Editing Stella

{{about|the character from [[Princess Peach: Showtime!]]|the Dragon Quest character playable in [[Fortune Street]]|[[Stella (Dragon Quest)]]|one of [[Geno]]'s weapons in [[Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)]]|[[Stella 023]]}}
{{character infobox
|image=[[File:PPS Stella.png|250px]]<br>Artwork from ''Princess Peach: Showtime!''
|species=Sparkle sprite
|first_appearance=''[[Princess Peach: Showtime!]]'' ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Tetris 99]]'' (39th Maximus Cup, cameo) (2024)
|portrayed_by={{wp|Yuka Terasaki}}<ref>{{cite|author=terachan0804|date=May 13, 2024|language=ja|title=Nintendo Switch用ソフト 「プリンセスピーチ Showtime!」 で、ピーチの相棒ステラのボイスを担当しております!!ピーチの相棒になれる日が来るなんて🌟 乗っ取られた劇場を救うため！ ピーチがステラと共に立ち向かう物語！ 色んな姿に変身するピーチがかっこよくて可愛い〜💕|url=x.com/terachan0804/status/1789928847317557659|publisher=X|accessdate=May 14, 2024}}</ref>
}}
{{quote|My name's Stella! I'm a Sparkle sprite who watches over this theater! And you are...[[Princess Peach|Peach]]? What a great name! With the power of Sparkle on our side, we'll take back the play, and the show will go on!|Stella|Princess Peach: Showtime!}}
'''Stella''' is the secondary protagonist and the guardian of [[Sparkle Theater]] in ''[[Princess Peach: Showtime!]]'' She is a [[Sparkle]] sprite with a yellow, star-shaped head and a deep turquoise outfit consisting of a dress and a ribbon. Her name is a play on "stellar", a term that refers to stars in general or star performers and an adjective that means "outstanding".

==History==
===''Princess Peach: Showtime!''===
After [[Grape (character)|Grape]] and the [[Sour Bunch]] take over the theater, Stella requests [[Princess Peach]]'s help to reclaim it. The bands of her ribbon can extend to help Peach interact with enemies and elements of scenery, and Stella herself can magically grant Peach new transformations. She wears a ribbon at all times.

Stella's color when flying around and when Sparkle is used corresponds to the ribbon she is wearing, which can be selected in the Wardrobe in the pause menu (while in the Sparkle Theater). During Peach's transitions from Sparkle to a transformation, she is instead light blue with white gradients.

She use the leftover laces from her ribbon bows as combined wings and arms. She continuously flaps with them when standing still, and uses them as arms for posing when buying a ribbon from the [[Lobby Shop]] or when changing to a different ribbon in the Wardrobe menu. The laces also follow her when she moves fast to catch up to Peach, during which she becomes a sparkling glow with no face or dress.

She is usually seen smiling, surprised, or frowning. Only sporadically does she take more assertive stances, such as refusing to let Peach leave BF if she has not finished [[The Dark Swordfighter & the Arena]] yet.

In the first half of the game she occasionally express hopes that a stage will be friendly and without problems, most noticeably in [[A Snow Flower on Ice]] and [[Melody of the Sea]], eventually being proven wrong on all such occasions. In the second half of the game where Peach starts most levels already in her transformations, Stella leaves Peach mostly alone during non-boss stages but still provides hints and stage-entry plot dialogues.

After [[It's Showtime, Grape!]], Peach can choose to buy a large golden [[statue]] of Stella, more than twice the height of Peach, as a Sparkle Theater decoration, from the green-shirted [[Lobby Shop]] staffer. The statue will then be placed in the center of 1F.

===''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''===
A Legend-class [[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|primary spirit]] of [[Princess Peach|Peach]] and Stella together was added to ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' during the "{{iw|smashwiki|Showtime and Wonder Spirits!}}" spirit event that began on the same day as ''Princess Peach: Showtime!''{{'}}s release. In their [[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]] battle, Stella is represented by a tiny, yellow [[Kirby]], and the battle is set in [[Luigi's Mansion (stage)|Luigi's Mansion]], which represents the [[Sparkle Theater]]. Throughout the battle, [[Assist Trophy|Assist Trophies]] representing three transformations from ''Showtime!'' appear: [[Lyn]], representing [[Swordfighter Peach]]; [[Chef Kawasaki]], representing [[Patissiere Peach]]; and [[Akira]], representing [[Kung Fu Peach]]. This is the only spirit battle in the game where multiple different Assist Trophies appear.

