Buncho Bananas (Kindi Kids)

## Buncho Bananas

**Buncho Bananas** is a banana Shopkin.

## Description

### Personality

Thanks to his cold body temperature, Buncho Bananas is very slow, both physically and mentally. Despite having big personality, he acts and reacts a bit late in some situations. However, despite his flaws, he has a never-give-up attitude that helps him in the, in his case a very, long run.

### Physical Appearance

Buncho Bananas is mostly yellow. He fades to green at the top. There is a brown stem at the top of him.

## Abilities

### Origin

His nose can sneeze icicles, so he can freeze Kindi Kids or other species with them. His tears are frozen whenever crying, which is used as a power in Calling All Kindi Kids. He also has an ice exoskeleton that is very durable.

### Calling All Kindi Kids

* **Freeze Sneeze:** Unleash an arctic blast, damaging nearby enemies.
* **Cry Ice:** Form ice cubes that make your enemies slip and fall down.
* **Slunky:** Slam the ground repeatedly, damaging and knocking up enemies.

### Weaknesses

Due to his cold body temperature, Buncho Bananas is very slow, both physically and mentally, tending to act and react a bit late in some situations and fall asleep a lot.

## Biography

### Early life

Little is known about Buncho Bananas' early life. However, he managed to secure a job working at the Hamlogna Conveyer Belt.

### First adventures

At a party, he managed to get kidnapped by the Shoppets, and had to be rescued to help rescue the other Kindi Kids. ("Calling All Kindi Kids")

While napping on a rock, Cereal wished to play fetch with him, he decided to throw the stick but Cereal ran off and brought back a Cubit. The two Murped and crashed into Beary Chill. ("Cereal & Buncho Bananas Murp")

Buncho Bananas was almost all of the Shopkins who made a plan to explode Blanket Mountain. Their plan worked, and Blanket Mountain was exploded by the Shopkins soon after. ("Feast of Fancy")

Buncho Bananas hosted a kickball game that many other Shopkins attended. ("Dancing Disaster")

Buncho Bananas appears in Special Day at the end of the episode.

The Shopkins were getting ready to test out their new spaceship simulator. Buncho had a jetpack, and he flew into the air, covering the other Shopkins with sparkles. ("Space")

Buncho Bananas appeared inside the supermarket when Peppa-Mint was talking to Kitty Scale and Kitty Cash Register. ("Charades")

Buncho Bananas managed to land on a stack of teacups that Sprinkle Shaker and Ice Cream Sundae prepared. ("Tea Party")

Buncho Bananas does not appear in Trick or Treat.

### Further Adventures

He was an attendant to the annual Mix Festival, and was the last Kindi Kid to be caught in the Nixing effect of the Mega Shoppet Kindi Kid Nixer, which was later reversed. ("Epic Comedy Adventure")

During a picnic with Bunny Cart, Marsha Mello, and Cake Pop, he was knocked back by a blast of magic from the Wiztastics advertising their latest show, though he was not impressed by it whatsoever. ("Murp Romp")

Buncho Bananas appeared out of nowhere when Rainbow Kate was talking to the Kindi Kids. Rainbow Kate said that Buncho can join in if he wanted to. Rainbow Kate thought the secret surprise was bananas, which left him confused. ("Secret Surprise")

Buncho Bananas appears being tickled by Marsha Mello. ("Kindi Campers")

Buncho Bananas does not appear in Chillax Already!.

Buncho Bananas was scared when Jessicake roared like a dragon. ("Imagination Safari")

Buncho Bananas danced to music OJ provided when the Kindi Kids were doing the musical chairs contest. ("Ya Win Some, Ya Lose Some!")

Buncho Bananas appeared in the background at the end of the episode when the Kindi Kids were doing the Bobble Dance. ("Arts, Crafts & Bunnies")

Buncho Bananas was one of almost all of the Kindi Kids who searched and fought for the Kindamajig, and then captured by King Shoppet. He Maxed with his branch of the Frosticons in order to defeat her, and Kindopolis was revealed by the Weldos soon after. ("A Quest for the Lost Kindamajig")

He was one of the watchers of a fire that broke out in an apartment building in Kindopolis. ("Shoppet, Shoppet, Go Away")

## Memorable Quotes

* *"Woo-hoo!"* - Buncho Bananas, Space
* *"Hee.... hee-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!"* - Buncho Bananas, Tea Party

## Information

### In-Booklet Code

IC2D6VER

Buncho Bananas was released as one of the Series 2 Kindi Kids sets, in the August 2019 product wave. His product number is 50049 and contains 51 pieces.

