The Dancing Banana GIF, created by Trym Stene in 1999

hello yes,
it's the banana guy

Welcome in. This is where the dancing banana lives — since 1999, still dancing.

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The banana is a place now.

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Yes, THAT banana

I made the internet's favourite fruit.

Back in 1999, on an AMD K6-2 running at a screaming 350MHz, I made a little dancing banana GIF. It became Peanut Butter Jelly Time, it cameo'd in Family Guy, and it's been bouncing across the internet ever since.

The full story — the remixes, the FAQ, and how to license the banana (spoiler: not for your crypto coin) — lives on its own page.

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Trym Stene

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Me

I'm Trym Stene — a Norwegian who does SEO for a living, makes jokes on the internet for fun, and produces music as Sentry. One time in 1999 I drew a fruit and it got a little out of hand.

Say hello: trym@trymstene.com

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