History Main / MemeticTroll

* {{Website/Twitch}} has the Kappa emote. Shortly after its debut in the Justin.tv era, it quickly became associated with trolling or sarcasm.

** 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}}.

* ''VideoGame/StarFox'' brings us Wolf O'Donnell, famous for his SignatureLine "Can't let you do that, Star Fox!"

* In ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' some fans believe that [[ConspiracyTheorist Dale Gribble]] is ObfuscatingStupidity regarding his ChocolateBaby Joseph in order to torment John Redcorn with the knowledge that he may have had Dale's wife but he'll never have his son.

* The Omnitrix, of all things, is considered this by some fans in ''Franchise/Ben10'', 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.

* ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'': [[Characters/DeadpoolWadeWilson Deadpool]] is unquestionably a {{Troll}} in-universe, and the fact he is fond of BreakingTheFourthWall just helped him to get this reputation to MemeticMutation level. Any fictional character you can come up with, there's probably fan-art out there of Deadpool being a dick to them while winking at the audience.
* ''ComicBook/TheFlash'': [[Characters/TheFlashEobardThawne Eobard Thawne]], better known as Professor Zoom or the Reverse-Flash, is known for being incredibly [[EvilIsPetty petty]], coupled with his abuse of time travel powers and tendency to [[ItsPersonal personally cause traumatic events in Flash's life]]. This has caused him to gain a half-joking reputation amongst fans as a petty troll who goes out of his way to be responsible for every bad thing that has ever happened to Flash, no matter how insignificant or harmless said bad thing is.

* [[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]]. (The fact that they ''kept him'' despite all the trolling shows they were that desperate for content.)

* ComicBook/{{MODOK}}, normally a half-comical, half-sadistic villain of Creator/MarvelComics, becomes this in ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3''. From his {{Evil Laugh}}s in many in his attacks (and in his VictoryPose in particular), some of his quotes that can come off as sadistically insane, his unorthodox playstyle (in that he can fly freely and mainly excels in keep-aways), and the fact that he just looks plain ridiculous and comes rather out of the blue (when compared to many other Marvel fan favorites that don't come in), the fans seemingly see him as a potent troll. Oh, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UleFJUi4gc4 his theme goes with trolling.]]
* ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} is unquestionably a {{Troll}} in-universe, and the fact he is fond of BreakingTheFourthWall just helped him to get this reputation to MemeticMutation level. Any fictional character you can come up with, there's probably fan-art out there of Deadpool being a dick to them while winking at the audience.
* ComicBook/EobardThawne, better known as [[Franchise/TheFlash Professor Zoom or the Reverse-Flash]], is known for being incredibly [[EvilIsPetty petty]], coupled with his abuse of time travel powers and tendency to [[ItsPersonal personally cause traumatic events in Flash's life]]. This has caused him to gain a half-joking reputation amongst fans as a petty troll who goes out of his way to be responsible for every bad thing that has ever happened to Flash, no matter how insignificant or harmless said bad thing is.
* ComicBook/BlackManta is just as petty as Professor Zoom and goes out of his way to screw with ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} as much as he can. The moment that cemented this status is when he got Aquaman to cure his HollywoodAutism under the belief that it was his FreudianExcuse for being evil, only to later backstab him and clarify that it wasn't the case and that was always evil no matter what, even implying that he was ''faking'' autism all just so he can screw with Aquaman. He also murdered Aquaman's son and will ''never'' let him forget it.

** Shiny Ralts has picked up this reputation in the fandom for its rarity even compared to other Shinies and the below-mentioned instance of one being infuriatingly uncatchable (other uncatchable Shiny Pok´mon can spawn due to oversights in earlier games, but Ralts is the most infamous).

* ''Franchise/HarryPotter'': Dumbledore has earned this reputation for awarding Harry and friends a bunch of last-minute points to hand Gryffindor a House Cup victory over Slytherin after he had already declared Slytherin the winners at the end of ''Literature/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone'', with fans exaggerating his bias to claim that he will screw over Slytherin and give Gryffindor wins against them for the flimsiest of reasons.

** Shiny Ralts has picked up this reputation in the fandom for its rarity even compared to other Shinies.

* Izaya Orihara from ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'', who is a remorseless {{Troll}} in the actual series itself.

* ''VideoGame/SpaceEngineers'' has a unique take on this with the game's ''[[WreakingHavok physics engine]]'', personified by the community as "Clang". Named after the last noise you want to hear while constructing machinery in the vacuum of space, Clang is worshipped as a devious trickster god that no player should say in vain lest you incur his wrath, resulting in your spaceship tear itself apart from a combination of buggy physics, collision detection, or other jank.

* ''VideoGame/SpaceEngineers'' has a unique take on this with the game's ''[[WreakingHavok physics engine]]'', personified by the community as "Clang". Named after the last noise you want to hear while constructing machinery in the vacuum of space, Clang is worshipped as a devious trickster that no player should say in vain lest you incur his wrath and suddenly have your spaceship tear itself apart from combo of buggy physics, collision detection, or other jank.

