The Dancing Banana GIF, created by Trym Stene in 1999

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it's the banana guy

Welcome in. This is where the dancing banana lives — since 1999, still dancing.

New · Series 1

Sticker packs

The Giphy bananas as real kiss-cut vinyl — eight packs of six, the Original in every one, $9.99 a pack.

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Banana World

One world. Every banana.

the world is open

Citizens of the week

Four plaques and one Citizen, every Monday, for what people actually did in Banana World.

Based on what you do in Banana World. Log in to get nominated → · See the board in the park →

Real homesteads. Real bananas.

Built by visitors like you — knock on any door.

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grab the 1999 GIF → hit the shop → the banana of the day →

come say hi! Come and chat The Banana Discord

Mostly empty, which is the good bit — you get in early. Drop nights, work-in-progress pixels, and the makers whose hats are already in the game.

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Yes, THAT banana

I accidentally made the internet's favourite fruit.

Back in 1999, on an AMD K6-2 running at a screaming 350MHz, I made a little dancing banana GIF. It became Peanut Butter Jelly Time, it cameo'd in Family Guy, and it's been bouncing across the internet ever since.

The full story — the remixes, the FAQ, and how to license the banana (spoiler: not for your crypto coin) — lives on its own page.

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Trym Stene

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Me

I'm Trym Stene — a Norwegian who does SEO for a living, makes jokes on the internet for fun, and produces music as Sentry. One time in 1999 I drew a fruit and it got a little out of hand.

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