History Film / TheBananaSplitsMovie

* {{Expy}}: If this movie was inspired by “Five Nights at Freddy’s”, Karl seems to be one for William Afton, [[spoiler: with Poppy being a more explicit expy for [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSecurityBreach Vanny/Vanessa]]]]

* {{Expy}}: If this movie was inspired by “Five Nights at Freddy’s”, Karl seems to be one for William Afton.

* LaughingMad: [[spoiler:Poppy at the end, as she drives away with the remains of the Banana Splits.]]

** [[spoiler: After [[ForcedToWatch Fleegle forces her to witness Thadd's murder]], Poppy completely loses it, killing Karl and escaping with the broken remains of the Banana Splits at the end.]]

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: So, Beth finds out that Mitch has been cheating on her with his assistant, and not only that, but he's been nothing but smug and dismissive to their children and when confronted on his infidelity, acts like the affair was all Beth's fault because she wasn't paying enough attention to him. So, when Mitch returns to her at the end of the movie declaring that he still loves her, what does Beth do? What any sane person would: she punches his lights out and declares that she wants a divorce.

* DarkReprise: A lower-pitched version of the show's theme song plays when Drooper burns Jonathon's face with an [[Aerosol Flamethrower]]

* DarkReprise: A lower-pitched version of the show's theme song plays in the second half of the trailer.

* BigDamnHeroes: Twice. [[spoiler:The first time, Bingo manages to get Beth in a chokehold while in his Jungle, only for Austin to come back and get him off her, allowing Beth to shove Bingo off the rafters to the ground below. The second time in the final battle, only Drooper is left standing, but he gets the upper hand over both Austin and Beth. Harley returns, throwing Beth the extendible wand he received earlier. Stabbing it through Drooper's head is enough to finally bring him down.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:''"One-banana, two-banana, three-banana, gore! Not the four guys you know and love..."'']]

* InfantImmortality: PlayedWith. [[spoiler:While the Splits never attack any children, it's pointed out that their ultimate plan (kill all the adults and chain all the children to the seats, so they can watch their show forever) will ultimately lead to their deaths via starvation or dehydration. Presumably, the Splits (being robots) didn't know that humans need food to survive. In terms of storytelling, however, the trope is played straight -- all of the children, including Harley and Zoe, survive the events of the film.]]

* RealityEnsues: So, Beth finds out that Mitch has been cheating on her with his assistant, and not only that, but he's been nothing but smug and dismissive to their children and when confronted on his infidelity, acts like the affair was all Beth's fault because she wasn't paying enough attention to him. So, when Mitch returns to her at the end of the movie declaring that he still loves her, what does Beth do? What any sane person would: she punches his lights out and declares that she wants a divorce.

* AndIMustScream:
** Stevie is left suffocating while having a lollipop forced down his esophagus.
** Thadd is left locked in a magic box where he has to ''endure'' getting sawed in half by Fleegle. All the while his ''fianceé'' is ForcedToWatch.
** Andy gets his limbs painfully torn off by the Splits.

The official summary is as follows: "A boy named Harley and his family (brother Austin, mother Beth, and father Mitch) attend a taping of The Banana Splits TV show, which is supposed to be a fun-filled birthday for young Harley and business as usual for Rebecca, the producer of the series. But things take an unexpected turn -- and the body count quickly rises. Can Harley, his mom, and their new pals safely escape?"

* Expy: If this movie was inspired by “Five Nights at Freddy’s”, Karl seems to be one for William Afton.

* LoveMakesYouCrazy: [[spoiler:Poppy goes slightly insane after Thadd dies, though the only people she kills are the resident assholes (the Splits' creator, Carl, and the adulterer, Mitch).

* ActionDressRip: Beth takes off her white sweater when it gets caught on a a tree branch, sporting her [[TankTopTomboy red tank-top]] as she [[ActionMom goes to save Austin from Bingo]].

** Andy is the studio executive of Taft Studios who was indirectly responsible for the Splits' spree by cancelling the show for no other reason than considering it boring, and wanting to do something "cool and edgy" -- essentially putting multiple people out of a job all on a selfish whim. He gets the worst death at the hands of the animatronics when he gets tied to the new Wheel of Endings and won the [[AnArmAndALeg "banana split"]].
** Mitch is the husband of Beth Williams and the father of Austin and Harley. Irritated that his wife was giving his sons more attention, he has an affair with a coworker (not to mention being smugly dismissive of Austin and joking about how Harley came within a hair's breadth of being run over), and when she finds out, [[NeverMyFault he gets all huffy and acts like the affair is all Beth's fault]]. Of course, he gets ran over by Snorky's Banana Buggy. ''Twice''.

