Fundamentally Funny Fruit: Difference between revisions

Line 15:

When a character is carrying a piece of fruit for no reason, it's [[Fruit of the Loon]]. See also [[Trademark Favorite Food]], [[Blessed Are the Cheesemakers]], [[Everything's Better With Chocolate]], [[Fantastic Fruits and Vegetables]].

----

=== Avocados: ===

= Avocados: =

== [[Fan Fiction]] ==

* The [[Harry Potter]] [[Crack Fic]] [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3134657/1/bAvocado_b_bKedavra_b Avocado Kedavra!]

Line 26:

* [http://threepanelsoul.com/view.php?date=2009-08-27 This] ''[[Three Panel Soul]]'' comic.

=== Bananas: ===

= Bananas: =

== [[Advertising]] ==

Line 83:

* Japanese author Mahoko Yoshimoto writes under the pen name Banana. The icon for her website is also a banana.

=== Durians: ===

= Durians: =

== [[Film]] ==

* A film by Fruit Chan (yes that's his real name), ''Durian Durian'', uses the comedic potential of said fruit's unbearably stinky smell. It's also used as a weapon by one of the characters, who [[Tap On the Head|knocks somebody out]] with it.

Line 99:

{{quote| Newton wasn't the first person to realize the theory of gravitation. A man from Singapore was - only, he didn't survive to publish his findings because it was a durian that fell on his head, not an apple.}}

=== Eggplants: ===

= Eggplants: =

== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* Fennis in ''[[Edens Bowy]]'' carries a lot of things with an anthropomorphic sunglasses-wearing eggplant on it, kinda like a [[Hello Kitty]] merchandise.

Line 155:

* The Philippines' favorite funny fruit. This troper once watched a Filipino game show where the answer to the question was eggplant, or "talong". The audience could not help giggling.

=== Kumquats: ===

= Kumquats: =

== Comedy ==

* [[Lampshaded]] by [[George Carlin]] as a Fundamentally Funny Fruit.

Line 178:

* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' features a scene in "The Last Roundup" where Pinkie Pie rambles about how much fun "kumquat", among other words, is to say.

=== Persimmons: ===

= Persimmons: =

* In addition to having a somewhat funny name, persimmons are sometimes used as practical jokes or as a way to describe someone's expression, viz.: "like he just ate a green persimmon." Ripe persimmons, which are yellowish-orange, taste a little bit like a cross between an orange and a pineapple. ''Unripe'' persimmons, which are greenish, taste ''a lot'' like cotton balls dipped in alum.

=== Pineapples: ===

= Pineapples: =

== Anime and Manga ==

Line 299:

=== Pumpkins: ===

= Pumpkins: =

== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* Also there's Blair's pumpkin themed magic in ''[[Soul Eater]]'' ([[The Smashing Pumpkins (Music)|Smashing Pumpkin]], [[Calling Your Attacks|Pumpkin Cannon]] and so on).

Line 331:

* [[Peanuts|On Halloween night, the Great Pumpkin will rise from a pumpkin patch and give toys to all the good little kids]].

=== Various Foods: ===

= Various Foods: =

== [[Stand-Up Comedy]] ==

* [[George Carlin]], in one of his stand-up performances, first subverts this trope by talking about some ''un-funny'' foods, including eggplant ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yj0PH1zYqTc&t=3m37s starts at 3:37]), then moves on from there to play this trope straight ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yj0PH1zYqTc&t=5m34s starts at 5:34]).

* [[Kip Adotta]]'s recording "Life in the Slaw Lane" is a [[Hurricane of Puns|Hurricane of Fruit and Vegetable Puns]] wrapped around a surprisingly tragic story for such a funny performance.

=== Zucchini: ===

= Zucchini: =

== [[Literature]] ==

* The pages of ''[[Dave Barry]] Hits Below the Beltway'' are infested with giant prehistoric zucchini.