Trollface first appeared in a 2008 rage comic drawn by Carlos Ramirez and quickly became one of the defining faces of early internet trolling culture. The grinning face was meant to show smug provocation, and later angry versions flipped it into pure frustration. Short sounds paired with the face spread through meme edits, reaction videos and soundboards in the same way as a scream meme, where an exaggerated yell says more than dialogue. That is why the angry version still works for modern rage and trolling jokes.