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* CatharsisFactor: Whenever Russell targets someone who badly mistreats others (Such as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45DZ1aJ7oDw a guy who cancelled his huge food order after the restaurant finished preparing all the food, and refused to pay anything.]]), things can swiftly become this when he makes the target a laughing stock for how they treated others.

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* CatharsisFactor: Whenever Russell targets someone who badly mistreats others (Such as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45DZ1aJ7oDw a guy (Ranging from people who cancelled his huge food order after the restaurant finished preparing all the food, and refused to pay anything.]]), mistreat workers, homophobes, racists, ect.), things can swiftly become this when he makes the target a laughing stock for how they treated others.
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* BrokenBase: Which form of prank video is better? Basic call videos with just the subtitles, or the animated videos? You'll see fans in either one asking to see more of the other video, with this being such a base-breaking topic.
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* DesignatedHero: As with the nature of prank calls, Russell isn't exactly always going to be doing good when making a call to annoy someone. While he does have plenty of moments when he prank calls someone for injustices they did, the majority of his pranks are mostly annoying people, sometimes on request from supporters.
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* CatharsisFactor: Whenever Russell targets someone who badly mistreats others (Such as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45DZ1aJ7oDw a guy who cancelled his huge food order after the restaurant finished preparing all the food, and refused to pay anything.]]), things can swiftly become this when he makes the target a laughing stock for how they treated others.
* CrossesTheLineTwice: Naturally, with the concept of prank calling, the comedy can quickly reach this point, especially when the insults reach ridiculous levels.
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** Especially satisfying when he uses his talents to mess with scammers by pretending to be a helpless victim coming across other people who see through the scam so he can [[SecretTestofCharacter show the world how utterly heartless these bastards are]], only to reveal he knew all along and call them out. One example is at the end of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-OwS2Sv8_c this video]], where a scammer is willing to tell Billy to run away after nearly killing two people in car accidents:

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** Especially satisfying when he uses his talents to mess with scammers by pretending to be a helpless victim coming across other people who see through the scam so he can [[SecretTestofCharacter show the world how utterly heartless these bastards are]], only to reveal he knew all along and call them out. One example is at the end of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-OwS2Sv8_c this video]], where a scammer is willing to tell Billy to run away after nearly killing two people and becoming paralysed in car accidents:
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* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: Generally, the lengths he goes to to pull off a particularly elaborate prank can be quite satisfying to see, with the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OETIloPW17M Juanito Saga]] being one particularly memorable example.
** Especially satisfying when he uses his talents to mess with scammers by pretending to be a helpless victim coming across other people who see through the scam so he can [[SecretTestofCharacter show the world how utterly heartless these bastards can be]], only to reveal he knew all along and call them out. One example is at the end of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-OwS2Sv8_c this video]], where a scammer is willing to tell Billy to run away after nearly killing two people in car accidents:
---> ''"[[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech Man, you are a disgrace to humanity, okay? I just want you to know that you are the]]'' [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech scum of the earth!]] ''[[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech You are absolutely,]]'' [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech positively,]] ''[[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech a piece of shit!"]]''\\

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* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: Generally, the The lengths he goes to to pull off a particularly elaborate prank can be quite satisfying to see, with the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OETIloPW17M Juanito Saga]] being one particularly memorable example.
** Especially satisfying when he uses his talents to mess with scammers by pretending to be a helpless victim coming across other people who see through the scam so he can [[SecretTestofCharacter show the world how utterly heartless these bastards can be]], are]], only to reveal he knew all along and call them out. One example is at the end of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-OwS2Sv8_c this video]], where a scammer is willing to tell Billy to run away after nearly killing two people in car accidents:
---> ''"[[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech Man, ''[[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech "Man, you are a disgrace to humanity, okay? I just want you to know that you are the]]'' [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech scum of the earth!]] ''[[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech You are absolutely,]]'' [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech positively,]] ''[[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech a piece of shit!"]]''\\
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--> ''"[[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech Man, you are a disgrace to humanity, okay? I just want you to know that you are the]]'' [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech scum of the earth!]] ''[[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech You are absolutely,]]'' [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech positively,]] ''[[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech a piece of shit!"]]''
--> [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere *the scammer hangs up*]]

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--> ---> ''"[[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech Man, you are a disgrace to humanity, okay? I just want you to know that you are the]]'' [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech scum of the earth!]] ''[[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech You are absolutely,]]'' [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech positively,]] ''[[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech a piece of shit!"]]''
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shit!"]]''\\
[[ScrewThisImOuttaHere *the scammer hangs up*]]



