Kazooie
- “Wake up, I want to go on an adventure too...”
- – Kazooie, in Banjo-Kazooie
Kazooie (カズーイ Kazūi) is an orange breegull and the main adventuring companion of Banjo in the Banjo-Kazooie series. She is co-stars in the Nintendo 64 games Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie, as well as the Game Boy Advance title Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge. Kazooie is also playable in Banjo-Pilot.
Kazooie's name is derived from the musical instrument "kazoo."
History
Early history
It is unknown how Kazooie and Banjo met, but outside sources claim she was in Banjo's blue backpack when he found her.
Banjo-Kazooie
In the intro of Banjo-Kazooie, Banjo is shown playing the banjo and Kazooie is playing a kazoo with her beak.
During the plot, Kazooie joins Banjo on a journey to save his sister, Tooty, from Gruntilda and Klungo. In the end, Kazooie and Banjo send Gruntilda crashing into the ground, where a giant boulder lands on top.
Banjo-Tooie
In Banjo-Tooie, two years after the events of Banjo-Kazooie, Kazooie is seen playing poker with Banjo, Mumbo Jumbo, and Bottles. Kazooie is seen cheating when she tricked Mumbo and Bottles by stating that Gruntilda was returning and took the opportunity to look at the other cards and take poker chips.
Unbeknown to the characters, Gruntilda is returning, having been freed from the rock by her two sisters, Blobbelda and Mingella. Kazooie joins Banjo on a journey to stop Grunty and her sisters from using B.O.B. to suck away living energy to give a new body to Gruntilda, who had rotted into skeletal form as a result of being trapped for so long.
Kazooie can now be separate from Banjo when using the Split-Up Pad. She can learn some of her own moves, such as Hatch, which allows her to incubate large eggs.
Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge
Kazooie returns in the midquel Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge. Two months after Banjo-Kazooie, Kazooie is kidnapped by Mecha-Grunty, a robot built by Klungo to host Gruntilda's spirit. Banjo must stop Mecha-Grunty and Klungo and rescue Kazooie at Breegull Beach, before continuing the next part of their journey together.
Banjo-Pilot
Banjo-Pilot is the last Banjo-Kazooie game on a Nintendo console in which Kazooie appears. She is one of the playable characters.
Abilities
Kazooie can fire eggs while being held by Banjo. Kazooie is much lighter than Banjo, so she can jump higher while by herself and walk uphill.
Personality
Kazooie is known for her strong personality. She loves adventure and exploring new places, and being bored is what she hates the most. She has a strong sense of justice, so she tends to be level-headed in risky situations. Kazooie is somewhat arrogant and prejudiced and does not get along with many characters. Kazooie tends to use dark humor and say double entendres.
Relationships
Banjo
Kazooie is Banjo's adventure partner and lifelong best friend. They both share and live together in Banjo's House. It is implied that Banjo would be the one to welcome Kazooie into his home after meeting her, so Kazooie sleeps and lives in Banjo's backpack. There are moments that Kazooie and Banjo argue and her disagreements, but even so, Kazooie considers Banjo to be her best friend, with whom she has the most affection and respect toward. Unlike the other characters whom she has interacted with, Kazooie greatly enjoys venturing into danger with Banjo.
Gruntilda
Kazooie is by far one of the characters whom Gruntilda has found the most detestable. Gruntilda is also often a target of jokes from Kazooie.
Other Nintendo appearances
- In Conker's Bad Fur Day, an umbrella with Kazooie's head appears in the menu selection.
- Kazooie appears alongside Banjo in a German Club Nintendo comic titled N-Gang.
Trivia
- Kazooie's species, a yellow-crested breegull, does not exist in real life, and it was merely a hybrid of different variations of real-life birds.
- In the video game Dream: Land of Giants, Kazooie was supposed to act like a small bird found by Edson's sister Ella.