The "It's just a prank, bro!" excuse will never fail to instantly fill me with rage. People seem to think that saying that will instantly negate their terrible actions.
"It's just a prank bro" is the equivalent of any teenager going "IT'S FOR A SCIENCE PROJECT MOM!" When confronted with something druge related being found out. It's just so obviously bullshit it leaves you going "wait.... they ACTUALLY SAID THAT?!?!?"
I'm surprised Colby didn't get much backlash for participating in the prank, bc without Colby's consent and going along with it, the prank never would've happened to begin with. As someone who has been in a situation with a g u n involved where I truly felt my life was about to end, it's something I wouldn't even wish on my worst enemy. That was absolutely terrifying and the feeling is indescribable. Sam was not acting what so ever, and regardless of what he said I know he has been traumatized from that bc that is a very real situation that could happen to them. That wasn't a prank and it was taken way too far.
The magic guy definitely did it the best. Interesting ideas, completely harmless, and left the most important audience, the people the prank is being pulled on, actually enjoying it as much as the rest of us.
kinda surprised the acid pranks werent mentioned. they took place in london where people would run up to strangers and either throw water on them, throw water next to them or just pretend to throw water on them. but it was done at a time where acid attacks were a big thing in london. other than that, great video! ive always personally hated pranks on youtube since theyre usually just fake and insensitive.
@@Darth_Bateman no, it REALLY isn't. I'm not trying to say what constitutes good / bad trolling, but if you actually know the story behind that shit, it's fucking horrifying. I appreciate some good trolling but that's not trolling, that's just completely fucking unhinged behaviour that should land you in prison or psych ward. I know you're trying to be edgy but this ain't it chief. I suppose school-shootings are hilarious too?
@@MrChristo93If that's a fetish then 99,99% of men have it under specific circumstances. Fart jokes will never not be funny. If confused search Leslie Nielsen
"After peeing in his own mouth for a prank, Joeysalads would retire from pranking and decide to run for political office." Is not only the greatest sentence ever uttered, its also the single most apt statement on the decline of western civilization. WTF are we even doing as a species.
The guy actually seems really sincere about turning his act around. Basically he’s having the opposite arc of his former nemesis, Ethan Klein. Seriously, look into him nowadays. It’s pretty weird.
The best friend execution "prank" is nothing but the epitome of vile. While his best friend defended him, in that moment, the experience of fear and utter shock are real and have the potential to literally traumatise you for life. regardless of whether it turns out to be a "prank".
Man, this H3H3 guy sure is a wonderful person calling out terrible people for their stupid and horrible actions. No doubt he has a bright future ahead of him!
The only “prank” videos I would watch are from “Magic of Rahat” where it would be a skeleton or teddy bear going through a drivethru. Those were relatively harmless and quite enjoyable since it wasn’t mean-spirited. Edit: Just saw that Tom mentioned Rahat, very nice
Rahat's scandal was bullshit too. My man showed records of him sending the money to the homeless man, and still the twitter mob successfully cancelled him. If you watch the video where the homeless man talks about "how Rahat made my life hell" you can tell he's all strung out on drugs. No good deed goes unpunished, I suppose
in fairness he was high and didnt really know what was going on so i dont totally blame him, i doubt if he was sober he wouldve done that. still his fault but hes not like evil
Really ironic that the commentary channels that called out prank channels either fell off from their own drama (gradeA), or are now really divisive figures (ethan).
@@70dume well yeah he still has a huge fanbase, whats wild is the army of people like yourself who make it their hobby to hate on him lol. Hes only had so much hate because of other divisive youtubers hating on him. You can tell which fanbase his haters come from by what terms they use to describe him lol. Nothing but parrots
@@cherrybomber69 i drifted away from him by myself because i started to see him devolve into the very thing he was criticizing, the etika/keemstar drama where he basically was talking out of his ass about how keemstar made etika khs and went after his sponsors etc. Who told you which content creator i'm parroting for since you seem to know so well??? He's literally the painfully average political redditor/twitter user now, anything that used to make him interesting from his creativity to well thought out and funny arguments against dipshits turned into him being a crybaby about the "alt-right"/anyone disagreeing with him and how everything is their fault. Went hard after SOG for calling him out on donation shaming saying it was false, turns out there were clips he was frustrated rich people didn't donate enough, and donation shaming is something i hate. Any amount of money donated helps, there isn't such a thing as "you should have donated more!" because thats just toxic and chances are the people saying that didnt donate anything. He isolated himself into the "twitter echochamber", nothing more. Call me a parrot how you want or whatever you believe i am, just giving my detailed thoughts on him (used to love him before also lol) and I am not making it a hobby cuz you think so apparently, I can tell you my dude that I do not spend more than a few minutes a month thinking about someone like Ethan.
What Prank channels taught me was to never prank your spouse or people you love cause that’ll ruin whatever relationships you’ve developed before they came to be a bond.
I prank my loved ones all the time. But I make sure they're gentle pranks and none of this abusive crap. It's better for everyone if you play ones that make the "victim" laugh after with you.
I agree with you both. I know the “victim” was in on it, but the victim’s friend was not. If I were him, I don’t think I’d ever want to be around my friend again, even if we did constantly prank each other (which has to get old). Watching him cry and plead for his friend’s life made me nauseated - I felt so awful for the poor guy.
This kind of prank (if they're not in on it) could give someone PTSD. Finding out it isn't real after isn't going to undo the stress on the brain. I do hope (and believe) everyone was in on it. I just hope that it didn't inspire others to try something similar with someone who didn't know about it. These "pranks" can be so harmful, and the people not realising it's staged can end up hurting someone or getting hurt themselves.
It is fascinating, I was mainly watching DanTDM that may have watched really harmless pranks, but none to any degree these terrible pranksters have shown through the years.
Not gonna lie, seeing Laineybot being quoted stunned me for a second lol. Please do a video on the history of Onision, because that rabbit hole of lies and gaslighting has been a front-row seat into the core of narcissism and injustice
Even though there are *so many* videos on Greg I would actually enjoy Tom's perspective on it. Esp if he can fit in how Repzion and others have likewise gone off the deep end lately.
