On Jimmy Kimmel Live!, host Jimmy Kimmel often tasks his viewers with filming themselves pranking their kids and posting the results on YouTube. In the past, this has included a Halloween prank where parents told their kids that they ate all of their trick-or-treating candy, as well as a Christmas prank where parents gave their kids ridiculous gag gifts. Now that Fortnite is the most popular video game in the world, Kimmel has set his sights on the battle royale game, telling parents to turn off the TV while their kids are in the middle of a match.

Jimmy Kimmel's Fortnite prank has yielded both hilarious and disturbing results. Some of the kids react appropriately shocked and confused, whereas others lash out at their parents, hitting them and knocking their phones out of their hands. Some of the best clips were shown on the most recent episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, and that compilation of videos can be seen below.

The studio audience reaction to the Fortnite prank seems in line with how other people will think of it. And unfortunately, it may perpetuate some video game stereotypes. It may also be used as evidence in favor of the argument that Fortnite is addictive and that video games may cause children to be aggressive.

In the past, Jimmy Kimmel has had a somewhat tumultuous relationship with gamers. A few years ago, Kimmel infamously showed a skit making fun of Let's Play videos, and made some jokes that offended some members of the gaming community. This resulted in some pretty significant backlash, and even death threats targeted at the talk show host.

Kimmel took the criticism in stride, even poking fun at the death threats and filming a segment with popular YouTube personalities Markiplier and MissesMae. Since the controversy, Kimmel hasn't really focused much on gaming, but if this Fortnite prank proves popular enough, that may change in the coming weeks.

Fortnite is out now in early access for Android, iOS, PC, PS4, Switch, and Xbox One.