Twitch and Vinegar

Twitch and Vinegar are characters in the Shantae series, debuting in Shantae: The Pirate's Curse. They would return in Shantae: 1/2 Genie Hero in a somewhat more antagonistic role.
==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 two characters, Twitch 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 does not appear, and they therefore remained unnamed for a while. 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 helped establish Twitch's & Vinegar's actual, official names. The quote "Why am I staring at this totally buff gorgeous loser?" is attributed to Twitch on the wallpaper, meaning that the girl with the white top is Twitch as she is the one to say this in-game; hence the girl in the orange and blue outfit is Vinegar.
==Appearances==
===Shantae: The Pirate's Curse===
During Shantae's search for the first Den of Evil on Saliva Island, she meets Twitch and Vinegar, who are on vacation. However, Twitch and Vinegar are disappointed with their trip due to there not being a pool on the island and they instead set up a picnic (which is actually just a giant ham). Using the ham's tempting smell, Shantae opens the mouth of a Giant Lummox, causing it to drool, creating a pool for Twitch and Vinegar. After finally getting a pool for themselves, Twitch and Vinegar help Shantae out by giving her a Petrify Spell, which she later uses to find the Den of Evil.
Much later into the game, Shantae encounters the two women again, this time while seemingly "fangirl-ing" over the hero Bran-Son (a parody of He-Man), although not so fond of his alter ego Brandon. After Shantae finds and returns Brandon's Enchanted Blade, allowing him to turn into Bran-Son and give a speech about who he is and how others should stay true to themselves, Twitch and Vinegar state that they were actually planning to sell the information they learned about Brandon's secret identity to the Grim Reaper's Ghost (a parody of Skeletor) and decide to go back to work, and Shantae realizes that they are working for Ammo Baron.
After Twitch, Vinegar and Barracuda Joe return to their posts and Shantae gives Ammo Baron his Targeting Module (without knowing it's purpose), Twitch and Vinegar take place in Ammo Baron's attempt to destroy Sequin Land Palace and kill it's inhabitants with his new giant canon, with Vinegar managing the canon's targeting system and Twitch readying to firing the canon. However, due to the Targeting Module's being designed by Shantae's dimwitted friend Bolo, it misfires horribly, with the shot meant for the Palace landing on Frostbite Island, blowing open a hole leading to the final Den of Evil and supposedly killing Techno Baron. When the shot is fired, Vinegar informs him that the wrong target was destroyed and, when Ammo Baron asks somebody to find Techno Baron so he can make a new Module, Twitch states that she's not going to tell him about what happened to Techno Baron.
During the final boss fight (which ironically takes place on top of Sequin Land Palace), Risky Boots manages to convince Twitch and Vinegar to use Ammo Baron's cannon to shoot down and kill The Pirate Master.
After Shantae uses her regained magic to remove everything Ammo Baron did to Scuttle Town, he retreats with his army, but the two women are seemingly left behind.
===Shantae: 1/2 Genie Hero===
In Half Genie Hero, after Shantae defeats Holly Lingerbean in Tassel Town, Twitch and Vinegar reappear in Scuttle Town. When talked to, the two women state that they desire to eat Gator Steaks and will give Shantae a reward if she brings them some. After Shantae gives them two Gator Steaks (which can be acquired by defeating Techno Baron's Techno Grunts with the Fireball, Triple Fireball or Flamethrower), they give Shantae a ticket to the Carpet Races.
After Shantae arrives at the races, having been told by a pit-man that their was going to be a carpet heist that could endanger the lives of both the contestants and viewers, she finds that Twitch and Vinegar had been stealing the Magic Carpets for the Ammonian Army. Vinegar orders Shantae to give up her carpet, but she refuses, leading to Twitch and Vinegar having to fight Shantae in the game's 4th boss.
In the fight, Twitch and Vinegar will rotate in a circle before Twitch moves into the background. When this happens, Vinegar will begin to fly up and down in her plane firing streams of bullets, and will eventually switch with Twitch, who will throw bombs at Shantae from her Mech. Occasionally, Twitch and Vinegar will combine their vehicles and fire a giant laser-beam at Shantae. Shantae must attack the two pilots when every they are in the foreground and can also reflect their projectiles by using her mirror shield. When Twitch and Vinegar are defeated their vehicles explode and they fall into the ocean.
Twitch and Vinegar are last seen carrying the Ammo Baron of screen with a stretcher after he and his soldiers are defeated by Shantae.
== Gallery ==
Twitch and Vinegar.jpg|Twitch and Vinegar inside pools
Twitch and Vinegar Army.jpg|Twitch and Vinegar in their regular uniforms.
1420319607084.jpg|Twitch talking.
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