If you have ever wanted your loadout to say “I am not taking this round seriously” without typing in chat, this skin is the punchline. It is not a sleek metallic fade or a tactical camo job—it is a banana, hand-drawn onto the gun in blocky, graffiti-like color. The whole point is contrast: a silly food sticker vibe in a game where everyone else is running dragon lore fantasies.

Where it came from

It landed in the game on 15 April 2015, the same batch as the Chroma 2 update. For a lot of veterans, that date is tied to opening Chroma 2 Case runs and the wider Chroma 2 Collection era—not just one listing on a market page.

Source boxes: Chroma 2 Case (same date) and the Chroma 2 Collection pool. Unboxing is the classic origin story; if you hate RNG, you can skip straight to secondary listings and pick a float you actually like.

Workshop credit goes to LoveCroissant—community Workshop author whose concept was picked up for release. Community threads name the designer; what you should trust for the buy decision is the in-game model and how the banana sits on your inspect, not fan fiction about the art.

What you are actually buying

• Rarity: Legendary
• Collection: Chroma 2
• Finish style: Custom hand-painted (flat color blocks, not gradient metal)
• Wear range: 0.10–0.90—from lightly used to heavily battle-scarred

The read is simple: one bold banana shape and high-contrast color. No dense pattern to “grow into” over time—either the joke lands for you or it does not.

Inspect and wear: shop checklist

1. Open 3D inspect first. Compare the promo still to in-game lighting. You care about banana placement on the slide/frame and whether the yellow reads clean or muddy on your map pool.

1. Float shop by band. At the low end (~0.1x), edges stay sharper and the doodle looks intentional. Push toward 0.7–0.9 and scratches plus washed base color steal the show—some collectors like that beat-up sticker look; others think it kills the gag.

1. Playability vs flex. For actual matches, quick-check crosshair clutter and overall brightness on CT/T defaults. For collection, factor Chroma 2 Case supply and how picky you are about “clean banana.”

1. Price sanity. Line up the same skin at different floats on C5GAME side by side—thumbnail lies more than inspect. Steam Community Market is a fair second reference for “what the crowd pays today,” but always read the float before you click buy.

Shop verdict

Buy if you want a recognizable meme piece from early Chroma 2 culture and you are happy paying mostly for identity, not flex-tier animation. Skip if you need a serious tournament look or you only buy skins where wear hides flaws—here, wear changes the joke.

Budget tip: Mid-high float copies often carry the humor without premium “clean doodle” tax; low float is for people who treat the banana like a poster.

Editor muttering

I still hear old-timers tie this skin to “one more Chroma 2 key” nights in 2015. That nostalgia tax is real. Newer players sometimes expect a complex pattern because the rarity is Legendary—nope, it is one fruit and confidence. If you are on the fence, spend five minutes in inspect at three different wears on C5GAME; the banana either makes you grin or it does not, and no amount of market graphs replaces that reaction.