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|image=[[File:Mumbo Jumbo NnB.png|270px]]<br>Artwork of Mumbo Jumbo from ''Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts''
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|game=''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]<br>[[Banjo-Tooie]]<br>[[Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge|Grunty's Revenge]]<br>[[Banjo-Pilot]]<br>[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts|Nuts & Bolts]]<br>[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''
|game = ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]'' [[Banjo-Kazooie (Xbox Live Arcade)|(XBLA)]]<br>''[[Banjo-Tooie]]'' [[Banjo-Tooie (Xbox Live Arcade)|(XBLA)]]<br>''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge]]''<br>''[[Banjo-Pilot]]''<br>''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]''
|world='''''Banjo-Kazooie''''':<br>[[Mumbo's Mountain]]<br>[[Bubblegloop Swamp]]<br>[[Freezeezy Peak]]<br>[[Mad Monster Mansion]]<br>[[Click Clock Wood]]<br>'''''Banjo-Tooie''''':<br>[[Mayahem Temple]]<br>[[Glitter Gulch Mine]]<br>[[Witchyworld]]<br>[[Jolly Roger's Lagoon]]<br>[[Terrydactyland]]<br>[[Grunty Industries]]<br>[[Hailfire Peaks]]<br>[[Cloud Cuckooland]]<br>[[Isle O' Hags]]<br>'''''Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge''''':<br>[[Cliff Farm]]<br>[[Breegull Beach]]<br>[[Bad Magic Bayou]]<br>[[Spiller's Harbor]]<br>[[Freezing Furnace]]<br>'''''Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts''''':<br>[[Showdown Town]]<br>[[Nutty Acres]]<br>[[LOGBOX 720]]<br>[[Banjoland]]<br>[[L.O.G.'s Lost Challenges]]
|world = [[Spiral Mountain]]<br>[[Gruntilda's Lair]]<br>[[Mumbo's Mountain]]<br>[[Bubblegloop Swamp]]<br>[[Freezeezy Peak]]<br>[[Mad Monster Mansion]]<br>[[Click Clock Wood]]<br>[[Isle o' Hags]]<br>[[Mayahem Temple]]<br>[[Glitter Gulch Mine]]<br>[[Witchyworld]]<br>[[Jolly Roger's Lagoon]]<br>[[Terrydactyland]]<br>[[Grunty Industries]]<br>[[Hailfire Peaks]]<br>[[Cloud Cuckooland]]<br>[[Cliff Farm]]<br>[[Bad Magic Bayou]]<br>[[Spiller's Harbor]]<br>[[Freezing Furnace]]<br>[[Showdown Town]]<br>[[Nutty Acres]]<br>[[LOGBOX 720]]<br>[[Banjoland]]
|voice_actor=[[Grant Kirkhope]]<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20120209062004/http://www.grantkirkhope.com:80/banjokazooie.html Grant Kirkhope's website] (Wayback Machine)</ref>.
|icon = Mumbo.png
|icon='''''Banjo-Kazooie'' (Nintendo 64):'''<br>[[File:BK Mumbo Jumbo icon.png]]<br>'''''Banjo-Tooie'' (Nintendo 64):'''<br>[[File:BT Mumbo Jumbo icon.png]]<br>'''''Grunty's Revenge:'''''<br>[[File:GR Mumbo icon.png]]<br>'''Xbox Live Arcade:'''<br>[[File:BK XBLA Mumbo Jumbo icon.png]]
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'''Mumbo Jumbo''', often referred to as just '''Mumbo''', is a skull-faced shaman who appears in every game in the [[Banjo-Kazooie series]].
{{quote|Me Mumbo, best shaman in all game. Can help [[Banjo]] and [[Kazooie|filthy feathered one]].|Mumbo Jumbo|[[Banjo-Kazooie]]}}
'''Mumbo Jumbo''', or simply '''Mumbo''', is a recurring supporting characters in the ''[[Banjo-Kazooie (series)|Banjo-Kazooie]]'' series.
 
==Physical traits==
Mumbo is a skull-faced shaman with pink skin and wears a yellow skull, which has three red feathers on top. In ''Banjo-Kazooie'', Mumbo is larger than both Banjo and Kazooie. In ''[[Banjo-Tooie]]'', Mumbo's size was made both thinner and shorter, around the size of Banjo, and his skull is more rounded.
 
