The Migella Winkybunion model
“Grunty's sisters you should not mock, now watch our magic blast this rock!”
—Mingella Winkybunion, Banjo-Tooie
Mingella Winkybunion, also called Mingy on occasion, was a sister of Gruntilda who appeared as one of the two secondary antagonists in Banjo-Tooie. She was depicted as tall with a very gaunt, thin frame, in stark contrast with her other sister Blobbelda, who is garishly obese. Together with Blobbelda and Klungo, Mingella hoped to revive her sister, to restore her to her original form, and helped her get revenge on Banjo and Kazooie.
Physical Characteristics[]
Mingella was the thinnest of the four Winkybunion sisters. A stereotypical witch, she was tall and thin. She wore a sleek, low cut navy blue dress and pointed witch's hat. She had a pink bob cut, a large, thin nose, and crooked yellow teeth. During the Tower of Tragedy Quiz, Grunty refers to her as her "gorgeous, slim sister". She was also seen in the beginning of Banjo-Tooie carrying a large spellbook, which she uses to unite her powers with Blobbelda and free Grunty.
Mingella also had a tendency to speak cryptically. She, along with Blobbelda, commonly used anastrophe similar to Yoda from Star Wars (a figure of speech involving an inversion of a language's ordinary order of words). She did, however, speak in rhyme once, when telling Klungo not to mock Gruntilda's sisters, and thus watch them blast the boulder over Gruntilda, though in that particular case, it was most likely them reciting a spell due to the same words being printed in the spellbook she was reading from.
Despite being witches, both Mingella and Blobbelda were both technologically gifted as they both created destructive weapons including the B.O.B. and the HAG-1.
History[]
“Listen Klungo, save your shoulder, you'll never shift this massive boulder. If you insist on getting blisters, first send a message to my sisters!”
—Gruntilda Winkybunion, Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge
At the end of Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge, Grunty's ghost, who has just been defeated by the duo on top of her tower once again, returns to her body, still underneath the boulder. She tells Klungo to summon her sisters to help him move the boulder crushing her. Using the wreckage of Mecha-Grunty, Mingella and Blobbelda create the Hag 1 and break into Spiral Mountain, beginning the events of Banjo-Tooie.
Rare's official site also reveals that the trio have not been together since childhood. It also states that Gruntilda is the eldest of the three witches.
Games[]
Banjo-Tooie[]
The two sinister witches anxiously watched Grunty rise for the first time in two years.
Upon reaching Spiral Mountain, Mingella, with spellbook in tow, combined her powers with Blobbelda and freed Grunty by making the boulder crushing her vanish. After she rises, Grunty is immediately concerned with her boney, skinless body, which has apparently been disintegrating ever since the end of Banjo-Kazooie. Mingella shallowly complemented her weight, by saying that she looks thinner.
After wreaking havoc and killing Bottles the three go back to Cauldron Keep, where Mingella and Blobbelda introduced Grunty to B.O.B., a large life-draining machine which they have built prior to start of the game. From there the three of them drain the life force from King Jingaling, and plan their next move. Neither Mingella or Blobbelda were seen again until the Tower of Tragedy Quiz, where they served as the other two competitors. Both she and her sister Blobbelda were killed by Grunty via a dropped weight due to failing to win a round.
Quotes[]
- Debut
- Mingella: Mmmm... Hurry, Blobbelda, our sister is waiting!
- Blobbelda: Quickly we must go, or angry Grunty will be!
- Mingella: Then get off me you must, or move I cannot!
- Freeing Gruntilda
- Klungo: Sssorry, Missstresss, I have failed you...
- Mingella: Worry Grunty mustn't, get you out your sisters will!
- Blobbelda: Big rock is, so powers we must combine!
- Mingella: (reading from spellbook) Grunty's sisters you should not mock, now watch our magic blast this rock!
- Blobbelda: Gone rock has, so out you can come.
- Gruntilda: No, no no, this cannot be, what's happened to little old me?
- Mingella: Nice Grunty looks, lost weight you have!
- Gruntilda: I hate bones, a body I need, can you help with this little deed?
- Blobbelda: Yes, plan to help we have, so back to our castle we must go!
- Gruntilda: Right then, girls, let's fix me up, then Banjo's hairy butt I'll whup!
- Mumbo Jumbo: This not good. Me go tell Banjo!
- Mingella: Arrggh! Seen us bony man has, him we must whack!
- Gruntilda: Leave it to me, he's no hassle, I'll kick butt, then off to the castle!
- Departing aboard HAG-1
- Mingella: Hurry you must, ready to leave we are!
- Gruntilda: Hold on, sis, I'm nearly there, I've just been to blast that Bear!
- Blobbelda: Troops we will leave, destroy area they will!
- Klungo: Ssstop! Wait for me, Missstresss Grunty...
- Gruntilda: No, no, Klungo, you stay here, I'll be back, have no fear!
- BOB scene
- Gruntilda: C'mon sisters, time I lack, what's the plan to get my body back?
- Mingella: Annoying your rhyming is, so stop it or we will not tell!
- Gruntilda: Oh... If I must.
- Blobbelda: B.O.B. this is. Big-O-Blaster built by Mingy and me. Life force from ground, plants and creatures it can suck.
- Mingella: Stored in big tank life force is. Shower Grunty will take when tank full, then new body you will have!
- Gruntilda: An evil and heartless plan, I like it! How long will it take to suck up enough life force?
- Mingella: Not slim you are, so plenty will be needed!
- Gruntilda: So start blasting!
- Blobbelda: Patient you must be. Target you first must pick.
- Gruntilda: Mmm... That cursed Jingaling has just given the furry fool a Jiggy. I reckon we should blast the Jinjo king.
- Mingella: Auto-targeting B.O.B. has. Button you only have to press...
- Blobbelda: Warmed up B.O.B. is, so begin will the firing sequence...
- Mingella: Target B.O.B. has hit, steal life force he will!
- Blobbelda: Unlucky B.O.B. was, bear we just missed.
- Gruntilda: Never mind him, what about that traitor Jingaling? Ha, ha, ha! He's just a zombie now!
- Mingella: Successful B.O.B. was, Jingaling's life force we have.
- Gruntilda: Right then, girls, let's blast the whole island!
- Blobbelda: This we can do, but big charge-up B.O.B. will need.
- Mingella: Hours it will take, and revenge bear will seek.
- Gruntilda: Pah! I wouldn't worry. Banjo's got no one to help him now that mole and Jingaling are gone. He'll never get to us in time!
Other sisters[]
Names in Other Languages[]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ミンジェラ | - |
| Spanish | Mingella | - |
Characters from Banjo-Tooie 