Talk:Tin Banana Tu
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I'm about 99% sure this item is actually called "Tim Banana Tu" because it's a pun off of "Timbuktu". Is the "Tin" spelling sourced from anywhere, or is it an error? Shadow2 (talk) 12:07, February 16, 2026 (UTC)
- The problem with that theory is that Timbuktu is a city (or the whole region that said city is situated in), whereas the Tin Banana Tu is a type of banana fruit. While certainly not implausible, I think the theory would be stronger if Tin Banana Tu was also a city or region. As it stands, it might as well be based on gibberish shaman talk.
rend (talk) (edits) 19:38, February 16, 2026 (UTC)
- I don't see why that disproves of anything. Television shows of this era did everything they could to squeeze puns in everywhere they could, whether it made exact perfect sense or not. There's also plenty of food out there that's just named after the region it's found in. There's a curry called "Ceylon", a confection called "Persian", a salad named "Macedonia"... If you listen to the episode, I think it's also pretty clear that the characters are pronouncing an "M" sound and not an "N" sound. When you've got this show naming things like "Kongo Bongo Gone Wrongo", "Encyclopedia Bananica" and "Kong Fu", it makes much more sense for them to name it after a pun than to just come up with "Tin Banana Tu", which is essentially gibberish. Shadow2 (talk) 00:59, February 17, 2026 (UTC)
- Not exactly related, but most dubs of the episode refer to it as "Tin Banana Tu", though the Japanese dub merely refers to it as a "Blue Banana".
Maw-Ray Master (talk) 20:56, February 16, 2026 (UTC)
