The Impractical Jokers gives fans a chance to watch four friends pull unimaginable pranks on one another. The challenges they do are so embarrassing that hardly anyone would want to be in their shoes, and yet they're so funny, fans can't help but laugh along with them. As if the regular challenges aren't bad enough, the punishments at the end of episodes are often several times worse.
Since the punishments are meant to punish the Joker who lost the most challenges, they'd naturally have to be something the Joker doesn't want to do. Still, some of the punishments are so intense and shocking, it's hard to believe that the Jokers were able to pull them off.
10 Firefighter Training
Before Impractical Jokers, Q was a firefighter. Q felt that the other guys didn't take that too seriously, so he decided to punish them by making them each go through rigorous firefighting training. Joe's training starts first, and to do it, he had to chop at a roof to allow the fire to escape. The only problem is that to break open the roof, he had to tear through a giant photo of his daughter on the roof.
Next, for Murr's training, he had to climb down the side of a burning building. Down the way, he met several people who have been on the show before, like Dr. Contacessa and Sloppy Joe. Finally, for Sal's training, he had to climb up a ladder truck, but he was too afraid to do it. Eventually, Q sprayed him and the others with a water hose until they admitted they respect him.
9 Meeting Danica McKellar
Not too many people get to meet their crushes from their childhood. Although Murr did, it probably wasn't in the setting that he had hoped for it to be. For one of his punishments, he had to interview his childhood crush Danica McKellar, who played Winnie Cooper on The Wonder Years. Not only did he have to interview her, but he was also oiled up and only wearing his underwear.
What's big about this punishment was that the guys were able to bring someone as famous as Danica McKellar onto the show. It solidified just how popular and recognizable the Impractical Jokers show was becoming.
8 Captain Fatbelly
"Captain Fatbelly" is one of the most memorable punishments the Impractical Jokers have ever done. It was funny and everyone looked like they had a good time, even if it was a little bit dangerous. In the punishment, Joe was dressed as the fake superhero dad Captain Fatbelly and put on top of a tram car. Joe had to do things like save doll versions of his dog, or else the tram wouldn't move forward.
The punishment had such a large scale that it's hard to believe that the guys pulled it off. Joe was dressed as a superhero and put on the actual Roosevelt Island tram car, and he seemed to have fun doing it. This was one of Joe's most shameless moments, and it's nice that everyone involved enjoyed it.
7 Marrying Sal's Sister
Sal's sister Jenna is brought on to the show multiple times, but arguably the biggest time is her wedding with Murr. For one of Sal's punishments, he was strapped to a hand truck and brought inside a church, where he had to watch Murr marry Jenna.
What made this so gut-wrenching for Sal was the fact that Murr and Jenna's marriage was genuinely real. Even though they shortly annulled the marriage, it's still shocking to believe that everyone agreed to this, as now Murr teases Sal about being Jenna's first husband.
6 Zombie Apocalypse
Another time Sal's family members got involved is when his nieces were brought in for one of his punishments. For this punishment, Sal had to go down in the sewers, where he found his two nieces calmly standing in a cage. The key to get them out was also surrounded by a huge group of zombies.
While the zombies may have been actors in disguise, the whole thing certainly looked convincing. It had such a huge scale, and there were so many fake zombies, that it's hard to believe the guys setting something like this up. It also showed Sal that he'd much rather watch zombie movies than star in one.
5 Sheriff Q
The punishment where Q becomes a fake sheriff was so elaborate and immersive that it's unbelievable it was put together. The punishment begins with Sheriff Q having to stop a poker player from cheating, almost like a poker movie. Unfortunately, things don't quite work out for him, and he's beaten up and thrown out of the saloon.
Later, he has to stop an outlaw from blowing up the town with dynamite, before escaping into a heap of horse poop. Finally, he has to have a draw with one of the fastest gunslingers in the west. He loses the draw, and thus Sheriff Q's misery is over. This was one of the rare narrative punishments in the show, which made it even more special.
4 Joe's House In Wrapping Paper
Joe happened to be due for a punishment just as his birthday had come around, so the guys decided to celebrate it by covering his entire house in wrapping paper. The walls, the floors, and even all of the furniture were individually wrapped. Not only that, but all of Joe's photos were replaced with embarrassing pictures of him.
With the level of time and patience wrapping up Joe's entire house would have taken, it's unbelievable that it actually happened so quickly. Even if the other guys didn't actually do it themselves, it's interesting how this was pulled off without Joe knowing about it beforehand.
3 Murr Skydiving
For many people, skydiving is such a daring activity that they would never dream of doing it. Unfortunately, Murr didn't have much of a choice, as the other Jokers tricked him into doing this punishment. When Murr first showed up, he thought it was an ordinary challenge, where he and the other Jokers would be teaching people how to jump out of a plane, in case of a plane crash.
However, when they were out there, he soon learned the real reason they were there, and it was too late to get out of it. Given that Murr was so scared to skydive, it's hard to believe that they still went through with the punishment. Luckily Murr's first time skydiving went well, even if he was scared the whole way down.
2 Spiders On Q
One of Q's deadliest fears is of spiders, and the other Jokers decided to take advantage of that for one of his punishments. For this punishment, Q was strapped down to a table, and several tarantulas were placed on top of him. He couldn't move, or else they would add another tarantula on him.
Because of how extreme Q's fear of spiders is, it's hard to believe that the guys went through with this punishment. Though he might be able to laugh about it now, it certainly looked uncomfortable for Q during his time there.
1 The Tattoos
When Q, Sal, and Murr each had the most losses at the end of an episode, Joe decided that their punishment would be for each of them to get a tattoo. Q probably would have preferred an Iron Man tattoo, but instead, his tattoo stated that he was 38, lived alone, and had three cats. Murr's tattoo is a ferret skydiving, because of his skydiving punishment, and also because the other Jokers often say he looks like a ferret.
Sal's tattoo is of Jaden Smith, mostly because Joe found it funny. It's hard to believe that the guys went through with this, given that these tattoos will last forever. For example, Q will always have that tattoo for the rest of his life, even though he isn't even 38 anymore. As something like this could break friendships, it just goes to show how strong the bond is between the guys.
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April 04, 2021 at 05:30AM
