One thing I love about Grunty is how her influence makes Banjo and Kazooie into better characters because in Banjo Tooie it’s subtlety revealed that Grunty has control over the the entire island (Its even shown that it’s shaped like her head.) and it definitely feels like it, everyone is pretty much cynical and suffering under her influence, aside from two major people The Jinjo’s (Who are Grunty’s second biggest target after the bear and bird) and of course Banjo and Kazooie, the two of them aren’t epic heroes they’re just two normal people just looking to help people out, never forget the only reason they went to stop Grunty despite living right nearby is because she stole Banjo’s sister. They’re probably the first people that actually stood up to her, and it’s why Tooie expands on this, as the bear and bird explore their island home like never before they bring that helpful nature with them, helping everyone they can meet (For a good jiggy price of course in Kazooies case) and said citizens usually are grateful for the duos efforts, and it probably makes Grunty furious that all her work is being undone by a simple minded honey bear and loudmouth breegull. Sadly this is something I feel is missing from nuts and bolts, because Banjo and Kazooie are basically forced into this gameplay change and made to play by the rules, kind of prevents that helpful nature from coming out, But hey I typed a lot about this fun bear and bird duo so that shows how much I love this series heh.
I've had the same theory for half a year now! With the fact it's called "The isle O' hags" despite the majority of citizens being animals, plus the ruins of King Jingaling's stone statue head in The spiral Mountain of the past from Grunty's revenge, it leads me to believe Gruntilda and her family arrived one day to take over, and as you said it has mostly been done through industrialization (Grunty's industries and the fact she wanted to build acres in Spiral Mountain) I would have to mention tho, that In N&B, Humba mentions how magic has become scarce and that's why she had to take a Blueprint-selling job. It does it slightly, but it shows The winkybunyon's influence over the islands proves to still cause damage. If there were to ever be a next in line, I wonder if the plot would have to do with healing the island and returning it to what it once was since Grunty's gone?
@@FrannyMichelle-xl9mq I think what’s interesting that it’s entirely possible that Humba has no magic skills and just set up shop at the magical pools the isle has, after all Mumbo at least has the excuse of needing the Glowbos for his more powerful spells, Banjo just tosses a glowbo into a pool and that’s all that’s needed for him to transform. Also Mumbo still has his magical abilities in nuts and bolts as well so Humba might be lying to save face.
@@smashers6971 Humba does have a big ol' book of spells behind her chair, so she probably has about the same amount of magical ability as someone like Mingella (who also has to use a book). And I would imagine the various herbs and spices she has around the wigwam would probably contribute to the pool or other kinds of practices she does, mystical or otherwise.
@@joshuareesor1756 I like to think regardless this is the reason Mumbo dislikes her despite him being somewhat a Casanova (As we see with Honey B. and Hot!Grunty), Humba claims that she’s great shaman but Mumbo is actually more advanced than her.
You know, the funniest part is that given thta magic in the Banjo series can canonically transform people- if Grunty was really that good of a witch, i'm sure she could've worked out a way to just make herself more beautiful without stealing it from anyone. It wasn't that she wanted to be more beautiful, its that she was jealous that Tooty was more beautiful then her. 100% The definition of Pride.
The real kicker is that its probably a bit of both. Grunty probably could just use magic to make herself more beautiful, but that wouldn't have been as satisfying as robbing somebody of their looks so it never occurred to her as a solution. Neither did simply cursing Tootie. In typical Gruntilda fashion she went with the most over the top petty method possible as some sort of flex. That or ya know, not even her magic being strong enough was kinda the joke. :P
I like how her skeletal form in B-T reflected her murderous intent in that game. No fairy tale villainy here, her goal in that adventure was straight-up genocide. You know, for kids! 😊
Well she died. She actually got crushed to death under a rock and probably suffocated and starved to death as well if the impact of the rock wasn't enough to mortally wound her. But Grunty couldn't rest so not even death could stop her. She's been pestering Banjo from beyond the grave since Grunty's revenge. She just refuses to go to the afterlife.
If this doesn't get Gruntilda a spot on TV Tropes' Pantheon, I don't know what will. Her vanity, determination, and mighty magic should certainly fit the bill!
Thank you for pointing how unbelievably powerful Gruntilda is compared to the rest of the world she lives in. Those boss fights made sure to remind us that. It something that stuck me in Banjo-kazooie: "she can just... summon the equivalent of missiles AT WILL out of thin air, with no consequences to herself?" Amazing character
Not to mention that if she can delete save files, she can likely end their entire reality in an instant, only refraining from doing so because she would find it anticlimactic and boring unless done as poetic anti-cheat justice.
I like that Gruntilda is implied to act fair because she either is too lazy to really cheat unless challenged or she prefers the theatrics of a fair, no-holds-barred battle despite her banter.
I was honestly expecting the last rhyme of the intro to be "Winkybunion" instead of the meta-joke. Both because it fits, and Grunty is the _last_ person I'd expect to rag on rhyming.
@@thedman1754 When it comes to rhymes, no one beats the witch You want to try? She'll turn off your switch Even now she's coming for me! Someone help, I'm in danger you see!
I'd dream to see a DKC x Banjo Kazooie crossover where Gruntilda and King K. Rool interact with each other. Like- I have a feeling K. Rool would call her something along the lines of "delinquent pile of moss" during their expositions, prompting Gruntilda to immediately dedicate the rest of her arc to building a ginormous weapon of mass destruction in revenge. K. Rool would then naturally dedicate his entire arc to constructing an even more lethal death device (that's wild west themed for some reason) in order to one-up her. The climax would end up being the two of them fighting each other with these gigantic mechs- all the while their creations are broken down from the insides by a bear and bird that had their go-fish session interupted in the midst of all this chaos and a goofy gorilla. What was the point of me writing this entire fanfiction concept? I wish I had an answer. Cool character analysis, by the way!
The lines between the two franchises kind of blurred during development-DK64 had Fungi Forest (known then as Fungus Forest) dumped into it and one stanza cut from Mayahem Temple's music track ended up being the music track for Angry Aztec.
As much as i love K. Rool, i think Gruntilda and Wario would be a better Villainous Egocentric Duo. imagine Wario talking about how great he is compared to everyone else for an entire game while he antagonize Banjo and Kazooie, and other characters as well.
