The Duct Tape Banana meme, officially titled 'Comedian,' originated from the 2019 Art Basel Miami Beach exhibition where artist Maurizio Cattelan taped a real banana to a wall and sold it for $120,000. The sheer absurdity of the piece sparked a global conversation about the nature of art and value, quickly turning into a viral sensation. Internet users began recreating the image with various objects—from pizzas to electronics—to mock things that are overpriced or barely held together. Today, it serves as the ultimate visual metaphor for something that is inexplicably valuable, fragile, or simply ridiculous.