Awesome Pranks

Jeff Wysaski aka Pleated Jeans loves to leave fake signs that look legit from afar. His newest signs for Target shoppers feature Star Wars vacuum cleaners, a falcon giveaway and more.

“It’s not her, honestly!” Adele and the BBC played a prank on a handful of her impersonators. They changed her face using a fake chin, a fake nose and some makeup, but she made no effort to disguise her voice.

The boys of Smosh are avid pranksters and YouTube superstars, but Jennifer Lawrence is on a different level on both counts. They thought they snagged an opportunity to prank her with a silly interview, but she and her co-stars came fully prepared.

“Why… why are you in a taxi?” A Japanese variety show filmed voice actor Tomoko Kaneda visiting haunted houses. Little did she know that the actual show was the taxi ride in between, in which the driver pretends not to see the “ghost” in the front passenger seat.

“You know how to spell Horse?” “I ain’t never made it past H.” Kyrie Irving’s youngblood-slaying alter ego returns. While visiting Miami, Uncle Drew hears that one of his rivals is in town – the sweet-shooting Skinny Walt. Baron Davis’ character needs his own TV show.

Serial troublemaker Rémi Gaillard has been entertaining people around the globe with his “special” brand of humor for a decade and a half. Here’s a great compilation of some of his greatest clips, many of which we’ve featured over the years. It’s hard to pick a favorite.

Welcome to Northwest Coast Customs. Max Siedentopf went around his home city of Amsterdam “looking for the most average cars he could find” and upgraded them with parts made from cardboard without their owners’ knowledge. More on Vice.

Sufficiently Advanced stuffed a powerful battery-powered electromagnet in a toy replica of Thor’s hammer. The magnet turns on when the handle is held, so it’ll stick to magnetic surfaces… unless you have Sufficiently Advanced’s thumbprint. Or you’re smart.

For his latest video, Rémi Gaillard combines a prank with activism, criticizing the exploitation of sea animals for our amusement by turning the tables on the humans, and making our world into an amusement park for whales and dolphins to gawk at.

(PG-13) Joey Skaggs has made a career out of perpetrating hoaxes on news outlets, talk shows, and the public. Documentarian Andrea Marini goes inside the mind of the master of the absurd, and his classic pranks like the Celebrity Sperm Bank and Cathouse: A Brothel for Cats.

Despite the way the headline reads, this video isn’t three years old. To celebrate their 3-year anniversary, taxi hailing app Hailo devised a prank in which patrons were picked up by a cab rigged to look like it was driven by a little kid.

Remember the viral video where Cristiano Ronaldo surprised a kid? Turns out that’s part of a commercial for his headphones. CR7 aped Kyrie’s Uncle Drew and put his skills but not his face on display. Yep, the ending is still sad.

Some guys were on a road trip when they caught their buddy Micah asleep with his mouth wide open. So what’s any good friend to do? Stuff his mouth full of Twizzlers, of course. Our reaction would be similar: Hey, free candy!

(PG-13) Elite Daily writer Connor Toole is 6’10”. His height and a suit were enough to make people believe that he got picked at the NBA Draft. It’s more of a con than a prank, but we hope the people here learn their lesson.

To promote his new Omaze fundraiser, Arnold Schwarzenegger dressed up as the Terminator to surprise bystanders and visitors in Hollywood. Donate at least $10 for a chance to attend the Terminator Genisys premiere with Arnold.

(PG-13 Language) A heartless man attached a packet of hot sauce to the straw in his friend’s drink. And like Ramsay Bolton toying with Reek, he burns his friend twice by offering false hope.

(PG-13 Language) Tom Emeny has a special talent: he can make you watch a 144p vertical video from start to finish. Listen to him vividly complain to a pest control agent about a pigeon infestation. More on his channel.

Rémi Gaillard and his pals dressed up as a set of TETRIS blocks and proceeded to try and fit in wherever they could. They seem to have taken the word “block” too literally, causing traffic jams and other inconveniences along the way.

For his latest drive-thru prank, magician Rahat Hossain messes with McDonald’s workers by making the food he orders disappear before their eyes. We thought he did it with a false bottom, but when he hands the bag over, it’s really empty.

A mischievous musical birthday card. Once its music is activated it will keep looping for about three hours, unless of course it’s destroyed. Fortunately it’s set in safe mode when you receive it so you won’t end up pranking yourself.

Jimmy Kimmel Live asked viewers to pull a placebo prank this April Fools by recording their loved ones and saying, “April Fools!” just as they were about to drink their coffee. The last dude has been burned one too many times.

ThinkGeek grabbed a low-hanging fruit for one of its April Fools’ jokes, conceptualizing a Steam Machine that actually runs on steam. All you need is coal and water. The steampunk controller looks sweet.

From the company behind Burner – the mobile app that sells temporary phone numbers – comes another form of digital security. Burner Cloud is an ephemeral online storage that deletes your files as soon as you upload them.

Australian musical act Justice Crew got together with the guys from The Royal Stampede to prank bystanders with the help of one of those ultra-realistic old man masks, turning what they thought was a geriatric into a B-Boy.

We’re not buying Leona Chin’s schoolgirl makeover, but when this professional drift racer gets behind the wheel with driving instructors pretending to be a newbie, the results are hilarious.

Comedian Greg Benson pulls off a simple but well-executed prank, baiting fellow elevator passengers with small talk before launching into a weather report. And just when the joke is starting to wear off…