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|image=[[File:Jinjos Spirit.png|200px]]<br>Jinjos' spirit from ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''.
|image=[[File:Orange Jinjo NnB.jpg|230px]]<br>Artwork of an orange Jinjo in ''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|Grunty's Revenge]]<br>[[Banjo-Pilot]]<br>[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]<br>[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''
|notable=[[List of implied characters#A. Jinjo|A. Jinjo]]<br>[[List of implied characters#Dave Jinjo|Dave Jinjo]]<br>[[List of implied characters#Granny Jinjo|Granny Jinjo]]<br>[[Hurley]]<br>[[List of implied organizations#Jiggosseum teams|Jinjo Giants]]<br>[[Jinjo Oracle]]<br>[[King Jingaling]]<br>[[List of implied characters#Red Jinjo's mother|Red Jinjo's mother]]<br>[[The Mighty Jinjonator]]
|world=[[Jinjo Village]]<br>Various worlds
|variants=[[Minjo]]
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'''Jinjos''' are small creatures found in every game in the ''[[Banjo-Kazooie series|Banjo-Kazooie]]'' series. Jinjos appear in many colors and have long snouts. They are a very hardy species, appearing in many hostile environments without harm. However, they are not invincible, as seen by the Grey Jinjo family being killed by the [[Hag 1]] destroying their house.  Whether the Jinjos are designed after any preexisting species is unknown, though a hyperbolic sign in [[Witchyworld]] calls one a "Weird Killer Alien."
{{quote|[[Banjo]]! The Jinjos are freed at last! We'll spread the news that [[Gruntilda|Grunty]]'s gone and we can reclaim our [[Spiral Mountain|homeland]]! Thank you bear and [[Kazooie|bird]]! Wheee!|Jinjo|[[Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge]]}}
'''Jinjos''' are a recurring species in the ''[[Banjo-Kazooie (series)|Banjo-Kazooie]]'' series. They are usually found throughout the worlds in need of help and reward [[Banjo]] and [[Kazooie]] once they have been aided.


In ''[[Banjo-Tooie]]'' Jinjos are depicted as living in a [[Jinjo Village|small village]] ruled by [[King Jingaling]], a yellow Jinjo much larger in size than a normal Jinjo. The game also introduces evil versions of Jinjos, known as [[Minjo]]s, who disguise themselves as Jinjos and attack [[Banjo]] when he tries to collect them.
==Biography==
===Background===
In ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge]]'', it is said that the Jinjos used to live in [[Spiral Mountain]] before [[Gruntilda]] arrived and took over, forcing them to move away. A broken statue of [[King Jingaling]]'s head in front of [[Gruntilda's Lair]] can also be found in the game, implying the witch broke it to build the entrance to her home in its place.


==Games==
===''Banjo-Kazooie''===
===''Banjo-Kazooie''===
Jinjos first appear in ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]'', where five Jinjos of different colors (blue, green, orange, purple, and yellow) are scattered around each world due to [[Gruntilda Winkybunion|Gruntilda]] kidnapping them. The first one collected tells [[Banjo]] and [[Kazooie]] of their plight. They stand still, shouting for help and whistling, before flying away while shouting "Jinjo! Whoopee!" upon being rescued; rescuing all five in a world will grant the duo one of the world's ten [[Jiggy|Jiggies]], or an [[Extra Life]] if they have rescued them previously. In the original version, leaving a world causes the Jinjos to return to their original spots, meaning that leaving without collecting them all will force the player to start over. However, this is changed in [[Banjo-Kazooie (XBLA)|the XBox Live Arcade version]], so they instead stay collected no matter what.
In ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]'', which is their debut appearance, Jinjos are featured in five colors — blue, green, orange, purple, and yellow — and there is one of each in every world. In [[Mumbo's Mountain]], when Banjo and Kazooie collect their first Jinjo, it tells the duo that Gruntilda placed them in each world. When the duo rescue all five Jinjos in a world, they are rewarded a [[Jiggy]], or an [[Extra Life]] if those Jinjos were rescued beforehand. Whenever Banjo and Kazooie leave a world, the Jinjos return to their original locations, but if they have not collected all five Jinjos, they are required to start over once they re-enter the world. In the [[Banjo-Kazooie (Xbox Live Arcade)|Xbox Live Arcade]] version, like other collectible items, Jinjos remain collected, even if Banjo and Kazooie leave and re-enter a world.


In the final battle against Gruntilda, Jinjos appear in the fourth phase to help the duo as thanks. They are the only way to destroy the magical barrier Grunty has created around herself in this phase, but to do so, the duo must [[Egg firing|fire]] [[Blue Egg|eggs]] into each of the four Jinjo statues found in the corners of [[Top of the Tower|the arena]], causing a Jinjo to emerge from each. Each of the Jinjos them attacks Grunty's shield, weakening it and eventually destroying [[Gruntilda's Broomstick|her broomstick]]. However, the shield remains, leading to the fifth phase, in which a giant Jinjo statue appears in the middle, introducing itself as [[the Mighty Jinjonator]]. After firing enough eggs in all four sides of his pedestal, the Mighty Jinjonator emerges, showing itself to be a shiny blue Jinjo with red eyes. It then repeatedly bashes into Grunty, before finally knocking her over the edge and defeating her. After this, the only appearance of a Jinjo is a yellow one appearing in the beach scene at the end.
In the final battle against Gruntilda, Jinjos appear in the fourth phase to help the duo. They are the only way to destroy a magical barrier that Grunty has created around herself, but doing so requires the duo to shoot [[Blue Egg|egg]]s into each of the four Jinjo statues, causing a Jinjo to emerge from each one. Each Jinjo then attacks Grunty's shield, weakening it and eventually destroying [[Gruntilda's Broomstick|her broomstick]]. During the fifth phase, a large Jinjo statue named [[The Mighty Jinjonator]] appear in the middle of the arena. After emerging from its statue, the Mighty Jinjonator repeatedly attacks Gruntilda and defeats her.
 
===''Grunty's Revenge''===
In ''Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge'', when [[Mecha-Grunty]] goes into the past, she scares off all the Jinjos, leaving the [[Jinjo Oracle]] by herself. She relies on the Jinjos for gossip because she cannot move around due to being a statue. Like ''Banjo-Kazooie'', every world has five Jinjos, although each world features Jinjos of a different color. When Banjo and Kazooie collect five Jinjos in a world, the Jinjo Oracle rewards them with a Jiggy.
 
During the 100% ending, three purple Jinjos can be found in front of [[Banjo's House]] commemorating that they'll finally be able to reclaim their homeland as Gruntilda was defeated.


===''Banjo-Tooie''===
===''Banjo-Tooie''===
====Collecting Jinjos====
[[File:BT Jinjos and Jingaling.png|thumb|350px|King Jingaling, along with many other Jinjos, in ''Banjo-Tooie''.]]
The Jinjos of [[Jinjo Village]] were scared away when the [[Hag 1]] drilling machine plowed through their village, killing the grey jinjos. King Jingaling begs the pair to return the Jinjos to their homes in time for the upcoming kickball tournament with the moles, but finding them isn't quite as easy as in ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]''; rather than five Jinjos in every world, Jinjos of nine differently colored families are scattered throughout all of the game's worlds including [[Spiral Mountain]] and the [[Isle o' Hags]]. Only once all of a certain color's family members are returned will Banjo and [[Kazooie]] be rewarded with the family's Jiggy heirloom. Furthermore, where certain colors appear is totally random and changes with every save file, meaning that where one Jinjo of a certain color was found on one file, any other color could be in its place on another. This means that there is a slight chance of completing certain families very early, and is in fact possible for the sole White Jinjo to be the first found, though this is an extremely rare occurrence.
In ''[[Banjo-Tooie]]'', Jinjos were given a larger role. They live in [[Jinjo Village]], and each color variant has their own family. They are ruled by a large, sovereign Jinjo named King Jingaling. The game also introduces an evil counterpart, [[Minjo]]s, who disguise themselves as Jinjos and try and attack Banjo when he gets nearby.
 
