Gruntilda is the main villain of Banjo-Kazooie, the Rare platform game released for Nintendo 64 in 1998, where she speaks almost entirely in rhymes while plotting to steal Banjo's sister's beauty. Like other characters in the game, her lines are delivered as stylised gibberish rather than clear speech, a sound design choice that kept her rhyming personality while making her instantly recognisable. Clips of her voice have circulated among retro gaming fans and meme editors ever since, especially whenever a video needs a scheming witch or a deliberately over-the-top villain voice.