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2	[[caption-width-right:350: ''#1 Prank Caller in The World!'']]
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4	->''[[AsianSpeekeeEngrish "Duh, herro?"]]''
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6	'''Ownage Pranks''' is a Website/YouTube channel run by a comedian/impressionist named Russell Johnson. Basically, he utilizes his talent with impressions (all of which make up a veritable {{rogues gallery}}) to execute prank calls on people (most of which are requested by his viewers; the rest are mostly employees/managers of an establishment that has terrible reviews, people that answer to Russell's fake Craigslist ads, the gay hotline, and so on), often to hilarious results.
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8	[[https://www.youtube.com/user/OwnagePranks Here is his channel.]] [[https://www.ownagepranks.com Here is his official website.]] [[https://www.ownagepranks.com/app/ Prank Calling App.]]
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10	!!Tropes that apply to Ownage Pranks
11	* AcCENTUponTheWrongSylLABle: Done deliberately with some of Russell's impressions, most notably "som-BOO-dee".
12	* AsianSpeekeeEngrish: His Asian impression slips into this.
13	-->''"Duh, herro. I liek to speek to som-BOO-dee who can speek a-Chiness?"''
14	* AssShove:
15	-->''[[AsianSpeekeeEngrish "I come with two chopstick I shove up yo AY-USSS!"]]''
16	* AssholeVictim: A decent amount of the prank victims are racist, homophobic, hateful, and/or just plain unpleasant, sometimes even before Russell has the chance to properly mess with them.
17	* BlackIsBiggerInBed: This is a common theme with Russell's Tyrone character, but it's occasionally subverted as well.
18	* BlatantLies: When a victim hangs up on Russell for the first time, he calls them back and says something to the effect of "I believe we got disconnected".
19	* BoomerangBigot:
20	** One of the prank victims was a black prostitute who hated other black people.
21	** Another was a Mexican woman who said that Mexican men don't treat women right.
22	* CampGay: His gay impression:
23	-->''"I'm, like, totally totes [=McGoats=] excited!"''
24	* ClusterFBomb: Some of the victims engage in this.
25	* CompromisingCall: As often as Russell [[KarmaHoudini manages to get away with his pranks]], during 2021, there was a MASSIVE exception that led to a 4 month-long hiatus. As a result of his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_JlzB4ZBoQ attempt to prank call an FBI Agent]], he got into massive trouble after prank calling the target ''during a stakeout'', and it's all but stated he was arrested for a few months.
26	* DirtyCop: Whether or not he actually ''is'' a cop, the prank victim from "Racist Cop Rage Prank" exhibits traits of this trope, due to "filing a police report" on Russell-as-Tyrone [[DisproportionateRetribution due to the victim not believing that Tyrone was from the library]] and also due to him being racist.
27	* DisproportionateRetribution: Most of the prank victims threaten to call the police or even ''kill'' Russell for the littlest things, such as the Indian restaurant that threatened to kill Russell-as-Rakesh just for criticizing the taste of the naan.
28	** Though it is worth mentioning that some of the things that the victim ''thinks'' that Russell did ''could'' warrant a police call.
29	** This backfires horrendously in the case of the requester behind the call "Angry Dad Goes MENTAL on Pawn Shop Thief", and comes off as extremely mean spirited when you consider that the requester who paid Ownage to make the call to harass the titular dad over a stolen bicycle was the victim's ''own son'', who thought it'd be funny to work up their parent who was already distressed by the theft. By the time the reveal was made, the father had already called the state police in between calls, and would now presumably have to handle the legal trouble that would result.
30	* DramaQueen: Gary, the boyfriend from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFzp3dLs4p4 "Model's Jealous Boyfriend Goes INSANE"]] is one, ''big time.'' For example, after storming out of his model girlfriend's house upon hearing Tyrone offer to photograph her nude, he had this to say:
31	-->'''Gary:''' I almost ''crashed'' driving out of your house, I'm so upset. I almost ''DIED'' cuz of you!
32	* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference:
33	** Earlier animated videos depicted Ownage Pranks' [[ShapeshifterDefaultForm true form]] as a LivingShadow with horns. Later on, his default appearance takes the form of the [[OurImpsAreDifferent orange imp]] that serves as the channel's mascot.
34	** While he generally retained his design, Buk Lau in his earlier appearances had different colored skin.
35	* FunnyForeigner: Russell certainly is good at ''portraying'' them. Buk Lau, for instance.
36	* HairTriggerTemper: Some of the victims have this.
37	* LameComeback: Russell's Abdo character has one on standby if the victim starts swearing. [[SoUnfunnyItsFunny It's so awful that it's oddly hilarious.]]
38	-->''"Fuck to you and fuck to your face!"''
39	* LetsGetDangerous: '''Stage 2'''. Usually when Russell uses this, he does something to startle the target by making them believe he's in the immediate area, such as calling with their store's phone number at midnight, calling from their girlfriend's phone number(As seen below), or even having someone hand the target a flier in real life.
40	-->'''Rakesh:''' "I'm back. Hello, welcome to stage 2." (Cue ScareChord)
41	* ManOfAThousandVoices: Russell is quite talented with his voices.
42	* NationalStereotypes: A lot of his voices are these.
43	* OrwellianRetcon: The character of Buk Lau was later re-designed to have a more realistic skin color. Thumbnails featuring him were updated to match his new design however he still retains his old appearance within the old videos themselves.
44	* PaedoHunt: One of the prank victims was a [[DepravedHomosexual man on a gay sex hotline]] who wanted to roleplay as a child visiting a doctor.
45	* PrankCall: Russell is one of the most famous modern executors of these.
46	* PrecisionFStrike: Often when a victim doesn't curse throughout the majority of the call, it's almost a shock when they do.
47	* RageQuit: Some of the prank victims hang up abruptly, particularly when they're very fed up with Russell's shenanigans.
48	* SomeOfMyBestFriendsAreX: In the "INSANE Hostage Situation Prank" video, the victim proclaims that he's got plenty of friends [[ItMakesSenseInContext who are taxi drivers.]]
49	* SuddenlyShouting: Most of the prank victims do this if they're pissed off enough.
50	* TheUnintelligible: Some of the prank victims are quite difficult to understand, with the victim from "Drunken Racist Voter Prank" being an example.
51	* UnusualEuphemism: Russell likes to do this a lot with his characters [[RuleOfFunny for comedic value]]. Most notably, "Tyrone" refers to his own penis as his "Sham-lam-doobily".
52	* AVerySpecialEpisode: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eM1Xi_uUUtQ World's Worst Indian Scammer Exposed (animated)]] serves as one, with Russell scolding Rakesh at the end for attempting to scam innocent people, and proceeding to make an announcement for awareness of phone scams.
53	* VocalEvolution: The portrayal of some characters has changed over the years. This gets Lampshaped in the Tyrone Halloween prank call, where Ownage notes that animation was based off of an older call.

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