History Main / TrollingCreator

* The video game "VideoGame/{{Undertale}}" has an entire character dedicated to this trope, creator/{{Toby Fox}}'s stand in for himself, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Annoying Dog]]. Toby is known for this, like the time he said that the blood Sans bleeds in the genocide route is actually ketchup. Not even the wiki is sure if that was a joke or not.

See also TeasingCreator, LyingCreator, and TheWalrusWasPaul.

* Creator/AgathaChristie could count as one considering some of her works. ''Cards on the Table'' has every suspect be "revealed" as the true killer at some point, only for the next to be revealed later. ''Literature/TheMurderOfRogerAckroyd'' has [[spoiler:the narrator as the killer]]. And ''Literature/MurderOnTheOrientExpress'' has [[spoiler:EVERYONE be the killer!]]

* In ''VideoGame/TombRaider'', there is a health kit in one level that cannot be reached by normal means (only abusing the corner bug will teleport Lara to the top of the platform and reach it) and it was put there as a joke from the developers just to screw with the players. They would do this again for the next two sequels and the one in the third game is doubled as ShmuckBait since the item is sitting on top of a mud pit where you can't grab the item and you'll just sink and drown instead.

In ''VideoGame/TombRaider'', there is a health kit in one level that cannot be reached by normal means (only abusing the corner bug will teleport Lara to the top of the platform and reach it) and it was put there as a joke from the developers just to screw with the players. They would do this again for the next two sequels and the one in the third game is doubled as ShmuckBait since the item is sitting on top of a mud pit where you can't grab the item and you'll just sink and drown instead.

** In Chapter 41 of ''Ghosts'', Nimbus justified his [[ForWantOfANail changing the nature of the First Task]] by noting that "Harry would quite literally walk over any normal dragon with ease." As it turns out, [[spoiler:[[ExactWords the key word there is "normal"]], and Harry winds up fighting an Elder Wyrm, which is indeed a kind of dragon, albeit one far more badass than a mere Hungarian Horntail.]]

* InUniverse, ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' writer Creator/GeorgeRRMartin is parodied as this in the Website/CollegeHumor video "[[https://youtu.be/aFfP4gZGpok George R.R. Martin Responds to Game of Thrones Backlash]]". After several important characters are rather unexpectedly killed off in season 3 of the TV adaptation ''Series/GameOfThrones'' and some fans start complaining, he lashes out. "Martin" says he revels in upsetting his fans, and proceeds to bash their hopes for his own joy.

*** At the end of the reveal, Sakurai explains that their main focus was making sure every fighter from the previous games returned, "so I'm kind of hoping you aren't expecting too many new challengers" (at this point, the only new characters unveiled were the Inkling and Daisy) -- immediately before revealing that Ridley had finally been PromotedToPlayable. Plus ''Ultimate'' featured a total of eleven new characters (six brand-new and five {{Moveset Clone}}s, including the aforementioned Chrom) and twelve more in DLC (one stand-alone, five in one pass, and six in a second pass), so your mileage on how much of a cheeky statement that was depends on how many characters one expected.

** Faith No More have also picked up on the trolling of other artists. [[http://www.faithnomoreblog.com/2010/05/faith-no-more-from-archives.html At one famous 1995 show]], noise rock band Steel Pole Bath Tub played an opening set for Faith No More consisting of nothing but CoverVersions of "[[Music/BlackSabbath Paranoid]]" and "[[Music/CheapTrick Surrender]]" over and over again, making the audience incredibly angry as a result. When Faith No More came on stage, they opened [[http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/faith-no-more/1995/the-brewery-louisville-ky-1bd02d8c.html their set]]...with their ''own'' version of "Paranoid" and teased the audience with its opening riff multiple times throughout the show. For part of the encore, they brought Steel Pole Bath Tub back on stage to play "Paranoid" for the ''seventh'' time in the show.

** Faith No More have also picked up on the trolling of other artists. [[http://www.faithnomoreblog.com/2010/05/faith-no-more-from-archives.html At one famous 1995 show]], noise rock band Steel Pole Bath Tub played an opening set for Faith No More consisting of nothing but "[[Music/BlackSabbath Paranoid]]" and "[[Music/CheapTrick Surrender]]" over and over again, making the audience incredibly angry as a result. When Faith No More came on stage, they opened [[http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/faith-no-more/1995/the-brewery-louisville-ky-1bd02d8c.html their set]]...with their ''own'' version of "Paranoid" and teased the audience with its opening riff multiple times throughout the show. For their encore, they brought Steel Pole Bath Tub back on stage to play "Paranoid" for the ''seventh'' time in the show.

