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54-580: Catman may refer to: In animations [ edit ] A recurring character in the Adult Swim cartoon Perfect Hair Forever A fictional superhero within the world of The Fairly OddParents portrayed by Adam West and parodying his portrayal of Batman. In comics [ edit ] Cat-Man and Kitten , a pair of superhero characters created by Charles M. Quinlan and Irwin Hasen Catman (DC Comics) ,

108-556: A poisson d'avril (April fool, literally "April's fish"), possibly the first reference to the celebration in France. Some historians suggest that April Fools' originated because, in the Middle Ages, New Year's Day was celebrated on 25 March in most European towns, with a holiday that in some areas of France, specifically, ended on 1 April, and those who celebrated New Year's Eve on 1 January made fun of those who celebrated on other dates by

162-668: A "fool" is known by a few different names around the country, including "noodle", "gob", "gobby", or "noddy". One common prank is to carefully remove the cream from an Oreo , then replacing it with white toothpaste , and there are many similar pranks that replace an object (usually food) with another object that looks like the object but tastes different such as replacing sugar with salt or vanilla frosting with sour cream. As well as people playing pranks on one another on April Fools' Day, elaborate pranks have appeared on radio and television stations, newspapers, and websites, and have been performed by large corporations. In one famous prank in 1957,

216-548: A 1974 short story by Harlan Ellison In mythology and folklore [ edit ] Werecat , a feline therianthropic creature Hombre Gato (translated "Catman" in English), a half-man, half-cat creature in South American legend Nicknames [ edit ] Catman (musician) , David Taieb (born 1971), French musician and producer Peter Criss or Eric Singer from the band, Kiss René Chartrand, "The Catman of

270-444: A Box , a seven-disc DVD box set of various Adult Swim shows. The pilot episode of Perfect Hair Forever appears in this set. In June 2010, the individual DVD was made briefly available for purchase at the Adult Swim website store. The first season was released on iTunes . The entire series has been made available for free streaming on the Adult Swim website. April Fools%27 Day April Fools' Day or All Fools' Day

324-533: A Cat!)" for Perfect Hair Forever . The Perfect Hair Forever pilot first aired on November 7, 2004, in the time slot that had been advertised as the premiere of the Squidbillies pilot. Unknown to the audience at the time, the existing Squidbillies pilot had fallen behind and wasn't ready to air. Williams Street continued advertising the Squidbillies premiere up to and including the bump directly preceding

378-472: A DC Comics character that has appeared in opposition to Batman and other characters Cat-Man (Marvel Comics) , the name of three fictional characters in the Marvel Universe In films and videos [ edit ] The hero of several animated music videos for ska group The Planet Smashers US Catman , the hero of a series of martial arts films In literature [ edit ] "Catman",

432-458: A bumper card appeared, apologizing for the apparent scheduling mixup, only for it to fade out to a fake "Technical Difficulties" card featuring a selection of Perfect Hair Forever 's characters. This was shown on screen for several seconds, accompanied by typical music, before the card faded to static whilst the Action Hot Dog's "Do da la la la la!" echoed. The card returned, and the music

486-510: A first-page article but not the top headline. In Poland, prima Aprilis ("First April" in Latin ) as a day of pranks is a centuries-long tradition. It is a day when many pranks are played: sometimes very sophisticated hoaxes are prepared by people, media (which often cooperate to make the "information" more credible), and even public institutions. Serious activities are usually avoided; every word said on 1 April could be untrue. The conviction for this

540-421: A hoax include: Books, films, telemovies and television episodes have used April Fools' Day as their title or inspiration. Examples include Bryce Courtenay 's novel April Fool's Day (1993), whose title refers to the day Courtenay's son died. The 1990s sitcom Roseanne featured an episode titled "April Fools' Day". This turned out to be intentionally misleading, as the episode was instead about Tax Day in

594-520: A nobleman who sent his servant on foolish errands on 1 April, predating the change. April Fools' Day was also an established tradition in Great Britain before 1 January was established as the start of the calendar year. In 1686, John Aubrey referred to the celebration as "Fooles holy day", the first British reference. On 1 April 1698, several people were tricked into going to the Tower of London to "see

