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'''Jinjos''' are small creatures found in every game in the ''[[Banjo-Kazooie series]]''. These bipedal teddy bear-like critters with beaks come in a variety of colors and are more intelligent than their appearance might let on. It is never explained in detail, but Jinjos seem to have some magical powers, possessing the ability to fly among other things. They also seem to be able to breathe underwater and live in harsh environments, due to the fact that many Jinjos are found underwater or in other dangerous surroundings.

Five Jinjos - a [[Blue Jinjo|Blue]], a [[Green Jinjo|Green]], an [[Orange Jinjo|Orange]], a [[Purple Jinjo|Purple]], and a [[Yellow Jinjo]] - have been hidden throughout each world by [[Gruntilda]]. Once all five Jinjos are rescued, the player will be rewarded with one of the world's 10 Jiggies. Like [[Musical Notes]], Jinjos' positions are reset once [[Banjo]] leaves the world, meaning that he must go through and collect them all again if he misses any the first time. Jinjos will reappear in a world even after all five have been collected and will give Banjo and [[Kazooie]] an [[Extra Life]] rather than another Jiggy if they are collected again. In the XBLA version, they stay collected, like the notes.

Once Kazooie learns the [[Hatch]] ability, she can use it to hatch the yellow egg inside [[Heggy's Egg Shed]]. Once it has been hatched, Heggy will announce that a Jinjo is now an available character for the FPS-style [[Breegull Blaster]] shootout matches in Multiplayer Mode. The Jinjo is the smallest and fastest character, but also the most vulnerable, having only four health - a single hit from an explosive egg such as a [[Grenade Eggs|Grenade]] or [[Proximity Eggs|Proximity Egg]] will instantly kill the player.

The Purple Jinjo is a playable character in ''[[Banjo-Pilot]]''. The Jinjo only has one point of top speed, but four points of acceleration and five points of handling, making him best for courses where a lot of weaving is required, but ill suited to courses with long straight ways. The player will also race against seven Jinjos in the unlockable Jinjo Grand Prix.

Jinjos reappear in ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]'', and have a similar task of collection as in the previous games. Instead of simply locating Jinjos and collecting them, you must find them and complete a challenge, which varies from going over a set speed to making them roll a certain distance. Completing a Jinjo's challenge earns you a Jinjo Token, which can be used in [[Showdown Town]] for [[King Jingaling|King Jingaling's]] Bingo Palace. Also in Showdown Town, there are Jinjos locked up in cages around town. You must free them (by using a Wrench Switch) and take them to their homes. There are 6 in all. When a Jinjo is freed, a [[Minjo]] must be found and carried to an open cage to replace a Jinjo you freed.

 

*The [[Grey Jinjo]]s were killed by the [[Hag 1]], despite the fact that Jinjos are notorious for being able to survive almost anything unscathed, like being crushed by rocks, living in scalding hot water or poisonous gas, seeing some of the places their hidden in the games. This may prove they did live, bit there is no evidence to back that up.

Image:PurpleJinjoNB.png|A purple Jinjo.

Image:RedJinjoNB.png|A red Jinjo.

Image:OrangeJinjoNB.png|An orange Jinjo.

Image:GreenJinjoNB.png|A green Jinjo.

Image:BlueJinjoNB.png|A blue Jinjo.

Image:YellowJinjoNB.png|A yellow Jinjo.

Image:Jinjo.jpg|A green Jinjo from ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge]]''.

Image:Jinjo.gif|Three Jinjos from ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]''.

Image:BKboxart.jpg|[[Banjo]] and [[Kazooie]] rescuing a purple Jinjo on the box art of ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]''.

Image:BKXBLA.jpg|''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]'' box art in [[Banjo-Kazooie (Xbox Live Arcade)|XBLA]] version style.

Image:GreenJinjo.png|A green Jinjo with lots of [[Honeycomb]]s.

Image:Jinjos.png|A purple and green Jinjo.

Image:OrangeJinjoTooie.png|An orange Jinjo.

Image:SeasonsGreetings.jpg|Jinjos in a ''[[Banjo-Tooie]]'' promotional Christmas image.

Image:New_Jinjo.jpg|An orange Jinjo from ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]''.

Image:JinjoNBConceptArt.png|''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]'' concept art for a purple Jinjo.

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