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2 [[caption-width-right:305:The Banana Guy himself.]]
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4->''"El Bananero soy ioo." ''[[note]]I am El Bananero.[[/note]]
5-->-- '''El Bananero''' every time someone/thing asks about him.
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7Adrián Maximiliano Nario, better known as El Bananero (lit. ''The Banana Guy'') is a UsefulNotes/{{Uruguay}}an comedian that is famous in Latin America, making videos for his own website elbananero.com since 2005. He comes from Uruguay, but actually lives in Miami, Florida, where he makes his videos.
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9Although he had made various other videos in the past, El Bananero became famous for a mock-{{infomercial}} for his best-known product: ''Muñeca System''[[note]]"Doll System"[[/note]], an inflatable sex doll that even provides [[HouseWife complete home cleaning]] for you. This video was so successful that it became (and still is) a [[FountainOfExpies major referent for Latin American youtubers and comedians]]. The primary themes in his videos are SexComedy (which made [[ScrewedByTheNetwork YouTube censor his videos and shut down several of his channels]]), ToiletHumor, and AffectionateParody of other media, especially in his ''Trailerazo'' series, which are GagDub {{Trailer Spoof}}s of famous movies and franchises.
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11His official website is [[http://elbananero.tv/ here]], but most of his content is in Spanish. However, a lot of his fans have made English subtitles for his videos, which can be found by searching [=YouTube=]. Though he still has [[https://www.youtube.com/user/elbananeropuntocom YouTube]] [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPewHBoTNZmvc57SB7mqu7Q channels]], these are [[CensorBox obviously censored versions]] of his videos -- the uncensored ones are available on his website (or, in some cases, have been reuploaded to [=YouTube=] by fans).
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13!!Known video series by El Bananero
14* ''{{Infomercial}}s'': One of the first big hits he had and what made him successful, creating fictional products like ''Muñeca System'', ''Kit [[Series/MacGyver1985 MacGyver]]'', ''Sofanático'' and ''Gaytorade''.
15* ''El Bananero vs.'': Here El Bananero appears as himself in movies and has to struggle with characters like Franchise/{{Batman}}, [[Film/Scarface1983 Tony Montana]], [[Film/TheRing Samara/Sadako]] and even [[BadSanta Santa Claus himself]].
16* ''Trailerazos'' (lit. "Big Trailers"): GagDub parodies of famous movie series like ''Franchise/HarryPotter'', ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga'' and even some of the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse.
17* ''Noticiero Bananero'' (lit. "Bananero News"): A NewsParody starring Sergio Vergara Telechea, Bananero's blonde alter ego that reports on world news and does interviews with famous celebrities (all with GagDub, of course).
18* ''Putoriales'': A {{Punny|Name}} {{portmanteau}} name using "tutorial" and "puto"[[note]]lit. male bitch, usually CampGay[[/note]], in which El Bananero teaches you [[DoomItYourself how to use diverse PC programs]], all of them downloadable for you to follow his instructions by yourself... you fool.
19* ''Paul Vazo's Sex Ed Classes'': Another alter ego, a bearded professor that teaches sex ed to students.
20* And apart from these videos he makes a lot of MusicVideos, most of them are original songs and others are parodies of existing ones... and even with his songs on [[https://open.spotify.com/artist/3ZZgaskfD6ssMYfKjEb2Z7 Spotify]]!
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22!!This group of tropes [[AuthorCatchphrase sapbeeee]]!
23* AcmeProducts: All the products El Bananero shows in his infomercials.
