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[[File:MKDD Giant Banana.png|thumb|right|A Giant Banana from ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'']]
{{item infobox
'''Giant Bananas''' are larger variants of regular [[Banana]]s that occasionally appear as items.  
|image=[[File:MKT Icon Giant Banana.png|200px]]<br>A Giant Banana from ''Mario Kart Tour''
|first_appearance=''[[Captain N: The Game Master]]'' &ndash; "Kevin in Videoland" ([[List of games by date#1989|1989]])<br>''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' ([[List of games by date#1994|1994]], ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' franchise)
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' ([[List of games by date#2019|2019]])
}}
{{quote|I can't believe it. You trampled all over Gnawty. Give me that giant banana. I will take care of it for you. Come on, get going. You can't rest yet.|[[Cranky Kong]]|''[[Donkey_Kong_Country#Game_Boy_Advance|Donkey Kong Country]]'' (GBA)}}
'''Giant Bananas'''<ref>{{cite|title=''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'' instruction manual|publisher=[[Nintendo|Nintendo of America]]|language=en|date=2003|page=19}}</ref> appear predominantly in the ''[[Donkey Kong Country (series)|Donkey Kong Country]]'' series and the ''[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]'' series, both featuring them as larger versions of [[Banana]].


==History==
==History==
[[File:DKC-VeryGnawtyGiantBanana.png|thumb]]
===''Captain N: The Game Master''===
[[File:Captain N Giant Banana.png|thumb|left|A giant banana in ''Captain N: The Game Master'']]
A Giant Banana first appears in the episode "Kevin in Videoland" of ''[[Captain N: The Game Master]]'', where the Eggplant Wizard fires the banana bullet out of his [[Banana Gun]] and hits Kevin, trapping him in a giant banana peel until he peels out of it himself.
 
In "The Most Dangerous Game Master", there is an in-universe show titled "Donkey Kong Jones and the Last Banana," a parody of ''{{wp|Raiders of the Lost Ark}}'', where a giant banana is discovered by Donkey Kong, who is wearing khaki clothes, in a cavern. However, Donkey Kong steps on a trap button accidentally, and the giant banana begins to roll after him. Donkey Kong jumps off of a cliff and lands in an enormous ice cream sundae, with the giant banana landing on top of it, and Donkey Kong laughs at the pun of "banana split."
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===''Donkey Kong Country'' series===
===''Donkey Kong Country'' series===
====''Donkey Kong Country''====
====''Donkey Kong Country''====
[[File:GiantBananaSprite.png|frame|left]]
[[File:GiantBananaSprite.png|frame|left]]
On beating a [[List of bosses|world boss]] in ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'', a Giant Banana (featuring a [[Nintendo]] logo "sticker") would drop from the ceiling to signify [[Donkey Kong|Donkey]] and/or [[Diddy Kong]]'s victory.
In ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'', a Giant Banana is rewarded to [[Donkey Kong]] and [[Diddy Kong]] after they defeat a world boss. Giant Bananas have a sticker of the [[Nintendo]] logo wrapped around them. They also make cameo appearances, such as one appearing near [[Cranky's Cabin]]<!--Not Cranky's Hut in the Game Boy Advance remake--> when visited and also in [[Gang-Plank Galleon]]. [[Cranky Kong]] takes care of any Giant Banana recovered,<ref>{{cite|author=[[Cranky Kong]]|date=2003|publisher=Nintendo|language=en|title=''Donkey Kong Country'' (Game Boy Advance)|location=[[Kongo Jungle]]|quote=Give me that giant banana. I will take care of it for you.}}</ref> so no bananas appear in the banana hoard until [[King K. Rool]] is defeated.
====''Donkey Kong 64''====
 
