Difference between revisions of "Gruntilda"

==History==

[[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 acts like a stereotypical witch. In the opening cutscene, Grunty is asking 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]], where Grunty kidnaps Tooty and takes her into her lair.

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]].

[[File:Gruntilda B-T artwork.jpg|thumb|250px|Gruntilda, as she appears in ''Banjo-Tooie''.]]

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.

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, Grunty is the slowest-moving character in multiplayer.

{{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!|Gruntilda|[[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 defeats Mecha-Grunty in their first battle at [[Breegull Beach]], Kazooie was freed.

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.

In ''[[Banjo-Pilot]]'', Gruntilda is a playable character, retaining her exact same appearance from ''Banjo-Kazooie'' (although not speaking in rhymes, like she does in the majority of ''Banjo-Tooie''). She is unlocked by completing [[Grunty GP]] and giving 150 [[Cheato Page]]s to [[Cheato]]. She has very low handling and acceleration but max top speed. Gruntilda is the boss of [[Broomstick Cup]], being fought at the end in the match "Grunty Gallop." During the battle, when Gruntilda is flying in front, she shoots behind [[Shrapnel]]s that work like [[Ice Egg|Single Blue Ice Egg]]s.

She has her own Grand Prix mode, [[Grunty GP]]. It features unique cups with modified versions of the regular courses.

[[File:Coco Carrier.jpg|thumb|250px|Gruntilda, sitting on her vehicle, in ''Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts''.]]

In ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]'', Gruntilda returns as the main antagonist. She talks in rhymes again like the first game.