Editing Sparkle Theater

{{location infobox
|image=[[File:PPS Sparkle Theater.jpg|250px]]
|first_appearance=''[[Princess Peach: Showtime!]]'' ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
|inhabitants=[[Theet]]s, [[Stella]]
}}
{{rewrite-expand|section=y|Consider merging with [[Princess Peach: Showtime!#Plays]] onto this page.}}
'''Sparkle Theater''' is a large theater run by [[Theet]]s and the main location of ''[[Princess Peach: Showtime!]]''. It is made up of various buildings and located on a small island near a seaside town. During the game, [[Princess Peach]], along with a few Toads, visits the theater to watch a show, but are interrupted by the arrival of [[Grape (character)|Grape]] and the [[Sour Bunch]], who take over the venue and trap them and other Theets present inside. Peach then sets out with the theater's guardian [[Stella]] in order to defeat them and save the theater.

[[Staff Member]] Theets and other Theets who happened to be trapped inside as well analyze the situation and alert Peach if any paths are blocked off or if something seems odd, such as doors and staircases.

96 Theets are present in the five main lobby floors combined after the main game has been completed.

==Layout==
[[File:PPS Ending Curtain Call.jpg|thumb|left|Peach curtseying as Stella and the Sparklas take a bow at the theater]]
Inside, the Sparkle Theater is spacious and elegant, featuring numerous plays spread across five floors and a basement. On each floor, posters and banners featuring the floor's plays decorate the area, stairs to access the other floors, and a central section where Theets can sit on the stairs and where [[dark door]]s show up. There is also a Star Lift that can also be accessed to reach any respective floor automatically once the third floor has been completed. While each floor is controlled by its respective [[Darkle]] boss, it features purple lighting, [[Sour Bunch]] posters and banners replacing the regular ones and threads blocking the stairs to the next floors.

The four regular stages on each of 1F through 5F can be played in any order in order to unlock each floor's boss levels.

Levels 1 through 3 of all transformations, and the bosses on 1F through 4F, must be cleared in order to enter the final boss. The rehearsal "EX" bonus levels are not required.

When first entering 3F after defeating [[Light Fang]], the Star Lift becomes available for Peach to use as an elevator between floors. If Peach stands on a Star Lift platform while it is glowing, the player can press {{button|switch|A}} to make a list of available floors show up which can be selected from.

==Floor plan==
For the German, French, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese versions of the game, 1F is numbered as the ground floor, with higher floors starting from 1 and up. For instance, 4F in the English version would be 3F in those languages. Asian languages and Russian use the English version's floor numbers.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Locales !! Entrance floor !! Second floor !! Third floor !! Fourth floor !! Top floor
|-
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|1F
|2F
|3F
|4F
|5F
|-
|style="background-color:#E5E5E5"|[[File:Flag of Germany.png|32px]][[File:Flag of Netherlands.png|32px]][[File:Flag of France.png|32px]][[File:Flag of Brazil.png|32px]][[File:Flag of Spain.png|32px]][[File:Flag of Italy.png|32px]][[File:Flag of Mexico.png|32px]]
|Lobby
|1F
|2F
|3F
|4F
|}

