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In 2012 it got its own SpinOff, ''Friday Nights'', which is based around the group's love of ''MagicTheGathering'' and is sponsored by ''WizardsOfTheCoast''.
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In 2012 it got its own SpinOff, ''Friday Nights'', which is based around the group's love of ''MagicTheGathering'' ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' and is sponsored by ''WizardsOfTheCoast''.
''Creator/WizardsOfTheCoast''.
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* SeriousBusiness: The after-credits scene of "[[https://youtu.be/ewmGGRCRKlE?t=8m42s Friday Nights: Nonstandard Rotation]]" has a woman none of them have met before come in and give them a Magic version of Blake's speech from ''Film/GlengarryGlenRoss'' about them not preparing enough for an upcoming prerelease (which is about as non-competitive as Magic gets).
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* SeriousBusiness: The after-credits scene of "[[https://youtu.be/ewmGGRCRKlE?t=8m42s Friday Nights: Nonstandard Rotation]]" Strange Brew]]" has a woman none of them have met before come in and give them a Magic version of Blake's speech from ''Film/GlengarryGlenRoss'' about them not preparing enough for an upcoming prerelease (which is about as non-competitive as Magic gets).
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* CallBack: Practically every punchline in the second half of "Mustache You a Question" is a callback to the first half. The biggest stinger is probably the one about YourMom.
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* CallBack: CallBack:
** Practically every punchline in the second half of "Mustache You a Question" is a callback to the first half. The biggest stinger is probably the one aboutYourMom.YourMom.
** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMO8gCWlnPE Friday Nights: Brewmaster Showdown]]" is filled with these, including the aftermaths of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XO9OHUGIAhI White Loxodon Exchange]]" and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQfQH-6GLrk A Very Friday Night]]". The ultimate example is Kathleen playing Steppe Lynx on turn 1 giving Alex flashbacks all the way to him getting curb-stomped in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnV2ewAXgvs It's Magic!]]" and he concedes immediately. The episodes are ''4 years apart''.
** Practically every punchline in the second half of "Mustache You a Question" is a callback to the first half. The biggest stinger is probably the one about
** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMO8gCWlnPE Friday Nights: Brewmaster Showdown]]" is filled with these, including the aftermaths of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XO9OHUGIAhI White Loxodon Exchange]]" and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQfQH-6GLrk A Very Friday Night]]". The ultimate example is Kathleen playing Steppe Lynx on turn 1 giving Alex flashbacks all the way to him getting curb-stomped in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnV2ewAXgvs It's Magic!]]" and he concedes immediately. The episodes are ''4 years apart''.
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* CreditsGag: Occasionally, such as with "Sir James von Landlord" in "The Arms Race", and Kathleen as "Anchor-Wrangling Technician" in "Sickness", both referencing events from the episode.
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* CreditsGag: CreditsGag:
** Occasionally, such as with "Sir James von Landlord" in "The Arms Race", and Kathleen as "Anchor-Wrangling Technician" in "Sickness", both referencing events from theepisode.episode.
** The Friday Nights intro features the cast in custom ''Magic the Gathering'' joke cards whose details change each episode. In "Unusual", an episode focused around official joke set "Unstable", these cards are reasonably balanced and wouldn't look mechanically out of place in an official set.
** Occasionally, such as with "Sir James von Landlord" in "The Arms Race", and Kathleen as "Anchor-Wrangling Technician" in "Sickness", both referencing events from the
** The Friday Nights intro features the cast in custom ''Magic the Gathering'' joke cards whose details change each episode. In "Unusual", an episode focused around official joke set "Unstable", these cards are reasonably balanced and wouldn't look mechanically out of place in an official set.
* RecursiveReality: In one scene, Graham reveals that he's editing the very scene he's talking in.
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* SeriousBusiness: One Friday Nights [[https://youtu.be/ewmGGRCRKlE?t=8m42s episode]] has a woman none of them have met before come in and give them a Magic version of Blake's speech from ''Film/GlengarryGlenRoss'' about them not preparing enough for an upcoming prerelease (which is about as non-competitive as Magic gets).
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* SeriousBusiness: One Friday Nights [[https://youtu.The after-credits scene of "[[https://youtu.be/ewmGGRCRKlE?t=8m42s episode]] Friday Nights: Nonstandard Rotation]]" has a woman none of them have met before come in and give them a Magic version of Blake's speech from ''Film/GlengarryGlenRoss'' about them not preparing enough for an upcoming prerelease (which is about as non-competitive as Magic gets).
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Season 1 had a plot about an artist scorned and a myriad of sub plots. Episodes ranged from 13 to almost 20 minutes long. [[RealLifeWritesThePlot They also got on the Jay Leno show]].
Season 1 had a plot about an artist scorned and a myriad of sub plots. Episodes ranged from 13 to almost 20 minutes long. [[RealLifeWritesThePlot They also got on the Jay Leno show]].
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A Web sit-com that updates approximately once a month starring the cast and crew of WebVideo/LoadingReadyRun as exaggerated versions of themselves in their everyday lives doing odd odd geeky things in geeky ways.
Season 1 had a plot about an artist scorned and a myriad ofsub plots.subplots. Episodes ranged from 13 to almost 20 minutes long. [[RealLifeWritesThePlot They also got on the Jay Leno show]].