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648-445: A paper fish to the victim's back without being noticed. This fish feature is prominently present on many late 19th- to early 20th-century French April Fools' Day postcards . Many newspapers also spread a false story on April Fish Day, and a subtle reference to a fish is sometimes given as a clue to the fact that it is an April Fools' prank. Boulangeries, pâtisseries and chocolatiers in France sell chocolate fishes in their shop windows on

702-490: A variety of costumes and walk around the city fooling around and pranking passersby. One of the traditions on April Fools' Day is to dress up the main city monument in funny clothes. Humorina even has its own logo—a cheerful sailor in a lifebelt —whose author was the artist Arkady Tsykun. During the festival, special souvenirs bearing the logo are printed and sold. Since 2010, April Fools' Day celebrations include an International Clown Festival, and both celebrated as one. In 2019,

756-821: A wider audience than ever before. 28 December, the equivalent day in Spain and Hispanic America , is also the Christian day of celebration of the Day of the Holy Innocents . The Christian celebration is a religious holiday in its own right, but the tradition of pranks is not, though the latter is observed yearly. In some regions of Hispanic America after a prank is played, the cry is made, " Inocente palomita que te dejaste engañar " ("You innocent little dove that let yourself be fooled!"; not to be confused with another meaning of palomita , which means " popcorn " in some dialects). In Argentina,

810-405: A young boy named Gerald who is on a quest to find the perfect hair due to his premature baldness . He seeks help from his "Uncle Grandfather", a pervert who loves to eat and watch his young schoolgirl companion, Brenda, dance around in a short mini-skirt and thong . Also of no particular help is Uncle Grandfather's gift to Gerald, the "Action Hot Dog". Action Hot Dog is a hot dog which chants "do

864-474: A young boy named Gerald who is on a quest to find the perfect hair to remedy his premature baldness. He is joined on his wanderings by an array of strange companions. Gerald is opposed by the evil Coiffio and his minions for reasons which are never stated in the series. The series is a spin-off of Space Ghost Coast to Coast , due to a special featuring Space Ghost , Adult Swim Brain Trust , coming on right after

918-438: Is an annual custom on 1 April consisting of practical jokes and hoaxes . Jokesters often expose their actions by shouting "April Fools!" at the recipient. Mass media can be involved with these pranks, which may be revealed as such the following day. The custom of setting aside a day for playing harmless pranks upon one's neighbour has been relatively common in the world historically. Although many theories have been proposed,

972-443: Is controversial. The mixed opinions of critics are epitomized in the reception to the 1957 BBC " spaghetti-tree hoax ", in reference to which newspapers were split over whether it was "a great joke or a terrible hoax on the public". April Fools' can be good for one's health because it encourages "jokes, hoaxes ... pranks, [and] belly laughs", and brings all the benefits of laughter. Many "best of" April Fools' Day lists showcase

1026-444: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Perfect Hair Forever Perfect Hair Forever premiered on November 7, 2004, and ended on April 1, 2007, with a total of 7 episodes. Two additional episodes premiered unannounced on April 1, 2014, as part of Adult Swim's annual April Fools' Day stunt. The series is a spin-off of Space Ghost Coast to Coast . The series concerns

1080-539: Is equivalent of 1 April. It is a tradition that takes place 13 days after the Persian new year Nowruz . On this day, people go out and leave their houses and have fun outside mostly in natural parks. Pranks have reportedly been played on this holiday since 536 BC in the Achaemenid Empire . In Ireland, it was traditional to entrust the victim with an "important letter" to be given to a named person. That person would read

1134-511: Is risk that it will be misinterpreted as a joke and ignored – for example, when Google , known to play elaborate April Fools' Day hoaxes, announced the launch of Gmail with 1- gigabyte inboxes in 2004, an era when competing webmail services offered 4- megabytes or less, many dismissed it as a joke outright. On the other hand, sometimes stories intended as jokes are taken seriously. Either way, there can be adverse effects, such as confusion, misinformation, waste of resources (especially when

