
PRANK HOTLINE MOVIE
The 1965 William Castle movie I Saw What You Did and its 1988 remake are about a couple of girls who make prank calls saying "I saw what you did and I know who you are." Unfortunately for them, they happen to call a guy who killed his wife, and thinks they actually did see him.
PRANK HOTLINE CODE
Hot flash, Cory: prank calls are a criminal offense prosecuted under penal code 653-M.Ĭory: Aw, shit. Sidney: ( looks at caller ID) Cory Gillis, 555-0176. May overlap with Anonymous Public Phone Call, when a character makes an anonymous call with a public phone. Not to be confused with Phoney Call which is where a character pretends that they are talking on the phone when the phone is off.Ĭontrast Mistaken for Prank Call (the Subverted Trope) when the character receiving the call thinks that they are being pranked. In some countries, making what are termed "nuisance calls" is illegal and can lead to either criminal or civil prosecution. (The two most common prank calls, as implied above, are "Do you have Prince Albert in a Can?" and "Is your refrigerator running?") The trope also lives on in the form of Prank Answers, usually directed at telemarketers and scammers. Though the trope does live on for call-in talk shows and similar, where the caller doesn't care if their ID is known and often prank callers are seen as All Part of the Show. Prank Calls are usually considered a form of Harassing Phone Call.

The most popular joke used when prank calling someone is " Is your refrigerator running? You'd better catch it!" Punny Names are also popular, especially when calling a person who then has to ask for the punny-named person, leading to awkwardness such as " I'm looking for Amanda Huggenkiss."įor amateurs, at least, this has been made largely extinct in Real Life because of caller ID and call-blocking features that allow telephone users to block calls from "Private"/"Unavailable"/"Unknown"/"Restricted" phone numbers (and thus averting potential for a Prank Gone Too Far).


These pranks are mostly just jokes and puns. The Prank Call trope is where a character decides to prank another by calling them on the telephone.