A Giant Banana appears as a unique [[Golden Banana]] in ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'', and can be found by [[Tiny Kong]] on [[Banana Fairy Island]] after she takes pictures of all the [[Banana Fairy|Banana Fairies]]. Unlike the other Golden Bananas, this one has a [[Rare Ltd.]] sticker on it, and is the only time any character can collect a sixth Golden Banana for any particular location.
The Giant Banana had no cosmetic changes in the [[Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Color)|first remake]], other than spinning slowly upon descent. In the [[Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Advance)|second remake]], the Giant Banana was made slightly smaller and thinner, and it no longer has the Nintendo logo.
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====''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''====
[[File:Swankys Bonus Bonanza DKC2.png|thumb|A Giant Banana is in the background of Swanky's Bonus Bonanza in the original ''Donkey Kong Country 2'', but not the remake.]]
Giant Bananas make background appearances in [[Swanky's Bonus Bonanza]] and [[The Flying Krock]] in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''. For the Flying Krock, only four Giant Bananas appear in {{file link|The Flying Krock DKC2 interior art.png|artwork}} and the [[Donkey Kong Country 2 (Game Boy Advance)|remake]]. No Giant Bananas are seen in the Bonus Bonanza in the remake.
 
===''Mario Kart'' series===
===''Mario Kart'' series===
====''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!''====
====''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!''====
In ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]'', it is a special [[item]] that [[Donkey Kong]] and [[Diddy Kong]], (and [[Petey Piranha]] and [[King Boo]], due to their ability to have any special item) can obtain in ''Double Dash''. Once a driver makes contact with the Giant Banana Peel, it not only makes the driver spin out for the same duration as the [[POW Block]] from ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]'', but it also leaves behind three regular Bananas on the ground. The Giant Banana is resistant to most items, but it can be destroyed with a [[Bob-omb]], [[Chain Chomp]], [[Yoshi Egg]] and [[Bowser Shell]], though the Bowser Shell will get deflected. It can also be picked up by running into it while using the [[Heart (item)|Heart]].  
The Giant Banana is the [[Special Item (Mario Kart series)|special item]] of [[Donkey Kong]] and [[Diddy Kong]] in ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]''. It is usable by [[Petey Piranha]] and [[King Boo]], as with most other special items, but it is not classified as their special item. When a driver touches with the Giant Banana Peel, they spin out, longer than when driving into a regular Banana as well as leaving behind three regular Bananas on the ground. The Giant Banana can be destroyed with a [[Bob-omb]], [[Chain Chomp]], [[Yoshi's Egg]] and [[Bowser's Shell]], but it still causes the Bowser's Shell to be deflected. The Giant Banana can be picked up by driving into it while using the [[Heart (item)|Heart]].
 
The Giant Banana is the result of when the developers maximized the value of a normal Banana to see how big it would get. The developers found it amusing enough to turn it into a separate item with its own mechanics.<ref>{{cite|date=December 6, 2003|title=''[[Nintendo DREAM]]'' Vol. 102|page=[https://ia803207.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages.php?zip=/11/items/nintendo-dream-2003-12-06-vol-102-incomplete-600dpi-ozidual/Nintendo%20Dream%202003%2012%2006%20v102%20%28Missing%20page%2C%208%20page%20poster%2C%20and%20promo%20card%29%20%28J%20OCR%29_jp2.zip&file=Nintendo%20Dream%202003%2012%2006%20v102%20%28Missing%20page%2C%208%20page%20poster%2C%20and%20promo%20card%29%20%28J%20OCR%29_jp2/Nintendo%20Dream%202003%2012%2006%20v102%20%28Missing%20page%2C%208%20page%20poster%2C%20and%20promo%20card%29%20%28J%20OCR%29_0030.jp2&id=nintendo-dream-2003-12-06-vol-102-incomplete-600dpi-ozidual&scale=4&rotate=0 29]}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=DidYouKnowGaming?|date=July 14, 2024|url=youtube.com/watch?v=QxEqzUOui_M|title=NEW Nintendo GameCube Game Facts Discovered|timestamp=18:29|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=September 30, 2024}}</ref>
 
====''Mario Kart Arcade GP'' subseries====
The Giant Banana is Donkey Kong's special item in ''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP 2]]'', functioning much like in ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!''. However, in ''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP DX]]'', the Giant Banana was made into a regular item that can be dropped only from behind, but it still divides into three regular bananas when slipped over by the player.
 
