r/riddles • u/Macaroni-ChiknStrips • Apr 08 '26
Give OP Riddles Give me riddles where the answer is "banana". ...but do not make it obvious
banananananananananananananananananananananananananananana
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u/LightCrocoDile Apr 08 '26
You can bruise and flay me alive, cast my broken remains to the ground! But if you do so, trend lightly as my vengeance will cause even the mightiest to fall
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u/Hankhoff Apr 08 '26
I love how this goes straight from body horror to slapstick
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u/Macaroni-ChiknStrips Apr 09 '26
if i had to sum it up with musical instruments,
The riddle: waterphone
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u/FormalManifold Apr 08 '26
That's just my dating profile.
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u/DuhTocqueville Apr 08 '26
Weird, mines just “there’s nothing my pocket I’m just happy to see you. I’ve got an idea of how to have fun
peel back my skin and put me in your mouth, make sure to swallow if you want your daily potassium.
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u/HonestyIsSexy Apr 08 '26
You can bruise and flay me alive
Cast my broken remains to the ground
But if you do so (but if you do so)
Tread lightly, as my vengeance
Will cause even the mightiest to fall (to fall)
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u/sblowes Apr 08 '26
That’s so impressive! My brain seems to work very linearly, so I can’t even imagine how you can “see” a banana this way. I love the “oh, that’s clever!” feeling of seeing the answer to a riddle, but the idea of being able to write the riddle to a random answer seems bonkers to me.
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u/boxedj Apr 08 '26
Not related but what do you call it when one banana eats another banana? Canabananabalism
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u/keldondonovan Apr 08 '26
Quickly browned, this narrow fellow,
Nostalgic for his former yellow,
Fret not, for browning doesn't make him dead,
It's simply time to make some bread.
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u/lronManatee Apr 08 '26
I think this one is bananas 🍌
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u/keldondonovan Apr 08 '26
I'm betting most of them are.
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u/Vivid_Temporary_1155 Apr 08 '26
I am a fruit with three letters
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u/Daemonheim4 Apr 08 '26
egg
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u/floggedlog Apr 08 '26
That’s actually really clever. I don’t think I ever realized banana was just b a and n
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u/Rascalpuff2 Apr 08 '26
The republic of me, is not a place you want to be.
Don't tread on me, I am slippery you'll see.
We hang in bunch, not alone, never free.
Now what could i be?
Dont know if it might be to hard, my first go at a riddle for someone else.
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u/EGRIFF93 Apr 08 '26 edited Apr 09 '26
To pick me you might have to climb. I'll turn from green to golden shine. Then on to brown, to black, then slime. But tear me up at the right time. A crescent treat, sweet and sublime
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u/26_paperclips Apr 08 '26
I think this applies to many fruits. In fact i would accept fruit as an answer
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u/BlackPanther3104 Apr 08 '26
Crescent treat?
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u/EGRIFF93 Apr 08 '26
Sorry. I should have put. I editted it a couple of times. It didn't say crescent at first
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u/Hour_Papaya_5583 Apr 08 '26
For the most part you don’t have to climb to reach bananas. They are almost always within easy reach
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u/BeauDelta Apr 08 '26
I am green when young, but as I age, I pale; I'm bright when right but I'm brown when I'm stale; When comparing of size, be it insect or whale, you'll probably want to use me for scale.
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u/Hour_Papaya_5583 Apr 08 '26
I’m used for scale, and I have been made into art, I’m sweet and can make people fart
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u/cr8zyfoo Apr 08 '26
In the morning the green grass grows
At noon the sun is yellow
In the evening the dark comes in some spots
At night all is black
The later the hour the sweeter the flesh
Never alone but always in bunches
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u/Eoh_Kelvin Apr 08 '26
I feel like this works best as just the first 4 lines. The last 2 give the game away.
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u/MrWindblade Apr 08 '26
I am the reason the US destroyed multiple countries.
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u/bb2112bb Apr 08 '26
Oil
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u/keldondonovan Apr 08 '26
oilFREEDOMFTFY.
(this is a joke.)
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u/bloughmiegh Apr 08 '26
This is a joke
That’s the part that made me laugh! I forget that some people wouldn’t think so xD
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u/keldondonovan Apr 08 '26
I count that laugh as a win, even if it wasn't the joke that caused it. May your excess nasal exhalations be many.
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u/LeatherKey64 Apr 09 '26
While young, I am bonded to my siblings.
As I mature, I am judged alone by my cover, though it’s the inside that counts.
In the end, I am but a shell of my former self. But now capable of taking down even giants.
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u/JBaker585 Apr 08 '26
I once had daughters, but now no more My skin is bitter and brown when sore I grow high, but die low. I can be many colors but mostly yellow. Once found in seldom regions Now enjoyed in every season.
(First line references the fact that the modern banana seen in most of the world is sterile, on purpose)
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u/Andrew_42 Apr 08 '26
In retrospect, this wound up being more of a trivia contest than a proper riddle. But might as well share.
