Banana

The Banana is an item that has consistently been in every Mario Kart game. It can be used to block incoming items. It may also spin out the player that collides with it. It has two variants: the Triple Banana and Banana Bunch.

Koopa Kart series
The Banana appears in every game in the Koopa Kart series, serving the same role as in Mario Kart. In most games, it can be obtained in the top five positions, while in Koopa Kart Wii and Koopa Kart 8, it is obtainable in the top seven positions. Koopa Kart 64 introduces the Banana Bunch and Fake Item Box, which have similar functions to the Banana, but the former provides a trail of five Bananas behind the kart, and the latter can only be placed behind the kart but floats in mid-air. Koopa Kart Advance introduces the Triple Banana, which functions like the Banana Bunch, but gives only three Bananas. In Koopa Kart: Double Trouble!!, there is a bigger version of it called the Giant Banana.