Cover Yourself In Oil
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“”Oil floats on water. Step 1- Cover yourself in oil. Step 2-Wait for it to rain. Step 3-Fly."
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Cover Yourself in Oil refers to a troll physics meme in which a person covers themselves in oil and manages to fly in the rain due to oil being less dense than water. Originating from a 2020 9GAG post, it was interpreted by many as a repost of an older meme and was later reimagined in ironic memes, despite it not being true, there were some comics that presented a similar end result. There have been many adaptations of this meme and more are still being made now. Some images of them are in the gallery at the bottom of this very page for you to view. Cover Yourself in Oil, was another adaptation of the meme got its own page on this wiki, but not any of the more popular adaptations like the original.
History
On February 12, 2020, a 9GAG user bebelik, formerly gegirik, posted an original four-panel Troll Science meme in which a person covers itself in oil and manages to fly in rain by exploiting the fact that oil is less dense than water. The post received over 10,700 points within eight months.[1] Ever since the meme was first seen, people have made parodies of said meme, with custom steps, or a plot twist.
Trollge Origins
This is also the origin of Trollge, having the same format as Trollge videos. This was right before Trollface became the Trollge we know today. AKA, right before he was forgotten and went insane. That is why he uses this kind of style to capture his victims and feast upon their flesh moments later. Or just to torment them.
Trollge mysteriously disappears
The last time Trollge has ever at all been seen, was when he was in a forest and used oil in the rain to fly away, just like in this comic. His whereabouts are unknown, and if he is dead or alive is also unknown in addition to the whereabouts. This occurred in the year of 2021, about a decade after 2011 when he went insane.
Theories
Some people believe he flew into the sun and burnt up, some believe he will return and begin to murder more victims, and some believe he already is, but is being more secretive. I personally believe that he was recalling his last memory before going insane, and believed he has done wrong to the world and went in hiding. Or some kind of eternal rest, similar to death but more like a hibernation. Any interpretations are valid.
Most likely theory
The most probable theory is that T̴̛̖̘̭̫̓̈́̑͑h̶̘̱̗̦̪̗̗͊̒̈̔̄͐ͅé̷͙̘̗̭͇̼͚̇͐̐̐̈̎̾̇̒̓̚͘̕ Ruler used his Universe hopping ability to go to an unknown universe to escape, the motives are still unknown and as previously said, the whereabouts of Trollge are unknown aswell.
Who is T̴̛̖̘̭̫̓̈́̑͑h̶̘̱̗̦̪̗̗͊̒̈̔̄͐ͅé̷͙̘̗̭͇̼͚̇͐̐̐̈̎̾̇̒̓̚͘̕ Ruler?
T̴̛̖̘̭̫̓̈́̑͑h̶̘̱̗̦̪̗̗͊̒̈̔̄͐ͅé̷͙̘̗̭͇̼͚̇͐̐̐̈̎̾̇̒̓̚͘̕ Ruler is a version of Trollge. For more information, go to the page listed below:
Web usage
On February 13, an unknown Redditor reposted a lower-quality version of the image to r/4PanelCringe subreddit. The post received over 8,100 upvotes prior to being deleted. On February 14, the image was shared in r/trollscience, r/ComedyArchaelogy and r/fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu subreddits, with many commenters assuming that the image originated in early 2010s during the peak popularity of Troll Physics memes.
On February 15, 2020, Redditor IMainRicochet made the earliest known derivative meme based on the comic, replacing the last panel with the "ball crush" panel. The edit received over 10,500 upvotes in r/okbuddyretard in six months.
Starting in mid-February 2020, edits based on the comic started gaining popularity in ironic meme communities on Reddit. For example, a February 21, 2020, post by Redditor happiness_generator received over 6,000 upvotes in r/ShitPostCrusaders subreddit in six months. On March 2, 2020, post by Redditor r_pote, gained over 9,200 upvotes in r/ComedyNecrophilia in the same period.
In the following months, the format maintained moderate popularity on Reddit, with r/ComedyNecrophilia becoming the largest driver behind the meme's growth. Starting in mid-November 2020, the meme gained larger spread online, with multiple viral examples posted on Twitter and Instagram.
Rage Comics
Gallery of Rage Comics
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Opposite of the original
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Cover Yourself In Blood
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Cover Yourself In Water
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Cover Yourself In Oil But You Burned Yourself
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Heaven Stairway Incident
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Trollface pranking people by covering them with oil -
How to walk on water
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References
- ↑ bebelik (February 12, 2020). "Troll physics babeyy". 9GAG. Retrieved on May 4, 2025.
