At the estate we were watching TV and playing card games and board games. I was on the computer holo-phone with Chris McLean. Total Drama Galaxy - the grand series finale of the entire series was going to start on March 18th and it is gonna be an awesome adventure through the stars.
Chris McLean: (to me) Of course the rest of Team Loud Phoenix Storm can be in Total Drama Galaxy! I want this last season to be extra exciting.
Me: We all sure can Chris. It will be so cool having us all be there and kicking some bad guy butt. Especially those of the losers.
Chris McLean: Awesome! Looking forward to it.
Me: You know we'll be there.
Circe (Generator Rex): So you two are going to work for S.H.I.E.L.D. after this last season?
Chef Hatchet: Yep. Fury was impressed by how we managed the previous seasons that he offered us jobs.
Me: I'm happy for you guys. Can't wait for the show to start. Later dude.
The call ended.
Nico: This is gonna be awesome!
Qin: Boy it sure is. I can't wait till we get onto Total Drama Galaxy and kick some butt.
Lincoln: Me too. We're going to kick Billy McLean's butt into next week. And in the Aftermath Special, we're going to have everyone see the true monster he really is.
Me: Yep and under Canadian Law, he will be declared a Dangerous Offender.
Qin: What is a Dangerous Offender?
Me: Under Canadian law, if someone is declared a Dangerous Offender, that means that they are a total danger and menace to society and they will remain in prison for life without possibility of parole.
Qin: Geez.
Me: Yep. It's the only punishment fitting for him. He has had this coming ever since Total Drama began. If Canada had the Death Penalty, they would gladly give it to him.
Laney: I agree J.D. Canada needs to have tougher laws like us and different parts of the world.
Me: Yep.
Aqua came down and she had an old blue shirt and blue shorts.
Aqua: Hey guys.
Me: Hey Aqua. What's with the new clothes?
Aqua: Oh these are old clothes I found and I want to see what it's like to be the legendary Pokemon, Kyogre.
Me: Ah. Okay then. But lets head to the lake.
We went to the shores of Lake Huron.
On the beach of Lake Huron we were ready. Aqua was standing in the water.
Me: Okay Aqua, you ready?
Aqua: Ready.
Me: This is gonna hurt really bad. But you'll only be a Kyogre for 15 minutes.
Aqua: That's plenty of time.
Nico: Good.
Me: Okay. Here we go.
I snapped my fingers and Aqua was groaning in excruciating pain.
Aqua was on the floor in pain as she was about to transform.
Aang: Aqua! Are you ok?
Aqua: Not... really! (starts to grow)
Ventus and Sora were comforting her.
Her skin turned blue and her eyes turned yellow with black sclera. Her hands turned into fins.
Aqua: My hands are fins!
Her hair fell out.
Aqua: There goes my hair!
Her clothes ripped and her legs turned into a fin and she had two fins grow from her back. She had red lines form on her skin.
Her body turned into that of KYOGRE!
Bonecrusher: How do you feel, Aqua?
Aqua: I feel amazing! I feel like I can do anything as a Kyogre.
Me: It sure is neat though. You look really awesome as a Kyogre.
Aqua: I sure do.
Sora: Yeah I agree Aqua. You look incredible.
Aqua: Thanks bro. Lets see what I can do as a Kyogre.
Aqua then went swimming and she did some awesome whale jumping tricks and more and they all landed with huge splashes.
Me: Whoa! That is awesome!
Nico: No kidding!
Laney: Yeah!
Lincoln: Wow! How much time do we have?
I looked at my watch.
Me: 3 more minutes.
Sora: Okay.
We watched Aqua.
Me: 15 seconds.
We watched some more.
Me: Cover your eyes boys. 3...2...1...
We covered our eyes as time was up and Aqua was in excruciating pain and then she was reverting back. But when it was done, she was naked.
Aqua: That was awesome!
G1 Cerebros: Is this your first time being naked after a transformation?
Aqua: Yeah.
Maria: I came prepared.
Maria pulled out a blue towel and Aqua wrapped it around her.
Aqua: Thanks Maria.
Nico: Glad you had fun Aqua.
May: That was so cool for you being a Kyogre.
Nico: It sure was.
We later went back home.
Later we were in Lana's Jungle Greenhouse relaxing and enjoying some awesome beauty of the scenery of Lana's plants and more.
Me: Ahh. Nothing like relaxing and enjoying the sounds of nature.
Nico: You said it.
Aqua: Yep. I love it.
Me: It sure is beautiful.
Stella (Loud House): Yeah.
Lola: Hey Stella, how did you and Lillymon meet?
Stella (Loud House): That is an amazing story. We met when I was five years old.
FLASHBACK
In San Francisco at the Napa Valley Wine Country, Stella was with her mom and dad and she was looking at all the awesome grapes used to make wine.
Stella (Loud House): (Narrating) I was looking at all the grapes over in the wine country of Napa Valley. They were awesome grapes.
Young Stella then saw a light.
Stella (Loud House): That's when I saw a light coming from a cave underground. It was located in a dry patch of grapes.
Young Stella climbed into the cave and went into an incredible cave. She kept exploring and came across a beautiful room filled with flowers.
Stella (Loud House): That's when I saw Lillymon.
She walked up to a big pink flower and touched it and it bloomed open and out of it came Lillymon. She was amazing and she saw Stella. Ever since then they bonded and became awesome partners. Stella had a flower tattoo on her wrist.
FLASHBACK ENDS
Stella (Loud House): That's how we met.
Me: Amazing.
Nico: It sure is.
Lily: I think that is so cool that you and Lillymon became awesome friends.
Stella (Loud House): Yeah.
Later in Homer's room, me and Bart and Laney were talking to Homer.
Me: So Homer, what was the hardest challenge you've ever done?
Homer: That was an easy one. I faced the tallest mountain in Springfield. It was called the Murderhorn.
Me: Whoa! I would not want to meet a mountain like that.
Laney: The Murderhorn. (Gasp) I've heard about that mountain. It's the most perfect straight up mountain in all of Oregon and the U.S.A.
