Today On Screen

ALT In a pub, a white male police officer holding up his badge and pointing at someone as he demands to know their date of birth

ALT A white police officer stands at the intake window at a police station, with a crowd of white male teens and one adult white man behind him

ALT A close-up of a sign being held by a white teen who is having his booking photo taken at a police station. The date reads “23-04-06”

ALT A scene from a 3D animated film. A tiny stylish white woman with short hair and big glasses is berating a big beefy white man. “Stratogale! April 23rd, ‘57. Cape caught in a jet turbine.”

ALT A young white superhero girl in a red uniform with a long cape is flying beside an airplane, waving to the people inside.

ALT The aftermath of a superhero getting sucked into a jet turbine, which happens offscreen. It shows people in a plane looking out of the windows, worried.

ALT An image of a radio sitting on a shelf under some stairs. “Twelve o'clock. The 21st of April. It's midnight and we've just started into the witching hour.”

ALT A white man’s hand extracts an old journal from a hole in a wall.

ALT A white man holds an ancient book in his hands. It’s inscribed with “Journal of Father Patrick Malone, 1880”.

ALT An attractive white woman sitting in a radio station studio inside a lighthouse. She's saying, “This is KAB, Antonio Bay, California. Six minutes after midnight. Haven't heard from the weatherman, so I don't know about that rain. But there's a full moon and no clouds in the sky.”

ALT Two white men, one old and one young, standing in front of a wall-sized water tank with a half-man, half-fish inside of it, swimming around. “Abraham Sapien. Discovered alive in a secret chamber of St. Trinian's Foundling Hospital, Washington.“

ALT An old-fashioned script on a tiny framed card. “His name was taken from this little inscription stuck to the side of his tank.” “Icthyo Sapiens. April 14, 1865.”

ALT A younge white woman standing in front of a young white man, his face shocked as she takes off her robe and stands nude before him

ALT A charcoal sketch of a woman’s face

ALT A signature at the bottom of a sketch, dated April 14, 1912, JD.

ALT A man, a woman, and several people leaning far over the edge of a ship, looking back at the iceberg that the ship has just struck

ALT A white cyclops woman with a purple ponytail looking at a little three-eyed creature with fangs. “Hello, there. Hmm. He doesn't seem to be on the checklist.”

ALT A spaceship deck with a white, short-haired captain in the main chair, and an alien attendant. “Captain's journal. Star date—uh…” “April 13th.” “April 13th…point two.”

ALT An old-timey image of a city skyline, with a spaceship above. “Hubert J. Farnsworth was born April 9th, 2851, in New New York’s nerdiest slum, Hell’s Laboratory.”

ALT An old-timey cartoon shot of a young white man in thick glasses, wearing a diaper he is clearly too old for, sitting on a stoop reading a book. “A precocious child, young Hubert learned to read while he was still in diapers, at age 8.”

ALT A shot of a cartoon white man with thick glasses and orange hair, looking in a microscope in a run-down, dirty laboratory. “After 14 years of graduate school, Farnsworth settled into the glamorous life of a scientist.”

ALT Three young white boys sitting around a projector, at a table covered in files and papers.

ALT On the projection screen, someone holds up a card that reads “April 8, 1963”

ALT A close up of the projection video. It shows a white male scientist being lifted up close to the ceiling by a tentacle.

ALT A young white man unlocking a record shop door. There’s a poster with a photo of a white male pop star that says, “Meet Rex Manning” and it’s dated April 8.

ALT A white male pop star standing in front of a display that says “Welcome Rex Manning” and a series of TVs with his music video playing.

ALT Two young World War I British soldiers sleep in a field

ALT A bald, white man standing in front of a classroom, speaking to the class. There's Spanish writing on the chalkboard behind him, and a bored-looking Asian man sits at a desk. The bald man is saying, "April Fools' Day is banished, okay?"

ALT The bald man looks to the side as he raises his fingers to emphasize a point. Behind him, the board reads "1 Abril". He's saying, "April 1st is officially—"

ALT The bald man continues, still pointing emphatically in front of a chalkboard. He says, "March 32nd forever."

ALT A cartoon image of a blonde white woman in a doctor's coat holding an armful of merchandise in a store. She looks harried.

ALT A woman in a harlequin costume sneaking past a guard in a booth, in a nighttime scene

ALT A woman dressed as a harlequin standing in the doorway of a prison cell that has been blown open. She's saying, “Knock knock, puddin!’ Say hello to your new and improved Harley Quinn."

ALT A screencap from a game showing a patient interview, labeled "Harley Quinn" and dated April 1. The text says, "Uh uh uh. The Doc's out, puddin. Say hello to your new and improved Harley Quinn."

ALT A blonde white woman in front of a red curtain. She is saying, according to a subtitle, "I'll see you again in 25 years."

ALT Two white men stand in a living room. Both are wearing suits, although one looks more well-off than the other. The shabbier man says, "When would this take place?" The more well-off man replies, "Tomorrow night."

ALT Two white men, an older police inspector with a mustache and a younger, handsome man, both stand over a desk, grasping a person's checkbook and check stubs. The younger man is pointing at the checkbook and saying, "Inspector, wait a minute. Look at this. The last check he wrote was on the 26th of March, the day before this all happened."

ALT “The Duelling Cavalier is now a musical.” “Fellas, I feel this is my lucky day: March 23rd.” “Now hold on, your lucky day’s the 24th. It’s 1:30 already, it’s morning.” “[Singing] Good morning, good morning!”

ALT An exterior shot of a high school building. It's two stories, made of plain concrete, with stairs dead center, going up into the entrance. It has a squat font that reads "Shermer High School." A caption reads, “Saturday, March 24, 1984. Shermer High School, Shermer Illinois, 60062”

ALT A group of five white students sitting together, talking. There's a redheaded girl in pink ("the princess"), a blonde boy in average clothes ("the brain"), a blonde boy in a sleeveless shirt ("the athlete"), a brunette girl dressed in all black ("the basket case"), and a brunette boy who's wearing flannel and loose pants ("the criminal").

ALT A white woman with brown hair weeping as she talks to a small boy, who is in a hospital gown and tied to a chair. She says, “Do you know what March 22 is? It’s your birthday. Your birthday."

ALT The young white boy, who is tied to a pole, stares at the woman blankly.

ALT A screen reading “Emergency Broadcast System”, and text saying it is not a test, the US Government has sanctioned 12 hours of legal violence though politicians are excluded. "This is not a test. This is your Emergency Broadcast System announcing the commencement of The Annual Purge sanctioned by the U.S. Government. Weapons of Class 4 and lower have been authorized for use during the Purge. All other weapons are—"

ALT A frame showing a video feed of a car on fire, dated March 3, 2021. It's in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

ALT Text on a screen reading: "subjecte: LUH 3417, mate: THX 1138, 3/2/75, possible drug violation." It spells subject with an extra E on the screen.

ALT Scenes from a futuristic sci fi movie. A bald white woman looks upset about something.