# Jerry Seinfeld was a troll...who else? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 3, 2006, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-seinfeld-was-a-troll-who-else/367194 "2006-08-03T14:57:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2006, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-seinfeld-was-a-troll-who-else/367194/61 "2006-08-05T14:28:33Z")
Troll Personified, thy name is Anthony Dinozzo of NCIS. ---
**Author:** ![Talon\_Karrde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Talon\_Karrde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Talon_Karrde)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2006, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-seinfeld-was-a-troll-who-else/367194/62 "2006-08-05T21:51:19Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] Iago is doing it for revenge, though, not to amuse himself or because it’s what he does. Is that different? [/QUOTE] If it does count, then we’d have to include Edmond Dantes from The Count of Monte Cristo as well. Now there’s a guy that likes to jerk people around. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2006, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-seinfeld-was-a-troll-who-else/367194/63 "2006-08-05T22:11:23Z")
Foghorn Leghorn ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2006, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-seinfeld-was-a-troll-who-else/367194/64 "2006-08-05T23:20:52Z")
Stephen Colbert. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2006, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-seinfeld-was-a-troll-who-else/367194/65 "2006-08-06T01:04:07Z")
[QUOTE=Patty O’Furniture] I couldn’t find the “approximately equal to” sign. Anyway that’s what this thread is all about. People are taking protagonists from various stories and calling them trolls. [/QUOTE] I think I see what you’re saying. It’s really motivation that makes a troll a troll. If I were to head into ATMB and start a thread arguing that Cecil is a fictional person because it amuses me that people will argue otherwise then I’d be trolling. If I were to do that because I felt people were understandably confused on the matter and should be informed as to the truth then I would not. Bugs Bunny fooling with two hillbillies who are trying to shoot him isn’t trollish but Bugs Bunny erasing Daffy’s mouth is. I would say Bugs was mostly defensive though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-seinfeld-was-a-troll-who-else/367194.md?page=3)