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Certain fruits are just really funny, and not only because their names are [[Inherently Funny Words]]:
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* '''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.
* '''Kumquats'''. The name sounds vaguely dirty. Also: see Kiwis.
* '''Pineapples'''. No other edible fruit looks anything like them.<ref>Well, that's because they're bromeliads!</ref>
* '''Pumpkins'''. Especially when things get turned into them. Also inherently funny in terms of smashing. Or chucking.
* '''Zucchini'''. See Kumquats. That, and zucchini plants are known to be [[Spam Attack|a little]] [[Alien Kudzu|prolific]]. Known as courgettes in Britain.
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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]].
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= Avocados
== [[Fan Fiction]] ==
* The [[Harry Potter]] [[Crack Fic]] [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3134657/1/bAvocado_b_bKedavra_b Avocado Kedavra!]
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* [http://threepanelsoul.com/view.php?date=2009-08-27 This] ''[[Three Panel Soul]]'' comic.
= Bananas
== [[Advertising]] ==
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* Japanese author Mahoko Yoshimoto writes under the pen name Banana. The icon for her website is also a banana.
= 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.
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{{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
== [[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.
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* 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
== Comedy ==
* [[Lampshaded]] by [[George Carlin]] as a Fundamentally Funny Fruit.
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* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|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
* 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
== Anime and Manga ==
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= Pumpkins
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Also there's Blair's pumpkin themed magic in ''[[Soul Eater]]'' ([[The Smashing Pumpkins|Smashing Pumpkin]], [[Calling Your Attacks|Pumpkin Cannon]] and so on).
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* [[Peanuts|On Halloween night, the Great Pumpkin will rise from a pumpkin patch and give toys to all the good little kids]].
= Various Foods
== [[Stand-Up Comedy]] ==
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* [[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
== [[Literature]] ==
* The pages of ''[[Dave Barry]] Hits Below the Beltway'' are infested with giant prehistoric zucchini.
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