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'''Bottles''' is a | '''Bottles''' is a nearsighted mole who wears large, thick, Coke-bottle-framed glasses. He is one of the main supporting characters of the ''[[Banjo-Kazooie (series)|Banjo-Kazooie]]'' series, and is one of [[Banjo]] and [[Kazooie]]'s close friends. Bottles has a calm personality, and often serves as a tutor. He has an older brother named [[Jamjars]] and an ancestor named [[Bozzeye]]. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
===''Banjo-Kazooie''=== | ===''Banjo-Kazooie''=== | ||
[[File:Bottles BK introduction.png|thumb|left|200px|Banjo and Kazooie meet Bottles in ''Banjo-Kazooie'']] | [[File:Bottles BK introduction.png|thumb|left|200px|Banjo and Kazooie meet Bottles in ''Banjo-Kazooie'']] | ||
In ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]'', Bottles is first seen at the beginning of the game, where he is chatting with [[Tooty]] about what she was doing. Suddenly, [[Gruntilda]] appears flying in her [[broomstick]] and kidnaps girl, taking her to [[Gruntilda's Lair|her lair]]. | In ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]'', Bottles is first seen at the beginning of the game, where he is chatting with [[Tooty]] about what she was doing. Suddenly, [[Gruntilda]] appears flying in her [[broomstick]] and kidnaps girl, taking her to [[Gruntilda's Lair|her lair]]. Bottles informs Banjo and Kazooie about what happened to her. | ||
Bottles initially offers to train the duo by teaching them the basic moves as long as they locate his [[molehill]]s in [[Spiral Mountain]], but this can be refused and Bottles will simply give them all abilities learned in that world at once. He also appears in other worlds throughout the game, teaching other moves. Bottles is seen later in the game, during the celebration of Tooty's rescue eating a corn and falling off his chair after Tooty reminds them that Gruntilda still wasn't defeated yet. During the final battle against the witch, Bottles makes a [[Flight Pad]] appear to aid the duo in the fight, allowing them to fly. Lastly, he appears in the ending where he is eating a watermelon in the beach alongside other characters. | Bottles initially offers to train the duo by teaching them the basic moves as long as they locate his [[molehill]]s in [[Spiral Mountain]], but this can be refused and Bottles will simply give them all abilities learned in that world at once. He also appears in other worlds throughout the game, teaching other moves. Bottles is seen later in the game, during the celebration of Tooty's rescue eating a corn and falling off his chair after Tooty reminds them that Gruntilda still wasn't defeated yet. During the final battle against the witch, Bottles makes a [[Flight Pad]] appear to aid the duo in the fight, allowing them to fly. Lastly, he appears in the ending where he is eating a watermelon in the beach alongside other characters. | ||
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===''Banjo-Tooie''=== | ===''Banjo-Tooie''=== | ||
In the intro to ''[[Banjo-Tooie]]'', Bottles and his friends are playing cards, being one of the victims of, as well as objecting to, Kazooie's constant cheating. When [[Mumbo Jumbo]] warns of Grunty's return, Bottles refuses to evacuate because he thinks Mumbo is lying. Unfortunately, Bottles is killed by | In the intro to ''[[Banjo-Tooie]]'', Bottles and his friends are playing cards, being one of the victims of, as well as objecting to, Kazooie's constant cheating. When [[Mumbo Jumbo]] warns of Grunty's return, Bottles refuses to evacuate because he thinks Mumbo is lying. Unfortunately, Bottles is killed by Gruntilda's spell that destroys [[Banjo's House]]. After this, Bottles dies in front of Banjo's House, and becomes a ghost. | ||
Although Bottles' brother, [[Jamjars]], acts as the duo's move tutor, Bottles gives Banjo and Kazooie optional tutorials on their moves from the first game if they examine his molehills around [[Spiral Mountain]]. If Banjo and Kazooie talk to Bottles' ghost, he laments over his decomposing body and urges Banjo to hurry at getting his body back. | |||
Besides Jamjars, the game introduces the rest of Bottles' family and their [[Bottles' House|house]] in [[Jinjo Village]]. In the house, the duo meet Bottles' wife, [[Mrs. Bottles]], his son [[Speccy]], and his daughter [[Goggles]], and can optionally talk to them, but Banjo and Kazoooie cannot bring themselves to tell them about Bottles' murder. | |||
