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'''Banjo Bottom'''<ref>{{cite|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DFLPqFUtNaS/|title=Who's your pick for baddie-est baddie? #DonkeyKong Country Returns HD is out now!|publisher=Instagram|author=nintendoamerica|date=January 23, 2025|accessdate=January 29, 2025}}</ref><ref>''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'' (British English version): Mole Miner Max trophy description</ref><ref>''Donkey Kong Country Returns'' internal data</ref>, also referred to as '''Banjo Tiki'''<ref>''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'' (American English version): Mole Miner Max trophy description</ref>,  
'''Banjo Bottom'''<ref>{{cite|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DFLPqFUtNaS/|title=Who's your pick for baddie-est baddie? #DonkeyKong Country Returns HD is out now!|publisher=Instagram|author=nintendoamerica|date=January 23, 2025|accessdate=January 29, 2025}}</ref><ref>''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'' (British English version): Mole Miner Max trophy description</ref><ref>''Donkey Kong Country Returns'' internal data</ref>, also referred to as '''Banjo Tiki'''<ref>''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'' (American English version): Mole Miner Max trophy description</ref>, is a high-ranking [[Tiki Tak Tribe]] member based off of a {{wp|banjo}}. As its name implies, the bottom of its body resembles the body of a banjo, while its eyes and feathers rest on the headstock. Interestingly, it only has three strings, while banjos typically have at least four.


==History==
==History==
===''Donkey Kong Country Returns'' (''3D'' / ''HD'')===
===''Donkey Kong Country Returns'' (''3D'' / ''HD'')===
Banjo Bottom is first encountered in [[The Mole Train]], the boss level of the [[Cave]] world in ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' and its [[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D|3DS]] and [[Donkey Kong Country Returns HD|Nintendo Switch]] ports. Banjo Bottom is supervising [[Mole Miner]]s as they load bananas into mine carts. When it spots [[Donkey Kong]] and [[Diddy Kong]], it blows a whistle, causing the moles to hop into the mine carts. Banjo Bottom then hypnotizes [[Mole Miner Max]] to start the [[Mole Train]]'s engine.
In the final level of the game, [[Tiki Tong Terror]], Banjo Bottom and the other high-ranking members of the Tiki Tak Tribe are converted into hands for [[Tiki Tong]].


===''Super Smash Bros.'' series===
===''Super Smash Bros.'' series===
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|JpnM=Possibly from "bone" and "banjo"
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Latest revision as of 13:02, February 3, 2025

Banjo Bottom
The banjo Tiki
Artwork from Donkey Kong Country Returns
Species Tiki
First appearance Donkey Kong Country Returns (2010)
Latest appearance Donkey Kong Country Returns HD (2025)

Banjo Bottom[1][2][3], also referred to as Banjo Tiki[4], is a high-ranking Tiki Tak Tribe member based off of a banjo. As its name implies, the bottom of its body resembles the body of a banjo, while its eyes and feathers rest on the headstock. Interestingly, it only has three strings, while banjos typically have at least four.

History

Donkey Kong Country Returns (3D / HD)

Banjo Bottom is first encountered in The Mole Train, the boss level of the Cave world in Donkey Kong Country Returns and its 3DS and Nintendo Switch ports. Banjo Bottom is supervising Mole Miners as they load bananas into mine carts. When it spots Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong, it blows a whistle, causing the moles to hop into the mine carts. Banjo Bottom then hypnotizes Mole Miner Max to start the Mole Train's engine.

In the final level of the game, Tiki Tong Terror, Banjo Bottom and the other high-ranking members of the Tiki Tak Tribe are converted into hands for Tiki Tong.

Super Smash Bros. series

In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Banjo Bottom is mentioned in Mole Miner Max's trophy description.

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Banjo Bottom is part of the Tiki Tak Tribe spirit, which includes all of the members who hypnotize bosses in Donkey Kong Country Returns.

Gallery

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Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ボンジョ[5]
Bonjo 		Possibly from "bone" and "banjo"
French Banjobarjo[6] Portmanteau of banjo and barjo (slang for "crazy")
German Banjojo[7] -
Italian Banjotto[8] -
Spanish Banjonazo[9] -

References

  1. ^ nintendoamerica (January 23, 2025). Who's your pick for baddie-est baddie? #DonkeyKong Country Returns HD is out now!. Instagram. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
  2. ^ Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (British English version): Mole Miner Max trophy description
  3. ^ Donkey Kong Country Returns internal data
  4. ^ Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (American English version): Mole Miner Max trophy description
  5. ^ Treat (December 28, 2014). 【スマブラWiiU】フィギュア 全716種まとめ. YouTube (Japanese). Retrieved January 29, 2025.
  6. ^ Diddy64wii (December 24, 2022). Super Smash Bros. for Wii U - Tous les 743 trophées [FR]. YouTube (French). Retrieved January 29, 2025.
  7. ^ Midstrighter (August 12, 2018). ALLE TROPHÄEN GESAMMELT | Super Smash Bros. for WiiU #24 [ENDE]. YouTube (German). Retrieved January 29, 2025.
  8. ^ fabry90 (March 27, 2015). Super Smash Bros. Wii U - All 716 Trophies. YouTube (Italian). Retrieved January 29, 2025.
  9. ^ Voltar (January 25, 2015). Super Smash Bros. for WiiU - Trofeos del juego y su descripción. YouTube (Spanish). Retrieved January 29, 2025.
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