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[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.]])

[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.]])

* [[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]]: 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.