One further familiar comedic character that can be discovered in many of the chapbooks is the person who pulls pranks on others, or has pranks pulled on them. Again this is something that is still very common in the comedy practices of today and can be seen prominently in hidden camera television shows like MTV's Punk'd, with Ashton Kutcher. There have been many others similarly succcessful, including Just for Laughs: Gags or The Jamie Kennedy Experience. As can be seen from the chapbooks this is a concept that isn't new to modern comedy practices as characters have been playing the "victim" for centuries.

In Fun Upon Fun (Glasgow, 1840-1850), Leper has decided that he must get revenge on a neighbour’s dog that, the previous day, had bit him on the hand. As night falls, Leper is able to catch the dog and bring him to the local church (kirk) where he ties the animal’s foot to a rope that is connected to the church bells. As Leper runs off the dog begins struggling to break free, which in turn causes the church bells to ring out. While Leper was only trying to get revenge on the dog, he inadvertently woke up the whole village.

In another part of Fun Upon Fun our hero Leper has been called to work at a gentleman’s house where there was a "saucy house-keeper". Leper felt that this house-keeper lacked in good manners as she was very rude and disrespectful to the other servants of the home. Leper felt that she needed to be taught a lesson. Upon finding eggs from an ants nest, he mixed them into the housewife’s supper, which caused her to suffer from uncontrollable gas. The woman was so incredibly embarrassed that she left the home, to the great delight of the other servants.

In a short piece from The Anecdote-Book a professor is attempting to demean a less intellectual man that he meets. The professor asks the man "how long can a person live without brains?" to which the "simpleton" responds by asking the professor how old he is. As it turns out this man was not as slow as the professor originally thought and the joke was turned onto him.

In this short piece from The Scrap-Book, a husband attempts to make a joke about his wife, only to have her turn the joke on him. As the wife was telling a friend that she was born on April 22nd the husband remarked that he always thought her birthday was on April 1st, otherwise known as April Fool’s Day. The wife responds to this jab by stating that people might think that due to her choice of husband. The wife certainly got the last laugh during this encounter.

In another section from The Scrap-Book two men are wagering a bet with one another. One of the men had only one eye and placed a bet with the other man (who had two eyes) that he would be able to see more than him. The bet was accepted and the one-eyed man exclaimed that he had won because he was able to see the two eyes of the other man, while the other man could only see his single eye. The one-eyed man had been able to swindle the two-eyed man in quite sneaky fashion.

In The Comical History of Simple John, our hero John has just asked a woman named Girzy for her hand in marriage to which she agreed. As he was leaving for home he was able to sneak a kiss from her through the barn window. Feeling a little bit greedy John thought that he would be able to steal another kiss. Girzy's sister however had something more sinister in mind. As John waited at the dark window for his kiss, the sister shoved a cow's head towards his lips. John did not seem to notice however as he only mentions that Girzy's "mouth be [cold] since a kissed ye last". John did not understand that he had just been the victim of a nasty prank.