-->''"I was wondering if we could, y'know, pick the corn out of the feces, potentially?"''[[note]]The prank victim then [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere promptly hung up.]] And don't forget that this was the same sex worker who was okay with pooping on him. [[EveryoneHasStandards Guess the corn was where she drew the line.]][[/note]]

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-->''"I --->''"I was wondering if we could, y'know, pick the corn out of the feces, potentially?"''[[note]]The prank victim then [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere promptly hung up.]] And don't forget that this was the same sex worker who was okay with pooping on him. [[EveryoneHasStandards Guess the corn was where she drew the line.]][[/note]]
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* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: Generally, the lengths he goes to to pull off a particularly elaborate prank can be quite satisfying to see, with the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OETIloPW17M Juanito Saga]] being one particularly memorable example.
** Especially satisfying when he uses his talents to mess with scammers by pretending to be a helpless victim coming across other people who see through the scam so he can [[SecretTestofCharacter show the world how utterly heartless these bastards can be]], only to reveal he knew all along and call them out. One example is at the end of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-OwS2Sv8_c this video]], where a scammer is willing to tell Billy to run away after nearly killing two people in car accidents:
--> ''"[[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech Man, you are a disgrace to humanity, okay? I just want you to know that you are the]]'' [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech scum of the earth!]] ''[[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech You are absolutely,]]'' [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech positively,]] ''[[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech a piece of shit!"]]''
--> [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere *the scammer hangs up*]]
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* IKnewIt: Ownage's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7QToXMwfT0 face reveal video]] shows that, as fans had been guessing for a long time, he is in fact [[spoiler: Middle Eastern]].

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* CrowningMomentOfFunny: Pretty much all of the calls, but [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmTiqKPnhiQ this call to an Asian restaurant takes the cake.]]



* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: Pretty much all of the calls, but [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmTiqKPnhiQ this call to an Asian restaurant takes the cake.]]



** One of the calls to the gay hotline featured a man wanting to roleplay as a young boy visiting the doctor. Keep in mind that this is ''[[PaedoHunt a gay sex line.]]''

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** One of the calls to the gay hotline featured a man wanting to roleplay as a young boy visiting the doctor. Keep in mind that this is ''[[PaedoHunt a gay sex line.]]'']]''
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** Mother-ugly, donn't tak to me like dat!
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* MemeticMutation: ''LIEK A SOM-BOO-DEE FUK U BIC!''
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* CrowningMomentOfFunny: Pretty much all of the calls, but [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmTiqKPnhiQ this call takes the cake.]]

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* CrowningMomentOfFunny: Pretty much all of the calls, but [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmTiqKPnhiQ this call to an Asian restaurant takes the cake.]]
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* NightmareFuel:
** [[https://youtu.be/0JWboGuGxA4?t=9m40s At the end of the "Epic Credit Card Scammer Prank" video]], Russell calls back a scammer ''[[ParanoiaFuel using the scammer's own caller ID]]''. And if ''that'' weren't freaky enough, the man cautiously picks up the phone and doesn't say anything. But a few seconds later, Russell adopts a very deep {{voice of the legion}} and says '''''[[Franchise/{{Saw}} "DO YOU WANNA PLAY A GAME, MICHAEL?"]]''''' Sure, [[AssholeVictim the guy was a scammer and kinda deserved it]], but imagine how terrified he must've been.
** In the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bzj4c6SkxP8 "INSANE Hostage Situation Prank" video]], which is otherwise [[CrowningMomentOfFunny gut-bustingly hilarious]], Russell-as-Rakesh calls the victim using the latter's girlfriend's caller ID, leading the prank victim to believe that Rakesh kidnapped his girlfriend. ''Yeesh''. And you can hear pure terror in his voice, too. Poor guy.
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** In the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bzj4c6SkxP8 "INSANE Hostage Situation Prank" video]], which is otherwise [[CrowningMomentOfFunny gut-bustingly hilarious]], Russell calls the victim using the latter's girlfriend's caller ID, leading the prank victim to believe that Russell kidnapped his girlfriend. ''Yeesh''. And you can hear pure terror in his voice, too. Poor guy.

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** In the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bzj4c6SkxP8 "INSANE Hostage Situation Prank" video]], which is otherwise [[CrowningMomentOfFunny gut-bustingly hilarious]], Russell Russell-as-Rakesh calls the victim using the latter's girlfriend's caller ID, leading the prank victim to believe that Russell Rakesh kidnapped his girlfriend. ''Yeesh''. And you can hear pure terror in his voice, too. Poor guy.
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* CrowningMomentOfFunny: Pretty much all of the calls, but [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmTiqKPnhiQ this call takes the cake.]]
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* NightmareFuel: [[https://youtu.be/0JWboGuGxA4?t=9m40s At the end of the "Epic Credit Card Scammer Prank" video]], Russell calls back a scammer ''[[ParanoiaFuel using the scammer's own caller ID]]''. And if ''that'' weren't freaky enough, the man cautiously picks up the phone and doesn't say anything. But a few seconds later, Russell adopts a very deep {{voice of the legion}} and says '''''[[Franchise/{{Saw}} "DO YOU WANNA PLAY A GAME, MICHAEL?"]]''''' Sure, [[AssholeVictim the guy was a scammer and kinda deserved it]], but imagine how terrified he must've been.

