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Terrarium of Terror
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| Game appearance(s) | Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts |
| Theme | Plant-filled space station |
| Jiggy requirement | ACT 1: 46 ACT 2: 51 ACT 3: 65 ACT 4: 70 ACT 5: 90 |
The Terrarium of Terror is a location in Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts.
Features and overview[edit]
The Terrarium of Terror is the fifth Game World of Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts. It is a large terrarium floating in outer space, made up of interconnecting tubes and chambers filled with many overgrown plants.
Starring[edit]
- Klungo as The Unlikely Entrepreneur
- Captain Blubber as The Dashing Adventurer
- Pikelet as The Mercenary Mercenary
- Humba Wumba as The Mooning Conservationist
- Boggy as The Alleged Extra-Terrestrial
- And Jolly Dodger as The Docile, Dithering, Doormat, Droid
ACT 1[edit]
Jiggy Challenges[edit]
Need for Seed
- Player's Choice
- Game Host: Klungo
- Klungo's discovered a rare and delicate floatberry fruit seed that he wants to plant. You'll need a vehicle to carry the seed and some way of keeping it moist along the way.
Bear's Eye View
- L.O.G.'s Choice
- Game Host: Humba Wumba
- The researchers need to send a volunteer up to a vantage point to check out the surroundings. That volunteer is you. Find a vehicle capable of taking you high.
Jinjo Challenges[edit]
Jinjo Combat
- Player's Choice
- Game Host: Blue Jinjo
- Jinjo Combat: Indulge the Jinjo in a one-on-one sumo-style battle. The aim being to push your opponent out of the area before you're pushed out yourself.
Jinjo Speed
- Player's Choice
- Game Host: Blue Jinjo
- Jinjo Speed: This demanding Jinjo wants to see you achieve a certain speed, so hit the accelerator and try to reach the target on your speedometer.
ACT 2[edit]
Jiggy Challenges[edit]
Flashy Fly-Off
- Player's Choice
- Game Host: Captain Blubber
- Cap'n Flash McBlubber wants to prove his piloting ability over a land- and air-based race. If you don't have any vehicles equipped for both, maybe you can find some along the way.
Berry Ripe Indeed
- Player's Choice
- Game Host: Klungo
- The floatberry fruits require ripening. Fortunately all they need is some water, so bring a vehicle capable of reaching the fruits and getting them into contact with water.
The Saucer of Peril Returns
- L.O.G.'s Choice
- Game Host: Boggy
- An old favorite, or a blatant rehash? Regardless, you'll be climbing on board the trusty Saucer of Peril to blast some planets to pieces. Different colors are worth different scores.
Great Balls of Gas
- Player's Choice
- Game Host: Boggy
- A toxic fungus is poisoning the atmosphere and must be taken up high before it implodes. It gets heavier as it rises, so you'll need a powerful lifting or carrying vehicle.
Intergalactic Binman
- Player's Choice
- Game Host: Humba Wumba
- Grunty has dumped a load of 1980s space junk in the terrarium. Gather up this rubbish with a pushing or carrying vehicle and throw it in the airlock to get rid of it.
Germ Warfare
- L.O.G.'s Choice
- Game Host: Pikelet
- Grunty has lured odd-looking germs from the Dhogzit system into the terrarium. Take to the air and blast them out of existence before they spread all manner of unpleasant diseases.
Taxi of Terror
- Player's Choice
- Game Host: Jolly Dodger
- Pick up the researchers and take them to their areas of research interest. A vehicle with lots of passenger seats will be required to ferry this bunch of misfits.
Jinjo Challenges[edit]
Jinjo Race
- Player's Choice
- Game Host: Red Jinjo
- Jinjo Race: The Jinjo gets to choose the racetrack and number of laps, but try to reach the finish line first anyway. This Jinjo is aquatic, so I suggest a vehicle that does well in water.
Jinjo Taxi
- L.O.G.'s Choice
- Game Host: Green Jinjo
- Jinjo Taxi: This Jinjo needs to reach a new destination within a time limit. The Gruntbots have stolen the taxi's engine, so you'll have to roll there without any power.
ACT 3[edit]
Jiggy Challenges[edit]
Time for a Cuppa
- L.O.G.'s Choice
- Game Host: Jolly Dodger
- It's snack time in the terrarium, with tea and biscuits to be delivered. Each researcher only needs one item, but this will still require a vehicle capable of carrying many objects.
Super Sally
- L.O.G.'s Choice
- Game Host: Captain Blubber
- Flash has taken delivery of Sally, a top of the range moon buggy. He's been sampling the Floatberry juice, so a test driver must complete a time trial course to ensure Sally runs smoothly.
Hovering Harvest
- Player's Choice
- Game Host: Klungo
- The Floatberries are finally ripe, so now they must be gathered. The fruit floats high above the collector, so you'll need a flying vehicle capable of pushing or pulling it down.
Flower Power Shower
- Player's Choice
- Game Host: Pikelet
- The mysterious flower at the top of the terrarium is about to spew out Gruntbot trouble. Load up a vehicle with all your weapons and ammo, and blast them out of the sky!
