Difference between revisions of "Gruntilda"

Gruntilda's general appearance looks like many other depictions of witches in fiction, having green skin (the specific shade being "Swampwater Stink", which she claims to be a witchly tradition<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/BanjoKazooie/comments/5s2fna/banjokazooie_facebook_qas/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share Archive on Reddit of the Banjo-Kazooie Facebook Q&A]</ref>), green eyes, black hair, a long chin, and a long nose (with some warts). She wears a black robe with a dark red interior, a purple striped scarf, Mary Janes shoes with stockings that match her scarf, and a witch hat. Gruntilda has asymmetric eyes, with her right eye being fairly normal while her left eye is in a perpetual squint. Gruntilda is obese, and in one of her lair taunts in the first game, Grunty implied that it was caused from overeating.

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]] inside.

In the first two games, Grunty is shown to be abusive to her minions, causing them to side with Banjo and Kazooie. In ''Banjo-Kazooie'', Grunty's cauldron Dingpot and her spellbook Cheato assist Banjo and Kazooie along their adventure. In ''Banjo-Tooie'', she is shown to frequently beat her loyal servant, Klungo, to the point where he also decides to take Banjo and Kazooie's side. In ''Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge'', Grunty's plots are more comparable to ''Banjo-Tooie'' than the first game, as 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 ''Banjo-Kazooie: 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.

In ''Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts'', unlike the first two games, Gruntilda does not value upgrading her personal appearance and appears to be fond her new mechanical body. She is shown to be smart enough to use potential setbacks and turn them into victories on her part, such as in the ending, where despite her being forced to work at L.O.G.'s Videogame Factory, she claimed to have access to the resources to make her own game despite being forced to work at LOG's factory when she lost to Banjo and Kazooie.

In the final boss battle of ''Banjo-Kazooie'', Grunty is shown to have various magical powers, such as the ability to cast fireballs, homing spells, and generate a powerful force field. In ''Banjo-Tooie'', her spells are lethal enough to kill others upon contact. In ''Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge'', aside from using Mecha Grunty, Grunty could split her soul into three to confuse her opponents. In ''Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts'', L.O.G. removed Grunty's ability to use magical powers as a stipulation for participating in his contest.

*Gruntilda's last spell before being knocked over by the Mighty Jinjonator in ''Banjo-Kazooie'' was originally supposed to hit Banjo and Kazooie and turn them into a frog, resulting in Tooty trying to restore them to normal. It was cut out of the final version due to time constraints.