Laney told us all about it.
The Murderhorn is the highest mountain in Springfield that Homer climbed to promote the Powersauce bar.
According to Bart, the Murderhorn is over 20,000 feet (6144m) high. There are two smaller Mountains next to it meaning that there is (or was) possibly underground volcanic activity pushing the mountains up. Both smaller mountains, which remain unnamed, look minuscule compared to the mountain that is larger than it. If the Murderhorn is 20,000 feet high, then the mountain that precedes it would be around 11,000 feet.
We gasped.
Me: Whoa! That's intense.
Bart: No kidding. I was amazed myself.
Nico: That sounds like a terrifying mountain.
Homer: It was. But I represented the Powersauce Bar and made it all the way to the top.
Grandpa Simpson: Ah shut your traps!
Me: You shut up Abraham Simpson!
Homer: Yeah dad!
Grandpa Simpson: You will always be a stupid and ugly disappointment Homer!
Me: You're a bigger disappointment Abe! No wonder you left McAllister on the Murderhorn to die after you ate his arm.
Laney and Nico gasped.
Me: What a crazy old codger.
Nico: Yep.
We laughed.
Back in the Living Room, me and Lincoln were playing one of my favorite video game series from my past: We were playing Banjo-Kazooie. Banjo-Kazooie is about a bear named Banjo and his bird friend Kazooie. Kazooie lives in his backpack and they go on adventures together. First I was playing Banjo-Kazooie from 1998.
Banjo-Kazooie is the first game in the Banjo-Kazooie series. It was developed by Rareware and released in 1998 for the Nintendo 64. In 2008, Banjo-Kazooie celebrated its 10th Anniversary. In this game, Banjo and his friend Kazooie must save Banjo's sister Tooty from the evil witch Gruntilda before she steals Tooty's beauty. The game was followed by a sequel called Banjo-Tooie in 2000.
The evil witch of Spiral Mountain, Gruntilda Winkybunion, is inside her lair, asking her cauldron Dingpot questions about who is the 'nicest and fairest of them all', to which Dingpot reluctantly answers, "You are, mistress". She gloats over her "beauty", until Dingpot finally breaks his 'silence' and tells the witch that Tooty, another inhabitant of Spiral Mountain, is actually the prettiest and the fairest of them all. Grunty reacts angrily and decides to kidnap Tooty in order to steal her beauty. She grabs her broom and sets off immediately.
Meanwhile, Tooty is running around Spiral Mountain, when she is greeted by Bottles in front of Banjo's House. She eagerly tells Bottles that she is going on an adventure with her brother, Banjo. Inside the house, Banjo is sleeping soundly, with his breegull friend, Kazooie, sleeping in his backpack, which is hanging on a nearby coat rack. Tooty and Bottles are still talking, until Bottles spots Grunty in the distance, but confuses her for Banjo (due to his short-sightedness). Grunty immediately goes for Tooty, and a struggle ensues. Kazooie, eager for action and adventure, overhears the clamor outside as well as Bottles' cries for help and tries to wake Banjo up. Banjo and Kazooie leave their house, only to discover that Grunty has gone off and kidnapped Tooty! Bottles tells the bear and bird that they must venture to Gruntilda's Lair to rescue Tooty. Bottles offers to prepare the duo to fight Gruntilda by teaching them some basic moves and repairing the bridge leading to the lair's entrance. Banjo and Kazooie set off on an adventure into the lair to save Tooty.
Once inside the lair, Banjo and Kazooie find a Jiggy, which is used to open and unlock levels around the lair by completing Jigsaw Puzzle pictures. They soon find a painting that fits their first Jiggy, opening the first level of the lair, Mumbo's Mountain. Banjo and Kazooie enter the first world and find that their quest is not as easy as they had anticipated. They discover that they need to rescue Jinjos imprisoned by Grunty throughout each of the worlds as well as collect Musical Notes, which are needed to open up Note Doors, to progress through the deeper areas of Gruntilda's Lair. They also meet Mumbo Jumbo, a skull-faced shaman who offers his services to the bear and bird by transforming the adventurers into different animals with new abilities. The two continue progressing through the lair, gathering musical notes, Jiggies, and other collectibles along the way, as well as rescuing the Jinjos of each world. They also encounter Mumbo Jumbo and Bottles several times, who continue to help the heroes by transforming them and teaching them new moves, respectively. Banjo and Kazooie also get help from Gruntilda's nicer sister, Brentilda, who gossips interesting facts about her ugly sister.
After successfully surviving through all nine worlds in her lair, Banjo and Kazooie eventually reach Gruntilda but are forced to play her quiz show, Grunty's Furnace Fun. Thanks to the information provided by Brentilda's gossips, Banjo and Kazooie win Grunty's game and save Tooty. With Tooty rescued, they return home and celebrate with a barbecue. However, Tooty reminds our heroes that Grunty had escaped shortly after the game show and was still at large, plotting her wicked schemes.
Banjo and Kazooie make their way back up the lair until they finally reach the roof with a little help from Dingpot. On the roof, Gruntilda challenges them to a more direct confrontation and an epic battle ensues. But, with the help of the Jinjos they rescued in the various worlds of Gruntilda's Lair, Banjo and Kazooie defeat Gruntilda and ultimately knock her off her tower. She crashes into the ground, creating a crater of her shape, which is then covered by a large boulder that falls from the tower and traps her beneath it. Banjo and Kazooie finally take a well-deserved break at the beach, where the bear and bird and their friends anticipate a sequel, Banjo-Tooie. Meanwhile, Gruntilda, whose loyal minion Klungo is trying to rescue her, swears her revenge.
Gruntilda looked so much like the evil Wicked Witch of the West from The Wizard of Oz from 81 years ago and it looked so frightening. Next from the year 2000 was Banjo-Tooie.
On a dark and stormy night, two years after Gruntilda's defeat, Klungo continues his ongoing two-year effort to free the witch from beneath the boulder that crushed her following the final battle with Banjo & Kazooie in the previous game. Meanwhile, Banjo, Kazooie, Bottles, and Mumbo Jumbo are playing poker together at Banjo's house, with Kazooie constantly cheating, such as claiming Grunty's return so that she could steal some poker chips.
