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Here’s Our Roundup Of All The April Fools’ Day Pranks We Didn’t Hate This Year

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Here’s Our Roundup Of All The April Fools’ Day Pranks We Didn’t Hate This Year

Sunday was April Fool’s Day, April 1, that cursed of holidays, bane of bloggers and too-online social media addicts everywhere. There are a lot of April Fool’s gags floating about on the internet, and some of them aren’t half bad, either. So use this post as both a roundup of the handful of April Fools’ Day jokes we could actually stomach, and a tool for finding out the truth in the wide world of superheroes, comics and various nerdy things.

Yes, April Fool’s Day drives us crazy, too. Illustration: The Killing Joke, art by Brian Bolland.

The Director of Shazam Releases a ‘Teaser Trailer’

David F. Sandberg, director of Shazam and owner of the fabulous twitter handle @ponysmasher, shares a glimpse of his upcoming film. Gotta admit, that’s a solid reference.

Toonami Finally Embrace Subs Over Dubs

Every anime nerd worth their salt knows that subs are better than dubs. The Japanese voice actors just have more gravitas, man! Anyway, Cartoon Network’s Toonami finally honoured the truth, not only airing its normal bumpers and promos in Japanese, but premiering, in subtitled Japanese, the first episode of the much-anticipated FLCL revival, months in advance of the hyperactive mecha anime’s planned release.

Dang, that’s actually pretty amazing.

[ComicBook.com]

Tom Holland and Edgar Wright Are Collaborating on a Ferris Bueller Reboot

They aren’t, but I would watch that.

[Screen Rant]

Dragon Ball’s Website Becomes a Shrine to Android 17

Recently, Dragon Ball Super came to an end, and to celebrate the official Dragon Ball site in Japan rebranded in honour of the unlikely VIP of the last arc: Android 17.

ThinkGeek is selling Klingon alphabet magnets for your fridge.

These are pretty neat.

Jeff Goldbloom is in The Simpsons Now

Video game website Gamespot somehow convinced Jeff Goldblum to read Seymour Skinner’s part in the infamous (and infamously memed) “Steamed Hams” bit from The Simpsons. They posted the results on Twitter, though it has since been removed. Fortunately, others have uploaded it to YouTube.

Ken Jeong is Short Round?!

Screen Rant claims that Ken Jeong has been cast as Short Round in Indiana Jones 5, which both isn’t true and is authentically confusing, as there are only three Indiana Jones movies. What’s that about refrigerators? Huh?

Our Sister Nation, Wakanda

San Antonio, TX, a town I lived in for several years in case you were interested, has announced a new Sister City relationship for the historic city, with Wakanda. Cute.

The Cheapest NBN 50 Plans

It’s the most popular NBN speed in Australia for a reason. Here are the cheapest plans available.

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