Ninja Academy Rank the Prank

..Except for the laughs!

Imagine if you had the chance to play epic pranks

on an unsuspecting public,

and access to the best special effects artists in the world.

And imagine if a panel of Ranksters thinks your Public Prank

is so good you get to stage a Mega Prank on a target of your choice.

Well, quit imagining - this is Rank The Prank.

Which teams are pranking it up today? Let's meet the green team.

-Hi, my name is Sarah.

-Hi, my name is Zahra.

-BOTH:

-And we are...

Sarah is a good friend. We're very similar.

Zahra is funny. She's just fun to have around.

For our Public Prank,

we want to confuse people by changing the room that they're in.

If we make it to the Mega Prank, we want to prank Kevin and Kiyan.

They're Zahra's taekwondo teacher's sons and from what I've heard

of them, I think that it would be fun to prank them, too.

-Prank 360 is going to turn it up.

-And, Gladiators, you're going down.

That's some tough talk from Prank 360!

Let's see if the blue team are up for the competition.

-I'm Hadrian.

-And I'm Luke.

-BOTH:

-And we are...

We are good friends and we were both in the same hockey team.

I know a lot about him, he knows a lot about me.

For our Public Prank, we're going to make people think that we've

caused a runaway wheelchair of destruction.

For our Mega Prank, I would like to prank my coach because

he always makes us use all our energy and I want to show him

I still have energy to prank him.

Prank 360, you're going down.

There's only one team that rules - the Gladiators.

The game is on for our two teams, but to create those spectacular

special effects they are going to need the help of these guys.

Effectors, show yourselves.

I'm Devon Slack and my official title is stunt actress,

but in the biz they call us crash kids.

Maybe not, OK.

They should, though, it sounds a lot cooler.

I've been doing stunts for six years and in that time I have been

thrown down stairs, tossed through windows and hit by a car.

And I have the bruises to show it.

People always want to know if it hurts doing the stuff

that I do and the answer is yes, sometimes it does hurt.

But you know what hurts more than doing a stunt?

Not being able to do a stunt.

And that's why safety is

the biggest part of my job.

So come on, Pranksters,

show me what you've got.

All right, all right, the stunts are in good hands.

Now all we need is someone to make it go boom.

-Who's up for the challenge?

-I'm Marc Reichel.

-I'm Andy Antoine.

We do special effects and pyrotechnics.

-We've done all kinds of effects, from movies, television...

-Plays.

-Theatre.

-Music videos.

-Rock concerts.

-You name it.

We do special effects, sometimes called mechanical effects,

sometimes called practical effects.

The real stuff in front of the camera,

things you can touch and feel.

Not that CG, computer-generated stuff.

So that's us. We can do pretty much anything.

But basically, we make the big things go boom.

ALARM BLARES

Do you smell that?

Effectors are locked in, but what about today's location?

An office.

Time to clock in, Pranksters.

All right, Prank 360, Gladiators, we're in the office.

-How are we feeling?

-Good!

-All right.

Now it's time to swap some trade secrets. Prank 360, you're up first.

So, our prank idea is that a target enters

a virtual gaming centre and is invited to test out new games.

She hears a crash in the hallway.

She comes out and sees if she can help.

When she comes back in the gaming room...

The room turns into a party room with balloons.

And then, out of the blue,

the people who were at the gaming centre jump out and say, "Surprise!"

It's a surprise party,

everyone's happy, the person has been pranked.

It's a good prank, but it's not enough to beat us.

We've just got to work hard and I think we're going to win.

All right, Gladiators, what have you got?

At first, the target would see a lady

in a wheelchair that would be broken.

The lady would ask for help and the lady would say, "Move!"

And she would go out and speed across the room.

And stunt artists jump out of the way to not get hit.

At the end of the hallway, she's going to run into a box

full of packing peanuts and it's going to make a big distraction.

Their idea was very original and good, but...

I think our prank has a much better chance to win.

All right, enough of this chitchat. Let's get to pranking.

-Let's do this.

-Let's do it.

So, we've got our room switcheroo versus

an electric wheelchair gone wrong.

Only one team will go through to stage a Mega Prank,

and only the Ranksters will decide

who faces the ejector button of doom.

Prank 360, let's get started.

I'm a little nervous just to see how this goes.

So, what we're going to do is we're going to take their name,

Prank 360, and we're going to try and 360 flip

the entire room around.

-All right.

-Why don't you go push your wall and see if it moves?

