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|image=[[File:Grunty NnB art.png|250px]] | |image=[[File:Grunty NnB art.png|250px]]<br>Gruntilda's artwork for ''Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts'' | ||
|game=''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]<br>[[Banjo-Tooie]]<br>[[Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge]]<br>[[Banjo-Pilot]]<br>[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]<br>[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' | |game=''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]<br>[[Banjo-Tooie]]<br>[[Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge]]<br>[[Banjo-Pilot]]<br>[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]<br>[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' | ||
|world=[[Spiral Mountain]]<br>[[Gruntilda's Lair]]<br>[[Cauldron Keep]]<br>[[Showdown Town]]<br>[[Nutty Acres]]<br>[[LOGBOX 720]]<br>[[Banjoland]]<br>[[Jiggoseum]]<br>[[Terrarium of Terror]] | |world=[[Spiral Mountain]]<br>[[Gruntilda's Lair]]<br>[[Cauldron Keep]]<br>[[Showdown Town]]<br>[[Nutty Acres]]<br>[[LOGBOX 720]]<br>[[Banjoland]]<br>[[Jiggoseum]]<br>[[Terrarium of Terror]] | ||
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'''Gruntilda Winkybunion''', often named '''Grunty''' or '''Gruntilda''' for short, is a wicked witch and the main antagonist of the ''[[Banjo Kazooie (series)|Banjo-Kazooie]]'' series, starting with the titular ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]''. In the games, Gruntilda often causes trouble for [[Banjo]] and [[Kazooie]]. Grunty frequently speaks in rhymes, and she has the ability to use powerful, magical spells. Gruntilda has a good sister, [[Brentilda]], and two sisters, [[Blobbelda]] and [[Mingella]], who are evil like her. Gruntilda has a different appearance in nearly every ''Banjo-Kazooie'' game. | '''Gruntilda Winkybunion''', often named '''Grunty''' or '''Gruntilda''' for short, is a wicked witch and the main antagonist of the ''[[Banjo Kazooie (series)|Banjo-Kazooie]]'' series, starting with the titular ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]''. In the games, Gruntilda often causes trouble for [[Banjo]] and [[Kazooie]]. Grunty frequently speaks in rhymes, and she has the ability to use powerful, magical spells. Gruntilda has a good sister, [[Brentilda]], and two sisters, [[Blobbelda]] and [[Mingella]], who are evil like her. Gruntilda has a different appearance in nearly every ''Banjo-Kazooie'' game. | ||
== | ==History== | ||
===''Banjo-Kazooie''=== | ===''Banjo-Kazooie''=== | ||
[[File: | [[File:Grunty B-K group art.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Artwork for ''Banjo-Kazooie'' of Grunty unsuccessfully firing a spell at Banjo and Kazooie.]] | ||
In ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]'', Gruntilda | In ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]'', Gruntilda acts like a stereotypical witch. In the opening cutscene, Grunty is asking her magic cauldron, [[Dingpot]], who the "nicest looking wench" is. Dingpot tells her that it is [[Tooty]]. Gruntilda gets outraged, hops on her [[broomstick]] and flies off to [[Spiral Mountain]] to kidnap Tooty and take her into her lair. | ||
The game manual elaborates on the backstory further than in-game. It says that Gruntilda already planned to kidnap a denizen from Spiral Mountain and transfer their beauty to her. Grunty was already jealous of her sister, Brentilda, for "inheriting" the good looks. Deep down, Grunty was glad that Tooty was prettier, as it give her an excuse to use Tooty as the first subject for her "[[Beauty Transfer Machine]]". | |||
As the pair progressed, Gruntilda shouted rhyming taunts and various insults in an attempt to keep the pair away. | Nearly all of Banjo and Kazooie's adventure takes place in [[Gruntilda's Lair]] and its connected worlds. In the lair, Grunty tries to hinder the duo with her minions and challenges. She also kidnapped several [[Jinjo]]s and put five of them throughout each level. As the pair progressed, Gruntilda shouted rhyming taunts and various insults in an attempt to keep the pair away. With help from various sources, such as Brentilda who told Banjo and Kazooie secrets about Gruntilda, the bear and bird duo were able to complete the nine worlds before reaching Grunty's quiz show, [[Grunty's Furnace Fun]]. | ||
