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{{italic title|Banana (''Mario'' franchise)}}
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{{item infobox
|name=Banana
|image=[[File:SMP Banana Bunch.png|200px]]<br>Artwork of a Banana Bunch, consisting of individual Bananas, from ''[[Super Mario Party]]''
|first_appearance=[[Club Nintendo (magazine)|Club Nintendo]] - "[[Super Mario Klemp-Won-Do: Muskeln sind nicht alles!]]" ([[1992]], overall)<br>''[[Mario Kart 64]]'' ([[1997]], video games)
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Strikers: Battle League]]'' ([[2022]])
}}
'''Bananas''' are tropical [[fruit]] featured in the [[Mario (franchise)|''Mario'' franchise]]. They are mostly featured in the form of [[Banana Peel]]s, a recurring [[List of items|item]] in the ''[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]'' series.

In the overall ''Mario'' franchise, [[Banana (Donkey Kong franchise)|Bananas]] most commonly appear within the spinoff [[Donkey Kong (franchise)|''Donkey Kong'' franchise]]. Even within the main ''Mario'' franchise, particularly the spinoffs, Bananas are often associated with [[Donkey Kong]]. In the [[Mario Party (series)|''Mario Party'' series]], Bananas most prominently appear in [[Minigame|Donkey Kong minigame]]s, where bananas 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.

==History==
===''Mario Kart'' series===
In ''[[Mario Kart 64]]'', Bananas,<ref>''Mario Kart 64'' instruction booklet, page 13.</ref> or '''Banana Skins''',<ref>''Nintendo Magazine System'' (AU) Issue #49. {{media link|NMS Australia 49 MK64 drivers and items.jpg|Page 39}}.</ref> are featured as an item as well as [[Banana Bunch (Mario franchise)|Banana Bunches]], which consist of five Bananas. They are the same item as the Banana Peels from ''[[Super Mario Kart]]'', although ''Mario Kart 64''{{'}}s artwork and icon shows a Banana.

In ''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]'', Bananas return as an item, although Banana Bunches do not. Like in ''Mario Kart 64'', the artwork and icon shows a Banana, but the item is used as a Banana Peel.

The [[Banana Cup]], introduced in ''[[Mario Kart DS]]'', is one of the [[cup]]s consisting of [[Retro Course]]s, although the cup icon depicts a Banana Peel.

===''Yoshi's Story''===
Bananas are the favorite fruit of [[Yellow Yoshi]]s in ''[[Yoshi's Story]]'', along with [[Melon]]s, which are loved by all types of [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]]s.

===''Mario Party'' series===
====''Mario Party 4''====
In ''[[Mario Party 4]]'', various types of Bananas are featured in the minigame [[Tree Stomp]]. Banana peels serves as obstacles while [[Golden Banana|golden banana]]s speed up the player.

====''Mario Party 5''====
In ''[[Mario Party 5]]'' and subsequent ''Mario Party'' titles, there are also Banana Bunches, which are worth five bananas each, and are mainly found in Donkey Kong minigames. In [[Mass A-peel]], the goal is to collect Bananas while avoiding Banana Peels.

====''Mario Party 9''====
In ''[[Mario Party 9]]'', Bananas replace [[Mini Star]]s in the unlockable board [[DK's Jungle Ruins]]. On this board, the players' goal is to collect the most Bananas. They can be won on this board in all the same ways that Mini Stars can be won on other boards. [[Z-Banana]]s also appear on this board as a counterpart to [[Mini Ztar]]s.

===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario Sunshine''====
[[File:Super Mario Sunshine Banana.png|thumb|A banana as it appears in ''Super Mario Sunshine'']]
In ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'', Bananas grow throughout the [[Isle Delfino]] in the form of [[Banana Bunch (Mario franchise)|Banana Bunches]], and are sold in [[Delfino Plaza]]'s market sector by a street vendor. A local woman took enough interest in them to request [[Mario]]'s help in gathering them. In [[Ricco Harbor]], a supply of bananas and other fruit are stored in a gigantic tank used in the episode [[Yoshi's Fruit Adventure]]. [[Hotel Delfino]] in [[Sirena Beach]] sell the fruit at fruit bars as well. The [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]]s on the island turn pink after eating them, allowing them to spit [[Juice]] of the same color that turns enemies into pink ascending [[Yoshi Platform|platforms]]. They also fall faster and have more friction than other fruits.