34:40 I love how he gets called out for joking about murder rather than genuinely traumatizing a friend in one of the most vile videos ever uploaded by a major creator on this website.
it's funny how the least "crazy" pranks, the ones that were actually believable and humorous, the earliest ones made by the earliest channels, are the ones that are still around today chasing clout was never a long-term sustainable thing. the realest youtubers are the ones in it for the long game
45:00 ah yes, the Desert Eagle, known for its lack of bullet penetration and overall small bullet caliber... c'mon now, even 12 year olds who grew up playing Modern Warfare 2 knew of its strengths. It's called a Hand Cannon for a reason.
I never played COD in my life but I discovered the Dessert Eagle and how powerful it was via a Tomb Raider game my cousin played on PC, when I was a kid in Nigeria. The name just stuck out to me and I also remember it being bigger than her pistols and being able to kill tigers in one shot in the game. Cool times😌
I loved those original pranks where it was just goofy. "Confuse, don't abuse" is always the right motto. The weatherman in the elevator was fucking brilliant.
I’ll be real, at first I was like “dope a new turkey tom vid”, but then groaned when I saw the topic was pranks, I loath prank vids, but then after watching I’m glad you made this chronicle on this sub-genres of RUclips vids that have impacted the social media landscape. Surprisingly informative and well documented my dude. Keep making vids like this :)
@@derp195they were tho. Leafy was the fastest growing channel at the time. However there’s a bit of a shift here since Sam’s career was coming to an end as Leafys was starting. There was a complete shift in RUclips landscape because of ads at the time so that’s why leafy was banned and all those channels switched up their format. (I should know im the one who commented leafy come back for over 500 days until he was unbanned)
@@purepeter4737how are you gonna JAB at someone and then tell them to control their emotions? THATS what a child does, they tease. YOURE the child bro 😂😂
Really? The Vevo, Late Night talkshow and unending vlog hellhole that was RUclips half a decade ago? Back when recommendations were utter ass and you stuck to your subscriptions like your life depended on it.
@@Oujouj426 well it's not much better these days, there's still constant late night show hosts in the trending section, not to mention RUclipsrs having to constantly censor things because RUclips doesn't like bad words
@@Oujouj426 Yes. Several channels that I used to watch have been terminated/voluntarily shut down because they're too edgy for modern RUclips. I still stick to my subscriptions.
"It's just a prank/social experiment, bro!" Is still a very common sarcastic joke to this day, and will probably remain so for many years to come. Despite the death of that video genre so long ago, it has survived.
It’s rather interesting to see how the humble beginnings of prank channels was just actually relatively harmless and simple actual pranks, to a bunch of awful people harassing women as a “prank”.
Tom, I can't eat food. I had a surgery recently that caused me to lose the ability to swallow. I'm surviving off your content, it keeps me running. I'm going to need one hour plus video every hour. Thx
@@TurkeyTom Tom please don't rush the videos man, take your time to write and edit them. I'd rather wait a month for every video but for it to be good rather than a video every week but it's uninteresting
Thing about Jackass is that its a show where dudes were just being a..... well jackass.. by torturing themselves in the most unconventional ways and they only do it to themselves, not others. You can argue that they have other people involved into their skits but its more like making a fool out of themselves in public rather than actually pranking them
Agreed, like as crazy as Jackass could get (Danger Ehren went through some BRUTAL stuff man, guy has earned the right to sit out), for the most part there I reckon there was that implicit understanding that the only people getting hurt were them, and they would be taking it as much as they were dishing it out.
I just got to that part and I’m like. “ I’m sad he’s dead but mother Motherfucker held a family at knife point and thought everyone will think he’s joking ?”
Well deserved, his videos are so well made, the soothing voice is a plus, especially on a site where screaming into a mic is considered funny and the only way to make a video
Man, you can really see how stuff begins to fall apart as not only boundaries are pushed beyond a dangerous limit, but then the people in the genre start to lose all sense of awareness, becoming dangerous people just for attentio
In terms of prank calls, one of my favorites was that one brotha that got prank called with a Joe Pesci soundboard. His reactions were so explosive and over the top, they made a soundboard with his quotes, to prank call other people with. At one point, they even called him with his own soundboard, resulting in a hilarious argument with himself.
ross creations to this day is the best prank channel and nothing will even change my mind
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Yeah, Fousey getting the shit slapped out of his drunk ass and then everybody just abandoning him right there is still one of my favorite things that ever happened on YT.
I know right?!? Especially the ones where the "prankster" got physical.... I carry a gun, "legally" and that zombie prank in Miami would have probably caught me a body...
Probably cause most of them fake and most people in the hood aint actually like that and if they are lemme tell u even acts of belived self defense are hard to justify in court
Alright, to Vitaly's credit, he ACTUALLY GAVE to the homeless. He may have filmed it, but it genuinely WAS a story of this guy turning his life around with some help. Which is incredible. He's LEAGUES better than Fousey with that.
I don't get the double standards of filming acts of "charity". Mr. Beast does it, and he's the best person ever. A genuinely good guy. Someone else does it, it's only for clout. A greedy individual. I think it's all for clout, gotta make money somehow I get that. I just hate how people credit those they like as holyer (holier?) than thou while scrutinizing others for doing the same or similar. It's sickening.
@@chrisspiker5422 i think it is the person they are outside of the said donating, vitaly is a bad person so everything he does is considered to have a motive.
@@chrisspiker5422 Jimmy uses his clout for charity, others use charity for clout. Mr beast literally gave away all of his first sponsorship, owns a food pantry and it's pretty well know he's working on his own homeless shelter.
@@chrisspiker5422 Mr beast is not the greatest guy ever. Apparently he's kind of a POS, he's just really smart and never lets it be known. Only people who have worked with him know, and they're paid well to not say anything lol
Glad to see Tom hasn't been canceled by the Gunt for playing vidya games on stream with the madman Micheal Alberto. That was a pretty serious prank to pull.
I miss Rahat. His pranks were the wholesome kind. The mindfuck kind. Make you question reality but do no harm. Except the two-story fall prank. That was fucked.
I remember people thinking the "Jugging" prank trend was funny, where people would pretend to slip and fall, slamming milk jugs on the floor, creating a huge mess. If you make a mess for others to clean up, you are just a shitty human
Gallon smashing. It's hilarious. You're correct about the mess it creates but it's something very unexpected for someone to do, which is sort of how humor works.