Suddenly, Spiral Mountain experiences tremors like that of an earthquake, which disrupts Banjo and friends' game. The tremors were caused by a massive digging machine called the Hag 1, piloted by Grunty's sisters, Mingella and Blobbelda, who have come to rescue their sister. After the quake, Banjo says someone should go investigate. Kazooie claims to be too scared, so Mumbo bravely decides to go. Kazooie then reveals she was faking so she can steal some of his chips.
When the witches arrive, Klungo expresses his grief of failing to save his mistress, but her sisters assure they got it covered. They use a spell to destroy the boulder trapping Grunty, but as she climbs out, they realize she has withered away to nothing but an animate skeleton with robes. Grunty is not pleased about being a walking corpse, but Mingella and Blobbelda reassures their sister that they have a plan to restore her body, and she must come with them back to their castle. Having witnessed Grunty's escape from the boulder, Mumbo bolts back to the house, but is seen by the witches.
The skeletal Grunty runs after him, firing spells rapidly. Upon reaching the house, Mumbo rushes inside to warn Banjo, Kazooie and Bottles. Grunty then starts charging a powerful spell to destroy them all. Banjo & Kazooie see Gruntilda, and leave at once with Mumbo, but Bottles, believing it to be another trick, stays put and ends up getting obliterated along with the house. The witch sisters then leave Spiral Mountain in the Hag 1, heading for their castle, leaving behind some minions to destroy the area as well as Klungo.
The next morning, Banjo, Kazooie and Mumbo observe the damaged state of Spiral Mountain and their house. They witness Bottles crawling out of the ruins, dying and becoming a ghost. Mumbo is outraged by this turn of events and swears revenge. He tells Banjo and Kazooie to go after the witch before leaving behind the duo. Kazooie is excited to have another chance to beat Grunty again, but Banjo worries that this new adventure will not be as easy as the last one.
Adventure
The duo follow the Hag 1's tracks into a cave, encountering Klungo, who attempts to impede them. After defeating the dim servant, who leaves to be violently punished by Grunty, they continute following the Hag 1's trails, leading them through various areas of the Isle O' Hags, the island on which Spiral Mountain & Grunty's lair is located, and the game's hub world. They arrive in Jinjo Village, where the Hag 1 has also caused trouble, flattening the house of the grey Jinjo family (one of the ten families residing in the village), and killing them. Banjo and Kazooie continue on, to the Royal Jinjo Palace, where King Jingaling, resides. The ravaging of Hag 1 scared the jinjos off, and King Jingaling requests the duo's help in gathering them back in the village. He informs them of Master Jiggywiggy and the ancient order of the Crystal Jiggy, which is crucial to their quest. He then gives them a Jiggy to help them get started, and opens a secret passage to the Isle O' Hags.
While Banjo & Kazooie stop to discuss the encounter, Gruntilda and her sisters have arrived at Cauldron Keep, their lair. Mingella and Blobbelda introduces the B.O.B., Big O' Blaster, which can suck the life force out of any living thing. They intend to store large amounts of life force in a tank, and have Grunty shower in it, restoring her old body. Grunty decides to steal King Jingaling's life-force, as he just helped Banjo and Kazooie, and decides to deal with the rest of the Isle later. A beam is fired, making Jingaling's golden palace dead as a rock, and turning Jingaling into a zombie. Grunty reassures her sisters that with Bottles dead and Jingaling zombified, Banjo has no hope of reaching Cauldron Keep in time. Banjo and Kazooie, still outside the palace, narrowly miss the beam, and realize that the situation is much more desperate then previously anticipated.
They continue to Bottle's house, where his family are waiting for him. Kazooie has no problem telling the family about Bottle's death, but Banjo convinces her not to. Using the passageway King Jingaling opened, they make their way to the Isle O' Hags.
The two soon find the (closed) entrance to the first level, Mayahem Temple, and Master Jiggywiggy's sacred shrine. They learn that Jiggywiggy is a powerful sorcerer (with a Jiggy-shaped head), who will help them on their adventure by opening worlds, but they need to gather jiggies to prove themselves worthy. With the first Jiggy at hand, they can start, and Mayahem Temple is opened.
On their journey they collect a total of 90 Jiggies, and receive help from old and new friends. They often stumble upon Mumbo's hut, where he agrees to go out and use his magic to solve puzzles and open passages for them. They also encounter Drill Sergeant Jamjars, Bottles' military brother, who agrees to teach the duo new attacks (if, of course, they can present the proper number of musical notes). They also meet Humba Wumba, a female shaman and Mumbo's arch-rival, who requests magical Glowbos in exchange for transforming Banjo and Kazooie into something else (thus taking on the role Mumbo had in Banjo-Kazooie). They travel to various locations, such as Glitter Gulch Mine, Witchyworld, Jolly Roger's Lagoon, Terrydactyland, Grunty Industries, Hailfire Peaks and Cloud Cuckooland.
Final Showdown
Finally, the pair reaches Cauldron Keep. After facing her henchman Klungo for the last time, Grunty traps the duo in her "Tower of Tragedy" quiz, where where she asks a series of questions based on the Banjo's current adventure (much like in Grunty's Furnace Fun), but only ends up mercilessly killing off her sisters for losing. After surviving the lethal game show, they hurry upstairs to reverse the effects of B.O.B., thus reviving Bottles and Jingaling.
They then rush to the top of the tower and face off against Grunty with both her magic and Hag 1 machine, as well as answer a few more questions. After the duo eventually disable the Hag 1, Grunty resorts to using her most powerful spell (likely the same one she used to destroy Banjo's house and kill Bottles (and maybe even the same one she tried to use as she fell from her lair in the first game)), but they shoot one last egg at her, causing the witch to drop her spell in the Hag-1. The explosion destroys the machine along with most of her weak, skeletal body, leaving her nothing more than a talking head.