After Banjo and Kazooie win the game show and rescue Tooty, Gruntilda flees to the [[Top of the Tower]]. With the help of Dingpot, the duo follow Grunty to the top, and they engage in a final battle. At the end of the battle, [[The Mighty Jinjonator]] is activated, and he attacks Gruntild and knocks her off the tower. After a long fall, Gruntilda crashes into the ground, and then a large boulder falls on the same spot, and traps Grunty below. [[Klungo]] is unsuccessful at trying to remove the boulder. Grunty remains alive from the fall and vows revenge on Banjo and Kazooie. | |||
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If Banjo and Kazooie get a [[Game Over]], a short sequence is shown where the Beauty Transfer Machine switches looks between Grunty and Tooty. After the machine runs, Gruntilda comes out with a slim physique, while Tooty becomes an ugly green monster. [[Mumbo Jumbo]] falls in love with Grunty, offers her a flower and asks her to visit [[Mumbo's Skull]]. | |||
===''Banjo-Tooie''=== | ===''Banjo-Tooie''=== | ||
In ''[[Banjo-Tooie]]'', Gruntilda | In ''[[Banjo-Tooie]]'', which takes place two years after Gruntilda's first defeat, Klungo is still trying to move the large boulder that Grunty is stuck under. Grunty's two sisters, Blobbelda and Mingella, arrive in their giant digging machine, the [[Hag 1]]. They use a magic spell to levitate the rock, which then explodes. Gruntilda emerges from her grave, and was reduced to having a skeletal body as a result from being stuck under the rock for so long. Grunty tells her sisters that she needs a new body, so the three prepare to leave. At the start of the game, when Klungo slaps Gruntilda on the back, she briefly loses an eye. | ||
Mumbo Jumbo secretly witnessed the events while hiding behind a cliff, but the three witches catch him spying on them. Gruntilda chases after him and fires energy blasts, but Mumbo Jumbo manages to safely escape into [[Banjo's House]]. Gruntilda starts charging a powerful spell as Mumbo urges Banjo, Kazooie, and [[Bottles]] to evacuate. They were playing poker, so Bottles thought they were trying to trick him. As a result, Bottles is killed by the spell, and Banjo's House is destroyed. The three witches leave Spiral Mountain and leave behind some [[Ugger]]s and [[Gruntydactyl]]s to do more damage to the place. | |||
After destroying Banjo's | After destroying Banjo's House, the trio of witches used the [[Hag 1]] to reach [[Cauldron Keep]]. There, Grunty's sisters reveal their [[B.O.B.]] machine, which was designed to suck the life out of anything captured in its beam. Gruntilda first uses B.O.B. on [[King Jingaling]], because he gave a [[Jiggy]] to Banjo and Kazooie, and the machine. From this point onward in the game, Gruntilda stops rhyming because her sisters find it annoying. Gruntilda wants to use B.O.B. on the [[Isle O' Hags]], but her sisters inform her that it will take a while for B.O.B. to charge up enough energy to do so. | ||
For the rest of | For the rest of Banjo and Kazooie's adventure, Grunty stays in Cauldron Keep, but she usually talks to Banjo and Kazooie whenever they enter a mini-game. The duo eventually encounter Grunty again at Cauldron Keep, where she attempts to destroy them with another game show, the [[Tower of Tragedy]]. Her two sisters participated in the contest, and the conditions for losing meant that the losing contestants would have a 1-ton weight dropped on them. Grunty's plan failed, as Banjo and Kazooie ended up being the winners, and her two sisters, Mingella and Blobbelda, ended up being killed by 1-ton weights. Out of spite, Gruntilda considers Banjo and Kazooie's win to be "invalid due to the faulty scoring equipment". | ||
Unsure of what to do | Unsure of what to do, Gruntilda takes Kazooie's advice to "escape in a cowardly fashion like in ''Banjo-Kazooie''". Gruntilda retreats to the top of Cauldron Keep, where she awaits a final battle with the duo. When Banjo and Kazooie reach the top, they find Gruntilda in the Hag 1. Banjo and Kazooie managed to defeat her again. Later, Banjo, Kazooie, [[Humba Wumba]], and [[Jamjars]] use Grunty's head as a ball in their "Kick Around" game. One of Grunty's eyes pop out, and she vows revenge in the next game, ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts|Banjo-Threeie]]''. | ||
Gruntilda is | Gruntilda is playable in three multiplayer games, [[Targitzan's Temple Shootout]], [[Ordnance Storage Shootout]] and [[Clinker's Cavern Shootout]]. In these games, Gruntilda is the tank character, with a high health at 16 [[Honeycomb]]s; this enables her to endure up to four [[Grenade Egg]]s. To compensate for her health, Grunty is both the slow and the easiest target among the characters. | ||