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-->'''Graham:''' Wikiped - [[FridgeHorror oh my god]], that's ''insidious''.
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-->'''Graham:''' Wikiped - Wikiped... [[FridgeHorror oh Oh my god]], that's ''insidious''.
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* BookEnds: The first episode of ''Friday Nights'' starts off almost instantly with Paul asking how to play ''Magic: the Gathering'', with Jer running into the room out of nowhere to help out, much to Graham's confusion. The season finale ends similarly, only difference being that Paul asks how to draft.
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* BookEnds: The first episode of ''Friday Nights'' original run starts off almost instantly with Paul asking how to play ''Magic: the Gathering'', with Jer running into the room out of nowhere to help out, much to Graham's confusion. The season finale ends similarly, only difference being that Paul asks how to draft.
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* SeriousBusiness: One Friday Nights [[https://youtu.be/ewmGGRCRKlE?t=8m42s episode]] has a woman none of them have met before come in and give them a Magic version of Blake's speech from ''Film/GlengarryGlenRoss'' about them not preparing enough for an upcoming prerelease (which is about as non-competitive as Magic gets).
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* AccidentallyAccurate: The ''Hero's Path'' series in ''Friday Nights'' had Kathleen irrationally obsessing over mono-black Magic decks during the Theros block, the color chosen almost entirely at random even in-universe. Then, in real life, mono-black decks very similar to what she was shown running in the first few episodes utterly dominated the Standard metagame for the life of the block.
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0qQoWdjnms Friday Nights: Speechless]] opens with Graham losing his voice across several back-and-forth cuts in less than a minute, with his problem worsening with each cut.
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* OneHourWorkWeek: Beej makes his money by renting out properties, which explicitly doesn't take up much of his time and is why he can hang around with the crew instead of working. Presumably he does his actual work during Friday Nights episodes, since he doesn't play magic and never appears in them. Tim's storyline is based on this; his job is nebulous and leaves him a lot of free time during the day (it apparently mostly involves presenting at industry conventions), but by his third appearance it's a plot point that he's been neglecting his job to hang around with the crew.
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* OneHourWorkWeek: Beej makes his money by renting out properties, which explicitly doesn't take up much of his time and is why he can hang around with the crew instead of working. Presumably he does his actual work during Friday Nights episodes, since he doesn't play magic and never appears in them. Tim's Ian's storyline is based on this; his job is nebulous and leaves him a lot of free time during the day (it apparently mostly involves presenting at industry conventions), but by his third appearance it's a plot point that he's been neglecting his job to hang around with the crew.
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* BottomOfTheBarrelJoke: In-universe. While the show itself rarely reaches for ToiletHumour and the like (despite the ongoing GroinAttack plotline in Season 1), the 'Hustle version of LoadingReadyRun is heavily implied to resort to low-brow humour way too quickly and easily.
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* BottomOfTheBarrelJoke: In-universe. While the show itself rarely reaches for ToiletHumour and the like (despite the ongoing GroinAttack plotline in Season 1), the 'Hustle version of LoadingReadyRun WebVideo/LoadingReadyRun is heavily implied to resort to low-brow humour way too quickly and easily.
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* GroinAttack: Played straight and played with during the first season, where Geoff's objection to LoadingReadyRun is their reliance on this in their comedy.
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* StylisticSuck: Graham Stark himself mentions on the DVD commentary that the LoadingReadyRun of the WebVideo/CommodoreHustle universe seems to be mostly comprised of fart, poop and ball kick jokes with added pelvic thrusts. Probably also doubles as self-deprecation. However, they seem to be slightly ''less'' obsessed with hats.
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* StylisticSuck: Graham Stark himself mentions on the DVD commentary that the LoadingReadyRun WebVideo/LoadingReadyRun of the WebVideo/CommodoreHustle universe seems to be mostly comprised of fart, poop and ball kick jokes with added pelvic thrusts. Probably also doubles as self-deprecation. However, they seem to be slightly ''less'' obsessed with hats.
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* OneHourWorkWeek: Beej makes his money by renting out properties, which explicitly doesn't take up much of his time and is why he can hang around with the crew instead of working. Presumably he does his actual work during Friday Nights episodes, since he doesn't play magic and never appears in them. Tim's storyline is based on this; his job is nebulous and leaves him a lot of free time during the day (it apparently mostly involves presenting at industry conventions), but by his third appearance it's a plot point that he's been neglecting his job to hang around with the crew.
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* DidNotThinkThisThrough: The fictional version of the crew stopped making sketches the same time the real crew did. Then they realized that unlike the real crew they didn't do any other shows and had no other marketable skills.
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* DidNotThinkThisThrough: DidNotThinkThisThrough:
** The fictional version of the crew stopped making sketches the same time the real crew did. Then they realized that unlike the real crew they didn't do any other shows and had no other marketableskills.skills.
** In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkRt_cvCT74 "Workplace"]] the crew pulls off pretending to be a group of super-consultants hired to help IBS, only to realize that the only fake part was their qualifications - now they have to actually complete the task of bringing a new paradigm to ''beige''.
