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- “Looks like Hook's heading for Have-a-Banana Grove, where the banana trees grow.”
- ―Cubby
Have-a-Banana Grove is a large, palm trees forest hidden deep within the Never Land Jungle featured in the Disney Junior animated series, Jake and the Never Land Pirates. As the name suggests, this area is swarming with bananas and the favorite place of Jake and his crew's monkey friend.
Role in the series[]
Have-a-Banana Grove first appeared in the episode "Free Wheeling Fun", where Captain Hook and Mr. Smee made their escape through the banana grove with Jake and his crew's bicycle built for three, knocking down large piles of bananas to slow the sea pups down. But the young pirates were too clever to be outwitted by that old codfish's trick, and use the jungle vines to slip past the bananas and continue chasing after Hook and Smee.
Have-a-Banana Grove reappears in the episode "Captain Hook's Parrot", where Skully is kidnapped by Captain Hook and his crew.While trying to evade Jake and his crew, Hook made and his crew their escape through Have-a-Banana Grove. Luckly the Monkey spots Skully in trouble, he uses the banana peels to slow Captain Hook and his crew down, giving Jake, Izzy, and Cubby sometime to catch up and rescue Skully.
Printed material[]
Have-a-Banana Grove appears in the book "My First Look Find Jake and the Never Land Pirates".
Video games[]
Jake and his crew inside Have-a-Banana Grove in Go Bananas".
Have-a-Banana Grove is featured in the Disney Junior online game "Go Bananas", where Jake is task with catching falling bananas from the grove.
In the Disney Junior online "Plundering Pup", Jake and his crew have to find Patch the Pirate Pup and retrieve Captain Hook's boots and hooks, that are scattered all across Never Land. Have-a-Banana Grove is one of the levels, where the player must be wary not to slip on the various banana pills scattered across the grove.
In the Disney Junior online game "Rainbow Wand Color Quest", the Sea Witch has returned and drained all the color of Never Land, and the only thing that can restore color to the island once more is the Pirate Princess' Rainbow Wand. Have-a-Banana Grove is one of the locationsthat are chosen at random to restore color too.
Trivia[]
- Have-a-Banana Grove shares various similarities with Monkey Jungle.
- Both locations are lush, palm tree forests on Never Land.
- Both locations grow bananas and even share a banana icon on Cubby's Map.
- Both locations are inhabited by monkeys and home to Jake and his crew's monkey companion.
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