Banjo Kannoli

Banjo Kannoli is one of the three protagonists along with the Demon Kush Diabetes and his best friend Fondue Faker. He is a resident of Skank City, YS and lives at 68 S. Dontdrinkand Drive along with his fellow protagonists. He is portrayed by Zak Campbell, one of the creators of Hey Kush.

Pre-Hey Kush
Not much is known about Banjo's life before the series started except that at some point he moved into 68 S. Dontdrinkand Drive with his best friend Fondue.

Season 1
Fondue and Banjo were set upon by a demon who was sent to reap their souls. Banjo managed to incapacitate the demon by knocking him out with a wooden spoon and the duo consulted the Cryptid Codex and found out that his name is Kush Diabetes. After the pair mistakenly thought he was friendly, they planned a day of "best friend activities" for the three to partake in and sprung it on the demon once he had awoken. The following morning, the demon put forward a wager to them, their souls against his eternal friendship. The two gladly accepted the terms and Fondue wound up beating Kush at the game they placed the stakes on, forcing Kush to become their new "best friend forever".

Personality
Banjo is incredibly stupid, naive, and gullible. He follows almost everything Fondue says. He is very childlike and prone to emotional outbursts of joy or sadness.

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Banjo is shown to be very good friends with Fondue as the two live together and seem to enjoy each other's company. Fondue can sometimes be rude to Banjo and is clearly the friend who is "in charge", but still loves his best friend and would do anything for him.

Kush Diabetes
Kush seems to have a dislike of Banjo, becoming annoyed with him to the point of willing to work in Hell's Call Center rather than be around him, but Banjo is oblivious to this fact. He views Kush as a new friend and even planned out a day of "Best Friend Activities" for them along with Fondue, showing that he likes the Demon.

Appearance
Banjo is a skinny, short man with blonde hair and blue eyes and a pale complexion. He is usually seen wearing t-shirts with a short sleeve button up shirt unbuttoned over it.

Concept and Creation
Banjo was created as a character for a let's play series featuring Connor Laulo and Zak Campbell playing characters for beginning segments and ending segments of the let's plays. The let's play idea was eventually scrapped and the concept of the two characters Fondue and Banjo stuck as well as a demon character who had been conceptualized later in the development of the let's play idea. In Banjo's second iteration, which appears going unnamed in the video "Prelude to Soystick", was very similar to the current version of the character, only this version was from the 90's and flung forward in time to the present day. Eventually, the 90's time travel concept was removed and Banjo became essentially the character as he is known now. The name Banjo Kannoli comes from Campbell's YouTube username, which was based on the game 'Banjo-Kazooie'.