** The fictional version of the crew stopped making sketches the same time the real crew did. Then they realized that unlike the real crew they didn't do any other shows and had no other marketable
** In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkRt_cvCT74 "Workplace"]] the crew pulls off pretending to be a group of super-consultants hired to help IBS, only to realize that the only fake part was their qualifications - now they have to actually complete the task of bringing a new paradigm to ''beige''.
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* WhatExactlyIsHisJob: Beej doesn't seem to have a job in the crew; originally he explicitly wasn't a member, just some guy who hung out at the Moon base, but later he started doing odd jobs around the place. After they were driven out of the third base he took the role of TheTeamBenefactor by setting them up in a building he owns.
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* ConvenienceStoreGiftShopping: A very specific kind in [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/loadingreadyrun/2564-Santa-Secrets Santa Secrets]], where everybody except James and Morgan buys everybody else a Magic: The Gathering booster pack. Hilariously, Morgan's gift, the only one which was bought from a convenience store, was the only gift which was appreciated by its recipient (James).
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* ConvenienceStoreGiftShopping: A very specific kind in [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/loadingreadyrun/2564-Santa-Secrets Santa Secrets]], where everybody except James and Morgan buys everybody else a Magic: The Gathering booster pack. Hilariously, Morgan's gift, the only one which was bought from a convenience store, store (some glass baubles to use as Magic counters), was the only gift which was appreciated by its recipient (James).(James). Further played with in that James hadn't bought it himself because he could only find it at the card shop at a huge markup; Morgan got the same thing for a dollar.
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* ShoutOut: In "The Bee Team", Graham's sister Kate remarks that "[[ASongOfIceAndFire there must always be a Stark]] in the Moonbase"
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* ShoutOut: In "The Bee Team", Graham's sister Kate remarks that "[[ASongOfIceAndFire "[[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire there must always be a Stark]] in the Moonbase"
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* DeusExMachina: In the [[https://youtu.be/g_qt8Xd2TXY "Giving Up"]] episode, after a string of episodes about how the crew is desperate for money and can't afford rent on the moonbase, it turns out Beej is independently wealthy and offers them an unused office in one of his properties. Even Graham calls this out.
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** Penelope (Graham and Kathleen's daughter) was added to the show a few months after her birth. As a prop. Yes, that's right, [[CrossesTheLineTwice a prop baby]].
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* StylisticSuck: Graham Stark himself mentions on the DVD commentary that the LoadingReadyRun of the WebVideo/CommodoreHustle universe seems to be mostly comprised of fart, poop and ball kick jokes with added pelvic thrusts. Probably also doubles as self-deprecation.
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* StylisticSuck: Graham Stark himself mentions on the DVD commentary that the LoadingReadyRun of the WebVideo/CommodoreHustle universe seems to be mostly comprised of fart, poop and ball kick jokes with added pelvic thrusts. Probably also doubles as self-deprecation. However, they seem to be slightly ''less'' obsessed with hats.
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* InsaneTrollLogic: The Friday Nights episode ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYdKMzXiiAg Jeskai Mysteries]]'' has Kathleen try to find Cam's missing deck by, after first making sure he hasn't left it in his bag again, following a series of "clues" that start with looking for it at the Victoria Bug Zoo because it had [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=386589 Mantis Riders]] in it. Somehow this does lead her to the "culprit" who's been calling Cam all day - but he left his phone in the bag.
--> '''Kathleen:''' Don't you see? [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=386689 Swiftwater Cliffs!]] A clue! To the beach!
--> '''Kathleen:''' Don't you see? [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=386689 Swiftwater Cliffs!]] A clue! To the beach!
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* AccidentallyAccurate: The ''Hero's Path'' series in ''Friday Nights'' had Kathleen irrationally obsessing over mono-black Magic decks during the Theros block, the color chosen almost entirely at random even in-universe. Then, in real life, mono-black decks very similar to what she was shown running in the first few episodes utterly dominated the Standard metagame for the life of the block.
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* ImmuneToMindControl: After being cured of his Paul-induced compulsion to speak only in memes Beej is the only one able to resist Cameron's mind-control app in "Improvements".
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* DidNotThinkThisThrough: The fictional version of the crew stopped making sketches the same time the real crew did. Then they realized that unlike the real crew they didn't do any other shows and had no other marketable skills.
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* LeastCommonSkintone: The smear campaign in Season One claims that the Runners are racist because they're all white. Which is true, but that's because they a)live in Canada, and b)live in a very white city, and c)are based in and mostly met in what Graham describes as "the whitest neighbourhood".
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* TwistedEchoCut: "Mustache You a Question" has a few of these.
-->'''Kathleen:''' James! Why are you wearing a scarf?
-->(cut to Matt playing with his cell phone, and Paul scolding him for it)
-->'''Matt:''' I'm not!
-->'''Paul:''' Yes you are! You're doing it right now!
** And later:
-->'''Graham:''' K2 is a harder climb.
-->(cut to Kathleen talking to James, who is reading a magazine)
-->'''Kathleen:''' ''Is'' it?
-->'''James:''' Yup.
-->'''Kathleen:''' ''Really?'' Your favorite magazine?
-->'''Kathleen:''' James! Why are you wearing a scarf?
