Irregular Loading Screens

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! Toon/Game !! Loading Screen !! Relevance to toon/game !! Picture
! Toon/Game !! Loading Screen !! Relevance to toon/game !! Picture
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| [[2 Part Episode: Part 2]] || RELOADING... || This is part 2 of a 2-part [[Cheat Commandos]] episode. || [[Image:Reloading.png|150px]]
| [[2 Part Episode: Part 2]] || RELOADING... || This is part 2 of a 2-part [[Cheat Commandos]] episode. || [[Image:Reloading.png|150px]]
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| [[50K Racewalker]] || loada... || None || [[Image:Loada.png|150px]]
| [[50K Racewalker]] || loada... || None || [[Image:Loada.png|150px]]
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| [[Best Caper Ever]] || LOAD || None || [[Image:Best Caper Load.png|150px]]
| [[Best Caper Ever]] || LOAD || None || [[Image:Best Caper Load.png|150px]]
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| [[Career Day]] || L.O.A.D. || The toon takes place at [[L.U.R.N.]] || [[Image:L.O.A.D..png|150px]]
| [[Career Day]] || L.O.A.D. || The toon takes place at [[L.U.R.N.]] || [[Image:L.O.A.D..png|150px]]
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| [[The Cheatar]] || COMIN' UP... || The font is reminiscent of the logo of the heavy metal band [[Wikipedia:Iron Maiden (band)|Iron Maiden]]. || [[Image:Comin' up (Cheatar).png|150px]]
| [[The Cheatar]] || COMIN' UP... || The font is reminiscent of the logo of the heavy metal band [[Wikipedia:Iron Maiden (band)|Iron Maiden]]. || [[Image:Comin' up (Cheatar).png|150px]]
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| [[Crystal Fortress]] || loading it || None || [[Image:loadingscreen_crystalfortress.png|150px]]
| [[Crystal Fortress]] || loading it || None || [[Image:loadingscreen_crystalfortress.png|150px]]
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| [[Dangeresque Roomisode 1: Behind the Dangerdesque]] || Loading from Drive 8<br>Insert Disk 5 || Refers to older computer games, which this game is in the style of. || [[Image:Dangeresque Roomisode 1 Loading Screen.PNG|150px]]
| [[Dangeresque Roomisode 1: Behind the Dangerdesque]] || Loading from Drive 8<br>Insert Disk 5 || Refers to older computer games, which this game is in the style of. || [[Image:Dangeresque Roomisode 1 Loading Screen.PNG|150px]]
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| [[A Decemberween Mackerel]] || LOAD || None. || [[Image:DecemberweenMackerelLoad.png|150px]]
| [[A Decemberween Mackerel]] || LOAD || None. || [[Image:DecemberweenMackerelLoad.png|150px]]
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| [[Doomy Tales of the Macabre]] || loadink || The word appears on [[Strong Sad]]'s inkwell. || [[Image:loading_screen_ween09.png|150px]]
| [[Doomy Tales of the Macabre]] || loadink || The word appears on [[Strong Sad]]'s inkwell. || [[Image:loading_screen_ween09.png|150px]]
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| [[Eggs (toon)|Eggs]] || legging... || The toon is about [[eggs]]. || [[Image:Legging.PNG|150px]]
| [[Eggs (toon)|Eggs]] || legging... || The toon is about [[eggs]]. || [[Image:Legging.PNG|150px]]
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| [[Ever and More!]] || loading, friend. || This is likely a reference to the fact that the toon parodies various Brotherhoods and Fraternities. The loading screen seems to be a parody of fraternal greetings. || [[Image:loadingfriend.png|150px]]
| [[Ever and More!]] || loading, friend. || This is likely a reference to the fact that the toon parodies various Brotherhoods and Fraternities. The loading screen seems to be a parody of fraternal greetings. || [[Image:loadingfriend.png|150px]]
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| [[Experimental Film]] || comin' up || None || [[Image:Comin' up.png|150px]]
| [[Experimental Film]] || comin' up || None || [[Image:Comin' up.png|150px]]
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| [[Hallrunner]] || LOADALING... || None || [[Image:Loadaling.png|150px]]
| [[Hallrunner]] || LOADALING... || None || [[Image:Loadaling.png|150px]]
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| [[Happy Fireworks]] || loafing... || What Coach Z and Bubs are doing at the start of the toon. || [[Image:Loafing.png|150px]]
| [[Happy Fireworks]] || loafing... || What Coach Z and Bubs are doing at the start of the toon. || [[Image:Loafing.png|150px]]
