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.