Near the end of the game, Banjo and Kazooie use the leftover energy from the [[Big-O-Blaster]] to revive Bottles. He runs back to his house, where he is greeted by his angry wife and forced to eat his burnt dinner for being so late. He tries to explain himself by telling her how he was killed and resurrected, but she doesn't believe him. King Jingaling and a reformed [[Klungo]] then come into the house, where they all decide to house a party in honor of Banjo and Kazooie's victory. In the ending, the duo, Jamjars, Mumbo Jumbo and [[Humba Wumba]] go to Bottles' house to join the party, only to be greeted by a sleeping Bottles, who tells them the party ended early because Klungo ate most of the food, to everyone's disappointment. | |||
Bottles also heavily features into a scrapped gameplay mode called [[Bottles' Revenge]]. In it, Bottles took on a devilish appearance and allowed a second player could take control of certain enemies to antagonize player one. Although the mode became unused, a face icon for Bottles' devilish appearance can be seen as one of the icons that can appear on selectable answers in the Tower of Tragedy Quiz. | Bottles also heavily features into a scrapped gameplay mode called [[Bottles' Revenge]]. In it, Bottles took on a devilish appearance and allowed a second player could take control of certain enemies to antagonize player one. Although the mode became unused, a face icon for Bottles' devilish appearance can be seen as one of the icons that can appear on selectable answers in the Tower of Tragedy Quiz. | ||
===''Banjo-Pilot''=== | ===''Banjo-Pilot''=== | ||
In ''[[Banjo-Pilot]]'', Bottles is | In ''[[Banjo-Pilot]]'', Bottles is an unlockable playable character. He has his own Grand Prix mode, Bottles GP, which is the first one available. In this mode, Bottles talks to the player briefly when they select a cup and after their racer completes it. Bottles is the boss of the [[Feather Cup]], and is fought in a dogfight match at the end, "Bottles Bother". Here, when Bottles is flying in front of the player's racer, he drops behind stormy clouds, similar to how [[Ice Egg|Single Blue Ice Egg]]s are used. | ||
Bottles is unlocked by completing every [[Jiggy Challenge]] and then giving 500 [[Cheato Page]]s to [[Cheato]]. Bottles is the last character unlocked, and has the highest stats of any other character. | |||
===''Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts''=== | ===''Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts''=== | ||
In ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]'', it is mentioned that Mrs. Bottles left with the kids due to the trauma of | In ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]'', it is mentioned that Mrs. Bottles left with the kids due to the trauma of Bottles's resurrection, leading him to become the tourist information officer of [[Showdown Town]]. According to Bottles, it is the most stressful thing that he has dealt with since his death. He appears in [[Nutty Acres]], [[LOGBOX 720]], [[Banjoland]], and [[Jiggoseum]]. In the game and his artwork, when Bottles has his glasses off, it is shown that he has small, beady eyes. | ||
In Banjoland, a [[Jinjo]] is found in an exhibit with five Jinjo models. In a Jinjo Challenge, Banjo and Kazooie must return him to the entrance, as Bottles had mistook him for an exhibit. Banjoland also has a clipboard that appears show a picture of Bottles wearing his orange jacket. | |||
===''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''=== | ===''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''=== | ||
In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', Bottles appears in the background of Spiral Mountain, waving. His idle animation looks similar to the one used by him in ''Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts''. He also appears as a Primary Advanced spirit, whose battle is against [[mariowiki:Donkey Kong|Donkey Kong]] with his second alternate costume. The battle conditions are that the enemy is invisible, favors side specials and is easily distracted by items. | In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', Bottles appears in the background of Spiral Mountain, waving. His idle animation looks similar to the one used by him in ''Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts''. He also appears as a Primary Advanced spirit, whose battle is against [[mariowiki:Donkey Kong|Donkey Kong]] with his second alternate costume. The battle conditions are that the enemy is invisible, favors side specials and is easily distracted by items. | ||
