10 YouTube Pranks Gone Horribly Wrong

10 YouTube Pranks Gone Horribly Wrong

Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for 10 YouTube Pranks Gone Horribly Wrong.

For this list, we’ll be looking at pranks done by YouTubers which did not go according to plan.

Which YouTuber on this list do YOU think went too far? Let us know in the comments.

Dragon Ball-Z in the Classroom

In a clear homage to “Dragon Ball Z”, YouTuber Chengman decided to recreate an iconic scene from the anime series when Goku creates the powerful spirit bomb to throw at Frieza….in the middle of a class lecture. Naturally, everyone is confused. However, the real kicker comes when “Goku” throws the spirit bomb (which, in this case, is a stability ball) and it hits a student’s laptop instead of “Frieza”. The prankster checks to see if the student is okay (twice), he then successfully hits Freiza with the spirit bomb and he and his crew dressed up as other iconic Dragon Ball Z characters leave. So while this one may not hit hard in the shock value department, and you may even think it didn’t actually go wrong, it still doesn’t seem to have gone smoothly.

PS4 Pool Prank Backfires

In an attempt to get him back for all the pranks that he pulled on her, YouTuber Prettyboyfredo’s girlfriend, Jasmine, decides to perform a prank of her own. How might you ask? By throwing his Playstation 4 in their swimming pool with the intent to later gift him with a new one. When it’s thrown in the pool, naturally he’s not too happy. Much to her surprise however, even when presenting him with a new console, she still finds him distraught. Little did she know that his old console contained all the saved data from his gaming. Note to all gamers; make sure to backup your hard drives.

Toxic Slime Dump Prank

Before taking the world of boxing by storm, Jake Paul shot to fame through YouTube. Having frequently posted prank videos (much to the expense of others), one of them is not so fondly remembered. Guising the stunt as a photoshoot, Paul instructed one of his team 10 members, Emilio, to stand inside a garbage bin where pictures would be taken of him. Sounds totally not suspicious right? Little to Emilio’s knowledge, the team 10 crew proceeded to pour toxic slime on him. Naturally, Emilio didn’t react so well to this and the odor was so bad that it stank up the entire Team 10 house. Although Emilio seemingly forgave Paul, looking back on the incident, it now looks even worse considering both Martinez and his twin brother’s claims on Paul since leaving Team 10.

JiDion at Walmart

In one of his many prank videos, JiDion attempted to return used condoms that had hot sauce in them. He even brings fake receipts. However, a visit to a Wal-Mart doesn’t go so great. When asking a female customer a variety of questions pertaining to condoms, the female becomes so appalled that she calls her husband. He arrives on the scene, and the man proceeds to berate him. Luckily, things didn’t get too out of hand as the man just so happened to be the father of someone JiDion knew from high school.

FouseyTUBE Faints

Before entering the forays of boxing and motivational speaking, Yousef Erakat, famously known as FouseyTube, was known for his content which frequently involved pulling pranks and conducting social experiments. His friends, whom Fousey often pulls pranks on, decided it was time for the latter to get a taste of his own medicine. The plan was for Fousey to unexpectedly be greeted by one of his friends that dressed up as a devil spirit. They pulled off the prank, but what they didn’t anticipate was Fousey’s reaction. In the end, no one was laughing, but fortunately Fousey wound up being okay.

Cutting Earphones Gone Wrong

Looking to cut people’s wired headphones, prankster Alex Baskakov, aka Bask, heads to the streets of Compton. Unsurprisingly, he finds that people aren’t too pleased with his antics. He is frequently chased by his victims, but one of them goes so far as to throw him on the ground. Another even winds up pulling a knife on him. We don’t know why he thought this was a good idea to begin with, but, whenever in Compton, please remember to not mess with people’s headphones or just don’t mess with them period.

Stealing a Car

On his somewhat appropriately named YouTube channel TopNotch Idiots, Aris Sureni pulls a wide array of pranks, notably of which involve exhibiting threatening behavior to…well…the last sort of people you’d want to exhibit threatening behavior towards. One of these pranks involved him locking himself inside these people’s cars. While each person he did this to was quite understandably upset, one man was not having any of it, so much so that he quite literally assaulted him and even pulled out a weapon. Although it took a while, the situation was eventually deescalated, and the man even shared his thoughts on Sureni’s content. However, based on the subsequent videos he’s made, it doesn’t seem as though he took the man’s word to heart…

Nelk Boys Go Breaking Bad

The NELK Boys are no strangers to upsetting people with their pranks, but perhaps nothing tops this. Looking to scare some people delivering food, they thought it would be hilarious if they were to greet them in the guise of running a drug operation. They even got an actor playing a police officer involved. While they got the first couple of delivery men pretty good, who even took the prank in good stride, one person was not amused. After being informed that he was pranked, he went into a rage and attacked the actor. Still fired up even after being briefly restrained, he proceeded to threaten the crew and even challenged them to a fight. The NELK Boys pranks know no bounds….

Mall Harassing Ends Brutally

Tanner Cook, the man behind the YouTube channel Classified Goons, was out filming a prank video in the Dulles Town center in Virginia. Although the exact nature of this prank in particular is unclear, the intended target, Allen Collie, was not amused. He proceeded to take out a pistol and fire it directly at Cook. Fortunately, the former was able to survive the ordeal and Collie was immediately apprehended by security. However, Cook was left in critical condition. Despite the nature of the incident, he has stated his intention to continue filming prank-related content.

Robbery Prank Gone Wrong

Back in 2021 in Tennessee, a YouTuber named Timothy Wilks and his friend intended to shoot a prank video for YouTube. The prank involved them pretending that they were going to rob people using a knife in a neary parking lot. From a group of people they intended to prank however, one person in the group revealed their firearm and shot Wilks before the latter could reveal that it was all a prank. He was pronounced dead shortly afterwards. He was 20 years of age.