@@anonamatron it's too destructive and creates too many issues for other people to clean up to be funny, to me. Always just saw it as obnoxious. Unexpected shit can be plenty funny without causing issues for others, like Coning was (grabbing ice cream cones chaotically in a drive thru)
@@anonamatron and exactly why it's trash, in this case. Troglodyte humor. Coning > gallon smashing. Nothing funny about creating unnecessary problems for others that they have to then handle themselves.
Around 37th minute.. I'm thinking it'd be a shame if YT removed this video. But this is the first time I'm seeing certain clips YT is trying to erase from memory. I was there for the whole saga of most of these creators, and oh boy has it been a wild ride. Some have made total asses of themselves, and others have successful careers. And some have careers but not deservedly. I'm really impressed with this video so far. No one has tackled old RUclips so thoroughly that I've seen.
@@TurkeyTom I remember even the world cup match that year, lol.. only maybe 3-4 people in the video are unknown. Dramas galore. You pretty much explained RUclips to someone who wasn't there from 2010 til 2020. Whole decade of these fools 🤣 Challenge:. Do the same but with vegan community? I'm not sure if it's possible in exactly the same way but there's so much bad in that area that rarely ppl talk about. Especially controversies about Freelee & Durianrider (sa of minors at their own events in Thailand;. Bullying a girl with cancer a month before she passed (that video is long gone but her BF is on YT to tell all); forging age in Thailand to give young men vasectomies coz they believed everyone should have it.. even before they're of age in their own country... and so much more. I'm not even a vegan, just like these people I've only been there on the fringes watching with a bag of popcorn. Disabled duck, y'know... what else do you do but watch some (🦃) content. Thank you for this trip down the memory lane, even though it was bittersweet coz I consider most of the mentioned garbage ppl. I'm very glad content creators these days are quite a cool & respectful bunch. Hug!!!
Walks in house “ what did you need man” “I don’t know, those two guys out there were suppose to pay me 20 bucks to get in” everyone looks outside. No one. Everyone starts beating up the unknown man up 😂
Almost 2 years ago, I lost my best friend to a self-inflicted shot. I didn’t even see it happen myself, but it still changed me. But in that moment in the video, it’s obvious he assumes all of it was real and not “just a prank.” The helplessness, the confusion, the desperation, all of it probably felt real and I empathize with all of it, to an extent. But with that being said, I still couldn’t imagine being in that chair. There are so many words to describe how reprehensible and disgusting that video was, but none of them can describe the raw emotion with all due justice. Having all of grief and sorrow of losing a best friend be boiled down to a RUclips prank. Absolutely vile.
Eric Andre is the prank guy in recent entertainment where he causes absolute chaos without actually hurting anyone (outside of that time he almost robbed a jewelry store lmao)
just the other day, I was thinking, "man, it's been a while since Turkey Tom uploaded anything... he sure must be working on a long one." and lo and behold, it was so. thank u for the content, based Turkey God
Holy crap. I can’t believe I’ve never seen the assassination video. That is heartbreaking and truly traumatic. How did farting in a grocery story get to permanently scaring and likely inducing PTSD to an individual you consider a friend. That’s literally psychological torture… I haven’t finished the video but if there’s not criminal charges brought and a lawsuit filed then we should truly reevaluate the integrity of our laws.
i dont believe the killing bsf prank was fake, either blondie was just tryna save his bsf from backlash or he's a damn great actor, the terror on his face and emotion almost made me cry when i first saw it
Damn dude, you really brought it! Your videos are always worth the wait but your effort, technique and passion is showing more than ever. Truly appreciate your content and you are undoubtedly in the top 3 with TRO and J Aubrey for the highest quality commentary documentarians.
Turkey Tom, The Prank Call genre was entirely by Longmont Potion Castle. His saga of calls to Alex Trebeck over the span of decades is legendary. the most influential prank caller who's been creating the content since the 1980s. I remember nonstop listening to his clips on the early days RUclips even before the rise of AVGN on the site. I'v never once heard about the prank callers you mentioned other than Max.
I remember seeing the Sam and Colby video, i was terrified and the way Sams face and his crys was just horrible to watch, the video made me tear up and it did make me call my best friend to say i love them but i dont think pranks like that should excuse terrible behavior.
I’d had … _NO IDEA_ about the couple where the one guy was actually shot to death. I cannot believe I’d managed to go this long without ever hearing about it.
Y'know, I miss the innocent and smart/funny pranks like the Mario Kart prank. I don't mind victimless pranks. I do mind the kinds of pranks that border on harassment.
Hearing about all these evil pranks I'm honestly surprised that more RUclipsr Pranksters haven't been arrested or at least held accountable for their actions. Especially Sam Pepper- he should've been thrown in jail and registered a sex offender the moment the allegations against him came to light.
I managed to avoid most of the toxic channels excluding one named Animebromii, though in my defense I never saw the video that would have a brought this channel to its low. But yeah, I avoided the prank, drama, and reaction channel circles at their peaks. I only started really getting into RUclips around 2017 when I started watching The Game Theorists, but mainly avoided most of the hectic mess that ensued in the 2010s.
the only pranks i like are the ones where someone does something odd, like just unexpected near others to get reactions. Like they actively don't interact with others, just do something and leave like nothing happened. Like having you and a few friends "tripping" on something that doesn't exist to confuse someone
The "It's just a prank, bro!" excuse will never fail to instantly fill me with rage. People seem to think that saying that will instantly negate their terrible actions.
Filthy Frank?
actually using "it's just a prank, Bro" is legally binding in court and will reduce any sentence you would have been given
Bro why are you mad I broke your window but it was a PRANK bro calm down
"It's just a prank bro" is the equivalent of any teenager going "IT'S FOR A SCIENCE PROJECT MOM!" When confronted with something druge related being found out.
It's just so obviously bullshit it leaves you going "wait.... they ACTUALLY SAID THAT?!?!?"
@@thiscommentsdeleted he was making fun of the people who actually say it
I'm so glad Fousy raised awareness of homelessness. I would never know being homeless is hard without his hard work 🙄
@[卐]Lakehuntist ⸜⁄ well you arent
As a houseless person, I'm so stoked!!! Fussy Fused Fusey is our saviour! Mr Beast, who?!
