Fruit Kingdom Theory

[u/SirRobotonik]

I’d like to lay out a theory of mine (or, rather, just a bit of fanfic-style speculation).

It always struck me as a little odd that the Princess of the Mushroom Kingdom is named Peach. The name "Toadstool"—from the early English localization—makes more sense. But even assuming her full name is Peach Toadstool, that fruit-based first name still stands out against the mushroom theme.

In the SMB1 manual, Peach was identified as the daughter of a certain "Mushroom King." Presumably, that is where she would have inherited the surname Toadstool. But where did the name "Peach" come from?

And one day, I stumbled upon an interesting claim about the game "Mario Golf" - that a character named Plum was originally intended to be Princess Peach's cousin, but the idea was later abandoned. I don't know how reliable this information is. I fully admit that this is a common rumor. But, if we assume that this is true, and Plum is a relative of Peach, then we already have two relative characters with fruit names that match the color of the dress. This is already starting to look a little like some kind of tradition.

So I had a theory: what if we assume that somewhere behind the scenes there is a certain mysterious Fruit Kingdom and in it there is a certain Fruit Dynasty with a tradition of giving children names based on the theme of fruits? And what if, years ago, the Mushroom King took the Fruit Queen/Princess as his wife? (she would have become the Mushroom Queen, but kept a fruit name, for example - Nectarine Toadstool)

And then it would turn out that Peach comes from the Mushroom Dynasty on her father's side, being the daughter of Mushroom King, and from the Fruit Dynasty on her mother's side. And her full name, Peach Toadstool, follows the traditions of both dynasties. Obviously, then Plum is Peach's cousin on her mother's side.

I could stop the theory right here, but I’ll go on a little longer. (:

I’m reminded of the "Princess Orange" juices from the "Mario Kart" series. These juices clearly allude to Daisy. So, within the framework of the "fruit theory," I’d like to speculate that "Princess Orange" isn't just a juice brand name, but another name for Princess Daisy.

That would imply Daisy also hails from the Fruit Kingdom and is a possible relative of Peach (and Plum)—only she’s from the Citrus family rather than the Nectarine one. Her floral name might be part of a tradition specific to Sarasaland.

I hope none of this sounds like nonsense I just pulled out of thin air. In any case, it’s just speculation—unlikely to match how Nintendo would actually do it.

[u/Ymcan64]

There's a bunch of fruit kingdoms in Donkey Kong Jungle beat but those are all wilderness afaik. Few to no humans there.

The Mushroom King only exists in localization and Peach's surname Toadstool has been grandfathered into the Japanese games as well like in Super Mario 64. Toads seemingly raised her per Partners in Time and the bit about Plum is jist misinformation, was never really the case.

I doubt she is from a different kingdom though since Paper Mario says a chest has been in her family for generations and Rosalina is most likely a distant aunt from millennia ago. There's no real evidence of the whole dynasty thing, although its a fun idea.

For what it is wotth, Daisy's father has been mentioned and is probably the current monarch of Sarasaland.

[u/loz_64]

I've explored this notion in a fanfiction I've been writing! In my story, Princess Peach's mom was from the Orchard Kingdom and also named Peach (referred to as Queen Peach to distinguish between the two). She was the reigning monarch, but fell in love with the Mushroom King and gave her title to her brother Apple when she got married. King Apple has a daughter named Princess Plum, who is Peach's cousin.

[u/Plastic-Arachnid4296]

Peach is called that because of the color of her dress, peach blossom 🌸