20+ Of The Most Hilarious April Fools' Pranks From 2021

There are some differing opinions on the origin of April Fools. Some folks believe that it dates as far back as Geoffrey Chaucer's time, where someone joked in The Canterbury Tales about an event occurring on March 32nd, which doesn't exist, in case you were wondering.

I think it has to do with the fact that spring is basically pranking us all. You think that you're in for warmer weather when BAM, a snow storm hits out of nowhere. "Snow in April, really?" It seems to happen far too often for people to say "really" at this point, but I guess it's a Northeastern thing.

Regardless of how this absurd holiday came to be, it doesn't change the fact that some people bring their pranking A-game once a year to celebrate April Fools' Day. Here are some of the best pranksters 2021 has to offer, with some throwbacks tossed in for good measure.

Thankfully, this TikTok user has given us a pretty great run down of them.

Those poor, poor children.

Sounds like the premise of a type of video you watch in Incognito mode.

She looked at every page in the playbook and went through with it.

Got them all. Classic.

This is Prestige levels of dedication.

I would've called out to her from the room, but still pretty great.

He sounds a lot like Toddy Barry.

What a wonderful cat facts throwback.

Here's hoping they don't do this to mom if she has a baby.

Mint chocolate anything is nasty.

Don't think she's going to get much sympathy for this one.

Our friendship is over after this.

It looks like they used high quality stuff at least.

Same face every single time.

This is easily the best one. You can pack it up after this one.

"Who did it? Who did it?!"

But even if it is, he did bite the egg.

Such great reactions.

Poor guy.

Absolutely brilliant.

Wish we saw her reaction when he turned the phone around.

That smile is fantastic.

Throwing the bag down is the best part.

How did I never see this one before?

That actually looks delicious.

Then you've got some of the best pre-COVID April Fool's pranks below. Gosh, times were so much simpler then.

Wow. This is so bad I would cringe if these were my parents.