Banjo
Banjo is the player character and protagonist in Rare's Banjo-Kazooie. A bear with a laid-back personality contrary to that of the other protagonist Kazooie, much of his popularity comes from his appearance in the acclaimed first game of the series. He was also added to Smash Bros Ultimate, which caused considerable shitposting from and towards anti-Banjo Stevefags on /v/.
Tournament History[edit]
Banjo has appeared in every King of /v/ tournament thus far. Despite often being hyped up and coming from a beloved game, Banjo is one of the consistently worst performing characters in the tournaments, having lost in round 1 in every single appearance, and always in a blowout. Due to his utterly abysmal record within the tournaments, Banjo is often mocked and referred to as a jobber.
In 2023 Banjo surprisingly qualified as the 29th seed, his highest yet, however, this did not stop him from jobbing the first round again. Some speculation arose that Banjo's higher seed was a result of anons getting him to qualify specifically to vote against him in the main tournament to reinforce his jobber status. Still, 2023 wasn't all bad for BanJOB; he did manage to lose in a less spectacular fashion than previous years to Isaac as well as qualifying whereas his rival Steve did not. Unfortunately, Banjo's tendency to lose in round 1 would only be reinforced when he lost to Bowser in the first round of the losers' bracket.
Now in 2024 Banjo was projected to finally escape the first round curse, as he retained a high seed, had a vocal backing, and most of all had a potential anticipated match in the second round against his shitpost rival Steve. However this mythical Banjo vs Steve matchup did not go through as Banjo proceeded to job to the lower seeded Ellis from Left 4 Dead 2, and though it was by his closest margin to date, this has caused some to despair of Banjo's chances at ever winning a round as he lost despite seemingly having everything going for him. Rubbing salt in the wound, Steve won his first ever match whereas Banjo did not, resulting in a variety of smug and gloating reactions from Stevefags.
Results[edit]
King of /v/ | |||||||||||||||||||
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2019 - Unseeded | |||||||||||||||||||
Round | Opponent | Series | Votes | Pct. For | |||||||||||||||
Round 1 | ![]() |
Grand Theft Auto | 118 - 281 | 29.5% | |||||||||||||||
2020 - seed 78 | |||||||||||||||||||
Round 1 | (51) ![]() |
F-Zero | 402 - 1206 | 25% | |||||||||||||||
2021 - seed 94 | |||||||||||||||||||
Round 1 | (35) ![]() |
Metroid | 359 - 800 | 30.9% | |||||||||||||||
2022 - seed 72 | |||||||||||||||||||
Round 1 | (10) ![]() |
Mario | 294 - 939 | 23.8% | |||||||||||||||
2023 - seed 29 | |||||||||||||||||||
Round 1 | (86) ![]() |
The Binding of Isaac | 281 - 427 | 39.7% | |||||||||||||||
2024 - seed 33 | |||||||||||||||||||
Round 1 | (83) ![]() |
Left 4 Dead | 447 - 479 | 48.3% |
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- King of /v/ Qualified Characters
- King of /v/ 2019 Qualified Characters
- King of /v/ 2020 Qualified Characters
- King of /v/ 2021 Qualified Characters
- King of /v/ 2022 Qualified Characters
- King of /v/ 2023 Qualified Characters
- King of /v/ 2024 Qualified Characters
- Characters in every King of /v/ tournament
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