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{{Infobox character
{{Infobox character
|image =  
|image=[[File:Brentilda.jpg|150px]]<br>Artwork of Brentilda for ''Banjo-Kazooie''.
|game = [[Banjo-Kazooie]]
|species=[[:Category:Witches|Witch]]
|world = [[Gruntilda's Lair]]
|game=''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]''<br>''[[Banjo-Tooie]]'' (pictured)<br>''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]'' (mentioned)
|icon = Brentilda.png
|world=[[Gruntilda's Lair]]
}}  
|icon=[[File:BK Brentilda icon.png|''Banjo-Kazooie'']] [[File:BK XBLA Brentilda icon.png|''Banjo-Kazooie'' (XBLA)]]
}}
{{quote|Hello there, [[Banjo|young]] [[Kazooie|ones]]! I'm Brentilda, [[Gruntilda]]'s nicer sister. I've crept [[Gruntilda's Lair|down here]] to help you defeat the old hag, it's about time she was taught a lesson!|Brentilda|[[Banjo-Kazooie]]}}
'''Brentilda''' is a recurring character in the [[Banjo-Kazooie (series)|''Banjo-Kazooie'' series]].


Brentilda is one of the four Winkybunion sisters. She is a pudgy witch who wears a pink dress, holds a wand, and hides in multiple places around [[Gruntilda's Lair]]. Unlike her other three sisters, she is nice, "beautiful", and doesn't plot to kill the duo. Brentilda made her first appearance in [[Banjo-Kazooie]]. In the game , she tells [[Banjo]] and [[Kazooie]] disgusting yet helpful facts about [[Gruntilda]]. [[Banjo]] and [[Kazooie]] use these facts for the [[Gruntilda]] square questions on the [[Grunty's Furnace Fun]] board game. Brentilda also will give [[Banjo]] and [[Kazooie]] a full health bar when they talk to her.
==Physical traits==
Brentilda has green skin and pointed ears, much like her sisters Gruntilda, [[Mingella]], and [[Blobbelda]]. She dresses a pink oufit with sparkles, white sleeves and fairy wings. She has a white-blond hair and wears a golden diadem, thin-framed round glasses and holds a star-tipped wand.


She is absent from [[Banjo-Tooie]].
==Personality==
Brentilda is described many times as being much nicer than her sister Gruntilda, being "her opposite in every way, and a far better person for it."<ref>''Banjo-Kazooie'' instruction booklet, page 7</ref> She appears to be very kind towards people, referring to Banjo and Kazooie as "young ones" and "dears." She is not very polite when talking about her sister, however, calling her things such as "old hag," her "fat old sister" and "wartbags," among other names.  


==Gruntilda Facts==
==Biography==
*Grunty brushes her rotten teeth with salted slug flavored tooth paste!
Brentilda is [[Gruntilda]]'s sister. Unlike her other two sisters, [[Blobbelda]] and [[Mingella]], Brentila is a kind fairy godmother rather than an evil witch.
*She also washes her hair with engine oil!
*And she gets her clothes from the trash can!
*Grunty wears a flea circus under that repulsive dress of hers!
*She's also got this nasty pet dog whose name is Ripper!
*My sister sings in her own band, ''Grunty and the Cauldron Crew''. They're Awful!
*My lazy sister often sleeps in a pig sty, the dirty hag!
*The only thing she's ever won was the biggest butt competition at Witch School!
*She often boasts of appearing on the cover of Fat Hag Monthly, posing in her long-johns!
*My fat old sister's favorite sport is broomstick racing!
*Although she's dim, she attended Fat Hag High!
*You won't believe that Gruntilda's party trick is blowing balloons up with her butt!
*The disgusting Gruntilda has spider pancakes for breakfast!
*Then she usually has slug stew for dinner. Yuk!
*Wartbags then finishes with eyeball ice cream for dessert. How horrid!
*Did you know Wartbags keeps a dragon's foot in her pocket for luck?
*I've also seen my sister cuddling a huge sweaty baboon in bed at night!
*She's really proud of proud of her broomstick. It's a top of the range Super Gutlifter Pro!
*Grunty's best friend at Witch School was the awful Fatty Hatty!
*When relaxing, she usually reads Fat Hag Monthly Magazine!
*While sipping a glass of her favorite camel spit milkshake!


== Notes ==
===''Banjo-Kazooie''===
*Brentilda may be a homage to the Good Witch of the North, from ''The Wizard of Oz'', where she is the exact opposite of the Wicked Witch of the West (who may be personified by Gruntilda).
[[File:Brentilda render (BK).png|thumb|x200px|left|Brentilda as she appears in ''Banjo-Kazooie'']]
[[File:Brentilda BK screenshot.jpg|thumb|200px|Brentilda near Bubblegloop Swamp's entrance in ''Banjo-Kazooie'']]
 
In ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]'', Brentilda's first appearance, she can be found in various points throughout [[Gruntilda's Lair]] and, when encountered, will tell the duo facts about her sister's life which are often regarded as "disgusting," such as the flavor of her tooth paste, what was her nickname in witch school, where she sleeps among other trivia about the witch. While they may seem useless, these facts are required to be known in order to answer specific questions in [[Grunty's Furnace Fun]], near the end of the game. The pieces of information told by Brentilda will change in every save file, each having three possible variations picked at random. If Banjo and Kazooie's health bar is low when talking to her in a new area for the first time, she will refill it completely.
 