24* AdaptationalSexuality. In his Literature/HarryPotter videos, Snape (straight in the original) is depicted as CampGay, while Dumbledore (confirmed gay by J.K. Rowling) is straight and enjoys watching porn and hiring hookers
25* TheAhnold: One of the MythologyGag of most of his videos is his (on purpose) bad imitation of Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger using various of his film appearances in his videos, including ''Film/{{Predator}}'', ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' and ''Film/KindergartenCop'', as others. Even [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in videos like ''[[Film/RamboIV John "Salchichon" Rambo]]'':
26-->'''Arnold:''' ''Te dije mucha chota, no muchachita!''[[note]]I told you "mucha chota" (much dick), not "muchachita" (girl)![[/note]]
27-->'''Negro:''' ''Y qué querés, si hablás como el orto, carajo!''[[note]]And what do you want, if you talk like the ass, fuck![[/note]]
28-->'''Arnold:''' ''Las pelotas!''[[note]]My balls![[/note]]
29** Recently he made this imitation for Arnold's Instagram videos and even made one as ComicBook/MrFreeze wanking with a certain [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LENWP0SQhqg icicle-licking video]] as inspiration.
30* AnimeOpeningParody: Some fans made an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkUvZKC5x2w anime opening]] for El Bananero based on the one from ''Manga/BlendS''. The "opening" was so well received by El Bananero himself that [[AscendedMeme he used it as the opening]] for the current version of ''Radio Garka'' (his past podcast now revived as a live Website/YouTube show due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic) for the rest of 2020.
31* AscendedFanboy:
32** {{Inverted|Trope}}. El Bananero is a fan of {{UsefulNotes/Porn|ography}}, especially of pornstars as Mia Khalifa. Well, [[https://twitter.com/miakhalifa/status/555069917926817792/photo/1 he befriended Mia]][[note]]The picture was taken in El Bananero's house, by the way[[/note]] for surprise of many of his followers and even she appeared as CelebrityCameo in various of his videos, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaa7iOw6Q08 especially this one]].
33** Also with porn, he befriended [=BangBros=] staff and has some video in which [[https://www.instagram.com/p/BuxOHumF9BL/ porn videos like this were recorded in his house]].
34** In recent years he had befriended other famous porn actors and actresses, like the Spanish Nekane and Jordi ENP, getting special salutes to him as well other {{Creator Cameo}}s as Mia Khalifa.
35* AssShove: Seen by El Bananero himself as well some of his characters in videos, mostly men putting their faces into women's asses ([[ThanksForTheMammary and also breasts]]) acompanied with this phrase:
36--> ''Cómo le haría un buen brbrbrbrbrbrbr''[[note]]How I would make her a good brbrbrbrbrbrbr[[/note]]
37* AuthorCatchphrase:
38** The more known is "Sapbeee" or "Sapee", a modified version of Spanish "sabe" (lit. "knows", synonym of "rules").
39** He has various others that are untranslatable even for Spanish speakers, like "Más bien, loquita".
40* BigBad: Some of his episodes have different villains or enemies. The Joker in "Batman vs El Bananero", Santa Claus in "Feliz Navidad Bananera", Muñeca System in some chapters (although El Bananero is a pretty shitty husband); even Greta Thunberg and Ricardo Arjona.
41* BigEater: El Bananero himself, but El Gordo Buzard even more so.
42* BlackComedyRape: All the time.
43* BroadcastLive: El Bananero made a live radio program all Friday nights called "Radio Garka", the name in part inspired by [[Music/{{Queen}} "Radio Gaga" song]]. Can be heard in the [[http://www.multipolarfm.com/ radio's website]], which also has podcasts of past Radio Garka programs.
44** TheBusCameBack: Thanks to the UsefulNotes/CoronavirusDisease2019Pandemic, in April 2020 El Bananero comes back with Radio Garka (subtitled as "Quarentine Edition") though his Website/YouTube channel, making live videos all fridays.
45* CharacterInTheLogo: The most recognizable logo is his face from the [[https://elbananero.tv/videos/el-bananero-original-2 first video]] he made officially as El Bananero, which was drawn in monochrome.
46* TheChessmaster: ComicBook/TheJoker in "Batman vs. El Bananero", honoring his [[Film/TheDarkKnight movie version]]. He manipulates both Batman and El Bananero, and comes very close to destroying them both.
