Sour Bunch
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| First appearance | Princess Peach: Showtime! (2024) | ||
| Leader | Grape | ||
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The Sour Bunch is an acting theater troupe of anthropomorphic purple grapes led by Grape and are the main antagonists of Princess Peach: Showtime!, where they take over the Sparkle Theater. Unlike the Theets, the Sour Bunch do not have visible noses.
Their name, alongside Grape's, plays on the phrase "sour grapes" which reference Ancient Greek theater's celebrations to honor Dionysus, the god of wine and theater.[1]
They consistently refer to Grape as "Madame Grape", a name that is a running theme throughout the game to identify characters who have bad intentions.
Most types of them can be defeated with Sparkle if they are encountered prior to getting a transformation, but a few of them can only be defeated by other means, including the cowboys in Cowgirl in the Wilderness and the guards in Ninjutsu: The Art of Rapids.
The only subcategory of Sour Bunch members to be referred to by name in first-person dialog boxes where they themselves speak are in the Detective Peach levels, where they are named Criminal, who in turn collectively organize as Sour Gang instead of Sour Bunch.
Gallery[edit]
Standard shape[edit]
In The Castle of Thorns
In The Castle of Thorns
In cowboy outfits in Cowgirl in the Wilderness with rubber bullet guns. They cannot be defeated by Sparkle, and will only faint for a few seconds. A lasso throw will however defeat them.
A plotting Sour Bunch member in The Case of the Rainy-Day Plot
A previously disguised Sour Bunch member in The Dark Museum & the Purple Mystery
In kung fu outfits in A Kung Fu Legend
In kung fu outfit
Kung Fu Peach kicking a Sour Bunch member in the lower right of Pictioneer's photo of A Kung Fu Legend
A member in a grey outfit with an antenna on top
A poster of them next to various plays on unsaved floors
Special subcategories[edit]
A floating ghost member from The Ghostly Castle in the far right of the image
Members of a smaller subspecies of the Sour Bunch with wings
Close-up of the subspecies
A floating subspecies with hats floating above them in It's Showtime, Grape!, to the left and right of Grape
A mermaid jumping up from the sea in Melody of the Sea
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | グレープ Gurēpu Gekidan |
Grape Troupe,[2] also romanized as such on that page | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 桂葡剧团[?] Guìpú Jùtuán |
Grape Troupe | |
| Chinese (traditional) | 桂葡劇團[?] Guìpú Jùtuán |
Grape Troupe | |
| Dutch | Zure Tros[?] | Sour Bunch | |
| French | Grappe maléfique[?] | Evil cluster | |
| German | Sauertrupp[?] | Sour Troupe | |
| Italian | Compagnia dei Mosti[?] | Troupe of Musts | |
| Korean | 그레이프 극단[?] Geureipeu Geukdan |
Grape Troupe | |
| Portuguese | Trupe Uvaparsas[?] | Trupe ("troupe") + a play on uva passa ("raisin") and comparsa ("partner"/"accomplice"; means also "extra" in Italian) | |
| Russian | Кислые мимы[?] Kislyye mimy |
Sour mimes | |
| Spanish | Compañía Malaúva[?] | Bad-grape Troupe; play on mala uva (the phrase "bad intentions") and the words mala ("bad") and uva ("grape") |
Trivia[edit]
- The lower-ranking members of the Sour Bunch are referred to as 「ドゥーケ」 (Dūke) in Japanese.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Nintenduo World (March 23, 2024). 25 Secrets of Princess Peach: Showtime! 🎀 Facts & Easter Eggs (Nintendo Switch). YouTube. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
- ^ a b プリンセスピーチ Showtime! : ストーリー | Nintendo Switch | 任天堂. Nintendo (Japanese). Retrieved February 1, 2024.
