Like Nyancat, "the cake is a lie," Tron Guy, and Doge, "trollface" is a bona fide piece of internet history. And more than that: It's an incredible profit-generating machine for its creator.

Like many memes, Trollface was conceived in the online bowels of 4chan and after-birthed all over the Internet. The squiggly, smiling face is the perfect mascot for /b/, the dank basement of 4chan ...