47* ChristmasEpisode: He has various of them, the most notable one is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7DpDNZmsug the 2007 one]] which [[BadSanta Santa Claus himself]] goes to see him just to LiteralAssKicking without warning nor explanation for El Bananero during the first half of the video, to be later revealed by Santa as a RestrainedRevenge.
48-->'''Bananero:''' (after a shower of X-Mas letters over him) ''What the fuck is this!?''
49-->'''[[BadSanta Santa]]:''' ''15 millions of Muñeca System they asked me, you son of thousand bitches! Muñeca System DOESN'T EXIST!''
50-->'''Bananero:''' ''[[LampshadeHanging YOU don't exist!]]''
51* ClusterFBomb: Considering his ToiletHumor and BlackComedy, this is obvious. In fact, like the half of his speech is in F-Bomb, as well his fans write him in the same language (and the same F-Bombs).
52* CoolVsAwesome: El Bananero vs. Franchise/{{Batman}}, or [[BadSanta Santa Claus]], or [[Film/TheRing Samara]], or [[Film/Scarface1983 Tony Montana]], or Tropers/{{Anonymous}}, or WebSite/{{Facebook}}, or Music/JustinBieber, and so on.
53* ChromaKey: El Bananero has been one of the pioneers of doing the Chroma Key for Latin American youtubers, getting most of his videos made under a green wall he has in his house to make this effect.
54* CureYourGays: Inverted. Gaytorade is a drink that turns any man who drinks it gay.
55* EasterSpecial: Has some of them where El Bananero goes after easter eggs, but he's LuredIntoATrap by the Easter Bunny who has [[DoubleStandardRapeMaleOnMale other plans]].
56* ExtremeLibido / ReallyGetsAround: [[CharactersAsDevice El Bananero as character]] seems obssessed with sex, usually being a porn addict, having his own sex doll all the time as his "girlfriend" and all the time is seen having "hand" games. Also this is seen in other characters he made in ''Trailerazos'' as Franchise/HarryPotter himself and also [[Creator/KristenStewart Bella Swan]] in his ''[[Literature/TheTwilightSaga Twilight]]'' parody.
57* FakeBand: El Bananero made a {{mockumentary}} about the story of a fictional rock/cumbia band called as "[=MegaPanza=]" that was a kind of mixture of bands like Music/{{Metallica}} and Music/GunsNRoses. He went so far with the mockumentary that even it's dedicated a website with the group [[http://www.megapanza.com/ here]].
58** PreviousPlayerCharacterCameo: After many years of the mockumentary, in 2019 El Bananero had a versus against El Gordo Buzarda (The Beer-Belly Fatso), [=MegaPanza=]'s leader and vocalist ([[ActingForTwo also made by El Bananero]]).
59* {{Fartillery}}: El Bananero, as well various of his characters, are seen farting commonly as well sometimes using it as weapon.
60** A hilarious variant is the "cunt fart" (yes, an AlwaysFemale variant) as seen in the ''Twilight'' Trailerazo.
61* FatBastard: El Gordo Buzarda, Megapanza's frontman, is morbidly obese and almost always eating, and he's a total jerk to everyone around him. El Bananero himself usually qualifies too.
62* GagDub: [[ProtagonistAndFriends El Bananero and friends]] change official dialogs for gag ones, mostly seen in his ''Trailerazos'' series but also in his own version of ''[[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983 1983 He-Man series]]'' called as "I-Van el [[CampGay Trolazo]]".
63* GagPenis: Mostly seen when El Bananero himself appears without pants and sometimes when some of the characters of his videos appears, the reason why [[ScrewedByTheNetwork YouTube censored and closed various channels of him in the past]].
64* HalloweenEpisode: He has one in which his Muñeca System [[{{Yandere}} tried to kill him]].