-->(cut to Matt playing with his cell phone, and Paul scolding him for it)
-->'''Matt:''' I'm not!
-->'''Paul:''' Yes you are! You're doing it right now!
** And later:
-->'''Graham:''' K2 is a harder climb.
-->(cut to Kathleen talking to James, who is reading a magazine)
-->'''Kathleen:''' ''Is'' it?
-->'''James:''' Yup.
-->'''Kathleen:''' ''Really?'' Your favorite magazine?
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* HalloweenEpisode: "Roll For Treats".
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* TwoLinesNoWaiting: "Mustache You a Question" features two different subplots woven together: one about Matt's Reddit addiction, one about James' mustache.
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Kathleen's suggestion for Halloween decorations is the entire summary of the UN Summit on climate change.
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Kathleen's suggestion for Halloween decorations is the entire summary of the UN Summit on climate change.
--> ''Have you read it? Its horrifying!''
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--> ''Have you read it? Its horrifying!''
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* StylisticSuck: Graham Stark himself mentions on the DVD commentary that the LoadingReadyRun of the CommodoreHustle universe seems to be mostly comprised of fart, poop and ball kick jokes with added pelvic thrusts. Probably also doubles as self-deprecation.
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* StylisticSuck: Graham Stark himself mentions on the DVD commentary that the LoadingReadyRun of the CommodoreHustle WebVideo/CommodoreHustle universe seems to be mostly comprised of fart, poop and ball kick jokes with added pelvic thrusts. Probably also doubles as self-deprecation.
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A Web sit-com that updates approximately once a month starring the cast and crew of LoadingReadyRun as exaggerated versions of themselves in their everyday lives doing odd odd geeky things in geeky ways.
Season 1 had a plot about an artist scorned and a myriad of sub plots. Episodes ranged from 13 to almost 20 minutes long. [[RealLifeWritesThePlot They also got on the Jay Leno show]].
Season 2 and Season 3 have shorter episodes and no overarching plot but the characterizations are still the same and they maintain continuity.
Recently got its own SpinOff, ''Friday Nights'', based around the group's love of ''MagicTheGathering'' and is sponsored by ''WizardsOfTheCoast''.
!!This Web Original contains examples of:
* ActuallyPrettyFunny: [[spoiler:Geoff says this almost verbatim after being kicked in the balls by Paul's ball-kicking robot]].
* {{Adorkable}}: Kathleen finds Graham's roleplaying past "adorable" and later gets into it herself. Most of the crew count to some degree or another.
* BeggingTheQuestion: The reason Graham trusts Wikipedia.
-->'''Graham:''' Studies have shown that it's just as accurate as the Encyclopedia Britannica, sometimes more so.
-->'''Jer:''' And where did you read that?
-->'''Graham:''' Wikiped - [[FridgeHorror oh my god]], that's ''insidious''.
* BookEnds: The first episode of ''Friday Nights'' starts off almost instantly with Paul asking how to play ''Magic: the Gathering'', with Jer running into the room out of nowhere to help out, much to Graham's confusion. The season finale ends similarly, only difference being that Paul asks how to draft.
* BottomOfTheBarrelJoke: In-universe. While the show itself rarely reaches for ToiletHumour and the like (despite the ongoing GroinAttack plotline in Season 1), the 'Hustle version of LoadingReadyRun is heavily implied to resort to low-brow humour way too quickly and easily.
* BuxomIsBetter: After her failed attempt at viral fame, Kathleen discovers that D-cups aren't big enough for Website/YouTube.
--> '''Graham:''' It's the internet. Anything smaller than a cantaloupe [[HollywoodThin stapled to a xylophone]] is considered small.
* CallBack: Practically every punchline in the second half of "Mustache You a Question" is a callback to the first half. The biggest stinger is probably the one about YourMom.
* ChristmasEpisode: "Santa Secrets".
* ComedicSociopathy: The huge creepy doll Tally made for Graham as James' Secret Santa present, as Graham is terrified by it.
* ConvenienceStoreGiftShopping: A very specific kind in [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/loadingreadyrun/2564-Santa-Secrets Santa Secrets]], where everybody except James and Morgan buys everybody else a Magic: The Gathering booster pack. Hilariously, Morgan's gift, the only one which was bought from a convenience store, was the only gift which was appreciated by its recipient (James).
* CurbStompBattle: When the crew gets back into [[MagicTheGathering Magic]], we get a montage of Jer, Graham, Matt, and James trying to play against Alex.
-->'''Alex''': Swing for 37...
-->'''Alex''': And I mill your whole deck...
-->'''Alex''': Six makes ten poison counters...
-->'''Alex''': Now you can't cast spells, ever.
* CuteKitten: Subverted. Kathleen's plan to make money of her cats didn't work out. They are still cute.
* CreditsGag: Occasionally, such as with "Sir James von Landlord" in "The Arms Race", and Kathleen as "Anchor-Wrangling Technician" in "Sickness", both referencing events from the episode.
* EvenNerdsHaveStandards: Graham's explanation of [=LARPers=].
---> '''Graham''': It's like what Jer does with the dice and the bits of paper, except that the people Jer hangs out with look down on these guys.
