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'''Old King Coal''' is the boss of [[Glitter Gulch Mine]] and is essentially a gigantic living pile of coal inhabiting the boiler of [[Chuffy]] the train. He is possessive of his train, [[Chuffy]] and thinks that [[Banjo]] and [[Kazooie]] are attempting to steal Chuffy. After a traditional exchange of lines, he proceeds to fight the duo.

From the moment he loses his first arm, Old King Coal will periodically turn up the heat inside the boiler, making the floor dangerous to walk on and filling the air with suffocating smoke. If the timer runs out (which is highly unlikely), the boiler will be permanently hot and you will have to complete the battle before you suffocate. Pieces of debris amidst the sea of hot coals will offer protection against the heat until it wears off (Old King Coal can't touch them when Banjo and Kazooie stand on those either), but once Old King Coal is down to his last few body parts, the boiler will remain heated indefinitely until he has been defeated, making a quick kill imperative to avoid suffocating. When losing body parts, he initially is unfazed, stating he's at least got another arm, and upon losing that, claiming he won't need arms to beat them anyway. However, once his top half is blown off, he starts showing some concern, when he starts verbally considering that he, Banjo, and Kazooie sit down and negotiate.

Upon defeat, Old King Coal lends Banjo and Kazooie usage of his train, as well as a shiny, golden [[Jiggy]]. However, he also stated that the condition for loaning it was to not hit anything on the train, as he had just polished it. He speaks on behalf of Chuffy and will even drive the train to them if called from another train station. He also appears in Banjoland as a statue and stands on a pile of crates.

==Quotes==

*Are you blind? Chuffy is right in front of you!

*(approaching Chuffy's cab): This is my train control pad.

*'''Kazooie:''' Dunno yet, but we're taking it anyway!

*'''Old King Coal:''' Not unless you beat me first!

==Trivia==

**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 was the only working boss in the beta of [[Bottles' Revenge]], but he cannot be controlled using the normal Bottles' Revenge code.

*Despite his menacing appearance, Old King Coal is considered one of the easiest bosses of all time. This is probably because you need Chuffy the train to advance in the game, and if the battle was too difficult, some players would not have been able to beat the game.

*Old King Coal has the same voice as [[Chief Bloatazin]].

*In the 2003 PS2 videogame War of the Monsters, there is a monster by the name of Magmo, who may have possibly been inspired by Old King Coal. The only exception being that Old King Coal is made of coal, Magmo is made of lava, and Old King Coal only has 2 arms, Magmo has 4, plus multiple eyes.

*As noted by Gruntilda's [[Hag 1]] boss quiz sections, Old King Coal had the second-highest HP amount of the bosses (surpassed only by the Hag 1 itself).

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