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* [[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]]: FourFive 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.