How many humans are there in the original Banjo Kazooie?

[Mr. Airplane]

In my opinion, there are two:

Rubee, the snake charmer
The watermelon girl from the ending

I do not think Grunty is human. Grunty's sister Brentilda is a fairy, and I think it would be fair to say that fairies are not human. Therefore I think Grunty is not human.

I am also interested in discussions on who is human in later games. The cavemen are probably human, and Humba Wumba is definitely human.

[Zondekel]

Sabreman in Tooie

[qwertykins76]

OP is correct, those are the only definitive humans in the original B-K minus Blackeye in paintings. Other (unlikely) potential unknown candidates are

• skeletons (formerly)
• mummies & mummy hands (formerly)
• Mumbo Jumbo (formerly)
• mumbo tokens actually being real human heads from the murder victims Mumbo has killed in horrific ritual shamanistic sacrifice
• pictures of clearly human skulls like over the RBB toxic waste pool or on death squares in Furnace Fun

My take on Gruntilda and her sisters is that they are not human, they are hags, which is a species split from humans like neanderthals. Hags have magic, green skin and relatively ugly looks and if they use their magic for evil they are called witches.

[Mr. Airplane]

Skeletons do not have to be human

I think mummies are just mummies and ghosts are just ghosts

Mumbo is just a little guy

What if those are witch or fairy skulls?

[qwertykins76]

Now you might be saying, qwerty, clearly that nightmare you just ruined my Christmas with by posting is a woman in a bird costume, and thus surely must be a human. But I will point out, that means she's a Furry, and therefore, categorically not human. Case closed.