Tails Gets Trolled: Difference between revisions

From Ultimate Tails Gets Trolled Wiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
mNo edit summary
mNo edit summary
(12 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Incomplete}}
{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Tails Gets Trolled''}}
<center>this page is a heavy work in progress</center>
 
:''For the first chapter of the comic, go [[tails gets trolled (Chapter 1)|here]]. For other uses, see [[Tails Gets Trolled (disambiguation)]].''
:''For the first chapter of the comic, go [[tails gets trolled (Chapter 1)|here]]. For other uses, see [[Tails Gets Trolled (disambiguation)]].''
[[File:Chapter 1 cover.jpg|right|300px|thumb|The cover of Chapter 1.]]
[[File:Chapter 1 cover.jpg|right|300px|thumb|The cover of Chapter 1.]]
'''''Tails Gets Trolled''''' (commonly abbreviated to '''TGT''') is a webcomic created by [[Lazerbot]]. Originally released on 2011, it focuses on the titular character, [[Tails]] from ''[[Wikipedia:Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'', being [[trolling|trolled]] which slowly leads to a series of events centered around revenge, multiple opposing factions, betrayal, [[The Neutrals|necromancy]], [[the clap|gonorrhoea]], [[weed|marijuana]], romance, and more.
'''''Tails Gets Trolled''''' (commonly abbreviated to '''''TGT''''') is a webcomic created by [[Lazerbot]]. Originally released on 2011, it focuses on the titular character, [[Tails]] from ''[[Wikipedia:Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'', being [[trolling|trolled]] which slowly leads to a series of events centered around revenge, multiple opposing factions, betrayal, [[The Neutrals|necromancy]], [[the clap|gonorrhoea]], [[weed|marijuana]], romance, and more.


==Premise==
==Premise==
Line 16: Line 14:


===The Beginning===
===The Beginning===
The first page of ''Tails Gets Trolled'' was posted on DeviantArt on October 10, 2011, at 3:17 AM Central Daylight Time, entitled "tails getting trolled". This first page that was uploaded depicts [[Sonic]] comforting a traumatized [[Tails]], as [[Sonic]] explains to [[Shadow]] that Tails had gotten [[Trolling|trolled]], and they discuss their own particular methods on how to deal with [[The Trolls|trolls]]. The second page, and the first chronologically, was uploaded later that morning at 6:34 AM CDT, titled "tails gets trolled flashback", depicting the actual event of Tails getting trolled by [[Retard Double Threat|Butter Tits and the Dick Taker]]. At some unknown point later, the page titles were renamed to be the second and first pages of the comic respectively, which is how they are known today. The third page was uploaded on the same day at 10:49 PM CDT, and several more pages would be posted throughout the next week, interspersed with Lazerbot's usual art submissions unrelated to ''Tails Gets Trolled''.
The first page of ''Tails Gets Trolled'' was posted on DeviantArt on October 10, 2011, at 3:17 AM Central Daylight Time, entitled "tails getting trolled".<ref>lazerbot (October 10, 2011). [https://www.deviantart.com/lazerbot/art/tails-getting-trolled-2-262667517 tails getting trolled 2]. ''DeviantArt''</ref> This first page that was uploaded depicts [[Sonic]] comforting a traumatized [[Tails]], as [[Sonic]] explains to [[Shadow]] that Tails had gotten [[Trolling|trolled]], and they discuss their own particular methods on how to deal with [[The Trolls|trolls]]. The second page, and the first chronologically, was uploaded later that morning at 6:34 AM CDT, titled "tails gets trolled flashback", depicting the actual event of Tails getting trolled by [[Retard Double Threat|Butter Tits and the Dick Taker]].<ref>lazerbot (October 10, 2011). [https://www.deviantart.com/lazerbot/art/tails-gets-trolled-1-262679791 tails gets trolled 1]. ''DeviantArt''</ref> At some unknown point later, the page titles were renamed to be the second and first pages of the comic respectively, which is how they are known today. The third page was uploaded on the same day at 10:49 PM CDT, and several more pages would be posted throughout the next week, interspersed with Lazerbot's usual art submissions unrelated to ''Tails Gets Trolled''.