At the start of the game, when the [[Hag 1]] drills its way path back to Cauldron Keep, it drilled through [[Jinjo Village]], scaring away all of the Jinjos. When Banjo and Kazooie meet King Jingaling, he begs them to return the Jinjos in time for the upcoming kickball tournament. The color variants are not specific to one area, and their location is decided randomly every time the player starts a new game file. When Banjo and Kazooie rescue every Jinjo of a certain color, that family gives them their heirloom, a Jiggy, to the duo. When Banjo and Kazooie rescue a Jinjo, it returns to its family home in Jinjo Village.


Once a Jinjo has been rescued, rather than resetting once the player leaves the area, it returns to its family house in the Jinjo Village. If any Jinjos are still missing, a slow, sad variation of Jinjo Village's theme will play inside the house, whereas completed families have a happier, more upbeat tune.
Once Kazooie learns the [[Hatch]] ability, she can hatch the yellow egg inside of [[Heggy's Egg Shed]]. By doing so, Heggy tells her that a Jinjo is now an available character for the [[Breegull Blaster]] shootout matches in Multiplayer. In this mode, Jinjo is the smallest and fastest character, but also the most vulnerable, having only four units of health.


The [[White Jinjo]] family contains only one member. The Orange Jinjo family has two, the Yellow Jinjo family three, the [[Brown Jinjo]] family four, the Green Jinjo family has five, the [[Red Jinjo]] family six, the Blue Jinjo family has seven, the Purple Jinjo family has eight, and the [[Black Jinjo]] family, the largest one, has nine members. There is also a tenth house in the village which apparently belonged to the [[Grey Jinjo]] family, but it was demolished by Hag 1 on its way to the [[Cauldron Keep]], and thus Grey Jinjos do not make an appearance in the game. It is presumed that the Grey Jinjos were a family of ten.
===''Banjo-Pilot''===
In ''[[Banjo-Pilot]]'', a purple Jinjo is a playable character, and is simply named "Jinjo." It is one of the four starter characters. Jinjo has very low top speed but high acceleration and handling.
There is an unlockable Jinjo GP mode, where the player's racer must race against seven Jinjos, each of a random color. The mode can be unlocked after completing the Broomstick Cup of Grunty GP and paying 500 [[Cheato Page]]s to [[Cheato]].


An easy way to distinguish Jinjos from [[Minjo]]s is to remember which Jinjo families were completed. That way players can know which are impostors. Another way is hit a Jinjo from distance. If the egg hits it, it will be a Minjo.
===''Nuts & Bolts''===
In ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]'', Jinjos have a different role than in previous ''Banjo-Kazooie'' titles. Instead of collecting Jinjos, Banjo must find them and complete a challenge on their behalf, which varies from going over a set speed to making them roll a certain distance. Completing a Jinjo's challenge earns him a [[Jinjo Token]], which can be used in [[Showdown Town]] for King Jingaling's Bingo Palace.


====Multiplayer Mode====
In [[Showdown Town]], there are six Jinjos locked up in cages. Banjo must free them with a [[Wrench-it Bolt]] and take them to their homes. After freeing a Jinjo, Banjo must carry a Minjo and imprison it in place of the Jinjo.
Once Kazooie learns the [[Hatch]] ability, she can use it to hatch the yellow egg inside [[Heggy's Egg Shed]]. Once it has been hatched, Heggy will announce that a Jinjo is now an available character for the FPS-style [[Breegull Blaster]] shootout matches in Multiplayer Mode. The Jinjo is the smallest and fastest character, but also the most vulnerable, having only four health - a single hit from an explosive egg such as [[Grenade Egg|Grenade]] or [[Proximity Egg]]s that instantly defeat Banjo and Kazooie.


===''Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge''===
==Other appearances==
In ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge]]'', the Jinjos have been scared away by Gruntilda, and they have left the [[Jinjo Oracle]] by herself. The Jinjo Oracle is a large stone statue that resembles a Jinjo. She needs the Jinjos to give her gossip because she can't get around. Banjo and Kazooie must find five Jinjos in each of the different worlds. After a Jinjo is collected the Jinjo Oracle will give a hint about finding a Jinjo or how to obtain a Jiggy in that specific world. When all five Jinjos are collected the Oracle will give Banjo and Kazooie a Jiggy and tell them information about the next world.
===''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''===
Jinjos reappear in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' as a part of Banjo and Kazooie's Final Smash. Similar to their role during the final boss battle in ''Banjo-Kazooie'', four Jinjos and the Mighty Jinjonator continuously attack any opponent caught in the attack before the Jinjonator deals the final blow.
 
== Variants ==
Jinjos come in a variety of colors. In ''Banjo-Tooie'', it is shown that each color variant is part of a family, and they live together in Jinjo Village.
 
{|class="wikitable"
!Color
!Game appearances
!Description
|-
|{{anchor|Black Jinjo}} '''Black'''
|''Banjo-Tooie''
|Black Jinjos make their first and only appearance in ''Banjo-Tooie''. They have nine members, making them the largest family of Jinjo Village.
|
|-
|{{anchor|Blue Jinjo}} {{color|Blue|blue}}
|style="white-space:nowrap"|''Banjo-Kazooie'', ''Banjo-Tooie'',<br>''Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge'',<br>''Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts''
|Blue Jinjos, unlike other Jinjos, have orange bellies (although it was changed to light blue in ''Banjo-Tooie'').  
 
In ''Banjo-Kazooie'', they are one of the five types of Jinjos found in each world. [[The Mighty Jinjonator]] shares a speech icon with blue Jinjos.  


Each world's five Jinjos are a different color. Spiral Mountain's Jinjos are pink, Cliff Farm's Jinjos are orange, Breegull Beach's Jinjos are yellow, Bad Magic Bayou's Jinjos are green, Spiller's Harbor's Jinjos are grey, and Freezing Furnace's Jinjos are blue.
In ''Banjo-Tooie'', there are seven blue Jinjos, and their home is located behind King Jingaling's Throne Room.  


This is the only time in which Grey Jinjos need to be rescued.
In ''Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge'', blue Jinjos are found at [[Freezing Furnace]].
|-
|{{anchor|Brown Jinjo}} {{color|Brown|brown}}
|''Banjo-Tooie''
|Brown Jinjos only appear in ''Banjo-Tooie'', in which they have a family of four.
|-
|{{anchor|Cyan Jinjo}} {{color|Cyan|cyan}}
|''Banjo-Pilot''
|A cyan Jinjo only appears in ''Banjo-Pilot'' as a racing opponent in Jinjo GP.
|-
|{{anchor|Grey Jinjo}} {{color|Grey|gray}}
|''Banjo-Tooie'' (mentioned),<br>''Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge''
|The grey Jinjos were only mentioned in ''Banjo-Tooie'', as one of the ten Jinjo families from Jinjo Village. At the start of the game, the [[Hag 1]] destroyed their house on its way back to [[Cauldron Keep]], killing every Grey Jinjo inside, on its route back to [[Cauldron Keep]].  


