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Unlike The Simpsons, where Bart remains a grade-school prankster forever, King of the Hill decided to age up its characters for Hulu’s revival — premiering Monday, Aug. 4 — with Hank and Peggy’s son Bobby all grown up and Hank’s friend Boomhauer sporting a few new wrinkles.
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Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 1 Aug. 2025
Kurosawa can be a merry prankster in the midst of the mayhem, and Cloud has him at the peak of his powers.
—Scott Phillips, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
An Arizona social media prankster was arrested after a number of his viral stunts disrupted local businesses, officials said.
—Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 26 July 2025
The others were Dan Lucas, the guitarist, from York, and Taylor Stewart, the drummer, from outside Glasgow—the group’s impish prankster, who has a penchant for choking his mates and kicking them in the balls.
—Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
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Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 1 Aug. 2025
Kurosawa can be a merry prankster in the midst of the mayhem, and Cloud has him at the peak of his powers.
—Scott Phillips, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
An Arizona social media prankster was arrested after a number of his viral stunts disrupted local businesses, officials said.
—Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 26 July 2025
The others were Dan Lucas, the guitarist, from York, and Taylor Stewart, the drummer, from outside Glasgow—the group’s impish prankster, who has a penchant for choking his mates and kicking them in the balls.
—Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
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“Prankster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prankster. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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prankster
noun
prank·ster
ˈpraŋ(k)-stər 
: a player of pranks
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