Tra-La-La Horror

Tra-La-La Horror is a horror film based on the Hanna-Barbera television series called "The Banana Splits". It's inspired by The Banana Splits Movie.

## Poster

The main poster shows Fleegle with half of his robotic face and his robotic right arm exposed, Bingo holding a bloody axe, Drooper with sharp teeth and holding a bloody hammer, and Snorky remaining unchanged.

## Plot

Harley Williams is a huge fan of *The Banana Splits*, a successful children's television series featuring four animatronic characters — Fleegle, Bingo, Drooper, and Snorky — along with their human co-star Stevie. As a surprise birthday present, his parents Beth and Mitch take him with his half-brother Austin and his classmate Zoe to a live taping of the show at Taft Studios. Upon arrival, the family meets several audience and staff members, including show hostess Paige and her assistant Doug, fan couple Thadd and Poppy, aspiring young performer Parker with her father Jonathan, and security guard Sal.

As the taping is getting ready, the studio's new vice president of programming, Andy, informs show producer Rebecca that he is canceling the show after the recording as it does not go with his network's vision. The Banana Splits' new software updates malfunctions after Drooper hears this through a drunken Stevie while mocking them, with Bingo kidnapping Andy while Drooper kills Stevie by thrusting a prop lollipop down his throat. Outside, Beth learns that Mitch has been cheating on her with another woman. When she returns to the studio, Mitch finds Sal's decapitated corpse and is then chased and run over by Snorky in an amphicat.

Meanwhile, Poppy accepts Thadd's marriage proposal while live-streaming backstage before Fleegle arrives and murders Thadd by sawing him in half. Fleegle prepares to kill Poppy but leaves after he hears Harley and Zoe looking for Snorky; taking them to the workshop. He traps them with Parker, who Bingo kidnapped while Drooper burned Jonathan's face as they were searching for Andy to give Parker an audition. The remaining survivors learn about the Banana Splits' carnage after finding a seriously-injured Jonathan. Paige finds all phones disconnected and the confiscated cell phones destroyed while Beth manages to subdue Bingo before she and Austin find a traumatized Poppy and convince her to join them.

At the same time, Rebecca and Jonathan are forced to participate in the show's obstacle course until Fleegle stabs Jonathan to death in the back with a key while Rebecca completes the course, only for Drooper to viciously bludgeon her face with a hammer. Harley, Zoe, and Parker meet the Banana Splits' creator Karl, who considers his animatronics' actions justified by the show's cancellation and conflicts over freeing the kids. Drooper brings Bingo for repair, causing Karl to get distracted enough for the kids to escape and lock him in the cell. While looking for a way out, Harley, Zoe, and Parker come across Snorky and convince him to help them.

Beth, Austin, Paige, and Poppy arrive at the workshop to ask Karl how to stop the Banana Splits, but he does not provide any information. The group hears music coming from a hatch in the floor and go down. Poppy notices the mask of an unused fifth animatronic named "Hootie". Losing her sanity, Poppy puts on parts of the costume before she kills Karl as revenge for Thadd's death. Finding the underground passage littered with the corpses of Doug, the studio's staff, and the adult audience members, the group find Fleegle and Drooper holding all children hostage while performing gruesome variants of their acts; like burning Stevie's corpse and brutally murdering Andy by ripping his limbs off.

Snorky arrives and chains Harley, Zoe, and Parker to be with the other children; but secretly gives Harley the keys to free them. While Beth and Austin manage to kill both Fleegle and Drooper, Parker guides all the kids to the exit. Beth, Austin, and Harley meet up with Paige and Zoe but are cornered by Bingo. Suddenly, Snorky appears and kills Bingo before collapsing from critical damage sustained in the fight. As the police and paramedics arrive to attend survivors, Austin and Paige start a relationship while Beth divorces and punches a heavily-injured Mitch, who is left behind before being run over and killed by a now-insane Poppy with the Banana Splits' remains. While she drives and sings *The Banana Splits* theme song, Fleegle reactivates and laughs maniacally.

## Tropes

Token Good Teammate: Snorky. He even fights Bingo in the final battle.