Looking for the top pranks of all time? With April Fool’s Day just around the corner, it’s time to ‘get your prank on’.
Accordingly, we’ve prepared a cluster of our favorite pranks.
Hopefully you can use this list to inspire your own pranks.
Be warned that many of these pranks require a lot of effort.
Legendary Pranks
In March, Trend Hunter featured a prankster who sent fake Gucci Ads of himself to a large Swiss Magazine… The magazine thought he worked for Gucci and published the ads… In a recent interview for Spiegel, the prankster’s story has been made public. Apparently, this wasn’t his first prank. He … [More]
Another Paris Hilton trend? No way! Specifically, this is video footage of Banksy’s prank on Paris Hilton. Last month we announced that hundreds Paris Hilton’s records were targeted in a CD prank. However, this posting is more fun because you can watch the video about how it all happened. [More]
At least one Gizmodo blogger has been banned from CES for life after using a device to shut down all the flat screen monitors at CES. The Gizmodo prankster was using a TV-B-Gone Kit which fires off IR beams that power down almost every time of LCD panel. He used the device to power down many of th… [More]
Farewell parties can get pretty wild. Farewell presents, even more. And if you are Karl Rove and is your last week at The White House, you can expect a small conventional present from your collaborators as a regular silver ashtray, a nice tie with a funky colour or a romantic dinner for two. Yet, Ro… [More]
October 16th, 2007 will go down in history as the day the Travelocity Roaming Gnome was stolen, or “gnomenapped” from Northwestern university. He was visiting the Transportation Center along with company officials to promote air travel and discussion amongst the students. This was not the first time… [More]
There are more lives being thrown away by smoking every month than there are garbage cans in New York City. To illustrate that point, the Truth campaign dumped fake body parts into dozens of garbage cans throughout NYC. On each garbage can was a little label that informed users about the cause. W… [More]
This April Fools watch out for Jokers, they’re everywhere!! If you live in turkey and you pass by this Billboard Ad Created by Isbank don’t be fooled, because the police car hiding behind the billboard is a fake. It makes the passer by decelerate and read the text on the board which is “Pay your… [More]
Did you get a chance to bid on Belgium on eBay? We’re not talking about buying Second Life imitations (see below), we’re talking about the real country. To protest the political deadlock in Belgium, Gerrit Six, a teacher and former journalist, attracted attention to a country that gets very little p… [More]
This web site offers the ultimate incentive for people wanting to drop unwanted pounds. It claims to pay people for losing weight - $100 per pound! The site is a hoax, brought to you by ‘Dumbass Inc’, so unfortunately you won’t be able to take advantage of the concept… But how could an entrepren… [More]
Two parents were offering their daughter’s hand in marriage on a website that had over 20 million page views in the last few weeks, but it turns out, the offer was a hoax. Science fiction editor, John Ordover, kept himself entertained by tracking how many people fall for his prankish jokes. The prac… [More]
Two men have been accused of placing electronic advertisements for a cartoon around Boston that some people feared it was a bomb. It is obvious that the city of Boston did not recognize the display for what it was. But the question I ask is, due to instances like 9/11, does the United States no lo… [More]
Has the world gone mad? This latest invention might see you nodding in violent agreement. Bio-Genica is a Bioengineering Company that has combined, and modified existing DNA to create Genpets - living, breathing mammals - flesh and blood just like any other animal. Packaged in plastic they hang on … [More]
If you are not a property owner and you fight against the unfair rises in the rents month after month, the solution is knocking at your door: fill the neighborhood with prostitutes! You can do it easily: Make cardboard prostitutes and leave them standing on the corner of every street. In this way th… [More]
Energy Wasting Day is an April Fool spoof from consumer climate change campaign, Together. Energy Wasting Day centres around a viral film featuring fictional character ‘Dan Power’. In the film, Dan revels in wasteful behaviour such as overfilling his kettle, turning up his thermostat and drivi… [More]
Machine gun camp for kids? Are you shocked yet? Relax, the camp is fake, but the campaign is real. Last week YouTube popped up a new video for Camp Okutta, a children’s adventure camp just outside of Toronto. It opens with a promising young camp counselor, with a group of scared kids… The cou… [More]
Simple Pranks You Can Do at Home
NEW YORK - Several Brooklyn residents woke up to find their street empty — because someone had posted a No Parking sign and police had towed their rides. The sign, which bans parking on a street in the DUMBO neighborhood from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays, mysteriously appeared Monday or Tuesday, r… [More]
