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Due to their nature, Rickroll sites are hard to find without using the Advanced Search function on YTMND.
 
Due to their nature, Rickroll sites are hard to find without using the Advanced Search function on YTMND.
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== Origins ==
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Rickrolling was originally spawned as a spin off of a practice on 4chan's /b/ known as "duckrolling", in which people linked to a post of a duck on wheels in different threads. When people were redirected to the Duckroll thread they were supposed to post a link to it themselves in another thread.
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During a thread about Grand Theft Auto IV on 4chan's Video Gaming board, someone posted a link to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0 a YouTube video] for Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up", claiming it was the trailer for GTA IV. The fad began to spread and eventually made its way to YTMND.
  
 
== Types of Rickroll Sites ==
 
== Types of Rickroll Sites ==
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The second type mainly involves photoshops, remixes, or other sites involving the Rickroll music, or Rick Astley himself, or mixing it with other fads, such as {{link|rubbroll|Rubb Roll'd}}, which mixes parts of the infamous [[Bubb Rubb]] "WOO WOOO" sound clip into an instrumental portion of the song. Sites in particular based on this format have been making resurgences in June 2007.
 
The second type mainly involves photoshops, remixes, or other sites involving the Rickroll music, or Rick Astley himself, or mixing it with other fads, such as {{link|rubbroll|Rubb Roll'd}}, which mixes parts of the infamous [[Bubb Rubb]] "WOO WOOO" sound clip into an instrumental portion of the song. Sites in particular based on this format have been making resurgences in June 2007.
 
== Origins ==
 
Rickrolling was originally spawned as a spin off of a practice on 4chan's /b/ known as "duckrolling", in which people linked to a post of a duck on wheels in different threads. When people were redirected to the Duckroll thread they were supposed to post a link to it themselves in another thread.
 
 
During a thread about Grand Theft Auto IV on 4chan's Video Gaming board, someone posted a link to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0 a YouTube video] for Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up", claiming it was the trailer for GTA IV. Then, it started spreading. It eventually made it's way to YTMND
 
  
 
== External Links ==
 
== External Links ==

Revision as of 21:26, July 5, 2007

Rickroll
Original YTMND:
Emma Wattson Boobage
by L33tmaster5000
May 5, 2007
Worthy Spinoffs:

The Rickroll fad involves posting sites that claim to contain things such as porn for example, but when the site is actually opened - it instead plays Rick Astley's song "Never Gonna Give You Up" and sometimes shows pictures of Rick Astley. Hence the name "Rickroll".

Due to their nature, Rickroll sites are hard to find without using the Advanced Search function on YTMND.

Origins

Rickrolling was originally spawned as a spin off of a practice on 4chan's /b/ known as "duckrolling", in which people linked to a post of a duck on wheels in different threads. When people were redirected to the Duckroll thread they were supposed to post a link to it themselves in another thread.

During a thread about Grand Theft Auto IV on 4chan's Video Gaming board, someone posted a link to a YouTube video for Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up", claiming it was the trailer for GTA IV. The fad began to spread and eventually made its way to YTMND.

Types of Rickroll Sites

Most Rickroll sites can be classified into 2 categories, trick type sites claim to contain something different (like porn for example), but then when loaded, play the "Never Gonna Give You Up" song and sometimes contain pictures of Rick Astley himself, these sites are usually low-rated due to their lower quality. These sites maintain the integrity of the original idea of Rickroll - tricking people into viewing it by claiming it's something else.

The second type mainly involves photoshops, remixes, or other sites involving the Rickroll music, or Rick Astley himself, or mixing it with other fads, such as Rubb Roll'd, which mixes parts of the infamous Bubb Rubb "WOO WOOO" sound clip into an instrumental portion of the song. Sites in particular based on this format have been making resurgences in June 2007.

External Links

Grand Theft Auto IV Tralier

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Infatuated with facts? Wikipedia has an article about Rick Astley. Go learn something.


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Infatuated with facts? Wikipedia has an article about Grand Theft Auto IV. Go learn something.