Troll (disambiguation)

A troll is a mythological creature, related to elves, dwarves, or monsters.

Troll may also refer to:

• Troll (angling), the practice of fishing by drawing a baited line or lure behind a boat
• Troll (Internet), an internet term for a person who willfully, through obscene, offensive or hateful actions (a.k.a. "trolling"), attempts to disrupt a community or garner reactions, attention and controversy.
• A resident of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan (as the mythological creatures tend to live "below the bridge")

Places

• Troll (research station), a Norwegian Antarctic research station on Queen Maud Land
  • Troll airfield, an airfield nearby
• Troll gas field, a large reservoir of gas in the northern North Sea
• Troll A platform, a production platform for this gas field
• Troll Ski Resort, a ski area in the Cariboo region of British Columbia

Literature

• Troll (Middle-earth), a creature in J. R. R. Tolkien's universe of Middle-earth
• Troll (Discworld), a creature in Terry Pratchett's Discworld
• Troll (Harry Potter), a creature in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter universe
• Trolls (Artemis Fowl), a creature in the Artemis Fowl series

Movies and TV

• Troll (film), a 1986 film
• Trollz, an animated show
• Troll 2
• Troll 3

Games

• Troll (Dungeons & Dragons), a monster in the Dungeons & Dragons setting
• Troll (Warhammer), a monster in the Warhammer Fantasy setting
• "Trolls", a 1992 PC game by Capstone Software
• Troll (Warcraft), a race of the Horde
• Trollbloods, a faction in the HORDES game setting

Music

• Troll (band), a Norwegian black metal band
• Troll (Swedish band), a Swedish pop band
• Troll (album), a 2005 album by Norwegian folk metal band Lumsk
• The Trolls, a rock and roll band fronted by Iggy Pop

Other uses

• Troll (automobile), a Norwegian car manufacturer
• Troll (gay slang), a slang term for gay men who wander about looking for sexual partners
• Troll doll, a doll created by Thomas Dam in the 1960s

People with the surname

• Karl Troll (1865-1954), Austrian architect

See also

• Fremont Troll, a piece of public art in Seattle, Washington
• Patent troll, a pejorative term used to describe some patent holders
• Trawling, a method of commercial fishing, and also the indiscriminate collection of facts