* FiveManBand: When the "Gang" of Loading Ready Runners join a different gang, their new leader Kate assigns them Five Man Band-esque roles, though this barely lasts an episode:
** Kate as TheHero, of course.
** James, as one of the few guys with common sense, is [[TheLancer The Fixer]]. This is the only role that sticks after the assignment.
** Jeremy is TheSmartGuy.
** Bill, being insanely tall, is TheBigGuy.
** And Matt, the ButtMonkey is [[TheChick The Girl]]. Why? Because Kate's already leader.
*** He makes a terrible girl though.
--->'''Matt:''' Maybe it's because of my ''PENIS!''
* ForScience: Why did Paul invent the [[spoiler: ball-kicking robot]]? "Because I could".
--->'''Jer:''' Isn't that the kind of thinking that lead to the nuclear bomb?
--->'''Paul:''' Gee, I hope so.
** Also his explanation for why they are watching WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic. Quotes the trope name verbatim, in fact.
* GilliganCut: Many times.
--->'''Matt:''' I think that's the trick with customer service. You just need to know what to say.
--->''(cut)''
--->'''James:''' Screw you too! Asshole!
* GroinAttack: Played straight and played with during the first season, where Geoff's objection to LoadingReadyRun is their reliance on this in their comedy.
* HalloweenEpisode: "Roll For Treats".
* HammerSpace: Paul has goggles and cookies in hammerspace.
** James apparently keeps a copy of ''Bad Dudes'' for the NES... in his collar.
** Alex apparently keeps a bunch of magic cards concealed on his person, and a [[ItMakesSenseInContext bandoleer or two of soda cans.]]
* HeavySleeper: Both Bill and Morgan. The only reliable way to wake Morgan is to uncap a sharpie in his presence. The only non-ninja-related way to wake Bill is to hold his nose.
* HurricaneOfEuphemisms: Testicular trauma. Scrotal assault. Reproductive carnage. Wang misery. Dong distress.
--->'''Bill:''' You put way too much thought into this!
--->'''Morgan:''' Oh no, it just comes naturally. [[HehHehYouSaidX Ha.]] ''Comes''.
* ImaginedInnuendo: Alex invokes this in "Bros Clubbing Bros".
--->'''Alex:''' Hey James, you wanna play Bros Twisting Bros?
--->'''James:''' (backs away) Is this another trick question?
* LeastCommonSkintone: The smear campaign in Season One claims that the Runners are racist because they're all white. Which is true, but that's because they a)live in Canada, and b)live in a very white city, and c)are based in and mostly met in what Graham describes as "the whitest neighbourhood".
* LowerDeckEpisode: "The Bee Team" mainly stars Tally, Kate, and Cameron (the latter having not even appeared in the series yet and the former two only appearing occasionally as minor roles) while the rest of the crew is away. The only main crew members to actually appear are Graham, James, and Matt, and Matt doesn't even have any lines.
* MistakenForGay: Graham, apparently: in "Street", he explains that Matt won't give him a lift anywhere in his car, because when he does, people mistake them for a gay couple. He uses the same rationale for why he won't take Morgan to the hospital anymore.
** The hospital bit, according to a story told on [[WebVideo/DesertBusForHope Desert Bus]] is [[TruthInTelevision based on actual events.]]
* NerdsAreSexy: Pretty much played straight. Almost all are in stable relationships. It helps that their partners are often just as nerdy as they are.
* OffscreenTeleportation: PlayedForLaughs when Paul crosses the room, presents a slideshow in a labcoat and goggles, then reappears next to Kathleen in his normal clothing with no transition or explanation.
** Reappears in "Pony Time" and similar videos where Paul's manic energy allows him to shatter physical laws.
* OneSteveLimit: Used in [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/loadingreadyrun/1877-The-Arms-Race The Arms Race]]:
--->'''Graham:''' Oh, hey, Landlord James.
--->'''Landlord:''' [[LampshadeHanging Why do you guys always have to call me that?]]
--->'''Paul:''' We already have a James, so...
--->'''Landlord:''' Well, how about "Sir James von Landlord"?
** Which [[BrickJoke comes back]] as a CreditsGag.
* OnlySaneMan: Most often applies to James, who is variously credited as "The Fixer" and "A sensible guy".
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Several times, always exaggerated for laughs.
** Matt really was actually moving out at the time they filmed "Matt Gets His Groove".
** They really had to change offices.
** Geoff used to work at Yo!Video.
** Graham moved out of Bill's and Morgan's because of an... incident.
** Graham and Morgan actually had to go to the hospital, and the doctors thought they were a couple.
** The entire "Fallout" episode was inspired by the results of their viral videos.
** They are now heavily into MagicTheGathering.
** Tim really had to leave the group, though it was to get married, not due to realizing how terrible they were.
** During a [=LRRcast=], Graham revealed that the episode probably most based on real life was "The Gay Chicken". Virtually everything in that episode really happened at some point, with the exception of Tally being led to believe that "gay chicken" was Bill's D&D character. Including how Bill eventually won.
* RedOniBlueOni: Paul and Graham respectively; Graham, while not completely sane, is much more down-to-earth than Paul, who is very separated from reality.
** Other pairs that form during the course of the first season: Kathleen and Jer, Morgan and Bill, Matt and James. Only the last one transitions into future seasons, as Morgan and Bill stop appearing and Kathleen and Jer don't interact nearly as much.