Banjo and Kazooie return to the Isle o' Hags to celebrate with their friends, including the now reformed Klungo, but they arrive too late as the party was already over. Kazooie then suggests a new fun idea: kicking around Grunty's head atop Cauldron Keep, much to their joy and her disgust. She vows to have her revenge in the game's sequel, "Banjo-Threeie"
Gruntilda was a witch that didn't know how to quit. Lastly from 2008 was Banjo-Kazooie in Nuts and Bolts.
Set eight years after the events of Banjo-Tooie, and due to Banjo and Kazooie's lack of adventures over the past few years, the duo have gained many pounds, and are now overweight and very unhealthy. When Banjo and Kazooie reunite with the decapitated head of Gruntilda, Banjo and Gruntilda compete to determine who is the true owner of Spiral Mountain. Banjo wishes to preserve his home while Gruntilda hatches an urban development scheme to replace the vegetated area with towers and malls. A new character named Lord of Games (also known as L.O.G.) attempts to settle the conflict between the two by devising a series of worlds and challenges. LOG transports the other characters to Showdown Town, his headquarters, and starts the contest. The winner would be set to own Spiral Mountain; the loser must endure eternal hardship working at L.O.G.'s game factory. While Banjo and Kazooie seek to win by completing the challenges, Grunty uses a slew of vehicles she presumably has built, as well as an army of mechanical Gruntbots to stop the duo from succeeding.
After entering different game worlds created by L.O.G., Banjo and Kazooie collect the amount of Jiggies needed to return home. There, they will face Gruntilda to terminate this crazy adventure, but the witch will not be willing to lose.
However, as usual, Grunty fails miserably and is forced to work in L.O.G.'s factory until the end of her days, as agreed at the beginning of the game. Gruntilda promises that she will launch her own game, since she has all the necessary tools.
When it was done we cheered wildly.
Me: That is always so awesome!
Lincoln: It sure is. I didn't know Banjo Kazooie was real.
Me: It sure is. He was also added to the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate roster.
I showed him and Lincoln was amazed!
Lincoln: That...is...AWESOME!
Me: It sure is. I just don't think it's fair that Banjo and Kazooie are not part of the Nintendo Switch Universe. It just doesn't seem complete without them.
Lincoln: Yeah and Nintendo did make them.
Me: They sure did. But that Gruntilda is really a bad witch.
Lincoln: Yes she is. I hate witches like her. No offense to Lucy.
Lincoln had a ghost sense.
Lincoln: Hey Lucy.
Lucy Loud: Hey Lincoln. And none taken by the way.
Me: She sure is. Lets see what it says.
I went over to the computer and pulled up Gruntilda's info.
Gruntilda Winkybunion, also more commonly known as Grunty for short or better known by her first name Gruntilda, is an evil witch and the main antagonist of the Banjo-Kazooie series. She has appeared in every game in the series yet, causing trouble for her archenemies, Banjo and Kazooie. She is one of four sisters; her other sisters are Brentilda, Mingella and Blobbelda.
In the first game, Gruntilda played the the role of the stereotypical "evil witch". She spoke only in rhymes and was known for being extremely vain, which is odd considering how ugly she appears. She had a bad habit of picking her nose, as seen in the Banjo-Kazooie intro cutscene. Like most witches, she used a broomstick for transportation. When her cauldron Dingpot revealed that Tooty, Banjo's sister, was the "prettiest and fairest in the land", Gruntilda became infuriated and kidnapped Tooty. She selfishly plotted to use a "Beauty Transfer Machine" to drain Tooty's youth and beauty and transfer it to her own ugly self, resulting in Gruntilda turning into a pretty and thin which and Tooty turning into an ugly and fat green bear. Banjo and his pal Kazooie chased the witch through her massive lair, where she had created several worlds filled with her minions and various challenges to stop the duo. Throughout the game, Gruntilda spent most of her time saying annoying rhyming taunts and various insults in an attempt to keep the pair away. However, with the help from various sources, including her nicer sister Brentilda who told Banjo and Kazooie interesting secrets regarding Gruntilda, the bear and bird duo were able to complete the worlds and reach Grunty's last challenge before rescuing Tooty: a twisted game show called Grunty's Furnace Fun. After the duo won the game show, Gruntilda ran away and Banjo and Kazooie rescued Tooty. Later, the bear and bird journeyed to the roof of Gruntilda's Lair and faced off in a battle with Grunty.
Despite her comical nature, Gruntilda proved herself to be Banjo and Kazooie's strongest enemy when they first battled each other, with her boss fight being long and tough. She spends most of the fight riding her broomstick. During the first phase, she flies down fast and tries to impale Banjo and Kazooie with the teeth on her broom. However, her broom starts to slow down after a few passes, leaving her vulnerable to the Rat-a-Tat Rap. After every successful attack from the player, Gruntilda will attack with an easily dodged fireball.
After taking enough damage, she starts to hover in place and throw fireballs. In a rare moment, she displays some intelligence when doing this, because if the player tries to run away from the fireballs before she fires, Gruntilda will throw them into the player's path. After throwing four fireballs, she will take a short pause, leaving her vulnerable to Eggs.
After repeating this process four times, Gruntilda flies high into the air to avoid being shot at, but fortunately Bottles comes to the duo's aid and creates a Flight Pad for them to use. Banjo and Kazooie can hit Gruntilda at any time with the Beak Bomb, but it's best to attack her when she's not moving. Try not to attack her from above, otherwise the player risks falling off the tower to their doom.
After taking another four hits, Gruntilda will create a force field around herself that Banjo and Kazooie cannot break through. At this point the Jinjos realize the two of them need their help and intervene by creating four statues around the area. After a number of eggs are shot into the statues, a Jinjo will fly into the air like a missile and break through Gruntilda's barrier. The witch, however, does not remain idle during this time and will continue to attack the pair with fireballs. Unfortunately, Banjo and Kazooie cannot take cover behind the Jinjo statues as Gruntilda's attacks fly through them.
