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{{Quote|Great, I get to peck some more witch butt! Let's go, [[Banjo]]!|Kazooie|[[Banjo-Tooie]]}} | {{Quote|Great, I get to peck some more witch butt! Let's go, [[Banjo]]!|Kazooie|[[Banjo-Tooie]]}} | ||
'''Kazooie''' is one of the two eponymous starring characters of the [[Banjo-Kazooie (series)|''Banjo-Kazooie'' series]], along with [[Banjo]]. She is a red-crested breegull who lives in Banjo's backpack, and stays in it most of the time. | '''Kazooie''' is one of the two eponymous starring characters of the [[Banjo-Kazooie (series)|''Banjo-Kazooie'' series]], along with [[Banjo]]. She is a red-crested breegull who lives in Banjo's backpack, and stays in it most of the time. She has red-orange and yellow feathers, green eyes, long chicken like legs, and a sharp beak. There is a tuft of feathers on her head that sticks up. | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
===''Banjo-Kazooie'' series=== | ===''Banjo-Kazooie'' series=== | ||
====''Banjo-Kazooie''==== | ====''Banjo-Kazooie''==== | ||
Kazooie first appears in ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]''. In the prologue, Tooty wants to go on an adventure with Banjo, which Kazooie also wants to do. | Kazooie first appears in ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]''. In the prologue, [[Tooty]] wants to go on an adventure with Banjo, which Kazooie also wants to do. When [[Gruntilda]] kidnaps Tooty, Kazooie anxiously tries to wake up Banjo, and they start their adventure to rescue Tooty. | ||
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[[Bottles]] teaches moves to both Banjo and Kazooie along the way. Kazooie has an essential role during the adventure, as she learns to fire [[Blue Egg|egg]]s, reach higher areas, and fly in the air. Kazooie is rude to most of the characters, especially Bottles, and calls them insulting nicknames. | |||
====''Banjo-Tooie''==== | ====''Banjo-Tooie''==== | ||
[[File:B-T Kazooie 5.png|thumb|200px|Solo artwork from ''Banjo-Tooie'']] | [[File:B-T Kazooie 5.png|thumb|left|200px|Solo artwork from ''Banjo-Tooie'']] | ||
In the | In the prologue for ''[[Banjo-Tooie]]'', Kazooie is playing poker with [[Banjo]], [[Bottles]], and [[Mumbo Jumbo]] in [[Banjo's House]]. Kazooie is losing, so tricks Bottles by alerting him that she can see Gruntilda outside. While Bottles looks outside the window, Kazooie steals his poker chips. Later, when Gruntilda fired a magical spell at Banjo's House, everyone escaped except Bottles. Kazooie was inadvertently responsible for Bottles' death because when they alerted him about Gruntilda, he thought they were tricking him again. | ||
Kazooie, | During the adventure, Kazooie resumes her rivalry with Bottles via [[Jamjars]]. Kazooie often breaks the fourth wall with quotes such as, "We'll have this game finished in no time". Banjo and Kazooie gain the ability to separate once they learn the [[Split-Up]] technique. Kazooie has less health than Banjo when she is outside of his backpack. She can run faster, jump higher, and has the ability to [[hatch]] eggs. Kazooie's technique, the [[Wing Whack]], allows her to hit foes with her wings. While Kazooie is moving or is in midair, she twirls with her wings spread out. | ||
Banjo and Kazooie manage to defeat [[Gruntilda]] once more and spend the next eight years a lazy lifestyle. | |||
====''Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge''==== | ====''Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge''==== | ||
[[File:Mecha-Grunty kidnaps Kazooie BKGR intro.png|thumb | [[File:Mecha-Grunty kidnaps Kazooie BKGR intro.png|thumb|Mecha-Grunty kidnapping Kazooie in the ''Grunty's Revenge'' intro.]] | ||
In the midquel ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge]]'', | In the midquel ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge]]'', [[Mecha-Grunty]] kidnaps Kazooie and goes back in time, hoping to stop Banjo and Kazooie from ever meeting. During his adventure, Banjo finds Kazooie imprisoned behind bars in [[Breegull Beach]]. After battling Mecha-Grunty, Banjo frees Kazooie, and they reunite for the rest of their adventure. As a duo, Banjo and Kazooie managed to defeat Mecha-Grunty and restore the timeline. | ||