SARAH: So that wall Mark and Andy built, it isn't a regular wall.

-Give it a push, give it a push.

-Oh...

You've got the old classic switcheroo and one side

is 360 games, the other side is...

# Happy birthday to you! #

-Go and take a peek at your party wall.

-Yeah.

Whoa!

For a second I thought I was dreaming, and then I'm like,

no, they actually made this just for us.

So, when that wall opens up, we're going to have a group of people

that go through. That side you're going in,

this side you're coming out.

So we'll take the desk, the desk will disappear,

the plants will disappear, and then all of a sudden,

it looks like it's a birthday room.

The Effectors definitely have what it takes

to make our prank real.

-How are we doing?

-Good, thank you.

So, Devon is basically our distraction for our time

to change up the room.

I'm going to come in and I'm going to fall on the ground

and then hopefully the target will come over and be concerned.

I keep them there just enough time so we can actually be able to

pull off this prank.

So, this is Ken, stunt coordinator.

It's always good to have a coordinator on the outside

to have your back, to make sure that you're safe.

So you tuck your elbow in, OK?

So there's no impact on the knee or elbow.

You're going to have the impact more on your thigh and on your hip

and on the side of your arm.

When she did it, she looked like she knew exactly what she's doing

and she had no equipment except for a mat.

OK, so, on the day, I'm not going to have the black mat to fall on.

It's going to be concrete.

So... I know.

I have a bag full of pads.

Whoa.

There were knee pads, shin pads, elbow pads, wrist pads,

there were these little turtle shells also known as a back pad.

Now that we've met the Effectors,

we are super excited to be working with them.

NARRATOR: Well, you better get up, then,

because it's time for the first Public Prank.

The hidden cameras are rolling and the Pranksters

are in the control room ready to direct the action.

We don't know what's going to happen.

Calling all gamers, Prank 360 have got a new game

that will leave your world in a spin, if you catch my drift.

OK, we've got a target coming.

Come in.

-Hi.

-Hey, how's it going? I'm trying out the game.

Devon, get ready.

Just take a seat. It won't be long.

Devon, now's the time.

DEVON GROANS

Can you see what happened?

DEVON MOANS

Spin the room now!

Let's go, let's go!

Hurry, hurry, hurry!

-Thank you so much, sir. Have a good day.

-Yeah, you too.

Cue the clown, cue the clown!

-ALL:

-Surprise!

The party has begun.

I was not expecting it to be this good.

DEVON GROANS

-Are you OK?

-Oof...

Everyone, positions.

Devon is now up.

Yes, we did it!

Surprise!

Surprise!

We didn't expect it to really come to life in this way.

Surprise!

You've been pranked by Rank The Prank!

You go outside for 30 seconds, come back in and it's another room.

That was a little weird.

-I was really surprised.

-Oh, I'm on TV?

-It turned out better than we had hoped.

-Yeah.

I am totally confident that we are so winning.

Liking your confidence, Prank 360,

but now it's time for the Gladiators to enter the prank arena.

I think the Effectors are going to bring it to the next level.

The Gladiators came up with a pretty cool idea.

I'm pretty excited about this one, actually.

I'm in a wheelchair and we are going to get the target to try to

fix my wheelchair, but what they don't know is that it's not going

to work and I'm going to go flying,

and the target's going to think it's their fault.

So, we've got our stunt guys here.

They're going to be dodging the wheelchair.

So you guys are going to help us rehearse for the stunt today.

They put us like if we were the wheelchair and, like,

Superman, he jumped over us and it was awesome.

And, action.

I was really nervous. Is he going to hit me or not?

And I was like, "Oh."

You can, like, almost feel the wind on the top of your head

when he's, like, going over you.

-It's an amazing feeling.

-Yeah.

Let's soup up a wheelchair.

We'll throw some sparks off it as if it's malfunctioning.

We'll do some sparks, some smoke.

Check this out. What we've got here is we've got

a mini smoke machine that runs off a drill battery.

What we're going to do is we've got a tube that comes out

-the back so it looks like the engine's smoking.

-OK.

All the little attentions, like the smoke and sparks,

makes our prank really better than it started.

Now, you'll find a little button on the bottom of your arm rest there.

-Yeah.

-Click that in.

-There we go. What do you think?

-Cool.

-Cool.

Oh, my gosh, it's not stopping.

Ah! Ah!

So, one of the most important parts about doing a stunt

is the acting that you do after, to pretend that you're hurt.