After all four Jinjo ram into the witch, Gruntilda's broomstick will break and she will fall to the edge of the tower. She is still standing, however, and her force field still renders her immune to any of Banjo and Kazooie's attacks. At this point a larger statue containing The Mighty Jinjonator appears. This statue has four holes that the player must shoot eggs into. Like the smaller Jinjo statues, the statue provides no cover and Gruntilda's attacks will still pass through it. She is quite possibly at her most dangerous in this phase, partly because she will attack with several consecutive fireballs followed by a homing shot. After each homing shot, she will take a short breather, allowing Banjo and Kazooie to shoot eggs into the holes. Once the Mighty Jinjonator is activated, he will attack Gruntilda and knock her off the tower.
Gruntilda falls off the tower and crashes into the ground below. Seconds later, a large falling rock lands in the same spot where she crashed, trapping her beneath the surface. Banjo, Kazooie, and Tooty take a vacation to celebrate Grunty's defeat, during which Gruntilda's minion Klungo attempts to move the enormous boulder and save Gruntilda. Before the game ends, Grunty vowed to get her revenge on the pair one day.
Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge
Two months after Gruntilda was crushed under a rock, Klungo created a mechanical suit called "Mecha-Grunty" which allowed the witch's spirit to possess it via a spell and live free once more. Desiring revenge, Gruntilda flies to Banjo's House and kidnaps Kazooie before traveling back in time to rewrite history. Banjo followed Mecha-Grunty back in time and managed to rescue Kazooie after defeating the witch at Breegull Beach. The duo continued to encounter Mecha-Grunty many times throughout the game before having a showdown atop her newly constructed lair. During the final battle, the Mecha-Grunty suit is completely destroyed, leaving only Gruntilda's ghost to fight before the spell used to eject it from her original body wore off. Grunty's ghost was forced back into her body in the present (which was still lying underneath the rock), where she laments her defeat and tells Klungo to send a message to her sisters, thus setting up the events of Banjo-Tooie.
Banjo-Tooie
After two years had passed since her defeat in Banjo-Kazooie, Gruntilda was suddenly freed from her underground prison by the sudden arrival of her sisters, Mingella and Blobbelda. The combined power of their evil spells levitated the rock that trapped Grunty and destroyed it, finally freeing her. However, they discovered that two years of decay had degenerated Grunty's body into a skeleton. Furious at her new bony body, Gruntilda asked her sisters for help in restoring her. "Mingy" and "Blobby" had already planned for such an event, and the three prepared to leave Spiral Mountain. Before they did, when Mumbo had wandered out of the Banjo's house to find the source of the ruckus caused when Mingella and Bloddelda entered with Hag 1, Grunty chased him and tried to kill him. Seeing him enter Banjo's house, she prepared a bigger spell to destroy it, and while Banjo, Kazooie, and Mumbo escaped, Bottles stayed behind assuming Mumbo was lying and trying to win at their poker game, resulting in him being killed by the blast, which also ruined Banjo's house.
The trio of witches then used the Hag 1 digging machine to reach Cauldron Keep on Isle o' Hags, where Gruntilda's sisters forced her to stop rhyming if she wanted to learn more of their plan, as they found it "annoying". Mingella and Blobbelda revealed to her their B.O.B. machine, which was designed to suck the life out of anything captured in its beam; Gruntilda practiced this on King Jingaling, reducing him to a zombie. Pleased with the result, Gruntilda desired to use B.O.B. on the whole island, but is informed it will take time before that can happen, as the machine needs to charge up enough power first. For the rest of the game, Grunty will usually talk to Banjo and Kazooie whenever they enter a mini-game, are performing a side-quest, or exploring areas under her control.
The heroes eventually meet her again in person after reaching Cauldron Keep, where she makes an attempt to destroy the duo with another game show called "Tower of Tragedy". This time Grunty has Banjo and Kazooie compete against her two sisters, and the loser would have a 1-ton weight dropped on top them. But her plan failed, as she ended up killing both her sisters for losing the first two rounds and declares Banjo and Kazooie's victories "invalid due to the faulty scoring equipment" after she loses the final round. Not sure of what to do next, Gruntilda takes Kazooie's advice to "escape in a cowardly fashion like in Banjo-Kazooie", and tells the duo she'll be waiting for them at the top of Cauldron Keep. Banjo and Kazooie eventually confront Gruntilda, who is controlling the monstrous Hag 1 digging machine. But despite having the digger's destructive power on her side, Gruntilda failed to defeat the heroes yet again, and is reduced to nothing more than a talking skull after accidentally dropping one of her most powerful spells. Grunty is last seen being kicked around like a ball by Banjo, Kazooie, and their allies while she swore that she would get her revenge in "Banjo-Threeie".
Gruntilda is also a playable character in the multiplayer games "Targitzan's Temple Shootout", "Ordnance Storage Shootout", and "Clinker's Cavern Shootout". In these games, Gruntilda is the tank character, with her health at sixteen honeycombs. This enables her to endure four Grenade Eggs, but at the cost of being the largest target and moving the slowest.
Banjo-Kazooie Nuts & Bolts
Grunty continues her role as an antagonist in this game as well, and has gone back to talking in rhymes. She makes her way back to Spiral Mountain, but because she is still a skull it takes her eight years to do so. She finds both Banjo and Kazooie are now overweight and challenges them to another showdown. However, before they are able to duel, a powerful figure called the Lord of Games pauses the battle as it was about to begin, and explains that he wants to end the rivalry between them one and for all. He states they shall fight in true Banjo-Kazooie style, by collecting "random useless objects", but soon grows impatient with them running around and decides to try something different.
He restores Banjo and Kazooie to fighting fit shape and gives them a Magical Wrench, while giving Grunty a robotic replica of her original body (with a jar attached for her head) and a cat named Piddles. The three characters go to Showdown Town, where Gruntilda tries to stop Banjo and Kazooie from earning Jiggies and returning to Spiral Mountain. After that fails, she fights the duo in a final showdown, but is defeated yet again. Banjo and Kazooie try to finish her off, but they're stopped by the Lord Of Games who instead sends Grunty and Piddles to his video game factory, where they will work at as punishment. Grunty is last seen working in the factory with Piddles, where she talks to the player claiming that they have made a great mistake by sending her to work there and that she plots to make her own "devious" game, followed by an evil laugh.