==Other appearances== | |||
Bottles appears in a ''[[mariowiki:Club Nintendo (magazine)|Club Nintendo]]'' comic, "[[mariowiki:Super Mario in Aloha Hawaii|Super Mario in Aloha Hawaii]]". Here, he brings [[mariowiki:Mario|Mario]] along on a trip to [[Hawaii]]. While there, the two of them get into various shenanigans, including entering into a golf tournament. They accidentally wreck the course, and Bottles is last seen being chased by Mario into the horizon. | |||
In ''[[Grabbed by the Ghoulies]]'', pictures of [[Devil Bottles]] can be seen in various rooms of [[rarewiki:Ghoulhaven Hall|Ghoulhaven Hall]]. | |||
In ''[[rarewiki:Viva Piñata|Viva Piñata]]'', players can purchase a pair of glasses named "Bottles' Glasses". | |||
==Profiles and statistics== | |||
===''Banjo-Pilot''=== | |||
*Top Speed: 5/5 | |||
*Acceleration: 4/5 | |||
*Handling: 4/5 | |||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
* In the beta version of ''Banjo-Kazooie'', Bottles | * In the beta version of ''Banjo-Kazooie'', Bottles's goggles are black instead of red. | ||
* In ''Banjo-Kazooie | * In the French version of ''Banjo-Kazooie'', if Banjo and Kazooie pester him in Spiral Mountain, he threatens to destroy the player's television set instead of erasing the game file. | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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==Names in other languages== | ==Names in other languages== | ||
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|Spa=Bottles | |Spa=Bottles | ||
|SpaM=- | |SpaM=- | ||
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 Bottles' spirit from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | |||
| Game(s) | Banjo-Kazooie Banjo-Tooie Banjo-Pilot Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | ||
| Species | Mole | ||
| World(s) | Spiral Mountain Jinjo Village Showdown Town Nutty Acres LOGBOX 720 Banjoland Jiggoseum | ||
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- “Listen up! I'm Bottles, the short-sighted mole.”
- —Bottles, Banjo-Kazooie
Bottles is a nearsighted mole who wears large, thick, Coke-bottle-framed glasses. He is one of the main supporting characters of the Banjo-Kazooie series, and is one of Banjo and Kazooie's close friends. Bottles has a calm personality, and often serves as a tutor. He has an older brother named Jamjars and an ancestor named Bozzeye.
History
Banjo-Kazooie
In Banjo-Kazooie, Bottles is first seen at the beginning of the game, where he is chatting with Tooty about what she was doing. Suddenly, Gruntilda appears flying in her broomstick and kidnaps girl, taking her to her lair. Bottles informs Banjo and Kazooie about what happened to her.
Bottles initially offers to train the duo by teaching them the basic moves as long as they locate his molehills in Spiral Mountain, but this can be refused and Bottles will simply give them all abilities learned in that world at once. He also appears in other worlds throughout the game, teaching other moves. Bottles is seen later in the game, during the celebration of Tooty's rescue eating a corn and falling off his chair after Tooty reminds them that Gruntilda still wasn't defeated yet. During the final battle against the witch, Bottles makes a Flight Pad appear to aid the duo in the fight, allowing them to fly. Lastly, he appears in the ending where he is eating a watermelon in the beach alongside other characters.
Bottles also hosts his moving picture game which can be accessed by looking at his picture inside Banjo's house. He gives a cheat code to input in the Sandcastle of Treasure Trove Cove for every level the duo completes.
Banjo-Tooie
In the intro to Banjo-Tooie, Bottles and his friends are playing cards, being one of the victims of, as well as objecting to, Kazooie's constant cheating. When Mumbo Jumbo warns of Grunty's return, Bottles refuses to evacuate because he thinks Mumbo is lying. Unfortunately, Bottles is killed by Gruntilda's spell that destroys Banjo's House. After this, Bottles dies in front of Banjo's House, and becomes a ghost.