65* HurricaneOfPuns: Usually seen in ''Trailerazos'' in which the narrator speaks in puns.
66* {{Infomercial}}s: Some of his most known videos are parodies of infomercials. Some of his products:
67** ''Muñeca System'': An inflated sex doll that can make more things that just being used for sex. As the slogan says:
68---> ''All the qualities of a woman and none of her disadvantages!''
69** ''Kit [[Series/MacGyver1985 MacGyver]]'': Basing on the series's protagonist, it's a multiuse kit that makes almost everything with very few things. Also there's a CreatorCameo of [[Creator/RichardDeanAnderson MacGyver himself]].
70** ''Sofa-nático'': A sofa made for sports, that has a lot of extra functions apart of being just a sofa.
71** ''Gas-T-Rico'': A PhlebotinumPills that make your farts (and eventually your shit) smell like air freshener.
72** ''Gaytorade'': A parody of BottledCool drinks (specifically [[ProductPlacement Gatorade]]), in which drinking it will make you a CampGay.
73* IAteWhat: After dealing with a supposed Anonyous hacking that turned out to be a prank by Isabel and Arjona, El Bananero enjoys eating a pizza when he receives a video showing [[spoiler: the real Anonymous cumming all over the pizza]]. He decides to give the pizza to Arjona.
74* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: InUniverse as well in RealLife (more in the former than the latter). Same can be said about most of his characters. But...
75** JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: ...most of the characters are full blown Jerks. Although some of them do PetTheDog from time to time.
76* TheLoinsSleepTonight: PlayedForLaughs in the Trailerazo ''The Impotent [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]]'', which parodied the [[Film/TheIncredibleHulk2008 2008 movie]] from ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' and even made some {{crossover}}s with ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'', ''Film/FantasticFour2005'' and some of Creator/DCComics characters.[[note]]From movies appears Christopher Reeves (''Film/SupermanTheMovie'') and Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger (''Film/BatmanAndRobin''), also some cameos from comic book versions of Franchise/WonderWoman, ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} and ComicBook/TheFlash.[[/note]]
77--> '''[[ComicBook/RedHulk General "Thunderbolt" Ross]]:''' ''Don't waste shoots in the dick, fuck!''
78* LovableSexManiac: El Bananero, not just InUniverse, he even has female fans that follow him.
79* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Adrián Nario shares many of El Bananero's habits and views, but he's a lot nicer in person, and he claims that his offensive humour is his way to avoid getting depressed.
80* TheMentor: [[Creator/MorganFreeman Pelo Concha]] is usually this to El Bananero, as well as being one of the most popular and recurring characters in his videos.
81* MythologyGag:
82** As said in the beginning, his TheAhnold imitations.
83** Creator/MorganFreeman, called as "Pelo Concha"[[note]]lit. "pussy hair"[[/note]], is shown even more badass than he normally does in his movies, interacting in various videos with El Bananero (sometimes being a kind of [[TheMentor mentor]]) and even having [[BorrowedCatchphrase his own version of one of Bananero's catchphrases]]:
84--->''Más bien, viejita''
85** Generally all the black manly guys appears with high-pitched voices. In an interview, El Bananero says it's an AffectionateParody to these type of characters, with few exceptions.
86** El Bananero has a hate against some artists like Music/{{Thalia}} and Music/JustinBieber, and he doesn't hesitate to mock them in various of his videos as a nod instead dedicating some videos, with some exceptions (especially for Bieber, who has some dedicated videos).
87*** The latter's last name is misspelled (with a purpose) as "Biebergas"[[note]]PunnyName between Bieber and "verga", [[IHaveManyNames one of Latin American names for penis]][[/note]] and usually he's shown as a CampGay.
88** A RealLife variant is El Bananero being mistaken as Argentinian or Chilean instead Uruguayan.
89** In recent years he was also mistaken with Music/RicardoArjona, which also became an AscendedMeme thanks to El Bananero himself who personified him.