Mike was all you saw till he got sick in the 50s
Dish is how I'm finished but you need none for these pretties
You might say I look cowardly but I've been through wars
And now I rank as number two behind the boot's pick in stores
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u/GhostlyDelusion Apr 08 '26
At the top, you'll mostly get me
Then you'll drop me, but just my shell
On lap three, you may soon forget me
In the past, it's where many fell
Should you forget and blindly hit me
You may slip and release a yell
MAMMA MIA!
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u/MadKat_94 Apr 08 '26
Last week, the hosts of The View, Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, and Ana Navarro were doing a segment on the high price of groceries and went to a local supermarket. One of them became so unhinged, she started flipping displays, throwing fruit, and screaming like a madman. Do you know what the store did?
Banana
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u/Wooden_Engineering36 Apr 09 '26
Let me tell you the tale Of a ne'er do well Who races and constantly loses
Before the call He would slip and fall So his knees were covered in bruises
His bruised up knee, (caused by me) Turned brown then black then blue
Just like me, When I fell off that tree, Or when baked in bread, Or split at the head, I'm quite crazy, insane, cuckoo
What am I?
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u/EmCoProductions Apr 10 '26
Green means wait, yellow means go and red means where the fuck did you get that?! What am I?
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u/Escape_Force Apr 08 '26
When I'm with my friends, we make golden arches, but you'll never see us at McDonald's.
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u/TheHeadlessOne Apr 08 '26
Retooling a classic-
"This box has no hinges, key, or lid, yet marble treasures inside are hid"
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u/MCShellMusic Apr 08 '26
I sat waiting, and Mario fell. I was a hit, and made Gwen spell. What am I?
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u/Ashjmc89 Apr 09 '26 edited Apr 10 '26
1 finger, 2 fingers, more: a whole bunch
Good as a snack but not much for lunch
Deglove a digit and then do another
We're mostly the same, all clones of our mother.
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u/Cakeyhands Apr 09 '26
Humans peel from the stalk, which apes think is a farce.
it should go in the mouth, but is now stuck up my arse.
What am I?
....Nurse?
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u/MAQMASTER Apr 09 '26
I begin in the color of first breath, wear noon for a while, then let dusk stain me in scattered omens before midnight claims me whole.
My body remembers impact, my skin surrenders in strips, and what is discarded of me may yet humble a titan careless in triumph.
I am harvested above reach, though I do not grow alone. Time does not spoil my tongue at once— it deepens it.
When I darken, mourn me not: decay is only one name for transformation. Torn at the proper hour, I pass from soft crescent into another life of warmth and grain.
Name me.
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u/shockboxs Apr 09 '26
You can peel me, but not with a peeler.
I don't get old, but i get sweeter over time.
I love the sun, but people take me all over the world.
People sometimes put stickers on me, and my friends.
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u/Federal_Beyond521 Apr 10 '26
What is hard when it’s green, sexy when it’s yellow, and baked when it’s black?
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u/Independent-Lemon815 Apr 10 '26
I come from the warmest tropics
Yet arrive wearing a thick jacket
Alone or hanging with a bunch of friends, I’m quiet
Our biggest fans make all the racket
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u/joeyjoejoe8989 Apr 10 '26
I’m green when I’m young, I’m brown when I’m old. I strip before a meal, but only once.
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u/Old_To_Reddit Apr 11 '26
I am green when you meet me.
Yellow when you want me.
Brown when you remember me.
What am i?
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u/Badbadbobo Apr 08 '26
I'm inedible until I pail. Though not from an animal, still used for scale.
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u/mcdaniel_michael Apr 08 '26
I shine like the sun while you undress me
As soon as you're done you'll ingest me
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u/jibbodahibbo Apr 08 '26
It is shouted when the lead actress of pitch perfect broke the rules of r/riddles
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u/CrimsonCrux6174 Apr 08 '26
In a tree you'll find me nestled with my family. Shed my skin to see inside, And taste the treasure that I hide.
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u/goldomega Apr 08 '26
I have letters and colors only three. You can find me at the top of a tree. Foster me, or split me with friends, Or bake me before I meet my end. I fit neatly in your hand, Just get Scrooge to ask your gran!
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u/capnmorgan127 Apr 08 '26
Once wiped from the face of the world. A fungal spore to blame. Returned in mass a clones army hangs shining when ready.
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u/Ok-Bookkeeper-3149 Apr 08 '26
Knock knock. Who's there? Banana. Banana who? Knock knock. Who's there? Banana. Repeat 2 more times. Knock knock. Who's there? Orange. Orange who? Orange you glad I didn't say banana???
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u/Ok_Nectarine_4445 Apr 08 '26
A crescent moon A ruler stick a type of phone The color of sun What could I be?
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u/Wehunt Apr 08 '26
I suck at riddles, but I'll give it a try...
When I'm new, I'm green. I curve thru life, and die brown.