====''Mario Kart Tour''====
The Giant Banana reappears in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' and works the same way. It is the [[Special Item (Mario Kart series)|special item]] of [[Morton]], [[Donkey Kong]], [[Toad (species)|Yellow Toad (Pit Crew)]], [[Mario|Mario (Sunshine)]], [[Rosalina|Rosalina (Chef)]], [[White Tanooki Mario]], [[Toad|Toad (Tourist)]], [[Shy Guy|Pink Shy Guy (Ninja)]], [[Wiggler]], and the [[Mii|Donkey Kong, Yellow, Morton and Wiggler Mii Racing Suits]]. When Giant Banana+ is used, the chances of getting a Giant Banana is increased, and it will drop more Bananas than usual after being hit, splitting into five Bananas rather than three. [[Bowser]] can also use Giant Bananas in [[Take them out quick!]] bonus challenges where he appears as the opponent.
 
Additionally, [[Banana Barrels|Banana Barrels+]] can sometimes launch Giant Bananas alongside regular Bananas.
 
===''Donkey Kong Jungle Beat''===
Giant [[Banana Bunch]]es appear in ''[[Donkey Kong Jungle Beat]]'' at the end of each stage in the [[Banana Kingdom]].  


====''Mario Kart Arcade GP''====
===''Mario Strikers Charged''===
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The Giant Banana is an item in ''[[Mario Strikers Charged]]''. It slips anyone over from running into it, not unlike Bananas, except the Giant Banana has a larger range, giving it the ability to hit more than one player, and does not split into multiple bananas. The Giant Bananas have the smiling expression of a regular Banana, unlike in ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!''.


====''Mario Kart Arcade GP DX''====
==Profiles==
[[File:MKAGPDX Banana Giant.png|thumb]]
===''Mario Kart Tour''===
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*'''Tips & Tricks:''' ''Not only does this big banana spin out karts that hit it, but after being struck it breaks into three regular-sized Bananas. The only banana split you'll be sad to see!''
*'''''Mario Kart Tour'' Twitter:''' ''Special item introduction: Giant Banana <br>A giant banana that spins out karts that hit it. After being struck it breaks into three regular-sized Bananas, so not only is it hard to avoid, but it leaves behind even more chaos in its wake!''<ref>{{cite|author=mariokarttourEN|date=September 4, 2019|url=x.com/mariokarttourEN/status/1169083262808944640|title=Post|publisher=Twitter|accessdate=March 10, 2020|archive=web.archive.org/web/20190916062216/https://twitter.com/mariokarttourEN/status/1169083262808944640}}</ref>
*'''Driver info:''' ''This particularly stern-looking Giant Banana splits into three Bananas when hit.''
*'''Driver info (Giant Banana+):''' ''Boosts your chances to get a Giant Banana. And when you do, it splits into even more bananas!''


==Gallery==
===Artwork===
<gallery>
Cranky Cabin DKC art.jpg|''[[Donkey Kong Country]]''
The Flying Krock DKC2 interior art.png|''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''
MKDD Giant Banana.png|''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]''
Donkey Kong and Diddy - Mario Kart Double Dash.png|''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!''
</gallery>


== Mario Kart Tour ==
===Screenshots===
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<gallery>
[[File:MKT Icon GiantBanana.png|thumb]]
CrankyCabin.png|''[[Donkey Kong Country]]''
The Giant Banana reappears in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' and works the same way.
DKC-VeryGnawtyGiantBanana.png|''Donkey Kong Country''
Gang-Plank Galleon full view.png|''Donkey Kong Country''
The Flying Krock DKC2 NTSC.png|''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''
CrankysCabinGBC.png|''Donkey Kong Country'' (GBC)
NeckysNuts-GBC.png|''Donkey Kong Country'' (GBC)
KRoolFight-GBC.png|''Donkey Kong Country'' (GBC)
KRoolFight-GBA.png|''Donkey Kong Country'' (GBA)
DKP03 - Cranky Kong Screenshot.png|''[[Diddy Kong Pilot (2003)|Diddy Kong Pilot]]'' (2003)
The Flying Krock Interior DKC2 GBA.png|''Donkey Kong Country 2'' (GBA)
Kongo Jungle map SSBU.png|''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''
MKT DK Giant Banana.jpg|''[[Mario Kart Tour]]''
MKT GCN Dino Dino Jungle Giant Banana.png|''Mario Kart Tour''
</gallery>


===Sprites===
<gallery>
DKCGBC Giant Banana.png|[[Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Color)|''Donkey Kong Country'']] ([[Game Boy Color]])
DKCGBA Giant Banana.png|[[Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Advance)|''Donkey Kong Country'']] ([[Game Boy Advance]])
GiantBananaIcon-MKDD.png|''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!''
</gallery>