2:20 I disagree with this. You should do these kinds of intros more often if you can. Sets the mood and matches the personality/tone/mood of the subject matter.😊
Glad I'm not the only one, I'll second the claim When creators have woven in poetry to their writing, stops the intro from being plain ... Maybe growing up with Dr. Suess (and Grunty) didn't help
What I love about some of the early N64/PS1 Platformers... is that we didn't know it at the time... but there was some awesome, reflective environmental and level design in them. They were unusually psychologically pertinent for a video game, and we were projecting so much of ourselves into those games as well. I still play Super Mario 64, Banjo-Kazooie, DK64, and heck, even Crash Bandicoot on occassion, and those environments can teach you almost everything about those characters and even the players themselves. Of course, now that the internet has more of a presence in our lives, we know better and we've watched one too many analytical videos lol Bowser in SM64 came of as this omnipotent, frightening eldritch type demon dragon. Ganondorf in Ocarina was this insanely intelligent, father-like political genius. Grunty came of as this envious, jealous, and manipulative teacher or parent - Hansel and Gretel vibes - the devouring mother. I miss those days. What was cool about Banjo-Kazooie is that it's a game that's a fantastic argument for gamification in schools. It literally tests the player on their knowledge at the end of the game. Humorously, her death and becoming a living skeleton is, ironically, exactly what she wanted in the first place - to become better looking or skinnier. What's interesting about Grunty and her sisters in Banjo-Tooie is that they're actually really quite clever, resourceful people. And they know it. They make large drills, towers, technology and more. But because they're so petty, that potential is wasted. It's a spiritual issue, which is hilariously remedied by literal monks shaped like jigsaw pieces. And so you've nailed it with this video. The games are a lesson in overcoming vanity. When your whole life becomes about satisfying yourself, you ironically, and appropriately, sabotage your life. I'd love to see a game where she overcomes her vanity and either teams up with Banjo or become a frightening, unstoppable monster.
I would imagine Gruntilda stopping her feud with Banjo and Kazooie simply because the better villain would literally make indulgence impossible, which is what Gruntilda wants in the first place, and she would announce it like this: “This upstart makes fun impossible By making landscapes inhospitable! No burgers or fries to indulge Nor resources for my tummy bulge! This upstart looks to end all worlds So I ask before life unfurls Bird and bear, help me defeat The villain who lives down the street!” Or something like that
Gruntilda is one of those characters you really enjoyed when you were younger and playing the game. Then years go by, you forget about them, but then something comes along to remind you (Banjo and Kazooie making it into Smash) and all of a sudden you remember: Oh yeah, that fat witch was hilarious!
It’s a real testament to the creative might of Rare back in those days that they were able to take a fairly generic, trope-y witch character concept and turn her into such a deeply endearing, charming and memorable character, erupting with creativity.
I dunno man, I think people who hate rhyming have no idea how _difficult_ it is for the people who have to _write_ all the text for a character who loves to rhyme. Somebody has to come up with a way to communicate all their lines in that fashion, and I respect those who wrote Grunty's lines for that reason. It isn't just the notion that she has a couple silly lines here and there either; she's got plenty to say in conversation with her cauldron at the beginning of the game, and if you make it to Grunty's Furnace Fun, you discover somebody had to write her an _entire solo speech_ in rhyme to introduce the deadly board game. I always give mad props to people who write rhyming text, especially for anything of such notable length.
Through the investment of great time, he made sure that intro would rhyme. I must appreciate his grit, to follow through and do the bit. It did not overstay its course, any more and there'd be remorse. A well made gag for all to see: I watched the intro with great glee.
@@PragmaticAntithesis As did I, I laughed so hard it brought tear to eye! I needed that guffaw after an evening crap, so naught I can do but call "Encore" and clap.
The Banjo Kazooie series has been one of my favorite series ever since my childhood and I have to say the way the Rare Ware team really knew how to reflect Grunty's personality into the game with the effect that she had on the characters. During the first game we saw her try to steal Tooty's beauty to become beautiful as it shows how much her actions would set in motion the events to where Banjo and Kazooie would be possibly the first to stand up to Grunty to put an end to her reign of Spiral Mountain. But she really shows how self personified she was with how many paintings and statues that she had throughout her lair in the first game along with her lair being the shape of her head that shows how highly she thinks of herself. As the sequel to Banjo Kazooie (Banjo Tooie) goes a bit further with the development of the characters that we've met and will meet. After her revival in Banjo Tooie being released from the rock she was buried under she shows how much she isn't just trying to take her revenge out on Banjo Kazooie but also on their other friends and the inhabitants of the Isle O Hags. As her influence on the Isle really shows how far its effected the characters with Grunty planning on sucking away the entire Island of its life energy not caring for who she takes it from to get her body back. Since it really shows with how much she has a grudge against King Jingaling for giving Banjo and Kazooie their first Jiggy in Banjo Tooie. Banjo and Kazooie have shown just how they were normal people who got wrapped into Grunty's antics with Banjo's sister getting kidnapped leading to Banjo and Kazooie rushing to get her back while helping out people who have been affected by Grunty's actions throughout her lair shows their development as heroes. I love how this further developed in the sequel with them helping out everyone who has been affected by Grunty's actions and influence against the Isle while making their way to defeating her again once more. As I wish Nuts n' Bolts would have done better having given Grunty a major role again as the antagonist, but it feels like it just got reduce with how much the game was center around it being a competition for the ownership of spiral. But even in the end it doesn't reduce the fact that the Banjo Kazooie series is still one of the best series out there even if it ended off on one of its not so best games.
Who else thinks that Grunty as an skelleton has a cooler design? I love that about Banjo Tooie, that she is not even a normal witch anymore, it's such an amazing thing
You really under sold how much impact those quiz shows had. sure now in a long post banjo/yooka world they are no shock but in their time they were such a HUGE surprise.
Oh definitely agreed! I think they're amazing character moments for Grunty, huge surprises, and the perfect capstone to Banjo's journeys; what's a better test for a game focused on collection than a boss fight that goes "okay but did you pay attention to EVERYTHING while you were collecting?" It's why I don't think Yooka's quizzes hit in the same way, doesn't quite gel as well with the nonlinear progression of expanding worlds and is too frequent to be a massive, game-spanning final challenge. But make no mistake I ADORE the quizzes!
@iantaakalla8180 I wouldnt say it was THAT bad. Experimental and as a result clunky yes. But it's not like experimental clunk was new to anything rare did on the n64
Very in-character and funny. I definitely, absolutely, totally am not in a state of psychic vulnerability strong enough to believe that a vain witch from a video game could even possibly be part of reality.
Gruntilda Winkybunion’s Vanity is inspired by the Evil Stepmother from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. (Actually the entire game is inspired by Disney.)
It's such a fun little bit, too. She keeps it up and then Mingella says "it's annoying, stop it" while still committing fully to her own Yoda-esque verbal tic, and Grunty simply goes "oh FINE I guess!" Like she's just doing it to show off, it's great.
Also man Gruntilda was such a memorable antagonist like good lord the amount of smack talk she gives you in the first game and the amount of drastic measures she takes in the second game she was fully willing to blow up the entire island like Jesus lady 😱
"What?! He claims that I, the great Gruntilda the witch, is some sort of self-obsessed bi- _uhh no maybe not in a kids game..._ In any case, I would never give this video a like, the one who made it can take a hike!" _-Gruntilda_ (I will, though. It was real good)
I swear i'm being watched. I play some Donkey Kong, there you are. I play some Crash Bandicoot, boom upload. Now there's no way you know I just finished a playthrough of Banjo Kazooie!