===''Banjo-Pilot''===
Although they are absent from ''Banjo-Tooie'', grey Jinjos later make an actual appearance in ''Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge'', and are found at [[Spiller's Harbor]].
A Purple Jinjo is a playable character in ''[[Banjo-Pilot]]''. It only has one point of top speed, but four points of acceleration and five points of handling, making him best for courses where a lot of weaving is required, but ill suited to courses with long straight ways. The player also races against seven Jinjos in the unlockable Jinjo Grand Prix.
|-
|{{anchor|Green Jinjo}} {{color|Green|#00BF00}}
|''Banjo-Kazooie'', ''Banjo-Tooie'',<br>''Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge'',<br>''Banjo-Pilot'',<br>''Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts''
|Green Jinjos first appear in ''Banjo-Kazooie'' as one of the five colored Jinjos to collect in every world. They are light green and have a white chest.  


===''Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts''===
In ''Banjo-Tooie'', there is a family of five green Jinjos, which are a lighter shade of green and.  
Jinjos reappear in ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]'', and have a similar task of collection as in the previous games. Instead of Banjo simply locating Jinjos and collecting them, he must find them and complete a challenge, which varies from going over a set speed to making them roll a certain distance. Completing a Jinjo's challenge earns him a Jinjo Token, which can be used in [[Showdown Town]] for [[King Jingaling]]'s Bingo Palace. Also in Showdown Town, there are six Jinjos locked up in cages around town. Banjo must free them with a '''Wrench Switch''' and take them to their homes. When a Jinjo is freed, a [[Minjo]] must be found and carried to an open cage to replace a Jinjo that has been freed.


===''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''===
In ''Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge'', the green Jinjos are found at [[Bad Magic Bayou]].  
Jinjos are set to reappear in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' during Banjo & Kazooie's Final Smash. Similarly to their role during the final boss fight in the first game, four Jinjos and the Mighty Jinjonator continuously attack any opponent caught in the attack before the Jinjonator deals one final blow.


== Variants ==
In ''Banjo-Pilot'', a green Jinjo appears as an opponent in Jinjo GP.
=== Black ===
|-
Black Jinjos are one of the ten Jinjo families in ''Banjo-Tooie''. There are nine members in their family, making them the largest family from [[Jinjo Village]].
|{{anchor|Orange Jinjo}} {{color|Orange|orange}}
|''Banjo-Kazooie'', ''Banjo-Tooie'',<br>''Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge'',<br>''Banjo-Pilot'',<br>''Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts''
|Orange Jinjos are among the five Jinjos to be found in every world from ''Banjo-Kazooie''.  


=== Blue ===
In ''Banjo-Tooie'', there is only a family of two.  
[[File:Blue Jinjo NnB.png|thumb|200x200px|A Blue Jinjo in ''Nuts & Bolts'']]
Blue Jinjos are a recurring type of Jinjo. They first appear in ''Banjo-Kazooie'' as one of the five Jinjos that Banjo and Kazooie must rescue in every world. Unlike the other Jinjos, the blue ones have orange bellies, instead of the usual tan. [[The Mighty Jinjonator]] shares a speech icon with Blue Jinjos.


Seven Blue Jinjos appear in ''Banjo-Tooie'', and their home is located behind [[King Jingaling's Throne Room]]. They are the third largest family of Jinjos. In ''Grunty's Revenge'', there are five Blue Jinjos that are indigenous to [[Freezing Furnace]].
In ''Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge'', orange Jinjos are found at [[Cliff Farm]].  


<gallery>
In ''Banjo-Pilot'', an orange Jinjo appears as an opponent in Jinjo GP.
Blue Jinjo BKGR.png|In ''Grunty's Revenge''
|-
</gallery>
|{{anchor|Pink Jinjo}} {{color|Pink|#FF1493}}
|''Banjo-Pilot''
|Like the cyan Jinjo, a pink one appears in ''Banjo-Pilot'', as one of the racing opponents in Jinjo GP mode.
|-
|{{anchor|Purple Jinjo}} {{color|Purple|#9F409F}}
|''Banjo-Kazooie'', ''Banjo-Tooie'',<br>''Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge'',<br>''Banjo-Pilot'',<br>''Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts''
|Purple Jinjos make their debut in the original ''Banjo-Kazooie'' as one of the five Jinjos needed to be collected in each world. Despite their name, Purple Jinjos look more pink than purple. [[Banjo]] is shown holding a purple Jinjo on the cover art for the game.


=== Brown ===
In ''Banjo-Tooie'', purple Jinjos have the second largest family, having a total of eight members.  
Brown Jinjos only appear in ''Banjo-Tooie'' as one of the ten Jinjo families. They have four members in total.


=== Green ===
In ''Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge'', purple Jinjos are native to Spiral Mountain.  
[[File:Green Jinjo NnB.png|thumb|left|200x200px|A Green Jinjo in ''Nuts & Bolts'']]
Green Jinjos first appear in ''Banjo-Kazooie'' as one of the five colored Jinjos to collect in every world. They are light green and white-chested. In ''Banjo-Tooie'', the green Jinjos consist of a family of five, and they became a lighter shade of green and received a yellow chest. In ''Grunty's Revenge'', the green Jinjos are indigenous to [[Bad Magic Bayou]].


<gallery>
In ''Banjo-Pilot'', a purple Jinjo is one of the playable characters, in addition to being an opponent in Jinjo GP.  
Green Jinjo GR.png|In ''Grunty's Revenge''
</gallery>
{{br|left}}
=== Grey ===
[[File:Gray Jinjo GR.png|thumb|100x100px|A Gray Jinjo from ''Grunty's Revenge'']]
The Grey Jinjos were only mentioned in ''Banjo-Tooie'', as one of the ten Jinjo families from Jinjo Village. Every one of them died after the [[Hag 1]] demolished their house on its route back to [[Cauldron Keep]]. Neither the Grey Jinjos nor their house directly appear in the game; however, there is unused data of their house in the game's files, with the tag "SHOULDN'T BE HERE".<ref>[https://tcrf.net/Banjo-Tooie#Unused_Jinjo_House ''Banjo-Tooie'' on TCRF]</ref>


Grey Jinjos later appear in ''Grunty's Revenge'' as the indigenous color of [[Spiller's Harbor]].
In ''Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts'', the purple Jinjos are among the Jinjos that can be found in certain worlds and with a unique challenge for Banjo.
{{br}}
|-
=== Orange ===
|{{anchor|Red Jinjo}} {{color|Red|red}}
[[File:Orange Jinjo NnB screenshot.png|thumb|200x200px|An Orange Jinjo from ''Nuts & Bolts'']]
|''Banjo-Tooie'', ''Banjo-Pilot'', ''Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts''
|The red Jinjos first appear in ''Banjo-Tooie'' as one of the ten Jinjo families. There are six members in their family, and their house was slightly damaged from the Hag 1.


Orange Jinjos are among the five Jinjos to be found in every world from ''Banjo-Kazooie''. They also appear in ''Banjo-Tooie'', as the second smallest Jinjo family (only having two members). In ''Grunty's Revenge'', Orange Jinjos are the indigenous color of [[Cliff Farm]].
In ''Banjo-Pilot'', a red Jinjo appears as an opponent in Jinjo GP.
|-
|{{anchor|White Jinjo}} {{color|White|silver}}
|''Banjo-Tooie''
|There is only one white Jinjo in ''Banjo-Tooie'', making it the smallest family in the game.
|-
|{{anchor|Yellow Jinjo}} {{color|Yellow|#e6c200}}
|''Banjo-Kazooie'', ''Banjo-Tooie'',<br>''Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge'',<br>''Banjo-Pilot'',<br>''Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts''
|Yellow Jinjos are one of the five collectible Jinjos in every world of ''Banjo-Kazooie''.  


