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*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."

**In the Xbox Live Version, beating Old King Coal unlocks the "Merry Old Soul" Achievement, also a reference to the Nursery Rhyme.

*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]].

**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.

*Old King Coal may bear a resemblance to [http://conker.wikia.com/wiki/The_Great_Mighty_Poo The Great Mighty Poo] who is one of the bosses from [http://conker.wikia.com/wiki/Conker's_Bad_Fur_Day Conker's Bad Fur Day].

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