Glitches, also called bugs, are programming errors in a game in which something happens that the developers did not intend to happen. They can occur if the player unintentionally pressed something on their keyboard, screen, or on the main game. If players did something purposely to cause an error in the game, it is not a glitch, and should not be considered as such.
When saving a player's high score while using the latest version of flash player, an error will pop up saying that a script in the movie is causing Adobe Flash Player to run slowly. If a player's trying to select "Cancel", the tab will freeze and another error pop up will say "Shockwave Flash isn't responding", clicking on "Stop Plug-in" will cause the plugin to crash along with the game too.
The screen that appears after right-clicking twice and selecting "Forward"
This glitch is relatively complex in its explanation; if playing the game on flipline.com or papalouie.com, as soon as the Flipline logo appears during the game's loading process, right-clicking on the game screen and selecting "Forward" will send the player straight into the outro of the game. After the outro's completion, all the statistic values that are usually displayed after defeating Sarge are replaced with "NaN," or "not a number." Clicking the Continue button jumps right back into the "game," but as soon as Papa Louie jumps into the pizza box portal, the screen remains stuck on almost complete white, save for the yellow color emanating from the portal. Right-clicking on the screen and selecting "Forward" a second time in any duration of the outro will send the player to a screen depicted to the right. To abort this, right-click twice again, but these times, select the "Back" button.
On the "stuck" white screen, right-clicking and selecting the "Back" button won't do anything except for pause the flashing portal graphic in its current frame. The player's only option is to either reload or close the tab; performing the latter, especially on a Firefox browser, will cause the entire browser to not respond, forcing the player to close the entire window.
Double clicking the game before pressing Play will result a seizure of all levels indefinitely until closing the game. This happens because the game thinks the player are trying to enter a level, but because no level is selected, the game instead attempts to load every level, which causes the flashing backgrounds.
Before entering the level, if the player presses the space bar and quickly presses the left arrow key or right arrow key, the game will load the level the player moved to instead.
If the player is at stage 1-1, pressing the space bar and then quickly pressing the left arrow only redirects to buying Pepper Bombs.
If the player is at the Pepper Bombs' shop, pressing the space bar and then quickly pressing the right arrow will lead to two Chucks before warping to stage 1-1. When the "B" key is pressed, the heading depicts "Level 1-0," and there are no Papa Coins to collect.
If the player is at stage 4-3, pressing the space bar and then quickly pressing the right arrow will softlock the game. While the player can move, there is no cage, and the player cannot defeat the Pizza Monsters.
If the player is at stage 5-1, pressing the space bar and then quickly pressing the left arrow will have Rita and Mary before warping to stage 4-3. However, after completing it, the game softlocks: the player cannot move.
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When putting a burger patty onto the griller and then drag it off quickly, it may result to a null Grill Score.
Right-clicking on the game screen by clicking the following buttons "Forward->Rewind->Forward" results in the game playing all the sounds at the same time.
When stacking many toppings and burger patties in the Build Station, there are chances of some of them levitating mostly when placed to the far left or right side.
There are two glitches involving the Build Station that, upon occurring, will ruin the game progress in a way and force the player to quit the day, sacrificing the progress they made.
The first occurs should the player place an order ticket on the slot on the tray after they place the top burger bun really fast: if they place the ticket fast enough, the ticket will be placed there, yet the tray isn't taken to the customer, leaving a "stuck" tray. In order to get rid of it, the player has to place another order ticket to make up for the lost one. This thus leaves a customer in the lobby who hasn't been served due to their wasted ticket and cannot be, leaving an unservable customer and requiring the player to quit.
The second glitch occurs slightly differently. If the player places a ticket on a ready tray quickly and then adds another quickly, the tray will be taken away from the customer as they are getting it and the game strangely goes to an inescapable black screen, requiring the player to quit/close the game tab.
Sometimes, Going into the menu while a customer is reviewing food, then exiting the menu will make the customer will disappear and the screen will freeze.
Throwing TNT barrels at a destructible, yet pickupable item and picking it up before the TNT explodes will result McCoy carrying an invisible item.
In Cactus McCoy 1 and Cactus McCoy 2, there are a few methods to make an item stuck in the wall.
