![]() 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. Trollge refers to an unsmiling Trollface partially obscured with shadow. On February 26th, 2021, gimmick Twitter account Troll Face Incidents was created, collecting examples of the meme. 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. The post (shown below) received over 23,800 upvotes in the /r/okbuddyretard subreddit prior to being removed. ![]() On February 8th, 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. Prior to early February 2021, several more versions of the meme referencing events made up by the posters were made, including January 14th, 2021, post by Redditor UnRenardRouge and January 25th, 2021, post by Instagram user fashionruinedmylife, which is also the first known post within the format to incorporate Trollge as the last panel. A January 19th, 2021, repost by Instagram user woomy_2 gained over 2,200 likes. The Half-Life meme received 14 likes (shown below, right), with January 7th reposts in VK groups Всякая Атмта and manarek gaining over 360 and 200 likes, respectively. On January 5th, the VK page БОБ posted the first meme that referenced a widely known, albeit fictional, event. ![]() The post received 130 smiles and, similar to the "Heaven Stairway" incident, spawned a series of memes specifically about the predicted event. On December 16th, 2020, iFunny user MilkJugMan posted the first derivative meme utilizing the format, referencing an "Aurora Woods" incident predicted to happen in August 2021 (shown below, left). ![]()
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