50049 Buncho Bananas can be combined with 50020 Beary Chill and 50048 Kitty Scanner to create the Frosticons Max.

### Moose Toys Shop product description

***Repel those nasty Shoppets with the loveable, long-necked BUNCHO BANANAS!***

*The unbelievably slow BUNCHO BANANAS makes other members of the permanently chilled-out Frosticon tribe seem positively energetic. BUNCHO BANANAS might not be the brainiest, or the most graceful when waddling across ice balancing on his stubby hands, but that thick ice exoskeleton makes this Kindi Kid incredibly durable. And one sneeze from BUNCHO BANANAS can instantly freeze a Shoppet in an ice cube!*

* *Features translucent frosty elements and poseable joints*
* *Selected Kindi Kids also feature Shoppets inside the pack*
* *Collect all three Kindi Kids in the Frosticon tribe to build the super Kindi Kids tribe combo*
* *Combine with 50051 CAKE POP from the Kindi Kids Fang Gang tribe for a quirky mixed-up Kindi Kid*
* *Go to moosetoys.com/kindikids for exclusive building instructions, animations, wallpapers and much more*
* *Watch all your favorite Kindi Kid characters on Nick Jr.*
* *Play the game available for iOS and Android*
* *Stands over 3” (9 cm) tall*

#### Sidebar description

Wake up the lazy powerhouse BUNCHO BANANAS, one of three funky Frosticons in Kindi Kids Series 2, and take on the Shoppets.

### In-Booklet code

Buncho Bananas' in-booklet code for Calling All Kindi Kids is IC2D6VER, which is IcedOver when decoded.

## Background Information

* He represents December in the Kindi Kids: 2020 Wall Calendar, possibly due to December being characterized by its cold weather.

## Trivia

* Buncho Bananas uses two pieces to represent frozen snot coming out of his nose, due to his allergies. His allergies were not brought up in the show, but is used as an ability in Calling All Kindi Kids.
* He has two toes on each foot in the cartoon, but only one toe on each foot in his set, possibly because of spacing issues.
* Buncho Bananas does almost everything slow, such as speaking and walking twice as slow as normal. This makes him the slowest Kindi Kid in the show. However, he can blink, change facial expressions, and Mix normally.
* Strawberries seem to be a food he enjoys a lot. They might even be his favorite food.
* He has been seen hanging out with the Flexers the most. He never appeared alongside Kitty Scale, however.

## Behind the Scenes

### Basis

Buncho Bananas is based on a bunch of three bananas. It is an edible fruit – botanically a berry — produced by several kinds of large herbaceous flowering plants in the genus Musa. In some countries, bananas used for cooking may be called plantains, distinguishing them from dessert bananas. The fruit is variable in size, color, and firmness, but is usually elongated and curved, with soft flesh rich in starch covered with a rind, which may be green, yellow, red, purple, or brown when ripe. The fruits grow in clusters hanging from the top of the plant.

### Voice

In the TV series, and where sound clips are used, Buncho Bananas' voice is provided by Hadley Belle Miller.

### Real-life history

#### Reveals

Buncho Bananas was initially teased as a blue silhouette on the display art for the initial reveal of Kindi Kids Series 1 at San Diego Comic-Con International 2018.

Buncho Bananas appeared with the rest of Series 1 through 3 at Toy Fairs in late June and early July 2019.

#### Content

Buncho Bananas debuted in the TV series on July 4, 2019 in Feast of Fancy, while his set officially became available on September 1 with the rest of Series 2.

Buncho Bananas also appears in the mobile app game Calling All Kindi Kids, released on August 4, 2019 for iOS and September 2, 2019 for Android.

## Appearances

TV series
* Kindi Kids Main Title (Series 1, Kindi Moon Madness)

Series 1
* Feast of Fancy (debut)
* Dancing Disaster
* Special Day (cameo)
* Space
* Charades (cameo)
* Tea Party
* Epic Comedy Adventure (minor)
* Murp Romp (minor)

Series 2
* Secret Surprise
* Kindi Campers (cameo)
* Imagination Safari (cameo)
* Ya Win Some, Ya Lose Some! (cameo)
* Arts, Crafts & Bunnies (cameo)
* A Quest for the Lost Kindamajig
* Shoppet, Shoppet, Go Away (silhouette)

Series 3
* New Year, New Games (cameo)
* Kindi Team to the Rescue (cameo)

Stopmotions
* Cake Pop & Buncho Bananas Murp

Promotional Videos
* Meet Donatina of Rainbow Kindi! (cameo)
* Meet Peppa-Mint of Rainbow Kindi! (cameo)
* Meet Summer Peaches of England! (cameo)
* Meet the Shopkins!
* Meet Marsha Mello of Rainbow Kindi! (cameo)
* Meet Rainbow Kate of Kenya!

Merchandise
Games
* Calling All Kindi Kids
* Kindi Kids Mania

Books
* Character Encyclopedia

Other
* Shirts
* Posters
* Kindi Kids: 2020 Wall Calendar
* Kindi Kids: 2021 Wall Calendar

Miscellaneous
* Kindi Kids Websites
	+ The Wonderful World of Kindi Kids
* Moose Toys Club Magazines

## Voice Actors

* Hadley Belle Miller (UK/US)
* Ella Pyhältö (Finland)
* Caroline Hartpence (France and French Speaking Canada)
* Manuela Bäcker (Germany)
* Haffner Aniko (Hungary)
* Orly Tagar (Israel)
* Maki Uchiyama (Japan)
* Jo Hyeon-jeong (South Korea)
* Vanessa Olea (Latin America)
* Lupita Leal (Latin America; TV Version)
* Alexandra Alphenaar (The Netherlands)
* Beata Wyrąbkiewicz (Poland)
* Olga Kuznetsova (Russia)