Targitzan

"I am Targitzan, mighty Mayan god of target shooting! Prepare to meet thy dart-ridden doom!"

- Targitzan

Targitzan is the boss of Mayahem Temple in Banjo-Tooie. He is the first boss in the game, and intends to use the bear and bird for his dangerous, royal game of target shooting practice. As such, Banjo and Kazooie must fight him using the Breegull Blaster technique after trekking through his Temple. This boss is very difficult if you don't know how to move sideways, or aren't very good at it, but he becomes very easy if you can circle-strafe him in the opposite direction he's spinning, firing an egg every time a target comes near your sights.

Physical Characteristics
Targitzan is a powerful Mayan deity that resembles a totem pole. He is made up of 4 constantly spinning segments (not counting his head), each covered in targets and dart-spewing faces. The ratio of faces to targets increases the further up his body, making the difficulty of the battle steadily increase each time the bear and bird manage to destroy one of his segments. Luckily, Targitzan is immobile and is confined to the dead center of the arena.

His head is a sandstone monument with an intricate headdress-like structure at the top and has glowing jeweled eyes perched right about his bucktoothed mouth.

Banjo-Tooie
In order to get into his Temple, Banjo and Kazooie must demonstrate their mastery of the Breegull Blaster, which is learned from Jamjars. They must then collect twenty jade statues of him that are scattered throughout the temple grounds to gain entry to his "Really Sacred Chamber", where he lies.

Once entering, the duo Banjo and Kazooie spot a Jiggy lying on the ground. Thinking it is just another conveniently placed and easy-to-get Jiggy, they unsuspectingly walk up to it and comment how easy their quest will be if all of the Jiggies are this easy to get. Just as they are about to about to grab it, though, Targitzan suddenly rises, trapping the Jiggy on top of his head where the duo can no longer reach, forcing them to battle him to get the Jiggy back.

To defeat him, Banjo must make use of the Breegull Blaster ability to strafe around the arena and shoot the targets on his segments until it breaks apart. Once one of his segments is broken off, Targitzan will summon Moggies to combat the duo. He also has multiple faces on his sides that are capable of shooting out darts from their mouths, making the battle considerably harder as the battle progresses. Destroying all four of his segments evokes his "Sacred Self-Destruct", which sends out a flurry of darts in all directions. After surviving his self-destruct, the duo win the Jiggy that he was guarding.

Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts
A golden statue of Targitzan's head appears in Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts as one of the exhibits in Banjoland, near the Mumbo's Mountain Stonehenge. It is not visible at first until a nearby button is hit, after which it rises out of the ground and spews soccer balls from its mouth. Specifically, this statue resembles the "Sacred Priceless Relic Thingy", a priceless artifact built in the likeness of Targitzan that was lost by Chief Bloatazin.

A smaller statue of Targitzan can also be found at the bottom of the museum's built-in lake. It can be disassembled using the wrench or by crashing into it. This statue of Targitzan uses the authentic N64 model instead of a redesigned one.

Banjoland Info
"This Despotic Dizzy Totem God provided some good old-fashioned boss action, shooting game style. He lived in his Really Sacred Chamber in Mayahem Temple, a level with lots of temples."

 Trivia 
 * Targitzan's name is a pun on "target" and "Tarzan"

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Targitzan