<gallery>
In ''Banjo-Tooie'', there is a family of three yellow Jinjos. In their debut appearance, Yellow Jinjos had a darker belly, which became a brighter color in subsequent games.
Orange Jinjo B-K.jpg|In ''Banjo-Kazooie''
Orange Jinjo GR.png|In ''Grunty's Revenge''
</gallery>


=== Purple ===
In ''Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge'', yellow Jinjos appear in [[Breegull Beach]].  
[[File:Purple Jinjo BKNB screenshot.png|thumb|left|150x150px|A Purple Jinjo from ''Nuts & Bolts'']]
Purple Jinjos make their debut in the original ''Banjo-Kazooie'' as one of the five Jinjos needed to be collected in each world. Despite their name, Purple Jinjos look more pink than purple. [[Banjo]] is shown holding a Jinjo on the cover art for the game.


In ''Banjo-Tooie'', the Purple Jinjos have the second largest family, with a total of eight members. A purple Jinjo is one of the playable characters in ''Banjo-Pilot''.
In ''Banjo-Pilot'', a yellow Jinjo appears as an opponent in Jinjo GP.
|}


In ''Nuts & Bolts'', the Purple Jinjos are among the Jinjos that can be found in certain worlds and with a unique challenge for Banjo.
==General information==
===Personalities===
Jinjos are generally very cheerful and, although often helpless, eager to help in dangerous situations (for example in ''Banjo-Kazooie'', where during the final battle against Gruntilda, the Jinjos appear to aid Banjo and Kazooie in the fight). In ''Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts'', Jinjos have various challenges where they need help, and are described as "remarkably clumsy" in the description of Jinjo Fetch events.


=== Red ===
===Physical appearance===
The Red Jinjos only appear in ''Banjo-Tooie'' as one of the ten Jinjo families from Jinjo Village. There are six members in their family, and their house was slightly damaged from the Hag 1. A [[Treble Clef]] appears on top of their house, which is hinted by a [[Signpost]] behind [[Jiggywiggy's Temple]].
Jinjos are considerably small creatures with long snouts and circles in their torsos that have different colors than the rest of their bodies. They have two arms with four fingers in each hand and two legs with three fingers in each foot. Most of them have light blue eyes, with some exceptions like the Mighty Jinjonator or King Jingaling.


=== White ===
===Powers and abilities===
White Jinjos are one of the ten Jinjo families residing in Jinjo Village in ''Banjo-Tooie''. Only a single White Jinjo appears in the game, making them the smallest family.
[[File:Purple Jinjo Ball NnB.jpg|thumb|A Purple Jinjo transformed into a ball, in the [[LOGBOX 720]] Game World of ''Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts''.]]
Jinjos have shown a variety of powers throughout the ''Banjo-Kazooie'' series. They can freely fly and teleport (doing this mainly in ''Banjo-Tooie'', where they immediately appear in [[Jinjo House|their houses]] after being rescued), leaving trails of colored sparkles behind after performing both actions. In ''Banjo-Kazooie'', the Jinjos are shown to be strong enough to damage Gruntilda even after she activates her magic barrier. In ''Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts'', they transform themselves into balls, and do that mostly to race against Banjo and Kazooie or be thrown in Jinjo Hurling challenges.


=== Yellow ===
==Flavor text and statistics==
[[File:Yellow Jinjo NnB.png|thumb|200x200px|A Yellow Jinjo from ''Nuts & Bolts''.]]
===''Banjo-Kazooie''===
Yellow Jinjos are one of the five collectible Jinjos in every world of ''Banjo-Kazooie''. They reappear in as one of the ten Jinjo families from Jinjo Village in ''Banjo-Tooie''. They originally had darker bellies, but it became a brighter color for the game. In ''Grunty's Revenge'', Yellow Jinjos are the indigenous color of [[Breegull Beach]].
*'''Manual profile:''' "''Five of these spirited creatures have been captured and hidden in each world by Gruntilda, who took offense at their happy, helpful nature. Find and release all five to be rewarded with one of that world's ten jigsaw pieces!''"
===''Banjo-Tooie''===
*'''Manual profile:''' "''These little creatures just can't seem to stay out of trouble! The nine different families—each a different color—from Jinjo Village have been scared away by the witches' digger, and it's up to the intrepid bear and bird team to rescue them. When you reunite an entire family in their house, you'll be awarded with a Jiggy.''"
===''Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge''===
*'''Manual profile:''' "''Every Jinjo carries a message, and after rescuing one Banjo can ask the Jinjo Oracle to pass on its secret. When the five Jinjos trapped on each world are found, Banjo is rewarded with a Jiggy.''"
===''Banjo-Pilot''===
*'''Top Speed''': 1/5
*'''Acceleration''': 4/5
*'''Handling''': 5/5
*'''Manual profile:''' "''No Banjo game is complete without one — a representative of the race that seems to get Gruntilda so worked up...''"
===''Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts''===
*'''Manual profile:''' "''Jinjos offer special challenges in Game Worlds. In Showdown Town, they're wrongly imprisoned by [[Pikelet]].''"
===''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''===
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|Can be enhanced at Lv. 99
|•Battle via DLC Spirit Board<br>•Purchase from the Vault Shop for 1000G (since v5.0.0)
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|•The enemy can deal damage by dashing into you<br>•Reinforcements will appear after an enemy is KO'd
|[[smashwiki:Summit|Summit]] ([[smashwiki:Ω form|Ω form]])
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==Name origin==
Yellow Jinjo BKGR.png|In ''Grunty's Revenge''
The name "Jinjo" originated from a nickname [[Grant Kirkhope]] gave to artist [[Ed Bryan]] during the development of ''Banjo-Kazooie''.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq-fpnnGzyU&t=562 Rare Revealed: Five Things You Didn't Know About Banjo-Kazooie - YouTube]</ref> They were originally envisioned as birds, but Ed Bryan, as he stated, "wasn't much good at drawing birds."<ref>[https://twitter.com/itsmingyjongo/status/1419028377474895883 Ed Bryan on Twitter: "And it's a little known made-up fact that the Jinjos were meant to be birds, but I wasn't much good at drawing birds." / Twitter] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20210724205749/https://twitter.com/itsmingyjongo/status/1419028377474895883 archive.org])</ref>
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==Gallery==
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==Nomenclature==
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|Jap=ジンジョー
|JapR=Jinjō
|JapM=Jinjo
}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*In artwork and icons for the first game, Jinjos are depicted as having somewhat-prominent eyebrows, which are absent in materials related to later games, including the icons in the game's own enhanced port.
*In artwork and icons for ''Banjo-Kazooie'', Jinjos are depicted as having somewhat-prominent eyebrows, which are absent in materials related to later games, including the icons in the game's own enhanced port.
 
*Their name is based on a nickname that [[Grant Kirkhope]] used to call artist [[Ed Bryan]] during development of Banjo-Kazooie.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq-fpnnGzyU&t=562 ''Rare Revealed: Five Things You Didn't Know About Banjo-Kazooie'' - YouTube]</ref>


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Latest revision as of 14:25, January 12, 2024

Jinjo
Jinjos Spirit.png
Jinjos' spirit from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
Game(s) Banjo-Kazooie
Banjo-Tooie
Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge
Banjo-Pilot
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Variants Minjo
Notable member(s) A. Jinjo
Dave Jinjo
Granny Jinjo
Hurley
Jinjo Giants
Jinjo Oracle
King Jingaling
Red Jinjo's mother
The Mighty Jinjonator
“Banjo! The Jinjos are freed at last! We'll spread the news that Grunty's gone and we can reclaim our homeland! Thank you bear and bird! Wheee!”
—Jinjo, Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge

Jinjos are a recurring species in the Banjo-Kazooie series. They are usually found throughout the worlds in need of help and reward Banjo and Kazooie once they have been aided.

