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 {{Infobox character
-|image = Stomponadon2.jpg
+|image=[[File:Stomponadon BT.jpg|300px]]
-|size = 300px
+|game=''[[Banjo-Tooie]]''
-|game = ''[[Banjo-Tooie]]'' ''[[Banjo-Tooie (Xbox Live Arcade)|(XBLA)]]''
+|world=[[Terrydactyland]]
-|world = [[Terrydactyland]]
+|species=[[:Category:Dinosaurs|Dinosaur]]
-|icon =
+}}
-}}
+{{quote|When you take a trip to Stomponadon's ground, she's not afraid to put her foot down!|[[Gruntilda]]|[[Banjo-Tooie]]}}
-'''Stomponadon''' is a giant dinosaur appearing in ''[[Banjo-Tooie]]'' who is very large in size and is known to be the biggest character in the ''[[Banjo-Kazooie (series)|Banjo-Kazooie]]'' series as only his foot is visible in the game.
+'''Stomponadon''' is a character in ''[[Banjo-Tooie]]''.
-He resides in the [[Stomping Plains]] of [[Terrydactyland]]. His purpose as one of ''[[Banjo-Tooie]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s several crushing hazards is to aggravate the player and impede progress. His love of stomping, as his name implies, racks up great damage upon those who wish to cross his territory; his stomp will reduce [[Banjo]] and/or [[Kazooie]] to one [[honeycomb]] instantly, and a second hit without recovering health is fatal.
+==Biography==
+Stomponadon is a giant dinosaur who lives in the [[Stomping Plains]] of [[Terrydactyland]]. She is the largest character of the ''[[Banjo-Kazooie (series)|Banjo-Kazooie]]'' series, and only her foot is ever shown, even in the character parade. Judging from her foot, Stomponadon appears to be based on members of the {{wp|Theropoda}} suborder of dinosaurs, such as a Tyrannosaurus Rex. The footsteps in the Stomping Plains (presumed to be from Stomponadon) are those of a sauropod, such as a Diplodocus.
-Large footprints in the ground will provide cover, but you'll need to be quick to move from print to print without being squished; the [[Talon Trot]] is usually fast enough, although the [[Wonderwing]] will offer protection if you want to be cautious, but [[Banjo]] alone does not have the necessary speed to make it across without being stepped on, so the [[Snooze Pack]] ability is required to recover energy in between stomps. (Banjo and Kazooie must cross separately in order to grab all the goodies at the other side.)
+Stomponadon is subtitled "Triassic Steamroller." She constantly tries to stomp on [[Banjo]] or [[Kazooie]] while they try to cross the plains, and cannot be attacked or defeated. If she stomps on Banjo or Kazooie, they get crushed and instantly lose all of their health except for one [[honeycomb]]. They stay flattened for several seconds before returning to normal size.
-Judging by the shape of Stomponadon's foot, he would appear to be based on members of the [[Wikipedia:Theropoda|Theropoda]] suborder of dinosaurs, such as a Tyrannosaurus Rex or something similar, although the exact species is impossible to identify. Oddly enough, the footprints left in the Stomping Plains are those of a sauropod, such as a Diplodicus.
+There are large footprints in the ground that protect Banjo and Kazooie from Stomponadon. The duo can safely move between the footprints by either running with [[Talon Trot]] or using [[Wonderwing]] for invincibility. If Banjo is split apart from Kazooie, he cannot get across safely without taking damage; this is because he cannot quickly move between the footprints without Kazooie's help. The [[Snooze Pack]] or either of the three cheats, HONEYBACK, HONEYKING, and SUPERBANJO, are the only way Banjo can move across safely.
 ==Trivia==
-*If Stomponadon stomps on you, you will get squished temporarily.
+[[File:Stomponadon DLoG.png|thumb|200px|A similar dinosaur is featured in the cancelled ''Dream: Land of Giants''.]]
-*There is no way to kill Stomponadon, so don't even try it.
+*Stomponadon is one of the three non-boss characters in ''Banjo-Tooie'' to have a boss-like intro.
-*When King Jingaling becomes a zombie and you go and attack him, he'll warn you about Stomponadon and he will say "Be quick on the plains, Stomponadon shows no mercy..."
+*While zombified, [[King Jingaling]] says many lines mentioning different bosses and enemies who appear throughout the game. In one of them, he references Stomponadon by saying: "''Be quick on the plains. Stomponadon shows no mercy...''."
-*Oddly enough, even though you can not see Stomponadon's face, when on the warp pad menu there is a face for the stomping plains. (It's the same as the one used for the [[Bargasaurus]].)
+*If Banjo, Kazooie or [[Mumbo Jumbo]] jump while inside a footprint and touch Stomponandon, they lose only one honeycomb and do not get flattened.
-*If you go to the Stomping Plains as a van, you would be crushed and return to Jinjo Village.
+*Stomponadon is based on a dinosaur enemy from ''[[Project Dream]]''.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w72kj20YNA0 Rare Revealed: A Rare Look at Dream - YouTube]</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/WinkySteve/status/706886005715038208 Steve Mayles on Twitter: "@pdhFletch Shhhh...he's just a leg. The same character from SNES Dream, if you like..." / Twitter] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20190110054926/https://twitter.com/WinkySteve/status/706886005715038208 archive.org])</ref>
+*Although [[Gruntilda]] mentions Stomponadon being a female, the ''[[Nintendo Power]]'' guide refers to Stomponadon by male pronouns.<ref>''Banjo-Tooie'' The Official Nintendo Player's Guide, page 73.</ref>
-{{BTCharacters}}
+==References==
+<references/>
+{{BT}}
 [[Category:Dinosaurs]]
+[[Category:Reptiles]]
+[[Category:Females]]
+[[Category:Characters in Banjo-Tooie]]