In ''Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts'', Mumbo Jumbo was given a redesign, and he is among the characters whose outfit differs depending on his location. In Showdown Town and L.O.G.'s Lost Challenges, Mumbo Jumbo wears a pair of blue overalls. In LOGBOX 720, he has a goatee and wears a gray cap with a red, ''{{wp|Space Invaders}}''-like alien and gray overalls with red and green buttons. In Banjoland, he wears a green and brown cap with a Jiggy, a brown shirt and green overalls with yellow buckles and also with Jiggies in them. At one point in development, he also had a Mumbo's Motors tattoo on the side of his skull.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20141005172419/http://www.mundorare.com/imgs/content/games/banjo-kazooie-3/screenshots/ss-banjo-kazooie-3-060.jpg Early screenshot of ''Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts'' - MundoRare] on Wayback Machine</ref>


==Personality==
==Personality==
Mumbo generally likes helping people out and has a very strong loyalty streak - he's never stopped being Banjo's friend, while he's been equally permanent as [[Humba Wumba]]'s rival.
Mumbo is generally friendly, although he has animosity toward Humba Wumba, as both regard themselves to be more powerful than the other. He always speaks in the third person, and does not refer to characters by their name. Like many characters, Mumbo refers to Banjo and Kazooie as "bear" and "bird" respectively. He sometimes jokes about what he transforms Banjo into.


English does not appear to be Mumbo Jumbo's first language; he always speaks in the third person and often doesn't refer to people by their name.
==Speech==
Mumbo's two main phrases are "Eekum-bokum" and "Oomenacka." His speech is made up of cut-up samples of [[Grant Kirkhope]]'s voice that would later be used on the background theme of Mayahem Temple in ''Banjo-Tooie'', in which Kirkhope is actually saying "Come and have a go if you think you're hard enough," a famous English football chant.<ref>"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t70l-9n1rCQ Special Guest Grant Kirkhope - Guest Grumps]." YouTube. Uploaded March 25, 2013.</ref>


==Abilities==
==Biography==
In ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]'' and ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge]]'', Mumbo transforms the duo into various forms. While his spells must stay within a limited distance of the originating world, the transformations make Banjo completely incognito and allow him to explore otherwise inaccessible areas.
Mumbo has a different role in each game, and usually assists [[Banjo]] and [[Kazooie]] with either spells or [[transformation]]s. Mumbo lives inside of a large structure shaped like his head, [[Mumbo's Skull]].


In ''[[Banjo-Tooie]]'', Mumbo no longer performs the transformations but instead plays a more active role in the game. He is able to stand on a [[Mumbo Pad]] and, provided he has a [[Glowbo]], can perform a spell designed to make things easier for Banjo and Kazooie. While on foot, Mumbo can't do much but jump, swim, and attack with his Zap Stick, and he has less health than Banjo. It is obvious he is extremely skilled in his magic, due to the fact that he is able to revive those who have died (as seen in ''[[Banjo-Tooie]]'' when he revived both [[Sabreman]] and the [[Aliens]]).
===''Banjo-Kazooie''===
In ''Banjo-Kazooie'', Mumbo appears in five worlds, and has his name in the title of the first world, [[Mumbo Mountain]]. In each world that Mumbo appears in, he is found in Mumbo's Skull. If Banjo visits with enough [[Mumbo Token]]s, he can get Mumbo to transform him by standing on a small skull-shaped switch. The player must press {{button|N64|B}} for Mumbo to transform Banjo.


In ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]'', Mumbo builds all the odd vehicles that the duo dream up. He also plays parts in various other worlds.
The five worlds each have their own transformation: [[Termite]] ([[Mumbo's Mountain]]), [[Crocodile]] ([[Bubblegloop Swamp]]), [[Walrus]] ([[Freezeezy Peak]]), [[Pumpkin]] ([[Mad Monster Mansion]]), and [[Bee]] ([[Click Clock Wood]]). Occasionally, Mumbo's magic fails, causing him to transform Banjo into a [[Washing Machine]], although he quickly fixes the mistake. Mumbo sometimes mentions that he would transform Banjo into a [[T-Rex]] but changes his mind.


==Career==
In the [[Game Over]] sequence, after [[Gruntilda]] succeeds in transferring [[Tooty]]'s beauty through the [[Beauty Steal Machine]], Mumbo appears, offering her a flower and to go to Mumbo's Skull with him.
Mumbo's past is largely a mystery, although he repeatedly states he was the best student at the Handsome Shaman Institute. What is known is that he was a magical instructor of [[Gruntilda|Gruntilda's]] at some point in time. However, despite Mumbo's teachings, Grunty turned to dark magic and transformed Mumbo's head into a skull. (Mumbo's lower body suggests that he may be a Jinjo, but this has been repeatedly denied.)