* HiddenDepths: Early in the movie, Austin seems to be kind of a LazyBum not doing much with his life at 19. Over the course of the movie he's shown to be very perceptive and one of the most likable characters of the film such as getting his brother backstage privileges at the show and being the most angry at Mitch's infidelity.

* NiceCharacterMeanActor: Stevie is a nice and friendly character on the show (if a little creepy, due to being a grown man playing what seems to be a child character), but behind the scenes he's a complete jerk, as well as an alcoholic. [[spoiler:His awful behavior makes him the first person to die when the Banana Splits go haywire.]]

** Austin is pretty good big brother to Harley. He gets him a brand new wand for his birthday after his old one broke and later asks Paige if she can pull some strings to let Harley come backstage after the show. Aside from that, he is very devoted to his mother and willingly stands up to Mitch on her behalf.

* RantInducingSlight: Stevie smugly rubs it in the Splits' faces how their show is cancelled, but what finally sets Drooper off is when he rudely spits alcohol in his face.
* RealityEnsues: So, Beth finds out that Mitch has been cheating on her with his assistant, and not only that, but he's been nothing but smug and dismissive to their children and, when confronted on his infidelity, acts like the affair was all Beth's fault because she wasn't paying enough attention to him. So, when Mitch returns to her at the end of the movie declaring that he still loves her, what does Beth do? What any sane person would: she punches his lights out and declares that she wants a divorce.

* RantInducingSlight: Stevie smugly rubs it in the Splits' faces how their show is cancelled, but they don't begin their spree until Stevie rudely spits alcohol in Drooper's face.

** Andy gets nailed to the "Wheel of Endings", then [[AnArmAndALeg gets his limbs forcibly severed]] by the Splits.
** Mitch gets run over by Snorky's car ''twice''.

* YourCheatingHeart: Early on, it's revealed that Mitch is cheating on Beth with his assistant.

* CanonForeigner: There wasn't a character named Stevie in the original 1968 series, [[spoiler:nor was there a fifth female member of the Banana Splits, an owl named Hooty.]]

** Austin is pretty good big brother to Harley. He gets him a brand new wand for his birthday after his old one broke and later asks Paige if she can pull some strings to let Harley come backstage after the show. Aside from that, he is very devoted to his mother and defends her from Mitch's unfaithfulness.
** Thadd is a loving boyfriend to Poppy and happily proposes to her. [[spoiler:Too bad he ends up getting viciously butchered by Fleegle.]]

* NiceGuy: Austin is pretty good big brother to Harley. He gets him a brand new wand for his birthday after his old one broke and later asks Paige if she can pull some strings to let Harley come backstage after the show.

* AdvertisedExtra: [[spoiler: Despite being the Split who’s the most predominant on the cover, Bingo has the least amount of screen time -- most of the killing is done by Fleegle and Drooper, and Snorky gets a small subplot. Bingo only does two things by himself during the events of the film and is damaged after the second one, only showing up for the climax of the film to fight Snorky.]]
* AerosolFlamethrower: [[spoiler:Drooper uses an aerosol can and Andy’s dropped and lit cigar to do this to Jonathan.]]

* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler: Andy’s fate when Drooper and Fleegle perform the "banana split" on him.]]

* AssholeVictim: Stevie, Mitch, and Andy. In fact, most of people whose deaths we see are justified by them being total dicks ([[spoiler:Thadd being the most notable exception.]])
* AudibleSharpness: Harley's extendable wand makes this sound whenever it extends. [[spoiler: It's actually sharp enough to impale straight through Drooper’s head during the final battle!]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The children are saved, Austin and Paige are starting a relationship, and the Banana Splits have been destroyed. However, much of the main cast is still dead [[AssholeVictim (Though admittedly some really had it coming)]] and poor Poppy has been driven insane from the traumatic events that happened, she then drives off with the remains of the Banana Splits [[NotQuiteDead who all may not be out of commission after all.]]]]

* CanonForeigner: There wasn't a character named Stevie in the original 1968 series [[spoiler:nor was there a fifth female member of the Banana Splits, an owl named Hooty.]]

** Mitch gets run over by Snorky’s car ''twice''.

** Rebecca manages to finish the Sloppy Time course alive, [[spoiler: only for Drooper to be waiting at the end with a hammer to finish her off.]]

* RedEyesTakeWarning: After Stevie’s BullyingADragon moment, Drooper's eyes glow red, showing that things are going to start going to Hell.

* TokenHuman: Stevie.

* TakeThat: Andy seems to be one to network executives who cancel good shows for seemingly no reason even if they're doing well, considering his sole reason for canceling the ''Banana Splits'' show is his desire to do something "cool and edgy".