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Writer's pictureRowena Spinks

The Pizzaplex is a metaphor for the self

This is an old theory I've had kicking around. I'm in two minds about it but you be the judge!


- All aspects of the Pizzaplex represent parts of the self and society.

- The public-facing areas represent the public masks we wear. These are often showy, grand and decorative.

- The staff-only areas represent the parts of ourselves we offer only to those with whom we have close relationships. Only some people - those we choose - get to see them.

- Rockstar Road represents the characters/social roles we play as human beings. The display cases are memories and achievements.

- The Daycare represents our childish side and memories of childhood. Likewise Sun represents the playful/good memories of parents, Moon the bad/disciplinary parents.

- The Superstar theatre represents the ego and our performative selves. It also represents our visiospacial scratchpad - the images we play in our head.

- Basement 1 is the staff area and represents the cognitive functions and structures that run underneath the surface of the human consciousness.

- Laundry rooms represent renewal in mindsets and lifestyle

- Staff canteen represents the love and support we offer to those we care about.

- Offices represent cognitive functions like planning and administration.

- The control rooms represent the various living functions we must juggle to keep our bodies and minds moving.

- B2 is filled with trash representing our emotional trauma and the bits of ourselves we like to hide away. The post it note room is consequently even more symbolic.

- Fazerblast represents the fight or flight mechanisms, for good or ill

- Mazercise is our physical health

Monty Golf represents strategic thinking

Roxy Raceway is the ideas we have

- Music man represents executive function - i.e the cognitive process that selects what we choose to do

- Vanny represents the object of trauma. The part of ourselves that we run from. The 'white rabbit' that leads the player down the rabbit hole into our darker memories

- Vanessa represents our investigative self and inquisitive nature. The one that longs to understand our mind and those of others.

- The Blob conceptualises the relationships, structures and societies that support and mould us into ourselves. Its influence is undeniable but profound, creating the foundation that shapes our personhood.

-Burntrap represents subliminal fear and horror

-The animatronics represent neuroses: Chica: Eating and Weight

Freddy: Pride

Monty: Envy

Roxy: Narcissism and inferiority complex

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