Editing The Dark School & the Twisted Fist

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|image=[[File:PPS The Dark School & the Twisted Fist gameplay.png|250px]]
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|world=BF
|game=''[[Princess Peach: Showtime!]]''
|powerup=[[Kung Fu Peach]]
|boss=[[Kung fu villain]]
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|before=[[A Kung Fu Legend|{{ruby|<<|Kung Fu}}]]
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'''The Dark School & the Twisted Fist''' is a level in ''[[Princess Peach: Showtime!]]'', located on the sixth-from-left on the top section of the basement of the [[Sparkle Theater]]. It is the third level where the [[Kung Fu Peach]] transformation is used.

==Layout==
The show starts with [[Princess Peach]] in her Kung Fu transformation, and is pretty short before reaching the boss fight. After passing a couple boulders and a red staircase, [[Sour Bunch]] ninjas attempt to trap her inside boulders, which goes poorly for them as Peach can break them.

As Peach continues her journey through platforms, buildings, boulders, and Sour Bunch ninjas on poles and on the ground, they arrive inside the academy to find [[Kung Fu Sparkla]] captured, and the kung fu villain challenging Peach to a new bout.

In this bout, the kung fu villain has replicated himself into three clones. The right one fights conventionally as in the previous bouts, while the left one uses jump attacks and different attack speeds. The one in the center is fought last, and throw fastballs and curve balls that Peach must kick back, similar to in [[A Kung Fu Legend]], but can in this fight change between throwing from the left or right. A final large thrown ball requires multiple kicks from Peach to kick it back at him.

With Kung Fu Sparkla saved, the kung fu villain makes one last attempt to fight back in a puppet form. With Peach and Kung Fu Sparkla parrying a couple attacks from him, Peach and Kung Fu Sparkla makes one final duo kick to defeat him once and for all.

==Sparkle Gems==
[[Sparkle Gem]]s marked with an asterisk ⁽*⁾ will always be obtained during regular gameplay.
#On a small cliff immediately upwards from the start platform.
#A [[Sub-area|backroom pose elevator]] on some dark brickstones soon after the first attempt by the Sour Bunch to trap her. Peach must use horizontal and vertical spin poles to make her way up to the gem.
#On the upper left of the platforms, where the first boulder after the first trap has fell.
#After the clouds have cleared after the pole Sour Bunch ninjas have been defeated, there is a path on the right. The gem is partially obscured by a large 10-[[coin]].
#Defeat the kung fu villain.*

==Ribboner==
[[Ribboner]] can be found behind a breakable boulder on a platform immediately after the start of the level. He awards the [[Stella ribbon|Multicolored Kung Fu Ribbon]] for [[Stella]].
*Help request: ''"This rock is so heaaavy..."''
*Rescue message: ''"Phew, thanks a bunch!"''

==Lobby Shop stock==
Completing the level allows [[Princess Peach|Peach]] to buy the Special Kung Fu [[Dress ribbon|Dress]] for 300 [[coin]]s at the [[Lobby Shop]].

==Postgame Ninja Theet==
The stage has one [[Ninja (Princess Peach: Showtime!)|Ninja]] [[Theet]] when it is played in the postgame:
*On the immediate right end of the red staircase, very near the start of the level.

==Gallery==
<gallery widths=175>
PPS Kung Fu album 3.jpg|[[Pictioneer]]'s photo of the stage
PPS Kung Fu Sparkla.jpg|Kung Fu Sparkla as he appears during the end of the level
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ヤミの{{ruby|道場|どうじょう}}と{{ruby|暗黒拳|あんこくけん}}
|JapR=Yami no Dōjō to Ankoku Ken
|JapM=Dark Dojo and Dark Fist
|ChiS=黑暗的道场与暗黑拳
|ChiSR=Hēi'àn De Dàochǎng Yǔ Ànhēi Quán
|ChiSM=Dark Dojo and Dark Fist
|ChiT=黑暗的道場與暗黑拳
|ChiTR=Hēi'àn De Dàochǎng Yǔ Ànhēi Quán
|ChiTM=Dark Dojo and Dark Fist
|Dut=De duistere vechtschool
|DutM=The dark fighting school
|Fre=École sombre et poing maléfique
|FreM=Dark school and evil fist
|Ger=Die Faust der dunklen Schule
|GerM=The Fist of the Dark School
|Ita=La scuola e il pugno oscuro
|ItaM=The school and the dark fist
|Kor=어둠의 도장과 암흑 권
|KorR=Eodum'ui dojang'gwa amheug gwon
|KorM=Dark Dojo and Dark Fist
|Por=Lições Sombrias do Punho Perverso
|PorM=Dark Lessons from the Wicked Fist
|Rus=Школа кун-фу и кулаки мрака
|RusR=Shkola kun-fu i kulaki mraka
|RusM=Kung Fu School and Fists of Darkness
|Spa=El puño de la malguria
|SpaM=The darkle fist
}}
==Trivia==
*As Kung Fu Peach only use her legs to attack in any of the levels she appear in, the titular fist is almost certainly that of the Kung Fu Master.
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[[Category:Princess Peach: Showtime! levels]]
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