90* NewsParody: ''Noticiero Bananero'', with Sergio Vergara Telechea.
91* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Apart of all {{the cameo}}s in his ''Trailerazos'' series, there's also some other famous people in his videos:
92** In the ''Noticiero Bananero'', [[PaperThinDisguise Sergio Vergara Telechea]] makes interviews to various famous personalities, including UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush, [[UsefulNotes/BillClinton Monica Lewinsky]], Michael Phelps, Music/JustinBieber, [[UsefulNotes/{{Uganda}} Joseph Kony]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Argentina}} Carlos Tevez and Lionel Messi]], as others.
93** As said in AscendedFanboy, worldwide Libanese pornstar (actually retired) Mia Khalifa appears in various of his videos, not just being mentioned, even acting for some of them. And years later, various famous Latina pornstars made dedicated greetings to El Bananero and their fans.
94** There's a special ''Noticiero Bananero'' video called "La vida después del Trailerazo"[[note]]The life after Trailerazo[[/note]], in which Sergio "interviews" various of the actors from these video series like Creator/AlanRickman, Creator/TobeyMaguire, Creator/RupertGrint and Creator/KristenStewart, as others.
95** One of his first videos was El Bananero interacting with Music/{{Madonna}}, as she appeared in one of her 90s movies.
96* OdeToIntoxication: There's a parody to Argentinian beer ads made by El Bananero promoting his own beer called as "Cerveza Melorto"[[note]]Beer Metheasshole[[/note]], which chorus is a HurricaneOfPuns.
97--> ''Chupar Melorto es lo mejor!''[[note]]Suck Metheasshole is the best![[/note]]
98* TheOmniscient: El Peluca from "Harry El Sucio Potter" (aka [[Film/HarryPotter Rubeus Hagrid]]) has kind of become this, always appearing to different characters to give them advice, usually useless or too late to be of any use, when not helping evil people or just being an asshole. He does have some nice moments doeh.
99* OnlyKnownByHisNickname: El Bananero's real name is Adrian Nario, but he prefers to be known just by his nickname.
100* ParallelPornTitles: The Oscar Night video has a few for 2018 movies: Film/LadyGaga is "Lady Traga" ("Lady Swallows), Film/BohemianRhapsody is "Bigotes de Chele: La Historia de Queen" ("Cum Moustache: The Story of Queen"), and Film/BlackPanther is "Petera Negra" ("Black Cocksucker).
101* ParodyProductPlacement:
102** His most famous videos and the reason he becomes a referent for Latin American youtubers is thanks to his {{Infomercial}}s that parody existing products, as well creating new ones, all of them with the "call now" placement. Some of his most famous "products" are ''Sofa-nático'', ''Kit Series/{{MacGyver|1985}}'', ''Gas-T-Rico'' and ''Gaytorade''.
103** The most notable case of ContinuityNod about the above is ''Muñeca System'', an inflated sex doll that can do a lot of things apart of being just a sex doll which Infomercial became El Bananero's first success. Well, with the time, Muñeca System became his girlfriend (a {{Yandere}} one, by the way) and appeared in a lot of videos and even has a dedicated HalloweenEpisode as the FetishizedAbuser.
104** He also made his own beer, ''Cerveza Melorto'' ("Beer Metheasshole"), with a proper ads with an OdeToIntoxication (parody of Argentinian beer ads that use this resource).
105* ThePigPen: El Bananero rarely bathes, doesn't flush the toilet unless he feels like it, eats from the trash or from the floor, and doesn't even bother with a tissue while masturbating.
106* ProductPlacement:
107** After many years, finally El Bananero have their own merchandising through his website "[[http://www.comprateesta.com Comprate Esta]]", where he sells t-shirts, mugs and caps, all related to El Bananero.
