Editing Banana

{{about|the bananas themselves|the peels prominently featured in the [[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]] series as items|[[Banana Peel]]}}
{{redirect|Bananas|microgame in the [[Gamer]] minigame in [[Game & Wario]]|[[Bananas (microgame)]]}}
{{item infobox
|image=[[File:BananaDKCR.png|200px]]<br>Artwork of a banana from ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (game)|Donkey Kong Jr.]]'' ([[List of games by date#1982|1982]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns HD]]'' ([[List of games by date#2025|2025]])
|variants=[[Banana Bunch]]<br>[[Banana hoard]]<br>[[Banana Peel]]<br>[[Blue Banana]]<br>[[Flying banana]]<br>[[Giant Banana]]<br>[[Golden Banana]]<br>[[Green banana]]
}}
{{quote|Oh, sweet, creamy, potassium-rich irony! I hate bananas anyway!|King K. Rool|DK: Jungle Climber}}
'''Bananas''' in the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]] are tropical [[fruit]] with a variety of purposes. They are [[Donkey Kong]]'s favorite food,<ref>{{cite|quote=Bananas:Donkey Kong's favorite snack|title=''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze'' Wii U electronic manual|language=en-us|format=PDF|date=2014|page=17|publisher=nintendo.com|accessdate=January 28, 2025|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20170110153828/http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/downloads/manual-WiiU-Donkey_Kong_Country_Tropical_Freeze.pdf}}</ref> so a number of appearances of bananas are tied to that character or [[Kong]]s in general.

==History==
===''Donkey Kong Jr.''===
[[File:DKJ Arcade Banana.png|thumb|left]]
Bananas do not appear in ''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (game)|Donkey Kong Jr.]]'', although a [[Banana Bunch]] is among the fruit which [[Donkey Kong Jr.]] can drop on enemies in the [[Vine Scene|first stage]].

===''Club Nintendo'' comics===
Bananas in the ''[[Club Nintendo (magazine)|Club Nintendo]]'' comic "[[Super Mario Klemp-Won-Do: Muskeln sind nicht alles!]]" are used by Mario to make his opponent [[Blanka]] slip and fall.

Bananas in "[[Donkey Kong in: Banana Day 24]]," being the Kongs' favorite food, are the main victuals when Donkey Kong and his friends travel to Outer Space in order to stop aliens from pulling [[Earth]] away from the sun. As it turns out, the culprits just erroneously took the planet for a huge [[coconut]], a fruit their species adores. Diddy suggests to give bananas to the extraterrestrials as a compensation to get Earth back. This plan works, and the aliens are enthusiastic about the bananas' taste.

===''Donkey Kong Country'' series and ''Donkey Kong Land'' series===
{{quote|Yeah, bananas! They always do the trick.|Donkey Kong|"[[Bad Hair Day]]"}}
[[File:banana.jpg|thumb|120px|left|A Banana from the ''[[Donkey Kong Country (series)|Donkey Kong Country]]'' series]]
Bananas in the ''[[Donkey Kong Country (series)|Donkey Kong Country]]'' series and ''[[Donkey Kong Land (series)|Donkey Kong Land]]'' series are the main collectible items in the same manner as [[Coin]]s in the [[Super Mario (series)|''Super Mario'' series]], since for every one hundred bananas collected, the player receives an [[extra life]].<ref>{{cite|quote=The goal, as always, is to grab 100 bananas for a 1-Up.|title=''Nintendo Power'' Volume 65|page=22|author=Tilden, Gail, et al.|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> Banana Bunches in both series are worth ten regular bananas. Bananas are additionally a key item to the stories of some games in both series, as Donkey Kong has a [[banana hoard]] that antagonists steal or otherwise threaten. 

In ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'', some of the bananas seen in levels are bananas from the stolen banana hoard dropped by the [[Kremling]]s.<ref>{{cite| quote = The entire Donkey Kong clan was oblivious as the Kremlings then loaded the banana horde into their Kremling karts and wheeled them off through the jungle, leaving an obvious trail of dropped fruit from their overloaded conveyances. | title = ''Donkey Kong Country'' instruction booklet | page = 5 |date=1994|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{cite| quote = The trail of bananas left by the thieving Kremlings will also guide you on your way. | title = ''Donkey Kong Country'' instruction booklet | page = 18 }}</ref> Bananas and Banana Bunches in this game commonly appear within [[Bonus Area]]s to the extent of having a type centered around them, "Collect the Bananas!". Donkey Kong can sometimes reveal a Banana Bunch by using [[Hand Slap]] in a specific location. Hoards of bananas in the boss arenas fill the background.

Bananas in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' can additionally serve as visual aids. Bananas that point at a wall indicates that it can be broken, and this always leads into a [[Bonus room|Bonus Area]]. One banana can also give away the location of either a hidden object (such as a [[Barrel Cannon]] or a [[hook]]), a hidden item (such as an [[Extra Life Balloon]]), or even a [[Bonus Barrel]]. Bananas in ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' and its sequel, ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'', are sometimes arranged in the shape of a controller button, indicating which button must be pressed during that moment; for example, in [[Bobbing Barrel Brawl]] of the latter game, a group of bananas shaped as a "Y" tell the player to press {{button|snes|y}} for [[Ellie the Elephant|Ellie]] to draw over a [[TNT Barrel]] stuck between two red [[Buzz (enemy)|Buzz]]es. In the [[Game Boy Advance]] port, the arrangement of these bananas were updated to match with the appropriate Game Boy Advance button.

Bananas are key items in the story of ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'', its [[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D|Nintendo 3DS port]], and its [[Donkey Kong Country Returns HD|Nintendo Switch port]]. The [[Tiki Tak Tribe]] steals bananas from all across the island, including those of the banana hoard. Most of the game's bosses interact with bananas in their opening cutscenes, usually by eating some. This is what prompts Donkey Kong and [[Diddy Kong]] to attack. The [[Factory (Donkey Kong Country Returns)|Factory]]'s boss level, [[Feather Fiend]], reveals that the Tiki Tak Tribe uses crushed bananas to create more tikis. The game's ending has the volcano on [[Donkey Kong Island]] erupt bananas all over the island. Several of them incidentally activates a statue revealing the [[Golden Temple]]/[[Cloud (world)|Cloud Gateway]].

As items, bananas in ''Donkey Kong Country Returns'' are very similar to their earlier appearances. Button prompts are moved to the new character [[Professor Chops|tutorial pig]], so banana are not arranged in button indicative formations. Collecting all bananas, and sometimes a [[Banana Coin]], in certain areas can make objects appear. Examples include a Red Balloon or a [[Puzzle Piece (Donkey Kong Country series)|Puzzle Piece]]. In levels involving [[Rocket Barrel]]s, the path of bananas that have this effect in a field of bananas that do not is usually indicated by the path consisting of banana bunches. There are now winged bananas that float around in certain areas (mostly Bonus Areas), which are worth five bananas. Normal bananas sometimes trail behind a winged banana. Enormous, floating bananas (amongst other [[fruit]]) appear in the Golden Temple's level as platforms that swing back and forth. They have steep slopes for edges. Some of the bananas only swing forward, but they face the screen and loop between the background and foreground.

Bananas in ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'' and [[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo Switch)|its Nintendo Switch port]], have another gameplay mechanic linked to them, where by collecting a hundred bananas, the [[Kong]]s can perform a [[Kong POW]], aside from receiving an extra life. Regular bananas in the game also follow behind [[flying banana]]s, and collecting all of these bananas spawns another item, such as a [[Banana Coin]] or even a [[Puzzle Piece (Donkey Kong Country series)|Puzzle Piece]].

===''Diddy Kong Racing''===
Bananas in ''[[Diddy Kong Racing]]'' only (not the [[Diddy Kong Racing DS|Nintendo DS remake]], which replaces them with [[coin]]s) are collectible items that influence a vehicle's top speed, but the player can have only up to ten at a time. Two bananas are dropped by the player if they hit an obstacle. Bananas in [[Smokey Castle]] are stored within four collectible treasure chests. The banana counter resets to zero at the beginning of each race.