Biography[edit]

Background[edit]

In Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge, it is said that the Jinjos used to live in Spiral Mountain before Gruntilda arrived and took over, forcing them to move away. A broken statue of King Jingaling's head in front of Gruntilda's Lair can also be found in the game, implying the witch broke it to build the entrance to her home in its place.

Banjo-Kazooie[edit]

In Banjo-Kazooie, which is their debut appearance, Jinjos are featured in five colors — blue, green, orange, purple, and yellow — and there is one of each in every world. In Mumbo's Mountain, when Banjo and Kazooie collect their first Jinjo, it tells the duo that Gruntilda placed them in each world. When the duo rescue all five Jinjos in a world, they are rewarded a Jiggy, or an Extra Life if those Jinjos were rescued beforehand. Whenever Banjo and Kazooie leave a world, the Jinjos return to their original locations, but if they have not collected all five Jinjos, they are required to start over once they re-enter the world. In the Xbox Live Arcade version, like other collectible items, Jinjos remain collected, even if Banjo and Kazooie leave and re-enter a world.

In the final battle against Gruntilda, Jinjos appear in the fourth phase to help the duo. They are the only way to destroy a magical barrier that Grunty has created around herself, but doing so requires the duo to shoot eggs into each of the four Jinjo statues, causing a Jinjo to emerge from each one. Each Jinjo then attacks Grunty's shield, weakening it and eventually destroying her broomstick. During the fifth phase, a large Jinjo statue named The Mighty Jinjonator appear in the middle of the arena. After emerging from its statue, the Mighty Jinjonator repeatedly attacks Gruntilda and defeats her.

Grunty's Revenge[edit]

In Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge, when Mecha-Grunty goes into the past, she scares off all the Jinjos, leaving the Jinjo Oracle by herself. She relies on the Jinjos for gossip because she cannot move around due to being a statue. Like Banjo-Kazooie, every world has five Jinjos, although each world features Jinjos of a different color. When Banjo and Kazooie collect five Jinjos in a world, the Jinjo Oracle rewards them with a Jiggy.

During the 100% ending, three purple Jinjos can be found in front of Banjo's House commemorating that they'll finally be able to reclaim their homeland as Gruntilda was defeated.

Banjo-Tooie[edit]

King Jingaling, along with many other Jinjos, in Banjo-Tooie.

In Banjo-Tooie, Jinjos were given a larger role. They live in Jinjo Village, and each color variant has their own family. They are ruled by a large, sovereign Jinjo named King Jingaling. The game also introduces an evil counterpart, Minjos, who disguise themselves as Jinjos and try and attack Banjo when he gets nearby.

At the start of the game, when the Hag 1 drills its way path back to Cauldron Keep, it drilled through Jinjo Village, scaring away all of the Jinjos. When Banjo and Kazooie meet King Jingaling, he begs them to return the Jinjos in time for the upcoming kickball tournament. The color variants are not specific to one area, and their location is decided randomly every time the player starts a new game file. When Banjo and Kazooie rescue every Jinjo of a certain color, that family gives them their heirloom, a Jiggy, to the duo. When Banjo and Kazooie rescue a Jinjo, it returns to its family home in Jinjo Village.

Once Kazooie learns the Hatch ability, she can hatch the yellow egg inside of Heggy's Egg Shed. By doing so, Heggy tells her that a Jinjo is now an available character for the Breegull Blaster shootout matches in Multiplayer. In this mode, Jinjo is the smallest and fastest character, but also the most vulnerable, having only four units of health.

Banjo-Pilot[edit]

In Banjo-Pilot, a purple Jinjo is a playable character, and is simply named "Jinjo." It is one of the four starter characters. Jinjo has very low top speed but high acceleration and handling.

There is an unlockable Jinjo GP mode, where the player's racer must race against seven Jinjos, each of a random color. The mode can be unlocked after completing the Broomstick Cup of Grunty GP and paying 500 Cheato Pages to Cheato.

Nuts & Bolts[edit]

In Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, Jinjos have a different role than in previous Banjo-Kazooie titles. Instead of collecting Jinjos, Banjo must find them and complete a challenge on their behalf, which varies from going over a set speed to making them roll a certain distance. Completing a Jinjo's challenge earns him a Jinjo Token, which can be used in Showdown Town for King Jingaling's Bingo Palace.

In Showdown Town, there are six Jinjos locked up in cages. Banjo must free them with a Wrench-it Bolt and take them to their homes. After freeing a Jinjo, Banjo must carry a Minjo and imprison it in place of the Jinjo.

Other appearances[edit]

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]

Jinjos reappear in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as a part of Banjo and Kazooie's Final Smash. Similar to their role during the final boss battle in Banjo-Kazooie, four Jinjos and the Mighty Jinjonator continuously attack any opponent caught in the attack before the Jinjonator deals the final blow.

Variants[edit]

Jinjos come in a variety of colors. In Banjo-Tooie, it is shown that each color variant is part of a family, and they live together in Jinjo Village.

Color Game appearances Description
Black Banjo-Tooie Black Jinjos make their first and only appearance in Banjo-Tooie. They have nine members, making them the largest family of Jinjo Village.
Blue Banjo-Kazooie, Banjo-Tooie,
Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge,
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts 		Blue Jinjos, unlike other Jinjos, have orange bellies (although it was changed to light blue in Banjo-Tooie).

In Banjo-Kazooie, they are one of the five types of Jinjos found in each world. The Mighty Jinjonator shares a speech icon with blue Jinjos.

In Banjo-Tooie, there are seven blue Jinjos, and their home is located behind King Jingaling's Throne Room.

In Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge, blue Jinjos are found at Freezing Furnace.

Brown Banjo-Tooie Brown Jinjos only appear in Banjo-Tooie, in which they have a family of four.
Cyan Banjo-Pilot A cyan Jinjo only appears in Banjo-Pilot as a racing opponent in Jinjo GP.
Grey Banjo-Tooie (mentioned),
Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge 		The grey Jinjos were only mentioned in Banjo-Tooie, as one of the ten Jinjo families from Jinjo Village. At the start of the game, the Hag 1 destroyed their house on its way back to Cauldron Keep, killing every Grey Jinjo inside, on its route back to Cauldron Keep.

Although they are absent from Banjo-Tooie, grey Jinjos later make an actual appearance in Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge, and are found at Spiller's Harbor.

Green Banjo-Kazooie, Banjo-Tooie,
Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge,
Banjo-Pilot,
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts 		Green Jinjos first appear in Banjo-Kazooie as one of the five colored Jinjos to collect in every world. They are light green and have a white chest.

In Banjo-Tooie, there is a family of five green Jinjos, which are a lighter shade of green and.

In Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge, the green Jinjos are found at Bad Magic Bayou.

In Banjo-Pilot, a green Jinjo appears as an opponent in Jinjo GP.

Orange Banjo-Kazooie, Banjo-Tooie,
Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge,
Banjo-Pilot,
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts 		Orange Jinjos are among the five Jinjos to be found in every world from Banjo-Kazooie.

In Banjo-Tooie, there is only a family of two.

In Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge, orange Jinjos are found at Cliff Farm.

In Banjo-Pilot, an orange Jinjo appears as an opponent in Jinjo GP.

Pink Banjo-Pilot Like the cyan Jinjo, a pink one appears in Banjo-Pilot, as one of the racing opponents in Jinjo GP mode.
Purple Banjo-Kazooie, Banjo-Tooie,
Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge,
Banjo-Pilot,
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts 		Purple Jinjos make their debut in the original Banjo-Kazooie as one of the five Jinjos needed to be collected in each world. Despite their name, Purple Jinjos look more pink than purple. Banjo is shown holding a purple Jinjo on the cover art for the game.

