TikTok CouplePranks and the Disappointments of Heterosexuality
in a whisper while saying “Yeah, he/she is right here.” These might say more about the tensions of monogamy, in particular, but straight men’s jealousy is often depicted in an aggressive style that is both gendered and echoed in other types of #couplepranks. It’s also often cast, by commenters and TikTokers alike, as a touching show of love.
Most notably, there is the trend where a woman pretends to have a phone conversation with a friend who has been hit by her husband, while secretly filming her own boyfriend’s reaction. The boyfriend, overhearing the fake conversation, puffs up his chest, grabs his shoes, and demands to know where he can find this man. Men’s seemingly perpetual proximity to violence lurks across the genre. In another trend, a woman willand wait for her boyfriend to use the bathroom.
As with any genre of TikTok prank, there is always the question of authenticity. Some couples specialize in these pranks, racking up dozens of clips, which challenges plausibility: How many times can you be pranked by your partner before you wise up, really? Many, including the house-scaling boyfriend, seem far-fetched. In a sense, though, authenticity doesn’t matter: These videos follow a gendered script, regardless of whether a man is in on the prank.
, which suggested that “men and women are so different, so at odds, that they might as well be from two different planets,” as Ward puts it. Prank TikToks may not dispense advice on coupledom, but they provide a certain reassurance about the normalcy of heterosexual, and monogamous, tensions and divisions. Many #coupleprank videos become trends precisely because of the supposed predictability of straight men’s reactions. The point isn’t toso much as to provoke a very particular response.
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