Banana

This article is about the item. For the Extreme Gear with the same name, see BANANA.

The Banana is an object that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. Over the games, it has had two different functions, one as a power-up and the other as a consumable.

Game appearances

Sonic the Hedgehog 3

In Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles, the Bananas (バナナ, Banana^?) are power-up items that only appear in Competition mode. Bananas begin inside of a bubble, that float and rotate around the competition Zones. When the player picks up a Banana from the air, it falls down to the ground until a player runs over it, which causes the character to slip and slow down for few seconds.

The player has to memorize the location of the Banana, where it fell after picking it up in the air. However, it might become challenging during the fast moving race and sometimes the banana would be hard to recognize on the ground on certain courses.

Sonic Unleashed

It has a rich sweetness, like you can taste the nutrition.
— Chip, after consuming a banana.

The fruit itself was also available in Sonic Unleashed, where it can be purchased for forty Rings at the Flying Fish Beach Shop in Adabat. It is a consumable. It can be given to Chip to contribute to the BFF's or to Sonic for the Hungry Hungry Hedgehog Achievements/Trophies. When consumed by Sonic, the Banana will give him ten Exp.

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Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles

Main articles (Sonic 3, Sonic & Knuckles, Sonic 3 & Knuckles, Sonic & Knuckles Collection) | Staff (Sonic 3, Sonic & Knuckles, Sonic & Knuckles Collection) | Manuals (Sonic 3, Sonic & Knuckles) | Glitches (Sonic 3, Sonic 3 & Knuckles, Sonic & Knuckles Collection) | Beta elements (Sonic 3, Sonic & Knuckles, Sonic 3 & Knuckles) | Galleries (Sonic 3, Sonic & Knuckles, Sonic & Knuckles Collection)

Playable characters		Sonic (Super Sonic, Hyper Sonic) \| Tails (Super Tails) \| Knuckles (Super Knuckles, Hyper Knuckles)
Non-playable characters		Dr. Robotnik \| Rock Drill \| Mecha Sonic (Mecha Sonic's Super State) \| Animals (Flicky (Flicky's Super State), Pocky, Pecky, Cucky, Ricky, Rocky)
Badniks		Batbot \| Blaster \| Blastoid (Carnival Night Zone) \| Blastoid (Hydrocity Zone) \| Bloominator \| Bubbles \| Bugernaut \| Butterdroid \| Catakiller, Jr. \| Chainspike \| Clamer \| Cluckoid \| Corkey \| Dragonfly \| EggRobo \| Fireworm \| Flybot767 \| Hyudoro \| Iwamodoki \| Jawz \| Madmole \| Mantis \| Mega Chopper \| Monkey Dude \| Mushmeanie \| Orbinaut \| Penguinator \| Pointdexter \| RhinoBot \| Ribot \| Rock'n \| Sandworm \| Skorp \| Snale Blaster \| Spikebonker \| Spiker \| Star Pointer \| Technosqueek \| Toxomister \| Turbo Spiker
