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| {{quote|Hurrrr! Who dares enter Old King Coal's boiler?|Old King Coal|[[Banjo-Tooie]]}} | | {{quote|Hurrrr! Who dares enter Old King Coal's boiler?|Old King Coal|[[Banjo-Tooie]]}} |
| '''Old King Coal''' is the boss of [[Glitter Gulch Mine]] and is essentially a gigantic living pile of coal inhabiting the boiler of [[Chuffy]] the train. He is possessive of his train, [[Chuffy]] and thinks that [[Banjo]] and [[Kazooie]] are attempting to steal Chuffy. After a traditional exchange of lines, he proceeds to fight the duo. | | '''Old King Coal''', subtitled "Grubby Boiler Monarch", is the boss of [[Glitter Gulch Mine]] in ''[[Banjo-Tooie]]''. He is a gigantic living pile of coal who inhabits the boiler of [[Chuffy]], whom he is protective over. As such, when [[Banjo]] and [[Kazooie]] first encounter Old King Coal, they get into a brief exchange, and then the duo are forced to battle him. Old King Coal's voice is the same as [[Chief Bloatazin]]'s. |
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| Old King Coal will lumber around the room in an attempt to hit Banjo and Kazooie. His body has no particular weak points and he can be hit with just about any attack. After taking a certain amount of damage, his left arm will crumble and fall off, making him a bit lighter and quicker. He will then start to progressively lose more body parts as he takes more damage including his right arm and his entire top half.
| | Whenever Banjo and Kazooie use Chuffy, Old King Coal speaks on his behalf and even drives Chuffy if he is called from a different [[Train Station]]. |
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| From the moment he loses his first arm, Old King Coal will periodically turn up the heat inside the boiler, making the floor dangerous to walk on and filling the air with suffocating smoke. If the timer runs out (which is highly unlikely), the boiler will be permanently hot and you will have to complete the battle before you suffocate. Pieces of debris amidst the sea of hot coals will offer protection against the heat until it wears off (Old King Coal can't touch them when Banjo and Kazooie stand on those either), but once Old King Coal is down to his last few body parts, the boiler will remain heated indefinitely until he has been defeated, making a quick kill imperative to avoid suffocating. When losing body parts, he initially is unfazed, stating he's at least got another arm, and upon losing that, claiming he won't need arms to beat them anyway. However, once his top half is blown off, he starts showing some concern, when he starts verbally considering that he, Banjo, and Kazooie sit down and negotiate.
| | In ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]'', a small statue of Old King Coal appears on a pile crates in [[Banjoland]]. It has the ability to blink, and its eyes follow Banjo and Kazooie. |
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| While it may be faster to chase Old King Coal and peck him, it may be safer to stay back on the debris and pelt him with [[eggs]], which will still quickly defeat him. It should be noted that he is immune to [[Fire Egg]]s. He does however, take extra damage from [[Ice Egg]]s.
| | ==Battle== |
| | During the battle, Old King Coal will lumber around the room in an attempt to hit Banjo and Kazooie. His body has no particular weak points and he can be hit with just about any attack. Old King Coal is invulnerable to [[Fire Egg]]s, but can take twice the damage from [[Ice Egg]]s. |
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| Upon defeat, Old King Coal lends Banjo and Kazooie usage of his train, as well as a shiny, golden [[Jiggy]]. However, he also stated that the condition for loaning it was to not hit anything on the train, as he had just polished it. He speaks on behalf of Chuffy and will even drive the train to them if called from another train station. He also appears in Banjoland as a statue and stands on a pile of crates. | | After taking a certain amount of damage, Old King Coal's left arm crumbles and falls off, making him a bit lighter and quicker. From this moment, Old King Coal periodically turns up the heat inside the boiler, making the floor dangerous to walk on and filling the air with suffocating smoke. Pieces of debris amidst the sea of hot coals allow protection against the heat until it wears off. If the timer runs out, the boiler remain permanently hot, causing Banjo and Kazooie to suffocate and slowly lose their health. |
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| | When losing body parts, Old King Coal is initially unfazed, stating that he at least has another arm. Upon losing both arms, losing that, claiming he won't need arms to beat them anyway. However, once his top half is blown off, he starts showing some concern, when he starts verbally considering that he, Banjo, and Kazooie sit down and negotiate. Once Old King Coal is down to his last few body parts, the boiler remains heated indefinitely until he has been defeated, so Banjo and Kazooie must quickly defeat Old King Coal before they suffocate and lose all their health. |