Thank you for reminding me why I loved this series so much as a kid. At every step, the games are coated with Grunty's omnipresence. In a way, she IS the story
I think an interesting aspect of Grunty's character is how, throughout the series, she becomes more and more reliant on machines. She starts the series constantly using spells and magic to beguile Banjo and Kazooie when they intrude on her property, and she ends the series basically as a robot building mechanical minions to bully people. Her one real quantifiable success was her incredible magical abilities, and yet she loses all of it, all of herself, in the quest for petty revenge.
Don't worry D4 I love your long monologues and the effort you put into your scripts. Grunty was a top tier villain, basic but with so much personality and very memorable and I'm not just sayign this because her game over slim form made such a strong impression I remember kid me dying intentionally just to see her again not really sure why he liked it so much...
I wouldn't say Solidus is bad, but I would call him a villain who is set up to get repeatedly punked by everyone else in the room and never actually be in control of everything. It works for the themes of MGS2 incredibly well, the final boss essentially being a Patriot Puppet Show, but man. The man even gets abused and toyed with as a living corpse. He just can't stop tripping over himself. Nefarious good is absolute, though. Nefarious very good.
That intro was AMAZING and I'll fully admit, I'm constantly impressed how you commit to the bit. Your love for this game is obvious and endearing, especially when you speak of Grunty's crude interfering. I've always been one to like the villains that are "cool", but you've sold me on those that have the essence of K Rool. I wish you much success in your career in the future, that's coming from your #1 fan and top moocher.
This is a 5-Star video essay, wonderful work. I thought I had nothing else to learn about the BK series as a huge fan and I learned a ton from this, thank you so much! While watching I couldn't help but think about Eric Cartman from South Park a lot. A totally insufferable, petty, simple kid, but one who is extremely powerful if only because of the ridiculous lengths he'll go to get what he wants. Cartman almost seems like the lost grandson of Grunty. Both of them do their job so well that they're very lovable-we love to hate them and they're just great entertaining characters who rock at their roles.
That intro was great! To the comments you showed, I can't really relate. Who doesn't want more fun, more creativity, more aplomb? I think Grunty's just jealous that you are the bomb.
Right, but System Shock was released in '94 and still featured SHODAN. Not in quite AS pronounced a role, but I figured SS2 was a lot stronger of a visual shorthand reference, as the character herself fits the role well!
5, 10, 50, more! So many likes I wish I could give to this video I adore! The intro, sublime! The lore? It’s time is the prime! This video easily made my day! I subscribed so I shall not stray. I can’t wait for more content no matter how far away!
Ok that comment at 2:19 is just mean tho! Don't mind people that say stuff like that! Just thinking of intros like these require a lot of dedication, especially if the rest of the essay also has really amazing quality in writing and presentation. I didn't have a lot of knowledge of Grunty before this, but the fact that not only the world of Banjo is kinda shaped by her actions and how even the cheat codes have "lore meaning" adds a lot to both her character and the charm of the game as a whole Amazing work as always!!!
I would genuinely recommend Kazooie and tooie, the pair are absolutely great games. Just be aware they are collectothons which is not for everyone and the controls are designed around the N64 controller.
I got the good ending in Banjo Kazooie. I thought i lost the game because I died but then I saw a cutscene where Grunthilda changed from a bad witch into a hot chick. I think it is very creative to put the good ending behind dying. No player will expect that!
The real flex is immediately after getting to Treasure Trove Cove: >Unlock the sandcastle >Get Grunty to erase your save >Beat the whole game in one shot
That opening sequence is out of sight! A true show of your writing might. Do not listen to the hater, the troll, lest your videos pay a damning toll. Take pride in your silliness, embrace your wit! Show your commitment to the bit! It’s goofy and wacky, far from a drag; a well and true love letter to this grand hag! …also the rest of the video is great too, but I just wanted to join in with everyone complimenting the intro that you (jokingly or not) seemed so self conscious about!
4:14 Hearing Rocko do his sex chat routine was a real blast from the past. I feel like I've been slimed. Also love the nod to that tiny short channel uploading BK gold, "Facts about BK", if that was where that was from. Maybe give them a shout out?
One thing I like about Grunty isn't that she's stylish or powerful...it's that she's absolutely willing to flex it all. Many witches talk a big game about their power, but ultimately fail to deliver. But Grunty? No, Grunty is always ready to remind those around her of how big a deal she is, and she's always, ALWAYS the most challenging battle in the games she's in, to the point where the first time around, Banjo could only beat her with outside help.
I LOVE THIS VIDEO SO MUCH !!!! Gruntilda is honestly an amazing done villian even though she is so simple, from her rhyming to her game shows, shes so lovable! And the mumbo jokes made me laugh so much 😭😭❤️
Peace be upon you folks, Eid Mubarak, and good morning Design Doc! :D Hearing that intro always makes my day 10x better. It feels like catching a Saturday Morning cartoon. :] Also I LOVE Gruntilda. Even though I never played Banjo Kazooie cuz it was before my time, I absolutely love intimidating but comical villains, especially cuz she reminds me Cackletta, another of my favorite villian. Which reminds me... a Fawful and Cackletta Design Doc would be wonderful :))
Gruntilda scared me as a kid I got to the part where she turned banjo’s sister into a beast I was so traumatized I put the game down and never played it again I got easily spooked as a kid I did the same with the eel from Mario 64 and the og Spider-Man movies The latter two I went back to years later tho Maybe I’ll revisit one dsy
There were many many things I loved about the Banjo-Kazooie series of games. Grunty being a very fun antagonist being one. But also, when I first met King Jingaling, I was like "Best king." His personality was fun.
Whoa Solidus Snake is a bad villain? I’m gonna need to hear that one, because his motives are strong, his performance delightfully hammy but never overboard enough to undermine the themes, and he’s flashy and fun to watch when he fights
It's less that he's a bad villain and more that he's ineffectual. Everything that character does is undercut by someone else beating him to the punch. He is made to be a character of incredible ambition with very little substance to back it up, the idea of a successor to Liquid's villainy that ends up being completely undermined by The Patriots and Ocelot, to the point where he's a final boss basically out of his own desperation to keep relevant. I think that a "buffoon" is an apt description of him. Man thought he was playing chess when he was someone else's pawn at best, and broke free of that the worst out of every single member of Dead Cell.
Banjo Kazooie Characters that got their Power Level Downplayed: Mumbo Jumbo: Can send you to the past. Mingy Jongo: Says he is more powerful than Mumbo Jumbo, should be same level or above. Ghost Pirate: Has a ship that shoots canonballs. Mr Patch: Bigger than a Mansion and can tank grenades. Konga: A literal Giant Gorilla, Probably bigger than any Gorilla in the real world. Banjo: Can dodge canonballs at close distance, can tank a Dinosaur 200 meters taller than the Empire State Building stepping on him, can lift a Relic made of Gold almost his size. Gold is really heavy and Banjo is 5′11, if you calculate that, it's easily heavier than even King Bob Omb, which is heavier than Bowser, Banjo can give Mario a challenge + he can destroy a Giant Metal Robot by rolling and can punch literal spirits. Old King Coal: Has the size of a house. Boggy: Is at the very least 7'01 and is a Bear.
