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7. Banana Splits/Suicide Squad
Banana Splits: A joint venture between Hanna Barbera and Sid and Marty Krofft, the Banana Splits show mixed live-action costuming with animated segments to produce a fever dream of a weird show that was sure to induce nightmares in any viewer. The show featured a band of wacky animal musicians who were all friends as well. Fleegle the Beagle played guitar, Bingo the Gorilla took drums, Drooper the Lion was the Bassist and Snorky "Snork" the Elephant rocked out on the keyboards. The theme song, Banana Splits (Tra La La Song), was a chart-topping single that's been covered numerous times and even appeared in the movie version of Kick-Ass, oddly enough.
Suicide Squad: Director Amanda Waller needed a team to carry out dangerous missions, the kind that the U.S. Government wasn't supposed to be carrying out. So she came up with a solution: Grab a handful of inmates from Belle Reve Penitentiary and have them execute these missions in exchange for shortened sentences for some and fun excursions for the lifers. Thus was born the Suicide Squad, a branch of Task Force X. The team was deeply expendable, and always at risk of losing a member or two on a job. Plus, if they were ever caught, the government would pretend to know nothing about their activities. Perfect deniable ops team.
Why it's insane-mazing: Look at those two groups! Imagine them together! I can't!
