Dating app 'Double' trolled with Donald Trump and Rihanna lookalikes

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The app, called Double, sets up double dates between pairs of friends
Anonymous users have created fake profiles in which the 'friends' are celebrities and their non-human lookalikes
Pairs include a pregnant Kim Kardashian and a killer whale, and Harry Styles and a kitten; Justin Timberlake was matched with ramen noodles

Published: 17:00 EST, 16 September 2015 | Updated: 08:54 EST, 17 September 2015

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It seems that one troll is not too impressed with a dating app called Double, which matches up pairs of friends with other pairs of friends for double dates.

The app works much like Tinder, but instead of liking or disliking an individual, a couple of BFFs can scope out prospective dates together, and when all four approve a match, they can chat as a group.

In a brilliant act of trolling, however, at least one anonymous person - whose work has been shared on Reddit - has flooded the app with fake friends, creating profiles for a slew of celebrities and their not-so-human besties.

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Date a star: Some users of the dating app Double are creating fake profiles featuring celebrities and their non-human lookalikes

Lookin' for love: The app intends to match pairs of friends with other pairs of friends for double dates

Twinning: Friends who sign up together don't actually have to be lookalikes - though whoever is trolling users with fake celebrity pairs seems to be having fun with that particular angle

All of the celebrities are paired up with animals, cartoons, and even food that they are presumably thought to look like - though nothing about the app suggests that friends who sign up together have to look similar.

As the trolls are clearly trying to be funny - and aren't actually convince any actual Double users that these stars are actually on the app - they've taken a lax approach to accuracy in these faux-profiles.

For example, one 'friend' pair includes 34-year-old Justin Timberlake, pictured in his NSYNC days and listed as being 25 years old, along with his 'friend', a block of uncooked ramen named Noodles, who is 26.

Finding a match: It works like Tinder, except matches then participate in a four-way chat to potentially plan a double date

Keeping up with the dating apps: Kim Kardashian is a popular target, turning up at least twice; here, she is paired with Shamu from Sea World

What about Kanye? Kim is paired up with two different animal 'friends' looking for double dates

Getting political: Some politicians are in the mix too, like George W. Bush, whose 'friend' is a chimp

Other pairs include Rihanna and a llama named Liama, Donald Trump (who, comically, is listed as being 20 years old) and a hamster with quite similar hair, and Snoop Dogg with an actual dog, who seems to be making the same facial expression. Their names are listed simply as 'Snoop' and 'Dog'.

Kim Kardashian appears at least twice with lookalikes. One pair sees a platinum-haired Kim teamed up with a long-haired dog, while another includes the reality star during her first pregnancy in an unflattering black-and-white-dress alongside a killer whale.

Lil Jon, George W. Bush, and Harry Styles have also gotten the Double treatment.

What's his age again? The aim seems to be comedic more so than actually fooling people, and those participating aren't concerned with accuracy; Justin Timberlake is 24, not 25

For laughs: Brian Baumgartner appears as his character from The Office, Kevin Malone; his 'friend' is a seal

Wax on, wax off: Mr. Miyagi from Karate Kid may pop up on the app with his Bff, a wise-looking rabbit

Work of art: A few of the faux friends aren't animals at all; Lil Wayne's is an ancient Mayan statue

Dream guys? Mike, a drug kingpin from Breaking Bad, may not be the most desirable date - but his friend, Bagheera from the Disney Movie the Jungle Book, might be

This isn't the first time that people have set up fake accounts to troll people who are looking for a date.

Last month, a Tinder user named Blake took on the personal history of Forrest Gump, actually managing to fool one gullible young woman into believing that he earned money from a shrimping company, was raising a son named Blake Jr. after the boy's mother died, treated mowing the lawn as a hobby, and liked talking to people at the local bus stop.

She even seemed unfazed when he mentioned that he used to be an 'amateur ping pong player', telling him: 'You seem like a good guy.'

Mama always says: Last month, a man pretended to have the same back story as Forrest Gump while on Tinder

Gotcha! He managed to fool one gullible woman, even after he used one of the movie's most famous repeated lines: 'And that's all I have to say about that'

Sometimes there's love: One man (right), however, managed to find the girl of his dreams (left) on Tinder; in their first conversation, they talked about going to China - and this week they actually traveled there

Seeing the world: They live 700 miles apart but visit each other every weekend; in February they plan to go to New Zealand together

While it seems unlikely that anyone will find their true love by matching up with these particular profiles, real romance on quickie dating apps is not unheard of.

Just this week, a man who matched with a woman on Tinder flew with her to China, just six months after they discussed the trip in their first messages to each other.

Though they live 700 miles away from each other - he had matched with her while in her city, Chicago, on a business trip - they've kept up a long-distance relationship and have a vacation to New Zealand booked for February.