===''Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge''=== | ===''Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge''=== | ||
{{Quote|Although you've smashed my [[Mecha-Grunty|mecha-suit]], don't think you've given me the boot. Now I've trapped you on my tower, I'll crush you with my ghostly power!|Mecha-Grunty|[[Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge]]}} | {{Quote|Although you've smashed my [[Mecha-Grunty|mecha-suit]], don't think you've given me the boot. Now I've trapped you on my tower, I'll crush you with my ghostly power!|Mecha-Grunty|[[Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge]]}} | ||
In ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge]]'', two months after Grunty fell under a boulder, [[Klungo]] builds her a mechanical body, aptly called [[Mecha-Grunty]], for her ghost to inhabit. In her new body, Mecha-Grunty kidnaps Kazooie and travels back in time, to try and prevent them from ever meeting. After Banjo | In ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge]]'', two months after Grunty fell under a boulder, [[Klungo]] builds her a mechanical body, aptly called [[Mecha-Grunty]], for her ghost to inhabit. In her new body, Mecha-Grunty kidnaps Kazooie and travels back in time, to try and prevent them from ever meeting. After Banjo defeats Mecha-Grunty in their first battle at [[Breegull Beach]], Kazooie was freed. | ||
Their next battle took place above the lighthouse, and it involved Banjo and Kazooie taking out her individual mechanical parts. After being defeated again, Mecha-Grunty requested Klungo to upgrade her suit. She awaited a third and final battle with the duo in her lair. | |||
In the third and final battle, Mecha-Grunty's attacks consist of charging at them, firing electric balls, ground pounding, and dropping airborne mines. Banjo and Kazooie manage to destroy Mecha-Grunty, although Grunty continues to battle them in ghost form. Banjo and Kazooie manage to defeat her entirely, which causes her spirit to return to her body in the present. | |||
===''Banjo-Pilot''=== | |||
In ''[[Banjo-Pilot]]'', Gruntilda is an unlockable character. She retains her exact appearance from ''Banjo-Kazooie'' and has her own Grand Prix mode, "Grunty GP", which feature unique cups but with the regular courses, which received some thematic changes. Gruntilda can be unlocked if Grunty GP is completed, and 150 [[Cheato Page]]s are given to [[Cheato]]. Like for most of ''Banjo-Tooie'', Grunty does not speak in rhymes. | |||
===''Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts''=== | ===''Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts''=== | ||
In ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]'', Gruntilda returns as the main antagonist. She talks in rhymes again like the first game. | In ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]'', Gruntilda returns as the main antagonist. She talks in rhymes again like the first game. | ||
Eight years after the events of ''Banjo-Tooie'', Grunty manages to return to [[Spiral Mountain]], still in the form of a skull. Banjo and Kazooie become overweight over time from eating junk food and playing video games. They challenge her to another showdown, but the [[Lord of Games]] pauses the battle and arranges an event where they collect random objects placed around the map. Seconds after L.O.G. starts the event, he gets impatient and decides on a different event. He restores Banjo and Kazooie's physique and gives the [[Magic Wrench]] to them. L.O.G. then gives Grunty an artificial body, with a jar to contain her head, and a sidekick who is a cat named [[Piddles]]. The three characters go to Showdown Town, where Gruntilda tries to stop Banjo and Kazooie from earning Jiggies and returning to Spiral Mountain to fight her again. Gruntilda appears in at least one act of every level in the game. In Showdown Town, Gruntilda | Eight years after the events of ''Banjo-Tooie'', Grunty manages to return to [[Spiral Mountain]], still in the form of a skull. Banjo and Kazooie become overweight over time from eating junk food and playing video games. They challenge her to another showdown, but the [[Lord of Games]] pauses the battle and arranges an event where they collect random objects placed around the map. Seconds after L.O.G. starts the event, he gets impatient and decides on a different event. He restores Banjo and Kazooie's physique and gives the [[Magic Wrench]] to them. L.O.G. then gives Grunty an artificial body, with a jar to contain her head, and a sidekick who is a cat named [[Piddles]]. The three characters go to Showdown Town, where Gruntilda tries to stop Banjo and Kazooie from earning Jiggies and returning to Spiral Mountain to fight her again. Gruntilda appears in at least one act of every level in the game. In Showdown Town, Gruntilda takes her time off as a break from fighting Banjo and Kazooie. One of Grunty's idle animations shows her putting on sunglasses. | ||