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1188-558: Is so strong that the Polish anti-Turkish alliance with Leopold I , signed on 1 April 1683, was backdated to 31 March. However, for some in Poland prima April ends at noon of 1 April and prima April jokes after that hour are considered inappropriate and not classy. In many Spanish-speaking countries (and the Philippines), " Día de los Santos Inocentes " ( Holy Innocents Day ) is a festivity that

1242-603: Is very similar to April Fools' Day, but is celebrated in late December (27, 28 or 29 depending on the location). Despite this, in Galicia April Fools' Day is also traditional, as accounted by Ramón Otero Pedrayo , as " Día dos enganos ", and the tradition is embedded in a traditional saying about this day being the day when donkeys go where they must not go . Turkey also has a custom of April Fools' pranks. Pranks and jokes are usually verbal and are revealed by shouting "Bir Nisan! / Nisan Bir!" (1 April!). April Fools' Day

1296-570: Is widely celebrated in Odesa and has the special local name Humorina (in Ukrainian Гуморина, Humorina ) . This holiday arose in 1973. An April Fool prank is revealed by saying "Перше квітня — брехня всесвітня" (" Pershe kvitnya — brekhnya vsesvitnya " , translating as "First of April — worldwide lies") to the recipient. The festival includes a large parade in the city centre, free concerts, street fairs and performances. Festival participants dress up in

1350-590: The BBC broadcast a film in their Panorama current affairs series purporting to show Swiss farmers picking freshly-grown spaghetti, in what they called the Swiss spaghetti harvest . The BBC was soon flooded with requests to purchase a spaghetti plant, forcing them to declare the film a hoax on the news the next day. With the advent of the Internet and readily available global news services, April Fools' pranks can catch and embarrass

1404-474: The end credits also varies from episode to episode. Following the first six episodes, members of the Perfect Hair Forever creative team posted (on the official Adult Swim message board) that they weren't interested in continuing the show to a second season. Cancellation was formally announced at the Adult Swim panel at Comic-Con 2006. In October 2006, Adultswim.com stated that Perfect Hair Forever

1458-577: The "Day of the Innocent Children" or "Day of the Stupid Children". It used to be a day where parents, grandparents, and teachers would fool the children in some way. But the celebration of this day has died out in favour of April Fools' Day. Nevertheless, on the Spanish island of Menorca , Dia d'enganyar ("Fooling day") is celebrated on 1 April because Menorca was a British possession during part of

1512-477: The 18th century. In Brazil, the " Dia da mentira " ("Day of the lie") is also celebrated on 1 April due to the Portuguese influence. In many English-speaking countries, mainly Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, it is a custom to say "pinch and a punch for the first of the month" or an alternative, typically by children. The victim might respond with "a flick and a kick for being so quick", and

1566-585: The Hill", who takes care of the Canadian parliamentary cats Barry Green (hunter) , Australian varmint hunter and wildlife conservationist Stalking Cat , a man who surgically altered his body to resemble that of a tiger Catmando , a cat who served as joint leader of Britain's Official Monster Raving Loony Party from 1999 to 2002 See also [ edit ] Cat People (disambiguation) Cat-Man (disambiguation) Katman Xatman Topics referred to by

1620-586: The Lions washed". Although no biblical scholar or historian is known to have mentioned a relationship, some have expressed the belief that the origins of April Fools' Day may go back to the Genesis flood narrative . In a 1908 edition of the Harper's Weekly , cartoonist Bertha R. McDonald wrote: Some authorities gravely go back with it to the time of Noah and the ark . The London Public Advertiser of March 13, 1769, prints

1674-465: The United States, occurring on 15 April. The 19th episode of the first season of SpongeBob SquarePants , "Fools In April", also centers around a plot that takes place on April Fools' Day. Every year on 1 April, video game developer Mojang releases an April Fool's Day snapshot (an altered version of the game) for Minecraft: Java Edition (a version of Minecraft available on computers). Over

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1728-644: The attacker might reply with "a punch in the eye for being so sly". Another custom in Britain and North America is to say " rabbit rabbit " upon waking on the first day of a month, for good luck. Similar events documented by other Misplaced Pages languages also exist such as Poisson d'avril (France) and in the US the International day of the joke event which is assigned the first Sunday in May. The practice of April Fool pranks and hoaxes

