History Main / MemeticTroll

* Wrestling/KevinOwens has built up quite a reputation as a troll, particularly on Twitter, due to his hilarious DeadpanSnarker responses to (often poorly-written) [[DearNegativeReader hate comments]].

* Wrestling/KevinOwens has built up quite a reputation as a troll, particularly on Twitter, due to his hilarious DeadpanSnarker responses to (often poorly-written) hate comments.

* ''Franchise/TheMuppets'': Statler and Waldorf are considered by many fans and others to be the original trolls (in fact, one popular meme names them as, "Trolling before there was trolling." Given that their main schtick on ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' was sitting up in the balcony and heckling almost everyone in the show (they're especially merciless with Fozzie), which is a characteristic that continually follows them from medium to medium, helps validate this opinion. Their ScrewPolitenessIAmASenior personalities also help. For a short while circa 2005, Statler and Waldorf actually had their own webcast where they would review (or rip apart) the latest movie releases. They even got their own JustForFun page on this site.

* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' offers us [[BigBad Sosuke Aizen]], a MagnificentBastard of the SoftSpokenSadist variety who practically rubs his superiority in the protagonists' (and the audience's) faces at every opportunity. While his plans were carefully laid out with judicious use of his zanpakuto's [[MasterOfIllusion totally hax powers]] during the Soul Society arc, the infamous Hinamori incident in which he brutally showcased his Kyoka Suigetsu's abilities automatically propelled him from ChessMaster to [[PhysicalGod God]] of the Bleach-verse in the eyes of the fandom, with countless parodies to boot. Even after his eventual defeat, fans could still be heard musing that he's just using his Bankai to progress the plot.

* The mischievous goose from ''VideoGame/UntitledGooseGame'', since the entire point of the game is to have the goose screw with people ForTheEvulz. Naturally, this has led to memes depicting the goose playing pranks on characters from other series, namely by stealing various characters' belongings or important {{Macguffin}}s.

* The mischievous goose from ''VideoGame/UntitledGooseGame'' started pranking other fandoms right away.

* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' features a plot point known as [[spoiler:the "curse of Valla]], which is explained by [[MysteriousWaif Azura]]. [[spoiler:Basically, the dragon god ruling over the Kingdom of Valla, in order to be sure that nobody can find out in time about his plan to have the Kingdoms of Hoshido and Nohr destroy each other, has put a curse on the name "Valla" (à la Taboo curse, as seen with Voldemort's name in ''Franchise/HarryPotter''). Therefore, anyone who mentions Valla's name outside of it immediately disappears and dies. However, due to how the aforementioned curse of Valla is handled in the story (i.e. barely mentioned), fans tend to joke that Azura is either making up the curse's existence, making the curse seem more powerful/deadly than it actually is, or some combination of the two]], [[ForTheLulz presumably just to mess with everyone]].

* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' features a plot point known as [[spoiler:the "curse of Valla]], which is explained by [[MysteriousWaif Azura]]. [[spoiler:Basically, the dragon god ruling over Valla, in order to be sure that nobody can find out in time about his plan to have the Kingdoms of Hoshido and Nohr destroy each other, has put a curse on the name "Valla" (à la Taboo curse, as seen with Voldemort's name in ''Franchise/HarryPotter''). Therefore, anyone who mentions Valla's name outside of it immediately disappears and dies. However, due to how the aforementioned curse of Valla is handled in the story (i.e. barely mentioned), fans tend to joke that Azura is either making up the curse's existence, making the curse seem more powerful/deadly than it actually is, or some combination of the two]], [[ForTheLulz presumably just to mess with everyone]].

** Beatrice the Golden Witch from ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'' is quite infamous for her trolling of Battler, especially since one of her expressions in the original sound novels looks very similar to the memetic Trollface. [[spoiler:However, it turns out that her trolling nature is [[JerkassFacade largely an act]], and that Bernkastel is a much more cruel and merciless troll than Beato ever was.]]

* Yukiko Amagi from ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}''. Usually a DitzyGenius YamatoNadeshiko, the event at the Amagi Inn where she messed up the schedules of the boys on purpose and makes their stay at her inn just [[PlayedForLaughs hilariously unpleasant]] has made people think she's a rather sneaky {{Troll}}.

* ''Film/{{Downfall}}'': Fegelein is generally depicted in YouTube Poops as annoying Hitler and the other occupants of the bunker with cartoon antics. That one really has no basis in the actual film (or real life), where he gets very little characterization before he's simply shot as a deserter.

* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' fans have tons of jokes about Sonic which essentially revolve around him spamming his "You're too slow!" taunt over and over.

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* ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'': Glinda doesn't just tell Dorothy from the start that Dorothy's ruby slippers have the power to bring her back home. In-story, the justification would be that, had Glinda told her, Dorothy wouldn't have [[ItsTheJourneyThatCounts gone through her travel and grown up with it]], but most people like to attribute it to Glinda just wanting to screw with her.\\
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Interestingly, [[AdaptationInducedPlotHole this is actually an error from the adaptation]], since the film [[CompositeCharacter combines two characters from the book]]: Glinda the Good Witch of the South and the (unnamed) Good Witch of the North. The one from the North tells Dorothy to go to the Wizard; and after the Wizard flies off in his balloon, everyone suggests that she visit Glinda, who is the one who tells her that she [Dorothy] had the power all along.
* ''Film/{{Downfall}}'': Fegelein is generally depicted in YouTube Poops as annoying Hitler and the other occupants of the bunker with cartoon antics. That one really has no basis in the actual film (or real life), where he gets very little characterization before he's simply shot as a deserter.
* ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, of all people, in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, following the opening of ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', where he keeps lapping future partner Sam Wilson, while subtly gloating.