If you will drop an item next to a wall while McCoy's skidding animation, the item will get stuck inside a wall at the height of Cactus' hands.
If you bump into a wall and release the "drop" button at the same time, the item will get stuck inside of a wall.
If you throw an item close to a wall and get damaged at around the same time (timing it might be hard), the item will get stuck in that wall. This trick is more useful than the previous two, as you can do it even while in the air. It is even more convenient in Cactus McCoy 2, as you can damage yourself with Proximity Mines.
If the player adds Guacamole in a taco and then clicks another topping, the topping tray will still release Guacamole instead of the selected topping.
The taco's meat disappears when putting too many toppings on a taco.
In the tutorial, if the player pours raw beef instead of cooked beef into the taco shell after the beef has finished cooking, the game will tell that the meat hasn't finished cooking when trying to drag the cooked beef into the taco shell, making the game unplayable. [1]
If the player does not put their sundae into the mixer, and then clicks the "Finish" button while in the Topping Station, the spoon will float instead of falling directly on the ice cream, mixable, and mixable syrup.
In the tutorial, taking the sundae straight to the Topping Station without mixing it will result the game still telling the player to drag it to the mixer, making the rest of the tutorial unplayable.
Clicking many mixable and syrup buttons at the Build Station quickly will result in getting multiple items being dropped onto the cup.
Clicking the pause button while putting a syrup will make all buttons except the clothing and sound buttons unclickable.
Switching into another syrup fast enough while still pouring the other syrup may cause that syrup to stick up above the plate and pancakes.
Flipping a pancake and then immediately clicking on another station will result in the pancake's cook overview to remain on the screen.
Repeatedly clicking buttons for drinks will make very little of the drink to fall in the cup.
When the player pours anything and then switches to another station, the pouring sound effect will persist, and the pouring action will also continue as the player moves the mouse into the other station.
In the game, there was a glitch during the year on release (2012) where the game would softlock and loop on the Day 1 animation. It is unknown how it occurs. Footage of this glitch can be seen here.
Upon completing an order, if the player places the ticket and clicks the trash icon very quickly, the player will become stuck in the build station. To resolve this issue, if the player wishes to continue, they should exit the game and start the day again.
If there's a Chicken Strip put on the plate, then is layered by another one and releases it quickly, there's still no sauce left on the plate.
When placing a dip on the leaf in the central part of the plate and then quickly releasing it, the dip cannot be placed on the leaf. However, it can still be added to the plate just like the other wings.
The player can serve an empty plate by clicking on a dip.
The hot dog may sometimes go under the bun while putting it in. However, it rarely affects the score.
Even if the sauce doesn't completely land onto the hot dog before the "Next" button is clicked, some of it may stick up, just like in Papa's Pancakeria.
During the tutorial, if the player throws Peggy/Taylor's drink or popcorn into the trash, the player will become stuck in the pop station. To continue playing, the player will need to close the game and reopen it.
It's possible to kill all baddies in a level (except for Burgerzillas which only lose one health point) with certain Customers.
When playing with Scooter, all baddies in the player's current level will be defeated if the player attacks an enemy by pressing the Space Bar while skating down a slope.
When using a Customer with the Ground Pound ability, all baddies in the player's current level will be defeated if the player attacks one enemy while simultaneously performing a Ground Pound on another enemy.
In Sarge's Lair, when the player encounters Sarge, it is possible to swiftly exit before the door closes, which would otherwise result in being compelled to find an alternative victory route unless the player attacks Sarge from behind the door.
When the player tries to climb a ladder near a wall while their character is facing the opposite direction, and subsequently climbs down to the bottom of the ladder, it is possible to clip through the ground.
In The Saucelands, there is a section where Bacobar can knock the player through a wall, providing a small shortcut.
If the player pushes a specific rock in The Saucelands, it is possible to clip through a wall by standing on the rock, crouching, and then jumping.
When the player stomps on a baddie while it's in the air falling, the baddie will drop to the ground and remain stunned, but the orbiting stars indicating dizziness will appear far above their head.
This phenomenon also occurs when bouncing on a Laddish, though it's only noticeable when the Laddish is at a sufficient height.
If the player dies and clicks "Menu -> Back to Game" while the screen is darkening, the game will crash.
