Banana Guards

Banana Guards are Candy People who guard Princess Bubblegum's Castle and Princess Bubblegum. The Banana Guards always appear in pairs prior to the episode "Princess Cookie," but due to their role in that episode, it's clear that there are a large number of guards that all wear the same banana peel armor. The last known leader of the guards was Root Beer Guy (prior to his death) after his predecessor, Captain Banana Guard, was either dismissed or demoted due to incompetence.

Appearance
The Banana Guards wear armor that has them look like cut bananas with chocolate poured on top, along with some pieces of what appears to be sugar. They are taller than most characters as displayed when they tower over Princess Bubblegum. Their feet are popsicle sticks and they hold long bronze sticks topped with diamond-shaped gems that have similar color to the crystals on their head. While they look like popsicles, they are actually bananas that have popsicle stick legs. Early banana guards resembled plantains. Although most guards are shown to be male, a female Banana Guard is seen in "We Fixed a Truck." In the Episode "Rattleballs" an Injured Banana Guard is missing the top portion of his armor which shows his head, this particular Guard appears to have black hair.

Guards
As hinted from their names, the Banana Guards' primary purpose is act as guards in the Candy Kingdom. They are usually seen in the Candy Castle as its security guards. They also act as bodyguards for Princess Bubblegum and prison guards for the Candy Dungeons. The Banana Guards also operate and monitor the surveillance system that are prevalent throughout the Candy Kingdom.

Emergency services
Banana Guards have the responsibility of providing the basic emergency services for the Candy Kingdom, primarily in law enforcement. This is shown in "Apple Thief," when Tree Trunks calls the Banana Guards to turn herself in for stealing her own apples. When one answers the phone it says "Banana Guard speaking," suggesting that they don't have individual titles. Two are dispatched to arrest Tree Trunks, one of which makes the observation "this place could use a scarecrow" leading Finn to solve the mystery of the missing apples.

The guards also take part in specialized police operations for the Candy Kingdom. In "Princess Cookie," the Banana Guards are involved in a hostage rescue involving Princess Cookie. They act as if behind barricades and some are even laying on their sides for that purpose. One of the Banana Guards disguises himself as a horse to trick the hostage taker into coming out in a ruse, saying he will be allowed to leave without repercussion. Later in the episode, a large squad of them is sent to capture Princess Cookie; the guards move quickly and with picturesque coordination. They also arrive at the scene of the cookie's attempted suicide and take pictures, presumably for evidence.

The Banana Guards also provide fire and rescue services as shown in "Another Five More Short Graybles," where they attempt to extinguish the fire in Cinnamon Bun's house. However, the guards were unable to contain the fire as the episode later shows the Candy Kingdom ablaze.

Military
Along with the Gumball Guardians, the Banana Guards are responsible for the kingdom's security and defense. They are shown to maintain a cavalry force as seen in "Reign of Gunters." Their unusual mounts resemble pink jellybeans with two stereotypical woman's legs and wear red heel shoes.

Traits
The Banana Guards are generally portrayed to be notoriously incompetent in their duties. This is largely due to the fact that they, like most Candy People, are gullible and easily distracted. They demonstrate this in "Davey," where they chase after a jelly horse that was "disguised" to be Davey and a robber. In "One Last Job," the guards are quickly lured into leaving the Royal Candy Vault unguarded. In "Rattleballs," it was explained that Princess Bubblegum developed the robotic Gumball Guard s because even the early (plantain) Banana Guards were "goofs," but eventually trashed the robots because of their violent nature. In "James II," the guards took a long time to realize that the James wearing all the medals (or in fact all of them) was the perpetrator. They were unsuccessful at trying to catch the Jameses while chasing them. The Banana Guards are basically used as comic relief characters rather than real guards.

The guards also have the intelligence of an average Candy Person. This creates problems as shown in "Root Beer Guy," where the guards were oblivious to Princess Bubblegum's fake kidnapping to test the Candy Kingdom's security, despite it taking place under one of their security cameras and the existence of multiple clues. Even after Root Beer Guy repeatedly tried to bring the case to their attention, they only investigated it after he "admitted" to the minor offense of taking a boat out late at night. This was enough to drive even Princess Bubblegum to disgust at their incompetence.

Major appearances

 * "Root Beer Guy"
 * "James II"
 * "Take Her Back"

Minor appearances

 * "Ricardio the Heart Guy" (debut)
 * "The Duke"
 * "Go With Me"
 * "Too Young"
 * "Wizard Battle"
 * "Apple Thief"
 * "From Bad to Worse"
 * "No One Can Hear You"
 * "Princess Cookie"
 * "King Worm"
 * "You Made Me"
 * "Reign of Gunters"
 * "Five More Short Graybles"
 * "Davey"
 * "Little Dude"
 * "Princess Potluck"
 * "The Party's Over, Isla de Señorita"
 * "One Last Job"
 * "Another Five More Short Graybles"
 * "Sky Witch"
 * "Time Sandwich"
 * "The Vault"
 * “We Fixed a Truck"
 * "Apple Wedding"
 * "Rattleballs"
 * "Bad Timing"
 * "Billy's Bucket List"
 * "Something Big"
 * "Ocarina"
 * "Nemesis"
 * "Jake The Brick"
 * "The Pajama War"
 * "Gold Stars"
 * "Be Sweet"
 * "Hot Diggity Doom"
 * "Mama Said"
 * "The Dark Cloud"

Mentioned

 * "Candy Streets"

Trivia

 * As there are no law enforcement vehicles with sirens in the Candy Kingdom, the Banana guards can be heard making the siren sounds themselves when responding to a call out.
 * As shown in "One Last Job," it is forbidden for any Banana guard to eat any banana-based food products, as it is probably seen as cannibalism. Despite this, when Captain Banana guard is forced to try banana milk, he says that it is "delicious." He then sulks over the deliciousness.
 * Braco used to appear as a humanoid banana guard, before he was mutated.
 * When put under physical strain, they appear to perspire a chocolaty milk, suggesting the chocolate seemingly poured on top of them is actually a bodily secretion process, perhaps for the purpose of heat insulation and for protection from ultraviolet radiation, as the flavanoids in chocolate significantly reduce the effect of UV on the skin.
 * In "Reign of Gunters," there appears to be a Banana Cavalry consisting of Banana guards riding pink, arm-less, legged, candies wearing high heels.
 * As seen in "Another Five More Short Graybles" the Banana Guards are not only the police but are also the fire fighters.
 * There is a Female Banana Guard.
 * In the ending of "Rattleballs," it is shown that the Banana Guards are able to take off their peel and much resemble Braco.

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