Trollge Rage Comics

Trollge Rage Comics
An example of Trollge Rage Comics
Historical
Date Created	November 27, 2020
Creator	ebola_granola
Associated Event	YouTube Twitter iFunny Instagram Reddit VK
General
Alias	Trollface Incidents
Type	Cover Yourself in Oil meme
Page	Trollface Incidents
Status	Dead

Description

Trollge Rage Comics, also known as Trollface Incidients, is a 2020 rage comic, usually using creepypasta-style theme in relevance to Trollge's story. These comics rarely showcase the meme characters from the original rage comics, Rage Guy, Derpina, Me Gusta, and most or all of the time feature Trollface and Trollge. It narrates the story of various real and fictional events, referring to them in "[date] [event name] [incident]" format. Originating from a viral version of the Cover Yourself in Oil meme, the format was popularized online in early 2021.

Featured characters

Trollface

Trollface is character that has appeared over several years and in a bunch of rage comics from 2010 or 2012. However, in these comics, Trollface usually appears for the first 2 panels, before Trollge takes over forms. However, in some comics, Trollface doesn't appear at all and only appears instead as Trollge.

Trollge

Trollge refers to an unsmiling Trollface partially obscured with shadow. Circulated since July 2020, Trollge gained its name and popularization from a series of creepypasta-style countdown videos that warn the viewer about the upcoming arrival of an entity named "Trollge" and advice to seek shelter. The videos were posted in r/196 and r/okbuddyretard subreddits in mid-November 2020 and received further spread online through reposts.

Trolledge: SUBJECT 1.0

He is the most common known Trolledge, and he's usually chosen to be in Trolledge rage comics.

History

On November 27, 2020, during the peak of the Cover Yourself in Oil meme format, Twitter user @ebola_granola posted a creepypasta-style Cover Yourself in Oil comic in which the last panel referred to "Heaven Stairway" incident predicted to happen in New York City in May 2021. The post received over 1,200 retweets and 6,200 likes. In the following month, the image received viral spread through reposts, spawning memes about the predicted event.

Web usage

On December 16, 2020, iFunny user MilkJugMan posted the first derivative meme utilizing the format, referencing an "Aurora Woods" incident predicted to happen in August 2021. The post received 130 smiles and, similar to the "Heaven Stairway" incident, spawned a series of memes specifically about the predicted event.

On January 5, the VK page БОБ posted the first meme that referenced a widely known, albeit fictional, event. The Half-Life meme received 14 likes, with January 7 reposts in VK groups Всякая Атмта and manarek gaining over 360 and 200 likes, respectively. A January 19, 2021, repost by Instagram user woomy_2 gained over 2,200 likes.

Prior to early February 2021, several more versions of the meme referencing events made up by the posters were made, including January 14, 2021, post by Redditor UnRenardRouge and January 25, 2021, post by Instagram user fashionruinedmylife, which is also the first known post within the format to incorporate Trollge as the last panel.

On February 8, 2021, Redditor 69WeedNose420 posted the first Trollface Incident meme about a real event, with their post narrating the story Ninja's Times Square Floss Fail in a humorous fashion. The post received over 23,800 upvotes in the r/okbuddyretard subreddit prior to being removed.

In the following days, the format achieved a viral presence in r/okbuddyretard, later spreading further, with users creating memes about real and fictional events and popular memes. On February 26, 2021, gimmick Twitter account Troll Face Incidents (@TrollIncidents) was created, collecting examples of the meme.

External links

• Know Your Meme - Trollface Incidents