When the player jumps on an Awesome Saucer and hits its head on the ceiling at a certain moment, both the player and the Awesome Saucer will become stuck, resulting in the player becoming invulnerable.
Sometimes a Dill Worm can get stuck in a corner, especially after stunning.
When the player stuns a Laddish and it falls without landing on a ladder, the Laddish will appear to climb through the air.
While pouring the cake batter into the wrappers, if the player clicks on the pouring button rapidly many times, there is a slight chance that the cake batter designated for the second cupcake won't pour afterward.
When the alarm goes off for one tray of cupcakes, if the player rapidly switches the done tray with another tray, regardless of whether it's done or not, the alarm will continue to flash even after the player takes the done tray out. There's also a slight chance that the alarm will continue to sound.
In the Tutorial, when the player drags the cupcake tray past the oven entirely, it will lead to a softlock, requiring the player to restart.
If the player clicks the "X" button while pouring the cake batter, a glitch occurs causing the cupcake batter to pour slightly. Subsequently, the process transitions to the Bake Station, and an empty tray follows suit. (This glitch also occurs with the Double Batter upgrade.) Furthermore, when the empty tray progresses to the Build Station, it doesn't become visible, resulting in the player becoming stuck in the Build Station. (Unless the player returns to the Main Menu.)
If the player doesn't have the Cake Batter upgrade, the batter will pour a small amount, and then the player will become stuck in the game. The only way to resolve this is to return to the Main Menu. This glitch has also been observed in Papa's Cupcakeria HD.
If the player clicks the 'X' button while rapidly pouring the batter, it will trigger a glitch where an empty tray will be brought to the Bake Station. Additionally, the empty tray won't be visible. There's a possibility that when the player tries to pour batter in the Batter Station with an empty tray, it won't function properly.
If sending an order ticket and very quickly click and hold the Bread Booster button, the bread will speed up while the customer is being served on the other screen.
It's possible to apply sauce to the pasta without the circular indicator around the plate completing its full rotation. Consequently, placing toppings on the pasta becomes unachievable. This situation could lead to a point where the day cannot continue. Whether pausing the game still functions correctly in this context is uncertain.
When decorating the donuts with sprinkles and the player moves a ticket to the green ticket holder before it is completely finished, the ingredient will appear in the Build Station, and the cursor disappears when switching to other stations.
Rank 62 is misspelled "Akuzi Buddy" instead of "Azuki Buddy"
In the second section of Cookie Cavern, if the player jumps into the water, they won't be able to exit unless their character possesses the Wall Climb, Swim Boost, or Double Jump Skill.
This issue has been resolved in update 1.0.2.
In an earlier version of the game, The X Zone's preview screen had a blurry Blue Shroom baddie from Papa Louie 2, which was fixed in a later update.
If the player jumps out of the water in Radley Caverns and damages Radley Madish simultaneously, his vessel will break, and he will disappear.
In Cookie Caverns, if the player stuns on a specific Piña Coolada while it's in mid-air and falling, the Piña Coolada will descend to the ground and remain stunned, yet the orbiting stars indicating dizziness will be positioned high above its head.
This glitch works with certain Banana Pants in Neapolitown.
In Neapolitown, the player can become stuck when using the Gliding skill in the corner of the roof above Mr. Sherbet.
If the player stands too close to a Swizzler, the player can dash through it.
If the player dashes during a section transition, some dash particles will disappear.
If the player dies and clicks "Menu -> Back to Game" when the screen darkens, the game will crash.
If the player glides and jumps on certain Pepper Mints, the player can jump to Kahuna's cage.
Occasionally, if the player is damaged by certain Pepper Mints, the player can jump to Kahuna's cage.
If the player attempts to climb a ladder close to a wall while their character is facing the opposite direction, and then climbs down to the bottom of the ladder, the player can clip through the ground.
There are two methods to avoid being frozen by an ice cannon:
If the player stands too close to an ice cannon (specifically, having part of their character in the same location as the ice cannon), they will not freeze.
If the player dashes into a freeze projectile, they can occasionally dash through it.
During this occurrence, certain dash particles might disappear.
Occasionally two Mallow Men in a stack can become separated, causing one to remain in the air for an extended period of time before slowly falling to the ground. This seems to only occur with a particular Mallow Men stack in Cookie Cavern.
