2007 - Temple O' Trunks.... Literally: This is the year of bad puns. It was simple, effective, and I can't believe I didn't pull this gag sooner. :D

2006 - Meri and the Temple O' Trunks get Assimilated by Daizenshuu EX: Having helped out with the Daizenshuu EX Podcast for months, I decide it's time for me to merge my site with theirs!

2005 - Meri Quits, ToT Gets New Owner and a New Look: It occurred to me that after years of running this site, I never did the obvious "I'm quitting this site" prank. I figured that having run the site for so long, it wouldn't be TOO unreasonable for me to say I quit and have people believe it. I wanted to make it look like I handed the site over to someone who is very much the opposite of me in terms of fan tastes and style. So, what do we end up with? A Trunks yaoi site! In the end, this prank (ie: the new site design) took under an hour for me to make. :P I'm getting lazy in my old age.

2004 - Eric Vale goes to jail and gets fired: This was a faily easy gag that didn't involve my having to redesign the site! By taking screencaps from "Hall of Mirrors," the movie Eric appeared in a few years ago, I made the following claim on the main page of the ToT:

** We need YOUR help!! **

I've just received some depressing Trunks-related news from a fan, "SSJ_Bra-chan20" from Texas. While at a restaurant/bar with her family, she noticed the English voice actor for Trunks, Eric Vale (Johnson) having a drink. She claims she wanted to go ask for an autograph and get his picture when he got into a vicious bar brawl with several patrons, including an elderly man. She said she does not know the nature of the argument, but she does know Eric was hauled off by the police in handcuffs.

Since she had a digital camera on hand, she was able to take a few photos of the incident (see below):

While this is indeed shocking, I am saddened to hear this news about my favorite FUNimation voice actor.

To make matters worse, my contact within FUNimation has informed me that Eric has been fired as a result of this bar brawl and subsequent arrest, and will no longer provide the voice for Future Trunks in any upcoming dubs of the DBZ movies or video games. With the dub of DBZ Movie 9 nearing completion, I have received word that Chris Sabat (Vegeta/Piccolo/Yamcha/etc.) will be providing the voice for Trunks.

This is terrible blow to Trunks and Eric Vale fans everywhere. With DBZ nearing completion (simply in terms of the movies), we should hope to see Eric finish his job as Trunks to the end. Movie 9 is going to be the LAST appearance of Future Trunks (Chibi Trunks is in the rest of the DBZ movies), so this is our LAST chance to hear Future Trunks and Eric Vale in ANY DBZ-related dub. In light of this incident, I'm starting an online petition on this site to send to FUNimation so that Eric can get his job back.

PLEASE SIGN MY PETITION TO GET BACK THE VOICE OF TRUNKS!!!

Thank you, and have a great day.

All in all, it was a fun, easy, and simple prank that somehow managed to fool a small amount of people, despite the fact that the link to the "petition" takes you to a page that says it's all a joke. :D

2003 - Temple O' Zoro!: My recent obsession with the anime "One Piece" was the cause for this year's gag (that, and the fact that I couldn't think of anything better to do). I thought it would be subtley amusing that the new site would be dedicated to not only another anime character who wields a sword, but is also about a guy from a show that FUNimation will eventually be distributing in the U.S. Ahhh, it's all connected, ya see!? And, it silly promotion for a show I happen to like right now (no thanks to Mike, heh.) Plus, I had some One Piece wallpapers I made that I wanted to show off, so I thought this would be a good way to put 'em online. :P

2002 - Fake DBGT: Final Bout video game cheat codes (and fake screencap): This was the most sinister of my April Fool's Day gags because it was the most believable and ticked many visitors. Not wanting to do another "Temple O'..." joke, I wanted to do something that people might mistake for actual DB news. I also did this siince I was slightly peeved at fake cheat codes that exist online for getting Gotenks in the game, which can't be done, and it makes me laugh when people are dumb enough to actually try to do it. So, with the help of some photoshop trickery and some clever wording, the following fake news-bit went as follows:

"Ladies and gentlemen, today I bring to you some Dragonball video game news that will put some ages-old rumors to rest. This is bound to rock the DBZ gaming community as we now know it. It's long been rumored that Dragonball: Final Bout (for Playstation) has some more hidden characters, such as Gotenks. The common belief is that if you beat the game nine times on hard without continuing, you can put the cursor over Trunks on the character select screen, and press 'Select' to pick Gotenks (http://www.gamewinners.com/playstation/DragonballGTFinalBout.htm). We found this to be incorrect! Actually, if you beat the game once with SSJ Z Trunks, once with SSJ GT Trunks, and alternate this back and forth, after the ninth time of THIS technique, you can select normal GT Trunks, press 'Select,' and there you have it.... Gotenks! Gotenks will then appear in the lower right hand corner of the character select screen. Also, if you complete the game thirty times under the hard difficulty setting with no continues, you can unlock yet another hidden character...Pilaf! He will appear on the bottom left corner of the character selection screen. When I entered in these codes, I made a screencap of the character select menu with the additional hidden characters included:

This should hopefully end the years of incorrect Final Bout codes appearing on game FAQ sites everywhere. Indeed, you CAN play as Gotenks, and even Pilaf, and the proof is right here. :)"

2001 - "TEmpLE o* GOkUo": Ah yes, my pride and joy of all my April Fool's Day gags (and spelled incorrectly on purpose). While a pretty obvious trick, I think the result is pretty funny. When else can I get the chance to pretend to make a typical, poorly written and designed newbie-ish site? :)

2000 - "Temple O' Guldo": The idea behind this one was to pick one of the more pathetic and unimportant characters from DBZ I could think of, and turn the ToT into a site dedicated to that person. In the end, I was torn between Mr. Popo and Guldo. Popo, being the more obvious of the two to make fun of, ended up not winning the pick, so a fake site for Guldo was made.