History VideoGame / PrincessPeachShowtime

** Dodging a boss attack as Swordfighter Peach may cause her to jump on the enemy's head, dazing them and lowering their defenses against her blade. You have to press [A] just as an attack's about to hit you to pull this off, though.

'''Previews:''' [[https://youtu.be/qfj6ZEpf78g?si=YDb3pBhr-9X2eGpi Nintendo Direct trailer]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGJIpCAkc-0 Transformation Trailer]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjC5wETyIsE Transformation Trailer: Act II]], [[https://youtu.be/rp4CGMbKQwU Overview Trailer]]

** [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=i414V345-dE&list=PLgQbMIgpTAhtXTZSSEo-boNNbaXDm9hAA&index=9&pp=iAQB8AUB The Mysterious Swordfighter]] - Swordfighter Peach
** [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_esrl6KVF6I&list=PLgQbMIgpTAhtXTZSSEo-boNNbaXDm9hAA&index=15&pp=iAQB8AUB Assassin Disco]] - Ninja Peach
** [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=isLBrPSW1Sk&list=PLgQbMIgpTAhtXTZSSEo-boNNbaXDm9hAA&index=18&pp=iAQB8AUB Galloping Through The Wilderness]] - Cowgirl Peach
** [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6qhlOfl9-FU&list=PLgQbMIgpTAhtXTZSSEo-boNNbaXDm9hAA&index=20&pp=iAQB8AUB Time For Tea?]] - Pâtissière Peach
** [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=i7XkQHJqL8E&list=PLgQbMIgpTAhtXTZSSEo-boNNbaXDm9hAA&index=24&pp=iAQB8AUB Under The Cover Of Night]] - Dashing Thief Peach
** [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9QK_t2np_68&list=PLgQbMIgpTAhtXTZSSEo-boNNbaXDm9hAA&index=27&pp=iAQB8AUB Gliding Across The Snowscape]] - Figure Skater Peach
** [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4RpUltCzUwo&list=PLgQbMIgpTAhtXTZSSEo-boNNbaXDm9hAA&index=32&pp=iAQB8AUB Leave The Sleuthing To Me!]] - Detective Peach
** [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aOsxbVMa4oI&list=PLgQbMIgpTAhtXTZSSEo-boNNbaXDm9hAA&index=35&pp=iAQB8AUB Mighty Rescue Power]] - Mighty Peach
** [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VOrfrBgkmnY&list=PLgQbMIgpTAhtXTZSSEo-boNNbaXDm9hAA&index=39&pp=iAQB8AUB Enchanting Echo of the Deep]] - Mermaid Peach
** [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PKhBTyUY6Vo&list=PLgQbMIgpTAhtXTZSSEo-boNNbaXDm9hAA&index=46&pp=iAQB8AUB Legendary Dragon Kick]] - Kung-Fu Peach

* ScarfOfAsskicking: The Transformation trailer gives Ninja Peach a bright green scarf.

* SherlockHomage: Detective Peach from the trailer has her wearing Sherlock's {{iconic|Outfit}} (but ill-attributed) leather hat and coat while carrying around a magnifying glass.
* ShoutOut: Present in the trailer:

* SupermanSubstitute: Mighty Peach is a futuristic super hero with the ability to fly and punch enemies with SuperStrength.

** Mighty Peach has incredible strength that she can use to lift large structures to use to throw at foes or to save victims.

* VocalEvolution: Sharp-eared players will notice that Samantha Kelly alters her voice for Peach in a variety of tones. Swordfighter, Ninja, Dashing Thief, Mighty, Detective, and Kung Fu Peach tend to have deeper tones, whereas her non-transformed state, Figure Skater, Mermaid, Pâtissière, [[spoiler: and Radiant]] Peach have her normal higher tone. Cowgirl Peach affects a Southern drawl.

* PhantomThief: The premise of Dashing Thief Peach. She's shown in the trailer hacking a computer, sneaking alongside the outside of a building and utilizing a grappling hook to swing over obstacles. She even uses a hang glider in the first and third plays.

* AbnormalLimbRotationRange: The Cowboy plays all feature horses that have visible "marionette strings" to make them look like puppets. Most are with the Sour Bunch and a single white horse that Peach and eventually the Sparkla rides. The latter is animated like a regular horse, but the former's legs are all shown bending in angles abnormal to real horses but perfectly in line with their puppet appearance.