* ScoobyStack: At the beginning of "The Gay Chicken", Kathleen, Alex and Kathleen's cat do it to prove that there is no room in Graham's house for another guest.
** Later, in "The Bee Team", this is done by Tally, Kate, Cameron, and Dale to check on the moonbase to see if [[ItMakesSenseInContext the bees are dead]].
* SerialEscalation: Alex's sleight of hand in "It's Magic" starts out realistic (using real card tricks), then gets increasingly ridiculous until he is somehow able to replace his entire [[MagicTheGathering MtG]] deck with a red one.
-->'''Graham:''' I need you to be straight with me. Is magic real, and are you a wizard.
-->'''Graham:''' Well, you still cheated at Magic. The game.
-->'''Alex:''' ''(reading a book; all cards have vanished from the table)'' Did I?
** James pulls some similar maneuvers in his conversation with Jer about the spending limit, opening a large pile of boosters and sending a text message to Matt, each in the space of a few seconds while the camera is pointed at Jer.
* SevenMinuteLull: During the gang's fight in the episode ''Street'' where we get this interesting line from
-->'''Matt:''' "And just because Rodamus Prime got the matrix of leadership '''doesn't''' make him the best leader they've ever had!"
* ShoutOut: In "The Bee Team", Graham's sister Kate remarks that "[[ASongOfIceAndFire there must always be a Stark]] in the Moonbase"
* StylisticSuck: Graham Stark himself mentions on the DVD commentary that the LoadingReadyRun of the CommodoreHustle universe seems to be mostly comprised of fart, poop and ball kick jokes with added pelvic thrusts. Probably also doubles as self-deprecation.
* TakeThat:
---> "I'm watching all the good [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Next Gen]] movies."
---> "See you in [[Film/StarTrekFirstContact one hundred and eleven minutes]]."
** Eternal Sonata has horribly paced cutscenes.
* TheTapeKnewYouWouldSayThat: Episode 10: Judgment does this with Geoff's ransom note on the computer.
* {{Troll}}: Jer during the Bros Clubbing Bros episode, complete with Troll Face just to drive the point home.
* {{Understatement}}: When Bill and Morgan discover Jer's "acid pit", their response is uncharacteristic.
-->'''Morgan:''' The landlord lives in the basement, by the way.
-->'''Bill:''' He's not thrilled.
* VerySpecialEpisode: Discussed; proposed as a way to explain how Paul's character in their Warriors of Darkness videos lost his beard.
** This conversation doubles as a TakeThat at ''Franchise/{{Degrassi}}''.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Type 2, this is the nature of 95% of James and Matt's interactions with each other to the point where James threatens to kill Matt for visiting his home and Matt haunting James's nightmares.
* WroteTheBook:
-->'''Morgan''': James, please. When it comes to gay chicken, I practically wrote the book. Remember the groundbreaking assault that was International Cup Bill's Balls Week?
* YourMom: Kate's gang called the "West Coast Mother Lovin' G's" not because they love their mothers, but because they love ''your'' mothers.
** James's first attempt to get a replacement iPhone ended with Apple customer service laughing at him, and making fun of his mom.
---> '''Graham:''' That's not cool, I like your mom.
** The subject of a gag or two in "Mustache You a Question."
* XCalledTheyWantTheirYBack: Graham spent $130 on a gadget that makes his cell phone ring just so he can make this joke.
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Season 1 had a plot about an artist scorned and a myriad of sub plots. Episodes ranged from 13 to almost 20 minutes long. [[RealLifeWritesThePlot They also got on the Jay Leno show]].
Season 2 and Season 3 have shorter episodes and no overarching plot but the characterizations are still the same and they maintain continuity.
Recently got its own SpinOff, ''Friday Nights'', based around the group's love of ''MagicTheGathering'' and is sponsored by ''WizardsOfTheCoast''.
!!This Web Original contains examples of:
* ActuallyPrettyFunny: [[spoiler:Geoff says this almost verbatim after being kicked in the balls by Paul's ball-kicking robot]].
* {{Adorkable}}: Kathleen finds Graham's roleplaying past "adorable" and later gets into it herself. Most of the crew count to some degree or another.
* BeggingTheQuestion: The reason Graham trusts Wikipedia.
-->'''Graham:''' Studies have shown that it's just as accurate as the Encyclopedia Britannica, sometimes more so.
-->'''Jer:''' And where did you read that?
-->'''Graham:''' Wikiped - [[FridgeHorror oh my god]], that's ''insidious''.
* BookEnds: The first episode of ''Friday Nights'' starts off almost instantly with Paul asking how to play ''Magic: the Gathering'', with Jer running into the room out of nowhere to help out, much to Graham's confusion. The season finale ends similarly, only difference being that Paul asks how to draft.
* BottomOfTheBarrelJoke: In-universe. While the show itself rarely reaches for ToiletHumour and the like (despite the ongoing GroinAttack plotline in Season 1), the 'Hustle version of LoadingReadyRun is heavily implied to resort to low-brow humour way too quickly and easily.
* BuxomIsBetter: After her failed attempt at viral fame, Kathleen discovers that D-cups aren't big enough for Website/YouTube.