Mumbo first appears in ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]'' as the "best shaman in all game". Found in multiple worlds starting in [[Mumbo's Mountain]], the skull-faced one transformed [[Banjo]] and [[Kazooie]] into native animals (and a plant) in return for [[Mumbo Token]]s, as Mumbo wanted to help the bear and bird beat Grunty to get his face back. Despite Grunty being buried under a large boulder, Mumbo's face remained intact. Mumbo remained a friend of Banjo, while he and Kazooie got into dust-ups.
===''Grunty's Revenge''===
In ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge]]'', Mumbo first appears in the opening sequence, where his role is similar to that of ''Banjo-Tooie''{{'}}s. He witnesses [[Klungo]] free Grunty's spirit into the [[Mecha-Grunty]] suit, and he hurries back to [[Banjo's House]] to warn him and Kazooie. After Mecha-Grunty kidnaps Kazooie and goes into the past, Mumbo uses his magic to create a time portal, so that Banjo can follow Grunty into the past and rescue Kazooie. Right as Banjo enters the past, he meets [[Bozzeye]], who mentions that Mumbo sent him a letter telling him about Banjo.


Months later, when Grunty [[Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge|went back in time]] to prevent Banjo and Kazooie from meeting, Mumbo sent Banjo back in time to fix what she had done. In this time period, Mumbo was less skilled as a transformer, but still allowed Banjo and Kazooie to fix the timeline.
During Banjo's adventure, he can find Mumbo inside his skull (renamed to Mumbo's Pad). The younger Mumbo is training to become a witch doctor. There are four transformations; [[Mouse]], [[Candle]], [[Octopus]], and [[Tank]] &mdash; which can be unlocked with [[Mumbo Totem]]s. Unlike ''Banjo-Kazooie'', Mumbo allows Banjo to select his transformation, regardless of the world, provided that Banjo had already unlocked that transformation. If Banjo is transformed, he has the option to change his transformation or return to normal. While Banjo is transformed, the game limits where he can go. If Banjo crosses a boundary, a Mumbo icon with an X is displayed on-screen, and then Banjo is automatically taken back to a place within the boundaries.


[[Banjo-Tooie|In 2000]], Mumbo was just about to get all of Banjo's cash in a poker game when [[Banjo's House]] started shaking. Being brave, the shaman ran outside to find out what was going on. He found that Grunty had been revived by her two sisters and ran to tell, but Grunty spotted him and destroyed the house. On the following adventure, Mumbo did some adventuring himself, helping the bear and bird get around by magically altering the environment (such as re-railing a derailed train and making the water in [[Jolly Roger's Lagoon]] breathable). However, Mumbo earned a competitor in the transformation business, Humba Wumba. The two hated each other, each convinced that they were better than the other. In the end, Grunty was beaten once more, but Mumbo's skull face still didn't revert.
In the game's ending, Mumbo uses his magic to return Banjo into the present.


In the time after ''[[Banjo-Tooie]]'', Mumbo's transformation skills went unused. He decided to try his hand at mechanics for a change after getting wind that the next game would be all about vehicles. Finally, [[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts|in 2008]], Banjo and Kazooie showed up at [[Mumbo's Motors]] in [[Showdown Town]] for the first time. Mumbo gladly helped build all of the crazy vehicles the pair dreamed up, although he didn't like playing [[Lord of Games]]' "parts" in the game worlds so much.
===''Banjo-Tooie''===
[[File:Mumbo Jumbo B-T.png|thumb|200px|left|Appearance in ''Banjo-Tooie'']]
In ''[[Banjo-Tooie]]'', Mumbo is first seen during the game's introduction sequence, playing cards in [[Banjo's House]] with Banjo, Kazooie and Bottles. Mumbo notes he has "much of bear's cash" already, leading to Kazooie lying about Gruntilda being outside the house to distract the rest of the players while she steals tokens. Eventually, the four hear the [[Hag 1]] arriving [[Spiral Mountain]], and Mumbo leaves to investigate. While outside, he sees [[Mingella]] and [[Blobbelda]] destroying the boulder that kept their sister trapped underground, but is noticed once he tries to leave to tell the others and ends up being chased by Grunty. While he reenters Banjo's House to warn the others, the witch charges a powerful spell outside, which Banjo believes and leaves the house to avoid, taking Kazooie with him. Bottles thinks it's just another trick to take his tokens, though, and stays, dying in the process. As the sun goes up, Bottles walks out the house and falls down in the ground, dying. Mumbo states that Gruntilda must pay, and so the duo go after her.


