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this post was submitted on 13 Apr 2026
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Turns out they aren't that slippery. I think MythBusters did an episode on it and in order to slip on a banana peel you need to have a lot of them and some lube.
They even have the episode on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hP9QUQCd_Jc
You are correct, I recently watched this one. A single banana peel just doesn’t do what you saw in films and slapstick routines. I think that had a load on the floor and got the same result. It wasn’t until, like you said, that they engineered a floor and surface so slippery that it was more than just the bananas causing the slipping.
What if the reason was because the type of banana that was prominent when this trope became popular was different than the one that is popular now?
Not the most likely explanation but I wonder if people have considered it.
I’ve slipped on a banana peel! I stepped on one as was getting out of my car and fell right on my ass.
I've seen someone slip on a squished banana in a peel though.