He touched are hearts like they've never been touched before
@@s.sinster you're replying to a bot
@@A_Ducky Mr. Beast is trash
The *making your best friend plead for your life and then watch you get executed* “prank” is genuinely one of the most horrible things I’ve ever seen
That poor guy traumatized for a youtube video.
It was fake 😂
kinda fucked up how to girl was basically smirking the whole time
Boom gottem
I'm surprised Colby didn't get much backlash for participating in the prank, bc without Colby's consent and going along with it, the prank never would've happened to begin with. As someone who has been in a situation with a g u n involved where I truly felt my life was about to end, it's something I wouldn't even wish on my worst enemy. That was absolutely terrifying and the feeling is indescribable. Sam was not acting what so ever, and regardless of what he said I know he has been traumatized from that bc that is a very real situation that could happen to them. That wasn't a prank and it was taken way too far.
"Its just a prank bro" is the unbeatable defence all lawyers fear
Prankster: ...
Judge: "So you offed a homeless person, groped a woman and made a bomb threat?"
...
Judge: "Fair enough m8. Not guilty."
I can taste the sarcasm in your comment LOL
@@theisgood0 as a law student I can say with absolute certainty that if someone ever said that in court my entire argument would crumble
It's almost as good as the chewbacca defense.
@@qtClean what are you trying to kill me with laughter or something bro 🤣
Watching a genre go from "hee hoo fart prank" to literally fucking murder is a sight to behold
Hee hoo fart prank is a classic and still relevant to this day 💀
Escalation is a hell of a drug
the internet effect frfr
Welcome to the internet
@@mattjindrak Dopamine & social media never mix.
The magic guy definitely did it the best. Interesting ideas, completely harmless, and left the most important audience, the people the prank is being pulled on, actually enjoying it as much as the rest of us.
It's so sad that he quit making videos.
Raja was one of my favorites ❤
"he's still making fart joke videos 15 years later"
Perhaps perfection simply cannot be improved upon.
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Fart jokes will never be not funny
At least he's not hurting anyone like some of the others, just making people laugh, honestly quite wholesome that he's still making them.
Yeah while I certainly wouldn’t make that content, it is not hurting anyone and I’m sure it brings the younger crowd joy, so it’s a win.
Yeah Jack is the only one I still respect
"after peeing in his own mouth, he decided to get into politics". Feels like that's kind of a common thing honest 😂
Actually all politicians do that, it’s part of the ritual
Yes Republicans are weird af...
This was a great trip down memory lane. Congrats on the 1 million subs.
kinda surprised the acid pranks werent mentioned. they took place in london where people would run up to strangers and either throw water on them, throw water next to them or just pretend to throw water on them. but it was done at a time where acid attacks were a big thing in london. other than that, great video! ive always personally hated pranks on youtube since theyre usually just fake and insensitive.
Bro that’s honestly hilarious. 😂
Oh thank god! No bots
Y’all’s fault for supporting gun control. They can’t fake throwing acid on you if there’s a bullet in their head
@@Darth_Bateman no, it REALLY isn't. I'm not trying to say what constitutes good / bad trolling, but if you actually know the story behind that shit, it's fucking horrifying. I appreciate some good trolling but that's not trolling, that's just completely fucking unhinged behaviour that should land you in prison or psych ward. I know you're trying to be edgy but this ain't it chief. I suppose school-shootings are hilarious too?
@@alyssarichardson2544 *humming pumped up kicks*
tom has been pulling a prank on us by not being a turkey
I’m not a bot, just wanted to join the party
He is a silly turkey
@@austins.2495 Hello, fellow human.
I'll make him.into one
Or tom the cat from tom and jerry
I miss the old pranks. Using illusions to prank people is such an amazing concept
The man who decided to record fart pranks 15 years ago and still does it to this day?
Thats true dedication.
Or perhaps it's a fetish?
That sounds legit hilarious, maybe I got some tism. Fart jokes dang funny since me a wee lad
@MrChristo93 pretending to fart in public is a fetish?
So many beans
@@MrChristo93If that's a fetish then 99,99% of men have it under specific circumstances. Fart jokes will never not be funny. If confused search Leslie Nielsen
"After peeing in his own mouth for a prank, Joeysalads would retire from pranking and decide to run for political office."
Is not only the greatest sentence ever uttered, its also the single most apt statement on the decline of western civilization.
WTF are we even doing as a species.
The guy actually seems really sincere about turning his act around. Basically he’s having the opposite arc of his former nemesis, Ethan Klein. Seriously, look into him nowadays. It’s pretty weird.
I know right?!
I honestly envy those who actually dont have to deal with knowing this sht
thanks to the elite criminal occult governments/banks
Salads would still be better than R4pist Trump and Demented P3do Biden.
Feels like evolution has taken a wrong turn somewhere along the line
Cost to test if an encyclopedia can stop a bullet: 1 encyclopedia.
Cost to skip testing if an encyclopedia can stop a bullet: 1 life.
If you "prank" a retail/food service/hospitality worker, your punishment should be to work their job for a year.
For free?
Their job is easy and we can prank anyone we want. Good luck trying to do antying about it
@@whodoesntlikesurfing try to prank sociopath like me and you will be filled with lead
@@whodoesntlikesurfing welp your already pissed so time to make it worse. I hate surfing
@@whodoesntlikesurfing yeah wait till you get a job in retail and then come back
I love how Fousey suddenly draws the line once his religion is being put in a negative light.
better than being cancelled for calling out Judaism
@@Sturmgeist978 what does Judaism have anything to do with this?
@@markhirsch6301 oh boy you have not been around
@@Sturmgeist978 yes I have, and the fact you don't want to say anything really gives me vibes you know you're wrong
@@markhirsch6301 Kanye is right.
The best friend execution "prank" is nothing but the epitome of vile. While his best friend defended him, in that moment, the experience of fear and utter shock are real and have the potential to literally traumatise you for life. regardless of whether it turns out to be a "prank".
_why are there so many of these replies!?_ Turkey tom reveals it was fake pretty shortly after the fact.
I had never seen the full clip until this video. That was one damn good actor.
Man, this H3H3 guy sure is a wonderful person calling out terrible people for their stupid and horrible actions. No doubt he has a bright future ahead of him!
