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* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: [[spoiler: In the end, Grape experiences her own tragedy. She's been reduced to only her mask, floating out in the middle of the ocean with her eyes shut.]]

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* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: [[spoiler: In the end, Grape experiences gets "the most decadent tragedy" [[ExactWords she wanted]]: her own tragedy. tragic downfall. Once an all-powerful sorceress, She's been reduced to only her mask, harmlessly floating out away in the middle of the ocean with her eyes shut.]]ocean]].

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* DidntThinkThisThrough: [[spoiler: Grape wanted to create a tragedy but never takes into account that tragedies can happen to ''anyone''. In the end Grape succeeds in [[ExactWords creating a tragedy]], which was her own]].



* StupidEvil: [[spoiler: Grape wants to create a tragedy but never takes into account that tragedies can happen to ''anyone'', even her. In the end she succeeds in creating a tragedy, which was her own]].
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Grape took over the Sparkle Theater with hopes to create the "ultimate tragedy". [[spoiler: She [[ExactWords does]] get a tragedy, though [[HowTheMightyHaveFallen probably not to her liking.]]]]


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* StupidEvil: [[spoiler: Grape wants to create a tragedy but never takes into account that tragedies can happen to ''anyone'', even her. In the end she succeeds in creating a tragedy, which was her own]].
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* CardCarryingVillain: Grape treats her villain status as merely a role in a stage show production and wants to create the ultimate theater tragedy by [[spoiler: crushing the Theets' hopes and ultimately killing them.]] She gets excited when Peach reaches her final stage, on grounds that [[YankTheDogsChain defeating her in the final battle]] will be the ultimate HopeCrusher, [[spoiler: then when that fails, she tries to wipe out everything as the ultimate act of despair]].


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* GameplayAndStorySegregation: [[spoiler: Grape was defeated and ousted from the theater, and yet, the Sour Bunch will stick around in the plays after the end of the game. This is never explained.]]


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* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: [[spoiler: In the end, Grape experiences her own tragedy. She's been reduced to only her mask, floating out in the middle of the ocean with her eyes shut.]]
* {{Irony}}: Grape wanted to create a tragedy, [[spoiler: never considering that tragedies can happen to ''villains'' as well. She's reduced to merely a mask floating in the middle of the ocean.]]
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* FinalSolution: [[spoiler:The end of the game reveals why Grape is at the theater: she's going to kill all the Theets as her act of ultimate despair. She also makes them face it firsthand by destroying the theater, intending to savor their tears before slaughtering them all and consuming the world in despair.]]

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* FinalSolution: [[spoiler:The end of the game reveals why Grape is at the theater: she's going to kill all the Theets as her act of ultimate despair. She also makes them face it firsthand by destroying the theater, theater and then Peach, intending to savor their tears before slaughtering them all and consuming the world in despair.]]
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* BondVillainStupidity: Grape has Peach at her mercy several times throughout the game, but chooses to send in one of the Sour Bunch bosses to toy with her rather than finishing her off. [[spoiler:With what's revealed about her later, it's likely she did this to set Peach up for the most [[HopeCrusher despair-inducing fall]], coming all the way to the end only to lose in the decisive battle.]]


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* DarkIsEvil: The Sour Bunch have a prominent darkness motif and an ominous purple color scheme. Grape even invokes the power of darkness as the reason why she's going to defeat Peach.


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* GiantHandsOfDoom: [[spoiler:After she goes OneWingedAngel, Grape transforms into an enormous "head-and-hands" boss the size of the Sparkle Theater.]]


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* HopeCrusher: [[spoiler:Grape wants to create "the most decadent tragedy". Before the first part of the final boss battle, she gloats that Peach has stoked everyone's hopes and expectations so much that she'll take pleasure in shattering them, all for the sake of despair.]]
* MadArtist: [[spoiler:It turns out that Grape and her minions are terrorizing the Sparkle Theatre because she's obsessed with creating the perfect tragedy, and is both willing and eager to put the Theets in danger in order to [[HopeCrusher drive them to despair]].]]


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* PitifulWorms: Grape's CatchphraseInsult is to call Peach and Stella "rodents".
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* ForTheEvulz: [[spoiler:Her reason for terrorizing the Theets, taking over the theater, and finally wiping them out? She loves a good tragedy and finds crushing their hope to be its ultimate art form.]]
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* FinalSolution: [[spoiler:The end of the game reveals why Grape is at the theater: she's going to kill all the Theets as her act of ultimate despair. She also makes them face it firsthand by destroying the theater, intending to savor their tears before slaughtering them all and consuming the world in despair.]]