===Scans===
<gallery>
Giant banana SMKun.png|''[[Super Mario-kun]]''
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ジャンボバナナ
|JapR=Janbo Banana
|JapM=Jumbo Banana
|ChiT=巨型香蕉皮
|ChiTR=Jùxíng Xiāngjiāopí
|ChiTM=Giant Banana Peel
|Fre=
|FreM=
|Ger=Megabanane
|GerM=Mega Banana
|Ita=Banana gigante
|ItaM=Giant banana
|Kor=자이언트바나나
|KorR=Jaieonteu Banana
|KorM=Giant Banana
|Por=Banana gigante
|PorM=Giant banana
|Spa=Plátano gigante
|SpaM=Giant banana
}}


===''Mario Strikers Charged''===
==References==
In ''Mario Strikers Charged'', the Giant Banana is one of the many items used by the players. Whoever uses the item drops it behind them, which hits anyone who runs into it. It is similar to the smaller Banana, though the Giant Banana has a larger range and can hit more than one player. Unlike the smaller bananas, the Giant Banana item only deploys one banana, not multiple bananas. The Giant Bananas in this game do not have their angry facial expressions from ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'', instead having the smiling expressions the regular Bananas have.
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Latest revision as of 10:07, November 8, 2024

Giant Banana
Giant Banana from Mario Kart Tour.
A Giant Banana from Mario Kart Tour
First appearance Captain N: The Game Master – "Kevin in Videoland" (1989)
Donkey Kong Country (1994, Super Mario franchise)
Latest appearance Mario Kart Tour (2019)
“I can't believe it. You trampled all over Gnawty. Give me that giant banana. I will take care of it for you. Come on, get going. You can't rest yet.”
Cranky Kong, Donkey Kong Country (GBA)

Giant Bananas[1] appear predominantly in the Donkey Kong Country series and the Mario Kart series, both featuring them as larger versions of Banana.

History[edit]

Captain N: The Game Master[edit]

A Giant Banana in Captain N: The Game Master
A giant banana in Captain N: The Game Master

A Giant Banana first appears in the episode "Kevin in Videoland" of Captain N: The Game Master, where the Eggplant Wizard fires the banana bullet out of his Banana Gun and hits Kevin, trapping him in a giant banana peel until he peels out of it himself.

In "The Most Dangerous Game Master", there is an in-universe show titled "Donkey Kong Jones and the Last Banana," a parody of Raiders of the Lost Ark, where a giant banana is discovered by Donkey Kong, who is wearing khaki clothes, in a cavern. However, Donkey Kong steps on a trap button accidentally, and the giant banana begins to roll after him. Donkey Kong jumps off of a cliff and lands in an enormous ice cream sundae, with the giant banana landing on top of it, and Donkey Kong laughs at the pun of "banana split."

Donkey Kong Country series[edit]

Donkey Kong Country[edit]

Giant Banana

In Donkey Kong Country, a Giant Banana is rewarded to Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong after they defeat a world boss. Giant Bananas have a sticker of the Nintendo logo wrapped around them. They also make cameo appearances, such as one appearing near Cranky's Cabin when visited and also in Gang-Plank Galleon. Cranky Kong takes care of any Giant Banana recovered,[2] so no bananas appear in the banana hoard until King K. Rool is defeated.

The Giant Banana had no cosmetic changes in the first remake, other than spinning slowly upon descent. In the second remake, the Giant Banana was made slightly smaller and thinner, and it no longer has the Nintendo logo.

Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest[edit]

Diddy Kong in Swanky's Bonus Bonanza.
A Giant Banana is in the background of Swanky's Bonus Bonanza in the original Donkey Kong Country 2, but not the remake.

Giant Bananas make background appearances in Swanky's Bonus Bonanza and The Flying Krock in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest. For the Flying Krock, only four Giant Bananas appear in artworkMedia:The Flying Krock DKC2 interior art.png and the remake. No Giant Bananas are seen in the Bonus Bonanza in the remake.