Oh!

The box itself is a fake wood.

It's kind of like a cardboard but it looks like real wood.

So the idea is, when I go to it, it's just going to snap.

Oh!

And after that I was like, I want to do more of this.

So, I'll ask my mom if I can join, maybe be a stunt artist.

Let's hope the public are as impressed as you boys.

It's time for Public Prank number two.

Devon is in position and the boys are in the control room.

-HADRIAN:

-I'm really excited to see how it's going to come out.

We're pretty confident.

Outside the office, traffic is flowing smoothly,

but inside, someone is having a little trouble with their wheels.

Can anybody help?

Target's coming.

Hey, excuse me. My wheelchair's not working.

Do you mind if you...? See that red thing? Yeah, yeah.

Can you pull that up, actually, and just try the...?

Oh, OK, let me try.

-OK.

-Draw the smoke now.

I think we're OK. Oh!

-Whoa!

-Oh, it's not stopping! It's not stopping!

-Stunt one, go.

-No, it's not stopping!

It's not stopping! It's not stopping!

Argh!

Yes, we did it!

Oh!

-It was really fun, because we have the control.

-Go, Devon, go!

Oh, no, we're good.

I think it looks pretty realistic.

-It's not stopping!

-Stunt one, go.

-Argh!

-Stunt two, go.

Oh, it's not stopping!

-Oh!

-Good job.

Some targets that we had would just be, like,

freaked out at what happened.

Uh-oh.

Oh!

Some would chase after the wheelchair.

Whoa, whoa, wait!

And some would, like, just stay there and be like...

"What just happened?"

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Sorry!

Well, the best part for me was really

a target's face at the end, when Devon crashed into the box.

Oh. Oh, darn it.

Oh. Oh!

It's not stopping!

Stop it, stop it!

It's not stopping, it's not...!

Oh...

Sir, which one did you switch?

Hey, man...

-BOTH:

-You got pranked by Rank The Prank.

Oh!

You scared the heck out of me!

-I definitely thought the wheelchair was on fire.

-You guys got me.

It was even better than I thought.

I think the Ranksters are going to have a lot of trouble

deciding who's going to win.

They sure are. I would not want to be in their shoes.

Well, the Public Pranks are over, but which Prankster pair

will go on to play the Mega Prank on a target of their choice?

It's time to meet today's prank-loving panel.

Ranksters, show yourselves.

I liked the special effects, how the wall turned a lot,

and the guy was, like, stunned.

The actors were really good.

The person opened the door and they were like, "This is the wrong room."

I think when the guy flipped over the wheelchair,

that was really funny.

I liked the reactions and also when she went into the Styrofoam.

I thought the reaction was better and it was more funny.

Both pranks were great...

But the votes have been counted and we've made our decisions.

The hour of judgment is upon them.

I am very excited and anxious.

Which team will make it through?

If we win, I'll feel like a real pro.

And who will be sent home packing, Hollywood-style?

Green or blue? Jury of Ranksters, it's down to you.

We've made our decision and the team going home today is...

..the Gladiators.

I'm so excited that we won. Like, I'm so happy.

Maybe we lost this round, but it's not over.

We're really excited to move on to the Mega Prank.

The Ranksters have had their say and Prank 360 came out on top.

Now, it's time for the Effectors to work their magic and create

an awesome Mega Prank.

So, let's get the lowdown on today's target.

Our Mega Prank targets are Kevin and Kiyan.

Kevin, Kiyan and I practice taekwondo.

They always think that they're so good

and they, sort of, like to fool around.

The best in the class, because their dad is teaching.

They seem pretty good targets to me.

Whoa! You girls do not pull any punches.

Time for today's location - a taekwondo gym.

Let's see if the Effectors can kick this Mega Prank into life. Hwah!

Prank 360, how are you guys doing?

We're really, really excited for the Mega Prank.

OK, we are going to make Kevin and Kiyan go to the best

martial arts class that they have ever been in, ever.

So, Kevin and Kiyan are going to meet this martial art master,

-Master Si.

-Master Si is going to show them chi energy

-that we all have inside of us.

-We're going to...

You guys move stuff with your chi power.

Well, they'll think it's chi power, but we know it's Hollywood magic.

Then next, Master Si is going to have everyone collectively harness

their chi to move this box over here,

get it to go flying across the room.

And, speaking of flying,

Master Si is going to tell them that he's going to fly over

a wall, but what's going to happen is he's going to go straight through

-the wall.