===''Yoshi's Story''===
Bananas in ''[[Yoshi's Story]]'' are the [[Favorite Fruit]] of [[Yoshi (species)|Yellow Yoshi]]s, excluding [[melon]]s, which are loved by all Yoshis. Bananas on the [[Super Happy Tree]] are seen growing from the top.

===''Donkey Kong 64''===
[[File:DK64 Banana Colour.gif|thumb|150px|The different colored Bananas from ''Donkey Kong 64'']]
Bananas in ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'' are collectible items appearing in one of five colors, each only collectible by a certain Kong: yellow for Donkey Kong, red for [[Diddy Kong]], purple for [[Tiny Kong]], blue for [[Lanky Kong]], and green for [[Chunky Kong]]. There are exactly 500 bananas (100 per color) in each of the game's seven levels, for a total of 3,500 bananas in the entire game. Bananas in [[Troff 'n' Scoff]] have more relevance to gameplay than in other areas, since the Kongs need to feed them to [[Scoff]], who grows larger from eating bananas until eventually becoming large enough to stomp his platform, allowing [[Troff]] to reach the key and unlock the boss door. Unlike the ''Donkey Kong Country'' trilogy, Banana Bunches are worth five bananas. A [[Banana Balloon]] is worth ten bananas, which the Kong can obtain by sniping their associated Banana Balloon.
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===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario Sunshine''====
[[File:Super Mario Sunshine Banana.png|thumb|left|150px|A banana as it appears in ''Super Mario Sunshine'']]
Bananas in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' are among the different interactive fruit objects appearing throughout [[Isle Delfino]]. Bananas fall faster and have more friction than other fruits, and [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshis]] that eat a Banana turn pink, allowing them to spit [[Juice]] of the same color. Bananas in [[Delfino Plaza]] are sold in the market sector by a street vendor, but Mario can take them for free. Bananas piqued the interest of a local [[Pianta]] to the point where she asks [[Mario]] to help gather some for her. A supply of bananas and other fruit in [[Ricco Harbor]] are stored in a gigantic tank used in the [[mission|episode]] [[Yoshi's Fruit Adventure]]. Bananas in [[Sirena Beach]] are sold at the fruit bars in [[Hotel Delfino]], but Mario is free to use them.
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====''Super Mario Maker''====
[[File:Diddy Kong pose SMM.png|frame|left]]
A peeled banana in ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'' appears in the [[Diddy Kong]] [[Costume Mario|costume]]'s pose when {{button|wiiu|padup}} is pressed (or when the left {{button|wiiu|stick}} is tilted up).
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==== ''Mario Kart Series'' ====

===''Mario Party'' series===
[[File:Mass Apeel Party 5.png|thumb|Bananas in [[Mass A-peel]], a minigame from ''Mario Party 5''.]]
Bananas in the ''[[Mario Party (series)|Mario Party]]'' series have appeared in various [[minigame]]s, such as in [[Tree Stomp]] in ''[[Mario Party 4]]'', where golden bananas increase the speed of any player that collects them. Bananas are prominently featured in [[Minigame|Donkey Kong minigame]]s in ''[[Mario Party 5]]'', ''[[Mario Party 6|6]]'', and ''[[Mario Party 7|7]]'', where they are worth one, two, or three [[coin]]s depending on a random multiplier determined by whoever has landed on a [[DK Space]] before the minigame starts. In these games, there are also Banana Bunches, which are worth five bananas each and also mainly found in Donkey Kong minigames.

Outside of minigames, Bananas directly replace [[Mini Star]]s in [[DK's Jungle Ruins]] in ''[[Mario Party 9]]'', where the goal is to have the most bananas by the end. [[Z-Banana]]s similarly appear as a counterpart to [[Mini Ztar]]s.

===''Mario Tennis Open''===
Bananas in ''[[Mario Tennis Open]]'' can be seen on the [[DK Jungle (Mario Tennis Open)|DK Jungle]] court, in the emblem for the [[Banana Cup]], on the trophy for the cup, and in tennis gear for [[Mii]]s designed after Bananas.