This gizmo connects to your phone (better if it’s someone elses) and randomly calls a phone number when the user tries to call out. Don’t worry, 911 calls will always call out correctly and in fact, about 25% of all the other attempts make it out as dialed - just enough to get the victim to continue… [More]
An internet prank has rolled through the early stages of 2008. The fine art of “Rick Rolling” has now become a sought-after trait online. The aim is to do what ever it takes to get your friends, family, coworkers or anyone for that matter, to view Rick Astley’s cheesy, ‘80s pop music video, “Neve… [More]
The Onion Store, offers Gotcha Boxes, Give that special someone a gift that will confuse, disappoint and possibly anger. Give it to them in an Onion GotchaBox™. These special gift boxes, printed with fake product graphics and descriptions, hold your actual gifts inside. The victim/recipient will c… [More]
This Pile of Poop in a bag is actually a coffee scented soap. What would you need that for, I asked myself as well. According to the manufacturer it’s fun for kids in the bath, in the office or if you can’t find a better wedding gift. The only things I could think of were some great pranks, or, if y… [More]
Now you can get through airport security with the Northwest Airlines Boarding Pass Generator. Sounds like fun! The justification of the site is to illuminate security flaws that would enable any terrorist to bypass security with nothing but photoshop and a little spare time. From the Boarding Pas… [More]
Don’t want to pay $20 for beer at the baseball game? Just put it in your belly instead. For just $50, the beer belly lets you bring your beer with you! The website includes tips and tricks and markets using slogans like ‘Get the Look’. Look, long ago we realized that guys with beer bellies have … [More]
Feeling monotonous lately with the routine chatting(and gossiping) with your friends?How about pulling some prank that will scare the wits out of your friend or friends,take your pick? Well,here comes CallTheFuture, it lets you pull a prank on your friends by giving this program a time and number t… [More]
Didier Stevens is a computer geek who likes to push the envelope. Six months ago he bought a Google Adword campaign advertising if your pc was virus-free you could get it infected by clicking the ad. The ad made it through Google Adsense policies and was displayed more than 230,000 times and receive… [More]
We are truly living in the gilded age. Western society has become so detached from basic survival skills, traditional labor and sweat, we’re so fat and complacent, that we now need a special toilet to accommodate our huge, fat asses. I really wish I was kidding. The Great John Toilet Company created… [More]
Improv - Mess With People’s Minds
Trend Hunter has covered a number of stunts caused by Imrov Underwear, and the ‘Musical in a Mall’ is the latest… Improv Everywhere is an unorthodox comedy group based in New York City, formed in 2001 by Charlie Todd. Its slogan is “We Cause Scenes,” which the group lives up to by executing non-… [More]
On January 12th, 900 enthusiasts in NYC dropped their pants for the 7th Annual No Pants Subway Ride, with NYPD escorts and crowds so large that the under-pantied participants were spread out over three subway lines, and stretched six per car. Improv Everywhere helped organize similar No Pants events… [More]
Improv Everywhere’s latest publicity stunt brought time to a standstill. At the New York’s Grand Central, the group brought 200 agents to a frozen pose for five minutes. The scene is captivating, especially since 500,000 people rush through the station every day. Improv Everywhere - 111 Topless M… [More]
Ladies, would you shop at a store with 111 shirtless, sculpted men walking around? That was the basis of the latest creative mission by Improv Everywhere. New York City’s Abercrombie and Fitch on 5th Avenue, was crowded by female shoppers hungry to get a glimpse of the half-naked men while kicking o… [More]
Improv Everywhere is a group that specializes in the organization of publicity stunts. Their motto: “We cause scenes”. Their latest event was to storm Best Buy dressed like employees. Note the instructions from the website:1) Blue Polo Shirt. Short sleeved. Any brand. Preferably with no logo.… [More]
Graffiti 2.0
Do you remember the GraffitiWriter Remote Controlled Truck? Now the same concept has been applied to a bike with a purpose. Meet the latest techy, wise and environmentally conscious protest ever. Design and computer geek Joshua paints the streets of New York just before the Republican Convention w… [More]
Remember when Trend Hunter featured Ad Tagging, where users express their opinions on ads with stickers? That concept just got a little bit more intense. Printable Cold Sores is a website that is dedicated to the encouragement of vandalising subway ad posters, with cold sores. It’s one thing to be… [More]
