Grunty

How Grunty joined the Tourney
In the first game, Gruntilda played 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 has a bad habit of picking her nose, as seen in the Banjo-Kazooie intro cutscene. Like most witches, she uses a broomstick for transportation. When Dingpot revealed that Tooty, Banjo's sister, was the "prettiest and fairest in the land", Gruntilda became infuriated and kidnapped Tooty (however, the manual implies that Gruntilda was already planning on snatching a denizen from Spiral Mountain to steal their beauty to one-up her sister, Brentilda. According to the manual, she was actually deep-down glad that Tooty was prettier than her as it gave her an excuse to subject her as her first test specimen). She selfishly plotted to use a "Beauty Transfer Machine" to drain Tooty's youth and beauty and transfer it to her own ugly self, which would result in Grunty becoming pretty and thin and Tooty becoming ugly, fat and green. Banjo and his good friend 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. As the pair progressed, Gruntilda shouted rhyming taunts and various insults in an attempt to keep the pair away. But 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.

How to Unlock
The player must complete one of the following requirements to unlock Grunty:
 * Play 235 matches in the Versus Mode.
 * Using Banjo, finish Classic Mode.

For both of these options, the player must brawl Grunty on the Grunty's Tower Rooftop stage. After defeating Grunty, the announcer will say "Someone else has joined the Tourney!" after a Smash Ball appears on the lower-right corner of the screen with a message saying "You can now use Banjo's arch-nemesis, Gruntilda Winkybunion.".

Character Select Screen Animation
Grunty stirs her cauldron, Dingpot, while laughing maniacally while the camera zooms in on her.

Electric Spell (Neutral)
Grunty shoots a bolt of electricity at her opponent.

Ice Spell (Side)
Grunty shoots a bolt of ice at her opponent.

Magnet Spell (Up)
Grunty uses a magnet to recover.

Pitfall Spell (Down)
Grunty will take her hands and cast a spell on the opponent, who gets attacked 30 seconds later.

Fire Spell (Hyper Smash)
Grunty throws a barrage of fireballs at her opponent.

Burning Ice Spell (Final Smash)
Grunty holds her hands in the air and says a rhyme, then ice hits the opponent off the screen.

Victory Animations

 * 1) Grunty points at the screen with her index finger while laughing evilly.
 * 2) Grunty bows with her hand extented while laughing maniacally.

On-Screen Appearance
Grunty rides to her start point on her broomstick while laughing maniacally.

Trivia

 * Grunty's Banjo-Kazooie Game Over laugh is present in many areas of the game.
 * The rival of Grunty is Sonic the Hedgehog.