===''Donkey Kong Jungle Beat''===
{{redirect|Beat|the Mega Man character and one of [[Mega Man]]'s custom special moves in [[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS]] and [[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]|[[Mega Man#Rush Coil|Mega Man § Rush Coil]]}}
Bananas and Banana Bunches in ''[[Donkey Kong Jungle Beat]]'' are part of a scoring system called '''beats''' (or '''banana points'''<ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.com/consumer/gameslist/manuals/Wii_DK_Jungle_Beat.pdf|title=''New Play Control! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat'' instruction booklet|page=11|publisher=Nintendo of America|accessdate=April 27, 2022}}</ref> in the [[New Play Control! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat|New Play Control! version]]). In this game, Donkey Kong's banana total acts as his overall health (in the New Play Control! version, they only act as his health for boss battles); losing all of his beats results in a [[Game Over]]. Normal bananas are worth one beat, and bunches are worth three, but stringing together multiple combos and clap grabbing multiple bananas increases the amount of beats they are worth. Lastly, there is a minigame after said levels involving Donkey Kong eating as many bananas as he can in the allotted period of time, to increase his beat total for that level.

===''DK: King of Swing''===
Bananas in ''[[DK: King of Swing]]'' are items that can be collected in quantities up to 300, and are used for restoring health or even becoming temporarily invincible.

===''WarioWare'' series===
[[File:DonkeyKongCountry WarioWareGold.png|thumb|[[Donkey Kong]] collecting bananas in the [[Donkey Kong Country (microgame)|Donkey Kong Country]] microgame of ''WarioWare Gold'']]
Bananas appear in many [[microgame]]s in the [[WarioWare (series)|''WarioWare'' series]]. The 2nd level difficulty of [[Eating Contest]] tasks the player with eating a banana. The 2nd level difficulty of [[Close Call (microgame)|Close Call]] has a banana used as a tennis ball on a court and bounce away, with the player having to determine if the "ball" landed within or outside the court. The banana's long shape makes this task more difficult than the normal tennis ball. The 3nd level difficulty of [[Hand Me Down]] has the player use a banana as a baton, passing it to a gorilla to win a relay race. Certain levels of [[Nose Dive]] have Handroid V eat a banana as a power-up before a boss encounter. The 3nd level difficulty [[Wheel of Whack]] tasks the player with hitting monkeys with a hammer, but the monkeys can use a banana as a shield and stun the hammer. In [[Code Dependency]] bananas may be one of the objects with bar codes the player has to scan. In [[What Goes In...]], the food the player has to digest may be a banana. The 3rd level difficulty of [[Fruit Fans]] has the player pick out the bananas from birds and jaguars designed to greatly resemble bananas. The 2nd level difficulty of [[Inch, Worm!]] has the goal be to reach a banana.

Microgames based on games of the ''[[Donkey Kong Country (series)|Donkey Kong Country]]'' series feature bananas as per their depiction in that series. ''[[WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase]]'' has the microgame [[DK Country]], and ''[[WarioWare Gold]]'' has the microgame [[Donkey Kong Country (microgame)|Donkey Kong Country]]. Bananas have to be collected to complete the microgames. 
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===''Mario Golf: World Tour''===
Bananas in ''[[Mario Golf: World Tour]]'' appear in food bowls on some tables of the Castle Club's Royal Room, inside of barrels, which are the tee markers of the DK Jungle course, and there is golf gear designed after the item that Miis can use. A banana is used in Diddy Kong's animation for getting a bogey, where he eats one while lying down and throws it on the ground, and from getting double bogey or worse, except when he tries to get up and walk, Diddy slips on the banana.

===''Mario Strikers'' series===
During [[Diddy Kong]]'s ground entrance, he pulls out a banana, and whacks it on his hand, which is used to say that he is going to crush his opponent.

===''Nintendo Land''===
Bananas in ''[[Nintendo Land]]'' have to be collected in the [[Donkey Kong's Crash Course]] attraction while attempting to reach [[Donkey Kong]] and [[Pauline]].