He's arguably worse than the people he's criticized
@@thedarkmasterthedarkmaster this was sarcasm just letting you know lol
@@andyvail269 I mean it's true, L3L3 is a joke
Its funny how a member of the tribe with small hats decides to draw the line a pedo hunting
Dude is unrecognizable now. In these little snippets he’s sarcastic but still well mannered. No blood pressure induced tantrums
Gotta admit driving down a road as Mario throwing banana peels at cars is pretty funny.
The encyclopedia and desert eagle thing is the equivalent too “No the gun isn’t loaded see?” Click, bang, darkness.
The only “prank” videos I would watch are from “Magic of Rahat” where it would be a skeleton or teddy bear going through a drivethru. Those were relatively harmless and quite enjoyable since it wasn’t mean-spirited.
Edit: Just saw that Tom mentioned Rahat, very nice
Rahat's scandal was bullshit too. My man showed records of him sending the money to the homeless man, and still the twitter mob successfully cancelled him. If you watch the video where the homeless man talks about "how Rahat made my life hell" you can tell he's all strung out on drugs. No good deed goes unpunished, I suppose
Same i liked his videos
I'd also the the Omegle guy that does "magic tricks" 😆
Also, Rahat actually suffered for helping a homeless man, its so unfortunate but it's great that he's doing well
I still like Rahat's videos. Nothing wrong with his channel at all.
Lesson learned: Don't assault women while they're jogging on the sidewalk.
in fairness he was high and didnt really know what was going on so i dont totally blame him, i doubt if he was sober he wouldve done that. still his fault but hes not like evil
@@TomDark no assaulting an innocent woman is definitely evil
@@rootfish2671 watching Turkey Tom is evil. I don’t think he’s even a real Turkey.
@@misanthropicservitorofmars2116 he's imitation Turkey
@@rootfish2671 vegan turkey
Really ironic that the commentary channels that called out prank channels either fell off from their own drama (gradeA), or are now really divisive figures (ethan).
I mean at this point Ethan isnt even divisive just heavily disliked
@@marquisobscurite9104 you'd be surprised how many d%%kriders he still got on his channel or twitter lmao
@@70dume well yeah he still has a huge fanbase, whats wild is the army of people like yourself who make it their hobby to hate on him lol. Hes only had so much hate because of other divisive youtubers hating on him. You can tell which fanbase his haters come from by what terms they use to describe him lol. Nothing but parrots
@@cherrybomber69 i mean i dislike him cause the fucker is a hypocrite.
@@cherrybomber69 i drifted away from him by myself because i started to see him devolve into the very thing he was criticizing, the etika/keemstar drama where he basically was talking out of his ass about how keemstar made etika khs and went after his sponsors etc. Who told you which content creator i'm parroting for since you seem to know so well??? He's literally the painfully average political redditor/twitter user now, anything that used to make him interesting from his creativity to well thought out and funny arguments against dipshits turned into him being a crybaby about the "alt-right"/anyone disagreeing with him and how everything is their fault. Went hard after SOG for calling him out on donation shaming saying it was false, turns out there were clips he was frustrated rich people didn't donate enough, and donation shaming is something i hate. Any amount of money donated helps, there isn't such a thing as "you should have donated more!" because thats just toxic and chances are the people saying that didnt donate anything. He isolated himself into the "twitter echochamber", nothing more. Call me a parrot how you want or whatever you believe i am, just giving my detailed thoughts on him (used to love him before also lol) and I am not making it a hobby cuz you think so apparently, I can tell you my dude that I do not spend more than a few minutes a month thinking about someone like Ethan.
What Prank channels taught me was to never prank your spouse or people you love cause that’ll ruin whatever relationships you’ve developed before they came to be a bond.
Ehh. If they're harmless and not all the time pranks aren't that bad.
I prank my loved ones all the time. But I make sure they're gentle pranks and none of this abusive crap. It's better for everyone if you play ones that make the "victim" laugh after with you.
I mean, there's a difference between hiding behind the door and going "OOGA BOOGA" and literally simulating a home invasion, no?
I mean, is Prank vs Prank still together?
The first prank with Sam thinking Colby got shot was absolutely gut-wrenching. I hate the way Sam screams, its chilling in a way
Just sick
I agree with you both. I know the “victim” was in on it, but the victim’s friend was not. If I were him, I don’t think I’d ever want to be around my friend again, even if we did constantly prank each other (which has to get old). Watching him cry and plead for his friend’s life made me nauseated - I felt so awful for the poor guy.
The guy is dumb af there wasn't even any blood
even weirded that they came out and said it was fake ? wtf and colby saying it was ok but it's better for business so to speak is crazy.
This kind of prank (if they're not in on it) could give someone PTSD. Finding out it isn't real after isn't going to undo the stress on the brain.
I do hope (and believe) everyone was in on it. I just hope that it didn't inspire others to try something similar with someone who didn't know about it. These "pranks" can be so harmful, and the people not realising it's staged can end up hurting someone or getting hurt themselves.
I was fortunate to skip the era of YT pranks... Fascinating to see them in retrospect.
Fascinating is the right word and I am glad that I missed this stuff.
Going through that era, it wasn’t so bad. It was at least fun to hate
You're not fortunate because that also means you missed the good times.
It is fascinating, I was mainly watching DanTDM that may have watched really harmless pranks, but none to any degree these terrible pranksters have shown through the years.
Lucky
Not gonna lie, seeing Laineybot being quoted stunned me for a second lol. Please do a video on the history of Onision, because that rabbit hole of lies and gaslighting has been a front-row seat into the core of narcissism and injustice
It threw me off too!
Even though there are *so many* videos on Greg I would actually enjoy Tom's perspective on it. Esp if he can fit in how Repzion and others have likewise gone off the deep end lately.
@@NBDYSPCL whoa what happened to Repzion?
@@NBDYSPCL Wait what happened?
Where in the video was that?
The invisible driver prank, was what a prank should be. He made an effort to confuse but doesn’t bother or make the employees look stupid.
34:40 I love how he gets called out for joking about murder rather than genuinely traumatizing a friend in one of the most vile videos ever uploaded by a major creator on this website.
Well they were trying to hold him accountable after his “they’re fake” excuse
That execution prank is the worst thing you could ever do to a friend. It's so needlessly cruel and traumatic.
But the “victim” thought up the prank idea
It was pretty badly acted, too
It was faker than my care for amber alerts.
Luckily, he says in this video even, it was all faked, even the victim. They did a good job acting, though.