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| | Upon defeat, Banjo and Kazooie are rewarded with a [[Jiggy]]. Old King Coal also loans Chuffy to them under the condition that they do not hit the train, which he had just polished. |
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| ==Gallery== | | ==Gallery== |
| <gallery> | | <gallery> |
| Old King Coal BT Character Parade.png|Old King Coal in the Character Parade in ''[[Banjo-Tooie]]''. | | Old King Coal BT Character Parade.png|In ''Banjo-Tooie''{{'}}s character parade |
| </gallery> | | </gallery> |
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| ==Trivia== | | ==Trivia== |
| *Old King Coal is a reference to the nursery rhyme ''Old King Cole''. Evidence of this can be seen when Kazooie says, "But you're supposed to be a merry old soul..." as well as Coal's sarcastic retort of having his "merry old sole on the top of your [Banjo and Kazooie's] puny heads!", a reference to the line, "And a merry old soul was he." | | *Old King Coal is a reference to the nursery rhyme {{wp|Old King Cole}}. Evidence of this can be seen when Kazooie says, "But you're supposed to be a merry old soul..." and Coal's sarcastic retort of having his "merry old sole" on top of Banjo and Kazooie's heads. In the [[Xbox Live Arcade]] version, this is further evidenced with the "Merry Old Soul" [[achievement]], which is rewarded for defeating Old King Coal. |
| **In the Xbox Live Version, beating Old King Coal unlocks the "Merry Old Soul" Achievement, also a reference to the Nursery Rhyme.
| | *In the E3 2000 prototype build, Old King Coal used [[Gobi]]'s head icon as a placeholder. |
| *Apart from [[Klungo]] and [[Hag 1]], Old King Coal is the only boss you must defeat to complete the game without [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19TM9rc6VeQ glitches] , since you need Chuffy to enter [[Grunty Industries]] and learn the [[Claw Clamber Boots]], which in turn are needed to get up to [[Cauldron Keep]].
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| **On a related note, he also possessed the second-most hit points of all the bosses in the game. Only the Hag 1 has more hit points, which is even the subject of a Tower of Tragedy quiz question during the final boss battle.
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| *Old King Coal was the only working boss in the beta of [[Bottles' Revenge]], but he cannot be controlled using the normal Bottles' Revenge code.
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| *Despite his menacing appearance, Old King Coal is considered one of the easiest bosses of all time. This is probably because you need Chuffy the train to advance in the game, and if the battle was too difficult, some players would not have been able to beat the game.
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| *Although he is a foe for Banjo and Kazooie, he will be rather friendly to them after the battle against him.
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| *Creepily, a small statue of Old King Coal is found in [[Banjoland]] in ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]'', and it has the ability to blink, possibly meaning he revived himself with just a small amount of coal left to use, and was later captured as an exhibit.
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| *This boss is very similar to and possibly inspired from the Black Knight from ''Monty Python and the Holy Grail''. Both of them still fight even after having some of their limbs severed. It is also interesting to note that this movie was made by a British director, and Rare is also based in Great Britain.
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| *Old King Coal has the same voice as [[Chief Bloatazin]].
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| *In the 2003 PS2 videogame War of the Monsters, there is a monster by the name of Magmo, who may have possibly been inspired by Old King Coal. The only exception being that Old King Coal is made of coal, Magmo is made of lava, and Old King Coal only has 2 arms, Magmo has 4, plus multiple eyes. | |
| *In early E3 2000 footage, Old King Coal used [[Gobi]]'s head icon as a placeholder, but he still had the same voice as he does in the final game.
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| *As noted by Gruntilda's [[Hag 1]] boss quiz sections, Old King Coal had the second-highest HP amount of the bosses (surpassed only by the Hag 1 itself). | | *As noted by Gruntilda's [[Hag 1]] boss quiz sections, Old King Coal had the second-highest HP amount of the bosses (surpassed only by the Hag 1 itself). |
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| [[Category:Bosses]] | | [[Category:Bosses]] |
| [[Category:Bosses in Banjo-Tooie]] | | [[Category:Bosses in Banjo-Tooie]] |