Although Bottles' brother, Jamjars, acts as the duo's move tutor, Bottles gives Banjo and Kazooie optional tutorials on their moves from the first game if they examine his molehills around Spiral Mountain. If Banjo and Kazooie talk to Bottles' ghost, he laments over his decomposing body and urges Banjo to hurry at getting his body back.
Besides Jamjars, the game introduces the rest of Bottles' family and their house in Jinjo Village. In the house, the duo meet Bottles' wife, Mrs. Bottles, his son Speccy, and his daughter Goggles, and can optionally talk to them, but Banjo and Kazoooie cannot bring themselves to tell them about Bottles' murder.
Near the end of the game, Banjo and Kazooie use the leftover energy from the Big-O-Blaster to revive Bottles. He runs back to his house, where he is greeted by his angry wife and forced to eat his burnt dinner for being so late. He tries to explain himself by telling her how he was killed and resurrected, but she doesn't believe him. King Jingaling and a reformed Klungo then come into the house, where they all decide to house a party in honor of Banjo and Kazooie's victory. In the ending, the duo, Jamjars, Mumbo Jumbo and Humba Wumba go to Bottles' house to join the party, only to be greeted by a sleeping Bottles, who tells them the party ended early because Klungo ate most of the food, to everyone's disappointment.
Bottles also heavily features into a scrapped gameplay mode called Bottles' Revenge. In it, Bottles took on a devilish appearance and allowed a second player could take control of certain enemies to antagonize player one. Although the mode became unused, a face icon for Bottles' devilish appearance can be seen as one of the icons that can appear on selectable answers in the Tower of Tragedy Quiz.
Banjo-Pilot
In Banjo-Pilot, Bottles is an unlockable playable character. He has his own Grand Prix mode, Bottles GP, which is the first one available. In this mode, Bottles talks to the player briefly when they select a cup and after their racer completes it. Bottles is the boss of the Feather Cup, and is fought in a dogfight match at the end, "Bottles Bother". Here, when Bottles is flying in front of the player's racer, he drops behind stormy clouds, similar to how Single Blue Ice Eggs are used.
Bottles is unlocked by completing every Jiggy Challenge and then giving 500 Cheato Pages to Cheato. Bottles is the last character unlocked, and has the highest stats of any other character.
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts
In Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, it is mentioned that Mrs. Bottles left with the kids due to the trauma of Bottles's resurrection, leading him to become the tourist information officer of Showdown Town. According to Bottles, it is the most stressful thing that he has dealt with since his death. He appears in Nutty Acres, LOGBOX 720, Banjoland, and Jiggoseum. In the game and his artwork, when Bottles has his glasses off, it is shown that he has small, beady eyes.
In Banjoland, a Jinjo is found in an exhibit with five Jinjo models. In a Jinjo Challenge, Banjo and Kazooie must return him to the entrance, as Bottles had mistook him for an exhibit. Banjoland also has a clipboard that appears show a picture of Bottles wearing his orange jacket.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Bottles appears in the background of Spiral Mountain, waving. His idle animation looks similar to the one used by him in Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts. He also appears as a Primary Advanced spirit, whose battle is against Donkey Kong with his second alternate costume. The battle conditions are that the enemy is invisible, favors side specials and is easily distracted by items.
Other appearances
Bottles appears in a Club Nintendo comic, "Super Mario in Aloha Hawaii". Here, he brings Mario along on a trip to Hawaii. While there, the two of them get into various shenanigans, including entering into a golf tournament. They accidentally wreck the course, and Bottles is last seen being chased by Mario into the horizon.
In Grabbed by the Ghoulies, pictures of Devil Bottles can be seen in various rooms of Ghoulhaven Hall.
In Viva Piñata, players can purchase a pair of glasses named "Bottles' Glasses".
Profiles and statistics
Banjo-Pilot
- Top Speed: 5/5
- Acceleration: 4/5
- Handling: 4/5
Trivia
- In the beta version of Banjo-Kazooie, Bottles's goggles are black instead of red.
- In the French version of Banjo-Kazooie, if Banjo and Kazooie pester him in Spiral Mountain, he threatens to destroy the player's television set instead of erasing the game file.
Gallery
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ボトルズ | - |
| Spanish | Bottles | - |