Nowadays, Mumbo is still the masked shaman everyone knows him as. He still holds out hope that Grunty will be defeated permanently some day so he can get his face back, although the skull-faced look has grown on him.
Mumbo Jumbo was first made a playable character in this game, and thus appears in every level in the game. As his rival [[Humba Wumba]] took over his role from the first game, he now has the power to manipulate various objects or creatures throughout the levels, as opposed to turning Banjo and Kazooie into different forms. His magic receives its power from small magical creatures called [[Glowbo]]s, which Banjo and Kazooie must bring him another one of each time they seek out his help. His skull has also been remodeled as well, and now has a second story, accessed by a ramp from the first floor. When Banjo and Kazooie seek out his help, they will need to throw a Glowbo they have collected into Mumbo's bag, and he will then become available for the player to use in that particular level. When he leaves his skull and goes out into the level, he must find and step on a [[Mumbo Pad]], which allows him to cast powerful magic, and can be found throughout the level in varying locations and numbers. When he steps on a Mumbo Pad, he can perform any of the following spells: [[Summon]] ([[Mayahem Temple]]), [[Levitate]] ([[Glitter Gulch Mine]]), [[Power]] ([[Witchyworld]]), [[Sunlight]] ([[Jolly Roger's Lagoon]]), [[Enlarge]] ([[Terrydactyland]]), [[EMP]] ([[Grunty Industries]]), [[Life Force]] ([[Hailfire Peaks]]), [[Rain Dance]] ([[Cloud Cuckooland]]), and [[Heal]] ([[Isle O' Hags]]). Aside from performing a spell, Mumbo cannot do much else other than jump, swim, or attack with his wand. When he is done performing spells for the time being, the player can return him to his skull and put him in his chair. The next time the player requires his assistance, they only have to go talk to him in his skull again.  


==Spells==
After Banjo and Kazooie have finally defeated Grunty yet again, he shows up at Bottles' house with Banjo, Kazooie, Jamjars, and Humba Wumba prepared for the party. However, they all quickly realize that there will be no party, as Klungo has eaten everything. Mumbo for some reason blames Wumba for this, and after she threatens to turn him into a frog, he says that he'll summon a large golden statue to kick her butt. Eventually, the five of them end up going back to Cauldron Keep, where they play a game of kickball with Grunty's head.
In ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]'', Mumbo transforms Banjo, at the cost of [[Mumbo Tokens]]. These transformations include:


*[[Mumbo's Mountain]] - A termite, which can't attack, but can sneak past other termites and can scale steep surfaces.
Mumbo is also a playable character in multiplayer. In [[Squawkmatch]], he is a middleweight character.
*[[Bubblegloop Swamp]] - A crocodile which is resistant to (or at least scares away) the piranhas that infest the water, as well as being able to to bite.
*[[Freezeezy Peak]] - A walrus, resistant to the icy waters of the area.
*[[Mad Monster Mansion]] - A pumpkin, which bounces around to move, can go into small spaces,and will not be hurt by the thorns on top of the hedges.
*[[Click Clock Wood]] - During Spring, Mumbo will offer his services and transform the duo into a bee, which can fly very high altitudes, and can sneak into the Zubbas' hive.
**During Summer, however, he's too hot to perform the spell.
**During Autumn, however, he's too busy raking up leaves.
**During Winter, he's gone on holiday and has gotten a [[Beehive]] to watch over his hut.


His hut is absent from [[Treasure Trove Cove]], [[Clanker's Cavern]], [[Gobi's Valley]] and [[Rusty Bucket Bay]]; as such, those levels don't have transformations.
===''Banjo-Pilot''===
In ''[[Banjo-Pilot]]'', Mumbo Jumbo is a playable character and is available from the start, having average top speed and handling and low acceleration. Mumbo Jumbo is the boss of [[Cauldron Cup]], being fought at the end in the match "Mumbo Maul." During the battle, when Mumbo Jumbo is flying in front, he sends behind whirlwinds that work like [[Ice Egg|Single Blue Ice Egg]]s.


Very rarely, he mistakenly turns Banjo into a washing machine, then going on to turn him into the correct transformation. Also he mentions he would turn Banjo into a [[T-Rex]] but changes his mind, saying that the transformation is too good for the game and leaving it to the next game.
===''Nuts & Bolts''===
In ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]'', Mumbo is a vehicle mechanic, a departure from his usual role in the ''Banjo-Kazooie'' series. In [[Showdown Town]], he runs [[Mumbo's Motors]] and can open the [[Mumbo Crates]] that Banjo and Kazooie bring him.


