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1	Index about pranks.
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3	Compare StockJokes, BoobyTrap.
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5	Contrast DeadlyPrank.
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7	!!Tropes
8	[[index]]
9	* AllJustAPrank: A major plot ends up to be a practical joke.
10	* BananaPeel: Someone slips on a banana peel and gets hurt.
11	* BananaInTheTailpipe: Blowing up a car's engine by sticking something in the tailpipe.
12	* BoobyTrap: Can range from slapstick comedy as seen in the ''Film/HomeAlone'' movies, to downright lethal as seen in the climax of ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'' (also compare that trope).
13	* BucketBoobyTrap: Placing a bucket filled with water (or any sort of liquid, depending on the character) atop the edge of a door slightly ajar, then tricking some unwitting schmuck to open the door. Subverted if the intended target closes the door before re-opening, therefore spilling the bucket and rendering the prank useless.
14	* BunnyEarsPicturePrank: During a group photo, one person raises their index and middle finger behind another person's head to give them bunny ears.
15	* BurningBagOfPoop: Putting feces in a paper bag, set it alight, and watch some volunteer come over and stomp the fire out.
16	* CandidCameraPrank: Setting up a secret camera, microphone, etc. to record the victim without their foreknowledge for entertainment purposes.
17	* CashLure: The stray 10-dollar note on the pavement sure looks tempting, especially to some unfortunate schmuck who happens to be passing by and trying to pick it up.
18	* ClockTampering: What time is it?
19	* CoveredInGunge: Someone gets covered in slime.
20	* DeadlyPrank: Practical jokes are fun until someone gets hurt.
21	* DingDongDitchDistraction: Ringing the doorbell and running away before someone answers.
22	* {{Egging}}: Throwing eggs at other people's houses.
23	* ElectricJoybuzzer: How about a handshake?
24	* ExplosiveCigar: You offer someone a cigar, but after it's lit, it makes a small explosion.
25	* EyepiecePrank: You trick someone into looking through an eyepiece that leaves a marking around their eye or eyes.
26	* FireBreathingDiner: Making someone eat hot, spicy food so they end up breathing fire.
27	* FriendlyScheming
28	* GlitterLitter: Glitter bombs are an exploited form of this, causing the victim to be covered in glitter.
29	* HalloweenTrickery: On Halloween, people do mischievous things like pull pranks on others.
30	* IAteWhat: Tricking someone into eating something disgusting.
31	* ItsACostumePartyISwear: Misleading a character into wearing a costume to a non-costume party.
32	* KickMePrank: A prank where you put a sign on someone's back that says "Kick Me" or something similar.
33	* KneelPushTrip
34	* LaxativePrank: A prank where you trick someone into consuming a laxative.
35	* NominatedAsAPrank
36	* OverturnedOuthouse: Tipping over outhouses and port-a-potties as a joke.
37	* PantsPullingPrank: A prank where you pull down someone's pants (pulling down the underwear as well is optional).
38	* PieInTheFace: Someone gets hit in the face with a pie.
39	* PowderGag: Powder is scattered or exploded all over the victim (and usually the room), entirely coating them.
40	* PrankCall: A prank where you harass someone over the phone by tricking them into saying something ridiculous.
41	* PrankDate: Asking someone out just to humiliate them.
42	* PrankGoneTooFar: It isn't a DeadlyPrank, but it does cross a line to the point where the mark isn't laughing.
43	* PrankInjuries: Someone uses prank items to imitate horrifying injuries.
44	* PrankPunishment: A punishment in the form of a practical joke.
45	* PrankingMontage: A montage that shows multiple pranks being pulled.
46	* ThePrankster: What the page is all about. The master of practical jokes.
47	* PullingTheRugOut: With someone standing ''on it'', of course.
48	* RunningIntoTheWindow: One that is obviously as tall as a person, whose frame is out of sight enough for someone to bump into.
49	* ScarySurpriseParty: A scary prank turns out to be a... surprise party. Like what [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the title states]].
50	* ScreamerPrank: Scaring the daylights out of someone with a video containing a JumpScare.
51	* SodaCanShakeup: Step 1). Give a can of soda a good shake. Step 2). Offer it to some poor sucker. Step 3). Showtime!
52	* StinkBomb: It's like a smoke grenade made of farts and leftover cauliflower cheese.
53	* SquirtingFlowerGag: tricking a victim into smelling a fake flower, that squirts water in their face when they try.
54	* ThumbtackOnTheChair: Putting a thumbtack on a chair before someone sits on it.
55	* TiedTogetherShoelaceTrip: Tying a person's shoelaces together when they aren't looking so that they'll trip and fall over as soon as they try to walk.
56	* ToiletPaperPrank: Wrapping toilet paper around stuff.
57	* TripTrap: Stretching a rope across a path to trip someone up.
58	* UnderwearFlag: Someone puts underwear on a flagpole, usually for laughs at the undie owner's expense.
59	* UnraveledEntanglement
60	* UnscrewedSaltShaker: Loosening the top of a salt shaker so that the next person to use it ends up spilling out all the salt in the container.
61	* WackyFratboyHijinx: Really, really typical in high school dramas. But hey, college frats, right?
62	* WarmWaterWhiz: Putting a sleeping person's hand in warm water in order to make them wet themselves.
63	* WashMeGraffiti
64	* {{Wedgie}}: Hurting someone by pulling up the back of their underwear (or the front, if it's a Melvin).
65	* WhoopeeCushion: A small balloon-like object that you inflate and put where someone will sit on it, whereupon the object will make it sound like the person farted.
66	[[/index]]

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