Difference between revisions of "Kazooie"

|game = [[Banjo-Kazooie]]<br>[[Banjo-Tooie]]<br>[[Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge]]<br>[[Banjo-Pilot]]<br>[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]<br>[[Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing with Banjo-Kazooie]]

Kazooie's name, like [[Banjo#Name origin|Banjo's]], is based on a musical instrument; based on the [[wikipedia:Kazoo|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 [[wikipedia:Bugle (instrument)|bugle]]. However, whether coincidence or not, the term "bugle" is phonetically similar to "breegull."

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.

Aside from fitting into a backpack the size of her torso with no apparent discomfort, Kazooie can [[flight|fly]], [[Talon Trot|carry Banjo]], [[Egg Firing|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.

According to ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge]]'' and [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Banjo-Kazooie/37120418046| 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.

[[Banjo-Kazooie|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.

After eight whole years of nothing, Grunty reappeared [[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts|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.

Then in 2010, Kazooie heard rumor of a racing tournament staring a blue hedgehog of some sort. Kazooie helped Banjo fix up the 'Bolt Bucket' and join the race against Sonic and friends