During ''[[Banjo-Tooie]]'', Mumbo performs spells for Banjo and Kazooie, as long as he has the magic of a Glowbo with him to perform it (otherwise he's incapable of doing so). His spells are:
In [[Nutty Acres]], Mumbo plays "The Farm Owner." In Act 2, he hosts the challenge "Tick, Tick, Bang!," where he asks for the duo to take a ticking bomb to Bottles. In Act 5, he hosts the challenge "Beat the Fleet," where many [[Gruntbot]]s on boats invade the island.
*[[Isle o' Hags]] - [[Heal]]
*[[Mayahem Temple]] - [[Summon]]
*[[Glitter Gulch Mine]] - [[Levitate]]
*[[Witchyworld]] - [[Power]]
*[[Jolly Roger's Lagoon]] - [[Oxygenate Water]]
*[[Terrydactyland]] - [[Enlarge]]
*[[Grunty Industries]] - [[EMP]]
*[[Hailfire Peaks]] - [[Life Force]]
*[[Cloud Cuckooland]] - Rain Dance
==Mumbo's Nicknames==
There has been quite a few nicknames that Kazooie has called him. Here is a list of them
*Mumbo Dumbo
*Bonehead
*Skirt boy
*Hut boy


In [[LOGBOX 720]], Mumbo plays "The Helpline Operator." In Act 4, he hosts the challenge "You Little Squirt," where he needs Banjo and Kazooie to cool down the overheated fans. In Act 6, he hosts the challenge "Critics Say No," where he needs help assembling the gameplay creation device he ordered.


In [[Banjoland]], Mumbo plays "The One With Ideas Above His Station." In Act 6, he hosts the challenge "Mumbo's Stunt Spectacular" where he needs Banjo and Kazooie to perform various stunts with a pre-made vehicle and entertain the new [[supporting cast|visitors]].


==Relationship with other characters==
In [[L.O.G.'s Lost Challenges]], Mumbo plays "The Self-Styled Ladies' Man." In Act 1, he hosts the challenge "Big Rimmed Race Off," where Banjo and Kazooie need to race him, Bottles and Humba Wumba.
===[[Banjo]]===
Mumbo befriends Banjo and helps him on his quest because of their mutual hate for [[Gruntilda]]. Despite that he barely ever refers to him by name and often calls him "bear".


===[[Kazooie]]===
==Other appearances==
Mumbo is another target of Kazooie's impulsive judgments, being insulted for his appearance and being nicknamed "Mumbo Dumbo" and other things by her. He tends to ignore her. Similar to Banjo, Mumbo always calls Kazooie "bird".
===''Viva Piñata'' series===
In ''[[rarewiki:Viva Piñata|Viva Piñata]]'' and ''[[rarewiki:Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise|Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise]]'', there is an item called a "Dastardos Scarer," which is a statue of Mumbo. A concept artwork from [[Ryan Stevenson]] reveals that Mumbo was planned to appear physically in the first game, but was eventually scrapped.<ref>[https://vine.co/v/ir9vHbLDEdz Watch Ed "Jinjo" Bryan's Vine, "Tracked artwork in excel, still do it this way now! I was Mr Tree ... And a bonus Mumbo concept from Ryan! #vivapinatamemories"] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20181205062959/https://vine.co/v/ir9vHbLDEdz archive.org])</ref>


===[[Gruntilda]]===
===''Kinect Sports Rivals''===
Mumbo's ultimate goal is to bring the witch down, as it is the only way to break the curse on him. Mumbo has good reason to resent Gruntilda, since he taught her how to perform magic.
[[File:Mumbo Bowling.jpg|thumb|200px|The Mumbo Bowling outfit]]
{{quote|Last challenge easy-peasy. Win next event and bowl 10 spin balls for much Mumbo respect!|Mumbo Jumbo|[[rarewiki:Kinect Sports Rivals|Kinect Sports Rivals]]}}
In ''[[rarewiki:Kinect Sports Rivals|Kinect Sports Rivals]]'', Mumbo Jumbo appears in the Banjo-Kazooie Challenge Pack and offers to sponsor the player's Champion, challenging them to three events which make use of the Mumbowl ball. Once they are all won, both a large amount of Coins and the Mumbo Bowling outfit are obtained.


In Banjo-Kazooie, if the player loses their last life and the ending is shown wherein Gruntilda makes herself beautiful by uglifying Banjo's sister, Mumbo -- apparently smitten with Grunty's new appearance -- will suddenly appear and offer her a flower! This indicates that he has a weakness for a beautiful face -- even when he knows full well that it's only skin deep... Mumbo also asks Grunty for coming BACK to Mumbos skull.
===''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''===
In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', Mumbo Jumbo can sometimes appear in the background of the Spiral Mountain stage, standing in different spots and juggling his eyeballs. He also appears as a Primary Advanced spirit, whose battle is against a Gold [[smashwiki:Mii Swordfighter (SSBU)|Mii Swordfighter]] and a [[smashwiki:R.O.B. (SSBU)|R.O.B.]] who, while in the international release is giant and golden, has no special effects or transformations in the Japanese, Chinese and Korean versions. The battle conditions are that only the main fighter needs to be defeated in order for the battle to be won, the player constantly takes minor damage and the enemy favors air attacks.


