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{{Quote|[[Dingpot]], Dingpot by the bench, who is the nicest looking wench?|Gruntilda|[[Banjo-Kazooie]]}} | {{Quote|[[Dingpot]], Dingpot by the bench, who is the nicest looking wench?|Gruntilda|[[Banjo-Kazooie]]}} | ||
===''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]''=== | ===''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]''=== | ||
[[File: | [[File:Bk spell.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Banjo]] and [[Kazooie]] being attacked by Grunty in a promotional image.]] | ||
[[File:SexyGrunty.jpg|thumb|Grunty after being transformed if the player gets a Game Over.]] | [[File:SexyGrunty.jpg|thumb|Grunty after being transformed if the player gets a Game Over.]] | ||
In the [[Banjo-Kazooie|first game]], Gruntilda played the role of the stereotypical "evil witch". She spoke only in rhymes and was known for being extremely vain, which is odd considering how ugly she appears. She has a bad habit of picking her nose, as seen in the ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]'' intro cutscene. Like most witches, she uses a [[Gruntilda's Broomstick|broomstick]] for transportation. When [[Dingpot]] revealed that [[Tooty]], [[Banjo|Banjo's]] sister, was the "''prettiest and fairest in the land''", Gruntilda became infuriated and kidnapped Tooty (although the manual implies that Gruntilda was already planning on snatching a denizen from Spiral Mountain to steal their beauty to one-up her sister, Brentilda, and was actually deeply-down glad that she found that Tooty was prettier than her, as it gave her an excuse to subject her as her first test specimen). She selfishly plotted to use a "[[Beauty Transfer Machine]]" to drain Tooty's youth and beauty and transfer it to her own ugly self, which would result in Grunty becoming pretty and thin and Tooty becoming ugly, fat and green. Banjo and his good friend [[Kazooie]] chased the witch through her [[Gruntilda's Lair|massive lair]], where she had created several worlds filled with her minions and various challenges to stop the duo. As the pair progressed, Gruntilda shouted rhyming taunts and various insults in an attempt to keep the pair away. But with the help from various sources, including her nicer sister [[Brentilda]] who told Banjo and Kazooie interesting secrets regarding Gruntilda, the bear and bird duo were able to complete the worlds and reach Grunty's last challenge before rescuing Tooty: a twisted game show called [[Grunty's Furnace Fun]]. After the duo won the game show, Gruntilda ran away and Banjo and Kazooie rescued Tooty. Later, the bear and bird journeyed to the roof of Gruntilda's Lair and faced off in a battle with Grunty. | In the [[Banjo-Kazooie|first game]], Gruntilda played the role of the stereotypical "evil witch". She spoke only in rhymes and was known for being extremely vain, which is odd considering how ugly she appears. She has a bad habit of picking her nose, as seen in the ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]'' intro cutscene. Like most witches, she uses a [[Gruntilda's Broomstick|broomstick]] for transportation. When [[Dingpot]] revealed that [[Tooty]], [[Banjo|Banjo's]] sister, was the "''prettiest and fairest in the land''", Gruntilda became infuriated and kidnapped Tooty (although the manual implies that Gruntilda was already planning on snatching a denizen from Spiral Mountain to steal their beauty to one-up her sister, Brentilda, and was actually deeply-down glad that she found that Tooty was prettier than her, as it gave her an excuse to subject her as her first test specimen). She selfishly plotted to use a "[[Beauty Transfer Machine]]" to drain Tooty's youth and beauty and transfer it to her own ugly self, which would result in Grunty becoming pretty and thin and Tooty becoming ugly, fat and green. Banjo and his good friend [[Kazooie]] chased the witch through her [[Gruntilda's Lair|massive lair]], where she had created several worlds filled with her minions and various challenges to stop the duo. As the pair progressed, Gruntilda shouted rhyming taunts and various insults in an attempt to keep the pair away. But with the help from various sources, including her nicer sister [[Brentilda]] who told Banjo and Kazooie interesting secrets regarding Gruntilda, the bear and bird duo were able to complete the worlds and reach Grunty's last challenge before rescuing Tooty: a twisted game show called [[Grunty's Furnace Fun]]. After the duo won the game show, Gruntilda ran away and Banjo and Kazooie rescued Tooty. Later, the bear and bird journeyed to the roof of Gruntilda's Lair and faced off in a battle with Grunty. | ||
==== | ====The Final Battle==== | ||
Despite her comical nature, Gruntilda proved herself to be Banjo and Kazooie's strongest enemy. She spends most of the fight riding her broomstick. During the first phase, she flies down fast and tries to impale Banjo and Kazooie with the teeth on her broom. However, her broom starts to slow down after a few passes, leaving her vulnerable to the [[Rat-a-tat Rap]]. After every successful attack from the player, Gruntilda will attack with an easily dodged fireball. | Despite her comical nature, Gruntilda proved herself to be Banjo and Kazooie's strongest enemy. She spends most of the fight riding her broomstick. During the first phase, she flies down fast and tries to impale Banjo and Kazooie with the teeth on her broom. However, her broom starts to slow down after a few passes, leaving her vulnerable to the [[Rat-a-tat Rap]]. After every successful attack from the player, Gruntilda will attack with an easily dodged fireball. | ||
