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 ==History==
 The banana first appears in Hack 1.21 and Hack for PDP-11, which is based on [[Jay Fenlason's Hack]], and is included in the initial item list for [[Hack 1.0]].
 ==Origin==

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 ==Messages==
 {{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|The following message is added as part of {{commit|bad63a0d36eb20aa1d4b93deb9a65c2488460289}} above:
-{{message|It rings! ... But no-one answers.|You [[applied]] a banana while [[hallucinating]]. This is reference to the song [[wikipedia:Bananaphone|Bananaphone]], which is the highly-popular title song of a 1994 children's music album by Raffi Cavoukian (mononym "Raffi") and Michael Creber.}}}}
+{{message|It rings! ... But no-one answers.|You [[applied]] a banana while [[hallucinating]]. This is a reference to the song [[wikipedia:Bananaphone|Bananaphone]], which is the highly-popular title song of a 1994 children's music album by Raffi Cavoukian (mononym "Raffi") and Michael Creber.}}}}
 ==Variants==

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 A [[hero]] can [[throw]] bananas to [[tame]] [[domestic]] [[herbivorous]] [[monster]]s as well as [[ape]]s and [[monkey]]s, and apes, monkeys and [[sasquatch]]es regard bananas as [[treat]]s.{{refsrc|src/mondata.h|232|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/dog.c|826|nethack=3.6.7}}
 ==History==
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 ==Messages==
 {{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|The following message is added as part of {{commit|bad63a0d36eb20aa1d4b93deb9a65c2488460289}} above:
-{{message|It rings! ... But no-one answers.|You [[applied]] a banana while [[hallucinating]].}}}}
+{{message|It rings! ... But no-one answers.|You [[applied]] a banana while [[hallucinating]]. This is reference to the song [[wikipedia:Bananaphone|Bananaphone]], which is the highly-popular title song of a 1994 children's music album by Raffi Cavoukian (mononym "Raffi") and Michael Creber.}}}}
 ==Variants==

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 ==Origin==
 {{wikipedia}}
-A banana is an elongated, edible fruit—botanically a berry—that is produced by several kinds of large, treelike herbaceous flowering plants in the genus ''Musa''. In some countries, cooking bananas are 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 peel, which may have a variety of colors when ripe. It grows upward in clusters near the top of the plant. The most dominant commercial variety of banana is the [[wikipedia:Cavendish banana|Cavendish]], a fruit from a group of cultivars that include the 'Dwarf Cavendish' (1888) and 'Grand Nain' (the "Chiquita banana").
+A banana is an elongated, edible fruit—botanically a berry—that is produced by several kinds of large, treelike herbaceous flowering plants in the genus ''Musa''. In some countries, cooking bananas are 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 peel, which may have a variety of colors when ripe. It grows upward in clusters near the top of the plant. The most dominant commercial variety of banana is the [[wikipedia:Cavendish banana|Cavendish]], a fruit from a group of cultivars that include the 'Dwarf Cavendish' (1888) and 'Grand Nain' (the "Chiquita banana")&mdash;Cavendish bananas are bright green when unripened, while ripe ones are a distinctive yellow.
 Almost all modern edible seedless (parthenocarp) cultivated bananas come from two wild species – ''Musa acuminata'' and ''Musa balbisiana'' – or their hybrids. ''Musa'' species are native to tropical Indomalaya and Australia, and were likely domesticated in New Guinea. The term "banana" is applied also to other members of the Musa genus, such as the scarlet banana (Musa coccinea), the pink banana (Musa velutina), and the Fe'i bananas. Members of the genus Ensete, such as the snow banana (Ensete glaucum) and the economically important false banana (Ensete ventricosum) of Africa are sometimes included. Both genera are in the banana family, Musaceae.

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 A [[hero]] can [[throw]] bananas to [[tame]] [[domestic]] [[herbivorous]] [[monster]]s as well as [[ape]]s and [[monkey]]s, and apes, monkeys and [[sasquatch]]es regard bananas as [[treat]]s.{{refsrc|src/mondata.h|232|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/dog.c|826|nethack=3.6.7}}
-{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Per {{commit|bad63a0d36eb20aa1d4b93deb9a65c2488460289}}, [[applying]] a banana produces [[YAFM]] with no effect that is a reference to the song [[wikipedia:Bananaphone|Bananaphone]], which is the title song of a 1994 children's music album by Raffi Cavoukian (mononym "Raffi") and Michael Creber.}}
+{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Per {{commit|bad63a0d36eb20aa1d4b93deb9a65c2488460289}}, [[applying]] a banana produces [[YAFM]] with no effect that is a reference to the song [[wikipedia:Bananaphone|Bananaphone]], which is the highly-popular title song of a 1994 children's music album by Raffi Cavoukian (mononym "Raffi") and Michael Creber.}}
 ==History==
 The banana first appears in Hack 1.21 and Hack for PDP-11, which is based on [[Jay Fenlason's Hack]], and is included in the initial item list for [[Hack 1.0]].
 ==Messages==

