Club Banana is a fictional store featured in the television show Kim Possible.
It is Kim's favorite store at Middleton Mall, and frequently shops here, although she is also known to (reluctantly) shop at Smarty Mart. Her friend Monique works at Club Banana and they first met there.
While Kim and Monique are Club Banana enthusiasts, their friend, Ron Stoppable, is a Smarty Mart fan and shops there frequently. Club Banana & Smarty Mart are owned by the same corporation, and there is apparently no actual difference (aside from price, names of colors, and a Club Banana logo) in the products the two stores sell.
In the alternate future of "A Sitch in Time", Shego renames Club Banana as "Club Shego", replacing all the clothing with green and black outfits derived from her own costume.
As of season four, Monique got Kim a job at Club Banana as a sales assistant, while Ron works at Smarty Mart.
In "Trading Faces", it is revealed there's a Country Club Banana located in the world's richest mall in Beverly Hills. The store is so expensive you need to pass a credit check before entry is allowed. Since Smarty Mart and Club Banana are owned by the same corporation, and Martin Smarty founded and still owns the former, it's reasonable to assume he also owns Club Banana.
At one point, Club Banana features Kim's personal mission wear; this becomes a very popular clothing trend among Kim's peers. ("Kimitation Nation")
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- Club Banana is probably a spoof on the clothing stores "Banana Republic," and "Club Monaco", also trendy, upscale stores.
- Club Banana being owned by the same company as Smarty Mart could be reference to stores like Gap, Old Navy and Banana Republic are all owned by same company (Gap Inc.) and how much of the clothing sold in all three stores are virtually identical, with the main differences between them being stuff like the stores' logos and prices.
- Of the three stores, Banana Republic is the most high-end while Old Navy is similar to Smarty Mart (clothing-wise). Gap is more in-between the two, being more high-end compared to Old Navy but still not as upscale as Club Banana.
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