* [[BonusBoss The Ancient Dragon]] from ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsII'', while simply delivering a DisproportionateRetribution to [[PlayerCharacter the fool]] who [[NiceJobBreakingItHero provoked its ire]], is often lauded by the fandom as a merciless troll who revels in the frustrations of players who die way too often to its incredibly random attack pattern, sometimes taking flight just for the sake of it (and not [[ThatOneAttack raining down fire]]), and possibly crushing some hapless fool upon landing.

* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' has Shiny Ralts, which has picked up this reputation in the fandom for its rarity even compared to other Shinies.
** By that same token, Wally. In the tutorial section of ''Pokémon Emerald'' there is a scripted battle where the player character helps Wally catch a Ralts. This Ralts '''can''' spawn as a Shiny and there is no way to get it for oneself. So naturally, some poor souls were unfortunate enough to see Wally get a shiny Ralts instead of them. Ironically, he doesn't even get to keep it, as it will be normal-colored in subsequent encounters with him.

Quite often, the character isn't really a troll, but gets this reputation due to something he did or said in-story for no apparent other reason than screwing with others (such as neglecting a major detail about something in a situation where it would have been crucial) that cannot be attributed to his stupidity. It's also possible for the character to actually ''be'' a troll in the original support, but get this reputation [[{{Flanderization}} exaggerated]] for laughs by the {{fandom}}. In any case, the character has a reputation of being a Troll that has become a MemeticMutation.

** Plesioth. Fight him in the water? Well, [[ScrappyMechanic it's water]]. Fight him on land? [[HitboxDissonance Hipchecks]], [[ThatOneAttack hipchecks]] everywhere!
** Rathalos, whose idea of combat is [[GoddamnedBoss flying around for minutes at a time just to run down the quest timer]], i.e. the [[FanNickname Rathalos World Tour]].
** Congalala, who treats nature as their [[{{Fartillery}} toi]][[DungFu let]].
** The High Questrix, who loves telling you that you're going to fail. The Arena Bambina is even worse.
** So you're just going around on the latest High Rank quest and--''[[JumpScare god damn it]], [[ThatOneBoss Deviljho]]!''
** What's this? The quest is an Unstable environment? [[TemptingFate Well, it'll probably be fi-]]''[gets sliced to ribbons by a random Seregios' bladescales]'' [[SkywardScream DAMN YOU,]] [[FanNickname STEEEEEEVE!!]]
** Bazelgeuse joins Deviljho and Seregios in being a constant fight-interruptor, seemingly actively seeking out monsters already fighting with players. "The best way to track Bazelgeuse is to get into a fight with another monster, he'll come running."

* ''Anime/KillLaKill'' has Nui Harime, who indeed [[{{Troll}} takes pleasure in messing around with the protagonists' emotions]], but the {{fandom}} ramps her up into an uber troll who not only screws with the cast, [[UpToEleven but the AUDIENCE as well]]: or fans, she practically trolled them in ''her own sendoff'', and they like to see her as some sort of reality-warping trickster who denies the viewers the satisfaction of seeing her getting a comeuppance. ([[spoiler:While she did eventually die, she did it on her own terms and furthered the BigBad's plan by doing so, making the interpretation not too far-fetched]]). Not to mention that she did [[spoiler: blatantly break the fourth wall in the penultimate episode's credits, where she appears in place of the usual Mako at one point, doing a "shush" motion to the audience before suddenly an extra scene interrupts the credits entirely...a scene beginning with a close-up of Nui's face as she makes an announcement.]]

* Alucard from ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}''; in the original works, he is a SociopathicHero bordering on VillainProtagonist and a ShowyInvincibleHero, and definitely has a fondness for messing with his opponents before killing them and laughing at their dismay. ''WebVideo/HellsingUltimateAbridged'' turns all those characteristics plays UpToEleven and plays them for comedy, making him a PsychopathicManchild who takes every opportunity to annoy his boss Integra (from blackmailing her into giving him a plasma screen TV, to doing exactly the opposite of what she asks him to do, to tilting every painting he found walking to her office and crashing her father's car, covered in ''goat blood'', into the first British Dairy Queen) and everyone else (he's sent over four hundred absurd death threats to the Pope via carrier pigeon). Even [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaLTPTTgAaM his laugh]] has become a MemeticMutation.
* Zeno from ''Manga/YonaOfTheDawn'' is considered a benign troll among fans. Zeno is one of the Four Dragon Warriors meant to protect the title character. He's the last of the dragons to join the group and does so by just randomly showing up in their camp one day. There's no backstory, no tension, and no explanation. He proceeds to be a enigma to both the readers and other characters. Most the time he acts childish and happy-go-lucky but will occasionally drop wisdom and harsh truths. When his past is finally revealed much, much later it turns out that [[spoiler: Zeno's power is immortality. He's the ''original'' and ''only'' yellow dragon warrior. On top of that, he'd been following Yona and her group ever since she was forced out of the castle. His randomly joining wasn't random; after months of watching, Zeno finally decided Yona was worthy of his power.]] With this knowledge, fans looked over some of Zeno's past actions (like saying the dragons could take a castle and then immediately saying ''he'' doesn't have that kind of power, or that time he called an elderly woman "young lady") and declared him a troll.