Banana Peel
From Mario Kart Racing Wiki
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| Description: | Is a Banana which causes a kart to spin-out if the vehicle touches |
| First Appearance: | Super Mario Kart |
| Other Names: | Banana |
| Other forms: | Giant Banana in MK:DD!! Banana Bunch in Mario Kart 64 |
| Signature Item: | Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong |
The Banana (also known as the Banana Peel) is one of the most common items in the Mario Kart series. A Banana Peel causes a kart to spin-out if the vehicle touches the slippery item. Its only purpose in life is to make the other karts spin, causing them to slow down. Banana Peels can either be placed behind a kart, or be thrown forward down the track. Like many other items in the Mario series, the Banana has eyes. When timed well, the Banana Peel can collide with a Red Shell thats homing on you, stopping the Shell to aim at you. However, it is tricky.
There is also a larger variant exclusive to Mario Kart: Double Dash!! called the Giant Banana. When a driver hits a Giant Banana, the fruit will split into three normal Bananas. This gigantic special item can only be used by Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong (as well as King Boo and Petey Piranha, who can use any special item).
The Banana Bunch is an item exclusive to Mario Kart 64. It is a row of 5 Bananas that trail the user's kart. Hitting another racer with the trail causes all the Bananas to drop and a wacky sound effect to play. This is one of the few normal items that have only appeared in one incarnation; although a Triple Banana variant took its place in Mario Kart DS and Mario Kart Wii, neither version appeared in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!. Also, in Mario Kart 64, it is possible to prevent spinning out from hitting a Banana. It is accomplished by holding the B button (brake) until a musical note appears over the character's head. This can only be done if the racer is driving straight; hitting a Banana going into a turn will always yield a spin-out. Though done a little differently, this is also possible in Mario Kart: Super Circuit (tapping B).
The Banana Peel appears in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, where it performs the same function.