===1F===
[[File:PPS Sparkle Theater 1F.png|250px|right|thumb|Overview of 1F after it has been rescued]]
The first floor in the Sparkle Theater, also known as the Lobby. It features the main entrance to the Sparkle Theater. The [[Lobby Shop]], a store selling dresses and [[Stella ribbon]]s, can be found there, manned by the Shopkeep Theet. A second Shopkeep Theet will also appear to decorate all the floors of the Sparkle Theater (except the Basement) in exchange for Sparkle Gems. The carpets and walls of this floor are colored red. Two large disco balls can be found on the ceiling, which disappear when the boss of the floor, [[Disco Wing]], is defeated.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Plays
|-
! Name !! Transformation !! [[Lobby Shop]]<br>stock ([[Dress ribbon|Peach]]) !! Lobby Shop<br>stock ([[Stella]])
|-
||[[The Castle of Thorns]] ||[[Swordfighter Peach]] (-1) || Polka-Dot Dress<br>Horizontal-Stripes Dress<br>Vertical-Stripes Dress<br>Two-Tone Dress<br>Gradient Dress || Red Ribbon<br>Blue Ribbon<br>Yellow Ribbon<br>Blue Ribbon<br>Orange Ribbon<br>Lime Ribbon<br>Light-Blue Ribbon<br>Black Ribbon<br>
|-
| [[Ninjutsu: The Art of Rapids]] || [[Ninja Peach]] (-1) ||colspan=2 style="background-color:#000"|
|-
| [[Cowgirl in the Wilderness]] || [[Cowgirl Peach]] (-1) ||colspan=2 style="background-color:#000"|
|-
| [[Welcome to the Festival of Sweets]] || [[Patissiere Peach]] (-1) ||colspan=2 style="background-color:#000"|
|-
|style="background-color:#FFDCC9"|[[Darkle Boss: Disco Wing]] ||style="background-color:#FFDAC6"|[[Sparkle Peach]] || style="background-color:#FFDAC6"| Disco Dress ||style="background-color:#000"|
|-
|style="background-color:#E4FFCC"|[[Swordfighter Rehearsal]] ||style="background-color:#E4FFCC"|[[Swordfighter Peach]]  (-EX)||colspan=2 style="background-color:#000"|
|}
*[[Swordfighter Sparkla]] and [[Ninja Sparkla]] are located on this floor after being rescued from the basement.
*Other Theets of note on the floor: [[Pictioneer]], Heart Charm [[Staff Member]]
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===2F===
[[File:PPS Sparkle Theater 2F.png|250px|right|thumb|Overview of 2F after it has been rescued]]
The second floor in the Sparkle Theater. The carpets and walls of the floor are colored green. Three large sets of green and yellow stage lights can be found on the ceiling, which disappear when the boss of the floor, [[Light Fang]], is defeated.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Plays
|-
! Name !! Transformation !! Lobby Shop stock
|-
| [[The Ghostly Castle]] || [[Swordfighter Peach]] (-2) || style="background-color:#000"|
|-
| [[The Perfect Infiltration]] || [[Dashing Thief Peach]] (-1) || style="background-color:#000"|
|-
| [[A Snow Flower on Ice]] || [[Figure Skater Peach]] (-1) || style="background-color:#000"|
|-
| [[The Case of the Missing Mural]] || [[Detective Peach]] (-1) || style="background-color:#000"|
|-
|style="background-color:#FFDCC9"|[[Darkle Boss: Light Fang]] ||style="background-color:#FFDAC6"|[[Sparkle Peach]] || style="background-color:#FFDAC6"|Fang Dress
|-
|style="background-color:#E4FFCC"|[[Dashing Thief Rehearsal]] ||style="background-color:#E4FFCC"|[[Dashing Thief Peach]] (-EX) || style="background-color:#000"|
|}
*[[Dashing Thief Sparkla]] and [[Figure Skater Sparkla]] are located on this floor after being rescued from the basement.

===3F===
[[File:PPS Sparkle Theater 3F.png|250px|right|thumb|Overview of 3F after "It's Showtime, Grape!"]]
The third floor in the Sparkle Theater. The carpets and walls of the floor are colored yellow. Two large movie projectors can be found on the ceiling, which disappear when the boss of the floor, [[Purrjector Cat]], is defeated.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Plays
|-
! Name !! Transformation !! Lobby Shop stock
|-
| [[Mighty Mission: Alien Invasion]] || [[Mighty Peach]] (-1) || style="background-color:#000"|
|-
| [[Cowgirl at Dusk]] || [[Cowgirl Peach]] (-2) || style="background-color:#000"|
|-
| [[Welcome to the Spooky Party]] || [[Patissiere Peach]] (-2) || style="background-color:#000"|
|-
| [[Melody of the Sea]] || [[Mermaid Peach]] (-1) || style="background-color:#000"|
|-
|style="background-color:#FFDCC9"|[[Darkle Boss: Purrjector Cat]] ||style="background-color:#FFDAC6"|[[Sparkle Peach]] || style="background-color:#FFDAC6"|Purrjector Dress
|-
|style="background-color:#E4FFCC"|[[Cowgirl Rehearsal]] ||style="background-color:#E4FFCC"|[[Cowgirl Peach]] (-EX) || style="background-color:#000"|
|}
*[[Patissiere Sparkla]] and [[Cowgirl Sparkla]] are located on this floor after being rescued from the basement.
{{br}}