===[[Humba Wumba]]===
==Statistics and flavor text==
The two shamans are rivals at first, both believing that they are more powerful than the other. At the end of ''[[Banjo-Tooie]]'', the two seemed to have buried the hatchet after Gruntilda's defeat, and they both agree that it's fun to play ball using Gruntilda's head.
===''Banjo-Kazooie''===
*'''Manual profile:''' "''A former teacher of Gruntilda's, this mysterious shaman was betrayed by his pupil before he could prevent her from putting his magic to bad use. The witch transformed Mumbo's face into a mask of horror to remain that way until the day she's overthrown…''"
===''Banjo-Tooie''===
*'''Manual profile:''' "''The skull-headed shaman has been busy since we saw him last, and a couple of well-spent years at witch doctor school have honed his mysterious powers to a greater level than ever before. Mumbo hopes that this time he'll get a chance to leave the safety of his skull and show Banjo and Kazooie what he can really do with his new-found skills...''"
===''Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge''===
*'''Manual profile:''' "''Mumbo's special transformation spells will help Banjo to no end in locating secret areas and extra [[Jiggy|Jiggies]], [[Musical Note|Notes]] and [[Jinjo]]s. <small>(Read pages 16-17 for more on Transformations.}</small>''"
===''Banjo-Pilot''===
*'''Top Speed:''' 3/5
*'''Acceleration:''' 2/5
*'''Handling:''' 3/5
*'''Manual profile:''' "''The masked shaman, Banjo's friend and Gruntilda's sworn foe. But his magic may not be so useful in the clouds...''"
===''Viva Piñata'' series===
*'''Dastardos Scarer description:''' "''Garden be much improved with statue of handsome character. Don't buy dump bear statue - it's not as good as this one. All Piñata love Mumbo! Can scare [[rarewiki:Dastardos|Dastardos]] so he takes longer to come out of home.''"


In Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, however, it seems as if Mumbo and Humba are rivals again. Mumbo tells Banjo not to buy things from Humba every so often, signifying that the two are business rivals.
===''Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts''===
*'''Manual profile:''' "''Being a shaman is glorious in its own way, but running a garage is where the real action's at. Mumbo is eager to help Banjo with all his vehicle-construction needs.''"
===''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''===
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!'''Mumbo Jumbo'''
|[[File:SSBU Mumbo Jumbo spirit.png|x150px]]
|''[[Banjo-Kazooie (series)|Banjo-Kazooie]]'' Series
|Grab
|Ace
|Magic Attack ↑
|•Battle via DLC Spirit Board<br>•Purchase from the Vault Shop for 6000G (since v5.0.0)
|•Gold [[smashwiki:Mii Swordfighter (SSBU)|Mii Swordfighter]] (with the moves Gale Strike, Gale Stab, Hero's Spin and Blade Counter, and wearing Skull Kid's Hat and Ashley Outfit)<br>•Giant Gold [[smashwiki:R.O.B. (SSBU)|R.O.B.]] (INT)/R.O.B. (JP/CH/KR)
|•Defeat the main fighter to win<br>•You constantly take minor damage<br>•The enemy favors air attacks
|[[smashwiki:Jungle Japes|Jungle Japes]] (hazards off)
|Mumbo's Mountain
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==Voice Actor==
==Gallery==
Mumbo Jumbo is voiced by [[Grant Kirkhope]]. <ref>http://grantkirkhope.com/banjokazooie.html</ref>
{{Main-gallery}}


==Quotes==
==Quotes==
===Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts===
{{Main|List of Mumbo Jumbo quotes}}
===Showdown Town===
*"Bear bring [[Mumbo Crate]]s here, put on pink zone, talk to Mumbo and we open crates. Parts from crates added to parts store in garage. Bear go through door, build amazing vehicles in garage!"
*"Ah, bear bring another crate. What inside this one? Mumbo open and put new parts in parts store, so bear can use parts when in garage to build better vehicles. Oomenacka!"
*"Eekumbokum! Mumbo not want unsightly crack in skull!"
*"Bear and bird abuse local services. Build and explore, not smash!"
===Nutty Acres===
'''Act 2'''<br />'''Tick, tick bang!'''<br />


