The “Peanut Butter Jelly Time” meme video features a dancing banana.
The clip pairs a simple Flash animation of a banana dancing with “Peanut Butter & Jelly,” a 2001 novelty-bass song by the Miami group the Buckwheat Boyz. The animation became an early-2000s internet sensation, spreading through forums, personal websites, and Flash-video galleries.
The original animation was posted to Newgrounds in March 2002 after being created by Ryan Gancenia Etrata and Kevin Flynn under online names. Its repetitive movement, bright yellow character, and instantly recognizable chant made it easy to remix and share. The meme later appeared in television comedy, including Family Guy.
A common mix-up is confusing the performer with the animated character: the Buckwheat Boyz made the song, but the fruit dancing in the famous video is specifically a banana, not an avocado, mango, or pineapple.