Benjamin: Difference between revisions
→Real-world references: not everyone who edits this wiki is #american enough to get the reference |
No edit summary |
||
| (6 intermediate revisions by 6 users not shown) | |||
| Line 5: | Line 5: | ||
|caption=Artwork in ''Bloons TD 6'' and ''Bloons TD Battles 2'' | |caption=Artwork in ''Bloons TD 6'' and ''Bloons TD Battles 2'' | ||
|appearances=BTD6,BTDB2 | |appearances=BTD6,BTDB2 | ||
|voice actor=[[imdb: | |voice actor=[[imdb:9632300|Kevin Orlando]]<ref>{{cite|title=What's Up At Ninja Kiwi - 28th August 2020|url=https://ninjakiwi.com/blog/news/173395-what-s-up-at-ninja-kiwi-28th-august-2020|publisher=Ninja Kiwi Blog|retrieved=1 sep 2024}}</ref> | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{quote|Rules are made to be broken.|Benjamin|audio=BTD6 UnlockBenjamin.ogg}} | {{quote|Rules are made to be broken.|Benjamin|audio=BTD6 UnlockBenjamin.ogg}} | ||
| Line 61: | Line 61: | ||
*He takes a lot of sponsorships from various companies.<ref name=":0" /> | *He takes a lot of sponsorships from various companies.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
*He has multiple private properties, but is very secretive about their location(s).<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/NinjaKiwiOfficial/comments/1gm72fd/whats_up_at_ninja_kiwi_8th_november_2024_blog/ "What's Up At Ninja Kiwi - 8th November 2024 Blog"]. ''Reddit''. Retrieved Mon, 19 May 2025.</ref> | *He has multiple private properties, but is very secretive about their location(s).<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/NinjaKiwiOfficial/comments/1gm72fd/whats_up_at_ninja_kiwi_8th_november_2024_blog/ "What's Up At Ninja Kiwi - 8th November 2024 Blog"]. ''Reddit''. Retrieved Mon, 19 May 2025.</ref> | ||
*Benjamin and [[Agent Jericho]] are great friends, always grabbing lunch together back when they worked in the same office.<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/NinjaKiwiOfficial/comments/1axk781/whats_up_at_ninja_kiwi_23rd_february_2024_blog/ "What's Up At Ninja Kiwi - 23rd February 2024 Blog"]. ''Reddit''. Retrieved Mon, 19 May 2025.</ref> They have | *Benjamin and [[Agent Jericho]] are great friends, always grabbing lunch together back when they worked in the same office.<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/NinjaKiwiOfficial/comments/1axk781/whats_up_at_ninja_kiwi_23rd_february_2024_blog/ "What's Up At Ninja Kiwi - 23rd February 2024 Blog"]. ''Reddit''. Retrieved Mon, 19 May 2025.</ref> They have gone on enough missions together to warrant "at least" three boxes' worth of heavily redacted files.<ref name=":7">{{cite|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/NinjaKiwiOfficial/comments/1s4myfx/whats_up_at_ninja_kiwi_27th_march_2026/|title=What's Up At Ninja Kiwi - 27th March 2026|publisher=Reddit|retrieved=26 mar 2026}}</ref> | ||
*It has been implied that he breakdances in his free time.<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/NinjaKiwiOfficial/comments/17x1n47/whats_up_at_ninja_kiwi_17th_november_2023/ "What's Up At Ninja Kiwi - 17th November 2023"]. ''Reddit''. Retrieved Mon, 19 May 2025.</ref> | *It has been implied that he breakdances in his free time.<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/NinjaKiwiOfficial/comments/17x1n47/whats_up_at_ninja_kiwi_17th_november_2023/ "What's Up At Ninja Kiwi - 17th November 2023"]. ''Reddit''. Retrieved Mon, 19 May 2025.</ref> | ||
