THE BEST Pranks

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(NSFW: Language) YouTuber AkonTpain17 and his other friends dared one of their buddies to baptize his new shoes by jumping into a puddle. They’re just shoes right? Is it just a puddle though?

Here’s a wake up prank that’s right up there with the other ones we’ve seen. YouTuber Roman Atwood punks noted YouTube prankster Tom Mabe. Talk about dedication to their craft.

We like to think that we’d have the guts to help someone in need, but when the situation presents itself few of us have the guts to follow through. An unsettling viral video for Dead Man Down.

Rhett and Link drop unsuspecting subjects into a test chamber, wearing headphones driven with DTS’ Headphone:X technology to see how they react to an incredibly real sounding angry dog.

(NSFW: Language) YouTuber Tim King and his friends held a secret society-themed birthday party. Then they ordered pizza and received the delivery man in character. Dude sounds like Seth Rogen.

From the sound of the siren in the background, we’re guessing the guy in this clip was being chased by the cops, and that’s why he’s in such a rush to order his two sweet teas from Mickie D’s.

Magician Rahat milks his car seat costume for all it’s worth and messes with even more drive-thru attendants. As a YouTuber suggested, he should try combining this with his other tricks.

YouTuber LesStrapontins demonstrates Pavlovian conditioning using his own brother as a test subject. The experiment is a success, both in terms of the results and the subject’s learning curve.

After pulling up at drive thrus with floating objects, magician Rahat wears a car seat costume and proceeds to creep the hell out of more fast food crew. The victims’ reactions are awesome.

An excerpt from an old Japanese TV show featuring a nasty prank. They filled a narrow street with wooden boards that have been coated with very strong adhesive. The fun starts at 1:15.

NRK Sørlandet thinks they’ve found the world’s most easily startled man. Basse Andersen’s fragile frame of mind has made him a frequent target of pranks. He knows it’s all in good fun though.

YouTube prankster Roman Atwood and his friends scare the crap out of people – and dogs – with an awesome half-body dinosaur costume. Watch out for the dino loving dude.

Jimmy Kimmel Live asked coffee lovers if they could tell the difference between regular coffee and Starbucks’ ridiculous $7 coffee. Except the test was twice as dumb as the previous iPhone prank.

A nasty prank from a popular Brazilian TV show. The victims are in an elevator when the power is suddenly cut off. Then it gets worse. To be honest we were also afraid for the girl.

YouTuber Andrew Hales aka LAHWF descends upon the hapless students of BYU – home to the nicest kids in America – to play “Guess Who?” with them. Spoiler: He wins every time.

Mediocre Films continues their little experiment to see how people react when a stranger crashes their phone conversation. We’re surprised some of them hold out so long. Check out part 1 here.

Halloween may already be over, but a creepy illusion is never out of season. Magician Rich Ferguson shows off his impressive skills by taking his head off. Those kids are now afraid of sneezing.

Norwegian comedy troupe Ylvis messes with the minds of riders with their “voice-activated elevator” prank. The elevator clapper is classic, but Donald Duck gets on our nerves. More here, here and here.

Redditor slapshotten11 lives in the same town as Adam West, aka Batman from the 60’s TV show. Slapshotten11 looked up West in their local phone book and uncovered a hilarious Easter egg.

Basketball legend Bill Russel asks Uncle Drew to get his old team back together to teach the young blood a lesson. Drew’s first recruit is Wes, a tall sharpshooter. Does Wes still have it?

The pranksters from ImprovEverywhere take over the office chair section of a Staples store, and hold a fake board meeting for a non-existant company. Needs more PowerPoint, though.

Biff Henderson is the stage manager for the Late Show with David Letterman but he’s also appeared on the show, including this hilarious bit back in 2001 about testing people’s patience.

Here’s the daring YouTuber LAHWF with another one of his social experiments, aka pranks. Fortunately for him the kids at Brigham Young University are so nice. They even smile when chasing burglars.

The pranksters of Awesomeness TV couldn’t sit idly by while throngs of Apple fans waited anxiously for the iPhone 5. So they did what any troll would: pretended to drop boxes of phones in front of them.

Pilot Ryan Johnson will have no doubts that his wife-to-be stays cool under pressure after the bold stunt he pulled of tricking her into thinking that their plane was not responding before proposing.