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''This article is about the word-related running gag.'' ''For the [[Toons|toon]], see [[Loading Screens]].''

In many [[Toons|toons]] and [[Games|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.

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== <span class="mw-headline">List</span> ==

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=== <span class="mw-headline">Load</span> ===

In addition to the typical "Loading...", some loading screens (especially in recent toons) will simply read "Load". Below is a list of these loading screens.

{| class="wikitable wikitable" width="100%"
|-
! Toon/Game
! Loading Screen
! Relevance to toon/game
! Picture
|-
| [[The Animated Adventures of Puppet Homestar]]
| load
| The word appears on an egg, which is the first item [[Puppet Character Variations|Puppet Homestar Runner]] adds to his [[Pile|pile]].
| [[File:AnimatedPuppetLoad.png|[[File:AnimatedPuppetLoad.png|150px|thumb]]]]
|-
| [[Best Caper Ever]]
| LOAD
| None
| [[File:Best Caper Load.png|[[File:Best_Caper_Load.png|150px|thumb]]]]
|-
| [[Career Day]]
| L.O.A.D.
| The toon takes place at [[L.U.R.N.]]
| [[File:L.O.A.D..png|[[File:L.O.A.D..png|150px|thumb]]]]
|-
| [[Characters from Yonder Website]]
| load
| None
| [[File:YonderWebsiteLoad.png|[[File:YonderWebsiteLoad.png|150px|thumb]]]]
|-
| [[A Decemberween Mackerel]]
| LOAD
| [[Marzipan]] and [[Homestar Runner]] give [[Senor Cardgage]] a casserole dish full of green bean sprouts in the toon.
| [[File:DecemberweenMackerelLoad.png|[[File:DecemberweenMackerelLoad.png|150px|thumb]]]]
|-
| [[Fish Eye Lens]]
| LOAD
| The toon starts with [[Strong Bad]] asleep on [[The Couch|the couch]].
| [[File:WaughmpWaughmpLoad.png|[[File:WaughmpWaughmpLoad.png|150px|thumb]]]]
|-
| [[Halloween Hijinks]]
| LOAD
| The letters are written as constellations in the night sky, where the toon begins.
| [[File:HijinksLoad.png|[[File:HijinksLoad.png|150px|thumb]]]]
|-
| [[Haunted Photo Booth]]
| LOAD
| The word comes out of the photo slot of the [[Photo Boooth]].
| [[File:PhotoBooothLoad.png|[[File:PhotoBooothLoad.png|150px|thumb]]]]
|-
| [[The Homestar Runner Enters The Spooky Woods|The Homestar Runner Enters The Spooky Woods‎]]
| load
| The toon features eyeballs in a bathtub.
| [[File:SpookyBookLoad.png|[[File:SpookyBookLoad.png|150px|thumb]]]]
|-
| [[The House That Gave Sucky Tricks]]
| LOAD
| The toon begins by showing a tennis racket leaning against a bookshelf with a wig, [[Googly Eyes|googly eyes]], and a [[Sticky Notes|post-it note]] with [[Fangs|fangs]] drawn on it.
| [[File:SuckyTricks load.png|[[File:SuckyTricks_load.png|150px|thumb]]]]
|-
| [[I Killed Pom Pom]]
| Load
| The toon starts with an [[Inflatable Pumpkin|inflatable pumpkin]] attached to the wall outside.
| [[File:LoadingIKPP.png|[[File:LoadingIKPP.png|150px|thumb]]]]
|-
| [[Loading Screens]]
| load
| The toon shows nearly every loading screen on the website.
| [[File:Loading Screens.png|[[File:Loading_Screens.png|150px|thumb]]]]
|-
| [[Place Ya Bets!]]
| L O A D
| The loading screen is in the style of [[The Deleteheads|the Deleteheads]]' hats.
| [[File:DeleteheadLoading.png|[[File:DeleteheadLoading.png|150px|thumb]]]]
|-
| [[Record Store Day]]
| Load
| "Load" is spray painted onto the closed front of [[Bubs' Concession Stand]].
| [[File:LOADLOADLOAD.png|[[File:LOADLOADLOAD.png|150px|thumb]]]]
|-
| [[Somber Vacation]]
| LOAD
| [[Strong Sad]] shows a slideshow of his vacation at [[Beaches|the beach]].
| [[File:ILS Load.PNG|[[File:ILS_Load.PNG|150px|thumb]]]]
|-
| [[Squintmojis]]
| LOAD
| The toon is related to [[emoji|emojis]], which are commonly used in texts.
| [[File:Loadmoji.png|[[File:Loadmoji.png|150px|thumb]]]]
|-
| [[Toikey TV]]
| LOAD
| None
| [[File:Toikeyload.png|[[File:Toikeyload.png|150px|thumb]]]]
|-
| [[Trudgemank]]
| LOAD
| There is meat in the music video.
| [[File:TrudgemankLoad.png|[[File:TrudgemankLoad.png|150px|thumb]]]]
|-
| [[Which Ween Costumes?]]
| LOAD
| The pumpkin wearing a [[Santaman]] hat references the fact that there was no [[Halloween]] cartoon, so this [[Decemberween]] cartoon was made to compensate for that fact.
| [[File:WWCLoading.png|[[File:WWCLoading.png|150px|thumb]]]]
|}