108** Being known as a beer lover, he also made his own beer brand, called as "Japi"[[note]]word game with "pija", Argentinian[=/=]Uruguayan name for penis[[/note]], which has been distributed in various countries like Argentina, Chile, Peru and Mexico.
109* RapidFireComedy: A staple of Bananero videos, as they are rarely longer than 3 minutes.
110** RealTrailerFakeMovie: If you didn't see the referenced movies in ''Trailerazo'' series, you better stay away from them, or you'll remember Bananero's jokes over the movie itself (similar case than ''WebVideo/HonestTrailers'', a kind of Spanish-spoken parallel).
111* SelfDeprecation: A big deal of his humour is him making fun of himself. A great example of this is "El Bananero vs. Laura", and the series of "Cartitas Bananeras".
112* SexMiseducationClass: Professor Paul Vazo[[note]]A PunnyName based on "polvazo" or "big polvo", being the word "polvo" (dirt) [[IHaveManyNames one of the names]] in Latin America for having sex[[/note]], a PE teacher who during a rest of his class "[[TheTalk teaches]]" his students about Sex Ed. It's all PlayedForLaughs and with the [[SexComedy Bananero's]] [[ToiletHumor own style]]. Apart of the misdirection of his class, these videos also got a DecadeThemedFilter, being mostly in black and white, [[MonochromePast like these were recorded in]] TheSixties.
113* SharedUniverse / TheVerse: El Bananero lives in the now called UCB/BCU (Universo Cinematográfico Bananero/Bananero´s Cinematic Universe), where all his characters seem to live. This was speculated by fans since years and even the youtuber The Cajuga made [[CharacterCustomization CAWs]] for ''[[VideoGame/WWEVideoGames WWE 2K19]]'', being this finally confirmed by El Bananero himself.
114* SoapboxSadie: Greta Thumberg appears in one video to speak for every trendy social issue and annoy El Bananero about it in his own home.
115* SongParody: Apart of all the videos he made, also he produced original songs JustForFun.
116** LocationSong: ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkW2klTojPU Afghanistan]]'', which is also a parody for Music/{{PSY}}'s ''Music/GangnamStyle''.
117** {{Crossover}}: El Bananero also appears in some songs (and music videos) of the Argentinian SongParody band [[https://www.youtube.com/user/ThePartyBandTV The Party Band]].
118** He then made another crossover with the Uruguayan metal band [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvgQiJXqn3XPB5MEam3_xZA Asspera]], who made the song "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSwKqANzbwA El Ganzo]]"[[note]]"The Goose", which the phrase "jalar el ganso" (pull the goose) is another synonym for masturbation[[/note]], becoming his greatest hit for 2020 and with a music video made for New Year's Eve.
119** The 2021-2023 opening song for Radio Garka is a song based on the Music/PetShopBoys version of "[[Music/VillagePeople Go West]]" called "Es Viernes de Radio Garka."[[note]]It's Radio Garka's Friday[[/note]]
120* TakeThat: He's not afraid to ridicule anyone he hates, mostly singers such as Justin Bieber, Thalia or Bad Bunny. Mia Khalifa is another frequent target of his due to abandoning her porn career (having never done an anal scene throughout).
121* TrailerSpoof: The ''Trailerazo'' series.
122* VocalDissonance: Isabel, El Bananero's female cat, speaks with a deep male voice.
123* VulgarHumor: The SexComedy and ToiletHumor are the bread and butter of his channel and the reason why he's so famous in Latin America.
124* WorldTour: His fame is so big that in recent years he's going to every country in Latin America with his character in a tour, being in countries like Peru, Argentina, Chile and his native Uruguay, as others.
125* {{Yandere}}: In various of his videos in recent years, "Muñeca System", who's actually stated as Bananero's lover instead just a sex doll, seems to be a [[PsychoExGirlfriend Psycho]] FetishizedAbuser, attempting to kill him various times.
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127-->''TV Tropes sapeeeeeeeeeee!!''

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