@@livewiiiiire yea
it's funny how the least "crazy" pranks, the ones that were actually believable and humorous, the earliest ones made by the earliest channels, are the ones that are still around today
chasing clout was never a long-term sustainable thing. the realest youtubers are the ones in it for the long game
I miss the old pranks on YT with harmless pranks that just confuse people, like setting up a meeting around a portapody
"killing my own kid PRANK!!!" Hell nah 💀
45:00 ah yes, the Desert Eagle, known for its lack of bullet penetration and overall small bullet caliber... c'mon now, even 12 year olds who grew up playing Modern Warfare 2 knew of its strengths. It's called a Hand Cannon for a reason.
I mean its so big its impractical so I have no idea what kind of mind would think testing it on a person is a good idea
I never played COD in my life but I discovered the Dessert Eagle and how powerful it was via a Tomb Raider game my cousin played on PC, when I was a kid in Nigeria. The name just stuck out to me and I also remember it being bigger than her pistols and being able to kill tigers in one shot in the game. Cool times😌
@@forickgrimaldus8301 Its .50 AE, one of the smaller .50cal rounds out there. Hell, .50 Beowulf is probably more deadly than it.
@@airplanemaniacgaming7877 “probably” lol, it’s a def yes.
@@forickgrimaldus8301 it is practical as far as killing. Concealing, probably not do much.
I loved those original pranks where it was just goofy. "Confuse, don't abuse" is always the right motto. The weatherman in the elevator was fucking brilliant.
Prankinvasion saying “Mommy Make-out Day” will be forever ingrained in my brain. Weird ass “prank”
My man's been putting out videos left and right. Top tier effort, Turkey Tom.
And still has time to play left for dead with Mr Metokur, the bird can’t be stopped.
it’s way more than tom dark can say. that asshole has been too lazy to upload at all lately
I’ll be real, at first I was like “dope a new turkey tom vid”, but then groaned when I saw the topic was pranks, I loath prank vids, but then after watching I’m glad you made this chronicle on this sub-genres of RUclips vids that have impacted the social media landscape. Surprisingly informative and well documented my dude. Keep making vids like this :)
Faking to kill someone's friend while making them watch is not a prank it is pure psychological torture.
leafy was banned for calling pokimaine ugly but sam pepper cant be banned for literally harassing women on camera
Those women aren't pulling in a bunch of views for RUclips.
@@derp195they were tho. Leafy was the fastest growing channel at the time. However there’s a bit of a shift here since Sam’s career was coming to an end as Leafys was starting. There was a complete shift in RUclips landscape because of ads at the time so that’s why leafy was banned and all those channels switched up their format. (I should know im the one who commented leafy come back for over 500 days until he was unbanned)
@@imsavor I wasn't referring to content creator women like pokimaine, I was referring to the random women being harassed.
The self righteous "social experiment" phase of these prank channels will always enrage me.
You should control your emotions better little boy
@@purepeter4737 Says the person who got their panties in a bunch because I'm talking trash to their idol.
You picked a helluva idol in fousey btw XD.
@@rutgerhauser2377 your reaction proves my point.
Control your emotions better.
@@purepeter4737Says the person reacting to mine.
Perhaps you should.
@@purepeter4737how are you gonna JAB at someone and then tell them to control their emotions? THATS what a child does, they tease. YOURE the child bro 😂😂
You've mastered the art of making these RUclips history videos. Awesome job bro.
Pre-Adpocalypse RUclips feels like the Wild West in comparison to now.
"pre adpocalypse" lmfao
Really? The Vevo, Late Night talkshow and unending vlog hellhole that was RUclips half a decade ago? Back when recommendations were utter ass and you stuck to your subscriptions like your life depended on it.
The internet was certainly a lot more fun back then. Well, most everything was more fun tbh.
@@Oujouj426 well it's not much better these days, there's still constant late night show hosts in the trending section, not to mention RUclipsrs having to constantly censor things because RUclips doesn't like bad words
@@Oujouj426 Yes. Several channels that I used to watch have been terminated/voluntarily shut down because they're too edgy for modern RUclips. I still stick to my subscriptions.
"It's just a prank/social experiment, bro!" Is still a very common sarcastic joke to this day, and will probably remain so for many years to come. Despite the death of that video genre so long ago, it has survived.
It’s rather interesting to see how the humble beginnings of prank channels was just actually relatively harmless and simple actual pranks, to a bunch of awful people harassing women as a “prank”.
Tom, I’m going to need a 1hour plus video every couple days.
im trying to get there believe me
Keep it up! Love the content
Tom, I can't eat food. I had a surgery recently that caused me to lose the ability to swallow. I'm surviving off your content, it keeps me running. I'm going to need one hour plus video every hour. Thx
@@TurkeyTom Tom please don't rush the videos man, take your time to write and edit them. I'd rather wait a month for every video but for it to be good rather than a video every week but it's uninteresting
@@TurkeyTom Dub video , but please make sure to not burn yourself out
I want the harmless drive thru illusion pranks back, nobody ever legitimately feared for their lives when springtrap showed up at the window
@@electricfishfan🤣
Thing about Jackass is that its a show where dudes were just being a..... well jackass.. by torturing themselves in the most unconventional ways and they only do it to themselves, not others. You can argue that they have other people involved into their skits but its more like making a fool out of themselves in public rather than actually pranking them
Agreed, like as crazy as Jackass could get (Danger Ehren went through some BRUTAL stuff man, guy has earned the right to sit out), for the most part there I reckon there was that implicit understanding that the only people getting hurt were them, and they would be taking it as much as they were dishing it out.
Imagine dying and the last thing you say is “it’s just a prank”
What a depressing way to go out
I just got to that part and I’m like. “ I’m sad he’s dead but mother Motherfucker held a family at knife point and thought everyone will think he’s joking ?”
Man Tom has been killing it with the algorithm lately. There are channel twice his size that don't get views this high.
Well deserved, his videos are so well made, the soothing voice is a plus, especially on a site where screaming into a mic is considered funny and the only way to make a video
Joey Salads' evolution from peeing into his own mouth to running for elected office is the reason I'm here
I'm glad some of the villains are pulling their lives together now.
You failed to mention though that Sam Pepper is also now involved in Crypto Scams.
"Villains" bit harsh that
Villians, that's a bit harsh don't you think
@@thedarkmasterthedarkmaster are u a professional parrot??
