The 2020 April Fools' Day meme movement was defined by a stark contrast to previous years due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. As the world entered lockdowns, traditional corporate pranks were largely cancelled out of sensitivity, leading the internet to declare that the year 2020 itself was the ultimate April Fools' joke. These memes often use irony and dark humor to highlight the absurdity of the year's events, from toilet paper shortages to the sudden halt of normal life. It serves as a digital time capsule of the collective realization that reality had become more unpredictable than any scripted holiday gag.