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Line 1: {{~~work~~creator}} [[File:bestbuy_3880.jpg\|frame\|Yay for annoying the management!!]] {{quote\|''We Cause Scenes.''\|'''Improv Everywhere's motto'''}} [http://improveverywhere.com/ Improv Everywhere] is the improvisational troupe founded by Charlie Todd that goes into New York and does really odd (and [[Rule of Cool\|awesome]]) stuff for their own amusement. Known for pulling off a fake U2 concert atop a roof top where a real one was about to be held (before being pulled away by cops), riding a subway with no pants ''en masse'' (before being pulled away by cops), and going to Best Buy dressed in blue shirts and tan khakis like employees ([[Rule of Three\|before being pulled away by cops.]]) {{Needs More Info}} ~~{{tropelist}}~~ {{creatortropes}} * [[Anticlimax]]: To celebrate five years after what he considered IE's first mission, Charlie Todd [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBS04FZrtb4 attempted to call] one of that mission's [[The Mark\|marks]] (who had given him her phone number), to see if she had ever figured out it was a prank. When he dialed, {{spoiler\|a voice told him the number had been disconnected.}} Lampshaded in the Improv Everywhere book. * [[April Fools]]: ~~Four~~Five times IE has posted a fake mission on April 1, with the joke being on the fans of the website. In 2009, they claimed to have [http://improveverywhere.com/2009/04/01/best-funeral-ever/ crashed a funeral], and in 2010, they supposedly [http://improveverywhere.com/2010/04/01/no-underwear-subway-ride/ rode the subway sans pants and underwear]. In 2011, they created a "sequel" to [http://improveverywhere.com/2010/07/14/star-wars-subway-car/ "Star Wars Subway Car"] in which [http://improveverywhere.com/2011/04/01/jar-jar-subway-car/ an actor playing Jar Jar Binks gets beat up on a subway train.] In 2012 there was the time they claimed to have [http://improveverywhere.com/2012/04/01/quadruplets/ filled a New York park with eight sets of identical quadruplets]. In 2013 they posted a video of what was alleged to be [http://improveverywhere.com/2013/04/01/reverse-times-square/ 2,000 of their operatives walking backwards ''en masse'' through Times Square]. The 2009 prank actually fooled the media as well, and was reported on as a real event. * [[Big Applesauce]]: The group is based in New York City and performs most of its missions there, probably because it's the only place where you could get away with the stuff they do. * [[Bavarian Fire Drill]]: See their Best Buy operation. * [[The Cameo]]: Ann Curry has a bit part near the end of "I Love Lunch! The Musical" (see below), which was filmed for ''The Today Show''. * [[Candid Camera Prank]]: Nearly every mission is one of these, as IE usually uses hidden cameras to record the mission and capture people's reactions. * [[Celebrity Impersonator]]: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvBbVA36y1U King Philip IV of Spain (1605-1665) signing autographs in front of his portrait at the Metropolitan Museum of Art]. * [[Crowd Song]]: Their "spontaneous" public musicals, which they've done six of so far: ** [http://improveverywhere.com/2008/03/09/food-court-musical/ Food Court Musical]: Sixteen agents, posing as employees and customers in a mall food court, break into song about their collective need for napkins. Line 64 ⟶ 66: [[Category:Improv Everywhere]] [[Category:New Media]] [[Category:Performance Artist]]