In Banjo-Tooie, purple Jinjos have the second largest family, having a total of eight members.

In Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge, purple Jinjos are native to Spiral Mountain.

In Banjo-Pilot, a purple Jinjo is one of the playable characters, in addition to being an opponent in Jinjo GP.

In Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, the purple Jinjos are among the Jinjos that can be found in certain worlds and with a unique challenge for Banjo.

Red Banjo-Tooie, Banjo-Pilot, Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts The red Jinjos first appear in Banjo-Tooie as one of the ten Jinjo families. There are six members in their family, and their house was slightly damaged from the Hag 1.

In Banjo-Pilot, a red Jinjo appears as an opponent in Jinjo GP.

White Banjo-Tooie There is only one white Jinjo in Banjo-Tooie, making it the smallest family in the game.
Yellow Banjo-Kazooie, Banjo-Tooie,
Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge,
Banjo-Pilot,
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts 		Yellow Jinjos are one of the five collectible Jinjos in every world of Banjo-Kazooie.

In Banjo-Tooie, there is a family of three yellow Jinjos. In their debut appearance, Yellow Jinjos had a darker belly, which became a brighter color in subsequent games.

In Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge, yellow Jinjos appear in Breegull Beach.

In Banjo-Pilot, a yellow Jinjo appears as an opponent in Jinjo GP.

General information[edit]

Personalities[edit]

Jinjos are generally very cheerful and, although often helpless, eager to help in dangerous situations (for example in Banjo-Kazooie, where during the final battle against Gruntilda, the Jinjos appear to aid Banjo and Kazooie in the fight). In Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, Jinjos have various challenges where they need help, and are described as "remarkably clumsy" in the description of Jinjo Fetch events.

Physical appearance[edit]

Jinjos are considerably small creatures with long snouts and circles in their torsos that have different colors than the rest of their bodies. They have two arms with four fingers in each hand and two legs with three fingers in each foot. Most of them have light blue eyes, with some exceptions like the Mighty Jinjonator or King Jingaling.

Powers and abilities[edit]

A Purple Jinjo transformed into a ball, in the LOGBOX 720 Game World of Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts.

Jinjos have shown a variety of powers throughout the Banjo-Kazooie series. They can freely fly and teleport (doing this mainly in Banjo-Tooie, where they immediately appear in their houses after being rescued), leaving trails of colored sparkles behind after performing both actions. In Banjo-Kazooie, the Jinjos are shown to be strong enough to damage Gruntilda even after she activates her magic barrier. In Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, they transform themselves into balls, and do that mostly to race against Banjo and Kazooie or be thrown in Jinjo Hurling challenges.

Flavor text and statistics[edit]

Banjo-Kazooie[edit]

  • Manual profile: "Five of these spirited creatures have been captured and hidden in each world by Gruntilda, who took offense at their happy, helpful nature. Find and release all five to be rewarded with one of that world's ten jigsaw pieces!"

Banjo-Tooie[edit]

  • Manual profile: "These little creatures just can't seem to stay out of trouble! The nine different families—each a different color—from Jinjo Village have been scared away by the witches' digger, and it's up to the intrepid bear and bird team to rescue them. When you reunite an entire family in their house, you'll be awarded with a Jiggy."

Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge[edit]

  • Manual profile: "Every Jinjo carries a message, and after rescuing one Banjo can ask the Jinjo Oracle to pass on its secret. When the five Jinjos trapped on each world are found, Banjo is rewarded with a Jiggy."

Banjo-Pilot[edit]

  • Top Speed: 1/5
  • Acceleration: 4/5
  • Handling: 5/5
  • Manual profile: "No Banjo game is complete without one — a representative of the race that seems to get Gruntilda so worked up..."

Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts[edit]

  • Manual profile: "Jinjos offer special challenges in Game Worlds. In Showdown Town, they're wrongly imprisoned by Pikelet."

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]

Name Image Series / game Type Class Ability How to obtain Spirit battle
Opponent(s) Battle conditions Stage Song
Jinjos Jinjos Spirit.png Banjo-Kazooie Series Neutral Advanced Can be enhanced at Lv. 99 •Battle via DLC Spirit Board
•Purchase from the Vault Shop for 1000G (since v5.0.0) 		•Giant Mr. Game & Watch
•Mr. Game & Watch Team (x3) 		•The enemy can deal damage by dashing into you
•Reinforcements will appear after an enemy is KO'd 		Summit (Ω form) Freezeezy Peak

Name origin[edit]

The name "Jinjo" originated from a nickname Grant Kirkhope gave to artist Ed Bryan during the development of Banjo-Kazooie.[1] They were originally envisioned as birds, but Ed Bryan, as he stated, "wasn't much good at drawing birds."[2]

Gallery[edit]

For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Jinjo.

Nomenclature[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ジンジョー
Jinjō		 Jinjo

Trivia[edit]

  • In artwork and icons for Banjo-Kazooie, Jinjos are depicted as having somewhat-prominent eyebrows, which are absent in materials related to later games, including the icons in the game's own enhanced port.

