The Banana Republics(Episode)

The Banana Republics is the 32nd episode in total and the second season 1st episode

Plot
Sam tells the story of how three fruit companies single-handedly toppled almost all of Central America's developing democracies and got away with it unscathed.

Transcript
(INTRO/TITLE CARD)

SAM: Hey kids. Do you like fashionable high-quality apparel at an affordable price?

Me:NO

SAM: Well too bad because that's not what we talking about today, I'm gonna learn you all a thing or two about the real banana republics.

SAM: Our story begin during the turn of the 20th century in central and south America.

SAM: Agriculture kind of a big deal right now, you've a ton of little plantations all over the place, growing bananas, sugar, pineapples, that kind of thing.

SAM: And they're doing all right for themselves, no big deal.

SAM: But then, refrigeration happened, and it. Changed. Everything!

SAM: Because now produce could be kept fresh for way longer in transit, meaning fruit companies could suddenly open up their business to the  INTERNATIONAL MARKET! 

SAM: Their biggest new tread partner being the united states. this massive opportunity gave rise to three main companies known as: United Fruit Company, Cuyamel Fruit Company, and Vaccaro Bros..

SAM: By growing, shipping, and selling fruits, these three firms made just obscene amount of money, a lot of which went toward buying out smaller family-owned farms and plantations. this allowed them to make even obscener amount of money, until eventually the only competition that's remains was each other.

SAM: Then shit got real. The year is 1910, one of the company I mentioned, Cuyamel, was doing most of it's business in the county of Honduras when the president of Honduras, Miguel Davila, decided to get a land grant to the vaccaros bros in exchange for helping to build some roadways, in doing so, they basically stole a bunch of cuyamel potential plantations and gave them a competitor.

SAM: So Samuel Zemurray, owner of Cuyamel, said to himself...

SAMUEL ZEMURRAY: Dang, I hate those guys. If only if there was some way, for a guy like me, to significantly influence the world around him for his own personal gain...

(Shows Zemurray sitting on a literal mountain of money)

ZEMURRAY: Wait a minute!

SAM: so he used a portion of his McDuck-ass fortune to hire an mercenary army, which he gave to one of his friends, former Honduran president Manuel Bonilla. And together, they overthrew the entire fucking government of Honduras.

SAM: Yeah... Should have called it COUP-yamel, ha ha.

Sam: Anyway, Bonilla took power and gave very generous concessions to Cuyamel and United as thanks. But then America saw and they were like:

AMERICA: Hey! That's not very freedom of you!

SAM: To which Zemurray replied:

ZEMURRAY: It's okay, we're gonna help this country succeed. After all, business and politics are essentially the same thing.

(A picture of Donald Trump is shown faintly appearing)

AMERICA: Well, I suppose it's not our place policing the governments of other nations. Yet. Still though...

ZEMURRAY: OH! Also, also: 'nanners.

AMERICA: Alright, I'm sold! Do what you want.

Trivia

 * This episode is the Sam O'Nella Academy Subreddit's community favorite episode in a poll with 19.87% with Diogenes, the Publicly Defecating Philosopher with 15.23%, Dog Breed Deformities with 8.61%, Creative Weapons of the Medieval Eras and Journey of a Beef Cow got 5.3%, and How to Read Fire Diamonds and The Great Emu War got 4.64% of the vote.
 * This is the first episode of 2017 and Season 2.