Italian Mouse

"It's about time I finish cleaning Stardown's closet."

- Italian Mouse The Italian Mouse, also known as Pepino, is an anthropomorphic mouse and one of the Minor Villains. Since he is not truly Italian, he throws "a" before and after every word he says. He wears a sombrero which he throws as a weapon.

Shmouse Era
The Italian Mouse was first introduced in the early Shmouse era. He was a burgular who broke into Stardown's castle on numerous nights. His companion, Dominick the Donkey, would play the song of the same name to weaken Stardown if he saw them.

Later in the era, the Italian Mouse and Dominick joined the Minor Villains.

Rebel Fleet Era
Shortly after the Mushroom Kingdom Presidential Election and the Arctic Tail incident, the Minor Villains secretly captured Stardown and brought him to their woodshed, where they dressed him as a princess and shared it on Instagram, but Stardown managed to escape.

Much later in the era, the Italian Mouse and the rest of the Minor Villains managed to secretly capture Arnold, Tails, and Stardown from off the Medallion when they were searching for Thundra. After demading that Stardown give them a piggy bank he didn't own, they decided to feed him a Smartie, but were stopped by the sudden arrival of Arctica. Count Ponoko arrived shortly later and threw everyone present into the Ponoko Portal. After Stardown got everyone out, they kicked Arctica out of the woodshed and made Tails eat his Smartie.

Development
The Italian Mouse is based on the character from Lou Monte's song Pepino, the Italian Mouse.