===''Something Awful''===
===''Something Awful''===
The comic would stay in the sea of DeviantArt and would not reach the coasts of the Internet as a whole until it was discovered by the website ''[[Wikipedia:Something Awful|Something Awful]]''. On February 18, 2012, ''Something Awful'' user Nunez would post a thread<ref name="tgt-sa-forum">[https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3467407 Sonic & friends get trolled]</ref> on the websites' GBS (General Bullshit) subforum about the comic. Many users reacted with bewilderment to the comic, reacting to the typos and crude artstyle of the comics with some people likening Lazerbot to the likes of Chris Chan due to both material involving characters from the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' franchise as well as both authors appearing to be "abnormal" in the eyes of onlookers.
The comic would stay in the sea of DeviantArt and would not reach the coasts of the Internet as a whole until it was discovered by the website ''[[Wikipedia:Something Awful|Something Awful]]''. On February 18, 2012, ''Something Awful'' user Nunez would post a thread<ref name="tgt-sa-forum">''Something Awful'' (February 18, 2012). [https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3467407 Sonic & friends get trolled]</ref> on the websites' GBS (General Bullshit) subforum about the comic. Many users reacted with bewilderment to the comic, reacting to the typos and crude artstyle of the comics with some people likening Lazerbot to the likes of Chris Chan due to both material involving characters from the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' franchise as well as both authors appearing to be "abnormal" in the eyes of onlookers.


[[File:Ch. 9 neutrals.png|Keven drops a reference to ''Something Awful''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> word filter for unregistered users.|thumb|right|300px]]
[[File:Ch. 9 neutrals.png|Keven drops a reference to ''Something Awful'''s word filter for unregistered users.|thumb|right|300px]]
Despite this, the thread in general had a positive reception to the comic and went on to produce fanart of various panels and moments within the first few chapters. Said works became notable enough that the website as a whole put up a front page article<ref>[https://www.somethingawful.com/comedy-goldmine/tails-trolled-fanart/ ''Something Awful''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> comedy goldmine post]</ref> showcasing the thread, giving the comic more exposure. Lazerbot himself would take notice of the comic's newly found attention<ref>[https://www.deviantart.com/lazerbot/art/my-thanks-286094492 my thanks (Lazerbot discovers SA for the firs time)]</ref> and would occasionally slip in references to the thread itself within ''Tails Gets Trolled'', such as using phrases from the websites word filter (most notably "gently caress," which replaces "fuck" for non-registered users, sometimes spelled as "gently cares" in the comic).
Despite this, the thread in general had a positive reception to the comic and went on to produce fanart of various panels and moments within the first few chapters. Said works became notable enough that the website as a whole put up a front page article<ref name="SA-comedy-goldmine"/> showcasing the thread, giving the comic more exposure. Lazerbot himself would take notice of the comic's newly found attention<ref>lazerbot (February 20, 2012). [https://www.deviantart.com/lazerbot/art/my-thanks-286094492 my thanks (Lazerbot discovers SA for the firs time)]. ''DeviantArt''</ref> and would occasionally slip in references to the thread itself within ''Tails Gets Trolled'', such as using phrases from the websites word filter (most notably "gently caress," which replaces "fuck" for non-registered users, sometimes spelled as "gently cares" in the comic).


As time went on, however, ''Something Awful'' would then be viewed in a more negative light as two incidents occurred. People, not limited to ''Something Awful'' however, would become more critical of the comic around Chapter 12, criticizing the comic for its focus on OCs and long battle sequences. Additionally, after an incident stemming from a comment left underneath a drawing of [[Hello Kitty]] with [[Tails]] on DeviantArt, a heated discussion about whether or not said wording is appropriate or morally allowed transpired. These two incidents angered Lazerbot leading to him leaving several angry messages on his Facebook and ultimatelazerbot deviantart account, lashing out at the detractors, which in turn would spill into the thread itself. Much of the negative criticism would then be attributed to "SA users". From then on the thread would be seen in a more critical view from Lazerbot himself which would lead to negative references being made about ''Something Awful'' in the comic itself, such as [[Doug]] namedropping ''Something Awful'' during Chapter 18<ref>{{Link|18|1}}</ref>.
As time went on, however, ''Something Awful'' would then be viewed in a more negative light as two incidents occurred. People, not limited to ''Something Awful'' however, would become more critical of the comic around Chapter 12, criticizing the comic for its focus on OCs and long battle sequences. Additionally, after an incident stemming from a comment left underneath a drawing of [[Hello Kitty]] with [[Tails]] on DeviantArt, a heated discussion about whether or not said wording is appropriate or morally allowed transpired. These two incidents angered Lazerbot leading to him leaving several angry messages on his Facebook and ultimatelazerbot deviantart account, lashing out at the detractors, which in turn would spill into the thread itself. Much of the negative criticism would then be attributed to "SA users". From then on the thread would be seen in a more critical view from Lazerbot himself which would lead to negative references being made about ''Something Awful'' in the comic itself, such as [[Doug]] namedropping ''Something Awful'' during Chapter 18<ref>''Tails Gets Trolled'', {{Link|18|1}}</ref>.
This would culminate in a post made on the ultimatelazerbot deviantArt account<ref>[https://www.deviantart.com/ultimatelazerbot/journal/The-truth-about-SA-Somethingawful-FOS-427249015 The truth about SA (''Something Awful'') (FOS)]</ref> in which Lazerbot took different posts from the thread and replied to them giving his response back to specific "criticisms". Afterwards Lazerbot would not pay much attention to ''Something Awful'' itself (barring the occasional call out<ref>[https://www.deviantart.com/ultimatelazerbot/journal/News-flash-489108021 News flash]</ref><ref>[https://www.deviantart.com/ultimatelazerbot/journal/MY-last-statement-towards-troll-forums-like-SA-ED-541955297 MY last statement towards troll forums like SA ED]</ref>).
This would culminate in a post made on the ultimatelazerbot deviantArt account<ref>UltimateLazerbot (January 16, 2014). [https://www.deviantart.com/ultimatelazerbot/journal/The-truth-about-SA-Somethingawful-FOS-427249015 The truth about SA (Something Awful) (FOS)]. ''DeviantArt''</ref> in which Lazerbot took different posts from the thread and replied to them giving his response back to specific "criticisms". Afterwards Lazerbot would not pay much attention to ''Something Awful'' itself (barring the occasional call out<ref>UltimateLazerbot (October 18, 2014). [https://www.deviantart.com/ultimatelazerbot/journal/News-flash-489108021 News flash]. ''DeviantArt''</ref><ref>UltimateLazerbot (June 25, 2015). [https://www.deviantart.com/ultimatelazerbot/journal/MY-last-statement-towards-troll-forums-like-SA-ED-541955297 MY last statement towards troll forums like SA ED]. ''DeviantArt''</ref>).