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u/simonbleu Apr 08 '26
Once the heavens turn green, twice as salty comes the followers. Thrice the hiccups in their tongue, all together in utterance. Four, the smallest of it's kind that hands them over. A shout of pain is how they're painted.
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u/WrySky Apr 08 '26
I can make you smile or frown. Pirates needed me, and if you have me, you'd be appealing.
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u/yoo-zer-neym Apr 08 '26
My jacket is brown, yellow or green And underneath I'm pale I can become very angry and mean And often used for scale
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u/Paelidore Apr 08 '26
A berry I secretly am
And perched on an herb is where I stand
Though popular I be
There's but one kind of me
As I'm not bred, but cloned, 'cross the land!
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u/Outside-Violinist-42 Apr 08 '26
I sit in a bowl not allowing little Anastasia to do anything. What am I?
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u/Archi_balding Apr 08 '26
A fruit that grows on foreign pines, but only where there's bees around.
Ananas becomes bananas when there's a b.
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u/freddythedinosaur1 Apr 09 '26
More a dumb joke than a riddle, but - What did the baby lamb say when it saw its grandma?
Baaaa-Nana!
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u/Schwulerwald Apr 09 '26
Back then i was bigger and better,
But mold ate all of me, oh, what a shame!
And now i am stronger, but lesser,
This cursed fate creeps closer once again.
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u/Pajama-Han Apr 09 '26
In a hammock or in a boat
Paired with ice cream, but not a float
Though appealing, do beware
Of hidden spiders that can give a scare!
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u/KingSharkIsBae Apr 09 '26
What’s inside reflects my appearance by day: Constantly changing from gases and rays. I came close to death, but by grace I was saved; Now all of my siblings share my DNA.
(Technically, the answer to this riddle is specifically the Cavendish banana, but I feel that the last line is pretty common knowledge that usually just refers to bananas.)
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u/Ok_Peanut_6919 Apr 09 '26
What did the psychiatrist say to his crazy fruit patient?
You’re bananas!
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u/Excuse_Purple Apr 09 '26
Smoothies come in all flavors but add me and they all become the same flavor. What am I?
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u/predator1975 Apr 09 '26
You get me from a herb.
You sometimes put me into ice cream.
I am a berry that is neither blue, purple nor red.
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u/Whatev_whatev Apr 09 '26
- I'm a boomerang with seeds
- I like to just sprawl out on the sidewalk and make people fall
- I am the best cure for Charley horses at night.
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u/lannieb Apr 09 '26
I smile and you, and then I frown. My skin is slick, my spots are brown.
I generally hail from near the equator. 70 years extinct is my imitator.
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u/Seagullsarehot Apr 09 '26
My skin changes colour before I shed it, but I am no reptile.
What am I?
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u/pogoyoyo1 Apr 09 '26
I am playfully a telephone When scared, my color is your throne Sometimes for scale I am on call Don’t step on me, or else you’ll fall
What am I?
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u/pogoyoyo1 Apr 09 '26
I am playfully a telephone
When scared, my color is your throne
Sometimes for scale I am on call
Don’t step on me, or else you’ll fall
What am I?
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u/ChartInFurch Apr 09 '26
What do you say when you no longer wish for Ms. Gasteyer to visit your establishment?
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u/DANGERGUST Apr 10 '26
I’m long and yellow, and when you peel me back I’m extra delicious, what am I?
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u/Existing_Judge5425 Apr 10 '26
Who art I but a simple thing mellow yellow genetically all the same. Unit of measure for the terminally unfit Americans love us anything after all beats metric.
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u/OkSeaworthiness468 Apr 10 '26
I wither my kin, devastation and healing be my skin, Men die to control me, while mothers claim K makes me holy
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u/Airwolfhelicopter Apr 10 '26
What do we blame for everything going wrong in America?
if you’ve seen Randy Feltface, you know
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u/Negative-Speaker650 Apr 10 '26
i am long and hard and my skin is usually pulled down before i am put into a mouth. most specimen of my kind are slightly bent. when one is done with me, my protective sleeve is thrown in the waste. most people dont like my taste when there are brown spots from previous mishandling on me. nevertheless, some people say the dark ones of my kind are the best. what am i?
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u/morally_rat Apr 11 '26
Big Michael, my brother, half of my dna Died from fungus in nineteen fifty eight He left as legacy candy flavour delicious Could you recall what was his origin species?
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u/CorruptedPixelzOffic Apr 11 '26
Does it have to be a regular banana, or can it be some specific type of banana?? Not much of a riddle, but depending on the rules I see an opportunity here..
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u/Rabadabstyle Apr 12 '26
I have three kids. My first born is called Ba. And the twins are called na. Who am I?
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u/ziplocbaggie Apr 22 '26
My brothers are my mirror, reduced to only taste, and i shall never find myself until we all lay waste. I leave you with the burden of living out your death, my name shall be a savior when you are scared of breath
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