Rickroll
From Encyclopedia Dramatica
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To Rickroll is to intentionally misdirect one to a video of "Never Gonna Give You Up" from one-hit-wonder 80's pop icon Rick Astley. Basically, it's the gayest and most insincere song ever, and we can tell the difference. This tactic gets its name in part from the duckroll through the similar intent of pissing off everyone by deception. Linking to a video of "Never gonna give you up" or some variant thereupon has become the new Goatse. Not to be confused with a Barrel roll
IMPORTANT: Guides on how to rickroll almost anyone can be found on the below link. Load the website, click 'Domestic Terrorism' and then 'Rickrolling'
http://www.internetisseriousbusiness.com/
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Origin
The roll part of the name has been apocryphally said to come from a 4chan practice called 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/ imageboard on the day of Grand Theft Auto 4'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 Halo3 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.
Variations on the Rickroll
ScaryRoll
ButtRoll
Bel-AirRoll
ReichRoll
TayRoll
Kiproll
PaintRoller
Lolicatgirls.swf
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.
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 obsecure 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 RickRoll's. 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.
Failure
In addition to being old meme, Rick Roll is now officially "cool". If you see any one wearing one of these shirts, please burn them with fire just kill them.
MetsRoll
New York Mets PR Dept. gets owned by the internet. The only funny thing to come from the end of Rickroll as we know it, except for...
...Rickrolled To Death!
In April 2008, English childrens' television presenter and all-round annoying bouncy twat Mark Spate went missing following the launch of a police inquest after he and his girlfriend rendered themselves insensible with a two day coke bender. He passed out, while she sloped off and ran herself a scalding hot bath and passed away in a creepily similar fate to that shared shared by dead scilon Herman Pfaff.
Distraught with worry, his father sent out an impassioned plea for Mark to get in contact, and that his family were "Never going to give him up." Days later he was found dead at Paddington Station, London.
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Rick-Air
- We're no strangers to west philadelphia
- You know the rules, born and raised!
- On the playground's what I'm thinking of
- You wouldnt chill out, maxin', relaxin' from any other guy
- I just wanna shoot some b-ball outside the school
- Gotta make you, up to no good!
- Never gonna make trouble in my neighbourhood
- Never gonna get into a little fight
- Never gonna scare my mom, and desert you
- Never gonna make you cry
- Never gonna say goodbye
- Never gonna move to my auntie and uncle in bel-air
- We've pulled up to a house about seven or eight
- Your hearts been aching but I yelled to the cabby
- But you'retoo shy to say yo home smell you later
- Inside we both know I was finally there
- We know THE GAME as the prince of bel-air!
- And if you ask me how I'm feeling
- Don't tell me you're too blind to see
- Never gonna make trouble in my neighbourhood
- Never gonna get into a little fight
- Never gonna scare my mom, and desert you
- Never gonna make you cry
- Never gonna say goodbye
- Never gonna move to my auntie and uncle in bel-air
Related Videos
RickRoll is used to identify future /b/tards
See Also
Failrolls
Below is a list of all of the shitty Rickroll ripoffs left on this page. You can watch them all if you have nothing better to do with your life (SPOILER: you don't)
2 Girls 1 Rickroll
ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOROLL
POOPOO ROLL
Xenuroll,perfect for rickrolling scifags
PopUpRoll
GayRoll
HoJoRoll
RammRoll
RockRoll
LoliRoll
McRoll
MetalRoll
EggRoll
BearRoll
AnonRoll
ITGRoll
FurfagRoll
Ricksurf'd
ShrimpRoll
Lucky Star Roll
StripRoll
MootRoll
BlimpRoll
ShakeRoll
BlackoutRoll
MuppetRoll
HicksRoll
NyanRoll
HansRoll
RoboRoll
Baby Got Back Roll
External Links
- Rick Astley himself shares his thoughts about his song becoming a gigantic joke
- 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
- Bill Hicks gives his two cents on Rick Astley
- Rickroll Database and AdBlockPlus filter
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