From that point onwards, the thread would see less positivity and more criticism, which ranged from constructive to outright insulting at varying points. To this day the thread remains up and somewhat active.
From that point onwards, the thread would see less positivity and more criticism, which ranged from constructive to outright insulting at varying points. To this day the thread remains up and somewhat active.


The comic would continue on steadily up until 2015, taking a 2 year break until the most recent chapter, [[Chapter 22: The conclusion Part 2]], was released in 2017. Around this period in time, the brothers would begin to move ''Tails Gets Trolled'' related content from the ultimatelazerbot account to a new one, titled then as iiupsidedownii. This new account would also host [[Lazerbot/Other works|other comics]] made by Lazerbot and Embergram. The purpose of moving accounts was explained in a journal post where it was stated by the brothers that they wanted to have a central area to find all ''Tails Gets Trolled'' chapters, in addition to other projects that they would hold.<ref>[https://www.deviantart.com/ultimatelazerbot/journal/The-Switch-667524759 The Switch (UltimateLazerbot)]</ref> Additionally, because of Embergram and Shimshomo joining in on helping Lazerbot in various works, they felt it was not suitable to host their content on an account titled "ultimatelazerbot" and wanted to use a new account as their central "hub" for their collective content.
The comic would continue on steadily up until 2015, taking a 2 year break until the most recent chapter, [[Chapter 22: The conclusion Part 2]], was released in 2017. Around this period in time, the brothers would begin to move ''Tails Gets Trolled'' related content from the ultimatelazerbot account to a new one, titled then as iiupsidedownii. This new account would also host [[Lazerbot/Other works|other comics]] made by Lazerbot and Embergram. The purpose of moving accounts was explained in a journal post where it was stated by the brothers that they wanted to have a central area to find all ''Tails Gets Trolled'' chapters, in addition to other projects that they would hold.<ref>UltimateLazerbot (March 6, 2017). [https://www.deviantart.com/ultimatelazerbot/journal/The-Switch-667524759 The Switch]. ''DeviantArt''</ref> Additionally, because of Embergram and Shimshomo joining in on helping Lazerbot in various works, they felt it was not suitable to host their content on an account titled "ultimatelazerbot" and wanted to use a new account as their central "hub" for their collective content.


===Revival===
===Revival===
After releasing Chapter 22, Lazerbot had attempted to reboot the series with ''[[Tails Gets Trolled Polished]]'', which received a lukewarm reception from fans, and did not continue past the first chapter. On December 2017, the series was placed on hold until November 2019, where the cover for [[Chapter 23: The conclusion - Part 3]] was released, with a team of volunteers drawing out the script released in 2017. Upon completion, Lazerbot returned and continued the story beginning with {{Link|23p|19}} of Chapter 23.
After releasing Chapter 22, Lazerbot had attempted to reboot the series with ''[[Tails Gets Trolled Polished]]'', which received a lukewarm reception from fans, and did not continue past the first chapter. On December 2017, the series was placed on hold until November 2019, where the cover for [[Chapter 23: The conclusion - Part 3]] was released, with a team of volunteers drawing out the script released in 2017. Upon completion, Lazerbot returned and continued the story beginning with {{Link|23p|19}} of Chapter 23.


