2021 April Fools' Day pranks featuring two examples.

2021 April Fools' Day

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Background

On April 1st, 2021, various websites and online services released gag videos, products and features in honor of April Fools’ Day.

Developments

Adult Swim

Adult Swim released a special preview of its newly rebranded service "Adult Swim Jr." The new parody channel features familiar Adult Swim content and programs, only rebranded for kids with all shows being dubbed by children voice actors.[1]


South Australia Police

On the official South Australian Police Twitter[2] account, they debuted a new branch of their K-9 unit with "new dog operations announced," including a drone-mounted Dachshund.


Teletubbies

Teletubbies announced that it had "something BIG this week" with its "TubbyCoin," a Teletubbies-themed cryptocurrency, being tweeted out from their official Twitter[3] account.


Teletubbies @TeletubbiesHQ The TubbyCoin BigHugs! Token, an official Teletubbies cryptocurrency made with special HugTech from WildBrain Labs is here. For every like, share, comment of #TubbyCoin, the TubbyCoin becomes more valuable! Let's take it to the moon. A: bit.ly/3fxKDgw 185.02 46.61 203 EYCOLN UGS

Fortnite

The battle-royale video game Fortnite released a new Stonks in-game skin featuring the Meme Man character as a playable avatar alongside the "More Cowbell" skit from SNL as an emote. As a nod to WallStreetBets, the skin is aptly named "Diamond Hanz."


LEGO

Aware of the "stepping on a LEGO" phenomenon, LEGO debuted a solution to this age-old problem by introducing "SmartBricks," a special LEGO set that moves out of the way seemingly on its own when someone walks near them.[5]


Canadian Space Agency

On its official Twitter,[6] the Canadian Space Agency said the Perseverance rover had uncovered the place where all the missing socks from the dryer end up while traversing the surface of Mars.


Canadian Space Agency Canadi @csa_asc Wow! While travelling on the surface of Mars, the Perseverance rover found the place where all the missing socks from the dryer end up! #AprilFools Photo: NASA/JPL, "April Foolishly" edited by the CSA

Duolingo

On Duolingo's website,[7] the language-teaching app rolled out a new product in the form of educational toilet paper. Dubbed the "Duolingo Roll," this toilet paper teaches you phrases from a variety of languages because "nature is the best push notification."


Mi perro no usa pantalones. My dog does not wear pants. Tengo esta cebolla y la voy a usar. I have this onion, and I am going to use it. duolingo ROLL SPANISH for English speakers

TaskRabbit

On the TaskRabbit YouTube[8] channel, the brand unveiled its new complimentary service, "TaskRABBITS," which delivers real bunnies to your door along with one of its Taskers.



Green Giant and Peeps

Vegetable brand Green Giant and marshmallow candymaker Peeps teased a new collaboration on their Twitter[9] in the form of "Cauliflower Peeps."


Newegg

Powered by Intel and built by ENIAC, electronics retailer Newegg unveiled its new "Hydrator PC," a personal computer that dishes out drinks to prevent the need for gamers to get up and grab a drink during long gaming sessions.[10]



Reddit

For 2021’s prank, Reddit’s[11] /r/Second sub features a minigame where users try to pick the second-most-popular meme out of a multi-round matchup that pits three iconic meme formats against each other.


SECOND Second Join r/Second SCORE SECOND RND 27 | IN PROGRESS +9|-3 IF YOU WIN I IF YOU LOSE VOTE FOR THE 2ND MOST POPULAR COUNT REVEAL IN 8 1,737 VOTES O VOTE HISTORY O LEADERBOARD

Several subreddits also participated in the holiday, a few include /r/HolUp[12] launching an IPO, /r/TIHI[13] disallowing images for those who are sight-impaired with all posts in braille, /r/PoliticalHumor[14] posts must now contain a personal attack, /r/DankMemes[15] only allowing 2012 memes and /r/Halo[16] being dedicated to the 2008 hit single by Beyonce.

National Parks Social Media Pages

Across most of the major National Parks around the U.S., the social media accounts took to Facebook[17][18] and other platforms to post photoshopped images of their iconic landscapes edited with memes, recent events, bigfoot, UFOs and more.


EVERGREEN

For Honor

Ubisoft's medieval fighting game For Honor once again released a special April Fools' Day treat with its For Honor Playground Edition in a trailer. The patch includes "whimsical gameplay elements" like rainbows and confetti.



Razer

Alongside the RGB-everything trend in the PC gaming world, Razer announced its "Rapunzel Chroma Hair Dye" featuring an RGB-inspired hair-coloring kit.



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External References

[1] Twitter – Adult Swim Jr

[2] Twitter – South Austalia Police

[3] Twitter – Teletubbies

[4] Twitter – Fortnite

[5] Twitter – LEGO

[6] Twitter – Csa_asc

[7] Duolingo – Roll

[8] YouTube – TaskRabbit

[9] Twitter – Green Giant

[10] YouTube – Newegg

[11] Reddit – r/second

[12] Reddit – /r/HolUp

[13] Reddit – r/PoliticalHumor

[14] Reddit – r/TIHI

[15] Reddit – /r/dankmemes

[16] Reddit – /r/halo

[17] Facebook – zionnps

[18] Facebook – GrandTetonNPS

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