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| ==Explanation== | | ==Explanation== |
− | [[File:Rick_Astley_-_Pepsifest_2009.jpg|thumb|200px| Rick Astley (from Wikimedia Commons)]] | + | On the left, [[Black Hat]] and [[Cueball]] are digging into the ground and splicing Black Hat's computer into some cables. On the right, {{w|Rick Astley}} is watching CNN when he is {{w|Rickrolled}} by the first two - the "great moment in trolling". |
− | The term ''{{w|Trolling}}'' is used to describe provocative, destructive, or annoying behavior on the {{w|Internet}}. Especially common are Internet pranks of the {{w|bait-and-switch}} type, an example of which is {{w|Rickrolling}}. It involves placing a {{w|hyperlink|link}} that is supposed to contain interesting or funny material, but instead directs to the music video of the 1987 {{w|Rick Astley}} song ''{{w|Never Gonna Give You Up}}''. The prank first occurred in May 2007 on the popular {{w|imageboard}} {{w|4chan}} and has since become a widespread {{w|internet meme}}.
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− | The comic has [[Black Hat]] and [[Cueball]] digging into the ground and splicing Black Hat's computer into the TV cables of {{w|Rick Astley}}'s house. They are feeding the video of ''{{w|Never Gonna Give You Up}}'' into Astley's TV signal, who can be seen sitting in his living room and wondering why CNN has been replaced by his own video. The act of Rickrolling Rick Astley himself is declared to be a "great moment in trolling".
| + | {{w|Goatse}} was an Internet shock site often used for bait-and-switch pranks. |
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− | The title text mentions {{w|Goatse.cx}} (pronounced ''goat sex''), a former {{w|shock site|shock website}} that was used in a similar prank. People clicking on the feigned link would instead see the disturbing picture of a practitioner of anal stretching. The title text suggests that Black Hat and Cueball somehow made the (unknown) founder of the site click on an even more shocking link, or possibly put him in the personal presence of anal stretching.
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− | Also note that the comic image itself is itself a Rickroll. Anyone curious enough as to why their mouse pointer became the selection icon to click on the comic (on the original [https://www.xkcd.com/351/ xkcd page]) would find themselves watching "Never Gonna Give You Up."
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− | ==Trivia==
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− | *Almost 13 years later, on 18th June 2020, {{w|Rick Astley}} was actually rickrolled on Reddit ([https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/haucpf/ive_found_a_few_funny_memories_during_lockdown/fv505w1/ on r/pics])
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− | **He was rickrolled by someone pretending that he had met Rick backstage when he was 12, and posted a link that was actually a rickroll.
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| ==Transcript== | | ==Transcript== |
− | :[Black Hat and Cueball are in Rick Astley's yard, hacking into his cable TV connection and replacing the signal. Rick Astley is sitting in a chair in his house, watching TV.] | + | :[Black Hat and Cueball are in Rick Astley's backyard, hacking into his cable TV connection and reprogramming it. Rick Astley is watching CNN.] |
| :TV: CNN has obtained this exclusive footage of the riot-torn-- ''*CZZZHT*'' ♫ Never gonna give you up... ♪ | | :TV: CNN has obtained this exclusive footage of the riot-torn-- ''*CZZZHT*'' ♫ Never gonna give you up... ♪ |
| :Rick Astley: What the hell? | | :Rick Astley: What the hell? |
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− | :[Caption below the frame:]
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| :GREAT MOMENTS in TROLLING: | | :GREAT MOMENTS in TROLLING: |
| :Rick Astley is successfully Rickrolled | | :Rick Astley is successfully Rickrolled |
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| [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] |
| [[Category:Comics featuring Black Hat]] | | [[Category:Comics featuring Black Hat]] |
− | [[Category:Rickrolling]]
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