Learing more and more about archetypes and storytelling as I got older, I always wondered how the characters in one of my favorite childhood games, Banjo-Kazooie came to be? Like if the villain always carries out one of the the sins of the hero, how is a laid back bear and a witty bird supposed to work in a story with a vain witch? Almost makes you think the devs rolled with whatever they came up with on the fly. It's not even as if Banjo gets But maybe that disconnect matters? Maybe it makes the game all the more whacky and charming, that the heroes and the villain don't even have anything in common? I wonder if that was the intention of the developers.
Honestly, even as my favorite villain, I mused at the word “flawless” in the thumbnail ascribed to a witch so vile that she kills her own sisters, kidnaps a bearcub for something she could probably accomplish with her own magic, and all the while mock the duo that is on the way to rescue her. But, the more I think about it, it’s the perfect way to describe her. - She uses her dirty secrets (which she subtly takes pride in) essentially as a weapon against Banjo-Kazooie in her game show. - She’s immortal. - The limits to her magic are never explicitly shown, yet she resorts to using her own technology and minions what she most definitely could with sorcery. - She could someone become a busty, orgasmic vixen from extracting the beauty of a prepubescent cub. - She can literally erase the player’s save file. - Even as she devolves from a full-fledged wretched, green witch to just a skull, she finds new ways to terrorize Banjo-Kazooie, all the while maintaining the same style and pride in her MO. Truly a force (and pleasure) to be reckoned with.
Fun Fact: An unused insult Grunty would have been able to throw at you was her mocking Banjo's speed, sighting the dynamic duo's sex-life as the reason. Bonus Fact: According to Gregg Mayles, Banjo and Kazooie are a full-on couple and have canonically mated several times prior to the events of the first game! EXSTRA Bonus Fact: With this information, this implies that Grunty watches the two make love, adding voyeurism to her list of crimes. As if she couldn't be any more of a creep!
considering these people made Candy Kong, Honey B. and ALL of Conkers Bad Fur Day, this detail actually doesn't surprise me in the slightest. But damn the sex must be CRAZY Good if Kazooie is on board with being used as a bludgeoning instrument through most of the adventure.
@@commanderblackheart5856 She did have that line about knowing a place she wants to stick the ice key in the credits if you get all the jiggies... Banjo doesn't really call her out beyond saying her name so maybe hes just embarrassed(embearrassed?).
Fun fact, I wanted this game because I like the water graphics. I enjoyed all of the remixes how Gruntys lair. I played the Mad Monster mansion version for Halloween once, and Gruntys Industries is my favorite level. Also her final boss theme is amazing!!
"A hero is a hero, but everybody loves a good villain."
~ Ferb Fletcher
Everyone who watched _Spaceballs_ can confirm that. Props to Rick Moranis for his performance as Dark Helmet.
So true
“FERB I KNOW WHAT WE’RE DOING TODAY” - Phineas, Ferb’s brain when they wrote this
I feel that in the beginning Banjo was like "Oh, I need to save my sister" and then in the end he's like "I won't rest until that witch is punched"
I think Kazooie has a lot to do with that
@@robertlauncher No, no.
Tooty reminded them the witch needed to beat.
@@badreality2 Oh yeah she did. But Banjo was the one reluctant to go back. Kazooie was like oh yeah, let’s do it
One thing I love about Grunty is how her influence makes Banjo and Kazooie into better characters because in Banjo Tooie it’s subtlety revealed that Grunty has control over the the entire island (Its even shown that it’s shaped like her head.) and it definitely feels like it, everyone is pretty much cynical and suffering under her influence, aside from two major people The Jinjo’s (Who are Grunty’s second biggest target after the bear and bird) and of course Banjo and Kazooie, the two of them aren’t epic heroes they’re just two normal people just looking to help people out, never forget the only reason they went to stop Grunty despite living right nearby is because she stole Banjo’s sister. They’re probably the first people that actually stood up to her, and it’s why Tooie expands on this, as the bear and bird explore their island home like never before they bring that helpful nature with them, helping everyone they can meet (For a good jiggy price of course in Kazooies case) and said citizens usually are grateful for the duos efforts, and it probably makes Grunty furious that all her work is being undone by a simple minded honey bear and loudmouth breegull. Sadly this is something I feel is missing from nuts and bolts, because Banjo and Kazooie are basically forced into this gameplay change and made to play by the rules, kind of prevents that helpful nature from coming out, But hey I typed a lot about this fun bear and bird duo so that shows how much I love this series heh.
I've had the same theory for half a year now!
With the fact it's called "The isle O' hags" despite the majority of citizens being animals, plus the ruins of King Jingaling's stone statue head in The spiral Mountain of the past from Grunty's revenge, it leads me to believe Gruntilda and her family arrived one day to take over, and as you said it has mostly been done through industrialization (Grunty's industries and the fact she wanted to build acres in Spiral Mountain)
I would have to mention tho, that In N&B, Humba mentions how magic has become scarce and that's why she had to take a Blueprint-selling job. It does it slightly, but it shows The winkybunyon's influence over the islands proves to still cause damage.
If there were to ever be a next in line, I wonder if the plot would have to do with healing the island and returning it to what it once was since Grunty's gone?
@@FrannyMichelle-xl9mq I think what’s interesting that it’s entirely possible that Humba has no magic skills and just set up shop at the magical pools the isle has, after all Mumbo at least has the excuse of needing the Glowbos for his more powerful spells, Banjo just tosses a glowbo into a pool and that’s all that’s needed for him to transform. Also Mumbo still has his magical abilities in nuts and bolts as well so Humba might be lying to save face.
@@smashers6971 It's also an interesting point!
@@smashers6971 Humba does have a big ol' book of spells behind her chair, so she probably has about the same amount of magical ability as someone like Mingella (who also has to use a book). And I would imagine the various herbs and spices she has around the wigwam would probably contribute to the pool or other kinds of practices she does, mystical or otherwise.
@@joshuareesor1756 I like to think regardless this is the reason Mumbo dislikes her despite him being somewhat a Casanova (As we see with Honey B. and Hot!Grunty), Humba claims that she’s great shaman but Mumbo is actually more advanced than her.
You know, the funniest part is that given thta magic in the Banjo series can canonically transform people- if Grunty was really that good of a witch, i'm sure she could've worked out a way to just make herself more beautiful without stealing it from anyone. It wasn't that she wanted to be more beautiful, its that she was jealous that Tooty was more beautiful then her. 100% The definition of Pride.
The real kicker is that its probably a bit of both. Grunty probably could just use magic to make herself more beautiful, but that wouldn't have been as satisfying as robbing somebody of their looks so it never occurred to her as a solution. Neither did simply cursing Tootie. In typical Gruntilda fashion she went with the most over the top petty method possible as some sort of flex.