*Benjamin really wants to upgrade [[Captain Churchill]]'s tank, but Churchill is not entirely convinced to let him do so. They still remain friends.<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/NinjaKiwiOfficial/comments/1dfefu4/whats_up_at_ninja_kiwi_14th_june_2024_blog/ "What's Up At Ninja Kiwi - 14th June 2024 Blog"]. ''Reddit''. Retrieved Mon, 19 May 2025.</ref> | *Benjamin really wants to upgrade [[Captain Churchill]]'s tank, but Churchill is not entirely convinced to let him do so. They still remain friends.<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/NinjaKiwiOfficial/comments/1dfefu4/whats_up_at_ninja_kiwi_14th_june_2024_blog/ "What's Up At Ninja Kiwi - 14th June 2024 Blog"]. ''Reddit''. Retrieved Mon, 19 May 2025.</ref> | ||
| Line 91: | Line 91: | ||
*Benjamin is so addicted to ''Slay the Spire II'' that he managed to convince Etienne, [[Pat Fusty]] and [[Corvus]] to regularly join him and got them addicted as well.<ref name=":7" /> | *Benjamin is so addicted to ''Slay the Spire II'' that he managed to convince Etienne, [[Pat Fusty]] and [[Corvus]] to regularly join him and got them addicted as well.<ref name=":7" /> | ||
*Benjamin is probably the one who conscripted a [[Dart Monkey]] to ''Fortnite''.<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/NinjaKiwiOfficial/comments/1t0eyst/whats_up_at_ninja_kiwi_1st_may_2026/ "What's Up At Ninja Kiwi - 1st May 2026"]. ''Reddit''. Retrieved Wed, 3 Jun 2026.</ref> | *Benjamin is probably the one who conscripted a [[Dart Monkey]] to ''Fortnite''.<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/NinjaKiwiOfficial/comments/1t0eyst/whats_up_at_ninja_kiwi_1st_may_2026/ "What's Up At Ninja Kiwi - 1st May 2026"]. ''Reddit''. Retrieved Wed, 3 Jun 2026.</ref> | ||
*Benjammin's top pick to play at parties is | *Benjammin's top pick to play at parties is "Popstorm" by Darude,<ref name=":1">[https://www.reddit.com/r/NinjaKiwiOfficial/comments/14mlw3r/whats_up_at_ninja_kiwi_30th_june_2023/ "What's Up At Ninja Kiwi - 30th June 2023"]. ''Reddit''. Retrieved Mon, 19 May 2025.</ref> his favorite song.<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/NinjaKiwiOfficial/comments/zgj1ea/whats_up_at_ninja_kiwi_9th_december_2022/ "What's Up At Ninja Kiwi - 9th December 2022"]. ''Reddit''. Retrieved Tue, 20 May 2025.</ref> | ||
*Benjammin' listens to dubstep in his headphones.<ref name=":3">[https://www.reddit.com/r/NinjaKiwiOfficial/comments/mdfpzq/whats_up_at_ninja_kiwi_26th_march_2021/ "What's Up At Ninja Kiwi? - 26th March, 2021"]. ''Reddit''. Retrieved Tue, 20 May 2025.</ref> | *Benjammin' listens to dubstep in his headphones.<ref name=":3">[https://www.reddit.com/r/NinjaKiwiOfficial/comments/mdfpzq/whats_up_at_ninja_kiwi_26th_march_2021/ "What's Up At Ninja Kiwi? - 26th March, 2021"]. ''Reddit''. Retrieved Tue, 20 May 2025.</ref> | ||
*Benjammin' makes synthwave music.<ref>{{Cite|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200404104353/http://www.ninjakiwi.com/blog/news/173369-what-s-up-at-ninja-kiwi-20th-march-2020|title=What's Up At Ninja Kiwi? - 20th March, 2020|publisher=Ninja Kiwi|archive timestamp=20200404104353}}</ref> | *Benjammin' makes synthwave music.<ref>{{Cite|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200404104353/http://www.ninjakiwi.com/blog/news/173369-what-s-up-at-ninja-kiwi-20th-march-2020|title=What's Up At Ninja Kiwi? - 20th March, 2020|publisher=Ninja Kiwi|archive timestamp=20200404104353}}</ref> | ||