1782-418: The best examples of how the day is celebrated. Various April Fools' campaigns have been praised for their innovation, creativity, writing, and general effort. Negative views describe April Fools' hoaxes as "creepy and manipulative", "rude" and "a little bit nasty", as well as based on Schadenfreude and deceit. When genuine news or a genuinely important order or warning is issued on April Fools' Day, there

1836-419: The cuckoo". The traditional prank is to ask someone to deliver a sealed message that supposedly requests help of some sort. In fact, the message reads " Dinna laugh, dinna smile. Hunt the gowk another mile. " The recipient, upon reading it, will explain they can only help if they first contact another person, and they send the victim to this next person with an identical message, with the same result. In England

1890-639: The day. In Lebanon , an April Fool prank is revealed by saying كذبة أول نيسان (which translates to "First of April Lie") to the recipient. Danes, Finns, Icelanders, Norwegians and Swedes celebrate April Fools' Day ( aprilsnar in Danish; aprillipäivä in Finnish; aprilsnarr in Norwegian; aprilskämt in Swedish). Most news media outlets will publish exactly one false story on 1 April; for newspapers this will typically be

1944-481: The exact origin of April Fools' Day is not exactly known. A disputed association between 1 April and foolishness is in Geoffrey Chaucer 's The Canterbury Tales (1392). In the " Nun's Priest's Tale ", a vain cock, Chauntecleer, is tricked by a fox "Since March began, full thirty days and two," i.e. 32 days since March began, which is 1 April. However, it is not clear that Chaucer was referencing 1 April since

1998-529: The festival was dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Odesa Film Studio and all events were held with an emphasis on cinema. In the UK, an April Fool prank is sometimes later revealed by shouting "April fool!" at the recipient, who becomes the "April fool". A study in the 1950s, by folklorists Iona and Peter Opie , found that in the UK, and in countries whose traditions derived from the UK, this continues to be

2052-405: The following paragraph concerning this theory: "The mistake of Noah sending the dove out of the ark before the water had abated, on the first day of April, and to perpetuate the memory of this deliverance it was thought proper, whoever forgot so remarkable a circumstance, to punish them by sending them upon some sleeveless errand similar to that ineffectual message upon which the bird was sent by

2106-495: The hoax concerns people in danger) and even legal or commercial consequences. In March 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic , various organizations and people warned not to observing April Fools' Day, as a mark of respect due to the large amount of tragic deaths that COVID-19 had caused up to that point, the wish to provide truthful information to counter any misinformation about the virus, and to pre-empt any attempts to incorporate

2160-516: The invention of April Fools' Day. The use of 1 January as New Year's Day became common in France only in the mid-16th century, and that date was not adopted officially until 1564, by the Edict of Roussillon , as called for during the Council of Trent in 1563. However, there are issues with this theory because there is an unambiguous reference to April Fools' Day in a 1561 poem by Flemish poet Eduard de Dene of

2214-539: The la la la la!" The hero soon enters a forest, in which he encounters Cat Man, an odd cloud, Space Ghost being mauled by a Bear, Coiffio's robot companion, 'Model Robot', and his arboreal agent, the Inappropriate Comedy Tree. In Canada , Perfect Hair Forever previously aired on Teletoon 's Teletoon at Night block and on the Canadian version of Adult Swim . On October 27, 2009, Adult Swim and distributor Warner Home Video released Adult Swim in

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2268-548: The letter, then ask the victim to take it to someone else, and so on. The letter when opened contained the words "send the fool further". In Italy, France, Belgium and French-speaking areas of Switzerland and Canada, the 1 April tradition is often known as "April fish" ( poisson d'avril in French, aprilvis in Dutch or pesce d'aprile in Italian). Possible pranks include attempting to attach

2322-407: The patriarch." Source: In Armenian culture , an April Fool prank is revealed by saying ապրիլ մեկ! ( april mek ) which means 1 April. In Germany, an April Fool prank is sometimes later revealed by shouting "April, April!" at the recipient, who becomes the "April fool". In Iran, it is called " Dorugh-e Sizdah " (lie of Thirteen) and people and media prank on 13 Farvardin ( Sizdah bedar ) that