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* OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler:Grape seemingly goes down at the hands of Radiant Peach, only for it to reveal she's trying to catch her and her new friends off-guard when she transforms into the bigger, more sadistic, more powerful Grape the Great.]]
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* ClosedCircle: After Grape successfully takes control of the theater, she bars the front door shut, preventing people from coming in or leaving the theater until she's done.
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'''Spinoff series:''' ''Characters/YoshisIsland'' | ''Characters/LuigisMansion'' | ''Characters/MarioGolf'' | ''Characters/MarioTennis'' | ''Characters/SuperMarioMaker'' | ''Characters/DonkeyKong'' [[Characters/DonkeyKong series]] ([[Characters/DonkeyKongKongs Kongs]] -- [[Characters/DonkeyKongKingKRool King K. Rool]]) | ''Characters/{{Wario}}'' [[Characters/{{Wario}} series]] ([[Characters/WarioAndWaluigi Wario and Waluigi]])\\

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'''Spinoff series:''' ''Characters/YoshisIsland'' | ''Characters/LuigisMansion'' ([[Characters/LuigisMansionKingBoo King Boo]]) | ''Characters/MarioGolf'' | ''Characters/MarioTennis'' | ''Characters/SuperMarioMaker'' | ''Characters/DonkeyKong'' [[Characters/DonkeyKong series]] ([[Characters/DonkeyKongKongs Kongs]] -- [[Characters/DonkeyKongKingKRool King K. Rool]]) | ''Characters/{{Wario}}'' [[Characters/{{Wario}} series]] ([[Characters/WarioAndWaluigi Wario and Waluigi]])\\
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* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: Grape took control of the Sparkle Theater for herself, replacing its sign with her MalevolentMugshot.



* {{Heel}}: In a tongue-in-cheek fashion. The Sour Bunch play the role of villains in the different theater plays, and it's up to the player to stop their shenanigans.

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* {{Heel}}: In a tongue-in-cheek fashion. The Sour Bunch play the role of villains in the different theater plays, and it's up to the player to stop their shenanigans.shenanigans.
* MalevolentMugshot: Grape has her own face insignia that consists of her hat, hair, and mask. It also appears on the sign in front of the Sparkle Theater when she takes over.

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The villains of ''VideoGame/PrincessPeachShowtime'', looking to take over the Sparkle Theater.

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The villains of ''VideoGame/PrincessPeachShowtime'', looking to take over the Sparkle Theater. Grape interrupts Peach and her Toads' night at the theater and sent her minions to ruin various plays.


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More official renders, let's goooo!


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* PurpleIsPowerful: Grape has a purple dress, purple hair, some purple jewelry, and even her spells cast a purple aura. Some members of the Sour Bunch also appear to be colored in purple.

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* PurpleIsPowerful: Grape has a purple dress, purple hair, some purple jewelry, and even her spells cast a purple aura. Some members of the The Sour Bunch are also appear to be colored in purple.
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An official render of Grape has been revealed. A render of the Sour Bunch in a group shot would be nice...

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* BreakoutVillain: Originally introduced as a recurring mini-boss in her source game fought at the end of most of ''Super Mario Bros. 2'''s levels, Birdo has since gained increased prominence through the rest of the series. Of all the non-{{Mook}} enemies in her source game, she appears the most often, moreso than the climactic bosses such as Wart and Mouser.



* PaletteSwap: ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' has pink, red, and grey Birdos. Pink Birdos always spit eggs and only fire one at a time, red ones spit a mix of eggs and fireballs and fire three at a time, and grey ones always spit fireballs in volleys of three.

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* PaletteSwap: ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' has pink, red, and grey Birdos. Pink Birdos always spit eggs and only fire one at a time, red ones spit a mix of eggs and fireballs and fire three at a time, and grey ones always spit fireballs in volleys of three. ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'' also has nine recolors of Birdo to play as, each one with a different accent color for her bow.
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'''Spinoff series:''' ''Characters/YoshisIsland'' | ''Characters/LuigisMansion'' | ''Characters/MarioGolf'' | ''Characters/MarioTennis'' | ''Characters/SuperMarioMaker'' | ''Characters/DonkeyKong'' [[Characters/DonkeyKong series]] ([[Characters/DonkeyKongKongs Kongs]]) | ''Characters/{{Wario}}'' [[Characters/{{Wario}} series]] ([[Characters/WarioAndWaluigi Wario and Waluigi]])\\