===4F===
[[File:PPS Sparkle Theater 4F.png|250px|right|thumb|Overview of 4F after "It's Showtime, Grape!" and with Beaded Decor and Lamps bought for it at the Lobby Shop]]
The fourth floor in the Sparkle Theater. The carpets and walls of the floor are colored blue. Six large spotlights can be found on the ceiling, which disappear when the boss of the floor, [[Spotlion]], is defeated.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Plays
|-
! Name !! Transformation !! Lobby Shop stock !! Earned directly when won
|-
| [[Ninjutsu: The Art of Flames]] || [[Ninja Peach]] (-2)||style="background-color:#000"| ||style="background-color:#000"| 
|-
| [[The Stolen Statue]] || [[Dashing Thief Peach]] (-2)||style="background-color:#000"| ||style="background-color:#000"|
|-
| [[A Kung Fu Tale]] || [[Kung Fu Peach]] (-1)||style="background-color:#000"| ||style="background-color:#000"|
|-
| [[The Case of the Rainy-Day Plot]]|| [[Detective Peach]] (-2)||style="background-color:#000"| ||style="background-color:#000"|
|-
|style="background-color:#FFDCC9"|[[Darkle Boss: Spotlion]] ||style="background-color:#FFDAC6"|[[Sparkle Peach]] || style="background-color:#FFDAC6"|[[Spotlion]] Dress ||style="background-color:#000"|
|-
|style="background-color:#E4FFCC"|[[Kung Fu Rehearsal]]||style="background-color:#E4FFCC"|[[Kung Fu Peach]] (-EX)||style="background-color:#000"| ||style="background-color:#E4FFCC"|Checkered Dress
|}
*[[Kung Fu Sparkla]] and [[Detective Sparkla]] are located on this floor after being rescued from the basement.

===5F===
[[File:PPS Sparkle Theater 5F.png|250px|right|thumb|Overview of 5F after it has been rescued]]
The fifth and top floor in the Sparkle Theater. Three large windows decorate the back of the floor where stairs would be. The carpets and walls of the floor are colored white and gray. Four purple flames can be found floating near the ceiling. They disappear when [[Grape (character)|Grape]], the final boss, is defeated. This floor has no boss.

The rear window constantly has [[fireworks]] fired into the air behind it, regardless of whether the theater has been saved or not, and indicating that 5F is always at nighttime when Peach goes up to it.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Plays
|-
! Name !! Transformation !! Lobby Shop stock
|-
| [[Mighty Mission: The Rescue]] || [[Mighty Peach]] (-2)||style="background-color:#000"|
|-
| [[A Kung Fu Legend]] || [[Kung Fu Peach]] (-2)||style="background-color:#000"|
|-
| [[A Parade on Ice]] || [[Figure Skater Peach]] (-2)||style="background-color:#000"|
|-
| [[Blight of the Sea]] || [[Mermaid Peach]] (-2)||style="background-color:#000"|
|-
|style="background-color:#E4FFCC"|[[Mighty Rehearsal]]||style="background-color:#E4FFCC"|[[Mighty Peach]] (-EX) ||style="background-color:#000"|
|}
*[[Mighty Sparkla]] and [[Mermaid Sparkla]] are located on this floor after being rescued from the basement.
*Other Theets of note on the floor: [[Ribboner]] (postgame)
{{br}}

===BF===
[[File:PPS Sparkle Theater BF.png|250px|right|thumb|Overview of BF after "It's Showtime, Grape!", seen from the bottom section]]
The basement of the Sparkle Theater. This room contains ten locked doors, each containing one of the theater's [[Sparkla]]s. In order to access each, Princess Peach must obtain that respective Sparkla's Sparkla Spirit to unlock the door. The final boss [[Grape (character)|Grape]] can be fought here after all Sparklas have been rescued.