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=== <span class="mw-headline">Others</span> ===

{| class="wikitable wikitable"
|-
! Toon/Game
! Loading Screen
! Relevance to toon/game
! Picture
|-
| [[50K Racewalker]]
| loada...
| None
| [[File:Loada.png|[[File:Loada.png|150px|thumb]]]]
|-
| [[April Fool 2014]]
| ''{No loading text}''
| [[Homestar Runner]] standing in a dimly lit [[Index Page]] is looped until toon is finished loading, in lieu of a loading screen. The toon begins here, with the background peeling.
| [[File:AprilFools2014.png|[[File:AprilFools2014.png|150px|thumb]]]]
|-
| [[The Cheatar]]
| COMIN' UP...
| The font is reminiscent of the logo of the [[Heavy Metal|heavy metal]] band [[Iron Maiden]].
| [[File:Comin' up (Cheatar).png|[[File:Comin'_up_(Cheatar).png|150px|thumb]]]]
|-
| [[Cheat Commandos: Two Part Episode: Part 2]]
| RELOADING...
| This is part 2 of a 2-part [[Cheat Commandos]] episode.
| [[File:Reloading.png|[[File:Reloading.png|150px|thumb]]]]
|-
| [[Crystal Fortress]]
| loading it
| None
| [[File:loadingscreen crystalfortress.png|[[File:loadingscreen_crystalfortress.png|150px|thumb]]]]
|-
| [[Dangeresque Roomisode 1: Behind the Dangerdesque]]
| Loading from Drive 8<br />
Insert Disk 5
| Refers to [[Numbered Disks|numbered floppy disks]] used by older computer games, which this game is styled after.
| [[File:Dangeresque Roomisode 1 Loading Screen.PNG|[[File:Dangeresque_Roomisode_1_Loading_Screen.PNG|150px|thumb]]]]
|-
| [[Doomy Tales of the Macabre]]
| loadink
| The word appears on [[Strong Sad]]'s inkwell.
| [[File:loading screen ween09.png|[[File:loading_screen_ween09.png|150px|thumb]]]]
|-
| [[Eggs (toon)|Eggs]]
| legging...
| The toon is about [[Eggs|eggs]].
| [[File:Legging.PNG|[[File:Legging.PNG|150px|thumb]]]]
|-
| [[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.
| [[File:loadingfriend.png|[[File:loadingfriend.png|150px|thumb]]]]
|-
| [[Experimental Film]]
| comin' up
| None
| [[File:Comin' up.png|[[File:Comin'_up.png|150px|thumb]]]]
|-
| [[Flash is Dead!]]
| This plugin is vulnerable and should be updated. Activate Flash.
| The short is about the supposed discontinuation of [[Flash]] due to security issues. The Flash blocked pop-up image loops for 15 frames until it is finished loading.
| [[File:PluginVulnerable.png|[[File:PluginVulnerable.png|150px|thumb]]]]
|-
| [[Hallrunner]]
| LOADALING...
| None
| [[File:Loadaling.png|[[File:Loadaling.png|150px|thumb]]]]
|-
| [[Happy Fireworks]]
| loafing...
| What [[Coach Z]] and [[Bubs]] are doing at the start of the toon.
| [[File:Loafing.png|[[File:Loafing.png|150px|thumb]]]]
|-
| [[Homestar Runner Goes for the Gold]]
| ''{No loading text}''
| The star is present at the start of the toon.
| [[File:Goes4GoldLoading.png|[[File:Goes4GoldLoading.png|150px|thumb]]]]
|-
| [[Homestarloween Party]]
| loading the Halloween deal...
| It's a [[Halloween]] toon.
| [[File:Loading the Halloween deal.png|[[File:Loading_the_Halloween_deal.png|150px|thumb]]]]
|-
| [[HomestarRunner.com: PAY PLUS!]] ''[[HomestarRunner.com: PAY PLUS!|The Email Show]]'' sample
| loading free pay sample...
| A free sample of the PAY PLUS content.
| [[File:Loading free pay sample.png|[[File:Loading_free_pay_sample.png|150px|thumb]]]]
|-
| [[Hremail 49]]
| ''{no loading text}''
| This [[Hremails|hremail]] is about a pillow fight.
| [[File:Hremail49Load.png|[[File:Hremail49Load.png|150px|thumb]]]]
|-
| [[Jibblies 2]]
| the LOADING
| Written on and in the style of a tarot card, seen during [[Pom Pom]] and Strong Sad's scene.
| [[File:TheLoading.png|[[File:TheLoading.png|150px|thumb]]]]
|-
| [[Kick The Cheat (game)|Kick The Cheat]]
| loadin...
| None