For [[Nutty Acres]], Grunty appears in Act 3, where she is trying to steal the island's Loco Coco. She carries it away and Banjo must knock it out of her vehicle. This is not a difficult challenge as the coconut is not secured. Beating the challenge earns the bear and bird high grip wheels for the trolley in Showdown Town. | |||
In [[LOGBOX 720]], Grunty tries to send Piddles to contaminate the glubber tank (forcing Bottles to shut down the LOGBOX 720) but first offers a race in Act 3. When Banjo wins, Grunty must stop her plan. Grunty races in the water and Banjo on land and the race is several laps long. The prize for this victory are the floaters and a small propeller. After she is defeated, go down the pink pool to find two passages, one containing notes and the other nothing. | |||
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In [[Banjoland]], Grunty tries to cause a ruckus in the museum with her new bouncing vehicle in Act 4. Banjo must destroy it before she gets away. Freezing her is a good strategy because she is hard to hit. The spring is earned here so that the trolley can jump. | |||
In [[Jiggoseum]], Grunty appears in two acts in this world. In Act 4, she flooded the stadium and Banjo must beat her challenge of knocking beach balls into the goal. Then he gets the scuba seat in Showdown Town. In Act 5, she tries to destroy the billiard balls with a laser, so Banjo must keep them safe. He gets a laser for his trolley if he wins. | |||
Grunty appears in two acts in this world. In Act 4, she flooded the stadium and Banjo must beat her challenge of knocking beach balls into the goal. Then he gets the scuba seat in Showdown Town. In Act 5, she tries to destroy the billiard balls with a laser, so Banjo must keep them safe. He gets a laser for his trolley if he wins. | |||
In [[Terrarium of Terror]], Grunty attempts to destroy the foliage in Act 5 with her invisible flying vehicle. Banjo destroys the UFO and earns a horn. If the invisibility device is destroyed first, the challenge is easier.The device is a chameleon. It is easy to defeat her if you purchase the Clockwork Kazooie part from Humba's Shop | |||
Grunty attempts to destroy the foliage in Act 5 with her invisible flying vehicle. Banjo destroys the UFO and earns a horn. If the invisibility device is destroyed first, the challenge is easier.The device is a chameleon. It is easy to defeat her if you purchase the Clockwork Kazooie part from Humba's Shop | |||
Lastly, Grunty's plan for [[Spiral Mountain]] is revealed. She plans to industrialize Spiral Mountain and convert it into Grunty Acres. Grunty unleashes her five strongest vehicles in her final challenge. The first is a monster truck that is very fast. Then she drives a boat in the lake. After that, she pilots another invisible vehicle, fortunately however, it cannot fly. Then she uses an immobile impenetrable fortress to attack. Finally, she pilots a very fast airborne broomstick. After this is defeated, Grunty tries to assault the heroes, but L.O.G. intervenes again and tells her she lost the challenge, Spiral Mountain and her freedom. As such, the witch is sent to work in the videogame factory, she is shown busily working in the factory while [[Piddles]] bosses her around, however, right before the game cuts to credits, she cackles and states it was a mistake to bring her here, plotting to create her own video game (implying that she intended to lose in order to gain access to LOG's factory, or perhaps realised after her loss that she could use this to her advantage). | |||
Grunty's plan for Spiral Mountain is revealed. She plans to industrialize Spiral Mountain | |||
==''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''== | ==''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''== | ||
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Like the rest of the characters in the ''Banjo-Kazooie'' series, Gruntilda has a very comical personality and often breaks the fourth wall. Gruntilda is intelligent and has a sarcastic wit but is overconfident, believing that Banjo and Kazooie cannot overcome her challenges. Grunty mostly speaks in rhymes, except for most of ''Banjo-Tooie'' (because her sisters get annoyed at her for rhyming) and in ''Banjo-Pilot''. | Like the rest of the characters in the ''Banjo-Kazooie'' series, Gruntilda has a very comical personality and often breaks the fourth wall. Gruntilda is intelligent and has a sarcastic wit but is overconfident, believing that Banjo and Kazooie cannot overcome her challenges. Grunty mostly speaks in rhymes, except for most of ''Banjo-Tooie'' (because her sisters get annoyed at her for rhyming) and in ''Banjo-Pilot''. | ||
