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{{Infobox character
{{Infobox character
|image = Jinxy.png
|image = [[File:Jinxy (B-K).png|250px]]
|game = [[Banjo-Kazooie]] banjo kazooie nuts and bolts
|game = ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]''<br>''[[Banjo-Pilot]]''<br>''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]'' (pictured)
|world = [[Gobi's Valley]]
|world = [[Gobi's Valley]]
|icon = Jinxy icon.png
|icon = [[File:BK Jinxy icon.png|''Banjo-Kazooie'']] [[File:BK XBLA Jinxy icon.png|''Banjo-Kazooie'' (XBLA)]]
}}  
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{{Quote|By dose is all blocked up!|Jinxy|[[Banjo-Kazooie]]}}
'''Jinxy''' is a recurring character in the [[Banjo-Kazooie (series)|''Banjo-Kazooie'' series]].


'''Jinxy''' is a large sphinx in [[Gobi's Valley]] with the body of a cat and the face of a bear. Since he is largely immobile, items are placed on various parts of his body, such as [[Wading Boots]] on his tail and a [[Flight Pad]] on his back. He is however capable of speaking, and complains of a stuffed nose when [[Banjo]] and [[Kazooie]] stand on one of the two cacti in front of him. The duo can remedy his ailment by [[Blue Eggs|eggs]] into his nostrils, tickling him and causing him to sneeze. As thanks, Jinxy will open the small door on his chest and allow them inside, where they can find [[Musical Notes]], a [[Jinjo]], a [[Mumbo Token]], and a [[Jiggy]].
==Biography==
Jinxy is a large, stationary {{wp|sphinx}} generally found in [[Gobi's Valley]]. In his first appearance, ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]'', Jinxy initially complains about how his nose is blocked up, and can be helped by [[Egg Firing|firing]] [[Blue Egg]]s in his nostrills, clearing them. After being aided, he thanks [[Banjo]] and [[Kazooie]] and opens a passage between his arms that leads to a room containing some [[Musical Note]]s, a [[Mumbo Token]], a [[Jinjo]] and a [[Jiggy]]. A [[Slappa]] is also located inside. In his tail, a pair of [[Wading Boots]] can be worn and his back contains a [[Flight Pad]].


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Jinxy makes a minor appearance in ''[[Banjo-Pilot]]'', where he has his own course, [[Jinxy's Dunes]], and is in the background of Gobi's Valley. In ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts|Nuts & Bolts]]'', a portrait of Jinxy appears in [[Banjoland]].
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==Quotes==
===''Banjo-Kazooie''===
*"''By dose is all blocked up!''"
*"''Hey! Dat tickles!''"
*"''Ahhh...that cleared Jinxy's nose. Come on in!''"
 
==Nomenclature==
{{Foreign names
|Jap=ジンクシー
|JapR=Jinkushī
|JapM=Jinxy
}}
 
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[[Category:Structures]]
[[Category:Characters in Banjo-Kazooie]]

Latest revision as of 16:40, December 10, 2023

Jinxy
Jinxy (B-K).png
Game(s) Banjo-Kazooie
Banjo-Pilot
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts (pictured)
World(s) Gobi's Valley
Speech icon(s)
Banjo-Kazooie Banjo-Kazooie (XBLA)
“By dose is all blocked up!”
—Jinxy, Banjo-Kazooie

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

Biography[edit]

Jinxy is a large, stationary sphinx generally found in Gobi's Valley. In his first appearance, Banjo-Kazooie, Jinxy initially complains about how his nose is blocked up, and can be helped by firing Blue Eggs in his nostrills, clearing them. After being aided, he thanks Banjo and Kazooie and opens a passage between his arms that leads to a room containing some Musical Notes, a Mumbo Token, a Jinjo and a Jiggy. A Slappa is also located inside. In his tail, a pair of Wading Boots can be worn and his back contains a Flight Pad.

Jinxy makes a minor appearance in Banjo-Pilot, where he has his own course, Jinxy's Dunes, and is in the background of Gobi's Valley. In Nuts & Bolts, a portrait of Jinxy appears in Banjoland.

Quotes[edit]

Banjo-Kazooie[edit]

  • "By dose is all blocked up!"
  • "Hey! Dat tickles!"
  • "Ahhh...that cleared Jinxy's nose. Come on in!"

Nomenclature[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ジンクシー
Jinkushī		 Jinxy
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
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