Mario Kart series[edit]

Mario Kart: Double Dash!![edit]

The Giant Banana is the special item of Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!. It is usable by Petey Piranha and King Boo, as with most other special items, but it is not classified as their special item. When a driver touches with the Giant Banana Peel, they spin out, longer than when driving into a regular Banana as well as leaving behind three regular Bananas on the ground. The Giant Banana can be destroyed with a Bob-omb, Chain Chomp, Yoshi's Egg and Bowser's Shell, but it still causes the Bowser's Shell to be deflected. The Giant Banana can be picked up by driving into it while using the Heart.

The Giant Banana is the result of when the developers maximized the value of a normal Banana to see how big it would get. The developers found it amusing enough to turn it into a separate item with its own mechanics.[3][4]

Mario Kart Arcade GP subseries[edit]

The Giant Banana is Donkey Kong's special item in Mario Kart Arcade GP and Mario Kart Arcade GP 2, functioning much like in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!. However, in Mario Kart Arcade GP DX, the Giant Banana was made into a regular item that can be dropped only from behind, but it still divides into three regular bananas when slipped over by the player.

Mario Kart Tour[edit]

The Giant Banana reappears in Mario Kart Tour and works the same way. It is the special item of Morton, Donkey Kong, Yellow Toad (Pit Crew), Mario (Sunshine), Rosalina (Chef), White Tanooki Mario, Toad (Tourist), Pink Shy Guy (Ninja), Wiggler, and the Donkey Kong, Yellow, Morton and Wiggler Mii Racing Suits. When Giant Banana+ is used, the chances of getting a Giant Banana is increased, and it will drop more Bananas than usual after being hit, splitting into five Bananas rather than three. Bowser can also use Giant Bananas in Take them out quick! bonus challenges where he appears as the opponent.

Additionally, Banana Barrels+ can sometimes launch Giant Bananas alongside regular Bananas.

Donkey Kong Jungle Beat[edit]

Giant Banana Bunches appear in Donkey Kong Jungle Beat at the end of each stage in the Banana Kingdom.

Mario Strikers Charged[edit]

The Giant Banana is an item in Mario Strikers Charged. It slips anyone over from running into it, not unlike Bananas, except the Giant Banana has a larger range, giving it the ability to hit more than one player, and does not split into multiple bananas. The Giant Bananas have the smiling expression of a regular Banana, unlike in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!.

Profiles[edit]

Mario Kart Tour[edit]

  • Tips & Tricks: Not only does this big banana spin out karts that hit it, but after being struck it breaks into three regular-sized Bananas. The only banana split you'll be sad to see!
  • Mario Kart Tour Twitter: Special item introduction: Giant Banana
    A giant banana that spins out karts that hit it. After being struck it breaks into three regular-sized Bananas, so not only is it hard to avoid, but it leaves behind even more chaos in its wake!
    [5]
  • Driver info: This particularly stern-looking Giant Banana splits into three Bananas when hit.
  • Driver info (Giant Banana+): Boosts your chances to get a Giant Banana. And when you do, it splits into even more bananas!

Gallery[edit]

Artwork[edit]

Screenshots[edit]

Sprites[edit]

Scans[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ジャンボバナナ[?]
Janbo Banana
Jumbo Banana
Chinese (traditional) 巨型香蕉皮[?]
Jùxíng Xiāngjiāopí
Giant Banana Peel
German Megabanane[?] Mega Banana
Italian Banana gigante[?] Giant banana
Korean 자이언트바나나[?]
Jaieonteu Banana
Giant Banana
Portuguese Banana gigante[?] Giant banana
Spanish Plátano gigante[?] Giant banana

References[edit]

  1. ^ 2003. Mario Kart: Double Dash!! instruction manual. Nintendo of America (English). Page 19.
  2. ^ "Give me that giant banana. I will take care of it for you." – Cranky Kong (2003). Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Advance). Kongo Jungle: Nintendo (English).
  3. ^ December 6, 2003. Nintendo DREAM Vol. 102. Page 29.
  4. ^ DidYouKnowGaming? (July 14, 2024). NEW Nintendo GameCube Game Facts Discovered (18:29). YouTube. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
  5. ^ mariokarttourEN (September 4, 2019). Post. Twitter. Retrieved March 10, 2020. (Archived September 16, 2019, 06:22:16 UTC via Wayback Machine.)