The Banana Splits Movie (family friendly version)

The Banana Splits Movie (family friendly version) is a 2022 American family film directed by Danishka Esterhazy from a screenplay written by Jed Elinoff and Scott Thomas. Serving as a family reimagining of Hanna-Barbera's 1968 children's television series The Banana Splits, the film stars Dani Kind, Steve Lund, Celina Martin, Finlay Wotjak-Hissong, Sara Canning, Romeo Carere, and Maria Nash, with 2008 cast as the voice of the Banana Splits. The project was first announced in June 2022, following an original idea from Josh Van Houdt, Warner Bros's vice president of development, about replacing The Banana Splits horror film adaptation into a family film.

The Banana Splits Movie premiered at the San Diego Comic-Con on August 18, 2022, and was released through video on demand on September 12, 2022 by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. The film received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics, with praise for the performances and its plot.

Plot
The Banana Splits just got cancelled in 2008 and they decide to get their show back, they start their journey to Hollywood Along the way, they meet and befriends Bon Bon The Mongoose, Amy The Shark, Hootie the Owl, Harmony the cat and Yuko The Monkey, when The Sour Grapes all grown up tells them that no one cares about them anymore, However, they refuse to relent and pursue the splits and their new girlfriend companions to a final showdown.

Summary
the film begins the splits over the years and in the present Fleegle is sleeping on the banana couch but he is awaken by Bingo, Drooper and Snorky and they told him he scared them and Fleegle shows a clip from 2008 and Bingo told Fleegle that he watching past episodes of their show again and he got stunned by this and he runs out of words to say and the 3 get him back to bed, the next morning, Fleegle was seeing that their show has been cancelled!

The Splits told Fleegle that their show got cancelled and had to get their show back so they set off on a cross-country trip to Hollywood.

The Splits meet Bon Bon The Mongoose, who is practing her xylophone in xylophone lessons as a musican, and The Splits invite Bon Bon on their journey. The two set out in the Banana Buggie, but are soon pursued by The Sour Grapes Bunch in an attempt by that no one cares about them anymore. Horrified, the splits kindly refuse and they and Bon Bon drive away. Unwilling to accept The Split’s refusal, The Sour Grapes Bunch resorts to increasingly forceful means of persuasion. at the docks, Kermit and Bon Bon fall into the water and are rescued by Amy The Pirate Shark, who help them disguise their buggie. Driving on, they meet and are joined by Hootie and his girlfriend Harmony The Cat, who are also interested in becoming movie stars. They trade in their failing vehicle at a used car lot, where they meet Yuko The Monkey They invite her to come with them, and quietly. The splits and the girls with Yuko drive away.

The group meets Yuko The Monkey at a carnival, and she immediately becomes love-stricken with The Splits. When the splits and the girls meet for hanging out that night, The Sour Grapes Monkey prank up on Yuko The Monkey and get her all wet. When the splits arrive at the designated location, mad scientist Professor John tries to brainwash the splits into performing in cancellation, but the girls furiously knocks out The Sour Grapes and causes John to be brainwashed by his own device. However, immediately after the fight and saving The Splits, Miss Piggy receives a job offer and promptly hang out with the splits.

the splits and the girls continue their journey to Hollywood, but their buggie slows down to make a quick pit stop in the desert. Sitting at a campfire, the group in shock realizes that they will likely miss the audition the next day. the splits tell the girls that they need help, where they and the girls discover they need a concert to remember them!

They went to a park that was perfect for them and they unpacked their instruments and the girls took out their own instruments, a xylophone, a saxaphone, a clarinet, a tamboree and a violin. And the sour grapes show up nowhere and Amy told them that the splits decide to face their rival and propose a rock out-style showdown and they started playing a combination of the banana splits theme song it has the 2008 instrumental and the 2019 vocals. Once they did it, the crowd boos at the sour grapes and charley gets really angry and some one grabs her which grabs her and told the splits to come back to get their events and the police drives away with them!

Once the Splits finally get the sour grapes bunch arrested, Fleegle signs the girls to become new members of The Banana Splits club. The girls hug the boys and felt something funny in their stomachs it was butterflies and they start kiss the boys and 2 years later, the splits got their show back, the splits got a picture and Fleegle laughed one last time

in the post credits, The Sour Grapes Bunch in jail can’t believe the splits got their show back!

Credits
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