Read George Takei's Fincredicle Inflatable Shark Review

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By Christine Erickson2013-08-21 14:16:40 UTC

George Takei is a man of many hats: actor, activist, social media superstar, spacecraft helmsman and just your average Amazon shopper. Apparently, Takei can add troll to that list too.

Inspired by Sharknado fever, Takei pranked his partner Brad with an inflatable shark, then shared his antics via an Amazon review.

According to the review — hopefully written by Takei himself, not his ghost writer — the actor purchased the remote-controlled, floating shark after Brad claimed the Sharknado plot was "preposterous."

See also: 8 Things That Should Terrify You More Than Sharks

Takei then goes into particularly specific detail about how the prank went down. (Though he does mention to actually review the toy.)

I waited until we had planned one of our home camping adventures in our backyard (Note: the AIR SWIMMER flying shark requires a good amount of space to operate, and definitely don't try it in high winds). I was in my Eagle Scout outfit and had just blown a rousing "Taps" on the trumpet to bring an end to our day. Brad had just doused our small fire carefully and plished off his fourth s'more, and true to form had broken out his harmonica to begin a lonesome "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot."

I excused myself, claiming I needed to go "visit nature" before turning in. When I was just out of sight, I ducked behind our tool shed and grabbed the AIR SWIMMER remote controls. To add to the ruse, I used my Bluetooth enabled smartphone to play the theme from Jaws on the jambox I'd hidden inside the tent.

The review continues in dramatic build, revealing that Brad was so startled, he allegedly fell into the tent and shot a flare gun into the air, sending the shark flying.

"Thankfully, by the time the authorities arrived we had packed up the evidence and were sipping chamomile tea in our kitchen," writes Takei, who gave the toy a five-star review.

The whole theatric event might sound a little too fishy to skeptics. What do you think? Let us know in the comments below.

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