A portrait depicting Brentilda can be seen in [[Mad Monster Mansion]], where [[Napper]] is located.
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Brentilda can be found in ten different areas of Gruntilda's Lair:
 
*Near [[Treasure Trove Cove]]'s [[Jiggy Pad]]
*Atop one of the pipes near the entrance of [[Clanker's Cavern]]
*Near [[Click Clock Wood]]'s Jiggy Pad
*In the tunnel to the right near [[Bubblegloop Swamp]]'s entrance
*Behind the giant Gruntilda statue near Bubblegloop Swamp
*Behind the entrance of [[Gobi's Valley]]
*On top of a statue of Gruntilda's head near [[Freezeezy Peak]]'s entrance
*Near the [[Jiggy Pad]] of [[Gobi's Valley]]
*Behind a tombstone near [[Mad Monster Mansion]]'s entrance
*Behind the trees near Click Clock Wood's entrance.
 
===''Banjo-Tooie''===
While not physically appearing in ''[[Banjo-Tooie]]'', a picture of Brentilda can be found in the floor of [[Pawno's Emporium]]. This portrait is similar to the one found in Mad Monster Mansion in ''Banjo-Kazooie'', but with a more rectangular frame. Additionally, [[Honey B]] reuses Brentilda's voice clips.
 
===''Nuts & Bolts''===
In ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]'', Brentilda is mentioned in the [[Lord of Games]]' [[List of questions from The Six of the Best|quiz]] in [[Spiral Mountain]]. She is an incorrect answer for a question that asks "who was Banjo's adversary in ''Banjo-Tooie''," with the correct answer being "Gruntilda."
 
==Flavor text==
*'''''Banjo-Kazooie'' manual profile:''' "''The witch's sister is her opposite in every way, and a far better person for it. Unfortunately even Brentilda's fairy godmother powers aren't strong enough to let her confront Gruntilda directly, so she offers all the help she can to Banjo and Kazooie instead.''"
 
==Quotes==
{{Main|List of Brentilda quotes}}
 
==Nomenclature==
{{Foreign names
|Jap=ブレンチルダ
|JapR=Burenchiruda
|JapM=Brentilda
}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*She is the only sister who doesn't wear black.
*Brentilda is the only one of her sisters that speaks normally, as Gruntilda speaks in rhymes and Mingella and Blobbelda speak in anastrophe.
*She was the 'favourite one' out of the four sisters.
 
==References==
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[[Category:Females]]
[[Category:Witches]]
[[Category:Characters in Banjo-Kazooie]]

Latest revision as of 05:05, February 29, 2024

“Hello there, young ones! I'm Brentilda, Gruntilda's nicer sister. I've crept down here to help you defeat the old hag, it's about time she was taught a lesson!”
Brentilda, Banjo-Kazooie

Brentilda is a recurring character in the Banjo-Kazooie series.

Physical traits[edit]

Brentilda has green skin and pointed ears, much like her sisters Gruntilda, Mingella, and Blobbelda. She dresses a pink oufit with sparkles, white sleeves and fairy wings. She has a white-blond hair and wears a golden diadem, thin-framed round glasses and holds a star-tipped wand.

Personality[edit]

Brentilda is described many times as being much nicer than her sister Gruntilda, being "her opposite in every way, and a far better person for it."[1] She appears to be very kind towards people, referring to Banjo and Kazooie as "young ones" and "dears." She is not very polite when talking about her sister, however, calling her things such as "old hag," her "fat old sister" and "wartbags," among other names.

Biography[edit]

Brentilda is Gruntilda's sister. Unlike her other two sisters, Blobbelda and Mingella, Brentila is a kind fairy godmother rather than an evil witch.

Banjo-Kazooie[edit]

Brentilda as she appears in Banjo-Kazooie
Brentilda near Bubblegloop Swamp's entrance in Banjo-Kazooie

In Banjo-Kazooie, Brentilda's first appearance, she can be found in various points throughout Gruntilda's Lair and, when encountered, will tell the duo facts about her sister's life which are often regarded as "disgusting," such as the flavor of her tooth paste, what was her nickname in witch school, where she sleeps among other trivia about the witch. While they may seem useless, these facts are required to be known in order to answer specific questions in Grunty's Furnace Fun, near the end of the game. The pieces of information told by Brentilda will change in every save file, each having three possible variations picked at random. If Banjo and Kazooie's health bar is low when talking to her in a new area for the first time, she will refill it completely.

A portrait depicting Brentilda can be seen in Mad Monster Mansion, where Napper is located.

Brentilda can be found in ten different areas of Gruntilda's Lair:

Banjo-Tooie[edit]

While not physically appearing in Banjo-Tooie, a picture of Brentilda can be found in the floor of Pawno's Emporium. This portrait is similar to the one found in Mad Monster Mansion in Banjo-Kazooie, but with a more rectangular frame. Additionally, Honey B reuses Brentilda's voice clips.

Nuts & Bolts[edit]

In Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, Brentilda is mentioned in the Lord of Games' quiz in Spiral Mountain. She is an incorrect answer for a question that asks "who was Banjo's adversary in Banjo-Tooie," with the correct answer being "Gruntilda."

Flavor text[edit]

  • Banjo-Kazooie manual profile: "The witch's sister is her opposite in every way, and a far better person for it. Unfortunately even Brentilda's fairy godmother powers aren't strong enough to let her confront Gruntilda directly, so she offers all the help she can to Banjo and Kazooie instead."

Quotes[edit]

Nomenclature[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ブレンチルダ
Burenchiruda
Brentilda

Trivia[edit]

  • Brentilda is the only one of her sisters that speaks normally, as Gruntilda speaks in rhymes and Mingella and Blobbelda speak in anastrophe.

References[edit]

  1. Banjo-Kazooie instruction booklet, page 7