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|image=[[File:Weldar.png|250x250px]]
|image = [[File:Weldar.png|250x250px]]
|game=''[[Banjo-Tooie]]''<br>''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]''
|game = ''[[Banjo-Tooie]]''<br>''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]''
|world=[[Grunty Industries]]
|world = [[Grunty Industries]]
|species=Welding Torch
|icon = [[File:BT XBLA Weldar icon.png|''Banjo-Tooie'' (XBLA)]]
|icon=[[File:BT XBLA Weldar icon.png|''Banjo-Tooie'' (XBLA)]]
}}
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{{quote|D'oh! I must remember to bring my glasses. Well, I'm out now, so I might as well go to work on you!|Weldar|[[Banjo-Tooie]]}}
'''Weldar''' is a welding torch that suffers from partial-blindness found in the depths of [[Grunty Industries]] in ''[[Banjo-Tooie]]''. He is regarded by many to be one of the most difficult bosses in the game, and simply reaching him is a long, arduous process. Weldar was left mortally wounded after battling the duo in ''Banjo-Tooie'', but his immobile, dismembered head still lives in Grunty Industries and parts of his ruined body live on, being turned into vehicle part in ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]''.
'''Weldar''' is a recurring character in the [[Banjo-Kazooie (series)|''Banjo-Kazooie'' series]].


==Physical traits==
==Physical Characteristics==
Weldar is a large, metallic welding torch with a cylindrical base with 6 red metal plates and yellow pipes with two gauges surrounding him. His head is located at the end of his hose, having two eyes (one being smaller than the other) and a mouth with sharp teeth.
Weldar is a large personified welding torch (although Kazooie initially mistakes him for a toilet cleaner). He has a large, metallic, cylindrical base with 6 square plates on it that seem to keep his body from overheating, as well as a large yellow apparatus surrounding him and two gauges on his base. His hose and nozzle have snake-like qualities, including sharp teeth. His neck-like hose appears to be bendable and strong enough to drag himself across the floor just before the boss battle begins. He also has vision problems, a trait shared with most species of snakes. Weldar's eyes are visibly damaged, with one of his pupils being slightly smaller than his other. Whenever Weldar opens his mouth, he expels a sleek, bright blue flame.


In ''Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts'', Weldar's Breath shares some similarities with Weldar's original form, having a neck-like hose and similarly-shaped head. The main differences are how his body is much smaller, his eyes are now two gauges and he is mostly red rather than black and gold (although its color can be changed in [[Mumbo's Motors]]).
At first, it would seem that Weldar also has problems moving around, seeing as how he had to drag himself out using only his head and neck before the fight ensued. However once the battle begins, it becomes apparent that he is very capable of movement, easily jumping around in hopes to flatten the duo.


==Personality==
The vehicle part '''Weldar's Breath''' in ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]'', being made from bits of Weldar, has the same basic concept. It retains his long snake-like head and neck, although its body appears to be a propane tank rather than an actual welding torch.
Weldar appears to be strict about the worker's guidelines, getting angry when a bear enters the factory due to the fact it's against it. One of his most prominent traits is his bad eyesight (even mentioning he forgot to bring his glasses before his battle), often causing him to miss attacks or have trouble finding things (such as his emergency switch).
 
==Biography==
Weldar is a welding torch who works in [[Grunty Industries]]. His name comes from the word "weld."


==Games==
===''Banjo-Tooie''===
===''Banjo-Tooie''===
[[File:Weldar BT ending.png|thumb|150px|left|Weldar in the character parade of ''Banjo-Tooie''.]]
[[File:Weldar BT ending.png|thumb|150px|left|Weldar in the character parade of ''Banjo-Tooie''.]]
In ''[[Banjo-Tooie]]'', his first appearance, Weldar is found in the Repair Depot of the basement in Grunty Industries, where he is subtitled "Visually-Impaired Welding Torch." Once [[Banjo]] and [[Kazooie]] enter the room he is in, Weldar appears dragging his own body with some difficulty (as noted by the bear) to the center of the room through a large metal door. He then gets up and informs the duo that, in the worker's guidelines of the factory, it is stated that bears are not allowed in the building. Banjo takes advantage of the state of Weldar's vision to convince him that he is not actually a bear, but despite that, both still end up fighting as the welding torch already had gone through the trouble of carrying himself to the arena.
Weldar is found in the basement of the Repair Depot, which cannot be reached until numerous tasks have been accomplished around the factory. Once Banjo and Kazooie arrive, Weldar struggles to drag himself to the arena, tricking the duo into thinking a victory is all but ensured. After propping himself up and assessing the duo, he ''thinks'' that [[Banjo]] is a bear, though he can't quite tell due to his poor eyesight and states that bears are not to be allowed into the building. Banjo hesitantly lies and replies that he isn't. Weldar then says that he forgot to wear his glasses, but since he went through the trouble of dragging himself out, that he might as well fight them anyway.
 
