The Banana Splits

• Fleegle — A greenish-brown dog wearing a large red bow tie, black buttons, brownish-orange chucks, and his tongue is always sticking out, giving him a lisp and similar to Tigger, as to his laugh. He plays a guitar and sings. His acts in the main show include leading club meetings and collecting envelopes from an uncooperative mailbox. Suit performed by Jeff Winkless (1968), Ginner Whitecombe (2008), and Terry Sauls (2019 horror film). Voiced by Paul Winchell (1968 — 1972), Bill Farmer (2008), and Eric Bauza (2019 horror film).
• Bingo — A nasal-voiced orange gorilla wearing white glasses and a yellow vest, featuring a toothy grin. He plays drums and sings. His act is answering riddles asked by Fleegle. Suit performed by Terence H. Winkless (1968), Casey Hadfield (2008), and Buntu Plam (2019 horror film). Voiced by Daws Butler (1968 — 1972), Frank Welker (2008), and Eric Bauza (2019 horror film).
• Drooper — A lion with a very long tail wearing yellowish-orange glasses, spats on his feet, and speaks with a Southern drawl in the style of Michael Nesmith. He plays a bass guitar and sings. His acts include trying to empty a trash bin that automatically spewed its contents and answering mails from fictional fans. Suit performed by Anne W Withrow (1968), Adam Grubner (2008), and Kori Clarke (2019 horror film). Voiced by Allan Melvin (1968 — 1972), Carlos Alazraqui (2008), and Eric Bauza (2019 horror film).
• Snorky — A mute furry elephant wearing pink glasses. He becomes a regular elephant in season 2, wearing a green vest with yellow stripes. He communicates through honking sounds akin to a clown horn, and one of the other Splits would translate what he is saying. He plays a keyboard. His act in the show is using a vacuum. Suit performed by James Dove and Robert Towers (1968 — 2008). Voiced by Don Messick

• The Banana Vac — A blue moose-like head with brown hair and light bulbs on his head. He hangs over the entrance of the clubhouse making different comments and often helps the Banana Splits introduce segments. Voiced by Allan Melvin.
• Cuckoo Clock — A clock with a blue and yellow bird head inside that gives snarky remarks to the "What time is it" question. Voiced by Paul Winchell.
• Goofy Gopher — A gopher who lives in their flower pot. Voiced by Paul Winchell.
• The Sour Grapes Bunch — A group of silent human girl characters who are all named Charley. They take turns bringing written notes to the Banana Splits. They danced one song with the title characters. In the first season on October 5, 1968, a song debuted entitled "Doin' the Banana Split", as all five girls appeared together with the hosts.
• The Dilly Sisters - Two human girls who play acoustic classical guitars and sing two songs, The Mexican Hat Dance and Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay.

US punk rock act the Dickies covered the theme song in 1978, entitled "Banana Splits (Tra La La Song)". Their recording reached Number 7 in the UK charts and now appears as a bonus on the CD reissue of their 1979 album The Incredible Shrinking Dickies. They still perform this cover live at almost every concert. It was also featured in the movie soundtrack of Kick-Ass, during ten-year-old Hit-Girl's brutally violent fight scene.

A cover of the show's theme song performed by Liz Phair with Material Issue is included on the 1995 tribute album Saturday Morning: Cartoons' Greatest Hits, produced by Ralph Sall for MCA Records. Another rendition was performed by rock and roll comic C.C. Banana on the 2005 cartoon tribute album "Complete Balanced Breakfast."[12]

A cover of "Don't Go Away Go-Go Girl" by pop-punk band Mr. T Experience was issued on the 1993 tribute album Banana Pad Riot and their Big Black Bugs Bleed Blue Blood and Our Bodies Our Selves CD releases. The 1988 landmark release "Sub Pop 200" included a version of "I'm Gonna Find a Cave" retitled "Gonna Find a Cave" by the band Girl Trouble. "Sub Pop 200" featured recordings from many soon to be notable bands, Nirvana, Green River, Mudhoney, Soundgarden and others from Seattle's Grunge music explosion that followed.

Chicago punk band, The Vindictives did a version of “Two Ton Tessie” for the before mentioned “Banana Pad Riot” tribute compilation, and was later released as part of their “Curious Oddities and the Bare Essentials” compilation album. It was also covered by Texas punk band, Bickley in 1998.

The “Banana Pad Riot” tribute, in addition to the Mr. T Experience and Vindictives songs, also included: Wisconsin band, Boris The Sprinkler performing “We’re The Banana Splits”, and Seattle band, The Young Fresh Fellows performing “Doin’ The Banana Split.”

Chicago-based musician Ralph Covert, who records children's music under the group name Ralph's World, covered the theme song under the title "The Banana Splits (The Tra La La Song)" on his 2001 album At the Bottom of the Sea.

An unusual claim[13] is that the song may have inspired Bob Marley, with the striking similarity between the song's chorus and the bridge of the Bob Marley and the Wailers song "Buffalo Soldier". A story by BBC in 2010 examines the claim.[14]

New York-based alternative rock band They Might Be Giants have covered "I Enjoy Being A Boy (In Love With You)", released as part of their podcast.

New Hampshire punk band, The Queers, also covered “I Enjoy Being A Boy (In Love With You)” on their 1998 album, Punk Rock Confidential. It also appeared on their “Everything’s Okay” EP the same year.

Cleveland-based garage rock band 45 Spider have covered "I'm Gonna Find a Cave" for the Underground Garage "Coolest Song in the World".[15]

Hanna-Barbera produced The Banana Splits in Hocus Pocus Park, a televised feature film, for ABC in 1972.

• Hanna-Barbera Educational Filmstrips
  • The Banana Splits: Healthy and Happy (1978)[20]
  • The Banana Splits: We Have Five Senses (1978)[21]
  • The Banana Splits: Safety First (1978)[22]
  • The Banana Splits: It's a Sense-sational World (1979)[23]
  • The Banana Splits: Meet the Microbes (1980)[24]
• Learning Tree Filmstrip Set
  • Learning About Holidays with The Banana Splits (1982)[25]

In August 2008, Warner Bros. Consumer Products announced a multi-platform release featuring new comedy shorts and music videos; this debuted on Cartoon Network starting on September 2, 2008. Bill Farmer voiced Fleegle, Frank Welker voiced Bingo, and Carlos Alazraqui voiced Drooper.[26][27] The relaunch included a live show and a website,[28] as well as a CD and a DVD featuring 13 new songs, released by Universal Records.[27] In addition, a child-themed area named Banana Splitsville was placed at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina's Hard Rock Park rock-and-roll theme park, which later became Freestyle Music Park before closing permanently in 2009.[29]

On February 19, 2019, Warner Bros. Television Group's Blue Ribbon Content division announced that it was collaborating with Blue Ice Pictures on producing a film adaptation of The Banana Splits television series collectively named The Banana Splits Movie, which would take place in a horror-like setting. Danishka Esterhazy was hired to direct the film, based on a script written by Jed Elinoff and Scott Thomas.[30] On June 13, 2019, Syfy Wire released the official trailer for the film.[31][32]

The plot follows a family attending a taping of The Banana Splits television series, in which the titular characters are animatronics with artificial intelligence. However, they are soon trying to survive when Fleegle, Bingo, Drooper and Snorky become evil upon learning of the cancellation of their show and, in their rage, their programming malfunctions, starting a killing spree around the studio. The film premiered at the San Diego Comic-Con on July 18, 2019, and was released by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment via Blu-ray and DVD on August 27, 2019 to positive reviews from critics. Eric Bauza lent his voice to Fleegle, Bingo, and Drooper