(This page is best read in the voice of Steve Burke with added robotic effect.)
Greetings, O second rate- wait a minute... You aren't Banjo or Kazooie! This isn't even Spiral Mountain! What is this place?!
Uh-huh... So this website, TV Tropes, is where you list tropes about various types of media? Including Video Games? And Banjo-Kazooie is listed here as well? Why, isn't that just marvelous! My eyes are almost popping out of my screen!
But let's not get ahead of ourselves, now. My title is the Lord of Games, but you, er... Tropers can call me L.O.G. I am the grand creator of all video games, including the italian gentleman, the blue hedgehog, the orange marsupial, and, of course, the bear and breegull.
You may be asking yourself, "Well, L.O.G., if you're the grand creator of all video games, why didn't you show yourself?" Lucky for you, I have an answer. I simply am present, I just choose not to show myself.
I only chose to reveal myself in Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts after seeing that Banjo's feud with Grunty needed some spicing up. With a Genre Shift involving cars, of course.
After that, I made an appearance in one more Rare game (that being Killer Instinct (2013)) as a backpack for Rash... before not appearing in any games since then. I wasn't even invited to that grand contest Banjo and Kazooie participated in! I will admit, I hated seeing those two anathemas Galeem and Dharkon wipe out many of my creations, but I couldn't interfere. If I did, well... that would ruin the fun for you, wouldn't it? Thankfully, I kept shorter and tighter leashes on both the "One-Winged Angel" and that patricidal pugilist though I had to go through great pains and compromise to get the Keyblade child to join in the fight.note
Now, before you ask, this is not a place to complain about the sole game I have a major role in. I am legally obliged to say this on behalf of the administration staff.
Now then, let the troping commence!
- Big Good: I'll admit, I'm a rather unusual example compared to other characters who fit this trope. I'm a neutral entity in the grander scheme of things between Banjo and Grunty, but I often bend the rules to help him and his feathered friend.
- Blue-and-Orange Morality: Nevertheless, my utmost concern is entertainment for you, the player, which also means I must stay neutral. Apologies to the people who were expecting me to directly help Banjo or Kazooie.
- Final-Exam Boss: My challenge in Spiral Mountain, which I have dubbed "Six of the Best", tasks Banjo and Kazooie with a marathon of different challenges they have completed throughout the game, only this time, they have to design a vehicle with the capabilities to do everything. I do admit, I'm the second to last challenge, with the final challenge being, of course, against Grunty (which, amusingly enough, falls into this criteria as well).
- A Form You Are Comfortable With: This, my dear Tropers, isn't even close to my "true" form. I just choose to present myself like this as to appear friendly and approachable to my videogame children.
- The Fourth Wall Will Not Protect You: At one point in the game's opening cutscene, I just have a bit of small talk with the player... before going back to the business at hand. Trust me, with all my omnipotence, I would never go as far as that psychotic dating sim schoolgirl who wants the player to herself or that vile little weed of a flower who thinks it's alright to scare the living daylights out of them. Even I have standards, you know.Monika:
- Image Song: Ah, yes. "Inside the Logbox
". In one part of the song, you can even hear me welcome Banjo and Kazooie to my game worlds. - Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Okay, "jerk" is really stretching it. I consider myself as a strict entity who makes sure that the conditions of the game are met. However, between you and me, I do have a bit of a soft spot for the bear and bird. I shudder to think what that cliched crone would have done with Spiral Mountain if she won.
- King of All Cosmos: I am the most powerful entity in the whole Banjo-Kazooie universe, if not the whole video game world as you know it.
- No Biological Sex: Unlike other robotic entities mentioned on this website, I am beyond such earthly distinctions as gender. However, if you consider that a Lady of Games exists, I supposed that would make me superficially male. Not that it bothers me much, anyway.
- Purple Is Powerful: If my purple cloak isn't obvious enough.
- Reality Warper: Being the grand designer behind all video games, I have the ability to control everything... at least, within a video game.
- Shout-Out: The thing displayed on my screen might look familiar if you've been into my craft when it first began.
- Spear Counterpart: You may think I'm the only one of my kind at first glance, but that is certainly not the case. When you teleport back to Showdown Town, there is an off chance that I'll mention that there IS a "Lady of Games". Not that she has any plot relevance, of course. She created the first games to feature pony-riding, lovely kittens, and ninjas being blown up with rocket launchers.
- TV Head Robot: More like "TV Robot", in my case. My head is the only part of my body, unless you also count my cloak as part of it.
Stupid bear and bird...
Lots to do and see...
Stop N' Swop on 360...