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Rare Revealed: Five Things You Didn't Know About Banjo-Kazooie - YouTube
  2. ↑ Ed Bryan on Twitter: "And it's a little known made-up fact that the Jinjos were meant to be birds, but I wasn't much good at drawing birds." / Twitter (archive.org)
Items
Banjo-Kazooie Acorn • Blubber's Treasure • Egg • Caterpillar • Grumbly • Empty Honeycomb Piece • Extra Life • Golden Feather • Honeycomb • Jiggy • Jinjo • Mumbo Token • Musical Note • Orange • Present • Red Feather • Stop 'n' Swop items (Ice Key • Mystery Eggs) • Running Shoes • Wading Boots • Yumbly
Banjo-Tooie Amaze O' Gaze Glasses • Bean • Blue Egg • Burger • Cheato Page • Claw Clamber Boots • Clockwork Kazooie Egg • Dindin • Doubloon • Empty Honeycomb • Fire Egg • Fries • Glowbo • Golden Egg • Golden Feather • Grenade Egg • Honey Pot • Honeycomb • Ice Egg • Jiggy • Jinjo • Musical Note • Proximity Egg • Random Stop Honeycomb • Red Feather • Skill Stop Honeycomb • Springy Step Shoes • Stop 'n' Swop items (Ice Key • Mystery Eggs • Mega-Glowbo • Stop 'n' Swop II) • Ticket • Turbo Trainers • Twinkly • Wading Boots
Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge Battery Eggs • Blue Shell • Double Honeycomb • Egg • Fire Eggs • Gold coin • Gold nugget • Hollow Honeycomb • Honeycomb • Mr. Drippy Cone • Ice Eggs • Jiggy • Jinjo • Mumbo Totem • Silver coin • Toy Spaceship
Banjo-Pilot Blue Ice Egg (Single • Triple) • Cheato Page • Golden Feather • Honeycomb • Mumbo's Head • Musical Note • Red Fire Egg (Single • Triple) • Saucer of Peril • Turbo Trainers
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts Blueprint • Jiggy • Jinjo Fetch items • Jinjo Token • Mumbo Crate • Mumbo's Wrench • Musical Note • T.T. Trophy • Vehicle parts
Banjo-Kazooie (Xbox Live Arcade)
Playable characters Banjo • Kazooie
Transformations Termite Banjo • Crocodile Banjo • Walrus Banjo • Pumpkin Banjo • Bee Banjo • Washer Banjo
Supporting characters Ancient Ones • Bikini Girl • Boggy • Bottles • Brentilda • Captain Blubber • Cheato • Chimpy • Clanker • Croctus • Dingpot • Eyrie • Flower pots • Gloop • Gnawty • Gobi • Grabba • Groggy • Broomstick • Histup • Jinjos • Jinxy • Juju • Klungo • Leaky • Loggo • Magic Cauldrons • The Mighty Jinjonator • Moggy • Motzand • Mr. Vile • Mrs. Nabnut • Mumbo Jumbo • Nabnut • Napper • Roysten • Rubee • Snorkel • Soggy • Tanktup • Tiptup • Tiptup Choir • Toots • Tooty • Trunker • Tumblar • Twinkly • Wozza
Bosses Conga • Nipper • Black Snippet • Mutie-Snippet • Yellow Flibbits • Boss Boom Box • Zubbas • Gruntilda
Enemies Bawl • Beehive • Bigbutt • Big Clucker • Black Snippet • Boom Box • Buzzbomb • Chinker • Chump • Colliwobble • Flibbit • Flotsam • Grille Chompa • Grimlet • Grublin • Grublin Hood • Gruntling • King Sandybutt • Limbo • Little Lockup • Lockup • Mum-mum • • Nibbly • Portrait Chompa • Quarrie • Ripper • Scabby • Seaman Grublin • Shrapnel • Sir Slush • Slappa • Snacker • Snarebear • Snippet • Tee-hee • Ticker • Topper • Twinkly Muncher • Whipcrack • Whiplash • Yum-Yum
Items Acorn • Blubber's Treasure • Blue Egg • Caterpillar • Extra Honeycomb Piece • Extra Life • Gold Feather • Honeycomb • Ice Key • Jiggy • Jinjo • Musical Note • Mumbo's Magic Token • Mystery Egg • Orange • Present • Red Feather • Turbo Trainers • Wading Boots
Objects Pads Exit Pad • Flight Pad • Jiggy Pad • Shock Jump Disc
Switches Fan Switch • Honeycomb Switch • Jiggy Switch • Jiggy Pad Switch • Orange Switch • Pyramid Switch • Rotor Switch • Season Switch • Water Raise Switch • Witch Switch
Obstacles Spider web • Toxic Waste • Icy water • Lava • Oily water • Piranha water • Quicksand • Bramble field
Others Beauty Steal Machine • Blue Egg Toll • Gruntilda Doll • Jigsaw Picture • Molehill
Abilities Beak Barge • Beak Bomb • Beak Buster • Claw Swipe • Climb • Dive • Egg Firing • Feathery Flap • Flap Flip • Flight • Forward Roll • Jump • Rat-a-tat Rap • Shock Spring Jump • Stilt Stride • Talon Trot • Turbo Talon Trot • Wonderwing
Locations Overworld Spiral Mountain • Gruntilda's Lair (Grunty's Furnace Fun • Winkybunion Tower)
Worlds Mumbo's Mountain • Treasure Trove Cove • Clanker's Cavern • Bubblegloop Swamp • Freezeezy Peak • Gobi's Valley • Mad Monster Mansion • Rusty Bucket Bay • Click Clock Wood
Other places Banjo's House • Boggy's Igloo • Gnawty's Lodge • Mumbo's Hut • the Squirrel's House • Rusty Bucket • Sandcastle • Sharkfood Island • Ticker's Tower • Wozza's Cave • Zubba's Nest
Minigames Grunty's Furnace Fun • Bottles' Moving Picture Game
Other Banjo-Kazooie Memory Game • Banjo-Kazooie Promo Video • Banjo-Kazooie: The Soundtrack • Dream: Land of Giants • Gallery • Pre-release and unused content • Glitches • Stop 'n' Swop
Banjo-Tooie (Xbox Live Arcade)
Playable characters Banjo • Kazooie • Mumbo Jumbo • Golden Goliath • Jamjars* • Gruntilda* • Jinjo** • Humba Wumba***
Supporting characters Alph • Alphette • Bang • Betette • Beti • Big Al • Biggafoot • Blobbelda • Blobbelda's cat • Boggy • Bottles • Bovina • Bullion Bill • Canary Mary • Captain Blackeye • Captain Blubber • Cheato • Chief Bloatazin • Chris P. Bacon • Chompasaurus • Conga • Crash • Dilberta • Dindin • Dingpot • Dippy • Disciple of Jiggywiggy • Floatus Floatium • Gamette • Gammo • George Ice Cube • Gobi • Goggles • Groggy • Guffo • Hak • Heggy • Honey B • Humba Wumba • Jamjars • Jinjos • Jolly Roger • King Jingaling • Krop • Loggo • Loudspeaker • Master Jiggywiggy • Merry Maggie Malpass • Mildred Ice Cube • Mingella • Moggy • Mr. Fit • Mrs. Boggy • Mrs. Bottles • Officer Unogopaz • Oogle Boogle • Pawno • Piggles • Rocknut • Roysten • Sabreman • Salty Joe • Saucer of Peril • Scrat • Scrit • Scrotty • Scrut • Skivvy • Soggy • Speccy • Ssslumber • Stomponadon • Superstash • Tiptup • Tiptup Jr. • Toots • Trotty • Unga Bunga • Wak • Whallop
Bosses Klungo • Targitzan • Old King Coal • Mr. Patch • Lord Woo Fak Fak • Terry • Weldar • Chilli Billi • Chilly Willy • Mingy Jongo • Gruntilda • Hag 1
Enemies Bang Box • Banjo-Kazooie Game Pak • Bargosaurus • Bazza! Superlife Battery • Beehive • Bigfoot • Billy Bob • Boltoid • Blubbul • Clinker • Cursed Beehive • Diggit • Dragunda • Eyeballus Jiggium Plant • Flatso • Frazzle • Fruity • Globble • Gobgoyle • Gruntydactyl • Guvnor • Hothand • Hothead • Illuminus • Inky • Jippo Jim • Keelhaul • Klang • Livewire • Minjo • Minion • Moggie • Mucoid • Nutta • Pansie • S'Hard • Seemee • Shrapnel • Snapdragon • Soarasaurus • Sput Sput • Spy-I-Cam • Swellbelly • Tintop • TNT Stick • Toxi-Gag • Toxi-Klang • Washup • Whirlweed • Zubba
Spells Transformations Stony Banjo • Detonator Banjo • Van Banjo • Submarine Banjo • T-Rex Banjo • Washer Banjo • Snowball Banjo • Bee Banjo • Dragon Kazooie
Mumbo's spells Heal • Summon • Levitate • Power • Oxygenate Water • Enlarge • EMP • Life Force • Rain Dance
