? I believe because the funnier something is, and the gag being that durability and determination triumph in the end, Pepsiman is the personification of both, as seen in all of his commercials. He just fits the description of a 'Meme God' that surpressed his powers as to stay humble, while still showing them off in a funny way as to make someone else's day brighter, even if he is to be injured in the process. Everything that I put into this character is to be canonicized in my eyes, from the powers to stop time, to the powers to defy all odds with jokes and gags. I want him to be very funny, but also a mix of being serious like how he is in the ads. Always delivering Pepsi, while doing dangerous stunts and failing, but always getting back up without a scratch on the next commercial. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I don't normally like to praise myself, but I will only do it once, as to be happy that I could make one of my dream characters be realized, and be what came from my imagination in the end. For me, it's poetic. Even if not every single detail is put into True Pepsiman, my mind will continue to grow, and I will always look for people who share that same inspiration of skill, and to finalize that skill into my character with commissions. Money truly speaks, especially when you offer double or even triple the amount that the commission demands. Anyways, I'll probably update this later if I have more on my mind. Thanks, and God Bless you all for downloading this character and reading this all the way to the end. Peace. - The Pepsi In The Comments / OGPepsiman