===''Super Mario Run''===
A statue of Stella and Peach also appears in ''[[Super Mario Run]]''{{'}}s Kingdom Builder, which was made available during the ''Princess Peach: Showtime!'' event that began an hour after the start of the spirit event in ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'' (though it was added to the notebook silhouetted alongside the other event items as part of the game's version 3.2.0 update released a week prior on March 15, 2024). The statue is unlocked after completing all nine Princess Peach missions. Stella also appears as the missions icon during the event.

===''Tetris 99''===
Stella also appears in the banner and icon of the ''Princess Peach: Showtime!'' theme in ''[[Tetris 99]]'', which was released during the 39th Maximus Cup.

==Profiles and statistics==
===''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''===
{{spirit
|no=1525
|name=Peach & Stella
|image=[[File:SSBU Peach Stella spirit sticker.png|x100px]]
|series=''[[Super Mario (series)|Super Mario]]'' Series
|type={{iw|smashwiki|Primary spirit|Primary}}
|slots=2
|class=Legend
|effects='''{{color|limegreen|Grab}}'''<br>Jump ↑
|obtain={{iw|smashwiki|Spirit Board}} (version 13.0.2 or later)
|opponents=[[Princess Peach|Peach]], [[Kirby]]
|conditions='''Rule:''' [[Assist Trophy]] Enemies ''({{iw|smashwiki|Lyn}}, {{iw|smashwiki|Kawasaki}}, {{iw|smashwiki|Akira}})''
*Hostile assist trophies will appear
*The enemy favors up smash attacks
|stage=[[Luigi's Mansion (stage)|Luigi's Mansion]]
|song=Fossil Falls
}}

==Gallery==
===''Princess Peach: Showtime!''===
<gallery widths=130px>
PPS New Key Art.jpg|Stella, alongside Princess Peach, in key art for ''[[Princess Peach: Showtime!]]''
Peach Showtime key art logo.jpg|Stella, alongside Princess Peach, in the initial key art for ''Princess Peach: Showtime!''
Untitled Peach game stage start.jpg|Stella and Peach in-game
Untitled Peach game stage platform.jpg|Stella assisting Peach to transform
PPS! 1st stage's intro.jpg|Stella and Peach in the [[The Castle of Thorns|first stage]]
PPS Peach blue dress transformation.png|Stella's light-blue swirl during a transformation
PPS Stella textbox face 1.png|One of Stella's icons in dialogue textboxes
PPS Stella speed mode.png|Stella's form when catching up to Peach when she starts running fast
PPS Peach and Stella staircase post-slide pose.png|A pose Stella and Peach do if the player does not immediately move after Peach has slid down a staircase
PPS Stella posing stage start.png|Stella's pose at the start of (Transformation)-1 stages
PPS Stella blasting Dark Door open.png|Stella having just opened a [[dark door]]
PPS Welcome to the Spooky Party Stella cake.png|The seventh cake in [[Welcome to the Spooky Party]]'s cake decoration challenge, which is based on Stella
PPS Ending Curtain Call.jpg|Stella taking a bow with Peach and the Sparklas
PPS Stella gold statue 1F.png|Gold statue of Stella in the center of 1F, bought from the green-sweater Lobby Shop staffer in the upper right
</gallery>

===Other===
<gallery widths=130px>
SMR Peach Stella Statue.png|Peach & Stella Statue in ''[[Super Mario Run]]''
SMR Princess Peach Missions.png|Stella on the Princess Peach missions screen in ''Super Mario Run''
NL2024T PPS Official Sticker.png|Stickers from Nintendo Live 2024 TOKYO
PPS SegaPrize Stella Plush.jpg|Stella plush manufactured by [[SegaPrize]]
PPS Sanei Peach Stella Plush.jpg|Peach & Stella plush manufactured by [[San-ei Co., Ltd.]]
</gallery>

==Multimedia==
{{media table
|file1=Princess_Peach_Showtime!_055_Stella.oga
|title1=Stella
|description1=Played when Peach and Stella first meets. While being her titular song, it is somber to reflect that it is mere minutes after Grape's invasion.
}}

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=ステラ
|JpnR=Sutera
|JpnM=Stella
|Chi=思忒拉
|ChiR=Sītèlā
|ChiM=Stella
|Dut=Stella
|Fre=Stella
|Ger=Stella
|Ita=Stella
|Kor=스텔라
|KorR=Seutella
|KorM=Stella
|Por=Estela
|PorM=Portuguese equivalent of the name "Stella"
|Rus=Стелла
|RusR=Stella
|RusM=Stella
|Spa=Lucy
|SpaM=Common name; derives from ''luz'' ("light")
}}

==References==
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[[Category:Stars]]
[[Category:Princess Peach: Showtime! characters]]
[[Category:Super Smash Bros. Ultimate spirits]]
[[it:Stella (Princess Peach: Showtime!)]]