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* NightmareFuel: NightmareFuel:
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[[https://youtu.be/0JWboGuGxA4?t=9m40s At the end of the "Epic Credit Card Scammer Prank" video]], Russell calls back a scammer ''[[ParanoiaFuel using the scammer's own caller ID]]''. And if ''that'' weren't freaky enough, the man cautiously picks up the phone and doesn't say anything. But a few seconds later, Russell adopts a very deep {{voice of the legion}} and says '''''[[Franchise/{{Saw}} "DO YOU WANNA PLAY A GAME, MICHAEL?"]]''''' Sure, [[AssholeVictim the guy was a scammer and kinda deserved it]], but imagine how terrified he must've been.been.
** In the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bzj4c6SkxP8 "INSANE Hostage Situation Prank" video]], which is otherwise [[CrowningMomentOfFunny gut-bustingly hilarious]], Russell calls the victim using the latter's girlfriend's caller ID, leading the prank victim to believe that Russell kidnapped his girlfriend. ''Yeesh''. And you can hear pure terror in his voice, too. Poor guy.
* ParanoiaFuel: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] by Russell any time he reveals to a prank victim where the latter lives, who their relatives are, and so on.
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* NightmareFuel: [[https://youtu.be/0JWboGuGxA4?t=9m40s At the end of the "Epic Credit Card Scammer Prank" video]], Russell calls back a scammer ''[[ParanoiaFuel using his own caller ID]]''. And if ''that'' weren't freaky enough, the man cautiously picks up the phone and doesn't say anything. But a few seconds later, Russell adopts a very deep {{voice of the legion}} and says '''''[[Franchise/{{Saw}} "DO YOU WANNA PLAY A GAME, MICHAEL?"]]''''' Sure, [[AssholeVictim the guy was a scammer and kinda deserved it]], but imagine how terrified he must've been.

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* NightmareFuel: [[https://youtu.be/0JWboGuGxA4?t=9m40s At the end of the "Epic Credit Card Scammer Prank" video]], Russell calls back a scammer ''[[ParanoiaFuel using his the scammer's own caller ID]]''. And if ''that'' weren't freaky enough, the man cautiously picks up the phone and doesn't say anything. But a few seconds later, Russell adopts a very deep {{voice of the legion}} and says '''''[[Franchise/{{Saw}} "DO YOU WANNA PLAY A GAME, MICHAEL?"]]''''' Sure, [[AssholeVictim the guy was a scammer and kinda deserved it]], but imagine how terrified he must've been.
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* NightmareFuel: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JWboGuGxA4?t=9m40s At the end of the "Epic Credit Card Scammer Prank" video]], Russell calls back a scammer ''[[ParanoiaFuel using his own caller ID]]''. And if ''that'' weren't freaky enough, the man cautiously picks up the phone and doesn't say anything. But a few seconds later, Russell adopts a very deep {{voice of the legion}} and says '''''[[Franchise/{{Saw}} "DO YOU WANNA PLAY A GAME, MICHAEL?"]]''''' Sure, [[AssholeVictim the guy was a scammer and kinda deserved it]], but imagine how terrified he must've been.

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* NightmareFuel: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JWboGuGxA4?t=9m40s [[https://youtu.be/0JWboGuGxA4?t=9m40s At the end of the "Epic Credit Card Scammer Prank" video]], Russell calls back a scammer ''[[ParanoiaFuel using his own caller ID]]''. And if ''that'' weren't freaky enough, the man cautiously picks up the phone and doesn't say anything. But a few seconds later, Russell adopts a very deep {{voice of the legion}} and says '''''[[Franchise/{{Saw}} "DO YOU WANNA PLAY A GAME, MICHAEL?"]]''''' Sure, [[AssholeVictim the guy was a scammer and kinda deserved it]], but imagine how terrified he must've been.
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* NightmareFuel: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JWboGuGxA4?t=9m40s At the end of the "Epic Credit Card Scammer Prank" video]], Russell calls back a scammer ''[[ParanoiaFuel using his own caller ID]]''. And if ''that'' weren't freaky enough, the man cautiously picks up the phone and doesn't say anything. But a few seconds later, Russell adopts a very deep {{voice of the legion}} and says '''''[[Franchise/{{Saw}} DO YOU WANNA PLAY A GAME, MICHAEL?]]''''' [[AssholeVictim Sure, the guy was a scammer and kinda deserved it]], but imagine how terrified he must've been.