| [[File:Loadin.png|[[File:Loadin.png|150px|thumb]]]]
|-
| [[Kid Speedy]]
| WIDE LOADING
| The main character of the game is a "little fatso".
| [[File:Wideloading.PNG|[[File:Wideloading.PNG|150px|thumb]]]]
|-
| [[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]].
| [[File:Loadbear.png|[[File:Loadbear.png|150px|thumb]]]]
|-
| [[Marshie's Malloween Mix-Up]]
| lourding...
| None, but it may refer to the [[Heavy Lourde]].
| [[File:Lourding.png|[[File:Lourding.png|150px|thumb]]]]
|-
| [[More Fan Costumes]]
| loadems...
| None
| [[File:Loadems.png|[[File:Loadems.png|150px|thumb]]]]
|-
| [[Most in the Graveyard]]
| R.I.P. LOADING
| A reference to the other gravestones in the toon itself, referring to "Loading" as a person.
| [[File:Arealload.PNG|[[File:Arealload.PNG|150px|thumb]]]]
|-
| [[No Hands On Deck!]]
| loadinate
| May be a reference to [[Trogdor|Burninate]].
| [[File:Loadinate-deck.png|[[File:Loadinate-deck.png|150px|thumb]]]]
|-
| [[Non-Sequitur Champion]]
| THE LOAD
| This is a scene from [[The Show]].
| [[File:Non-Sequitur Load.png|[[File:Non-Sequitur_Load.png|150px|thumb]]]]
|-
| [[Peasant's Quest Movie Trailer]]
| rather loading...
| The main character is [[Rather Dashing]].
| [[File:Rather Loading.png|[[File:Rather_Loading.png|150px|thumb]]]]
|-
| [[Peasant's Quest Movie Trailer]] Old Version
| loading a fairly big deal...
| [[The Brothers Chaps]] made a big deal of this toon, so much that their server crashed by the initial onslaught of viewers.
| [[File:Loading a fairly big deal.png|[[File:Loading_a_fairly_big_deal.png|150px|thumb]]]]
|-
| [[Peasant's Quest Preview]], [[Snowglobe]]
| Voading...
| It's a preview of a [[Videlectrix]] game.
| [[File:Voading.png|[[File:Voading.png|150px|thumb]]]]
|-
| [[Play Date]]
| load it
| None
| [[File:PlayDateloadit.png|[[File:PlayDateloadit.png|150px|thumb]]]]
|-
| [[Punkin Stencils|Punkin Stencils 2007]]
| LOOOOOADING
| Simulates a moan, appropriate for Halloween.
| [[File:punkin2007 loading.png|[[File:punkin2007_loading.png|150px|thumb]]]]
|-
| [[Rap Song]]
| Loadry
| The toon begins in a laundromat.
| [[File:loadry.png|[[File:loadry.png|150px|thumb]]]]
|-
| [[Seasonal Sweaters]]
| LOAD IT!
| None
| [[File:Load it.png|[[File:Load_it.png|150px|thumb]]]]
|-
| [[Stinkoman 20X6]]
| LOAD IT UP...
| The game uses [[Deliberately Poor English|deliberately poor English]] throughout.
| [[File:Load it up.png|[[File:Load_it_up.png|150px|thumb]]]]
|-
| [[Stinkomanual]]
| LOADING MANUÉL
| It's an instruction manual, and the spelling displays poor English.
| [[File:Loading manuel.PNG|[[File:Loading_manuel.PNG|150px|thumb]]]]
|-
| [[Store Thank You Messages]]
| load 'er up...
| None (but it is similar to "fill 'er up", a phrase used frequently at gas stations).
| [[File:load'erup.png|[[File:load'erup.png|150px|thumb]]]]
|-
| [[Strong Bad's Message Bored]]
| Hang on...
| None
| [[File:Message Bored Loading Screen.PNG|[[File:Message_Bored_Loading_Screen.PNG|150px|thumb]]]]
|-
| [[Strong Bad's Website]]
| LO-DING
| None
| [[File:Lo-Ding.PNG|[[File:Lo-Ding.PNG|150px|thumb]]]]
|-
| [[Strong Bad Sings]]
| And Now A Word From Our Sponsor...
| This references the quote that used to be used by TV channels and radios before commercials started.
| [[File:BluebirdLoadin.png|[[File:BluebirdLoadin.png|150px|thumb]]]]
|-
| [[Superbowl Dealie]]
| ''{No loading screen}''
| None
| height="100px"|
|-
| [[Trogdor Was A Man]]
| SIZE X-LOAD
| None
| [[File:SizeXLoad.png|[[File:SizeXLoad.png|150px|thumb]]]]
|-
| [[Yearbook Character Page]]
| Loading the Memories...
| The page is in a yearbook style.
| [[File:YearbookLoad.png|[[File:YearbookLoad.png|150px|thumb]]]]
|}

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