That or ya know, not even her magic being strong enough was kinda the joke. :P
Koozie called Toote an ugly brat.
I like how her skeletal form in B-T reflected her murderous intent in that game. No fairy tale villainy here, her goal in that adventure was straight-up genocide. You know, for kids! 😊
I can't believe Gruntilda started the third Reich o' Hags.
Well she died. She actually got crushed to death under a rock and probably suffocated and starved to death as well if the impact of the rock wasn't enough to mortally wound her. But Grunty couldn't rest so not even death could stop her. She's been pestering Banjo from beyond the grave since Grunty's revenge. She just refuses to go to the afterlife.
If this doesn't get Gruntilda a spot on TV Tropes' Pantheon, I don't know what will.
Her vanity, determination, and mighty magic should certainly fit the bill!
She's basically the Witch version of Snow's White's evil queen......😆
@@DrawciaGleam02 🎶 How could they not add someone so nasty and mean? 🎶
IT HAPPENED!!! 🎉
@@Collie-King Proof?
@@Collie-King
Really? All right!
Thank you for pointing how unbelievably powerful Gruntilda is compared to the rest of the world she lives in. Those boss fights made sure to remind us that. It something that stuck me in Banjo-kazooie: "she can just... summon the equivalent of missiles AT WILL out of thin air, with no consequences to herself?" Amazing character
Not to mention that if she can delete save files, she can likely end their entire reality in an instant, only refraining from doing so because she would find it anticlimactic and boring unless done as poetic anti-cheat justice.
I like that Gruntilda is implied to act fair because she either is too lazy to really cheat unless challenged or she prefers the theatrics of a fair, no-holds-barred battle despite her banter.
"Grunty is reduced to a pathetic talking head."
You mean she gets her own news show?
HIYOOOOOOO!
I was honestly expecting the last rhyme of the intro to be "Winkybunion" instead of the meta-joke. Both because it fits, and Grunty is the _last_ person I'd expect to rag on rhyming.
Oh I think Grunty would gladly rag on rhyming... done by anyone but herself, of course.
@@DesigningFor like she trademarked it or something 😭😭😭
@@thedman1754 When it comes to rhymes, no one beats the witch
You want to try? She'll turn off your switch
Even now she's coming for me!
Someone help, I'm in danger you see!
@@beywheelzhater8930 if you're being chased, I suggest to run, as being captured doesn't sound fun
I'd dream to see a DKC x Banjo Kazooie crossover where Gruntilda and King K. Rool interact with each other.
Like- I have a feeling K. Rool would call her something along the lines of "delinquent pile of moss" during their expositions, prompting Gruntilda to immediately dedicate the rest of her arc to building a ginormous weapon of mass destruction in revenge. K. Rool would then naturally dedicate his entire arc to constructing an even more lethal death device (that's wild west themed for some reason) in order to one-up her.
The climax would end up being the two of them fighting each other with these gigantic mechs- all the while their creations are broken down from the insides by a bear and bird that had their go-fish session interupted in the midst of all this chaos and a goofy gorilla.
What was the point of me writing this entire fanfiction concept? I wish I had an answer. Cool character analysis, by the way!
The lines between the two franchises kind of blurred during development-DK64 had Fungi Forest (known then as Fungus Forest) dumped into it and one stanza cut from Mayahem Temple's music track ended up being the music track for Angry Aztec.
@@JamesDavy2009No wonder Banjo and DK64 music sounded similar. 😃😮
As much as i love K. Rool, i think Gruntilda and Wario would be a better Villainous Egocentric Duo. imagine Wario talking about how great he is compared to everyone else for an entire game while he antagonize Banjo and Kazooie, and other characters as well.
@@banjo9158 And he keeps doing it, no matter how many times Grundy stomps him to the ground.
2:20 I disagree with this. You should do these kinds of intros more often if you can. Sets the mood and matches the personality/tone/mood of the subject matter.😊
Tell if the entire video was in rhyming couplets I would have called it inspired art
It was really charming lol
@@orsonzedd was hoping it was! But I get how that could be super annoying.
Glad I'm not the only one, I'll second the claim
When creators have woven in poetry to their writing, stops the intro from being plain
... Maybe growing up with Dr. Suess (and Grunty) didn't help
Yeah me too, I really liked it
It has always stood out to me just how many times the Jinonator has to slam into her just to barely budge her off the ledge. A truly powerful villain.
What I love about some of the early N64/PS1 Platformers... is that we didn't know it at the time... but there was some awesome, reflective environmental and level design in them. They were unusually psychologically pertinent for a video game, and we were projecting so much of ourselves into those games as well. I still play Super Mario 64, Banjo-Kazooie, DK64, and heck, even Crash Bandicoot on occassion, and those environments can teach you almost everything about those characters and even the players themselves. Of course, now that the internet has more of a presence in our lives, we know better and we've watched one too many analytical videos lol
Bowser in SM64 came of as this omnipotent, frightening eldritch type demon dragon. Ganondorf in Ocarina was this insanely intelligent, father-like political genius. Grunty came of as this envious, jealous, and manipulative teacher or parent - Hansel and Gretel vibes - the devouring mother. I miss those days.
What was cool about Banjo-Kazooie is that it's a game that's a fantastic argument for gamification in schools. It literally tests the player on their knowledge at the end of the game.
Humorously, her death and becoming a living skeleton is, ironically, exactly what she wanted in the first place - to become better looking or skinnier.
What's interesting about Grunty and her sisters in Banjo-Tooie is that they're actually really quite clever, resourceful people. And they know it. They make large drills, towers, technology and more. But because they're so petty, that potential is wasted. It's a spiritual issue, which is hilariously remedied by literal monks shaped like jigsaw pieces.
And so you've nailed it with this video. The games are a lesson in overcoming vanity. When your whole life becomes about satisfying yourself, you ironically, and appropriately, sabotage your life. I'd love to see a game where she overcomes her vanity and either teams up with Banjo or become a frightening, unstoppable monster.
I would imagine Gruntilda stopping her feud with Banjo and Kazooie simply because the better villain would literally make indulgence impossible, which is what Gruntilda wants in the first place, and she would announce it like this:
“This upstart makes fun impossible
By making landscapes inhospitable!
No burgers or fries to indulge
Nor resources for my tummy bulge!
This upstart looks to end all worlds
So I ask before life unfurls
Bird and bear, help me defeat
The villain who lives down the street!”
Or something like that
I’m a simple person, I see Banjo-Kazooie, I click
Same
Same
Same
Same
Do you want to see Gruntildas Sexy Striptease?
Gruntilda is one of those characters you really enjoyed when you were younger and playing the game. Then years go by, you forget about them, but then something comes along to remind you (Banjo and Kazooie making it into Smash) and all of a sudden you remember: Oh yeah, that fat witch was hilarious!
