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{{quote|''Try to post a comment on youtube that is so stupid and offensive that it [[Poe's Law|cannot be taken seriously]] and immediately recognized as a parody of youtube comments. '''You will fail.'''''|''[[
A malcontent that posts messages specifically designed to enrage, confuse, and/or infuriate as many people as possible.
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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Cromartie High School]]'' had an episode about a gang leader that administrates a web forum and is incredibly polite. After running into a Troll, he restrains himself. However, the troll later bumps into him in person, and [[Laser-Guided Karma|is punched to the ground by the gang leader without either knowing who the other really is.]]
* ''[[Sayonara, Zetsubou
* Beatrice in ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro
* ''[[Durarara]]'''s Izaya Orihara not only trolls the internet (his favorite tactic appears to be {{spoiler|[[GIRL|posing as a girl]] in chatrooms}}) but also real life on a near-constant basis
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== Literature ==
* In ''[[Ender's Game]]'', Peter and Valentine troll message boards in order to learn from the angry responses. Step 1: Troll message boards. [[Step Three: Profit|Step 2: ???]] Step 3: {{spoiler|World domination!}}
* Pretty much the entirety of [[Edgar Allan Poe]]'s only full-length novel, ''[[
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* Hazama / Terumi from ''[[Blaz Blue]]'' practically revels in trolling and taunting everyone he comes across, as shown heavily on Ragna and Rachel. By Continuum Shift, he has practically trolled the entire cast {{spoiler|because no matter what you do, even if you Astral Finish him, he ''always'' wins}}.
* ''[[Forum Warz]]'' is an RPG where you play a troll - an [[Emo Teen|Emo Kid]], a [[Attention Whore|Camwhore]], a [[The Cracker|Hacker]] or a Perma-[[Noob]]. People contact you to bring down forums by "fighting" forum threads, derailing them and posting nonsense until you "pwn" the entire forum.
* Palutena from ''[[Kid Icarus: Uprising
== Webcomics ==
* Referenced by ''[[Kevin and Kell]]'' [http://www.kevinandkell.com/1997/kk0826.html here.]
* Also parodied by ''[[
* In ''[[Ghastlys Ghastly Comic]]'', Hitler is shown to use the Enigma to troll the Allies.
* The twelve trolls in ''[[
* In ''[[
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* [[Retsupurae]] tried to riff on a usual [[Let's Play|LP]], but about six minutes and thirty seconds in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVGFkA5zjso "The Marios"], they discover it was intentionally made to be Retsupurae'd and it actually [[Crowning Moment of Funny|derails their commentary.]]
* Parodied in a ''College Humor'' sketch featuring an Internet troll living under a bridge. He blocks the road and shouts racist, sexist, homophobic or just plain inflammatory comments at people until they lose their temper, at which point they get sent flying ''[[Monty Python and The Holy Grail|Monty Python]]'' style. The only way to defeat them is to agree with everything they say until you can get them to unironically and genuinely admit vulnerability and the need for friendship, which imposes the same fate on them as their victims.
* Parodied in episode 48 of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!:
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