History Series / TheBananaSplits

* ''Danger Island'': This was the serialized live-action segment, set on and around a Pacific island. Memorable for the phrase, "Uh-oh, Chongo!". Directed by Creator/RichardDonner, who went on to hit films like ''Film/TheOmen1976'', ''Film/{{Superman}}'', ''Film/TheGoonies'' and ''Film/LethalWeapon''.[[note]]It also starred [[Series/{{Airwolf}} (Jan-) Michael Vincent]] as Link.[[/note]]

* ''Danger Island'': This was the serialized live-action segment, set on and around a Pacific island. Memorable for the CatchPhrase, "Uh-oh, Chongo!". Directed by Creator/RichardDonner, who went on to hit films like ''Film/TheOmen1976'', ''Film/{{Superman}}'', ''Film/TheGoonies'' and ''Film/LethalWeapon''.[[note]]It also starred [[Series/{{Airwolf}} (Jan-) Michael Vincent]] as Link.[[/note]]

* CatchPhrase: "Uh oh, Chongo!" for ''Danger Island'', often said by the Splits before introducing it.

* HarsherInHindsight: in one episode the Splits enthusiastically celebrate the delights of a parade...of Confederate soldier re-enactors. The costumes and dancing of the "Sour Grapes" girls also now seem hugely inappropriate.

Finally, a short-lived revival of the series aired on Creator/CartoonNetwork in 2008, featuring Keith Scott [[TheOtherDarrin as]] Fleegle, Bingo, and Drooper respectively.

Finally, a short-lived revival of the series aired on Creator/CartoonNetwork in 2008, featuring Creator/BillFarmer, Creator/FrankWelker, and Creator/CarlosAlazraqui [[TheOtherDarrin as]] Fleagle, Bingo, and Drooper respectively.

The series was revived in 2019... [[GenreShift as a]] [[Film/TheBananaSplitsMovie horror film]], with Creator/EricBauza as Fleagle, Bingo, and Drooper. The Splits also appear in ''WesternAnimation/{{Jellystone}}''.

The series was revived in 2019... [[GenreShift as a]] [[Film/TheBananaSplits horror film]], with Creator/EricBauza as Fleagle, Bingo, and Drooper. The Splits also appear in ''WesternAnimation/{{Jellystone}}''.

->''"Tra-la-la, la-la-la-la!\\\

->''"One banana, two banana, three banana, four!\\

* FakeBand

* PantyShot: Occasionally, the Splits would be tormented by the Sour Grapes Bunch, a soiree of pre-teen girls in microscopically short miniskirts, lavender tights and go-go boots. During their dances, their panties could be readily seen through their tights.

** Within the show, "The Three Musketeers" was quite faithful to the original source (especally for Saturday morning kids show standards!).

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Bingo.

''The Banana Splits Adventure Hour'' was a Saturday morning series from Creator/HannaBarbera shown on Creator/{{NBC}} in the late 1960s. Live actors in full-body costumes portrayed [[TheLeader Fleegle]] the dog (voiced by Creator/PaulWinchell), [[DeadpanSnarker Drooper]] the lion (voiced by [[WesternAnimation/MagillaGorilla Allan Melvin]]), [[MellowFellow Bingo]] the gorilla (voiced by Creator/DawsButler) and [[TheQuietOne Snorky]] the elephant, [[TheVoiceless who didn't talk]]. Creator/SidAndMartyKrofftProductions designed the Banana Splits' character costumes.

* MisplacedWildlife: On ''Danger Island''. Lions and leopards on an island, in the middle of the Pacific? Well, justified as the island contains lost tribes and animals.

* MisplacedWildlife: On ''Danger Island''. Lions and leopards on an island, in the middle of the Pacific?

* ''WesternAnimation/SecretSquirrel'', accompanied by ''Squiddly Diddly'' and ''Winsome Witch''

* EditedForSyndication: The show was originally called The Banana Splits Adventure Hour, and as such was an hour long, but after the original run ended, the show was rebroadcasted as "The Banana Splits and Friends Show" which took the original hour long episodes and cutting them in half, getting two episodes out of it.
** The original hour long episodes followed a sort of "ThreeShorts" format, with the Arabian Knights and Three Musketeer cartoon segments bookending a double length Danger Island chapter, with songs and sketches with the Splits appearing interspersed throughout.
** When the show was cut down to a half hour, it only featured one of the two cartoons, which alternated between shows and took one of the two part Danger Island stories and spread them out between two episodes, plus every other show had a song number in it.

* EditedforSyndication: The show was originally called The Banana Splits Adventure Hour, and as such was an hour long, but after the original run ended, the show was rebroadcasted as "The Banana Splits and Friends Show" which took the original hour long episodes and cutting them in half, getting two episodes out of it.

* EditedforSyndication: The show was originally called The Banana Splits Adventure Hour, and as such was an hour long, but after the original run ended, the show was rebroadcasted as "The Banana Splits and Friends Show" which took the original hour long episodes and cutting them in half, getting two episodes out of it.

The series was revived in 2019... [[GenreShift as a]] [[Film/TheBananaSplits horror film]], with Creator/EricBauza as Fleagle, Bingo, and Drooper. The Splits also appear in ''WesternAnimation/Jellystone''.

The series was revived in 2019... [[GenreShift as a]] [[Film/TheBananaSplits horror film]], with Creator/EricBauza as Fleagle, Bingo, and Drooper.

* ThreeShorts: When the show was cut down to a half hour for syndication, it would follow a sort of ABC format, with the cartoon segments Arabian Knights and The Three Musketeers rotating each episode for the A, a Banana Splits music video for the B, and Danger Island as the C, all with our hosts engaging in comedy sketches in-between, introducing each segment. Often times when Micro Ventures was shown the format would always have The Three Musketeers as the A, Danger Island as the B, and Micro Ventures as the C.