It’s a real testament to the creative might of Rare back in those days that they were able to take a fairly generic, trope-y witch character concept and turn her into such a deeply endearing, charming and memorable character, erupting with creativity.
I dunno man, I think people who hate rhyming have no idea how _difficult_ it is for the people who have to _write_ all the text for a character who loves to rhyme. Somebody has to come up with a way to communicate all their lines in that fashion, and I respect those who wrote Grunty's lines for that reason. It isn't just the notion that she has a couple silly lines here and there either; she's got plenty to say in conversation with her cauldron at the beginning of the game, and if you make it to Grunty's Furnace Fun, you discover somebody had to write her an _entire solo speech_ in rhyme to introduce the deadly board game. I always give mad props to people who write rhyming text, especially for anything of such notable length.
They know to avoid words so infamous. Like silver, purple, orange and scissors; it's so tyrannous.
HOW DID YOU MAKE THAT ENTIRE INTRO RHYME?! YOU ARE A LEGEND!!!
Through perseverance and time.
Of great wordplay, he did bend.
Through the investment of great time, he made sure that intro would rhyme.
I must appreciate his grit, to follow through and do the bit.
It did not overstay its course, any more and there'd be remorse.
A well made gag for all to see: I watched the intro with great glee.
@@PragmaticAntithesis As did I,
I laughed so hard it brought tear to eye!
I needed that guffaw after an evening crap,
so naught I can do but call "Encore" and clap.
The Banjo Kazooie series has been one of my favorite series ever since my childhood and I have to say the way the Rare Ware team really knew how to reflect Grunty's personality into the game with the effect that she had on the characters. During the first game we saw her try to steal Tooty's beauty to become beautiful as it shows how much her actions would set in motion the events to where Banjo and Kazooie would be possibly the first to stand up to Grunty to put an end to her reign of Spiral Mountain. But she really shows how self personified she was with how many paintings and statues that she had throughout her lair in the first game along with her lair being the shape of her head that shows how highly she thinks of herself. As the sequel to Banjo Kazooie (Banjo Tooie) goes a bit further with the development of the characters that we've met and will meet. After her revival in Banjo Tooie being released from the rock she was buried under she shows how much she isn't just trying to take her revenge out on Banjo Kazooie but also on their other friends and the inhabitants of the Isle O Hags. As her influence on the Isle really shows how far its effected the characters with Grunty planning on sucking away the entire Island of its life energy not caring for who she takes it from to get her body back. Since it really shows with how much she has a grudge against King Jingaling for giving Banjo and Kazooie their first Jiggy in Banjo Tooie. Banjo and Kazooie have shown just how they were normal people who got wrapped into Grunty's antics with Banjo's sister getting kidnapped leading to Banjo and Kazooie rushing to get her back while helping out people who have been affected by Grunty's actions throughout her lair shows their development as heroes. I love how this further developed in the sequel with them helping out everyone who has been affected by Grunty's actions and influence against the Isle while making their way to defeating her again once more. As I wish Nuts n' Bolts would have done better having given Grunty a major role again as the antagonist, but it feels like it just got reduce with how much the game was center around it being a competition for the ownership of spiral. But even in the end it doesn't reduce the fact that the Banjo Kazooie series is still one of the best series out there even if it ended off on one of its not so best games.
That was masterful!
Your rhyming is great, it's far from a stain. An intro that perfectly sets up the frame!
The semi-functional villains part was interesting. I only recognize Gnasty Gnorc, the King from Conker, and the old guy from Jumping Flash.
Who else thinks that Grunty as an skelleton has a cooler design? I love that about Banjo Tooie, that she is not even a normal witch anymore, it's such an amazing thing
Heh, she's a lich :p
You really under sold how much impact those quiz shows had. sure now in a long post banjo/yooka world they are no shock but in their time they were such a HUGE surprise.
Oh definitely agreed! I think they're amazing character moments for Grunty, huge surprises, and the perfect capstone to Banjo's journeys; what's a better test for a game focused on collection than a boss fight that goes "okay but did you pay attention to EVERYTHING while you were collecting?" It's why I don't think Yooka's quizzes hit in the same way, doesn't quite gel as well with the nonlinear progression of expanding worlds and is too frequent to be a massive, game-spanning final challenge. But make no mistake I ADORE the quizzes!
@@DesigningFor 100% The Yooka ones were mishandled.
The first Yooka game failed so badly at being a Banjo-like it had to become a DKC-like with meta elements to stay afloat.
@iantaakalla8180 I wouldnt say it was THAT bad. Experimental and as a result clunky yes. But it's not like experimental clunk was new to anything rare did on the n64
Did no one else realize D4 made the intro exactly 2:55 long in accordance with the sassy “Video starts at” comment he got?
Hats off, good sir!
Oh, are we doing a villain theme? Man, I can get behind all this!
Video starts at 26:11, only then will you be graced with heaven.
This essay dares to tarnish Grunty's name, do not dare imply I'm- err... She's vain.
Very in-character and funny. I definitely, absolutely, totally am not in a state of psychic vulnerability strong enough to believe that a vain witch from a video game could even possibly be part of reality.
Gruntilda Winkybunion’s Vanity is inspired by the Evil Stepmother from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. (Actually the entire game is inspired by Disney.)
The more you know~!
@@Trevthehedgehog7 🌈⭐🦚
With a dark twist.😃
Evil Queen. The stepmother thing is from Cinderella.
@@Dingghis_Khaan wasn't she also her stepmother?
Did everyone forget that Gruntilda just dropped the whole rhyming thing in the sequel?
It's such a fun little bit, too. She keeps it up and then Mingella says "it's annoying, stop it" while still committing fully to her own Yoda-esque verbal tic, and Grunty simply goes "oh FINE I guess!" Like she's just doing it to show off, it's great.
Gruntilda really is an extra person who wants to always stand out, isn’t she?
Also man Gruntilda was such a memorable antagonist like good lord the amount of smack talk she gives you in the first game and the amount of drastic measures she takes in the second game she was fully willing to blow up the entire island like Jesus lady 😱
"What?! He claims that I, the great Gruntilda the witch, is some sort of self-obsessed bi- _uhh no maybe not in a kids game..._
In any case, I would never give this video a like, the one who made it can take a hike!"
_-Gruntilda_
(I will, though. It was real good)
I swear i'm being watched. I play some Donkey Kong, there you are. I play some Crash Bandicoot, boom upload. Now there's no way you know I just finished a playthrough of Banjo Kazooie!
Love the Grunty's Revenge coverage but we needed 10 minutes about her Banjo Pilot role and where it fits in the timeline.
Thank you for reminding me why I loved this series so much as a kid. At every step, the games are coated with Grunty's omnipresence. In a way, she IS the story
Great video, great intro. Happy 25th Anniversary Gruntilda Winkybunion.
Gruntilda is like wario if he can fly and rhyme while at it
She makes him look like a saint!
I ship them
Dear god it's been 25 years. The Banjo games are still more special to me than any other games I've ever played.
