Editing Banjo

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:''For fighter info, see [[Banjo & Kazooie (SSBU)]].''

|name=Banjo & Kazooie

|image=[[File:Banjo and Kazooie.png|250px]]

|caption=[[File:BanjoKazooieSymbol.svg|50px]]

Official artwork of Banjo and Kazooie from ''Banjo-Tooie''.

|universe=''{{uv|Banjo-Kazooie}}''

|firstgame='''Banjo:'''<br>''{{iw|mariowiki|Diddy Kong Racing}}'' (1997)<br>'''Kazooie:'''<br>''{{iw|wikipedia|Banjo-Kazooie}}'' (1998)

|lastappearance=''{{iw|wikipedia|Rare Replay}}'' (2015)

|console= Nintendo 64

|gender      = Male (Banjo) <br>Female (Kazooie)

|species      = Bear (Banjo) <br>Breegull (Kazooie)

|placeoforigin= Spiral Mountain

'''Banjo''' ({{ja|バンジョー|Banjō}}, ''Banjo'') and '''Kazooie''' ({{ja|カズーイ|Kazūi}}, ''Kazooie'') are the main protagonists of the eponymous {{uv|Banjo-Kazooie}} series.

==Character Description==

Banjo is a laid-back, well-mannered honey bear who loves honey and, as his name suggests, playing his banjo. He is generally non-confrontational, desiring peace and quiet, and he often helps those in need, but he is strong enough to defend himself if need be. He is a foil to Kazooie, his best friend whom he goes on adventures with. Kazooie is a Red Crested Breegull, a species of bird known for fast running speeds and flight abilities. She lives in his backpack and is much more rude and brash than Banjo, often making sarcastic and inappropriate remarks about the people they meet. They live in a small house near the foot of [[Spiral Mountain]] on Isle O' Hags.

Their first adventure together saw them trying to rescue Banjo's little sister, Tooty, from the clutches of the evil witch [[Gruntilda]], also known as Grunty, who wishes to use a machine to steal her looks to become the fairest woman in all the land. Throughout the duo's journey in the witch's lair, they get help from the shaman Mumbo Jumbo, who turns them into various animals, and Bottles the mole, who teaches them new moves. Banjo and Kazooie eventually battle Grunty at the top of her lair's tower, ultimately summoning the Jinjonator to push her off the tower to her doom; she crashes into the ground and is buried by debris from her tower.

Two months later, in ''Grunty's Revenge'', her ogre-like minion Klungo makes a robotic body for her spirit to possess; Mecha-Grunty kidnaps Kazooie and travels 20 years in the past to stop the two from meeting, thus preventing her defeat. Mumbo uses his magic to send Banjo back in time and stop her, which he eventually does, saving Kazooie and sending Grunty's spirit back to the future into her real body underground, restoring the timeline back to normal.

Two years later in ''Banjo-Tooie'', Grunty's sisters appear and use magic to unbury Grunty, who has been reduced to nothing but bones. Grunty casts a powerful spell to destroy Banjo's house while Banjo, Kazooie, Mumbo, and Bottles are in the middle of a card game; the former three escape before the spell hits the house, but Bottles is killed in the explosion. Grunty wants her flesh back, so she and her sisters use a giant laser called the Big-O-Blaster (B.O.B.) to suck the life out of the inhabitants of the island. After using it once, the laser requires much more time to recharge before it is ready to be used again. Banjo and Kazooie set out to both avenge Bottles and stop Grunty. Bottles' role is filled by his brother Jamjars, and Mumbo takes a more active role in the adventure, with transformations instead being done by Mumbo's rival, the shamaness Humba Wumba. Banjo and Kazooie eventually defeat Grunty and use B.O.B. to revive Bottles.

Eight years later in ''Nuts & Bolts'', the duo becomes lazy and out of shape from their lack of exercise. Grunty reappears as just a skull, but before they can fight, they are interrupted of the Lord of Games (L.O.G.), creator of all video games. He creates a series of racing challenges for Banjo and Kazooie to go through, and the pair eventually battle and defeat Grunty in spite of her new robotic body, who is forced to work in L.O.G.'s video game factory.

In all their adventures together, Banjo and Kazooie demonstrate a close synergy through the fact that their many moves require some kind of teamwork, though Kazooie is usually the one taking the most physical abuse. ''Banjo-Tooie'' introduced a mechanic that let them separate should they stand on specially marked pads, giving each of them access to exclusive moves.

===As playable characters===

[[File:Banjo & Kazooie SSBU.png|thumb|left|Banjo & Kazooie, as they appear in ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''.]]

Banjo and Kazooie were announced as playable fighters, alongside the [[Hero]], during the E3 2019 [[Nintendo Direct]] on June 11, 2019.

==Trivia==

**Currently, Banjo and Kazooie are the only third-party characters to be created outside Japan.

*They are the first characters in ''Smash Bros.'' to belong to a current console rival of Nintendo, Microsoft.

*If one treats the [[Hero]] as titles without distinguishing individuals, Banjo and Kazooie are currently the only third party characters to debut on a Nintendo home system other than the NES, the [[Nintendo 64]].

*Banjo and [[Diddy Kong]] have previously met before in ''{{s|mariowiki|Diddy Kong Racing}}''.

**Banjo and Kazooie also appeared in the Xbox 360 version of ''Sonic and Sega All-Stars Racing'' along with Sonic, [[Tails]], [[Knuckles]], [[Shadow]], [[Akira Yuki]] and [[Jacky Bryant]].

**Banjo also appeared alongside the ''Mario'' characters as a skin in ''Minecraft''.

*Banjo is the second playable character to originate in a {{uv|Donkey Kong}} series game, but to not be classified as part of the ''Donkey Kong'' universe, the first being [[Mario]].

*Kazooie is the fourth playable bird in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series following [[Falco Lombardi|Falco]], [[King Dedede]], and the duck in [[Duck Hunt]] as well as the first third party bird character.

*Unlike [[Bowser]], [[Donkey Kong]], Diddy Kong and King K. Rool, Banjo and Kazooie retain their voice actor from their home franchise. They share this trait with [[Yoshi]], who is voiced by {{s|mariowiki|Kazumi Totaka}}, and [[Bowser Jr.]] and the [[Koopalings]], who are all voiced by their respective ''Mario'' series actors.

==External links==

*[https://banjokazooiewiki.com/wiki/Banjo Banjo] on Jiggywikki

*[https://banjokazooiewiki.com/wiki/Kazooie Kazooie] on Jiggywikki

[[Category:Banjo & Kazooie]]

[[Category:Third party characters]]