Kazooie

Kazooie the Red-Crested Breegull is one of the two protagonists on which the Banjo-Kazooie series centers. She resides in Banjo's backpack most of the time, poking her head out only to berate various other characters with insults and jabbering. She does leave the backpack on occasion, but her friendship (and rent free apartment) with Banjo always leads her back eventually.

Name origin
Kazooie's name, like Banjo's, is based on a musical instrument; based on the kazoo to be more precise. Incidently, Kazooie herself is known to be an experienced kazoo-player, although the only time Kazooie was ever seen playing her kazoo was during the introduction theme in Banjo-Kazooie. Oddly, Kazooie's kazoo barely resembles an actual kazoo, and looks more like a bugle. However, whether coincidence or not, the term "bugle" is phonetically similar to "breegull."

Personality
Kazooie's personality is very different from Banjo's. She is a wisecracking, hot-tempered, slightly egotistic, tell-it-like-it-is loudmouth. She rarely ever shuts up, and then only because whoever she was insulting has finished the conversation. This could be because almost everyone that Kazooie has met had insulted her in some way. Bottles, for example, called her a 'strange friend' and asked Banjo if she could talk, and Mumbo Jumbo called her the 'filthy feathered one'. This could also be why Banjo and Kazooie are such great friends since Banjo hardly ever insults anyone(and if he does he usually apologizes). Kazooie likes adventuring (something which Banjo hates) and saving the world, while she hates boredom, Banjo's lack of an attitude, and facing backwards. During screensaver mode, in Banjo-Kazooie at least, Kazooie would suddenly poke her head out the backpack and peck at Banjo's head for the fun of it, although half the time Banjo might get irritated by this and wring her by the neck, choking her momentarily.

Abilities
Aside from fitting into a backpack the size of her torso with no apparent discomfort, Kazooie can fly, carry Banjo, shoot eggs out of her mouth, attack enemies with her wings, and hatch large eggs when alone. If the Mega Glowbo is given to Humba Wumba, Kazooie is able to transform into the ferocious Dragon Kazooie.

When paired with Banjo, Kazooie has even more skills at her disposal. The duo can perform a Forward Roll while running to attack enemies; Kazooie can use Banjo as leverage to perform a fast Peck attack; She can enjoy Banjo's excellent swimming abilities; as well as being able to climb and grasp ledges.

In Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts, The Bird and Bear have forgotten their abilities and instead much battle their arch-nemesis Gruntilda the Witch, by creating awe-inspiring vehicles for all sorts of terrain and conditions. With an almost unlimited assortment of weaponry and gadgets to add to these machines, Banjo and Kazooie will no doubt be ready for whatever challenges their new adventures may bring. Kazooie is also given a magical wrench that not only allows her to smack her enemies, but also lets her magically carry objects and turn pipes. She attacks with it from the safety of Banjo's backpack.

Career
According to Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge and | her Facebook page, Kazooie was originally discovered by Banjo on Breegull Beach inside the blue backpack one day. For whatever reason, the two became friends at some point after that, and Kazooie lived an annoyingly-quiet life with Banjo and his sister Tooty for an unknown period of time.

In 1998, Kazooie finally convinced Banjo to go out on an adventure somewhere, although Banjo insisted on taking Tooty along as well. Kazooie got her wish when Gruntilda captured Tooty, forcing a rescue operation. Kazooie throughly enjoyed learning cool moves and witch-bashing, although having to deal with Bottles, Mumbo, and Banjo's constant desire to help everyone was a constant pain in the butt. Eventually, Grunty was buried and Tooty saved.

A few months afterwards, Klungo devised a plan for Grunty to escape her rock prison and go back in time, preventing Banjo and Kazooie from ever meeting. Kazooie was taken back in time by Mecha-Grunty, and because of an odd glitch in the space-time continuum, this would prevent her past self from meeting up with Banjo. Luckily, Banjo followed Grunty with Mumbo's help and rescued Kazooie. The two of them proceeded to beat Grunty and restore the timeline.

Convinced that they hadn't seen the last of Grunty, Kazooie insisted that she and Banjo continue practicing their moves (and secretly hoping to get into the Smash Bros. cast). In 2000, her hunch proved correct when Grunty's sisters rescued her and blasted Banjo's House in he process, killing Bottles. Kazooie was instantly pumped to get on another adventure, and while Jamjars was every bit as annoying as his dead brother, she learned to Split-up from Banjo and lay the hurt on the witch's minions herself. After defeating Grunty a third time and reviving everyone who died, the duo went into "rest mode" once more.

Kazooie, however, wasn't pleased with doing nothing. She jabbered constantly at Banjo to keep practicing moves. But Banjo flatly refused this time, and decided to start fixing up his house for a few weeks. After that, the pair slipped into a depressing lifestyle of boredom, Xbox and pizza.

After eight whole years of nothing, Grunty reappeared in 2008. But another being also showed himself: Lord of Games, a near-omnipotent character that set up a vehicle-based challenge between BK and Grunty for the rights to Spiral Mountain. Kazooie was not one iota happy about this, since L.O.G. had swapped her moves for a magical wrench. After an arduous journey in which Kazooie constantly felt as if she got the shaft, Banjo finally defeated Grunty and legally earned the deeds to his home. Kazooie did get her old moves back, so it wasn't a total waste.

Voice actor/actress
Her speaking voice is by Frank Welker and her breegull sounds are portrayed by Debi Derryberry.

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