2376-540: The practice, with the custom ceasing at noon, after which time it is no longer acceptable to play pranks. Thus a person playing a prank after midday is considered the "April fool" themselves. In Scotland, April Fools' Day was originally called " Huntigowk Day ". The name is a corruption of "hunt the gowk ", gowk being Scots for a cuckoo or a foolish person; alternative terms in Gaelic would be Là na Gocaireachd , "gowking day", or Là Ruith na Cuthaige , "the day of running

2430-405: The prankster says, " ¡Que la inocencia te valga! " which roughly translates as advice to not be as gullible as the victim of the prank. In Spain, it is common to say just " ¡Inocente! " (which in Spanish can mean "innocent" or "gullible"). In Colombia, the term is used as " Pásala por Inocentes ", which roughly means: "Let it go; today it's Innocent's Day." In Belgium, this day is also known as

2484-439: The premiere of the series to help tie it together. Space Ghost appears in every episode, either as a character with an actual role, or in the background. Perfect Hair Forever employs an ongoing serial format, a style that had been uncommon to previous Williams Street projects with their lack of emphasis on continuity . Each episode of the series features different opening sequence music and visuals. The style and music of

2538-409: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Catman . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Catman&oldid=1244347419 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

2592-579: The series. This episode had already aired on television on April 1, 2007, as part of Adult Swim's April Fool's Joke. This joke spanned the entire block, beginning with this episode and then airing all of season one in reverse order and in the style of old VHS fansubs , complete with Engrish subtitles on most episodes. Occasionally, instead of the Engrish subtitles, transcripts from other Adult Swim shows were presented instead. It replaced scheduled premieres of Bleach , Blood+ , and Eureka Seven . The prank

2646-409: The show, which talked about wanting to make the show "perfect" for you and your "hair" "forever", revealing the title "Perfect Hair Forever." The night's confusion continued when, instead of seeing the opening titles for Squidbillies , viewers were confronted with a title card for an episode of Space Ghost called "Perfect Hair Forever", thus starting the pilot episode. After the ending credits ran,

2700-460: The text of the "Nun's Priest's Tale" also states that the story takes place on the day when the sun is "in the sign of Taurus had y-rune Twenty degrees and one," which would not be 1 April. Modern scholars believe that there is a copying error in the extant manuscripts and that Chaucer actually wrote, " Syn March was gon ". If so, the passage would have originally meant 32 days after March, i.e. 2 May. In 1508, French poet Eloy d'Amerval referred to

2754-441: The virus into potential pranks. For example, Google decided not to do its traditional April Fools’ jokes that year. Because the pandemic was still ongoing a year later in 2021, Google also decided not to do pranks that year. In Thailand , the police warned ahead of April Fools' in 2021 that posting or sharing fake news online could lead to maximum of five years imprisonment. Other examples of genuine news on 1 April mistaken as

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2808-503: Was back in production with 16 episodes to be aired on its online streaming network The Fix, though after episode seven aired, the series was never continued. Episode 7 aired April 1, 2007, as part of Adult Swim's annual April Fool's Day joke, and was also available on Adult Swim's The Fix website. In 2007, the Japanese noise rock band Melt-Banana recorded the song "Hair-Cat (Cause the Wolf Is

2862-476: Was hinted at, though, as the schedule listed the same episodes that were to be shown that weekend for the next weekend ahead of time. Seven years after the series conclusion, an eighth episode was produced and aired unannounced on April 1, 2014, as part of Adult Swim's 2014 April Fools' Stunt. Two versions of this episode, "Muscular Distraction - A" and "Muscular Distraction - B," exist and were aired at 12:00 AM and 12:15 AM, respectively. The first episode concerns

2916-589: Was replaced with a techno remix of Action Hot Dog's chant. The first season of Perfect Hair Forever premiered on Sunday, November 27, 2005, at 12:30 AM Eastern Standard Time with the airing of the second episode. The pilot re-aired on November 20, 2005, though without the Adult Swim Brain Trust discussion spoof. Season 2 was supposed to contain 16 episodes, and was planned to premiere online on Adult Swim Video. On May 22, 2007, "Return to Balding Victory" debuted on Adult Swim Video, officially ending

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