As a child, watching the earliest days of Nickelodeon, I was taken by a couple of cool British super-hero type cartoons. One, Dangermouse, is in the midst of a renaissance, getting a reboot and DVD release, while the other…
…was Bananaman. Known for his priceless banana-peel gloves and boots and his ongoing feud with Appleman (YARR YARR YARR *YARR*!), young Eric’s super-powered alter-ego used all the mighty abilities of a banana in the battle for justice. Of course, there are a great many fruits out there in the world, meaning that at LEAST one other should be useful/iconic enough to make the super-duper grade, leading us to today’s juiced and peeled query…
The MS-QOTD (pronounced, as always, “misquoted”) likes the sound of ‘The Human Watermelon’, spitting seeds… FOR JUSTICE, asking: What fruit would you choose for the best fruit-themed superhero?
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Durian. He stops villains with his awful smell.
I honestly had to stop myself because I kept thinking of fictional fruits (like those from Star Wars or other sci-fi/fantasy settings) before realizing they don’t exist.
I’d have to say Watermelon just because I imagine the hero being a bit Gallagher-esque and smashing them to stop villains, as well as eating them and spitting the seeds like non-lethal bullets.
Banana. Bananaman could stop crimes by just laying on the sidewalk.
DateMan, king of the one-liners.