Me: Whoa! What a monster.
Lincoln: Gruntilda is worse than anything.
Me: Yep. Now it's time to get rid of her for good. We have our next mission.
We went to the Training Simulator.
In the Simulator we were getting ready. The Simulator activated and we found ourselves at the Isle O Hags. It was the home of Banjo, Kazooie and their friends.
Me: Wow! So this is the Isle O Hags. It's amazing.
Laney: It sure is.
Arkayna: I wouldn't mind coming here more often.
Emerald: Same here.
Nico: It sure looks awesome.
We walked around the entire island and it was amazing.
Me: Wow. What an island.
Nico: It sure is amazing.
Lana: Yeah. I think this is awesome.
Lola: Me too.
?: Then here comes more fun.
We then saw Banjo and Kazooie!
Me: Whoa! Banjo!
Lincoln: And Kazooie!
Laney: Wow!
Banjo: Team Loud Phoenix Storm! It's really nice to meet you guys.
Kazooie: Yeah we heard so much about you all.
Me: We get that all the time.
Kazooie: What do you guys think of our home so far?
Me: Amazing. It is a beautiful place.
Sophie: (British Accent) It sure is.
Lok: Yeah.
Lynn: It is an amazing place. I would mind coming here to help battle your enemies.
Luan: Yeah. They are Battling it out. (Laughs) Get it?
Most of us laughed while everyone sighed.
Me: (laughs) Good one Luan!
Eddy: (Laughs) Good one!
Sophie: That was a good one.
Me: Yep. We also came here to help deal with Gruntilda.
Banjo: We thank you for that J.D. Yes she has been a major nuisance.
Me: But she will pay for her crimes.
Kazooie: She will pay for her crimes all right! Lets get her!
Me: I know where she's at.
Mumbo Jumbo: Let Mumbo help too.
We saw Mumbo Jumbo.
Me: Mumbo Jumbo!
Lucy Loud: It's a pleasure to meet you Mumbo.
Mumbo: Same you Lucy. Mumbo help you all.
Me: Awesome. Lets go!
We flew up to the top of the highest mountain on the island and we arrived at the castle of Gruntilda.
We were on top of the castle tower and we saw GRUNTILDA!
Me: Gruntilda Winkybunion!
Grunty: So Team Loud Phoenix Storm has come. I see you have the bear and bird with you.
Me: That's unusual. Usually you talk in rhyming.
Grunty: I had some changes.
Stewie: You were gonna run out of things to say right?
Grunty: Indeed.
Vypra: That would be because of us.
We saw Vypra, Mr. Burns and Waffle Woman.
Vypra: In case you're wondering, I've adjusted Gruntilda's speech pattern so she talks normally.
Stewie: Why do that?
Waffle Woman: (to Stewie) You said it yourself. People run out of things to rhyme with eventually.
Tara: That's true. Also there are a bunch of words that nothing rhymes with.
?: I agree.
A figure came out and we saw that it was DATASCAMMER from episode 32 of In Space!
Datascammer was a robotic data-gathering lizard monster used by Astronema. Datascammer could emit blasts from his mouth and scanned information from the Power Rangers. He gave the information to Astronema. He was destroyed by the Mega Voyager. He served as the primary antagonist of the episode "Carlos on Call".
Carlos Vallerte: Datascammer!
Datascammer: Been a while rangers.
Me: I remember this guy! He gave the information on all of you to Astronema!
Datascammer: That's right. I have an amazing computer brain.
He fired a scanning laser at us. Datascammer just scanned Lincoln and the Loud Sisters except Luan.
Lincoln: What did you just do?!
Datascammer: Relax. I just scanned your data and sent it to the hideout's computer for a secret project of Vypra's.
Me: I see.
Emma Goodall: Let's bring down this wicked witch!
Megaforce Rangers: Legendary Ranger Mode: Ranger J Platoon!
The Megaforce Rangers turned into the Battle Field J Rangers from 1979.
Me: Lets dance!
We went at them!
Battle 1: Vypra
Luan and Vypra were clashing with their swords and it was a brutal clash.
Luan: You sure are a good swordswoman Vypra.
Vypra: I appreciate that Luan. But try this one!
Vypra fired powerful blasts of darkness and Luan deflected them all over and they hit the Castle and exploded.
KRABBBBBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMM! KRABBBBBBBOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMM! KRABBBBBBBBBBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMM!
Luan fired blasts of light and Vypra deflected them all over and the castle exploded all over.
KRABBBBBOOOOOOOOOOMMM! KRABBBBBBBOOOOOOOOOOOOMMM! KRABBBBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMM! KRABBBBBOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMM!
The explosions blew Vypra into the wall and knocked her down.
Luan: Looks like I Knocked Your Lights out! (Laughs to Rimshot) Get it?
(LAUGHTRACK)
Battle 2: Mr. Burns
Qin was facing Mr. Burns. The 140-year-old stick of an old man has always been a problem to everyone.
Qin: You are a despicable old man Burns. You don't care about anyone but yourself and money. No wonder everyone hated your fucking guts and you made everyone miserable!
Mr. Burns: SHUT YOUR MOUTH!
Qin: Make me!
Mr. Burns went at her and punched her. But when his fist made contact with her face, the impact of the punch broke all his bones in his hands and they were sticking through his hand! He screamed in pain and Qin giggled.
Qin: (Laughs) That tickles!
Mr. Burns: YOU BROKE MY ARM!
Qin: You are a monster Burns.
Qin then flicked his head and knocked him down.
Qin: Jerk.
Battle 3: Waffle Woman
Tara threw a bunch of rocks at Waffle Woman and they smashed into her.
Waffle Woman: You sure like waffles Tara.
Tara: My favorite breakfast. Now here's a new breakfast.
Waffle Woman: What's that?
Tara: PANWAFFLES!
Tara formed a waffle-pancake rock and it slammed into Waffle Woman and it hurt.
