97
edits
Be sure to read our policy on citing sources before editing!
Difference between revisions of "Mumbo Jumbo"
From Jiggywikki, a Banjo-Kazooie wiki
Jump to navigationJump to search
no edit summary
bkwikia>Dark Dedede |
|||
| Line 7: | Line 7: | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Mumbo Jumbo''' | '''Mumbo Jumbo''', often referred to as just '''Mumbo''', is a skull-faced shaman that appears in every game in the [[Banjo-Kazooie series]]. | ||
==Personality== | |||
Mumbo generally likes helping people out, and has a very strong loyalty streak - he's never stopped being Banjo's friend, while he's been equally permanent as [[Humba Wumba]]'s rival. | |||
English doesn't appear to be Mumbo's first language; he always speaks in the third person and often doesn't refer to people by their name. | |||
==Abilities== | |||
In [[Banjo-Kazooie]] and [[Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge]], Mumbo transforms the duo into various forms. While his spells must stay within a limited distance of the originating world, the transformations make Banjo completely incognito and allow him to explore otherwise-inaccessable areas. | |||
In [[Banjo-Tooie]], Mumbo ditches the transformations and is able to stand on a [[Mumbo Pad]] and, provided he's got a [[Glowbo]], can perform a spell designed to make things easier for Banjo and Kazooie. While on foot, Mumbo can't do much but jump, swim, and attack with his Zap Stick, and he has less health than Banjo. | |||
In [[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]], Mumbo builds all the odd vehicles that the duo dream up. He also plays parts in various other worlds. Finally, he can juggle his eyeballs. | |||
==Career== | |||
Mumbo's past is largely a mystery, although he repeatedly states he was the best student at the Handsome Shaman Institute. What is known is that he was a magical instructor of [[Gruntilda]]'s at some point in time. However, despite Mumbo's teachings, Grunty turned to dark magic and transformed Mumbo's head into a skull. (Mumbo's lower body suggests that he is a Jinjo, but this has been repeatedly denied.) | |||
Mumbo first appears in [[Banjo-Kazooie]] as the "best shaman in all game". Found in multiple worlds starting in [[Mumbo's Mountain]], the skull-faced one transformed [[Banjo]] and [[Kazooie]] into native animals (and a plant) in return for [[Mumbo Token]]s, as Mumbo wanted to help the bear and bird beat Grunty to get his face back. Despite Grunty being buring under a large boulder, Mumbo's face remained intact. Mumbo remained a friend of Banjo, while he and Kazooie got into dust-ups. | |||
Months later, when Grunty [[Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge|went back in time]] to prevent Banjo and Kazooie from meeting, Mumbo sent Banjo back in time to fix what she had done. In this time period, Mumbo was less skilled as a transformer, but still allowed Banjo and Kazooie to fix the timeline. | |||
[[Banjo-Tooie|In 2000]], Mumbo was just about to get all of Banjo's cash in a poker game when [[Banjo's House]] started shaking. Being brave, the shaman ran outside to find out what was going on. He found that Grunty had been revived by her two sisters and ran to tell, but Grunty spotted him and destroyed the house. On the following adventure, Mumbo did some adventuring himself, helping the bear and bird get around by magically altering the environment (such as re-railing a derailed train and making the water in [[Jolly Roger's Lagoon]] breathable). However, Mumbo earned a competitor in the transformation business, Humba Wumba. The two hated each other, each convinced that they were better than the other. In the end, Grunty was beaten once more, but Mumbo's skull face still didn't revert. | |||
In the time after Banjo-Tooie, Mumbo's transformation skills went unused. He decided to try his hand at mechanics for a change after getting wind that the next game would be all about vehicles. Finally, [[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts|in 2008]], Banjo and Kazooie showed up at [[Mumbo's Motors]] in [[Showdown Town]] for the first time. Mumbo gladly helped build all of the crazy vehicles the pair dreamed up, although he didn't like playing [[L.O.G.]]'s "parts" in the game worlds so much. | |||
Nowadays, Mumbo is still the masked shaman everyone knows him as. He still holds out hope that Grunty will be defeated permanently some day so he can get his face back, although the skull-faced look has grown on him. | |||
== Spells == | == Spells == | ||
| Line 45: | Line 65: | ||
===[[Kazooie]]=== | ===[[Kazooie]]=== | ||
Mumbo is another target of Kazooie's impulsive judgments, being insulted for his appearance and being nicknamed "Mumbo Dumbo" by her. He tends to ignore her. Similar to Banjo, Mumbo always calls Kazooie "bird". | Mumbo is another target of Kazooie's impulsive judgments, being insulted for his appearance and being nicknamed "Mumbo Dumbo" and other things by her. He tends to ignore her. Similar to Banjo, Mumbo always calls Kazooie "bird". | ||
===[[Gruntilda]]=== | ===[[Gruntilda]]=== | ||