@@TheKillingJoker1980 No I actually did not see your comment when I posted mine
'The joker' 'The dark Master' two completely unrelated youtube accounts.....obviously.
Seeing classic H3 reminds me of a happier time when everyone on the platform wasnt actively trying beat each other to death.
Fuck ethan Klein. Dumb libtard. I hate lefties picking and choosing what's acceptable comedy like a bunch of weak snowflakes
his podcast is still funny asl
@@Kat-py4jk Nah, it is so incredibly boring. I'm sure you only put it on when you're doing something else.
He's always been a cuck shill
You think a book is going to stop a desert eagle at point-blank range????
Man, you can really see how stuff begins to fall apart as not only boundaries are pushed beyond a dangerous limit, but then the people in the genre start to lose all sense of awareness, becoming dangerous people just for attentio
Oh shit a snipe
In terms of prank calls, one of my favorites was that one brotha that got prank called with a Joe Pesci soundboard. His reactions were so explosive and over the top, they made a soundboard with his quotes, to prank call other people with. At one point, they even called him with his own soundboard, resulting in a hilarious argument with himself.
god, please try and find the link to this / title of it
That sounds like a staged prank, but the premise is so good I don't care
PLEASE send link omg
ross creations to this day is the best prank channel and nothing will even change my mind
Yeah, Fousey getting the shit slapped out of his drunk ass and then everybody just abandoning him right there is still one of my favorite things that ever happened on YT.
I still think it's insane that no one got shot doing the hood pranks.
Because most of them are fake
I know right?!? Especially the ones where the "prankster" got physical.... I carry a gun, "legally" and that zombie prank in Miami would have probably caught me a body...
Probably cause most of them fake and most people in the hood aint actually like that and if they are lemme tell u even acts of belived self defense are hard to justify in court
@@TerminalM193 goofball scared of zombies
@@eridiance9818 Would YOU want to be going in an area that is kinda known for stupid shit and bad people and get attacked like that? Hell no.
"Anyway, after peeing in his own mouth for a prank" may be the best transition on youtube. Incredibly well done.
Alright, to Vitaly's credit, he ACTUALLY GAVE to the homeless. He may have filmed it, but it genuinely WAS a story of this guy turning his life around with some help. Which is incredible. He's LEAGUES better than Fousey with that.
Yeah I just wish he didn't assault that woman...
I don't get the double standards of filming acts of "charity". Mr. Beast does it, and he's the best person ever. A genuinely good guy. Someone else does it, it's only for clout. A greedy individual.
I think it's all for clout, gotta make money somehow I get that. I just hate how people credit those they like as holyer (holier?) than thou while scrutinizing others for doing the same or similar. It's sickening.
@@chrisspiker5422 i think it is the person they are outside of the said donating, vitaly is a bad person so everything he does is considered to have a motive.
@@chrisspiker5422 Jimmy uses his clout for charity, others use charity for clout. Mr beast literally gave away all of his first sponsorship, owns a food pantry and it's pretty well know he's working on his own homeless shelter.
@@chrisspiker5422 Mr beast is not the greatest guy ever. Apparently he's kind of a POS, he's just really smart and never lets it be known. Only people who have worked with him know, and they're paid well to not say anything lol
Glad to see Tom hasn't been canceled by the Gunt for playing vidya games on stream with the madman Micheal Alberto. That was a pretty serious prank to pull.
i had no idea people would be that upset when i joined lol. o well
deep cover michael alberto lol
@@BrandonBuckingham eyy cool to see two legit, honest channels cross paths
@@BrandonBuckingham watch out for the deep cover!
that name
Omg i completely forgot about ownage pranks, the man the myth the legend
I miss Rahat. His pranks were the wholesome kind. The mindfuck kind. Make you question reality but do no harm. Except the two-story fall prank. That was fucked.
I remember people thinking the "Jugging" prank trend was funny, where people would pretend to slip and fall, slamming milk jugs on the floor, creating a huge mess.
If you make a mess for others to clean up, you are just a shitty human
Gallon smashing.
It's hilarious.
You're correct about the mess it creates but it's something very unexpected for someone to do, which is sort of how humor works.
@@anonamatron it's too destructive and creates too many issues for other people to clean up to be funny, to me. Always just saw it as obnoxious. Unexpected shit can be plenty funny without causing issues for others, like Coning was (grabbing ice cream cones chaotically in a drive thru)
@@PhriekshoTV of course it's obnoxious, that's the point
@@anonamatron and exactly why it's trash, in this case. Troglodyte humor. Coning > gallon smashing. Nothing funny about creating unnecessary problems for others that they have to then handle themselves.
@@PhriekshoTV You sound like a great person to prank. It's fun to get reactions out of uptight people.
it's important to note that should you pull a prank on someone, that should remember this mantra: 'confuse, don't abuse'
Around 37th minute.. I'm thinking it'd be a shame if YT removed this video. But this is the first time I'm seeing certain clips YT is trying to erase from memory. I was there for the whole saga of most of these creators, and oh boy has it been a wild ride. Some have made total asses of themselves, and others have successful careers. And some have careers but not deservedly. I'm really impressed with this video so far. No one has tackled old RUclips so thoroughly that I've seen.
glad youre enjoying it man, watching over all of this stuff was definitely a weird trip down memory lane
@@TurkeyTom
I remember even the world cup match that year, lol.. only maybe 3-4 people in the video are unknown. Dramas galore. You pretty much explained RUclips to someone who wasn't there from 2010 til 2020. Whole decade of these fools 🤣
Challenge:. Do the same but with vegan community? I'm not sure if it's possible in exactly the same way but there's so much bad in that area that rarely ppl talk about. Especially controversies about Freelee & Durianrider (sa of minors at their own events in Thailand;. Bullying a girl with cancer a month before she passed (that video is long gone but her BF is on YT to tell all); forging age in Thailand to give young men vasectomies coz they believed everyone should have it.. even before they're of age in their own country... and so much more. I'm not even a vegan, just like these people I've only been there on the fringes watching with a bag of popcorn. Disabled duck, y'know... what else do you do but watch some (🦃) content.
Thank you for this trip down the memory lane, even though it was bittersweet coz I consider most of the mentioned garbage ppl. I'm very glad content creators these days are quite a cool & respectful bunch. Hug!!!
