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|world = [[Spiral Mountain]]<br>[[Gruntilda's Lair]]<br>[[Cauldron Keep]]<br>[[Showdown Town]]<br>[[Nutty Acres]]<br>[[LOGBOX 720]]<br>[[Banjoland]]<br>[[Jiggoseum]]<br>[[Terrarium of Terror]] | |world = [[Spiral Mountain]]<br>[[Gruntilda's Lair]]<br>[[Cauldron Keep]]<br>[[Showdown Town]]<br>[[Nutty Acres]]<br>[[LOGBOX 720]]<br>[[Banjoland]]<br>[[Jiggoseum]]<br>[[Terrarium of Terror]] | ||
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{{Quote|[[Dingpot]], Dingpot by the bench, who is the nicest looking wench?|Gruntilda|[[Banjo-Kazooie]]}} | {{Quote|[[Dingpot]], Dingpot by the bench, who is the nicest looking wench?|Gruntilda|[[Banjo-Kazooie]]}} | ||
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==Similarities to other witches== | ==Similarities to other witches== | ||
Gruntilda's personality and actions resemble those of evil witches and other characters in fictional works. Her reason for kidnapping [[Tooty]] for her beauty is similar to the [[Wikipedia:Evil Queen|Evil Queen's]] motives in the tale of ''[[Wikipedia:Snow White and the Seven Dwarves|Snow White and the Seven Dwarves]]'', and her first lines in the game were even a parody of the Queen's famous "Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?". Ironically, in the Walt Disney adaptation, the Witch falls to her doom and gets crushed by a boulder as does Gruntilda at the climax of the final battle from the first game (though unlike Gruntilda, the Queen does die | Gruntilda's personality and actions resemble those of evil witches and other characters in fictional works. Her reason for kidnapping [[Tooty]] for her beauty is similar to the [[Wikipedia:Evil Queen|Evil Queen's]] motives in the tale of ''[[Wikipedia:Snow White and the Seven Dwarves|Snow White and the Seven Dwarves]]'', and her first lines in the game were even a parody of the Queen's famous "Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?". Ironically, in the Walt Disney adaptation, the Witch falls to her doom and gets crushed by a boulder as does Gruntilda at the climax of the final battle from the first game (though unlike Gruntilda, the Queen does die). She also bears resemblance to the [[Wikipedia:Wicked Witch of the West|Wicked Witch of the West]] from [[Wikipedia:L.Frank Baum|L. Frank Baum's]] ''[[Wikipedia:The Wonderful Wizard of Oz|The Wonderful Wizard of Oz]]'' and its adaptations. Finally, her use of [[Dingpot|a cauldron]] and her two wicked sisters, [[Mingella]] and [[Blobbelda]], resemble the wicked witches from [[Wikipedia:William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare's]] ''[[Wikipedia:Macbeth|Macbeth]]''. | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
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*Gruntilda has been relying more and more on technology and less and less on magic as time went by, as proven in Banjo-Tooie where she needed B.O.B. to suck the life force out of the island and where she used the Hag-1 for most of her battle with Banjo and Kazooie. This is also proven in Nuts and Bolts where she claims to have created the Gruntbot minions on her own and uses vehicles like Banjo and Kazooie to fight them in her challenges. Though she has a robot body, this was provided by L.O.G. so she had a fighting change against Banjo and Kazooie. She also uses a life transfer machine in Banjo-Kazooie and, although built by Klungo, she needs a Mecha-Grunty suit in Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge. | *Gruntilda has been relying more and more on technology and less and less on magic as time went by, as proven in Banjo-Tooie where she needed B.O.B. to suck the life force out of the island and where she used the Hag-1 for most of her battle with Banjo and Kazooie. This is also proven in Nuts and Bolts where she claims to have created the Gruntbot minions on her own and uses vehicles like Banjo and Kazooie to fight them in her challenges. Though she has a robot body, this was provided by L.O.G. so she had a fighting change against Banjo and Kazooie. She also uses a life transfer machine in Banjo-Kazooie and, although built by Klungo, she needs a Mecha-Grunty suit in Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge. | ||
*Gruntilda's last spell before being knocked over by the Jinjonator was originally supposed to hit Banjo and Kazooie and turn them into a frog, resulting in Mumbo Jumbo trying to restore them to normal. It was cut out of the final version due to time constraints. | *Gruntilda's last spell before being knocked over by the Jinjonator was originally supposed to hit Banjo and Kazooie and turn them into a frog, resulting in Mumbo Jumbo trying to restore them to normal. It was cut out of the final version due to time constraints. | ||
*She would put on sunglasses in [[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]. | *She would put on sunglasses in [[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]. | ||
*Her appearance is like that of the ''Looney Tunes ''character Witch Hazel. | *Her appearance is like that of the ''Looney Tunes ''character Witch Hazel. | ||
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*During one of her taunts throughout her lair in the first game, she says "When I'm nice and slim once more, burgers, fries, and chips galore!". In actuality, under british terms, fries and chips are actually the same thing (Chips being the british equivalent of fries), with potato chips in Britain actually being Potato Crisps, so her line should be "When I'm nice and slim once more, burgers, chips, and crisps galore!", as [[Rare]] is a British company. | *During one of her taunts throughout her lair in the first game, she says "When I'm nice and slim once more, burgers, fries, and chips galore!". In actuality, under british terms, fries and chips are actually the same thing (Chips being the british equivalent of fries), with potato chips in Britain actually being Potato Crisps, so her line should be "When I'm nice and slim once more, burgers, chips, and crisps galore!", as [[Rare]] is a British company. | ||
*In the Japanese versions of the first game, instead of showing her to be rhyming in her dialogue, she is instead given a stereotypical (and exaggerated) old woman's drone. | *In the Japanese versions of the first game, instead of showing her to be rhyming in her dialogue, she is instead given a stereotypical (and exaggerated) old woman's drone. | ||
*Oddly enough, when fighting Banjo and Kazooie in | *Oddly enough, when fighting Banjo and Kazooie in [[Banjo-Tooie]], she still speaks normally despite the fact that her sisters' death no longer had her obligated to stop speaking in rhyme. She does, however, return to her trademark rhyming dialogue in ''Nuts and Bolts''. | ||
*In Grunty's Furnace Fun, her favourite smell would be one of the following: Putrid Parrot Puke, Smelly Gorrilla Feet or Freshly Burst Boils. But in Banjo-Tooie during final battle when Grunty relases the toxic gas, she says "MMMM, cyanide and mustard gas flavor. My favourite!", which makes a little controversy about her favourite smell. Although the latter could just be meaning her favorite type of poison gas. | *In Grunty's Furnace Fun, her favourite smell would be one of the following: Putrid Parrot Puke, Smelly Gorrilla Feet or Freshly Burst Boils. But in Banjo-Tooie during final battle when Grunty relases the toxic gas, she says "MMMM, cyanide and mustard gas flavor. My favourite!", which makes a little controversy about her favourite smell. Although the latter could just be meaning her favorite type of poison gas. | ||
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==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
{{See also|Gruntilda Winkybunion/Gallery}} | {{See also|Gruntilda Winkybunion/Gallery}} | ||
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