On April 26th, 2021, it was announced that Lazerbot would no longer work on ''Tails Gets Trolled''. The next day, however, his brother, Embergram announced that he will be continuing the series in his absence for the time being.<ref>[https://twitter.com/tailsgottrolled/status/1387172167284977667 Bad news (update)]</ref> This would turn out to be short lived, however, as on November 20th, 2021, Lazerbot would then announce that he would return to the comic, albeit in a less involved role than before. He would then put out an official statement on November 29th clarifying his role.<ref>[https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/766001192664825908/915030117099651142/IMG_4558.png Lazerbot's statement on his return]</ref> Embergram would handle much of the story's direction through Chapter 25 until April 2022 when he would depart from the project. Lazerbot and his brother [[Shimshomo]] would then take the lead from then on.<!--
On April 26th, 2021, it was announced that Lazerbot would no longer work on ''Tails Gets Trolled''. The next day, however, his brother, Embergram announced that he will be continuing the series in his absence for the time being.<ref>Tails Gets Trolled ''@tailsgottrolled'' (April 27, 2021). [https://twitter.com/tailsgottrolled/status/1387172167284977667 Update]. ''X (formerly Twitter)''</ref> This would turn out to be short lived, however, as on November 20th, 2021, Lazerbot would then announce that he would return to the comic, albeit in a less involved role than before. He would then put out an official statement on November 29th clarifying his role.<ref>lazerbot (November 30, 2021). [https://discord.com/channels/536902976908951572/766001192664825908/915030116969623583 Lazerbot's statement on his return] ([https://wiki.tailsgetstrolled.org/images/c/cf/Discord-Lazerbot_Return.jpg image]). ''Discord''</ref> Embergram would handle much of the story's direction through Chapter 25 until April 2022 when he would depart from the project. Lazerbot and his brother [[Shimshomo]] would then take the lead from then on.<!--


put this somewhere else on the wiki or this page, idk where
put this somewhere else on the wiki or this page, idk where
Line 50: Line 48:
===Main Series===
===Main Series===
====Original Run====
====Original Run====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" width="100%"
|-
|-
! Chapter
! Chapter
Line 185: Line 183:


====Revival====
====Revival====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" width="100%"
|-
|-
! Chapter
! Chapter
Line 227: Line 225:
| [[Chapter 27.5: Shadow's Nightmare 2|Shadow's Nightmare 2]]
| [[Chapter 27.5: Shadow's Nightmare 2|Shadow's Nightmare 2]]
| 2023-2024
| 2023-2024
| [https://www.tailsgetstrolled.org tailsgetstrolled.org]
|-
| 28
| [[Chapter 28: Shadow vs Cheeto Man|Shadow vs Cheeto Man]]
| 2024
| [https://www.tailsgetstrolled.org tailsgetstrolled.org]
|-
| 29
| [[Chapter 29: The Hunt|The Hunt]]
| ????
| [https://www.tailsgetstrolled.org tailsgetstrolled.org]
|-
| 29.5
| [[Chapter 29.5: The Hunt|The Hunt]]
| ????
| [https://www.tailsgetstrolled.org tailsgetstrolled.org]
| [https://www.tailsgetstrolled.org tailsgetstrolled.org]
|}
|}


===Side Stories===
===Side Stories===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" width="100%"
|-
|-
! Title
! Title
Line 253: Line 266:


====Ultimate Alternate Reality====
====Ultimate Alternate Reality====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" width="100%"
|-
|-
! Chapter
! Chapter
Line 272: Line 285:


====Joke Pages====
====Joke Pages====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" width="100%"
|-
|-
! Title
! Title
Line 292: Line 305:


====Holiday Specials====
====Holiday Specials====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" width="100%"
|-
|-
! Holiday
! Holiday
Line 307: Line 320:
|-
|-
| [[Tails Gets Trolled - The Halloween special.|Halloween]]
| [[Tails Gets Trolled - The Halloween special.|Halloween]]
| 2023
| 2023;2024
| [https://www.tailsgetstrolled.org tailsgetstrolled.org]
|-
| [[April Fools 2024]]
| 2024
| [https://www.tailsgetstrolled.org tailsgetstrolled.org]
| [https://www.tailsgetstrolled.org tailsgetstrolled.org]
|}
|}


====Other====
====Other====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" width="100%"
|-
|-
! Title
! Title
Line 328: Line 345:


==Reception==
==Reception==
The comic gained much of its notoriety upon being discovered by ''Something Awful'', and a thread was created on February 18, 2012<ref name="tgt-sa-forum"/>. Many of its users expressed bewilderment at the rather bizarre and graphic depictions of Tails and friends being trolled and the ensuing chaos, leading to an article being made on the front page for the comic on February 28, 2012<ref>[https://www.somethingawful.com/comedy-goldmine/tails-trolled-fanart/ ''Something Awful''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> Comedy Goldmine post]</ref>. ''Something Awful'' user Aramek would later provide voice overs for the first few chapters, leading to an eventual audiobook/dramatic reading to be published on YouTube under the account "tailsgetstrolled"<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/user/tailsgetstrolled/videos tailsgetstrolled YouTube account]</ref>. One of the SA users behind this project also produced ten songs based on the first ten chapters of the comic, and music videos for the first two songs. The original tailsgetstrolled YouTube account has been abandoned, but has been succeeded by a newer one titled ultimatetailsgetstrolled<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr280IA6Uu-rhTn4Cm3yi7Q ultimatetailsgetstrolled YouTube account]</ref>.
The comic gained much of its notoriety upon being discovered by ''Something Awful'', and a thread was created on February 18, 2012<ref name="tgt-sa-forum"/>. Many of its users expressed bewilderment at the rather bizarre and graphic depictions of Tails and friends being trolled and the ensuing chaos, leading to an article being made on the front page for the comic on February 28, 2012<ref name="SA-comedy-goldmine">''Something Awful'' (February 28, 2012). [https://www.somethingawful.com/comedy-goldmine/tails-trolled-fanart/ Comedy Goldmine post > Tails Gets Trolled]</ref>. ''Something Awful'' user Aramek would later provide voice overs for the first few chapters, leading to an eventual audiobook/dramatic reading to be published on YouTube under the account "tailsgetstrolled"<ref>tailsgetstrolled (March 25, 2012). [https://www.youtube.com/user/tailsgetstrolled tailsgetstrolled YouTube account]. ''YouTube''</ref>. One of the SA users behind this project also produced ten songs based on the first ten chapters of the comic, and music videos for the first two songs. The original tailsgetstrolled YouTube account has been abandoned, but has been succeeded by a newer one titled "ultimatetailsgetstrolled"<ref>ultimatetailsgetstrolled (October 25, 2015). [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr280IA6Uu-rhTn4Cm3yi7Q ultimatetailsgetstrolled YouTube account]. ''YouTube''</ref>.


A Know Your Meme article for the series was also added on March 16th, 2012<ref>[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/subcultures/tails-gets-trolled ''Tails Gets Trolled'' on Know Your Meme]</ref>. Later that same year, on May 23rd, a TVTropes page was also created for the series.<ref>[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Webcomic/TailsGetsTrolled ''Tails Gets Trolled'' on TVTropes]</ref>
A Know Your Meme article for the series was also added on March 16th, 2012<ref>''Know Your Meme'' (March 16, 2012). [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/subcultures/tails-gets-trolled Tails Gets Trolled]</ref>. Later that same year, on May 23rd, a TVTropes page was also created for the series.<ref>''TVTropes'' (May 23, 2012). [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Webcomic/TailsGetsTrolled Webcomic / Tails Gets Trolled]</ref>


On May 2nd, 2018, YouTuber Ben Saint of the Pro Crastinators Podcast uploaded an extensive lecture<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-O2a31HfLtk Tails Gets Trolled 101 - PCP University Lecture]</ref> focused on explaining the happenings of ''Tails Gets Trolled'' which has gained over ~660k+ views.
On May 2nd, 2018, YouTuber Ben Saint of the Pro Crastinators Podcast uploaded an extensive lecture<ref>Ben Saint (May 2, 2018). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-O2a31HfLtk Tails Gets Trolled 101 - PCP University Lecture]. ''YouTube''</ref> focused on explaining the happenings of ''Tails Gets Trolled'' which has gained over ~660k+ views.


The comic has also gained a notable following on the "Video Games" and "Comics & Cartoons" boards of 4chan, with "dumps" (group readings) happening from time to time.
The comic has also gained a notable following on the "Video Games" and "Comics & Cartoons" boards of 4chan, with "dumps" (group readings) happening from time to time.


The [[Unsettled Tom]] meme<ref>[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/unsettled-tom Unsettled Tom on Know Your Meme]</ref>, gaining popularity around March 2019, originates from the comic.
The [[Unsettled Tom]] meme<ref>''Know Your Meme'' (March 11, 2019). [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/unsettled-tom Unsettled Tom]</ref>, gaining popularity around March 2019, originates from the comic.


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 19:30, 19 November 2024

For the first chapter of the comic, go here. For other uses, see Tails Gets Trolled (disambiguation).
The cover of Chapter 1.

Tails Gets Trolled (commonly abbreviated to TGT) is a webcomic created by Lazerbot. Originally released on 2011, it focuses on the titular character, Tails from Sonic the Hedgehog, being trolled which slowly leads to a series of events centered around revenge, multiple opposing factions, betrayal, necromancy, gonorrhoea, marijuana, romance, and more.

Premise

The story of Tails Gets Trolled begins with Tails being trolled in the first chapter. Tails and friends soon enter conflict with The Trolls and things begin to spiral out of control as they realize that there is much more going on in the world than a conflict between the two groups. Tails and his friends are separated in the ensuing chaos and are split into their own journeys (mostly) centered around dealing with the Trolls.