Battle 4: Datascammer
Nico and the Megaforce Rangers were facing Datascammer.
Nico: Datascammer you have failed this world.
Nico and the Megaforce Rangers blasted him and blew him apart in a huge fiery explosion.
KRABBBBBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMM!
Troy Burrows: Yeah!
Battle 5: Gruntilda.
Lastly we were facing Gruntilda.
Me: You will pay for your crimes Gruntilda Pukeybottom.
Kazooie: Nice one.
Grunty: It's WINKYBUNION!
We all went at her and I punched her in the face.
POW!
Grunty: OW! Didn't anyone ever teach you to respect your elders!?
Me: Not if they are bad guys out to ruin everything. And you are not my grandmother.
I punched her in the stomach and kicked her in the face and Nico punched her in the face and Lincoln and Linka fired blasts of lightning and electrocuted her all over.
Ben: Lets show some predator power!
Ben then turned into a bird creature! It was OMNIVORACIOUS! Omnivoracious is a tall alien that looks like a cross between a Dromaeosaur and multiple large birds. Her body is mostly covered in ruffled, Byzantium purple feathers with her head sporting the most ruffled feathers. The areas that are bald, being the long neck and the are of the legs under the femur, are a pale shade of wisteria purple and have visible horizontal fissures. Her torso represents that of an emu and has a tuff of feathers under the neck.
Her legs are structurally similar to that of an emu but with a longer pair of tarsi and Dromaeosaur-like feet with hook-like 'big toes'. Her feet have three toes along with an inner toe just below each ankle. Each toe ends in black talons. Her arms represent the wings of a hawk. Each arm is equipped with a bat-like hooked finger that shares the same color with the feathers. Her actual tail is quite long compared to a bird's and also terminates in four strips of even longer, streamer-like tail feathers.
Her head and neck highly resemble that of a stork. It has a long, crooked greyish blue beak along with a long, pale teal tongue. The beak also act like gums and holds tiny, almost randomly-placed sharp teeth that are the same color as the beak. The beak itself is textured with small bumps and has four shark fin-like horns with the very front and the second to back being longer than the other two. The beak also has an extension that sports the nostrils and runs up to the back of the scalp. The head has two black indents made from the eye orbits in the skull. Each eye orbit holds two red (naturally green for her species), cat-like eyes with black pupils. The back of the head also holds feathers that are longer than the rest found on the head.
Ben: OMNIVORACIOUS!
Me: Whoa! I've never seen this predator.
Shanan: Wow! That's an Omnivoracious! It's the predator of the Galvin from the planet Galvin Prime.
Laney: Whoa! That is a terrifying predator bird.
Nico: It's a really terrifying bird.
Lincoln: Yeah.
Grunty: Lets see what this bird can do against this!
Grunty called out her drill machine.
Omnivoracious: Lets do it!
Omnivoracious then bit the drill and lifted it and then he chomped it and smashed it into shrapnel!
Nico: Whoa! What powerful jaw strength!
Linka: Powerful!
Ben reverted back.
Ben: How about this one?
Ben then turned into a new alien. It was a purple alien with two big blade arms and eyes all around its head and he eyes on its chest and legs.
Ben: ULTRAVIOLENT!
Me: Whoa! This is a new one.
Shanan: Wow! That's a Laceritter from the planet Spetropica!
Luna: Wow! This one is really cool dude!
Riley: Amazing!
Ultraviolent: Watch this!
He fired a massive blast of purple light and it slammed into Grunty and burned her all over.
Ben: And how about this?
Ben then turned into a new Ultimate Alien! It was ULTIMATE THE WORST! He was now more human-like and he was taller.
Ben: ULTIMATE THE WORST!
Me: Whoa! An Evolved Atrocian!
Shanan: Wow! This one looks amazing! He is more human like.
Nico: He sure is.
Riley: Awesome!
Ultimate The Worst: Lets see what it can do.
He went at Gruntilda and smashed his punches into her all over the place and more and smashed her all over.
Me: Wow!
Luna: Try this one you ugly dude! METAL STYLE NINJA ART: PANZER BATTALION!
Luna floated in the air and a steel mill appeared behind her as the song Panzer Battalion by Sabaton played.
Under this sun no shadows will fall
Piercing our eyes as we charge
An armored battalion on course to the east
Closing the end of it's march
This time we're here to finish a job
Started a decade ago
Driving the animals out of their holes
To bury them 6 feet below
Armored tanks of mass destruction
Killers in the east
Rats who dares to stand before us
Feel our guns go live
Death in the shape of a panzer battalion
Insect of terror don't run face your fate like a
Man cannot outrun our panzer battalion
Thousands of tons of armor and guns
Making it's way through the sand
Our panzer battalion is back for revenge
Artillery sweeping the land
First strike is ours no mercy is shown
There's rivers of blood in our track
Breaking their waves of defense with our tanks
Infantry watching our back
Blow their SAM sites clear for air strike
Ready for the storm
Minefields swept there's no surrender
Feel our napalm burn
Death in the shape of a panzer battalion
Insect of terror don't run face your fate like a
Man cannot outrun our panzer battalion
Death in the shape of a panzer battalion
Insect of terror don't run face your fate like a
Man cannot outrun our panzer battalion
Under this sun no shadows will fall
Piercing our eyes as we charge
An armored battalion on course to the east
Has reached the end of it's march
Armored tanks of mass destruction
Killers in the east
Rats who dares to stand before us
Feel our guns go live
Panzer battalion
Insect of terror don't run face your fate like a man
Panzer battalion
Waves of molten steel went at Grunty and they turned into the Panzer Battalion in the Gulf War and they blasted and burned Grunty all over.
Me: Whoa! That was awesome Luna!
Jessie K.: No kidding. That was the famous Panzer Battalion from the Gulf War and they were part of a big battle in the Battle of Medina Ridge back in 1991.
Laney: Wow! That was something.
Lily: It sure is.
Hunter: (German Accent) Ja. I've heard about that battle. It was wicked.
Me: Lets see how she likes some team power!