Zones	Sonic 3	Angel Island Zone \| Hydrocity Zone \| Marble Garden Zone \| Carnival Night Zone \| IceCap Zone \| Launch Base Zone \| Special Stages \| Bonus Stages
	Sonic & Knuckles	Mushroom Hill Zone \| Flying Battery Zone \| Sandopolis Zone \| Lava Reef Zone \| Hidden Palace Zone \| Sky Sanctuary Zone \| Death Egg Zone \| The Doomsday Zone \| Special Stages \| Bonus Stages
	Competition	Azure Lake \| Balloon Park \| Chrome Gadget \| Desert Palace \| Endless Mine
Bosses	Sub-bosses	Doctor Robotnik's Flame Craft \| Doctor Robotnik's Whirlpool Machine \| Tunnelbot \| Self D-Struct Machine \| Iceball \| Swing'm Spikez \| Hei Hou \| Gapsule \| Barrier Eggman \| Guardian \| Heat Arms \| Egg Mobile-H \| Flying Eggman \| Red Eye \| Death Ball
Bosses	Zone bosses	Doctor Robotnik's Flame Craft \| Doctor Robotnik's Waterspout and Depth Charge Machine \| Doctor Robotnik's Jet Drill Pod \| Doctor Robotnik's Energy Ship \| Doctor Robotnik's Freeze-O-Matic \| Ball Shooter \| Beam Rocket \| Big Arm \| Jet Mobile \| Hang Mobile \| Egg Golem \| Hot Mobile \| Knuckles \| Mecha Sonic \| Mecha Sonic's Super State \| Great Eggman Robo \| Final Weapon
Moves/Techniques		Bound Jump \| Crouch \| Double Jump \| Fireball Spin Dash \| Glide \| Gliding Knuckles Attack \| Hyper Flash \| Insta-Shield \| Propeller Flying \| Spin Attack \| Spin Dash \| Spin Jump \| Swim \| Wall Climb
Items		Air Bubble \| Balloon \| Banana \| Bomb \| Booster \| Bumper \| Bumper wall \| Cannon \| Capsule \| Change \| Chaos Emerald \| Cloud \| Continue \| Electrical emitter \| Fan \| Jump Stand \| Monitor (Water Shield, Flame Shield, Invincibility, Lightning Shield, Super Ring, Super Shoes, Extra Life, S, Eggman) \| Movable box \| Mushroom \| Pulley \| Ring \| Signpost \| Self-Propelled Bomb \| Slow-Down Shoes \| Snowboard \| Sphere \| Spikes \| Spring \| Spinning Top \| Star Post (Star Circle) \| Super Emerald \| Switch \| Transport \| Vine \| Zip Line
Other		Barrel \| Conveyor Belt \| Corkscrew loop \| Crusher \| Death Egg \| Debug Mode \| Fireball Cannon \| Flipper \| Floating Island \| Flywheel \| Freeze \| Giant spear \| Goal \| Gravity Control Switch \| Gumball \| High-speed elevator \| High-speed warp tube \| Icicle \| Iron ball \| Jewel Radar \| Perfect Bonus \| Platform-raising Wheel \| Pole Elevator \| Relief \| Reverse \| Ring Shooter \| Seesaw \| Shuttle loop \| Slot machine \| Snowblower \| Sonic & Knuckles • Sonic the Hedgehog 3 \| Strange Relief \| Time Attack \| Tornado \| Warp Point \| Winding Tunnel \| "Wonderman"