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| [[Homestarloween Party]] || loading the Halloween deal... || It's a Halloween toon. || [[Image:Loading the Halloween deal.png|150px]]
| [[Homestarloween Party]] || loading the Halloween deal... || It's a Halloween toon. || [[Image:Loading the Halloween deal.png|150px]]
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| [[HomestarRunner.com PAY PLUS!]] ''[[HomestarRunner.com PAY PLUS!#Strong Bad "Trap Door" Sample|The Email Show]]'' sample || loading free pay sample... || A free sample of the PAY PLUS content. || [[Image:Loading free pay sample.png|150px]]
| [[HomestarRunner.com PAY PLUS!]] ''[[HomestarRunner.com PAY PLUS!#Strong Bad "Trap Door" Sample|The Email Show]]'' sample || loading free pay sample... || A free sample of the PAY PLUS content. || [[Image:Loading free pay sample.png|150px]]
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| [[Jibblies 2]] || the LOADING || Written on and in the style of a tarot card, seen during Pom Pom and Strong Sad's scene. || [[Image:TheLoading.png|150px]]
| [[Jibblies 2]] || the LOADING || Written on and in the style of a tarot card, seen during Pom Pom and Strong Sad's scene. || [[Image:TheLoading.png|150px]]
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| [[Kick The Cheat]] || loadin... || None || [[Image:Loadin.png|150px]]
| [[Kick The Cheat]] || loadin... || None || [[Image:Loadin.png|150px]]
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| [[Kid Speedy]] || WIDE LOADING || The main character of the game is a "little fatso". || [[Image:Wideloading.PNG|150px]]
| [[Kid Speedy]] || WIDE LOADING || The main character of the game is a "little fatso". || [[Image:Wideloading.PNG|150px]]
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| [[Loading Screens]] || load || The toon shows nearly every loading screen on the website. || [[Image:Loading_Screens.png|150px]]
| [[Loading Screens]] || load || The toon shows nearly every loading screen on the website. || [[Image:Loading_Screens.png|150px]]
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| [[Make-O Your Own Stinko]] || FIND THE LOADBEARER... || Strong Bad had played a game called "Find the Load Bearer" in the [[slumber party|email preceding the one this is from]]. || [[Image:Loadbear.png|150px]]
| [[Make-O Your Own Stinko]] || FIND THE LOADBEARER... || Strong Bad had played a game called "Find the Load Bearer" in the [[slumber party|email preceding the one this is from]]. || [[Image:Loadbear.png|150px]]
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| [[Marshie's Malloween Mix-Up]] || lourding... || None, but it may refer to the [[Heavy Lourde]]. || [[Image:Lourding.png|150px]]
| [[Marshie's Malloween Mix-Up]] || lourding... || None, but it may refer to the [[Heavy Lourde]]. || [[Image:Lourding.png|150px]]
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| [[More Fan Costumes]] || loadems... || None || [[Image:Loadems.png|150px]]
| [[More Fan Costumes]] || loadems... || None || [[Image:Loadems.png|150px]]
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| [[Most in the Graveyard]] || R.I.P. LOADING || A reference to the other gravestones in the toon itself, referring to "Loading" as a person. || [[Image:Arealload.PNG|150px]]
| [[Most in the Graveyard]] || R.I.P. LOADING || A reference to the other gravestones in the toon itself, referring to "Loading" as a person. || [[Image:Arealload.PNG|150px]]
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| [[No Hands On Deck!]] || loadinate || May be a reference to [[Trogdor|Burninate]]. || [[Image:Loadinate-deck.png|150px]]
| [[No Hands On Deck!]] || loadinate || May be a reference to [[Trogdor|Burninate]]. || [[Image:Loadinate-deck.png|150px]]
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| [[Non-Sequitur Champion]] || THE LOAD || This is a scene from [[The Show]]. || [[Image:Non-Sequitur Load.png|150px]]
| [[Non-Sequitur Champion]] || THE LOAD || This is a scene from [[The Show]]. || [[Image:Non-Sequitur Load.png|150px]]
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| [[Peasant's Quest Movie Trailer]] || rather loading... || The main character is [[Rather Dashing]]. || [[Image:Rather Loading.png|150px]]
| [[Peasant's Quest Movie Trailer]] || rather loading... || The main character is [[Rather Dashing]]. || [[Image:Rather Loading.png|150px]]