** His anecdote, whether true or not, about giving a band a random track he had lying around the studio as a commissioned remix.

* Music/WilburSoot is infamous for being this for the ''LetsPlay/DreamSMP'', from proclaiming that ridiculous things are canonical (such as his canon counterpart [[BestialityIsDepraved banging a literal fish]], among other things) to posting updates on [[spoiler:how [[KillTheCutie Ghostbur]] was doing [[AndIMustScream in the Afterlife]]]], seemingly just to watch [[TearJerker the fandom weep]] and question "what the fuck is wrong with [him]". Just a day or two after the latter incident, he [[https://alliumduos.tumblr.com/post/657324644475502592/god-may-he-step-on-lego-burn-his-toast-and-have updated his flair]] on the Dream SMP subreddit accordingly to "Dream SMP Member (Enjoyer of Tears)".

* WebVideo/RedLetterMedia's Mr. Plinkett [[https://youtu.be/PiRS1b--TTQ "review"]] of ''Film/TransformersTheLastKnight'' consists on him talking for thirty seconds about how awful the movie is before saying that [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere he shouldn't waste any more time on it and saying "Bye!"]], leaving a black screen with Transformers' sounds that runs for about ''58 minutes''. It should be mentioned that in the original video the length of the black screen was of 20 minutes, then after they received backlash for it in the comments ''they increased it to its current length in response''.

* Leading up to the release of ''VideoGame/WolfensteinIITheNewColossus'', Creator/{{Bethesda}} released social media promotions and posts that [[TakeThat throw shade on the growing "alt-right" movement]], including [[https://twitter.com/wolfenstein/status/919684333207568385 one post]] that pays homage to the famous video of [[https://youtu.be/9rh1dhur4aI Richard Spencer getting punched in the face]].

** Sakurai had occasionally dropped hints about Ridley, but in a roundabout way that neither confirmed or denied that he was even going to be in ''for 3DS and Wii U'' at all, to the frustration of fans who wanted him playable. Even after he all but directly confirmed his inclusion as an NPC boss on the Pyrosphere stage, he had a few jabs at the fans who still believed he was going to be playable.

** It was announced that on July 14th, 2014 there would be a big character announcement. But hours before the big event, Sakurai ''casually'' (emphasis on 'casually') posted his usual Pic of the Day... that had '''VideoGame/{{Rayman}}''' on it. Considering that this was the first time a non-Nintendo universe character was introduced with a trophy, fans wouldn't be blamed for thinking that was the announcement... until later that day, when: both [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening male and female Robin and Lucina]] were announced as fighters. There's also a bit of a "take that" to the many, ''many'' people who wanted Chrom in the game, as he was shown lying unconscious on the ground in the trailer. He eventually says "I guess I'll get my chance another day", before promptly passing back out. Then the trailer cuts to some gameplay footage promising that no, he's getting his chance ''now''... as Robin's Final Smash. His ''actual'' chance as a fighter came four years later in the fifth installment, ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate''.

*** At the end of the reveal, Sakurai explains that their main focus was making sure every fighter from the previous games returned, "so I'm kind of hoping you aren't expecting too many new challengers" (at this point, the only new characters unveiled were the Inkling and Daisy) -- immediately before revealing that Ridley had finally been PromotedToPlayable. Plus ''Ultimate'' featured a total of eleven new characters (six brand-new and five {{Moveset Clone}}s) and twelve more in DLC (one stand-alone, five in one pass, and six in a second pass), so your mileage on how much of a cheeky statement that was depends on how many characters one expected.

* The creators of ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros'' can be like this. They admitted to doing things like intentionally giving [[TheScrappy the Murderous Moppets]] more screentime and bringing back the Ghost Pirate (who viewers didn't care much about) at every opportunity. The episode ''The Revenge Society'' was a playful TakeThatAudience. It took the long-awaited return of the most competent villain on the show, Phantom Limb, and turned him into a raving lunatic (he got better), and also revealed that the entire ORB MacGuffin hunt from the previous season was completely pointless.