The battle follows a very simple pattern. First, he begins by shooting out blue fire balls which Banjo and Kazooie can easily dodge. Weldar then tries to suck up Banjo and Kazooie like a vacuum, which is their chance to shoot a flammable egg ([[Fire Egg]]s, [[Grenade Egg]]s or [[Clockwork Kazooie Egg]]s) into his mouth. As one of the six red plates breaks off his body, Weldar warns them to refrain from doing that because he is full of flammable gas. Weldar then launches; [[Washup]], [[Boltoid]], and [[Nutta]] at the pair, which can easily be dispatched. After they have all been defeated Weldar will try to inhale them again, giving them another chance to damage him. Now suffering even more damage Weldar leaps into the air and drops down in an attempt to crush the pair.
 
After landing he proceeds to vigorously chase them around battlefield. He will then try to suck them up again, which is their chance to damage him.


Weldar starts the fight by shooting blue fire balls at the duo. This is an easily-avoidable attack, as simply keep moving is enough to not be hit. After enough have been fired, he will put his head in the floor and attempt to suck the two using his mouth as a vacuum. To damage him during this attack, Kazooie must shoot either a [[Fire Egg]], a [[Grenade Egg]] or a [[Clockwork Kazooie Egg]] into the boss. This will cause one of the six red metal plates to break off his body. After that, he will summon [[Washup]]s, [[Boltoid]]s and [[Nutta]]s at the bear and bird, three enemies who can be quickly defeated. After the trio is dispatched of, Weldar will once again try to inhale the pair, giving another chance for them to attack. After being damaged again, he will jump into the air and fall down, trying to crush Banjo with his weight. After landing, he will start to hop around the room chasing the bear, and attempt to inhale them once again afterwards.
After three hits have been dealt, Weldar then turns on an emergency switch which activates
the cables on the floor. Electricity surges through them, meaning the duo must be nimble and not step on the electrified wires while Weldar attacks them. He then does all of his attacks in the same order again. After the sixth and final plate has been broken from his body, Weldar exclaims that his welding days are over and overheats and explodes. His severed head flies across the room and hits a high voltage box, stopping the fan in the Air Conditioning Plant allowing Banjo and Kazooie to get the Jiggy behind it. Weldar gives the duo a [[Shock Spring Pad]] to use as an exit the Repair Depot and get back to the rest of the industries.


Once Weldar has been hit three times, he will turn on the emergency switch, activating electric cables in the floor that deal damage to the duo when touched. After that, he will go back to shooting fire balls at the duo and the attacks repeat themselves until all six metal plates are knocked off his body. Once that happens, he says that it "looks like [his] welding days are over" and proceeds to explode into various pieces, with his head hitting an electric box and consequently causing the fan in the [[Air Conditioning Plant]] to stop, allowing the [[Jiggy]] behind it to be obtained. As a reward for defeating him, Weldar summons a [[Shock Spring Pad]] to allow the two to exit the room, also telling them about his stashed jigsaw piece behind the aforementioned fan.
Weldar's head can be conversed with after the battle. He states that his poor eyesight is now the least of his worries, and asks the duo if they know any good repairmen.


After this battle, Weldar's severed head can be interacted with in the depot can be interacted with. There, he mentions things such as how his "poor eyesight is the least of [his] problems now" or how he is in "rather a lot of pain," even asking if the bear and bird know "any good repairmen."
===''Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts''===
[[File:Weldars Breath NnB.jpg|thumb|The Weldar's Breath vehicle part from ''Nuts & Bolts''.]]
In ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]'', [[Mumbo Jumbo]] explains that he found parts of Weldar's body in the trash and turned him into a compact flamethrower called Weldar's Breath. It causes high amounts of damage, but by the same token also consumes a lot of ammo. When activated, it expels a powerful stream of fire.


===''Nuts & Bolts''===
Oddly, although it is made to resemble Weldar, complete with 'eyes' and 'teeth', the colors of Weldar's Breath do not match Weldar's coloration in ''[[Banjo-Tooie]]'' at all, and is entirely red instead of black and gold. However, when it is painted black it seems to vaguely match Weldar's original color palette.
[[File:Weldars Breath NnB.jpg|thumb|200px|The Weldar's Breath vehicle part from ''Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts''.]]
{{quote|Mumbo find Weldar in skip and make him into flamethrower. Hold button to make things go toasty.|[[Mumbo Jumbo]]|[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]}}
In ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]'', a vehicle part called '''Weldar's Breath''' can be acquired. [[Mumbo Jumbo]] says that he "found Weldar in skip" and turned him into a flamethrower. It is a very powerful, causing high ammounts of damage to its targets, but also consumes large quantities of ammo. Only two of this weapon can be obtained throughout the game.


In the [[Jiggosseum]]'s scoreboard, it is stated that "in the 134th Showdown Town Domino Marathon held at Ye Olde Empty Kettle, [[Lord Woo Fak Fak]] beat Weldar after 5 years and 172 days' play due to Weldar rusting away to nothing. Fak Fak wins the first prize of 50 pence and a bag of pork scratchings."
Only two of these parts can be obtained over the course of the game.