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==Personality== | ==Personality== | ||
Like the rest of the characters in the series, Gruntilda has a very comical personality and often breaks the [[4th wall]]. While possessing high | Like the rest of the characters in the series, Gruntilda has a very comical personality and often breaks the [[4th wall]]. While possessing high intelligence and a sarcastic wit, Gruntilda is very arrogant and overconfident, never expecting Banjo and Kazooie to overcome all the trials and challenges placed before them. However, even though she's comical, she is nonetheless very evil and has never shown any form of kindness or concern for anybody or anything, even her own sisters. She is very power hungry and sadistic, hurting others for simply having a carefree and kind nature. Aside from the plan she had to take Tooty's beauty away in the first game, her evil nature is also shown in her abuse of her minions throughout the game as well as her abductions of the Jinjos. In the first game, Gruntilda had a fairly typical witch personality with her goal of being the best looking and trying to stop Banjo and Kazooie from interfering with her evil plans. She is also shown to be responsible for the numerous misfortunes of the countless lands she seized control of and has spread much chaos and suffering with her army of monsters. | ||
During the second game, Gruntilda is overall much more evil and sadistic, though she is still just as comical. She is forced to stop rhyming (because her sisters won't help her get her body back if she doesn't stop), and actually murders several characters, including an entire family of ten Jinjos and her own two sisters. Her aim is also more fiendish, in that she wanted to use B.O.B. to suck the life from all of Isle O' Hags to restore her body. Due to Banjo and Kazooie foiling her plans and burying her under a rock, she holds a strong grudge against them. Despite that, she takes them just as lightly as she did in the first game, leading to yet another defeat. | During the second game, Gruntilda is overall much more evil and sadistic, though she is still just as comical. She is forced to stop rhyming (because her sisters won't help her get her body back if she doesn't stop), and actually murders several characters, including an entire family of ten Jinjos and her own two sisters. Her aim is also more fiendish, in that she wanted to use B.O.B. to suck the life from all of Isle O' Hags to restore her body. Due to Banjo and Kazooie foiling her plans and burying her under a rock, she holds a strong grudge against them. Despite that, she takes them just as lightly as she did in the first game, leading to yet another defeat. | ||
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*All of Gruntilda's sisters have appeared in only one game so far: [[Brentilda]] has appeared in only ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]'', while [[Mingella]] and [[Blobbelda]] have appeared in only ''[[Banjo-Tooie]]''. | *All of Gruntilda's sisters have appeared in only one game so far: [[Brentilda]] has appeared in only ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]'', while [[Mingella]] and [[Blobbelda]] have appeared in only ''[[Banjo-Tooie]]''. | ||
*Gruntilda's personality and actions resemble those of evil witches and other characters in fictional works. Her reason for kidnapping [[Tooty]] for her beauty is similar to the [[wikipedia:Evil Queen|Evil Queen's]] motives in the tale of [[wikipedia:Snow White and the Seven Dwarves|Snow White and the Seven Dwarves]]. Ironically, in | *Gruntilda's personality and actions resemble those of evil witches and other characters in fictional works. Her reason for kidnapping [[Tooty]] for her beauty is similar to the [[wikipedia:Evil Queen|Evil Queen's]] motives in the tale of [[wikipedia:Snow White and the Seven Dwarves|Snow White and the Seven Dwarves]]. Ironically, in the Walt Disney adaptaion, the Witch falls to her doom and gets crushed by a boulder as does Gruntilda at the climax of the final battle from the first game. | ||
*She also bears resemblance to the [[wikipedia:Wicked Witch of the West|Wicked Witch of the West]] from [[wikipedia:L.Frank Baum|L. Frank Baum's]] ''[[wikipedia:The Wonderful Wizard of Oz|The Wonderful Wizard of Oz]]'' and its adaptations. | *She also bears resemblance to the [[wikipedia:Wicked Witch of the West|Wicked Witch of the West]] from [[wikipedia:L.Frank Baum|L. Frank Baum's]] ''[[wikipedia:The Wonderful Wizard of Oz|The Wonderful Wizard of Oz]]'' and its adaptations. | ||
*Additionally, her use of [[Dingpot|a cauldron]] and her two wicked sisters, [[Mingella]] and [[Blobbelda]], resemble the wicked witches from [[wikipedia:William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare's]] ''[[wikipedia:Macbeth|Macbeth]]''. | *Additionally, her use of [[Dingpot|a cauldron]] and her two wicked sisters, [[Mingella]] and [[Blobbelda]], resemble the wicked witches from [[wikipedia:William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare's]] ''[[wikipedia:Macbeth|Macbeth]]''. | ||
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==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
{{See also|Gruntilda Winkybunion/Gallery}} | |||
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