History NightmareFuel / BanjoKazooie

[[caption-width-right:350:Hello?[[note]][[NightmareRetardant Don't worry, though]]. He's actually friendly.[[/note]]]]

** Not only that, but you have to go [[WombLevel inside]] that metal abomination. Luckily, the creature isn't malicious in any way -- the sharp teeth he has are used exclusively on garbage -- but all the bloody looking stuff meshed in with all that rusty steel stuff looks rather discomforting. The music that plays sounds so melancholy it only adds to the creep factor.
** The entire level in general forces you to explore underwater, worried about your oxygen meter, through grimy tunnels which seem to go on forever, and one even stops at a grill, revealing the main area, and the surface with air you would be able to relish if only you had more time... And enjoy the realistic drowning animation.
** Early in the level you're going to have to swim to the bottom of the place to free Clanker so he can ascend, as both getting inside him and using him as a stepping stool is critical to finding around half of the items hidden in the area. The lock keeping him down is very very very deep underwater, so deep that your air gauge isn't sufficient to go straight down from the surface and then get back up before you drown. Your only source of air down there is a friendly fish who provides oxygenated air bubbles, but the finicky swimming controls make them hard to grab. And all the while you're down there, the music adds "helpful" Psycho Strings. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7fw4a4KOVI Like so.]]

** When the Jinjos show up, one of Grunty's possible lines is "So your little furry friends, come here to share your bitter end!" It really shows how evil she really is that she's fully willing to murder the Jinjos just for trying to help Banjo and Kazooie. As the Grey Jinjos found out in Banjo-Tooie, she's not bluffing either.

* The [[InvincibleMinorMinion Grimlets]] in Rusty Bucket Bay are especially terrifying. They're basically disguised as cowl vents with huge fangs that lunge at the duo when they get too near. They look like [[http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080407060850/banjokazooie/images/a/ad/Grimlet.png this]] in the actual game, but their beta designs [[http://www.raregamer.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/2630.jpg were]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQJxo3Ix6mg even]] worse. One tell-tale sign that the cowl vent is actually a Grimlet in disguise is by their relatively light gray exterior and reddish-brown interior. Another warning sign is that they [[GutturalGrowler menacingly growl]] and give a nasty glare if Banjo gets close; they will make a biting sound if an egg is fired. Grimlets are one of the few completely invincible enemies in the game - even the Wonderwing is [[NoSell ineffective]] against them and will make Banjo bounce back after touching these baddies.

* The GameOver screen, [[NightmareFuel/DonkeyKongCountry true to Rare tradition]], where Gruntilda [[TheBadGuyWins succeeds at stealing Tooty's beauty]]: the former becomes a shapely, [[MsFanservice sexy villainess]], while Tooty turns into a green monster and starts lashing at the camera repeatedly: [[YouBastard "Banjo, your sister wants a word with you...now!"]]. What makes it worse that, as it happened in ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64'', the sequence [[GuiltBasedGaming is also triggered when quitting the game]]. All of this is backed up by the BGM, a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wg0-J55EsUU brief rearrangement of Gruntilda's theme]] [[StealthPun played by]] [[{{Irony}} a Banjo and a Kazoo.]]

* The final battle shows why Gruntilda is a NotSoHarmlessVillain as she goes all-out to kill Banjo and Kazooie while tossing out sadistic one-liners.

* The GameOver screen, [[NightmareFuel/DonkeyKongCountry true to Rare tradition]], where Gruntilda [[TheBadGuyWins succeeds at stealing Tooty's beauty]]: the former becomes [[EvilIsSexy a shapely]], [[MsFanservice sexy villainess]], while Tooty turns into a green monster and starts lashing at the camera repeatedly: [[YouBastard "Banjo, your sister wants a word with you...now!"]]. What makes it worse that, as it happened in ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64'', the sequence [[GuiltBasedGaming is also triggered when quitting the game]]. All of this is backed up by the BGM, a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wg0-J55EsUU brief rearrangement of Gruntilda's theme]] [[StealthPun played by]] [[{{Irony}} a Banjo and a Kazoo.]]

* The GameOver screen, [[NightmareFuel/DonkeyKongCountry true to Rare tradition]], where Gruntilda [[TheBadGuyWins succeeds at stealing Tooty's beauty]]: the former becomes [[EvilIsSexy a shapely]], [[MsFanservice sexy villainess]], while Tooty turns into a green monster and starts lashing at the camera repeatedly: [[YouBastard "Banjo, your sister wants a word with you...now!"]]. What makes it worse that, as it happened in ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64'', the sequence [[GuiltBasedGaming is also triggered when quitting the game]]. All of this is backed up by the BGM, a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wg0-J55EsUU brief rearrangement of the Click Clock Wood theme]] [[StealthPun played by]] [[{{Irony}} a Banjo and a Kazoo.]]

Well, these ''are'' the guys [[NightmareFuel/DonkeyKongCountry behind]] ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' after all, not to mention the copious amounts of subtle adult humor.
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* The GameOver screen, [[NightmareFuel/DonkeyKongCountry true to Rare tradition]], where Gruntilda [[TheBadGuyWins succeeds at stealing Tooty's beauty]]: the former becomes [[EvilIsSexy a shapely]], [[MsFanservice sexy villainess]], while Tooty turns into a green monster and starts lashing at the camera repeatedly: [[YouBastard "Banjo, your sister wants a word with you...now!"]]. What makes it worse that, as it happened in ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64'', the sequence [[GuiltBasedGaming is also triggered when quitting the game]]. All of this is backed up by the BGM, a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wg0-J55EsUU brief rearrangement of Grunty's theme]] [[StealthPun played by]] [[{{Irony}} a Banjo and a Kazoo.]]

* The above tension about drowning gets taken UpToEleven in the later stage Rusty Bucket Bay, where the water is so polluted you can't even breathe while swimming on the surface. Not only that, you lose air twice as fast underwater. Oh, and in one section, Snacker's back. And this time, [[SilentAntagonist he doesn't talk]].