'''Banjo:''' This may seem like a stupid question, Mumbo... But why are you standing next to a ticking bomb?<br />'''Mumbo:''' Bomb!? Eekumbokum! Mumbo not know it was a bomb! Bomb make big bang, Mumbo's Nuts fly higher than Cloud Cuckooland!<br />
==Nomenclature==
Mumbo busy sweeping yard when he hear strange noise. Big metal bird fall from sky, almost land on shaman's skull.<br />
{{Foreign names
'''Kazooie:''' Almost? Shame, it might here done you some good... Okay bonehead, then what happened?<br />'''Mumbo:''' Mumbo poke metal bird with broom. Bird start to tick. Now Mumbo in much trouble. Oomenacka!<br />'''Banjo:''' To be honest, Mumbo, we don't have much experiencie with high explosives. What do you want to us do?<br />'''Mumbo:''' Bear use Mumbo's tractor to take bomb to Bottles! Red smoke lead bear to mole, he officer in Armed Forces deal with this stuff before... probably. Mole wait at Nutty Island airfield. Mole short-sighted but clever. He stop bomb make big bang! Bear be quick. Bomb timer reach zero, bear make nice rug. Oomenacka!
|Spa=Mumbo Jumbo
|SpaM=-
|Jap=マンボ・ジャンボ
|JapR=Manbo Janbo
|JapM=Mumbo Jumbo
|Fra=Mumbo Jumbo
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}}


*"Eekumbokum! Fat bear too slow. Bomb make big bang. Oomenacka!"
==Trivia==
*"Mumbo not hear boom, nor take delivery of bearskin rug. But bear still take too long do job, so no Jiggy. Eekumbokum!"
*The phrase "mumbo jumbo" usually means gibberish or nonsense.
*"Challenge too hard? Bear either lazy or too dumb to drive car."
*In ''Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts'', Mumbo has an idle animation in which he takes out his eyeballs and juggles them. This is later the topic of a [[List of questions from The Six of the Best|quiz question]] near the end of the game.
*"What? Bear not even try to do Mumbo challenge?"
**This animation returns in ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''.
*"Eekumbokum. Bear scared like little girl, come back when braver."
*According to [[Ed Bryan]], Mumbo's design originated from the Jinjo body with a skull and feathers stuck onto it. Despite this, Bryan still holds that Mumbo is "not actually a Jinjo."<ref>"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq-fpnnGzyU Rare Revealed: Five Things You Didn't Know About Banjo-Kazooie]." YouTube. Uploaded March 17, 2016.</ref>
*"Mumbo think bear go soft from too much pizza and T.V."
**When asked about this himself, Mumbo said he had never been "so insulted in whole life."<ref name="Facebook Q&A">[https://www.reddit.com/r/BanjoKazooie/comments/5s2fna/banjokazooie_facebook_qas/ Archive on Reddit of the Banjo-Kazooie Facebook Q&A] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20220912123225/https://www.reddit.com/r/BanjoKazooie/comments/5s2fna/banjokazooie_facebook_qas/ archive.org])</ref>
*"Bear go off and cry about lack of plataforming in game. Oomenacka!"
*When asked about why he wanted Mumbo Tokens in ''Banjo-Kazooie'', Mumbo stated that he was going through a "Gothic phase" and hoped to build "big throne for hut out of silver skulls," but later got "freaked out" and went back to "tatty old chair." Since then, he threw the tokens away in the bin and thinks they were probably stolen by [[Minjo]]s.<ref name="Facebook Q&A"/>
 
*Mumbo claims that, in ''Banjo-Kazooie''{{'}}s Game Over screen, despite what it looked like, he was actually simply tricking Gruntilda to "lure her back to skull" where he would betray her and "transform her into tortoise or something."<ref name="Facebook Q&A"/>
== Trivia==
*Mumbo Jumbo, along with [[Banjo]] and [[Tiptup]], were considered playable for ''[[mariowiki:Diddy Kong Racing Adventure|Diddy Kong Racing Adventure]]'', a rejected pitch made by {{wp|Climax Group}} for the {{wp|Nintendo GameCube}}.<ref>PtoPOnline. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6d5IbpzFtw Diddy Kong Racing Adventure : The Undeveloped Gamecube Racer]. YouTube.</ref>
*The phrase "mumbo jumbo" usually means gibberish or nonsense, a fact which is poked fun at in Grunty's Revenge when [[Bozzeye]] tells Banjo about the note he received from future Mumbo.
*In a series of tweets from Ed Bryan, it was revealed that the skin texture for Mumbo in ''Banjo-Kazooie'' was decided upon on April 15, 1997 at 14:44, and its filename was <code>shamen_skin3.rgb</code>. 24 minutes prior, at 14:20, the skin texture was green, and it had a filename of <code>shamen_skin2.rgb</code>. 9 minutes beforehand, at 14:11, it was a blurry light green texture, and which had <code>shamen_skin1.rgb</code> as its filename.<ref>https://twitter.com/ItsMingyJongo/status/1488202929827950599 ([https://archive.is/4WfEw archive.is])</ref>
*The main phrases he uses are spelled "Eekum Bokum" (seen on the [[Mumbo Pad]] in ''[[Banjo-Tooie]]'') and "Oomenacka" (as revealed in ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]'').
*In ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts|Nuts &amp; Bolts]]'', if you wait long enough, Mumbo will take his eyeballs and juggle them.
*In ''[[Banjo-Tooie]]'', in the [[Rain Dance]], he says "Mumbo Jumbo!", which is the first time he's vocally said his name (as in, not through text). The second is in ''[[Banjo-Pilot]]''. when you select him.
*Although he has a skull, his true face is never revealed yet.
*If you look at beta photos of Mumbo's Mountain, you'll notice strange-looking enemies (presumed to be beta Grublins) that look like Mumbo Jumbo without his mask. This could mean that Mumbo was originally a Grublin, but that fact is debatable.
*If the player is using the SUPERBANJO cheat and makes Mumbo walk lightly, Mumbo will look as if he is twitching rather than walking.
*Mumbo is believed to possibly be a Pink Jinjo.
*Mumbo is also believed to be a [[Grublin]], because the beta version of a Grublin was blue with a skull similar to Mumbo's skull head.
*Mumbo originally had an unused song in the original Banjo-Kazooie, called 'Raindance'. A link to the song can be [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uShLieeyNE found here]
*People are also starting to believe that Mumbo Jumbo was actually Mingy Jongo in disguise,helping Banjo and Kazooie into going into Cloud Cuckooland to battle them


