Watch A 4-Minute Compilation Of Wake-Up Pranks

Even if you consider it the cruelest of offenses to tear a person out of a sound sleep in some pranky fashion, this compilation of videos of such pranks is still worth a chuckle or two, especially when you consider the creativity that comes with such cruelty, like mashing wasabi in a person's face or setting a mousetrap near their alarm. There are also quite a few fireworks.

Some of the snippets featured might be familiar to you, as there's no shortage of prank videos on YouTube. ClipNation.com has collected four minutes worth of awful wake-up calls, some funnier than the others.

(Mostly safe for work)

Some are funny. Some are just plain mean. And I'm pretty sure a few put the pranked person in actual danger, not unlike something we might see on Jackass. A blow torch? Seriously? And what was up with the guy whose head was pushed into the fan?

As is often the case with a good prank, it's the people's reactions that make some of these work so well. I sincerely hope all of the victims were able to laugh at the prank when all was said and done, and that those kids who were terrified of the masked chainsaw man (possibly their father?) weren't permanently scarred from the ordeal. I also felt genuinely bad for the guy who was woken up to a mouthful of wasabi.

Kelly West
Assistant Managing Editor

Kelly put her life-long love of movies, TV and books to greater use when she joined CinemaBlend as a freelance TV news writer in 2006, and went on to serve as the site’s TV Editor before joining the staff full-time in 2011 and moving over to other roles at the site. At present, she’s an Assistant Managing Editor who spends much of her time brainstorming and editing features, analyzing site data, working with writers and editors on content planning and the workflow, and (of course) continuing to obsess over the best movies and TV shows (those that already exist, and the many on the way). She graduated from SUNY Cortland with BA in Communication Studies and a minor in Cinema Studies. When she isn't working, she's probably thinking about work, or reading (or listening to a book), and making sure her cats are living their absolute best feline lives.