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 ==Generation==
-Tourists may start with oranges among their random food items.{{refsrc|src/u_init.c|144|nethack=3.6.7}}
+Tourists may start with bananas among their random food items.{{refsrc|src/u_init.c|144|nethack=3.6.7}}
-[[Kick]]ing a tree has a one-time {{frac|14|15}} chance of dropping (8&minus;[[rnl]](7)) bananas.{{refsrc|src/dokick.c|1115|nethack=3.6.7}} Cutting down a tree has a {{frac|5}} chance of producing a piece of fruit that can be a banana.{{refsrc|src/dig.c|398|nethack=3.6.7}} If a tree is [[tunnel]]ed through, there is a {{frac|3}} chance of fruit being left behind, which can be a banana.{{refsrc|src/dig.c|1321|nethack=3.6.7}}
+Bananas make up {{frac|100}} (1%) of all comestibles randomly generated on the ground, in general [[shop]]s or as [[death drop]]s. Delicatessens and health food stores can also stock bananas.
 [[Applying]] a charged [[horn of plenty]] has a 0.9% chance of generating a banana or two.{{refsrc|src/mkobj.c|2219|version=NetHack 3.6.7|comment=any comestible that can be randomly generated is eligible}}
 ==Description==
-[[Eating]] a banana grants 80 nutrition and takes 1 action to consume.
+[[Eating]] a banana grants 80 [[nutrition]] and takes 1 action to consume it.
-Bananas can be [[thrown]] to [[tame]] [[domestic]] [[herbivorous]] [[monster]]s. [[Ape]]s and [[monkey]]s can also be tamed with thrown bananas, and apes, monkeys and [[sasquatch]]es regard them as [[treat]]s.{{refsrc|src/mondata.h|232|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/dog.c|826|nethack=3.6.7}}
+A [[hero]] can [[throw]] bananas to [[tame]] [[domestic]] [[herbivorous]] [[monster]]s as well as [[ape]]s and [[monkey]]s, and apes, monkeys and [[sasquatch]]es regard bananas as [[treat]]s.{{refsrc|src/mondata.h|232|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/dog.c|826|nethack=3.6.7}}
 ==History==
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 ==Messages==
-{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Per {{commit|bad63a0d36eb20aa1d4b93deb9a65c2488460289}}, the following [[YAFM]] is added:
+{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|The following message is added as part of {{commit|bad63a0d36eb20aa1d4b93deb9a65c2488460289}} above:
 {{message|It rings! ... But no-one answers.|You [[applied]] a banana while [[hallucinating]].}}}}
 ==Variants==
 ===SLASH'EM===
 In [[SLASH'EM]], all [[apelike creature]]s can be tamed with thrown bananas.
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 ===dNetHack===
-In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], [[Pirate/dNetHack|Pirates]] start the game with 3-6 bananas&mdash;[[Incantifier (starting race)|incantifier]] Pirates have their bananas replaced with [[scrolls of food detection]].
+In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], [[Pirate/dNetHack|Pirates]] start the game with 3-6 bananas. [[Incantifier (starting race)|Incantifier]] Pirates have their bananas replaced with [[scrolls of food detection]], while [[Clockwork Automaton (starting race)|clockwork]] Pirates are given potions of {{! of|oil}}, and [[Vampire (starting race in dNetHack)|vampire]] Pirates are given [[Potion of blood (dNetHack)|potions of]] [[Human (monster)|human blood]].
 ===SlashTHEM===
-In [[SlashTHEM]], [[Pirate/SlashTHEM|Pirates]] start the game with 3-6 bananas as in dNetHack, and incantifier Pirates receive scrolls of food detection instead.
+In [[SlashTHEM]], in addition to SLASH'EM details, [[Pirate/SlashTHEM|Pirates]] start the game with 3-6 bananas as in dNetHack&mdash;incantifier Pirates receive scrolls of food detection instead.
 ===Hack'EM===