Despite her poor hygiene, | Gruntilda has poor hygiene, most of which is revealed by [[Brentilda]] gossiping about her in ''Banjo-Kazooie''. In the opening cutscene, it is shown that Gruntilda has a habit of picking her nose. Despite her poor hygiene, Grunty has some distaste for Banjo going through [[Loggo]] in [[Mad Monster Mansion]], demanding that he wash his hands immediately | ||
In ''Banjo-Tooie'', Grunty's selfish nature is the most evident, like when she used [[B.O.B.]] to drain the life force from characters such as [[King Jingaling]], to try and restore her general appearance. Throughout the game, Grunty is considerably more evil, as she is responsible for the death of others such as her sisters during the [[Tower of Tragedy]] event, or by carelessly riding the HAG 1 through [[Jinjo Village]] and crashing into the gray Jinjo house, killing every gray [[Jinjo]]s inside. Grunty also constantly beats her loyal servant [[Klungo]], to the point where he decided switch sides with Banjo and Kazooie. In ''Grunty's Revenge'', Grunty's plots are more comparable to ''Banjo-Tooie'' than the first game—she kidnaps Kazooie and travels back in time, trying to change history so that Banjo and Kazooie would | In ''Banjo-Tooie'', Grunty's selfish nature is the most evident, like when she used [[B.O.B.]] to drain the life force from characters such as [[King Jingaling]], to try and restore her general appearance. Throughout the game, Grunty is considerably more evil, as she is responsible for the death of others such as her sisters during the [[Tower of Tragedy]] event, or by carelessly riding the HAG 1 through [[Jinjo Village]] and crashing into the gray Jinjo house, killing every gray [[Jinjo]]s inside. Grunty also constantly beats her loyal servant [[Klungo]], to the point where he decided switch sides with Banjo and Kazooie. In ''Grunty's Revenge'', Grunty's plots are more comparable to ''Banjo-Tooie'' than the first game—she kidnaps Kazooie and travels back in time, trying to change history so that Banjo and Kazooie would never meet and to give her control over Spiral Mountain. | ||
Grunty has a love for quiz shows, and she hosts one in the first two games and ''Grunty's Revenge''. In the final boss battle of ''Banjo-Tooie'', Grunty is shown to have some degree of honor, because if Banjo and Kazooie answer her quiz questions correctly, she uses a slow-moving spell. Grunty still gets mad if Banjo and Kazooie correctly answer a question but feels bound to her word to go easy on them if they do. | Grunty has a love for quiz shows, and she hosts one in the first two games and ''Grunty's Revenge''. In the final boss battle of ''Banjo-Tooie'', Grunty is shown to have some degree of honor, because if Banjo and Kazooie answer her quiz questions correctly, she uses a slow-moving spell. Grunty still gets mad if Banjo and Kazooie correctly answer a question but feels bound to her word to go easy on them if they do. | ||
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B-K | Gruntilda art B-K.jpg|''Banjo-Kazooie'' artwork | ||
Gruntilda B-T artwork.jpg|''Banjo-Tooie'' artwork | Gruntilda B-T artwork.jpg|''Banjo-Tooie'' artwork | ||
BP Gruntilda sprite.png|''Banjo-Pilot'' sprite | BP Gruntilda sprite.png|''Banjo-Pilot'' sprite | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*Gruntilda's last name is Winkybunion, which she inadvertently admitted in ''Banjo-Tooie''. She dislikes her last name and threatens to sue Banjo and Kazooie if they told anyone. | |||
*According to [[Gregg Mayles]], Gruntilda is based on Grotbags from the British television show ''{{w|Emu's World}}''.<ref>[https://twitter.com/Ghoulyboy/status/882857539678896128 Tweet from Ghoulyboy (Gregg Mayles)]</ref> | *According to [[Gregg Mayles]], Gruntilda is based on Grotbags from the British television show ''{{w|Emu's World}}''.<ref>[https://twitter.com/Ghoulyboy/status/882857539678896128 Tweet from Ghoulyboy (Gregg Mayles)]</ref> | ||
*Gruntilda has been nicknamed "Winky" and "Wart Brain" by Kazooie. | *Gruntilda has been nicknamed "Winky" and "Wart Brain" by Kazooie. |
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