# Trolldad

Trolldad is a rage comic series where a father sets up his kid with an innocent question, then springs a dad-joke pun that triggers the classic FFFFFUUU rage face. The format surfaced on Reddit's rage comic subreddit around mid-2010 and became one of the signature family bits of the rage comic boom.

## Origin
Google searches for "troll dad" started climbing around July 2009, but the earliest rage comics using the Trolldad label showed up on Reddit's r/fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu subreddit around June 2010[5]. The character sat inside the broader Rage Comic boom and reused existing art, borrowing Troll Face for the father and Rage Guy for the child[3].

No single author claimed the format. It spread as a user-made template on the subreddit, with new strips posted anonymously or under throwaway Reddit handles[1].

- **Platform:** Reddit (r/fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu)
- **Creator:** Unknown
- **Date:** 2010

## Overview
Every Trolldad strip follows a tight bait-and-switch script. The dad is drawn with the Troll Face or Cool Face, the kid asks a straight question, and dad answers with a pun that twists the setup into a groaner. The last panel usually shows the child pulling the Rage Guy face while dad does a victory dance[3].

Variants include knock-knock jokes, deliberate misreadings of a word, and the classic "Hi hungry, I'm Dad" style of trade. Readers often framed Trolldad comics as autobiographical, "my dad actually does this" posts rather than pure fiction[2]. Urban Dictionary even coined spinoff slang like "trolldar," the sixth sense that tells you a troll setup is coming[2].

## Frequently Asked Questions
### What is Trolldad?
A rage comic series where a father sets up his kid with a question and springs a bad pun, ending with the kid in rage mode[3].

### Where did Trolldad come from?
The earliest Trolldad rage comics appeared on Reddit's r/fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu subreddit around June 2010, after search interest for the term rose in mid-2009[5].

### What does Trolldad mean?
Trolldad names the archetypal dad who intentionally trolls his kids with lame puns and dad jokes, a format catalogued on Urban Dictionary alongside spinoff slang like "trolldar"[2].

### How do you use Trolldad?
People typically make their own version using the MemeGenerator Troll Dad template, pairing the troll-faced father with a short pun exchange that ends in a FFFFFUUU rage panel[4].

### Is Trolldad still popular?
Trolldad is a classic rage comic rather than an active format, remembered as part of the Reddit rage comic boom of the early 2010s[3].

## References
1. [https://www.reddit.com/r/fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu/related/cyx1o/troll_dads_favorite_knock_knock_joke/](<https://www.reddit.com/r/fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu/related/cyx1o/troll_dads_favorite_knock_knock_joke/>)
2. [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Trolldad](<https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Trolldad>)
3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/trolldad](<https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/trolldad>)
4. [https://memegenerator.net/troll-Dad](<https://memegenerator.net/troll-Dad>)
5. [https://www.reddit.com/r/fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu/search?q=troll+dad&count=300&after=t3_chn73](<https://www.reddit.com/r/fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu/search?q=troll+dad&count=300&after=t3_chn73>)
6. [http://trolldad.com](<http://trolldad.com>)

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