@@TurkeyTom what is the name of the animated guy 26:59
That "Not you again" caught me off guard.💀
Walks in house “ what did you need man” “I don’t know, those two guys out there were suppose to pay me 20 bucks to get in” everyone looks outside. No one. Everyone starts beating up the unknown man up 😂
I love that you included Vitaly and his adult industry videos, adds a lot of value to this story imo.
Couldn't even get it up...
@@anonamatron he never stood a chance in that industry
Anytime my wife and I see something cool, pretty, unique, weird, etc. we never fail to look at each other and say "Would you just look at that!".
lmao
God, when that kid screams "HE'S EVERYTHING I HAVE" I'm just like... Fuck, man. I feel that. He's traumatized.
Almost 2 years ago, I lost my best friend to a self-inflicted shot. I didn’t even see it happen myself, but it still changed me. But in that moment in the video, it’s obvious he assumes all of it was real and not “just a prank.” The helplessness, the confusion, the desperation, all of it probably felt real and I empathize with all of it, to an extent. But with that being said, I still couldn’t imagine being in that chair. There are so many words to describe how reprehensible and disgusting that video was, but none of them can describe the raw emotion with all due justice.
Having all of grief and sorrow of losing a best friend be boiled down to a RUclips prank. Absolutely vile.
"Ethan Klein would be a critic, not only of Salads but of the wider prank community" Lmao was this intentional?
Eric Andre is the prank guy in recent entertainment where he causes absolute chaos without actually hurting anyone (outside of that time he almost robbed a jewelry store lmao)
just the other day, I was thinking, "man, it's been a while since Turkey Tom uploaded anything... he sure must be working on a long one." and lo and behold, it was so.
thank u for the content, based Turkey God
hope u enjoy it man
Holy crap. I can’t believe I’ve never seen the assassination video. That is heartbreaking and truly traumatic. How did farting in a grocery story get to permanently scaring and likely inducing PTSD to an individual you consider a friend. That’s literally psychological torture… I haven’t finished the video but if there’s not criminal charges brought and a lawsuit filed then we should truly reevaluate the integrity of our laws.
i dont believe the killing bsf prank was fake, either blondie was just tryna save his bsf from backlash or he's a damn great actor, the terror on his face and emotion almost made me cry when i first saw it
It’s disgusting
It’s fake
26:59 the sheer concern " WOULD YOU LIKE A 50% CHANCE OF SHUCKIN MAH DIHCK? "
Damn dude, you really brought it! Your videos are always worth the wait but your effort, technique and passion is showing more than ever.
Truly appreciate your content and you are undoubtedly in the top 3 with TRO and J Aubrey for the highest quality commentary documentarians.
hey man just wanna say i really love all the videos youre making nowadays. appreciate the work brother.
I remember being around during the first generation of these
Channels…the good old days.
Turkey Tom, The Prank Call genre was entirely by Longmont Potion Castle. His saga of calls to Alex Trebeck over the span of decades is legendary. the most influential prank caller who's been creating the content since the 1980s.
I remember nonstop listening to his clips on the early days RUclips even before the rise of AVGN on the site.
I'v never once heard about the prank callers you mentioned other than Max.
yeah
Also Brad Carter and the PLA guys have been around forever. Ownage pranks is pretty hilarious though. Definitely worth checking out.
Prank channel era was such a fever dream.
I remember seeing the Sam and Colby video, i was terrified and the way Sams face and his crys was just horrible to watch, the video made me tear up and it did make me call my best friend to say i love them but i dont think pranks like that should excuse terrible behavior.
He was in on it. HOW DO PEOPLE NOT NOW THIS?
I’d had … _NO IDEA_ about the couple where the one guy was actually shot to death. I cannot believe I’d managed to go this long without ever hearing about it.
Y'know, I miss the innocent and smart/funny pranks like the Mario Kart prank. I don't mind victimless pranks. I do mind the kinds of pranks that border on harassment.
"Sam Pepper has done much worse" than executing his friend on a video 😂😂😂
Came for the drama, got educated instead. This was the real prank.
Hearing about all these evil pranks I'm honestly surprised that more RUclipsr Pranksters haven't been arrested or at least held accountable for their actions. Especially Sam Pepper- he should've been thrown in jail and registered a sex offender the moment the allegations against him came to light.
Allegations aren't facts
Apparently “it’s just a joke bro!” Is a valid legal defense
1:05:36 dude just casually said "anyway, after peeing in his mouth for a prank" like its nothing lmao
I don't get how ASSAULT is a "prank"
It's not it's a crime.
Honestly, you gotta admire Fousey's determination to stay relevant. I completely forgot about him until he showed up in KSI's boxing event.
I didn't even know he existed
Ikr later my brother was talking about boxing and I was like foosey? Isn't that guy a clickbaiter?
Thank you for using that pic of Ethan for the Joey salads clip. This whole doc is legendary
I remember a looong time ago when h3h3 said his biggest fear is to become what he hates. It's like he sensed what success will do to him.
I managed to avoid most of the toxic channels excluding one named Animebromii, though in my defense I never saw the video that would have a brought this channel to its low. But yeah, I avoided the prank, drama, and reaction channel circles at their peaks. I only started really getting into RUclips around 2017 when I started watching The Game Theorists, but mainly avoided most of the hectic mess that ensued in the 2010s.
Animebromii was one of my favorite youtube channels too bad they were groomers this whole time
Tom's videos have so much work put into them that its sorta crazy at this point that he uploads as much as he does.
the only pranks i like are the ones where someone does something odd, like just unexpected near others to get reactions. Like they actively don't interact with others, just do something and leave like nothing happened. Like having you and a few friends "tripping" on something that doesn't exist to confuse someone
the drive through pranks were always pretty harmless but when it comes to actually becoming a disturbance it’s pretty messed up
Harmless? Yes. Funny? No. Pranks are the poor man's trolling. Confusion is the punchline of a successful prank every single time (yawn).
@@seth5143 this isn't reddit.
@@Infomaniac_Moment
Uh, ok? Was that a realization you just had and are now saying out loud?
@@seth5143 ngl, he ate you up
@@AlyahMurphy
So give him an updoot, kind stranger
Oh, wait this isn't reddit, shit
God I wish I could go back in time and re watch this all over again