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Twitch & Vinegar are villains who appear in Shantae and the Pirate's Curse and Shantae: Half-Genie Hero.

The first time Shantae meets the two girls, they are on vacation on Saliva Island and are upset that there's no water in the pool. Despite this, they set up their picnic (a giant ham), which Shantae uses to open the Giga Lummox's (a giant dragon-like being napping above the pool) mouth to drool spit into the pool. As Twitch and Vinegar undress themselves and show off their swimsuits and "porcelin baby skin" the sunlight reflects and bounces off upon their smooth and shiny skin and as they "cross the beams" of sunlight they are able to help Shantae progress further by giving her the Petrify spell.

Later in the game, after they finish their vacation, Shantae learns that they work for the Ammo Baron, and finds them fangirl-ing on Bran-Son near Sequin Land Palace. After Shantae gives Bran-Son his enchanted blade so that he can transform, the girls run back to Ammo Baron in Scuttle Town, intent on revealing Bran-Son's secret identity to his archnemesis. Later, as Bolo has inadvertently sabotaged the Baron's cannon in Scuttle Town, the girls are unable to direct the cannon to face the Palace and shoot a large hole into Frostbite Island instead, revealing a hidden dungeon.

Twitch & Vinegar's last appearances are in a cutscene during Shantae's battle with the Pirate Master's true form in which they help Shantae, under command by Risky Boots, by firing cannonballs at the Pirate Master's head to finish him off and save Sequin Land. Afterwards, during the good ending, Shantae runs Ammo Baron and his army out of town.

Twitch & Vinegar return in Shantae: Half-Genie Hero, still working for the Ammo Baron. This time, however, they are now named in-game. They give Shantae a quest to get them some Gator Steaks in exchange for a race ticket. Shantae later finds out they have been stealing magic carpets under orders of the Ammo Baron, and Twitch & Vinegar fight Shantae in their air assault vehicles as the Cape Crustacean mid boss. They are later seen again carrying away Ammo Baron after his defeat.

In the Officer Mode DLC, Twitch and Vinegar can be found dressed in Space Hooligan attire in each level, and need to be arrested for 100% completion.

Creation[]

The creation of the characters actually dates back to the 1990s, as Matt Bozon revealed in an interview that Twitch's name and design were actually those of Sky. When Shantae was developed, he decided to modify the character a bit. Years later, he chose to bring back Twitch as a character for The Pirate's Curse, although he altered her so that she would be split into herself and Vinegar. The Ammo Baron was supposed to introduce them to Shantae by name in the game, but due to a programming error the line took the shaft, and they therefore remained unnamed.[1] In a small promotional comic on Matt Bozon's twitter, Matt later joked about this fact; but the release of cards and wallpapers for the Steam version established Twitch's & Vinegar's official names. The quote "Why am I staring at this totally buff gorgeous loser?" attributed to Twitch on the wallpaper allows to ascertain that the girl with the white top is Twitch as she is the one to say this in-game; making the girl with the orange and blue outfit Vinegar. Their names would later be added in Half-Genie Hero.

External links[]

Steam Wallpaper that revealed their names: [1]

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

  • In Shantae and the Pirate's Curse, Twitch and Vinegar's swimwear sprites differ from the artwork:
    • Twitch is seen wearing a red and white, striped bikini in her art, when she sparkles and when she's splashing. However her sprite is seen wearing a solid red bikini. The same is said for Vinegar. She is wearing a blue bikini in her artwork but the bikini in her sprite is not only less detailed, it is purple instead of blue.
  • Twitch was originally going to be a friend of Shantae's. Sky eventually took her place, and Twitch became two characters - Twitch and Vinegar.
  • Something noticeable about Twitch and Vinegar is how Twitch has red eyes and a bikini while Vinegar has blue eyes and a bikini. Red and blue are also the colors of the brothers Armor Baron and Ammo Baron, respectively.

References[]

  1. Interview: Shantae Co-Creator Matt Bozon Discusses the Series’ Future & Shantae in Super Smash Bros. - TheMarySue.com
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