History

work in progress

Background

DeviantArt (historically stylized as deviantART) is a community website launched on August 7, 2000. It allows users to upload their own artwork, photos, videos, and stories to their profile, where other users can comment and critique them. This is the website Lazerbot would find himself on to upload his own works of art. The exact date when he created his account has been lost to time, but his first submission was uploaded on September 14, 2009. (insert shit about stuff he uploaded before tgt here). Eventually, in late 2011, he would create what later became the epoch of his magnum opus.

The Beginning

The first page of Tails Gets Trolled was posted on DeviantArt on October 10, 2011, at 3:17 AM Central Daylight Time, entitled "tails getting trolled".[1] This first page that was uploaded depicts Sonic comforting a traumatized Tails, as Sonic explains to Shadow that Tails had gotten trolled, and they discuss their own particular methods on how to deal with trolls. The second page, and the first chronologically, was uploaded later that morning at 6:34 AM CDT, titled "tails gets trolled flashback", depicting the actual event of Tails getting trolled by Butter Tits and the Dick Taker.[2] At some unknown point later, the page titles were renamed to be the second and first pages of the comic respectively, which is how they are known today. The third page was uploaded on the same day at 10:49 PM CDT, and several more pages would be posted throughout the next week, interspersed with Lazerbot's usual art submissions unrelated to Tails Gets Trolled.

Something Awful

The comic would stay in the sea of DeviantArt and would not reach the coasts of the Internet as a whole until it was discovered by the website Something Awful. On February 18, 2012, Something Awful user Nunez would post a thread[3] on the websites' GBS (General Bullshit) subforum about the comic. Many users reacted with bewilderment to the comic, reacting to the typos and crude artstyle of the comics with some people likening Lazerbot to the likes of Chris Chan due to both material involving characters from the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise as well as both authors appearing to be "abnormal" in the eyes of onlookers.

Keven drops a reference to Something Awful's word filter for unregistered users.

Despite this, the thread in general had a positive reception to the comic and went on to produce fanart of various panels and moments within the first few chapters. Said works became notable enough that the website as a whole put up a front page article[4] showcasing the thread, giving the comic more exposure. Lazerbot himself would take notice of the comic's newly found attention[5] and would occasionally slip in references to the thread itself within Tails Gets Trolled, such as using phrases from the websites word filter (most notably "gently caress," which replaces "fuck" for non-registered users, sometimes spelled as "gently cares" in the comic).

As time went on, however, Something Awful would then be viewed in a more negative light as two incidents occurred. People, not limited to Something Awful however, would become more critical of the comic around Chapter 12, criticizing the comic for its focus on OCs and long battle sequences. Additionally, after an incident stemming from a comment left underneath a drawing of Hello Kitty with Tails on DeviantArt, a heated discussion about whether or not said wording is appropriate or morally allowed transpired. These two incidents angered Lazerbot leading to him leaving several angry messages on his Facebook and ultimatelazerbot deviantart account, lashing out at the detractors, which in turn would spill into the thread itself. Much of the negative criticism would then be attributed to "SA users". From then on the thread would be seen in a more critical view from Lazerbot himself which would lead to negative references being made about Something Awful in the comic itself, such as Doug namedropping Something Awful during Chapter 18[6]. This would culminate in a post made on the ultimatelazerbot deviantArt account[7] in which Lazerbot took different posts from the thread and replied to them giving his response back to specific "criticisms". Afterwards Lazerbot would not pay much attention to Something Awful itself (barring the occasional call out[8][9]).

From that point onwards, the thread would see less positivity and more criticism, which ranged from constructive to outright insulting at varying points. To this day the thread remains up and somewhat active.

The comic would continue on steadily up until 2015, taking a 2 year break until the most recent chapter, Chapter 22: The conclusion Part 2, was released in 2017. Around this period in time, the brothers would begin to move Tails Gets Trolled related content from the ultimatelazerbot account to a new one, titled then as iiupsidedownii. This new account would also host other comics made by Lazerbot and Embergram. The purpose of moving accounts was explained in a journal post where it was stated by the brothers that they wanted to have a central area to find all Tails Gets Trolled chapters, in addition to other projects that they would hold.[10] Additionally, because of Embergram and Shimshomo joining in on helping Lazerbot in various works, they felt it was not suitable to host their content on an account titled "ultimatelazerbot" and wanted to use a new account as their central "hub" for their collective content.

Revival

After releasing Chapter 22, Lazerbot had attempted to reboot the series with Tails Gets Trolled Polished, which received a lukewarm reception from fans, and did not continue past the first chapter. On December 2017, the series was placed on hold until November 2019, where the cover for Chapter 23: The conclusion - Part 3 was released, with a team of volunteers drawing out the script released in 2017. Upon completion, Lazerbot returned and continued the story beginning with Page 19 of Chapter 23.

