But you can't deny that Naruto popularized that Prank, can you?
I'm just saying.
The prank has been for AGES before Naruto even got penned. It was performed in Dragon Ball, YuYu Hakusho, Slam Dunk, Crayon Shinchan, basically any manga that has gag content. 'Popularized by Naruto'? In what sense? If anything, Gintama of all things used this troupe the most.