Golden Banana

Golden Bananas are large shiny bananas that are found throughout the Donkey Kong series.

The first appearance of Golden Bananas was in the game Donkey Kong Country. Here Donkey Kong's giant hoard of Golden Bananas ends up getting stolen by the Kremling Krew and he and his nephew Diddy set out to reclaim them. Golden Bananas can be seen in the background of every boss battle in the game; also whenever the Kongs defeat a boss a Golden Banana will fall from the ceiling of the room they are in.

In Donkey Kong Land, Donkey Kong's Golden Bananas are once again stolen by the Kremling Krew and he and Diddy set out after them once again.

In the games Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest and Donkey Kong Land 2 several Golden Bananas can be seen in the background on board the Flying Krock.

The main plot of Donkey Kong 64 centers around Donkey Kong and his allies trying to reclaim their Golden Bananas from the evil King K. Rool. In this game, whenever a Golden Banana appears, a voice will say "Oh, Banana!", and when a Kong collects one, it will say "Kong, Kong, Donkey Kong!" Golden Bananas are needed to access new worlds, since B. Locker will be blocking the world entrances.

The animated series featured a single Golden Banana of a different type in the episode "Raiders of the Lost Banana". This Golden Banana is found by DK in Inka Dinka Doo's Temple, and he decides to give it to Candy Kong as a present. As a result, however, DK sets off a curse that befalls anyone nearby the beholder. K. Rool later kidnaps Candy and demands she hand over the Banana, but DK shows up to rescue her and returns the Banana to Inka Dinka Doo. Polly Roger steals the Banana back, though, but now only K. Rool is affected by the curse.

Trivia

 * Interestingly, the Golden Bananas of Donkey Kong 64 have the Nintendo 64 logo on them, while the large Golden Banana in the game, obtained from the Banana Fairy Queen, has the Rare logo on it.
 * There are normally 201 Golden Bananas in Donkey Kong 64. However, through the use of a glitch, a 202nd banana is obtainable.