YouTube wake up prank videosSometimes you get so exhausted from all the important things you've been up to that you just fall asleep on the nearest sofa/bed/floor, quietly drooling in the middle of your own birthday party.

But that's not what you should be worried about. You should
really be worried about your friends coming up with evil ideas for how to wake you up.

So we've put together our favorite videos depicting the wake-up prank, the ultimate in sleep-dependent A-holery.

It's cruel. It's hilarious. It's all here. Sleep tight!


Wake-up prank technique: The banana-in-his-mouth, TV-in-his-hands, get-in-the-wardrobe prank
Best part? Well, just how long he stays in there, really. We're impressed.



Wake-up prank technique: The mass alarm clock wake-up call
Best part? "Don't stop ... believing!"



Wake-up prank technique: The fake head in the bed
Best part? Let's put it this way: Boy, can she move!



Wake up prank technique: Sailing them out on a lilo
Best part? Can we say when he throws the rock? Can we?



Wake-up prank technique: Electrified alarm clock
Best part? The sparks! The sparks!



Wake-up prank technique: The machine gun noise prank
Best part? Is he shaking ... in time?



Wake-up prank technique: The dead-body-on-the-floor prank
Best part? When he tried to go back to sleep immediately afterward



Wake-up prank technique: The classic haircut (NSFW due to swearing)
Best part? "We can do the other side if you like?"



Wake-up prank technique: The good old-fashioned scream
Best part? His scream. For more examples, here's another, as well as a kitchen-based special.



Wake-up prank technique: Tickling someone's nose with a piece of thread
Best part? The retaliatory kick



Wake-up prank technique: Being Japanese and totally mad/firing a rocket/attaching them to a wild horse/pretending to be mobsters
Best part? All of it. Any of it. There are no words.