At one point, it is revealed that Banjo and Kazooie met on Breegull Beach, where he found her inside a blue backpack. | |||
====''Banjo-Pilot''==== | |||
In ''[[Banjo-Pilot]]'', Kazooie is a playable character and is available from the start. Being a standalone racer, Kazooie is separate from Banjo for the whole game. The game's tagline even references Kazooie by saying, "Bear no longer needs a bird to fly!" | |||
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====''Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts''==== | ====''Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts''==== | ||
In ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]'', | [[File:Kazooie gaming in NnB intro.jpg|thumb|left|Kazooie playing Xbox 360 in the intro for ''Nuts & Bolts'']] | ||
In ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]'', Kazooie, like Banjo, has become lazy and fat from years of inactivity. In the game's introduction, Kazooie is shown playing [[Xbox 360]] with Banjo. When Gruntilda's head shows up and challenges the duo again, Kazooie prepares to fight alongside Banjo. Just before they can fight, an omnipotent computer named [[L.O.G.]] intervenes by pausing the game. He creates a vehicle-based journey for Banjo and Kazooie against Gruntilda. | |||
The duo is then given their first vehicle and sent to Showdown Town, after which Kazooie is made the official keeper of the magic wrench that L.O.G. awards them to assist them in their journey. Kazooie can use it at any time to pick up various items, or to magically summon their vehicle if it is out of reach. At the end of the game, she defeats Gruntilda once again with the help of Banjo, and is made the co-owner of Spiral Mountain as a result. | |||
In ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]'', an omnipotent computer named [[Lord of Games|L.O.G.]] sets up a vehicle-based challenge between Banjo and Kazooie against Gruntilda for deed to [[Spiral Mountain]]. Kazooie was unhappy about this, since L.O.G. had swapped her moves for a [[Mumbo's Wrench|magical wrench]]. After an arduous journey in which Kazooie constantly felt as if she got the shaft, Banjo finally defeated Grunty and won the deed. L.O.G. gives Banjo and Kazooie their old moves back. | |||
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===''Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing with Banjo-Kazooie''=== | ===''Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing with Banjo-Kazooie''=== | ||
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===Other appearances, cameos, and references=== | ===Other appearances, cameos, and references=== | ||
Kazooie is mentioned in the ''[[Diddy Kong Racing]]'' manual, before her first appearance in a video game. | Kazooie is mentioned in the ''[[Diddy Kong Racing]]'' manual, before her first appearance in a video game. In Banjo's character description, the manual alludes to her future adventures in ''Banjo-Kazooie'', stating that ''Diddy Kong Racing'' occurred prior to Banjo and Kazooie's adventures together. | ||
Kazooie appeared in the ''N-Gang'' comic "[[mariowiki:N-Gang vs. Nintendo|N-Gang vs. Nintendo]]", where she played on the same soccer camp team with Banjo, Wario, Yoshi, Peach, Donkey Kong, and Lanky Kong. Mario refereed the match. Kazooie remained in Banjo's backpack for the entire match. | |||
Kazooie, along with Banjo, make a cameo appearance in the selection menu for ''[[conkerwiki:Conker's Bad Fur Day|Conker's Bad Fur Day]]'' and ''[[conkerwiki:Conker: Live & Reloaded|Conker: Live & Reloaded]]''. When selecting the chapters, Kazooie's head is used for an umbrella handle in the background. | Kazooie, along with Banjo, make a cameo appearance in the selection menu for ''[[conkerwiki:Conker's Bad Fur Day|Conker's Bad Fur Day]]'' and ''[[conkerwiki:Conker: Live & Reloaded|Conker: Live & Reloaded]]''. When selecting the chapters, Kazooie's head is used for an umbrella handle in the background. | ||
