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Troll A platform

Troll A is a Condeep concrete gravity-based natural gas platform in the Troll field, North Sea off Norway. At 472 m tall and ~683,600 tonnes unballasted, it is the tallest structure ever moved by humans and the first NCS platform powered from shore.

Troll doll

The troll doll, also known as the Good Luck Troll, is a plastic doll with wild up-combed hair created by Danish sculptor Thomas Dam in the 1950s.

Troll Factory (댓글부대)

Troll Factory (댓글부대, Daetgeulboodae) is a 2024 South Korean crime drama directed by Ahn Gooc-jin, adapted from Jang Kang-myeong's 2015 novel, starring Son Suk-ku as a suspended journalist investigating the online opinion-manipulation team Aleph; released March 27, 2024, 109 minutes.

Troll Oil and Gas Field

Troll is an oil and gas field in the northern North Sea, about 65 kilometers west of Bergen. Discovered in 1979, it is the largest field on the Norwegian shelf.

Troll Oil Pipeline

The Troll Oil Pipeline (Troll Oljerør) is two North Sea pipelines carrying crude oil from the Troll field to the Mongstad terminal and refinery near Bergen, Norway.

Trolley problem

The trolley problem is a moral philosophy thought experiment introduced by Philippa Foot in 1967 and named by Judith Jarvis Thomson, contrasting permissible diversion of a runaway trolley with impermissible killing one to save five, now widely used in moral psychology and autonomous-vehicle ethics debates.

trolley-assist system

A trolley-assist system lets diesel-electric mine haul trucks draw grid power from overhead DC lines on ramps via pantographs, cutting diesel use; mining trolley assist dates to 1967.

Trolleybus

A trolleybus, also called a trolley coach or trackless trolley, is an electric bus that draws power from a pair of overhead wires while running on rubber tires.

Trollface

Trollface (Troll Face): grinning MS Paint rage-comic face drawn September 19, 2008 by Carlos Ramirez (Whynne), captioned "Problem?"; copyrighted in 2010, earning its creator over $100,000, revived as the horror-themed Trollge.

Trollfjell UNESCO Global Geopark

Trollfjell UNESCO Global Geopark, designated April 2019, is the world's northernmost UNESCO Global Geopark, on the central Norwegian coast across six municipalities; 10,082 km², two-thirds ocean, with Torghatten, the Leka Ophiolite, and strandflat coast.

Trollhunter

Trollhunter (Trolljegeren, The Troll Hunter) is a 2010 Norwegian found-footage fantasy comedy by André Øvredal, starring Otto Jespersen as a government troll hunter followed by three Volda students; premiered 29 October 2010, won two Amandas, and inspired an abandoned US remake. Distinct from DreamWorks' Trollhunters series.

Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans

Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans (2021) is the Netflix animated film concluding Guillermo del Toro's Tales of Arcadia trilogy, uniting Trollhunters, 3Below, and Wizards heroes against the Arcane Order and its titans; 88% Tomatometer, 6.6 IMDb.

Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia

Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia is Guillermo del Toro's Netflix CGI-animated fantasy series (2016–2018, 52 episodes) about teen Jim Lake Jr., chosen by a magic amulet as Trollhunter; first of the 3Below and Wizards trilogy.

Trollied

Trollied is a British Sky One sitcom (2011–2018) set in the Warrington branch of the fictional Valco supermarket, created by Ash Atalla, Anne Marie O'Connor, and Paul Doolan, starring Jason Watkins and Jane Horrocks, filmed at The Bottle Yard Studios.

Trolling

Trolling: deceptive, provocative, or disruptive online behavior aimed at provoking reactions for the troll's amusement; associated with dark tetrad traits, anonymity-driven disinhibition, and situational triggers like negative mood and exposure to prior trolling.

Trollius

Trollius (globeflowers) is a genus of perennial Ranunculaceae herbs of the Northern Hemisphere, centered in East Asia, with medicinal species such as T. chinensis and three plastome-defined clades led by T. lilacinus.

Trolls (film)

Trolls is a 2016 American animated musical comedy from DreamWorks Animation, directed by Mike Mitchell, based on the Good Luck Troll dolls, and grossing over $340 million worldwide.

Trolls (franchise)

Trolls (franchise), DreamWorks Animation musical comedy series based on Good Luck Trolls dolls: films Trolls (2016), Trolls World Tour (2020), Trolls Band Together (2023), plus TV series, games, and merchandise, starring Anna Kendrick and Justin Timberlake.

Trolls (soundtrack)

Trolls (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the 2016 RCA Records album for DreamWorks' Trolls, executive produced by Justin Timberlake, 13 songs, led by Can't Stop the Feeling!, a Grammy-winning, Oscar-nominated hit.

Trolls Band Together

Trolls Band Together (2023) is DreamWorks Animation's third Trolls film, directed by Walt Dohrn, reuniting Branch's boyband BroZone and NSYNC's "Better Place"; it grossed $210.7M worldwide.

Trolls World Tour

Trolls World Tour (2020) is DreamWorks Animation's animated musical sequel to Trolls, directed by Walt Dohrn, released on PVOD April 10, 2020 during COVID-19, earning about $95 million in 19 days.

Trolls: The Beat Goes On!

Trolls: The Beat Goes On! is a DreamWorks Animation Television Netflix original animated musical comedy (2018–2019, 52 episodes, 8 seasons) continuing the 2016 Trolls film, with Skylar Astin and Amanda Leighton voicing Branch and Poppy, now partly on Peacock.

Trolls: TrollsTopia

Trolls: TrollsTopia (2020-2022) is a DreamWorks animated series following Poppy as delegates from the Country Western, Classical, Funk, Techno, and Hard Rock tribes join a new Troll city; seven seasons on Hulu and Peacock.

Trolltunga

Trolltunga (the Troll's Tongue) is a rock ledge 700 m above Ringedalsvatnet near Odda, Norway, reached by a 20–27 km Very Demanding hike, season 1 June–30 September, with about 80,000 visitors a year.

Trolox

Trolox is a water-soluble synthetic analog of vitamin E, first synthesized in 1974, used to reduce oxidative stress and as the standard in the TEAC antioxidant assay.

Trom

Trom is a 2022 Faroese-Danish Nordic noir crime drama, the first TV series produced in the Faroe Islands. Six episodes on Viaplay, created by Torfinnur Jákupsson from Jógvan Isaksen's novels, starring Ulrich Thomsen; Monte-Carlo Nymphe D'or winner.

Troma Entertainment

Troma Entertainment, also called Troma Studios, is a New York independent film company founded in 1974 by Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz, known for The Toxic Avenger, Tromeo and Juliet, and the free TromaDance festival.

Trombay power station

Trombay power station, formally Trombay Thermal Power Station, is a Tata Power coal, oil, and gas-fired plant at Mahul, Chembur, in Mumbai, supplying most of the city since 1956.

Trombe wall

A Trombe wall is a passive solar heating device: a massive dark wall behind glazing absorbs solar heat by day and releases it to the interior hours later.

Trombetas

Trombetas (Rio Trombetas), a ~750 km clear-water Amazon tributary in Pará, Brazil, draining 150,000 km² from the Guiana Shield; home of the 1979 Trombetas Biological Reserve, quilombola communities, and MRN's Porto Trombetas bauxite mining district.