Fundamentally Funny Fruit: Difference between revisions

* '''Eggplants'''. Despite the eggplant being a bitter vegetable (and your inner child still [[Stock Yuck|doesn't have a fondness for bitter vegetables,]] does it?), it still has popularity in popular imagery because of its funny bouncy shape and it being purple with a bit of green on the tip (i.e. looks nothing like an egg).<ref>The name comes from an old variety of the fruit which was small, white, and egg-shaped.</ref> They were known as "mala insana", or mad apples, in medieval times, and are called aubergines (oh-ber-sheen) in Britain. Also note that if you're going with a strictly biological definition eggplants are a fruit, [[Captain Obvious|which is why we listed it in this article]].

* '''Kiwis'''. Just plain fun to say. Properly called Chinese gooseberries, but that doesn't sound half as good. Called kiwifruit in New Zealand, to avoid confusion with the bird or the demonym.

* '''Pineapples'''. No other edible fruit looks anything like them<ref>Well, that's because they're bromeliads!</ref>. References to fruit can also play off the name of a common hairstyle or the [[wikipedia:Mk 2 grenade|Mk 2 fragmentation grenade]]. Scientific name is ''Ananas comosus'', which is hard to pronounce without giggling. Not necessarily related to [[Hula and Luaus]]. Sometimes used as [[Bamboo Technology]]. Makes a good [[Unusual Euphemism]].

* '''Pumpkins'''. Especially when things get turned into them. Also inherently funny in terms of smashing. Or chucking.

== [[Anime and Manga]] ==

* ''[[Banana no Nana]]'''s entire premise. Any heartwarming or dramatic moments between the [[Lovely Angels|two female leads]] are ruined by the fact that [[Role Called|Nana]] [[Improbable Weapon User|fights with a banana]].

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* In an episode of [[Fairly Oddparents]] where Cosmo has magically hypnotized Britney Britney so he'll look better at his high school reunion, Britney Britney randomly blurts out "Kumquat!" at one point.

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** "[[Macross Plus]]" averts this in the OVA version; when {{spoiler|Isamu crashes his VF-11}} he clambers out next to a pineapple tree.

** ''[[Macross Frontier]]'' lampshades this with {{spoiler|Ozma}} and pineapple cake: {{spoiler|Ozma has a tragic scene but manages to survive, and Michael comments on how tragic it would've been if he actually died.}} Maybe the pineapple's less potent in cake form?

* If you're into [[Hentai]], there's [[wikipedia:Pink Pineapple|Pink Pineapple Studio]].

* ''[[Fresh Pretty Cure]]'' has one of the main protagonists transform into Cure Pine... Pine being short for pineapple.

== [[Film]] ==

* ''[[Ice Age]]: Dawn of the Dinosaurs'' has this memorable line:

{{quote|'''Manny''': "Buck, when exactly did you go insane?"

* Charlie Crews on ''[[Life]]'''s [[Trademark Favorite Food]] is fruit, and he's been seen with a pineapple.

* One episode of ''[[Friends]]'' sees Joey reading lines from a love scene... to a pineapple. For apparently no other reason than everything being better with pineapples. This lack of reason is subverted by Rachel: "I think a cantaloupe would hurt less."

* The British present, for your "enjoyment," The pineapple fritter - Served in some fish and chip shops. In our tradition for battering just about anything we can get our hands on, The Pineapple Fritter is a pineapple slice, dipped in batter and fried. it's tastes better then you might think.

* Pineapple makes a good meat tenderizer. Really! Pineapple flakes are an easy way to tenderize meat.

*** This same enzyme is why you can literally die from eating too much pineapple; the enzyme essentially digests you. And before you ask, yes [[Undignified Death|people have died from this.]]

== Western Animation ==

* "Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? [[SpongeBob SquarePants]]!"

* There's an episode of ''[[The Jetsons]]'' wherein Rosey the Robot brains Mr. Spacely with a Pineapple Upside-Down cake.

{{quote|'''Rosey:''' There. The pineapples are right-side-up.}}

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