--- title: The Banana Peel Challenge Will Make You Slip and Fall Down description: The Banana Peel Challenge is the latest viral craze that requires participants to put themselves in harm's way. canonical: https://time.com/4274966/banana-peel-challenge/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-29T16:09:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:31:12.355Z og:title: The Banana Peel Challenge Is Exactly What You Think It Is og:description: The myths are all true og:url: https://time.com/4274966/banana-peel-challenge/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Banana Peel Challenge Is Exactly What You Think It Is twitter:description: The myths are all true twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # The Banana Peel Challenge Is Exactly What You Think It Is  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 29, 2016 4:09 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 29, 2016 4:09 PM UTC Like the [Cinnamon Challenge](http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/04/23/the-cinnamon-challenge-is-a-really-really-bad-idea/) and [Kylie Jenner Challenge](http://time.com/3829327/kyliejennerchallenge-kylie-jenner-keeping-up-with-the-kardashians/) before it, the Banana Peel Challenge is the latest [viral craze](http://time.com/3101414/the-ice-bucket-challenge-takes-over-social-media/) that requires participants to put themselves in harm’s way. It all began when Twitter user [Jason Oakes](https://twitter.com/jaasonoakes) shared a video of himself testing whether banana peels are actually as slippery as cartoons would have people believe. Everything seems to be going fine until he completely wipes out in the last few seconds of the clip. > [](https://twitter.com/jaasonoakes/status/714238940732108800) Since then, the hashtag #BananaPeelChallenge has filled with videos of teens trying to recreate the clichéd accident in hilarious—and seemingly painful—ways. > [](https://twitter.com/Alextrevon/status/714264423481913346) > [](https://twitter.com/Destiny%5Fkaden/status/714242577755668480) > [](https://twitter.com/BananaPeelVids/status/714661343585034241) > [](https://twitter.com/aubhall123/status/714514534669688832) > [](https://twitter.com/Destiny%5Fkaden/status/714265404068208641) The original tweet, which was posted on March 27, has already been retweeted nearly 90,000 times and liked over 93,000 times. The Banana Peel Challenge Will Make You Slip and Fall Down ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4274966/banana-peel-challenge/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4274966/banana-peel-challenge/"},"headline":"The Banana Peel Challenge Is Exactly What You Think It Is","datePublished":"2016-03-29T16:09:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:31:12.355Z","description":"It's all fun and games until the inevitable happens","url":"https://time.com/4274966/banana-peel-challenge/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Teens","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4274966/banana-peel-challenge/","name":"The Banana Peel Challenge Is Exactly What You Think It Is"}}]}] ```