THE BEST Pranks

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.

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…

(NSFW: Language) “You hope for a reaction, huh? Here’s what I’ll say to that.” YouTube prankster That Brown Nerd had this schtick where he’d walk up to strangers and say things suggested by commenters. But at 2:12, he meets his match.

Trickster Rahat spooked people by installing a door outdoors and then vanishing into it. He probably thought of doing a trick like this to burn off all the fast food he’s eaten.

(NSFW: Language) “Hey we just got this uh, it’s a gift, from the Greeks. Can we leave it here overnight?” In 2006 comedy group The Chaser made a literal Trojan Horse to test if the mythical tactic would fly in the modern age. Original here.

“Did you think it was overkill that Julianne Moore cried for a full 90 minutes in Cryface or was it just right?” Jimmy Kimmel Live asked people about fake Oscar contenders. This was obviously rigged, but the questions are pretty funny.

Atlanta barber shop A-1 Kutz has a free haircut for misbehaving kids. It’s called the Benjamin Button Special because it makes the kid look like a balding old man. As for the kid in the photos? Don’t worry, he’s back to normal now.