This tag should only be used for the fantasy species known as a troll. Trolls are generally depicted as humanoids with regenerative abilities, often seen as allies to Orcs and enemies to Humans.

Not to be confused with

• shitpost - Images or animations deliberately intended to harass or annoy a person or group of people on the Internet, taken from the term 'trolling', a form of fishing in which a wide net is cast and dragged behind a fishing boat, in the hopes of catching as many fish as possible. Similarly, troll images tend to be incredibly generalized, so as to offend the maximum number of victims.

• trolling - A troll may refer to a character trolling another. Likewise, such images may also contain the trollface.

Examples of troll tags on e621 include the_truth, and uncanny_valley.

See also

• troll_(homestuck) - The gray-skinned race from the webcomic homestuck.