The Adventures of Banana Pete is an American adventure fantasy comedy video game series created by TBD, being developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment since February 27th, 2001.
Synopsis[]
Set in the world of Mandarand, inhabited by anthropomorphic animals at peace and harmony for so many years, a goofy and carefree monkey known as Banana Pete is living his best life not having to worry about anything - that is, until disaster strikes and the Chaos Queen has begun to invade, putting the peace to an end. At first he feels cowardly and doesn’t want to fight, but he almost immediately learns that he can control the elemental bananas - now with this knowledge, he always tries his best to protect his home forest and the rest of Mandarand from the forces of the Chaos Queen.
Games[]
Main[]
- The Adventures of Banana Pete (2001)
- The Adventures of Banana Pete: Abandoned Canyon (2002)
- The Adventures of Banana Pete: Mysteries of the Golden Stick (2003)
- The Adventures of Banana Pete: The Gorilla Tribes (2006)
- TBD (2009)
- TBD (2012)
- TBD (2018)
- TBD (2021)
Spin-offs[]
- Banana Pete Jungle Racers (2011)
- Banana Pete Wild Sports (2014)
Characters[]
Main[]
- Banana Pete (voiced by Richard Steven Horvitz) - a happy-go-lucky, comedic, and slightly immature yet courageous monkey who while still being chill, used to be somewhat cowardly when in the face of danger. However, once he discovered the elemental bananas in one of the deepest parts of the forest, he not only gained a lot more confidence, but also became a lot more valiant as he has been able to control them to stop the forces of evil. He hates to wait, so more often than not he likes to do everything at a rather fast pace.
Supporting[]
- Darcy (voiced by TBD) - a friendly rabbit who is Banana Pete's best friend as she attempts to be as helpful as she can.
- Elder Jones (voiced by TBD) - a wise and Ancient baboon who is the Elder of the Forest as he mentors Banana Pete.
- Hiro (voiced by TBD) - A well-meaning panda bear who at first is a clumsy panda, but after being inspired by Banana Pete's heroic actions, he develops to become a hero of his own town, as well as becoming one of Banana Pete's recurring allies.
Antagonists[]
- The Chaos Queen (voiced by Jennifer Martin) - a cold-hearted dark spirit who wants to cause chaos in the forest as well as the rest of the world in order to take over while using the other animals as her slaves.
- Ichabod (voiced by TBD) - a cold frog who works for the Dark Queen and enjoys inventing devices, usually using machines to fight Banana Pete.
- Goldie (voiced by Jennifer Hale) - a goat member of the Dark Queen's army who likes wielding two swords as she also has an obsession with beating Banana Pete.
- The Canyon King (voiced by Jeff Bennett) - a massive wolf who rules the Abandoned Canyon as he turns out to be working for the Chaos Queen as when Banana Pete enters the canyon.
Enemies[]
Common gameplay[]
The games are platformer games where the player controls Banana Pete and goes into different parts of the worlds as levels while finishing certain tasks to progress each level, before finally reaching the final level. While fighting enemies and bosses, Banana Pete is capable of using the elemental bananas (fire, water, earth, air, lightning, ice, and metal) to create powers and use them to attack, and on rare occasions, be able to fuse the elemental bananas to a very powerful ultrabanana. Aside from that, Banana Pete is capable of punching, kicking, climbing, and swinging.
While the first five games started off as a 2D platformer game, every other game afterwards would become 3D platformer games.
Television series adaptation[]
See The Adventures of Banana Pete: Going Bananas.
Gallery[]
Tropes[]
See The Adventures of Banana Pete/Tropes.