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** In "Krusty Gets Kancelled", Krusty's TV replacement, Gabbo, gets ready to perform a "patented Gabbo Crank Call" (on Krusty himself). When Bart complains that "he stole that bit from Krusty", Lisa counters that Krusty stole it from Steve Allen. |
** In "Krusty Gets Kancelled", Krusty's TV replacement, Gabbo, gets ready to perform a "patented Gabbo Crank Call" (on Krusty himself). When Bart complains that "he stole that bit from Krusty", Lisa counters that Krusty stole it from Steve Allen. |
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** In one episode, Bart pulls the "refrigerator running" joke on Principal Skinner; this causes Skinner to discover his refrigerator is ''not'' running, and thanks Bart [[Achievements in Ignorance|for letting him know.]] |
** In one episode, Bart pulls the "refrigerator running" joke on Principal Skinner; this causes Skinner to discover his refrigerator is ''not'' running, and thanks Bart [[Achievements in Ignorance|for letting him know.]] |
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** Subverted in another episode in which one of Bart's calls to Moe's backfires when there actually ''is'' someone with the made-up name in the bar. When he accepts the call a stunned Bart meekly explains the prank gone wrong and apologizes. After he hangs up, the bar patron describes him as a "polite young man". |
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* ''[[Regular Show]]'' had an episode, simply called "Prank Callers", revolving around this and featuring "The Master Prank Caller". |
* ''[[Regular Show]]'' had an episode, simply called "Prank Callers", revolving around this and featuring "The Master Prank Caller". |
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* It probably comes as no surprise that ''[[Beavis and Butt-Head]]'' had a prank call episode, called (of course) "Prank Call". |
* It probably comes as no surprise that ''[[Beavis and Butt-Head]]'' had a prank call episode, called (of course) "Prank Call". |
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