Rickroll

Rickrolling is an internet meme that originated in 2007. It involves being pranked by viewing the music video for Rick Astley's 1987 song "Never Gonna Give You Up". Rickrolling was popular on YouTube in 2007-2009, being utilized in prank videos, remixes, and parody videos, especially YouTube Poops. Since then, it has became one of the internet's biggest phenomena's and it still remains popular to this day.
Some ways to do this is by posting a link to the actual MV or to a video that has the MV, and saying the link will benefit you.
==History==
Though Rickrolling gained mainstream popularity on YouTube, it originated on 4chan in May 2007, where a link posted for the Grand Theft Auto IV trailer instead led users to the music video, "Never Gonna Give You Up".
Later that year, the meme expanded to YouTube and became an internet phenomenon by 2008. For April Fool's Day 2008, all videos on YouTube's featured page led to the Rickroll music video. The official Never Gonna Give You Up music video reached 1 billion views on July 28, 2021.
==Usage==
Similar to a screamer, Rickrolling is achieved by playing the mentioned clip near the end of the video when the viewer least expects it. This, in return, makes the viewer feel embarrassed by falling for the prank. Rickrolling is now extended to causing others to unexpectedly listen to the song, similar to the 1976 broadcast recording of the non-lexical vocalised version of "Я о́чень рад, ведь я, наконе́ц, возвраща́юсь домо́й" (English: "I Am Very Glad, As I Am Finally Returning Back Home") (nicknamed "The Trololo Song") that Soviet-Russian baritone singer Eduard Khil sings.
== Other ==
* The Official Pokemon YouTube Channel did a Bidoof Day announcement, doing this RickRoll in the video.
* FieRcE used to link the music video in his comments on each reply before self-promoting his channel for views.
** In some of his videos, he used a clip of the song as a reference for linking his videos in his comments on other channels.
==Gallery==
File:Rick_rolllll.gif
File:Example_of_rickrolling.png|thumb|Rickrolling from the 2008 YouTube April Fools prank
File:Rick_Astley_-_Never_Gonna_Give_You_Up_(Video)
==Trivia==
*The video RickRoll'D is older than Rick Astley's Official music video. It also got removed for copyright reasons in July 2021 but reinstated in December 2021.
*This also a Wreck-It Ralph version in the post-credits of Ralph Breaks the Internet.
*Timeworks didn't like being Rickrolled every time he made a Frolic Friday.
*RickRolling, Along with Eduard Khil's Trololo song, were used more often as a way to troll, bait, or prank people, leading people to compare both Rick Astley and Eduard Khil.
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