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* ''Franchise/TheMuppets''
** Statler and Waldorf are considered by many fans and others to be the original trolls (in fact, one popular meme names them as, "Trolling before there was trolling." Given that their main schtick on ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' was sitting up in the balcony and heckling almost everyone in the show (they're especially merciless with Fozzie), which is a characteristic that continually follows them from medium to medium, helps validate this opinion. Their ScrewPolitenessIAmASenior personalities also help.\\
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For a short while circa 2005, Statler and Waldorf actually had their own webcast where they would review (or rip apart) the latest movie releases. They even got their own JustForFun page on this site.

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* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer40000}}'':

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* ''WebVideo/DeagleNation'' had Soap the Parkour Wolf from the livestreams of ''VideoGame/TheSims3''. Instead of being the LoyalAnimalCompanion of the player's AuthorAvatar, Soap constantly disobeys him, ruins his furniture, and bites him. Adding to this, Soap is [[YourTomcatIsPregnant revealed to be female when she has a litter of puppies]], even though she was intended to be a male.

* As far as Web Videos are concerned: [[CatsAreMean Cats]], given their habit of knocking down things, photo bombing and generally acting like jerks.
* WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged's depiction of Goku looks like a CloudCuckooLander on the surface, but his knack for using his stupidity to annoy people happens at such a rate that one wonders how much of is intentional. It's even brought in universe thanks to his moments of HyperAwareness that imply he really is trying to get a reaction out of people.
* [[WebVideo/GuruLarryAndWez Larry "Guru Larry" Bundy, Jr.]] became this during [=#ChangeTheChannel=] debacle (which in the majority of the producers for [[Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses Channel Awesome]] left amid [[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WZFkR__B3Mk9EYQglvislMUx9HWvWhOaBP820UBa4dA/preview# revelations]] of mismanagement, misogyny, favoritism, hypocrisy, ignoring producers' concerns, and unsafe filming conditions by Mike Michaud and the Walker Brothers, as well as sexual misconduct by Mike Ellis and [[WebVideo/YouCanPlayThis the late Justin Carmical]], and the management's poor responses to the whole thing), for openly {{troll}}ing the management by sticking around as [[TheDogBitesBack a final "screw you" to them for being ignored by them for years]] and to [[WhileRomeBurns watch the site go down in flames]].

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* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''

* The Omnitrix, of all things, is considered this by some fans in ''Franchise/{{Ben 10}}'', despite being an object whose sentience isn't even confirmed in canon. This is due to the device's tendency to give Ben the wrong alien at the worst times, which at first was justified by Ben's unfamiliarity with it, but has now been flanderized to such a degree (even though by this point Ben has been wearing the thing for several years and should be familiar with it) that blaming the Omnitrix for being a dick just seems like the most credible option.

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* The RandomNumberGod, the bane of all RPG players. It's been known [[FinaglesLaw to screw over players over factors outside their control, just because it can]].
* The Wendy's mascot, mainly due to the DeadpanSnarker tendencies of the official Twitter account. It eventually paved way for anime fanart of the mascot categorized as "[[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/smug-wendys Smug Wendy's]]".
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** [[BigGood Princess Celestia]]. She's depicted in the series as a ReasonableAuthorityFigure who genuinely tries to make everything go for the better, but her tendencies to [[GuileHero sometimes use deception to those ends]], play occasional mild (but good-spirited) pranks, neglect some crucial details (such as the fact her pet is a Phoenix in "A Bird in the Hoof" or that she could give Twilight invitations to the gala for all her friends from the start in "The Grand Galloping Galla"), and of course the fact she [[IDidWhatIHadToDo banished her then-evil sister Luna to the Moon]] led to people commonly depicting her as a trolling ruler who borders on [[TheCaligula Caligula]] territory.

* Javik of ''VideoGame/MassEffect3''. Being [[spoiler:the last Prothean]], he's quite fond of sharing stories of what things were like in his cycle, which are either complete lies or said just to screw with the "primitives" of the current cycle. He's abrasive, arrogant, and oh so hilarious. But he will admit [[BoldlyComing there is one thing]] [[CrowningMomentOfFunny primitives are good at]].

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* [[WebVideo/GuruLarryAndWez Larry "Guru Larry" Bundy, Jr.]] became this during [=#ChangeTheChannel=] debacle (which in the majority of the producers for [[Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses Channel Awesome]] left amid [[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WZFkR__B3Mk9EYQglvislMUx9HWvWhOaBP820UBa4dA/preview# revelations]] of mismanagement, misogyny, favoritism, hypocrisy, ignoring producers' concerns, and unsafe filming conditions by Mike Michaud and the Walker Brothers, as well as sexual misconduct by Mike Ellis and [[WebVideo/YouCanPlayThis the late Justin Carmical]], and the management's poor responses to the whole thing), for openly {{troll}}ing the management by sticking around as a final "screw you" to them for being ignored by them for years and to [[WhileRomeBurns watch the site go down in flames]].