This is a list of practical joke topics (also known as a prank, gag, jape, or shenanigan) which are mischievous tricks or jokes played on someone, typically causing the victim to experience embarrassment, perplexity, confusion, or discomfort.
Practical jokes differ from confidence tricks or hoaxes in that the victim finds out, or is let in on the joke, rather than being fooled into handing over money or other valuables. Practical jokes or pranks are generally lighthearted, reversible and non-permanent, and aim to make the victim feel foolish or victimised to a degree, but may also involve cruelty and become a form of bullying if performed without appropriate finesse.
Practical jokes
0–9 2004 Harvard–Yale prank
A
Alhokm Baad Almozawla April Fools' Day List of April Fools' Day jokes Assassination of Kim Jong-nam
B
Baby Jesus theft Beadle's About Berners Street hoax Bingo Shooting Device Black fax Mr Blobby The Russell Brand Show prank calls Simon Brodkin
C Caltech–MIT rivalry Candid Camera Capping stunt Josiah S. Carberry Chewing gum bug Chinese finger trap Chinese fire drill Confetti eggs/cascerones Culture jamming
D Devil's Night Devious licks Dreadnought hoax Dribble glass Dutch oven
E
Egging Email spoofing Exploding cigar
F Fake denominations of United States currency Fake vomit Father Pat Noise Flagging Fonejacker
G
Gag name Game for a Laugh Glitter bombing Googly eyes Golden rivet Great Rose Bowl Hoax Great Stork Derby Groucho glasses
H
Hacks at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Harisen Henryk Batuta hoax Hot foot
I I'm Spazticus Indian burn Itching powder
J
Joy buzzer Juiced with O.J. Simpson
K Kancho Knock, Knock, Ginger
L
Lace card Latex mask List of frivolous political parties List of Google April Fools' Day jokes List of Google Easter eggs
M Max Headroom signal hijacking Milkshaking Mischief Night Mooning Muck-up day
N
No soap radio Non-human electoral candidates Noogie
P
Pantsing Panty raid
Steve Penk Penny under the sink Phoenix Five (prank) Pieing List of people who have been pied Pigasus (politics) Plate lifter Karl Power Practical joke device Prank call Pranknet Prank Patrol (Australian TV series) Prank Patrol (British TV series) Prank Patrol (Canadian TV series) Punk'd Pythagorean cup
Q ¡Qué Locura!
R Rank the Prank Rickrolling Rutgers–Princeton Cannon War
S
Saluting trap Senior prank Shaft passer Shanghai Fugu Agreement Shocking gum Shoe-lacing Skyhook (cable) Snake nut can Sneezing powder Snipe hunt Spaghetti Tree Hoax Southern Television broadcast interruption Spit ball shooting Stink bomb Student prank Streaking Suicide of Jacintha Saldanha Swirly
T Taro Tsujimoto hoax The Jerky Boys The Game (mind game) Toilet papering Towel snap Travelling gnome prank Trick candles Trigger Happy TV Tube Bar prank calls Tickling
U Kazuo Uzuki
V
Valentine Phantom
W
Wedgie Wet willy Who Gets the Last Laugh? (TV series) Whoopee cushion Windy City Heat
X X-ray specs Y The Yes Men
See also
Hoax List of slapstick comedy topics Novelty item Pun Slapstick Surreal humour Visual gag
References