2021 April Fools' Day

Background

On April 1st, 2021, various websites and online services released gag videos, products and features in honor of April Fools’ Day.

Developments

Adult Swim

Adult Swim released a special preview of its newly rebranded service "Adult Swim Jr." The new parody channel features familiar Adult Swim content and programs, only rebranded for kids with all shows being dubbed by children voice actors.^[1]

All kids into the pool! Adult Swim Jr begins tonight #adultswimjr pic.twitter.com/zs9Y66Aofx

— adultswim (@adultswim) April 1, 2021

South Australia Police

On the official South Australian Police Twitter^[2] account, they debuted a new branch of their K-9 unit with "new dog operations announced," including a drone-mounted Dachshund.

‼️New Dog Operations initiative announced‼️ The ‘small area urban search and guided evacuation’ dogs will be part of SAPOL's capabilities from today🐕‍🦺https://t.co/hpVfrqiXsd pic.twitter.com/OTFulWBAbg

— South Australia Police (@SAPoliceNews) March 31, 2021

Teletubbies

Teletubbies announced that it had "something BIG this week" with its "TubbyCoin," a Teletubbies-themed cryptocurrency, being tweeted out from their official Twitter^[3] account.

Fortnite

The battle-royale video game Fortnite released a new Stonks in-game skin featuring the Meme Man character as a playable avatar alongside the "More Cowbell" skit from SNL as an emote. As a nod to WallStreetBets, the skin is aptly named "Diamond Hanz."

The 🔔 has been rung and Diamond Hanz is ready to answer the call. Buy! Hold! Win! pic.twitter.com/bmP1czr326

— Fortnite (@FortniteGame) April 1, 2021

LEGO

Aware of the "stepping on a LEGO" phenomenon, LEGO debuted a solution to this age-old problem by introducing "SmartBricks," a special LEGO set that moves out of the way seemingly on its own when someone walks near them.^[5]

Never step on a LEGO brick again! SmartBricks, coming soon… pic.twitter.com/enRuvdGYjP

— LEGO (@LEGO_Group) April 1, 2021

Canadian Space Agency

On its official Twitter,^[6] the Canadian Space Agency said the Perseverance rover had uncovered the place where all the missing socks from the dryer end up while traversing the surface of Mars.

Duolingo

On Duolingo's website,^[7] the language-teaching app rolled out a new product in the form of educational toilet paper. Dubbed the "Duolingo Roll," this toilet paper teaches you phrases from a variety of languages because "nature is the best push notification."

TaskRabbit

On the TaskRabbit YouTube^[8] channel, the brand unveiled its new complimentary service, "TaskRABBITS," which delivers real bunnies to your door along with one of its Taskers.

Green Giant and Peeps

Vegetable brand Green Giant and marshmallow candymaker Peeps teased a new collaboration on their Twitter^[9] in the form of "Cauliflower Peeps."

Keep your eyes PEEPed for a GIANT announcement coming… You won’t want to miss this one -- check back soon! @peepsbrand #CauliflowerPEEPS pic.twitter.com/LN73weSSWM

— Green Giant (@GreenGiant) March 29, 2021

Newegg

Powered by Intel and built by ENIAC, electronics retailer Newegg unveiled its new "Hydrator PC," a personal computer that dishes out drinks to prevent the need for gamers to get up and grab a drink during long gaming sessions.^[10]

Reddit

For 2021’s prank, Reddit’s^[11] /r/Second sub features a minigame where users try to pick the second-most-popular meme out of a multi-round matchup that pits three iconic meme formats against each other.

Several subreddits also participated in the holiday, a few include /r/HolUp^[12] launching an IPO, /r/TIHI^[13] disallowing images for those who are sight-impaired with all posts in braille, /r/PoliticalHumor^[14] posts must now contain a personal attack, /r/DankMemes^[15] only allowing 2012 memes and /r/Halo^[16] being dedicated to the 2008 hit single by Beyonce.

National Parks Social Media Pages

Across most of the major National Parks around the U.S., the social media accounts took to Facebook^[17][18] and other platforms to post photoshopped images of their iconic landscapes edited with memes, recent events, bigfoot, UFOs and more.

For Honor

Ubisoft's medieval fighting game For Honor once again released a special April Fools' Day treat with its For Honor Playground Edition in a trailer. The patch includes "whimsical gameplay elements" like rainbows and confetti.

Razer

Alongside the RGB-everything trend in the PC gaming world, Razer announced its "Rapunzel Chroma Hair Dye" featuring an RGB-inspired hair-coloring kit.

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