April Fools' Day is Adult Swim’s time to shine.
Here are the connection’s best April 1 pranks throughout the years.
Nobody does April Fools Day better thanAdult Swim.
Here are a few of the channels best April Fools Day moments from the past two decades.
2004 Mustaches
Lets go back to the prank that started it allmustaches!
It is such a simplistic gag, yet it birthed the tradition.
2007 The Aqua Teen Hunger Force Movie Premieres …
The catch was that the film played in a teensy-weensy picture-within-picture box, muted while regular programming was on.
Adult Swim was going to verify their fanbase showed up at the theaters one way or another.
Once Steve Blums iconic voice through TOM 3.5 said, Hey Adult Swim, the results came back in.
Looks like you got a case of April Fools, a whole generation lost their collective shit.
The then-defunct Toonami was back, baby!
They were hyping up their 2016 April Fools Day so heavily, only for it to be nothing.
No interruptions or gimmicks throughout their ads or programming.
It was just a typical Adult Swim night.
Its the most on-brand 2016 gag from Adult Swim: anticipation for greatness only for deep disappointment to follow.
It was very symbolic of the year, indeed.
I, for one, was in the latter.
At first, the night started with laugh tracks overlaid onto reruns ofFamily GuyandBobs Burgers.
For any real anime fan, this was another day in the park.
But everydubber-over-subberhad to put on their reading goggles and put a little effort into their Toonami watching!
Also, the first episode ofFLCL Alternativedropped at midnight, five months before its initial release.
In 2005, they aired a WIP pilot toSquidbilliesmonths before the animation was complete.
The same went withSuperjailin 2008.
2020, however, was a swarm of premieres all in one go, hosted by Post Malone.
2021 Adult Swim Jr.
In 2021, Adult Swim went to the kiddie poolside and rebranded itself as Adult Swim Jr. ## 2022 Pibby!
Its like ifWho Framed Roger Rabbitwas a creepypasta.
That short blew tf up.
With a whopping 35M views and endless Twitter trending days, people wanted more of Pibby.
It was terrifying as hell.
Even after writing, I get chills whenever I think about the image.