I think an interesting aspect of Grunty's character is how, throughout the series, she becomes more and more reliant on machines. She starts the series constantly using spells and magic to beguile Banjo and Kazooie when they intrude on her property, and she ends the series basically as a robot building mechanical minions to bully people. Her one real quantifiable success was her incredible magical abilities, and yet she loses all of it, all of herself, in the quest for petty revenge.
Don't worry D4 I love your long monologues and the effort you put into your scripts. Grunty was a top tier villain, basic but with so much personality and very memorable and I'm not just sayign this because her game over slim form made such a strong impression I remember kid me dying intentionally just to see her again not really sure why he liked it so much...
"Solidus bad, Nefarious good" is certainly an...interesting take.
I wouldn't say Solidus is bad, but I would call him a villain who is set up to get repeatedly punked by everyone else in the room and never actually be in control of everything. It works for the themes of MGS2 incredibly well, the final boss essentially being a Patriot Puppet Show, but man. The man even gets abused and toyed with as a living corpse. He just can't stop tripping over himself.
Nefarious good is absolute, though. Nefarious very good.
That intro was AMAZING and I'll fully admit, I'm constantly impressed how you commit to the bit.
Your love for this game is obvious and endearing, especially when you speak of Grunty's crude interfering.
I've always been one to like the villains that are "cool", but you've sold me on those that have the essence of K Rool.
I wish you much success in your career in the future, that's coming from your #1 fan and top moocher.
I love your videos! Thank you so much for covering my favourite Character of all time!
Grunty may be your favorite character of all time, but darn it! You forgot to make her rhyme!
Are we just not gonna talk about that kick-ass Dr. Seuss rhyme in the intro?
This is a 5-Star video essay, wonderful work. I thought I had nothing else to learn about the BK series as a huge fan and I learned a ton from this, thank you so much!
While watching I couldn't help but think about Eric Cartman from South Park a lot. A totally insufferable, petty, simple kid, but one who is extremely powerful if only because of the ridiculous lengths he'll go to get what he wants. Cartman almost seems like the lost grandson of Grunty. Both of them do their job so well that they're very lovable-we love to hate them and they're just great entertaining characters who rock at their roles.
That intro was great! To the comments you showed, I can't really relate. Who doesn't want more fun, more creativity, more aplomb? I think Grunty's just jealous that you are the bomb.
Banjo-Kazooie was first released back in 1998 and System Shock 2 was first released back in 1999 at: 6:36.
Right, but System Shock was released in '94 and still featured SHODAN. Not in quite AS pronounced a role, but I figured SS2 was a lot stronger of a visual shorthand reference, as the character herself fits the role well!
@@DesigningFor you’re right, it was released during the same exact year as Donkey Kong Country.
5, 10, 50, more! So many likes I wish I could give to this video I adore!
The intro, sublime! The lore? It’s time is the prime!
This video easily made my day! I subscribed so I shall not stray. I can’t wait for more content no matter how far away!
Grunty was my first video game crush, and that was BEFORE I ever got a Game Over screen.
Dude, right off the bat, I’m hooked. I’m so glad I decided to try this video. Can’t wait to try your other “Designing for...” videos 😁
This is why I Love “Designing For”..
HE DID A WHOLE RHYME FOR A INTRO.
FOR A POLYGON WITCH.
Amazing, Truly Amazing.
There's a lot of reasons Gruntilda is my favorite video game villain of all time.
Won’t you think this video would get pulled, because this idea is pretty bold
Ok that comment at 2:19 is just mean tho!
Don't mind people that say stuff like that! Just thinking of intros like these require a lot of dedication, especially if the rest of the essay also has really amazing quality in writing and presentation.
I didn't have a lot of knowledge of Grunty before this, but the fact that not only the world of Banjo is kinda shaped by her actions and how even the cheat codes have "lore meaning" adds a lot to both her character and the charm of the game as a whole
Amazing work as always!!!
Never played the Banjo games but Gruntilda makes me want to
I would genuinely recommend Kazooie and tooie, the pair are absolutely great games. Just be aware they are collectothons which is not for everyone and the controls are designed around the N64 controller.
Don’t play tooie. It sucks. Literally only the first game’s good.
Nuts & Bolts was basically the inspiration for Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom.
“Oooo purple striped socks the pinnacle of character expression” um. Yes actually that sounds about right to me lmao
I see symbolic logic behind it.
“I’m just mad, okay” is a whole vibe.
I got the good ending in Banjo Kazooie. I thought i lost the game because I died but then I saw a cutscene where Grunthilda changed from a bad witch into a hot chick. I think it is very creative to put the good ending behind dying. No player will expect that!
This is the best video of Gruntilda. Thank you for it!
The real flex is immediately after getting to Treasure Trove Cove:
>Unlock the sandcastle
>Get Grunty to erase your save
>Beat the whole game in one shot
That was quite a good history of Gruntilda. She is such a memorable villain in video game history and she has the most memorable lair.
Grunty's look in Tooie is shockingly well animated for an N64 game.
I liked the starting rhyming thing. It was fun and you should've done more. It had the vibe of things.
That opening sequence is out of sight! A true show of your writing might.
Do not listen to the hater, the troll, lest your videos pay a damning toll.
Take pride in your silliness, embrace your wit! Show your commitment to the bit!
It’s goofy and wacky, far from a drag; a well and true love letter to this grand hag!
…also the rest of the video is great too, but I just wanted to join in with everyone complimenting the intro that you (jokingly or not) seemed so self conscious about!
Never forget Grunty was on the cover of Fat Hag Monthly.
I love this channel and I thank you immensely for keeping your channel going.😊
13:18-13:27 Breaking Banjo was hilarious
4:14 Hearing Rocko do his sex chat routine was a real blast from the past. I feel like I've been slimed.
Also love the nod to that tiny short channel uploading BK gold, "Facts about BK", if that was where that was from. Maybe give them a shout out?
Dang, not even a week since the Cortex video, and we already get a video on ANOTHER 3D platformer villain from the mid-to-late 90s? Good stuff!
One thing I like about Grunty isn't that she's stylish or powerful...it's that she's absolutely willing to flex it all.
Many witches talk a big game about their power, but ultimately fail to deliver. But Grunty? No, Grunty is always ready to remind those around her of how big a deal she is, and she's always, ALWAYS the most challenging battle in the games she's in, to the point where the first time around, Banjo could only beat her with outside help.
9:30 the total distortion *dead* had me rolling
I LOVE THIS VIDEO SO MUCH !!!! Gruntilda is honestly an amazing done villian even though she is so simple, from her rhyming to her game shows, shes so lovable! And the mumbo jokes made me laugh so much 😭😭❤️
Oh my fucking God. That intro. I love it. I love it so fucking much. XD
I enjoyed the rhyming intro.
And the rest of the video.
