The Dark Museum & the Purple Mystery

Level
The Dark Museum & the Purple Mystery
World	BF
Game	Princess Peach: Showtime!
Primary power-up	Detective Peach
Music track	Into The Darkness
Music sample
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The Dark Museum & the Purple Mystery is a stage in Princess Peach: Showtime!, located in the upper section of the BF on the fifth-from-left. After completing The Case of the Rainy-Day Plot, the player will get the opportunity to play this stage. The Detective Sparkla is trapped in this stage.

Layout

Upon entering the stage, Princess Peach is already in her Detective Peach transformation. Stella suggests to ask around at the museum for clues as to where the Detective Sparkla may be. There are several Theets in the museum, but all of them talk unreasonably to Peach (for instance by trying to convince her that everything is fine and that she should leave) and are secretly Criminals in disguise. After progressing to the right and exposing a criminal disguised as a Theet blocking a door, Detective Peach enters an area where two doors slam shut. Before they close completely, a piece of paper flies out and lands on the ground. Upon inspecting it, the paper is from the Detective Sparkla. It states that the doors will only open if the exhibits with a shared element are examined in the proper order.

There is a hallway to the right of the doors that leads to a room where four Themec Face Statues are. If all four statues are facing forwards towards the camera, a wall moves to reveal a golden statue. To open the main doors, Peach must examine four exhibits that have circles. First she must examine the Ancient Sparkle Relief that has one circle, then the Pink Crystal that has two circles, then the golden statue that has three circles, then finally the Theepota Water Urn that has four circles. With the four exhibits investigated in the correct order, the doors open.

Detective Peach in the room where four Detective Sparklas are

After entering the doors, Peach and Stella find the Junior Detective, who claims to have found four Detective Sparklas, but only one is the real one. He then leaves, confusing Stella. The real Detective Sparkla is the third one, as he is normal and confident in Peach. After finding the real Detective Sparkla, the two then start to make their escape. They enter nearby doors to another room.

Detective Peach and the Detective Sparkla in the room where several objects are

This next room has several objects, and is also a dead end. When the detectives make their way back to the previous room, they find themselves in an almost identical room. The Detective Sparkla takes a picture of this room and hangs the photo on the wall of the first room. The second room lacks the magnifying glass on a crate, and so Peach must investigate that object to reveal the path forward, which the detectives use to continue their escape.

The path leads Peach and the Sparkla to a roof where they meet the Junior Detective, who claims to have found the exit. The Detective Sparkla then asks the Junior Detective three questions: the first is about what color cushions to get for the sofa back at the office, the second is about what time to arrive for a meeting at 9:00, and the third is how they feel about Grape. The Junior Detective replies with purple, 9:00 and refers to Grape as Madame Grape. Upon investigating the Junior Detective, it is revealed to be another criminal in disguise, and the real exit is revealed. The stage is then completed.

Loss outcomes

• If Peach selects the wrong Detective Sparkla among the four choices, the Sparkla turns out to be a disguised Sour Bunch member, who laughs as Peach falls down a trapdoor and loses one HP.
• In the final section, if Peach use Strike of Intuition on Detective Sparkla instead of Junior Detective, Detective Sparkla will become sad, as Peach lose one HP and is returned to the choice.
• In the same section, if Peach heads directly up the fake exit, the stairs fall down along with Peach, as the Junior Detective cheers and Peach lose one HP and is returned to the choice.

Sparkle Gems

Sparkle Gems marked with an asterisk ⁽*⁾ will always be obtained during regular gameplay.

Image	Location
	After opening the door to where the Detective Sparkla is.*
	After using a Strike of Intuition on the real Detective Sparkla.*
	After using a Strike of Intuition on the magnifying glass on a crate.*
	Found in a sub-area before the door to the last section of the stage. Detective Peach must strike a pose on a specific area to reach the sub-area. To obtain the Sparkle Gem, Detective Peach must use a Strike of Intuition on a glowing crate.
	After using a Strike of Intuition on the criminal disguised as the Junior Detective.*

Stella ribbon

Ribboner's location

Multicolored Detective Ribbon: To the far right of the first section of the stage, there is a lift that takes Peach up to the second floor. To the far left of the second floor is Ribboner, where he is stuck. Detective Peach must turn the Themec Face Statues to face the left, which will cause a bridge to appear on the second floor. Peach can then reach Ribboner, who awards her the ribbon and thanks her for fixing the floor, and runs over to his travel equipment that had been stuck on the right side of the floor.

• Help request: "Help! I'm stuuuuck!"
• Rescue message: "You fixed it! You fixed the floor!"

Postgame hidden Theet

The stage has one Ninja Theet when it is played in the postgame:

• Found in the first section of the stage, in the statue area. This Theet is along the background wall to the right of the rightmost statue.

Gallery

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  The stage's album picture

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  A disguised Sour Bunch member near the start, while the Jump/Action buttons have been reversed in the game settings

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ヤミのミュージアムと紫むらさきの謎なぞ[?] Yami no Myūjiamu to Murasaki no Nazo	Dark Museum and Purple Mystery
Chinese (simplified)	黑暗的展览馆与紫色的谜[?] Hēi'àn De Zhǎnlǎn Guǎn Yǔ Zǐsè De Mí	Dark Exhibition Hall and Purple Mystery
Chinese (traditional)	黑暗的展覽館與紫色的謎[?] Hēi'àn De Zhǎnlǎn Guǎn Yǔ Zǐsè De Mí	Dark Exhibition Hall and Purple Mystery
Dutch	Het duistere museum[?]	The dark museum
French	Musée sombre et mystère violet[?]	Dark museum and purple mystery
German	Das lila Rätsel im Museum[?]	The purple Puzzle in the Museum
Italian	Il museo oscuro e il mistero viola[?]	The dark museum and the purple mystery
Korean	어둠의 박물관과 보라색 수수께끼[?] Eodum'ui bagmulgwangwa bolasaeg susukkekki	Dark Museum and Purple Mystery
Portuguese	O Museu Sombrio e o Enigma Púrpuro[?]	The Dark Museum and the Purple Enigma
Russian	Загадки в музее мрака[?] Zagadki v muzeē mraka	Riddles in the Museum of Darkness
Spanish	El museo malgurio[?]	The darkle museum