Rickroll
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First off, know that he's never gonna give you up, and never gonna let you down. That said, to Rickroll someone is to intentionally misdirect them to a video of "Never Gonna Give You Up" from one two-hit-wonder 80's pop icon Rick Astley. For Example "Information On how to Rick Roll Somebody". Basically, it's one of the lamest and most insincere songs ever, and we can tell the difference. So can Rick, because he has recently called the song "naff" (Britslang for 'lame, insincere, and cheesy') in several interviews about the meme.
This concept of the Rickroll originated from the Duckroll troll and has the same intent of pissing off the sucker who falls for it after he or she is pwnt - for the 25th time. Linking to a video of "Never gonna give you up" or some variant thereupon has become the new Goatse, though after the The Power 5 being linked to a mildly popular song from the 80s really isn't that bad. Not to be confused with a Barrel Roll
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Rick Astley is probably the greatest person. He's from England... most likely the (only) greatest thing out of that shitter.
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Belive it or not, the first people to be "rickrolled" were Scientologists. Says a lot, huh?
The roll part of the name has been apocryphally said to come from a 4chan favorite, the "Duckroll". This was used the same way as the Rickroll, claiming a link was actually interesting and actually linking to a page with an animated GIF of a toy duck rolling across the screen. "Roll" became a universal suffix for similar fake links like Leekspin, and with the advent of the Rickroll found its greatest success.
Rickrolling began on 4chan's /v/ image board on the day of Grand Theft Auto IV's official website premier. However, due to heavy traffic on the website, it was impossible to watch the trailer for quite some time, so Anonymous took it upon himself to link everyone to a supposedly leaked trailer hosted on YouTube:
Rickrolling has become popular outside of 4chan. Many different website communities have claimed they invented Rickrolling, such as GameFAQs, who claim that the Rickroll started on their Halo 3 board. World of Warcraft gamers, (WoWfags), have also laid claim to inventing the Rickroll, and have beaten it to old meme death on their game forums twice as fast as 4chan ever could have done. The Washington hometown forum on AK47.net, filled with a bunch of old guys with guns, is also known for having links off to the Rickroll all over the place.
The motivation behind using this particular song as a troll is obscure. However, during a Rickroll phase on the World of Warcraft forums, it became clear that (as well as simply being lame) the song was believed to have homoerotic associations of some kind, and was thus used in order to try and induce disgust or revulsion in heterosexual viewers.
MTV Rickroll'd
See main article here: The Rolling: MTV gets Rickroll'd.
Lolicatgirls.swf
The file Lolicatgirls.swf is a fan favorite of 4chan's flash board. The flash file contained is a hentai dojinshi clip of an underage catgirl. It's delicious cake, you must eat it. lolicatgirls.swf is a meme on 4chan's /f/ that pre-dates Rickroll, but is the same concept. It's a loop of some guys dancing in a busy street to rave music, instead of loli catgirls, as the title would suggest.
As you can see this flash always promises less than it delivers and it comes in many variations: http://eye.swfchan.com/search.asp?q=lolicatgirls.swf
Sony/BMG Attempts to stop the Rickroll
On Saturday, March 29 2008, SONY/BMG started sending out copyright notices to all YouTube videos that RickRoll people. Videos with obscure titles such as Ex Girlfriend Stripping have been flagged by Sony/BMG and YouTube in the hopes to collect data about RickRoll, as well as remove certain videos containing RickRolls. Source
YouTube's EPIC Rickroll
YouTube RickRolled its users on April 1st 2008 by pointing all the featured videos here. As such, rolling is now officially old meme. Goodnight Sweet Prince. However, The Lonely Island's music video Jizz In My Pants has recently surfaced via the World of Warcraft forums, as a possible successor to the Rick Roll. The term "Jizz Roll", certainly has vastly more potential for creating revulsion in people, and thus lulz, than the Rick Roll ever did.
Since Rickroll's death, Rick Astley, in order to keep himself entertained, has taken to deriving lulz from the handicapped:
Fail
In addition to being old meme, Rick Roll is now officially "cool", mostly thanks to Nancy Pelosi. If you see any one wearing one of these shirts, please kill them with fire.
Rickrolling the Nation
During the 2008 Macy's Thanksgiving Parade Rick Astley himself Rickrolled 50 million people. He appeared on during a song on the Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends float. Thank God it was interrupted, amirite? It ended with a diseased, bi-polar Azn stating that he loves Rickrolling which fucking ruined it and officially made it an old meme.
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Rickroll: Variations etc.
See: Rickroll: Variations and assorted crap.
See Also
- Duckroll
- Raproll
- Olgaroll
- Cakeroll
- Barrel Roll
- Interior Crocodile Alligator
- Nancy Pelosi
- Beastlords
- Poop.mov
- This is the second notice that the factory warranty on your vehicle is expiring
External Links
- King Dedede attempts to Rick Roll you.
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- Guy's blog has EVERYTHING on rick rolling.
- whole site rickroll'd everybody! Epic WIN!
- Everyone for 50 miles gets rickroll'd! Epic!
- HOLY SHIT! AN ACTUAL INTERVIEW WITH RICK ASTLEY FROM THE LA TIMES! No, srlsy.
- Even the BBC is onto it!
- Home of Rickster - Create Rickroll MP3s with ease!
- What Rick Astley REALLY thinks of the Rickroll (seriously...no, really)
- Radio hosts Rickroll callers on ebaumsworld
- How would YOU feel if you got rickrolled by little kids?
- A Very Comprehensive Article About Rickrolling
- Some Poor Guy Getting Rickrolled
- A website created by Rick Astley's blog with Rickrolling mentioned in it
- Rickroll with popups!
- Rickroll for your phone!
- Fox fucktards getting in on the Rickrolled action!
- Rickroll someone irl via phone!
- Rick rolling featured on the front page of msn.com
- Vaderoll!
- Bill Hicks gives his two cents on Rick Astley
- Rickroll Database and AdBlockPlus filter
- The title says it all.
- High-Quality RapidShare RickRoll, send to friends for ultimate lulz.
- Brian-roll'd!
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