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prank call

practical joke done over the telephone
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prank call

Summary

prank call is a comedic genre[1]. It draws 8 Wikipedia views per month (comedic_genre category, ranking #16 of 23).[2]

Key Facts

  • prank call's instance of is recorded as comedic genre[3].
  • prank call is a type of joke[4].
  • prank call is a type of nuisance call[5].
  • prank call's Commons category is recorded as Prank calling[6].
  • prank call's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Prank calling[7].
  • prank call's practiced by is recorded as prank caller[8].

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Definition and Type

prank call's instance of is recorded as comedic genre[3]. Recorded subclass of include joke[4] and nuisance call[5].

Why It Matters

prank call draws 8 Wikipedia views per month (comedic_genre category, ranking #16 of 23).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_prank-call_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{prank call}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/prank-call}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-01}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Instance of → comedic genre
    Wikipedia languages → ['az', 'ca', 'cv', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'hu', 'id', 'is', 'ja', '
    Subclass of → joke, nuisance call
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: prank-telephone-calls, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289949099|prank telephone calls (#289949099)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/"
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