On April 26th, 2021, it was announced that Lazerbot would no longer work on Tails Gets Trolled. The next day, however, his brother, Embergram announced that he will be continuing the series in his absence for the time being.[11] This would turn out to be short lived, however, as on November 20th, 2021, Lazerbot would then announce that he would return to the comic, albeit in a less involved role than before. He would then put out an official statement on November 29th clarifying his role.[12] Embergram would handle much of the story's direction through Chapter 25 until April 2022 when he would depart from the project. Lazerbot and his brother Shimshomo would then take the lead from then on.

Contents

Tails Gets Trolled consists of several Chapters going through the main plot of the series, alongside Side Stories, which consist of canon prequels, alternate timelines, or one-off joke comics.

todo: maybe make this its own page as it's quite long

Main Series

Original Run

Chapter Title Year Originally aired on Notes
1 tails gets trolled 2011 lazerbot.deviantart.com
2 trolls attack 2011 lazerbot.deviantart.com
3 the truth 2011-2012 lazerbot.deviantart.com
4 Deceit 2012 lazerbot.deviantart.com
5 tails kid napped 2012 lazerbot.deviantart.com
6 silver's mission 2012 lazerbot.deviantart.com
7 mario vs king troll 2012 lazerbot.deviantart.com
8 the neutral's 2012 lazerbot.deviantart.com
9 fuds choice 2012 lazerbot.deviantart.com
10 silver's plan and tails training 2012 lazerbot.deviantart.com
11 wild tempers 2012 lazerbot.deviantart.com Pages 1-13
ultimatelazerbot.deviantart.com Pages 14-21
12 taking action 2012 ultimatelazerbot.deviantart.com
13 taking action part 2 2012 ultimatelazerbot.deviantart.com
14 puppet battle 2012 ultimatelazerbot.deviantart.com
15 The Guardians part 1 2012-2013 ultimatelazerbot.deviantart.com
16 The Guardians part 2 2013 ultimatelazerbot.deviantart.com
17 Psychological Assessment 2013 ultimatelazerbot.deviantart.com
18 The eye of the storm 2013 ultimatelazerbot.deviantart.com
19 THE Storm part 1 2014 ultimatelazerbot.deviantart.com
20 The Storm part 2 2014-2015 ultimatelazerbot.deviantart.com
21 The conclusion Part 1 2015 ultimatelazerbot.deviantart.com
22 The conclusion Part 2 2015 ultimatelazerbot.deviantart.com Cover
2017 lltailsgetstrolledll.deviantart.com Pages 1-23
23 The conclusion - Part 3 2017 lltailsgetstrolledll.deviantart.com Script for Pages 1-18

Revival

Chapter Title Year Originally aired on Notes
23 The conclusion - Part 3 2019-2020 tailsgetstrolled.org Comic
24 Coyote's Wrath 2020-2021 tailsgetstrolled.org
25 Wicked Influence 2021-2022 tailsgetstrolled.org
25.5 Wicked Influence Part 2 2022 tailsgetstrolled.org
26 Anguish 2022 tailsgetstrolled.org
27 Shadow's Nightmare 2023 tailsgetstrolled.org
27.5 Shadow's Nightmare 2 2023-2024 tailsgetstrolled.org
28 Shadow vs Cheeto Man 2024 tailsgetstrolled.org
29 The Hunt ???? tailsgetstrolled.org
29.5 The Hunt ???? tailsgetstrolled.org

Side Stories

Title Year Originally aired on Notes
The Adventures of Underbite Troll 2013-2015 ultimatelazerbot.deviantart.com Pages 1-22
2022-present tailsgetstrolled.org Page 23-most recent
Tails Gets Gay - Bugs & Daffys Story. Chapter 1 2022-present tailsgetstrolled.org

Ultimate Alternate Reality

Chapter Title Year Originally aired on
1 Tails gets trolled Ultimate Alternate reality 2020-2022 tailsgetstrolled.org
2 trolls get attacked 2022-present tailsgetstrolled.org

Joke Pages

Title Year Originally aired on
tails gets gay 2013 ultimatelazerbot.deviantart.com
tails gets gay: The dickfenders 2013 ultimatelazerbot.deviantart.com
Friday Night Funkin': Tails Gets Trolled V4 2022 tailsgetstrolled.org

Holiday Specials

Holiday Year Originally aired on
Christmas 2022-2023 tailsgetstrolled.org
Valentine's Day 2023 tailsgetstrolled.org
Halloween 2023;2024 tailsgetstrolled.org
April Fools 2024 2024 tailsgetstrolled.org

Other

Title Year Originally aired on
Tails Gets Trolled Censored 2014 ultimatelazerbot.deviantart.com
Tails Gets Trolled Polished 2017 lltailsgetstrolledll.deviantart.com

