--- title: Jimmy Kimmel's Latest Prank Pits Gaming Kids Against Parents description: Kimmel asked parents to turn off the TV while their kids are playing Fortnite and film the dramatic results. canonical: https://time.com/5479987/jimmy-kimmel-fortnite/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-12-14T18:42:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:56:26.367Z og:title: Jimmy Kimmel's Latest Prank Pits Gaming Kids Against Parents og:description: Kimmel got parents to film what happens after they turn off their kids' Fortnite og:url: https://time.com/5479987/jimmy-kimmel-fortnite/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt340f2205e1b2bc13/6989418fab6d774a576b4708/Screen-Shot-2018-12-14-at-1.35.24-PM.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: jimmy-kimmel-fortnite og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jimmy Kimmel's Latest Prank Pits Gaming Kids Against Parents twitter:description: Kimmel got parents to film what happens after they turn off their kids' Fortnite twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt340f2205e1b2bc13/6989418fab6d774a576b4708/Screen-Shot-2018-12-14-at-1.35.24-PM.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jimmy Kimmel Got Parents to Turn Off Their Kids' Fortnite and the Results Are Terrifying  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Dec 14, 2018 6:42 PM UTC  YouTube  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Dec 14, 2018 6:42 PM UTC Kids, [Jimmy Kimmel](http://time.com/5476651/jimmy-kimmel-millennials-canned-tuna/) is not your friend. He’s even turning your parents against you. The latest example: Kimmel asked parents to try turning off the TV while their kids were playing the [popular](http://time.com/5394933/fortnite-gaming/) video game [Fortnite](http://time.com/5471962/fortnite-apple-google-app-store/) — and film their ensuing reactions. The results are suitably terrifying, as kids around the world flipped out on their parents as they watched their efforts onscreen go to waste when the TV turns black. Earlier in the week, Kimmel issued a “YouTube Challenge” on his show, urging parents to submit videos of the Fortnite fallout for his amusement. “I asked, and many of you answered,” he explained as an introduction to the prank. The ensuing nearly-three-minute compilation is a mashup of varying levels of screams, disbelief and temper tantrums. “What are you doing, go cook!” one kid asks. Others collapse into fits of rage. “What do you want!” another cries. “Are you out of your mind?” “What are you doing? My friend just died because of you!” Clearly, emotions run high when video game success is at risk. Kimmel’s advice at the end is simple: “Now go outside.” Good luck to the parents trying to convince their Fortnite-obsessed kids to brave the cold, however. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5479987/jimmy-kimmel-fortnite/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5479987/jimmy-kimmel-fortnite/"},"headline":"Jimmy Kimmel Got Parents to Turn Off Their Kids' Fortnite and the Results Are Terrifying","datePublished":"2018-12-14T18:42:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:56:26.367Z","description":"Kimmel asked parents to turn off the TV while their kids are playing Fortnite and film the dramatic results.","url":"https://time.com/5479987/jimmy-kimmel-fortnite/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Games","Late Night Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt340f2205e1b2bc13/6989418fab6d774a576b4708/Screen-Shot-2018-12-14-at-1.35.24-PM.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt340f2205e1b2bc13/6989418fab6d774a576b4708/Screen-Shot-2018-12-14-at-1.35.24-PM.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"jimmy-kimmel-fortnite","caption":"","creditText":"YouTube","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5479987/jimmy-kimmel-fortnite/","name":"Jimmy Kimmel Got Parents to Turn Off Their Kids' Fortnite and the Results Are Terrifying"}}]}] ```