===''Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle''===
Bananas in ''[[Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle]]'' are the currency in the Donkey Kong Adventure mode, replacing [[coin]]s from the main game. Donkey Kong also uses banana-shaped boomerang weapons called [[List of weapons in Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle#Bwananarang|Bwananarangs]], with one of them, the Potassium Pulverizer, being directly based on a banana.

===''Mario Sports Superstars''===
Bananas in ''[[Mario Sports Superstars]]'' are part of Diddy's bogey and double bogey animations in Golf mode, both reused from ''Mario Golf: World Tour'' directly.

===''The Super Mario Bros. Movie''===
A bunch of Bananas can be seen beside [[Cranky Kong]]'s throne in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'', from which Cranky picks up a banana as [[Mario]] is punched repeatedly by [[Donkey Kong]] in the stadium duel. Additionally, Bananas can be seen hanging on a fruit cart along with [[pineapple]]s and [[watermelon]]s while [[Toad]] is escorting Mario through the Mushroom Kingdom. Similar to ''Diddy Kong Racing'', Bananas are used to fuel the [[kart]]s of the [[Donkey Kong Island|Jungle Kingdom]].

==Profiles and statistics==
===''Donkey Kong Country'' series===
====''Donkey Kong Country''====
*'''Wii U Virtual Console manual bio:''' ''Collect 100 bananas to get an extra life.''

====''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''====
*'''Wii U Virtual Console manual bio:''' ''If you collect 100, you will gain an extra life. A bunch counts as 10 bananas.''

===''Mario Party 9''===
{{constellation
|image=[[File:MP9 Banana Constellation.png|200px]]
|description=A constellation evocative of that tasty treat beloved by animals everywhere: bananas. In the jungle, they're quite valuable.
}}

==Gallery==
{{main-gallery}}
<gallery>
DK64 Yellow Banana.gif|''[[Donkey Kong 64]]''
MRKB DK Artwork.png|''[[Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle]]''
SMRL-Line-DK-Banana.gif|[[LINE]] sticker of Donkey Kong eating a banana
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=バナナ
|JpnR=Banana
|JpnM=Banana
|Jpn2=１{{ruby|本|ほん}}バナナ
|Jpn2C=<ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/data/software/manual/man_PBCJ_00.pdf|title=''Burabura Donkey'' instruction booklet|page=18|publisher=Nintendo|language=Japanese|accessdate=September 11, 2022}}</ref>
|Jpn2R=1-hon Banana
|Jpn2M=1 Banana
|Chi=香蕉
|ChiR=Xiāngjiāo
|ChiM=Banana
|Dut=Banaan
|DutM=Banana
|Fre=Banane
|FreM=Banana
|Ger=Banane
|GerM=Banana
|Ita=Banana
|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|quote=Mi servono... banane! Portamene 3 per favore.|author=Female Pianta|publisher=''Super Mario Sunshine'' |language=it}}</ref>
|Kor=바나나
|KorR=Banana
|KorM=Banana
|Por=Banana
|PorM=Banana
|Rus=Банан
|RusR=Banan
|RusM=Banana
|Spa=Plátano
|SpaM=Banana
}}
;Beat
{{foreign names
|Jpn=ビート
|JpnN=''Donkey Kong Jungle Beat''
|JpnR=Bīto
|JpnM=Beat
|Jpn2=バナナポイント
|Jpn2C=<ref>{{cite|url=m1.nintendo.net/docvc/RVL/JPN/R49J/R49J_J.pdf|title=''Wii de Asobu Donkey Kong Jungle Beat'' instruction booklet|page=14|publisher=Nintendo|language=ja|format=PDF|accessdate=April 27, 2022}}</ref>
|Jpn2N=''New Play Control! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat''
|Jpn2R=Banana Pointo
|Jpn2M=Banana Point
}}

==See also==
*[[Banana hoard]]
*[[Xananab]]

==References==
{{NIWA|ZeldaWiki=Bananas}}
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