Family Misfortunes
- Player's Choice
- Game Host: Boggy
- A member of B-066Y's so-called family is stranded far from the cooling waters deep beneath the plant. To reunite them you'll need a casket-carrying vehicle capable of going underwater.
Jinjo Tokens[edit]
Jinjo Race
- Player's Choice
- Game Host: Orange Jinjo
- Jinjo Race: The Jinjo gets to choose the racetrack and number of laps, but try to reach the finish line first anyway. This is a land-based race.
Jinjo Fetch
- Player's Choice
- Game Host: Red Jinjo
- Jinjo Fetch: These creatures can be remarkably clumsy. Listen to the tale of woe then set out to find and retrieve the misplaced item. I'd recommend a vehicle that can take to the air this time.
Jinjo Hurling
- Player's Choice
- Game Host: Orange Jinjo
- Jinjo Hurling: For whatever reason, this Jinjo wishes to be propelled as far as possible. You can oblige with a forceful collision.
ACT 4[edit]
Jiggy Challenges[edit]
Space Bandits Ahoy!
- Player's Choice
- Game Host: Captain Blubber
- The galaxy-plundering space pirates have invaded! Round up these spherical brigands with a herding or carrying vehicle, them expel them through the airlock.
Uranus Mud Monsters
- Player's Choice
- Game Host: Klungo
- The affable Mud Monsters have strayed into the water they hate so much. You'll need a land- and water-based pushing or carrying vehicle to help them back onto dry land.
To Boldy Go... Anywhere
- Player's Choice
- Game Host: Pikelet
- The ultimate racing triathlon requires a vehicle capable of running on land, water and in the air. You'll need to get your creative building hat on if you want to win this one.
No-Armed Bandits
- L.O.G.'s Choice
- Game Host: Humba Wumba
- The unconvincing space pirates are back, and there's going to be trouble. Trouble for them, that is, once you arm up a vehicle with weapons and ammo and blow them to pieces!
Jinjo Tokens[edit]
Jinjo Fetch: Water
- Player's Choice
- Game Host: Yellow Jinjo
- Jinjo Fetch: These creatures can be remarkably clumsy. Listen to the tale of woe then set out to find and retrieve the misplaced item. Water is involved in this one, so choose your vehicle accordingly.
Jinjo Taxi: Jet
- L.O.G.'s Choice
- Game Host: Purple Jinjo
- Jinjo Taxi: This Jinjo needs to reach a new destination within a time limit. The Jinjo leads a hectic lifestyle and has to get there A.S.A.P., hence the jet-powered taxi.
Jinjo Race
- Player's Choice
- Game Host: Red Jinjo
- Jinjo Race: The Jinjo gets to choose the racetrack and number of laps, but try to reach the finish line first anyway. This is a land-based race.
ACT 5[edit]
Jiggy Challenges[edit]
Unpleasant Fat Oaf
- Player's Choice
- Game Host: Gruntilda
- Grunty's gas-guzzling U.F.O. is belching fumes into the fragile ecosystem. You'll need a flying vehicle with an attacking ability to blast her out of the seat. If you can find her...
Jinjo Tokens[edit]
Jinjo Hurling
- Player's Choice
- Game Host: Purple Jinjo
- Jinjo Hurling: For whatever reason, this Jinjo wishes to be propelled as far as possible. You can oblige with a forceful collision.
Jinjo Taxi: Torpedile
- L.O.G.'s Choice
- Game Host: Yellow Jinjo
- Jinjo Taxi: This Jinjo needs to reach a new destination within a time limit. Trouble is expected along the way, so this taxi is armed with the mighty torpedile.
Jinjo Combat
- Player's Choice
- Game Host: Green Jinjo
- Jinjo Combat: Indulge the Jinjo in a one-on-one sumo-style battle. The aim being to push your opponent out of the area before you're pushed out yourself.
Jinjo Fetch
- Player's Choice
- Game Host: Purple Jinjo
- Jinjo Fetch: These creatures can be remarkably clumsy. Listen to the tale of woe then set out to find and retrieve the misplaced item. A land-based vehicle should do the job nicely.
Jinjo Speed
- Player's Choice
- Game Host: Yellow Jinjo
- Jinjo Speed: This demanding Jinjo wants to see you achieve a certain speed, so hit the accelerator and try to reach the target on your speedometer.
Nomenclature[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Italian | Terrario del Terrore | Terrarium of Terror |
| Japanese | ドキドキエコぷらねっと | Heart-Pounding Eco Planet |
| Spanish | Terrario del terror | Terrarium of terror |
Trivia[edit]
- The Terrarium of Terror's introduction sequence parodies Lost in Space.
- The Terrarium of Terror's theme includes segments from the Mad Monster Mansion theme from Banjo-Kazooie.
- The vehicle used by Pikelet in "To Boldly Go... Anywhere," the Enterprising Millennial Liberator, references the Starship Enterprise, the Millennium Falcon and the Liberator.
- Outside the Terrarium of Terror, a flying ship advertising the Witchyworld, Snacker's Loan, Klungo's Floaty Fruit Juice and Uranus can be seen.
- The several pieces of "1980s space junk" found throughout the Terrarium of Terror reference other Rare Ltd. games. The "U 1" rockets reference Jetpac and the deactivated robots with the number 8 in them reference the protagonist of Alien 8.