Finally, it’s what I’ve always been waiting for! A 9.3 MPH robotic grafitti robot! GraffitiWriter can be controlled remotely and programmed to ‘write text’ (which is code for spray paint your propaganda everywhere). In other words, you can replace your old remote control car (the one with the spr… [More]
It was rumoured that a series of Clear Channel digital billboards were hacked by an 18 year old graffiti artist by the name of Skullphone. As of March 25th, 10 billboards in LA were displaying Skullphone’s logo (a skull talking on a phone) intermittently along with their regular ads. And you can b… [More]
Julian Beever is a chalk artist in the U.K. who specializes in three dimensional optical illusions. They are fantastic and very cool works of art. I had to do a double-take on some of his work as it was hard to believe the drawing was not real. He has a website full of his other works, so go on over… [More]
Fake News
On initiative of the Christian Democratic Party CDA, Dutch Parliament instructed Dutch Ministers (who reside in “The Hague”) to study the benefits of constructing an artificial island in the North Sea between Rotterdam and IJmuiden. IJmuiden is the access to Amsterdam Harbour. Its secondary function… [More]
One would often assume that most western world countries pretty much follow similar trends. Australia’s number one mens magazine is FHM- originally a popular UK magazine that really made its mark as the forefront in “Lads” magazines- that is, mens magazines aimed at the up and coming late teen-early… [More]
Oh these April Fools pranks just never end. In the same spirit at Gmail Paper - we now have Live Poke, thanks to Face Book which claims to send a real live person to poke the victim of your choice. Sort of funny for a laugh! [More]
Edit: Oh dear. It was good while the belief lasted. Another one of Google’s absolutely convincing April Fool’s. No wonder the “beta testers” were nowhere on a Google search result. It seems that many actually fell for this, and some are convinced it’s a good idea. If you think this idea is good and… [More]
WOMEN with boob jobs may be banned from Sir Richard Branson’s space flights — in case their breasts EXPLODE. Bosses fear that implants may expand and burst due to cabin pressure — which will be lower than on normal planes. More than 157 people have paid £115,000 each to zoom 400,000ft abov… [More]
BONUS (#41):
The story of the Eiffel Tower anniversary extension has gone through the web like wild fire and generated mixed reactions. From those who were excited about the temporary makeover to those who were appalled and angry at any change of such a beloved landmark. Now the Serero Architects' installation … [More]
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Fake Ads (Follow Up) - Prankster Who Published Fake Ads Tells His Tale
Video of Banksy’s Paris Hilton Hoax (VIDEO)
Big Blog Pranksters - Gizmodo Blogger Banned from CES (VIDEO)
Pranksters At The White House - Karl Rove’s Jaguar Appears Wrapped Up
Captured Corporate Mascots - Travelocity Roaming Gnome Stolen
Body Parts in Garbage Cans for The Truth Campaign (GALLERY)
Fake Police Car Behind Billboard - IsBank Ad Gets Your Attention
Belgium On eBay - Bid Reached $14M (GALLERY)
Get Paid To Lose Weight - Hoax Website Offers $100 Per Pound
Marry Our Daughter - Site Lures 20 Million Visitors
Guerrilla Marketing Gone Bad - Boston Hoax Turns Into Million Dollar Mishap
Gen Pets – The Living Dolls Hoax
Fake Prostitutes - Cut Out Signs To Make a Statement (VIDEO)
Energy Wasting Day
Machine Gun Camp for Kids (VIDEO)
No Parking Prank - Bogus No Parking Signs Result in Towed Cars
Gadget for Prank Callers - Wrong-Number Generator
Rick Rolling - You’ve Been Rick Rolled!(VIDEO)
Prank Gift Giving - Real Boxes. Fake Products
Pile of Poop Soap
Fake Boarding Pass Generator - Website Proves Gap in Airport Security
Fake Beer Belly For… Beer! (ie the Old Drink at Work Prank)
New Site Lets You Send Prank Calls
Infect Your PC - Hundreds Click on Hoax Google Adsense Virus
Replace Someone’s Toilet With a Supersized Toilet For Their Supersized Ass
Musical at a Mall - Thes Latest From Improv Everywhere (VIDEO)
No Pants Subway Ride - 900 Underground Underwear Enthusiasts in NYC (VIDEO)
Time Standing Still - Frozen Grand Central by Improv Everywhere (VIDEO)
Improv Everywhere - 111 Topless Male Shoppers at Abercrombie and Fitch (VIDEO)
Best Buy Fearful of People Dressed Like Its Employees
Protest 2.0 - Online Dot Matrix Graffiti Bike (VIDEO)
Ad Defacement - Printable Cold Sores
GraffitiWriter Automated Graffiti Robot - FINALLY!
Hoax Hacks - Skullphone Fakes Digital Billboard Hijack
3D Illusion Chalk Drawings (GALLERY)
“The Hague” Proposes Artifical Island - Dutch Tulip in North Sea
FHM US Bites the Dust - Americans Say no to Strategic Nudity?
April Fools Pranks - Facebook Launches Live Poke
Gmail Paper: Surprise Paper Mail by Google (GALLERY)
No Fake Boobs Allowed in Space - Virgin Galactic’s Rules
Serero Eiffel Tower Extension (UPDATE) - Le Grand Hoax
Beauty post!
This puppy just hit the front page of Digg! Nice! Too bad Digg itself is offline...
Favorited by Jeremy Gutsche on Apr 11, 08
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