** Cowgirl Peach uses her lasso to solve puzzles for the most part, but is not above roping up the Sour Bunch, or using the lasso to throw exploding barrels at them.,

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: [[spoiler: ''Villainous'' example. Grape took control of the Sparkle Theater with her master plan to create the greatest tragedy by destroying the hopes of the Theets. What Grape fails to take account for is that the subject of a tragedy can be anyone - that includes ''herself''. Grape [[ExactWords does get the tragedy]] she yearned for when she is defeated. In the end, Grape is reduced to a mask floating all alone in the ocean, [[HowTheMightyHaveFallen a tragic fall]] from the powerful sorceress she used to be.]]

* CorridorCubbyholeRun: The fight against Light Fang requires Peach to hide behind walls to avoid its searchlight gaze. To make matters trickier, some of the walls can and will get destroyed by its tail, robbing you of cover.

* DramaticIrony: [[spoiler: If Grape knew anything about theater, she would know that [[OriginalPositionFallacy anyone can be the subject of a tragedy]]. Most notably, it [[BreakTheHaughty tends to happen to those who are in positions of power]]. Like her.]]

** The Cowboy Darkla is a bandit that steals all the valuables of a town and is confronted in his hideout. [[spoiler:After his defeat, one of his henchmen assumes leadership in the second act and hijacks a train to destroy the town for revenge]].

* FrothyMugsOfWater: Alluded to during Cowgirl Peach's transformation scene when she lassos some bottles of tomato ketchup which are obvious stand-ins for bottles of alcohol. Cowboy Sparkla also offers to treat her to [[DrunkOnMilk a glass of milk]] when [[spoiler:she saves him from a Darkle-powered train]].

** Dodging an enemy attack as Swordfighter Peach may cause her to jump on the enemy's head, dazing them and lowering their defenses against her blade. You have to press [A] just as an attack's about to hit you to pull this off, though.

* {{Leitmotif}}: Peach has a distinct theme song for each of her transformations:

* LightIsNotGood: All four of the Darkle bosses are based on objects that emit (or in one case, reflect) light: Disco Wing is a disco ball, Light Fang is a bank of stage lights, Purrjector Cat is a film projector, and Spotlion is a spotlight.

** Mighty Peach is the only aversion; hers is not seen on her usual model. The [[https://www.mariowiki.com/Mighty_Peach Mario Wiki]] claims it's visible on her wrists when using super strength.

* {{Ninja}}: This is one of the transformations Peach can use, literally named as such.

* PlotTailoredToTheParty: The threats of every level are tailored to the costume that Peach acquires or uses in that level - nobody ever asks for cookies in a ninja level, requires detective work in a superhero level, or asks for singing in a swashbuckler level. Justified by the fact that each level represents a play in which a Sparkla representing that costume was supposed to be playing a key role, and the Sour Bunch is working with the material they had on hand.

** [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6qhlOfl9-FU&list=PLgQbMIgpTAhtXTZSSEo-boNNbaXDm9hAA&index=20&pp=iAQB8AUB Time For Tea?]] - Patisserie Peach

** [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4RpUltCzUwo&list=PLgQbMIgpTAhtXTZSSEo-boNNbaXDm9hAA&index=32&pp=iAQB8AUB Leave The Sleuthing To Me!]] - Detective Peach

** Assassin Disco - Ninja Peach
** Galloping Through The Wilderness - Cowgirl Peach

* HubLevel: The Sparkle Theater's lobby functions as this, allowing to access the different plays from there and the in-game shop.

* LadyOfWar: Swordfighter Peach's attacks are extremely graceful and delicate, and she flips and pirouettes on command. But they are no less deadly to the Sour Bunch.

* TrueBlueFemininity: In the trailers, Swordfighter Peach and Figure Skater Peach wear blue.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfLoading: Rehearsals and boss battles can take up to a full minute to load, and there's quite a long wait going up and down stairs as well, which can quickly add up going to and from the basement before you've unlocked the ability to fast travel between floors. In the third figure skater play, even ''getting hit'' will boot you to a loading screen.