Baboon's Pride Banana Company

**Baboon's Pride Banana Company** (formerly **Mother Daughter Fake Bananas**, **Mother Daughter Gone Bananas!**, and **Monkey's Pride Banana Company**) is a multibillion-dollar Furrian corporation which specializes in the production and distribution of bananas. The company operates at least eleven branches throughout Furria and Elland. The current CEO is Felix Baboon.

Baboon's Pride was founded by Matilda and Maggie Bananomanoman in 1318 under the name Mother Daughter Fake Bananas. During the 1320s and 1330s, the company expanded rapidly, opening seven new branches throughout Furria and Elland and was rebranded three times. The company headquarters is located in Yonkers, Furria. To this day, Baboon's Pride remains one of the largest corporations in Furria.

## History

### Mother Daughter Fake Bananas

   On May 17, 1318, Matilda Bananomanoman and her daughter Maggie Bananomanoman founded Mother Daughter Fake Bananas, a company which produced synthetic bananas for decoration. The original company operated out of the Bananomanomans' house in Yonkers, Furria. Maggie handcrafted all the synthetic bananas on the kitchen table while Matilda handled the paperwork and distribution in the living room. The company gained only minimal traction in the Yonkers market, with the city's mixed-species demographic putting a damper on the monkeycentric products. The company continued to struggle, but managed to stay afloat by marketing directly to monkeys, most of whom were extremely loyal and dedicated customers.

### Mother Daughter Gone Bananas!

Matilda was eventually able to purchase a banana plantation on the southeast coast of Furria, which allowed her company to begin selling edible produce in addition to solely decorative bananas. In September 1321, Matilda and Maggie rebranded the company as Mother Daughter Gone Bananas! Soon after they began producing edible bananas, the mother-daughter team's synthetic bananas were discontinued. The company experienced an extreme increase in profit.

In 1323, Matilda began expanding their business even more by hiring new employees and purchasing a warehouse and office building. Maggie, however, had become slightly disinterested with the business. Since they stopped selling fake bananas (which she personally handcrafted), Maggie's participation in the operation was quite minimal. By 1324, Maggie had forfeited her fifty percent share in ownership of the company to her mother. Matilda saw this as an opportunity to rebrand and relocate the business.

### Monkey's Pride Banana Company

   The company's third incarnation, Monkey's Pride Banana Company, had become a wildly successful national corporation, with the monkey-dominated community of Monkeytown massively helping the sales. Over the next ten years, Matilda opened ten more branches throughout Furria and even neighboring Elland: Gavel, Furria; Redford, Furria; Furrington, Furria; Samutropolis, Furria; Chutown, Furria; Port Milo, Furria; Pooh, Furria; Prince Kringle City, Furria; Skippy, Furria; and Pochester, Elland. Supervision of each individual branch was given to regional managers. In 1333, the Chutown branch was closed due to poor sales.

### Baboon's Pride Banana Company

Following the death of Matilda's mother in 1337, Matilda announced her resignation as CEO of Monkey's Pride, to spend more time with her family. To replace her position as CEO, she chose the regional manager of the Monkeytown branch: Felix Baboon.

"*As most of you know, my mother and son are now dead. Their deaths really opened my eyes. Every moment of this life is a precious gift. I can't keep pushing aside my family for my business. Who knows how much time I have left on this earth? That is why I, Matilda Redford, hereby resign of my position as CEO of Monkey's Pride Banana Company. The regional manager of the Monkeytown branch, Felix Baboon, will be promoted to the CEO position. Thank you.*"
—CEO Matilda Redford gives her resignation live on the Furria News Network.
After Matilda's resignation, CEO Felix Baboon moved from Monkeytown to Yonkers to oversee the company at the headquarters. He started a new initiative to appeal to other species of the country; not exclusively monkeys. Baboon bought a new plot of land to begin growing other fruits such as oranges and apples. In July 1337, Baboon announced that the company would be rebranded for a third time, this time as Baboon's Pride Banana Company, in the hopes that removing the word "monkey" from the title would invite other species to buy from the company. In November 1337, Baboon announced that new restaurant-like locations would be opening in the next year, serving hip banana-based smoothies and pastries.

Sometime in the 1340s, regional manager of the Monkeytown branch Bobby Snortleman was exposed for money laundering. The scandal resulted in Bobby's termination; he was replaced by salesman Buck Snortleson.

## Known employees

### Current

* Felix Baboon (since 1324) — CEO, former regional manager (Monkeytown)
* Buck Snortleson (since ?) — Regional manager, former salesman (Monkeytown)
* Monisha Snortleman (since ?) — Receptionist (Monkeytown)
* Gordon Pillsbury (since ?) — Salesman (Monkeytown)
* Banana Bean Pucenose (since 1328) — Regional manager (Yonkers)

### Former

* Matilda Redford (1318 to 1337; resigned) — CEO, owner, co-founder, regional manager (Yonkers)
* Maggie Bananomanoman (1318 to 1324; quit) — CEO, owner, co-founder
* Bobby Snortleman (1336 to circa 1340s; fired) — Salesman, regional manager (Monkeytown)
* Karen Snortleson (1336; fired/quit) — Head of Female Relations Department (Monkeytown)

## Locations

Baboon's Pride Banana Company currently owns and operates at least eleven branches: ten in Furria and one in Elland. This is the list of branches, in the order they were opened:

* 1318 — Yonkers, Furria (Company headquarters)
* 1324 — Monkeytown, Furria
* 1327 — Gavel, Furria
* 1327 — Redford, Furria
* 1330 — Furrington, Furria
* 1330 — Samutropolis, Furria
* 1331 — Chutown, Furria (closed in 1333)
* 1332 — Port Milo, Furria
* 1334 — Pooh, Furria
* 1334 — Prince Kringle City, Furria
* 1335 — Skippy, Furria
* 1336 — Pochester, Elland

## References

1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27  Article on Mia Plus (July 20, 2016). *The Evolution of Monkey's Pride*.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 *Monkeytown*: Season 2, episode 1 - "The Funeral"
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 *Monkeytown*: Season 2, episode 3 - "The Snortlesons"
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 *Judge Mia*: Season 11, episode 6 - "Judge Mia Forever"
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 *Monkeytown*: Season 1, episode 1- "Pilot"
6. ↑ *Monkeytown*: Episode 10 - "Christmas in Monkeytown"
7. ↑ *Monkeytown*: Season 1, episode 3 - "Work Problems"