Sonic Unleashed

Playable characters		Sonic (Super Sonic, Sonic the Werehog) \| Gaia Colossus
Non-playable characters	Apotos	Alexis \| Anastasia \| Eric \| Gregorios \| Hot Dog Vendor* \| Ice Cream Vendor \| Lambros \| Lucas* \| Milos* \| Sandra
	Spagonia	Aida* \| Barbara \| Ciccio \| David \| Denise \| Dora \| Elio* \| Federica \| Franco* \| Gigi \| Hot Dog Vendor* \| Ippolita \| Irma* \| Josef \| Lilli* \| Lucia \| Marcantonio* \| Mauro \| Natalia* \| Otto \| Professor Pickle \| Professor Pickle's Assistant \| Raimondo
	Mazuri	Ana \| Essie \| Gwek \| Hog Dog Vendor* \| Kofi \| Kwami \| Kwod \| Yawa \| Yaya
	Chun-nan	Chun \| Hot Dog Vendor* \| Hualin \| Jinlin* \| Lin \| Shuifon \| Wang* \| Yilin \| Zonshen
	Holoska	Hot Dog Vendor* \| Jari-Pekka \| Jari-Thure \| Marketa \| Sarianna \| Ursule
	Shamar	Ara \| Dimah \| Ehsan \| Erhan \| Hizir \| Hot Dog Vendor* \| Iman \| Labib \| Latif \| Layla \| Mufid \| Musaid \| Raniya \| Sa'id \| Sadiq \| Safi \| Samia \| Sammar \| Shadi \| Utba \| Yasmine
	Empire City	Boss* \| Brenda* \| Charles* \| Def Big* \| Elizabeth* \| Hot Dog Vendor* \| Li'l Kate* \| Louie Montaine* \| Robert*
	Adabat	Hot Dog Vendor* \| Jamal \| Kaeo \| Nagi \| Rudi \| Teanchai
	Eggmanland	EF-DC1998* \| EF-MD1991* \| EF-XB2006* \| Hot Dog Vendor*
	Misc.	Amy \| Chip \| Dark Gaia (Perfect Dark Gaia) \| Dr. Eggman \| Tails \| SA-55 \| Su* \| Uh* \| Wentos*
Town Stages/Villages		Apotos \| Mazuri \| Spagonia \| Chun-nan \| Holoska \| Shamar \| Empire City* \| Adabat \| Eggmanland
Action Stages/Stages		Windmill Isle \| Savannah Citadel* \| Rooftop Run \| Dragon Road \| Cool Edge \| Arid Sands \| Skyscraper Scamper* \| Jungle Joyride \| Eggmanland \| Tornado Defense*
Enemies	Eggman's Machinery	Aero-Cannon \| Aero-Chaser \| Egg Blizzard \| Egg Burst \| Egg Fighter \| Egg Fighter: Knight (Electric shield, Spring shield) \| Egg Fighter: Shield (Electric shield, Spring shield) \| Egg Fighter: Sword* \| Egg Flame \| Egg Launcher (H) \| Egg Launcher (H+V) \| Egg Launcher (V) \| Egg Shackle \| Egg Shooter \| Egg Typhoon \| Gold Aero-Cannon \| Interceptor \| Little Fighter* \| Mole Cannon \| Spinner \| Thunder Ball \| Thunder Spinner
Enemies	Dark Gaia's minions	Big Mother \| Cure Master* \| Dark Bat \| Dark Bat Sniper \| Dark Eel* \| Dark Fright \| Dark Master** \| Deep Nightmare \| Evil Flower* \| Fire Master \| Fright Master \| Killer Bee \| Lightning Master \| Little Rex \| Nightmare \| Power Master* \| Red Fright \| Red Killer Bee \| Red Nightmare \| Red Deep Nightmare \| Red Rex \| Red Titan \| Spike \| Thunder Bat \| Titan
Bosses		Egg Beetle \| Egg Cauldron* \| Egg Devil Ray \| Egg Dragoon \| Egg Lancer \| Dark Gaia \| Dark Gaia Phoenix \| Dark Guardian \| Dark Moray \| Perfect Dark Gaia
Moves/ Techniques	Sonic	Air Boost \| Cartwheel \| Crouch \| Foot Sweep* \| Grind Step \| Grinding \| Homing Attack \| Hop \| Jump Dash \| Lightspeed Dash \| Slide \| Skydiving \| Sonic Boost \| Sonic Drift \| Spin Jump \| Stomp \| Quick Step \| Wall Jump
	Werehog	Dash \| Double Jump \| Grab \| Guard \| Unleashed Mode \| Wall Shuffle
	Misc.	Boost \| Drill Attack \| Super Sonic Boost \| Turbo Boost
Skills	Straight attacks	Donkey Kick Combo* \| Double Axle Combo* \| Double Kick Combo* \| Feral Were-Hammer* \| Knuckle Sandwich Combo* \| Sho-Hog-Ken* \| Unleashed Knuckle Sandwich* \| Vertical Were-Hammer* \| Were-Hammer* \| Werewheel Rush*
	Hook attacks	Earthshaker* \| Egg Scrambler* \| Feral Wild Whirl* \| Rolling Kick Combo* \| Sho-Claw-Ken* \| Ultimate Wild Combo* \| Unleashed Wild Combo* \| Wereclap* \| Wild Whirl* \| Wild Whirl Were-Hammer*