Completing [[The Dark Swordfighter & the Arena]] is mandatory in order to face [[Darkle Boss: Light Fang]] on 2F. The other nine Sparkla plays can be played in any order and any time before [[It's Showtime, Grape!]].
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Plays
|-
! Name !! Transformation !! Lobby Shop stock
|-
| [[The Dark Swordfighter & the Arena]] || [[Swordfighter Peach]] (-3) || Special Swordfighter Dress
|-
| [[The Dark Ninja & the Legion of Guards]] || [[Ninja Peach]] (-3) || Special Ninja Dress
|-
| [[The Dark Locomotive & the Doomed Town]] || [[Cowgirl Peach]] (-3) || Special Cowgirl Dress
|-
| [[The Dark Baker & the Bewitching Sweets]] || [[Patissiere Peach]] (-3) || Special Patisserie Dress
|-
| [[The Dark Prison & the Dangerous Trap]] || [[Dashing Thief Peach]] (-3) || Special Dashing Thief Dress
|-
| [[The Dark Ice & the Shadowy Stage]] || [[Figure Skater Peach]] (-3) || Special Figure Skater Dress
|-
| [[The Dark Museum & the Purple Mystery]] || [[Detective Peach]] (-3) || Special Detective Dress
|-
| [[Dark Space & the Great Meteor]] || [[Mighty Peach]] (-3) || Special Mighty Dress
|-
| [[The Dark Depths & the Swirling Currents]] || [[Mermaid Peach]] (-3) || Special Mermaid Dress
|-
| [[The Dark School & the Twisted Fist]] || [[Kung Fu Peach]] (-3) || Special Kung Fu Dress
|-
|style="background-color:#FFDCC9"|[[It's Showtime, Grape!]] ||style="background-color:#FFDAC6"|[[Radiant Peach]]<br>[[Super Radiant Peach]]|| style="background-color:#FFDAC6"|Radiant Dress<br>[[Grape (character)|Grape]] Dress<br>Radiant Ribbon<br>Grape Ribbon
|-
|}
{{br}}

==Gallery==
<gallery widths=175px>
PPS Sparkle Theater 1F prologue.png|1F as it looks like in the prologue before Grape's invasion.
PPS Sparkle Theater exterior Grape demo.png|The exterior of the Sparkle Theater after Grape's invasion, in the demo's title screen
PPS Ninjutsu The Art of Rapids fenced off.png|The door to [[Ninjutsu: The Art of Rapids]] being fenced off in the demo
PPS Dark Door 2F.png|A [[dark door]] that shows up in the center of a floor after the floor's regular stages have been completed.
PPS Sparkla parade street red carpet at night postgame.png|A Sparkla parade street downstairs from the Sparkle Theater's entry staircase and its seaside avenue
PPS rebuilt Sparkle Theater.jpg|Sparkle Theater seen during daytime, which only occurs in the cutscene after [[It's Showtime, Grape!]]
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=キラメキ{{ruby|劇場|げきじょう}}
|JapR=Kirameki Gekijō
|JapM=Sparkle Theater
|ChiS=灿光剧场
|ChiSR=Cànguāng Jùchǎng
|ChiSM=Sparkle Theater
|ChiT=燦光劇場
|ChiTR=Cànguāng Jùchǎng
|ChiTM=Sparkle Theater
|Dut=Sprankeltheater 
|DutM=Sparkle Theatre
|Fre=Théâtre de l’Étincelle
|FreM=Theater of the Sparkle
|Ger=Funkeltheater 
|GerM=Sparkle Theater
|Ita=Teatro Splendente
|ItaM=Shining Theatre
|Kor=반짝임 극장
|KorR=Banjjag-im Geugjang
|KorM=Sparkle Theater
|Por=Teatro Esplendor
|PorM=Splendor Theater
|Rus=Театр искр
|RusR=Teatr iskr
|RusM=Theater of Sparks
|Spa=Teatro Esplendor
|SpaM=Splendor Theater
}}

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