Radley Madish's submarine can become trapped in Cracker Blocks if the player enters the first current during the submarine chase and stays at the top of the chamber. Progressing further downward will cause the submarine to break through the Cracker Blocks, and the fight will resume as usual.
If the player climbs one of the walls during the Luau Lepunch fight, they can remain there and become immune to all of his attacks. Even if he jumps into the air and makes contact, he will pass through the player without causing any damage.
Enemies fall through a specific object (pictured below).
During the tutorial, if the player substitutes another ingredient for Mustard in Sasha's order and then adds the second piece of bread, the game will become unplayable. The text box instructing the player to add mustard to the sandwich will still be displayed even after moving on to the Grill Station. This issue can be resolved by skipping the training once the glitch happens.
When a sandwich has finished grilling and it is dragged to the cutting page's far left or right, the sandwich will stay full, not sliced at all, and the cheese wave will somehow move to the far left or far right of the sandwich.
If the player rapidly drags the fry basket onto a plate and quickly presses the Menu button, the fry basket will remain beneath the plate. Subsequent updates to the game have rectified this issue.
If the player clicks on a Grill or Fry Booster and then clicks outside the game interface, except on the taskbar, the Booster will continue to function.
Occasionally, when swiftly switching from one profile to another, a letter might vanish from a customer's favorite holiday. Repeating this action will lead to a persistent bug unless the game is reloaded.
Flipping the sandwich while cutting it will trigger the stove to start cooking, even if there isn't a sandwich on it. This issue will resolve if a sandwich is placed on the stove and then moved to a different one.
Cutting the sandwich three times by moving it will make the game break; the player cannot select any breads in the build station, nor they can they quit the game normally.
Putting fries in the trash in the Fry Station and then moving another fries basket will result in the fries being on the trash to reappear again.
Upon serving a customer's order, if the player leaves the pourable shovel elevated high in the topping station, it will not return to the bin of pourable toppings until another pie is taken out of the oven.
Closing the game forcefully (due to being unable to play or website crashes) after a customer or customers have ordered and been served the Special of the Day will still yield the correct number of Stars for that special when the player re-enters the game.
If the player delays taking the first order from the Dining room for a period, and then proceeds to take it, both The Server and the Closer will arrive simultaneously.
In the top station, if the player places a plain topping on the pie and releases it very quickly, the topping will be positioned vertically or not entirely plain (this doesn't affect the score).
At times, when the player drags the vinegar bottle to the rice, the bottle may become stuck there. The rice cannot be moved away, necessitating the player to exit the game.
If the player clicks the roll button and then quickly clicks the menu button, the sushi roll will become glitched, resulting in an extra sushi roll.
While it hasn't been confirmed how this happens, both Matt and Clover (as the server) may appear to have lost most of their coloring, leaving them in an almost albino state.
After the player unlocked Peggy and clicked on the parade button, Taylor would instead show up on the Hot Doggeria float. This was fixed in version 1.0.1.
Sometimes, when placing a scoop, the ice cream scoop will glitch and end up covering the cookie underneath it. This only appears when the order involves 3 scoops.
When the player clicks and drags from the booster and then moves their cursor outside the game window, the boosting of cookies will persist automatically until the player clicks back within the game area. However, this action results in the booster sound continuing to play, even when the game is paused, transitioning to the next day, or when both music and sound effects are muted.
App Games[]
The similar glitch from Papa's Burgeria reoccurred in Papa's Wingeria HD, which involves the order ticket suddenly disappearing when shifting them too quickly while sending an order ticket to a customer.
In Papa's Pizzeria HD, if the player discards a pizza while simultaneously pouring the sauce or cheese for the next pizza, the sound of the sauce pouring will persist.
In Papa's Hot Doggeria To Go!, if the player places any topping and immediately presses the "Done" button, the toppings will appear to float. However, this issue doesn't affect the build station.
In Papa's Wingeria To Go! and Papa's Pancakeria To Go!, if the player navigates to the Order Station and clicks on the "Take Order" bubble during the transition from the Fry Station to the Order Station, the "Take Order" bubble will disappear. The bubble will reappear if the player switches back to the Fry Station and then switches back to the Order Station again.