--> '''Graham:''' It's the internet. Anything smaller than a cantaloupe [[HollywoodThin stapled to a xylophone]] is considered small.
* CallBack: Practically every punchline in the second half of "Mustache You a Question" is a callback to the first half. The biggest stinger is probably the one about YourMom.
* ChristmasEpisode: "Santa Secrets".
* ComedicSociopathy: The huge creepy doll Tally made for Graham as James' Secret Santa present, as Graham is terrified by it.
* ConvenienceStoreGiftShopping: A very specific kind in [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/loadingreadyrun/2564-Santa-Secrets Santa Secrets]], where everybody except James and Morgan buys everybody else a Magic: The Gathering booster pack. Hilariously, Morgan's gift, the only one which was bought from a convenience store, was the only gift which was appreciated by its recipient (James).
* CurbStompBattle: When the crew gets back into [[MagicTheGathering Magic]], we get a montage of Jer, Graham, Matt, and James trying to play against Alex.
-->'''Alex''': Swing for 37...
-->'''Alex''': And I mill your whole deck...
-->'''Alex''': Six makes ten poison counters...
-->'''Alex''': Now you can't cast spells, ever.
* CuteKitten: Subverted. Kathleen's plan to make money of her cats didn't work out. They are still cute.
* CreditsGag: Occasionally, such as with "Sir James von Landlord" in "The Arms Race", and Kathleen as "Anchor-Wrangling Technician" in "Sickness", both referencing events from the episode.
* EvenNerdsHaveStandards: Graham's explanation of [=LARPers=].
---> '''Graham''': It's like what Jer does with the dice and the bits of paper, except that the people Jer hangs out with look down on these guys.
* FiveManBand: When the "Gang" of Loading Ready Runners join a different gang, their new leader Kate assigns them Five Man Band-esque roles, though this barely lasts an episode:
** Kate as TheHero, of course.
** James, as one of the few guys with common sense, is [[TheLancer The Fixer]]. This is the only role that sticks after the assignment.
** Jeremy is TheSmartGuy.
** Bill, being insanely tall, is TheBigGuy.
** And Matt, the ButtMonkey is [[TheChick The Girl]]. Why? Because Kate's already leader.
*** He makes a terrible girl though.
--->'''Matt:''' Maybe it's because of my ''PENIS!''
* ForScience: Why did Paul invent the [[spoiler: ball-kicking robot]]? "Because I could".
--->'''Jer:''' Isn't that the kind of thinking that lead to the nuclear bomb?
--->'''Paul:''' Gee, I hope so.
** Also his explanation for why they are watching WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic. Quotes the trope name verbatim, in fact.
* GilliganCut: Many times.
--->'''Matt:''' I think that's the trick with customer service. You just need to know what to say.
--->''(cut)''
--->'''James:''' Screw you too! Asshole!
* GroinAttack: Played straight and played with during the first season, where Geoff's objection to LoadingReadyRun is their reliance on this in their comedy.
* HalloweenEpisode: "Roll For Treats".
* HammerSpace: Paul has goggles and cookies in hammerspace.
** James apparently keeps a copy of ''Bad Dudes'' for the NES... in his collar.
** Alex apparently keeps a bunch of magic cards concealed on his person, and a [[ItMakesSenseInContext bandoleer or two of soda cans.]]
* HeavySleeper: Both Bill and Morgan. The only reliable way to wake Morgan is to uncap a sharpie in his presence. The only non-ninja-related way to wake Bill is to hold his nose.
* HurricaneOfEuphemisms: Testicular trauma. Scrotal assault. Reproductive carnage. Wang misery. Dong distress.
--->'''Bill:''' You put way too much thought into this!
--->'''Morgan:''' Oh no, it just comes naturally. [[HehHehYouSaidX Ha.]] ''Comes''.
* ImaginedInnuendo: Alex invokes this in "Bros Clubbing Bros".
--->'''Alex:''' Hey James, you wanna play Bros Twisting Bros?
--->'''James:''' (backs away) Is this another trick question?
* LeastCommonSkintone: The smear campaign in Season One claims that the Runners are racist because they're all white. Which is true, but that's because they a)live in Canada, and b)live in a very white city, and c)are based in and mostly met in what Graham describes as "the whitest neighbourhood".
* LowerDeckEpisode: "The Bee Team" mainly stars Tally, Kate, and Cameron (the latter having not even appeared in the series yet and the former two only appearing occasionally as minor roles) while the rest of the crew is away. The only main crew members to actually appear are Graham, James, and Matt, and Matt doesn't even have any lines.
* MistakenForGay: Graham, apparently: in "Street", he explains that Matt won't give him a lift anywhere in his car, because when he does, people mistake them for a gay couple. He uses the same rationale for why he won't take Morgan to the hospital anymore.
** The hospital bit, according to a story told on [[WebVideo/DesertBusForHope Desert Bus]] is [[TruthInTelevision based on actual events.]]
* NerdsAreSexy: Pretty much played straight. Almost all are in stable relationships. It helps that their partners are often just as nerdy as they are.
* OffscreenTeleportation: PlayedForLaughs when Paul crosses the room, presents a slideshow in a labcoat and goggles, then reappears next to Kathleen in his normal clothing with no transition or explanation.