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| [[Peasant's Quest Movie Trailer]] Old Version || loading a fairly big deal... || [[The Brothers Chaps|TBC]] made a big deal of this toon, so much their server crashed by the initial onslaught of viewers. || [[Image:Loading a fairly big deal.png|150px]]
| [[Peasant's Quest Movie Trailer]] Old Version || loading a fairly big deal... || [[The Brothers Chaps|TBC]] made a big deal of this toon, so much their server crashed by the initial onslaught of viewers. || [[Image:Loading a fairly big deal.png|150px]]
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| [[Peasant's Quest Preview]], [[Snowglobe]] || Voading... || It's a preview of a [[Videlectrix]] game. || [[Image:Voading.png|150px]]
| [[Peasant's Quest Preview]], [[Snowglobe]] || Voading... || It's a preview of a [[Videlectrix]] game. || [[Image:Voading.png|150px]]
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| [[Play Date]] || load it || None || [[Image:PlayDateloadit.png|150px]]
| [[Play Date]] || load it || None || [[Image:PlayDateloadit.png|150px]]
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| [[Punkin Stencils|Punkin Stencils 2007]] || LOOOOOADING || Simulates a moan, appropriate for Halloween. || [[Image:punkin2007 loading.png|150px]]
| [[Punkin Stencils|Punkin Stencils 2007]] || LOOOOOADING || Simulates a moan, appropriate for Halloween. || [[Image:punkin2007 loading.png|150px]]
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| [[Rap Song]] || Loadry || The toon begins in a laundromat. || [[Image:loadry.png|150px]]
| [[Rap Song]] || Loadry || The toon begins in a laundromat. || [[Image:loadry.png|150px]]
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| [[Seasonal Sweaters]] || LOAD IT! || None || [[Image:Load it.png|150px]]
| [[Seasonal Sweaters]] || LOAD IT! || None || [[Image:Load it.png|150px]]
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| [[Somber Vacation]] || LOAD || None || [[Image:ILS_Load.PNG|150px]]
| [[Somber Vacation]] || LOAD || None || [[Image:ILS_Load.PNG|150px]]
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| [[Stinkoman 20X6]] || LOAD IT UP... || The Game uses [[deliberately poor English]] throughout. || [[Image:Load it up.png|150px]]
| [[Stinkoman 20X6]] || LOAD IT UP... || The Game uses [[deliberately poor English]] throughout. || [[Image:Load it up.png|150px]]
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| [[Stinkomanual]] || LOADING MANUÉL || It's an instruction manual, and the spelling displays [[Deliberately Poor English|poor English]]. || [[Image:Loading manuel.PNG|150px]]
| [[Stinkomanual]] || LOADING MANUÉL || It's an instruction manual, and the spelling displays [[Deliberately Poor English|poor English]]. || [[Image:Loading manuel.PNG|150px]]
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| [[Store Thank You Messages]] || load 'er up... || None (but it is similar to "fill 'er up", a phrase used frequently at gas stations) || [[Image:load'erup.png|150px]]
| [[Store Thank You Messages]] || load 'er up... || None (but it is similar to "fill 'er up", a phrase used frequently at gas stations) || [[Image:load'erup.png|150px]]
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| [[Strong Bad's Message Bored]] || Hang on... || None || [[File:Message Bored Loading Screen.PNG|150px]]
| [[Strong Bad's Message Bored]] || Hang on... || None || [[File:Message Bored Loading Screen.PNG|150px]]
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| [[Strong Bad's Website]] || LO-DING || None || [[Image:Lo-Ding.PNG|150px]]
| [[Strong Bad's Website]] || LO-DING || None || [[Image:Lo-Ding.PNG|150px]]
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| [[Superbowl Dealie]] || ''{No loading screen}'' || None ||  
| [[Superbowl Dealie]] || ''{No loading screen}'' || None ||  
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| [[Toikey TV]] || LOAD || None || [[Image:Toikeyload.png|150px]]
| [[Toikey TV]] || LOAD || None || [[Image:Toikeyload.png|150px]]
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| [[Workin' on the Game]] || Loading || The "L" is done in the same style as the "V" from [[Videlectrix]]. || [[Image:Videlectrix loading.PNG|150px]]
| [[Workin' on the Game]] || Loading || The "L" is done in the same style as the "V" from [[Videlectrix]]. || [[Image:Videlectrix loading.PNG|150px]]
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[[Category:Word running gags]]
[[Category:Word running gags]]

Revision as of 03:45, 20 December 2010

This article is about the word-related running gag. For the toon, see Loading Screens.

