# Bananaman vs Captain Pickard

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bananaman-vs-captain-pickard/187366
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [July 10, 2003, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bananaman-vs-captain-pickard/187366 "2003-07-10T01:04:09Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author: ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2003, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bananaman-vs-captain-pickard/187366/1 "2003-07-10T01:04:09Z")

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So, who would win?

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### Author: ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2003, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bananaman-vs-captain-pickard/187366/2 "2003-07-10T01:10:04Z")

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1st and 2nd season Picard?

Or post Locutus Picard?  
Is the banana peeled? Over ripe? Central American?

What’s my motivation here?

Is this SAG scale?

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### Author: ![Dragonblink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Dragonblink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragonblink)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2003, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bananaman-vs-captain-pickard/187366/3 "2003-07-10T01:12:16Z")

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And here I thought I was the only one who remembered Bananaman. Man, those were the days …

Danger Mouse could take em both out.

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### Author: ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2003, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bananaman-vs-captain-pickard/187366/4 "2003-07-10T01:18:50Z")

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Thunderpants are on the loose! Thunderpants are gay! Feel the thunder hear the roar!

(I had my own rendition of the thundercats tune. obviously)

Oh my, those were the days!

**NoClueBoy** bananaman is not peeled if I remember rightly. He wears a blue cape and lives at 14 acasier drive or something. (British bananaman)

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### Author: ![Rabid\_Squirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Rabid\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rabid_Squirrel)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2003, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bananaman-vs-captain-pickard/187366/5 "2003-07-10T01:20:04Z")

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Bananaman, easily. Just because.

\<wipes away nostalgic tear\>

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### Author: ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2003, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bananaman-vs-captain-pickard/187366/6 "2003-07-10T01:35:25Z")

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I AM BANANAMAN!

Man, that dude was badass.

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### Author: ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2003, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bananaman-vs-captain-pickard/187366/7 "2003-07-10T01:41:23Z")

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Let me get this straight - Bananaman is _known_ outside the UK??

I thought I was being UK-centric.

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### Author: ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2003, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bananaman-vs-captain-pickard/187366/8 "2003-07-10T01:42:56Z")

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Huh?!  
Someone want to fill me in on Bananaman? A link maybe?  
I misread the title and thought it a mere banana… ☹

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### Author: ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2003, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bananaman-vs-captain-pickard/187366/9 "2003-07-10T01:52:32Z")

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[Bananaman](http://www.80snostalgia.com/classictv/bananaman/)

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### Author: ![shy\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@shy\_guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shy_guy)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2003, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bananaman-vs-captain-pickard/187366/10 "2003-07-10T05:09:00Z")

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> [@](#):
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> Let me get this straight - Bananaman is known outside the UK??

Sure, they used to show it on Nickelodeon. I remember the time when he fought his evil counterpart, Appleman.