G1 Cerebros: Lets do it! CYBER KEY POWER!
The Autobot Cyber Planet Key went into his back and enhanced his Laser Rifle 100-fold.
Aang: Lets do it! AIR NOMAD CYBER KEY POWER!
The Air Nomads Cyber Planet Key went into his right arm device and enhanced his Airbending 100-fold.
G1 Cerebros and Aang: TORNADO LASER FIRESTORM!
Aang fired a powerful blast of air and Cerebros fired a blast of lasers and the blasts hit Grunty and exploded.
KRABBBBBBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMM!
Bonecrusher: Time for some action! CYBER KEY POWER!
The Earth Cyber Planet Key went into his back and enhanced his laser pistol 100-fold.
Circe: This is gonna be good! PROVIDENCE CYBER KEY POWER!
The Providence Cyber Planet Key went into her right arm device and enhanced her E.V.O. Powers 100-fold.
Bonecrusher and Circe (Generator Rex): LASER SONIC BOOM BLAST!
Bonecrusher fired a massive laser blast and Circe grew her sonic mouth and fired a massive blast of sound and the blasts hit Grunty and exploded.
KRABBBBBBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMM!
William: Try this one!
Sandman: And this!
William and Sandman fired blasts of fire and sand.
William and Sandman: GLASS FIRESTORM SHOWER!
The fire turned the sand into glass and the shards hit Grunty all over the place and cut her.
Zarya: Feel the wolf!
Lily: And water!
Zarya fired a massive barrage of energy arrows and Lily fired a blast of water.
Zarya and Lily: WATER WOLF BLITZ!
The blasts combined and turned into a wolf of water and Grunty dodged it.
Lok: Try this! CHARGE! IRONSQUIRE!
Lok summoned Ironsquire!
Ironsquire is an amber and steel-blue robotic Titan that is closely related to Freelancer. Bearing a large shield, Ironsquire specializes in defense. This Titan is used by members of the Huntik Foundation, notably Lok Lambert and Clements.
Clements' Ironsquire was possessed and controlled by Arc, along with his other Titans, Freelancer and Hoplite. After initially defeating Lok's Freelancer, Ironsquire fought against Powerbonded Baselaird who chipped his shield. Lok then used the Willblade on the chip to destroy Ironsquire's shield rendering him defenseless to be defeated by Sophie Casterwill's Sorcerel.
Lok's Ironsquire
Lok Lambert invoked his Ironsquire on the roof of the Cloisters, USA, to fight against a pair of Casterwill Hunters where he was attacked by Midnight Rook. Ironsquire then fought against Dark Pharaoh, with the two Titans eventually defeating each other after colliding at full speed.
Lok summoned Ironsquire in the vault of the Fortress of Iron Will to fight alongside Sophie's Sorcerel against the fear monsters generated by the Trial of Courage. After fending off a number of the creatures, Ironsquire was defeated.
Lok later used Ironsquire during the war against the Blood Spiral at the foot of Iron Will where he saved Dante Vale from a group of Silent Soldiers. S2E40
Lok invoked Ironsquire on the longest night of the year to fight against Psikofen in the wreckage of the Huntik team's plane. After being disarmed of his shield, Ironsquire was entrapped along with Sophie's Kelpie in Psikofen's chains before Cherit defeated the Blood Spiral Titan.
Abilities
Ironsquire is a mighty knight, specializing in the defense of his Seekers. He is especially useful for defending against multiple opponents. His giant shield is used to block high even power attacks such as Overslam and Kindlestrike.
Lok with Ironsquire: BOLTFLARE SUPER SLASH!
Lok and Ironsquire slashed and burned Grunty all over.
Me: Time for some Final Smash power!
Banjo: You got it!
Kazooie: Lets do it!
Banjo and Kazooie: JINJONATOR!
Banjo and Kazooie summoned the Jinjonator and it slammed into Grunty and smashed her all over the place with incredible force!
Mumbo Jumbo: Mumbo ready to smash! MUMBO VOODOO SHOCKER!
Mumbo fired a powerful blast of lightning from his staff and electrocuted Grunty all over.
Jinjo King: This is for all of your crimes! JINJO FIRESTORM SMASH!
The Jinjo King sent a massive barrage of Jinjo's of all the colors and they slammed into Grunty all over and exploded.
KRABBBBBBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMM!
Grunty got up.
Maria: Hey Grunty Pimplepopper!
Grunty saw her.
Maria: Think fast!
Maria blasted her with water and drenched her all over!
Grunty: (Screams) YOU CURSED BRAT! LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE! I'M MELTING! MELTING! OH! WHAT A WORLD!
Maria: Oh, c'mon! Take your death like a mature person, will you?!
Nico: Gruntilda Winkybunion, you have failed this universe.
Me: And more.
Grunty melted into pulp and she was dead. Her spirit appeared.
Maria: You have caused so much pain that you don't deserve anything.
Maria held her hand to her.
Maria: HAKAI!
Grunty glowed purple and she screamed in pain as she was being obliterated. GRunty was erased from existence forever as if she was never born at all.
Maria: Good riddance.
Banjo: Yep.
Vypra: Well, I hope you all had fun fighting us today. Because we'll be taking a break until Total Drama Galaxy.
Nico: Really?
Waffle Woman: Of course. We have to save our strength for that upcoming event. And we have to review the data Datascammer sent us. (she and Vyrpa teleport out)
Me: Well that was interesting. But this was awesome!
Banjo: You said it J.D. (To the viewers) These guys are just that good. Not even witches can stop them.
Me: Yep.
We beamed the Isle O Hags to Lake Huron and it was perfect there.
THE END
Another Awesome Video Game covered.
Banjo-Kazooie has been one of my favorite video games for a long time ever since I was in my teens. It was so funny and awesome! NicoChan11 gave me the ideas for this. Thanks man. Let me know what you all think. Next up for Saint Patrick's Day is a land version of the SpongeBob Episode It Came From Goo Lagoon and we're going to make sure that Ophelia Shroud doesn't destroy the city with deadly super ooze.
See you all tomorrow.
