Prank Call Games: 20 Challenges to Try with Friends

Prank call games can turn a regular night with friends into a hilarious competition.

Here are 20 prank call challenges to try with your friends.  

1. Stay in Character 

Choose a character before starting the call and stay in character from beginning to end. 

The challenge becomes much harder when your friends are sitting nearby trying to make you laugh. 

Challenge: Stay in character for the entire call without laughing or revealing your real personality. 

2. Let Your Friends Choose the Character 

Let your friends decide who you have to pretend to be. 

You could choose anything from a character from your favorite sitcom, like Michael Scott (The Office), to a historical or famous figure, or even an animated character. 

The catch? You don't get to reject their choice. 

3. Don't Say "Yes" or "No" 

Start a call with one simple rule: you can't say either "yes" or "no." 

Your friends can give you suggestions and questions beforehand, but once the call starts, you're on your own. 

If you accidentally say one of the forbidden words, you lose the round. 

4. Use a Random Word 

Write several completely unrelated words on pieces of paper and put them in a bowl. 

Before the call, pick three. 

Your challenge is to naturally work all three words into the conversation. 

The more ridiculous the words are, the harder the challenge becomes. 

5. Let Your Friends Pick the Scenario 

Instead of choosing the prank yourself, let your friends create the scenario. 

They might give you a character, a situation, and a personality trait. 

For example: 

• You’re a very angry customer because you received the wrong product. 
• You’re a relative they don’t know. 
• You’re someone who lent them money and wants it back. 

You then have to improvise the rest. 

6. Don't Break Character 

This challenge adds another layer to the classic character game. 

Your friends are actively trying to make you laugh while you're on the call.  

They can make funny faces, whisper ridiculous suggestions, or give you unexpected prompts. 

If you laugh, the challenge is over. 

7. The One-Minute Challenge 

Set a timer for one minute. 

Your goal is to keep the conversation going while staying in character for the entire 60 seconds. 

You can't repeat the same sentence or simply talk about the same thing over and over. 

8. The Three-Emotion Challenge 

Choose three emotions before the call. 

For example: 

1. Excited 
2. Confused 
3. Extremely serious 

You have to incorporate all three emotions into your character during the call. 

For an extra challenge, have your friends choose the emotions at random. 

9. The Funny Voice Challenge 

Choose a fictional character and give them a distinctive way of speaking. 

The goal isn't to perfectly imitate a real person's accent.  

Instead, create a funny fictional voice and maintain it throughout the call. 

Your friends can award points for creativity and consistency. 

10. The Improvisation Challenge 

Before the call, your friends give you three random pieces of information. 

You don't know how they will fit together. 

Your job is to create a completely improvised story that includes all three. 

For example: 

• A pizza 
• A spaceship 
• A lost bicycle 

Now you have to somehow make them part of the same story. 

11. The Don't Laugh Challenge 

This time, the person making the call isn't necessarily the one being tested. 

Everyone else has to remain completely silent and avoid laughing while listening to the call. 

If someone starts laughing loudly enough to interrupt the challenge, they lose a point for their team. 

12. The Mystery Scenario 

Put different scenarios into a hat and have each player randomly select one. 

Nobody else knows what you've picked. 

You then have to improvise the prank without telling your friends what your scenario is. 

After the call, everyone guesses what you were supposed to be pretending to be. 

13. The Forbidden Phrase Challenge 

Choose a common phrase that you're not allowed to use during the call. 

For example: 

• "I don't know" 
• "That's crazy" 
• "Really?" 
• "Okay" 

Your friends can listen carefully and keep track of whether you accidentally use it. 

14. The Story Challenge 

Create the beginning of a ridiculous story before the call. 

Your objective is to keep developing it naturally throughout the conversation. 

The story can become increasingly absurd, but you have to remain consistent with the details you've already introduced. 

15. The Five-Question Challenge 

Before starting, your friends prepare five unexpected questions. 

You have to answer every question while staying in character. 

The harder part is that you aren't allowed to break character or simply abandon the scenario when you get a difficult question. 

16. The Character Swap 

Start the call as one character. 

After a predetermined amount of time, secretly switch to another character. 

Your friends decide when the switch happens. 

For example, you could go from being an extremely serious detective to an enthusiastic fitness coach without warning. 

17. The Absurdity Challenge 

Instead of trying to confuse the other person, your objective is to make the conversation as absurd as possible while remaining polite. 

The more creative the situation becomes, the better. 

The important rule is that the prank should remain harmless and shouldn't involve deception that could cause real problems. 

18. The No-Repetition Challenge 

Pick five words or phrases before the call. 

Once you've used one, you can't use it again. 

This forces you to think creatively and find different ways to express yourself. 

It can become surprisingly difficult once the conversation gets going. 

19. The Random Prompt Challenge 

Have your friends write down random prompts before the call. 

Every 20 or 30 seconds, someone gives you a new prompt. 

You have to incorporate it into the conversation immediately without breaking character. 

This is a great challenge for people who enjoy improvisation. 

20. The Ultimate Prank Call Game 

Ready for the hardest challenge? 

Combine several of the previous challenges into a single round. 

For example: 

• Choose a random character 
• Pick three random words 
• Don't say "yes" or "no" 
• Use three different emotions 
• Stay in character for two minutes 
• Don't laugh 

If you complete all six, you've officially earned the title of Ultimate Prank Call Champion.