	Aerial attacks	Aerial Claw Slash* \| Aerial Claw Slash and Spin* \| Aerial Piledriver* \| Crescent Moon Strike* \| Diving Bodypress* \| Flying Double-Punch* \| Flying Double-Punch Crush* \| Hurricane Combo* \| Shooting Star Combo* \| Typhoon Combo*
	Special attacks	Comet Punch* \| Missile Punch* \| Spinning Needle Attack* \| Tricky Tornado Uppercut* \| Triple Wild Claw* \| Were-Claw Charge* \| Were-Cyclone* \| Were-Rush* \| Were-Tornado* \| Wild Werewhip*
	Wii/PS2	Beatdown \| Claw Charge \| Crescent Moon Strike \| Earthshaker \| Wereclap \| Were-Hammer \| Were-Claw \| Were-Wallop \| Wild Claw \| Wild Whirl**
Gimmicks and obstacles		Balloon \| Blue spring \| Bobsled \| Bomb \| Buggy \| Buoy \| Check Point \| Conveyor Belt \| Crane Lift \| Crank \| Dark Energy Force Field \| Dash Panel \| Dash Rail \| Dash Ring \| Door \| Fountain \| Giant spear** \| Grind Rail \| Hanging vine \| Hint Ring \| Horizontal Bar \| Hourglass* \| Icicle \| Iron ball \| Jump Selector \| Laser field \| Lever \| Movable box \| Moving Crate \| Rainbow Ring \| Ramp \| Snowblower \| Spike Trap \| Spikes \| Springboard/Spring \| Springpole \| Switch \| Thorn Spring \| Trap Spring \| Trick Jump Panel \| Wide spring \| Zip Line
Items	General	1UP \| 5 Ring Bonus \| 20 Rings** \| Art Book* \| Audio System \| Big 50 Ring** \| Blue Tea* \| Bookshelf* \| Boss Gate \| Chaos Orb* \| Container (Explosive crate, Steel Container, Wooden Container) \| Crystal Ball* \| Dark Energy Key \| Dark Gaia Force \| Edible item (Apple, Banana*, Canned Juice, Chai, Chili Dog, Donut, Sundae Supreme) \| Gaia Gate \| Gaia Key \| Goal Ring \| Gift* \| Gramophone* \| Green Tea* \| Item Capsule** \| Key Stone* \| Lovely Ring* \| Maiden Statue* \| Moon Medal \| Moon Tablet** \| Old Necklace* \| Planet Tablet** \| Pick-Me-Up* \| Pretty Bouquet* \| Power Shield* \| Record* \| Red Tea* \| Ring \| Shield Charge* \| Souvenir* \| Sun Medal \| Sun Tablet** \| Super Claw* \| Super Ring \| Turquoise Tea* \| TV* \| Videotape* \| Violet Tea* \| White Tea* \| Yellow Tea*
Items	Level Up Items	Air Boost Shoes* \| Light Speed Dash Shoes* \| Stomping Shoes* \| Wall Jump Shoes*
English voice actors		Jason Griffith (Sonic, Sonic the Werehog, Prof. Pickle's Assistant) \| Amy Palant (Tails) \| Lisa Ortiz (Amy) \| Anthony Salerno (Chip) \| Mike Pollock (Eggman, Zonshen) \| Christopher Collet (SA-55) \| Dan Green (Ice Cream Vendor, Prof. Pickle)
Japanese voice actors		Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic) \| Chikao Otsuka (Eggman) \| Chō (Prof. Pickle) \| Ryō Hirohashi (Tails) \| Taeko Kawata (Amy) \| Tomokazu Seki (Sonic the Werehog) \| Ryōko Shiraishi (Chip)
Music	Songs	Endless Possibility \| Dear My Friend
Music	Albums	Planetary Pieces: Sonic World Adventure Original Soundtrack
Other		Auto Running \| Boost Gauge \| Boost Gauge \| Chao* \| Chaos Emerald \| Chaos Energy Cannon \| Chun-nan's Treasure \| Collection Room* \| Combo \| Critical Attack \| Don Fachio* \| Doctor Eggman's chair \| Earth \| Eggman Fleet \| Egg Dragoon \| Egg Mobile \| Entrance Stage* \| Exorcisms \| Experience Point \| Freeze \| Gaia Manuscripts \| Gaia Temple \| Gaia Temple guardian \| Hallowmoon \| Havok \| Health Gauge \| Miles Electric \| Orb Result** \| Real-Time Interaction \| Ring Energy Gauge \| Shield Gauge \| Shop* (Counter of Dreams 2, Eggshop, Flying Fish Beach Shop, Golden Trading Company, Josef's, Surfside Seagull Sundries, Traveling Salesman Wentos, Treeshade, Ursule's Trading Post, Wang's Emporium) \| Shuttle loop \| Sonic: Night of the Werehog \| Sonic World Adventure (manga) \| Spagonia University \| SPD \| Tornado-1 \| Rank \| Time of awakening \| Unleashed Gauge "" Exclusive to Xbox 360/PlayStation 3 version "*" Exclusive to Wii/PlayStation 2 version.