====''Super Mario Maker''====
[[File:Diddy Kong pose SMM.png|frame|left]]
In ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'', a peeled banana appears in the [[Diddy Kong]] [[Costume Mario|costume]]'s pose when the player presses {{button|wiiu|padup}}.
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===''Mario Tennis'' series===
====''Mario Power Tennis''====
In ''[[Mario Power Tennis]]'', in the mode where players can hit the balls through [[Item Box]]es, the banana tends to appear, known as "Slippery Danger" within the game. The player has to hit the ball with the racquet in order to use the item. When used, the banana will be attached with the ball until it stays still on the ground in the case the ball bounces. Also, the [[Garbage Can Ghost]] in the Luigi's Mansion stage throws bananas that have the same function as the regular bananas as a stage gimmick.

====''Mario Tennis Open''====
In ''[[Mario Tennis Open]]'', plenty of bananas are seen on the [[DK Jungle (Mario Tennis Open)|DK Jungle]] court. The banana is the emblem for the Banana Cup, and it is shown on its trophy. Tennis gear for [[Mii]]s are designed based on this item.

===''Mario Golf'' series===
====''Mario Golf: World Tour'' / ''Mario Sports Superstars''====
In ''[[Mario Golf: World Tour]]'', bananas are seen in food bowls on some tables of the Castle Club's Royal Room, as well as inside barrels, which are the tee markers of the DK Jungle course. Golf gear is designed based on this item and available for use by Miis. In Diddy Kong's Bogey animation, he eats a banana while lying down and throws it on the ground. He does the same when he gets a Double Bogey or worse, but then he tries to get up and walk, only to slip on the banana. This animation is reused in ''[[Mario Sports Superstars]]''.

====''Mario Golf: Super Rush''====
In ''[[Mario Golf: Super Rush]]'', bananas appear as obstacles. They only appear in the [[Battle Golf]] mode inside clear spheres. If a player steps on one, they lose coins. There are also multiple bananas inside the spheres which surround the player with bananas.

===''Mario Strikers'' series===
In the ''[[Mario Strikers (series)|Mario Strikers]]'' games, 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.

===''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story'' / ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey''===
In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'' and its [[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey|remake]], bananas are used by [[Crawful]]s as part of one of their attacks. The Crawful throws the banana in front of it and slips towards the character currently being used, who must punch it away or hammer it respectively.

===''Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle''===
Bananas reappear as currency exclusively in the Donkey Kong Adventure mode of ''[[Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle]]'', replacing [[coin]]s from the main game.

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

Their use as weapons in the ''Mario Kart'' series was referenced in the comic "[[Die Jagd nach dem Nintendo 64: Krawall im All]]," when [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] dropped some Banana Peels in front of [[Wario]] and [[Bowser]], as they were competing to find a [[Nintendo 64]]-like spaceship.

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=バナナ
|JapR=Banana
|JapM=Banana
|Chi=香蕉<br>''Xiāngjiāo''
|ChiM=Banana
|Dut=Banaan
|DutM=Banana
|Fra=Banane
|FraM=Banana
|Ger=Banane
|GerM=Banana
|Ita=Banana
|ItaM=Banana
|Kor=바나나
|KorR=Banana
|KorM=Banana
|Por=Banana
|PorM=Banana
|Rus=Банан
|RusR=Banan
|RusM=Banana
|Spa=Plátano
|SpaM=Banana
|SpaA=Banana<ref>''Club Nintendo'' (Chile) ''La Jungla de Donkey Kong: Edición Especial''. Page 45. Retrieved April 27, 2022.</ref>
|SpaAM=Banana
}}
;Beat
{{foreign names
|Jap=ビート <small>(''Donkey Kong Jungle Beat'')</small>
|JapR=Bīto
|JapM=Beat
|Jap2=バナナポイント<ref>[https://m1.nintendo.net/docvc/RVL/JPN/R49J/R49J_J.pdf ''Wii de Asobu Donkey Kong Jungle Beat'' instruction booklet]. Page 14. ''m1.nintendo.net''. Retrieved April 27, 2022.</ref> <small>(''New Play Control! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat'')</small>
|Jap2R=Banana Pointo
|Jap2M=Banana Point
}}

==References==
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[[Category:Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix]]
[[Category:Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games objects]]
[[Category:Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle items]]
[[Category:Mario Kart 64 items]]
[[Category:Mario Kart: Super Circuit items]]
[[Category:Mario Party 5 items]]
[[Category:Mario Party 7 items]]
[[Category:Mario Party 9 items]]
[[Category:Mario Power Tennis items]]
[[Category:Super Mario Sunshine items]]
[[Category:Yoshi's Story items]]