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{{trope}}
Ah... [[April Fools' Day|April 1]]. It is the day where everyone can pull tricks at someone without worry. It is the time of the year where you let yourself loose and have light-hearted fun.
Television shows, of course, have plots based on April Fool's Day, much like the [[Christmas Episode]]. And much like holiday-themed episodes, they follow a recurring theme. Because [[Jerkass|Jerk Asses]] exists, they use this celebration to be a douchebag to everyone around them and simply yell ''"April Fools!"'' to be immediately immune from any form of criticism. They use the freedom of the day to be abusive towards others by pulling pranks and get away with it scot free!
Usually, the episode ends with the [[Can't Get Away
Note that this is '''NOT''' about episodes that simply aired during April Fool's Day to commemorate it. This is simply about episodes with the story that focuses on April Fools Day, hence this trope's name. While it is possible for them to air during early April, that is not a requirement. If you are looking for episodes that commemorate April Fool's Day, simply go to [[April Fools' Day]].
See [[Christmas Episode]] for another holiday-themed episode, or [[Very Special Episode]] for another specially themed episode.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* The ninth episode of ''[[Smile Pretty Cure]]'' had Yayoi attempt to pull an April Fool's prank by saying that she was transferring to a new school. However, she ended up telling this to Miyuki, who promptly panicked and began telling the other girls, with Yayoi being unable to get an word in edgewise, mostly because they kept assuming she was going to talk about them separating. When they ''do'' find out the truth, they aren't happy... until they realize that the whole thing started because Miyuki believed her.
== [[Fan
* ''[[Calvin and Hobbes: The Series
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* In a first season episode of ''[[
* An episode of ''[[Not Going Out]]'' has {{spoiler|Lucy claim she's pregnant in a ruse to get Lee to admit he [[A Date
* A ''[[
* A ''[[News Radio]]'' episode has Jimmy James doing this...''in February''.
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
* One ''Foxtrot'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20130724052748/http://www.foxtrot.com/2012/04/04012012/ strip] had Jason tuning in to the ''[[
== [[Web Original]] ==
* [[DeviantArt]] does this ''every year''. One year they prohibited art with hooves, another year they switched the avatars of every account with ''[[Twilight]]'' characters, another had them give viewing priority to artists who posted pictures of pears with faces (a one time award called a Pear Badge was given to anyone who complied)... It has become sort of an annual tradition.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In old [[Max and Dave Fleischer|Fleischer shorts]], ''[[Popeye]]'' had to deal with Bluto abusing him because it was April Fools. He will try to get back at the big guy, but Olive scolds him for not celebrating the day. He of course eats his spinach, but Bluto trades it with a toy snake inside a spinach. However Popeye still managed to win by scaring Bluto with an inflatable toy.
* In ''[[The Simpsons]]'', the first [[Clip Show]] was [[Framing Device|framed]] by Homer pulling April Fool's pranks on Bart, and Bart not being able to get back at him, until he hit upon an idea: Take one of Homer's beers to the hardware store and use the paint shaker to shake it up really good. When Homer opened the beer it blew up the house (and left Homer in a coma, dreaming about various clips)
* ''[[
* A ''[[House of Mouse]]'' short involves Mortimer and Mickey out-pranking each other.
* A ''[[
* While it isn't necessarily set in April Fool's Day, ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* In ''[[The Penguins of Madagascar]]'', King Julien learns of April Fools a little too late, so he decides to prank everyone to make up for lost time, even if it's not April 1.
* The final episode of ''[[The Angry Beavers]]'' was going to have Norbert and Daggett realizing that they're cartoon characters, and then they vanish from existence. At the end, Norbert says to Daggett, "There's just something I want to say..." Then Daggett asks, "What?" And Norbert yells, "APRIL FOOLS!!!"
** NOTE: The voiceovers for the final episode were recorded, but the episode never got into the animation stage due to [[Screwed
* ''[[Recess]]'': "The Big Prank" (Not set in April Fool's Day)
* ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'' had the aptly named "April Fools Day" episode where Helga and Arnold tried pranking each other... Arnold took it a little to far. Then Helga used his guilt to fool him even further.
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