Trollge | Know Your Meme

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Between November 17th and 20th, unfunny_man123 posted a total of five videos in which they counted down five days remaining until the arrival of “Trollge.” On November 21st, 2020, unfunny_man123 posted the final video “documenting” the arrival of the entity. The post received over 2,900 upvotes in /r/196 subreddit in ten days (shown below).

Hm. (Please if you are disgusted by nasty sound effects dont watch) from r/196

In addition to the meme miniseries, on November 26th, unfunny_man123 posted a Cover Yourself in Oil Trollge meme that gained over 120 upvotes in one week.

In late November 2020, the meme series received further spread online through reposts on iFunny and Instagram. For example, a November 26th, 2020, reupload of the final video by Instagram user lemonrepost received over 7,100 views and 1,600 likes in one week. A November 27th repost by iFunny user Sloano gained over 110 smiles in the same period.

Further Use

The unsmiling, partly obscured Trollface introduced in the videos gained further spread online separate from the original videos. On November 18th, 2020, Redditor trollface_gaming posted a video “Le Cops Have Found Me” to /r/trollface subreddit which used the face, gaining over 390 upvotes.

The video was widely circulated online in the following weeks. For example, on November 18th iFunny user Dozet and YouTube user Biden Gaming both reuploaded the video (YouTube reupload shown below). A November 20th, 2020, reupload by Instagram user honeynut.woomy received over 80,000 views and 14,600 likes in two months, while a November 23rd, 2020, repost by Redditor Uchihabreed gained over 12,500 upvotes in /r/okbuddyretard in the same period.

Starting in early December 2020, Trollge gained notable popularity in Trollface-related subreddits such as /r/trollface and /r/coveryourselfinoil. On December 16th, 2020, Twitter user @Slictzer posted a meme that used the Trollge as a punchline, gaining over 3,600 retweets and 30,300 likes prior to being removed (shown below, left). The tweet inspired a two-panel format, a derivative Cover Yourself in Oil meme. For example, a on December 17th, 2020, Redditor LeOnYx2017 posted a meme that received over 4,800 upvotes in /r/okbuddyretard in one month (shown below, right).

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