==Quotes==
==Quotes==
*"''Ahem. I believe it states quite clearly in the worker's guidelines that bears are not to be let into the building.''"
Before the boss battle:
*"''Well, you're a bear, aren't you?''"
*'''Weldar: '''Ahem. I believe it states quite clearly in the worker's guidelines that bears are not to be let into the building.<br />'''Kazooie:''' So?<br />'''Weldar:''' Well, you're a bear, aren't you?<br />'''Banjo:''' Er, no.<br />'''Weldar:''' D'oh! I must remember to bring my glasses. Well, I'm out now, so I might as well go to work on you!
*"''D'oh! I must remember to bring my glasses. Well, I'm out now, so I might as well go to work on you!''"
If Banjo and Kazooie lose the battle, and then come back:
*"''Are you a bear?''"
*'''Weldar:''' Are you a bear?
*"''Time to turn up the power dial, I think...''"
*'''Kazooie:''' Yes, and you're heading for the recycling plant!
*"''You'll have to come closer - I can't see to hit you!''"
During the battle:
*"''Uggmmff! Please refrain from doing that — I'm full of flammable gas!''"
*Time to turn up the power dial, I think...
*"''How about a few nuts 'n' bolts?''"
*You'll have to come closer - I can't see to hit you!
*"''Don't make me come after you!''"
*Uggmmff! Please refrain from doing that - I'm full of flammable gas!
*"''Perhaps if I used my weight a little more...''"
*How about a few nuts 'n' bolts?
*"''This isn't going as planned... Where's my emergency switch located? That's better! Now let's see how nimble you are!''"
*Don't make me come after you!
*"''Oh well, looks like my welding days are over...''"
*Perhaps if I used my weight a little more...
*"''Groan...I appear to be quite badly injured...''"
*This isn't going as planned... Where's my emergency switch located? That's better! Now let's see how nimble you are!
*"''Sigh. I can let you have this...''"
*Oh well, looks like my welding days are over...
*"''You may use it to get back out. I stashed my Jiggy behind the giant fan for safekeeping, but there's nothing to stop you from reaching it now...Doh! When will I learn to keep my big mouth shut?''"
After being defeated:
*"''Look what you've done to me! I'm in rather a lot of pain!''"
*'''Weldar:''' Groan...I appear to be quite badly injured...<br />'''Kazooie:''' That's too bad. Now where's our prize?<br />'''Weldar:''' Sigh. I can let you have this...<br />'''Kazooie:''' Is that all we get? You gotta be kidding!<br />'''Weldar:''' You may use it to get back out. I stashed my Jiggy behind the giant fan for safekeeping, but there's nothing to stop you from reaching it now...Doh! When will I learn to keep my big mouth shut?
If Banjo and Kazooie try to strike up a conversation:
*Look what you've done to me! I'm in rather a lot of pain!


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
Weldar BT promo.jpg|Official screenshot of Weldar in ''Banjo-Tooie''.
Weldar BT promo.jpg|Official screenshot of Weldar  
</gallery>
</gallery>


==Nomenclature==
==Names in other languages==
{{Foreign names
{{Foreign names
|Spa = Weldar<br>Soplete de Visión Deteriorada
|Spa = Weldar<br>Soplete de Visión Deteriorada
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|Jap = ウェルダー<br>ようせつバーナーのかいぶつ
|Jap = ウェルダー<br>ようせつバーナーのかいぶつ
|JapM = Weldar<br>Welding Burner Monster
|JapM = Weldar<br>Welding Burner Monster
|Fra = Chapu<br>Chalumeau Myope
|FraM = Weldar<br>Myopic Blowtorch
}}
}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*Despite being referred to as a welding torch, he resembles more closely a [[Wikipedia:Blow torch|blow torch]].
*Contrary to his name, Weldar more resembles a [[Wikipedia:Blow torch|blow torch]] than a welding torch. However, in the Spanish dub, Weldar was indeed referenced to as a blow torch.
**In the Spanish version of ''Banjo-Tooie'', he is in fact referred to as a blow torch.
*Weldar's visional problems are a play on the fact that he is a welding torch and must look at his own flame - which causes visional problems without a welding mask.
*It is likely that the fact Weldar is visually-impaired has to do with how he needs to look at his own flames very often without proper protection.
*When Weldar tries to suck in [[Banjo]] and [[Kazooie]], if you stand in one of the four corners of the room you will avoid being sucked in. This is a good chance to fire a grenade egg.
**This may also have something to do with him having snake-like qualities and most snakes not being able to see well.
*During the fight with Weldar he says "How about a few nuts n' bolts?". Coincidentally the sequel to Banjo-Tooie is called Banjo-Kazooie Nuts & Bolts, it is unknown if this was intentional or not.
*In ''Banjo-Tooie'', if Weldar lands on a Clockwork Kazooie after the attack where he leaps into the air and falls into the ground, the game crashes.
*Like [[Lord Woo Fak Fak]], Weldar is left in an incapacitated state for the rest of the game. If the player revisits him, he will make remarks regarding his current state.
*If a Clockwork Kazooie is launched out under Weldar when he's in the air, and Weldar comes down, landing on the Clock Work Kazooie, it crashes the game.


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