Reception

The comic gained much of its notoriety upon being discovered by Something Awful, and a thread was created on February 18, 2012[3]. Many of its users expressed bewilderment at the rather bizarre and graphic depictions of Tails and friends being trolled and the ensuing chaos, leading to an article being made on the front page for the comic on February 28, 2012[4]. Something Awful user Aramek would later provide voice overs for the first few chapters, leading to an eventual audiobook/dramatic reading to be published on YouTube under the account "tailsgetstrolled"[13]. One of the SA users behind this project also produced ten songs based on the first ten chapters of the comic, and music videos for the first two songs. The original tailsgetstrolled YouTube account has been abandoned, but has been succeeded by a newer one titled "ultimatetailsgetstrolled"[14].

A Know Your Meme article for the series was also added on March 16th, 2012[15]. Later that same year, on May 23rd, a TVTropes page was also created for the series.[16]

On May 2nd, 2018, YouTuber Ben Saint of the Pro Crastinators Podcast uploaded an extensive lecture[17] focused on explaining the happenings of Tails Gets Trolled which has gained over ~660k+ views.

The comic has also gained a notable following on the "Video Games" and "Comics & Cartoons" boards of 4chan, with "dumps" (group readings) happening from time to time.

The Unsettled Tom meme[18], gaining popularity around March 2019, originates from the comic.

References

  1. ↑ lazerbot (October 10, 2011). tails getting trolled 2. DeviantArt
  2. ↑ lazerbot (October 10, 2011). tails gets trolled 1. DeviantArt
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Something Awful (February 18, 2012). Sonic & friends get trolled
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Something Awful (February 28, 2012). Comedy Goldmine post > Tails Gets Trolled
  5. ↑ lazerbot (February 20, 2012). my thanks (Lazerbot discovers SA for the firs time). DeviantArt
  6. ↑ Tails Gets Trolled, Chapter 18: The eye of the storm, Page 1
  7. ↑ UltimateLazerbot (January 16, 2014). The truth about SA (Something Awful) (FOS). DeviantArt
  8. ↑ UltimateLazerbot (October 18, 2014). News flash. DeviantArt
  9. ↑ UltimateLazerbot (June 25, 2015). MY last statement towards troll forums like SA ED. DeviantArt
  10. ↑ UltimateLazerbot (March 6, 2017). The Switch. DeviantArt
  11. ↑ Tails Gets Trolled @tailsgottrolled (April 27, 2021). Update. X (formerly Twitter)
  12. ↑ lazerbot (November 30, 2021). Lazerbot's statement on his return (image). Discord
  13. ↑ tailsgetstrolled (March 25, 2012). tailsgetstrolled YouTube account. YouTube
  14. ↑ ultimatetailsgetstrolled (October 25, 2015). ultimatetailsgetstrolled YouTube account. YouTube
  15. ↑ Know Your Meme (March 16, 2012). Tails Gets Trolled
  16. ↑ TVTropes (May 23, 2012). Webcomic / Tails Gets Trolled
  17. ↑ Ben Saint (May 2, 2018). Tails Gets Trolled 101 - PCP University Lecture. YouTube
  18. ↑ Know Your Meme (March 11, 2019). Unsettled Tom
Tails Gets Trolled
Main series Ch.1 (Script) • Ch.2 (Script) • Ch.3 (Script) • Ch.4 (Script) • Ch.5 (Script) • Ch.6 (Script) • Ch.7 (Script) • Ch.8 (Script) • Ch.9 (Script) • Ch.10 (Script) • Ch.11 (Script) • Ch.12 (Script) • Ch.13 (Script) • Ch.14 (Script) • Ch.15 (Script) • Ch.16 (Script) • Ch.17 (Script) • Ch.18 (Script) • Ch.19 (Script) • Ch.20 (Script) • Ch.21 (Script) • Ch.22 (Script) • Ch.23 (Script) • Ch.24 (Script) • Ch.25 (Script) • Ch.25.5 (Script) • Ch.26 (Script) • Ch.27 (Script) • Ch.27.5 (Script) • Ch.28 (Script) • Ch.29 (Script) • Ch.29.5 (Script)
Spin-offs Tails Gets Gay tails gets gay (Script) • The dickfenders (Script) • Bugs & Daffys Story. (Script) • Friday Night Funkin': Tails Gets Trolled V4 (Script)
UAR series Ch.1 (Script) • Ch.2 (Script)
Holiday Specials Christmas (Script) • Valentine's Day (Script) • Halloween (Script) • April Fools 2024 (Script)
Other The Adventures of Underbite Troll (Script) • Censored (Script) • Polished (Script)
Retrieved from "https://wiki.tailsgetstrolled.org/index.php?title=Tails_Gets_Trolled&oldid=17829"