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* NightmareFuel: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JWboGuGxA4?t=9m40s At the end of the "Epic Credit Card Scammer Prank" video]], Russell calls back a scammer ''[[ParanoiaFuel using his own caller ID]]''. And if ''that'' weren't freaky enough, the man cautiously picks up the phone and doesn't say anything. But a few seconds later, Russell adopts a very deep {{voice of the legion}} and says '''''[[Franchise/{{Saw}} DO "DO YOU WANNA PLAY A GAME, MICHAEL?]]''''' MICHAEL?"]]''''' Sure, [[AssholeVictim Sure, the guy was a scammer and kinda deserved it]], but imagine how terrified he must've been.
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* NightmareFuel: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JWboGuGxA4?t=9m40s At the end of the "Epic Credit Card Scammer Prank" video]], Russell calls back a scammer ''[[ParanoiaFuel using his own caller ID]]''. And if ''that'' weren't freaky enough, the man cautiously picks up the phone and doesn't say anything. But a few seconds later, Russell adopts a very deep {{voice of the legion}} and says '''''[[Franchise/{{Saw}} DO YOU WANNA PLAY A GAME, MICHAEL?]]''''' [[AssholeVictim Sure, the guy was a scammer and kinda deserved it]], but imagine how terrified he must've been.
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-->''"I was wondering if we could, y'know, pick the corn out of the feces, potentially?"''[[note]]Prank victim then [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere promptly hangs up.]] And don't forget that this is the same sex worker who was okay with pooping on him. [[EveryoneHasStandards Guess the corn was where she drew the line.]][[/note]]

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-->''"I was wondering if we could, y'know, pick the corn out of the feces, potentially?"''[[note]]Prank potentially?"''[[note]]The prank victim then [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere promptly hangs hung up.]] And don't forget that this is was the same sex worker who was okay with pooping on him. [[EveryoneHasStandards Guess the corn was where she drew the line.]][[/note]]
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-->''"I was wondering if we could, y'know, pick the corn out of the feces, potentially?"''[[note]]Prank victim then [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere promptly hangs up.]][[/note]]
*** And don't forget that this is the same sex worker who was okay with pooping on him. [[EveryoneHasStandards Guess the corn was where she drew the line.]]

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-->''"I was wondering if we could, y'know, pick the corn out of the feces, potentially?"''[[note]]Prank victim then [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere promptly hangs up.]][[/note]]
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]] And don't forget that this is the same sex worker who was okay with pooping on him. [[EveryoneHasStandards Guess the corn was where she drew the line.]]]][[/note]]
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** The "Gay Guy Calls Sex Worker" call was gross enough, but this line takes the corn--I mean, cake.

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** The "Gay Guy Calls Sex Worker" call was gross enough, but this line takes the corn--I mean, [[FreudianSlip corn--er, we mean cake.]]


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*** And don't forget that this is the same sex worker who was okay with pooping on him. [[EveryoneHasStandards Guess the corn was where she drew the line.]]
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** From the "Gay Guy Calls Sex Worker" animation:

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** From the The "Gay Guy Calls Sex Worker" animation:call was gross enough, but this line takes the corn--I mean, cake.
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-->''"I was wondering if we could, y'know, pick the corn out of the feces, potentially?"''[[note]]Prank victim then promptly hangs up.[[/note]]

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-->''"I was wondering if we could, y'know, pick the corn out of the feces, potentially?"''[[note]]Prank victim then [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere promptly hangs up.[[/note]]]][[/note]]
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* {{Squick}}: From the "Gay Guy Calls Sex Worker" animation:
-->''"I was wondering if we could, y'know, pick the corn out of the feces, potentially?"''[[note]]Prank victim then promptly hangs up.[[/note]]

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* {{Squick}}: {{Squick}}:
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From the "Gay Guy Calls Sex Worker" animation:
-->''"I was wondering if we could, y'know, pick the corn out of the feces, potentially?"''[[note]]Prank victim then promptly hangs up.[[/note]][[/note]]
** One of the calls to the gay hotline featured a man wanting to roleplay as a young boy visiting the doctor. Keep in mind that this is ''[[PaedoHunt a gay sex line.]]''
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* {{Squick}}: From the "Gay Guy Calls Sex Worker" animation:
-->''"I was wondering if we could, y'know, pick the corn out of the feces, potentially?"''[[note]]Prank victim then promptly hangs up.[[/note]]

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