In Papa's Cheeseria To Go!, when the cheese is being put on the sandwich in the Build Station, the cheese cannot be moved in some cases, leaving the cheese "stuck". The only way to fix this is to move one of the bins after both slices of cheese are put on the sandwich.
As with the desktop version, putting fries in the trash in the Fry Station and then moving another fries basket will result in the fries being on the trash to reappear again.
Sometimes, customers don't have a green order button on them and players have to click on the next station button and come back to make the green order button come back.
During the "Start of Day" sequence, the first customer to come at the restaurant could also be seated at a table. This glitch was fixed in Version 1.0.1.
Holiday names for long-named holiday can be seen cropped in the Customers menu. This glitch was fixed in Version 1.0.1.
In orders that mandate adding an item twice in the brew station (for instance, specials like Café Nutcracker, Caramel Cappuccino, Chilled Velveccino, etc.), if the player only includes the said item once, the score details will not indicate the mistake made. This glitch was fixed in Version 1.0.1.
When a small mocha is made with crushed ice, one of the ice pellets will float to the top of the milk.
The "Take Order" button disappears when tapped. This glitch was fixed in Version 1.0.1.
This glitch has happened for the last five games too.
If the player serves an order immediately after placing the slush on the tray, there's a chance that the straw will appear to float in mid-air.
Taking the meat too quickly after dipping it in flour or egg yolks in the Fry Station will result in the flour or egg yolks appearing for the second round of dipping rather than the chosen batter or breading. This is simply a visual glitch that does not affect gameplay as the meat will still be appropriately coated in the batter or breading of choice after the second round of dipping. This glitch has been fixed as of Version 1.0.1.
The sauces are not rendered properly, leaving the bottom part without an outline.
The sombrero can clip through furniture in the Order Station.
If the player drags a slush to the tray, puts it on the tray, and then immediately drags the ticket to the holder while re-dragging the slush anywhere on the screen, they can still serve the order if the ticket holder still appears. This doesn't affect the score if the slush is still visible when serving the order.
Notice how the straw is floating as well.
If the player drags the slush far and quick enough though, it won't be visible when serving the order, and the score details will say "Didn't serve a slush with this order!", thus lowering the score for the slush station to 0.
The order with no slush
The recap, with the "Didn't serve a slush with this order!" comment
If you tap two molds in the Build Station at the same time, one of them persists on the screen, while the other one is actually selected.
This can also happen with multiple molds.
Character Glitches[]
Aside from in-game programming glitches, some characters within that game may have design or profile errors present.
In many of the app games, especially the Gameria remakes, some customers with necks will get disconnected from their bodies. This can especially be seen when the customer is angry, or when doing their unlocking animation.
In some of the browser games, when a customer is chewing bubble gum, the bubbles they blow from it might sometimes be invisible.
Whenever Mary is angry, her eyes would usually be closed. This glitch has been fixed as of Papa's Bakeria.
Papa's Burgeria: When Alberto closes his eyes, gray eye lines appear, unlike the rest of the customers. This glitch carries over into Papa's Taco Mia!, but only when unlocking him.
Papa's Hot Doggeria: When the player customizes Taylor's clothes, such as changing his outfit into a long-sleeved shirt and his regular jacket, the player may notice some places where the shirt does not show up on his body. This also happens with Custom Workers wearing the same clothes as Taylor's. This glitch has been fixed as of Papa's Pastaria.
Upon rescuing Johnny, his eyes disappear when they are closed.
Similar to Yippy in Papa Louie 2, Willow's, Utah's, and Sasha's hair are layered under their arms.
Papa's Cheeseria: Upon unlocking Lisa, her arm was not attached to her shoulder and Rita could appear twice. Those two glitches, along with several other glitches in the game, have been fixed.
Papa's Bakeria: There's no link for Tony's Flipdeck in his Customer Menu.
If the player delivers a Customer Coupon to Vincent, the game will crash. This is because Akari usually delivers one to him, but she is a worker in that specific game. This has been fixed as of version 1.0.2, with Rhonda being the one to deliver Vincent his coupons.
During Christmas, customers who walk near the restaurant are layered under the decorations.
Rudy and Allan appears twice in parade, with the closers in theirs karts and in their Cheeseria and Mocharia floats. As of version 1.1.0, this glitch has been fixed.