==References==
==References==
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==Gallery==
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===Screenshots===
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<gallery>MumboTown.png|Mumbo in [[Showdown Town]]
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MumboLogBox.png|Mumbo in the [[LogBox]]
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MumboBanjoland.png|Mumbo Jumbo in [[Banjoland]]</gallery>
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===Artwork===
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[[Category:Characters in Banjo-Kazooie]]
Image:MumboBK.jpg|Mumbo in ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]''
[[Category:Characters in Banjo-Tooie]]
Image:PromotionalPoster3.jpg|Promotional poster of ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]''
[[Category:Characters in Grunty's Revenge]]
Image:BKboxart.jpg|''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]'' box art
[[Category:Characters in Banjo-Pilot]]
Image:BKXBLA.jpg|''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]'' box art in [[Banjo-Kazooie (Xbox Live Arcade)|XBLA]] version style
[[Category:Characters in Nuts & Bolts]]
Image:MumboTooie1.png|Mumbo Jumbo in ''[[Banjo-Tooie]]''
Image:MumboTooie2.png|Mumbo Jumbo in ''[[Banjo-Tooie]]''
Image:MumboTooie3.png|Mumbo in ''[[Banjo-Tooie]]''
Image:MumboTooie4.jpg|Mumbo Jumbo in ''[[Banjo-Tooie]]''
Image:MumboTooie5.jpg|Mumbo in ''[[Banjo-Tooie]]''
Image:BanjoTooieGang.png|[[Banjo]], [[Kazooie]] and Mumbo in ''[[Banjo-Tooie]]''
Image:BanjoTooieGang2.png|[[Banjo]], [[Kazooie]] and Mumbo in ''[[Banjo-Tooie]]''
Image:BanjoTooieCover.jpg|''[[Banjo-Tooie]]'' box art
Image:SeasonsGreetings.jpg|''[[Banjo-Tooie]]'' promotional Christmas image
Image:BKGRSupporters.jpg|''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge]]'' support characters
Image:BKGRMobile.jpg|''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge Mobile]]'' art
Image:BKGRMissions.jpg|''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge Missions]]'' art
Image:BanjoPilotMumbo.png|Mumbo Jumbo in ''[[Banjo-Pilot]]''
Image:MumboVsKlungo.png|Mumbo Jumbo figthing with [[Klungo]]
Image:BanjoPilotboxart.jpg|''[[Banjo-Pilot]]'' box art
Image:MumboN&B.jpg|Mumbo Jumbo, as a mechanic, in ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]''
Image:MumboN&B2.jpg|Mumbo in ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]''
Image:MumboNBConceptArt.jpg|''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]'' Mumbo's concept art
Image:MumboN&BBeta.jpg|Beta version of Mumbo in ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]''.
Image:Special1.jpg|[[Banjo]], [[Kazooie]] and Mumbo Jumbo
Image:Special2.jpg|[[Banjo]], [[Kazooie]] and Mumbo Jumbo confused as [[Gruntilda]] laughs and [[Piddles]] view
Image:Thumbofnutsandboltswallpaper.jpg|''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]'' characters wallpaper
Image:WallpaperN&B11.jpg|''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]'' Mumbo's official website wallpaper
Image:RareChristmasCard2.jpg|[[Rare]]'s second Christmas Card</gallery>
 
==Names in Other Languages==
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