In many toons and games, the loading screen has something on other than the standard "Loading...". Many of these have some relevance to the toon/game they appear in.

List

Toon/Game Loading Screen Relevance to toon/game Picture
2 Part Episode: Part 2 RELOADING... This is part 2 of a 2-part Cheat Commandos episode.
50K Racewalker loada... None
Best Caper Ever LOAD None
Career Day L.O.A.D. The toon takes place at L.U.R.N.
The Cheatar COMIN' UP... The font is reminiscent of the logo of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden.
Crystal Fortress loading it None
Dangeresque Roomisode 1: Behind the Dangerdesque Loading from Drive 8
Insert Disk 5 		Refers to older computer games, which this game is in the style of.
A Decemberween Mackerel LOAD None.
Doomy Tales of the Macabre loadink The word appears on Strong Sad's inkwell.
Eggs legging... The toon is about eggs.
Ever and More! loading, friend. This is likely a reference to the fact that the toon parodies various Brotherhoods and Fraternities. The loading screen seems to be a parody of fraternal greetings.
Experimental Film comin' up None
Hallrunner LOADALING... None
Happy Fireworks loafing... What Coach Z and Bubs are doing at the start of the toon.
Homestarloween Party loading the Halloween deal... It's a Halloween toon.
HomestarRunner.com PAY PLUS! The Email Show sample loading free pay sample... A free sample of the PAY PLUS content.
Jibblies 2 the LOADING Written on and in the style of a tarot card, seen during Pom Pom and Strong Sad's scene.
Kick The Cheat loadin... None
Kid Speedy WIDE LOADING The main character of the game is a "little fatso".
Loading Screens load The toon shows nearly every loading screen on the website.
Make-O Your Own Stinko FIND THE LOADBEARER... Strong Bad had played a game called "Find the Load Bearer" in the email preceding the one this is from.
Marshie's Malloween Mix-Up lourding... None, but it may refer to the Heavy Lourde.
More Fan Costumes loadems... None
Most in the Graveyard R.I.P. LOADING A reference to the other gravestones in the toon itself, referring to "Loading" as a person.
No Hands On Deck! loadinate May be a reference to Burninate.
Non-Sequitur Champion THE LOAD This is a scene from The Show.
Peasant's Quest Movie Trailer rather loading... The main character is Rather Dashing.
Peasant's Quest Movie Trailer Old Version loading a fairly big deal... TBC made a big deal of this toon, so much their server crashed by the initial onslaught of viewers.
Peasant's Quest Preview, Snowglobe Voading... It's a preview of a Videlectrix game.
Play Date load it None
Punkin Stencils 2007 LOOOOOADING Simulates a moan, appropriate for Halloween.
Rap Song Loadry The toon begins in a laundromat.
Seasonal Sweaters LOAD IT! None
Somber Vacation LOAD None
Stinkoman 20X6 LOAD IT UP... The Game uses deliberately poor English throughout.
Stinkomanual LOADING MANUÉL It's an instruction manual, and the spelling displays poor English.
Store Thank You Messages load 'er up... None (but it is similar to "fill 'er up", a phrase used frequently at gas stations)
Strong Bad's Message Bored Hang on... None
Strong Bad's Website LO-DING None
Superbowl Dealie {No loading screen} None
Toikey TV LOAD None
Workin' on the Game Loading The "L" is done in the same style as the "V" from Videlectrix.
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