Peace be upon you folks, Eid Mubarak, and good morning Design Doc! :D Hearing that intro always makes my day 10x better. It feels like catching a Saturday Morning cartoon. :] Also I LOVE Gruntilda. Even though I never played Banjo Kazooie cuz it was before my time, I absolutely love intimidating but comical villains, especially cuz she reminds me Cackletta, another of my favorite villian. Which reminds me... a Fawful and Cackletta Design Doc would be wonderful :))
Gruntilda scared me as a kid I got to the part where she turned banjo’s sister into a beast I was so traumatized I put the game down and never played it again
I got easily spooked as a kid I did the same with the eel from Mario 64 and the og Spider-Man movies
The latter two I went back to years later tho
Maybe I’ll revisit one dsy
If Unagi scared you, the piano from Big Boo's Haunt is even scarier.
@@JamesDavy2009it’s less about the eel itself and more about what lurks in deep waters
@@madnessarcade7447 That is known as thalassophobia-a fear of the ocean, especially of the depths from the mesopelagic zone and downwards.
@@JamesDavy2009true
@@JamesDavy2009also the fear of drowning cuz I can’t swim past five feet
Quality rhyming. I quite like the timing.
My head will continue to ring with this rhyming thing...
Your rhyming is GENIUS , DONT STOP
Hey dude thank you for making this video ,grunty is one of my favorite female villains out their
She is an evil baddie and her rhyming is really clever fun and funny in the fist game aka banjo and kazooie
"Why do I talk all the time? It's really hard to make these rhyme!"
yep i remember that game over...i never like losing but Grunty's glow up sure made it hurt alot less..
There were many many things I loved about the Banjo-Kazooie series of games.
Grunty being a very fun antagonist being one. But also, when I first met King Jingaling, I was like "Best king." His personality was fun.
Whoa Solidus Snake is a bad villain? I’m gonna need to hear that one, because his motives are strong, his performance delightfully hammy but never overboard enough to undermine the themes, and he’s flashy and fun to watch when he fights
It's less that he's a bad villain and more that he's ineffectual. Everything that character does is undercut by someone else beating him to the punch. He is made to be a character of incredible ambition with very little substance to back it up, the idea of a successor to Liquid's villainy that ends up being completely undermined by The Patriots and Ocelot, to the point where he's a final boss basically out of his own desperation to keep relevant. I think that a "buffoon" is an apt description of him. Man thought he was playing chess when he was someone else's pawn at best, and broke free of that the worst out of every single member of Dead Cell.
@@DesigningFor Ineffectual kinda describes every character aside from Ocelot and Vamp in MGS2
Banjo Kazooie is now 25 years old? Holy cow.
So much passion and creativity in this video. Love it! And I say that as someone who has never played these games (but always wanted to).
Ahh, one of the best channels on TH-cam.
lmao that rhyming part was perfect
Excellent video! I never knew there was so much depth behind Grundy!
Not even halfway through but damn this is good!
Your content is top tier 👌 never stop love to see/hear your passion!!!!!
Banjo Kazooie Characters that got their Power Level Downplayed:
Mumbo Jumbo: Can send you to the past.
Mingy Jongo: Says he is more powerful than Mumbo Jumbo, should be same level or above.
Ghost Pirate: Has a ship that shoots canonballs.
Mr Patch: Bigger than a Mansion and can tank grenades.
Konga: A literal Giant Gorilla, Probably bigger than any Gorilla in the real world.
Banjo: Can dodge canonballs at close distance, can tank a Dinosaur 200 meters taller than the Empire State Building stepping on him, can lift a Relic made of Gold almost his size. Gold is really heavy and Banjo is 5′11, if you calculate that, it's easily heavier than even King Bob Omb, which is heavier than Bowser, Banjo can give Mario a challenge + he can destroy a Giant Metal Robot by rolling and can punch literal spirits.
Old King Coal: Has the size of a house.
Boggy: Is at the very least 7'01 and is a Bear.
the book part at the start is so good
I'm stuck by how much you've improved at making videos. Great Work!
His quality really shot up in recent years!
I watched the Cortex video just a bit ago so this is very well timed. You love to see it, banger video!
Learing more and more about archetypes and storytelling as I got older, I always wondered how the characters in one of my favorite childhood games, Banjo-Kazooie came to be?
Like if the villain always carries out one of the the sins of the hero, how is a laid back bear and a witty bird supposed to work in a story with a vain witch? Almost makes you think the devs rolled with whatever they came up with on the fly. It's not even as if Banjo gets
But maybe that disconnect matters? Maybe it makes the game all the more whacky and charming, that the heroes and the villain don't even have anything in common?
I wonder if that was the intention of the developers.
banjo got the click
the intro earned the subscription
Video starts at 0:00
Ah yes. Thank you. I couldn't find when it started
Honestly, even as my favorite villain, I mused at the word “flawless” in the thumbnail ascribed to a witch so vile that she kills her own sisters, kidnaps a bearcub for something she could probably accomplish with her own magic, and all the while mock the duo that is on the way to rescue her. But, the more I think about it, it’s the perfect way to describe her.
- She uses her dirty secrets (which she subtly takes pride in) essentially as a weapon against Banjo-Kazooie in her game show.
- She’s immortal.
- The limits to her magic are never explicitly shown, yet she resorts to using her own technology and minions what she most definitely could with sorcery.
- She could someone become a busty, orgasmic vixen from extracting the beauty of a prepubescent cub.
- She can literally erase the player’s save file.
- Even as she devolves from a full-fledged wretched, green witch to just a skull, she finds new ways to terrorize Banjo-Kazooie, all the while maintaining the same style and pride in her MO.
Truly a force (and pleasure) to be reckoned with.
Fun Fact: An unused insult Grunty would have been able to throw at you was her mocking Banjo's speed, sighting the dynamic duo's sex-life as the reason.
Bonus Fact: According to Gregg Mayles, Banjo and Kazooie are a full-on couple and have canonically mated several times prior to the events of the first game!
EXSTRA Bonus Fact: With this information, this implies that Grunty watches the two make love, adding voyeurism to her list of crimes.
As if she couldn't be any more of a creep!
Fireworks for the Banjo X Kazooie shippers, their pairing became the OTP!
considering these people made Candy Kong, Honey B. and ALL of Conkers Bad Fur Day, this detail actually doesn't surprise me in the slightest.
But damn the sex must be CRAZY Good if Kazooie is on board with being used as a bludgeoning instrument through most of the adventure.
@@sasaki999pro She could be a masochist.
@@sasaki999pro She canonically likes it rough
@@commanderblackheart5856 She did have that line about knowing a place she wants to stick the ice key in the credits if you get all the jiggies... Banjo doesn't really call her out beyond saying her name so maybe hes just embarrassed(embearrassed?).
Fun fact, I wanted this game because I like the water graphics. I enjoyed all of the remixes how Gruntys lair. I played the Mad Monster mansion version for Halloween once, and Gruntys Industries is my favorite level. Also her final boss theme is amazing!!
2 VIDEOS IN ONE WEEK HOLY 💩
ROCK! 8:58