-It's really cool.

-Awesome.

-All right, let's go prank.

-Let's prank them.

The Effectors have created something really special, really amazing.

I am very confident that they will deliver another amazing prank.

All right, what do you think? Look around, take a peek.

We'll be using our collective chi, pretend chi,

to sort of break vases.

-BOTH:

-Hi-yah!

THEY SCREAM

To make the objects move, they were using pulleys,

and from backstage, they just pull it, when I use my chi.

It looked like as if I was doing it.

All right, ladies, this is Stephen.

-He's playing...

-Master Si.

-That's right.

During the prank, this guy is flying,

he's carefully tending to his bonsai tree.

I don't think we'll be able to keep a straight face.

With the harness,

they would hook him up and then

someone would pull him and he'd go flying.

No!

It was, like, so scary and awesome

because he had just gone through this paper wall.

That was amazing!

I think it's going to turn out really well.

We're going to get a new wall for the prank, right?

Calling all prank fans,

it's the moment you've been waiting for - the Mega Prank.

Here come Kevin and Kiyan.

They're blindfolded, because they think they've been selected

to take part in a top-secret taekwondo class.

But what they don't know is that Zahra and Sarah are here, too,

and they've got some tricks up their sleeves.

They think that they're going to go to this martial arts master,

learn some awesome new moves...

Which is the total opposite of what's going to happen.

I am Master Si.

I am going to teach you the power of chi.

Please stand.

I think that Kevin and Kiyan, they have no clue what's going on.

Place your hands in front of you and make a fist.

And visualise your fist and your chi flowing outwards.

And when you feel the chi flying outwards, you strike.

Hwah!

ALL: Ha!

Hu-wah!

Make the chi flow outwards. Strike!

Hu-wah!

Very nice.

Well, our chi party is up and running and the boys

seem to be buying it so far.

So, let's see what else this mystical force can do.

It is possible for you to move objects with your mind.

Now, watch me.

This is the, sort of, "everything you knew is doubted" moment!

Wa-pah!

CRASH!

The boys just ate it up!

But do they have their own chi?

Kevin, I want you to focus on to that vase right there.

They're going to be so frustrated!

One...

Two...

Three.

Ha!

It was a good effort.

Let me try, Master Si.

Please?

Please, use the technique we just showed you.

Ready?

One...

Two...

-Three.

-Hwah!

Excellent.

Very nice.

We know chi, you don't.

-Three!

-Ha!

That was amazing.

They reacted, like, shocked, wide-eyed, like...

Maybe the two of you would like to try again.

Direct your chi energy to this object right here.

You mean the object next to Master Si's favourite bonsai tree?

Is that really a good idea?

One... Focus.

Two... Target.

Three!

Ha!

No!

Oh, my.

I considered that tree a great friend of mine.

I asked you to hit the object, not my friend.

BOTH: I love you, bonsai tree!

This is very upsetting.

It was just so funny.

So, the boys have witnessed the awesome power of chi

and destroyed Master Si's favourite bonsai plant.

Surely you shouldn't teach them anything else, Master Si.

Next lesson is collective chi.

Yes! There's more!

Joining one's respective chi, to move a mountain,

or, in this case,

that big crate over there.

If you guys can line up...

They were feeling like,

"Hey, I've got chi in me and I don't even know it!"

And by chi, we mean three guys backstage with a rope.

One, two...

Three!

Nice.

When we moved the crate,

they believed it more because they knew they could do it.

But will they believe their eyes

when they see Master Si's grand finale?

The flying man.

I will demonstrate flying over that wall

and land safely on the other side.

That's impossible, Master Si!

With power of chi, nothing is impossible.

With power of rope and harness nothing's impossible, more like.

Let's just hope the boys don't notice him getting hooked up.

You guys can kneel down if you wish.

As you will see, then we'll take flight.

Ha! Oh, no!

The boys have witnessed the full force of chi, so come on, girls,

it's time to put them out of their misery.

I'm OK.

I'm all right.

-BOTH:

-You just got pranked by Rank The Prank!

-Oh!

-BOTH:

-Our Mega Prank went amazing!

We have the power, the power of chi!

The Effectors did really well.

It was amazing, what he did. We moved the tree.

-No!

-"He was my best friend"!

This was another one of their top-notch jobs.

It might be the end of Rank The Prank,

but Prank 360 will live on!

I think we have a career in pranking over here.

We just got pranked by Rank The Prank!

CHEERING