Items Amaze O' Gaze Glasses • Bean • Blue Egg • Burger • Cheato Page • Claw Clamber Boots • Clockwork Kazooie Egg • Doubloon • Empty Honeycomb • Fire Egg • Fries • Glowbo • Golden Egg • Golden Feather • Grenade Egg • Honey Pot* • Honeycomb • Ice Egg • Ice Key • Jiggy • Mega-Glowbo • Musical Note • Proximity Egg • Random Stop Honeycomb • Red Feather • Skill Stop Honeycomb • Springy Step Shoes • Ticket • Turbo Trainers • Wading Boots
Objects Pads Flight Pad • Mumbo Pad • Shock Spring Pad • Split-Up Pads • Warp Pad
Switches Banjo Switch • Burger Stand Switch • Cactus o' Strength Switch • Fire Egg Switch • Kazooie Switch • Train Switch
Obstacles Icy water • Lava • Toxic Gas • Toxic Waste
Others Big-O-Blaster • Bigga-Bazza! • Bill Drill Object • Cactus o' Strength • Crystal Jiggy • Gruntilda Doll • Jiggy Boulder • Jolly's Jukebox • Molehill • Service Elevator • Informational Signpost • Silo • Talon Torpedo Door
Moves Pre-learned Beak Barge • Beak Bomb • Beak Buster • Climb • Dive • Egg Firing • Feathery Flap • Flap Flip • Flight • Forward Roll • Jump • Peck • Rat-a-tat Rap • Shock Spring Jump • Stilt Stride • Talon Trot • Turbo Talon Trot • Wonderwing
New Airborne Egg Aiming • Beak Bayonet • Bill Drill • Breegull Bash • Breegull Blaster • Egg Aim • Fast Swimming • Grip Grab • Split-up • Sub-Aqua Egg Aiming • Talon Torpedo
Banjo-only Pack Whack • Sack Pack • Shack Pack • Snooze Pack • Taxi Pack
Kazooie-only Glide • Hatch • Leg Spring • Wing Whack
Locations Overworld Spiral Mountain (Gruntilda's Lair) • Isle O' Hags (Jinjo Village • Wooded Hollow • Plateau • Pine Grove • Cliff Top • Wasteland • Quagmire)
Worlds Mayahem Temple • Glitter Gulch Mine • Witchyworld • Jolly Roger's Lagoon • Terrydactyland • Grunty Industries • Hailfire Peaks • Cloud Cuckooland • Cauldron Keep
Other places Atlantis • Banjo's House • Big Top • Boggy's Igloo • Bottles' House • Code Chamber • Crazy Castle • Digger Tunnels • Hag 1 Boss Area • Heggy's Egg Shed • Honey B's Hive • Jiggywiggy's Temple • Jinjo Houses • Jolly's • King Jingaling's Throne Room • Mumbo's Skull • Targitzan's Temple • Terry's Nest • Train Station • Wumba's Wigwam • Zubba's Nest
Minigames Jiggywiggy's Challenge • Mayan Kickball Tournament • Ordnance Storage Challenge • Dodgems Challenge • Hoop Hurry Challenge • Balloon Burst Challenge • Saucer of Peril Ride • Grunty's Submarine Challenge • Chompa's Challenge • Twinkly Packing Challenge • Clinker's Cavern Challenge • Colosseum Kickball Tournament • The Zubbas' Nest Challenge • Guffo's Trash Can Challenge • Grunty's Pot O' Gold Shooting Challenge • Tower of Tragedy Quiz
Other Banjo-Tooie: CD Soundtrack • Gallery • Glitches • Pre-release and unused content • Stop 'n' Swop • Stop 'n' Swop II
* Multiplayer Shootouts only   ** Unlockable character for the Multiplayer Shootout modes through Stop 'n' Swop   *** Multiplayer Tower of Tragedy Quiz only
Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge (Mobile) (Missions)
Playable characters Banjo • Kazooie
Forms Candle Banjo • Mouse Banjo • Octopus Banjo • Tank Banjo
Supporting characters Alfred P. Cock • Bozzeye • Gruntling Commander • Honey B • Jinjo Oracles • Little Blubber • Master Jiggywiggy • Miss Bucket • Momma Clucker • Mr. Ripovski • Mrs. Squitter • Mumbo Jumbo • Squits
Species Bleater • Breegull • Chick • Dolphin • Glow grub • Jinjo • Snowy
Bosses Ghost Pirate • Gruntilda • Klungo • Mecha-Grunty
Enemies Bee • Beehive • Bigfoot • Bogfoot • Boom Box • Germuloid • Grille Chompa • Gruntling • Gruntweed • Livewire • Maggie Bird • Shrapnel • Spooko • Stinglash • Whiplash • Yum-Yum
Obstacles Lava • Oil • Poison gas
Items Battery Eggs • Egg • Fire Eggs • Gold coin • Gold nugget • Hollow Honeycomb • Honeycomb • Mr. Drippy Cone • Ice Eggs • Jiggy • Mumbo Totem • Silver coin • Toy Spaceship
Objects Molehill • N. Kreditz Arcade • Shock-Spring Pad • Switch • Witchy Warp
Abilities Battery Eggs • Bill Drill • Climb • Dive • Egg Firing • Feathery Flap • Fire Eggs • Flap Flip • Forward Roll • Ice Eggs • Jump • Pack Whack • Rat-a-tat Rap • Shock Spring Jump • Talon Trot • Wonderwing
Locations Worlds Spiral Mountain • Cliff Farm • Breegull Beach • Bad Magic Bayou • Spiller's Harbor • Freezing Furnace • Grunty's Castle
Other places Banjo's House • Honey B's Hive • Jiggywiggy's Temple • Mumbo's Pad
Miscellaneous Gallery • Pre-release and unused content
Banjo-Pilot
Characters
Starters Banjo • Kazooie • Mumbo Jumbo • Purple Jinjo
Unlockables Bottles • Gruntilda Winkybunion • Humba Wumba • Jolly Roger • Klungo
Others Alfred P. Cock • Bogfoot • Boom Box • Cheato • Clanker • Dolphin • Expresso • Gruntweed • Gobi • Jinjos • King Jingaling • Momma Clucker • Master Jiggywiggy • Miss Bucket • Mr. Ripovski • Red Gruntling • Roysten • Sabreman • Stinglash • Squit • Tiptup • Whiplash
Items Blue Ice Egg (Single • Triple) • Cheato Page • Golden Feather • Honeycomb • Mumbo's Head • Musical Note • Red Fire Egg (Single • Triple) • Saucer of Peril • Turbo Trainers
Courses Honeycomb/Pumpkin Cup Spiral Mountain • Jinxy's Dunes • Freezeezy Peak • Hailfire Peaks
Jiggy/Cauldron Cup Treasure Trove Cove • Clanker's River • Grunty Industries • Gobi's Valley
Beehive/Skull Cup Freezing Furnace • Mayahem Temple • Steamy Vents • J. Roger's Lagoon
Feather/Broomstick Cup Witchyworld • Breegull Beach • Terrydactyland • Cauldron Keep
Other Diddy Kong Pilot (2001 • 2003) • Gallery • Pre-release and unused content
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts
Characters Playable characters Banjo • Kazooie
Supporting characters Boggy • Bottles • Captain Blubber • Ghost • Humba Wumba • Jamjars • Jinjo • Jolly Dodger • King Jingaling • Klungo • Lord of Games • Mr. Fit • Mumbo Jumbo • Pikelet • Supporting cast • Trophy Thomas
Antagonists Gruntbot • Gruntilda • Minjo • Mr. Patch • Piddles • Showdown Town Police
Cameos Bawl • Captain Blackeye • Cheato • Clanker • Colliwobble • Dingpot • George Ice Cube • Glowbo • Gobi • Golden Goliath • Loggo • Mildred Ice Cube • Moggy • Roysten • Saucer of Peril • Soggy • Tanktup • Targitzan • Tooty • Topper • Weldar
Items Jiggy • Jinjo Token • Mumbo Crate • Musical Note • T.T. Trophy • Vehicle parts
Objects Jig-O-Vend • Jiggy Bank • Laser Door • Mumbo's Wrench • Trapdoor Tower • Vehicles • Wrench-it Bolt
Locations Spiral Mountain (Banjo's House • Gruntilda's Lair) • Showdown Town (Mumbo's Motors • Test-o-Track • Klungo's Arcade • Boggy's Gym • Bingo Palace • L.O.G.'s Video Game Factory) • Nutty Acres • LOGBOX 720 • Banjoland • Jiggosseum • Terrarium of Terror • L.O.G.'s Lost Challenges
Minigames Hero Klungo Sssavesss Teh World • Hero Klungo Sssavesss Teh Universsse
Other Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts Original Soundtrack • Gallery • Glitches • Pre-release and unused content • Stop 'n' Swop
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