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==General information== | ==General information== | ||
===Name origin=== | ===Name origin=== | ||
Like Banjo, Kazooie is also named after a musical instrument, the [[Wikipedia:Kazoo|kazoo]]. Incidentally, Kazooie plays the kazoo in the start-up sequence of ''Banjo-Kazooie'', although it more closely resembles a [[Wikipedia:Bugle (instrument)|bugle]]. The word "bugle" is phonetically similar to "breegull", but it is unknwon if this was a coincidence. | |||
===Personality=== | ===Personality=== | ||
Kazooie | Kazooie has a very different personality than that of Banjo's. She is rude to nearly everybody, and Banjo's close friends, [[Mumbo Jumbo]] and [[Bottles]], do not like her that much. Banjo is the only character whom Kazooie is never rude to. Her rudeness often lands the two of them into trouble with other characters. She has respect for Banjo, because she stops insulting characters whenever Banjo tells her off. Although Kazooie has been willing to help other characters, she usually has selfish motives, such as expecting a reward from that character. | ||
In the introduction for ''Banjo-Tooie'', Kazooie is shown to cheat at games by tricking others. Later, when Bottles dies from Gruntilda's magical spell, she shows no remorse and makes a few wisecracks about it. | |||
An idle animation in the [[Nintendo 64]] games shows Kazooie poking her head out of Banjo's backpack and pecking at Banjo's head. He is sometimes shown to be annoyed by it and briefly wrings Kazooie by her neck. | |||
===Abilities=== | ===Abilities=== | ||
As with Banjo, Kazooie learns most of her moves from either Bottles, [[Jamjars]] or [[Bozzeye]], depending on the game. Kazooie has the ability to [[flight|fly]], run up steep slopes via [[Talon Trot]], fire eggs from her beak and behind, [[peck]] at enemies and other targets, gain temporary invincibility via [[Wonderwing]], and whack enemies with her wings via [[Wing Whack]]. | |||
In ''Banjo-Tooie'', Kazooie's standalone abilities are demonstrated while she and Banjo are apart, such as [[hatch]]ing an egg. If the duo bring a [[Mega Glowbo]] to [[Humba Wumba]], Kazooie can transform into a [[Dragon Kazooie|dragon]]. | |||
In ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]'', | In ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]'', Banjo and Kazooie's abilities were taken by [[L.O.G.]], who instead puts them on a journey of them constructing and driving vehicles. Kazooie stays in Banjo's backpack for the whole adventure. She carries a magical wrench, [[Mumbo's Wrench]], which she can smack [[Gruntbot]]s with, carry objects, and turn pipes. She also carries it in ''Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing with Banjo-Kazooie''. | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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==Trivia== | |||
*In a [[mariowiki:List of Donkey Kong 64 pre-release and unused content|pre-release]] screenshot of ''[[mariowiki:Donkey Kong 64|Donkey Kong 64]]'', there is a shower stall in [[mariowiki:DK's Tree House|DK's Tree House]] depicting both Banjo and Kazooie's heads on the curtains. The shower stall and their cameo was removed in the final release. | |||
*In the ending for ''Banjo-Kazooie'', when Mumbo shows pictures of [[Stop 'n' Swop]] items to the duo, Kazooie remarks "Hey, why isn't it called 'Banjo-Kazooie-Tooie'? I'd better be in it too!". | |||
*In ''Banjo-Kazooie'', if the player holds {{button|N64|A}} while Kazooie is talking, she talks faster, making her voice considerably higher in pitch. If done enough times, Kazooie's voice stays high pitched regardless of whether the player is holding {{button|N64|A}}. In ''Banjo-Tooie'', although it is possible to speed up Kazooie's voice, it does not remain high-pitched. | |||
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