*Benjammin' once tried having a rap battle with the [[Radadactyl]]s, but it ended up being "pretty one-sided".<ref>{{cite|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/NinjaKiwiOfficial/comments/1uylkdk/whats_up_at_ninja_kiwi_17th_july_2026/|title=What's Up At Ninja Kiwi - 17th July 2026|publisher=Reddit|retrieved=16 jul 2026}}</ref> | |||
*Benjammin' has been outside da house before. He hated it.<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/NinjaKiwiOfficial/comments/m38oam/whats_up_at_ninja_kiwi_12th_march_2021/ "What's Up At Ninja Kiwi? - 12th March, 2021"]. ''Reddit''. Retrieved Sun, 26 Jul 2026.</ref> | |||
*Sushi Bento learned his culinary skills, particularly his slicing technique, from [[Sauda]].<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/NinjaKiwiOfficial/comments/17mgtnb/whats_up_at_ninja_kiwi_3rd_november_2023/ "What's Up At Ninja Kiwi - 3rd November 2023"]. ''Reddit''. Retrieved Mon, 19 May 2025.</ref> | *Sushi Bento learned his culinary skills, particularly his slicing technique, from [[Sauda]].<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/NinjaKiwiOfficial/comments/17mgtnb/whats_up_at_ninja_kiwi_3rd_november_2023/ "What's Up At Ninja Kiwi - 3rd November 2023"]. ''Reddit''. Retrieved Mon, 19 May 2025.</ref> | ||
*Sushi Bento loves working with ''maguro'' (bluefin tuna).<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/NinjaKiwiOfficial/comments/14yxzkf/whats_up_at_ninja_kiwi_14th_july_2023/ "What's Up At Ninja Kiwi - 14th July 2023"]. ''Reddit''. Retrieved Mon, 19 May 2025.</ref> | *Sushi Bento loves working with ''maguro'' (bluefin tuna).<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/NinjaKiwiOfficial/comments/14yxzkf/whats_up_at_ninja_kiwi_14th_july_2023/ "What's Up At Ninja Kiwi - 14th July 2023"]. ''Reddit''. Retrieved Mon, 19 May 2025.</ref> | ||
*Benjamin is good at the video game [[wikipedia:Pizza_Tower|Pizza Tower]].<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/NinjaKiwiOfficial/comments/1ryhj4y/whats_up_at_ninja_kiwi_20th_march_2026/ "What's Up At Ninja Kiwi - 20th March 2026"]. ''Reddit''. Retrieved Mon, 29 July 2026.</ref> | |||
===Real-world references=== | ===Real-world references=== | ||
{{incomplete}} | {{incomplete}} | ||
*Benjamin's name may be a reference to [[wp:Benjamin Franklin|Benjamin Franklin]], one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, in reference to his depiction on [[wp:United States one-hundred-dollar bill|US$100 bills]] (which are sometimes called "benjamins" in American slang for this reason). | *Benjamin's name may be a reference to [[wp:Benjamin Franklin|Benjamin Franklin]], one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, in reference to his depiction on [[wp:United States one-hundred-dollar bill|US$100 bills]] (which are sometimes called "benjamins" in American slang for this reason). | ||
**Prior to {{BTD6 version|42.0}} of ''[[Bloons TD 6]]'', Benjamin at level 1 generated $100 per round, the same | **Prior to {{BTD6 version|42.0}} of ''[[Bloons TD 6]]'' and {{BTDB2 version|4.10}} of ''[[Bloons TD Battles 2]]'', Benjamin at level 1 generated $100 per round, the same value as a literal "benjamin". | ||
*Benjamin's title in ''BTD6'' and ''Battles 2'' is "Code Monkey", which is an informal (and often derisive) term for a computer programmer, in addition to being a literal description of Benjamin. | *Benjamin's title in ''BTD6'' and ''Battles 2'' is "Code Monkey", which is an informal (and often derisive) term for a computer programmer, in addition to being a literal description of Benjamin. | ||