Feb
01 2013
Banana Pants: A Look Back at Peter’s Famous Phrase
Posted by: CrazyChris in Banana PantsThose of you who have read Superior Spider-Man #2 might have noticed the stand-out dialogue line of the decade, courtesy of Peter Parker’s ghost: “It’s crazy town banana pants!” But what really might have caught your attention is that, according to both Mary Jane and Carlie Cooper, “crazy town banana pants” is a long-time parker catchphrase.
If you’re like me, your reaction was “What? Peter’s never said that. He never would say that, seeing as how he’s not a crackhead.” But you’d be wrong! I went back and did the research, and it turns out Peter has been using this beloved catchphrase throughout the ages. Check it out. More after the jump!
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February 1st, 2013 at 9:35 am
Epic work Chris, this was hilarious.
February 1st, 2013 at 9:48 am
LoL! I’m so frustrated with the current state of Spider-Man… that I think you guys and your posts here are currently the only thing Spidey related that manages to put a smile back in my face. So thank you. This really is hilarious.
February 1st, 2013 at 10:26 am
This made my entire month… Thank you Chris.
February 1st, 2013 at 11:02 am
Well of course, everyone knows this. Next to “with great power…..” this is probably his most notorious catchphrase.
February 1st, 2013 at 11:27 am
So he line was merely continuity porn as opposed to out of character
February 1st, 2013 at 11:29 am
This is phenomenal. What I like best is what it says about the state of ASM. One of the most horrible things that could ever happen to Peter has happened. He’s dead and a homicidal, megalomaniacal psychopath has taken over his incredibly powerful body, puting in danger all the people he loves and it’s so serious and so heart-rending that it’s, it’s crazy town banana pants.
Brilliant work, counselor.
February 1st, 2013 at 11:37 am
Brilliant.
February 1st, 2013 at 11:45 am
I think Pete really meant in the last panel “let’s go crazy-town with the banana in my pants”
February 1st, 2013 at 11:56 am
“If you’re like me, your reaction was “What? Peter’s never said that. He never would say that, seeing as how he’s not a crackhead.”
XD
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February 1st, 2013 at 12:03 pm
I enjoyed the issue. Again I’m reading with the interpretation (which I believe will turn out true), which is that Peter is still Peter but with Dock Ocks memories making him THINK he’s Dock Ock. And the “ghost” Peter is just Pete’s subconscious fighting off his ock memory induces Schizophrenia.
But I do have to say, this “crazy-town banana pants” thing was terrible writing.
February 1st, 2013 at 12:19 pm
Oh man. I’m actually in pain from laughing because I woke up sick this morning. This is seriously hysterical.
February 1st, 2013 at 12:21 pm
Hilarious–and I mean crazy-town banana pants kind of hilarious. I’m sure there’s more examples, like when Pete was told he was the clone, how could he not have said “crazy town banana pants”?
February 1st, 2013 at 12:54 pm
This post is crazy town banana pants!
February 1st, 2013 at 1:01 pm
“Let’s find every little conceivable thing to dissect and tear it apart”
Your captions were hilarious, but geez, people who don’t like Slott really do make ridiculous efforts to shred his work.
February 1st, 2013 at 1:06 pm
That stinks!!!
Now I have to go buy a hat so I can tip it to you!
February 1st, 2013 at 2:31 pm
@13: “Your captions were hilarious, but geez, people who don’t like Slott really do make ridiculous efforts to shred his work.”
These really didn’t take a “ridiculous” effort; they were made pretty simply. And when writing goes off the rails this bad it begs – nay, demands – to be satirized. To not do so would be… well it’d be crazy town banana pants.
February 1st, 2013 at 2:51 pm
Let’s see who can spot that phrase on a ASM comic over the years. It has to be somewhere!
February 1st, 2013 at 3:08 pm
@13- woah, hold your horses, hombre. This is taking one little line that everyone has agreed is really out of character compared to what’s written on the page, and had a little fun with it. That’s not a ridiculous effort to rip his work to shreds. That’s a five minute job to slap him on the wrist :V
February 1st, 2013 at 5:40 pm
I agree with Vanessa – this site and the daily strip are the only joy I have out of Spider-Man nowadays. Well, I guess the Ultimate cartoon – it may not be great but that and the daily strip are my only source for true Spider-Man stories now.
February 1st, 2013 at 5:52 pm
@18, if this line appeared in the Ultimate cartoon, Spider-Man would have actually turned into a banana while he said it.
February 1st, 2013 at 6:53 pm
@ #18 Where’s the love forr “Collectors” every Sunday?
February 1st, 2013 at 6:54 pm
@ #20 How about that Scots burr?!
February 1st, 2013 at 9:52 pm
I’m just glad I was born in the 70′s so that my childhood memories are of a better time when Spider-Man wasn’t a piece of shit comic.
February 2nd, 2013 at 3:00 am
I also remember when Peter Parker used to work in a diner with Linda Lavin and tell the cook, “Kiss my grits!”
He always said that, didn’t he?
February 2nd, 2013 at 7:43 am
I can’t believe get so crazy-town banana pants-up because of a catch-phrase that could have simply been used between issues… between panels… christ…
February 2nd, 2013 at 11:36 am
I always though Peter’s catchphrase was “What you talking about Willis?”
February 4th, 2013 at 1:52 pm
DAMN IT! How can you be so mean and make me, who currently has the flu, laugh! Do you know how painful that is? Do you? It’s so hurtful it’s like crazy town banana pants!
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