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    |conduct=vegan
 }}
+A '''banana''' is a type of [[comestible]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. It is [[veggy]] and considered [[vegan]].
 ==Generation==
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 [[Kick]]ing a tree has a one-time {{frac|14|15}} chance of dropping (8&minus;[[rnl]](7)) bananas.{{refsrc|src/dokick.c|1115|nethack=3.6.7}} Cutting down a tree has a {{frac|5}} chance of producing a piece of fruit that can be a banana.{{refsrc|src/dig.c|398|nethack=3.6.7}} If a tree is [[tunnel]]ed through, there is a {{frac|3}} chance of fruit being left behind, which can be a banana.{{refsrc|src/dig.c|1321|nethack=3.6.7}}
-[[Apply]]ing a [[charged]] [[horn of plenty]] has a 0.9% chance of generating a banana or two.{{refsrc|src/mkobj.c|2219|version=NetHack 3.6.7|comment=any comestible that can be randomly generated is eligible}}
+[[Applying]] a charged [[horn of plenty]] has a 0.9% chance of generating a banana or two.{{refsrc|src/mkobj.c|2219|version=NetHack 3.6.7|comment=any comestible that can be randomly generated is eligible}}
 ==Description==
-[[Eating]] a banana confers 80 nutrition. Bananas are vegan, and can be used to tame [[domestic]] [[herbivorous]] [[monster]]s.
+[[Eating]] a banana grants 80 nutrition and takes 1 action to consume.
-[[Ape]]s and [[monkey]]s can be [[tame]]d with thrown bananas, and along with [[sasquatch]]es they regard them as [[treat]]s.{{refsrc|src/mondata.h|232|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/dog.c|826|nethack=3.6.7}}
+Bananas can be [[thrown]] to [[tame]] [[domestic]] [[herbivorous]] [[monster]]s. [[Ape]]s and [[monkey]]s can also be tamed with thrown bananas, and apes, monkeys and [[sasquatch]]es regard them as [[treat]]s.{{refsrc|src/mondata.h|232|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/dog.c|826|nethack=3.6.7}}
 ==History==
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 ===dNetHack===
-In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], [[Pirate]]s start the game with 3-6 bananas&mdash;[[Incantifier (starting race)|incantifier]] Pirates have their bananas replaced with [[scrolls of food detection]].
+In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], [[Pirate/dNetHack|Pirates]] start the game with 3-6 bananas&mdash;[[Incantifier (starting race)|incantifier]] Pirates have their bananas replaced with [[scrolls of food detection]].
-[[Clockwork Automaton (starting race)|Clockwork]] [[hero]]es in roles that would start with bananas are instead given potions of {{! of|oil}}, while [[Vampire (starting race in dNetHack)|Vampire]] heroes in those roles are given [[Potion of blood (dNetHack)|potions of]] [[Human (monster)|human blood]].
+[[Clockwork Automaton (starting race)|Clockwork]] [[heroes]] in roles that would start with bananas are instead given potions of {{! of|oil}}, while [[Vampire (starting race in dNetHack)|Vampire]] heroes in those roles are given [[Potion of blood (dNetHack)|potions of]] [[Human (monster)|human blood]].
 ===SlashTHEM===
-In [[SlashTHEM]], Pirates start the game with 3-6 bananas as in dNetHack, and incantifier Pirates receive scrolls of food detection instead.
+In [[SlashTHEM]], [[Pirate/SlashTHEM|Pirates]] start the game with 3-6 bananas as in dNetHack, and incantifier Pirates receive scrolls of food detection instead.
 ===Hack'EM===
-In [[Hack'EM]], Pirates start the game with 3-6 bananas as in dNetHack.
+In [[Hack'EM]], [[Pirate/Hack'EM|Pirates]] start the game with 3-6 bananas as in dNetHack.
 ==Encyclopedia entry==

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 ==Messages==
-{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|The following message is added in {{commit|bad63a0d36eb20aa1d4b93deb9a65c2488460289}} as mentioned above:
+{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Per {{commit|bad63a0d36eb20aa1d4b93deb9a65c2488460289}}, the following [[YAFM]] is printed if the [[hero]] [[applies]] a banana while [[hallucinating]]:
 {{message|It rings! ... But no-one answers.|You applied a banana while hallucinating.}}}}