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'''Spinoff series:''' ''Characters/YoshisIsland'' | ''Characters/LuigisMansion'' | ''Characters/MarioGolf'' | ''Characters/MarioTennis'' | ''Characters/SuperMarioMaker'' | ''Characters/DonkeyKong'' [[Characters/DonkeyKong series]] ([[Characters/DonkeyKongKongs Kongs]]) Kongs]] -- [[Characters/DonkeyKongKingKRool King K. Rool]]) | ''Characters/{{Wario}}'' [[Characters/{{Wario}} series]] ([[Characters/WarioAndWaluigi Wario and Waluigi]])\\
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Drop The Hammer is now a disambiguation page.


* DropTheHammer: Has a hammer that he uses to try and upstage the Bros. He's also vulnerable to the ones they wield.
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* TransgenderFetishization: Played With. Due to not being humanoid, Birdo isn't exactly a character designed for Fanservice, but she is portrayed as extremely confident in her appearance and very flirtatious with other characters, especially Yoshi and Popple.
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'''Other media:''' ''Characters/SuperMarioBrosDic'' | ''Characters/SuperMarioBros1993'' | ''Characters/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie''-]]]]]

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* WickedWitch: She wears a classic wide-brimmed hat and dress, as well as a face-covering mask and uses a wand and dark magic to take over the Sparkle Theater.

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* WickedWitch: She Grape wears a classic wide-brimmed hat and dress, as well as a face-covering mask and uses a wand and dark magic to take over the Sparkle Theater.

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* EdibleThemeNaming: They're named after a fruit, not unlike Peach.

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* EdibleThemeNaming: They're named after a fruit, not unlike Peach. While Peach is named after a sweet fruit, Grape is named after a Sour fruit.



* MeaningfulName: As the villains of a lighthearted game, they are indeed a sour bunch.

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* MeaningfulName: As the villains of a lighthearted game, they are indeed a sour bunch. Grape also sounds like the word "gripe", which is another term for complaining and doubles as a play on the phrase SourGrapes.


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* SecondaryColorNemesis: Grape has purple hair and wears purple clothing combined with green jewelry, to contrast Peach's [[PrimaryColorChampion gold hair, pink dress and blue jewelry]].


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* WickedWitch: She wears a classic wide-brimmed hat and dress, as well as a face-covering mask and uses a wand and dark magic to take over the Sparkle Theater.
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* ThinkingUpPortals: Grape makes her grand entrance (for lack of a better term) through a portal that she presumably opened.
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->Debut: ''VideoGame/PrincessPeachShowtime''


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* MeaningfulName: As the villains of a lighthearted game, they are indeed a sour bunch.
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The villains of ''VideoGame/PrincessPeachShowtime'', looking to take over the Sparkle Theater.
* EdibleThemeNaming: They're named after a fruit, not unlike Peach.
* EvilSorceress: Grape has magic powerful enough to take over a theater.
* FloatingLimbs: Grape's hands don't have arms to attach to her body.
* PurpleIsPowerful: Grape has a purple dress, purple hair, some purple jewelry, and even her spells cast a purple aura. Some members of the Sour Bunch also appear to be colored in purple.

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* BossArenaIdiocy: Tryclyde and Fryguy both have several Mushroom Blocks in their rooms, which can be thrown to defeat them. {{Downplayed}} by Mouser — his rooms have several bombs hidden in the ground, but they're not necessary to beat him.



* MechanicalMonster: Robirdo is an overly large robotic Birdo. She attacks by spitting giant egg-shaped missiles,can create tremors by jumping and landing, and tries to run Mario and friends over by charging at them.

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* MechanicalMonster: Robirdo is an overly large robotic Birdo. She attacks by spitting giant egg-shaped missiles,can missiles, can create tremors by jumping and landing, and tries to run Mario and friends over by charging at them.



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* HelpfulMook: In world 4-3 of ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', Mario and co. need to cross the gap to Fryguy's castle by riding an egg spat by Birdo. Interestingly, this is the last appearance of the pink Birdo in the game.


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* PaletteSwap: ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' has pink, red, and grey Birdos. Pink Birdos always spit eggs and only fire one at a time, red ones spit a mix of eggs and fireballs and fire three at a time, and grey ones always spit fireballs in volleys of three.

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