** Reappears in "Pony Time" and similar videos where Paul's manic energy allows him to shatter physical laws.
* OneSteveLimit: Used in [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/loadingreadyrun/1877-The-Arms-Race The Arms Race]]:
--->'''Graham:''' Oh, hey, Landlord James.
--->'''Landlord:''' [[LampshadeHanging Why do you guys always have to call me that?]]
--->'''Paul:''' We already have a James, so...
--->'''Landlord:''' Well, how about "Sir James von Landlord"?
** Which [[BrickJoke comes back]] as a CreditsGag.
* OnlySaneMan: Most often applies to James, who is variously credited as "The Fixer" and "A sensible guy".
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Several times, always exaggerated for laughs.
** Matt really was actually moving out at the time they filmed "Matt Gets His Groove".
** They really had to change offices.
** Geoff used to work at Yo!Video.
** Graham moved out of Bill's and Morgan's because of an... incident.
** Graham and Morgan actually had to go to the hospital, and the doctors thought they were a couple.
** The entire "Fallout" episode was inspired by the results of their viral videos.
** They are now heavily into MagicTheGathering.
** Tim really had to leave the group, though it was to get married, not due to realizing how terrible they were.
** During a [=LRRcast=], Graham revealed that the episode probably most based on real life was "The Gay Chicken". Virtually everything in that episode really happened at some point, with the exception of Tally being led to believe that "gay chicken" was Bill's D&D character. Including how Bill eventually won.
* RedOniBlueOni: Paul and Graham respectively; Graham, while not completely sane, is much more down-to-earth than Paul, who is very separated from reality.
** Other pairs that form during the course of the first season: Kathleen and Jer, Morgan and Bill, Matt and James. Only the last one transitions into future seasons, as Morgan and Bill stop appearing and Kathleen and Jer don't interact nearly as much.
* ScoobyStack: At the beginning of "The Gay Chicken", Kathleen, Alex and Kathleen's cat do it to prove that there is no room in Graham's house for another guest.
** Later, in "The Bee Team", this is done by Tally, Kate, Cameron, and Dale to check on the moonbase to see if [[ItMakesSenseInContext the bees are dead]].
* SerialEscalation: Alex's sleight of hand in "It's Magic" starts out realistic (using real card tricks), then gets increasingly ridiculous until he is somehow able to replace his entire [[MagicTheGathering MtG]] deck with a red one.
-->'''Graham:''' I need you to be straight with me. Is magic real, and are you a wizard.
-->'''Graham:''' Well, you still cheated at Magic. The game.
-->'''Alex:''' ''(reading a book; all cards have vanished from the table)'' Did I?
** James pulls some similar maneuvers in his conversation with Jer about the spending limit, opening a large pile of boosters and sending a text message to Matt, each in the space of a few seconds while the camera is pointed at Jer.
* SevenMinuteLull: During the gang's fight in the episode ''Street'' where we get this interesting line from
-->'''Matt:''' "And just because Rodamus Prime got the matrix of leadership '''doesn't''' make him the best leader they've ever had!"
* ShoutOut: In "The Bee Team", Graham's sister Kate remarks that "[[ASongOfIceAndFire there must always be a Stark]] in the Moonbase"
* StylisticSuck: Graham Stark himself mentions on the DVD commentary that the LoadingReadyRun of the CommodoreHustle universe seems to be mostly comprised of fart, poop and ball kick jokes with added pelvic thrusts. Probably also doubles as self-deprecation.
* TakeThat:
---> "I'm watching all the good [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Next Gen]] movies."
---> "See you in [[Film/StarTrekFirstContact one hundred and eleven minutes]]."
** Eternal Sonata has horribly paced cutscenes.
* TheTapeKnewYouWouldSayThat: Episode 10: Judgment does this with Geoff's ransom note on the computer.
* {{Troll}}: Jer during the Bros Clubbing Bros episode, complete with Troll Face just to drive the point home.
* {{Understatement}}: When Bill and Morgan discover Jer's "acid pit", their response is uncharacteristic.
-->'''Morgan:''' The landlord lives in the basement, by the way.
-->'''Bill:''' He's not thrilled.
* VerySpecialEpisode: Discussed; proposed as a way to explain how Paul's character in their Warriors of Darkness videos lost his beard.
** This conversation doubles as a TakeThat at ''Franchise/{{Degrassi}}''.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Type 2, this is the nature of 95% of James and Matt's interactions with each other to the point where James threatens to kill Matt for visiting his home and Matt haunting James's nightmares.
* WroteTheBook:
-->'''Morgan''': James, please. When it comes to gay chicken, I practically wrote the book. Remember the groundbreaking assault that was International Cup Bill's Balls Week?
* YourMom: Kate's gang called the "West Coast Mother Lovin' G's" not because they love their mothers, but because they love ''your'' mothers.
** James's first attempt to get a replacement iPhone ended with Apple customer service laughing at him, and making fun of his mom.
---> '''Graham:''' That's not cool, I like your mom.
** The subject of a gag or two in "Mustache You a Question."
* XCalledTheyWantTheirYBack: Graham spent $130 on a gadget that makes his cell phone ring just so he can make this joke.
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